Transcript Title – Sub-Title - IEEE Communications Society

13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its
Applications
ISPLC 2009
Dresden, Germany – 29 March - 1 April 2009
Preparation of ISPLC 2009
TPC Activities
Dr.-Ing. Halid Hrasnica
Programme Manager
Eurescom GmbH – Heidelberg, Germany
[email protected]
www.eurescom.eu
Technical Programme Committee ISPLC09
1. Bahram Honary
15. Haniph Latchman
2. Gerd Bumiller
16. John Newbury
3. Klaus Dostert
17. Nikolaos Papandreou
4. Cecilia Galarza
18. Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou
5. Stefano Galli
19. Srinivasa Prasanna
6. Abdelfatteh Haidine
20. João Romano
7. Holger Hirsch
21. Alfredo Sanz
8. Salvador Iranzo
22. Hou Sizu
9. Makoto Itami
23. Andrea Tonello
10. Alberto Jimenez Feltström
24. Shinji Tsuzuki
11. Seong-Cheol Kim
25. Han Vinck
12. Jinyoung Kim
26. Li Xiangzhen
13. Michael Koch
27. Youbing Zhang
14. Lutz Lampe
Many thanks to all other invited reviewers!
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TPC Chairs
 TPC Co-Chairs:
Halid Hrasnica
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Eurescom GmbH, Germany
Masaaki Katayama
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Nagoya University, Japan
Moises Ribeiro
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Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
 General ISPLC 2009 Chair:
Ralf Lehnert
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Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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TPC Supporters
 TU Dresden staff
Publication Chair: Le Phu Do
Local Arrangement Chair: Jorge Juan Robles
Publicity Chair: Stefan Türk
Financial Chair: Roland Schingnitz
 TC-PLC members
 EDAS
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Paper Submission for ISPLC 2009
 Overall figures
139 papers submitted
62 papers accepted
Acceptance ratio: 44.6%
 The best result in history of ISPLC
conferences
Not intentional
Paper accepted as recommended by
reviewers
Continuous quality improvement of ISPLC
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Statistics on Authors’ Regions
Europe, Middle East, Africa
50
Asia/Pacific
45
40
35
Europe, Middle East, Africa
30
Asia/Pacific
25
America (North/South)
America
(North/South)
Unknown
20
15
10
5
0
1
50
Submitted
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
Accepted
0
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Authors’ Organisations / Profiles
 Acceptance ratio
Students:
Academia
Industry
Government
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Among 7 authors
NGO
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29.30 %
49.10 %
57.10 %
42.80 %
00.00 %
Only one author
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Authors’ Organisations / Profiles
 Acceptance ratio
 Students:
 Academia
 Industry
 Government
 NGO
29.30 %
49.10 %
57.10 %
42.80 %
00.00 %
 TPC members
 28 papers submitted, 22 accepted
 Acceptance ratio: 78.60 %
 Contributions by “old” ISPLC community
members
 Late submissions and low contributions
 Privileged status at ISPLC 2009 for none – ensured
 Leading to better conference quality
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Topics Addressed - Technology Aspects
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Channel characterization
EMC and coupling
Modulation and coding
Signal processing
Cognitive issues
Error control
MAC layer and protocols
Duplex, routing, autonomous functions
Network planning and optimization
Cross-layer optimization / service integration
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50
33
10
10
16
2
13
6
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Topics Addressed - Implementation
and deployment aspect
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Coexistence and interoperability
Modem and LSI design
Security
Network and service management
System architectures and solutions
Power system applications
Broadband and multimedia applications
Experimental systems and trials
Standardization and regulation
Business perspectives
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22
9
22
5
3
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Review Process for ISPLC 2009
 TPC review
No major delays!
Good quality of reviews
 Paper selection
Based on the review ratings
Reviews (but only reviews) exactly considered
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In case of large discrepancy among reviews (>1.0)
For papers in borderline zone (around 2.5)
TPC meeting very helpful!
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Audio conferencing can be applied
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Some Recommendations
 ISPLC Timing – not optimal
Reviews during holiday season
 Deadline should be moved to end of
October
Reviews to be ready by end of December
More time for paper selection
Need to be promoted and kept!
 EDAS
To create a template for ISPLC
To fix paper rating values and weights
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Many Thanks to…
All supporters…
Almost forgotten:
 ALL AUTHORS
For submissions!
For final papers
For presentations
Many thanks for attending ISPLC 2009
Enjoy conference and Dresden!
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