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13 th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications ISPLC 2009 Dresden, Germany – 29 March - 1 April 2009. Dr.-Ing. Halid Hrasnica Programme Manager Eurescom GmbH – Heidelberg, Germany hrasnica@eurescom.eu. Preparation of ISPLC 2009 TPC Activities.
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13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its ApplicationsISPLC 2009Dresden, Germany – 29 March - 1 April 2009 Dr.-Ing. Halid Hrasnica Programme ManagerEurescom GmbH – Heidelberg, Germany hrasnica@eurescom.eu Preparation of ISPLC 2009TPC Activities
Bahram Honary Gerd Bumiller Klaus Dostert Cecilia Galarza Stefano Galli Abdelfatteh Haidine Holger Hirsch Salvador Iranzo Makoto Itami Alberto Jimenez Feltström Seong-Cheol Kim Jinyoung Kim Michael Koch Lutz Lampe Haniph Latchman John Newbury Nikolaos Papandreou Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou Srinivasa Prasanna João Romano Alfredo Sanz Hou Sizu Andrea Tonello Shinji Tsuzuki Han Vinck Li Xiangzhen Youbing Zhang Technical Programme Committee ISPLC09 Many thanks to all other invited reviewers!
TPC Chairs • TPC Co-Chairs: • Halid Hrasnica • Eurescom GmbH, Germany • Masaaki Katayama • Nagoya University, Japan • Moises Ribeiro • Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil • General ISPLC 2009 Chair: • Ralf Lehnert • Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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
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
Statistics on Authors’ Regions Europe, Middle East, Africa Asia/Pacific America (North/South) Submitted Accepted
Authors’ Organisations / Profiles • Acceptance ratio • Students: 29.30 % • Academia 49.10 % • Industry 57.10 % • Government 42.80 % • Among 7 authors • NGO 00.00 % • Only one author
Authors’ Organisations / Profiles • Acceptance ratio • Students: 29.30 % • Academia 49.10 % • Industry 57.10 % • Government 42.80 % • NGO 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
Topics Addressed - Technology Aspects • Channel characterization 34 • EMC and coupling 12 • Modulation and coding 50 • Signal processing 33 • Cognitive issues 10 • Error control 10 • MAC layer and protocols 16 • Duplex, routing, autonomous functions 2 • Network planning and optimization 13 • Cross-layer optimization / service integration 6
Topics Addressed - Implementation and deployment aspect • Coexistence and interoperability 7 • Modem and LSI design 7 • Security 5 • Network and service management 9 • System architectures and solutions 19 • Power system applications 22 • Broadband and multimedia applications 9 • Experimental systems and trials 22 • Standardization and regulation 5 • Business perspectives 3
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 • In case of large discrepancy among reviews (>1.0) • For papers in borderline zone (around 2.5) • TPC meeting very helpful! • Audio conferencing can be applied
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
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!