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[Fwd: CfP - 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CfP - 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008) Datum: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:07:58 +0100 Von: Burkhard Stiller <stiller(a)IFI.UZH.CH> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organisation: University of Zurich, IFI An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE [Apologies for possibly receiving multiple copies of this CFP.] Call for Papers 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008) http://www.csg.uzh.ch/events/bod08/ In conjunction with IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2008 http://www2.dcc.ufmg.br/eventos/noms2008/ April 11, 2008 Salvador da Bahia, Brazil "From Bandwidth on Demand to Networks on Demand - Bandwidth Trading in the Era of Network Virtualization" Scope The second BoD workshop follows the first successful workshop which was held in conjunction with IEEE Globecom 2006. Driven by the recent technical advances in telecommunications, especially in the area of network virtualization and wireless mesh networks, as well as based on the new potential of emerging peer-to-peer (P2P) and next generation networking (NGN) concepts, the goal of this workshop is to take a fresh and innovative look at the concept of bandwidth on demand (BoD). The rapid technological progress in the area network virtualization, mainly driven by new optical fiber technology and virtual router infrastructures, is generating a new trend for "on demand" provisioning of bandwidth or even whole networks for applications that require short-term bandwidth assignments at large scale, such as large sporting events or cultural open air activities. However, suitable business models for "on demand" bandwidth services are currently missing. The BoD 2008 workshop seeks original papers, both from industry as well as academia, dealing with the technical, economic, and legal dimensions of BoD mechanisms. The workshop will include presentations and discussions of accepted technical papers, as well as invited talks and a panel session. Topics of Interest * Technical design of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective bandwidth trading infrastructures, including market mechanisms as a way to increase efficiencies o Scalability of bandwidth trading mechanisms o Secure and reliable bandwidth trading mechanisms o IP-based and decentralized trading mechanisms o P2P trading infrastructures, distributed markets, P2P auctions o Management of bandwidth trading infrastructures o Provisioning of bandwidth on demand o Provisioning of networks on demand * Economic studies and modeling of market and business models in carrier and service provider networks o Economics of networks on demand o Economic management of network virtualization o Game theoretical bandwidth on demand models o Cost and revenue models o Bandwidth on demand business models o Market liquidity aspects * Resource allocation and provision in non-profit bandwidth trading systems (economic modeling, incentive mechanisms, policies) o Neighborhood wireless mesh networks o Peer-to-peer Internet access sharing o Network testbed infrastructures (e.g., GENI, Planetlab) * Industrial developments of new technologies that facilitate or create impediments to bandwidth on demand o Network virtualization technologies o Wireless mesh networks o Network management aspects o Technical improvements in transport and data networks * Legislative and regulatory issues related to the Telecom Act and in comparison to other commodities markets such as the electric grid o Telecom legislation o Telecom regulation o Commodities markets o Legal issues of P2P trading infrastructures Paper Submissions Papers are solicited as full papers (in English), of no more than 8 single-spaced pages, each of which will be subject to a full review process. Submissions must be in PDF and will be handled using the JEMS system. Please refer to http://www.csg.uzh.ch/events/bod08/ for further submission instructions or contact bod08(a)ifi.uzh.ch for additional information. Those papers accepted will be published in proceedings with an ISBN number. Important Dates * Submission deadline: January 7, 2008 * Notification of acceptance: February 7, 2008 * Final versions of papers due: February 21, 2008 * Workshop date: April 11, 2008 Workshop Chairs * Panayotis Antoniadis, LIP6, France * David Hausheer, University of Zurich, Switzerland * Kohei Shiomoto, NTT Labs, Japan * Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland * Jean Walrand, UC Berkeley, USA

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[Tccc] MMTC-Track within EuroMicro SEAA 2008
by Paul Mueller 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

******************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------- -- Call for Paper -- -- -- -- EuroMicro 2008 -- -- Multimedia and Telecommunications Track -- -- Network of the Future and its Applications -- -- -- -- http://www.icsy.de/conferences/euromicro2008/ -- -- -- -- Sept. 1st - Sept. 5th, 2008 -- -- Parma, Italy -- -- -- -- http://seaa2008.isti.cnr.it/ -- -- -- -------------------------------------------------------- The current inter-networking paradigm, although highly successful as exemplified by the Internet, has become sub-optimal due to its sheer popularity. There has always been an answer to all requirements, no matter whether caused by new applications or technologies. So, over time the formerly simple and clear Internet architecture became a patchwork of new balconies, workarounds and bypasses. In this conference track we should discuss the two mainstreams in this area: the “Clean-Slate Approach” as well as the “Evolutionary Approach”. Beside future networks also new applications especially in the Grid using collaboratively distributed computer resources are emerging and becoming popular. One of the major goals in Grid computing is to hide its complexity from the software developers and end users resulting in new approaches for Grid architects, middleware and application developers. We invite you to contribute to this conference track by submitting papers in one or more of the categories outlined below. Multimedia • IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) • (Multimedia) Information systems for emergency services • Integration of IP and broadcast services • Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia • Ambient multimedia services • Home entertainment • Gaming Telecommunications • Future Internet (Clean-Slate versus Evolution) • Embracing P2P communities as a new business approach for Telcos • Access networks • Layer-2 Technologies • Self-engineering communications • Performance evaluation of fixed and mobile networks • QoS control and scheduling • Security Grid Computing • Programming models, tools and environments • Software architectures and middleware • Virtualization • Robustness, fault-tolerance and self-healing • Scalability • Data distribution and data access • Ad-hoc computing grids • Integration of problem solving environments • Distributed applications We encourage submissions demonstrating the potential of new approaches by providing case studies, experiments, and quantitative data. Submission of papers -------------------- Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of their paper to http://www.icsy.de/EM08 Papers should not exceed 8 pages (in IEEE/CS proceedings format; 10pt, single-space, double-column) or 6000 words and include an abstract of up to 150 words. A cover page should clearly show the name, mailing address, e-mail address and fax number of the author to contact, as well as the topic areas of the submitted paper. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE. Selected papers will be offered the opportunity to appear as extended versions in a special issue of a scholarly journal. The following signed statement should be included on the cover page: "Neither this paper nor any version close to it has been or is being offered elsewhere for publication. All necessary clearances have been obtained for the publication of this paper. If accepted, the paper will be made available in Camera-ready forms by June 6th 2008, and it will be personally presented at the EUROMICRO 2008 Conference by the author or one of the co-authors. The presenting author(s) will pre-register (full fee) for EUROMICRO 2008 before the due date of the Camera-ready paper." Program Chairs --------------- Paul Mueller University of Kaiserslautern pmueller(a)informatik.uni-kl.de phone +49 631 205 2263 Rainer Stotzka Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe stotzka(a)ipe.fzk.de phone +49 7247 82 4738 Program Committee ------------------ Hendrik Berndt, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany Torsten Braun, University of Berne, Switzerland Isabel Campos, Instituto de Fisica Cantabria, Santander, Spain Hermann deMeer, University of Passau, Germany Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim, Germany Stefan Fischer, University of Luebeck, Germany Bernd Freisleben, University of Marburg, Germany Thomas Friese, Siemens AG, Germany Gerhard Haßlinger, T-Systems, Germany Frank Kargl, University of Ulm, Germany Marcel Kunze, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany David Larrabeiti, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Daniel Kofman, ENST Paris, France Prabhat Kumar Mahanti, University of New Brunswick, Canada Laurent Mathy, University of Lancaster, UK Ludek Matyska, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Andreas Mauthe, University of Lancaster, UK Harald Müller, Siemens AG, Germany Marcin Plociennik, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland Erwin P. Rathgeb, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany Ivica Rimac, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA Simon P. Romano, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy Jens Schmitt, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Matti Mikael Siekkinen, University of Oslo, Norway Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Phuoc Tran-Gia, University Wuerzburg, Germany Michael Weber, University of Ulm, Germany Important dates ---------------- Submission deadline: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: June 6, 2008 Updated information -------------------- http://www.euromicro.org General information --------------------- This track is an integral part of the EUROMICRO SEAA 2008 conference. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. -- ___________________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Paul Mueller email: pmueller(a)informatik.uni-kl.de University of Kaiserslautern Phone: ++49-(0)631-205-2263 Dep. of Computer Science Fax: ++49-(0)631-205-3056 Paul Ehrlich Strasse Geb. 34 http://www.icsy.de D-67653 Kaiserslautern Germany ___________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[EUROSIS] EUROMEDIA 2008, April 9-11, 2008, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Call for Papers
by Eurosis 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

------------EUROMEDIA 2008, APRIL 9-11, 2008, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, PORTO, PORTUGAL, CALL FOR PAPERS------------ EUROMEDIA 2008 14TH ANNUAL MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS WEBSITE http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/461 UNIVERSITY OF PORTO PORTUGAL APRIL 9-11, 2008 Organized by ETI Sponsored by EUROSIS Delft University of Technology Belgacom TTVI Ghent University DG-INFSO Introduction The 2008 Euromedia conference covers the latest developments in web-multimedia and communications technology while also looking at their implementation in Broadband networking, mobile computing, broadband networking, distributed computing, telematics, E-technology and real world environments like embedded systems, security systems and training systems. New topics are human computer interaction with a focus on the interaction of users with multimodal interfaces and the usability and experiences of users with multimodal systems based on different media. The EUROMEDIA conference is held concurrently with the ECEC and FUBUTEC conferences. The conference is structured around 5 tracks: WEBTEC-MEDIATEC-COMTEC-APTEC and ETEC This year the conference will feature the following Special tracks: - Knowledge Management and e-Mobility - In-Car Applications - Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication - Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications Special Workshops: - Medical Imaging Systems - D-TV Applications WEBTEC The WEBTEC conference focuses on new developments with respect to Internet, Intranet, HTML, and WWW. Because of the large amount of new tools and developments, scientific papers focusing on this subject should always include references to other ideas and products. If your paper describes a new language or tool, include the theoretical basis,application, and (tested) experiences. Topics: Internet Viewers and Programs * Development and Design Tools for the Web * Tactical Internet * Web Programming * Web Simulation and Animation * Interactive Web Publishing Tools * Dynamic New Languages and Standards * Java Security * CORBA and the Web * IPV6 (next generation internetprotocol) Visual Programming Languages * Advanced Web Authoring and Development Tools * Visual Web Programming * Visual HTML - XML , XSL editors * Applets and Scripting Languages over Networks 3D Web Programs * 3D Worlds * Rule Based Programming for 3D Environments (avatars) * Building Online Communities Video and Audio Streaming on the Web * Video Telephony, Web Video and Web Conferencing * Video and Audio Libraries * Internet telephone networks AI on the Web * Intelligent Agents, Knowbots and REBOL Bots * Worm Programs, Data Mining and MDX, SQL, SQLJ Based Tools * Mobile Network Agents * Site Analysis Tools * Collaborative Filtering * Intelligent Interactive Characters * Semantic Web Applications * Webbased Information Systems Software for Web-based Business Applications and E-Commerce * Building Interactive Advertising and Information Interfaces * Business Objects and Business to Business E-Commerce * Customer Tracking Tools, E-Commerce Tools & Architectures * Electronic Cash Transfer Protocols on the Web * Joint Electronic Payments Initiative * Internet Open Trading Protocols * Security and E-Commerce * Web Based Training and Web Based Networked Simulation * PC VR Based Training MEDIATEC The MEDIATEC conference looks at new developments in multimedia technology. Step by step, multimedia computing becomes more common and more popular. DVD technology, videoconferencing, and real-time 3-D animation have become widely available for standard hardware platforms. The type of papers we are looking for try to give a theoretical foundation to developments in multimedia hardware and software, if possible comparing different alternatives so that empirical results can form a basis for new standards and choice among alternatives. Topics: Multimedia Techniques and Telecommunications * Real Time Interactive Systems * Hardware for multimedia storage * Hardware and networks for multimedia transmission * CD-Interactive Systems and Online DVD Technology * Removable Storage Technology * Multimedia Sensors (RF Tags) * Intelligent Analysis and Interpretation of Multimedia Data Multimedia Authoring Tools and Software * Presentation Tools * Presentation Software * Animation /Facial Animation * Animation Tools * 3D Authoring Tools, 3D Graphics, 3D Accelerators and Motion Capture * Video and Audio Editing * PC-DVD Video Imaging, Editing