The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the 2016 Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC; see http://www.nist.gov/cps/sagc.cfm) with a kickoff meeting on November 12-13, 2015, in Gaithersburg, MD.

12th IEEE World conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2016) COMMUNICATION in AUTOMATION  Scope: WFCS is the largest IEEE technical event specially dedicated to industrial communication systems. The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to review current trends in this area and to present and discuss new ideas and new research directions. Focus on:

9th International Workshop on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems (VECoS 2015) Important dates Paper submission: May 15, 2015 Decision notification: July 12, 2015 Camera-ready submission: July 23, 2015 Workshop: September 10-11, 2015 Aims and scope

The 12th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing will be held in conjunction with The 10th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC)

The Fourth IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability           April 14-15, 2015 Madrid, Spain Sponsored by the IFIP TC6 WG 6.3, Performance of Communication Systems Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - Approval pending Paper Registration Deadline --- DECEMBER 05, 2014 The best paper presented at the conference will receive a Best Paper Award.