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VTC2009-Spring in Barcelona
by conference-services＠ieee.org 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

IEEE VTC2009-Spring - 69th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2629 April 2009, Barcelona, Spain http://www.vtc2009spring.org/ The 69th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference will be held 26-29 April 2009 in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Barcelona, Spain. The conference will bring together individuals from academia, industry, and, government to discuss and exchange ideas in the fields of mobile, wireless and vehicular technology. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, panel sessions, tutorials, and technical as well as application sessions. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a 5-page full paper or a 2-page extended abstract including results through the conference web site. Full details can be found on the conference web site - http://www.vtc2009spring.org/ Important Dates for regular papers ---------------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline: 15 September 2008 Notification of acceptance: 15 December 2008 Final paper submission deadline: 23 January 2009 ================================================================================ You have received this mailing because you are a member of IEEE and/or one of the IEEE Technical Societies. To unsubscribe, please go to http://ewh.ieee.org/enotice/options.php?SN=Wolf&LN=CONF and be certain to include your IEEE member number. If you need assistance with your E-Notice subscription, please contact k.n.luu(a)ieee.org ================================================================================

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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 22 Jul '08

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[Tccc] Submission Deadline Extended to 27 July 2008 - CFP: IEEE DANMS 2008 (co-located with Globecom 2008)
by DANMS 2008 Organizing Committee 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message.) Due to a number of requests, the submission deadline for DANMS'08 has been extended to 27 July 2008. Submission URL: http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6653&track=4693& ====================================================== Call for Papers DANMS 2008 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Autonomous Network Management Systems Co-located with Globecom 2008, New Orleans, USA 30 November, 2008 http://www.danms.org The DANMS workshop series focuses on distributed and autonomous principles for network management and applications of those principles in network design. This year's workshop emphasizes Service Centric Network Management considering the impact on the system, across the whole information flow from service creation to deployment in the network. This workshop is looking for full papers describing original, previously unpublished research work, experimental efforts, practical experiences with existing systems and industrial developments in the field of autonomous network management. Papers with a deep focus on a specific discipline or stimulated by the synergistic interaction of diverse disciplines are encouraged. The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics of interest: Architecture and Systems Topics relating to Autonomic Networks * Cross-layer system architecture design * Middleware and O&M techniques for network management * Resource modeling approaches for network management * Peer-to-peer techniques for autonomic network management * Scalability issues in network management * Security aspects in network management Autonomic Techniques * Adaptive & context-based self-management in networks * Policy (refinement techniques, policy models) * Knowledge based techniques to support autonomics * Data management for real-time dynamic service provisioning * Real-time MIB engineering to provide cross-layer provisioning Aspects of Service Management * Use of semantics to enable service deployment and composition * Automated service composition and orchestration * Automated service provisioning across multiple service providers Case Studies in Existing & Emerging Networks * Lessons, shortcomings and real world experiences with existing network management systems, protocols and architectures. * Experiences with service deployment in challenged networks (ad-hoc, pervasive, sensor etc.) and the implications on the network management plane Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 27 July, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 15 September, 2008 Camera Ready Deadline: 28 September, 2008 Workshop Date: 30 November, 2008 Workshop Chairs: Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo Canada Rolf Stadler, KTH Sweden TPC Chairs: Brian Lee, Ericsson Ireland Research Gerard Parr, University of Ulster, UK Organizing Team: Sidath Handurukande, Ericsson Ireland Research Yangcheng Huang, Ericsson Ireland Research Technical Program Committee: Nazim Agoulmine, Uni. of Evry Val d'Essonne, France Pablo Arozarena, Telefónica I+D, Spain Javier Baliosian, Uni. of the Republic, Uruguay Arosha K Bandara, Open University, UK Saleem Bhatti, Uni. of St Andrews, UK Anne-Marie Bosneag, Ericsson Ireland Research Monica