April 2013 - Cfp - lists.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

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by Vincenzo De Florio 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Dear Sirs, dear Madams, Society is currently experiencing the increasing population of “things,” able to autonomously link with each other and enact complex strategies to achieve tasks. The emergence of the Semantic Web, the Internet-of-Things, Ambient Intelligence, and cyber-physical societies make it impossible to capture the intricacies of the future highly dynamic and turbulent networks of interrelated computer-based and hybrid components. As such, it is important that systems are designed to self-adapt to changes without diverging from their intended functions as prescribed in their specifications. The mission of the International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS) is to offer awareness and visibility to novel techniques and methods to achieve self-adaptability and self-resilience when systems and organizations are deployed in environments where change is the rule rather than the exception. IJARAS is also a tool to enhance the awareness of the key role played by said techniques and methods: engineering self-adaptive and self-resilient systems and organizations is an urgent necessity to keep society resilient in the face of the technology that sustains it. The journal pursues its mission by addressing researchers, practitioners, engineers, educators, and professionals and by publishing novel results on each of the diverse components of such a complex and multi-disciplinary research problem. We invite you to follow the example of many a renowned researcher and submit your papers to IJARAS by following the guidelines here: http://win.ua.ac.be/~vincenz/ijaras/ The contents of the volumes of IJARAS issued since 2010 may be browsed at http://www.igi-global.com/journal-contents/international-journal-adaptive-r… Please find herein the abstract of the latest issue, IJARAS 4(1). All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Vincenzo De Florio at vincenzo.deflorio(a)gmail.com; vincenzo.deflorio(a)ua.ac.be Thank you for your attention, kind regards, Vincenzo De Florio. International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 4, Issue 1, January - March 2013 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1947-9220 EISSN: 1947-9239 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijaras Editor-in-Chief: Vincenzo De Florio, University of Antwerp and IBBT, Belgium PAPER ONE An Approach to Adaptive Dependability Assessment in Dynamic and Evolving Connected Systems Felicita Di Giandomenico (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione “Alessandro Faedo”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy), Antonia Bertolino (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione “Alessandro Faedo”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy), Antonello Calabrò (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione “Alessandro Faedo”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy) and Nicola Nostro (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione “Alessandro Faedo”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy) Complexity, heterogeneity, interdependency and, especially, evolution of system/services specifications, related operating environments and user needs, are more and more highly relevant characteristics of modern and future software applications. Taking advantage of the experience gained in the context of the European project Connect, which addresses the challenging and ambitious topic of eternally functioning distributed and heterogeneous systems, this paper presents a framework to analyse and assess dependability and performance properties in dynamic and evolving contexts. The goal is to develop an adaptive approach by coupling stochastic model-based analysis, performed at design time to support the definition and implementation of software products complying with their stated dependability and performance requirements, with run-time monitoring to re-calibrate and enhance the dependability and performance prediction along evolution. The proposed framework for adaptive assessment is described and illustrated through a case study. To simplify the description while making more concrete the approach under study, the authors adopted the setting and terminology of the Connect project. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/approach-adaptive-dependability-assessmen… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=75547&ptid=71352&… PAPER TWO Applying Probabilistic Adaptation to Improve the Efficiency of Intra-Query Load Balancing Daniel M. Yellin (IBM Israel Software Lab, Jerusalem, Israel) and Jorge Buenabad-Chávez (Departmento de Computación, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico) In the context of adaptive query processing (AQP), several techniques have been proposed for dynamically adapting/redistributing processor load assignments throughout a computation to take account of varying resource capabilities. The effectiveness of these techniques depends heavily on when and to what they adapt processor load assignments, particularly in the presence of varying load imbalance. Most existing approaches to this problem use heuristics based only upon the current machine load levels. The authors provide an algorithm, prAdapt that probabilistically predicts the future load on processors, based upon the recent history. It uses this prediction to evaluate the expected performance of different alternative solutions, taking into account the cost of the adaptation itself. If it finds a better solution than the current load distribution policy, it adapts to that distribution. Using a simulation based evaluation; they compare prAdapt to other approaches for AQP reported in the literature. The authors’ simulation results indicate that prAdapt often outperforms these other approaches. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/applying-probabilistic-adaptation-improve… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=75548&ptid=71352&… PAPER THREE Multichannel Modality in Displaying Information Elisa Benetti (Research & Development Division, Lepida S.p.A., Bologna, Italy) and Gianluca Mazzini (Research & Development Division, Lepida S.p.A., Bologna, & University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy) Computer science and telecommunications are increasingly important in society and this leads also public administrations to take advantage of ICT, in order to communicate with citizens in a more rapid and simpler way than the complex and paper-based bureaucracy of the past. While on the one hand the use of these technologies responds to the duty of any public institution to involve the largest number of addressees, on the other hand, society must also consider the limitations of these technologies. Firstly not everybody is so familiar in their use. Moreover, the digital administration thus becomes virtual, accessible only through technological devices and not present in a physical location, and is therefore essential to ensure full coverage of the territory, which is currently not always possible. The main novelty of this paper is the implementation of an automated system capable of adapting different types of government services to multiple communication media. The joint exploitation of multiple technologies allows to use the strengths of one of them when are found the limits of another, making this multichannel modality the solution to the requirement of ICT in public administration. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/multichannel-modality-displaying-informat… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=75549&ptid=71352&… PAPER FOUR A Fully Reconfigurable Approach to Emergency Management Daniele Tarchi (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Valeria Petrini (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) and Giovanni Emanuele Corazza (Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) Emergency management is one of the most important areas where technology innovation has direct impact on social well-being and sustainability. In the past few years, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has proved to be instrumental to improve emergency management with particular focus on resilience, rapidity of response, adaptability to situations. To these ends, joint optimization of communication and computing is a promising cross-layer approach. Indeed, this paper is focused on the consideration of both cognitive and autonomic networking approaches when deploying an emergency management system. The cognitive approach was initially considered specifically for wireless communications, while the autonomic approach was initially introduced for managing complex computing systems; however, they share several similarities in dealing with fully reconfigurable systems. The future trend is to expand their influence toward the global optimization of the ICT infrastructure, as the authors show in this paper for the specific case of emergency management systems. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/fully-reconfigurable-approach-emergency-m… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=75550&ptid=71352&… PAPER FIVE Mobility Management in Publish/Subscribe Middleware Fatma Abdennadher (ReDCAD Research Unit, National School of Engineers of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia) and Maher Ben Jemaa (ReDCAD Research Unit, National School of Engineers of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia) In this research work, a survey on Mobility issues in Publish/Subscribe (P/S) Middleware and their applications was carried out. Publish/subscribe is appearing as a communication paradigm matching well with highly dynamic distributed applications characterized by reconfigurability, flexibility, and scalability. Nevertheless, very few efforts tackle dynamic modifications in the topology of the P/S distributed dispatching infrastructure despite such events represent a basic confrontation in mobile computing scenarios. In this paper, the authors clarify the mobility’s issues in the context of publish-subscribe middleware and survey solutions and protocols suggested by several research groups. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/mobility-management-publish-subscribe-mid… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=75551&ptid=71352&… ***************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS) in your institution's library. 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IEEE S4Nets: Staminal Self-Organizing Self-Configuring Self-Evolving Networks Workshop (deadline May 1th)
by vloscri＠deis.unical.it 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. *************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS S4NETS - Staminal Self-Organizing Self-Configuring Self-Evolving Networks WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Gianluca Aloi, University of Calabria, Italy aloi(a)deis.unical.it Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy, difelice(a)cs.unibo.it Valeria Loscrì, University of Calabria, Italy, vloscri(a)deis.unical.it Pasquale Pace, University of Calabria, Italy, ppace(a)deis.unical.it Giuseppe Ruggeri, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, giuseppe.ruggeri(a)unirc.it SCOPE AND TOPICS OF INTERESTS The goal of this Workshop is to go beyond the concept of self-organizing networks and systems by proposing the concept of ?STEM-NETWORKS?. This concept includes the well-known ideas of self-configuration, self-management, self-healing, but it pushes these features even farther until including the concept of node /MUTATION/ and /EVOLUTION/. The ?stemness? term recalls the peculiarity of a biological stem cell, able to evolve and specialize towards a specialized cell. The main difference with the biological counterpart and the our concept of ?stemness? lies on the reversibility of the process. Each node is able to opportunistically configure its-self based on the specific task that needs to be accomplished. Strictly related to the ?stemness? concept is not only selfness property of the system that come out in a straightforward way but also swarm concept. In fact, devices evolve and organize to each other by accomplishing simple sub-task, each of one is part of a bigger task. In line with such objectives, original contributions are solicited in topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following: ü New technology enabling and involving the concept of self-organization ü New advancements in Software Defined Networking ü Cooperation and coordination algorithms and protocols for services differentiation and quality of service (QoS) provision ü Controlled mobility strategies to support self-organizing networks ü Bio Inspired Models for Self