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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: ITC Workshop on Energy-efficiency, Programmability, Flexibility and Integration in Future Network Architectures (EPFI)
by Lars Wolf 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: ITC Workshop on Energy-efficiency, Programmability, Flexibility and Integration in Future Network Architectures (EPFI) Datum: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:24:00 +0200 Von: Alex Carrega <alessandro.carrega(a)UNIGE.IT> Antwort an: alessandro.carrega(a)UNIGE.IT An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ENERGY-EFFICIENCY, PROGRAMMABILITY, FLEXIBILITY AND INTEGRATION IN FUTURE NETWORK ARCHITECTURES (EPFI) co-located with the 26th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 26) September 9th-11th, 2014, Karlskrona, Sweden http://www.tnt-lab.unige.it/greennet/EPFI ************************************************** Paper Submission Deadline: May 10th, 2014 *************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- SCOPE AND TOPICS ----------------------------- The focus of this workshop is on two of the hottest technological trends that will drive the evolution of the Internet: energy efficiency and software-defined networks. If jointly applied to the design of next-generation network devices and infrastructures, these concepts may revolutionize the network, as we know today, by introducing extreme flexibility, programmability, virtualization and customization of network functionalities and their integration within the "Cloud." On one hand, energy efficiency will be the key for the needed scalability to support "Big Data" and large-scale network infrastructures and Data-Centers. On the other hand, energy-efficient approach can take advantage of the network flexibility provided by Software-Defined approaches. The topics covered by the proposed workshop will include (but not limited to): - Evolution of Software Defined protocols and architectures; - Network programmability and energy-efficiency; - Traffic engineering for energy-efficient software defined networks; - Design of green programmable network devices; - Programmability for Network devices; - Energy efficient network integration with the cloud; - Green support for Big Data; - Green Data-Centers. Submissions are limited to 6 pages in IEEE conference format. Papers will appear in the conference proceedings and will be available on IEEE Xplore. Submissions are handled through the EDAS system. Upon final camera-ready paper submission, authors will need to sign an IEEE copyright form for each accepted paper to comply with IEEE regulations. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Submission: May 10th, 2014 Notification of acceptance: May 31st, 2014 Camera Ready paper: June 8th, 2014 Workshop venue: September 12th, 2014 WORKSHOP CHAIRS ----------------------------- Roberto Bruschi (CNIT, Italy) Antonio Cianfrani (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy) Gregorio Procissi (University of Pisa, Italy) PROGRAM COMMITTEE (in progress) ---------------------------------- Tobias Hossfeld, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Leonardo Fialho, University of Texas at Austin, USA Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, UK Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, UBITECH, Greece Robert Birke, IBM, Switzerland Mariusz Kamola, NASK, Poland Constantinos Vassilakis, Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET), Greece Carmen Guerrero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Aleksandra Smiljanić, Belgrade University, Serbia Stefano Secci, University Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France Shaolei Ren, Florida International University, USA Paul J. Kühn, University of Stuttgart, Germany Filip Idzikowski, Technical University of Berlin, Germany ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] SPME 2014, First MOBICOM Workshop on Security and Privacy Aspects of Mobile Environments; Submit by May 25
by Lars Wolf 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] SPME 2014, First MOBICOM Workshop on Security and Privacy Aspects of Mobile Environments; Submit by May 25 Datum: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:23:13 +1000 Von: Olivier Mehani <olivier.mehani(a)NICTA.COM.AU> Antwort an: Olivier Mehani <olivier.mehani(a)NICTA.COM.AU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please let me know if it is undesirable to send CfPs to this list, and accept my apologies if this is the case.] =========================================================================== Call for Papers First Workshop on Security and Privacy Aspects of Mobile Environments (SPME) colocated with ACM MobiCom 2014 Maui, Hawai, USA, September 11 http://www.smpe2014.org/ =========================================================================== Increased adoption of mobile communications technologies (e.g., smartphones and Internet tablets), along with the growing popularity of mobile applications and online social network services (e.g., mobile Facebook, Foursquare, mobile YouTube), dramatically changed the computing and networking landscapes. Such mobile environments, while creating and promoting several new opportunities for users, businesses and enterprises by complementing and often supplanting traditional Internet communication, opened up new challenges with new forms of security risks and privacy threats. Mobile devices security and privacy research has been very active and productive since the inception of smartphones and app markets. Both regulatory and technology efforts are also underway to address some of the privacy and security requirements of mobile systems and services. The workshop will discuss issues in mobile devices and applications, mobile location-based services, ad-hoc and infrastructure-based mobile networks, with particular focus on theoretical and practical aspects of design, usability and performance evaluation of security and privacy. This workshop will solicit research papers, work-in-progress papers, industry and regulatory position reports from academia, industry, and government agencies. The proposed workshop seeks to promote dynamic interdisciplinary discussions and collaboration on the various aspects of security and privacy of mobile devices, applications and mobile networking operations. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Mobile networks security - Mobile handsets devices security - Security and privacy of mobile applications - Hardware enabled security - Usability of security and privacy - New economic models of privacy-preserving mobile systems/applications - Mobile identity management systems - Mobile payment systems - Privacy and security threats identification - Censorship resistance in mobile environments - Privacy preserving analytics in mobile environments - Contextual (context-based) security and privacy - Security and privacy in next generation mobile networks - Security and privacy in wearable technologies We also encourage submissions of controversial ideas, interdisciplinary perspectives and other novel contributions with a potential to trigger constructive discussions and interactions. Important Dates: Paper Submission: May 25, 2014 Author Notification: July 7, 2014 Camera Ready Due: July 25, 2014 Workshop: September 11, 2014 Submission Guidelines: Papers must not exceed 5 pages in standard ACM double-column format and be properly anonymized. Submissions must be original, previously unpublished work. The SMPE program committee will review submissions and accepted papers will be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. Detailed instructions on paper formatting can be found on the main conference site. Submission Site: Please visit http://crp.mytestbed.net/spme2014/ for submissions. Please direct all questions to the workshop chairs: chairs(a)smpe2014.org Workshop Chairs: - Ersin Uzun (PARC) - Mohamed Ali (Dali) Kaafar, NICTA Australia Program Committee : - Gene Tsudik, UC Irvine - Srdjan Capkun, ETH Zurich - Emiliano De Cristofaro, UCL - Ivan Martinovic, University of Oxford - Richard Chow, Intel - Refik Molva, Eurecom - Adrian Perrig, ETH Zurich - Anirban Mahanti, NICTA - Julien Freudiger, PARC - Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technische Universitat Darmstadt - Kasper Bonne Rasmussen, University of Oxford - Kari Kostiainen, ETH Zurich - Serge Egelman, UC Berkeley - Markus Miettinen, TU Darmstadt - Michael Sirivianos, Cyprus University of Technology - Nitesh Saxena, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ________________________________ The information in this e-mail may be confidential and subject to legal professional privilege and/or copyright. National ICT Australia Limited accepts no liability for any damage caused by this email or its attachments. ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Cfp: IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Mobile Cloud Computing
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Cfp: IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Mobile Cloud Computing Datum: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:44:17 +0200 Von: Xiaoming Fu <fu(a)CS.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE> Antwort an: Xiaoming Fu <fu(a)CS.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE> Organisation: University of Goettingen An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG (We appologize if you receive multiple copies of the Cfp.) IEEE Communications Magazine Call for Papers Feature Topic on *Mobile Cloud Computing* Mobile Cloud Computing refers to an infrastructure where both the data storage and the data processing occur outside of the mobile device. Mobile cloud applications move the computing power and data storage away from mobile phones and into the cloud, bringing applications and mobile computing not only to smartphone users but also to a much broader range of mobile subscribers. Cloud computing has emerged as the leading paradigm for cost efficient and reliable service provisioning.Today, the rich availability of energy-harvesting and resource-constrained mobile computing devices is beginning to converge with the great opportunity offered by the powerful cloud computing services hosted by virtualized data center resources. Although mobile applications, cloud computing, and data center networking techniques have been intensively investigated in the past couple of years, mobile cloud computing and mobile cloud networking have not raised the attention of the research community until recently. This Feature Topic precisely addresses recent advances in this aspect. Solicited topics include (but are not limited to): * Mobile cloud computing architectures, protocols and services * Energy efficiency in mobile cloud computing and networking * Energy management for mobile devices in mobile cloud computing * Resource and service management, scheduling, and migration in mobile cloud computing * Mobile cloud applications and service models * Mobile traffic characterization and measurements * Transport and higher layers in mobile cloud computing * Storage as Service in Mobile Cloud Computing * Security, Privacy, access control * Network on the fly, virtual control, virtual radio, isolation * Virtualization of mobile devices and mobile network infrastructures * Unified user and device mobility management * Quality of Experience and Service Level Agreements * Discovery of mobile cloud computing services, data and other resources * Situation-/Context-aware networking for mobile cloud computing * Exploring social networks and user collaboration for mobile cloud computing * Location-based mobile cloud applications and service models * Virtualization techniques for mobile cloud computing and services * Security, privacy and virus/malware issues in mobile cloud computing * Mobile cloud enabled Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) solutions * Personal cloud, ad hoc cloud, distributed cloud computing and service models * Cloudlets, mobile cloud sensing and crowdsourcing *Submission Guidelines:* Articles should be tutorial in nature and written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Authors must follow the /IEEE Communications Magazine's/ guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. It is very important to note that the /IEEE Communications Magazine/ strongly limits mathematical content, and the number of figures and tables. Paper length should not exceed 4,500 words. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee) by the deadline. Submit articles to the "March 2015/Mobile Cloud Computing" category. *Important Dates:* ** * *Manuscript submission deadline: July 15, 2014* * Decision notification: October, 2014 * Final manuscript deadline: January 2, 2014 * Publication:March 2015 *Guest Editors (contact email: *commag-si-mcs(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de <mailto:commag-si-mcs@cs.uni-goettingen.de>)** Xiaoming Fu University of Goettingen Stefano Secci University Pierre and Marie Curie Dijiang Huang Arizona State University Rittwik Jana AT&T Labs Research -- Prof. Dr. Xiaoming Fu http://user.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/~fu Computer Networks Group http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/ Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science University of Goettingen E-Mail: fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Goldschmidtstr. 7 Tel/Secr: +49-(0)551-39-1720 23/20 37077 Goettingen, Germany Fax: +49-(0)551-39-14416 ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - 1st IEEE Workshop on Data Analysis for Social and Secure Smartphone Applications
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - 1st IEEE Workshop on Data Analysis for Social and Secure Smartphone Applications Datum: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:39:12 -0400 Von: Ziqian Dong <Ziqian.Dong(a)NYIT.EDU> Antwort an: Ziqian Dong <Ziqian.Dong(a)NYIT.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear colleagues, We would like to call your attention to the call for papers for the 1st IEEE Workshop on Data Analysis for Social and Secure Smartphone Applications below. CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================================= 1st IEEE Workshop on Data Analysis for Social and Secure Smartphone Applications (DASPhone 2014) Larnaca, Cyprus October 8-10, 2014 http://web.njit.edu/~rojasces/DASPhone.html EDAS submission: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=17955 ================================================================= In conjunction with The 10th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2014 IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: June 15, 2014 Notification of Acceptance: July 25, 2014 Camera-ready Version Deadline: August 15, 2014 ABOUT DASPhone 2014 In recent years, smartphones have undertaken unprecedented spread through almost every community around the globe. At the same time, smartphones are becoming the overarching communications device, enabling the transport of personal and private information anywhere and anytime, and the creation of new social means of massive and personal communications. These capabilities also create security risks that need to be considered for allowing the continuous growth of mobile and smart applications. The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum to practitioners, researchers, and industry to discuss topics on data analysis, technologies, and research on approaches that enabling new paradigms for social networks, and security of data, devices, and infrastructure for smartphones. TOPICS OF INTEREST The Workshop is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers including the following topics, but not limited to: - Secure mobile protocols - Near Field Communications - New Secure Applications - Location services - Social Networking - Data analysis of social networks and mass communications - Secure Over-the-Air (OTA) services - Deployment Experiments - Billing, Ticketing, and Payment - Internet-of-Things on Smartphones - Smartphones and Cloud-Computing Interactions - Smartphone forensics - Mobile mesh network - Mobile and wearable applications on smartphones - Privacy protection of smartphones - Smartphone user experience PAPER SUBMISSION High-quality full papers which at the time of submission, are not under review and have not already been published or accepted for publication elsewhere are solicited. The first page should include the paper's title, the abstract, a list of keywords indicating the paper's topic area(s), the authors' full names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and by the IEEE, and will be accessible via IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors are required to submit fully formatted papers (PDF), with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication. Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column). The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 6 IEEE pages (minimum 10-point font). Manuscripts must follow the IEEE standard conference format. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper has to register! at the regular rate (non-student). Each registration will cover one accepted paper. The IEEE WiMob Executive Committee reserves the right not to include in IEEE Explore the papers that are not presented at the conference. DASPhone 2014 is using the EDAS Conference Management System to manage the paper submission process. Submissions can be made https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=17955. Papers cannot be included in the conference proceedings without a completed IEEE Copyright Form. Authors can submit the Copyright Form electronically through EDAS. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Roberto Rojas-Cessa (New Jersey Institute of Technology) Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong (New York Institute of Technology) ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ACM Workshop on hot topics in wireless networks (HotWireless 2014)
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ACM Workshop on hot topics in wireless networks (HotWireless 2014) Datum: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:02:10 +0000 Von: Srinivasan, Kannan <kannan(a)CSE.OHIO-STATE.EDU> Antwort an: Srinivasan, Kannan <kannan(a)CSE.OHIO-STATE.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Hi all, We are happy to announce the first ACM Workshop on hot topics in wireless networks, HotWireless 2014 (http://hotwireless.cs.umass.edu<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhotwireless.cs.umass.edu%2F&h=GA…>). This year, HotWireless will be co-held with MobiCom 2014 in Maui, Hawaii. Do you have a HOT, crazy and wild wireless idea that you would like to get feedback on? HotWireless is the place for you. Check out the call for papers for the special topics of interest for this year; http://hotwireless.cs.umass.edu/Calls.html<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhotwireless.cs.umass.edu%2FCalls…>. Kannan Srinivasan kannan(a)cse.ohio-state.edu Call For Papers -------------------- The 1st ACM Workshop on hot topics in wireless networks is focused on disruptive wireless technologies and systems that can enable orders of magnitude improvements in performance and novel wireless applications. Our goal is to provide a launching pad for bold and visionary ideas, and bring together experts in hardware, physical layer, and wireless systems to address core technical challenges in these emerging wireless technologies. Focus areas for this year include, but are not limited to, the following: * Backscatter (and other low power) communication for next-generation sensors * mmWave technologies (e.g. 30 GHz and 60 GHz) for substantial throughput at range * Highly directional transmissions for throughput and spatial reuse * Visible Light Communications * Nanoscale wireless for implantables and micro-sensors * Wirelessly powered devices * Dynamic spectrum sharing * Physical-layer Innovations * Cross-layer Wireless Networking * Sensing using Wireless Signals We solicit position papers of five or fewer pages that propose new directions of research in wireless, advocate disruptive ideas, report on noteworthy experience in an emerging area, or generate lively discussion around an important topic. In order to promote lively discussion, we encourage forward-looking submissions, as opposed to mature work. We also encourage submissions on new open wireless platforms that can bootstrap exploration of the design space by the broader wireless networking community. Important Dates * Abstract registration deadline: 6 June 2014 * Full paper submission deadline: 13 June 2014 * Authors notification: 11 July 2014 * Camera Ready: 27 July 2014 * Workshop: 11 September 2014 ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: CFP: Special Issue on Cloud Networking - IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
by Lars Wolf 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP: Special Issue on Cloud Networking - IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing Datum: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:39:58 +1000 Von: Dzmitry Kliazovich <kliazovich(a)ieee.org> An: <tci-announce(a)COMPUTER.ORG> ============================================================ Special Issue on CLOUD NETWORKING IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing http://www.ieee-cloudnet.org/2014/TCC-SI-CloudNetworking.pdf ============================================================ Guest Editors: Dzmitry Kliazovich, Bernabe Dorronsoro, Pascal Bouvry, Albert Zomaya Editor-in-Chief: Rajkumar Buyya *** Call for Papers *** Cloud computing is entering our lives and changing the way people consume information dramatically. Clouds transform IT infrastructures with an emphasis on making them flexible, affordable, and capable of serving millions of users, satisfying their computing or storage demands. The design of early cloud computing systems has evolved from, and was dominated by, the concepts of cluster and grid computing. Currently, as the concepts of the cloud become advanced and mature, cloud networking and communication processes begin playing a central role. Cloud Networking has emerged as a promising direction for cost-efficient and reliable service delivery across data communication networks. The dynamic location of