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[Tccc] MobiSys 2008: Call for Posters and Demonstrations
by Varshavsky Alex 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Posters and Demonstrations Poster/Demo Chair: Landon Cox, Duke University mobisys08_demos(a)cs.duke.edu Important Dates Poster and demo proposals due: April 6, 2008 Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2008 Posters MobiSys seeks proposals for posters describing novel work on mobile systems, applications and services. Posters will be presented during a specially designated session of the conference. The poster session is meant to introduce new or ongoing work and provide opportunities for authors to interact directly with conference attendees. Posters are specially suited for presenting controversial research directions that may generate discussion, or promising ideas not yet validated through extensive evaluation. Awards will be given for the best poster of the session and the best poster presented by a student. Poster submissions must include an extended abstract no longer than one 8.5x11-inch page, including all figures and references. This abstract should be formatted in two columns, single-spaced, with a font no smaller than 10-point. Optionally, submissions may also include an electronic copy of the poster. Please note that easels will be provided at the conference for 3x4 feet posters (approximately 0.75x1.0 meters), and the posters should be sized appropriately. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF. Poster proposals must be submitted electronically by sending the extended abstract and (optionally) the poster as attachments in a single email message to mobisys_posters(a)acm.org. The subject line should read "MOBISYS POSTER SUBMISSION" (in upper-case letters). The body of the email should include, in plain text, the title of the poster and the author list, including affiliations. The extended abstracts of accepted posters will be posted on the conference website, but will not appear in the conference proceedings. Demonstrations MobiSys seeks proposals for live demonstrations of mobile computing technologies. Live demos provide an opportunity to give a flavor of real-life applications made possible by your system. Particularly encouraged are the demonstrations that include participation by conference attendees. Research prototypes as well as commercial products are welcome. However, MobiSys is not an appropriate forum for marketing or sales presentations. The presenter is expected to understand the system being demonstrated and explain the technical contributions of the system to the audience. Demonstrations of previously published systems are also welcome. Demonstrations will be selected based on the expected interest from the MobiSys audience. Awards will be given for the best demo of the session and the best demo presented by a student. A demo submission requires only an extended abstract no longer than one 8.5x11-inch page, including all figures and references, describing the demonstration as well as any special requirements (other than a demo booth/table). The extended abstract should be formatted in 8.5x11-inch pages, two columns, single-spaced, with a font no smaller than 10-point. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF. Demo proposals must be submitted electronically by sending the extended abstract as an attachment in an email message to mobisys_demos(a)acm.org. The subject line should read "MOBISYS DEMO SUBMISSION" (in upper-case letters). The body of the email should include, in plain text, the title of the demo and the author list, including affiliations. The extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be posted on the conference website, but will not appear in the conference proceedings. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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IEEE CCNC 2009: Call for Papers
by Meetings＠comsocconferences.org 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

IEEE CCNC 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE 2009 11 - 13 January 2009, Harrah's Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference - the 6th annual international conference - brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking. IEEE CCNC 2009, sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, will present the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as middleware), and novel applications and services. We invite you to submit papers for IEEE CCNC's Technical Program in the following areas of consumer communications and networking. - Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics - Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Entertainment & Multimedia Networking - Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery - Emerging Applications & Pervasive Technologies - Security for CE Communications For a list of potential topics and submission requirements, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ Important Technical Program Deadlines: Technical Papers Due: 29 June 2008 Acceptance Notification: 12 September 2008 Camera Ready Artwork: 10 October 2008 ______________________________________________________________________ Submissions are also welcomed for Special Sessions, Workshops, Short Papers, Tutorials, Demonstrations, and Technical Panels. Special Sessions Due: 23 May 2008 Workshops Due: 23 May 2008 Short Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Tutorials Due: 15 August 2008 Demonstrations Due: 12 September 