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[Fwd: 10th IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2006 CFP]
by Lars Wolf 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 10th IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2006 CFP Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:41:57 -0500 From: DS-RT 2006 <ds-rt(a)site.uottawa.ca> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers DS-RT 2006 10th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 2-4, 2006 Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2006/ In Conjunction with the 9th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. *IEEE/ACM Approval Pending ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: May 12, 2006 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope In its tenth anniversary year, the 2006 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2006) will take place in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain, in conjunction with the the 9th ACM Int'l Symposium International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2006 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2006 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2006 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Collaborative Virtual Environments, e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, human communication through immersive environments, shared object manipulation; o- Multi-modal collaborative systems, e.g. collaborative future workspaces, psychological issues of collaborative VR; o- Interactive Simulation in Entertainment and Games; o- Applications of Distributed Simulation, e.g., Real Time, large distributed simulation systems; o- Agent Based Distributed Simulation, e.g., multi-agent based simulation, parallel and distibuted simulation of multi-agent systems; o- Real-Time application modeling for QoS evaluation; o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols, e.g., HLA,DIS, event synchronization, network time protocols; o- Data Distribution Management, Interest Management, Multi-resolution modeling and Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms; o- Current Critical Design Issues, e.g.: causality, simultaneous events,zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time; o- Methodology for Distributed and Parallel Simulation; o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modeling packages; o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security; o- Performance of Distributed Simulation, e.g., benchmark, theoretical, empirical, and HLA/RTI studies; o- Visual Interactive Simulation, e.g., generic animation, visual interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning; o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational Processes under Simulation; o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems; o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems, e.g., Java, and DCOM; o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems e.g., QoS requirements, multicast for distributed/real-time simulation; o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation, e.g. Modeling Global Internet; o- Integration of Distributed Simulation and HLA with Web Technologies; o- Large Scale Distributed Simulation on the Grid. o- Software Design Patterns and Real-Time Simulation Environments o- Reproducing the face-to-face meeting through communication technology - e.g. immersive CVE, video conferencing, video reconstruction Important dates Submission Deadline: May 12, 2006 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2006 Camera Ready version due: July 17, 2006 Symposium presentation: October 2-6, 2006 in Malaga, Spain IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/~dsrt2005/ by May 12, 2006. Questions from authors may be directed to: Program Co-Chairs: Simon J E Taylor <simon.taylor(a)brunel.ac.uk, David Roberts <D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk, or General Co-Chairs: Stephen Turner (ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg). Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are required. Each submission, electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract a complete list of authors and their affiliations a contact person for correspondence postal and e-mail addresses. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Organizing Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------ General Co-Chairs Enrique Alba University of Malaga, Spain Email: eat(a)lcc.uma.es Phone: 34-95-2132803 Fax: 34-95-2131397 Stephen J. Turner School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Email: ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg Phone: +65-6790-4054. Fax : +65-6792-6559 Program Co-Chairs Simon J. E. Taylor School of Information Systems, Computing and Maths Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH UK tel: +44 (0) 1895-265994 fax: +44 (0) 1895-251686 email: simon.taylor(a)brunel.ac.uk David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK Email: D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk Phone: +44-161-295-2926 Fax: +44-161-295-2925 Poster Chair A. El-Saddik, DISCOVER Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs A. El-Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy For local information on the beautiful city of Malaga URL: http://www.andalucia.com/cities/malaga/home.htm

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Mobile and Wireless Learning Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, July 3-6, 2006
