October 2004 - Cfp - lists.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

[Fwd: reminder: special issue submission deadline]
by Lars Wolf 16 Oct '04

16 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: reminder: special issue submission deadline Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:29:02 +0200 From: Sandor Molnar <molnar(a)tmit.bme.hu> To: psk(a)cs.uct.ac.za, putxi(a)uib.es, pzhang(a)bupt.edu.cn, qianz(a)microsoft.com, rathgeb(a)exp-math.uni-essen.de, ravenben(a)cs.ucsb.edu, reza(a)cs.uoregon.edu, richyao(a)microsoft.com, sebastia.galmes(a)uib.es, spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de, striegel(a)cse.nd.edu, swati(a)ee.upenn.edu, tzoompy(a)cs.washington.edu, vleung(a)ece.ubc.ca, wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de, wuchi(a)cse.ogi.edu, xhyu(a)seu.edu.cn, xshen(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca, yannis(a)cs.ualberta.ca, ybzhang(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp, Yutaka Takahashi <takahashi(a)i.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, zappala(a)cs.uoregon.edu Apologies for multiple receptions of this reminder REMINDER: The submission deadline of the special issue of the journal "Telecommunication Systems" devoted to High Speed Transport Protocols is November 1, 2004. CFP is attached. See also http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1018-4864/ Contributions are welcome! Sándor Dr. Sándor Molnár High Speed Networks Laboratory Dept. of Telecom. and Media Informatics Budapest University of Technology and Economics Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36 1 463 3889 Fax: +36 1 463 3107 mailto:molnar@tmit.bme.hu http://hsnlab.tmit.bme.hu/~molnar

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[Fwd: Hannover ITS 2005 - Technical Session Railway / extended deadline]
by Lars Wolf 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hannover ITS 2005 - Technical Session Railway / extended deadline Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:04:27 +0200 From: <Melanie.Steinmann(a)dlr.de> Dear Madam, Dear Sir, The 5th ITS in Europe - HITS 2005 - will take place in Hannover, Germany from 1-3 June next year. We invite you to be part of it and participate the Technical Session Railway during the Congress. As the deadline for the draft papers has only been extended until 15 October 2004, we kindly ask you to provide us with title and draft/abstract of your planned contribution as soon as possible. For further information about the Congress and about the Technical Session please visit the official internet page http://www.itsineurope.com/ where you can download the Call for Contributions as pdf-file. We apologize if you receive this Email twice (because of distributors). Looking forward to hearing from you we remain with best regards, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Lemmer German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in the Helmholtz Association Institute of Transportation Systems Lilienthalplatz 7 38108 Braunschweig Phone: +49 (0)531 295- 3400 Fax: +49 (0)531 295- 3402 e-mail: karsten.lemmer(a)dlr.de info: www.dlr.de/fs --------------------------------------- Melanie Steinmann Secretary German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in the Helmholtz Association Institute of Transportation Systems Lilienthalplatz 7 38108 Braunschweig Phone: +49 (0)531 295- 3404 Fax: +49 (0)531 295- 3402 e-mail: melanie.steinmann(a)dlr.de info: www.dlr.de/fs Diese E-mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged Information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: special issue on Sensor Networks]
by Lars Wolf 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: special issue on Sensor Networks Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:21:36 +0800 (HKT) From: CS Professor JIA Xiaohua <jia(a)cs.cityu.edu.hk> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Sepcial Issue on "Self-Organization, Routing and Information Integration in Wireless Sensor Networks" International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC) http://www.inderscience.com/ The fast growth of wireless communications and electronics has fueled up the extensive research and system development on wireless sensor networks. Sensor nodes consist of sensing, data processing, and communication component, which are typically low-cost and low-power. Sensor networks pose many new challenges, such as self-organization, energy conservation, fault tolerance, efficient routing and information collection, and so on. This journal special is dedicated to researchers and practitioners to present the latest research results and experience in wireless sensor networks. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: * Self-organization and topology control * Energy conservation in sensor networks * Energy Efficient multicast / Broadcast * Fault tolerance and self-healing * Collaboration of sensor nodes * Querying processing and data aggregation * Applications of sensor networks 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. Important Deadlines: 15 Dec 2004, paper submission deadline 15 Mar 2005, notification of acceptance Special Issue Editors: Prof. Xiaohua Jia Dept of Computer Science, City Univ of Hong Kong jia(a)cs.cityu.edu.hk Prof. Pengjun Wan Dept of Computer Science, Illinois Ins. of Technology wan(a)cs.iit.edu _______________________________________________ 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 -- WiMob 2005]
