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[Fwd: [Tccc] CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS , Delay Tolerant Networks: Protocols and Applications]
by Lars Wolf 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS , Delay Tolerant Networks: Protocols and Applications Datum: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:46:22 +0200 Von: Thanos Vasilakos <vasilako(a)ath.forthnet.gr> An: <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com>, <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu>, <tccn(a)comsoc.org> Call for Book Chapter Title: Delay Tolerant Networks: Protocols and Applications (to be published by <http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/> Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor&Francis Group) Introduction Delay Tolerant Networks (DTN) arises primarily as a result of various forms of host and router mobility, but may also come into being as a result of disconnection due to power management or interference. Examples of such networks include: * Terrestrial Mobile Networks: In many cases, these networks may become un-expectedly partitioned due to node mobility or RF interference. In other cases, the network may never have an end to end path and may be expected to be partitioned in a periodic and predictable manner. * Exotic Media Networks: Exotic communication media includes near-Earth satel-lite communications, very long-distance radio links (e.g. deep space RF communications with light propagation delays in the seconds or minutes), communication using acoustic modulation in air or water, and some free-space optical communications. These systems may be subject to high latencies with predictable interruption (e.g. due to planetary dy-namics or the passing of a scheduled ship), may suffer outage due to environmental conditions (e.g. weather), or may provide a predictably available store-and-forward network service that is only occasionally available (e.g. low-earth orbiting satellites that "pass" by one or more times each day). * Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks: These networks are frequently characterized by extremely limited end-node power, memory, and CPU capability. Recommended Topics (not limited to) * Routing, broadcast, multicast * Medium Access Control * Self-x properties, i.e. self-organization, self-management, self-healing and self-protection * Economic approaches and social model * Learning techniques * Design, analysis and simulation * Network coding * P2p * Mobility * Robustness and stability * Security, immunity and resilience * Auto-configuration, authentication and trust management * Bio-computing inspired approaches * Generic network-level service composition at run-time * Context Transparency and Awareness * Sensor networks-based DTN * Ambient, invisible, implicit, and adaptive computing * Context-aware computing and location-based services and applications * Testbed, prototype and experiment * Challenges, visions and roadmap Important Dates You are invited to submit a 1-2 pages proposal discribing the topic of your chapter. The proposal should include the chapter summary, table of content, and contact authors. Estimatedly, each chapter should has about 35 pages with 12 font size, double-space format. Proposal Deadline: 31 December 2008 Notification of proposal acceptance: 31 Jan. 2009 Full chapter submission: 30 April 2009 Note: each lead chapter author will get a free copy of the book. Contact Please make correspondence and chapter submissions to: Dr. Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Email: vasilako[AT]ath.forthnet.gr Dr. Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Email: yanzhang[AT]ieee.org Dr. Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos ETH Zurich, Switzerland Email: spyropoulos[AT]tik.ee.ethz.ch _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] ICMCS'09 -Ouarzazate-Morocco April2-4, 2009 (IEEE-Conference)-Deadline Extension to November 30, 2008
by Youssef Zaz 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Dear Colleague, As requested by many potential authors, the paper submission deadline of ICMCS'09 is extended to November 30, 2008. Therefore, please spread the word and inform your colleagues, students and research fellows about the approaching deadline, to assure a high number of paper submissions and a high quality and successful conference. ********************************************************************** Deadline Extension / November 30, 2008 ********************************************************************** Thanks for forwarding the information on this Call for papers to those potentially interested to submit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICMCS'09 - IEEE Conference International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems April 2-4, 2009. Ouarzazate, Morocco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference website: http://www.icmcs09.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICMCS'09 is organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all facets of multimedia, content authoring, processor technology, and systems design. The conference serves as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research, development, and implementations of multimedia systems, technologies, and applications. A key objective of ICMCS'2009 is to create a program that achieves a balance between theory and practice, academia and industry, systems/tools-oriented research and content creation. ICMCS'09 is an IEEE technically co-sponsored conference. We are planning to have the papers published in this conference's proceedings to be published in the IEEE Digital Library and to publish two special issues of international journals (*) out of selected papers from those presented in it. (*) - International Journal on Information and Communication Technologies - International Journal on Computer Science and Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Network and operating system support for multimedia - Quality-of-service control and scheduling algorithms - Multimedia file systems and databases - Audio and video compression - Sound and MIDI music, surround and around video - Set-top technologies and operating systems - Multimedia processor architecture - Computer-aided training and education, tele-medicine - Animation and morphing, fractals and rendering - Virtual reality - Mobile network architecture - Intelligent network applications - Internet and intranet applications - Web servers and services - Multimedia conferencing, internet phones, and mail - Electronic commerce - User interfaces - Authoring systems - Entertainment and games - Medical applications - Pattern recognition - Systems and Networks security - Electronics, modeling and control systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CO-CHAIRMEN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mohamed Essaaidi, Prof. Dr .