by Martin Gutbrod 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Call for Papers MOBILE AND WIRELESS LEARNING WORKSHOP July 3-6, 2006, Vancouver Sheraton Wall, Canada http://www.massey.ac.nz/~yatif/ml06/ held in conjunction with: International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference http://www.iwcmc2006.cs.wmich.edu/ ================================================= The Mobile and Wireless Learning Workshop is held in conjunction with the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference which will take place in Vancouver Sheraton Wall, Canada. The goal of this workshop is to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers and practitioners working in all areas of mobile learning (M-Learning). M-learning is emerging as a prominent discipline which is expected to exploit the massive growth rates of new wireless technologies over 3G and 4G networks as well as the intelligent service platforms on mobile devices. This ever increasing availability of wireless networking infrastructures and portable devices, have provided a rich environment for the proliferation of new mobile learning applications aiming at embedding learning into daily life. The convergence of enterprise applications and wireless devices are paving the way for new standards aiming at enabling learning platforms which provide personalized, location- and context-aware learning services. We invite researchers who are working on the design, development, use and evaluation of mobile learning technologies and applications to submit papers reporting original academic or industrial research. ================================================= Workshop topics include but are not limited to: - Architecture of Mobile Learning Systems - Tools, Technologies and Platforms for Mobile Learning - Location Based Learning - Designing and Teaching in Wireless Classrooms - Web Service Usability for Mobile Learning - Adaptivity in Mobile Learning - Architecture of Context Aware Learning - Peer-to-Peer Learning Applications - Virtual Spaces for Learning Communities - Mobile Learning Case Studies and Experiences - Collaborative, Cooperative and Contextual Mobile Learning - Advanced Curriculum and Courseware for Mobile Learning and Training - Security and Privacy Issues in Mobile Learning - Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Mobile Learning - Testing and Assessment in Mobile Learning - Social, Administrative and Organizational Issues of Mobile Learning - Applications of Mobile Technology in Open, Distance, and Corporate Education - Mobile Agents for Learning - Learner-Supportive Interfaces for Mobile Learning - Evaluation of Mobile Learning Systems - Pedagogical Approaches and Theories for Mobile Learning - Mobile Learning in Educational Institutions - E-learning and Wearable Network Devices - Learner Modeling for Networked and Mobile Learning - Mobile Learning Standards Related Activities ================================================= Workshop Chair: Yacine Atif, Massey University, New Zealand, Y.Atif(a)massey.ac.nz Workshop Co-Chair: Rachid Benlamri, Etisalat University College, UAE, benlamri(a)euc.ac.ae ================================================= Important Dates: Submission Deadline: March 15, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: March 30, 2006 Camera-Ready Version Due: May 30, 2006 Workshop and Conference: July 3~6, 2006 ================================================= Submission Guidelines: We invite contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to the purpose of the workshop. Persons interested in participating should submit either technical papers (up to six pages), position or work-in-progress papers (up to three pages). All submissions should use the standard IEEE double-column format (IWCMC'06 submission guidelines). Authors should e-mail their submissions to Y.Atif(a)massey.ac.nz or benlamri(a)ece.ac.ae . Outstanding submissions will be considered for the conference best papers awards. All papers presented at the workshop will be published in the printed volume and CD-ROM proceedings of IWCMC06. ================================================= Program Committee · Abdelmounaam Rezgui, Virginia Tech University, USA · Abdelsalam Helal, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA · Abderahmane Lakas, UAE University, UAE · Ashraf Al-Najjar, Sharjah University, UAE · Brahim Medjahed, University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA · Chirine Ghedira, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France · Hazem El-Khatib, UAE University, UAE · Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab, Old Dominion University, USA · Jawad Berri, Etisalat University College, UAE · Kekang He, Beijing Normal University, China · Khaled Shuaib, UAE University, UAE · Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand · Lim Cher Ping, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Maiga Chang, National Science and Technology Program for e-Learning, Taiwan · Malek Mouhoub, University of Regina, Canada · Masanori Sugimoto, Tokyo University, Japan · Mikko Nikkanen, Nokia Corporation, Finland · Mona Laroussi, University of Lille, France · Mourad Ouzzani, Purdue University, USA · Rachid Hamadi, The University of New South Wales, Australia · Saad Harous, Sharjah University, UAE · Sean Siqueira, Catholic Federal University of Goias, Brazil · Sharaf Al-Horani, Multimedia University, Malaysia · Woochun Jun, Seoul National University of Education, Korea · Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE

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[Fwd: Reminder: MMTC Track within Euromicro 2006]
by Muhammad A. Khan 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: The 17th ITC Specialist Seminar]