Brockmeyer, Wayne State University, USA Monique Calisti, Whitestein Technologies, Switzerland Yu Cheng, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Zoran Despotovic, NTT DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany Yixin Diao, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, USA Simon Dobson, UCD, Ireland Susanne Engberg, Ericsson Research, Sweden Patrick Eugster, Purdue Uni., USA Alex Galis, University College London, UK Francisco J. Garcia, Agilent Labs, UK Sidath Handurukande, Ericsson Ireland Research Masum Z. Hasan, Cisco Systems, USA James Hong, POSTECH Korea Yangcheng Huang, Ericsson Ireland Research Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS Germany Richard Mortier, Vipadia, UK Marcelo Perazolo, IBM, USA Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherlands Luis Rodrigues, INESC-ID/IST, Portugal Francoise Sailhan, LIFC Uni. of Franche Comté, France Richard Schlichting, AT&T Labs, USA Maarten van Steen, Vrije Uni., Netherlands Filip de Turck, Ghent University, Belgium Carlos Westphall, Federal Uni. of Santa Catarina, Brazil Martin Zach, Siemens AG Austria Xiaoyun Zhu, Hetlett Packard Labs, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CfP: ROADS'08, Madrid, 9 December 2008
by Andy Bavier 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

CfP: ROADS'08 - Madrid, Spain, 9 December 2008 http://www.sigcomm.org/co-next2008/roads.html The 3rd International Workshop on Real Overlays And Distributed Systems (ROADS) seeks papers on the challenges in building large-scale distributed systems and networking overlays. ROADS is a place to share new experiences, and work in progress, with an emphasis on systems that actually run in the wide-area Internet. The Real in ROADS refers to systems that are deployed on a real platform for a period of time. They might be existing widely deployed systems, new research prototypes, or more permanent services, but submissions should address technical challenges they present for designers and researchers. We also welcome papers that explore the extent to which results retain their validity when moving from simulation (e.g., ModelNet) to emulation (e.g., Emulab), and/or to more realistic deployment settings (e.g., PlanetLab). The workshop program will include invited speakers and presentations of peer-reviewed papers. Papers will be selected based on originality, likelihood of stimulating a lively discussion, and technical merit. We encourage submissions of early work containing novel and interesting ideas. We envision ROADS as a forum where participants can receive early feedback on the design and implementation of systems that may later form the core of submissions to conferences such as CoNEXT, SIGCOMM, NSDI, SOSP, OSDI, MobiCom, or MobiSys. Topics of interest include, but are by no means limited to: * Self-organizing, autonomous, and federated networked systems * Overlays and peer-to-peer systems * Online social networks: privacy, reputation, content sharing, search * Video-On-Demand and other advanced content distribution systems * Cloud computing and data center networks * Managing, debugging, and diagnosing problems in distributed systems * Virtualization and resource management for networked systems * Architectural support for improving security or availability * Design and evaluation of Internet-scale testbeds * Experiences with deployed systems (e.g., CDNs, metro-area Wi-Fi networks, massive multiplayer game systems) * Addressing novel challenges for the developing world * Energy efficient computing in networked environments Important Dates Submission deadline: September 12th, 2008 (Friday, 23:59 CEST) Notifications of acceptance: October 20th, 2008 Final versions due: November 14th, 2008 Submissions Submissions should be at most 6 pages in length (including figures, tables, and references), in standard ACM two-column format, using at least 10 point type. Longer submissions will not be reviewed. Submissions should expose a new problem, advocate a specific solution, or report on actual experience. Instructions regarding the submission process can be found on the ROADS'08 web site. Papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and will be included in the ACM CoNEXT 2008 electronic proceedings. Program Committee Nick Feamster, Georgia Tech, USA Bryan Ford, MIT, USA Mike Freedman, Princeton University, USA Arvind Krishnamurthy, University of Washington, USA Ratul Mahajan, Microsoft Research, USA Sue Moon, KAIST, Korea Dushyanth Narayanan, Microsoft Research, UK Stefan Saroiu, University of Toronto, Canada Workshop Chairs Andy Bavier, Princeton University, USA Krishna Gummadi, MPI-SWS, Germany Pablo Rodriguez, Telefonica Research Lab, Spain _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] WONS 2009 Call For Papers
