Global Communications Newsletter • January 2014

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The 21st International Conference on Software, Telecom-munications and Computer Networks - SoftCOM 2013 washeld in attractive ambience of the Zora hotel, Primosten,Croatia, September 18 to 20. The Conference was organizedby the University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) andCrotian Communications and Information Society (CCIS)under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, Education andSports. The Conference has been technically co-sponsored bythe IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc).

Researchers and experts from industry, research institutesand universities from 30 countries all around the world havesubmitted in total 140 papers for presentation at SoftCOM2013. Submitted papers have been reviewed by more than 200scientists from universities, institutes and ICT companies allover the world. 47% of submitted papers have been accepted forpresentation within the technical program based on their contri-bution, relevance, conceptual clearness and overall quality.

At the opening ceremony the participants have been wel-comed on behalf of the organizers by Prof. Srdjan Podrug, theDean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, MechanicalEngineering and Naval Architecture in Split, Prof. TomislavKilic, the Vice Rector of the University of Split, Prof. JoelRodrigues, President of the IEEE ComSoc TC on Communica-tions Software, M.Sc. Gordana Kovacevic, president of EricssonNikola Tesla company, dr.sc. Sinisa Krajnovic, Vice Presidentand Head of Development Unit Core & IMS, Ericsson AB,Sweden, a SoftCOM 2013 General Chair. A plenary talk titled“Telecom and Cloud – efficient operations and revenuegrowth” has been presented by Ian Söderström, Head of thenew Product Line for Cloud Systems, Ericsson AB, Sweden.

The technical conference program featured twelve confer-ence sessions, including five special sessions. A Symposium onEnvironmental Electromagnetic Compatibility organized byresearchers from the University of Split. The special sessionshave been focused on hot topics including: RFID Technolo-gies and the Internet of Things, Ad Hoc and Sensor Net-works, Green Networking, Smart Environment technologies,and QoS in Wired and Wireless Networks. These sessionshave been organized by researchers with University of Salen-to, Italy, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, Politecnico diMilano, Italy, University of Split, Croatia, and University ofHaute Alsace, France.

Besides the scientific program a professional workshopdedicated to the wide spectra of topics in ICT has been orga-

nized. In addition four half day tutorials have been held byworldwide recognized experts.

In conjunction with the SoftCOM 2013 conference, a Busi-ness Forum has been organized featuring three workshopsand invited talks with participation of managers, executives,experts, government and institution representatives. Industrypanel on Agile and Lean Software Development and Work-shop on Software Engineering in Practice gathered researchersfrom academy and professionals from industry to discuss chal-lenges and new developments in the area of communicationssoftware production. Industry panel was moderated by AriJoupilla, Head of PDU Mobile Core, Ericsson AB, Sweden.Workshop on Software Engineering in Practice was organizedby dr.sc. Darko Huljeni, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia.Workshop on Innovation in ICT was co-organized by theTechnology Transfer Office of the University of Split. Repre-sentatives of academic institutions and professionals from ICTcompanies discussed collaboration between academy andindustry in development of innovation ecosystem with specialemphasys on the area of ICT.

Invited talks have been held by recognizeed representativesof academic and administrative institurtions. Drazen Lucic,President of Council, HAKOM presented an invited talktitled “Encouraging Investments In The Next GenerationNetworks – The Role of Croatian Post and Electronic Com-munications Agency.” Darko Paric, Deputy minister of admin-istration for e-Croatia, Croatia held the presentation “IT inPublic Government and Directions forFurther Development.”Abdelhamid Mellouk, PhD Head of Towards Adaptive Net-work Controls (TINC) Team, LiSSi Laboratory, University ofParis-Est C. Vdm (UPEC), France held an invited talk “Qual-ity of Experience vs. Quality of Service: Application for aCDN Architecture.” Joel Rodrigues with University of BeiraInterior, Portugal, organized the special session on Ad hocand Sensor Networks and held an invited talk “New Frontierfor Mobile Health.”

The presentations of the student projects pursued in theframe of the Ericsson Nikola Tesla Summer Camp 2013 at theFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineeringand Naval Architecture in Split, have been held within a spe-cial session which was chaired by Sasa Desic (Ericsson NikolaTesla).

The welcome reception by the Mayor of the town of Split

21st SoftCOM Conference: Bringing Together Academy and IndustryBy Dinko Begusic, Nikola Rozic, Joel Rodrigues, and Petar Solic

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SoftCOM 2013 General Chair Sinisa Krajnovic, Vice President andHead of Development Unit Core & IMS, Ericsson welcomed theparticipants and presented Ericsson’s view of the Network Society.

The keynote speech titled “Telekom and Cloud – Efficient Opera-tions and Revenue Growth “ was presented by Jan Söderström,Head of the New product line for Cloud systems, Ericsson AB.

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