2010 IEEE International Symposium on Network Coding (NetCod 2010)

Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Information Theory Society
Financially sponsored by MITACS

June 9 - 11, 2010
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Call for Papers

In today's practical communication networks such as the Internet, information
delivery is accomplished through routing. In routing, network nodes simply
store and forward data. Network coding is a generalization of routing in which
nodes can generate output data by encoding (i.e., computing certain functions
of) previously received input data. Thus, network coding allows information to
be "mixed" at a node. As shown by the pioneering work of Ahlswede, Cai, Li, and
Yeung in 2000, network coding can increase the network throughput beyond what
was previously thought possible.

Looking forward, the synergistic development of theory and practice of network
coding shall provide the driving force for continuing the advances in each
side at an unprecedented pace, toward a fundamental understanding and
practical developments of significant impact. The 2010 IEEE International
Symposium on Network Coding (NetCod 2010) aims to provide a forum for an
in-depth coverage of the research developments of network coding up to date.
NetCod 2010 will continue the tradition established by the International
Workshop on Network Coding since 2005, and focus on emerging topics,
controversial ideas, and future research directions in the area of network
coding research. Late-breaking research results from both theoretical and
practical perspectives are encouraged. NetCod 2010 will be held in a setting
that simulates lively discussions among participants. 

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Shannon theory for network coding
Network code constructions and algorithms
Joint source coding and network coding
Joint channel coding and network coding
Resource optimization for network coding
Robustness, energy, or delay aspects of network coding
Security for network coding
Network error correction
Multi-session network coding
Applications of network coding
      Network Coding for Internet Communications
      Network coding for Wireless Networks
      Network Coding for Distributed Storage
Network coding systems 

Submitted papers must be original and should not be currently under review for
any other publication. Authors of accepted papers will need to sign an IEEE
copyright release form and present their paper at NetCod 2010. The Proceedings
of NetCod 2010 will be published by the IEEE Information Theory Society and
distributed at the symposium, and will also be included in the IEEE Xplore
Digital Library.

All paper submissions will be handled electronically in the NetCod 2010
submission web site. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF)
version of their manuscripts for submission. Papers must be no longer than 6
pages, in font size no smaller than 10 points, and using the standard IEEE
style for conference papers. For example, if LaTeX is used to prepare papers,
IEEEtran.cls should be used as the standard template.

Important Dates

Paper submissions due: January 18, 2010, 11:59 p.m. EST
Notification of acceptance: March 12, 2010
Camera-ready papers due: April 9, 2010