by Lars Wolf 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: The 17th ITC Specialist Seminar Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:21:32 +1100 (EST) From: Moshe Zukerman <mzu(a)unimelb.edu.au> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu The 17th ITC Specialist Seminar Call For Papers The 17th ITC Specialist Seminar will be held in conjunction with the 63rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2006-May) at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 May 2006. The seminar will be held immediately following the conclusion of the VTC conference on Wednesday 10th May and will continue for one additional day until the end of Thursday 11th May. The aim is to bring together researchers and technical experts from a cross-section of the ITC and VTC communities and to feature world-class technical sessions and tutorials on, but not limited to, the teletraffic engineering issues such as traffic models, congestion and admission control, resource allocation, performance, etc. as related to the following topics: * Mobility modelling * Performance of mobile channels under packet load * Modelling multi-service traffic in mobile environments * Ad hoc and sensor networking * Location and context-based services in mobile environments * Vehicular mobile traffic applications * Broadband mobile access (WiFi, WiMax) * Heterogeneous access networks with fixed relay points and WiFi * access points interconnected by fibre optic channels * Horizontal and vertical hand-off between identical and different network technologies * Mobile IP and its derivates * Peer-to-Peer applications across mobile networks * Traffic engineering methods for mobile access networks * Business models for mobile IP traffic Papers about the role of teletraffic in future wireless systems are especially encouraged - we wish to complement the work presented in the preceding VTC conference. Prospective authors are invited to submit 2-page extended abstracts via email (only pdf or MS Word formats are acceptable) to Prof. Richard Harris Massey University Institute of Information Sciences and Technology Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North, New Zealand Tele: +64 6 350 5799 Xtn 2057 Fax: +64 6 350 2259 Email: R.Harris(a)massey.ac.nz This seminar is sponsored by the Australian Research Council Special Research Centre for Ultra Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN). Important Deadlines:- Submission of extended abstracts: February 15, 2006 Author notification: March 1, 2006. There will not be a camera ready submission stage and printed copies of the accepted extended abstracts (originals) will be handed out to participants at the seminar. General chair: Moshe Zukerman (mzu(a)ee.unimelb.edu.au) The ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra Broadband Information Networks, The University of Melbourne, Australia Technical Program Chair: Richard Harris (R.Harris(a)massey.ac.nz) Massey University Institute of Information Sciences and Technology Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North, New Zealand _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Ubiquitous Access Control workshop]
by Lars Wolf 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: Ubiquitous Access Control workshop Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:44:56 +0100 From: stefano salsano <stefano.salsano(a)uniroma2.it> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu [Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement] ============================================================ INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON UBIQUITOUS ACCESS CONTROL http://netgroup.uniroma2.it/Stefano_Salsano/IWUAC-06/ To be held in conjunction with MOBIQUITOUS 2006 http://www.mobiquitous.org/ July 17-21, 2006 - San Jose, California, USA ============================================================ Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: April 10, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: May 10, 2006 Camera-Ready Submissions: May 30, 2006 (Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and the IEEE Digital Library) ============================================================ Background The access to resources or services located in "foreign" environments and owned by disparate entities is a painful process for mobile users. This is a significant deterrent to the ability to easily interconnect in a secure and spontaneous manner among disparate organizations. In fact, corporate wireless networks are generally run with severe access policies that do not offer access to guests. Public wireless networks typically do not support roaming agreements, so that users have to be a customer of the specific network provider or to "instantly" (and costly) buy access. Coalition access control encompasses mechanisms dealing with access between users and services of two or more different security domains. These mechanism are typically based on contractually or implicitly agreed collaboration between organizations. They are targeted to medium or long-term periods of inter-organizational coalition. Some real examples are supply chain management, international joint projects, logistics service, etc. The overhead to set up these mechanisms can be significant, as the access control mechanisms for resources of the participating partners require common inter-organizational agreements. The inter-provider agreements that allow users to roam across different wireless providers can be seen as a form of coalition access control. Work on the definition of architecture and protocols for inter-provider roaming is ongoing in several standardization fora or industry initiatives (3GPP, ETSI, ECMA, IRAP …) Spontaneous coalition access control investigates access mechanisms based on informally formed coalition scenarios. These informal coalition scenarios are strongly connected to particular contextual situations: for example communication sessions like calls, conferencing, and Instant Messaging (IM) or informal physical contacts that occur in meeting rooms, offices, and hallways. It is not possible to establish traditional "formal" cross-organizational agreements within these spontaneous coalition encounters. Anyway, access to local resources still need to respect corporate access policies. The notion of spontaneous coalition access implies an increase in the number of un-verified access points and presents a serious security issue. User mobility, wireless connectivity and the widespread diffusion of portable devices raise new challenges for ubiquitous