February 2003 - Cfp - lists.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

[Fwd: [tcgn] Symposium on Wireless QoS (IEEE Vehicular Technoogy Conference - Fall 2003 - Orlando - FL)]
by Lars Wolf 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] Symposium on Wireless QoS (IEEE Vehicular Technoogy Conference - Fall 2003 - Orlando - FL) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:40:35 -0800 (PST) From: The Ahmads <theahmads(a)yahoo.com> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org Dear Members: Please advertise this call for paper via your department/company bulletin boards. Also, forward it to any relevant email list that you may consider can benefit from it. It is also accessible at http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/aahmad/VTC_2003_WQoS.html Thank you very much and I apologize if it is not relevant to you or if you received multiple copies. -aftab -------------------- With the integration of IP technology with cellular networks, the issue of multiple QoS services over IP has encompassed wireless networks as well. Much of the research carried in multimedia IP networks has thus increased in usability. New topics specific to providing and maintaining QoS over wireless/cellular networks have emerged as well. This symposium aims to share research on topics relating to the provision of QoS over wireless networks for service differentiation and integration. Papers on all topics relevant to provisioning QoS over wireless networks LANs/Cellular (2.5G, 3G, 4G+) are solicited. These include, but not restricted to: - Scheduling and policing for mobile and wireless networks - Channel error compensation - Hand-off compensation - Differentiated Services for mobile and wireless networks - Integrated Services for mobile and wireless networks - MPLS for mobile and wireless networks - Traffic Engineering Deadline for paper submission: February 15, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2003 Camera-Ready Papers: July 15, 2003 Authors are required to submit a short abstract (approximately 150 words) AND an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) as well. All submissions will be handled electronically through the EDAS conference management system at http://edas.info, and must be in MS-Word or PDF format. Your submission should include the names, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses of the authors. Symposium Chair: Aftab Ahmad DePaul University aftab(a)ieee.org http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/aahmad/VTC_2003_WQoS.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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[Fwd: [Tccc] 1st CFP: J. of WWW: Special Issue on Web Servers and Content Distribution Networks (CDN)]
by Lars Wolf 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] 1st CFP: J. of WWW: Special Issue on Web Servers and Content Distribution Networks (CDN) Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 22:02:47 +0200 From: Yuval Shavitt <shavitt(a)eng.tau.ac.il> Organization: Tel Aviv University To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Papers Special Issue on Web Servers and Content Distribution Networks (CDN) Journal of World Wide Web: Internet and Web Information Systems http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1386-145X With the explosive growth of both web contents and web users in the Internet, a great amount of efforts has been put on the improvement of the performance of web servers and the quality of web accesses by users. Content Distribution Networks (CDN) have been emerging as a new technology for delivering web contents to end users with high quality. This journal special is dedicated to researchers and practitioners to present the latest results and experience of their research and system development. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: * Content Distribution Networks (CDN) * Fault tolerance and load balancing of web services * Web caching and proxying * Web caching for streaming media * Clustering of web servers * Placement of mirrored web servers and proxies * Performance analysis of web servers and proxies * Web searching techniques Submission Guidelines: Manuscripts should be limited to 20 pages. Please submit full papers, not previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication to one of the guest editors electronically (postscript, PDF or MS Word). Please also send a separate email with authors' names, addresses, fax numbers, title of the paper. Guest Editors: Prof. Xiaohua Jia Dept. of Computer Sci. City Univ of Hong Kong jia(a)cs.cityu.edu.hk Dr. Yuval Shavitt Dept. of Electrical Engineering - Systems Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel shavitt(a)eng.tau.ac.il Important Dates: Manuscript due: 1 May 2003 Acceptance notification: 15 Augest 2003 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: IASTED IMSA 2003 Call for Papers]
by Marc Bechler 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

