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[Tccc] Advanced Technologies for Care at Home: Extended Deadline: 31 August - Special Session at IEEE CCNC 2010
by Dr Mario Kolberg 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Extended Deadline: 31 August 2009 Special Session: Advanced Technologies for Care at Home at IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference IEEE CCNC 2010 January 9 - 12, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2010 Submission deadline: 31 August 2009 - Extended Deadline. Due to a rapidly increasing ageing population, current care provision will become strained. A less costly and more practical solution will be to enable those requiring care to stay at home for longer. Those with long-term illness, physical or mental impairments may also prefer to remain in the care of friends and family. Assistive technology helps older people or those with impairments cope with normal life. Specialised technology is also being used to monitor situations such as someone becoming immobile or incapable. The aim is that, through use of sophisticated networking and management software, abnormal situations can be detected, acted upon and/or reported to a carer or a responder. This special session tries to bring together academics and commercial technology providers to explore current research issues with technologies for care at home. Topics of particular interest (but not limited to) include: • Integrated Home Care systems • Network Technologies for assistive technologies • User interfaces for care systems • Context aware health applications • Novel sensors, actuators, and augmented appliances for use in assistive systems • Mobile health applications • Experimental results and case studies on the use of technology for care at home All accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings of IEEE CCNC 2010. Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit regular technical papers or position papers. The position papers should present novel technologies at an early stage of development or share future vision. All submissions should describe original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal. Manuscripts should not exceed five (5) pages in double-column IEEE format. Please submit the paper through EDAS. Formatting details can be found under Author Information on the CCNC web site. The deadline for paper submissions in EDAS is August 31, 2009. For more information on these specialized tracks, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2010. Session Organizer: Mario Kolberg, mko(a)cs.stir.ac.uk http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~mko University of Stirling, UK -- Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE INFOCOM 2010 - Work-in-Progress call for papers]
by Lars Wolf 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE INFOCOM 2010 - Work-in-Progress call for papers Datum: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:13:42 +0200 Von: Marco Ajmone Marsan <ajmone(a)polito.it> Antwort an: ajmone(a)polito.it Organisation: Dipartimento di Elettronica - Politecnico di Torino An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ***************************** **** IEEE INFOCOM 2010 **** **** **** **** CALL FOR PAPERS **** **** **** **** Work-in-Progress **** ***************************** The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE Communications Society March 15-19, 2010 - San Diego, California, USA www.ieee-infocom.org/2009 In 2010, IEEE INFOCOM will experiment with a new track devoted to short papers describing research activities which can be classified as Work-in-Progress (WiP). While traditional INFOCOM submissions are expected to be papers describing in detail a complete piece of research with its final results, WiP papers are expected to report on early research results in particularly interesting and innovative research fields, preferably conducted in cooperation between industry and academia. The main objective of WiP papers is to stimulate interest in new, promising, possibly controversial research fields. WiP paper authors can expect to receive feedback and suggestions from leading researchers in the field as well as attracting the interest of industry and government funding agencies. The topics of interest for WiP papers are identical to those in the main INFOCOM conference. Submissions to the WiP track will be reviewed by a separate Technical Program Committee. WiP paper submissions are strictly limited to a maximum of 5 pages in the usual INFOCOM format; longer submissions will be rejected without review. Presented WiP papers will be included in the IEEE Communications Society digital library, in IEEE Explore, and in the IEEE INFOCOM 2011’s CD. Important Dates: * WiP paper registration on EDAS: October 8 2009, 11:59PM PDT - required * Full WiP paper due: October 15 2009, 11:59 PM PDT - firm deadline * Notification of acceptance: January 15 2010 * Final papers due: April 1 2010 To submit your paper go to: http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=8137 Policies: All INFOCOM 2010 WiP paper presenters must register at the FULL rate. For authors presenting multiple papers, one FULL registration is valid for up to three papers. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. WiP TPC Chairs: Marco Ajmone-Marsan, Politecnico Torino Dinesh Rajan, Southern Methodist University -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Marco Ajmone Marsan Dipartimento di Elettronica del Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino, Italy Phone: + 39 011 564 4032 Fax: + 39 011 564 4099 IMDEA Networks Avda. del Mar Mediterraneo, 22 28918 Leganes (Madrid), Spain Phone: + 34 91 481 6969 Fax: + 34 91 481 6965 --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: IEEE CCNC'2010 Special Session on Social Networking (extended deadline: August 22)