service facilities and the virtualization of hardware and software elements are stressing the communication network and protocols, especially when datacenters are interconnected through the Internet. The optimization of cloud networking can significantly increase system performance, reducing energy consumption and save costs not only inside individual data centers, but also globally, on the Internet scale. Developing novel network architectures would facilitate adoption of modular container-based data centers. Advancements in internetworking become key enabler for building hybrid clouds and federations of clouds. Service provisioning over heterogeneous connections and wireless links can enhance computational capacity and enrich application experience of mobile users. Efficient resource management and scheduling in data centers and cloud infrastructures is open research challenge that has to be addressed and novel architectures, telecommunication technologies, and protocols must be developed to ensure efficiency of future cloud computing systems. ================================= Topics ================================= The topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to: - Data Center Network Management, Reliability, Optimization - Distributed Data Center Architectures and Services, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS - Energy-Efficient Data Centers and Networks - Big Data Management - Internet Routing of Cloud Data - Virtual Ethernet Switching, Data Center Bridging - Cloud Traffic Characterization and Measurements - Intra-Cloud vs. Inter-Cloud Management - Cloud Traffic Engineering and Control-Plane Architectures - Green Data Centers and Cloud Networking - Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality in Cloud Networking - Virtualization of Network Equipment - Unified User and Machine Mobility Management - Data Flow Management and Load Balancing - Mobile Cloud Networking - Network Programmability, Software-Defined Networks - Cloud Federation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure - Storage Area Networks, Optical Interconnect, Fiber Channels - Content and Service Distribution ================================= Important Dates ================================= Full Paper Regular Submission Due: October 15, 2014 Extended versions of CLOUDNET 2014 Best Papers due: December 15, 2014 Notification of Results: March 15, 2015 Revisions Due: April 15, 2015 Notifications of Final Acceptance: May 15, 2015 Submissions of Final Revised Papers: June 15, 2015 ================================= Notes for Prospective Authors ================================= We are looking for novel outstanding high quality contributions. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a strict review process. A general guide for authors and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing journal website: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/tcc When submitting your paper, please be sure to choose the special issue on Cloud Networking. ================================== Guest Editors ================================== Dr. Dzmitry Kliazovich, Dr. Bernabé Dorronsoro, Prof. Dr. Pascal Bouvry University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg {dzmitry.kliazovich, bernabe.dorronsoro, pascal.bouvry}(a)uni.lu Prof. Dr. Albert Zomaya The University of Sydney, Australia a.zomaya(a)usyd.edu.au _______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the tci-announce list, click the following link: https://cs-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=tci-announce&A=1

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special issue: Security and Communication Networks (Wiley, JCR journal) SI on Trends in modern Information Hiding: techniques, applications and detection
by Lars Wolf 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special issue: Security and Communication Networks (Wiley, JCR journal) SI on Trends in modern Information Hiding: techniques, applications and detection Datum: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:08:10 -0400 Von: Wojciech Mazurczyk <wmazurczyk(a)CYGNUS.TELE.PW.EDU.PL> Antwort an: Wojciech Mazurczyk <wmazurczyk(a)CYGNUS.TELE.PW.EDU.PL> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting a paper to the following special issue. Security and Communication Networks (Wiley, JCR journal) SI on Trends in modern Information Hiding: techniques, applications and detection. IMPORTANT DATES - Manuscript submission: 1 May 2014 - Acceptance/rejection notification: before 1 August 2014 - Expected publication: 2015 CALL FOR PAPERS As the production, storage and exchange of information becomes more extensive and important in the functioning of societies, the problem of protecting the information from unintended and undesired usage becomes more complex. In modern societies, protection of information involves many interdependent technological and policy issues related to information confidentiality, integrity, anonymity, authenticity, utility, etc. Information Hiding techniques are receiving much attention today. Digital audio, video, and images are increasingly furnished with distinguishing but imperceptible marks, which may contain a hidden copyright notice or serial number, or even help to prevent unauthorised copying directly. Digital watermarking and steganography may protect information, conceal secrets, or are used as core primitives in digital rights’ management schemes. Alongside the abovementioned types of digital media steganography, currently the target of increased interest is Network Steganography – a part of Information Hiding