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Call for papers for CHANTS 2008 co-located with MOBICOM 2008
by Kostas Psounis 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of the CFP] [CFP also attached in pdf] Third Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2008) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ co-located with Mobicom 2008, 15 September 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA Workshop URL: http:// wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Submission Instructions: See Conference Web Page Abstract registration Deadline: 2 May 2008 Submission Deadline: 9 May 2008 Challenged networks are characterized by a heterogeneous mix of nodes and widely varying network conditions. Nodes in today’s challenged networks often include mobile nodes, space-based nodes, sensor/ actuator nodes and other devices. Performance of the network paths interconnecting such nodes can be highly varying in terms of bandwidth, latency, disruption characteristics and security requirements. Conventional Internet access in performance-limited environments such as developing countries can also be regarded as challenged networks as can be ad-hoc communication between personal devices. The Internet protocol architecture suffers some problems when used in a challenged network setting. For example, when disconnection and reconnection is common or link performance is highly variable or extreme, one or more of the traditional Internet protocols do not work well. In this workshop following CHANTS 2007, CHANTS 2006 and WDTN 2005, we wish to explore ongoing efforts in dealing with physical networks that operate significantly differently from wired, connected networks and the protocol architectures and algorithms used to deal with such situations. Techniques for making applications tolerant to disruptions and/or high delays are also in scope. We are solictiting papers addressing aspects in challenged networks including (but not limited to): - Characterization of performance-challenged networks e.g. measurements, modelling - Networking systems operating over unusual/challenged networks - Protocol design and evaluation of operations over challenged networks - System architecture and design for challenged networks - Applications in challenged networks - Robust network application design and implementation techniques - Delay tolerant and disruption tolerant networks (DTN) - Configuration and management of challenged networks Submissions may include presentations of specific systems or performance measurements, as well as architectural papers addressing new concerns. Papers that bring out problems in the existing proposals for challenged networks or that report operational experience will be favored. Selected papers will be forward-looking, will describe their relationship to existing work, and will have impact and implications for ongoing or future research. We aim to to have a highly interactive workshop focusing on evolving this area of network research and continuing to build its community. Paper format and submission instructions: Submitted papers must be no more than 8 pages long, two columns, with no characters in smaller than 10 point fonts, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches). Margins must be of 1 inch on all edges (top, bottom, left, and right) of each page. For submission instructions please see the conference web page http:// wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Important Meeting Dates: - Abstract registration Deadline: 2 May 2008 - Submission Deadline: 9 May 2008 - Acceptance Notification: 15 June 2008 - Camera Ready Due: 29 June 2008 - Workshop Date: 15 September 2008 Organizers / TPC Chairs: - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California CHANTS Steering Committee: - Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Christophe Diot, Thomson Research, Paris, France - Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles - Kevin Fall, Intel Research Berkeley - Jörg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland - James Scott, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK Demo/Poster Chair: - Katia Obrackza, UCSC Technical Program Committee: - Kevin Almeroth, UCSB - Prithwish Basu, BBN Technologies - Scott Burleigh, NASA/JPL - Augustin Chaintreau, Thomson Labs, Paris - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University - Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge - Marco Conti, IIT-CNR - Mark Corner, UMass Amherst - Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin - Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science - SUPSI - Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida - Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University - Gunnar Karlsson, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology - Ed Knightly, Rice University - Rajesh Krishnan, BBN Technologies - Cecilia Mascolo, University College London - Jorg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology - Katia Obrackza, UCSC - Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR - Caulighi Raghavendra, USC - Injong Rhee, North Carolina State University - Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, ETH - Arun Venkataramani, UMass Amherst - Jie Wu, NSF - Wenrui Zhao, Google - Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology ----------------------------------------------------- To be removed from future issues of the SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. 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[Tccc] Call for Papers: LOCALGOS 2008 (Deadline Extended to March 25, 2008)