Techniques and Tools * Video Compression Techniques and Tools * Video Accelerators * Non Linear Video Editing Systems * Digital Video * MPEG 5 PC-Video Encoding and Decoding * (MPEG) Image Compression * Colour Palette Strategies * Audio Editing * Digital Audio Software * CD Recording Software * Voice Recognition Systems * Industrial Applications * automatic speech recognition Multimedia Building Blocks * Multimedia Databases * Toolboxes for Moving Graphics * Productivity Tools * Multimedia and CORBA COMTEC The COMTEC conference covers different types of communication technology utilising both fixed and mobile infrastructures. Of course, this conference must be seen in alliance with the overall theme of the conference: new media that are used on a world-wide basis in relation to information and communication infrastructures. Topics: Telecommunications Technologies * High Speed Interconnects * Optical Networks and Switching * Transport Networks * HSI in Parallel/Distributed Systems * Message Passing Communication Standards * Communication Servers and Networks * Access Networks and Protocols * Systems and Applications Software * Clusters and Load Balancing * Traffic Models and Performance Simulations * Fault Tolerance, Reliability Models, Performance Studies and System Validation Networks * Quality of Service * Multicast * ISDN, Intelligent Networks, LAN-WAN Interconnection, WIFI * Broadband and Wideband Networks * Information Super Highways, GRID * Network Management * Case Studies on Large Networks Simulation technology * Network Planning & Management & Software Radio * Broadband convergence networks (BcN) Network Security * Encryption and Coding * Software Protocols * Privacy, ID Verification, Authentication, Message Integrity, Message Non-Repudiation and Security Policies * Access Control + Firewalls + Intrusion Detection * Smart Card Technology Mobile Communications * Satellite Services * WAP compliant Broadband Mobile Communication * Voice Paging, Mobile Fax, Mobile Video Text * 3G Networks * Mobile Networks Planning * W-CDMA (3rd generation mobile telecommunications) * Mobile adhoc networks (MANETS) TV Technology * CATV, HDTV, 3D TV * Interactive Video * DAVIC * Digital TV * DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) QoS * QoS in TP Networks * QoS in ATM Networks * QoS in Public Networks * QoS in Mobile Networks * QoS in Heterogeneous Networks * QoS Charging APTEC The APTEC conference shows how effectiveness and efficiency of individuals and public and private organisations can be improved using telematics, advanced communications, and multimedia technology. Papers in the APTEC conference should present the relation between the type of activity that is supported by new technology and the characteristics of the technology itself. If possible, empirical test results should be included in the paper. Topics: Telematics Consumer Applications * Home Banking * Video-on-Demand, Video and PC-Gaming * Video Kiosks Cooperative Telematics Applications * Home Shopping * Teleconsulting * Teleworking * Teleprocessing * Telepresence * Web Enabled Devices Tele-Education * Tele-Teaching * Multimedia and DVD Technology * Computer Based Training * CBT Authoring Software * Computer Assisted Instruction * Simulation Based Training * Interactive Tools * Tele-Education on the Web * Case Studies Integrated Enterprise Software and Groupware * Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) * VHDL and Verilog Applications * Product Data Interchange * Synthetic Environments and Simulation on the Web * Distributed Simulation (DIS) * Virtual Reality * Innovative e-mail applications * Shared Memory, Shared Screen * Group Decision Support * Group Scheduling * Group Editing * Video Conferencing and standards * Desktop Video Conferencing * Workflow Software * Putting Interactive Training Online Telemedicine * Multimedia * Real-Time Systems * Telediagnostic * Fault Tolerance * Telemonitoring * Data Bases * Case Studies Ubiquitous computing Applications * health care * Pervasive computing * Video human interaction * Mediascapes * Interactive posters * Electronic tags * Ambient intelligence * System architecture and concepts, software and intelligent receptors * Smart homes and transport (cars,planes, Digital home concept) * smart surroundings using ubiquitous wireless sensor networks * self organising digital sensor networks of individual motes * GPS, active RFID technology * context aware systems (f.ex SIREN) * privacy and security from motes, smart sensors to smart dust Embedded Systems and future product market combinations * modelling specification and validation of embedded systems * intelligent clothing and polytronics * rfid technology * intelligent products and environments * active silenced machines (adaptronics) * simulated environments (reverse engineering) * man-machine interaction (converging technology) * security systems (biometric and other dataprocessing techniques Multimodal communication *context sensitive sensing *affective computing *speech recognition, recognition of facial expressions *recognition of emotion in text, speech and video *usability *engineering experiences ETEC The ETEC conference reviews the latest trends and technologies applied in the growing field of electronic commerce. This event will be exclusively dedicated to practical applications in business to business and business to customer environments. This programme provides valuable guidance on reconfiguring the structure and interaction between organisations, businesses, and customers, to create effective new possibilities and to stay ahead of competition, by implementing new advanced information and communications technology. It focuses on the reality rather than the hype which tends to surround these items. This conference is a unique occasion to find out the key issues and essential facts from case studies and unbiased expert presentations. Topics include: . Tele-X . E-commerce . Security . Medical Information Systems . Challenges of tomorrow and beyond Trust and security: provisions and instruments . Online availability of public services . Service survivability and maintainability . Interoperability of services . Security in e-democracy (including e-participation and e-voting) . E-justice (administration and workflow security for legal processes) . Secure federating information access (from different government and third party agencies) . Security and reliability in media integration . Secure e-government and Identity Management . Security and reliability of Smart Card System . Availability and reliability of mobile services . Data protection and data privacy (e.g. e-health and e-education) . Intrusion detection and prevention . Anti-spam legislation and solution . Public-private- partnerships management . Role-based management and usage restriction Special Tracks Special Track on Knowledge Management and e-Mobility * Knowledge warehouse * Knowledge acquisition and datamining * E-blended learning * MPEG2 standards in e-mobility Special Track on In-Car Applications This track will cover the embedded systems envisaged in future car design based on multimedia applications. * Look-Ahead Radar * Automatic Braking * Blind Spot Detection * Steer by Wire * LEDS * Lane Departure Warning * Conversational Voice Recognition * Browsiness Sensors * Cockpit Controllers * Split Displays * In-car Entertainement Systems * Glass Cockpit * Smart Navigation * Networking Special Track on Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication Facial expressions play an important role in human communication. We are able to read emotions from human faces. Turn taking in human dialogues can be regulated by facial expressions. There is an ongoing discussion about the universal character of emotions. Psychologist P. Ekman claims that there