2008 Technical Panels Due: 17 September 2008 For more information on these specialized tracks, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ ______________________________________________________________________ Reach hundreds of engineers, marketing and product design specialists, and executives in the consumer networking, consumer electronics, and consumer content-provider fields. Showcase your brand to the most influential engineering audience in consumer electronics. Patron status maximizes your company's exposure and enhances your company's reputation. See the IEEE CCNC website for patron opportunities! http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ ______________________________________________________________________ Honorary Chair K. T. Lee, CTO Samsung Group, Korea General Co-Chairs Simon Gibbs and Alan Messer Samsung, USA Technical Program Chair John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA TPC Vice-Chairs Track: Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics R. Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Track: Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State University, USA Track: Entertainment and Multimedia Networking Zhu Li, Motorola Labs, USA Track: Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany Track: Emerging Applications and Pervasive Technologies Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany Track: Security for CE Communications Chi-Sung Laih, National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China Workshop Chair Kurt Tutschku, NICT, Japan Special Sessions Chair Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Short Papers Chair Florence Kolberg, University of Strathclyde, UK Tutorial Co-Chairs Dr. Frank den Hartog, TNO, The Netherlands Dr. V. Prasad, Delft U. of Technology Technology Applications Panels Chair Shoshana Loeb, Telcordia, USA Demonstration Co-Chairs Andreas Heiner, Nokia, Finland Subir Saha, Motorola India Research Lab, Bangalore ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this IEEE Communications Society Meetings and Conferences mailing list send a blank email message to CCNC09_CFP-remove(a)comsocconferences.org. You can also request removal by email or regular mail. Please email a message with your email address and the list name (CCNC09_CFP(a)comsocconferences.org) to optout(a)comsoc.org or mail a note with the same information to ComSoc List Removal - IT 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA

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[Researchers] IEEE Globecom´2008 - New Orleans, USA - 30/11-04/12/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** CALL-FOR-PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium www.ieee-globecom.org/2008 November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================= TPC Co-Chairs Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology,Nirwan.Ansari(a)njit.edu Prof. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca SCOPE Multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that form temporary networks. Ad hoc wireless networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of control, ownership, and regulatory influence. The last few years have witnessed a wealth ofresearch ideas on ad hoc and sensor networks that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. Such networks can be randomly and rapidly deployed and reconfigured and easily tailored to specific applications including entertainment! , civilian, military, etc. Moreover, an ad hoc architecture is highly robust to node failure and can provide a high-level of fault tolerance due to nodal redundancy and its distributed nature. Furthermore, energy efficiency can be achieved through multi-hop routing communication. Bandwidth reuse can also benefit from dividing the single long range hop to multiple short hops with each hop having a shorter range. Several challenges face are standing in the way to achieving ubiquitous deployment of ad hoc and sensor networks. These include variable topology, device heterogeneity, limited power supply and the lack of effective energy-efficient design, lack of QoS and application support,etc. This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas amongresearchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. S! UBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at _http://edas.info/ Topics of Interest You are invited to submit original technical papers covering but notlimited to the following topics. . Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Autonomic Networking . Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices . Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms . Topology Control and Management . Algorithms and Modeling for Lo! calization, Target Tracking, and MobilityManagement . Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing . MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and MeshNetworks . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and MeshNetworks . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and MeshNetworks . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc andSensor Systems . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and QueryProcessing . Cryptography and Security Issues in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Distributed Algorithms . Pricing Modeling and Solutions . Pervasive and Wearable Computing . Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks . Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and MeshNetworks ! . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and MeshNe tworks . Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks . Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks . Cross-layer Design and Interactions . Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor,and Mesh Networks . Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks . Security and Privacy Issues for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and SensorNetworks -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] 11th ACM/IEE MSWiM´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 26-30/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th ACM/IEEE* MSWiM 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The 11th ACM/IEEE* International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada October 26 - 30, 2008 http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A special issue With Internaltional Journal - Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 27-31, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. Note: A special issue With Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 2008 Poster/Demos/Tools Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2008 Workshop submission deadline March 30, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair: Sotiris Nikoletseas, CTI/University of Patras, Greece General Vice Chair: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Program Committee Co-Chairs: Brahim Bensaou, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Tutorial Co-Chairs: Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia Workshop Chair: Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, SQU and University of Glasgow, UK Poster Co-Chairs: Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Demo/Tools Co-Chairs: Kemal E. Tepe, University of Windsor, Canada David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh, USA Web/Master Co-Chairs: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy MarcoDi-Felici, University of Bologna, Italy Registration Chair Khalil El-Khatib, UOIT, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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CfP: Use In Context, Workshop at the Informatik 2008
by Stephan Lukosch 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ================================================================== Use In Context Between adaptivity and adaptation in context-based interactions Workshop at the Informatik 2008 September 12, 2008 Munich, Bavaria, Germany http://kalu.fernuni-hagen.de/Informatik2008/ Submission deadline: April 28, 2008 ================================================================== Context-based systems slowly emerge from research settings to usage practice. Consequently, next to questions dealing with the technological feasibility, questions dealing with the manageability and transparency of context-based services from a user perspective come to the fore. In particular, ubiquitous computing applications help bridging between virtual and real-world context dimensions (both, concerning virtual and real context sensors and virtual and real context factors). The resulting system often remains intransparent to users, it is not immediately accessible recurring on conventionalized behavioural practices. This workshop aims to contribute on the one hand to the collection of use-oriented problems in context-based interaction. Furthermore, we aim to discuss resulting implications regarding the technical design of interfaces as well as soft- and hardware architectures. Special attention is given to context modeling and implementation of the various application scenarios as well as to the associated possibilities of manual (adaptability) or automatic (adaptivity) in-use-adjustment. A further special area of interest within a user-oriented perspective is the understanding of problem dynamics in scenarios with multiple-context systems and –technologies, and problem dynamics of emergence or evolution of context-based systems. We would like to invite in particular researchers and practitioners to contributions dealing with the following questions: - What practical experiences – positive as well as negative – have been made with regard to the usage of context-based systems in real organizational settings? What experiences have been made with adaptation mechanisms (automatic as well as interactive) of such systems in these settings? - How can relations between context descriptions/models, context sensors and context-based services become describable in a way that they can be inform end users? What framing conditions apply for interfaces that aim to achieve this? - What experiences have been collected with ontologies and folksonomies? How can systems be designed more practice-oriented? - How can context architectures be effectively designed for sustainable usages (Context evolution, context adaptation, traceability for end-users)? - How do architectures look like that are appropriate for the realization of context-adaptive systems that remain modifyable in-use? What services have to be provided by such a context-adaptive system? What interfaces are needed for a context-dependent adaptation of the system behavior? The contributions should derive out of various application areas, such as - Context-based Information Retrieval - Location-based Services - Mixed-Media Environments - Tagging Systems, other Semantic Web Applications - Mobility Services - Knowledge Management and Knowledge Media Creation - Community Applications We request for