ISABEL 2011 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED SCIENCES IN BIOMEDICAL AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES Smart Enablers of Communication and Biomedical Technologies supporting Post-Disaster Aftermath October 26-29, 2011, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain The inter-disciplinary approach is becoming an increasing need in scientific and industrial communities. The most evident example of such a need is represented by the strong interconnection between biomedical and communication engineering. On the one hand, ICT can provide new tools for making healthcare systems more efficient and responsive in order to supply in-the-home and mobile healthcare solutions. On the other hand, many of the most recent advances in communication technologies - from algorithms to the electronics and materials - are "bio-inspired". Moreover, it is increasing the awareness of the great potentials offered by the synergistic combination of many disciplines (e.g., mathematics and physics, biology and chemistry) in both biomedical and communication engineering. The global interest towards a safer Planet is forcing the industrial and scientific worlds to seek for engineering solutions in order to reestablish normal conditions both in terms of communication and medical-related functionalities, which are two of most basic needs of human beings, especially under critical scenarios in the aftermath of a disaster, either natural or man-made. Hence, from 2011 onward, ISABEL will also look upon the application of sciences in biomedical and communication engineering so as to develop novel technologies and solutions that can make our lives "safer" in critical situations. ISABEL aims at creating a stage where researchers, scientists and business people can discuss and share ideas at the frontiers of life sciences, pure sciences and engineering. Call for Papers - ISABEL 2011 Download Call for Papers in PDF - ISABEL 2011 Website: http://www.isabelconference.com COGART 2011 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE RADIO AND ADVANCED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT Cognitive and Self-Organizing Networks for Disasters Aftermath Assistance October 26-29 October, 2011, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Conventional fixed spectrum allocation cannot successfully cope with the scarcity of radio frequency spectrum. Cognitive radio is a novel technology, which improves the spectrum utilization by seeking and opportunistically utilizing radio resources in time, frequency and space domains on a real time basis. The cognitive radio technology poses many new technical challenges, and overcoming these issues becomes even more challenging due to non-uniform spectrum and other radio resource allocation policies, economic considerations, the inherent transmission impairments of wireless links and user mobility. Cognitive radio technology advances are based on interdisciplinary research, including among others: signal processing, information theory, communications engineering, artificial intelligence, game theory, economics and legal issues. This conference aims at publishing high quality research papers related to cognitive radio and its applications. An important and emerging application of cognitive networks and self-organizing networks, in general, is to help in the aftermath assistance in case of natural or man-made disaster strikes. To give relief in the affected areas, the interested parties, i.e., relief and security groups, need communications support; therefore, a communication network needs to be established as quickly and as easily as possible in order to ensure that rescue and relief efforts are not further hindered. From a communication perspective, a disaster scenario can be characterized as having hazardous spatial environments (with the prevention of infrastructure deployment as a consequence) and possibly radio environments as well (with the impairment of the spectrum bands assigned to disaster relief services as a consequence). Cognitive and self-organizing networks come as a solution to implement disaster relief networks, the latter being infrastructure-less or not. Call for Papers - CogART 2011 Download Call for Papers in PDF - CogART 2011 March 15, 2011 | Tutorial proposals (submit the Tutorial proposals template to secretariat@isabelconference.com) March 15, 2011 | Demo/Prototype proposals (submit the Demo/Prototype proposals template to secretariat@isabelconference.com) March 15, 2011 | Special session proposals (submit the Special session proposals template to secretariat@isabelconference.com) March 15, 2011 | Workshop proposals (submit the Workshop proposals template to secretariat@isabelconference.com) June 15, 2011 | Regular paper submission Website: http://www.isabelconference.com