focused on modern networks. It is a method of hiding secret data in users' normal data transmissions. Steganographic techniques arise and evolve with the development of network protocols and mechanisms, and are expected to be used in secret communication or information sharing. Presently, it becomes a hot topic due to the proliferation of information networks and multimedia services in networks and social networks. The purpose of establishing applications of Information Hiding may be varied – possible uses can fall into the category of legal actions or illicit activity. Frequently the illegal aspect is accentuated – starting from the criminal communication, through information leakage from protected systems, cyber weapon exchange, up to industrial espionage. Recently discovered malware like Duqu and Alureon point to the alleged utilization of Information Hiding techniques in botnets for covert communication in the C&C channels, which proves that Information Hiding poses important challenges to investigators. On the other side of the spectrum lie legitimate uses, which include circumvention of web censorship and surveillance, computer forensics (tracing and identification) and copyright protection (e.g. watermarking images). This special issue intends to present some of the most relevant ongoing research in the Information Hiding field. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: • Steganography and steganalysis (steganology) • Covert/subliminal channels • Traffic morphing • Watermarking (algorithms, security, and attacks) • Novel applications of Information Hiding • Information Hiding for digital forensics & counter forensics • Digital rights management • Emerging trends in Information Hiding • Fingerprinting and embedding codes • Lossless/reversible data hiding • Security metrics for Information Hiding • Side-information transmission through data hiding • Signal restoration/enhancement by data hiding • Theoretical aspects of information hiding Guest Editors - Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland - Krzysztof Szczypiorski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland - Hui Tian, National Huaqiao University, China Papers must be written in English and describe original research not published or currently under review by other journals or conferences. All relevant papers submitted will go through an external review process. Concerning the preparation of the manuscript, please refer to the “Instructions for Authors” page at the journal website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291939-0122/homepage… Further, the manuscript must be submitted through the online submission system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn by selecting the corresponding track. When submitting papers, the authors should identify “Manuscript Type” as “Special Issue”, enter “Running Head” as “SCN-SI-066” and “Special Issue Title” as “Trends in modern Information Hiding: techniques, applications and detection”, respectively. Contributing authors might also be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. All papers will be rigorously reviewed based on the quality: original, high scientific quality, well organized and clearly written, sufficient support for assertions and conclusion, appropriate title, abstract includes important points of the paper, satisfactory English, pertinent references, clear tables and figures. ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Cfp: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing Special Issue on Cyber Crime
by Lars Wolf 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Cfp: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing Special Issue on Cyber Crime Datum: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:08:47 -0400 Von: Wojciech Mazurczyk <wmazurczyk(a)CYGNUS.TELE.PW.EDU.PL> Antwort an: Wojciech Mazurczyk <wmazurczyk(a)CYGNUS.TELE.PW.EDU.PL> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting a paper to the following special issue on Cyber Crime for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (JCR journal, IF=1.059). PDF version of the Cfp: http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/transactions/cfps/cfp_tdscsi_cc.pdf Submission schedule: - Manuscript submission: October 1st, 2014 - First notification date: January 10th, 2014 - Expected publication: 2015 Cyber crimes reflect the evolution of criminal practices that have adapted to the world of information and communication technologies. Cybercriminality has become a curse of the modern world with the potential to affect every one nationally and/or internationally. Individuals, companies, governments and institutions may become victims as well as (involuntary) helpers of cyber criminals. The inability to provide cyber-security can potentially have a tremendous socio-economic impact on global enterprises as well as individuals. The aim of this special issue is to bring together the research accomplishments provided by the researchers from academia and the industry. The other goal is to show the latest research results in the field of cyber crime. Prospective authors will be encouraged to submit related distinguished research papers on the subject of both: theoretical approaches and practical case reviews. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Cyber-crime science • Emerging cybercriminals techniques and countermeasures • Cyber forensics and anti-forensic procedures, techniques, tools and analysis • Cyber crime investigations & incident response • Active and passive cyber crime defense techniques, tools and mechanisms • Cybersecurity testbeds, tools, methodologies • Cyber threat modeling analysis, cyber risk and vulnerability assessment • Cyber warfare & cyber terrorism • Cybersecurity economic modeling and metrics • Cybersecurity standards, policy, law, and regulation • Legal, ethical and policy issues related to cyber crime • Human and behavioral issues in cyber crime • Network traffic analysis and modelling for cyber crime science • Deviant activities and crime patterns • Insider threat detection and prevention • Misuse of personal data and the right to online privacy Guest Editors - Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland - Thomas J. Holt, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, USA - Krzysztof Szczypiorski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Papers must be written in English and describe original research not published or currently under review by other journals or conferences. All relevant papers submitted will go through an external, rigorous review process. Submissions should be sent according to the instructions available at: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/tdsc/author ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ICNP'2014: CALL FOR PAPERS
by Lars Wolf 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ICNP'2014: CALL FOR PAPERS Datum: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:26:27 -0400 Von: Wenye Wang <wwang(a)NCSU.EDU> Antwort an: Wenye Wang <wwang(a)NCSU.EDU> Organisation: NC State University An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************************************** The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Network Protocol The Research Triangle, North Carolina October 21-24, 2014 http://icnp14.cs.unc.edu/ ****************************************************************************** The IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) is a premier conference on computer networks and network protocols. The conference scope includes all areas of computer networks and network protocols. Topics of interests include but are not limited to: *Network protocol design, specification, verification, and analysis *Software defined networking *Network protocol implementation, testing, and measurement *Network management *Protocols for specific applications *Traffic engineering *Network architectures and high performance algorithms *Network virtualization *Measurement, simulation, and modeling of operational networks *Multicast, broadcast, and anycast *Fault-tolerance, survivability, and troubleshooting of networking systems *Network security and privacy *Peer to peer, overlay, and content distribution networks *Cross-layer design and optimization *Resource allocation, management, Quality of Service *Enterprise networks *Wireless, RFID, mobile, ad-hoc, vehicular, and sensor networks *Cloud computing *Operating system and host support for networking *Information centric networking *Networking issues for emerging applications *Energy aware networking *Routing, switching, and addressing *Online social networks *Datacenter and storage area networks *Network economics This year, ICNP solicits two types of papers: regular papers of at most 12 pages each, and concise papers of at most 6 pages each. A regular paper describes an important research project that has been completed, whereas a concise paper describes a significant contribution in a research project that may still be in progress. Thus, the completed version of any concise paper can be submitted and published in another venue at a later year. Regular papers and concise papers will have different submission and notification deadlines and they will be reviewed by different sets of TPC members. Submission policy for both regular and concise papers: 1. All papers should adhere to the IEEE Computer conference paper format (IEEEtran.cls) and the font size should be no smaller than 10 pt. 2. ICNP uses a double-blind review process. The identity of authors and referees will not be revealed to each other. To ensure double-blind reviewing, author names and affiliations should not appear in the paper; bibliographic references should be made in such a way as to preserve author anonymity; acknowledgement with identifiable names and funding sources should be removed. Note that own work should be cited as a third person. Papers violating this double-blind review policy will be rejected without review. Note that double-blind violations are sometimes not discovered until well into the review process, so authors are strongly advised to heed the above requirements at submission time. 3. Authors need to indicate in their submissions all TPC members with whom they have conflicts of interest. An author and a TPC member have a conflict of interest if one of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) They are currently employed at the same institution, or they have been employed at the same institution within the last 12 months, or they are going to be employment at the same institution within the next 6 months. (2) The author and the TPC member had an advisor-advisee relationship. (3) The author and the TPC member have collaborated on a project, a publication, or a grant proposal within the past 4 years. (4) The author and the TPC member have family relationship or are close personal friend. Authors should not improperly identify TPC members as conflicts to avoid individuals who might review their papers. 