CALL FOR PAPERS Seventh IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2003) August 13 - 15, 2003 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submissions due-----------------------------------------April 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance------------------------------May 15, 2003 Final manuscripts due-----------------------------------June 1, 2003 Registration and full payment due---------------------June 15, 2003 SPONSORS International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on the Web, Internet and Multimedia PURPOSE The International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications is a major contact venue for research scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research, ideas, developments and applications in this field. IMSA 2003 will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, and tutorials on a wide range of topics. The full papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Paper acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality. IMSA 2003 will be held in conjunction with the IASTED International Conferences on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2003) and Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2003). LOCATION IMSA 2003 will take place at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel on beautiful Waikiki Beach, located in the city of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Historically, Waikiki was the playground of the Hawaiian ali'i (nobility), and has since become the most famous strip of beach in the world, ringed with high-rise hotels and accessible to travelers from across the globe. Waikiki Beach is actually a string of beaches stretching two and a half miles along the ocean. The soft sand bottom and turquoise waters make it an attractive spot for swimmers, surfers, and other water enthusiasts. The city of Honolulu itself is the commercial and government center for Hawaii, filled with many fine restaurants, shopping centers, and cultural and historical attractions. Other nearby attractions include Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head Crater, and the Polynesian Cultural Center. SCOPE This conference covers all aspects of Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications including: Internet Tools Internet Architectures Internet Search Technologies Web Page Design Tools Web Servers Software Engineering over the Internet Java Technology and Applications Distance Learning Collaborative Learning Collaborative Systems and Applications Educational Multimedia Digital Libraries Databases and the Web Computer Vision Information Systems Virtual Reality E-commerce Financial Services Search and Optimization Techniques Internet and Software Control Protection and Security Software Agents Multimedia Performance and Management Multimedia Tools and Architectures Multimedia Broadcasting Systems on the Web Operating System Support for Multimedia Mobile Multimedia M-commerce Multimedia Database Systems Multimedia Networking and Communications Video-on-Demand Distributed Multimedia Systems Internet Medical Applications Telemedicine QoS and Transport Protocols for IP Multimedia Mobile Streaming Systems Web Applications INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE * K.C. Almeroth - University of California, USA A.C. Boucouvalas - Bournemouth University, UK S. Chalasani - University of Wisconsin - Parksdale, USA E. Chow - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA I.D.D. Curcio - Nokia Mobile Phones, Finland C. Djeraba - University of Nantes, France C. Dorai - IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA S. Dustdar - Vienna University of Technology, Austria A. Eskicioglu - Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, USA L. Ferrario - ITC-Irst, Italy S.-U. Guan - National University of Singapore, Singapore N.M. Guimaraes - University of Lisbon, Portugal W.A. Halang - University of Hagen, Germany W.-S. Hsieh - National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan J.F. Jensen - Aalborg University, Denmark R. Lai - La Trobe University, Australia P. Lorenz - University of Haute Alsace, France C.-S. Lu - Academia Sinica, Taiwan E. Montoya - EAFIT University, Colombia T. Nakajima - Waseda University, Japan C.E. Palau - Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain A. Prodan - Iuliu Hatieganu University, Romania M. Roccetti - University of Bologna, Italy Y.S. Ryu - Hallym University, South Korea E. Schikuta - University of Vienna, Austria N. Sharda - Victoria University of Technology, Australia T.K. Shih - Tamkang University, Taiwan Y.P. Singh - Multimedia University, Malaysia W.-T. Song - National Central University, Taiwan S.R. Subramanya - University of Missouri - Rolla, USA W.-T. Sung - National Central University, Taiwan B. Veeravalli - National University of Singapore, Singapore P. Vuorimaa - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland D. Wang - Communications Research Centre, Canada S. Yoon - Soong-Eui Women's College, Korea S. Zeadally - Wayne State University, USA Z.