Nano Networks: March 2014

Monday, March 10, 2014

Issue 2: JSAC series update

An announcement for the next special issue of JSAC in our series on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications will be made very soon. The submission deadline is expected to be in mid-June for publication in early 2015. Watch the series web page for details.

Both online and in this week's print edition (March 7, 2014), The Economist has an article about molecular communication. The article quotes both myself and our chair, Steve Bush.

If you want to do experiments like those mentioned in the article, my research group is making the apparatus available as an easy-to-use kit.

Nano, Molecular, and Quantum Networking

This is the official blog of the IEEE ComSoc Emerging Technical Subcommittee on Nano, Molecular, and Quantum Networking.

The scope of this subcommittee is communication on the nano-scale, including nano-scale media and wireless nano-scale media in support of nano-robotics. Example media include carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, biological structures, and harnessing the advantages of quantum and hybrid classical/quantum effects for applications such as security and coding. This includes the goal of aiding the development of smart materials, nanoscale bio-medical applications, and nano-robotics.

This subcommittee exists to support the emerging community of engineers, academics, scientists and others who are developing communications on the nano-scale. Activities such as special sessions, symposia, tutorials and workshops in leading conferences will be vastly expanded to help provide the community with continuing updates about the burgeoning field of nanotechnology and nano-scale telecommunications in particular. For an example, see www.nanonets.org.

A goal of this committee will be to provide a network for required diverse specialties, some of which are in fields typically found outside the IEEE, to come together to advance nano-scale communications. Joint events, special journal issues and dedicated topical meetings will also be organized with relevant IEEE societies.

Nano Networks

Monday, March 10, 2014

Issue 2: JSAC series update

Friday, March 7, 2014

Molecular communication article in The Economist / Kit available