(*) Youssef Zaz, Dr. (**) ICMCS'2009 Co-chairs (*) IEEE Morocco Section Chair Abdelmalek Essaadi University Tetuan, Morocco (**) Assistant Professor Polydisciplinary Faculty of Ouarzazate Ibn Zohr University, Morocco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEYNOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Multimedia in the Mobile Age. (Ismail Khalil - Johannes Kepler University of Linz - Austria) - Large-scale Photo Annotation Using Collective Wisdom of Data and Users. (Edward Chang - University of California - USA) - Interactive search in large video collections. (Marcel Worring - University of Amsterdam - Netherlands) - Human-centered multimedia computing inspired by focus on disabilities and impairments. (Sethuraman Panchanathan - University of Arizona - USA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEADLINES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission (Full paper): November 30, 2008 Acceptance notification to authors: January 11, 2009 Final version and registration: January 31, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The IEEE Standard template available at ICMCS'09 website should be used to prepare the extended paper (up to 6 A4 pages). WEBSITE http://www.icmcs09.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Youssef ZAZ E-mail: icmcs09(a)gmail.com Phone: (+212)-62-10-21-67 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Fwd: [CFP] Elsevier Performance Evaluation: SI on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor and Ubiquitous Networks]
by Lars Wolf 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [CFP] Elsevier Performance Evaluation: SI on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor and Ubiquitous Networks Datum: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:29:57 +0100 (CET) Von: bononi(a)cs.unibo.it (Luciano Bononi) An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Apologies if you received multiple copies Elsevier's Performance Evaluation: an International Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/peva/ Call for Papers for a Special issue on "Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks" Wireless ad hoc, sensor, along with ubiquitous networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history, and this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. However, as such networks become increasingly complex, performance modelling and evaluation will play a crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and exploitation in practice. Performance Evaluation solicits papers from researchers and practitioners that address the issues of performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks for inclusion in a special issue on "Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks". Scope of contributions Authors are encouraged to submit original contributions, with both theoretical and practical results of significance on all timely aspects of wireless and mobile technologies with an emphasis on performance evaluation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited, to: . Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks . Analytical modeling . Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks . Queuing and network information theoretic analysis . Tracing and trace analysis . Software tools for network performance and evaluation . Simulation methods and tools . Automatic performance analysis . Performance comparison . Performance of wireless and sensor devices . RF channel capacity modeling and analysis . Mobility modeling and management . Traffic models for ad hoc, sensor networks . Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, mesh, sensor, vehicular and hybrid networks . Performance evaluation of pervasive and ubiquitous networks . Network performance improvement through optimization and tuning . Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks . Case studies demonstrating the role of performance evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks Submission details Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered for this special issue. If the paper has been published at a conference, the submitted journal version should be significantly extended. In this case, authors should submit a short summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The manuscripts must be prepared in English. See instructions on the preparation and submission of manuscripts at the journal's website: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/peva/ The journal version must be submitted via the online submission system: http://ees.elsevier.com/peva/ Please ensure you correctly select/enter the following details: Manuscript Type: 'Special Issue Paper' Special Issue: 'Yes' Special Issue Information: 'Ubiquitous Networks' Each submission 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 of the authors. Important dates Submission deadline: December 1st, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2009 Final manuscript due: June 15, 2009 Publication: End 2009 - beginning 2010 Guest editors Luciano Bononi Department of Computer Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy www: http://www.cs.unibo.it/~bononi/ e-mail: bononi (at) cs.unibo.it Isabelle Guerin-Lassous UFR d'Informatique, Batiment Nautibus Universite Lyon I/LIP, Lyon, France e-mail: Isabelle.Guerin-Lassous (at) ens-lyon.fr For more information, please contact the Guest co-Editor Dr. Luciano Bononi (e-mail: bononi(a)cs.unibo.it). University of Bologna, Italy .