-L. Zhang - University of Minnesota, USA *At time of printing SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Submit your paper via our website at http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/submit-400.htm . All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps), or MS Word (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your paper by April 15, 2003. Do not send hard copies of your paper. Receipt of paper submissions will be confirmed by e-mail. Please provide four key words to indicate the subject area of your paper. One of the key words must be taken from the list of topics provided under Scope. Please designate a principal author, and provide the full name, affiliation, address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by May 15, 2003. Final manuscripts are due by June 1, 2003. Registration and full payment is due by June 15, 2003. Late registration fees or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the conference proceedings. Please send final manuscripts via e-mail to: calgary(a)iasted.com . The subject line for the final manuscript submission must include the six-digit paper number. The formatting instructions for final manuscripts can be found on the web and must be strictly followed. Formatting instructions are available at: http://www.iasted.org/formatting.htm . The page limit for final papers is six pages (single-spaced, double-column, 10 point Times New Roman font). Only one paper of up to six pages is included in the regular registration fee. The additional page and paper charge is USD $75.00 per page. TUTORIALS Proposals for half-day tutorials (three hours) should be submitted online by April 15, 2003 via the following website address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/tutorialsubmit-400.htm . A tutorial proposal should clearly indicate the topic, background knowledge expected of the participants, objectives, time allocations for the major course topics, and the qualifications of the instructor(s). SPECIAL SESSIONS Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal to: calgary(a)iasted.com by April 15, 2003. Proposals should include a minimum of five papers, a session title, a list of the topics covered, qualifications and a brief biography of the session organizer(s). The name of the session organizer will appear in the program and proceedings provided five or more papers are presented. More information on special sessions is available online at the following hyperlink address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/hawaii/sessionsubmit-400.htm . For more information or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact: IASTED Secretariat - IMSA 2003 #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T3B 0M6 Tel: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary(a)iasted.com Web site: http://www.iasted.org ============================================================= If you want to unsubscribe from the email list, please email to unsubscribe(a)iasted.com, from your email account (mbechler(a)telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de).

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[Fwd: [CfP] [DL 27.04.] Fwd: [LCN2003_info] Call for Papers LCN 2003]
by Marc Bechler 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Subject: [LCN2003_info] Call for Papers LCN 2003 Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:14:56 +0100 From: LCN 2003 Conference Account <lcn2003(a)cs.bonn.edu> To: lcn2001_info(a)cs.bonn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute to interested people. Sorry for any duplicates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers LCN 2003 The 28th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) Bonn/Königswinter, Germany October 20-24, 2003 URL: http://www.ieeelcn.org The IEEE LCN conference serves as the premier conference on leading edge and practical computer networking. This approach stimulates a highly interactive environment and enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among local network researchers, developers, and users. During the 27 years of this conference, major advancements have been achieved in local computer networks driven by application demands associated of the global Internet, the Web, etc. This year we are targeting the realm of embedded networks, wireless networks, high-speed networks, ubiquitous computing, and security as well as management aspects surrounding them. Papers covering these areas are explicitly sought and will be given preference. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions. Paper topics include but are not limited to: - Personal-Area Networks - Sensor Networks - Wearable Networks - High-Speed Networks - Wireless Networks - Network Management - Mobility Management - Network Security - Location-Dependent Services - Network Reliability - Local-Area Networks - Network to the Home - Home Networks - Quality-of-Service/Congestion Control - Small-Office Networks - Adaptive Applications - Embedded Networks - Performance Evaluation/Measurements - Storage-Area Networks - Network Traffic Characterizations - Optical Networks - Overlay Networks Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 10 camera-ready pages) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. A best paper will be selected based on the quality of research and results, as well as on the quality of presentation by the primary author. Several student travel scholarships may be available courtesy of the LCN corporate supporters. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission deadline: April 27, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 27, 2003 Camera-ready paper due: July 25, 2003 Author registration deadline: July 25, 2003 Paper submission: Papers must be submitted electronically. Manuscript submission instructions will be posted at the LCN web page at http://www.ieeelcn.org. In case of questions, please contact the program chairs: Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller University of Federal Armed Forces Munich Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39 D-85579 Neubiberg, Germany E-mail: stiller(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch Prof. Dr. Alan D. George University of Florida, ECE Department 216 Larsen Hall, POB 116200 Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A 32611 E-mail: george(a)hcs.ufl.edu Organizing Committee General Chair: T. Strayer, BBN Finance Chair: F. Hübner, AT&T Labs Local Arrangements Chair: P. Martini, Univ. of Bonn Workshop Chair: K. Christensen, Univ. of South Florida Webmaster: G. Kessler, Champlain College Overseas Advisors: S. Jha, Univ. of New South Wales (Asia/Pacific) H. Hassanein, Queen's Univ. (North America) Standing Committee: J. Bumblis, Purdue Univ. G. Kessler, Champlain College M. McKee, Univ. of Minnesota, Rochester E. Nolley, Strategic Growth H. Salwen, Audeon Networks ------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LCN2001_Info mailing list LCN2001_Info(a)mailbox.informatik.uni-bonn.de https://mailbox.informatik.uni-bonn.de/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lcn2001_info ------------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Paehlke Institut fuer Telematik Phone: +49 721 608-6398 Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH) Fax: +49 721 388097 D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany EMail: paehlke(a)tm.uka.de _______________________________________________ call-for-papers mailing list call-for-papers(a)tm.uka.de http://lists.ira.uka.de/mailman/listinfo/call-for-papers

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[Fwd: International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies]
by Marc Bechler 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies Datum: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 17:56:31 +0000 (GMT) Von: International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies <info(a)isict.org> An: bechler(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de This is a one time only posting. Apologies if you receive unwanted or multiple copies of this message. Call for Workshops / Call for Papers ISICT 03 International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies Trinity College Dublin, Ireland September 24-26, 2003 The purpose of ISICT 03 is to provide an international forum for discussion between theoreticians and practitioners and to promote an inter disciplinary exchange of research ideas. We invite papers exploring all aspects of Computer and Communication Technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Computer Science * Information Technology and Systems * Communication Technology * Networks, Control Systems * Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing * Experience and Applications There are two principal modes of paper submission: MODE I : Invited Workshop Organization To chair and organize a workshop at ISICT03 send an email to workshops(a)isict.org with the title, a description of the topic of your proposed workshop up to two hundred words in length, and the name(s) of the workshop organizer(s) and chair(s) as soon as possible and before 1st June 2003. If your proposal is suitable, you will receive preliminary approval notification within a few days. Final approval will depend upon submission and registration of at least FOUR papers in the workshop by the ISICT03 camera ready deadline of 1st July 2003. The organizer(s) of pre-approved workshops will be responsible for advertising their workshop, using electronic or other means, and for the reviewing process for their workshop's papers or extended abstracts, and for the notification to ISICT03 of accepted papers. The organizer(s) of approved workshops will be added to the ISICT03 programme committee and be editors of the ISICT03 conference proceedings. MODE II : Stand-Alone Papers Papers should be submitted in PDF format by e-mail to submissions(a)isict.org by 1st May 2003 for review. Please submit either an extended abstract or short paper of up to 6 pages in length. Papers should be formatted so that they are single-spaced, single column, and use a 12pt Times font. Include title, author list, postal address and abstract as plain text in the e-mail. All papers submitted will be reviewed in full by reviewers from independent institutions. Important Dates 1st May 2003 Submission of stand-alone papers 1st June 2003 Notification of acceptance of stand-alone papers 1st June 2003 Preliminary approval of invited workshops 1st July 2003 Camera-ready copies due for all papers 1st July 2003 Registration due for all papers 24-26th September 2003 Conference The Venue In comparison to other capitals, Dublin is a convivial city with a human scale and an extroverted populace. At the heart of the city lies Trinity College with its magnificent buildings and beautiful campus spanning 35 acres. Trinity College has occupied this location for the past 400 years, and while none of the original buildings remain, the College boasts fine squares and gardens and a collection of magnificent buildings dating from the 17th to the 20th century. In contrast to the serene surroundings of the College landscape, the modern city of Dublin is just outside the main gate of the campus, with shops, theatres, cinemas and museums within walking distance. Contact Address ISICT 03, Department of Computer Science, O'Reilly Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Please email general queries to info(a)isict.org URL: http://www.isict.org