by Hannes Frey 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive duplicates of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * LOCALGOS 2008 * * * * Second International Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols * * for Wireless Sensor Networks * * http://ants.dif.um.es/localgos08 * * * * In conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on * * Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2008) * * www.dcoss.org * * * * June 14, 2008 * * Santorini Island, Greece * * * * Submission Deadline (extended): April 15, 2008 * ************************************************************************ Future sensor networks may have hundreds or thousands of nodes, with limited energy supplies and communication capabilities. Thus, it is of paramount importance for the networking algorithms and protocols to be able to scale with a very large number of devices. The main paradigm shift to achieve those desirable properties is to apply localized (or greedy) schemes as opposed to existing protocols requiring global information. Localized algorithms are distributed algorithms where simple local node behavior achieves a desired global objective. Localized protocols provide scalable solutions, that is, solutions for wireless networks with an arbitrary number of nodes, which is the main goal of this plan. SCOPE ----- The main objective of the workshop is to present state of the art research results in the area of localized algorithms and protocols for wireless sensor networks. The workshop covers among others the following research topics (not limited to): - Unicast and multicast routing - Broadcasting - Energy-efficient and bandwidth-efficient communication - Security in wireless sensor networks - Data management, query processing and data delivery - Topology construction and maintenance in wireless sensor networks - Localized protocols for duty-cycled sensor networks - Geocasting techniques for wireless sensor networks - Auto-configuration and network formation protocols and algorithms - Relative positioning algorithms - Lower bounds on information exchange required for localized solutions - Network graph properties supporting localized protocols - Worst and average case analysis on the deviation from optimal solutions IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Manuscript Submission: Extended to April 15, 2008 Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2008 Camera Ready Manuscript Due: May 15, 2008 PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Submitted papers must use the familiar IEEE-Transactions style (http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html) formatted for A4 paper (use the a4paper option) using 10 point fonts, *without* page numbers, and not exceeding 8 pages. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the workshop attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Please submit papers via Easy Chair by using the following URL: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=localgos08. In case of trouble with the submission you may send your publication by email to both program co-chairs (pedrom at dif.um.es, hannes.frey at uni-paderborn.de). GENERAL CHAIR ------------- Ivan Stojmenovic, SITE, University of Ottawa PROGRAM CO-CHAIR ---------------- Pedro M. Ruiz Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Hannes Frey, IMADA, University of Paderborn, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Announced on the workshop's web site: http://ants.dif.um.es/localgos08. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Hannes Frey E-mail: hannes.frey at uni-paderborn.de University of Paderborn Phone: +49 5251 60-5380 Pohlweg 47-49 Fax: +49 5251 60-5377 33098 Paderborn WWW: http://homepages.uni-paderborn.de/drfrey ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Q2SWinet 2008 - Call For Papers
by Matteo Cesana 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Please accept our apologies if you received multiple copies of this call for papers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- =========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th ACM Workshop on Quality of Service and Security in Wireless Mobile Networks Q2SWinet 2008 http://home.dei.polimi.it/cesana/ACM/Q2SWinet2008bis.htm Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 27-31 October (in conjunction with ACM MSWIM 2008 <http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/> ) =========================================================================== ================ Scope and Overview ================ Q2SWinet 2008 is the 4th Annual International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks. Q2SWinet will be a one-day workshop held in conjunction with the 11-th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008). The workshop will bring together networking researchers, engineers, and practitioners with participants from industry, academia, and government institutions. In recent years, wireless and mobile communication systems have become increasingly popular as inexpensive and promising architectures for ubiquitous communications. In this scenario, the provisioning of the required Quality of Service (QoS) to end users, as well as the management of network Security have become crucial tasks to determine the success of future generation wireless and mobile networking paradigms. This workshop calls for cutting-edge research achievements on the provisioning of QoS and Security in wireless and mobile networks. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new theoretical and/or practical research results in the field of Quality of Service (QoS) support and Security management in mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere, nor currently under review in other conferences or journals. ================ Topics at a Glance ================ Security in Wireless MANETs, VANETs, sensor, mesh and PCS networks Secure wireless access and secure routing Secure cooperation-based systems and services Secure wireless communication in multi-modal, multi-homed systems Intrusion detection in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks Peer-to-peer security Privacy, anonymity and authentication Trust management for cooperation-based systems and services QoS for wireless multimedia networks and systems QoS and wireless/wired systems integration QoS-based Wireless Network Services QoS and security in Wireless VoIP systems and services QoS provisioning in wireless multimedia systems QoS in the Wireless Internet QoS Routing in Wireless Systems Monitoring and control systems of wireless networks QoS Metrics for Wireless Systems Power and Energy Management in Wireless Systems Wireless Video Surveillance Networks Wireless Network Survivability Wireless Systems Reliability Field Operating Tests, Performance Modeling and Simulation Techniques Real-time and QoS-aware Wireless Networks Submission instructions can be found at http://home.dei.polimi.it/cesana/ACM/Q2SWinet2008bis.htm Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. The Organizing Committee is planning to have a special issue of a major international journal to host noteworthy papers accepted at the workshop (pending approval). ============== Important Dates: ============== Paper registration deadline: June 1, 2008 Paper submission deadline: June 5, 2008 Notification of acceptance: July 13, 2008 Camera Ready Submission: August 4, 2008 Workshop Date: October 27-31, 2008 ==================== Organizing Committee ==================== General Chair: Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Program Committee Chair: Matteo Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Program Committee: http://home.dei.polimi.it/cesana/ACM/committee.htm _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [MM-INTEREST] CFP ACM Multimedia 2008]