are 6 universal emotions corresponding with unique facial expressions: happiness, sadness, disgust, anger, fear and surprise. But there are much more emotions, which can be conveyed by facial expressions, way of speaking, gestures and other body language. For many years researchers have been involved in the automatic recognition and generation of emotions. There are systems which are able to read faces and analyze speech signals to recognize emotions. Researchers have developed “talking faces” which are able to show facial expressions and to speak with appropriate emotions. At this moment here robots and avatars which are able to display emotions and are able to recognize emotion. The goal of the session/track is to invite researchers to present papers in the area of non verbal communication. Special Track on Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications This track will cover Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications using Motion Capture Technology in * Advertising * Healthcare * Market research * Auto Safety * Mobile Phones * Security Workshops Medical Imaging Systems The workshop will cover topics related with medical imaging systems, such as image acquisition, signal processing, image processing and analysis, virtual reality, computer aided diagnosis, surgery, therapy, and treatment, computational bio-imaging and visualization, software development, tele-medicine systems and their applications. D-TV Workshop 2nd Workshop on Digital Television & Digital Special Interest Channels at the Euromedia 2008 - From Realisable Visions to Feasible and Sustainable Applications. The programme consists of parallel sessions with lectures, practitioner's workshops, poster sessions, and a specialised exhibition. CONFERENCE VENUE University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Http://www.fe.up.pt TUTORIALS Tutorials can be proposed in the following three categories: T1- Introductory tutorials T2- State of the Art Tutorials T3- Software and Modelware Tutorials Tutorial proposals should be emailed to Philippe.Geril(a)eurosis.org POSTER SESSION The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the actual poster presentation, these submissions also feature as short papers in the Proceedings. STUDENTS SESSION This session is for students who want to present their work in progress or part of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers are denoted by the fact that only the name of the student appears on the paper as an author. They are published as short papers in the Proceedings. DIVERSE ACTIVITIES For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact EUROSIS. Special session will be set up for vendor presentations in co- ordination with the scientific program. User Group meetings for simulation languages and tools can be organised the day before the conference. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please contact the Conference Chairs. We will be happy to provide a meeting room and other necessary equipment. Exhibition There will be a special exhibition section for universities and non-profit organisations, and a special section for publishers and commercial stands. If you would like to take part in this exhibition please contact the EUROSIS for a full price schedule and stand layout. Deadlines and Requirements EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION December 20, 2007 SUBMISSION DEADLINE JANUARY 20, 2008 Full Paper or Extended Abstract Submission January 20, 2008 Short Paper Submission Deadline: January 20, 2008 LATE PAPER SUBMISSION: FEBRUARY 5, 2008 Acceptance Notification: February 15, 2008 Camera-Ready Copies: March 17, 2008 Registration Fees Author EUROSIS Other Members Participants Pre-registr. Before 485 EURO 485 EURO 535 EURO 25/03/2008 Registr. After Pre.Reg. 535 EURO 595 EURO 25/03/2008 Req. Registration fees should preferably be paid in EUROs, but can also be paid in the equivalent amount of US$.. Payment is possible by Creditcard The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference Proceedings, coffee and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a welcome cocktail, the conference dinner and conference visit. Author Registration Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to attend the conference at their own expense to present the accepted papers. Without early registration and payment, the paper will not be published in the Conference Proceedings. Each registration covers one presentation. PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references, at least five pages, double column) During review, the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If excellent, full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee. EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages, single column) Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the EUROMEDIA'2008 Conference Proceedings. SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages) Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the EUROMEDIA'2008 Conference Proceedings. ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Refereeing and Camera-ready papers The notification of acceptance or rejection, in combination with suggestions to improve the paper, will be sent by FEBRUARY 15, 2008. Along with the notification of acceptance, an author kit with complete instructions for preparing a camera-ready copy for the Proceedings will be sent to authors of accepted abstracts or drafts. The camera-ready copy of the papers must be in by MARCH 17, 2008. In order to guarantee a high-quality conference, the camera-ready papers will be checked as well, to check see the suggestions of the program committee have been incorporated. REPLY CARD Surname:.................................................. First Name:............................................... Affiliation:.............................................. MailingAddress:........................................... .......................................................... ......................................................... Zipcode:...........City:.................................. Country:.................................................. Telephone:....................Fax:........................ E-mail:................................................... Yes, I intend to attend the 2008 Euromedia Conference: * Without presenting a paper * Contributing to the Exhibition * Proposing a vendor presentation with the following title:.................................................... * Proposing a tutorial about the following subject: * Proposing a panel discussion with the following title: * Proposing the following short paper (abstract at least 2 pages) * Proposing the following full paper (based on extended abstract or full paper submission Title of submission .................................. ................................... The paper belongs to the following theme (please tick one): [] WEBTEC * Internet Viewers and Programs * Visual Programming Languages * 3D Web Programs * Video and Audio Streaming on the Web * AI on the Web * Software for Web-based Business Applications [] MEDIATEC * Multimedia Techniques and Telecom * Multimedia Authoring Tools and Software * Multimedia Building Blocks [] COMTEC * Telecommunications Technologies * Networks * Network Security * Mobile Communications * TV Technology * QoS [] APTEC * Telematics Consumer Applications * Cooperative Consumer Application * Tele-Education * Integrated Enterprise Software and Groupware * Telemedicine * Ubiquitous Computing Applications * Embedded Systems and Future Product Market Combinations * Multimodal communication [] ETEC * Tele-X and E-Commerce * Knowledge Management and E-Mobility Special Tracks: [] Knowledge Management and e-Mobility [] In-Car Applications [] Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication [] Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications Special Workshops: [] Medical Imaging Systems [] D-TV Do you know others interested in the topic of the conference? Name: .................................... Address: ..................................... ........................................... For general information, contact the EUROSIS: European Simulation Office, c/o Philippe Geril Ghent University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Management, Technologiepark 903, B-9052 Ghent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium Tel. (Office) +32.9.264.55.09; Fax: +32.9.264.58.25 E-mail: philippe.geril(a)eurosis.org Or website: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/461 -- Unsubscribe from this newsletter: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=newsletter/confirm/remove/0a40f1ec086459t102