Organization ü Topology control schemes in S4 communications networks ü Self-organizing group and pattern formation ü Self-organizing mechanisms for task allocation, coordination and resource allocation ü Self-organizing information dissemination and content search ü Security and safety in self-organizing networked systems ü Risks and limits of self-organization ü Evolutionary principles of the (future, emerging) Internet ü Multi-disciplinary approaches and solutions for novel S4 methodologies SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical paper by the deadline of 30 MAY 2013. Submissions will be accepted through EDAS. All submissions must be written in English and be at most six (6) printed pages in length, including figures. For full details, please visit the following website: https://sites.google.com/site/s4nets2013/ TPC MEMBERS Kaushik Roy Chowdhury - Northeastern University, USA Claudia Campolo - University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Ali Ghandour - American University of Beirut, Lebanon Yi Hong - Monash University, Australia Antonio Iera - University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Gustavo Marfia - University of Bologna, Italy Nathalie Mitton - Inria Lille-Nord Europe / FUN, France Cristophe Moy -SUPELEC, France Antonella Molinaro - University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Enrico Natalizio -Compiegne Technology University, France Paul Patras - National University of Ireland, Ireland Tahiry Razafindralambo - Inria Lille-Nord Europe / FUN, France Violet Syriotuk - Arizona State University, USA Zhili Sun - University of Surrey, UK IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: May 1, 2013, Decision Notification: May 30, 2013 Camera Ready: June 20, 2013, MoWNet: August 10-21, 2013

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE goSMART 2013 (21-24 October 2013, Sydney, Australia)
by Lars Wolf 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE goSMART 2013 (21-24 October 2013, Sydney, Australia) Datum: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:16:29 +1000 Von: salil kanhere <salilk(a)cse.unsw.edu.au> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Apologies if you receive multiple postings ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CFP: Second IEEE International Workshop On GlObal Trends in SMART Cities (goSMART) (in conjunction with IEEE LCN 2013) Sydney, Australia 21-24 October 2013 Web: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gosmart More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas today. The current trend of unprecedented migration from rural areas to urban centers is expected to continue in the near future. This increasing urbanization has placed continuous and increasing pressure upon infrastructure, residential and commercial properties, and social communities. Cities of the future can be models of environmental efficiency, because increased density and better management reduce the cost of service delivery, promote innovation, and enable prosperity through economic development. The goSMART workshop will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments, current research challenges and future directions in the use of networking, communications, IT systems, applications and service to realize smart communities of the future. Topics of interest include but are not limited to - sensor networks for large-scale urban sensing - smart grid and efficient energy management - deployment issues for smart infrastructure in urban areas - traffic management and efficiency - mechanisms to measure quality of life of communities - participatory sensing for smart cities - security and privacy implications - methods to reduce carbon footprint of cities - mechanisms for motivating behavior change towards sustainability - experimental testbeds and simulation environments - smart clouds for management of large-scale data - service delivery and logistics planning Submitted papers will be reviewed by three independent experts in the field. Proceedings of the workshop will be published together with those of IEEE LCN, and will be available in digital format from the IEEE Explore Digital Library. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Full papers should be restricted to 8 camera-ready pages (in 10 pt font, double column, US letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches, IEEE format), including text, figures and references. Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e. Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, Helvetica or equivalent. Papers must be submitted electronically via EDAS. All papers must include title, complete contact information of all authors, abstract and up to 5 keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 12 May 2013 Notification of Acceptance: 30 June 2013 Camera-Ready Deadline: 30 July 2013 Workshop Co-Chairs Satoko Itaya, NEC Central Research Laboratories, Japan Salil Kanhere, The University of New South Wales, Australia Stefan Aust, NEC Communication Systems, Japan Standing Committee Shinichi Doi, NEC Central Research Laboratories, Japan Chun-Tung Chou, The University of New South Wales, Australia Peter Davis, Telecognix Corporation, Japan _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE ICNP 2013 Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE ICNP 2013 Call for Papers Datum: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:45:24 +0800 Von: Pan Hui <ben(a)net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Kopie (CC): Xiaoming Fu <fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de>, Volker Hilt <volker.hilt(a)bell-labs.com> [We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this message] * CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE Title / Abstract submission: April 29, 2013, Full paper submission: May 6, 2013) IEEE ICNP 2013: 21st IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Goettingen, Germany -- October 7-11, 2013 http://icnp13.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/home.html ICNP 2013 covers all aspects of network protocol research, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. ICNP 2013 will also address Information-Centric Networking (ICN) as a new theme. Papers with significant research contributions to the field of network protocols and ICN designs are solicited for submission. Papers cannot be previously published nor under review by another conference or journal. Papers containing plagiarized material will be subject to the IEEE plagiarism policy and will be rejected without review. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: --All aspects of network protocol research including design, specification, verification, implementation, measurement, testing, and analysis --Domain-specific solutions, including protocols for network security, routing, user privacy, and network management --Application-layer protocols for peer-to-peer systems, social networks, and emerging systems --Contributions to ICN architectures, specific algorithms and protocols, as well as results from implementations and experimentations Papers must deal specifically with aspects of network protocol research. ICNP 2013 will select an accepted full paper for the best paper award. ICNP 2013 will use a double-blind review process. Papers should adhere to the IEEE Computer Society format and should not exceed 10 pages. Authors are expected to present accepted papers at the conference, and at least one author is required to register in order for each paper to appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE digital library. Important Dates Title / Abstract submission: April 29, 2013 Full paper submission: May 6, 2013 Notification of acceptance: July 19, 2013 Camera-ready version: August 16, 2013 Conference: October 7-11, 2013 General Chairs Xiaoming Fu (University of Göttingen, Germany) Volker Hilt (Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent, Germany) Program Chairs Tilman Wolf (University of Massachusetts, USA) Lixia Zhang (UCLA, USA) Zhi-Li Zhang (University of Minnesota, USA) Local Arrangement Committee Annette Kadziora (University of Göttingen, Germany) Ansgar Kellner (University of Göttingen, Germany) David Koll (University of Göttingen, Germany) Carmen Scherbaum (University of Göttingen, Germany) Finance Chair Dieter Hogrefe (University of Göttingen, Germany) Registration Chair Wenzhong Li (Nanjing University, China) Workshop Chairs Lars Eggert (NetApp, Germany) Jörg Ott (Aalto University, Finland) Demo / Poster Chairs Mayutan Arumaithurai (NEC Labs Europe, Germany) Dan Li (Tsinghua University, China) PhD Forum Chairs Chen Qian (UT Austin, USA) Matthias Wählisch (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) Web Chair Ruichuan Chen (Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent, Germany) Publicity Chairs Pan Hui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong/Telekom Innovation Laboratories, Germany) Chad R. Meiners (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA) Publication Chair Oliver Waldhorst (KIT, Germany) Advisory Board Mostafa Ammar (Georgia Tech, USA) Simon Lam (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Mike T. Liu (Ohio State University, USA) Raymond Miller (University of Maryland, USA) Steering Committee Ken Calvert (University of Kentucky, USA (Chair)) Kevin Almeroth (UC Santa Barbara, USA) Sonia Fahmy (Purdue University, USA) Mohamed Gouda (University of Texas, USA) Tim Griffin (University of Cambridge, UK) Teruo Higashino (Osaka University, Japan) David Lee (HP Labs (on leave from Ohio State U), USA) K. K. Ramakrishnan (AT&T Labs Research, USA) Krishan Sabnani (Bell Labs, USA) _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI-13): Call for Workshop Proposals
by Michael O'Grady 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

*** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message *** Call for Workshop Proposals ----------------------------- International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI-13) Dublin, Ireland. December 3rd - 5th 2013 http://www.ami-13.org/ Workshops are an opportunity to meet in the context of the conference and discuss a common theme and/or common topics of interest. In particular, emerging and future areas in AmI are particularly suitable to the workshop format. The workshop should have the potential to move the field forward and suggest promising directions. Workshops could be either half-day (3 hours per day) or full day (6 hours per day). Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit a proposal for consideration. If the workshop is accepted, it will be publicized on the conference web site and potential participants invited to submit a paper. Criteria, reviewing and acceptance is handled by the workshop organizers. Workshops are only open to people accepted by the workshop organizers and registered for the conference; however a minimum number of attendees for the workshop will be defined by the conference. Workshop organizers will be expected to set up an external web page delivering all the necessary information for interested people. Please submit a one/two page proposal using the following headings 1. Title of Workshop 2. Organizers, Affiliations and Contact details 3. Brief description of Topic of Workshop 4. Rationale - why this topic is of interest 5. Experience of Organizing workshops/conferences 6. Outline of plan for organizing the workshop including, for example, publicity, TPC recruitment, Review procedures, expected number of participants, profile of participants and any other information deemed relevant. On acceptance of the workshop proposal, organizers will be asked to prepare a two page outline for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Final camera-ready versions of accepted workshop proposals must be accompanied by a signed copyright form. Important Dates ---------------- Proposal Submission: 20 April 2013 Notification of Acceptance: 30 April 2013 It is envisaged that all workshops at AmI 2013 will be held on the 3rd of December 2013. Proceedings ------------ The conference organizers envisage that the proceedings of the workshops will be published in an edition of the book series Ambient Intelligence & Smart Environments published by IOS Press. Seehttp://ebooks.iospress.nl/bookseries/ambient-intelligence-and-smart-environments for further details. Enquiries and submission of proposals to the workshop chairs: Dr. Michael O'Grady, University College Dublin. Email: Michael.j.ogrady [at] ucd.ie

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Fwd: CFC Springer Handbook "Resource Management in Mobile Computing Environments"