by Gaia Maselli 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP. ----------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS WONS 2009 The Sixth International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (IEEE/IFIP sponsorship pending) February 2-4, 2009. Snowbird, Utah, USA http://wons09.cs.ucla.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ Scope of the conference ----------------------- As more and more users become increasingly dependent on wireless and mobile communications, it is necessary to secure a reliable and dependable technology support for "on-demand" services through any of the wireless architectures that have been in development recently, such as mesh networks, WiMAX, WiFi, ad hoc networks, sensor networks, etc. However, there are serious challenges to overcome, such as the integration of infrastructure-based and ad hoc networks, robust algorithms for self-organizing, reconfigurable wireless networks, on-demand service models and their provision in a highly-volatile interconnection environment, and smooth interoperability of architectures. WONS, now in its sixth edition, has established itself as a high-quality forum to address these challenges in the context of a workshop that is rich in intense interactions and based on innovative contributions by experts in the field. This announcement solicits original submissions of high-quality research papers on "wireless on demand networks" that provide novel insights on protocol and network design, modeling and performance evaluation, pricing and profitability models, QoS models, practical implementations, service level aspects and Internet integration of wireless networks. Topics related to wireless ad hoc networks, mesh networks, vehicular networks and sensor networks comprise, but are not limited to: * Architecture and Design * Analysis through simulation and experimental evaluation * Modeling * Internet integration * Social and economic aspects * Pervasive / ubiquitous computing * Localization and mobility management * Security * Energy-efficient protocols and power management * Applications and Service Support * Data dissemination and Peer-to-Peer systems * Middleware aspects * Self-X and network management Manuscript submission --------------------- Submitted papers should not have been published before or they should not be currently under review at another conference or journal. Authors are invited to submit double-column full (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages) in PDF format. The font size should not be smaller than 10pt. Short papers should present future research directions, ongoing work, visionary and innovative ideas; accepted short papers will populate poster sessions at the conference and will be included in the conference proceedings. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper if accepted. Conference proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplore library. Further submission instructions will be published on the conference web site. Important Dates --------------- Full Paper Submission: October 2nd, 2008 Acceptance notification: November 17th, 2008 Camera-ready due: December 7th, 2008 Organization - Executive Committee ---------------------------------- General Chair Violet R. Syrotiuk (Arizona State University) Technical Program Co-Chairs Anthony Ephremides (University of Maryland) Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino) Publicity and Web-Chairs Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University) Dae-Ki Cho (UCLA Network Research Lab) Gaia Maselli (Univ. of Roma "La Sapienza") Steering Committee Renato Lo Cigno, Chair (University of Trento) Ernst Biersack (Institute EURECOM) Edward W. Knightly (Rice University) Mario Gerla (UCLA) Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens) Technical Program Committee [to be completed] Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech) Eitan Altman (INRIA) Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Roma, Tor Vergata) Ernst Biersack (Institute EURECOM) Matteo Cesana (Politecnico di Milano) Andrzej Duda (LSR-IMAG Laboratory) Falko Dressler (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Azadeh Faridi (Pompeu-Farba University in Barcelona) Jorge Garcia (UPC, Polytechnic University of Catalonia) Mario Gerla (UCLA) Silvia Giordano (SUPSI of Lugano) Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento) Martin Haenggi (Notre Dame) Hannes Hartenstein (University of Karlsruhe) Holger Karl (University of Paderborn) Gunnar Karlsson (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology) Edward W. Knightly (Rice University) Sastry Kompella (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC) Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC) Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento) Stefan Mangold (Swisscom) Pietro Michiardi (Institute Eurecom) Giacomo Morabito (University of Catania) Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens) Martina Zitterbart (University of Karlsruhe) _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] WONS 2009 Call For Papers