by Lars Wolf 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Call for Papers -- WiMob 2005 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:36:09 -0400 (EDT) From: S.S.Ravi <ravi(a)cs.albany.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES Call for Papers -- WiMob'2005 International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications Conference dates: August 22-24, 2005 Location: Hotel Delta Centre-Ville Montreal, Canada Website: http://congresbcu.com/wimob2005/ Important Dates: Submissions due: December 21, 2004 Notification of acceptance: February 21, 2005 Tutorial and special session proposals due: March 21, 2005 Final manuscripts due: April 21, 2005 Registration and full payment due: April 30, 2005 Topics of Interest: WiMob'2005 addresses three main areas: Wireless Communications, Mobile Networking, Ubiquitous Computing and Applications. This conference aims to stimulate interactions between participants through them by exchanging new ideas and practical experience in these areas. The conference offers opportunities for in-depth exploration of the most recent research and results in these fields. The conference will be comprised of the following three symposia: Symposium 1: Wireless Communications Symposium 2: Mobile Networking Symposium 3: Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications Please see the conference website for the list of topics for each of the above symposia as well as for information regarding Tutorials, Special Sessions and Industrial Exhibits. Proceedings: To be published by Springer-Verlag, as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: MSAN 2005 - First International Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks]
by Lars Wolf 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: MSAN 2005 - First International Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:32:35 -0400 From: Wenjing Lou <wjlou(a)WPI.EDU> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Please accept our apologies for multiple copies +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ CALL FOR PAPERS - MSAN 2005 First International Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society June 13-15, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA http://msan.org ** SCOPE ** Access networks (the ‘last-’ or ‘first-’ mile according to provider’s or customer’s perspective) represent one of the most important parts in telecommunication systems, being responsible for the high-quality, reliable and secure delivery of services to end users. They also encompass some of the most demanding networking problems, such as the coexistence of a large variety of technologies based on both wired and wireless solutions, the need of optimal integration with the core network in terms of bandwidth and availability mismatch, the provision of an acceptable quality of service in very different application scenarios and traffic conditions. Perhaps, the most important challenge is that the design of access networks – from the analysis of requirements to the implementation and operation of the system – can only be successful if it is based on an integrated approach, taking into account the needs of different user groups, the technical constraints posed by different application technologies, as well as the related business and societal aspects. Within this framework, MSAN’05 is intended to provide a unique international forum to explore the new research frontiers in the field of current and next generation multimedia service access networks. Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient access technologies and the relevant provision of advanced multimedia applications. ** TOPICS OF INTEREST ** Topics of interest are organized in three tracks addressing respectively: access network technologies (with particular emphasis on network design methodologies, protocols, analysis of performance and quality of service); multimedia service delivery (mainly focusing on the integration/adaptation between multimedia data processing and transmission techniques and access networks characteristics); implementation, operation and performance (providing an opportunity to present innovative applications and testbeds for the above technologies, as well as new approaches to testing and performance evaluation). Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Track 1: Access technologies and networks in MSANs (technologies and protocols) - Wire-based access (PON, FTTx, xDSL) - Wireless fixed access solutions (802.11x and 802.16 networks) - Mobile and nomadic access (3G and beyond, WiFi, etc.) - Other emerging technologies (power lines, CATV, DOCSIS, FSO) - Integration/migration among different technologies (heterogeneous nets, seamless handover) - Integration with core network - Handling bandwidth and availability mismatch between optical and wireless Track 2: Delivery of multimedia services - Technologies for multimedia-multimodal services - Streaming over IP (VoIP, packet video, rate control, error control) - Scheduling and allocation of network resources (bandwidth allocation, power management, etc.) - Quality of service (at network and application level) - Terminals and devices - Security issues Track 3: MSAN implementation, operation and performance - Testbeds and laboratory experiments - Performance evaluation and measurements - Interoperability of last mile solutions - Case studies of novel networking solutions and services implemented - Application techniques, tools and experiences (e.g., health, tourism, e-government, entertainment) - Specific operation and management issues - Planning and design methodology and tools ** CHAIRS ** General Co-Chairs: Aggelos K. Katsaggelos Northwestern University, USA Csaba A. Szabo BUTE, Budapest, Hungary Technical Program Co-Chairs: Francesco G.B. De Natale Univ. of Trento, Italy Nelson L.S. Fonseca Univ. of Campinas, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Imrich Chlamtac Create-Net, Italy Local Chair: Ladislau L Bölöni Univ. Central Florida, USA Local Vice-Chair: Damla Turgut Univ. Central Florida, USA Workshops Chair: Iacopo Carreras Create-Net, Italy Tutorials & Panels Chair: Viktoria Fodor KTH, Stockolm, Sweden Demo and Exhibit Chair: Scott A. Valcourt Univ. New Hampshire, USA Sponsorship Chair: Jing Deng Univ. New Orleans, LA, USA Publications Chair: Luigi Atzori University of Cagliari, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: Wenjing Lou Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Rolland Vida BUTE, Budapest, Hungary Financial Officer: Karen Decker ICST, USA ** Technical Program Committee ** K. Aizawa, Univ. Tokyo, JPN J. Apostolopoulos, HP Labs, USA M. Barni, Univ. Siena, ITA S. Bregni, Polytechnic Milan, ITA Y. Cai, Iowa State Univ., USA R. Civanlar, Koc Univ., TUR R. Cohen, Technion, ISR E. Delp, Purdue Univ., USA T. Ebrahimi, EPFL, SUI P. Frossard, EPFL, SUI B. Gandhi, Motorola, USA B. Gavish, South. Methodist Univ., USA A. Gelman, Panasonic Research, USA A. Gumaste, Fujitsu Labs., USA N. Jayant, GeorgiaTech, USA M.G. Kang, Yonsei Univ., KOR G. Kramer, Teknovus, USA M. Krunz, Univ. Arizona, USA R. Lagendijk, Delft Univ., NED G. Lemos, Natalnet, BRA T. Miki, NTT DoCoMo, JPN J. Modestino, Univ. Miami, USA A. Pakstas, London Metrop. Univ, GBR T. Pappas, Northwestern Univ., USA G. Pau, UCLA, USA F. Pereira, IST, POR D. Pitt, Univ. Santa Clara, USA C. Regazzoni, Univ. Genova, ITA M. Reisslein, Arizona State Univ., USA J. Roberts, France Telecom R&D, FRA I. Rubin, UCLA, USA Gy. Sallai, BUTE, HUN M.R. Salvador, CPqD Telecom, BRA T. Sikora, Technical Univ. Berlin, GER L.F. Soares, PUC-Rio, BRA W. Tavanapong, Iowa State Univ., USA M. Tekalp, Univ. Rochester, USA D. Tran, Univ. Dayton, USA H. Wang, Qualcomm, USA S. Wright, BellSouth, USA Y. Wang, Polytechnic Univ., USA H. Yu, Panasonic Research, USA Y.-Q. Zhang, Microsoft, USA ** SUBMISSION ** Prospective authors are invited to submit a full paper of no more than five (5) pages including figures and references. Submissions will be accepted only by EDAS electronic submission system, accessible through the conference website. The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE. ** IMPORTANT DATES ** Full papers due (to be received by): February 4, 2005 Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2005 Submission of camera-ready papers: April 30, 2005 ** FURTHER INFORMATION ** For further information, please go to our website: http://msan.org _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Kuvs] CfP LoCA 2005]
by Lars Wolf 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Kuvs] CfP LoCA 2005 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:16:50 +0200 From: Claudia Linnhoff-Popien <linnhoff(a)ifi.lmu.de> Reply-To: linnhoff(a)ifi.lmu.de, thomas.strang(a)dlr.de To: kuvs(a)tm.uka.de ** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement ** ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** CfP for the International Workshop on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA 2005) in cooperation with Pervasive 2005 May 12-13, 2005 Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany http://loca2005.context-aware.org Submission Deadline: December 17th, 2004 LoCA 2005 - Call for Papers --- The goal of this workshop is to address and discuss the technical challenges, ideas, views, and research results in sensing, fusing and distributing location information as well as providing location- and context-awareness to applications and services such as navigation in pervasive systems. The workshop is a platform to propose new positioning algorithms and location sensing techniques, including new techniques and studies into the properties of existing technologies. This includes enhancements of singular systems (e.g. positioning in cellular telephone networks such as GSM; positioning in WLAN environments; etc.) as well as hybrid systems (e.g. integration of Global Navigation Satellite Systems with Inertial Positioning Systems). Improvements in sensor technology, integration and sensor fusion may be addressed either on a theoretical or on an implementation level. The genesis of nearly all kinds of dynamic location information is mobility. Mobility - in all its facets (user mobility, device mobility, session mobility etc.) - requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, as well as discovery and execution frameworks for location-aware services. Thus we invite you to submit proposals and/or experience papers in the area of mobility and its mentioned adjacencies. Context-awareness, a generalization of location-awareness, is another driver of the pervasive computing paradigm. Well designed context modeling and context retrieval approaches are key accessors to the context in any context-aware system. Thus we emphatically invite submissions dealing with issues of modeling and retrieval of context. This may also include integration aspects into service platforms and frameworks to provide location- and context-awareness to services. Personal and confidential data such as the location of the user stored on mobile devices and the location of the mobile device itself have profound implications for personal information privacy. Thus the area of protecting privacy, privacy-oriented location-aware systems, and how privacy affects the feasibility and usefulness of systems may be addressed. Example topics include privacy enablers in pervasive surveillance and sensing environments or location anonymity techniques. Scenarios and applications for location-aware computing may be surveyed and evaluated, including existing applications and aiming forwards future applications, to facilitate the deployment and everyday use of location-aware computing systems in workplaces, homes and public spaces. The workshop particularly values practical experience with design, deployment and use of location- and context-aware systems and applications, and investigation of exciting and inspiring ideas and technologies. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Single Sensor Enhancements - Hybrid Sensor Systems and Sensor Fusion - Positioning and Navigation Algorithms - Mobility - Wireless Network Enhancements - Context Modelling and Retrieval - Context Provisioning Frameworks - Location and Context Information Distribution - Mobile Devices - Security and Privacy of Location and Context - Cognitive Environments - Discovery and Execution Frameworks - Scenarios and Applications This workshop is co-located with Pervasive 2005 concerning time and place, see http://www.pervasive2005.org for details. Paper Submission --- Authors are requested to submit full papers in Adobe PDF format to the EDAS system: http://edas.info/home.cgi?c=4356 All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the international program committee and additional expert reviewers from relevant research communities. All accepted papers will be contained in the workshop proceedings which will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series by Springer. Therefore submissions must conform to the LNCS LaTeX stylesheets: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html We solicit papers of up to 12 pages in LNCS style but explicitly welcome shorter papers for presentation of pointed results. All paper submissions will be treated as full papers but it is important that their length is appropriate for their content. Important Dates --- Paper submissions: December 17, 2004 Paper notification: January 31, 2005 Camera-ready Papers: February 28, 2005 Workshop: May 12-13, 2005 Workshop Chairs: --- Thomas Strang, DLR (Germany) Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, LMU Munich (Germany) Program Committee --- Alessandro Acquisti, CMU (USA) Victor Bahl, Microsoft (USA) Christian Becker, Stuttgart University (Germany) Anind K. Dey, UC Berkeley (USA) Thomas Engel, Uni Luxemburg (Luxemburg) Dieter Fensel, DERI Innsbruck (Austria) Jens Grossklags, UC Berkeley (USA) Mike Hazas, Lancaster University (UK) Jeffrey R. Hightower, Intel (USA) Jaga Indulska, UQ (Australia) John Krumm, Microsoft (USA) Axel Kuepper, LMU Munich (Germany) Gerard Lachapelle, Univ. of Calcary (Canada) Marc Langheinrich, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Jussi Myllymaki, IBM Almaden (USA) Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine (USA) Aaron Quigley, USYD (Australia) Kay Roemer, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Albrecht Schmidt, LMU Munich (Germany) Stefan Schulz, Carleton University (Canada) Frank Stajano, University of Cambridge (UK) Contact --- For further information please contact: Thomas Strang Institute of Communications and Navigation (KN) German Aerospace Center (DLR) D-82234 Wessling/Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Tel: +49 8153 28 1354 Fax: +49 8153 28 1871 Email: Thomas.Strang(a)dlr.de -- ------------------------------------------ Prof. Dr. Claudia Linnhoff-Popien Lehrstuhl fuer Mobile und Verteilte Systeme Institut fuer Informatik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen Oettingenstr. 67, D-80538 Muenchen, Tel.: +49 (89) 2180 9149 (FAX: -9147) http://www.mobile.ifi.lmu.de _______________________________________________ Kuvs mailing list Kuvs(a)lists.ira.uni-karlsruhe.de https://lists.ira.uni-karlsruhe.de:16443/mailman/listinfo/kuvs