by Lars Wolf 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFC Springer Handbook "Resource Management in Mobile Computing Environments" Datum: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:19:37 +0300 Von: George Mastorakis <gmastorakis(a)ieee.org> An: undisclosed-recipients:; Call for Book Chapters for the Springer-Verlag Handbook: “Resource management in Mobile Computing Environments” Editors: Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Evangelos Pallis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece George Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece The need for a reliable management of resources in mobile computing environments, facilitating ubiquitous availability and efficient access to large quantities of distributed resources, has become apparent, as the number of people that communicate and collaborate computationally over the Internet, via different accessing systems and mobile devices, has increased. Mobile Computing paradigm is set to drive technology over the next decade and integrate resources availability through the 3As (Anywhere, Anything, Anytime). Notwithstanding, there are a lot of challenges to meet, in order to have Mobile Computing paradigm applicable in all aspects and in an efficiently utilized manner. In this context, the book aims at presenting state-of-the-art research and future trends on resource management in mobile and heterogeneous networking systems and applications. It will combine mobile communications and resource management field, in a common research ground, in order to present various research concepts that contribute to enable highly efficient management of networking resources. The major subjects of the book will cover resource management methodologies, modeling, analysis and efficient resource management of mobile computing environments, newly introduced technologies, facing the scarceness of resources and model formulation for resources management in wireless networking systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: • Failure-aware resource management for high-availability computing in mobile and opportunistic systems • Agent-based approaches for high performance computing systems • Coordinated control for Mobile high-availability computing • Resource management and efficient resource manipulation • Resource availability for high performance and reliability computing • System resource reliability and dependable computing • Self-Managing and Reconfigurable Systems • Context-aware computing for high performance • Distributed Mobile Opportunistic systems and Networking • Mobile Urban Sensing and Crowdsensing • Cloud Computing for high-availability computing • Performance Evaluation of computing systems • Resource management in Clusters and Grids • Opportunistic, Delay-tolerant and Hybrid Networks • Mobility models for opportunistic networks • Novel Architectures, supporting Middleware, Prototypes and Testbeds • Dissemination and Caching in Opportunistic Networks • Social-aware Opportunistic Networking • Security, Trust, Privacy and Cooperation in Opportunistic Networks • Analysis of Opportunistic Protocols • Any Mobile Opportunistic Networks technology for the provision of reliable applications/ services and high-performance computing • Systems Modeling and Simulation for measuring and enabling high-performance Mobile Opportunistic systems • Large Scale Mobile Opportunistic Systems and schemes for high-performance computing • Resource management specific versatile systems for content-aware networks • Resource management through content-driven virtualization of networks • Middleware(s) for high-performance computing in Mobile Opportunistic systems • Opportunistic social networking for disaster and emergency situations, Mobile Opportunistic healthcare in remote regions • Distributed architectures for system reliability and Self-configurable Computing • Wireless systems simulation based on Performance Analysis • Radio resource management in cognitive radio networks • Peer-to-Peer live media streaming techniques to mobile devices • Peer-to-Peer and adaptive streaming techniques for mobile terminals • Achieving context-awareness for mobile devices with Peer-to-Peer systems • Resource management efficiency according to content-aware type of network (based on object, address, type) • Resource management in ubiquitous content-aware networking environments • Resource allocation in mobile computing environments based on cognitive radio • Networking architectures for cognitive radio networks • Energy-efficient protocols for cognitive radio networks • Dynamic spectrum access in mobile cognitive radio networks • Cognitive radio networks in TV White Spaces • Quality of Service provision in cognitive radio networks • Resource management in cognitive radio networks We strongly welcome other topic suggestions, dealing with resource management in mobile computing environments. Sections of the above mentioned topics will be hosted under the following: Section I — Introduction and Applications of Mobile Computing Section II — Location-based Management Section III— Mobile and Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Section IV— Spectrum manipulation methodologies Section V— Peer-to-Peer systems for Mobile Computing Section VI— Mobile Cloud resource management Section VII— Resource management in mobile cognitive radio networks Section VIII— Resource management in content aware networks Section IX— Resource and Power management in Mobile Computing Systems Section X— Performance Evaluation of Mobile Computing Systems Tentative schedule/Important Dates: _Schedule & Deadlines_ • 25th April 2013 Notification for intending to contribute with a book chapter to help us in the review process planning of the book (author team, preliminary title and very brief abstract of max. 250 words) submission via e-mail: cfcspringer2013(a)gmail.com • 30th May 2013 1st manuscript version (also authors who did not notify us, regarding their intension to contribute, are invited to submit) • 15th July 2013 Review comments for 1st manuscript version and notification of acceptance • 30th August 2013 2nd manuscript version, including review comments and final notification of acceptance • 1st October 2013 Final manuscript _Manuscript Preparation_ • please follow the manuscript formatting guidelines below and only submit the original version (in Microsoft word) in the submission system • each final manuscript should be 15-25 pages long (depending on the number of submissions longer manuscripts will also be accepted) • please prepare your manuscript according to the following guidelines: http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-12-417900-0 • download the document (in pdf) for the preparation of your manuscript, according to the following guidelines: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/Springer_… • submit the proposal of your chapter(s) via e-mail: cfcspringer2013(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: CfP: Fifth Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN)
