MoNaCom 2011: 1st IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nano Scale Communication (MoNaCom)

Committees and welcome

Sunday, April 10

2:05 PM - 3:35 PM

SESSION I: Nanonetworking Communication Techniques

Chair: Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)

On attractant scheduling in networks based on bacterial communication: Yunlong Gao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Sriram Lakshmanan (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Raghupathy Sivakumar (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

pp. 419-424
A Nanoscale Communication Channel with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET): Ozgur B. Akan (Koc University, Turkey)

pp. 425-430
PHLAME: A Physical Layer Aware MAC Protocol for Electromagnetic Nanonetworks: Joan Capdevila Pujol (UPC, Spain); Josep Miquel Jornet (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Josep Sole Pareta (UPC, Spain)

pp. 431-436
Characterization of signal propagation in neuronal systems for nanomachine-to-neurons communications: Laura Galluccio (University of Catania, Italy); Sergio Palazzo (University of Catania, Italy); Giuseppe Santagati (University of Catania, Italy)

pp. 437-442
Simulation-based Evaluation of the Diffusion-based Physical Channel in Molecular Nanonetworks: Nora Garralda (Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Ignacio Llatser (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Albert Cabellos-Aparicio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Massimiliano Pierobon (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

pp. 443-448

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

SESSION II: Networking Concepts for Molecular Communication

Chair: Albert Cabellos-Aparicio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Artificial Backbone Neuronal Network for Nano Scale Sensors: Frank Walsh (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland); Noreen T Boyle (CRANN, Trinity College, Ireland); Adil Mardinoglu (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Andrea Della Chiesa (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Dmitri D Botvich (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland); Adriele Prina-Mello (CRANN, Trinity College, Ireland); Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)

pp. 449-454
Addressing by Beacon Coordinates using Molecular Communication: Michael J. Moore (Osaka University, Japan); Tadashi Nakano (Osaka University, Japan)

pp. 455-460
Effects of Routing for Communication via Diffusion System in the Multi-node Environment: Mehmet Sukru Kuran (Bogazici University, Turkey); Huseyin Birkan Yilmaz (Bogazici University, Turkey); Tuna Tugcu (Bogazici University, Turkey)

pp. 461-466
Diffusion-based Channel Characterization in Molecular Nanonetworks: Ignacio Llatser (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Eduard Alarcón (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain); Massimiliano Pierobon (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

pp. 467-472
A Simple Mathematical Model for Information Rate of Active Transport Molecular Communication: Nariman Farsad (York University, Canada); Andrew Eckford (York University, Canada); Satoshi Hiyama (NTT DOCOMO, Inc., Japan); Yuki Moritani (NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan)

pp. 473-478

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

SESSION III: Short Presentations

Chair: Jian-Qin Liu (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)

Micropatterning of Different Kinds of Biomaterials As a Platform of a Molecular Communication System: Satoshi Hiyama (NTT DOCOMO, Inc., Japan); Yuki Moritani (NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan); Kaori Kuribayashi-Shigetomi (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Hiroaki Onoe (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Shoji Takeuchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

pp. 479-484
A neural nanonetwork model based on cell signaling molecules: Áron Szabó (Eötvös University, Hungary); Gábor Vattay (Eotvos University, Hungary); Daniel Kondor (Eötvös University, Hungary)

pp. 485-489
Autonomous Excitation Transfer in Quantum Dot Mixtures via Network of Optical Near-Field Interactions at the Nanoscale: Makoto Naruse (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Ferdinand Peper (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Kenji Leibnitz (NICT, Japan); Kouichi Akahane (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Naokatsu Yamamoto (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Wataru Nomura (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Tadashi Kawazoe (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Takashi Yatsui (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Masayuki Murata (Osaka University, Japan); Motoichi Ohtsu (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

pp. 490-494
A Robust Controller of Dynamic Networks and Its Verification by the Simulation of the Heat Shock Response Network with Reliable Signal Transmission: Jian-Qin Liu (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)

pp. 495-500
Repeater Design and Modeling for Molecular Communication Networks: Tadashi Nakano (Osaka University, Japan); Jianwei Shuai (Xiamen University, P.R. China)

pp. 501-506