service provisioning. Devices that participate in spontaneous coalition scenarios can introduce "new" foreign services into the environment; due to their mobility these device can change location changing the availability of resources and services un-predictably. Access control to resources is crucial to leverage the provision of ubiquitous services and calls for novel solutions based on various context information, e.g., user/device location, device properties, user needs, local resource visibility. ============================================================ Call for Submissions The workshop is interested in contributions addressing areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure, data and services as related to Ubiquitous Access Control. Under the "Ubiquitous Access Control" definition, we encompass both the "traditional" inter-provider roaming scenarios and the more advanced "spontaneous coalition" scenarios. The workshop will bring together the more "practical" aspects of the former scenario with the more advanced research aspects of the latter. Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, are solicited. Tutorial paper or papers reporting experiences of deployed systems or demonstrators are also welcome. The papers cannot be currently under review by another conference or journal. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: * Integration of Contextual Models with Security Models. * Models for Authentication, Trust, Authorization and Access Control in Ubiquitous Computing Environments. * Coalition Access Control Models. * Ontologies for Security Policies. * Distributed Access Control Architectures and Models. * Access Control and Trust Models for Ubiquitous Devices * Group management for ad-hoc communities * Peer discovery in Ubiquitous Computing Environment * Architecture and protocols for inter provider roaming in wireless networks * Experiences and test-beds for inter provider roaming ============================================================ How to submit a paper Information on paper submission procedure and page formatting instructions are available on the workshop web page. ============================================================ Co-organizers and TPC chairs Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Oshawa, Canada Stefano Salsano, University of Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Technical Program Committee Selim Aissi, Intel Corporation, USA Mahbubul Alam - Cisco Systems, San Jose, USA Michel Barbeau - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Tim Finin - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Patrick Hung - University of Ontario, Oshawa, Canada Anupam Joshi - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Lalana Kagal - MIT, USA Larry Korba - National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada Markus Muck, Motorola Labs, France Filip Perich - Shared Spectrum Company, USA Anand Prasad - Docomo Eurolab, Munich, Germany Neeli Prasad - Aalborg University, Demmark George Prezerakos - Technol. Education Institute of Piraeus, Greece Fabio Ricciato - Telecomm. Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Austria Simon Pietro Romano - Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy Enrico Rukzio - Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany Michael Smirnov - Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Nick Tselikas - National Technical University of Athens, Greece Miquel Vargas - University of Ontario, Oshawa, Canada Luca Veltri - University of Parma, Italy Lixia Zhang - UCLA, USA -- ******************************************************************* Stefano Salsano Dipartimento Ingegneria Elettronica Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via del Politecnico, 1 - 00133 Roma - ITALY http://www.eln.uniroma2.it/Stefano_Salsano/ E-mail : stefano.salsano(a)uniroma2.it Cell. : +39 320 4307310 Office : (Tel.) +39 06 72597450 (Fax.) +39 06 72597435 ******************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: ACF-Members: 2nd CFP for SelfMan 2006]
by Lars Wolf 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

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[Fwd: Call For Papers of ICECCS2006 and AXMEDIS2006]
by Lars Wolf 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call For Papers of ICECCS2006 and AXMEDIS2006 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:02:56 +0100 From: DISIT <disita(a)OBOE.DSI.UNIFI.IT> Reply-To: conference(a)axmedis.org To: SIGMM-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Dear Sigmm Members You are cordially invited to Submitt a paper to the following conferences: -- 11th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICEECS 2006), Co-located with Computational Systems Bioinformatics (CSB 2006) Stanford University, CA, USA, 14-18 August 2006, http://www.iceccs.org -- 2nd International Conference on Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution, IEEE press proc., Leeds, UK, 13-15 December 2006. http://www.axmedis.org/axmedis2006 Sorry for multiple reception of this email, and please pass this email to other collegues that could be interested in the above events. In the following, and on the web site you may find more details. Best wishes, Paolo Nesi _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ ICEECS 2006 Call for Papers _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ ICEECS Call for Papers 11th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems Co-located with Computational Systems Bioinformatics (CSB 2006) Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Complexity in Computing NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Software Engineering Laboratory Stanford University, CA, USA, 10-14 August 2006. With the ever expanding range of computing platforms and applications, system complexity is on the rise. Increasing intelligence and autonomics in today’s systems requires innovative approaches to address these