CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
Modeling, Methodologies and Tools for Molecular and Nano-scale
Communications
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~jxs/pub/springer-most/
To be published by Springer
Chapter proposal/abstract submission due: September 1, 2013
Chapter submission due: December 1, 2013
AIMS
Future systems of nano-scale devices (nanomachines) have the significant
potential to expand the capabilities for interacting with biological,
chemical and physical systems. Nanomachines may have electrical or
biological components for simple tasks such as sensing, computing, data
storage and actuation and form a system through molecular and nano-scale
communications in order to perform collaborative and/or parallel tasks
that no individual nanomachines could. Potential applications for such
systems are anticipated in medical, environmental or self-manufacturing
systems.
This book aims at systematic and in-depth introduction to current
modeling, methodologies and tools applied to advancing the design of
communication systems between nanomachines and applications for systems
of nanomachines. The topic area is interdisciplinary between the areas
of computer science, biological science, and nanotechnology; therefore,
the intended audience is for those areas who are interested in the
modeling, analysis, and design of nano-scale systems.
TOPICS OF INTERESTS
* Molecular and Nano-scale Communication devices
- Design and engineering of nanomachines for nano/molecular
communication: Protein machines; Artificial cells; Synthetic cells; DNA
machines; Nano-bio sensors and actuators
- Infrastructures for nano/molecular communication: Calcium
signaling; Viral transport; Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT); Membrane nanotube;
Flagellated Bacteria; Molecular motors over microtubules; Neural
networks; Electromagnetic nanonetworks
* Modeling
- Communication theory: Energy models for nano-scale devices;
Nano/molecular signals and signal processing; Information processing in
nano/molecular links
- Network theory: Protocols and architectures for nano/molecular
communication; Network controls of nano/molecular communication;
Addressing, switching and routing at nano/molecular scale; Coding in
nano/molecular networks; Security of nano/molecular networks
* Methodologies
- Nano/molecular network design: Robust design and architecture;
Network design by moleware; Emergent behaviour in nano/molecular
networks (e.g. self-assembly, self-organisation); Programming for
moleware communication; Planning of nano/molecular networks; Networks of
nanocomputers; integrating and monitoring nanonetworks with larger-scale
networks
- Natural computing in nano/molecular communication: Molecular
computing; DNA computing; membrane computing; Integration of
computational and communication capabilities in nano/molecular networks
* Tools
- Support for nano/molecular network design: Wetware communication
by simulation in silico; Network simulators (e.g. ns2, ns3) for
nano/molecular networks
- Support for developing applications of nano/molecular networks:
Healthcare, e.g., Drug delivery, Nanomedicine, Telecommunications,
Energy, Biotechnology, Bioremediation and Environment, Nano robots
communication.
IMPORTANT DATES
Chapter proposal/abstract deadline: September 1, 2013
Proposal/abstract confirmation deadline: September 15, 2013
Chapter submission deadline: December 1, 2013
Notification: February 1, 2014
Book published: 2014
CHAPTER SUBMISSION
Chapter authors are invited to submit chapter proposals/abstracts (2 to
3 pages) to jxs [at] cs.umb.edu. No specific page format is required for
proposals/abstracts.
EDITORS
Junichi Suzuki
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Tadashi Nakano
Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Osaka University
Michael John Moore
Applied Research Lab
Pennsylvania State University
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Jun Suzuki
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts, Boston
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