contributions to those topics in relation to research as well as practice. Guidelines for papers ===================== The papers should not exceed six pages. They may be written in German or English language (English preferred). Accepted papers will be published in the workshop volume of the Informatik 2008. The guidelines of the GI (http://www.gi-ev.de/service/publikationen/gi-edition-lecture-notes-in-infor…) for authors have to be considered and all papers have to be handed in via EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=informatik2008ws). Selected papers may be considered for a book publication. Important Dates =============== - Due-date for workshop papers: 28 April, 2008 - Notification about acceptation/rejection: 02 June, 2008 - Due-date for ready-to-print manuscripts: 01 July, 2008 - Workshop: 12 September, 2008 (The workshop will be bi-lingual German/English with a preference for English presentations) Organizers ========== - Prof. Dr. Stephan Lukosch, FernUniversität in Hagen - Prof. Dr. Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen Program-committee (preliminary) =============================== - Prof. Dr. Jörg Haake, FernUniversität in Hagen - Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen - Dr. Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen - Leonardo Ramirez, Fraunhofer-FIT, St. Augustin - Dr. Markus Rohde, University of Siegen - Gunnar Stevens, University of Siegen - Prof. Dr. Volker Wulf, University of Siegen - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Cooperative and Relay Communications]
by Lars Wolf 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Cooperative and Relay Communications Datum: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:42:27 +0800 Von: Chin, Woon Hau <w.h.chin(a)ieee.org> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Referenzen: <000001c87525$e56d1470$6688a8c0@Iris> Call for Papers IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Advances in Cooperative and Relay Communications In wireless networks, relays have been traditionally used to extend the range of communication systems. However, in recent years, other applications of relay communications have emerged. One such emerging application is to assist in the communication between the source and destination via some cooperation protocol. By controlling medium access between source and relays coupled with the appropriate modulation or coding in such cooperative schemes, it has been found that the diversity of the system can be improved. In multi-user systems, different users can also act as cooperative partners or relays to share resources and assist each other in information transmission, thereby creating a cooperative network. One other emerging application is the exchange of information between multiple users through relay(s). In such cases, by exploiting the knowledge of one's own transmitted signal, the throughput of these systems can be drastically increased. For cooperative and relay communications, the MAC layer also has many unique features. The MAC in this case, is concerned with more than one hop communication, is distributed and cooperative and works for multipoint-to-multipoint communication. The MAC also needs to have knowledge about network topology and account for node mobility. Accordingly, a new design of the MAC layer has to be devised to include new functionalities as well as MAC layer routing. With the large benefits to be reaped from employing cooperative and relay techniques, several standardization groups, such as IEEE 802.16 and IEEE 802.11, have started standardization processes to include such technologies into their prevailing standards. These efforts will no doubt attract even more interests from the academia and industry, advancing cooperative and relay technologies even further in the coming years. With interests from both the research and industrial communities gaining momentum, there is an urgent need to better understand as well as to keep track of cutting edge research in cooperative and relay communications. We plan this special issue to help address that need, as well as to help researchers looking to jump on the bandwagon. Therefore, the special issue will focus on recent advances as well as survey papers in cooperative and relay communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following topics: . Cooperative algorithms and protocols . Partner(s) selection in cooperative relay and routing . Cooperative resource allocation and management . Relay strategies for cooperative communications . Cooperative and relay technologies applied to WLAN, WMAN and cellular networks . Multidirectional relaying . Distributed coding and modulation . Multiple antenna systems and protocols for cooperative communications . Information theoretic aspects of cooperative communications . MAC issues and MAC layer routing . Cross-layer approaches for joint PHY and MAC optimization Schedule: Full manuscript due: June 1, 2008 Acceptance notification: October 1, 2008 Final manuscript due: December 1, 2008 Publication date: February 2009 Submission: Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through Manuscript Central (http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/). Choose "February 2009/Cooperative and Relay Communications" from the drop down menu. Guest Editors: Woon Hau Chin Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore w.h.chin(a)ieee.org Yi Qian National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA yqian(a)nist.gov Giovanni Giambene University of Siena, Italy giambene(a)unisi.it _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Mascots 2008 - 16th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
by Eleni Karatza 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

MASCOTS 2008 16th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems September 8-10, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland USA http://www.mascots-conference.org/index-2008.html The 16th annual MASCOTS conference is a well-established forum for state-of-the-art research on the measurement, modeling, and performance analysis of computer networks, distributed/parallel systems, wireless/cellular telecommunication networks, and Web-based systems, and is cosponsored by the IEEE and ACM. The 16th edition of this conference will take place September 8a€"10, 2008 at the Tremont Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The conference will bring together academics and industry practitioners to present and discuss their latest research results. The technical program for the 3-day conference will include tutorials, keynote talks, refereed papers, and posters. The conference organizers encourage researchers worldwide to submit their latest work in computer system performance analysis and evaluation, with results of theoretical and/or practical significance. IMPORTANT DATES March 21, 2008 - Abstract Submission April 1, 2008 - Paper Submission (firm, no extensions) May 1, 2008 - Poster Submission May 15, 2008 - Acceptance Notification June 9, 2008 - Camera Ready Submission PAPERS MASCOTS 2008 seeks original technical papers describing research in the areas of computer networks and computer systems performance evaluation. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Computer Architecture Computer Networks Distributed/Parallel Systems Industrial Practice and Experience Internetworking Protocols Multimedia Systems Performance Evaluation Methodologies Pervasive Web and Mobility Sensor Networks Storage Systems Web-based Systems Wireless Networks Submissions may be up to 10 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size no less than 10 point. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. We will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in any other conference or journal. Accepted papers for MASCOTS 2008 will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society. Authors will be required to sign a copyright transfer form. Detailed formatting and submission requirements will be provided on the conference Web site. Authors of highly-ranked papers may be invited to submit extended versions of their work to appropriate IEEE or ACM journals. POSTERS Posters provide a forum for late-breaking or preliminary research results, giving an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal setting. Material submitted as a full paper may also be submitted as a poster paper; if the full paper is accepted, the poster submission will not be considered. Poster paper submissions may be up to 2 pages in length, excluding references, formatted as described above. Accepted poster papers will be allocated up to 3 pages in the conference proceedings. TUTORIALS A program of tutorials will cover topics of current interest to Web design, development, services, operation, use, and evaluation. These half and full-day sessions will be led by internationally recognized experts and experienced instructors using prepared content. GENERAL CHAIRS Jackie Akinpelu (JHU-APL, USA) Douglas Schmidt (JHU-APL, USA) PROGRAM CHAIRS: Ethan Miller (UC Santa Cruz, USA) Carey Williamson (U. of Calgary, Canada) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ismail Ari (Hewlett Packard Labs) Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo) Fabian Bustamante (Northwestern University) Ken Christensen (University of South Florida) Dror Feitelson (Hebrew University) Tony Field (Imperial College, UK) Majid Ghaderi (University of Calgary) Garth Goodson (Network Appliance) Kanchi Gopinath (Indian Institute of Science) Peter Harrison (Imperial College, UK) Windsor Hsu (Data Domain) Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh) Anupam Joshi (Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County) Nikolai Joukov (IBM) Helen Karatza (Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki) Zongpeng Li (University of Calgary) Ellen Liu (University of Manitoba) Darrell Long (University of California at Santa Cruz) Anirban Mahanti (Indian Inst. of Technology Delhi) James Martin (Clemson University) Daniel Menasce (George Mason University) Yannis Nikolaidis (University of Alberta) Michael O'Sullivan (University of Auckland) Jianping Pan (University of Victoria) George Riley (Georgia Tech) Bianca Schroeder (University of Toronto) Thomas Schwarz (Santa Clara University) Kai Shen (University of Rochester) Robert Simon (George Mason University) Adam Wierman (Cal Tech) Rob van der Mei (CWI Amsterdam) STEERING COMMITTEE Dharma Agrawal (U. of Cincinnati, USA) Kallol Bagchi (U. of Texas at El Paso, USA) Thomas BrA?unl (U. of Western Australia, Australia) Giovanni Chiola (Universitat di Genova, Italy) Doug DeGroot (U. of Leiden, Netherlands) Patrick Dowd (U. of Maryland, USA) Jozo Dujmovic (San Francisco State U., USA) David Finkel (Worcester Polytechnic Inst., USA) Richard Fujimoto (Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA) Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College, UK) Darrell Long (U. of California, Santa Cruz, USA) Marco Marsan (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) George Riley (Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA) Herb Schwetman (Mesquite Inc., USA) Kishor Trivedi (Duke U., USA) Jean Walrand (U. of California at Berkeley, USA) ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] ADAMUS'08 - IEEE WoWMoM Workshop - LAST CFP: deadline February 25]
by Lars Wolf 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] ADAMUS'08 - IEEE WoWMoM Workshop - LAST CFP: deadline February 25 Datum: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:07:04 +0100 Von: Luca Foschini <lfoschini(a)deis.unibo.it> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call-for-Papers-and-Demos ________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers and Demos: SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION Second IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Adaptive and DependAble Mobile Ubiquitous Systems ADAMUS 2008 In conjunction with the 8th Int. Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM'08) Newport Beach, CA, USA, 23rd June, 2008 Sponsored by NOKIA ---- WoWMoM web site : http://wowmom08.ics.uci.edu/ ADAMUS web site : http://www.adamus.ua.ac.be/ ADAMUS'08 cfp pdf : http://www.adamus.ua.ac.be/CFP_adamus08.pdf _______________________________________________________________ Important Dates (DEADLINE EXTENDED): * Full Paper and Demo submission deadline: February 25, 2008 * Notification of acceptance: March 17, 2008 * Demo Plans submission deadline: March 31, 2008 * Final camera-ready manuscripts due: April 4, 2008 ________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Submission deadline extended. - This year, ADAMUS will host a DEMO COMPETITION. The Best demo will be awarded with a special NOKIA hi-tech gift! - The BEST PAPER will be also awarded with another NOKIA gift! - ADAMUS'08 will open with a KEYNOTE TALK by Franklin Reynolds, NOKIA distinguished engineering fellow. See below for details. WORKSHOP SCOPE ---------------------------------------------------------------- A truly extended use of mobile computing technologies asks for effective software engineering techniques to design, develop and maintain novel ubiquitous services with challenging dependa- bility requirements in highly heterogeneous and error-prone mobile environments. To overcome the intrinsic limitations of mobile devices and environments, a variety of research studies have produced methods and proof-of-concept prototypes for sup- porting non-critical applications. However, it is still unclear whether current solutions can satisfy the challenging adapta- bility and dependability requirements of the emerging mobile ubiquitous services, such as mobile commerce, wireless control of robots, healthcare computing, and video-surveillance. Hence, it is becoming increasingly important: to devise con- ceptual models and paradigms for change tolerance; to propose mechanisms to model, design, and develop adaptive and dependable systems; to provide analytical and simulation tools to measure system ability to withstand faults and to optimally re-adjust to new environments; to develop scalable, maintainable, cost- effective middleware infrastructures able to support and ease the development of adaptive and dependable mobile ubiquitous services. Building on the success of the last year event, this workshop aims at fostering exchange of ideas and lively discussions in order to reduce the gap between research achievements and industrial applications in the field of adaptive and dependable mobile ubiquitous systems. Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to participate with high quality papers able to identify open issues, to discuss the limits and/or advantages of existing solutions, or to propose original and innovative techniques for adaptive and dependable applications over mobile environments. The main topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: * Dependability and adaptation requirements and open issues for mobile ubiquitous systems; * Design principles, models, and techniques for realizing dependable and adaptive mobile ubiquitous systems; * Context data provisioning and modelling, and context-based infrastructures; * Human-machine interaction and usability; * Multi-device and highly heterogeneous ubiquitous systems; * Cross-layer adaptation techniques; * End-to-end approaches to the quality of experience of mobile services; * Autonomous systems for adaptation and dependability; * Mobile-enabled middleware architectures and mechanisms for heterogeneous wireless networks; * Dependability and scalability of web technologies to ubiqui- tous systems; * Architectures for resource and network monitoring and adapta- tion to networks conditions; * Dependability measurement of mobile systems and services. DEMO COMPETITION, BEST PAPER, AND RELATED PRIZES ---------------------------------------------------------------- A Demo Competition (sponsored by NOKIA) will be conveniently scheduled to provide authors with the opportunity to run live demonstrations of their research and to interact directly with ADAMUS and other WoWMoM attendees that will be required to vote for the best demos (See below for demos submission guidelines). Best demos will be awarded with special Nokia gifts based on their review scores, on-site voting results, and technical program committee evaluation. The best full paper will be awarded as well with another Nokia gift, based on review scores. The BEST DEMO PRIZE will consist of a Nokia N95 8GB multimedia computer (http://www.nseries.com/products/n95_8gb/). The BEST PAPER PRIZE will be