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CfP - MobileHCI 2008
by Robert James Steele 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

** In-Cooperation event with ACM SIGMOBILE Our apologies in case of multiple copies. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ MobileHCI 2008 The 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Royal Tropical Institute Conference Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 - 5 September 2008 http://www.mobilehci2008.org +-------------------------------------------------------------+ MobileHCI is the leading conference in the field of Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. The 10th conference in the MobileHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for all mobile and wearable computing devices and services. Categories for submissions --------------- Full Papers / Short Papers / Posters / Demonstrations / Panels / Workshops / Industrial Case Studies / Doctoral Consortium / Student Design Competition / Mobile Experiences Important Dates --------------- 21 January 2008: Workshop Proposal due 4 February 2008: Full Papers due 3 March 2008: Short Papers, Posters, Demonstrations, Panels, Industrial Case Studies, Doctoral Consortium, Student Design Competition due 7 April 2008: Notification of acceptance 28 April 2008: Mobile Experience proposals due 9 May 2008: Final camera-ready versions due Suggested topics --------------- * Audio and speech interaction * Context-dependent systems * Designing (interactive services for) Web sites for mobile devices * Ethnographical and field studies with mobile technology * Evaluation of mobile devices and services/Usability of mobile devices and services * Group interaction and mobility * Intelligent environments * Location-aware interaction * Methods to evaluate mobile usability/User experience research for & with mobile devices * Model-based design of interactive mobile systems * Mobile phenomena * Mobility and work environments * Multimodal interaction * Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques * Perception and modeling of the environment * Safety issues (e.g., in-car user interfaces, payments) * Specific classes of handheld devices (PDA, Pocket PC, WAP phone, etc.) * 3D graphics on mobile devices * 3G/4G devices and services * Visualization techniques for the mobile context * Interdisciplinary perspectives towards mobile interaction (e.g. Social aspects) * User centered design tools and methods for mobile systems * Wearable computing * Mobile Entertainment * Urban and Location based gaming * Smart clothes * Mobile social networks * Mobile persuasion * Personal monitoring & coaching with mobile devices * Trust, privacy, content protection, legal aspects & issues in mobile applications & services * Implicit interaction styles for mobile devices * Studies on the use of mobile devices for special target groups (e.g. seniors) Conference attendance by at least one author is mandatory. MobileHCI 2008 is organized by Telematica Instituut and Philips Research Europe, in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGMOBILE. For more information, please browse to http://www.mobilehci2008.org <http://www.mobilehci2008.org/> or e-mail info(a)mobilehci2008.org We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam! Organizing Committee -------------------- Henri ter Hofte, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Ingrid Mulder, Telematica Instituut & Rotterdam University, the Netherlands Esmeralda Wouters, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Gea Costeris, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Olga Steen, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Joke Kort, TNO Information and Communication Technology, the Netherlands Thiemo Burger, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Martijn Kriens, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Daan Velthausz, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Jozien Ensing, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Elize Harmelink, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Margot Franken-Richelle, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Pieter Jan Stappers, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Rob Kottink, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Johan Koolwaaij, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Program Committee ----------------- Boris de Ruyter, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Maddy Janse, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Kris Mihalic, Yahoo! Mobile, USA Fabio Patern�, CNR/ISTI, Italy Henk de Poot, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Panos Markopoulos, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg & CURE, Austria Marc Smith, Microsoft Research, USA Elly Pelgrim, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Elisabeth Dykstra-Erickson, ACCESS Systems America, USA Pieter Jan Stappers, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Albrecht Schmidt, University of Duisburg-Essen & Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany ----------------------------------------------------- To be removed from future issues of the SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. Association for Computing Machinery Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession (c) 2007 ACM, Inc. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------

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ACM SenSys 2008: First Call for Papers
by Thiemo Voigt 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

*** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CfP *** ============================================================================ ACM SenSys 2008: Call for Papers The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems November 5-7, 2008 Raleigh, NC, USA http://sensys.acm.org/2008/ ============================================================================ The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the area of embedded, networked sensors. Distributed systems based on networked sensors and actuators with embedded computation capabilities enable an instrumentation of the physical world at an unprecedented scale and density, thus enabling a new generation of monitoring and control applications. This conference provides an ideal venue to address the research challenges facing the design, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensor networks require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, distributed systems, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work. We particularly encourage papers that extend the scope of the conference beyond wireless mote-class sensor networks and we seek contributions from a broad range of sensing-related fields, such as actuator networks, RFID applications, mobile ad-hoc networks, camera networks, and others. We