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[Fwd: SCS SPECTS'2003 deadline is extended to February 28]
by Lars Wolf 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SCS SPECTS'2003 deadline is extended to February 28 Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 11:08:25 -0500 From: Yuguang Fang <fang(a)ece.ufl.edu> To: itc(a)comsoc.org CC: Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat <obaidat(a)monmouth.edu>, Jie Li <lijie(a)is.tsukuba.ac.jp> Dear Colleagues We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. We know you have too many deadlines already, due to numerous requests, the committee of SCS SPECTS'2003 decides to extend the paper submission deadline to Feburay 28 for your convience. We do treasure your contribution to this conference held in Montreal, Canada in July 2003. Thank you for your attention. Best Regards, Michael Fang, University of Florida %%%% CFP 2003 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2003) July 20-24, 2003 Montreal, Canada http://scs.org/confernc/ssimc/ssimc03/cfp/spects03.htm Submission Deadlines Submission of Papers: February 28, 2003. Notification of Acceptance - April 25, 2003 Final Camera-Ready Submission - May 23, 2003 This annual international conference is a forum for professionals involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Evaluation of computer systems and networks is needed at every stage in the life cycle of the product including design, manufacturing, sales/purchase, use, upgrade, tuning, etc. The discipline of performance evaluation has progressed rapidly in the past decade, and it has now begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Networking and Telecommunication Systems - Internet Technology - Quality of Service (QoS) - DiffServ/IntServ - MPLS - TCP - World Wide Web (WWW) Technology - Networking Techniques - Unicast and Multicast Routing - Congestion Control - Switching Techniques - Teletraffic - Network Protocols - Network Management and Control - Network Capacity Planning - Network Architecture Evaluation - Service and QoS Pricing - Security and Authentication -Broadband Networks - High-Speed Networking - ATM - Optical Networks - Wireless Systems and Networks - Satellite Systems - UMTS - Mobile Networks/Computing - Ad-hoc networks - Multimedia Communications Computer Systems - Distributed Architectures - Client/Server - Distributed Systems and Agents - Parallel and Distributed Computing - Massively Parallel Systems - Cluster Computing - Grid Computing - Interconnection Networks - Computer Architectures - Microprocessors/Microcomputers - Memory Systems - High Performance I/O - Real-time Systems - Scheduling Schemes -Software - Software Performance, Evaluation and Testing - Parallel Algorithms and Languages - Hardware and Software Monitors - High-Performance Computing - Workload and Traffic Characterization - Scientific Computing Algorithms - Reconfigurable Computing - Electronic Commerce Tools, Methodologies and Applications - Parallel and Distributed Simulation - Verification and Validation - Performance Tools and Methodologies - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications to High Performance Computing/Networking - Performance Optimization - Queueing Systems and Networks - Scalability Studies - Integrated Modeling and Measurement - On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning - Process Algebra-Based Models - Performance Bounds - Integrated Design and Performance - New Performance Models - Mathematical Aspects of Performance - New Performability Schemes and Models - Case Studies General Chair Mohammad S. Obaidat Dept. of Computer Science, Monmouth University W. Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA Tel +1-732-571-4482 Fax +1-732-263-5202 E-mail: obaidat(a)monmouth.edu Senior Program Chair Franco Davoli DIST-University of Genoa Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy Tel +39-010-353-2732 Fax +39-010-353-2154 E-Mail: franco(a)dist.unige.it Program Co-Chairs Ibrahim Onyuksel Dept. of Computer Sciences, N. Illinois Univ., USA E-mail: onyuksel(a)cs.niu.edu Erina Ferro ISTI, Institute of National Research Council (C.N.R.) C.N.R. Pisa Research Area, Building B, Room 73 Via G. Moruzzi, 1 56124 Pisa, Italy E-mail: erina.ferro(a)cnuce.cnr.it Vice Program Chair and Tutorial Chair Raffaele Bolla DIST-University of Genoa Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy E-mail: lelus(a)dist.unige.it Vice Program Chair and Web Master Imad Mahgoub Department of Computer Science and Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: imad(a)cse.fau.edu Industrial Track and Special Sessions Chair J. Fox, Motorola Inc., UK E-mail: fox.ijcs(a)btinternet.com Technical Program Committee Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech., USA Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA Louis G. Birta, University of Ottawa, Canada Abdullah Abonamah, Zayed University, UAE Noureddine Boudriga, University of Tunis, Tunisia Hasan Cam, Arizona State University, USA Andrew Campbell, Columbia University, USA Nedo Celandroni, ISTI-CNR, Italy Haitham Cruickshank, University of Surrey, UK Hassan B. Diab, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Gabor Fodor, Ericsson Radio Systems, Sweden Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Aura Ganz, University of Massachusetts, USA Erol Gelenbe, University of Central Florida, USA Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait Omar Hammami, ENSTA, France Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Herman Hughes, Michigan State University, USA Andrzej Jajszczyk, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia Ingemar Kaj, Uppsala University, Sweden Krishna Kant, Intel, USA Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece Demetrios Kazakos, University of Louisiana, USA Ulrich Killat, Tech Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Tag Gon Kim, KAIST, Korea Kevin Kwiat, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA Veronica Lagrange M. Reis, Compaq Computers Corp., USA Axel Lehmann, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Daniel C. Lee, USC, USA Mike T. Liu, Ohio State University, USA Erich Lutz, DLR, Germany Sam Makki, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Krzysztof Malinowski, Warsaw Technical University, Poland Mario Marchese, University of Genoa, Italy Jose L. Marzo, Universitat de Girona, Spain Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University, USA Hussein Mouftah, Queen's University, Canada Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK Sergio Palazzo, Università di Catania, Italy Georgios I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University, Greece Achille Pattavina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Gregory D. Peterson, University of Tennessee Steven Pink, University of Arizona, USA George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Kaliappa Ravindran, CUNY, USA Gian Paolo Rossi, Università di Milano, Italy Izhak Rubin, UCLA, USA Vicente Santonja, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Donald Schilling, CUNY, USA Jens B. Schmitt, TU Darmstadt, Germany Harald Skinnemoen, Nera, Norway Tatsuya Suda, UCI, USA Iwao Toda, Fujutsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA Kenneth S. Vastola, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Telefonica, Spain Bernd E. Wolfinger, Hamburg University, Germany Michele Zorzi, Università di Ferrara, Italy Publicity Chair: Yuguang (Michael) Fang, University of Florida, USA, E-mail: fang(a)ece.ufl.edu Publicity Vice Chair: Jie Li University of Tsukuba, Japan Publicity Committee: Chiara Petrioli, Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy Chuck Song, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Ahmed Nuseirat, Al-Isra University, Jordan International Liaisons B. Sadoun, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan Bsadoun(a)go.com.jo M. Sawan, Montreal Poly, Canada Sawan(a)vlsi.polymtl.ca N. Tchamov, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland Nikolay(a)cs.tut.fi Paper Submission Submit your complete papers electronically to: http://scs.proceedingscentral.com/ All required instructions will be posted on this web site. Submissions should not exceed 25 double-spaced, 8.5x11 inch pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10-12 point font. Include five to ten keywords, complete postal and e-mail addresses, and fax and phone numbers of corresponding author. If you have difficulty in electronic submission, contact the Web Master, Program Chairs or the Conference Coordinator, Mr. Steve Branch, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 4838 Ronson Court, Suite L, San Diego, CA 92111, USA, Tel 858-277-3888, Fax 858-277-3930, E-mail sbranch(a)scs.org Extended versions of selected accepted papers in SPECTS 2003 will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals. Proposals for tutorials should be sent to the Conference Vice Program Chair, Raffaele Bolla. Proposals for special sessions and panel sessions should be submitted to the special Sessions Chair. For more information regarding presentations or exhibitions at SPECTS 2002 contact: Mr. Steve Branch at the address shown above. Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Yuguang "Michael" Fang, Ph.D Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Florida 435 Engineering Building, P.O.Box 116130 Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel: (352) 846-3043, Fax: (352) 392-0044 Email: fang(a)ece.ufl.edu, http://www.fang.ece.ufl.edu %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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