a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet device (http://www.nseries.com/products/n810/index.html). NOKIA KEYNOTE TALK ---------------------------------------------------------------- We are proud to announce ADAMUS 2008 will open with a Keynote Talk by Franklin Reynolds, distinguished engineering fellow at the Nokia Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. FULL PAPER AND DEMO PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMUS 2008 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. This year, ADAMUS seeks two different kinds of contribu- tion: full papers and live demonstration proposals. Live demon- strations must be accompanied by a short demo proposal descri- bing the demo and the related research activity. * Full papers must be written in English and should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE proceedings style. * Demo proposals must be written in English and should not exce- ed 3 pages in IEEE proceedings style. * Demo Plans: Authors of all accepted demo proposals must also submit a Demo Plan including a short description of the demo (text, video, poster) and a short report on infra- structure needs (power, network, physical space needed). All submissions will be handled electronically. Full papers and demo proposals should submit a PostScript or PDF file, including names and contact information of all authors, through the sub- mission Web site (http://www.adamus.ua.ac.be/) by February 20th, 2008. Submission implies that at least one of the authors will regi- ster and present the paper. The selection process will involve peer reviews and reviews by program committee members. All papers and demo proposals will be selected for the workshop based upon their originality, technical soundness, and relevance to the field of adaptive and dependable mobile ubiquitous systems. Notification of acceptance will be sent to contact authors by March 17th, 2008. Authors of accepted papers will be requested to provide the camera-ready version of the paper by April 4th, 2008. Authors of accepted demo proposals will be requested to provide demo Plans by March 31st, 2008, as well as the camera- ready version of the short demo proposal paper by April 4th,2008. All accepted papers (including both full papers and demo propos- als) will be published on CD by the IEEE Computer Society Press. ORGANIZERS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Co-Chairs: - Chris Blondia, PATS group, University of Antwerp, Belgium - Marcello Cinque, Mobilab group, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy - Vincenzo De Florio, PATS group, University of Antwerp, Belgium - Filip De Turck, Intec group, University of Ghent, Belgium - Cristiano Di Flora, Nokia Research Center, Finland - Luca Foschini, Mobile Middleware group, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy Technical Program Committee: - Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA - Domenico Cotroneo, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy - Bart Dhoedt, University of Ghent / Intec, Belgium - Chris Develder, University of Ghent, Belgium - Markus Endler, PUC-Rio, Brasil - Stephane Frenot, INRIA, France - Ibrahim Habib, CCNY, USA - Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France - Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - Konrad Klöckner, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany - Frederic Le Mouel, Inria, France - Nguyen Manh Tho, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Gianluca Mazzini, Università di Ferrara, Italy - Ali Abu-Rgheff Mosa, School of Computing, Communications and Electronics, Plymouth, UK - Eric Pardede, Latrobe University, Australia - Massimiliano Rak, Università di Napoli, Italia - Oriana Riva, Institute of Pervasive Computing, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland - Enrico Rukzio, Lancaster University, UK - Sotirios Terzis, University of Strathclyde, Scotland - Francisco Valera, UC3M, Madrid, Spain - Sven Van der Meer, TTSG, Ireland - Katarzyna Wac, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland - Xinheng Henry Wang, Swasea University, UK -- _________________________________________ Luca Foschini, Ph.D. DEIS-LIA - Università degli Studi di Bologna Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 Bologna (ITALY) Ph.: (+39) 051 20 93541 Fax: (+39) 051 20 93073 E-mail: lfoschini(a)deis.unibo.it Web: http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Staff/LucaFoschini/ _________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] [WISH-08] CFP
by Damien Sauveron 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

******************************************************************* We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Please disseminate it to your colleagues that could be interested. ******************************************************************* The 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent systems and Smart Home (WISH-08) http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008 Sydney, Australia, December 10-12, 2008 Smart Home Environments (SHE) are emerging rapidly as an exciting and promising new area. In SHE, intelligent systems need to be deployed to provide user-centric services that can remotely access and control information appliances in the workplace as well as at home. In addition, the systems should provide services to enable working at home, remote education, remote diagnosis, on-line shopping, network gaming, and so forth to improve people’s quality of life. WISH-08 is a successor