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The 17th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband ICUWB’2017 (formerly known as International Confe-rence on Ultra Wide-Band) will be held in Salamanca, Spain, from Septem-ber 12th to 15th, 2017, under the theme Smart Cities & Industries. Mid-September is the perfect time to host an event in Salamanca (Spain), since local fair is taking place from the 7th to the 15th.

ICUWB, under its renewed format, provides a forum for the latest original research achievements and developments in ultra-high frequency wireless broadband technologies and their ubiquitous fields of applica-tion in microwave, millimeter wave, and even Terahertz, lightwave and optical wireless (OW) bands; without any restriction in scope to the standar-dized radio interface technologies commonly called today as UWB.

General ChairJuan Manuel Corchado, University of Salamanca

TPC ChairsJavier Prieto, University of SalamancaJavier Bajo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Special Session & Workshop ChairEnrique Díaz, IBM

Local Arrangements ChairJuan F. De Paz, University of Salamanca

Publications ChairGabriel Villarrubia, University of Salamanca

DATES• Full paper submission: April 24th, 2017• Notification of acceptance: June 16th, 2017• Final paper submission: July 9th, 2017

Panels & Tutorials ChairPatricia Fernández, University of Valladolid

Finance & Audit ChairFernando de la Prieta, University of Salamanca

Registration ChairSara Rodríguez, University of Salamanca

Publicity & Public Relations ChairEmilio Corchado, University of Salamanca

Patronage & Exhibits ChairDiego Torrico, Vodafone

TOPICSTechnologies & Techniques

Antennas & Propagation• Microwave, mmWave, Terahertz, OW & lightwave antennas/devices• Channel measurements & modelingCommunication Systems & Signal Processing• Modulation, detection & coding• Synchronization, equalization & time reversal• Ranging, localization & positioning• Multiple access schemes & radio access technologies• Antenna-array beamforming & MIMO systems• Massive MIMO• Interference mitigation techniques• Access protocols & architecturesHardware Architectures & Implementation• RF modules, circuits & systems• Pulse generation & detection• Integrated circuits design• Radio interface architectures• Low-power consumption techniques• Energy-harvesting implementationsCognitive Radio & Cooperative Systems• Cognitive wireless networks• Spectrum sensing & dynamic spectrum access• Underlay/overlay systems• Energy-efficient cross-layer design• Cooperative & relayed communicationsStandardization & Regulatory Issues• Spectral management• 5G & emerging wireless standards• Measurements for type approval• Co-existence

Applications

New Communication Paradigms• 5G communications• Wireless cloud & access virtualization• Green communications• Communications over power lines• Nano-communication devices, systems & networks• Underwater acoustic (UWA) communications• Li-FiSmart Cities & Industries• Device to device communications (D2D)• Machine to machine communications (M2M)• Connected Vehicle (CV)• Internet of things (IoT)• Industry 4.0Smart Monitoring & Metering• Sensor/ RF identification (RFID) systems & networks• Remote sensing, geosensing, geomatics, etc.• Wireless personal/body area networks (WPAN/WBAN)• Collision, ground-penetrating & through-the-wall radars• Materials & manufacturing defects detection & characterization• Healthcare & medical imaging• Disaster early warning systems• Surveillance, safety & security (e.g., traffic, mining, etc.)• Environment, natural resources & infrastructuresSmart Management Systems• Smart homes, cars, offices, hospitals, schools, cities, etc.• Intelligent transportation systems (ITS), traffic fluidity• Smart grids & renewable energies• Sustainable economic, social & urban development• Production, distribution & services

The latter will also be solicited to contribute in the following additional key components of the conference program:•Special Sessions/Workshops: We invite experts in the field to submit proposals for special sessions and full‐ or half‐day workshops. Proponents are encouraged to organize special sessions and workshops that explore new and emerging trends in wireless broadband, focus on industry applications and/or discuss areas not covered in the general call for papers, but of general interest to ICUWB’s audience.•Tutorials: We invite experts in the field to submit proposals for full‐ or half‐day tutorials of interest to ICUWB’s audience.•Best Paper and Student Paper Awards: We encourage authors’ participation. Instructions, prizes, and sponsors will be posted at the conference website.•Exhibits: An exhibition of research achievements and commercial products will be held concurrently.

Publication: All accepted and presented papers will be published by the IEEE and included in IEEE Xplore®.

The 17th edition of the

WORKSHOPS

SPECIAL SESSIONS

(WOS #01-GreeNets) Next Generation of Green ICT and 5G Networking

This workshop will examine the technical challenges, review the economic feasibility, and discuss possible paths to regulatory solutions for future Green ICT and networking.

www.icuwb2017.org/participants/workshops/GreeNets

(WOS #02-Fiwi) Fiber-Wireless Access Networks

The scope of this workshop is to explore emerging trends and report on recent progress to unleash the full potential of unified cellular and FiWi access networks, including their convergence with other technologies and economic sectors for future non-incremental FiWi research such as networked robotics as envisioned by the emerging Tactile Internet.

www.icuwb2017.org/participants/workshops/fiwi

(SPS #01-IOT) IoT Approaches for Distributed Computing

This session intends to bring together researchers and developers from industry and the academic world to report on the latest scienti-fic and technical advances on IoT devices that must embed new hardware architectures with higher processing capabilities and lower power consumption, new abstraction or multi-agent approaches to distribute tasks among network members, or new ways and commu-nication standards for sharing information to increase spectrum efficiency.

Authors of selected papers from Special Session SPS #01-IOT will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to a Special Issue published in the Wireless Communications and Mobile Com-puting Journal (JCR: 0.922).

www.icuwb2017.org/participants/special-sessions/iot

(WOS #03-Energy) Communications with Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer

Energy harvesting communications have brought many new research opportunities in communications, networking and signal processing and require revamping of communication theory. The goal of the workshop is to bring together the latest research results on these topics and also stimulate further research interest in the community in these exciting new directions.

www.icuwb2017.org/participants/workshops/Energy

(WOS #04-AttoNets) Broadband Wireless Communication between Computer Boards

The main challenge considered in this workshop is to design high-performance, rate-adaptive, and energy-efficient communica-tion architectures between the individual processors on different boards. The workshop will bring together academic researchers and industrial professionals to identify and discuss technical challenges and recent results related to Broadband Wireless Communication between Computer Boards. All information about the workshop on:

www.icuwb2017.org/participants/workshops/AttoNets

SALAMANCA AT A GLANCE

(SPS #02-Tracking) Recent advances in Bayesian inference for localization and tracking

The localization and tracking of objects, e.g., by using a distributed wireless sensor network, is a relevant problem within the Internet of Things, Intelligent Robotics/Vehicles and Signal Processing commu-nities. In this session, we will focus on localization and tracking theory, algorithm and applications and more in particular in the recent advances of approximate Bayesian methods.

www.icuwb2017.org/participants/special-sessions/tracking