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [MM-INTEREST] CFP ACM Multimedia 2008 Datum: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:32:14 -0400 Von: A. El Saddik <abed(a)MCRLAB.UOTTAWA.CA> Antwort an: A. El Saddik <abed(a)MCRLAB.UOTTAWA.CA> An: MM-INTEREST(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Call for Papers *ACM International Conference on Multimedia* Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada October 27 – November 1, 2008 http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACM Multimedia 2008 invites your participation in the premier annual Multimedia conference, covering all aspects of multimedia computing: from underlying technologies to applications, theory to practice, and servers to networks to devices. The technical program will consist of plenary sessions and talks with topics of interest in: (a) Multimedia content analysis, processing, and retrieval; (b) Multimedia networking and systems support; (c) Multimedia tools, end-systems, and applications; and (d) Human-centered Multimedia. ACM Multimedia 2008 will be colocated with ACM International Conference on Multimedia Information Retrieval *ACM MIR 2008* <http://press.liacs.nl/mir2008/>, October 30-31, 2008 Vancouver, Canada. *Key Dates* ---------------- *April 11, 2008* Full Paper Registration (Abstract –Submission) *April 18, 2008* Full Paper/Panel/Workshop Submission Deadline *June 06, 2008 * Short Paper/Video Program/Interactive Art Program/ Short Paper/ Open Source/Doctor Program/Demo Proposal Submission *June 27, 2008* Notification of Acceptance ----------------------------- *Awards* will be given to the best paper and the best student paper as well as to the best demo, best art program paper, and the best-contributed open-source software. Extended version of the four candidate Best Papers (one from each of the four main tracks) will appear in a special section in the ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOM CCAP <http://tomccap.acm.org>). *Panels *will consist of discussions on timely and controversial topics. *Full Papers *will be high-quality original contributions that will be presented in the oral sessions. *Short Papers *will be presented in poster format and are an opportunity for researchers to present new work and ideas in an interactive setting. *State-of-the-Art Tutorials *lead by experts will precede the technical program. The full- and half-day offerings will span a wide variety of topics. *Brave New Topics *is a special session’s track containing papers, which establishes foundational areas and extend the boundaries of multimedia research. *Technical Demos *will include leading edge work in every area of multimedia technology and its application. *Video Demonstrations *allow researchers and artists to demonstrate their tool, system or application without having to bring the equipment for a “live” demo. *The Interactive Art Program *will include long and short papers describing interactive multimedia art works, tools, applications, and technical approaches for creative uses of multimedia content and technology. It will also include an art exhibition. (http://mmart.iat.sfu.ca/) *Workshops *on topics of current interest to members of the multimedia research community will follow the technical program. *Doctoral Symposium *is an opportunity for students involved in the preparation of a PhD to interactively discuss their research issues and ideas with senior researchers, and receive constructive feedback from members of the research community. *The Open-source Software Competition *is a recent addition to the ACM Multimedia program and 2008 will be our fourth year of running the competition. -- Organizing Committee -- *General Co-Chairs * Abdulmotaleb EL Saddik (Univ. of Ottawa) Son Vuong (Univ. of British Colombia) *Program Co-Chairs * Carsten Griwodz (Univ. of Oslo) Alberto Del Bimbo (Univ. degli Studi di Firenze) K. Selcuk Candan (Arizona State Univ.) Alejandro Jaimes (IDIAP Research Institute) *Short Paper Co-Chairs* Gopal S Pingali (IBM, Watson) Changsheng Xu (I2R, Singapore) Shervin Shirmohammadi (Univ. of Ottawa) *Workshop Co-Chairs *Max Mühlhäuser (TUD, Germany) Dulce Ponceleon (IBM, Almaden) *Tutorial Chair* Roger Zimmerman (NUS, Singapore) *Publicity Co-Chairs* Yong Rui (Microsoft, China) Markus Kampmann (Ericsson, Sweden) Jiebo Luo (Kodak Research Lab, USA) Wolfgang Effelsberg (Univ. of Mannheim) *Technical Demo Co-Chairs * Pål Halvorsen (Univ. of Oslo) Anup Basu (Univ. of Alberta) *Proceedings Chair * Balakrishnan Prabhakaran (Univ. of Texas at Dallas) *Panel Co-Chairs * Suzanne Boll (Univ. of Oldenburg) Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood (IBM, Almaden) *Finance Chair* Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa) *Doctorial Symposium Co-Chairs* Hari Sundaram (Arizona State Univ) Kiyoharu Aizawa (University of Tokyo) *Sponsoring Co-Chairs* Panos Nasiopoulos (Univ. of British Columbia) Victor Leung (Univ. of British Columbia) *Brave New Topics Co-Chairs* Ling Guan (Ryerson University) Zhengyou Zhang (Microsoft Research) *Travel Grant Co-Chairs* Christoph Rensing (HTTC) Shueng-Han Gary Chan (Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology) *Interactive Art Program Co-Chairs * Frank Nack (Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon) Andruid Kerne (Texas A & M University) Ron Wakarry (Simone Fraser University) *Web Chair* Atif Alamri (Univ. of Ottawa) Pradeep K. Atrey (Univ. of Ottawa) *Video Program Chair* Thomas Haenselmann (Univ. of Mannheim) *History Preservation Chair* Matthias Hollick (TU Darmstadt) *Open Source Competition Chair* Oliver Heckman (Google) Arnd Steinmetz (Fachhochschule Darmstadt) *Registration Chair* Rosa Iglesias (Ikerlan Research Centre) *Local Arrangement Co-Chairs* Charles Buck Krasic (Univ. of British Colombia) *SIG MM Chair * Klara Nahrstedt (Univ. of Illinois) *SIG MM Director of Conferences* Nevenka Dimitrova (Philips) -- Best regards -- Abed

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: ACM/IET/ICST International Workshop on Performance and Analysis of Wireless Networks]
