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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE ISCC 2004 cfp]
by Lars Wolf 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] IEEE ISCC 2004 cfp Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:27:09 +0200 From: Paolo Bellavista <pbellavista(a)deis.unibo.it> To: cnom(a)lrg.ufsc.br, tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Please apologize if you received multiple copies of this Invitation & Call-for-Papers _________________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers The Ninth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications ISCC 2004 Alexandria, Egypt 29 June - 1 July, 2004 ( Web site for ISCC series: http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/ pdf version of the ISCC'04 cfp: http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/cfp_2004.pdf ) Continuing the tradition of this series of symposia, ISCC'2004 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the areas listed below. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to the creation, management, dissemination, and communication of information. You are invited to submit a full paper, or a proposal for a panel, invited session, or tutorial, related to the following topics: - Access Networks - Agent and Knowledge Base Technology - Control and Optimization of Communication Systems - Data Mining and Database Applications - Distributed Systems Architecture and Management - Electronic Commerce and E-Services - Grid and Cluster Computing - High Performance Networking and Protocols - Internet Services and Applications - Real-time Communications Services (VoIP, Gaming, video) - Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks - Modeling and Simulation - Multimedia Information Management and Exchange - Network Design, Operation, and Management - Network Reliability and Quality of Service - Optical Networking - Overlay and Programmable Networks - Security and Cryptography - Signal Processing in Communications and Networking - Software Design, Testing, and Reliability - Survivable networks - Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications - Ultra-wide Band Communications Papers should describe original work, and be 15 double-spaced pages or less in length. A concise and representative abstract should be included. The paper should clearly indicate the complete postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as the phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. To submit a paper, please follow the submission guidelines at http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2004 (available soon). A modified version of best papers selected will be considered for publication in the Computer Communications Journal. For additional information contact the Technical Program Co-Chairs: Symeon Papavassiliou New Jersey Institute of Technology, Dept of Electrical & Computer Eng, University Heights Newark, NJ 07102, USA Tel: +1 973 642 7817 Fax: +1 973 596 5680 Papavassiliou(a)adm.njit.edu Antonio Puliafito Dept. of Mathematics, University of Messina 98166 Messina, ITALY Tel: +39 090 393229 Fax: +39 090 393502 apulia(a)ingegneria.unime.it ________________________________________________________________ Important Dates: November 24, 2003 Paper submission deadline February 23, 2004 Notification of acceptance mailed to authors April 13, 2004 Final camera-ready manuscripts due ________________________________________________________________ GENERAL CHAIRS M. Campolargo, European Commission, Belgium T.N. Saadawi, City Univ of New York, USA STEERING COMMITTEE H. Abdel-Wahab, Old Dominion Univ, USA R. Ammar, Univ of Connecticut, USA T.N. Saadawi, City Univ of New York, USA C. Savolaine, AT&T, USA A. Tantawy, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE S. Afshar, AT&T, USA S. Aissa, INRS, Canada N. Akar, Bilkent Univ, Turkey H. Alnuweiri, Univ of British Columbia, Canada H. Aly, Alexandria Univ, Egypt P. Amer, Univ of Delaware, USA G. Anastasi, Univ of Pisa, Italy H. Badran, Cisco, Egypt R. Chang, Polytechnic Univ, Hong Kong C. Chen, AT&T, USA S. Chen, Univ of Florida, USA A. Corradi, Univ of Bologna, Italy I. Curcio, Nokia, Finland M. Daneshmand, AT&T, USA Y. Doganata, IBM, USA M. T. El-Hadidi, Cairo Univ, Egypt S. El-Khamy, Alexandria Univ, Egypt R. El-Marakby, Windsor Univ, Canada H. Elshishiny, IBM, Egypt J. Garcia-Haro, Poly.Univ of Cartagena, Spain H. Hassanein, Queens Univ, Canada E. Karasan, Bilkent Univ, Turkey J. Khan, Kent State Univ, USA H. Koraitim, Thales Université Coopération, France I. Matta, Boston Univ, USA M. Merabti, Liverpool John Moores Univ, UK H. Mouftah, Univ of Ottawa, Canada K. Mori, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan S. Ozer, Mesh Networks, USA M. Pioro, Warsaw Univ of Technology, Poland A. Pitsillides, Univ of Cyprus, Cyprus R. Popescu-Zeletin, GMD Fokus, Germany V. Prasad, India Institute of Science, India S. Sahni, Univ of Florida, USA M.Y. Sanadidi, UCLA, USA D. Sanghi, IIT Kanpur, India G. Schaefer, Berlin Tech. Univ, Germany D. Serpanos, Patras Univ, Greece M.H. Sherif, AT&T, USA K. Shuaib, UAE Univ, UAE I. Stojmenovic, Univ of Ottawa, Canada A. Tantawi, IBM, USA T. Tao, Northern Jiaotong Univ, China S. Tohme, ENST-Paris, France O. Tomarchio, Univ of Catania, Italy P. Tran-Gia, Univ of Wurzburg, Germany M. Ulema, Manhattan College, USA U. Uyar, City Univ of New York, USA S. Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA A. Yongacoglu, Univ of Ottawa, Canada A. Zomaya, Univ of Sydney, Australia REGISTRATION & FINANCE CHAIR A. Elmaghraby, Univ of Louisville, USA TUTORIAL COMMITTEE R. Boutaba, Waterloo Univ, Canada A. Elsherbini, NTI, Egypt LOCAL COMMITTEE M. Abu El-Dahab, Arab Academy, Egypt N. Adly, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt N. El-Dirini, Alexandria Univ, Egypt PUBLICITY COMMITTEE P. Bellavista, Univ of Bologna, Italy Ing. Paolo Bellavista, Ph. D. Research Associate in Computer Science Engineering DEIS-LIA - Università degli Studi di Bologna Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 Bologna (ITALY) Tel# +39-051-2093866; Fax# +39-051-2093073 Email: pbellavista(a)deis.unibo.it Web: http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Staff/PaoloBellavista/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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CFP : Software tools for networking [IEEE Network Magazine]
by Frank Strauss 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

[schon etwas älter... :-)]

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CFP: IWSAWC2004
by Lars Wolf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers 4th International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing IWSAWC 2004 http://www.unl.im.dendai.ac.jp/IWSAWC/ Workshop at the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2004), March 23-26, 2004, Tokyo, Japan [New Deadline: October 10, 2003] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This workshop is the fourth of an annual series of international workshops in conjunction with ICDCS. Technological development has brought about a rapid maturity in smart appliances and devices, over the last few years, adding to the potential for the emergence of a variety of systems, personal computers and applications. Further enabling software and hardware for building and supporting such applications is still required. These include new kinds of embedded devices, networks, infrastructure, software architectures and models. Collaborative sharing and distribution of information and functionality between participating appliances, heightens the utility of such new technologies as the user works with applications, devices and environments seamlessly. This workshop provides a forum for the exchange of findings into seamlessly collaborating appliances, environments and devices. In addition, it provides an opportunity for further exploration of selected topics and for the presentation of the most recent research and development findings in these rapidly changing fields. TOPICS Technical papers on such smart appliances and devices are solicited for oral presentation at IWSAWC 2004. Papers reporting new developments in computing with smart devices such as PDAs, wearable computers, and cellular phones, including but not limited to those listed below, are invited. - Enabling Technologies for Appliance, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing - Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing - Home and Office Appliances - Portable Devices and Smart Sensors - Wireless-phone Computing - Home Networks and Wearable Networks - Networks for Ubiquitous Computing - Passive, Active, and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing - Security and Privacy Aspects for Ubiquitous Computing - Wearable Computers and PDAs - Software Architecture for Home/Smart Appliances - Location-dependent and context-aware Computing SUBMISSION IWSAWC invites the submission of both "long" technical papers and "short" work-in-progress reports. Long papers must be no more than 6 two-column pages long and must include an abstract of 100 - 150 words. Short work-in-progress reports must be less than 3 two-column pages long. Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through the conference Web site at http://www.unl.im.dendai.ac.jp/IWSAWC/ after September 10, 2003. PDF format is preferred but PostScript format is acceptable. Conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. We will also solicit poster demonstrations in November. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: October 10, 2003 Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2003 Camera ready papers: December 20, 2003 WORKSHOP COMMITTEE Steering Committee Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University, Japan Michael Beigl, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Program Chair Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Program Committee Michael Beigl, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA David J Greaves, University of Cambridge, UK Hiroki Horiuchi, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan Markus Lauff, SAP AG, Germany Mike Little, Telcordia, USA Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, Japan Umar Saif, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Daniel Salber, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Bernt Schiele, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland Albrecht Schmidt, the University of Munich, Germany Tsutomu Terada, Osaka University, Japan Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University, Japan Lars Wolf, University of Braunschweig, Germany CONTACT & INFORMATION Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan e-mail: ytobe(a)acm.org

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Zwar kein CfP, aber vielleicht mit brauchbaren Beiträgen...