by Ruichuan Chen 15 Aug '09

15 Aug '09

[Sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] IEEE CCNC'2010 Special Session on Social Networking January 9-12, 2010 Las Vegas, USA http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2010/ or http://sites.google.com/site/socnets2010/ Important Dates -- Submission Deadline: August 15, 2009 (extended until August 22, 2009) -- Acceptance Notification: September 10, 2009 Social Networks (SocNets) have attracted billions of active users and this critical mass of users are increasing exponentially. Internet social network applications such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. are providing valuable social information on contacts and their relationships. Wireless and mobile devices which are capable of creating, storing, processing, forwarding and sharing content are socially connected in a new radical networking and adaptive architecture harnessing the social behavior and mobility of the users. Thus, SocNets enable the pervasive connectivity without the need to maintain fully connected always-on networks. Such SocNets communities trigger exciting research interests in collaborative systems arising from the analysis of the structure and properties of SocNets. The use of private social information provides additional avenues for new networking operations --- for example, problems that allow the exploitation of SocNets to solve network and system security vulnerabilities, and how these new social network solutions can shape the design of secured distributed systems and networks; development of cross-layered architecture for diverse pervasive applications to distribute user-generated content based on social relationships and behaviors; etc. It also requires the cross-disciplinary research integration of computer science and engineering, biology, physics, anthropology, social sciences, etc. The goal of this special session is to catalyze cross-disciplinary research discussions that are of relevance to new and novel computer networking ideas, applications and experimental results in the area of SocNets. We solicit papers covering various topics of interest that include (but are not limited to) the following: -- Implications of social networking on future network architecture -- System design for social networks -- New social science of networks -- Physical and virtual social networks -- Social-based mobility -- Mobile and pervasive social networks -- Social community-based communication -- Real world applications of social network analysis and theory -- New social-inspired content creation and distribution networks -- New aspects of trust, privacy and security systems in social networking -- Data confidentiality and integrity in social networks Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit regular technical papers or position papers. The position papers should present novel technologies at an early stage of development or share future vision. All submissions should describe original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal. Manuscripts should not exceed five (5) pages in double-column IEEE format. Please submit the paper through EDAS. Formatting details can be found under Submission Guidelines on the CCNC website. Best regards, Session Co-chairs Ruichuan Chen, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany Eng Keong Lua, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Zhong Chen, Peking University, China _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Emerging Wireless Networks
by Yanchao Zhang 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

******************************************************************** CFP: IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Emerging Wireless Networks http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/pci/info/cfp/cfpwireless1010.htm ******************************************************************** (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) Rapid advances in wireless ad hoc networking have extended its application from mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks to emerging wireless networks including wireless mesh networks, delay-tolerant networks, vehicular networks, and urban sensing networks. While facilitating ubiquitous network access and also social interactions, these emerging networks are particularly vulnerable to numerous privacy and security threats. For example, attackers may jeopardize the privacy of users in vehicular and urban sensing networks; the adversary may also compromise selected nodes in a tactical delay-tolerant network and thus fail the critical mission of the network. There is clearly an urgent need to protect emerging wireless networks from various security and privacy threats, thereby eliminating a major impediment to their widespread adoption of such networks. Scope of Contributions This special issue is to disseminate cutting-edge research results, highlight research challenges and open issues, and promote further research interests and activities on security and privacy in emerging wireless networks. We are more interested in contributions on wireless mesh networks, delay-tolerant networks, vehicular networks, and urban sensing networks, but we also welcome submissions related to mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks. We seek original and unpublished contributions on topics including, but not limited to: - - Authentication and access control - - Secure routing