by Gaia Maselli 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP. ----------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS WONS 2009 The Sixth International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (IEEE/IFIP sponsorship pending) February 2-4, 2009. Snowbird, Utah, USA http://wons09.cs.ucla.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ Scope of the conference ----------------------- As more and more users become increasingly dependent on wireless and mobile communications, it is necessary to secure a reliable and dependable technology support for "on-demand" services through any of the wireless architectures that have been in development recently, such as mesh networks, WiMAX, WiFi, ad hoc networks, sensor networks, etc. However, there are serious challenges to overcome, such as the integration of infrastructure-based and ad hoc networks, robust algorithms for self-organizing, reconfigurable wireless networks, on-demand service models and their provision in a highly-volatile interconnection environment, and smooth interoperability of architectures. WONS, now in its sixth edition, has established itself as a high-quality forum to address these challenges in the context of a workshop that is rich in intense interactions and based on innovative contributions by experts in the field. This announcement solicits original submissions of high-quality research papers on "wireless on demand networks" that provide novel insights on protocol and network design, modeling and performance evaluation, pricing and profitability models, QoS models, practical implementations, service level aspects and Internet integration of wireless networks. Topics related to wireless ad hoc networks, mesh networks, vehicular networks and sensor networks comprise, but are not limited to: * Architecture and Design * Analysis through simulation and experimental evaluation * Modeling * Internet integration * Social and economic aspects * Pervasive / ubiquitous computing * Localization and mobility management * Security * Energy-efficient protocols and power management * Applications and Service Support * Data dissemination and Peer-to-Peer systems * Middleware aspects * Self-X and network management Manuscript submission --------------------- Submitted papers should not have been published before or they should not be currently under review at another conference or journal. Authors are invited to submit double-column full (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages) in PDF format. The font size should not be smaller than 10pt. Short papers should present future research directions, ongoing work, visionary and innovative ideas; accepted short papers will populate poster sessions at the conference and will be included in the conference proceedings. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper if accepted. Conference proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplore library. Further submission instructions will be published on the conference web site. Important Dates --------------- Full Paper Submission: October 2nd, 2008 Acceptance notification: November 17th, 2008 Camera-ready due: December 7th, 2008 Organization - Executive Committee ---------------------------------- General Chair Violet R. Syrotiuk (Arizona State University) Technical Program Co-Chairs Anthony Ephremides (University of Maryland) Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino) Publicity and Web-Chairs Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University) Dae-Ki Cho (UCLA Network Research Lab) Gaia Maselli (Univ. of Roma "La Sapienza") Steering Committee Renato Lo Cigno, Chair (University of Trento) Ernst Biersack (Institute EURECOM) Edward W. Knightly (Rice University) Mario Gerla (UCLA) Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens) Technical Program Committee [to be completed] Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech) Eitan Altman (INRIA) Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Roma, Tor Vergata) Ernst Biersack (Institute EURECOM) Matteo Cesana (Politecnico di Milano) Andrzej Duda (LSR-IMAG Laboratory) Falko Dressler (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Azadeh Faridi (Pompeu-Farba University in Barcelona) Jorge Garcia (UPC, Polytechnic University of Catalonia) Mario Gerla (UCLA) Silvia Giordano (SUPSI of Lugano) Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento) Martin Haenggi (Notre Dame) Hannes Hartenstein (University of Karlsruhe) Holger Karl (University of Paderborn) Gunnar Karlsson (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology) Edward W. Knightly (Rice University) Sastry Kompella (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC) Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC) Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento) Stefan Mangold (Swisscom) Pietro Michiardi (Institute Eurecom) Giacomo Morabito (University of Catania) Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens) Martina Zitterbart (University of Karlsruhe) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] WMAN 2009 Call for Papers
by Matthias Frank 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

============================================================================ Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers ============================================================================ 5th Workshop on Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (WMAN 2009) in conjunction with the 16th bi-annual Conference on Communication in Distributed Systems (KiVS) (German: ITG/GI - Fachtagung "Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KiVS)") March 5 + 6, 2009, Kassel, Germany http://www.kivs09.de/ Workshop URL: http://wman2009.cs.uni-bonn.de/ General information: Welcome to the Workshop on Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks! Based on the success of the preceding WMAN workshops of 2007 back to 2002, the workshop will also be organised for 2009. For the upcoming workshop, we are very happy to introduce WMAN 2009 for the second time being hosted in the context of the bi-annual ITG/GI conference on communication in distributed systems (German: ITG/GI - Fachtagung "Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen") - see http://www.kivs09.de/. Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) show a large interest in application and protocol research. While the basic organization of the routing tasks has been addressed for quite some time, the emerging areas include auto-configuration, security and data privacy, or an efficient use of various resources, such as bandwidth, energy, or memory. Especially driven by the hand-held or mobile devices restrictions, the lack of centralized managers, and a high dynamicity of users, devices, and applications, known solutions to wire-line protocols, mechanisms, and systems cannot be applied directly to MANETs. Therefore, this workshop WMAN’09 combines in a coherent manner questions from the lower radio transmission layer all the way up to the application layer relevant in MANETs. Furthermore, dedicated application scenarios, such as vehicle-to-vehicle communications or submarine communications are of high interest. Workshop paper topics include, but are not limited to: • Basic Technologies (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth) • Architectures and protocols • Routing mechanisms • Scalability and simulations of performance • Energy efficiency • QoS for ad-hoc networks • Auto-configuration and addressing • Security and data privacy in ad-hoc networks • Software platforms (middleware) for mobile applications • Applications for ad-hoc network • Location-based services and their deployment • Context management for ad-hoc services • Pricing models for commercial ad-hoc services • Accounting schemes for ad-hoc services • Management mechanisms of ad-hoc networks • Self-configuration and self-organization in ad-hoc networks Addressees of the workshop: Goal of the WMAN workshop is to enable an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers on an international level - under the umbrella of research topics on wireless mobile ad-hoc networks. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions, as well as ongoing work or challenging new research issues in the area of ad-hoc networks. Important dates: - October 31, 2008: Deadline for submissions. All papers have to be registered by October 24, 2008. - November 30, 2008: Notification of acceptance. - December 20, 2008: Camera ready version. - March 2-6, 2009: Conference KiVS in Kassel - March 5+6, 2009: Workshop days, WMAN 2009 and others Submission of papers: Papers are solicited as full papers (in English language), each of which will be subject to a full peer review proc-ess. Submissions have to follow the author guidelines and must include: title, authors, affiliations, and 100-word abstract. The corresponding author should be identified clearly, including name, position, mailing address, tele-phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. An electronic, PDF-based submission of papers is mandatory. Information on the paper length and formatting instructions for the papers will be published on the workshop web page as soon as available. All workshop papers of the KiVS conference will be published in a common workshop publication (details are currently under negotiation - as of July 18). Details on electronic paper submission will also be published on the workshop web page. Workshop Organisation (Points of contact): Matthias Frank (University of Bonn, Germany) Frank Kargl (University of Ulm, Germany) Burkhard Stiller (University of Zürich, Switzerland) (E-Mail: <wman2009(a)cs.uni-bonn.de>) Program Committee: * Matthias Frank, University of Bonn, Germany - Co-Chair * Frank Kargl, Ulm University, Germany - Co-Chair * Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Switzerland - Co-Chair * Nils Aschenbruck, University of Bonn, Germany * Marc Bechler, BMW Group, Germany * Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland * Georg Carle, TU München, Germany * Vasilios Darlagiannis, EPFL, Switzerland * Stefan Fischer, University of Lübeck, Germany * Hannes Hartenstein, University of Karlsruhe, Germany * Matthias Hollick, TU Darmstadt, Germany * Andreas J. Kassler, University of Karlstad, Sweden * Tim Leinmüller, DENSO, Germany * Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France * Peter Martini, University of Bonn, Germany * Martin Mauve, University of Düsseldorf, Germany * Michael Menth, University of Würzburg, Germany * Parag Mogre, TU Darmstadt, Germany * Björn Scheuermann, University of Düsseldorf, Germany * Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin, Germany * Elmar Schoch, Ulm University, Germany * Ralf Steinmetz, TU Darmstadt, Germany * Ralf Tönjes, FH Osnabrück, Germany * Kurt Tutschku, NICT, Japan/University of Vienna, Austria * Michael Weber, Ulm University, Germany (PC member list as of July 21, 2008) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[IFIP-EC-NEWS] Prel. CFP: 5th IEEE Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment
by cpalazzi＠math.unipd.it 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

** IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING NEWS SERVICE ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** Send all news to: icec(a)listserver.tue.nl **************************************************** ** NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ** not this IFIP EC News Service **************************************************** [Apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS 5th IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'09) In conjunction with the 6th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2009) Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society January 13, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Website: To be announced Scope & Topics ============================ The growing availability of digital contents and the simultaneous cost reductions in storage, processing, and networking is driving the growth of the entertainment technology. While in the past entertainment technology traditionally offered predominantly passive experiences, continual advances in network and computer technologies are providing tools for implementing greater interactivity and for enabling consumers to enjoy more exciting experiences, such as, for example, interactive digital TV, interactive theatre and orchestrated music and sound design. This phenomenon is pulling together an extremely diverse group of experts specializing in different technical areas, such as networking, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, games, animation, multimedia design, human-computer interaction, educational media and software engineering. Even though high-tech entertainment promotes interdisciplinary fusion, yet only the ubiquity of wireless/wired communication is considered suitable for accepting the challenge of building a large interactive environment for the delivery of the maximum entertainment value to millions of consumers worldwide. In this respect, there is a great hope that the wired and wireless may take over this complex scenario for fulfilling the consumer expectations. The Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment provides an open forum for researchers, engineers and academia to exchange the latest technical information and research findings on next-generation networked multimedia concepts, technologies, systems, and applications for entertainment covering existing deployments, current developments and future evolution. Authors are solicited to submit complete unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas: Application for Entertainment * Architectures, Platforms and Protocols for Networked Games * Internetworking, Vertical Roaming and Session * Handoffs for Entertainment (Internet to WLAN, to 3G/BT/...) * Home LANs, Body and Personal Area Networks for Entertainment * Media and Device Adaptation * Music and Movie Distribution * Next Generation Wireless Technologies for Entertainment (IEEE802.11n, UWB and Beyond) * Opportunistic Multi-hopping and Opportunistic Networks for Entertainment * QoS and Security Support for Entertainment * Resource and Service Discovery Technologies (P2P, LDAP) * Technologies for Networked In-Home/Car/Flight/Train Entertainment * TV-Centric and Broadcast Networks for Entertainment Technologies for Entertainment * Agent-based Entertainment * Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality * Artificial Intelligence * Evolutionary Entertainment * Interactive Television and Theater * Massive Multiplayer Games * Mobile and Wireless Entertainment * Networked Entertainment * Networked Narrative and Digital Interactive Storytelling * Networked Video, Music and Sound Design * Pervasive Entertainment * Personalized and User-Adapted Television * Sport, News and Entertainment * Virtual Technology and Virtual Environments for Entertainment * Wearable Entertainment * Wireless and Mobile Gaming * Testbed and Performance Evaluation GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION ============================ Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. * Paper length should not exceed five-page technical paper manuscript. Please see author information page for submission guidelines at CCNC'08 website (http://www.ieee-ccnc.org). The paper should be used as the basis for a 20-30 minute Workshop presentation. * Papers should be submitted in a .pdf or .ps format by selecting CCNC'09 at the EDAS paper submission website (http://www.edas.info) and then selecting the workshop submission link. * A separate cover sheet should show the title of the paper, the author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the address (including e-mail, telephone, and fax) to which the correspondence should be sent. * All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings * At least one author of accepted papers is required to register at the full registration rate. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ * Paper Submission:.................5 Sep 2008 * Author Notification:.............14 Sep 2008 * Camera-ready Copy:................5 Oct 2008 * Author Registration Deadline:....10 Oct 2008 * Workshop date:...................13 Jan 2009 CO-CHAIRS ============================ * Prof. Marco Roccetti (University of Bologna, Italy, roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it) * Dr Giovanni Pau (UCLA, USA, gpau(a)cs.ucla.edu) * Dr Abdennour El Rhalibi (Liverpool John Moores University, UK, A.Elrhalibi(a)ljmu.ac.uk) ----------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. 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