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: ACM/IET/ICST International Workshop on Performance and Analysis of Wireless Networks Datum: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:00:31 +0100 Von: Eduardo Cerqueira <ecoelho(a)gmail.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ================================================================= Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers ================================================================= Paper submission deadline: June 1, 2008 (firm deadline) ------------------------------------------------------------------ ACM/IET/ICST International Workshop on Performance and Analysis of Wireless Networks http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~pawn08/ Held in conjunction with The International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications,and Systems (Mobility 2008),Ilan, TAIWAN September 10-12, 2008 http://www.mobilityconference.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Complementary Coded Cooperative Wireless Networking" Presented by: Professor Hsiao-Hwa Chen,National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless communication technologies have been evolving at a rapid pace over the last few decades. Different types of wireless communication networks (BAN, PAN, LAN, etc) are being deployed to address the needs of all kinds of users. Evaluating the performance of wireless networks and systems continues to be a critical activity in the design, implementation, and deployment of emerging wireless technologies. This workshop is intended to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, practitioners, network users to share their experiences, present original ideas, report on state-of-the-art and in-progress research results on the empirical performance of wireless communication technologies and applications. In contrast to many past and current workshops also covering the topic of wireless networks, this event places special emphasis on empirical performance results obtained on actual, physical wireless network infrastructures, testbeds, networked hosts, and devices. Performance results obtained using only modeling, theoretical analysis or simulators without a strong practical performance component are not appropriate for this workshop. We particularly welcome submissions that present experimental performance evaluations of innovative wireless design/implementation prototype architectures, systems, and applications. We hope that the contributions to this workshop will help us better understand many of the practical performance related issues that are likely to impact next generation wireless networks, technologies, and applications. Topics of interest, but are not limited to: ------------------------------------------- * Performance of wireless media access protocols * Performance of mobility protocols and architectures * Performance of mobility management protocols and architectures * Performance of wireless local area networks, personal area networks * Performance of broadband wireless access technologies (WiMAX, etc) * Performance of 3G/4G networks, systems, and protocols * Performance of sensor networks and devices * Performance of heterogeneous wireless networks * Performance of wireless security protocols * Performance of wireless communication protocols * Performance of admission control protocols over wireless networks * Performance optimizations and tuning over wireless networks * Performance of heterogeneous wired/wireless network testbeds * Performance of wireless applications * Performance measurement tools and techniques for wireless networks International Committee ----------------------- General Chair ------------- Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs -------------------------- Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA Abdelhamid Mellouk, University of Paris XII, France Technical Program Committee ---------------------------- Saleem Bhatti, St Andrew's University, UK Mauro Biagi, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Subir Biswas, Michigan State University, USA Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Ling Teck Chaw, University of Malaya, Malaysia Ing-Yi Chen, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan Carla-Fabiana Chiasserin, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Naveen Chilamkurti, La Trobe University, Australia Hesham El-Sayed, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Scott Fowler, Aston University, UK Ray Hunt, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Min-Shiang Hwang, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Arshad Jhumka, University of Warwick, UK Polychronis Koutsakis, McMaster University, Canada Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia Peter Langendoerfer, IHP-Microelectronics, Germany Leslek Lilien, Western Michigan University, USA Luis Loyola, DoCoMo Euro Laboratories, Germany Teck Meng Lim, StarHub Ltd, Singapore Kami Makki, University of Toledo, USA Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Sciences & Technologies of Lille, France Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Ertan Öztürk, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Turkey Ioan Raicu, University of Chicago, USA Bernd Steinke, Nokia Research, Germany Nicolas Sklavos, University of Patras, Greece Jesús Téllez, University de Carabobo, Venezuela Thanos Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Bin Wei, AT&T Research, USA Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Lu Yan, University College London, UK Peng Yang, Hitachi (China) R&D Corporation, China Hsu-Chun Yen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Publicity Co-Chairs ------------------ Michael Sheng, University of Adelaide, Australia Elias Tragos, National University of Athens, Greece Important Dates ---------------- Paper submission deadline: June 1, 2008 Notification date: July 1, 2008 Camera-ready version due: August 1, 2008 Author Instructions ------------------- Prospective authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of performance and analysis of wireless communication technologies, systems, and networks. Please use the ACM SIG paper format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Submissions must not exceed 6 pages in PDF, including tables and figures. Submission of a paper implies that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the conference. Please submit papers directly to one of the Co-Chairs, Sherali Zeadally (email: szeadally(a)udc.edu) or Abdelhamid Mellouk (email: mellouk(a)univ-paris12.fr) with "IWPAWN 2008 paper submission" in the subject line of the email. Each submission must be accompanied by the following information: the paper title, a short abstract, a complete list of authors and their affiliations, and the contact of the corresponding author. Publication ----------- Accepted papers will be published by ACM Press, included in the ACM Digital Library and indexed by EI. The proceedings of the workshop will be available at the conference. At least one author (or co-author) of an accepted paper must register for the conference for it to be included in the conference proceedings. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for further publication in a Special issue of an International Journal planned shortly after the workshop. Best Paper Award ---------------- One best paper award, selected by the organizing committee, based on referee reviews, will be presented to the author(s) of the best paper submitted to the workshop. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IFIP/IEEE MMNS 2008 - Second CFP, Extended deadline to 5 May 2008]
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IFIP/IEEE MMNS 2008 - Second CFP, Extended deadline to 5 May 2008 Datum: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:56:43 +0200 Von: Toufik Ahmed <tad(a)labri.fr> Organisation: CNRS LABRI Lab. An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Apologize if you receive multiple copies. ================================================================ MMNS 08 C A L L F O R P A P E R S ================================================================ 11th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services (MMNS 2008) “Management of Converged Multimedia Networks and Services” Co-chairs: -George Pavlou (University College London, United Kingdom) -Toufik Ahmed (University Bordeaux 1, France) -Tasos Dagiuklas (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece) The 11th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services (MMNS) will be held in September 22 to 26, 2008 at the Doryssa Bay Resort (www.doryssa-bay.gr) on the Greek island of Samos (http://www.samosin.gr) as part of the 4th International Week on the Management of Networks and Services (Manweek 2008). MMNS will provide participants with a high quality and intimate setting for discussion and debate. The conference is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Management of Networks and Distributed Systems, with technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Communications Society and specifically the Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). SCOPE OF MMNS 2008 Since 1997, MMNS has established itself as a major conference for research and innovation in the management of multimedia technology and networked services. The scope of the conference has been expanded in recent years to include management of emerging mobile and wireless networks. The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers and scientists from academia and industry interested in state-of-the-art management of converged multimedia networks and services across heterogeneous networking infrastructures, while creating a public venue for result dissemination and intellectual collaboration. The convergence of existing and emerging technologies such as broadband, mobile, and broadcast networks is considered as a promising opportunity for existing providers to increase theirs service subscriber base so that 4G vision and beyond becomes a reality. An important research effort is undertaken by main actors to face the multidimensional, in terms of transport technology, session signalling, and QoS provisioning, heterogeneity of Next Generation Networks (NGNs). Efficient management of these services is a key ingredient in the effort to provide cost effective, innovative services, and mass market solutions that are likely to become a major source of income for different stakeholders. The need to evolve management tools, solutions, platforms and methodologies to keep pace with emerging networks is at a critical juncture with the proliferation of mobile and wireless systems, intelligent and broadband networks, triple play (data/voice/video) convergence, and the integration of embedded computing and communications. The academic and industry research communities should unify forces to address the challenges of developing and operating converged multimedia networks and services. Inevitably, integrated management is a key element in addressing this challenge. The MMNS 2008 technical program committee is soliciting research papers in the broad area of network and service management that address new models, architectures and technological designs to enable multimedia and mobility proliferation in NGNs. MMNS 2008 intends to continue the success of the outstanding agendas of the past, and will emphasize and solicit novel research in the management of converged multimedia networks and services. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: • Management of media streaming and real-time service delivery • Management of wireless ad-hoc/mesh networks • Management of NGN/4G networks and services • Management of sensor and actuator networks • Management of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) • Multi-service/ multiple-play over IP (voice, video, data and mobility over IP) network management • Grid networking for multimedia • Cross-layer management • Multimedia in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks • Quality of service management in multimedia and mobile networks • Planning and optimisation of multimedia and mobile networks • IP Multimedia System (IMS) operations and management • Management of service delivery platforms • Management of content distribution networking • Distributed multimedia service management • Performance evaluation of multimedia and mobile services • Wireless/Mobile Multimedia broadcast/multicast technologies • Novel protocols for multimedia services • Multi-point, multicast service management • Seamless mobility of multimedia services • Pricing, accounting and billing for multimedia services • Management of trust and security for mobile and multimedia networks and services • Self-properties of multimedia and mobile networks and services • Network virtualization for network management and service provisioning • Remote over-the-air manageability in mobile networks • End-to-end management for multimedia transmission in mobile/wireless networks • Mobile platform architecture optimizations for management services • Network manageability across heterogeneous wireless networks • Novel network architectures for mobile network management services PAPER SUBMISSION Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged for submission to MMNS 2008. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to MMNS 2008. Authors are requested to submit either long papers or short papers (work-in-progress reports), strictly in LNCS format (see below): • Long papers (up to 12 single-spaced single-column pages) • Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 4 pages) Submissions exceeding the above mentioned paper size will not be reviewed and will be returned to the authors. Please see Submission for detailed instructions. PROCEEDINGS The MMNS 2008 proceedings will be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For more information regarding manuscript format please visit the author's instruction links at LNCS Springer. Awards will be presented to the best paper and to the best student paper at the conference. Furthermore, the best papers of MMNS 2008 will be invited to be submitted as extended versions to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management - TNSM. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Paper Registration: April 28, 2008 Submission: May 5, 2008 Notification: June 20, 2008 Camera ready: June 30, 2008 MANWEEK 2008 Conference: September 22-26, 2008 MMNS 2008: September 22-23, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: Reminder: CfP for special issue on "Pervasive User-Generated Content" -- IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine]
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Reminder: CfP for special issue on "Pervasive User-Generated Content" -- IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine Datum: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:17:17 -0700 Von: John Krumm <jckrumm(a)microsoft.com> An: John Krumm <jckrumm(a)microsoft.com> CC: chandras(a)us.ibm.com <chandras(a)us.ibm.com>, nigel davies <nigel(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> This is a reminder that May 1 is the due date for submissions to the upcoming special issue of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine on "Pervasive User-Generated Content". We are looking for papers that discuss the collection, processing, presentation, and evaluation of data collected by regular users with pervasive technology. Example topics include: o Networked data-gathering from large populations o Data mining and machine learning from distributed sources o Tracking multitudes of everyday objects o Mashups and overlays of user data with other artifacts such as maps o Contributions from mobile users o Aggregating and filtering pervasive ratings and reviews o Users as computing platforms and intelligent data sources o Games and other schemes for gathering data from large populations o Persuading individuals to contribute o Usability aspects for efficient data contribution o Visualizing user contributions o Applications and displays of pervasively generated content o Techniques for determining authenticity of contributed data o Evaluations of pervasively generated content All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed, and the issue's editors will decide which ones are published. Detailed call for papers: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/menuitem.e7bfeea1f36bd84da848… PDF version: http://research.microsoft.com/users/jckrumm/UserGeneratedCfP.pdf IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/ Guest Editors John Krumm, Microsoft Research Chandra Narayanaswami, IBM Research Nigel Davies, Lancaster University

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP - 7th Intl Conf on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 3-5 Dec, 2008, Umea, Sweden]
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP - 7th Intl Conf on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 3-5 Dec, 2008, Umea, Sweden Datum: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:41:02 +1100 Von: Arkady Zaslavsky <arkady.zaslavsky(a)infotech.monash.edu.au> Antwort an: arkady.zaslavsky(a)infotech.monash.edu.au Organisation: CSSE, Monash University An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Call For Papers 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOBILE AND UBIQUITOUS MULTIMEDIA (MUM2008) In cooperation with ACM (TBC) www.mum2008.org December 3-5, 2008, Umea, Sweden MUM 2008 is a leading annual international conference, which provides a forum for presenting latest research results on mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Award will be presented for outstanding contributions. Conference proceedings will be archived in ACM Digital Library. *** CONFERENCE TOPICS *** Original submissions are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics on mobile and ubiquitous multimedia: * Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, roaming, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity * Case studies, field trials and evaluation of new applications and services * Mobile user interfaces, interaction design and techniques, user-centered studies * Intelligent, aware, proactive, and attentive environments, perception and modeling of the environment * Middleware and distributed computing support for mobile and ubiquitous multimedia * Context-aware mobile and ubiquitous multimedia systems * Mobile computer graphics, games and entertainment * Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia in intelligent transportation systems * Novel adaptive mobile/ubiquitous/wireless multimedia applications and systems * Mobile media management * Rich media applications on mobile devices * Streaming mobile multimedia * Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia in ad hoc networks *** IMPORTANT DATES *** May 16, 2008: Submission deadline August 15, 2008: Notification of acceptance/rejection September 12, 2008: Camera-ready version due December 3-5, 2008: Conference dates *** PAPER SUBMISSION *** Full paper (5000 words) submissions are solicited. Authors are encouraged to use the ACM paper format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates), as the conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM Digital Library. All papers will be subject to blind review by at least three reviewers from the international program committee. Papers should be submitted electronically as PDF files via the conference web