seek technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Sensor network architecture and protocols * Rich sensor systems leveraging RFID, mobile devices (e.g., cell phones), cameras, robotics, etc. * Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits * Sensor network planning, provisioning, calibration and deployment * Deployment experience and testbeds * Experimental methods, including measurement, simulation, and emulation infrastructure * Programming methodology * Operating systems * Sensor network algorithms such as localization, routing, time synchronization, clustering, topology control, and coverage control algorithms * Failure resilience and fault isolation * Energy management * Data, information, and signal processing * Data storage and management * Distributed actuation and control * Applications * Security and privacy * Integration with back-end systems such as web-based information systems, process control, and enterprise software Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University; Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin Sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, SIGARCH, SIGOPS, SIGMETRICS and SIGBED; with support from NSF. Important dates: * Paper Registration and Abstract: April 7, 2008, 5pm US Eastern Time * Paper Submission Deadline: April 14, 2008, 5pm US Eastern Time * Notification of Paper Acceptance: July 18, 2008 * Camera Ready Paper Copy: August 25, 2008 All deadlines are firm; we will not honor extensions. Papers must be original, unpublished work not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF format, fitting length and formatting guidelines as directed on the submission webpage. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The review process is double-blind and hence, all submissions must be anonymized. Selected papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. For submission details, see the conference web site. Demos: Demonstrations showing innovative research and applications are solicited. SenSys is very interested in demonstrations of technology, platforms, and applications of sensor systems. Abstracts of accepted demos will be published in the SenSys conference proceedings. Submissions from both industry and academia are encouraged. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for demos with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Posters: Posters showing exciting early work on sensor systems are solicited. Areas of interest are the same as those listed in the technical call for papers. While the poster need not describe completed work, it should report on research for which at least preliminary results are available. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for posters with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Workshops: Workshop proposals are highly encouraged in emerging areas related to sensor networks. A call for workshop proposals will be posted on the SenSys website. Organization: General Chair: Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Martonosi (Princeton) and Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin) Poster Co-Chairs: Philippe Bonnet (U. Copenhagen) and Tian He (U Minnesota) Demo Co-Chairs: Kamin Whitehouse (U Virginia) and Yunhao Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Local Arrangements Chair: Injong Rhee (North Carolina State University) Publicity Co-Chairs: Thiemo Voigt (Swedish Institute of Computer Science), Liqian Luo (Microsoft Research), and Yoshito Tobe (Tokyo Denki University) Sponsorship Chair: Matt Welsh (Harvard) Web Chair: Ying Zhang (PARC) Registration Chair: Peter Corke (CSIRO ICT Centre) Finance Chair: Jie Liu (Microsoft Research) Workshop Chair: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth) Student Award Chair: Sam Madden (MIT) Publication Chair: Joe Polastre (Sentilla) Steering Committee Chair: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth)

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[Fwd: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] ICEC 2008: first announcement]
by Lars Wolf 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] ICEC 2008: first announcement Datum: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:27:16 +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 **************************************************** FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL for PAPER International Conference on Entertainment Computing ICEC 25-27th September 2008 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA http://www.etc.cmu.edu/icec2008/ We are pleased to invite you to participate in the prestigious 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, under the auspices of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Based on the very successful first international workshop (IWEC 2002) and the following international conferences (ICEC 2003, ICEC 2004, ICEC 2005, ICEC 2006, ICEC 2007), ICEC 2008 will be an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge amongst researchers and developers in the field of entertainment computing. Different submission types are invited that present scientific ideas or improvements to existing techniques in the broad multi-disciplinary field of entertainment and edutainment applications. ICEC is the longest established and most prestigious conference in the field of entertainment computing. You can find more information on how you could participate here. This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for advanced research and helps to determine the state of the art. Worldwide leading experts from academia and industry will present their newest insights, products and demonstrations. Under the auspice of: International Federation for Information Processing Sponsored by: The Entertainment Technology Center Carnegie Mellon University, US **************************************************** ** 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: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] CFP: Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment]
by Lars Wolf 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] CFP: Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment Datum: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:55:46 -0000 Von: Edmond Prakash <e.prakash(a)mmu.ac.uk> An: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> Referenzen: <20071120083704.23D50502C7(a)iris.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 **************************************************** Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment Call for Papers http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijcgt/si/upe.html Today the computer game and interactive market is highly competitive, and entertainment industry needs to find new forms of entertainment to stay competitive. In the age of ambient intelligence - which deals with making computers invisible available throughout the natural environment of the consumer - the technical foundations for new forms of entertainment, education, training, and art are laid. This form of entertainment can be referred to as ubiquitous and pervasive entertainment. However, not solely technology makes a new form of entertainment successful. Players and users today are more knowledgeable. They demand more and expect interactive digital media applications that have a much more diverse set of features than in the past. Ubiquitous and pervasive entertainment provides these new features with its natural and smart ways how consumers can interact with game content. Another trend in today's game environment is the quest to be more collaborative and social to give in such a way additional value to services. As seen on the Internet, social media sites attract more and more members to activate and broaden their social networks