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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Fourth Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN2007)]
by Lars Wolf 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: Fourth Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN2007) Datum: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:30:59 -0500 Von: Yu Wang <wangyu1(a)iit.edu> An: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We apologize if you received multiple copies of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPER The Fourth Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN2007) in conjunction with the International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (IEEE ICDCS 2007) Monday, June 25, 2007 in Toronto, ON, Canada http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~softart/WWASN2007.html CONFERENCE THEME This workshop covers the area of ad hoc and sensor networking, from physical issues to applications aspects. In particular, it will cover physical, data link, network and transport layers, as well as applications, security, simulation and power management issues in sensor, local area, personal, and mobile ad hoc networks. Among the goals of the workshop is to review ad hoc and sensor network protocols and models, and to reflect the latest advances in the state of the art in modeling, design, and deployment of such networks. Typical topics include (but not limited to): Key communication abstractions for ad hoc and sensor networks Topology construction and maintenance Physical, media access, and routing layers Routing, broadcasting and multicasting Energy-efficient protocols Quality of service in medium access control and routing Fault tolerance and redundancy schemes IEEE 802.11 and 802.15.x-based medium access control Hybrid networks and wireless internet Models for analysis, performance assessment, mobility, and validation models Methods and tools for ad hoc and sensor networks simulation Heterogeneous networks and challenges in analyzing and designing them Pervasive and wearable computing Security, trust, and other security-related issues Data management issues, query processing, and data delivery Applications and history of ad hoc and sensor networks IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission: December 15, 2006 Acceptance Notification: February 10, 2006 Final Manuscript Due at IEEE: around March 15, 2006 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers should be submitted via email to program chairs. Papers should be submitted in PDF format, using either the IEEE Computer Society proceedings format (two column, 10 point, single-spaced) or a single-column, 12 point, at least 1.5 line spacing format. There are no page lenth restrictions on the length of submitted papers, but note that the paper length for accepted papers will be limited; the exact details to be determined later. (For your guidance, last year's limit was 6 pages in the IEEE CS proceedings format.) Number each page in the manuscript. Include an abstract, five to ten keywords, the technical area(s) most relevant to your paper, and the corresponding author's e-mail address. Accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press as part of the proceedings of ICDCS'2007 workshops, provided that each paper has at least one accompanying registration. GENERAL CHAIRS: David Simplot-Ryl, IRCICA/LIFL, France Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada PROGRAM CO-CHAIRs: Vojislav B. Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Lin Cai, University of Victoria, Canada Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Cherita Corbett, Sandia National Laboratory, USA Aysegul Cuhadar, Carleton University, Canada Y. Charlie Hu, Purdue University, USA Bengi Karacali, Avaya Labs, USA Deepa Kundur, Texas A&M University, USA Ibrahim Korpeoglu, Bilkent University, Turkey Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Man Lin, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Susan Lincke-Salecker, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA Sahra Sedigh-Ali, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Vincent Wong, University of British Columbia, Canada Zhanping (Walter) Yin, University of British Columbia, Canada _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [KuVS ELG] 20. Int. Teletraffic Congress (ITC), Ottawa/Kanada, 2007]
by Lars Wolf 04 Nov '06

04 Nov '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [KuVS ELG] 20. Int. Teletraffic Congress (ITC), Ottawa/Kanada, 2007 Datum: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:23:22 +0100 Von: Paul J. Kühn <paul.j.kuehn(a)ikr.uni-stuttgart.de> An: itgfg521(a)ifn.et.tu-dresden.de, mmb(a)ira.uka.de, elg(a)kuvs.de Sehr geehrte Mitglieder der GI/ITG-Fachgruppen KUVS und MMB, der Int. Teletraffic Congress (ITC) wird 2007 zum 20. Male durchgeführt. Gastgeberland ist Kanada; der ITC 20 findet vom 17.-21.06.07 in Ottawa statt. Als deutscher Vertreter im Int. Advisory Council (IAC) des ITC und gegenwärtiger Vorsitzender des IAC möchte ich Sie auf diese traditionsreiche Veranstaltung aufmerksam machen; Sie finden den Call for Papers auf http://www.itc20.ca Die Deadline wurde gerade um 14 Tage verlängert und ist 15.11.06 für Konferenzbeiträge (Papers) 15.12.06 für Tutorial-Vorschläge Traditionell stellt Deutschland (nach den USA) den zweithöchsten Anteil an Beiträgen und (mit Ausnahme des jeweiligen Gastlandes) der Teilnehmer. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn über unsere nationalen Fachgrupppen eine rege Beteiligung zustande käme. Mit den besten Grüßen Ihr P. J. Kühn Chairman IAC of ITC -- -------------------------------------- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Paul J. Kühn Institute of Communication Networks and Computer Engineering University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 47 70569 Stuttgart, Germany Please note our new phone and fax numbers! Tel.: +49 711 685 68027, Fax: +49 711 685 67983 e-mail: paul.j.kuehn(a)ikr.uni-stuttgart.de; www.ikr.uni-stuttgart.de _______________________________________________ ELG mailing list ELG(a)kuvs.de https://kuvsmail.ds-group.info/mailman/listinfo/elg

