Call for papers: Due to requests from many authors, the submission deadline has been extended to 25 August 2014. But this is firm, no more extension. The 4th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications (SustainCom 2014), 3-5 Dec. 2014, Sydney, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/susc2014/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: August 25, 2014 *(extended, firm)* Notification: September 25, 2014 Final Manuscript Due: October 15, 2014 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/susc2014/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguised papers will be selected for special issues in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience; Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. =========== Introduction Sustainable Computing and Communications refers to principles that embrace a range of policies, procedures, programs, and attitudes that run the length and breadth of any use of information and communication technologies. It is a holistic approach that stretches from power to waste to purchasing to education and is a life-cycle management approach to the deployment of IT across an organization. It includes designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of information and communication systems with minimal or no impact on the environment. SustainCom (Sustainable Computing and Communications) was created to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Sustainable Computing and Communications as well as innovative applications. Scope and Topics Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: Track 1: Sustainable Computing and Communications ¡¤ Theoretical Aspect of Energy, Power, and Temperature ¡¤ Algorithms for Reduced Power, Energy and Heat ¡¤ Power-aware Design of Software, Middleware and Systems ¡¤ Power-aware Networking ¡¤ Real-time systems ¡¤ Power-efficient Computing Architectures ¡¤ Efficient Circuit Design for Energy Harvesting ¡¤ Power Management in Memory, Disk, Storage and other peripheral Devices ¡¤ Configurable and Renewable Energy ¡¤ Low Power Electronics ¡¤ Energy Efficient Network Hardware ¡¤ Energy-Efficient Communication Protocols ¡¤ Low power Communication Technologies ¡¤ Embedded Systems, ASICs and FPGSs ¡¤ Power Leakage and Dissipation ¡¤ Code Profiling and Transformation for Power Management ¡¤ Power-aware Scheduling and Resource Allocation ¡¤ Energy-efficient Wireless/Mobile/Sensor Systems and Networks ¡¤ Security and Privacy ¡¤ Wearable Computing ¡¤ Ecological Monitoring, Analytics and Visualization ¡¤ Green Communications Architectures and Frameworks ¡¤ Green Data Centres and Enterprise Computing ¡¤ QoS and Green Computing ¡¤ Integration of Smart Appliances ¡¤ Green Software Engineering Methodologies and Tools ¡¤ Virtualiztion Impact for Green Computing ¡¤ Case Studies on Green Computing and Communications ¡¤ Green Computing Models, Methodologies and Paradigms Track 2: Sustainable Systems and Technologies ¡¤ Sustainable Architectures for Smart Grids ¡¤ Smart Grid Security, Reliability and Load Balancing ¡¤ Energy Management Systems (EMS) ¡¤ Economic Models of Energy Efficiency ¡¤ Energy Monitoring, Profiling and Measurement ¡¤ Renewable Energy Systems and Harvesting Energy (e.g. Solar, Wind) ¡¤ Greener Systems Planning and Design ¡¤ Virtualization for Reducing Power Consumption ¡¤ Evolutionary Algorithms in Energy Applications ¡¤ Scheduling and Switching Power Supplies ¡¤ Optimization Techniques for Efficient Energy Consumption ¡¤ Reliability of Power-aware Computers ¡¤ Runtime Systems that Assist in Power Saving ¡¤ Models for Collective Optimization of Power and Performance ¡¤ Monitoring Tools for Power and Performance of Parallel and Distributed Systems ¡¤ Use of Sensors for Environmental Monitoring ¡¤ Smart control for Eco-friendly Buildings Track 3: Sustainable Methodologies and Applications ¡¤ Smart City (Sustainable Design, Models, Frameworks, Policies and Strategies) ¡¤ Smart City (Sustainable Integration and Optimization of Comprehensive Resources and Information Flows - energy, emissions, people, goods and services) ¡¤ Sustainable Energy Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Delivery ¡¤ Smart Buildings and Urban Infrastructures ¡¤ Smart Grid for Energy Generation, Transmission, Monitoring and Management ¡¤ Open Government, Open Data Policies, Urban-Scale Data Sharing, Information Security and Privacy ¡¤ Smart Logistics and Sustainable Supply Chain Management ¡¤ Smart People, Smart Living and Smart Citizen Engagement ¡¤ Intelligent Transport Systems and Traffic Management ¡¤ Smart Energy-efficient Sensor Networks and Internet of Things ¡¤ Smart Home, Smart Healthcare and Ageing Population support ¡¤ e-Mobility, e-Work and e-Business Applications ¡¤ Sustainable Urban Mobility and Smart Vehicle Management ¡¤ Smart Resource Support and Demand Management and Optimization ¡¤ User-Centred Services and Systems ¡¤ Open Big City Data, Cloud Computing, Internet-Enabled Infrastructures and Services for Sustainability ¡¤ Innovation Labs, Experimental Test-Beds and Simulation Environments ¡¤ Mechanisms for Motivating Behavior Change ¡¤ Advanced Data Analytics for Smart Cities ¡¤ IS Architecture Design and Platform for Sustainability ¡¤ Case Studies and Innovative Applications for Sustainability Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages for main conference, including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/susc2014/submission.htm. Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be published in special issues of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience; Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. General Chairs Ishfaq Ahmad, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA M (Palani) Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia Program Chairs Chadi Aoun, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Anirban Mahanti, NICTA, Australia Danilo Ardagna, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Program Vice-Chairs Dongrui Fan, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Hussein Dia, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Xin Zhu, University of Aizu, Japan Workshop Chairs Mianxiong Dong, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan Wei Zheng, Xiamen University, China Steering Committee Jinjun Chen, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (Chair) Fernando Las Heras, EPI, Spain Bor Yann Liaw, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Jean-Marc Pierson, IRIT, Universit¨¦ Paul Sabatier, France Sandeep Gupta, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA Dakai Zhu, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA M (Palani) Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia Laurent Lefevre, Inria, LIP Lab., ENS Lyon, University of Lyon, France Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada (Chair) Local Organization Chair Nazanin Borhan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Finance Chair Chang Liu, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Conference Secretary and Web Chair Xuyun Zhang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia