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IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence 2005: CFP
by Martin Gutbrod 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

[Apologies if you receive this more than once] ##################################################################### IEEE/WIC/ACM WEB INTELLIGENCE 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS ##################################################################### 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'05) September 19-22, 2005 Compiegne University of Technology, France http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/WI05/ http://www.hds.utc.fr/WI05/ Sponsored By IEEE Computer Society Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ********************************************************************* * - Paper submission due: April 3, 2005 - Submission websites: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/WI05/ http://www.hds.utc.fr/WI05/ - Electronic submissions are required in the form of PDF or PS files ********************************************************************* * Web Intelligence (WI) has been recognized as a new direction for scientific research and development to explore the fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g., knowledge representation, planning, knowledge discovery and data mining, intelligent agents, and social network intelligence) and advanced Information Technology (IT) (e.g., wireless networks, ubiquitous devices, social networks, and data/knowledge grids) on the next generation of Web-empowered products, systems, services, and activities. It is one of the most important as well as promising IT research fields in the era of Web and agent intelligence. The 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'05) will be jointly held with the 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'05 http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/IAT05/, http://www.hds.utc.fr/IAT05). The IEEE/WIC/ACM 2005 joint conferences are sponsored and organized by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computational Intelligence (TCCI) (http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~xwu/tcci/index.shtml), Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) (http://wi-consortium.org), and ACM-SIGART (http://www.acm.org/sigart/). ++++++++ Topics ++++++++ The topics and areas include, but not limited to: WI Topics * World Wide Wisdom Web (W4) Distributed Resources Optimization Goal-Directed Services Support Information and Knowledge Markets Knowledge Community Formation and Support Meta-Knowledge Discovery and Representation New Social Interaction Paradigms Problem Solver Markup Language (PSML) Regularities and Laws of W4 Search of Best Means and Ends Service Self-Aggregation Social and Psychological Contexts Web Inference Engine * Social Networks and Social Intelligence Entertainment Knowledge Community Formation and Support Link Topology and Site Hierarchy Intelligent Wireless Web Social Networks Mining Theories of Small-World Web Ubiquitous Computing Ubiquitous Learning Systems Virtual and Web Communities Web-Based Cooperative Work Web Site Clustering * Knowledge Grids and Grid Intelligence Brokering and Scheduling Knowledge Resources and Services Discovery Middleware Architectures and Tools On-Demand Planning and Routing Semantic Grids * Web Mining and Farming Context Sensitive Web Mining E-Mail Classification Data Warehousing Learning User Profiles Multimedia Data Mining Mining Data Streams Text Mining Web Farming and Warehousing Web Content Mining Web Information Clustering Web Information Indexing Web Log and Usage Mining Web Page Clustering and Mining Web Site Classification * Semantics and Ontology Engineering Ontology-Based Information Extraction and Retrieval Ontology-Based Web Mining Web-Based Ontology Learning Semantic Web * Web Agents Agent Networks and Topologies Coordination Distributed Problem Solving Global Information Foraging Macroscopic Behavior Modeling Mobile Agents Remembrance Agents Resource Intermediary and Coordination Mechanisms Self-Organization and Reproduction Trust Models for Web Agents * Web Services Matchmaking Middleware-Based Ubiquitous Services Service-Oriented Computing Web Service Reconfiguration Web Service Workflow Composition Grid Services * Web Information Filtering and Retrieval Automatic Cataloging and Indexing Clustering-Based Recommender Systems Collaborative Filtering Digital Library Distributed Web Search Hybrid Recommendation Information Retrieval Criteria and Evaluations Proxy and Cache Techniques Search Engines and Meta-search Engines Specifications for Web Information Extraction Process Web Crawling Systems Web Information Categorization and Ranking Web Prediction and Prefetching * Intelligent Human-Web Interaction Adaptive Web Interfaces Context-Aware Computing Learning User Profiles Multimedia Representation Personalized Interfaces Personalized Web Sites Social and Psychological Issues Visualization of Information and Knowledge * Web Support Systems Information Retrieval Support Systems Web Site Navigation Support Systems Recommender Support Systems Soft Computing (including neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary computation, rough sets, and granular computing) and Uncertainty Management for WI Web-Based Decision Support Systems * Intelligent e-Technology Collaborative Filtering and Recommendation Business Intelligence Decentralized Community Communication Techniques E-Business and E-Commerce E-Community E-Finance E-Government E-Learning E-Publishing E-Science E-Service Intelligent Enterprise Portals Web-Based Direct Marketing and CRM Web-Based EDI Web Security, Integrity, Privacy and Trust +++++++++++++++++ Important Dates +++++++++++++++++ Electronic submission of full papers: ** April 3, 2005 ** Notification of paper acceptance: June 9, 2005 Workshop and tutorial proposals: June 9, 2005 Camera-ready of accepted papers: July 4, 2005 Workshops/Tutorials: September 19, 2005 Conference: September 20-22, 2005 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ High-quality papers in all WI related areas are solicited. Papers exploring new directions or areas will receive a careful and supportive review. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. Note that WI'05 will accept ONLY on-line submissions, containing PDF (PostScript or MS-Word) versions. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. WI'05 also welcomes Industry Track and Demo submissions, Workshop and Tutorial proposals. More detailed instructions and the On-Line Submission Form can be found from the WI'05 homepages: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/WI05/ or http://www.hds.utc.fr/WI05. A selected number of WI'05 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in Web Intelligence and Agent Systems: An International Journal (http://wi-consortium.org/journal.html) and in Annual Review of Intelligent Informatics (http://www.wi-consortium.org/annual.html) The best paper awards will be conferred on the authors of the best papers at the conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Organization +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Chairs: Pierre Morizet, University of Technology of Compiegne, France Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Program Chair: Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland Steering Committee Chair: Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan WI-Track Program Co-chairs: Rakesh Agrawal, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA Mike Luck, University of Southampton, UK Takahira Yamaguchi, Shizuoka University, Japan IAT-Track Program Co-chairs: Jean-Paul Barthes, University of Technology of Compiegne, France Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia Ron Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA WI-Track Program Vice Chairs: Matthias Klusch, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Joost Kok, Leiden University, The Netherlands Steve Willmott, Universitat Politccnica de Catalunya, Spain Ubbo Visser, Universitat Bremen, Germany Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Grecia" of Catanzaro, Italy Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University, Canada W. Lewis Johnson, University of Southern California, USA Lina Zhou, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Massimo Marchiori, MIT Lab for Computer Science, USA Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan Einoshin Suzuki, Yokohama National University, Japan Chengqi Zhang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia IAT-Track Program Vice Chairs: Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Warsaw University, Poland Amal El Fallah-Segrougchni, University of Paris 6, France Eugenio Oliveira, University of Porto, Portugl Marek Sergot, Imperial College, UK Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, USA Churn-Jung Liau, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Zhongzhi Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Liz Sonenberg, The University of Melbourne, Australia Industry/Demo-Track Chair: Toshiharu Sugawara, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan Workshop Chair: Pawan Lingras, Saint Mary's University, Canada Tutorial Chair: Rineke Verbrugge, University of Groningen, NL Publicity Chair: Jim Peters, University of Manitoba, Canada Organizing Chair: Francois Peccoud, University of Technology of Compiegne, France Local Arrangement Chairs: Marie-Helene Abel, University of Technology of Compiegne, France Claude Moulin, University of Technology of Compiegne, France *** Contact Information *** wi-iat05(a)maebashi-it.org

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[Fwd: [ICEC] ICEC-05 CfP]
by Lars Wolf 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ICEC] ICEC-05 CfP Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:07:20 +0100 From: Rauterberg, G.W.M. <G.W.M.Rauterberg(a)tue.nl> To: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IFIP 4th International Conference on Entertainment Computing ICEC'05 September 19 - 21, 2005 Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe Sanda Campus, Sanda, Japan Sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing http://ist.ksc.kwansei.ac.jp/ICEC2005 Call for Papers We invite you to participate in the prestigious 4th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2005). Entertainment is taking a very important role in our life by refreshing our mind and activating our creativity. By the recent advancement of computers and networks new types of entertainment have emerged, such as video games, entertainment robots, and network games. Based on the very successful preceding workshop and conferences, the next ICEC 2005 has been set up to offer an occasion to exchange new experiences and knowledge among researchers and developers in the field of entertainment computing. ***Conference Topics*** Suggested research topics include, but are not limited to: *Advanced Interaction Design, e.g. Haptic Interfaces *Aesthetics, Ontology and Social Reflection *Ambient Intelligence for Entertainment *Art, Design and Media *Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality *Avatars and Virtual Action *Computer Games and Game Based Interfaces *Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies *Evolutionary Platforms / Hardware *Graphics Techniques *Human Factors of Games *Human Sciences, Violence and Entertainment *In-Car/Flight/Train Entertainment Systems *Intelligent Board Games *Interactive Digital Storytelling, and Interactive Tele-Vision *Mobile Entertainment via e.g. Mobile Phones, PDAs etc *Modeling *Narrative Environments and Virtual Characters *Networking (technical and social) *New Genres, New Standards *Novel Hardware Devices *Pervasive Entertainment and Game-Playing *Robots and Cyber Pets *Simulation Applications of Games, and Military Training *Social Computing and Presence *Sound and Music for Entertainment *Sport and Entertainment *Video Games and Online Games *Visual Media Engineering *Wearable Computers and Sensors for Entertainment ***Technical Papers*** The proceedings of ICEC 2005 are planned to be published by Springer within their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Authors will find instructions to prepare their papers at Springer's Authors' instructions page. Papers should be written in English and must be no longer than 12 pages, including references, appendices, and figures. They must include