October 4-5, 2012
Pisa, Italy
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Technical Program

Day 1 – October 4, 2012


 8:45 - 9:00 Opening Remarks

 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Speech

Transforming ICT Networks for a Sustainable Future
Thierry Klein (Head of Green Research at Bell Labs, Technical Committee Chair of GreenTouch)

10:00 - 11:00 Session 1: Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

Session chair: Marco Ortolani (University of Palermo, Italy)

Modelling and Analysing the Power Consumption of Idle Servers
Robert Basmadjian (University of Passau, Germany); Florian Niedermeier (University of Passau, Germany); Hermann de Meer (University of Passau, Germany)

Optimizing the Use of Request Distribution and Stored Energy for Cost Reduction in Multi-Site Internet Services
Maja Etinski (Technical University of Catalunya, Spain); Margaret Martonosi (Princeton University, USA); Kien Le (Rutgers University, USA); Ricardo Bianchini (Rutgers University, USA); Thu Nguyen (Rutgers University, USA)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:50 Session 2: Energy Intelligence in Buildings & Enterprises (Concise Papers)

Session chair: Andreas Reinhardt (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)

Performance Evaluation of Mobility-Based Energy-Saving to Control Air-conditioning and Lighting Equipments
Akihito Hiromori (Osaka University, Japan); Takumi Kanaya (Osaka University, Japan); Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University, Japan); Teruo Higashino (Osaka University, Japan)

An Algorithm based on Finite State Machines with Fuzzy Transitions for Non-intrusive Load Disaggregation
Pietro Ducange (University of Pisa, Italy); Francesco Marcelloni (University of Pisa, Italy); Dario Marinari (University of Pisa, Italy)

Neural network-based forecasting of energy consumption due to electric lighting in office buildings
Eleonora D'Andrea (University of Pisa, Italy); Beatrice Lazzerini (University of Pisa, Italy); Sonia Leon Del Rosario (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

Enterprise Energy Management using a Linked Dataspace for Energy Intelligence
Edward Curry (National University of Ireland, Ireland); Souleiman Hasan (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland); Sean O'Riain (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland)

12:50 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 16:00 Poster Session (WiP + Demo + PhD Forum papers)

Session co-chairs: Raffaele Bruno, Emilio Ancillotti (IIT-CNR, Italy)

Posters should not exceed the size of an A0 paper (i.e., 841x1189 mm)


SustNMS: Towards Service Oriented Policy-Based Network Management for Energy-Efficient Networks
Carlos H. A. Costa (University of São Paulo, Brazil); Marcelo C. Amaral (University of São Paulo, Brazil); Guilherme C. Januário (University of São Paulo, Brazil); Tereza C. M. B. Carvalho (University of São Paulo, Brazil); Catalin Meirosu (Ericsson Research, Sweden)

Trade-Offs Between Energy and Quality of Service
Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London, United Kingdom); Ricardo Lent (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)

TCP behavior over a greened network
Alessio Sassu (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy); Carmelo Scarso (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy); Francesca Cuomo (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy)

Transforming UML State Machines into Stochastic Petri Nets for Energy Consumption Estimation of Embedded Systems
Dmitriy Shorin (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Armin Zimmermann (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany); Paulo Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

Many-core Platform with NoC Interconnect for Low Cost and Energy Sustainable Cloud Server-on-Chip
Sergio Saponara (University of Pisa, Italy); Luca Fanucci (University of Pisa, Italy); Marcello Coppola (ST Microellectronics, France)

The GreenNet Project
Roberto Bruschi (CNIT, Italy); Raffaele Bolla (University of Genoa, Italy); Franco R Davoli (University of Genoa, Italy); Antonio Cianfrani (University of Roma "La Sapienza", Italy); Marco Listanti (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy); Marco Polverini (University "La Sapienza" Roma, Italy); Gregorio Procissi (Università di Pisa, Italy); Rosario G. Garroppo (University of Pisa, Italy); Stefano Giordano (University of Pisa, Italy)

Machine Learning and Multimedia Content Generation for Energy Demand Reduction
Nigel Goddard (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Johanna Moore (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Charles Sutton (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Janette Webb (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Heather Lovell (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Putting the user in charge: end user development for eco-feedback technologies
Timo Jakobi (University of Siegen, Germany); Tobias Schwartz (Fraunhofer FIT, Germany)

An Intelligent System for Energy Efficiency in a Complex of Buildings
Marco Morana (University of Palermo, Italy); Alessandra De Paola (University of Palermo, Italy); Giuseppe Lo Re (University of Palermo, Italy); Marco Ortolani (University of Palermo, Italy)

Demonstrating the Stalling Events with Instantaneous Total Power Consumption in Smartphone-based Live Video Streaming
Selim Ickin (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Markus Fiedler (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Katarzyna Wac (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

An Energy Efficient ONU Implementation
Neelakandan Manihatty Bojan (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Dung Pham Van (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Luca Valcarenghi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Piero Castoldi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)

Design of UPnP based Cooperative Network Connectivity Proxy
Rafiullah Khan, Raffaele Bolla (University of Genoa, Italy) , Matteo Repetto (CNIT Research Unit of University of Genoa, Italy)

An energy-efficient passive monitoring system for wireless sensor networks
Fernando P. Garcia, José Neuman de Souza, Rossana M. C. Andrade (Federal University of Ceará Fortaleza, Brazil)

Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Domenico De Guglielmo, Giuseppe Anastasi (University of Pisa, Italy)

Computational Intelligence Techniques for Solar Photovoltaic System Applications
Eleonora D’Andrea, Beatrice Lazzerini (University of Pisa, Italy)

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00 PrOJECT PRESENTATIONs AND PANEL:
Sustainable Computing and Networking

Session chair: Thierry Klein (Bell Labs, USA)

CoolEmAll - Models and Tools for Optimization of Data Center Energy-efficiency
Micha vor dem Berge (Christmann Informationstechnik + Medien, Germany); Wolfgang Christmann (Christmann Informationstechnik + Medien, Germany); Eugen Volk (High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Germany); Stefan Wesner (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Ariel Oleksiak (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland); Tomasz Piontek (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland); Georges Da Costa (University of Toulouse, France); Jean-Marc Pierson (Univerty Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)

The low Energy COnsumption NETworks (ECONET) Project
Raffaele Bolla (University of Genoa, Italy); Roberto Bruschi (CNIT, Italy); Franco R Davoli (University of Genoa, Italy); Lorenzo Di Gregorio (Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Germany); Luca Giacomello (Telecom Italia, Italy); Chiara Lombardo (University of Genoa, Italy); Giorgio Parladori (Alcatel-Lucent, Italy); Nir Strugo (Mellanox Technologies, Israel); Anastasios Zafeiropoulos (GRNET, Greece)

TREND: Toward Real Energy-efficient Network Design
Marco G. Ajmone Marsan (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Stefano Buzzi (University of Cassino, Italy); Luca Chiaraviglio (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Michela Meo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Carmen Guerrero (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain); Filip Idzikowski (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Yabin Ye (Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany); Jorge López Vizcaíno (Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany)

Rethinking Cellular System Architecture for Breaking Current Energy Efficiency Limits
Barth Ulrich (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Germany); Antonio Capone (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Ilario Filippini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Bernd Gloss (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)

20:00 - 23:00 Social Dinner

 

Day 2 - October 5, 2012

9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Speech

Smart Consumption: the Energy@home Approach
Fabio Bellifemine (Director of Energy@home Association, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy)

10:00 11:00 PrOJECT PRESENTATIONs AND PANEL: ICT for Sustainability

Session chair: Luca Valcarenghi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)

EcoGrid EU - An Efficient ICT Approach for a Sustainable Power System
Dieter Gantenbein (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland); Carl Binding (IBM Research, Switzerland); Bernhard Jansen (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland); Aditya Kr Mishra (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA); Olle Sundström (IBM Research GmbH, Switzerland)

Green Move: towards next generation sustainable smartphone-based vehicle sharing
Giovanni Alli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Luciano Baresi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Andrea Bianchessi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Gianpaolo Cugola (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Alessandro Margara (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Angelo Morzenti (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Carlo Ongini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Emanuele Panigati (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Matteo Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Sante Rotondi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Sergio Savaresi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Fabio A. Schreiber (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Alessandro Sivieri (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Letizia Tanca (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Edoardo Vannutelli Depoli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:50 Session 3: Modeling and Analysis of Energy Consumptions in Networks

Session chair: Antonio Capone (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

A Markov model to control heat dissipation in Open Multi-Frequency Green Routers
Alfio Lombardo (University of Catania, Italy); Diego Reforgiato (University of Catania, Italy); Vincenzo Riccobene (University of Catania, Italy); Giovanni Schembra (University of Catania, Italy)

Energy Efficient PONs with Service Delay Guarantees

Luca Valcarenghi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Michele Chincoli (CNIT, Italy); Paolo Monti (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Lena Wosinska (Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden); Piero Castoldi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)

Analysis of the overall energy savings achieved by green cell-breathing mechanisms (concise paper)
Luis Suarez (Telecom Bretagne, France); Loutfi Nuaymi (Telecom Bretagne, France); Jean-Marie Bonnin (Telecom Bretagne, France)

12:50 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00 Session 4: Advanced Energy Metering Systems

Session chair: Dieter Gantenbein, (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland)

On the Accuracy of Appliance Identification Based on Distributed Load Metering Data
Andreas Reinhardt (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Paul Baumann (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Daniel Burgstahler (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Matthias Hollick (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Hristo Chonov (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Marc Werner (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Ralf Steinmetz (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)

RPL Routing Protocol in Advanced Metering Infrastructures: an Analysis of the Unreliability Problems
Emilio Ancillotti (Italian National Research Council, Italy); Raffaele Bruno (IIT-CNR, Italy); Marco Conti (IIT-CNR, Italy)

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 - 16:45 Session 5: Optimizing Energy Consumptions in Networks

Session chair: Alfio Lombardo (University of Catania, Italy)

Energy saving heuristics in Backbone Networks
Rosario G. Garroppo (University of Pisa, Italy); Stefano Giordano (University of Pisa, Italy); Gianfranco Nencioni (University of Pisa, Italy); Michele Pagano (University of Pisa, Italy); Maria Grazia Scutellà (University of Pisa, Italy)

Enabling Energy Efficient and Resilient Networks using Dynamic Topologies
Alexander A. Kist (University of Southern Queensland, Australia); Abdelnour Aldraho (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)

Energy aware management of resilient networks with shared protection
Bernardetta Addis (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy); Antonio Capone (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Giuliana Carello (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Luca Gianoli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Brunilde Sansò (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

16:45 - 17:00 Closing Session and Best Paper Award Announcement

17:00 - 17:30 Final Coffee Break