by Marc Bechler 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

... in der EU scheint es wohl keine Extraordinary Speakers zu geben. Bei solch ranghohen Persönlichkeiten muss die Konferenz wohl "bloody good" werden. Viele Grüße marc -------- Original Message -------- Subject: MILCOM 2003 -- REGISTER NOW! Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:42:08 -0400 From: CommunicationsSociety(a)comsoc.org Reply-To: <Conferencesx(a)comsoc.org> To: Conferencesx(a)comsoc.org MILCOM 2003, the Premier International Conference for Military Communications, will be held at the Boston, MA, Seaport Hotel Complex during Oct. 13-16. The theme is "Transformation: Power to the Edge." It promises to be an event unprecedented in the industry. Extraordinary speakers include General Kevin Byrnes, (USA); Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski; Admiral Edmund Giambastiani; General Paul Kern (USA); Hon. John Stenbit and Hon. Peter Teets. Dynamic Panels and Tutorials will feature Software Defined Radios, Transformational Vision for C3I, Free-Space Laser Communications and Ultra Wideband Communications ... and more! Interested? Don't delay. Get more information in an instant, at: www.MILCOM.org

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XML-based Management of Networks and Services
by Frank Strauss 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IPSN'04: One more month to the submission deadline]
by Lars Wolf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] IPSN'04: One more month to the submission deadline Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:54:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Gastpar <gastpar(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> To: ipsn-announce(a)parc.com, <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> *** Submission Deadline: Oct. 27 (abstract)/Nov. 3 (full paper), 2003 *** * In other words, ONE MORE MONTH to crank out your best paper for * The 3rd International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'04) to be held: April 26-27, 2004 Berkeley, California, USA http://ipsn04.cs.uiuc.edu/ Sponsorship by IEEE Signal Processing Society and ACM SIGBED In cooperation with IEEE Communications Society and ACM Sigmobile (pending) With support from NSF and DARPA [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following the success of the first two Workshops (www.parc.com/events/ipsn03), the 3rd International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks will bring together researchers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss recent work in this emerging field. Driven by advances in MEMS micro-sensors, wireless networking, and embedded processing, ad-hoc networks of sensors are becoming increasingly available for commercial and military applications such as environmental monitoring (e.g., traffic, habitat, security), industrial sensing and diagnostics (e.g., factory, appliances), critical infrastructure protection (e.g., power grids, water distribution, waste disposal), and situational awareness for battlefield applications. Information processing in sensor networks draws upon many disciplines including signal processing/detection/estimation, networking and protocols, embedded systems, data bases and information management, as well as distributed algorithms. It opens up new research venues, which include sensor tasking and control, tracking and localization, probabilistic reasoning, sensor data fusion, distributed data bases, communication protocols and theory that address network coverage, connectivity, and capacity, as well as system/software architecture and design methodologies. Moreover, all these issues have to consider many cross-cutting requirements such as efficiency/cost tradeoff, robustness, self-organization, fault-tolerance, timeliness, scalability, and network longevity. This Symposium will address issues from physical device design, to signal processing and from networking to coordination protocols. The Symposium will place special attention to revolutionary new applications that are enabled by sensor network technology. Topical areas of sensor networks include, but not limited to: * Distributed and collaborative signal processing * Network protocols for sensor networks * Coding, compression, and information theory * Distributed query processing * Detection, classification, estimation, and tracking * Network coverage, connectivity, and longevity * Sensor tasking and control * Embedded architectures and tools * In-network processing and aggregation * Data storage in sensor networks * Location and time services * Energy and resource management * Distributed inference and fusion * Programming models and languages * Real-time scheduling * Security and fault tolerance * Simulation tools and environments * Networked sensing and control * Applications of sensor networks (e.g., automotive, battlefield, biology, construction, disaster recovery, environmental, medical, security) Along with a set of high-quality technical papers, IPSN'04 will also include invited talks that highlight the state-of-the-art of sensor network applications and research. The Symposium program will include poster sessions that provide researchers with opportunity to discuss their evolving ideas and gather feedback from the sensor network community at large. The Symposium will also include industrial exhibition and demonstrations. KEY DATES Abstract submission: October 27, 2003 Full manuscript due: November 3, 2003 (firm deadline) Acceptance notification: January 20, 2004 Camera-ready copy: February 14, 2004 Conference: April 26-27, 2004 SUBMISSION GUIDELINE All papers will be submitted electronically, in Portable Document Format (PDF) format. Instructions for submission will be available shortly at http://ipsn04.cs.uiuc.edu/ Submissions must meet the following criteria: - A paper must be original material that has not been previously published nor is currently under review by another conference or journal. - Each submitted paper should be no longer than the equivalent of 8 pages in two-column conference proceedings format. Detailed formatting instructions will be forthcoming. Each paper will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will appear in the Symposium Proceedings. ORGANIZATION Steering Committee: Feng Zhao, Palo Alto Research Center (chair) John Cozzens, NSF Deborah Estrin, Univ. of California at Los Angeles Leo Guibas, Stanford University P. R. Kumar, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Sri Kumar, DARPA Conference Co-chairs: Kannan Ramchandran, Univ. of California at Berkeley Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University Technical Program Co-chairs: Jennifer Hou, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Thrasyvoulos Pappas, Northwestern University Finance Chair: Xenofon Koutsokos, Vanderbilt University Local Coordinator: Dana Dee Little, Univ. of California at Berkeley Publicity Chair: Michael Gastpar, Univ. of California at Berkeley Poster Session Chair: Massimo Franceschetti, Univ. of California at Berkeley Publications Chair: Jonathan Sprinkler, Univ. of California at Berkeley Industrial Relations: David Culler, Univ. of California at Berkeley Exhibits/Demos Chair: Prakash Ishwar, Univ. of California at Berkeley Technical Program Committee: John Apostolopoulos, HP Labs B.R. Badrinath, Rutgers University Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research Randall Berry, Northwestern Univ. Marco Caccamo, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Chee-Yee Chong, Booz Allen Hamilton Alok Choudhary, Northwestern Univ. Massimo Franceschetti, UC at Berkeley Michael Gastpar, University of California, Berkeley Hamid Gharavi, NIST Rajesh Gupta, UC San Diego Rick Han, University of Colorado Zygmunt Haas, Cornell University Babak Hassibi, Caltech Alfred Hero, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor Yuhen Hu, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Prakash Ishwar, University of California, Berkeley Aggelos Katsaggelos, Northwestern Univ. Hermann Kopetz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Xenofon Koutsoukos, Vanderbilt University Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt University Jie Liu, Palo Alto Research Center Juan Liu, Palo Alto Research Center Mingyan Liu, Univ. Michigan Zhen Liu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Songwu Lu, Univ. of California at Los Angeles Teresa Lunt, Palo Alto Research Center Urbashi Mitra, Univ. of Southern Califorina Nader Moayeri, NIST Arye Nehorai, Univ. Illinois at Chicago David Neuhoff, Univ. Michigan Rob Nowak, Rice University Adrian Perrig, CMU Sandeep Pradhan, Univ. Michigan Jim Reich, Palo Alto Research Center Akbar Sayeed, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madision Sergio Servetto, Cornell University Lui Sha, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Gary Shaw, MIT Lincoln Lab Mani Srivastava, Univ. of California at Los Angeles John Stankovic, Univ. of Virginia Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa Gaurav Sukhatme, USC Yu-Chee Tseng, Nationa Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Martin Vetterli, EPFL Steve Wicker, Cornell University Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin Lixia Zhang, Univ. of California at Los Angeles _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc .

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Call for Papers - IJCS SI on QoS Suppor and Service Differentiation in Wireless Networks]
by Lars Wolf 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Call for Papers - IJCS SI on QoS Suppor and Service Differentiation in Wireless Networks Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:02:16 -0400 From: Ahmad, Aftab <aahmad(a)nsu.edu> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> *_Call for Papers_* International Journal of Communication Systems /Special Issue on/ *_"QoS Support and Service Differentiation in Wireless Networks"_* /Tentative Publication Date: April 2004 Full papers submission deadline: //15 October 2003/ /Reviews due: /15 January 2004 Camera-ready copies due: 15 February 2004 Wireless access technology has created a new dimension for user access over the past few years. This has opened up a number of issues, one of which is QoS. The rapid adoption of wireless and IP based applications has created a strong driving force towards ubiquitous data services. A common understanding of the next generation of wireless systems that will offer such services is that they will involve multiple technologies and concepts that are still evolving. A major challenge in this heterogeneous environment is to provide proper QoS for mobile and stationary users using both customized and access agnostic applications and the need to analyze latency as a function of traffic profiles. The goal of this Special Issue is to collect high-quality scientific contributions discussing QoS strategies and tradeoffs at the Physical, Data Link, Network and Transport layers, for both already deployed as well as innovative/emerging wireless technologies. Papers reporting original, unpublished results on following topics are solicited: - Service differentiation and current enhancements in wireless LANs. - QoS management and capacity optimization in multi-access, multi-service networks. - Resource management for QoS-sensitive services. - Local versus end-to-end QoS provisioning, including QoS issues in mixed cellular/WLAN environment. - Software implementation and its robustness for QoS in wireless networks. - Performance models for multi-class wireless networks with emphasis on latency, throughput and goodput for various offered traffic profiles. - Architectures and Protocols for QoS provisioning in multi-access multi-service networks * * *Submission Instructions* Only electronic submissions are welcomed. Please submit the PDF copy of the paper to one of the Guest Editors via email. *Guest Editors (in alphabetic order)* Aftab Ahmad aftab(a)ieee.org <mailto:aftab@ieee.org> Computer Science Norfolk State University, VA, USA Giuseppe Bianchi bianchi(a)elet.polimi.it <mailto:bianchi@elet.polimi.it> Electrical Engineering University of Palermo, Italy Larry Berstein lbernstein(a)worldnet.att.net <mailto:lbernstein@worldnet.att.net> Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Gabor Fodor Gabor.Fodor(a)era.ericsson.se <mailto:Gabor.Fodor@era.ericsson.se> Ericsson Research, Sweden Guy Pujolle Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr <mailto:Guy.Pujolle@lip6.fr> Université Paris 6, France Bu Sung (Francis) Lee EBSLEE(a)ntu.edu.sg <mailto:EBSLEE@ntu.edu.sg> Division of Computer Communications School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Yu-Dong Yao yyao(a)stevens-tech.edu <mailto:yyao@stevens-tech.edu> Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department Stevens Institute of Technology, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Deadline is rapidly approaching: JSAC Special Issue on Wireless Ad Hoc Networks]
by Lars Wolf 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: Deadline is rapidly approaching: JSAC Special Issue on Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:31:09 -0400 From: Jeff Wieselthier <wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/wireless_adhoc.html * *Novel approaches are needed to address ad hoc networks, which are characterized by the lack of an infrastructure. For example, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint modes of communication must be supported in a multihop network that typically consists of small (often disadvantaged) users that are characterized by severely limited energy supply, signal-processing capability, antenna directivity, bandwidth, etc. Crucial applications for mobile ad hoc networks include military communications and disaster relief, although commercial applications are certainly possible as well. In applications with a large number of nodes, scalability is a major concern. The study of ad hoc networks is an interdisciplinary one, which can potentially incorporate communication and information theory, distributed networking algorithms, data structures and compression, coding, signal processing, detection, antenna characteristics, optimization methods, simulation, testbed implementations etc. Papers submitted for this special issue must directly address ad hoc networking issues. We outline here only a few of the many aspects of ad hoc network design and control that will be addressed in this special issue. First, distributed network organization algorithms (such as those for clustering) may be used to create the equivalent of an ad hoc infrastructure. Distributed algorithms are also needed for routing, channel access, and other control functions. Networking techniques for ad hoc networks must address the challenges imposed by the all-wireless environment. For example, by contrast with wired networks, the conventional layered protocol stack is not well suited to the ad hoc wireless networking environment because it does not exploit the potential improvements in performance that can be obtained by jointly designing protocols that span multiple layers. Specifically, it is expected that improved