title, author names, contacts and affiliations, abstract, keywords, body, and references. The abstract must be within 150 words and included in the paper. All papers will be reviewed by an international program committee. Accepted papers will be divided into two categories, long presentations and short presentations. Papers should be submitted through the submission web site (which is under construction) in PDF format by March 25, 2005. All papers are processed electronically. Information regarding the paper and a contact author's email address, postal mailing address, and phone number also must be submitted through the submission web site. Movies or other materials to support papers can also be submitted through the submission web site. The format of movies must be AVI/QuickTime/MPEG-1 and less than 3 minutes long. The size of any material must not exceed 100 mega bytes in total. These submissions must also be received by March 25, 2005. Important Dates for Technical Papers: Full paper submission due: Friday, March 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 16, 2005 Camera-ready copy due: Friday, June 19, 2005 Conference: September 19-21, 2005 ***Demonstrations and Posters*** Posters and/or demos present preliminary results of research or design work within the scope of entertainment computing and with more emphasis on the interdisciplinary evaluation of these ideas. An extended abstract should be written in English and must be no longer than 4 pages in Springer LNCS style. All submissions will be reviewed by the ICEC 2005 program committee. Two different deadlines for posters and demos are set to provide multiple chances to participate in the conference. Extended abstracts accepted from submissions by the early deadline are planned to be included in the proceedings of ICEC 2005 as the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Those accepted from submissions by the late deadline will be published as a separate volume of proceedings. The late deadline offers authors an opportunity to present late breaking results. If possible, please include pictures and/or a video with your submission. Live demos are also encouraged. To be considered for demonstration during the conference, a 1-page description of the demo should be prepared, which specifies the requirements for space, equipments, and power supply for the demo. Extended abstracts should be submitted through the submission web site in PDF format. All materials will be reviewed and processed electronically. The information about the work and a contact author's email address, mailing address, and phone number must be submitted through the submission web site by the deadline. Movies or other materials can also be submitted through the submission web site. The format of movies must be AVI/QuickTime/MPEG-1 within 3 minutes, and the size of all materials must not exceed 100 mega bytes. Additional material must also be received by the deadline. Important Dates for Demonstrations and Posters: [Early submission deadline] Extended abstract submission due: Friday, March 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 16, 2005 Camera-ready copy due: Sunday, June 19, 2005 Conference: September 19-21, 2005 [Late submission deadline] Extended abstract submission due: Friday, July 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance: Friday, July 22, 2005 Camera-ready copy due: Sunday, August 14, 2005 Conference: September 19-21, 2005 ***Exhibitions*** Exhibits are invited from interested commercial organizations. Exhibits of computer games, arcade games, interactive systems, robots and toys are welcome. Details regarding exhibitions will be announced later. ***ICEC 2005 Committee (tentative)*** General Conference Chair: Ryohei Nakatsu (Japan) General Conference Co-chairs: Michihiko Minoh (Japan) ,Akihiro Yagi (Japan) International Organizing Committee: Marc Cavazza (University of Teesside, United Kingdom), Adrian David Cheok (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Takehiko Kamae (NICT, Japan) , Donald Marinelli (CMU, USA), Matthias Rauterberg (TU/e, Netherlands) Program Committee Chair: Fumio Kishino (Japan) Technical Paper Chair: Yoshifumi Kitamura (Japan) Poster and Demo Chair: Hirokazu Kato (Japan) Senior Program Committee Members: Galia Angelova (Bulgaria), Bruno Arnaldi (France), Brad J. Bushman (USA), Natanicha Chorpothong (Thailand), Paolo Ciancarini (Italy), Sidney Fels (Canada), Jaap van den Herik (Netherlands), Jussi Holopainen (Finland), Junichi Hoshino (Japan), Haruhiro Katayose (Japan), Yoshifumi Kitamura (Japan), Hitoshi Matsubara (Japan), Geir Egil Myhre (Norway), Zhigeng Pan (China), Helmut Prendinger (Japan), Matthias Rauterberg (Netherlands), Richard Reilly (Ireland), Andy Sloane (England), Ruck Thawonmas (Japan), Akihiro Yagi (Japan), Hyun S. Yang (Korea) Local Organizing Committee Chair: Haruhiro Katayose (Japan) Secretary (Student Volunteers Director): Tatsushi Yamasaki (Japan) Treasurer: Takeshi Kawabata (Japan) Publication: Noriko Nagata (Japan) Web Design & Publicity: Yasuhiko Kitamura (Japan), Helmut Prendinger (Japan) Liaison: Michio Chujo (Japan), Masataka Hashimoto (Japan) Special Advisors: Kozaburo Hachimura (Japan), Tadahiro Kitahashi (Japan), Katsuhide Tsushima (Japan) ***Contact Person*** Ryohei Nakatsu (nakatsu(a)ksc.kwansei.ac.jp) Haruhiro Katayose (katayose(a)ksc.kwanse.ac.jp) _______________________________________________ icec mailing list icec(a)listserver.tue.nl http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec

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CALL FOR PAPERS - Performance Modeling and Evaluation of IP-based Networks
by Martin Gutbrod 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

[Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement] ------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Special Session Performance Modeling and Evaluation of IP-based Networks within the 5th International Network Conference (INC 2005) Doryssa Bay Resort, Island of Samos, Greece 5th 7th July 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------ We live in an era where wireless/mobile communications exhibit a very high and steadily growing importance and penetration worldwide alongside the established fixed networks. Various technologies have contributed to this success, including: mobile communication networks, such as GPRS and UMTS, the family of Broadband Radio Access Networks, like IEEE 802.11 and HIPERLAN, and wireless broadcasting technologies, like Digital Video Broadcasting (DVBsatellite and terrestrial). Apart from the evolutionary paths of individual technologies, considerable interest has been expressed recently on the additional benefits that may arise from their joint exploitation, through an integrated networking infrastructure that comprises multiple wireless networks (of which some, maybe all, differ in technology), overlapping in common coverage area(s) and interconnected by an IP backbone which acts as the unifying glue that binds the heterogeneous environment together. However, many interesting and important traffic engineering, technological and performance issues need to be addressed and resolved before a global and wide-scale integrated broadband network infrastructure can be established for the efficient support and provisioning of demanding and diverge services. This Special Session of INC 2005 is aiming to promote new concepts and ideas as well as research work in progress that address issues relating to the performance evaluation of IP-based Networks Topics of the session include, but are not limited to: Analytic modeling and simulation tools and techniques Broadband Wireless Access Cellular Networks Interworking of Wireless, Terrestrial and Satellite Networks Measurement methods and tools Network measurements & testbeds QoS Provisioning in Heterogeneous Systems Quantitative methods & tools Queueing Theory Traffic Measurement, Management, Modeling and Characterization ------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript submission: February 1, 2005 Notification of review results: March 4, 2005 Camera ready paper: March 20, 2005 Authors registration: March 25, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSION INFORMATION Authors are invited to submit their full papers by email directly to the session organizer, by February the 1th, 2005. The total length of the paper should not exceed eight pages, including all figures, tables and references. A comprehensive set of instructions for preparing camera ready papers as well as relevant information on the venue can be found at the conference site http://www.inc2005.org . Session organizer Dr. Charalabos Skianis, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos

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[Fwd: E-NEXT.members: CFP - MSAN 2005 (Multimedia Services Access Networks)]
by Lars Wolf 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: E-NEXT.members: CFP - MSAN 2005 (Multimedia Services Access Networks) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:53:41 +0100 From: Rolland Vida <Rolland.Vida(a)tmit.bme.hu> To: <members(a)ist-e-next.net> +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Please accept our apologies for multiple copies +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Dear Colleagues, Please find below the CFP for MSAN 2005, the First International Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks (http://msan.org/). The conference will be held at the GROSEVENOR Resort in the Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida (Orlando Area). Note that the submission deadline is February 4, 2005. Please notice also, that there will be four workshops co-located with MSAN: - BWAN 2005: International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Access Network on fixed network (http://www.bwan.org/) - COMNETS 2005: Deployment Models and Technologies for Broadband Community Networks (http://www.comnets.org/) - AAA-IDEA 2005: International Workshop on Internet DElivery of Advanced Services (http://www.aaa-idea.org/) - SID-WAS 2005: International Workshop on Standardization, Interoperability and Deployment of Wireless Access Solutions (http://standardswireless.org/) Best regards, Rolland Vida MSAN publicity co-chair ======================================================================== 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 University of New Orleans, 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 +++ Posted to members-istenext by "Rolland Vida" <Rolland.Vida(a)tmit.bme.hu> +++

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[Fwd: IMMCN 2005: Call For Papers]
by Verena Kahmann 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- (Please accept our apology if you received this multiple times) --------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers (extended deadline: 1 February 2005) Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Multimedia Computing and Networking July 21-26, 2005 Salt Lake City Marriott City Center Salt Lake City, Utah, USA http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~immcn05 In conjunction with Eighth Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS 2005) http://www.jcis.org Theme and Scope In the last few years we have witnessed an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication and applications. The few key technologies interact in an interesting and yet useful way, bringing along the multimedia revolution. This revolution is transforming the way people live, work, and interact with each other, and is impacting the way businesses, government services, education, entertainment, and health care are operating. The enabling technology is based on the infrastructure of seamless communication, over the wired environment as well as the wireless environment. Following the rapid increase in penetration rate of the broadband services, and the imminent depolyment of the 3G wireless infrastructure, coupled with the Wi-Fi, users are beginning to enjoy multimedia services readily. Yet, several issues related to modeling, specification, analysis and design of distributed multimedia systems and intelligent multimedia applications are still challenging to both researchers and practitioners. IMMCN 2005, a constituent of JCIS 2005, serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among researchers, developers, and practitioners from around the world, contributing to all facets in the field of intelligent multimedia systems and technology. Furthermore, all participants of this conference would benefit from the communication and interaction with related research communities. The conference organizers seek contributions of high quality papers addressing various aspects of intelligent multimedia systems and applications, especially under the Internet, Intranet and wireless network environment, for presentation at the conference and publication in the JCIS proceedings. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Intelligent and Next-Generation Networking [] photonics and optical communications [] next generation Internet technologies [] grid computing [] home networking [] mobile agent technologies [] intelligent negotiation agents [] information security [] intelligent network architectures Multimedia Technology [] watermark technologies [] animation and computer graphics [] audio and video compression [] 3D audio and video [] image, video, audio content analysis and indexing/retrieval [] multi-paradigmatic information retrieval [] multimedia stream synchronization [] game technology [] intelligent multimedia [] multimedia authoring tools and intelligent tutoring Multimedia and Wireless Multimedia [] multimedia communications and networking [] cluster computing of multimedia systems [] intelligent multimedia workflows [] video-on-demand [] peer-to-peer systems [] mobile network architectures [] wireless web service [] handheld device programming [] visualization on palm Multimedia Systems Design and Modeling [] multimedia software engineering [] modeling and analysis of distributed multimedia systems [] distributed multimedia databases and computing [] performance measurement of distributed multimedia systems [] simulation and benchmarking [] OS support for distributed multimedia systems [] quality of service control/scheduling [] multimedia human-computer interaction [] intelligent multimodal interaction [] visual and multidimensional languages for multimedia applications [] Java, VRML and multimedia languages [] MPEG, Quicktime, Windows API standards Applications [] E-commerce systems and recommendation systems [] multimedia digital libraries and mail systems [] multimedia search engines [] games [] computer-supported cooperative work [] cultural heritage multimedia applications [] distance learning applications [] virtual reality systems [] tele-conferencing [] tele-medicine Case Studies [] virtual university [] virtual museum [] multimedia-based E-commerce sites Papers must be written in English. Please send a softcopy or four hardcopies of your 4-page extended summary (10 point, double column, and single-spaced) and your choice of a full length double-spaced complete manuscript (include figures and references) to the conference chair. Electronic submission to immcn05(a)comp.polyu.edu.hk is highly encouraged. The conference proceedings will publish the four pages of extended summary. Submitted papers will be reviewed by the PC members of the IMMCN 2005 conference. The conference organizers may also invite researchers to submit qualified papers related to the above topics. Selected best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Multimedia Tools and Applications: An International Journal. Invited/Special Sessions Papers submitted to special sessions are invited by special session chairs. Special sessions aim to collect research results from different qualified perspectives. Please contact the conference chair if you are interested in organizing a special session. Important Dates Paper submission due February 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance March 15, 2005 Final manuscript due April 30, 2005 Registration and paper fee due April 30, 2005 Sponsored by Duke University, USA (to be confirmed) Association of Intelligent Machinery (to be confirmed) Conference Organization Honorary Conference Chair Paul Wang, Duke University, USA Conference Co-Chairs Hong Va Leong Department of Computing Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China e-mail: cshleong(a)comp.polyu.edu.hk Chong Wah Ngo Department of Computer Science City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China e-mail: cwngo(a)cs.cityu.edu.hk Conference Program Committee Yuan-Chi Chang, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Shu-Shing Chen, University of Florida, USA Ling Feng, University of Twente, The Netherlands William Grosky, University of Michigan, USA Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan Wen-Shyong Hsieh, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Weijia Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Odej Kao, University of Paderborn, Germany Wai Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mingjing Li, Microsoft Research China, China Sheng-Tun Li, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada Jonathan Liu, University of Florida, USA Peiya Liu, Siemens Corporate Research, USA Wenyin Liu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California at Davis, USA Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California, USA Jeong-Hyun Park, ETRI, Korea Syed M. Rahman, Minnesota State University, USA Rodolfo F. Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Antonio Si, Oracle Corporation, USA John Smith, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Katsumi Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan Lilian Tang, University of Surrey, UK Alexander Vazhenin, The University of Aizu, Japan Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada Jason T. L. Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Man Hon Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Shi-Nine Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Aidong Zhang, State University of New York, USA Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University, Australia Wanlei Zhou, The Deakin University, Australia Steering Committee Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA William Grosky, University of Michigan, USA Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2003 Chair) Sheng-Tun Li, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan (2002 Chair) Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA Inquiry For further information, please contact the conference co-chairs at cshleong(a)comp.polyu.edu.hk or cwngo(a)cs.cityu.edu.hk.