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[Fwd: Invitation and Call for Papers: WPNC / UET 2005]
by Lars Wolf 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation and Call for Papers: WPNC / UET 2005 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:16:21 +0200 From: Workshop 2005 <workshop2005(a)wpnc.net> To: <germany-com(a)IEEE.ORG> Invitation and Call for Papers Joint 2nd Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2005 (WPNC’05) & 1st Ultra-Wideband Expert Talk (UET’05) Organisation Competence Center Of Lower Saxony For Information Systems For Mobile Usage Scope Mobile position aware systems combined with modern wireless technologies are getting more and more important. When developing systems of this kind, problems in various fields of information and communication technology need to be solved. The workshop shall give an overview of state-of-the art approaches and systems. In this context the expert talk will focus on the upcoming ultra-wideband technology. Topics You are invited to submit scientific papers, or papers presenting practical implementations, addressing, but not limited to, the following topics: WPNC’05 (Day One) - Positioning - Outdoor-Radio Systems (terrestrial & satellite-based) - Indoor-Positioning - Hybrid Approaches - Navigation - Pedestrian Navigation - Car Navigation - Communication and Services - Integrated Positioning and Communication - Location Based Services UET’05 (Day Two) - Ultra-Wideband - Positioning - Architectures, Systems, Protocols - Hybrid Positioning and Communication - Regulatory Issues, EMC/EMI Submission Guidelines Full-paper or poster submissions in the form of extended abstracts (max. 3 pages) are requested electronically in PDF- or PS-format in English language until 29. Nov. 2004 to workshop2005(a)wpnc.net. With acceptance, complete contributions of up to 10 pages for full-papers and up to 6 pages for posters are expected until 18. Feb. 2005. The workshop proceedings in book-form will be published in the series “Hannoversche Beiträge zur Nachrichtentechnik“ by SHAKER publishing. Important dates - Submission of Extended Abstracts until: 29. Nov. 2004 - Notification of acceptance or denial until: 20. Dec. 2004 - Submission of Camera Ready Manuscripts until: 18. Feb. 2005 Program Committee - Dr. techn. S. Boll, University of Oldenburg - Dr.-Ing. H. Eul, University of Hannover - Dr.-Ing. A. Finger, Dresden University of Technology - Dr.-Ing. K. Jobmann, University of Hannover - Dr. Ing. R. Krämer, IHP-Microelectronics - Dr.-Ing. H.-P. Kuchenbecker, University of Hannover - Dr.-Ing. T. Kürner, Technical University at Brunswick - Dr.-Ing. K. Kyamakya, University of Hannover - H. Lüdiger, IMST GmbH - Dr.-Ing. U. Reimers, Technical University at Brunswick - Dr.-Ing. R. Thomä, Ilmenau Technical University - Dr.-Ing. W. Wiesbeck, University of Karlsruhe Contact Dr.-Ing. K. Jobmann Dr.-Ing. H.-P. Kuchenbecker Dr.-Ing. K. Kyamakya email: workshop2005(a)wpnc.net phone: +49 (0) 511 762 2871 fax: +49 (0) 511 762 3030 web: http://www.wpnc.net

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[Fwd: WSNIA 2005 - CFP]
by Lars Wolf 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WSNIA 2005 - CFP Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:32:40 -0400 From: Safwat, A. M. <safwat(a)cs.queensu.ca> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org CC: <Gracanin(a)vt.edu>, <younis(a)umbc.edu>, <toweissy(a)vt.edu> First IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNIA 2005) http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~younis/WSNIA2005.htm In conjunction with 24th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2005) http://ipccc.org/ April 7-9, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona Recently, there has been a growing interest in the potential use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in applications such as smart environments, disaster management, combat field reconnaissance, and security surveillance. While the initial view of the community was that WSNs will play a complementary role that enhances the quality of these applications, recent research results have encouraged practitioners to envision an increased reliance on WSNs in such critical and sensitive applications. Therefore, to realize their potential, necessary information assurance (IA) measures have to be incorporated in the design and during the