with games and entertainment content. Also, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment benefits from the viewpoints of social media's collaborative production and distribution models which builds on user-generated content, peer productions, and open interfaces with external software modules. From the consumer viewpoint the question remains, are they also ready to join collective action and transform into co-designers and active participants before the end result is there to consume. This special issue deals with the latest in Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment. This special issue on Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment is a multidisciplinary approach to view newly emerging entertainment technology. It focuses on the latest scientific research and developments in the field of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Entertainment. This special issue presents some selected papers from the MindTrek Conference 2007, held between 2nd and 4th October 2007 in Tampere, Finland. Authors submitted to different tracks of the conference, and revised versions of their paper will be invited for the special issue. The special issue is also open for outside contributions as well as contributions from the conference. The topics to be addressed in this special issue include, but not limited to, the following: Ubiquitous and ambient services, devices, and environments Context awareness, sensing, and interfaces for ubiquitous computation Ergonomics, human-computer interaction designs, and product prototypes Software, hardware, and middleware framework demonstrations Pervasive and ubiquitous games Entertainment and experience technology Technical description of artistic works related to ubiquitous computation Authors should follow the International Journal of Computer Games Technology manuscript format described at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijcgt/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due January 1, 2008 First Round of Reviews April 1, 2008 Publication Date July 1, 2008 Guest Editors: Artur Lugmayr, NAMU Lab,Tampere University of Technology, Finland Katri Lietsala, Hypermedia Lab,Tampere University, Finland Jan Kallenbach, Laboratory of Media Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland **************************************************** ** 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: [Tccc] 2nd IEEE Workshop on Automotive Networking and Applications (IEEE AutoNet]
by Lars Wolf 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] 2nd IEEE Workshop on Automotive Networking and Applications (IEEE AutoNet Datum: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:33:53 -0500 (EST) Von: Ratul Guha <rguha(a)research.telcordia.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu 2007)*************************************************** APOLOGIES IF MULTIPLE COPIES RECEIVED *************************************************** Call for Participation 2nd IEEE Workshop on Automotive Networking and Applications (IEEE AutoNet 2007) Co-located at IEEE GLOBECOM 2007 Washington, D.C., U.S.A. November 30, 2007 (Friday) Duration: 9:00 - 17:00 URL: http://www.ieee-globecom.org/2007 for Workshop W8 This one-day workshop intends to bring together researchers, professionals, and practitioners to address recent developments and challenges in deploying vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-with-infrastructure networking technologies, and their applications including safety-assistance and driver-convenience. The tentative Workshop Agenda is as follows. 9:00 AM 9:05 AM, Opening and Welcome 9:05 AM 9:30 AM, Keynote Speech Reengineering of Network towards Sensor and Automobile Communications Prof. Tadao Saito, CTO and Chief Scientist Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Japan 9:30 AM 12:00 Noon, Morning Session Enhanced Perimeter Routing for Geographic Forwarding Protocols in Urban Vehicular Scenarios by K. Lee, J. Harri*, U. Lee and M. Gerla University of California Los Angeles, USA; and *University of Karlsruhe, Germany Border Node Based Routing Protocol for VANETs in Sparse and Rural Areas by M. Zhang and R. Wolff Montana State University, USA Invited Talk V2V Networks and Applications Prof. Raj Rajkumar Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. Location-Based Message Aggregation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks by H. Saleet and O. Basir University of Waterloo, Canada Local Peer Groups and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications by J. Chennikara-Varghese, W. Chen, R. Onishi* and T. Hikita+ Telcordia Technologies, USA; *Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA; and +Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Japan An Automobile Control Method for Alleviation of Traffic Congestions Using Inter-Vehicle Ad Hoc Communication in Lattice-Like Roads by S. Inoue, K. Shozaki, and Y. Kakuda Hiroshima City Univeristy, Japan 12:00 Noon 1:00 PM, Lunch 1:00 PM 5:00 PM, Afternoon Session Invited Talk DSRC Standards, Prototyping and Field Testing Dr. Luca Delgrossi, Vehicle IT & Services Research (REI/VP) Mercedes-Benz Research and Technology North America Inc., U.S.A. Wireless Traffic Service Communication Platform for Cars by T. Sukuvaara, D. Stepanova, P. Urmi, P. Eloranta*, E. Suutari+, and K. Ylisiurunen# Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland; *Mobisoft, Finland; +Sunit, Finland; #Infotripla, Finland The Feasibility of a Search Engine for Metropolitan Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks by C. Wewetzer, M. Caliskan, A. Luebke, and M. Mauve* Volkswagen Group, Germany; and *University of Dusseldorf, Germany Invited Talk Securing Vehicular Communications and Transportation Safety Cannot Be At Odds Dr. Panagiotis (Panos) Papadimitratos Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Vulnerabilities of Geocast Message Distribution by E. Schoch, F. Kargl, T. Leinmuller* UlmUniversity, Germany; and *Denso Automotive, Germany A Certificate Validation Protocol for VANETs by K. Papapanagiotou, G. Marias*, P. Georgiadis University of Athens, Greece; and *Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece Illusion Attack on VANET Applications - A Message Plausibility Problem by N-W Lo and H-C Tsai National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan An Entropy Based Model for System-Level Downlink Capacity Requirements in V2R Telematic Systems by P. Belanovic and T. Zemen Telecommunications Research Center (FTW), Vienna, Austria Synthesizing Realistic Vehicular Mobility for More Precise Simulation of Inter-vehicle Communication by K. Nakanishi, T. Umedu, T. Higashino, H. Kitaoka*, and H. Mori* Osaka University, Japan; and Toyota Central R&D Labs, Japan Intra-vehicular Wireless Networks by M. Ahmed, M. Ames*, T. ElBatt+, C. Saraydar*, T. Talty*, J. Yin# HRL Laboratories, USA; *General Motors R&D, USA; +San Diego Research Center, USA; and #TrellisWare Technologies, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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New Deadline: Submission until Dec. 10, 2007
by gi-mitglieder-info＠gi-ev.de 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

