4th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
Washington DC, USA, September 27-29, 2017
4th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
Washington DC, USA, September 27-29, 2017
Sessions
| Session 1: Transmission, Propagation and Equalization Techniques |
| Session Chair: John Federici (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) |
| Time: Thursday, September 28 - 10:30-11:40 |
| Received Signal Strength for Randomly Distributed Molecular Nanonodes |
| Rafay Iqbal Ansari (Frederick University, Cyprus); Taqwa Saeed (Frederick University, Cyprus); Andreas Pitsillides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus); Chrysostomos Chrysostomou and Marios Lestas (Frederick University, Cyprus) |
| A Novel Protocol for Network-Controlled Metasurfaces |
| Ageliki Tsioliaridou (FORTH, Greece); Christos Liaskos (Institute of Computer Science, Foundation of Research and Technology, Hellas, Greece); Andreas Pitsillides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus); Sotiris Ioannidis (Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Greece) |
| Chemical reaction networks for maximum likelihood estimation of the concentration of signalling molecules |
| Chun Tung Chou (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
| Event and Node Identification from a Single-Pulse Transmission in Self-powered Nanosensor Networks |
| Najmul Hassan, Chun Tung Chou and Mahbub Hassan (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
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| Session 2: Synthetic Computation in Living Cells |
| Session Chair: Samuel Perli (Gladstone Institutes & University of California San Francisco, USA) |
| Time: Thursday, September 28 - 11:40-12:50 |
| Ratiometric logic in living cells via competitive binding of synthetic transcription factors |
| Samuel Perli (Gladstone Institutes & University of California San Francisco, USA); Timothy Lu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| Analog and Digital Memory in Living Cells |
| Fahim Farzadfard (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Timothy Lu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
| Design principles of data converters for building large-scale gene networks in living cells |
| Ramez Daniel, Luna Rizik and Loai Danial (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) |
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| Session 3: Signal Processing for Molecular Communications |
| Session Chair: Mauro Femminella (University of Perugia, Italy) |
| Time: Thursday, September 28 - 14:00-15:30 |
| An Efficient Distance Measurement Approach in Diffusion-based Molecular Communication based on Arrival Time Difference |
| Yao Sun and Masaki Ito (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Kaoru Sezaki (University of Tokyo, Japan) |
| Achieving In-Phase Synchronization in a Diffusion-Based Nanonetwork with Unknown Propagation Delay |
| Ethungshan Shitiri and Ho-Shin Cho (Kyungpook National University, Korea) |
| Computational Requirements for Nano-Machines: There is Limited Space at the Bottom |
| Florian Lau, Florian Büther and Bennet Gerlach (University of Lübeck, Germany) |
| Increase Detection Algorithm for Concentration-Encoded DiffusionBased Molecular Communication |
| HaoYang Zhai (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Tadashi Nakano (Osaka University, Japan); Athanasios Vasilakos (Lula University of Technology, Sweden); Kun Yang (University of Essex, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Qiang Liu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China) |
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| Session 4: Neuromorphic Computing |
| Session Chair: Garrett S. Rose (The University of Tennessee, USA) |
| Time: Thursday, September 28 - 16:30-18:00 |
| A Programming Framework for Neuromorphic Systems with Emerging Technologies |
| Catherine Schuman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA); James Plank, Garrett Rose, Gangotree Chakma, Austin Wyer and Grant Bruer (University of Tennessee, USA); Nouamane Laanait (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) |
| On Accelerating Stochastic Neural Networks |
| Swathika Ramakrishnan and Dhireesha Kudithipudi (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA) |
| Brain-Inspired Computing Accelerated by Memristor Technology |
| Chenchen Liu and Fuqiang Liu (Clarkson University, USA); Hai (Helen) Vishal Saxena and Xinyu Wu (University of Idaho, USA); Ira Srivastava |
| Towards Spiking Neuromorphic System-on-a-Chip with Bio-plausible Synapses using Emerging Devices |
| Vishal Saxena and Xinyu Wu (University of Idaho, USA); Ira Srivastava (Self Employed, USA); Kehan Zhu (University of Idaho, USA) |
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| Session 5: Information Theory and Perfomance Analysis for NanoScale Communications |
| Session Chair: Gianluca Reali (University of Perugia, Italy) |
| Time: Friday, September 29 - 10:20-11:40 |