concomitant complexity issues. At this cross-section of volume and complexity, current technologies are often ineffective at coping with the demands for quality computer systems. Manifold dependencies between the critical software, hardware, communications, and human elements now drive computer system and software architectures. Complexity of software systems has grown significantly, pervading several key application areas including Manufacturing, Communications, Transportation, Internet, Entertainment, Mobile, Healthcare, Aerospace, and Energy. These systems are frequently distributed over heterogeneous networks, involving Internet technologies. Inundated by temporal constraints, boundless functionalities, complex algorithms, distributed and mobile architectures, security constraints, reliability, high performance, interoperability, security, and the like, these complexities are further weighing down development and evolution of today’s software systems and ultimately the organizations they serve. The goal of this conference is to assemble industrial, academic and government experts, from a variety of user domains and software disciplines, to examine key complexity problems and effective solutions. Researchers, practitioners, tool developers and users, and technology transition experts are all welcome. The scope of the interest includes long-term research, near-term complex system requirements and promising tools, existing systems, and commercially available tools. Topic Areas: Papers are solicited in all areas related to complex computer-based systems, including the causes of complexity and means of avoiding, controlling, or coping with complexity. Topic areas include, but are not limited to: -System and software architecture and system engineering -Tools, environments, and languages for complex systems -Formal methods and approaches to manage and control complex systems -Integration of heterogeneous technologies -Software and system development and control processes for complex systems -Human factors and collaborative aspects -Interoperability and standardization -Systems and software safety and security -Industrial automation, embedded and/or real time systems -Content production and distribution systems, mobile and multi-channel systems -Software complexity visualization -Virtual environments for managing complexity Paper Submissions: Research papers, case studies, lessons learned, status reports, and discussions of practical problems faced by industry and user domains are all welcome submissions. For review, submissions are divided into two categories: Technical Papers and Experience Reports. Submitted papers should be formatted in the style of IEEE-Computer Society Format: http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm. Submitted manuscripts must be in English and should be no longer than 4000 words or 10 formatted pages. Authors of accepted papers will be required to sign a copyright release form. IEEE Computer Society Press will publish the proceedings. Submission Procedure: Please email your manuscripts in PDF format to the program chairs listed above. Panels and Special Sections: Proposals (1 page) for organizing panels and special sections should be sent to the general and program chairs via email. In both cases, the list of confirmed people involved should be included. Deadlines - 19 February, 2006 Paper submission - 7 April, 2006 Notification of acceptance - 19 May, 2006 Camera ready papers - 10-14 August, 2006 Conference Committee: General Chair: - Michael G Hinchey, NASA Software Engineering Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, Michael.G.Hinchey(a)nasa.gov Program Co-Chairs - Americas: - Shawn Bohner, Virginia Tech, sbohner(a)vt.edu - Phil Laplante, Penn State, plaplante(a)gv.psu.edu Program Co-Chair - Asia: - Zhiming Liu, United Nations University, IIST, Macao, lzm(a)iist.unu.edu Program Co-Chairs - Europe: - Paolo Nesi, University of Florence, Italy, nesi(a)dsi.unifi.it - Jim Woodcock, University of York, UK, jim(a)cs.york.ac.uk Publicity Chair: - Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ AXMEDIS 2006 Call for Papers _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ 2nd International Conference on Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution, Leeds, UK, 13-15 December 2006. http://www.axmedis.org/axmedis2006 Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following: * Automatic cross-media production, collection, crawling, composition, formatting, P2P, etc. * Formats and models for multi-channel content distribution * Multimedia standards, e.g. MPEG-7, MPEG-21, DMP, etc. * High quality audio visual coding * Multimedia music representation and formatting * Watermarking and fingerprinting techniques * GRID and distributed systems for content production * real-time streaming media distribution * Multimedia middleware * Workflow management systems * Web services for content distribution * Semantic Web * Distribution with P2P architectures * Legal aspects related to digital content * Collecting and clearing of rights and licences * Business, payment and transaction models * Digital Rights Management (DRM), models tools, and interoperability * Formats and tools for Content Aware * Archives managements for cultural and educational applications * Synchronisation technologies and solutions * Systems and approaches for content production/distribution on demand * Digital content user interface * Digital content accessibility * Novel applications and case-studies of relevant technologies The conference proceedings is to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in special issues of one or more major peer-reviewed Journals in this domain. - Submission due: 18 March 2006 - Conference date: 13-15 December 2006 - Conference venue: University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK ----end----

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[Fwd: IEEE INFOCOM: Registration now Open!]