and MAC protocols - - Privacy and anonymity - - Secure localization - - Secure time synchronization - - Secure data aggregation - - Secure location services - - Key management - - Intrusion detection and tolerance - - Performance and security/privacy tradeoffs - - Secure data storage and queries - - Novel threats and attacks - - Cross-layer security/privacy designs - - Security and privacy under resource constraints Submission Instructions Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. However, papers presenting original contributions will also be considered, as long as the presentation is accessible and the paper length is kept within the appropriate limits. Articles should have no more than 4500 words, no more than 6 tables/figures, and the abstract should have no more than 250 words. With regard to both the content and formatting style of the submissions, prospective contributors should follow the IEEE WCM guidelines for authors, which can be found at: http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/pci/info/pub_guidelines.html. Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete papers via the EasyChair Conference Management System at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcmwisec10 Important Dates Manuscript Submission: December 31, 2009 Acceptance Notification: May 1, 2010 Final Manuscript: June 1, 2010 Publication Date: October, 2010 Guest Editors Guohong Cao Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pennsylvania State University, USA gcao(a)cse.psu.edu Jean-Pierre Hubaux Professor School of Computer and Communication Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland jean-pierre.hubaux(a)epfl.ch Yongdae Kim Associate Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Minnesota, USA kyd(a)cs.umn.edu Yanchao Zhang Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA yczhang(a)njit.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Elsevier MCM Journal: SI on Recent Advances in Simulation and Mathematical Modeling of Wireless Networks
by Sakib Pathan 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

*CALL FOR PAPERS Mathematical and Computer Modelling Journal (Elsevier)* ** *Special issue on: Recent Advances in Simulation and Mathematical Modeling of Wireless Networks* URL: http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/CFP-SI-Computers_%20… Wireless network technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research on wireless networks having attractive claims. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless systems such as the ability to self-organize, self-configure, self-heal, self-manage and self-maintain. Different wireless networks having the potential to offer cost-effective home and enterprise access networking solutions are being researched. Technologies such as Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), WiFi, WiMax, Bluetooth, 802.20, 802.22 and software defined radio are gaining popularity. Even though these technologies hold great promises for our future, there are several research challenges that need to be addressed. Some of these research challenges are attributed to the simulation, modeling and characterization of these emerging wireless networks. The attractive properties of these new network technologies make simulation and modeling particularly challenging, where the existing tools and approaches are marginally useful. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers relating to the recent advances in the simulation and mathematical modeling of different emerging wireless network technologies, with a further special focus on emerging wireless networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Cellular wireless networks * Broadband wireless access networks * Wireless Internet * Software defined radio * Bluetooth technology * Ultra-wide band radio * Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks * Wireless Mesh Networks * IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22 * Emerging wireless network security issues * Wireless telemedicine and e-health * Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks * Emerging wireless network architecture * Multimedia over emerging wireless networks * Underwater sensor Networks * Supplying power to the distributed wireless sensors * Very low-powered sensors * Cooperative wireless communications * Multi-hop relay wireless communications *Guest Editors:* *Sudip Misra* School of Information Technology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India smisra.editor(a)gmail.com *N. Balakrishnan *Supercomputer Edu & Research Centre Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Karnataka, India balki(a)serc.iisc.ernet.in *Al-Sakib Khan Pathan* Department of Computer Engineering Kyung Hee University Gyeonggi, Korea spathan(a)ieee.org *Submission Details:* Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/mcm/. It is important to choose article type as “Special Issue: Wireless Networks” when you reach the “Article Type” step during submission process. Please mention the special issue title in the covering letter. Until this is done, the paper will not be accepted for this Special Issue. General instructions for authors can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623/descriptio…. Contributing authors might also be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. ** *Important Dates: * Manuscript Due: December 31, 2009. Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2010. Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: May 31, 2010. Publication Date: End of 2010 (tentative). _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: SI on Next-Generation & Resource-Constrained Converged Networks (IJCNDS)