| Channel Capacity Modelling of Blood Capillary-based Molecular Communication With Blood Flow Drift |
| Yue Sun and Kun Yang (University of Essex, United Kingdom (Great Britain); Qiang Liu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China) |
| Performance Bounds of Estimators in Molecular Communications under Structural Constraints |
| Alireza Sadeghi, Siavash Ghavami and Georgios B. Giannakis (University of Minnesota, USA) |
| End-to-end Molecular Communication Channels in Cell Metabolism: an Information Theoretic Study |
| Zahmeeth Sakkaff, Jennie L. Catlett, Mikaela Cashman, Massimiliano Pierobon, Nicole Buan and Myra Cohen (University of NebraskaLincoln, USA); Christine A. Kelley (University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA) |
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| Session 6: Advanced Technologies for Nano Communications Systems |
| Session Chair: Alan Davy (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland) |
| Time: Friday, September 29 - 11:40-12:50 |
| Embedding Space-Constrained Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata in Three-Dimensional Tile-Based Self-Assembly Systems |
| Florian Lau and Stefan Fischer (University of Lübeck, Germany) |
| State Logging in Chemical Reaction Networks |
| Samuel Ellis, James Lathrop and Robyn Lutz (Iowa State University, USA) |
| Molecular Communication with DNA Cellular Storage System |
| Sohil Shah, Ashwin Raghavachari and Chieh Lo (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Radu Marculescu (CMU, USA) |
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| Session 7: THz Communication |
| Session Chair: Yahya Tousi (University of Minnesota, USA) | Time: Friday, September 29 - 13:50-15:20 |
| Towards THz High Data-Rate Communication: A 50 Gbps All-Electronic Wireless Link at 240 GHz |
| Pedro Rodriguez-Vazquez (Bergische Uuniversität Wwuppertal, Germany); Janusz Grzyb (University of Wuppertal, Germany); Bernd Heinemann (IHP, Germany); Ullrich Pfeiffer and Neelanjan Sarmah (University of Wuppertal, Germany) |
| A High-Power Multi-port 0.46THz Radiation Source in Nano-scale Silicon Technology Using Fundamental-Frequency Oscillation Beyond fMAX of Transistors |
| Peyman Nazari (Qualcomm Inc., USA); Zheng Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Payam Heydari (University of California, Irvine, USA) |
| Power-Efficient Terahertz Communication Circuits |
| Hamidreza Aghasi (University of Michigan & Cornell University, USA); Ehsan Afshari (University of Michigan, USA) |
| Prospects for the Application of 2-Dimensional Materials to TerahertzBand Communications |
| Jonathan Bird (The State University of New York, USA); Josep M Jornet and Erik Einarsson (University at Buffalo, USA); Gregory Aizin (Kingsborough Community College, USA) |
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| Session 8: Electromagnetic Communications and Technologies (THz) |
| Time: Friday, September 29 - 16:40-18:10 |
| A Folded Wireless Network-on-Chip using Graphene based THz-band Antennas |
| Sagar Saxena, Deekshith Shenoy Manur, Md Shahriar Shamim and Amlan Ganguly (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA) |
| Stochastic Analysis of Multi-tier Nanonetworks in THz Band |
| Joonas Kokkoniemi, Janne Lehtomäki and Markku Juntti (University of Oulu, Finland) |
| Performance Comparison of Equalization Techniques for Indoor THz Communications |
| Afsaneh Gharouni-Chamansabz (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Anamaria Moldovan (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Wolfgang Gerstacker (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany) |
| Stochastic Multipath Channel Modeling and Power Delay Profile Analysis for Terahertz-band Communication |
| Zahed Hossain (University at Buffalo, USA); Carley Mollica (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA); Josep M Jornet (University at Buffalo, USA) |
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| Poster Session |
| RBMP: A Relay-based MAC Protocol for Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band |
| Qiang Li, Xin-Wei Yao and Chao-Chao Wang (Zhejiang University of Technology, P.R. China) |
| Simulation Analysis of Inter-symbol Interference in Diffusion-based Molecular Communication with Non-absorbing Receiver |
| Uche Kennedy Okonkwo (University of Pretoria, South Africa); Athanasios Vasilakos (Lula University of Technology, Sweden); Reza Malekian (University of Pretoria Pretoria & University of St. Paul the Apostle, South Africa); Bodhaswar TJ Maharaj (University of Pretoria, South Africa) |
| A Big-Data Layered Architecture for Analyzing Molecular Communications Systems in Blood Vessels |
| Luca Felicetti and Mauro Femminella (University of Perugia, Italy); Todor Ivanov (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany); Pietro Lio` (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Gianluca Reali (University of Perugia, Italy) |
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