by Sven Jaap 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

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[Fwd: Invitation from SPECTS06 - 24 Days to Prepare and Submit Your Paper(s)]
by Lars Wolf 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation from SPECTS06 - 24 Days to Prepare and Submit Your Paper(s) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:26:18 -0800 (PST) From: Guoping Zeng <guopingtx(a)yahoo.com> To: tcgn(a)comsoc.org ================CALL FOR PAPERS for SPECTS06================= (We apologize if you have received multiple copies) 2006 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems SPECTS 2006 http://www.scs.org/summersim/spects July 31 – August 2, 2006 The Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, Calgary, Canada This annual international conference is a forum for professionals involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks has progressed rapidly in the past decade and has begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Networking and Telecommunication Systems • Internet Technology Quality of Service (QoS) DiffServ/IntServ MPLS TCP World Wide Web (WWW) Technology • Networking Techniques Unicast and Multicast Routing Congestion Admission and Control Switching Techniques Tele-traffic Network Protocols Network Management and Control Network Capacity Planning Network Architecture Evaluation Service and QoS Pricing Security and Authentication • Broadband Networks High-Speed Networking ATM Optical Networks • Wireless Systems and Networks Satellite Systems UMTS Mobile Networks/Computing Ad-hoc Networks Sensor Networks • Multimedia Communications and Applications Computer Systems • Distributed Architectures Client/Server Distributed Systems and Agents Parallel and Distributed Computing Massively Parallel Systems Cluster Computing Grid Computing Interconnection Networks • Computer Architectures Microprocessors/Microcomputers Memory Systems High Performance I/O Real-time Systems Scheduling Schemes • Software Software Performance, Evaluation, and Testing Parallel Algorithms and Languages • Electronic Commerce • Hardware and Software Monitors • High-Performance Computing • Information Assurance • Reconfigurable Computing • Scientific Computing Algorithms • Workload and Traffic Characterization Tools, Methodologies, and Applications • Parallel and Distributed Simulation • Verification and Validation • Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications • Performance Optimization, Bounds, and Models • Queuing Systems and Networks • Scalability Studies • Integrated Modeling and Measurement • On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning • Process Algebra-Based Models • Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance • Case Studies 2006 Workshop on Performance of Wireless Networks and Communication Systems, WiNCS’2006 http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~vmisic/pubs/WiNCS06.pdf http://www.scs.org/summersim/spects General Chair Mohammad S. Obaidat Dept. of Computer Science, Monmouth University W. Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA Tel +1-732-571-4482 Fax +1-732-263-5202 E-mail: obaidat(a)monmouth.edu <mailto:obaidat@monmouth.edu> Vice General Chair Franco Davoli DIST-University of Genoa Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy Tel +39-010-353-2732 Fax +39-010-353-2154 E-Mail: franco(a)dist.unige.it <mailto:franco@dist.unige.it> Program Chairs Jose L. Marzo University of Girona, Spain E-mail: joseluis.marzo(a)udg.es <mailto:joseluis.marzo@udg.es> Ljiljana Trajkovic Simon Fraser University Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada E-mail: ljilja(a)cs.sfu.ca <mailto:ljilja@cs.sfu.ca> Local Arrangement Chair Carey Williamson University of Calgary, Canada E-mail: Carey(a)cpsc.ucalgary.ca <mailto:Carey@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> Tutorial Chair John Fox Foxband Consultancy, UK E-mail: fox.conf(a)btinternet.com <mailto:fox.conf@btinternet.com> Publicity Committee: Chair: Guoping Zeng, Nortel Networks, USA, zenggu(a)nortelnetworks.com <mailto:zenggu@nortelnetworks.com> Vice Chair: Yi Su, Masergy Communications, Inc., USA, ysu(a)masergy.com <mailto:ysu@masergy.com> Vice Chair: Weiguang Shi, Uinversity of Alberta, Canada, wgshi(a)cs.ualberta.ca <mailto:wgshi@cs.ualberta.ca> Vice Chair: Abdelmajid Khelil, University of Stuttgart - IPVS - VS, Germany, abdelmajid.khelil(a)informatik.uni-stuttgart.de <mailto:abdelmajid.khelil@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Web Master Michael J. Chinni U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC E-mail: mchinni(a)pica.army.mil <mailto:mchinni@pica.army.mil> Technical Program Committee Rachid El Abdouni Khayari, University of the Armed Forces Munich, Germany Abdullah Abonamah, Zayed University, UAE Tricha Anjali, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Noureddine Boudriga, University of Tunis, Tunisia Maria C. Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy Haitham Cruickshank, University of Surrey, UK Floriano De Rango, D.E.I.S. Dept., University of Calabria, Italy Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Laurent Franck, Telecom Paris, France Sebastia Galmes, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait Omar Hammami, ENSTA, France Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Xavier Hesselbach-Serra, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Raj Jain, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA Carlos Juiz, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Ingemar Kaj, Uppsala University, Sweden Krishna Kant, Intel, USA Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessalonici, Greece Ulrich Killat, Tech. Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Michalis E. Kounavis, Intel Research, USA Kevin Kwiat, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA Veronica Lagrange M. Reis, HP Corp., USA Axel Lehmann, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Sam Makki, University of Toledo, USA Krzysztof Malinowski, Warsaw Technical University, Poland Marek Malowidzki, Military Communication Institute, Poland Mario Marchese, University of Genoa, Italy Pascale Minet, INRIA, France Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Vojislav Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Ibrahim Onyuksel, Northern Illinois University, USA Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK Elena Pagani, Università di Milano, Italy Georgios I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University, Greece Achille Pattavina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Antonio Pescape', Universita' di Napoli "Federico II," Italy Gregory D. Peterson, University of Tennessee, USA Stephen Pink, Lancaster University, UK Desa Polajnar, University of Northern British Columbia Jernej Polajnar, University of Northern British Columbia Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Kaliappa Ravindran, CUNY, USA Vicente Santonja, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Tatsuya Suda, University of California, Irvine, USA Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA Tracy Tung, University of Sydney, Australia Pere Vila, University of Girona, Spain Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Telefonica, Spain Bernd E. Wolfinger, Hamburg University, Germany Michele Zorzi, Università di Ferrara, Italy Paper Submission Please submit your complete papers electronically to: http://www.scs.org/confernc/submit.asp. Instructions for authors will be posted on the paper submission web site. Submissions should not exceed 25 double-spaced, 8.5x11 inch pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10–12 point fonts. Please include five to ten keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. If you have difficulties with electronic submission, please contact the Web Master, Program Co-Chairs, or the Conference Coordinator, Steve Branch, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 4838 Ronson Court, Suite L, San Diego, CA 92 111, USA, Tel. (858) 277-3888, Fax (858) 277-3930, E-mail: sbranch(a)scs.org <mailto:sbranch@scs.org>. Extended versions of selected accepted papers at SPECTS 2006 will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals. Proposals for tutorials should be sent to the Tutorial Chair. Proposals for special sessions and panel sessions should be submitted to the Program Co-Chairs. Deadlines Submission of papers: February 26, 2006 Notification of acceptance: April 23, 2006 Submission of camera-ready papers: May 28, 2006 Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International Technically Co-Sponsored by the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a closed mailing list exclusively for the business of the IEEE ComSoc TCGN. As a member of the list you are encouraged to use it for all messages that meet this general criteria. To make this list "self correcting" please send any concern you may have to mailmanager(a)comsoc.org. You can leave this list by sending a blank email from the address you are subscribed under to tcgn-remove(a)comsoc.org.