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[Fwd: DCOSS '05 Paper Submission Deadline Extended to January 17, 2005]
by Buschmann, Carsten 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: DCOSS '05 Paper Submission Deadline Extended to January 17, 2005 Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:18:45 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: dcoss05(a)seas.rochester.edu Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:18:43 -0500 From: Wendi Heinzelman <wheinzel(a)ece.rochester.edu> To: Wendi Heinzelman <wheinzel(a)ece.rochester.edu> *************************************************************************** **** **** Paper submission deadline extended to January 17, 2005 **** *************************************************************************** ========================================= IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems June 30 - July 1, 2005 Marina del Rey, California, USA ========================================= WWW.DCOSS.ORG The 2005 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '05) will take place in Marina del Rey during June 30 - July 1, 2005. DCOSS is motivated by the successful ALGOSENSORS '04 (Algorithmic aspects of wireless sensor networks) workshop, which was colocated with ICALP and LICS in Finland on 16 July, 2004. While the scope of ALGOSENSORS was focused on algorithms for wireless sensor networks, DCOSS '05 is intended to cover several aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. The conference will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects of distributed sensor systems. In addition to contributed papers, the meeting will also include keynote addresses by leading researchers, a panel discussion, and a poster/presentation session. Located in Marina del Rey, a beach side community that is the home of the world's largest man-made harbor, the meeting venue can be easily reached from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Most of the world famous attractions of the greater Los Angeles area - including the Santa Monica mountains, the Getty Center, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Disneyland, and Universal Studios can be easily reached from the Marina. SPONSORED BY IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH ACM SIGBED European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) IFIP WG 10.3 MEETING INFORMATION The advance program will be available in April 2005. Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information. IMPORTANT DATES January 10, 2005 (extended to January 17, 2005-- HARD deadline) Conference Submission Due March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Paper Due ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ============================== CALL FOR PAPERS Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. Such systems allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, which makes them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. While much ongoing research has addressed networking, communication and low-level self-configuration issues in such systems, there are also significant challenges pertaining to systematic design, algorithm development and analysis, and abstract modeling in order to achieve efficient and robust realizations of large-scale distributed sensor systems. The large number of sensor devices involved, severe power, computational and memory limitations, resource heterogeneity, dense deployment and frequent failures pose novel challenges to design, algorithms, analysis and implementation. The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, applications, and systematic design techniques and tools), but networking-related contributions that support high level abstractions are also welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability, fault-tolerance - Abstractions for modular design - Languages, operating systems - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 14 single-spaced pages using 12-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages, including figures and tables. References may be included in addition to the 14 pages. Authors need to make sure that the electronically submitted files are formatted for 8.5x11 inch paper. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Submission procedures are available via Web access at http://www.dcoss.org/ All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by January 17, 2005, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by March 15, 2005. Camera-ready papers will be due April 15, 2005. DCOSS '05 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. PROGRAM CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Algorithms: Paul Spirakis, CTI and University of Patras, Greece Applications: Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA Systems: Matt Welsh, Harvard University, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Virginia, USA Micah Adler, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, USA Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA James Aspnes, Yale University, USA N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Richard Brooks, Clemson University, USA John Byers, Boston University, USA Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke University, USA David Culler, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kevin A. Delin, NASA/JPL, USA Josep Diaz, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Jeremy Elson, Microsoft Research, USA Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Deepak Ganesan, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, USA Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Ashish Goel, Stanford University, USA Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA Jennifer Hou, University of Illionois, Urbana Champaign, USA R. Kannan, Louisiana State University, USA Elias Koutsoupias, University of Athens, Greece Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada P. R. Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University, USA Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University, USA Badri Nath, Rutgers University, USA Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel S. Phoha, Pennsylvania State University, USA Cristina Pinotti, University of Trento, Italy Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA S. V. N. Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA Satish Rao, University of California, Berkeley, USA Jim Reich, Palo Alto Research Center, USA Shivakumar Sastry, University of Akron, USA Christian Scheideler, Johns Hopkins University, USA John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University, USA Bhavani Thuraisingham, National Science Foundation, USA Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Jay Warrior, Agilent Labs, USA Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research, USA POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION The conference will also include a special plenary session with select presentations and posters from industry and academia. The focus of this session will be on practical applications of sensor systems and experience with real deployments. This will include a short overview talk, followed by audience interactions with the speakers in a "walk-up-and-talk" setting. Participation in this session is primarily by invitation, but interested parties are encouraged to contact the poster/presentation chair. ================================= DCOSS '05 ORGANIZATION ================================= GENERAL CHAIR Jose Rolim University of Geneva Switzerland VICE GENERAL CHAIR Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and CTI Greece PROGRAM CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA POSTER/PRESENTATION CHAIR Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Pierre Leone EIG Switzerland STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS CHAIR Loren Schwiebert Wayne State University USA PUBLICITY CHAIR Wendi Heinzelman University of Rochester USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Erdal Cayirci Yeditepe University and Istanbul Technical University Turkey Sanjay Jha Univeristy of New South Wales Australia FINANCE CHAIR Germaine Gusthiot University of Geneva Switzerland STEERING COMMITTEE Josep Diaz, UPC Barcelona, Spain Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland (CHAIR) ---------------------------------------------------------- Wendi B. Heinzelman Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester P.O. Box 270126, Hopeman Building, Room 307 Rochester, NY 14627-0126 Phone: 585-275-4053 Fax: 585-273-4919 http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~wheinzel ----------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: JCN Special Issue on "Towards the Next Generation Mobile Communications"]