performance can be obtained by considering the properties of the physical and data link layers when designing and operating the media-access control (MAC) protocol. Similarly, there are potential benefits to be obtained by developing protocols that address jointly the routing and MAC functions. Additional benefits can be obtained by jointly addressing higher-layer functions along with routing and MAC. Energy-aware protocols (from the perspective of either energy-efficient or energy-constrained operation) are of critical importance in many ad hoc scenarios. Such energy-aware operation can span multiple layers, e.g., by addressing trade-offs between energy used for RF transmission and for signal processing. It is the goal of this special issue to reflect the latest in the state of the art in ad hoc networks by examining all aspects of ad hoc network design and control, including the dependencies between various network functions and the potential benefits that can be gained by cross-layer design. We are interested in papers on fundamental performance limits, but more importantly on algorithm design and performance, system implementations, etc. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc networking. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Physical layer issues in ad hoc networks * Media Access Control (MAC) techniques * Self-organizing architectures and protocols * Routing protocols * Cross-layer protocol design * Mobility management * Protocols for mobile applications * Transport-layer issues * Signal-processing issues in ad hoc networks * Integration with wired networks * Applications * Energy-aware protocols * Security in ad hoc networks * Capacity and scheduling * Node implementation * Effects on existing protocols * Quality of service * Broadcasting and multicasting * Multimedia and traffic integration * Experiments and testbeds * Error-control schemes * Synchronization and scheduling * Scalability * Performance analysis and simulation * Properties of antennas * Optimization methods * Fundamental limits in ad hoc networks All papers on any of the above topics must include a definite and strong connection to ad hoc networks. Please contact Jeffrey Wieselthier at wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil if there are any questions about the suitability of the paper for this special issue. Prospective authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the IEEE J-SAC format described in the Information for Authors at the J-SAC website. All papers should be submitted in pdf format via email to Jeffrey Wieselthier at wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil according to the following timetable: Manuscript Submission: October 15, 2003 Acceptance Notification: April 1, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: June 1, 2004 Publication: 4th Quarter 2004 * Guest Editors *Dr. Jeffrey E. Wieselthier, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil Prof. Eitan Altman, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, Cedex, FRANCE, Eitan.Altman(a)sophia.inria.fr Prof. Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, tony(a)eng.umd.edu Mr. Joseph Macker, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, macker(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil Prof. Harlan B. Russell, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, hrussel(a)hubcap.clemson.edu Dr. Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research L.L.C., Flanders, NJ, steenie(a)rcn.com Prof. Stephen Wicker, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, wicker(a)ee.cornell.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] 2nd CFP IEEE Network Magazine special issue on 'Ad hoc Networking: Data Communications & Topology Control']
by Lars Wolf 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] 2nd CFP IEEE Network Magazine special issue on 'Ad hoc Networking: Data Communications & Topology Control' Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:55:30 +0200 From: David Simplot <David.Simplot(a)lifl.fr> Organization: IRCICA/LIFL, Univ. Lille 1 To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> Please accept our apologies in case you receive this information from multiple sources. ================================================================== 2nd Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on 'AD HOC NETWORKING: DATA COMMUNICATIONS & TOPOLOGY CONTROL' http://www.lifl.fr/RD2P/download/net-adhoc-cfp-final.pdf IEEE Network seeks articles for a special issue on Ad Hoc Networking: Data Communications and Topology Control, to appear in July 2004. The guest editors for this special issue are David Simplot-Ryl, University of Lille, France, and Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada. Purpose Wireless networks and mobile computing research has until recently concentrated on single-hop networks (network nodes communicating directly to a fixed infrastructure), such as cellular and satellite systems. Ad hoc networking covers multi-hop scenarios (network nodes communicating via other network nodes) such as conference, hospital, battlefield, rescue, and monitoring scenarios. Particular ad hoc network systems include packet radio networks, sensor networks, personal communication systems, rooftop networks, and wireless local area networks. Even multi-hop cellular networks may be a viable option when a huge number of cellular phones are concentrated on a small area such as stadium. This special issue will cover comprehensively the network layer in ad hoc networks, which deals with data communication and topology control problems. Data communication problems include routing, broadcasting, multicasting, geocasting, clustering, area monitoring, data and service access. Topology control problems include neighbor discovery, topology construction and