CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE International Workshop on Green Standardization and Industry
Issues for ICT and Relevant Technologies (GSICT)
Organized in conjunction with IEEE Global Communications Conference
(GLOBECOM 2015)
[Paper submission link]
https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=20677
[Important Dates on US Time EDT]
– Extended paper submission deadline: July 15, 2015
– Paper Acceptance Notification: September 1, 2015
– Camera Ready papers due: October 1, 2015
[Scope and Topics]
This workshop is to collect results and visions of standards,
regulations, policies, industry issues and efforts on global green
revolutions relevant to information and communication technologies
(ICT) and other relevant issues, including both the impact of ICT on
the environments and the impact of environments on ICT. This workshop
will exchange views on issues of strategic importance such as
environmental protections, resource efficiency, climate changes, and
energy efficiency, and how ICT can help boost the transition to an
environmentally-friendly economy. Environmental sustainability for the
ICT sector has impacted and will continue impacting the industry’s
reaction to the outcomes of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The current world would not survive
without information and communication technologies, whose widespread
use has changed people’s lives dramatically and boosted economic
growth. However, the very success of these technologies has made them
a growing contributor to various environmental impacts. At the same
time, they may offer ways of reducing negative environmental impacts
in other industries such as water resource management, air pollution
reduction, energy generation, building and transport. This workshop
may also provide guidance on green ICT procurement, detailing green
principles to be applied when procuring goods, products and services.
Another issue considered in this workshop is greening ICT supply
chains relating to conflict minerals, and the way the ICT industry is
managing its supply chain in that context. This workshop may also
investigate the overall sustainability of lifestyle choices, a number
of companies may have responded by providing consumers with
information on the eco-impact of the products they buy and use.
The IEEE International Workshop on Green Standardization and Industry
Issues for ICT and Relevant Technologies (GSICT) would be initiated as
a forum for scientists, engineers, standardization professionals,
policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students to present
their latest research results, visions, ideas, developments, surveys
in green standardization and industry issues in ICT and relevant
technologies that can support existing and future developments and
efforts and promote global green revolutions.
Researchers and professionals are encouraged to submit original
relevant contributions in all major areas, which include, but not
limited to:
– Green standardizations for systems, devices, interfaces, adapters
– Green algorithms, protocols, approaches, solutions for any
industrial ICT standards and relevant systems
– Green issues, activities, efforts, approaches, and applications in industries
– Visions, ideas, roadmaps, and solutions on green standardization and
industry issues for ICT and relevant technologies
– Test suites for assessment of green standardizations and solutions
– Green battery solutions
– Green standardization and industry issues for computing and
information technologies
– Green standardization and industry issues for electronics
– Green standardization and industry issues for Internet of things
– Green standardization and industry issues for smart grids
– Green standardization and industry issues for communications and networking
– Procedure for recycling materials in information and communication
technology goods
– Measurement methods to characterize rare metals in information and
communication technology goods
– Best practices for green data centers and cloud computing
– Energy and resource efficiency metrics and measurement
– Standardizations for green offices and buildings
– Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the
environmental impact of information and communication technologies
– Methodology for environmental life cycle assessment
– Methodology for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
impact assessment of information and communication technologies in
organizations
– Framework for information and communication technologies and
adaptation to the effects of climate change
– Life-cycle management of ICT goods
– Surveys on any topics of green standardization and industry issues
[Submission Procedure]
Submitted papers must represent original material which is not
currently under review in any other conference or journal and has not
been previously published. Paper length should not exceed 7-pages (6
pages without extra page charge) standard IEEE conference two-column
format (including all text, figures, and references). Please see the
Author Information page for submission guidelines in the IEEE GLOBECOM
2015 web site http://globecom2015.ieee-globecom.org/. All submitted
papers will go through a peer review process. All accepted and
presented papers will be included in the IEEE GLOBECOM 2015
proceedings and IEEE digital library. IEEE reserves the right to
exclude an accepted and registered but not presented paper from the
IEEE digital library.