by Lars Wolf 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Von: Luca Mottola <luca(a)sics.se> Gesendet: Mon Apr 08 12:09:05 MESZ 2013 An: Luca Mottola <luca(a)sics.se> Betreff: CfP: Fifth Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN) Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this! -- Call for Papers: The Fifth Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks ========================================================================== 19-20 September 2013 Como Lake (Italy) http://realwsn.deib.polimi.it Follow REALWSN on Twitter: @RealWSN! We are excited to announce that the fifth Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor will be held at the Como Lake, Italy in September 2013. The purpose of the fifth Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN) is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the area of sensor networks, with focus on real-world experiments or deployments. Included are also new forms of sensing such as those that leverage smart phones, Internet of Things, RFIDs, and robots. When working with real-world experiments or deployments, many new issues arise: the network environment may be composed of a variety of different technologies, leading to very heterogeneous network structures; software development for large scale networks poses new types of problems; prototype networks may differ significantly from the deployed system; actual sensor network deployments may need a complex combination of autonomous and manual configuration. Furthermore, results obtained through simulation are typically not directly applicable to operational networks and it is therefore imperative for the community to produce results from experimental research. Authors are invited to submit papers (12 pages, Springer format, 9 or 10 point font size) for presentation at the workshop. Papers will be selected based on originality, technical merit, and relevance. All topics pertaining to real-world wireless sensor networks and modern forms of sensing are of interest, including but not limited to: * Experiences with real-world deployments * Mining real-world sensor network data * Sensor systems leveraging smart phones (crowd sensing) * Sensors systems involving Internet of Things (IoT), RFIDs, robots * Experimental validation/refutation of previous simulation results obtained by others * Real-world performance of self-organization and self-management * Debugging, testing, validation, and management * Deployment and configuration * Applications in medicine, industry, science, environmental monitoring * Security and trust * Scalability in practice * Development and prototyping platforms * Operating systems, sensor network programming paradigms, and languages * Middleware for heterogeneous networks * Real-time and dependability issues * Hardware support for real-world sensor networks * Robustness at all levels: communication, software, hardware * Energy efficient protocols * Hardware and software methods for energy measurement and profiling Important dates: * Electronic submissions due: June 21st, 2013 * Notification of acceptance: August 8th, 2013 * Camera-ready copy due: August 30th, 2013 * Workshop: 19-20 September 2013 We will organize a poster and demo session as well. The deadline will be August 15th 2013, notification August 22nd 2013. Organizers: Workshop Chair: * Luca Mottola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy and SICS, Sweden Program committee chairs: * Koen Langendoen, TUD, The Netherlands * Wen Hu CSIRO, Australia Poster/demo chairs: * Thiemo Voigt, Uppsala University and SICS, Sweden * Silvia Santini, TU Darmstadt, Germany Program committee: * Nirupama Bulusu, Portland State University, USA * Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University, Sweden * Chamath Keppitiyagame, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka * Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy * Utz Rödig, University of Lancaster, UK * Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden * Kay Römer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland * Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin, Germany * Cormac Sreenan, UC Cork, Ireland * Tim Wark, CSIRO, Australia * Neal Patwari, University of Utah, USA * Omprakash Gnawali, University of Houston, USA * Yu (Jason) Gu, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore * Olga Saukh, ETH Zürich, Switzerland * Niki Trigoni, University of Oxford, UK * Marco Zuniga, TU Delft, The Netherlands * Prasant Misra, SICS, Sweden * Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome, Italy * Philipp Sommer, CSIRO, Australia * Gianluca Dini, University of Pisa, Italy

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Fwd: Call for Papers: The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013) - Co-located with ACM MobiCom'13
by Lars Wolf 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers: The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013) - Co-located with ACM MobiCom'13 Datum: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 04:30:59 -0400 Von: Habib Ammari <hammari(a)UMICH.EDU> Antwort an: Habib Ammari <hammari(a)UMICH.EDU> An: SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG *The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-* *Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013)* *In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2013 Miami, Florida, September 30 - October 4, 2013* *http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ACMMiSeNet_Workshop2013.html*** * *Call for Papers *Scope and Aim of ACM MiSeNet 2013* Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems composed of both humans and mobile sensors (e.g., vehicle-mounted, human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate and coordinate to successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented sensor networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant architecture, caused by mobility, which has significant impact on performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and information quality. In such dynamic environments, sensors should self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation, scheduling, forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish specific missions, while extending the operational network lifetime. Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to monitor and report situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand. They also come with their own challenges including imperfect reliability, bias, and lack of predictability. The design of mission-oriented sensor networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for trade-offs between several attributes such energy consumption, reliability, fault-tolerance, data collection latency, and quality of information (such as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of redundancy, and level of summarization), and their impact on mission objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities such as free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms to handle unpredictability, uncertainty, human error, and noise. Finally, it should account for ways to specify mission goals and requirements. ACM MiSeNet 2013 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented sensor network research and practice. ACM MiSeNet 2013 serves as incubator for scientific communities that share a particular research agenda in this area. It will provide opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges as well as exchange ideas related to architecture, protocols, algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications. ACM MiSeNet 2013 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented networked sensing applications. The topics of interest to ACM MiSeNet 2013 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: - Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing - Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks - System design, implementation, and evaluation - Medium access control and scheduling - Human factors, data cleaning, and noise - Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information - Cross-layer design - Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing - Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency - Coverage and connectivity issues - Collaboration of humans and sensors - Deployment and localization - Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion - Topology control and fault-tolerance - Routing and data dissemination - In-network data storage and processing - Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data - Target detection and tracking - Privacy and security - Testbed design and real-world applications - Mission goal and requirement specifications *General Chair* - Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA) *Program Chair* *- *Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) *Steering Committee* - Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA) - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) - Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) - Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) - Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA) - David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA) - Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA) - Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) - Jie Wu (Temple University, USA) - Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA) - Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) *Publicity Co-Chairs* - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) *Web Chair* - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) *Submission Guidelines* ACM MiSeNet 2013 Workshop will consider only original *papers* that are not currently under review by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and have not been published. All papers submitted to ACM MiSeNet 2013 will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability (/i.e./, within the workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 6 pages. ACM MiSeNet 2013 will also consider technical *demos and posters* that present original and significant research within the workshop scope. Submitted demos/posters are limited to 2 pages. In the case of a demo, the authors should clearly specify, in an email to both of the General Chair and Program Chair, the additional resources that are needed. Power and wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the workshop. All submissions should be formatted in standard ACM conference style for publication in the conference Proceedings. They must be single-spaced, double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one author of each accepted paper/demo/poster register and attend the ACM MiSeNet 2013 workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the ACM MobiCom 2013 conference Proceedings. We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to submit their fine work to ACM MiSeNet 2013. To submit your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2013, please visit the following paper/demo/poster submission website: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmmisenet2013 Thank you for submitting your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2013! *Important Dates* - Paper Submission Deadline: May 26, 2013 - Paper Notification Deadline: June 21, 2013 - Demo/Poster Submission Deadline: June 22, 2013 - Demo/Poster Notification Deadline: June 25, 2013 - Camera-ready: June 28, 2013 - Workshop Date: October 4, 2013 *For More Information* Please send email to mobicom_info(a)acm.org <mailto:mobicom_info@acm.org> with any questions or comments about the ACM MobiCom'13 conference or for more information. For questions about the ACM MiSeNet'13 Workshop regarding the paper submission and review process, please contact the General Chair at tlp(a)cse.psu.edu <mailto:tlp@cse.psu.edu> and the Program Chair at hammari(a)umich.edu <mailto:hammari@umd.umich.edu>. Best Regards, Habib M. Ammari -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Habib M. Ammari, Associate Professor Office: 129 CIS Building Founding Director, WiSeMAN Research Lab WiSeMAN: 132 CIS Building Department of Computer and Information Science Phone: (313) 593-5239 <tel:%28313%29%20593-5239> College of Engineering and Computer Science Fax: (313) 593-4256 <tel:%28313%29%20593-4256> University of Michigan-Dearborn Email: hammari(a)umd.umich.edu <mailto:hammari@umd.umich.edu> Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Home page: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To be removed from the SIGMOBILE-Members list, 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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WG: Final extension of the IEEE-ITSC2013 paper submission and special session proposal deadlines