maintenance, activity scheduling, position discovery, partition detection, location updates, and network management. The new approaches to ad hoc networks design emphasize cross-layering approach, and therefore the relevant issues arising from network layer problems will also be covered, such as power management, security, quality of service, performance evaluation, data link and transport layers. The goal of the special issue is to publish original research and review articles which should be comprehensive to all readers, regardless of their specialty. Manuscript submission Send papers as PDF file to both co-guest editors simplot(a)lifl.fr and ivan(a)site.uottawa.ca. It is recommended that submissions be limited to 4500 words, with the number of references limited to 10. Guidelines for authors can be found on the IEEE Network magazine Website at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html . Important dates Manuscript Submission: November 30, 2003 Acceptance Notification: February 29, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: May 1, 2004 Publication: July/August 2004 Guest co-editors Dr. David Simplot-Ryl IRCICA/LIFL, Univ. Lille 1, France David.Simplot(a)lifl.fr Dr. Ivan Stojmenovic SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada ivan(a)site.uottawa.ca _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: CfP Pervasive 2004: Conference on Pervasive Computing]
by Lars Wolf 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CfP Pervasive 2004: Conference on Pervasive Computing Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:08:02 +0200 (MEST) From: Pervasive 2004 Publicity Chair <publicity(a)pervasive2004.org> To: <lars.wolf(a)KOM.tu-darmstadt.de> ********************************************************************* * * * Call for Papers * * * * P E R V A S I V E 2004 * * 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing * * * * Linz / Vienna, Austria * * April 19-23, 2004 * * * * http://www.pervasive2004.org * * * ********************************************************************* * Description A vast manifold of tiny, embedded and autonomous computing and communication systems have started to create and populate a pervasive and ubiquitous computing landscape, characterized by the autonomy of their programmed behavior, the dynamics and context- awareness of services and applications they offer, the ad-hoc interoperability of services and the different modes of user interaction upon those services. This is mostly due to technological progress like the maturing of wireless networking, exciting new information processing possibilities induced by novel microprocessor technologies, low power storage systems, smart material, and motor-, controller-, sensor- and actuator technologies. A future computing scenario is envisioned in which almost every object in our everyday environment will be equipped with embedded processors, wireless communication facilities and embedded software to perceive, perform and control a multitude of tasks and functions. Since many of these objects are already able to communicate and interact with global networks and with each other, the vision of context-aware "smart appliances" and "smart spaces" has already become a reality. Service provision is based on the ability of being aware of the presence of other objects or users, and systems can be designed in order to be sensitive, adaptive and responsive to their needs, habits and even emotions. With pervasive computing technology embodied into real world objects like furniture, clothing, crafts, rooms, etc., those artefacts also become the interface to "invisible" services and allow to mediate between the physical and digital (or virtual) world via natural interaction - away from desktop displays and keyboards. Novel interface concepts for situated interaction give rise for bringing the interaction with computers "back to the real world". All these observations pose serious challenges to the conceptual architectures of computing, and the related engineering disciplines in computer science. PERVASIVE 2004, the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing, provides a premier venue to bring together researchers and practitioners working in all foundational and applied research areas of pervasive and ubiquitous computing. It will include presentations, workshops, tutorials and multimedia demonstrations on subjects like: * Focus Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures Sensors and Actuators / Computational Perception "Smart" Appliances / Ambient Intelligence New Technologies / New Materials / Small Artefacts Displays / Vision / Mixed Reality Systems Spontaneous / Wireless / Mobile Communication Networked Embedded Systems Context Awareness / Autonomous Computing Coordination Models and Systems Middleware and Software Frameworks Interaction Models / Interaction Design User Interfaces (e.g. Situative/Tangible/Attentive) Emerging Industrial / Business Scenarios Social / Privacy / Security Issues * Submissions Submissions to PERVASIVE 2004 are welcome in the categories Regular Papers and Tech-Notes, Doctoral Colloquium, Videos, and Tutorials and Workshops. * Regular Papers and Tech-Notes Regular papers should present original, highly innovative, prospective and forward-looking research in one or more of the categories given above. Just like regular papers, tech-notes should present directing research, but in very focused and compact format. Tech-notes are not understood as short papers condensed into less page space, but are intended to present pointed results at a high level of technicality. Submissions in this category will be handled electronically and must be in PDF or PostScript file format. Regular papers must not exceed 18 pages (or approx. 10000 words, including text, figures and references), tech-notes must not exceed 5 pages (or approx. 