operation of WSNs. IA is usually specified using attributes like integrity, authenticity, confidentiality, availability, and survivability. A defense-in-depth approach to IA involves the activities of attack and failure prevention, detection and response, as well as the refinement of these activities. The scope of defense-in-depth may start with a diameter that spans the deployed sensors to a diameter that includes the command nodes and likely beyond. It also involves assurance at, and cross-cutting, the protocol stack layers, from physical to application. Achieving information assurance in WSNs will require non-conventional mechanisms due to many factors including: (1) sensors are significantly constrained in the amount of available resources such as energy, storage and computation; (2) sensors are expected to be deployed in very large numbers in normal as well as forbidding environments; (3) WSNs suffer from structural weakness and limited physical protection, and (4) localization of impact is complicated due to the un-tethered nature of the WSN and of the potential attackers. In addition, IA requirements may vary according to a WSN's mission defined over a multi-dimensional context, such as field of deployment (e.g., hostile versus friendly), type of application (e.g., monitoring, tracking, data collection), mode of operation (e.g., normal, exception, post-event recovery), and time. This workshop will foster a forum for discussing and presenting recent research results on IA in WSNs. Best papers will be invited to a Special Issue of the Journal of Computer Security (http://www.csl.sri.com/programs/security/jcs/). Topics of interest include, although not limited to, the following: * Fault & intrusion-tolerant architectural & operational models * Robust routing, storage, and processing of sensed data * Predictable MAC medium access arbitration * IA architectures and protocols * Vulnerabilities, attacks and countermeasures * Monitoring and evaluation techniques * Scalability and robust clustering techniques * Resilient virtual infrastructures * Autonomic IA in WSNs * Formal representation & verification of assurance properties * Adaptive security and assurance techniques * Quality of service provisioning * Metrics for measuring security, assurance and dependability * Privacy-aware dependable operation * Simulation and visualization environments * Agent-based management for multi-tier WSNs * WSNs as components of larger information grids Prospective authors should submit their paper electronically to toweissy(a)vt.edu <mailto:toweissy@vt.edu> or younis(a)csee.umbc.edu <mailto:younis@csee.umbc.edu>. Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. The manuscript should not exceed 20 single-column double-space pages in MS-Word, PS or PDF font size 11 or larger. The first page should include the title, authors' contact information, an abstract and five keywords. Authors should attach the abstract to their message. Submission deadline: November 20, 2004 Decision notification: December 20, 2004 Final manuscript due: January 15, 2005 Workshop Co-Chairs Mohamed Eltoweissy Virginia Tech, USA Mohamed Younis University of Maryland, USA

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[Fwd: IPSN'05 and SPOTS track Call For Papers]
by Stefan Schmidt 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

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(AW) [semanticweb] CfP: Workshop on Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA 2005)
by Martin Gutbrod 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

Thomas Strang schrieb: > > ** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement ** > ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** > > > CfP for the International Workshop on > > Location- and Context-Awareness (LoCA 2005) > > in cooperation with Pervasive 2005 > > May 12-13, 2005 > Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany > http://loca2005.context-aware.org > > > Submission Deadline: December 17th, 2004 > > > LoCA 2005 - Call for Papers > --- > The goal of this workshop is to address and discuss the technical > challenges, ideas, views, and research results in sensing, fusing > and distributing location information as well as providing location- > and context-awareness to applications and services such as navigation > in pervasive systems. > > The workshop is a platform to propose new positioning algorithms and > location sensing techniques, including new techniques and studies > into the properties of existing technologies. This includes enhancements > of singular systems (e.g. positioning in cellular telephone networks > such as GSM; positioning in WLAN environments; etc.) as well as hybrid > systems (e.g. integration of Global Navigation Satellite Systems with > Inertial Positioning Systems). Improvements in sensor technology, > integration and sensor fusion may be addressed either on a theoretical > or on an implementation level. > > The genesis of nearly all kinds of dynamic location information is > mobility. Mobility - in all its facets (user mobility, device mobility, > session mobility etc.) - requires advances in wireless network > technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting > cognitive environments, as well as discovery and execution frameworks > for location-aware services. Thus we invite you to submit proposals > and/or experience papers in the area of mobility and its mentioned > adjacencies. > > Context-awareness, a generalization of location-awareness, is another > driver of the pervasive computing paradigm. Well designed context > modeling and context retrieval approaches are key accessors to the > context in any context-aware system. Thus we emphatically invite > submissions dealing with issues of modeling and retrieval of context. > This may also include integration aspects into service platforms and > frameworks to provide location- and context-awareness to services. > > Personal and confidential data such as the location of the user stored > on mobile devices and the location of the mobile device itself have > profound implications for personal information privacy. Thus the area > of protecting privacy, privacy-oriented location-aware systems, and > how privacy affects the feasibility and usefulness of systems may be > addressed. Example topics include privacy enablers in pervasive > surveillance and sensing environments or location anonymity techniques. > > Scenarios and applications for location-aware computing may be surveyed > and evaluated, including existing applications and aiming forwards > future applications, to facilitate the deployment and everyday use of > location-aware computing systems in workplaces, homes and public spaces. > > > The workshop particularly values practical experience with design, > deployment and use of location- and context-aware systems and > applications, and investigation of exciting and inspiring ideas and > technologies. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: > > - Single Sensor Enhancements > - Hybrid Sensor Systems and Sensor Fusion > - Positioning and Navigation Algorithms > - Mobility > - Wireless Network Enhancements > - Context Modelling and Retrieval > - Context Provisioning Frameworks > - Location and Context Information Distribution > - Mobile Devices > - Security and Privacy of Location and Context > - Cognitive Environments > - Discovery and Execution Frameworks > - Scenarios and Applications > > This workshop is co-located with Pervasive 2005 concerning time and > place, see http://www.pervasive2005.org for details. > > > Paper Submission > --- > Authors are requested to submit full papers in Adobe PDF format to > the EDAS system: http://edas.info/home.cgi?c=4356 > All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the international program > committee and additional expert reviewers from relevant research > communities. > > All accepted papers will be contained in the workshop proceedings > which will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science > (LNCS) series by Springer. Therefore submissions must conform to the > LNCS LaTeX stylesheets: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html > > We solicit papers of up to 12 pages in LNCS style but explicitly > welcome shorter papers for presentation of pointed results. All paper > submissions will be treated as full papers but it is important that > their length is appropriate for their content. > > > Important Dates > --- > Paper submissions: December 17, 2004 > Paper notification: January 31, 2005 > Camera-ready Papers: February 28, 2005 > Workshop: May 12-13, 2005 > > > Workshop Chairs: > --- > Thomas Strang, DLR (Germany) > Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, LMU Munich (Germany) > > > Program Committee > --- > Alessandro Acquisti, CMU (USA) > Victor Bahl, Microsoft (USA) > Christian Becker, Stuttgart University (Germany) > Anind K. Dey, UC Berkeley (USA) > Thomas Engel, Uni Luxemburg (Luxemburg) > Dieter Fensel, DERI Innsbruck (Austria) > Jens Grossklags, UC Berkeley (USA) > Mike Hazas, Lancaster University (UK) > Jeffrey R. Hightower, Intel (USA) > Jaga Indulska, UQ (Australia) > John Krumm, Microsoft (USA) > Axel Kuepper, LMU Munich (Germany) > Gerard Lachapelle, Univ. of Calcary (Canada) > Marc Langheinrich, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) > Jussi Myllymaki, IBM Almaden (USA) > Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine (USA) > Aaron Quigley, USYD (Australia) > Kay Roemer, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) > Albrecht Schmidt, LMU Munich (Germany) > Stefan Schulz, Carleton University (Canada) > Frank Stajano, University of Cambridge (UK) > > > Contact > --- > For further information please contact: > Thomas Strang > Institute of Communications and Navigation (KN) > German Aerospace Center (DLR) > D-82234 Wessling/Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany > Tel: +49 8153 28 1354 > Fax: +49 8153 28 1871 > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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