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[Fwd: CfP: IPv6DFI06 Workshop - Silicon Valey, July 16-18, 2006]
by Lars Wolf 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CfP: IPv6DFI06 Workshop - Silicon Valey, July 16-18, 2006 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:03:49 +0100 From: Michael Menth <menth(a)INFORMATIK.UNI-WUERZBURG.DE> Reply-To: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organization: University of Wuerzburg To: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE IPv6 Today - Deploying the Future Infrastructure http://www.iaria.org/conferences/IPV6DFI06.html Collocated with ICNS’06 http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICNS06.html July 16-18, 2006 Silicon Valley, USA Call for Papers IPv6, the Next Generation of the Internet Protocol, has seen over the past three years tremendous activity related to its development, implementation and deployment. Its importance is unequivocally recognized by research organizations, businesses and governments worldwide. To maintain global competitiveness, governments are mandating, encouraging or actively supporting the adoption of IPv6 to prepare their respective economies for the future communication infrastructures. In the United States, government’s plans to migrate to IPv6 has stimulated significant interest in the technology and accelerated the adoption process. Business organizations are also increasingly mindful of the IPv4 address space depletion and see within IPv6 a way to solve pressing technical problems. At the same time IPv6 technology continues to evolve beyond IPv4 capabilities. Communications equipment manufacturers and applications developers are actively integrating IPv6 in their products based on market demands. IPv6 creates opportunities for new and more scalable IP based services while representing a fertile and growing area of research and technology innovation. The efforts of successful research projects, progressive service providers deploying IPv6 services and enterprises led to a significant body of knowledge and expertise. It is the goal of this workshop to facilitate the dissemination and exchange of technology and deployment related information, to provide a forum where academia and industry can share ideas and experiences in this field that could accelerate the adoption of IPv6. The workshop brings together IPv6 research and deployment experts that will share their work. The audience will hear the latest technological updates and will be provided with examples of successful IPv6 deployments; it will be offered an opportunity to learn what to expect from IPv6 and how to prepare for it. We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. The IPv6DFI 2006 Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society and posted on Xplore IEEE system. A best paper award will be granted by the IARIA’s award selection committee. TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST (but not limited to) IP Upgrade – An Engineering Exercise or a Necessity? Worldwide IPv6 Adoption – Trends and Policies National Strategies in Stimulating IPv6 Adoption IPv6 in Government Infrastructures - Specific Requirements IPv6 Infrastructures for Emergency Response and Law Enforcement – MetroNet6 Communications Equipment Certification for IPv6 Support IPv6 in Broadband Networks IPv6 Programs, from Research to Knowledge Dissemination IPv6 Technology – Practical Information Advanced Topics and Latest Developments in IPv6 IPv6 Deployment Experiences and Case Studies IPv6 Enabled Applications and Devices IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: February 15, 2006 Abstract based acceptance: March 5, 2006 Registration and first draft: March 20, 2006 Camera-ready paper: April 15, 2006 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUTHORS The IPv6DFI 2006 Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and posted on IEEE Xplore. Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received papers will be acknowledged via the EDAS system. Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11" (two columns IEEE format), not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found via anonymous FTP site at: ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/8.5x11%20-%20Formattin… Once you receive the notification of paper acceptance, you will be provided by the IEEE CS Press an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance. The submitted abstract should present original and new ideas in at least 500 words. You should specify, in this abstract, if the work was experimented or not (both experimented and non-experimented ideas are welcome). We advise the authors to join a list of key words to the abstract as well as an overview of the organization of the final paper (i.e., the different sections). A final version of a paper is assumed to present the ideas expressed in the originally submitted abstract. Tutorials Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals can be for half or full day tutorials. Please send your proposals to cpopovic(a)cisco.com <mailto:cpopovic@cisco.com>, geof.lambert(a)gmail.com <mailto:geof.lambert@gmail.com> or gvandeve(a)cisco.com <mailto:gvandeve@cisco.com> using “ICNS’06 IPv6DFI” in the email subject. Panel proposals The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. Please send your proposals to cpopovic(a)cisco.com <mailto:cpopovic@cisco.com>, geof.lambert(a)gmail.com <mailto:geof.lambert@gmail.com> or gvandeve(a)cisco.com <mailto:gvandeve@cisco.com> using “ICNS’06 IPv6DFI” in the email subject. For questions and comments, please feel free to contact Ciprian Popoviciu (cpopovic(a)cisco.com <mailto:cpopovic@cisco.com>), Geof Lambert (geof.lambert(a)gmail.com <mailto:geof.lambert@gmail.com>) and Gunter Van de Velde (gvandeve(a)cisco.com <mailto:gvandeve@cisco.com>)

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