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: JCN Special Issue on "Towards the Next Generation Mobile Communications" Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:11:04 +0900 From: Hak Jun Kim <hjkim(a)kics.or.kr> To: <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> CC: 'Sanghyun Ahn' <ahn(a)uos.ac.kr> Dear Colleagues We cordially invite you to submit papers to the following upcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN) scheduled to be published in 2005. JCN is a high-quality quarterly archival journal, published by the Korean Institute of Communications Sciences with the technical cosponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, covering the fields of Communication Theory and Systems, Wireless Communications, and Networks and Services. JCN began publication in March 1999. Special Issue on "Towards the Next Generation Mobile Communications" Publication date : June 2005 Guest Editors: - Dr. Davide Grillo (Alcatel Italia, Italy) - Prof. Yong Hwan Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) - Dr. Edward Tiedemann (Qualcomm, USA) - John Visser, P.Eng. (Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Canada) - Prof. Bernhard Walke (Aachen University of Technology, Germany) Electronic manuscript (.ps or .pdf) due : February 15, 2005 For detailed information on the Special Issue, please refer to the attached PDF file or visit our website http://jcn.or.kr . Sincerely, Prof. Hyung Jin Choi Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN) School of Communication and Information Sungkyunkwan University Suwon-city, Korea

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[Fwd: MobiCom 2005 Call for Workshop Proposals]
by Buschmann, Carsten 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MobiCom 2005 Call for Workshop Proposals Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:33:01 -0500 From: Wendi Heinzelman <wheinzel(a)ECE.ROCHESTER.EDU> Reply-To: MOBISYS: ACM/USENIX Mobile Systems Conference Attendees List <MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG> To: MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG ******************************************************************* Call for Workshops 11th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2005) August 28 - September 2, 2005 Cologne, Germany http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/ ******************************************************************* The ACM Mobicom 2005 conference will host a day of workshops on technical areas related to mobile and wireless networking. SIGMOBILE invites workshop proposals from interested communities. New workshops in emerging areas that can engage participants in greater interaction are welcome. General information: The purpose of the workshop proposal is to describe the research topics covered by the workshop and how the workshop will be organized. ACM Mobicom will provide basic support for the workshop in the form of registration, publicity, a meeting room, and help in arranging meal service for the workshop at the ACM Mobicom conference. To encourage flexibility, the details of the format of the workshop, the form of submissions and presentations, and the likes is left to the workshop organizers. Because workshops are meant to foster discussions on emerging topics of interest among the broader SIGMOBILE community, workshops are encouraged to be inclusive rather than exclusive in their solicitation of material. In addition, targeting more interactive forums such as presentations of short papers rather than traditional presentations of full-length papers can be more conducive to successful workshops. Detailed guidelines: Proposals for workshops should be sent to the ACM Mobicom workshop co-chairs Suman Banerjee (suman(a)cs.wisc.edu) or Martina Zitterbart (zit(a)tm.uka.de) by January 31, 2005, 5pm EST and should contain: * A description of the workshop's technical area, its scope, its history (if any), and why it is important in mobile and wireless networking. * A description of the workshop program (e.g., paper presentations, poster presentations, panel sessions) and expected attendance. The workshop program should fill one day and SIGMOBILE encourages programs that require only one meeting room (for simplified logistics). You should indicate if you have any other requirements, e.g., hall for poster presentations. * The names of key workshop volunteers, e.g., the workshop chair, program chair and possible program committee members. * A draft call for papers or participation. * A completed preliminary TMRF which is available from ACM at: http://www.acm.org/sig_volunteer_info/conference_manual/prelimpage.htm. * Opportunities for sponsorship from corporate donors. ---------------------------------------------------------- Wendi B. Heinzelman Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester P.O. Box 270126, Hopeman Building, Room 307 Rochester, NY 14627-0126 Phone: 585-275-4053 Fax: 585-273-4919 http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~wheinzel ----------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: MobiQuitous 2005 Call for Papers]
by Buschmann, Carsten 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MobiQuitous 2005 Call for Papers Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:46:38 -0500 From: Andreas Sawides <mbq(a)cs.yale.edu> To: Colleagues <itscomm2(a)yale.edu> Dear Colleague, Enclosed below please find a Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers for the Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services, to be held in San Diego, California from July 17-21, 2005. For complete information about the upcoming conference, please visit: http://www.mobiquitous.org/ A printer friendly version of this CFP is available at: http://www.mobiquitous.org/MQ2005-CFP.pdf (PDF) We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. Best regards, Mobiquitous 2005 Organizing Committee *********************************************************************** MobiQuitous 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS The Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services http://www.mobiquitous.org July 17-21, 2005, San Diego, California PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 2, 2005 Sponsored by: CreateNet (www.create-net.it) and ICST Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (Pending) Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society (Pending) In Cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE (Pending) Technically Co-Sponsored by AAAI (Pending) Proceedings to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and to be made available on IEEE Explore **************************************** The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services. The second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking and services (Mobiquitous-05) will cover all these aspects, representing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include: applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, knowledge management and databases. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure and services. Technical works clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Ubiquitous architectures and systems * Wearable computing and personal area network * Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi) * Incentive-based deployment of ad hoc networks * Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless network * Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms * Wireless/mobile service management and delivery * Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems * Peer-to-peer knowledge management * Emerging industrial/business scenarios * Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) * Smart spaces * Ad hoc and sensor networking * Localization and tracking * Context and location aware application * Multimedia encoding and transcoding * Middleware services * Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, andmobile systems * Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds * User interfaces * Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing * Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or postscript version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. The deadline for registering the title and the abstract of the paper with our electronic submission system is February 2, 2005. The deadline for submitting the actual paper is February 9, 2005. All deadlines are 11:59PM PST. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by technical program committee members. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in a ACM/Kluwer MONET special issue. WORKSHOPS: Proposals for one-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include the workshop name, its scope and a list of topic of interests. Proposals should be submitted to both the Workshop co-Chairs by December 17 2004. DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include a description of the demo and needed resources from the conference organizers. Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Ramiro Liscano (Demo Chair) rliscano(a)ieee.org by May 29th, 2005. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: February 2, 2005 Full paper submission deadline: February 9, 2005 Notification of acceptance: April 29, 2005 Camera-ready version due: May 15, 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Ramesh Rao (Univ. of California, San Diego) General Co-Vice-Chairs: Chiara Petrioli (Universit di Roma La Sapienza) Krishna Sivalingam (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Networking: Suresh Singh (Portland State University) Philippe Bonnet (University of Copenhagen) Services/Knowledge Management: Anupam Joshi (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Ryusuke Masuoka (Fujitsu Labs of America) Publicity Co-Chairs: Andreas Savvides (Yale University) and Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Panels Chairs: TBA Workshop Chairs: Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University) Prithwish Basu (BBN Technologies) Demos Chair: Ramiro Liscano (University of Ottawa) Publications Chair: Antonis Kalis (Athens Information Technology) Local Arrangements Chair: Kang Wang, Qualcomm Inc. Finance Chair: Karen Decker (ICST Texas,USA) Accommodations Chair: Kathy Kunz (ICST California,USA) Registration Chair: Vishal Anand, SUNY College at Brockport Steering Committee: Imrich Chlamtac (CreateNet, Inc.), Chair Michele Zorzi (Universita di Padova)

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[Fwd: E-NEXT.members: Meshnets 2005 CFP (submission deadline 30 Jan)]
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: E-NEXT.members: Meshnets 2005 CFP (submission deadline 30 Jan) Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 23:23:43 +0100 From: Laura Marie Feeney <lmfeeney(a)sics.se> To: members(a)ist-e-next.net Dear ENEXT colleagues, Please consider submitting to this workshop (with apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP). MeshNets 2005 http://www.meshnets.org In conjunction with WICON 2005 10 July 2005, Budapest, Hungary IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: January 30, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2005 Camera-ready Version due: May 15, 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS The long-term success of the Wireless Internet depends on the establishment of an architectectural framework that can meet the increasingly stringent demands place on it by our mobile, "always connected" society. Wireless mesh networks are expected to be a key element of this future. In a wireless mesh network, mobile devices or networks cooperatively establish mulit-hop, or even multi-radio communication paths in a dynamic environment, providing an alternative form of wireless connectivity. To achieve scalability and performance, such a network must manage complex tradeoffs among factors such as coverage, throughput/delay and QoS support. Many such networks must also be able to support self-organizing and self-healing modes of operation. The emergence of wireless PAN, LAN, and MAN technologies and an ever-growing demand for connectivity suggest that wireless mesh networks will play an important role in the future development of the Wireless Internet. The importance and timeliness of this topic is confirmed by the many start-up companies defining technology and products in this space, as well as the work of standards bodies such as the IEEE 802.11s Working Group. The goal of this workshop is to bring together an international group of academics, researchers, and industry practitioners to a) provide a view of the state-of-art, b) identify outstanding challenges and c) present current research on all aspects of mesh networks. The workshop will therefore include panel discussion and invited speakers, as well as papers selected through this CFP. In particular, we encourage submissions which make fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of wireless mesh networking, with emphasis on cross-layer protocol design and implementation, especially in the context of programmable and software defined radio. We solicit paper on topics including, but not limited to the following areas of relevance to mesh networks: * Link and MAC layer design * Cross-layer optimization * Radio resource management and QoS support * Programmable and software defined radios * User mobility models and mobility management * Topology deduction and network measurement * Performance evaluation and modelling * Experimental systems and test-beds * Security and authentication * Interworking between wireless access and the wired backbone PROPOSALS FOR PANELS Proposals for panel sessions on wireless networking and related topics are also solicited. Panel topics should address innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative topics related to wireless mesh networking. Please submit proposals to the General Chairs . SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions will be handled electronically. Papers must be submitted in PostScript or Adobe PDF format. Papers must not exceed 8-10 (A4 size) pages, including text, figures and references, with a minimum font size of 11pt and reasonable margins. Submitted papers must be original and unpublished work, not currently under review for any other conference or journal. All paper submissions will be carefully reviewed by experts and returned to the author(s) with comments to ensure the high quality of accepted papers. The authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the conference in order for that paper to appear in the proceedings and to be scheduled for presentation. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), by Kluwer Academic Pulblishers. ORGANIZATION: General Co-chairs: Shyam Chakraborty Helsinki University of Technology ssc(a)cc.hut.fi Sumit Roy University of Washington roy(a)ee.washington.edu IMPORTANT DATES: Submissions due: * January 30, 2005 * Notification of Acceptance: * March 15, 2005 * Camera-ready Manuscripts due: * May 15, 2005 * +++ Posted to members-istenext by Laura Marie Feeney <lmfeeney(a)sics.se> +++

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