by Obaid Amin 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS)* *Call For papers* *Special Issue on: "Recent Advances in Next-Generation and Resource-Constrained Converged Networks"* Right from its beginning, the Internet has proven to be a vital medium of communication for society, be it entertainment, business, telecommunication, etc. It has rapidly found its way into our daily activities. Due to our high dependence on its functionalities, it can be regarded as one of the most integral parts of our lives. By observing the success of the Internet and packet-switched networks, recent initiatives such as NGN (Next Generation Networks) and IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) have been undertaken to provide a seamless architecture for various access technologies. Furthermore, by integrating different technologies, for example SDP (Service Delivery Platform) and IMS, easy service delivery, execution and management are now possible. Other issues, such as point-to-point and broadcasting communications, data and multimedia oriented services, mobile and cellular systems, fast fibre and mobility, remain a challenging endeavour and, to say the least, the end-to-end picture is still unclear. On the other hand, efforts such as 6LoWPAN are also trying to connect resource constrained sensor networks to the Internet to provide a ubiquitous environment, creating the Internet of Things. This leads to a highly distributed network of devices communicating with human beings as well as other devices. With the increase of heterogeneity, it becomes very difficult to ensure interactions with devices in a unified manner. In short, even though the recent advances in network convergence offer new realities, there are several research challenges and issues that need to be addressed. For example, the heterogeneity of the networks imposes difficulties and challenges in ensuring network security, QoS provisioning, route optimisation and so on. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers relating to the recent advances in the challenges faced by next-generation and resource-constrained converged networks. *Subject Coverage* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - Next generation networks - IMS and related technologies - Integration of IMS and SDP - IPTV architectures and standards - Security issues in IPTV - IPTV/IMS management. - QoS and QoE provisioning - 3P and 4P service provisioning - Accounting and billing - Regulatory issues - Streaming services over wired/wireless access networks - 6LoWPAN architectures and standards - Mobility issues in 6LoWPAN - Security issues in 6LoWPAN - Route optimisation - Future Internet and networks - Future services - Signaling for application sessions and networking *Notes for Prospective Authors* Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written). All papers are refereed through a double-blind review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page *Important Dates* Manuscript due date: 30 December, 2009 First round notification: 15 March, 2010 Revised paper due: 15 May, 2010 Notification of acceptance: 15 June, 2010 Submission of final manuscript: 1 July, 2010 *Editors and Notes* You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word or PDF file (please mention “IJCNDS-SI-NGN” in the subject line) attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31) to the following: *Syed Obaid Amin (Corresponding Editor)* Department of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University Korea E-mail: obaidasyed(a)gmail.com *Al-Sakib Khan Pathan* Department of Computer Engineering Kyung Hee University Korea E-mail: sakib.pathan(a)gmail.com *Syed Rahman* Computer Science & Software Engineering Department University of Wisconsin-Platteville USA E-mail: syedrahmanusa(a)gmail.com (Please Cc the email to: Inderscience Editorial Office, E-mail: editorial(a)inderscience.com) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CALL FOR PAPERS: LOCAN, 14-16, Dec. 2009, China
by Guoliang Xing 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Our apologies if you receive duplicates of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - CALL FOR PAPERS LOCAN 2009 The 5th International Workshop on Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad hoc Networks [1]http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/locan2009 In conjunction with MSN, 14-16, Dec. 2009 Wu Yi Mountain, China Subject and Purpose of the Workshop ----------------------------------- This workshop covers comprehensively the algorithmic issues in the hot area of ad hoc and sensor networking. In particular, sensor networks are currently recognized as one of the priority research areas and research activities are booming recently. The workshop scope includes network layer problems like data communication (routing, QoS-routing, geocasting, multicasting, broadcasting, etc.) and topology control (neighbor discovery, power adjustment, neighbor elimination, etc.). The main paradigm shift 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. Sensor and rooftop/mesh networks, for instance, have hundreds or thousands of nodes. The objective of the workshop is to present state of the art research results on data communication and topology control in rapidly growing area of ad hoc and sensor networks, with emphasizes on localized techniques Topics of Interest ------------------ We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc networking. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Medium access control for ad hoc networks * Analytical, mobility and validation models for ad hoc networks * Hybrid networks and wireless Internet * Security in ad hoc networks * Data management, query processing, and data delivery in sensor networks * Unicast routing, multicasting, and broadcasting in ad hoc networks * Geocasting and anycasting in ad hoc networks * Energy-efficient and bandwidth-efficient protocols for ad hoc networks * Quality of service in medium access control and routing * Topology construction and maintenance in ad hoc networks * Neighborhood discovery and mobility management in ad hoc networks * Localized protocols for duty-cycled 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 Excellent papers will be invited to the special issue of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, An international Journal (AHSWN) [SCIE-indexed] Submissions ----------- Papers must not exceed 8 single-spaced and two-column pages using at least 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages. See style files, author guidelines and instructions at the conference website. Accepted papers will be included in the MSN main proceedings and will be published by the IEEE Press and EI-indexed. At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the conference in order for that paper to appear in the proceedings and to be scheduled for presentation. Authors are requested to submit their papers (PDF format) through EasyChair [2]"http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=locan09". For submission-related questions, please contact program co-chairs. Important Dates --------------- Manuscript Submission: September 1, 2009 Acceptance Notification: October 1, 2009 Camera Ready Manuscript Due: October 15, 2009 General Co-Chairs ----------------- David Simplot-Ryl, Univ. Lille 1 and INRIA Lille-Nord Europe, France Ivan Stojmenovic, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Co-Chairs ----------------- Nathalie Mitton, INRIA Lille-Nord Europe, France Xu Li, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs ----------------- Hannes Frey, University of Paderborn, Germany Guoliang Xing, Michigan State University, U.S. -- Guoliang ------------------------------------------------ Guoliang Xing Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Michigan State University Phone: (517)353-4392 [3]E-mail:glxing@msu.edu [4]http://www.cse.msu.edu/~glxing/ ------------------------------------------------ References 1. http://www.site.uottawa.ca/%7Exuli/locan2009 2. http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=locan09 3. mailto:E-mail:glxing@msu.edu 4. http://www.cse.msu.edu/%7Eglxing/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] [CFP][Deadline: Dec. 20, 2009] International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC)) Special Issue on: "The Smart Digital Home"
by J.-R. Jiang 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

**Please help distribute the CFP** **We apologize if you received multiple copies of this CFP** ************************************************* Call for Papers International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC) Special Issue on: "The Smart Digital Home" Guest Editors: Prof. Prof. Shing-Tsaan Huang, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C. Dr. Fong Pong, Broadcom Corporation, California, USA Assoc. Prof. Jehn-Ruey Jiang, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C. A smart digital home refers to a living space with devices that are connected through wired or wireless networks. The connected devices may be sensors, actors, consumer electronics, appliances, mobile and PC devices that cooperate transparently for facilitating living and improving usability in the home. Sensors can capture the and/or detect physical phenomena, like temperature, humidity, illumination, etc., of living environments and notify other devices of the phenomena; actors and other devices can then act according to the phenomena to provide context aware services. Home care of the old, the young, the sick and the disabled can benefit from smart digital home technologies, by which carers are able to acquire the states of the home and the residents anytime, anywhere and to take proper actions immediately. By the technologies, proper actions can also be triggered automatically in the presence of specific events, such as resident falling, and stove catching fire, etc. Smart digital home technologies enable working from home, remote education, network shopping, online gaming, etc. High speed broadband network access and all-IP technologies enabled by frameworks of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), SDP (Service Delivery Platforms), DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), and so on, offer new communication capabilities. We can foresee that innovative smart digital home applications benefiting from high network capabilities will be blooming in the near future. Since a variety of devices presents in a smart digital home, convergent (across all the screens of TVs, PCs, appliances and mobile devices) and personalized user experience is evidently the key for the success of new residential applications. Subject Coverage The goal of this special issue is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of the smart digital home. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Broadband digital home networks * Sensor networks and visual sensor networks for home care * Context-aware intelligent living environments * Continuous or event-driven inhabitation monitoring * Fall detection, posture and activity recognition * Assistive devices for localization and orientation * Decision support algorithms for sensor data analysis * Middleware for interoperability * Convergent and personalized user experience * Fully automated home applications * Energy savvy digital home applications * Entertainment, educational and motivational aids * Security and privacy in smart digital homes Notes for Prospective Authors Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page. Important Dates Paper submission deadline: 20 December, 2009 Acceptance notification: 30 January, 2010 Camera ready copy due: 28 February, 2010 Editors and Notes A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the (Author Guidelines) page. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts to web site: http://acnlab.csie.ncu.edu.tw/IJAHUC-SI. All submitted papers will be refereed by reviewers in terms of originality, contribution, correctness, and presentation. Corresponding Editor: Jehn-Ruey Jiang Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C. jrjiang(a)csie.ncu.edu.tw _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] AASN'2009: Deadline extended to August 14, 2009
by Dr. Youssef Iraqi 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

[Sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Workshop on Automated and Autonomous Sensor Networks, AASN Due to several requests, the submission deadline has been extended to August 14, 2009 http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/09/workshops/AASN09/AASN_workshop.html To be held in conjunction with The International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2009) Lyon - France, October 27-30, 2009. Summary and Topics: Thanks to technological advances, wired and wireless sensor networks are attracting an increasing attention that promotes their large-scale deployments in many applications, such as environmental monitoring, military surveillance, and scientific exploration. Continuous improvements are motivating works in addressing specific sensor network issues spanning hardware, network protocols, architecture, operating systems, and applications. Furthermore, emergent needs to fulfill a variety of heterogeneous requirements are highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary networks that control their processing and manage their resources by means of self-organizing techniques. These techniques particularly require sharing the decision-making process over hundreds of low-power, short lifetimes sensors. The achievement of this goal is still facing an urgent and challenging question on how to provide these spatially distributed sensors with reasonable autonomy that help them in performing the right action, at the right time for the sake of fulfilling current requirements while increasing the lifetime of the entire sensor network and guaranteeing reliable and enduring pathway communications. Automating the sensor network activities is also an urgent and challenging issue especially that commonly sensing devices are operating unattended in remote and hostile areas where manual maintenance is nearly impossible. Since predefined and late decisions do not help much in improving the efficiency of networked sensing devices, automation and autonomy are very important mechanisms in addressing upcoming developments that target multi-services, collaborating, or competing sensor networks. To reach these goals, the second International Workshop on Automated and Autonomous Sensor Networks is seeking novel ideas in the following topics that include, but not limited to: - Heterogeneous sensor networks - Multi-service sensor networks - Sensor network control - Automated sensing activities - Competing sensors or sensor networks - Collaborating sensors and sensor networks - Semantic-based management of sensor networks - Resource management in sensor networks - Context awareness in sensor networks - Self-organization and self-adaptation in sensor networks - New architectures and protocols for sensor networks - Sensor network maintenance - Intelligent sensors and sensor networks - Data management in sensor networks - Data and resource sharing in sensor networks - Quality of Service in sensor networks - Sustainable sensor networks - Decision Support Systems for Sensor Networks - Virtual Environment for Supporting Sensor Networks - Sensor Networks on the Web - Sensor networks for a sustainable development - Autonomous/Intelligent social sensor networks - Autonomous/Intelligent sensor networks for supporting social networks - Sensor networks for an autonomous/intelligent management of spatial resources - Sensor networks for an autonomous/intelligent risk management - New sensor network applications Important Dates: Submission deadline (extended): August 14th 2009 Acceptance notification: September 5th 2009 Camera ready papers: September 15th 2009 Submission Guidelines: (http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/09/guidelines.php) Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 peer reviewers. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. Program Co-Chairs: Nafaa Jabeur, Dhofar University (nafaa_jabeur(a)du.edu.om) Youssef Iraqi, Dhofar University (y_iraqi(a)du.edu.om) Technical Program Committee: Bernard Moulin, Laval University, Canada Duc Tran, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Gregory S. Yovanof, Athens Information Technology, Greece Gianluca Moro, University of Bologna, Italy Hamdi Yahyaoui, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China Khalil El-Khatib, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Michael Lauer, Goethe-Univ. Frankfurt, Germany Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Nabil Sahli, Dhofar University, Oman Phil Graniero, University of Windsor, Canada Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy Vasilis Friderikos, King's College London, UK Zakaria Maamar, Zaid University, UAE _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: IPSN 2010 (Corrected)