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[Fwd: CFP: First International Workshop on Autonomic Wireless Networking]
by Lars Wolf 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP: First International Workshop on Autonomic Wireless Networking Datum: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:09:49 +0100 (CET) Von: Enzo Mingozzi <mingozzi(a)cng1.iet.unipi.it> An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ First International Workshop on Autonomic Wireless Networking (AWN 2009) http://www7.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~dressler/awn09/ Co-located with 5th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2009) June 21-24, 2009, Leipzig, Germany IWCMC requested IEEE/ACM technical co-sponsorship (pending) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Aims and Scope The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and technologists to present new ideas and contributions in the domain of wireless networking employed to support the needs of future wireless communication systems. To deal with the increasing complexity of large- scale wireless networking systems, computers and applications must learn to manage themselves in accordance with high-level guidance from humans - a vision that has been referred to as autonomic computing. Quality, reliability, security and robustness are specific demands to be provided by future autonomic wireless networks. Cognitive radio has emerged as a promising technology for maximizing the utilization of the limited radio bandwidth while accommodating the increasing amount of services and applications in the wireless networks. Similarly, cross- layer techniques exploit locally available information for providing more robust and scalable wireless communication systems. The purpose of the First International Workshop on Autonomic Wireless Networking is to bring together researchers and practitioners addressing all aspects of self-organization, adaptive management of available resources, cooperation and detection of selfishness in wireless networks. In doing so, we hope to further build and nurture a community that can work together to realize the vision of large-scale autonomic wireless networks. Papers are solicited in the broad range of wireless networking with focus on autonomic communication. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Smart antenna technologies - Cognitive and software defined radio - Cooperative communications - Incentive compatible and cooperative behavior - Self-organization - Cross-layer design and optimization - Medium access control - Quality of service - Radio resource management - Selfishness detection - Jamming - Security and privacy - Modeling and simulation - Testbeds and experimental platforms Submission Guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers not exceeding six pages (hard limit), including text, figures, tables, and references. Papers must be written in English and must be in standard IEEE conference format. All submissions will be handled electronically through the EDAS system http://edas.info, and must be in PDF format. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will be included in IEEE Digital Library (pending approval). Selected papers will be further considered for possible publication in a special issue of the Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC), and International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: December 20, 2008. Paper Acceptance Notification: March 25, 2009. Camera-Ready Paper Submission: April 15, 2009. Registration Deadline for Authors: April 15, 2009. Workshop Organizing Committee Co-Chairs: - Falko Dressler, Univ. of Erlangen, Germany, dressler(a)informatik.uni-erlangen.de - Tommaso Melodia, SUNY Buffalo, NY, tmelodia(a)eng.buffalo.edu - Enzo Mingozzi, Univ. of Pisa, Italy, e.mingozzi(a)iet.unipi.it Technical Program Committee: - Leonardo Badia, IMT Lucca, Italy - Michael Bahr, Siemens AG, Germany - Lars Berlemann, Deutsche Telekom, Germany - Luciano Bononi, Univ. of Bologna, Italy - Iacopo Carreras, Create-Net, Italy - Matteo Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Claudio Cicconetti, University of Pisa, Italy - Kaushik Chowdhury, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA - Eylem Ekici, Ohio State Univ., OH - Frank Fitzek, Univ. of Aalborg, Denmark - Reinhard German, Univ. of Erlangen, Germany - Holger Karl, Univ. of Paderborn, Germany - Mirco Musolesi, Univ. of Cambridge, UK - Edith Ngai, Uppsala Univ., Sweden - Melek Onen, Eurecom, France - Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy - Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, NJ - Christian Rohner, Uppsala Univ., Sweden - Antonio Ruzzelli, Univ. College Dublin, Ireland - Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin, Germany - Mehmet Vuran, Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln, NE - Andreas Willig, TU Berlin, Germany

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal - Special Issue Announcement]
by Lars Wolf 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal - Special Issue Announcement Datum: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:27:56 +0100 Von: Matteo Cesana <cesana(a)elet.polimi.it> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Our apologies in case of multiple receptions. ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal Special Issue on: Security for QoS Assured Wireless and Mobile Networks ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* *********************************** BACKGROUND AND SCOPE *********************************** With the recent development and popularity of wireless communication and mobile networking, security and quality of service (QoS) represent two critical requirements for network services in today's inter-networked world. While good quality of service assurance requires efficient security mechanisms to ensure the satisfaction of mobile users, poor quality of service can have a devastating effect on the performance of the networks as well as the selection of better security mechanisms to be used by the wireless telecom providers. For these reasons, security and QoS management of wireless and mobile communication systems are becoming very crucial components for future generation of wireless and mobile networks. This special issue focuses on the study of all aspects of security and quality of service assurance for wireless and mobile networks. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): + Security and quality of service interactions. + Security in wireless MANETs, VANETs, sensor, mesh and PCS networks. + Secure wireless access and secure routing. + Secure cooperation-based systems and services. + Secure wireless communication in multi-mode, multi-type systems. + Location-based key distribution techniques for wireless heterogeneous networks. + Intrusion detection in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. + Peer-to-peer security issues. + Privacy, anonymity and authentication. + Trust management for cooperation-based systems and services. + Quality of security for wireless multimedia networks and systems. + QoS and security in wireless VoIP systems and services. + QoS provisioning in wireless multimedia systems. + Security and quality of service assurance in the wireless internet. + QoS assurance and routing. + Real-time and quality of service protocols for wireless networks. + Handoff schemes in differentiated QoS wireless networks. + QoS in multi-hop wireless networks. + Secure differentiated QoS services for mobile networks. + Security for 802.11, etc. + Secure real-time based architecture for mobile networks. ********************************* SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ******************************** High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be peer reviewed according to the guidelines of Wiley's Security and Communication Networks Journal to ensure high quality and relevance to the Special Issue. All submissions should be prepared by following the guidelines given in Section 'For Authors' at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/security. Prospective authors should submit their paper online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the manuscript type as 'Special Issue', enter the 'Running Head' and the 'Special Issue title' as 'SCN-SI-010' and 'QoS security', respectively. ************************* IMPORTANT DATES ************************* Paper Submission Deadline: 15 February 2009 Notification of Acceptance: 15 July 2009 ********************* GUEST EDITORS ********************* Azzedine Boukerche SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada E-mail: boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Albert Zomaya University of Sydney, Australia E-mail: a.zomaya(a)usyd.edu.au Matteo Cesana Politecnico di Milano, Italy E-mail: cesana(a)elet.polimi.it _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP: Special Issue on Security and Trust Management for Dynamic Coalitions - Wiley SCN]
by Lars Wolf 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CfP: Special Issue on Security and Trust Management for Dynamic Coalitions - Wiley SCN Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:00:41 +0100 Von: Fabio Martinelli <Fabio.Martinelli(a)iit.cnr.it> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu CALL FOR PAPERS Security and Communication Networks Journal (Wiley) Special Issue on Security and Trust Management for Dynamic Coalitions --------------------------- Deadline: November 30, 2008 --------------------------- Scope There is an increasing interest and deployment of technologies that allow cooperation among entities that may act collectively. These entities may form dynamic coalitions where entities may leave and join, may show mobility aspects (either logical or physical), and may act in a collective manner. Examples of these coalitions can be found in the digital world, including: a) Crowds of users walking on the streets with advanced context aware converged telecommunication devices; b) A group of robots, manned and unmanned vehicles equipped with processors, sensors, smart-phones, etc. interacting with each other, with their environment, and with a command or a control node, such as the command and control site of a defence coalition or a civil traffic control; c) A set of organizations (possibly virtual) sharing some resource for service provisions, or so called Virtual Organisations; d) Collaborative processes that use resources and services offered by partners in a Virtual Organisation; and e) Web 2.0 mash-ups and composite Web Services that are composed of services and applications offered by different service providers over a public network. These dynamic coalitions involve several technologies as peer to peer systems (P2P), mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), and service oriented architectures such as those realised in GRID computing and Web Services Frameworks. There are several research areas identified as follows: a) Security in dynamic coalitions; b) trust in dynamic coalitions; c) security and trust interplay; and 4) secure processes and service composition. Topics of interest This special issue is proposed to cover research results and innovation case studies on security and trust management on dynamic coalitions. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Semantics and computational models for security and trust in dynamic coalitions * Context-based security and trust management architectures, mechanisms and policies * Privacy and anonymity issues in trust negotiation * Enforcing cooperation in dynamic coalitions * Reputation and recommendation models and architectures for dynamic coalitions * Usage control models, languages and architectures in dynamic coalitions * Cryptographic models and mechanisms for dynamic coalitions * Security protocols for group management * Security for Service Oriented Architectures and Infrastructures * Collaboration and Virtual Organization life-cycle management in dynamic coalitions * Federated Identity Management in dynamic coalitions * Distributed Access Control and administrative delegation in dynamic coalitions * Policy verification and validation in order to predict the impact of changes to an infrastructure in order to support the life-cycle of a dynamic coalition * QoS monitoring, evaluation and reporting in dynamic coalitions * Auditing in dynamic coalitions * Trust and security in ICT Governance and service management for dynamic coalitions * Security frameworks for dynamic service composition * Security frameworks for Web 2.0 service and application mash-ups * Security and trust adaptation in dynamic coalitions * Information management in dynamic coalitions including research in techniques for self-protecting information sets * Trust and security aspects of Operational Support Systems (OSS) for the converged telecommunications infrastructure that underpins dynamic coalitions Submission Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Original research papers are solicited in all areas on security and trust management on dynamic coalitions. All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in the areas. The guidelines for prospective authors can be found at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security). Prospective authors should submit their papers online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as "Special Issue", and enter "Running Head" and "Special Issue title" as "SCN-SI-008" and "Dynamic Coalitions", respectively. Important Dates Manuscript due November 30, 2008 First Review Phase Results March 1, 2009 Final Acceptance Notification July 1, 2009 Camera Ready Manuscript due July 31, 2009 Publication TBD Guest Editors Theo Dimitrakos Head of Security Architectures Research, BT Group CTO, British Telecommunications plc, UK Fabio Martinelli Institute of Informatics and Telematics, National Research Council, Italy Bruce Schneier Chief Security Technology Officer, British Telecommunications plc, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Special Issue of Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal on Human Behaviour in Ubiquitous Environments]
by Lars Wolf 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Special Issue of Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal on Human Behaviour in Ubiquitous Environments Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:18:26 +0000 Von: Mirco Musolesi <musolesi(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue of Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal on Human Behaviour in Ubiquitous Environments Ubiquitous computing advocates interaction through calm technology whereby users sense and control what directly interests them, while retaining tangential awareness of other informational opportunities that they can at any time choose to focus on. This requires seamless access to media, information sharing and communication through heterogeneous systems, which are distributed and may be deeply embedded in the physical environment. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to deepen our understanding of human behaviour in context and its impact on technological issues relevant to ubiquitous environments. Research in this area is rapidly gaining importance and has become an essential part of pervasive and mobile computing systems. This special issue solicits original papers that contribute to our understanding of human behaviour and its impact on the design, development and use of applications in mobile and ubiquitous settings. Submissions can focus on theoretical and applied research in topics including, but not limited to: * Data capture and knowledge discovery for user modelling in ubiquitous environments * Machine learning techniques applied to socially-aware ubiquitous systems * Experience design in socially-aware ubiquitous systems * Human-computer interaction issues in ubiquitous environments * Detecting and using patterns of human behaviour in ubiquitous computing * Modelling and recognition of user activity, mobility and context * Social computing applications in human-centred ubiquitous environments * Pervasive user-generated content: applications, systems and practices * Applications in mobile and ubiquitous environments for learning, business, social computing, travelling, arts, entertainment, gaming, healthcare and virtual worlds. Submissions should be of high standard for an international, archival research journal, and will be reviewed according to the strict standards of the PMC journal. Papers should not have been submitted or published elsewhere but could be extended or refined versions of conference papers with significant new, original material. Extended versions or refined versions of conference papers are expected to differ from the conference version by at least 30% across all sections - authors are requested to submit their published conference articles and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The manuscript preparation guidelines can be obtained from the PMC Journal's web page (<http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc>). The deadline for submitting manuscripts is March 1, 2009 and authors will be notified of the decision by June 1, 2009. The final manuscripts will be due October 1, 2009. Authors should submit their full manuscripts to the PMC Special Issues (under the "Human Behaviour" topic), using the Elsevier online Editorial System (EES) at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc. Guest editors Dr. George D. Magoulas School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College, University of London gmagoulas [AT] dcs.bbk.ac.uk Dr. George Roussos School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College, University of London gr [AT] dcs.bbk.ac.uk Dr. Mirco Musolesi Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge mirco.musolesi [AT] cl.cam.ac.uk -- Mirco Musolesi Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge William Gates Building 15 JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0FD United Kingdom Web: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mm753/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP SI on 'Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks' - Elsevier's Performance Evaluation
