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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP - Communications Magazine - Advances in Cooperative and Relay Communications]
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP - Communications Magazine - Advances in Cooperative and Relay Communications Datum: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:52:11 +0800 Von: Chin, Woon Hau <w.h.chin(a)ieee.org> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> 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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[Fwd: [Mycolleagues] CFP: EURAIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networks: Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments]
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] CFP: EURAIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networks: Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments Datum: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:26:41 -0400 Von: Weidong Xiang <xwd(a)umd.umich.edu> An: mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br CALL FOR PAPERS EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS RECENT PROGRESSES IN WIRELESS ACCESS IN VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT (WAVE) AND FUTURE VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION Wireless access in vehicular environments (WAVE) technology comes into sight as a state-of-the-art solution to contemporary vehicular communications, which is anticipated to be widely applied in the near future to radically improve the transportation environment in the aspects of safety, intelligent management and data exchange services. WAVE systems will fundamentally smooth the progress of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) by providing it with high performance physical platforms. WAVE systems will build upon the IEEE 802.11p standard, which is still active and expected to be ratified in April, 2009. Meanwhile, the VHF/UHF (700MHz) band vehicular communications systems are attracting increasingly attention recently. The fast varying and harsh vehicular environment bring about several fresh research topics on the study of WAVE systems and future vehicular communications systems, which include physical layer challenges associated with mobile channels, capacity evaluation, novel network configuration, effective media access control (MAC) protocols, and robust routing and congestion control schemes. The objective of this special section is to gather and circulate recent progresses in this fast developing area of WAVE and future vehicular communications systems spanning from theoretical analysis to testbed setup, and from physical/MAC layers’ enabling technology to network protocol. These research and implementation activities will be considerably helpful to the design of WAVE and future vehicular communications systems by removing major technical barriers and presenting theoretical guidance. This special issue will cover, but not limit to, the following main topics: · 700MHz/5.8GHz vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)/vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) single-input single-output (SISO)/MIMO channel measurement and modeling, channel spatial and temporal characteristics exploration; · Doppler shift study, evaluation and estimate, time and frequency synchronizations, channel estimate and prediction; · Utilization of MIMO, space-time coding, smart antenna, adaptive modulation and coding; · Performance study and capacity analysis of V2V and V2I communications operating over both 5.8GHz and 700Mz; · Software radio, cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access technologies applied to WAVE and future vehicular communications systems; · Mesh network and other novel network configurations for vehicular networks; · Efficient MAC protocols development; · Routing algorithms and congestion control schemes for both real-time traffic warning message broadcasting and high-speed data exchange; · Cross-layer design and optimization; · Testbed or prototype activities. * * *Submission:* We only accept relevant original drafts in a PFD format that are not at present under review by other journals. Each draft will receive a minimum of three reviews. Details about preparing and submitting your submission can be obtained through the following link. *Guest Editors:* * * Prof. *Weidong Xiang* University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA Email: xwd(a)umich.edu <mailto:xwd@umich.edu> Prof. *Javier Gozalvez* University Miguel Hernández, Spain Email: j.gozalvez(a)umh.es <mailto:j.gozalvez@umh.es> Prof. *Zhisheng Niu* Tsinghua University, China Email: niuzhs(a)tsinghua.edu.cn <mailto:niuzhs@tsinghua.edu.cn> Dr. *Onur Altintas* Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Co. Ltd, in Tokyo Email: onur(a)jp.toyota-itc.com <mailto:onur@jp.toyota-itc.com> Prof. *Eylem Ekici* Ohio State University, USA Email: ekici(a)ece.osu.edu <mailto:ekici@ece.osu.edu> * * *Deadlines* *Paper Submission Deadline*: April 1, 2008 *First Reviews*: July 1, 2008 *Second Reviews Deadline*: September 1, 2008 *Final Manuscripts*: October 1, 2008 *Publication*: November or December, 2008 -- _________________________________________________ Weidong Xiang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, ECE Department, University of Michigan, Dearborn Tel: 313.593.5525 Email: xwd(a)umich.edu http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~xwd/ _________________________________________________

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ICST - ICST - Modenets 2008 - Call for Papers
by info＠icstconferences.org 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

CALL FOR PAPERS MODENETs 2008 First International Workshop on MOdelling and DEsign of wireless mesh NETworks http://www.modenets.org In conjunction with Valuetools 2008 October 24, 2008, Athens, Greece In technical cooperation with ACM OVERVIEW: The aim of MODENETs 2008 is to bring together practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussion and technical presentations on the recent advances in analytical and simulation tools and techniques for performance evaluation and modeling of wireless mesh/multi-hop relay networking technologies. TOPICS: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Simulations techniques and tools for large scale wireless networks * Queuing and scheduling theory applied to WMNs * Traffic analysis and modeling of existing and future WMNs * Network measurement techniques * Modeling of wireless ad-hoc, mesh and sensor networks PAPER SUBMISSION: Please visit the conference website (http://www.modenets.org) for detailed instructions. PAPER PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will go through a peer review process. All accepted papers will be be included in the Proceedings of MODENETs 2008 and published in the ACM digital library. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission due May 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 27, 2008 Final manuscript due August 31, 2008 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CO-CHAIR: Yuanzhu Peter Chen (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Roberto Riggio (CREATE-NET) Sebastian Max (RWTH Aachen University) TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: See http://www.modenets.org -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=ggjzadyfjh and enter your email address.

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: First International Workshop on Modeling Mobile Applications and Services
by Nitendra Rajput 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

CALL FOR PAPERS First International Workshop on Modeling Mobile Applications and Services (M2AS’08 ) http://www.irpps.cnr.it/eventi/m2as08.htm held in conjunction with the 27th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2008) http://www.upc.edu/ER2008/index.shtml 20 - 23 October 2008 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Aims and Scope The great diffusion and the growing demand for advanced mobile devices involves billions mobile phone users worldwide. Mobile devices are becoming central means for service delivery and future mobile services will very likely come. In fact, mobile devices can make services available anywhere, anytime, and in any format. That is, models, methods and technologies for the Mobile Communication, Mobile Web and services design are relevant discussion issues for providing the state of the research and new ideas and solutions in the research area. The objectives of the M2AS Workshop are to promote discussion on concepts, models, methods, languages and systems for designing mobile pervasive services, their technological standards and architectural solutions. List of topics The M2AS’08 Workshop invites researchers, engineers, services developers to propose their research and works in the field of mobile devices and services. Papers may deal on method, models, case studies, practical experience and technologies. Topics of the workshop include but are not limited to: Conceptual models for Mobile web and services Conceptual models of human computer interaction Device technologies Communication technologies Multimodal systems Mobile systems and services Usability evaluation methodologies for mobile pervasive application Interactive context-aware services on mobile devices User experiences, user studies Application and scenarios Workshop Organisation committee • Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Rome, Italy (fernando.ferri(a)irpps.cnr.it) • Patrizia Grifoni, IRPPS-CNR, Rome, Italy (patrizia.grifoni(a)irpps.cnr.it) • Maria Chiara Caschera, IRPPS-CNR, Rome, Italy (mc.caschera(a)irpps.cnr.it) Program Committee Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Paris Avgeriou, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Regina Bernhaupt, University of Salzburg, Austria Michela Bertolotto, University College Dublin, Ireland Antonio Fernández-Caballero, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Augusto Celentano, University of Venice, Italy Richard Chbeir, Bourgogne University, France Fang Chen, National ICT, Australia Deborah Dahl, Conversational Technologies, USA Alfred Dielmann CSTR, University of Edinburgh, UK Chirine Ghedira, Claude Bernard Lyon I University, France Ho-fung Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Oscar Pastor Lòpez, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Paolo Merialdo, University of Roma Tre, Italy Amit Anil Nanavati, IBM Research, India Nitendra Rajput, IBM Research, India Thomas Strang, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Riccardo Torlone, University of Roma Tre, Italy Olga De Troyer, WISE, Belgium Iñaki Vázquez, University of Deusto, Spain Important dates Paper abstracts: April 6, 2008 Full papers: April 15, 2008 Notification: May 24, 2008 Camera-ready papers: June 21, 2008 Submission: All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of expression. All submissions must be in English. Submissions should be in PDF format ( http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and must not exceed 10 pages in the final camera-ready format. Submitted papers need to be original and not submitted or accepted for publication in any other workshop, conference, or journal. The organizers will oversee a peer-review process for the submitted papers. Papers should be submitted to m2as(a)irpps.cnr.it _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] CFP : 14th Eunice Open European Summer School 2008]
by Rolland Vida 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

[Apologies for possible multiple copies] +---------------------------------------------------------+ | | | 14th Eunice Open European Summer School 2008 | | Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France | | | | September 8-10, 2008 | | <http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/eunice2008/> http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/eunice2008/ | +---------------------------------------------------------+ CALL FOR PAPERS (Submission deadline : May 1, 2008) Which networks for which services The number of network technologies has dramatically increased over the 10 past years. This growth concerns network architecture issues (operator-centric versus autonomous networks), access technologies (UMTS, WiFi, WiMax, ADSL, FTTH, etc.), and core network operation (IPv6, IMS, etc.). When a new technology appears, one question often remains unsolved: which services may be developed with this technology? This question raises several other issues: how are existing services impacted by this technology? Which new features are enabled by this technology? Is the technology appropriate to guarantee end-to-end quality of service? What is the evolution path between current network implementations and an implementation using this new technology? Is it possible to interconnect different technologies? How is security ensured if this new technology is implemented? The theme for the EUNICE 2008 summer school "Which networks for which services?" has been proposed to promote fruitful exchanges between academic institutions and Industry, who are equally concerned with the above issues. The Eunice Summer School is open to researchers from any institution, and we cordially invite all researchers to contribute with original submissions. Users and usage * User characterization and profiling * User-centric services * Quality of Experience * Social impact of services Services and Applications * Anonymity and privacy * Mobile services * Location and context-based services * Nomadic communications * Ubiquitous computing * Service architectures in future networks * End-to-End Quality of Service Networks and Infrastructures * Core networks * Radio access networks * Heterogeneous access networks * Ad-hoc and sensor networks Architectures and Protocols * Core and edge node architectures * Security protocols * Access control and Intrusion Detection * 3G and beyond 3G architectures * Cross-layer optimisation Theoretical and Formal Methods * Data fusion and Data mining * Formal methods for security * Protocol engineering * Network simulation * Performance PAPER SUBMISSION See instructions <http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/eunice2008/instructions_to_authors/> http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/eunice2008/instructions_to_authors/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline May 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance June 15, 2008 Camera-Ready Paper due June 30, 2008 Early Registration Deadline June 30, 2008 Conference Sept 8-10, 2008 ABOUT EUNICE The EUNICE network ( <http://www.eunice-forum.org> http://www.eunice-forum.org) has been created to foster the mobility of students, faculty members and research scientists working in the field of information and communication technologies and to promote educational and research cooperation between its member institutions. The main goal of the EUNICE Summer School is to give researchers and particularly Ph.D. students the opportunity to present their work at an international level. In addition to the research paper presentations, a number of tutorials or invited talks, presented by experts in the field, will be given. CHAIRS * Annie Gravey, TELECOM Bretagne, France * Yvon Kermarrec, TELECOM Bretagne, France * Xavier Lagrange, TELECOM Bretagne, France TPC MEMBERS * Finn Arve Aagesen, U. of Trondheim, Norway * Sebastian Abeck, U. Karlsruhe, Germany * Arturo Azcorra, U. Carlos III of Madrid, Spain * Rolv Braek, U. of Trondheim, Norway * Carlos Delgado Kloos, U. Carlos III of Madrid, Spain * Jörg Eberspächer, Technical U. of Munich, Germany * Olivier Festor, INRIA Nancy, France * Maurice Gagnaire, TELECOM ParisTech, France * Edit Halász, Budapest U. of Technology and Economics, Hungary * Jarmo Harju, Tampere U. of Technology, Finland * Tamas Henk, Budapest U. of Technology and Economics, Hungary * Martin Köhn, U. of Stuttgart, Germany * Paul Kühn, U. of Stuttgart, Germany * David Larrabeiti-López, U. Carlos III of Madrid, Spain * Ralf Lehnert, TU Dresden, Germany * Maryline Maknavicius-Laurent, TELECOM SudParis, France * Maurizio Munafo`, Politecnico di Torino, Italy * Miquel Oliver, U. Pompeu Fabra, Spain * Aiko Pras, U. Twente, NL * David Ros, TELECOM Bretagne, France * Sebastia` Sallent, Polytechnic U. of Catalonia, Spain * Gwendal Simon, TELECOM Bretagne, France * Burkhard Stiller, U. and ETH Zurich, Switzerland * Robert Szabo, Budapest U. of Technology and Economics, Hungary * Samir Tohmé, U. de Versailles St Quentin, France WEB SITE <http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/eunice2008> http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/eunice2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: First IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Network Coding (WiNC 2008)
by Mehul Motani 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

========================================== CALL FOR PAPERS First IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Network Coding (WiNC 2008) San Francisco, California, USA June 16, 2008 http://wine.dnsalias.org/winc2008/ ========================================== The 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Network Coding (WiNC 2008) will be held in San Francisco, CA, on Monday, June 16, 2008. The workshop will be held in conjunction with IEEE SECON 2008. The workshop will focus on the following broad themes: * Wireless Network Coding * Network Information Theory * Applications All papers for IEEE WiNC 2008 must be submitted electronically through EDAS. Papers should be no longer than 6 pages and of sufficient detail to permit review by experts in the field. Papers are due by March 30, 2008 can be submitted via the link: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6439& We heartily encourage late-breaking results and early stage research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Wireless network coding * Network coding with soft information * Network coding in the physical layer * Joint source and network coding in wireless networks * Network coding and interference cancellation * Network coding at the MAC layer * Network coding and routing * Error-correcting network coding in wireless networks * Delay-aware and prioritized network coding * Multi-path network coding * Network information flow * Network coding and block-markov coding * Network coding with the presence of adversaries * Secure network coding * Implementation aspects of network coding * Network coding systems Workshop Organizers Mehul Motani, National University of Singapore Email: motani at nus dot edu dot sg Baochun Li, University of Toronto Email: bli at eecg dot toronto dot edu _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] [CFP] PM2HW2N'08 - 3rd ACM International Workshop on Performance Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks
by Richard Pazzi 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd ACM International Workshop on Performance Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks (PM2HW2N 2008) http://www.pm2hw2n.acca-group.info/ October 27 - 31, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada To be held in conjunction with 11th ACM MSWiM 2008 *ACM pending upon Approval ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE and OVERVIEW: Wireless networks, including WLAN, WiMax, wireless personal networks, ad hoc, sensor, along with pervasive networks, have witnessed their fastest growth period over the last few years and have become increasingly complex. Nonetheless, performance evaluation and analysis of wireless networks have been conducted mostly through software simulations (e.g., using ns-2 or OPNET tools). Recently, research efforts have been directed towards measuring real-world commercial and experimental networks; constructing models based on real-world data and using prototypes to evaluate solutions more realistically and comprehensively and to validate assumptions and conclusions that are reached via simulation experiments. Performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks pose a new set of unique challenges due to the particular inherent properties of these systems and due to the characteristics of the wireless transmission medium. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners in order to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of performance measurements, monitoring, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks, including, wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks. TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Performance measurement, monitoring, and evaluation tools for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks; - Performance tools for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks; - Tracing and trace analysis; - Discrete and continuous models; - Measurement architectures and systems; - Measurement-based performance comparison; - QoS monitoring and sampling; - Measurement-based optimization of for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks; - Novel measurement tools of wireless networks; - Performance measurements of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks; - Performance analysis and evaluation of mobile services; - Software tools for wireless network performance and evaluation; - Automatic performance analysis; - Performance of wireless and sensor devices; - Mobility modeling and management; - Traffic modeling and engineering; - Prototype implementation of wireless/mobile networks and systems; - Techniques for prototyping wireless networks; - Validation through measurement and prototyping; - Software technologies and systems for rapid prototyping and measurement of wireless networks; - Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks; - Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks; - Improvement in network performance through prototyping; - Performance and security issues in ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks; - Performance and power management control; - Case studies demonstrating the role of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks; - Applications of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation as a feedback to improve network QoS Mobile and Wireless Networking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. The length of the papers should not exceed 10 single-spaced pages, formatted using the double column and ACM style. LaTex2e and MS Word templates can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, published by ACM. At least one author of accepted papers is expected to attend the workshop to present its contribution. The proceedings of the workshop will be published separately by ACM. Paper submission must be done electronically through the OpenConf system at http://www.pm2hw2n08.acca-group.info/openconf. For any question or problem related to PM2HW2N 2008 submission, please contact pm2hw2n08(a)dsi.uclm.es with e-mail Subject:"PM2HW2N 2008 submission problem". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008 Author Notification: 19th July 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: GENERAL CHAIR: Blanca CAMINERO, UCLM, Spain (blanca(a)dsi.uclm.es) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Francisco Manuel DELICADO, UCLM, Spain (Francisco.Delicado(a)uclm.es) Richard Werner N. PAZZI, University of Ottawa, Canada (rwerner(a)site.uottawa.ca) TPC MEMBERS: http://www.pm2hw2n08.acca-group.info/comittes.php _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP: ACM HealthNet 2008 (deadline April 7)]
by Lars Wolf 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CfP: ACM HealthNet 2008 (deadline April 7) Datum: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:19:56 -0400 Von: Dario Pompili <pompili(a)caip.rutgers.edu> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> We apologize for multiple receptions of this CfP. ======================================================================= # # # # # # ###### ## # ##### # # ## # ###### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ####### ##### # # # # ###### # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # ###### # # ###### # # # # # ###### # ##### ### ### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ####### ### ### ##### ACM SIGMOBILE (Pending) HEALTHNET 2008 http://reti.dsi.uniroma1.it/HealthNet08/ The 2nd International Workshop on System and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments Held in conjunction with ACM SIGMOBILE MobiSys 2008 Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.A. June 17th 2008 ========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP SCOPE: ================ As the world's population grows older, healthcare and high-tech companies are joining forces. New technologies are being used to provide improved support for elderly and home bound people in their homes and in assisted living environments. The overall goal of these initiatives is to improve the quality of life by providing customized support to people in need of assistance. The main challenge is to provide this support according to the user's own specific situation in a non-intrusive and respectful way. These new technologies enable the automation of the observation and support for elderly and home bound people through the use of sensors, actuators, distributed intelligence, databases, ubiquitous connectivity and friendly adaptive interfaces, all connected mainly via a variety of wireless networking technologies. The ultimate goal is a system that can adapt to the user's needs, helping them get through their daily routine in a way that is effective in providing support where needed without making them feel humiliated by excessive attention. To provide such support, it will be necessary to combine efforts from many areas of computer science, including networking, distributed systems, security, data management, HCI, AI and middleware. Given the inherent use of mobile and wireless communication and the need for comprehensive distributed systems as well as the multi-disciplinary nature of solutions for healthcare and assisted living environments, the goal of HealthNet is to provide a forum for the cross-area interactions that will be necessary for successful systems and applications. The specific focus of HealthNet will be on understanding what it takes to provide effective systems and communication support for healthcare and assisted living environments. Although the systems and networking community is very good at providing effective solutions to satisfying application requirements, they require input from experts in other disciples, including HCI, middleware, security, privacy and social networking, to provide a more accurate understanding of the specific requirements for these environments. THE GOAL of HealthNet is to provide a forum for the cross-area interactions that will be necessary for successful systems and applications. The focus of this workshop will be understanding and discussing what it takes to provide effective systems and communication support for healthcare and assisted living environments. This entails cross-disciplinary approaches where the systems and networking community, traditionally able to provide effective solutions that satisfy application requirements, will need to interact with experts in other disciples, including HCI, middleware, security, privacy and social networking, to provide a more accurate understanding of the specific requirements for these environments. Therefore, HealthNet aims to attract researchers working on cross-disciplinary projects, with a focus on understanding and supporting the requirements of these complex applications. Authors are invited to submit papers presenting new research related to the support of healthcare and assisted living environments. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. AREAS of INTEREST include, but are not limited to: * Enabling technologies * Service and device discovery * Security and privacy * Reliability and fault tolerance * User and device localization * Resource management architecture * User data management * Middleware for heterogeneous networks * Mobility and connectivity management * Cross-layer system architecture design * Human-centered Computing * Task and behavior analysis * Impact of user interface design on system design and management * Test-beds and simulations environments * Health technologies for developing countries DEMO SESSION: ============= To provide a forum for discussion and interaction and to share experimental experience, HealthNet will also host a demonstration session. Extended abstracts describing demos will be published in the proceedings. Details on submission are available on the web page. IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Paper submission deadline: April 7, 2008 (5PM US EDT) Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2008 Camera ready version due: May 8, 2008 Workshop date: June 17, 2008 Demo submission and notification: Late April 2008 PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: =============================== All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Papers must be in PDF format, no longer than 6 pages, double-column, with a font size no smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on US Letter-sized paper (8.5 inch x 11 inch) with reasonable margins. The first page of each paper should include the names and affiliations of the authors, i.e., the submissions should not be anonymous and reviewing is single-blind. Submissions will be evaluated based on technical content and correctness, relevance to the workshop, as well as presentation of the research. Agreements are currently sought for considering extended versions of selected workshop papers for fast track publication in a special issue of a prominent journal in wireless networking communications. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== WORKSHOP General co-Chairs: * Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. * Chiara Petrioli, Rome University "La Sapienza," Italy TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE co-Chairs: * Maria R. Ebling, IBM Research, U.S.A. * Robin H. Kravets, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. DEMO Chair * Amy Murphy, FBK-IRST, Italy PUBLICITY Co-Chairs: * Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, U.S.A. * Gaia Maselli, Rome University "La Sapienza," Italy * Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, U.S.A. SPONSORS (updated March 2008): * ACM SIGMOBILE (pending), * Microsoft Research (Gold) * IBM (Silver) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dario Pompili, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering CoRE Building - Room 615 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (732) 445-6400 ext. 202 Fax: (732) 445-0593 Email1: pompili(a)ece.rutgers.edu Email2: pompili(a)caip.rutgers.edu WWW: http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~pompili ------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: Third Workshop on Speech in Mobile and Pervasive Environments, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2 (with ACM MobileHCI '08)
by Nitendra Rajput 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Call for papers Third Workshop on Speech in Mobile and Pervasive Environments (in conjunction with ACM MobileHCI '08) Amsterdam, The Netherlands September 2, 2008 http://research.ihost.com/SiMPE In the past, voice-based applications have been accessed using unintelligent telephone devices through Voice Browsers that reside on the server. The proliferation of pervasive devices and the increase in their processing capabilities, client-side speech processing has been emerging as a viable alternative. In SiMPE 2008, the third in the series, we will continue to explore the various possibilities and issues that arise while enabling speech processing on resource-constrained, possibly mobile devices. Topics of Interest: All areas that enable, optimise or enhance Speech in mobile and pervasive environments and devices. Possible areas include, but are not restricted to: * Robust Speech Recognition in Noisy and Resource-constrained Environments * Memory/Energy Efficient Algorithms * Multimodal User Interfaces for Mobile Devices * Protocols and Standards for Speech Applications * Distributed Speech Processing * Mobile Application Adaptation and Learning * Prototypical System Architectures * User Modelling * HCI issues in SiMPE applications * Design and cultural issues in SiMPE * Speech interfaces/applications for Developing Regions Submissions: We seek original, unpublished papers in the following three categories: (a) Position papers that describe novel ideas that can lead to interesting research directions, (b) Early results or work-in-progress that has significant promise, or, (c) Full papers. Papers should be of 4-8 pages in length in the MobileHCI publication format. The LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates are available at the workshop website. All submissions should be in the PDF format and should be submitted electronically through the workshop submission web site, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=simpe08. Since the submission deadlines are dependent on the MobileHCI conference, we will not be able to grant any extensions in any circumstances. For any comments regarding submissions and participation, contact: simpe08(a)easychair.org Key Dates: * Paper Submission Deadline: May 05, 2008 (11:59 PM CET) * Notification of Acceptance: May 19, 2008 * Early Registration Deadline: June 02, 2008 * Workshop: September 02, 2008. Organising Committee: Amit A. Nanavati, IBM India Research Laboratory. Nitendra Rajput, IBM India Research Laboratory. Alexander I. Rudnicky, Carnegie Mellon University. Markku Turunen, University of Tampere, Finland. Programme Committee: Lou Boves, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Matt Jones, Swansea University, UK Yoon Kim, Novauris Technologies, USA Lars Bo Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa Michael McTear, University of Ulster, Ireland Shrikanth S. Narayanan, University of Southern California, USA Tim Paek, Microsoft, USA David Pearce, Motorola, UK. Mike Phillips, Vlingo, USA Markku Turunen, University of Tampere, Finland Yaxin Zhang, Motorola, China (More to be updated) Websites: * SiMPE Workshop: http://research.ihost.com/SiMPE * ACM MobileHCI '08: http://www.mobilehci.org/ * SiMPE 2007: http://research.ihost.com/SiMPE/2007 * SiMPE 2006: http://research.ihost.com/SiMPE/2006 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Fwd: Re: [Tccc] CFP- 2008 Globecom: Ad hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium]
by Lars Wolf 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [Tccc] CFP- 2008 Globecom: Ad hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium Datum: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:32:00 -0500 Von: Prof. A. Boukerche <boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca> An: Prof. A. Boukerche <boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca>, tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Referenzen: <47DD590E.5070000(a)lifl.fr> <47DD66EB.7080702(a)site.uottawa.ca> > > Deadline Extended : ===> March 31st (Firm Deadline) > ============================================================================= > > 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 > ============================================================================= > > 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 of > research > 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 among > researchers > 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. > > SUBMISSION 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 not > limited 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 Localization, Target Tracking, and > Mobility Management > . 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 > Mesh Networks > . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and > Mesh Networks > . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and > Mesh Networks > . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and > Sensor Systems > . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems > . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols > . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query > Processing > . 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 > Mesh Networks > . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh > Networks > . 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 Sensor > Networks > > _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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