site. *** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE *** GENERAL CHAIR Mikael Wiberg, Umea University, Sweden mikael.wiberg(a)informatik.umu.se PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR Arkady Zaslavsky, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden arkady.zaslavsky(a)ltu.se LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR Karl Andersson, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden karl.anderssson(a)ltu.se *** NORTHERN SWEDEN *** Norrland, the northern part of Sweden; an exciting and exotic place, known for its lovely spring sun, enchanted summer nights and autumns of wonderful beauty. When you visit us in December you´ll get to experience a Norrland preparing for Christmas; the winter dark is lit up by Christmas illuminations and decorated trees, and in many places you can find Christmas fairs, with genuine Swedish handicraft and Christmas presents to bring home. There is much to experience here, and much to see not the least; from extensive mountains and forests, to beautiful old houses and works and fairylike places like the Jukkasjarvi Icehotel. Sweden´s biggest rivers and highest mountains are all located in Norrland. And in the middle of all this untamed nature, you at the same time find a vastly expanded IT-infrastructure, with wireless connection, high quality mobile networks and almost constant access - the best of two worlds! _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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IEEE LCN 2008 Call for Papers
by Matthias Frank 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

================================================================= Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE OF THE CONFERENCE DATES! ================================================================= 5 days left until the paper registration deadline (on EDAS) 12 days left until the paper submission deadline (upload on EDAS) ================================================================= LCN 2008 The 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) http://www.ieeelcn.org/ Sponsorship by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) Montreal, Canada October 14-17, 2008 Please note that the originally announced conference dates (October 20-23, 2008) have been changed to October *14-17*, 2008. We apologize for any inconvenience this change may have caused. CALL FOR PAPERS LCN invites you to Canada for the first time in its history! The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of practical computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. During 33 years of this conference, major developments from high-speed local networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions in leading edge topics. Paper topics include, but are not limited to: Ad hoc and sensor networks Adaptive applications Embedded networks Authentication, authorization, accounting High-speed access networks Congestion and flow control Home and SOHO networks Cross-layer optimization IPv6 networks Location-dependent services Local area networks Mobility management Optical networks Multimedia and real-time communication Overlay networks Network management Peer-to-peer networks Network reliability and security Personal and wearable networks Network traffic characterization Storage area networks Performance evaluation/engineering Ubiquitous networking Performance measurement and tuning Wireless networks Quality-of-Service provisioning Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE Computer Society format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. Short papers will be presented in a poster format and are published in the proceedings. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. High quality paper submissions will be nominated for a special issue publication of a journal/magazine. PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF. All submission instructions will be posted on the conference website. Please direct your questions to the program co-chairs, Ehab Elmallah <ehab at cs.ualberta.ca> and Mohamed Younis <younis at cs.umbc.edu>. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: April 7, 2008 Paper submission deadline: April 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2008 Author registration by: July 28, 2008 WORKSHOPS: A number of workshops will be co-located with the conference. Workshop papers will be published in the LCN proceedings. Information on workshops, submission deadlines and all other details will be posted on the conference web site. General Chair: - Matthias Frank, University of Bonn Program Chair: - Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta Program Co-Chair: - Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Finance Chair: - Frank Hübner, AT&T Labs Local Arrangements Chair: - Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa Workshops Chair: - Tom Pfeifer, TSSG, Waterford IT Publication Chair: - Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales Editorial Liason Chair: - Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Science and Technologies of Lille Publicity Chair: - Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida Corporate Relations Chair: - Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada International Advisors: - Ken Christensen, University of South Florida - Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales - Declan O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin Webmaster: - Gary Kessler, Champlain College Standing Committee: - Joe Bumblis, BAE Systems - Ken Christensen, University of South Florida - Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada - Gary Kessler, Champlain College - Peter Martini, University of Bonn - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich - Tim Strayer, BBN

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UbiComp'08: Paper&Workshop Deadline April 4 !!, New Calls: Posters, Demos, etc. Deadline June 27
by Berger, Michael (CT) 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