by Isabelle Guerin-Lassous 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Call for Papers for a Special Issue on 'Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks' Elsevier's Performance Evaluation: an International Journal http://www.elsevier.com/peva ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless ad hoc, sensor, along with ubiquitous networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history, and this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. However, as such networks become increasingly complex, performance modelling and evaluation will play a crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and exploitation in practice. Elsevier's Performance Evaluation solicits papers from researchers and practitioners that address the issues of performance evaluation of wireless Ad Hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks for inclusion in a Special Issue on 'Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks'. Scope of Contributions ---------------------- Authors are encouraged to submit original contributions, with both theoretical and practical results of significance on all timely aspects of wireless and mobile technologies with an emphasis on performance evaluation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited, to: - Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks - Analytical modeling - Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks - Queuing and network information theoretic analysis - Tracing and trace analysis - Software tools for network performance and evaluation - Simulation methods and tools - Automatic performance analysis - Performance comparison - Performance of wireless and sensor devices - RF channel capacity modeling and analysis - Mobility modeling and management - Traffic models for ad hoc, sensor networks - Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, mesh, sensor, vehicular and hybrid networks - Performance evaluation of pervasive and ubiquitous networks - Network performance improvement through optimization and tuning - Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks - Case studies demonstrating the role of performance evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks Submission Details ------------------ Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered for this Special Issue. If the paper has been published at a conference, the submitted journal version should be significantly extended. In this case, authors should submit a short summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The manuscripts must be prepared in English. See instructions on the preparation and submission of manuscripts at the journal's website: http://ees.elsevier.com/peva/ The journal version must be submitted via the online submission system: http://ees.elsevier.com/peva/ Please ensure you correctly select/enter the following details: Manuscript Type: 'Special Issue Paper' Special Issue: 'Yes' Special Issue Information: 'Ubiquitous Networks' Each submission 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 of the Authors. Important Dates --------------- Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2009 Final Manuscript due: June 15, 2009 Publication: End 2009 - beginning 2010 Guest Editors ------------- Luciano Bononi Dept. of Computer Science, University of Bologna, Italy e-mail: bononi(a)cs.unibo.it Isabelle Guerin - Lassous Université Lyon I/LIP, Lyon, France e-mail: Isabelle.Guerin-Lassous(a)ens-lyon.fr For more information, please contact the Guest co-Editor: Dr. Luciano Bononi (e-mail: bononi(a)cs.unibo.it). _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Mycolleagues] CFP: JISE Special Issue on V-Winets and V-ITSs]
by Lars Wolf 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] CFP: JISE Special Issue on V-Winets and V-ITSs Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:46:37 +0800 Von: Chih-Yung Chang <cychang(a)mail.tku.edu.tw> An: <Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br> ****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** Call For Papers Journal of Information Science and Engineering (indexed by SCIE) Special Issue on Vehicular Wireless Networks and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation Systems Aim and Scope: -------------- With the rapid development of wireless technologies, the Vehicular Wireless Networks (V-Winet) and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation Systems (V-ITS) have recently received much attention. V-Winets and V-ITS aim to ensure traffic safety for drivers, provide comfort for passengers and reduce transportation time and fuel consumption with many potential applications. For instance, vehicular safety applications include automatic collision notification, heavy fog detection and notification, remote diagnostics, emergency management, and other assistances for safe driving. Non-safety applications include real-time traffic congestion notification, location-based driver information services, high-speed tolling, vehicle tracking, automobile high speed Internet access, in-place traffic view, and many others. To facilitate these applications, many different types of communications and networking would be involved, including intra-vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle (V-to-V), vehicle-to-roadside (V-to-R) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V-to-I) communications for V-Winet and V-ITS to provide timely information or Internet access to vehicles, drivers, and passengers. Consequently, V-Winet and V-ITS need to integrate existing networking technologies, such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11p, DSRC, 3G, IEEE 802.16, Bluetooth, Sensor networks, and ZigBee for easy, accurate, effective and simple communications among vehicles, users, and infrastructure networks. This special issue aims to foster the dissemination of high-quality, original, unpublished research covering all aspects of V-Winet and V-ITS communications, networking, and applications. Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the followings: - Network Architecture of V-Winet/V-ITS - V-Winet/V-ITS Services and Applications - Cooperative Aspects of V-Winet/V-ITS - Availability and Scalability Issues in V-Winet/V-ITS - Mobility, Traffic Models and Network Management for V-Winet/V-ITS - Cross-layer Optimization Techniques for V-Winet/V-ITS - Modulation, Coding, and Channel Modeling for V-Winet/V-ITS - Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Protocols - Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication Protocols - Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Protocols - Simulation Framework and Real-World Testbeds for V-Winet/V-ITS - Driving Safety and Related Applications and Services - Green Technologies and V-Winet/V-ITS Submission Guidelines ---------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit research contributions representing original, previously unpublished work. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors should follow the JISE (http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/) manuscript format as described in the Instruction to Authors. Manuscripts (pdf and source files) must be directly emailed to the Guest Editors, Prof. Chih-Yung Chang, cychang(a)mail.tku.edu.tw <mailto:cychang@mail.tku.edu.tw> , or Prof. Yu-Chee Tseng, yctseng(a)cs.nctu.edu.tw <mailto:yctseng@cs.nctu.edu.tw>, with clear indication that submission is for the Special Issue on Vehicular Wireless Networks and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation Systems, Journal of Information Science and Engineering. All manuscripts should include a title page containing the title of the paper, full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic addresses, phone and fax numbers, an abstract, and some keywords. The contacting author should be clearly identified. Important Dates: ------------------ Paper Submission Deadline: March 30, 2009 Acceptance Notification: July 31, 2009 Final Manuscript Due: August 31, 2009 Publication Date: May, 2010 (Tentative) Guest Editors --------------- Chih-Yung Chang, Tamkang Univ., Taiwan, cychang(a)mail.tku.edu.tw <mailto:cychang@mail.tku.edu.tw> Chien-Chung Shen, University of Delaware, USA, cshen(a)mail.eecis.udel.edu <mailto:cshen@mail.eecis.udel.edu> Xuemin(Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada, xshen(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca> Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, yctseng(a)cs.nctu.edu.tw <mailto:yctseng@cs.nctu.edu.tw> _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] IEEE INFOCOM 2009 Conference - Call for Demos
by Xavier Perez Costa 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

IEEE INFOCOM 2009: Call for Demos The 28th Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications 19-25 April 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil http://www.ieee-infocom.org/ CALL FOR DEMOS Technical demonstrations showing innovative and original research are solicited. In general IEEE INFOCOM is interested in demonstrations of technology that validate important research issues or showcase realistic applications in the following topics of interest (but are not limited to) - Ad hoc mobile networks - Addressing & location management - Broadband access technologies - Capacity planning - Cellular & broadband wireless nets - Congestion control - Content distribution - Cross layer design and optimization - Cyber-physical computing and networking - Delay/disruption tolerant networks - Future Internet design - Middleware support for networking - Mobility models & systems - Multicast & anycast - Multimedia protocols & networking - Network applications & services - Network control - Network management - Novel network architectures - Optical networks - Peer-to-peer networks - Performance evaluation - Power control & management - Pricing & billing - Resource allocation & management - Routing protocols - Scheduling & buffer management - Security, trust, & privacy - Self-organizing networks - Sensor nets & embedded systems - Service overlays - Switches & switching - Topology characterization & inference - Traffic measurement and analysis - Traffic engineering, & control - Virtual & overlay networks - Web services & performance - Wireless mesh networks and protocols Please consult the Demo Co-Chairs: Joberto S B Martins, Salvador University - UNIFACS, Brazil [joberto(a)unifacs.br] Xavier Pérez Costa, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany [perez(a)neclab.eu] if you are uncertain whether your demo falls within the scope of the conference. DEMO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions should be sent to: joberto(a)unifacs.br or perez(a)neclab.eu and should be a two-page abstract/proposal that follows the IEEE formatting guidelines: refer to the IEEE submission instructions for details. Be as specific as possible in describing what you will demonstrate. The demo session will have power and wireless Internet connectivity available. If a demonstration requires special arrangements, please note them in the mail message with the submission (not in the submission itself). IMPORTANT DATES Two-page demo descriptions/proposal: 11:59pm (GMT), February 20, 2009 Notification of acceptance: March 20, 2009 IEEE INFOCOM 2009 Conference dates: April 19-25, 2009 IEEE INFOCOM Demo 2009 Co-Chairs: Joberto S B Martins, Salvador University - UNIFACS, Brazil Xavier Pérez Costa, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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