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[Fwd: CFP IEEE Communications Magazine Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming - extended deadline]
by Lars Wolf 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP IEEE Communications Magazine Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming - extended deadline Datum: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:27:06 -0200 (BRST) Von: nfonseca(a)ic.unicamp.br An: multicomm(a)comsoc.org CC: nfonseca(a)ic.unicamp.br Call for Papers - IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming In recent years, peer-to-peer (p2p) multimedia streaming has aroused much interest both in research communities and in industries. By allowing peers serving each other in the network, p2p technology overcomes many limitations in traditional client-server paradigm to achieve user and bandwidth scalabilities. It has been shown that performance of a properly-designed p2p network actually improves, rather than deteriorates, with the increase of population size. Peer-to-Peer technology is promising for large content distribution as demonstrated by a number of proof-of-concept prototypes in both academia and companies. In a p2p multimedia streaming system, multimedia contents are delivered to a large pool of distributed users with low delay, high quality and high robustness. Fueled by advances in networking and compression technologies, p2p multimedia streaming has experienced much initial deployment success for applications such as Internet TV (IPTV), video conferencing, and surveillance. It is the key to address the emerging needs of large-scale digital IPTV, interactive videos, interactive games and other next-generation broadcast-based or personalized multimedia services. A scalable peer-to-peer multimedia system should support many hosts, possibly in excess of hundreds or even millions, with diverse heterogeneity in bandwidth, capability, storage, network, and mobility. It should also be able to support various applications under dynamic user arrival and departure, frequent host failures and unavailability, and unpredictable user behaviors, network traffic and congestion. In a p2p streaming networks, users should be able to share, search, and access contents in a distributed and efficient manner. To achieve these goals, it is particularly important to address the challenges in architecture design, network/transport support, resource discovery and content delivery mechanisms. Scope of Contributions This feature issue is devoted to original surveys and tutorials on these emerging issues in P2P streaming. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished original articles that are not under review in any other conference or journal. Topics of interest include, but not limited to the following: Peer-to-peer media distribution, systems and infrastructures Novel peer-to-peer streaming applications and services Overlay networks and application-level multicast for media streaming Robustness in peer-to-peer streaming networks Scalability, reliability, accessibility, manageability, and availability for P2P streaming systems Resource discovery and location in peer-to-peer streaming Performance measurement and monitoring of peer-to-peer streaming systems Deployment experience and application of peer-to-peer media distribution systems Peer-to-peer streaming prototypes and their implementation Reputation, trust and incentives in peer-to-peer streaming systems Peer-to-peer based content distribution Business models for P2P media distribution Mobile P2P streaming Schedule Submission Deadline: November 15th, 2006 <=========== Acceptance Notification: February 15th, 2007 Final Manuscript: April 1st, 2007 Publication date : June, 2007 Submission of Papers For manuscript submission, the authors should follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines under "Information for Authors" at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. Manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Central at http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/. Please select "June 2007/Peer to Peer Multimedia Streaming" in the drop down menu. Guest Editors S.-H. Gary Chan Department of Computer Science The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong, China gchan(a)cs.ust.hk Nelson L. S. da Fonseca Institute of Computing State University of Campinas Campinas, Brazil nfonseca(a)ic.unicamp.br Giovanni Pau Department of Computer Science University of California Los Angeles, USA gpau(a)cs.ucla.edu

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Wireless Communications Magazine special Issue CFP on MAC Protocols for Wireless LANs]
by Lars Wolf 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Wireless Communications Magazine special Issue CFP on MAC Protocols for Wireless LANs Datum: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:29:50 +0200 Von: Nicopolitidis Petros <petros(a)csd.auth.gr> An: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Call for Papers IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine Special Issue on "Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless LANs" The field of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) is experiencing a tremendous growth in the last years. One of the key points is the design of performance-efficient WLANs. However, there are fundamental differences between wireless and wired LANs that pose difficulties in the design of medium-access control (MAC) protocols for WLANs. WLANs utilize wireless transmission for information exchange, which is characterized by bit-error rates (BER) having an order of magnitude even up to ten orders of the magnitude of wired transmission. Furthermore, in WLANs, errors occur in bursts. Moreover, a fully connected topology between the nodes of a WLAN cannot be assumed due to the inherent mobility of WLAN nodes. Thus, WLANs are characterized by unreliable links between nodes, resulting in bursts of errors and dynamically changing network topologies. These problems obviously impact both the performance of a WLAN and its ability to support QoS applications. Desired properties for a WLAN MAC that have been identified in the literature include the following: * Throughput. The capacity of WLANs should ideally approach that of their wired counterparts. This should be done by efficiently utilizing the scarce spectrum resource. * Dynamic topology. In a WLAN, fully connected topologies cannot be assumed. A WLAN MAC should take this issue into consideration. * Number of nodes. WLANs often need to support tens or hundreds of nodes. Therefore the WLAN MAC should pose no limit to the network's maximum number of nodes. * Interference and Reliability. Interference, (due to collisions, "hidden terminal" problem, collocated network operation or wireless medium unreliability) should not degrade the reliability of data transport. * Robustness-Security. In a WLAN, the transmission range of a station cannot be confided in a certain geographical area. Thus, WLANs are more prone to security attacks and eavesdropping. This should be taken into account by the MAC. * Power Consumption. Wireless devices are power-limited as they are typically battery powered. Therefore, energy-efficient MACs are desirable. This may result in a tradeoff between performance and energy efficiency. * Quality of Service. In today’s wireless networks, there is a great need for QoS, because of the time-bounded voice, audio and video traffic, which have to be efficiently transmitted along with the traditional data traffic. This special issue aims at providing a timely and concise, tutorial-oriented reference of the current activities and new findings in the field of WLAN MACs. In this context, papers are solicited reporting on representative topics regarding new and innovative MAC protocols. Such protocols should not be based upon or improve already proposed work (especially the work addressing the IEEE 802.11 MAC), but should constitute an advancement by widening the field of eligible MAC protocols for future WLANs. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following list: * MAC for multimedia applications over WLANs * Energy efficient WLAN MACs * WLAN MACs with QoS support * Adaptive WLAN MACs * Power controlled WLAN MACs * Directional/adaptive antenna WLAN MACs * MACs for multihop WLANs * Standardization activities * Performance studies of WLAN MACs. Submitted papers, which should not be considered elsewhere for publication, should be of tutorial in nature and the authors must follow the IEEE Wireless Communications guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts. For further details, potential authors should refer to "Information for Authors" in IEEE Wireless Communications website at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/sub_guidelines.html. Papers should have no more than 4500 words, a total of 6 figures and tables, 15 references and 3 simple equations. Please send PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word, or PostScript formatted papers to Mohammad S. Obaidat (obaidat(a)monmouth.edu) or Petros Nicopolitidis (petros(a)csd.auth.gr) no later than 28 February 2007. Deadlines Manuscript submission deadline: February 28, 2007. Notifications: June 15, 2007. Revised submission: July 15, 2007. Final notification: September 15, 2007. Publication date: First quarter of 2008. Guest Editors Mohammad S. Obaidat Department of Computer Science Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ07764, USA e-mail: obaidat(a)monmouth.edu Petros Nicopolitidis Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Box 888, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece e-mail: petros(a)csd.auth.gr Petre Dini Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706, USA Email: pdini(a)cisco.com Jung-Shian Li Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering National Cheng Kung University 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan E-Mail: jsli(a)mail.ncku.edu.tw _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] Ambient Entertainment: Final Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] Ambient Entertainment: Final Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:32:19 +0100 Von: Rauterberg, G.W.M. <G.W.M.Rauterberg(a)tue.nl> An: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> ** IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING NEWS SERVICE ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** Send all news to: icec(a)listserver.tue.nl **************************************************** ** NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ** not this IFIP EC News Service **************************************************** **************************************************** ** To send and receive IFIP-EC-NEWS, go to ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** and subscribe directly **************************************************** ** News archives: ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/private/icec/ **************************************************** ** To join the IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING Group ** contact: g.w.m.rauterberg(a)tue.nl **************************************************** _______________________________________________ ICEC mailing list ICEC(a)listserver.tue.nl http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec

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[Fwd: [mycolleagues] DCOSS 2007 CFP; Submission deadline Feb 5, 2007]
by Lars Wolf 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [mycolleagues] DCOSS 2007 CFP; Submission deadline Feb 5, 2007 Datum: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:55:19 -0800 (PST) Von: Amol Bakshi <amol(a)usc.edu> An: mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers in your email inbox. ========================================= IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems June 18 - 20, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA ========================================= WWW.DCOSS.ORG The 2007 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '07) will take place in Santa Fe during June 18 - 20, 2007. The first and second DCOSS conferences, held at Marina Del Rey and San Francisco respectively, featured high quality research papers and interesting invited and contributed poster/presentation sessions. DCOSS '07 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 be co-located with several closely related workshops, and 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. 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 2007. Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information. IMPORTANT DATES Monday February 5, 2007 Paper Submission Due Monday April 2, 2007 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection Monday April 16, 2007 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. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. 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 PAPER SUBMISSION Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 12 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 12 pages. 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 will be available via Web access at http://www.dcoss.org/ All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by February 5, 2007, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by April 2, 2007. Camera-ready papers will be due April 16, 2007. DCOSS '07 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. PROGRAM CHAIR James Aspnes Yale University USA PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Algorithms: Christian Scheideler, TU Munich, Germany Applications: Anish Arora, Ohio State Univ., USA Systems: Samuel Madden, MIT, USA POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION The conference will include a poster session for researchers and practitioners to present novel on-going work-in-progress and to obtain feedback from conference attendees in an informal setting. Authors of accepted posters will have an opportunity to briefly present their work in this session. Select invited presentations and posters from industry and academia may also be included in this session. Submission details and deadlines will be available at the DCOSS website. POSTER CHAIR Wendi Heinzelman Univ. of Rochester USA BEST PAPER AWARDS Awards will be given for one best paper in each of the three conference technical tracks: algorithms, applications, and systems. ================================= DCOSS '07 ORGANIZATION ================================= GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and CTI Greece Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA VICE GENERAL CHAIR Azzedine Boukerche University of Ottawa Canada PROGRAM CHAIR James Aspnes Yale University USA WORKSHOPS CHAIR Jim Reich Palo Alto Research Center USA POSTER CHAIR Wendi Heinzelman University of Rochester USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Yang Yu Motorola Labs USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Amol Bakshi University of Southern California USA Sanjay Jha University of New South Wales Australia Christian Schindelhauer University of Freiburg Germany FINANCE CHAIR Germaine Gusthiot University of Geneva Switzerland STEERING COMMITTEE Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA 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) _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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