of the 2007 International Workshop on Intelligent Systems and Smart Home, Niagara Falls, Canada, August, 2007. The goal of this Workshop is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to all aspects of intelligent systems and smart home. To meet this end, we invite you to submit a paper for a presentation relevant to the core focus of WISH-08. Workshop Topics (including but are not limited to the following) I. Intelligent Systems - Ubiquitous and Artificial Intelligence - Environment sensing / understanding - Information retrieval and enhancement - Knowledge acquisition, engineering, discovery and representation - Mobile / Wearable intelligence - Data mining and Semantic web - Computer-aided education Entertainment - Metrics for evaluating intelligent systems - Frameworks for integrating AI and data mining II. Smart Home - Wireless sensor networks (WSN) / RFID application for SH - Smart Space (Home, Building, Office) applications and services - Smart Home network middleware and protocols - Context Awareness for Smart Home Services - Multimedia Security and Services in SH - Security Issues for SHE - Access control and Privacy Protection in SH - Forensics and Security Policy in SH - WSN / RFID Security in SH - Commercial and industrial systems & applications for SH SUBMISSION OF PAPERS and PUBLICATION - Both research and industrial papers are solicited. - The format of the manuscript can be obtained on the workshop web site http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008. - The papers must be submitted electronically through workshop web site. - The publication of a paper requires at least one of the authors to fully register and present at the conference. - Manuscripts that are previously published or being considered for publication elsewhere are not eligible to be considered for publication. - All the accepted papers of the WISH-08 will be published by IEEE CS. After a peer-review, some of the presented papers in WISH-08 will be published in a special issue of an international journal. - Distinguished papers accepted and presented in WISH -08, after further revisions, will be published in special issues on International Journal of Smart Home (IJSH) and Journal of Supercomputing. Important Dates - Paper Submission deadline June 08, 2008 - Notification of Acceptance August 31, 2008 - Final Manuscript Due Sept 15, 2008 Contact Please send e-mail to wish2008[at]gmail.com, PC Chairs or visit the workshop website at http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008 for further information. -- Damien Sauveron _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: Journal of Annals of Telecommunications - Special issue on VIRTUALIZATION: TOWARS VIRTUALIZATION AT INTERNET SCALES
by omar cherkaoui 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

Dear colleagues, please consider the following CfP, and please apologise multiple postings. Best regards, Omar Cherkaoui , UQAM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Annals of telecommunications Special issue on VIRTUALIZATION: TOWARS VIRTUALIZATION AT INTERNET SCALES --------------------------------------------------------------------- The “Annals of Telecommunications“, published by Springer from 2008, announce a forthcoming issue on Virtualization: Towards Virtualization at Internet Scale. Virtualization has emerged as an active research area recently. While the majority of virtualization research and development is focused towards OS and server level virtualization, it has to evolve more globally into an Internet scale model where the network or Internet will be virtualized in a way that is yet to evolve. The concept of virtualization in various forms is prevalent in the networking world, such as VLAN, VPN, VPLS and lately with virtual routers. But virtualization may evolve into control, data and so-called knowledge plane virtualization and more global wide area virtualization involving control, data and knowledge planes and other new concepts of virtualization. This special issue will focus on exiting technology, as well new ones that will evolve virtualization technology at the Internet scale. Contributions are solicited on all aspects of Virtualization, including, but not limited to the following: • Virtual Network Infrastructures • Wireless virtualization • Architecture virtualization • Data plane virtualization • Control plane virtualization • Management plane virtualization • Knowledge plane virtualization • New Generation virtualized Networks • Protocol virtualization • Prototype • Experiment • Testbed Important dates: May 1, 2008: Deadline submission of the paper September 1, 2008: Author notification October 1, 2008: Final paper due Expected Publication: Beginning 2009 Guest Editors Omar Cherkaoui Cherkaoui.Omar(a)uqam.ca UQAM, Canada Masum Z. Hasan masum(a)cisco.com , CISCO, USA Guy Pujolle Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr , UPMC -Paris 6, France Manuscript submission: Authors must submit their manuscript (single column, double-spaced) electronically in PDF format by email to the corresponding guest editor before the deadline. Please also include information about the manuscript (title, complete list of authors, corresponding author's contact, abstract, and keywords) in the body of your submission email message. Articles have to be in English, 15-25 pages each and will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in the areas. _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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