Proposal submission deadline: 16 March 2018
Notification of acceptance: 23 March 2018

Workshops provide invaluable opportunities for researchers and industry practitioners to share their state-of-the-art research and development results in areas of particular interest. We invite submissions of cutting-edge workshop proposals to complement the technical program of VTC2018-Fall.

Workshops will cover specific topics with a mix of regular papers, panel discussions, keynotes, and possibly poster presentations. We ask for proposals that deal with topics in emerging areas of mobile and vehicular technologies.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

1. Antenna Systems, Propagation, and RF Design
2. Signal Transmission and Reception
3. Spectrum Sharing, Spectrum Management, and Cognitive Radio
4. Multiple Antenna Systems and Cooperative Communications
5. Radio Access Technology and Heterogeneous Networks
6. Green Communications and Networks
7. IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking
8. Wireless Networks: Protocols, Security and Services
9. Mobile Satellite Systems, Positioning and Navigation
10. Vehicular Communications, Networks, and Telematics
11. Electric Vehicles, Vehicular Electronics, and Intelligent Transportation
12. Future Trends and Emerging Technologies
13. Recent Results

For topics outside these focus areas, please, consult with the respective workshop chairs prior to a proposal submission.

Submission Procedure

Workshop proposals, in word or PDF format, should be sent to both Workshop Co-chairs by email on or before 16 March 2018. Your proposal must contain following information:

• Title, scope, and topics of the workshop
• Names, affiliation, and email addresses of the workshop organizers
• List of intended technical committee members (TPC)
• Format of the workshop (papers, keynotes, panels, posters, etc.)
• Intended paper review schedule
• Promotional plan
• Past history of the workshop if any (when, where, number of papers, number of participants, etc.)
• Intended audience of the workshop
• Rationale, e.g., why is the topic of interest, why is the workshop expected to attract a significant number of high-quality submissions, etc.
• A draft Call for Papers

All proposals will be independently reviewed and a decision on acceptance communicated by 23 March 2018 at the latest. After acceptance, workshop organizers are expected to set up a website and to actively promote their workshops, as well as submit details for promotion at the main VTC site. The paper submission process will be arranged and handled by the online TrackChair system.

Workshop Co-chairs

Takayuki Shimizu TOYOTA InfoTechnology Center, USA

Nuria Gonzalez Prelcic University of Texas at Austin, USA