Scope
The Nano-Net conference positions itself at the intersection of two
worlds, namely, emerging nanotechnologies
on one-side, and network/communication theory on the other side. The
standing question that this
conference will address is: What are the new communication paradigms
that derive from the transition from
micro- to nano-scale devices? The related degrees of freedom and
constraints associated with these new
technologies will change our notions about efficient network and system
design. Nano-Net provides a multidisciplinary
forum for the discussion of new techniques in modeling, design,
simulation, and fabrication of
network and communication systems at the nano-scale.
Technical Program
Nano-Net 2006 will bring together the state-of-the-art research contributions that
address the various aspects of nanotechnology & networking. Namely, the conference will be organized as a
single-track high-quality event featuring a premium Technical Program, thus facilitating the creation of a
scientific community in this new and exciting field. The accepted paper presentations are in the following areas:
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Networks-on-Chip (NoC):
Network architectures and topologies, NoC performance and trade-off analysis, Energy efficiency and power management, CAD flows for NoCs and MP-SoC platforms, Fault tolerance and reliability issuess
- Innovative System Interconnects:
Nano-technologies and devices for on-chip interconnects (CNTs, semic., metallic and DNA-templated nanowires), Molecular, optical and wireless interconnects, Interconnects for non-charge-based devices
- Architectures and Systems for Nano-Networks:
Implications of nano-networks on processor and memory architectures, New computing paradigms for nano-networks, Hybrid CMOS-nano network systems, Self-organization in nano-scale systems
- Novel Information Theory Aspects of Nano-Networks:
Re-configurability of nano-networks, Statistical mechanics approach to nano-communications, Routing/addressing issues in nano-networks, Nano-coding, Applications of complex networks theory
- Modeling, and Simulation of Nano-Networks:
Physical characterization/modeling of nano-scale interconnects and devices, Fault-tolerant aspects of nano-devices, Self-healing properties of nano-networks, "Nano-CAD", Bio-inspired aspects
- Nano-Scale Wireless Communications:
Nanoscale Electromagnetics, Propagation models for nanoscale communications, planning and optimization, nanoscale antennas, nano-arrays, EMI aspects at nanoscale, reconfigurability issues
Publication
Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE in the Nano-Net
Conference Proceedings, and made available online through IEEE Xplore.
A selected number of high-quality papers will be considered for
publication in the ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing
Systems (JETC). Also, selected papers with a strong nanoscale device
component will be reviewed for inclusion in a special section of the
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. Finally, a paper will be selected
for the Best Paper Award.
Keynote Speakers
Keynote lectures will be delivered by Dr. Philip Kuekes (HP-Palo Alto, CA)
on "Interconnect systems for chemically assembled electronic nanocomputers", and by Prof. Giovanni De
Micheli (EPFL-Switzerland) on "Design technologies on NoCs on nanosystems on chip", respectively.
Panels