Areas of interest include and are not limited to the following topics: Networking Networking for Cloud computing Communications for Smart Grids Peer-to-Peer networking Social Networks Network Virtualization Content-oriented Infrastructures Wireless Communications and Networking 5G and 4G Communications and Networking Device-to-Device and Machine-to-Machine communications Internet of things and Smart Cities Cognitive networks and Cross-layer design Ad Hoc, sensor, mesh and access networks Radio, Satellite and space communications Software Defined Networking and wireless cloud Communication Services Quality of Experience and Quality of Services Services for disaster situations and humanitarian services Multimedia services and Applications Service Security and Privacy Location-based Information Systems E-health E-governance Sustainable Communications and Energy Efficiency Green wireless and fixed-line communications Energy-efficient protocols and networks Optical networks Elastic networks Access networks Optical communications Optical & wireless convergence Communications Systems and Signal Processing Communication theory Signal processing and communication electronics Communication QoS, Reliability and Performance Modeling Communications systems integration and modeling Performance evaluation Reliability of systems and networks Traffic engineering and traffic theory Enabling technologies Network management Switching and Routing Internet protocols Communications protocols Security