New Deadline: Submission until Dec. 10, 2007 -------------------------------------------- ARCS 2008 February 25-28, Dresden (Germany) 1st GI/ITG FG APS+PC Workshop Ambient Assisted Living - Human centric Assistance Systems February 26, 2008 http://vaust.uni-lueneburg.de/arcs2008_aal_workshop Call for Papers: ARCS 2008 PDF-Download http://www.leuphana.de/fileadmin/user_upload/sonstige_einrichtungen/vaus t/files/ARCS2008_AAL-Workshop_E.pdf Submit a Paper http://www.conftool.net/aal2008/ The demographic change of most Industrial Communities is still in progress. Caused by an increasing life expectancy, aging of the baby boom generation and low actual birthrates it is assumed that the number of elderly people will be doubled in 2050. Especially the number of the 80+ people will have been tripled since today. Regarding actual social trends the proportion of elderly people living alone will increase highly. On the other hand the demographic change will be a chance for the European Community and its economy. More and more elderly people will need and buy goods, services and appropriate technologies in order to participate in social life. The demographic change will be a challenge for the European Community in terms of social impacts and public finances. It is not possible to increase the public institutional care systems in the same way due to incurring unacceptable costs. Hence transition of elderly people into institutional care has to be delayed. Many individual persons need support and help by innovative technologies to stay as long as possible in their own living environment independently. Focus of the Workshop: Human centric Assistance Systems Ambient Assisted Living is an interdisciplinary approach. Medical, social, ethical and commercial aspects are as important for systemic solutions as technological aspects. The GI/ITG FG APS+PC is soliciting contributions dealing with topics of human centric assistance systems. Social, medical and technological aspects of highly deterministic scenarios like e.g. vital data sensing, processing and communications are as welcome as non deterministic scenarios like e.g. community building for social participation introducing knowledge based methods. Technological Aspects · Pervasive Computing, Ambient Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, Ambient Intelligence · Smart environments, sensor networks, integrated building technologies, home platforms · Wearable Computing Systems, Wireless Communications, Mobile Computing · User Interfaces · UWB Technologies, UWB Communications, UWB Remote Sensing · Technologies for vital data sensing · Position tracking, inertial sensors · Knowledge based Methods · Middleware · Context-aware Smart Products, locations based Services · Convergence of Environmental Networks, Local Area Networks and Internet · Adaptive and learning capable systems, SELF-X · Trust · System on Chip platforms · Method, tools and reference architectures for AAL Solutions · Service oriented platforms Medical and Social Aspects · Vital data and sensing methods · Modelling of medical and psychological situations, basic disease pattern and appropriate health care, individualization of models · Ethical and social aspects of AAL Systems · Social preferences of eldery people · Parameters of acceptance · AAL scenarios Ambient Assisted Living Solutions · Social Integration · E-Health, E-Care · Decentralized Communications Support · Autonomous Intelligent Systems Sustainability of AAL Solutions Deadlines Submission until Dec. 10, 2007 Notification of acceptance Jan. 10, 2008 Final version until Jan. 21, 2008

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE INFOCOM 2008 High-Speed Networks Workshop (HSN 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE INFOCOM 2008 High-Speed Networks Workshop (HSN 2008) Datum: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:45:33 -0600 (CST) Von: Ashwin Gumaste <ashwin(a)cse.iitb.ac.in> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Call for Papers IEEE INFOCOM 2008 High-Speed Networks Workshop (HSN 2008) Phoenix, Arizona, USA Sunday, April 13, 2008, from 1 pm to 6 pm http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~hsn2008 Technical Sponsors * IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on High-Speed Networking (TCHSN) * IEEE ComSoc Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC) Traditionally held in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM, the workshop on High-Speed Networks brings together researchers from a wide spectrum of areas related to end-to-end communications at rates up to the Tbps range. While physical transmission media enable such high-bitrate communications, existing link, network, transport, and application protocols and their software and hardware implementations in both end systems and core nodes have not yet realized this potential. The limitations of the current designs justify exploration of novel clean-slate approaches to dependable high-bitrate networking desired in e-Science, medicine, entertainment, data centers and other application domains. HSN 2008 provides a unique forum for discussions centered on the design, validation and deployment of high-speed networks without imposing the constraint of straightforward integration of the proposed ideas into the existing network infrastructure. All topics pertinent to high-speed networking are of interest. They include but are not limited to the following: * Network architectures including clean-slate approaches * Switching technologies including packet and circuit switching * Transport protocols including congestion control, scheduling and reliable delivery * Applications requiring high-speed end-to-end services * Cross-layer network protocols * Security at high bitrates and with large data volumes * Node design including network processors, configurable logic, input/output and storage * Innovative physical transmission media and associated systems * Metropolitan area networks, Carrier Ethernet and next-generation optical transport * High-speed access technologies Submission Guidelines The workshop solicits submissions between 3 and 6 pages long. The following is a summary of the submission guidelines: * File format: PDF * Formatting instructions (except for the size): http://cse.unl.edu/~byrav/INFOCOM2008/paper-layout.html * Size of original submissions: between 3 and 6 pages * Maximum size of camera-ready versions: 6 pages * System for original submissions and reviews: EDAS * Publication venue for camera-ready versions: IEEE Xplore Important dates are as follows: * Paper submission: February 7, 2008 * Acceptance notification: March 15, 2008 * Camera-ready version due: April 4, 2008 General Chairs * Nasir Ghani, University of New Mexico, USA * Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Technical Program Committee Chairs * Sergey Gorinsky, Washington University in St. Louis, USA * Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India Technical Program Committee * Lachlan Andrew, California Institute of Technology, USA * Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland * Georg Carle, University of Tuebingen, Germany * Vincent Chan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA * Lars Eggert, Nokia Research Center, Finland * Maurice Gagnaire, ENST, France * Sergey Gorinsky, Washington University in St. Louis, USA * Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India * Mohan Gurusamy, National University of Singapore, Singapore * David Hunter, University of Essex, UK * Jason Jue, University of Texas at Dallas, USA * Admela Jukan, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany * Ken-ichi Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan * Tom Lehman, University of Southern California, ISI-East, USA * Jayaram Mudigonda, HP Labs, USA * Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland * Chunming Qiao, State University of New York Buffalo, USA * Nageswara Rao, Oak Ridge National Labs, USA * George Rouskas, North Carolina State University, USA * David Starobinski, Boston University, USA * Suresh Subramaniam, George Washington University, USA * Joe Touch, University of Southern California, ISI, USA * Marcel Waldvogel, University of Konstanz, Germany * Jianping Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA * Lisong Xu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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