by Lars Wolf 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

*IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society* 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems Intelligent Transportation Systems for All Transportation Modes October 6-9, 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands Dear ITSC2013 participants, *_Final Deadline extension. There will be no more deadline extensions!_* On behalf of the Program Committee we would like to bring to your attention that due to numerous requests the following deadlines have been extended: /- paper submission deadline:/ /extended to April 15, 2013;/ /- special session proposal deadline:/ /extended to April 15, 2013./ The submission closes on the given date at 24:00 hours (midnight) according to the PaperCept server time. You can find the PaperCept server time by visiting the conference submission website at https://its.papercept.net/ and clicking the link "Submit a contribution to IEEE-ITSC2013". You can find the full call for papers in the attachment. *_ Special Sessions, Workshops and Tutorials _*We warmly encourage the organization of special sessions and workshops. The goal is to trigger relevant special sessions in crucial areas that are of the interest of practitioners and research community, and to provide in The Hague an excellent forum for networking and discussions about "Intelligent Transportation Systems for all Transportation Modes". In the past, special sessions, workshops and tutorials have proven to be extremely valuable for a high-quality conference. Currently we have the following special session proposals: 1. Human Factors and Vehicle Automation 2. Electro-Mobility 3. Dynamic Network Modeling and Optimization of Network Traffic Flows by Artificial Intelligence Methods 4. Status, Future, and Challenges of Intelligent Transportation Systems in the Developing World 5. Parallel Control and Management for ITS 6. Vehicle Dynamics and Intelligent Systems 7. Communication-based, Real-time Control for Safe and Reliable Cooperative Driving 8. Cooperation and Collaboration Towards Cooperative Mobility 9. ITS development for Congested Cities through the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram 10. Artificial Transportation Systems and Simulation: Innovative Trends 11. Railway Timetabling and Traffic Management 12. Transport Safety and Efficiency Improvement via Internet of Things Technology 13. Positioning and Digital Navigation Maps for Driving Assistance Systems and Autonomous Driving 14. Advances in Vehicle Active Safety Systems Please visit the IEEE-ITSC2013 website at http://ieee-itsc13.org/for further details regarding special sessions and the instructions for special session, workshop, and tutorial organizers. *_Important Dates_* ** Full-paper submission deadline (extended)* *April 15, 2013* ** Special Session proposal submission deadline (extended)* *April 15, 2013 * * Workshop/Tutorial proposal submission deadline May 1, 2013 * Notification of acceptance June 1, 2013 * Final paper submission deadline July 1, 2013 Andreas Hegyi, Bart De Schutter, Program Chairs IEEE-ITSC2013

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Fwd: [FGSN_Interessenten] CFP: 12. GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch "Drahtlose Sensornetze"
by Lars Wolf 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [FGSN_Interessenten] CFP: 12. GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch "Drahtlose Sensornetze" Datum: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:28:08 +0200 Von: Reinhardt Karnapke <karnapke(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de> Antwort an: fgsn2013(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de An: fgsn_interessenten(a)lists.tu-cottbus.de Im Namen des Organisationsteams möchten wir Sie herzlich einladen, Beiträge zum diesjährigen Fachgespräch Sensornetze einzureichen. Bitte leiten Sie diesen CFP an Interessierte weiter. =============== Call for Papers =============== Drahtlose Sensornetze stellen eine vielversprechende Technologie zur Beobachtung und Beeinflussung von Vorgängen in der realen Welt dar. Autonome Sensorknoten nehmen dabei Parameter der Umwelt durch Sensoren wahr und können diese durch Aktoren beeinflussen. Viele solcher autonomen und ressourcenbeschränkten Knoten kooperieren dabei mittels drahtloser Kommunikation. Die Eigenschaften dieser Knoten und Netze implizieren eine Vielzahl von neuartigen Herausforderungen, die sich in einer regen Forschungsaktivität widerspiegeln. Ziel dieser Reihe von Fachgesprächen ist es, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern aus Hochschule und Industrie die Möglichkeit zu einem informellen Gedankenaustausch zu geben und die Kooperation in diesem multidisziplinären Forschungsbereich zu verstärken. *Beiträge* Im Rahmen des Fachgesprächs wird die Diskussion gegenüber der Vortragspräsentation im Vordergrund stehen. Beiträge sollten daher in Form von Extended Abstracts eingereicht werden. Sie sollen 2-4 Seiten umfassen und im doppelspaltigen IEEE Transaction Format für Konferenzen in 10pt Schrift auf A4 verfasst werden. Die angenommenen Beiträge werden als technischer Bericht veröffentlicht. *Einreichung* Alle Beiträge müssen als PDF vorliegen und können ab sofort über EasyChair eingereicht werden: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fgsn2013 *Termine* Einreichung: 20. Juni 2013 Benachrichtigung: 25. Juli 2013 Anmeldung: 08. August 2013 Fachgespräch: 12.-13. September 2013 *Weitere Informationen* Das diesjährige Fachgespräch Sensornetze wird vom Lehrstuhl Verteilte Systeme/Betriebssysteme der BTU Cottbus ausgerichtet. Aktuelle Informationen zum Fachgesprächen finden Sie auf der Internetseite www.tu-cottbus.de/fgsn2013 Weitere Fragen richten sie bitte an fgsn2013(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Mit freundlichen Grüßen Reinhardt Karnapke -- Dr.-Ing. Reinhardt Karnapke Lehrstuhl Verteilte Systeme/Betriebssysteme Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus _______________________________________________ FGSN_Interessenten mailing list FGSN_Interessenten(a)lists.tu-cottbus.de https://lists.tu-cottbus.de/mailman/listinfo/fgsn_interessenten

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