2022 IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control, and Communication (ISPCS 2022)

Aim & Scope

The objective of the symposium, to be held in Vienna, Austria on October 2-7, 2022, is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners from industry, academia, national laboratories, and government involved in the area of precision clock synchronization and distributed time-based applications. Both IEEE members and non-members are invited to attend. 

Symposium topics
We welcome paper submissions on all areas of precision clock synchronization and distributed time-based applications. Example topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Distributed Applications Based on Synchronized Clocks

»    Software, hardware, and system architecture
»    Time-based programming models
»    Design environments and tools
»    Distributed algorithms using or based on synchronized clocks
»    Robustness of distributed time-based systems
»    Fault tolerance in distributed time-based systems
»    Security in distributed time-based systems

»    Application requirements studies
»    Case studies and field experience
»    Analytic, modelling, and simulation studies
»    Time-based cyber-physical systems
»    Time synchronization for robotics and control
»    Time synchronization for cloud computing infrastructure
»    IaaS Data Plane & PaaS Control/Management Plane

Clock Synchronization Technology

»    Design, usage and research concerning IEEE 1588
»    Systems with heterogeneous synchronization technologies
»    Synchronization performance test and evaluation tools
»    Analytic, modelling, and simulation studies
»    Clock system management
»    Timing security and robustness
»    Synchronization over gigabit fiber and wireless networks
»    Local and wide-area synchronization

»    Servo design for slave clocks
»    Device design and application support
»    Conformance testing and system integration issues
»    Time and frequency distribution
»    Smart grids, high-frequency trading, and other applications of PTP
»    Work-In-Progress reports

Submission of Papers
Authors should submit a six-page original manuscript (for regular paper submissions).  Submission instructions will be posted on the conference website. Papers must follow the standard IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings.

Paper Acceptance
All papers will be peer-reviewed. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the registered authors. The final manuscript must be accompanied by the registration form and proof of payment.

Final Papers
Final papers are limited to six pages in IEEE double column format. Full papers are accepted in IEEE compliant PDF format. All full papers will be published in the conference proceedings and on IEEE Xplore.

General Co-Chairs

»    Nikolaus Kerö
      Oregano Systems
»    Kang B. Lee
       National Institute of Standards and Technology

Program Co-Chairs

»    Lee Cosart
      Microchip
»    Radim Bartos
      University of New Hampshire

Visit 2022.ispcs.org for more information.