2500 words) formatted single column, single-spaced in Springer LNCS style available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Accepted regular papers and tech-notes will be published in the conference proceedings. PERVASIVE 2004 will adopt a double-blind process for regular paper and tech-note review, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers and vice versa. Authors' names and their affiliations must not be revealed or mentioned anywhere in the paper or in the PDF or postscript file. Submitted papers and tech-notes must be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will not be considered for the review process. To submit a paper or tech-note, please refer to the paper submission link (available from October 1st, 2003) at the conference website. Questions about the papers and tech-notes submission process should be directed to the Program Committee Chair (A. Ferscha, Univ. Linz) at progchair(a)pervasive2004.org. * Doctoral Colloquium The PERVASIVE 2004 doctoral colloquium, to be held right before the main conference during April 19-20 in Linz, Austria, invites PhD students and candidates to present, discuss and defend their work-in-progress or preliminary results in an international, agile and renowned audience of junior and senior researchers and developers in the pervasive computing field. Thesis position papers (5 pages or approx. 2500 words) are solicited relating a problem statement, methodological approach, potential for innovation and expected contribution to the international pervasive computing literature. Accepted submissions will be presented during the colloquium and will be included in the PERVASIVE 2004 adjunct proceedings. The PERVASIVE 2004 Doctoral Colloquium Certificate, signed by the international colloquium committee will be handed to the successful presenters. Further information can be obtained from the conference website or the Doctoral Colloquium Chair (G. Kotsis, Univ. Linz) at doctoral(a)pervasive2004.org. * Videos Submissions are invited to present novel pervasive computing systems, devices or just designs, or demonstrate innovative styles of interaction or usability of those systems - in a lively format: as a video. Video clips should be no longer than 8 minutes and be accompanied by a 4 page (or approx. 2000 words) written summary. The author(s) of a video are expected to present a brief introduction at the conference, while all full videos will be presented during the PERVASIVE 2004 Video Night - a special event at a historic place in Vienna. Video papers will be published in the PERVASIVE 2004 adjunct proceedings, all video clips will be presented in the PERVASIVE 2004 Video DVD. Further information can be obtained from the conference website or the Video Chair (H. HÃ¶rtner, Ars Electronica Center) at video(a)pervasive2004.org. * Tutorials and Workshops PERVASIVE 2004 tutorials will provide the dissemination of advanced concepts, technologies and skills to the participants. Tutorial submissions should focus on seminal and pioneering topics of pervasive computing or cover an outstanding new branch of pervasive computing research. Workshop sessions will provide inspiring and influencing discussion on pervasive computing topics. Each workshop aims at the sharing and consolidation of new research ideas and fosters future co-operations. Workshop proposals may be related to any topic of pervasive computing. Further information can be obtained from the conference website, the Tutorials Chair (tutorials(a)pervasive2004.org) or the Workshops Chair (workshops(a)pervasive2004.org) respectively. * Conference Chairs General Chair Friedemann Mattern (ETH Zurich, CH) Program Committee Chair Alois Ferscha (Univ. Linz, A) Publicity Co-chairs Karin Anna Hummel (Univ. Vienna, A) Rene Mayrhofer (Univ. Linz, A) * Program Committee Gregory Abowd (GA Tech, USA) Michael Beigl (Univ. Karlsruhe, D) Mark Billinghurst (Univ. Washington, USA) David De Roure (Univ. Southampton, UK) Anind K. Dey (Intel Research, USA) Elgar Fleisch (Univ. St. Gallen, CH) Hans Werner Gellersen (Lancaster Univ., UK) Lars Erik Holmquist (Viktoria Institute, S) Horst Hoertner (Ars Electronica Center, A) Tim Kindberg (HP Labs, USA) Gerd Kortuem (Lancaster Univ., UK) Gabriele Kotsis (Univ. Linz, A) Antonio Krueger (Saarland Univ., D) Max Muehlhaeuser (TU Darmstadt, D) Joe Paradiso (MIT Media Lab, USA) Tom Pfeifer (GMD-FOKUS, D) Jun Rekimoto (Sony, JP) Thomas Rist (DFKI, D) Tom Rodden (Nottingham University, UK) Anthony Savidis (ICS Forth, GR) Bernt Schiele (ETH Zurich, CH) Dieter Schmalstieg (TU Wien, A) Albrecht Schmidt (Univ. Munich, D) Vincent Stanford (NIST, USA) Thad Starner (Georgia Tech., USA) Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin, D) Franco Zambonelli (Univ. Modena & R.E., I) Albert Zomaya (Univ. of Sydney, AU) * Important Dates Papers & Tech-Notes Submission (firm!) November 7, 2003 Notification of Acceptance December 20, 2003 Camera Ready Copy February 9, 2004 Workshops Submissions December 1, 2003 Notification of Acceptance December 8, 2003 Workshop calls online (by the organizers) December 15, 2003 Videos/Tutorials Submissions January 19, 2004 Notification of Acceptance February 16, 2004 Final Versions March 15, 2004 Doctoral Colloquium Submissions (firm!) January 12, 2004 Nomination of Speakers February 9, 2004 Conference Events Pre-conference Events (in Vienna) April 20, 2004 PERVASIVE 2004 Doctoral Colloquium (in Linz) April 19-20, 2004 Main Conference (in Vienna) April 21-23, 2004 * Additional Information For updated information about PERVASIVE 2004 please visit www.pervasive2004.org or send email to info(a)pervasive2004.org. (For your planning: Note that CHI2004 will be held in Vienna, Austria, April 24-29, 2004 - right after PERVASIVE 2004.)

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