(Apologies for duplicates!) 1.) Papers and Workshops -> deadline April 4 !!! 2.) New Calls for Posters, Demonstrations, Videos, Panels, Doctoral Colloquium and Student Volunteers -> deadline June 27 ------------------------------------------- UbiComp 2008 Tenth International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing COEX, Seoul, South Korea September 21 - 24, 2008 http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008 The Tenth International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2008) welcomes original, high-quality research contributions that advance the state of the art in the design, development, deployment, evaluation and understanding of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) systems. Ubicomp is an interdisciplinary field of study that includes pervasive, wireless, embedded, wearable and/or mobile technologies that bridge the gaps between the digital and physical worlds, useful applications that incorporate these technologies, infrastructures that effectively support them, human activities and experiences these technologies facilitate, and conceptual overviews that help us understand - or challenge our understanding of - the impact of these technologies. The UbiComp conference is a premier international venue in which novel results in these areas are presented and discussed among leading researchers, designers, developers and other practitioners in this field. We previously announced calls for participation in the categories of Full Papers and Notes (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_papers.shtml) and Workshop Proposals (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_workshops.shtml), both of which have deadlines this coming Friday, April 4. This announcement expands the call for participation to include the categories of Posters, Demonstrations, Videos, Panels, Doctoral Colloquium and Student Volunteers, all of which have submission deadlines of Friday, June 27. Brief summaries of these categories are included below; more comprehensive descriptions of each of the categories - including contact information for the chairs of each category - can be found via the associated links. Posters (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_posters.shtml) The Posters category provides researchers with an opportunity to present their bleeding-edge work in an interactive fashion in front of an expert audience, without impacting the possibility of publishing as a full paper at a later date. Accepted Posters will be presented in three forms: as a poster at the conference poster reception, at the "1-minute madness" session preceding the reception, and as an extended abstract distributed to the attendees. We encourage the submission of preliminary or exploratory work, smaller projects or results not suitable for a full paper, and any other research that would excite discussion and benefit from this open forum. Demonstrations (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_demos.shtml) The Demonstrations Program offers an excellent way to showcase tangible results of ubiquitous computing research and development to hundreds of attendees from academia and industry. A successful demo communicates ideas and concepts in a powerful way that a regular presentation cannot. We invite you to contribute your vision of the ubicomp experience to the Demonstrations Program at the UbiComp 2008 conference. We particularly encourage demonstrations that include participation by conference attendees and provoke discussion about issues within the field of ubiquitous computing. Videos (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_videos.shtml) Research videos are an integral part of the ubiquitous computing conference series. With the category of Research Videos, UbiComp 2008 seeks research contributions, future visions, project descriptions, and concepts of ubiquitous computing technologies, systems and applications. The conference particularly values practical experience with design, deployment and use of ubiquitous systems and applications, and investigation of exciting and inspiring ideas and technologies. We encourage submission of videos both as new material and as supplemental to paper submissions (e.g., in order to illustrate particular aspects of a system). Panels (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_panels.shtml) We seek proposals for panels for Ubicomp 2008 that take a retrospective look at research and development in ubiquitous computing over the past 15 years since Mark Weiser's seminal paper on ubiquitous computing, and that outline possible futures for our field of research and development. We invite panels that address technological, design, social, and cultural issues related to the realization of ubiquitous computing into our surroundings, now and in the future. The best panels involve debate. We actively encourage panel proposals that deal with controversial issues. Doctoral Colloquium (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/call_doctoralc.shtml) We invite PhD students and candidates to present, discuss and defend their work-in-progress or preliminary results in an international and renowned audience of researchers and developers at UbiComp 2008 conference is Korea. The scope of the doctoral colloquium is equivalent to the conference and hence includes all major aspects of ubiquitous computing. We invite students that are beyond the idea-phase their PhD studies and who have not yet finished their thesis (at least 6 more months to go), so that they can sill incorporate the advice and suggestions discussed in the colloquium. Student Volunteers (http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008/student_volunteers.shtml) Student volunteers provide the backbone of a successful conference. Accepted volunteers are expected to work in multiple functions during the conference, but will also be given great opportunities to attend the program and socialize. All student volunteers will receive a free registration to the conference (including meals & special events). We hope you will join us at UbiComp 2008 by participating in one or more of these categories! UbiComp 2008 Publicity Chairs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Siemens AG Corporate Technology Intelligent Autonomous Systems CT IC 6 Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 81739 München Tel.: +49 (89) 636-51035 Fax: +49 (89) 636-41423 Mobil: +49 (160) 8838349 mailto:m.berger@siemens.com <mailto:m.berger@siemens.com> Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Gerhard Cromme; Vorstand: Peter Löscher, Vorsitzender; Wolfgang Dehen, Heinrich Hiesinger, Joe Kaeser, Erich R. Reinhardt, Hermann Requardt, Siegfried Russwurm, Peter Y. Solmssen; Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin und München; Registergericht: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 12300, München, HRB 6684; WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 23691322

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