by Neal Patwari 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

===================================================================== IPSN 2010 The 9th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks April 12-16, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden http://ipsn.acm.org Abstract Registration Deadline: October 23rd, 2009 ===================================================================== SCOPE: The International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) is a leading, single-track, annual forum on sensor network research. IPSN brings together researchers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Its scope includes signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases and information management, distributed algorithms, networks and protocols, wireless communications, machine learning, and embedded systems design. The conference features two interleaved tracks, the Information Processing (IP) track, and the Sensor Platforms, Tools and Design Methods (SPOTS) track. The two tracks have separate program committees to evaluate their submissions. Authors should carefully review the intended foci of these two tracks to decide which track is better suited for their work, and they are encouraged to contact program chairs with questions or clarifications. The Information Processing (IP) track focuses on algorithms, systems, theory for information processing using networks of embedded sensors. Topics covered in this track include, but are not limited to: - Applications and deployment experiences - Coding, compression and information theory - Data processing, storage and management - Detection, classification, and tracking - Distributed algorithms and reasoning - Distributed and collaborative signal processing - Fault tolerance and identification - Fundamental bounds and formulations - Location, time, and other network services - Operating systems and runtime environments - Network health monitoring and management - Network protocols - Programming models and languages - Security - Sensor tasking, control, and actuation - Simulation The Sensor Platforms, Tools, and Design Methods (SPOTS) track focuses on networked embedded sensor platforms and tools. Submissions are expected to refer to specific hardware, software, and implementations. The SPOTS track focuses on new architectures, modeling, evaluation, design methods, implementations, tools, or deployment experiences. Results focused on the analysis and processing aspects of data collected from deployments should be submitted to the IP track, while details on the platforms and tools used in the deployment should be submitted to SPOTS. Topics covered in the SPOTS track include, but are not limited to: - Case studies that describe experiences, highlight challenges, and study/compare the performance of platforms and tools - Novel sensor network components, device platforms and architectures - Embedded software for sensor networks - Design tools and methodologies for sensor networks - System modeling, simulation, measurements, and analysis SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All papers must be submitted electronically, in Portable Document Format (PDF). Instructions for submission will be available at the IPSN 2010 website (http://ipsn.acm.org/2010/). Submissions must meet the following criteria: - A paper must be original material that has neither been previously published nor is currently under review by another conference or journal, and - Submitted papers should be no longer than 12 pages in ACM 10-point, two-column conference format. IMPORTANT DEADLINES: Abstract deadline: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Full papers due: Friday, October 30th, 2009 Author notification: Friday, January 22, 2010 Camera ready due: Friday, February 19, 2010 Conference: April 12-16, 2010 ORGANIZATION General Chair: Andreas Savvides, Yale Publicity Chair: Neal Patwari, Univ. of Utah Web Chair: Gang Zhou, William & Mary Workshop Chair: Brano Kusy, Stanford Demos and Poster Chair: Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue Publications Chair: Dimitrios Lymberopoulos, Microsoft Research IPSN TPC co-chairs * Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC) and Thiemo Voigt (SICS) IPSN TPC: * Anders Ahlen, Uppsala Univ. * Anish Arora, Ohio State Univ. * Qing Cao, Univ. Tennessee * Ramesh Govindan, USC * Xenofon Koutsoukos, Vanderbilt * Jie Liu, Microsoft Research * Sotiris Nikoletseas, Univ. of Patras and CTI * Andreas Terzis, Johns Hopkins Univ. * Deepak Ganesan, UMass * Phil Gibbons, Intel * Tian He, Univ. Minnesota * Mikael Johansson, KTH, Sweden * Brad Karp, UCL * Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC * Chenyang Lu, Washington Univ. in St. Louis * Miklos Maroti, Univ. Szeged, Hungary * Luca Mottola, SICS * Suman Nath, Microsoft Research * Radha Poovendran, Univ. Washington * Utz Roedig, Univ. of Lancaster * Kay Römer, ETH * Paolo Santi, Pisa * Cormac Sreenan, Univ. College Cork * Jack Stankovic, UVA * Roger Wattenhofer, ETH * Matt Welsh, Harvard SPOTS TPC Chair * Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin) SPOTS TPC: * Jan Beutel, ETH * Prabal Dutta, UC Berkeley, Michigan * Michel Goraczko, Microsoft Research * Ralph Kling, Crossbow * Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt * Pedro Jose Marron, Uni Bonn * Joe Polastre, Sentilla * Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin * Kamin Whitehouse, UVA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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