4. At least one author of an accepted paper, whether regular or concise, is expected to register at the full rate of the conference and to present the paper at the conference, in order for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE digital library. Papers not presented by an author at the conference will not appear in the IEEE digital library. Integrity policy for both regular and concise papers: ICNP strictly enforces the following integrity policies. Authors violating these policies will cause their submissions to be rejected without review. Furthermore, ICNP may take action against individuals who have engaged in such violation; example actions include, but are not limited to, contacting the institutions of the authors and publicizing the details of the case. 1. Submitted papers should not be previously published nor under review by another conference or journal. In some cases, the ICNP chairs may share information about submitted papers with other conference chairs and journal editors to ensure the integrity of papers under consideration. 2. Authors are prohibited from informing any TPC member of any identifiable information (such as titles) of their submissions. Important dates for regular papers: Paper Submission May 9, 2014, 11:59 PM EST Acceptance Notification July 4, 2014, 11:59 PM EST Camera Ready Version Aug 15, 2014, 11:59 PM EST Important dates for concise papers: Paper Submission May 23, 2014, 11:59 PM EST Acceptance Notification July 4, 2014, 11:59 PM EST Camera Ready Version Aug 15, 2014, 11:59 PM EST General Chairs: Jasleen Kaur, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA George Rouskas, North Carolina State University, USA Program Chairs: Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas at Austin, USA Alex Liu, Michigan State University, USA Steering Committee: Kevin Almeroth, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Ken Calvert (Chair), University of Kentucky, USA Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University, USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas at Austin, USA Timothy G. Griffin, University of Cambridge, UK Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan David Lee, Ohio State University, USA K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research, USA Krishan Sabnani, Bell Laboratories, USA Publicity Chairs: James Martin, Clemson University, USA (jmarty(a)clemson.edu) Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] SmartHealthSys 2014 CfP: ACM UbiComp International Workshop on Smart Health Systems and Applications
by Lars Wolf 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] SmartHealthSys 2014 CfP: ACM UbiComp International Workshop on Smart Health Systems and Applications Datum: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:36:27 -0700 Von: Hassan Ghasemzadeh <hassan(a)EECS.WSU.EDU> Antwort an: Hassan Ghasemzadeh <hassan(a)EECS.WSU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ************************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ACM UbiComp International Workshop on Smart Health Systems and Applications SmartHealthSys 2014 Submissions due May 19, 2014 http://smarthealth.eecs.wsu.edu Sunday, September 14, 2014 Seattle, Washington, United States In conjunction with the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing ************************************************************************************* The ACM UbiComp International Workshop on Smart Health Systems and Applications is a forum for researchers and developers from academia and industry in the area of smart health to present results and discuss ways to advance the field. The workshop will focus on wireless, connected, and mobile health research as a multidisciplinary area spanning computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, nursing, medicine, and public health. The workshop will include presentations of theoretical and experimental research, prototyping efforts, case studies and advances in technology related to smart health systems, applications, and services. In addition to traditional topics in this area, the workshop features a special focus on scalable smart health. This topic area aims to discuss and present innovations that address challenges associated with large-scale adoption of smart health technologies in end-user settings and uncontrolled environments. Smart health inherently integrates ideas, tools, and expertise from a variety of disciplines. We would like to facilitate discussions between researchers with diverse perspectives in order to more greatly enhance future work in the area. We seek papers presenting significant and novel research results on emerging smart health systems. We especially encourage submissions that present novel device design, system development, algorithm design, experimentation, field studies, and creative use of technologies in addressing healthcare challenges. We invite submissions on a wide range of smart health research including but not limited to: DEVICES, SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURES FOR SMART HEALTH * Medical device prototypes for diagnosis/prevention * Wearable and implantable sensors * Disposable and cost-effective electronics * Systems for health promotion and disease prevention * Body sensor networks * Smart environments for health * Remote patient monitoring * Mobile health technologies * Data management * Interface with medical data systems such as electronic health records ALGORITHMS & SOFTWARE FOR SMART HEALTH * Signal processing and pattern recognition * Machine learning and clinical decision support * Health informatics * Algorithms for security and safety * Communication protocols and algorithms * Context-Aware Sensing * Algorithms for anomaly detection * Human-computer interaction SCALABLE SMART HEALTH * Reliability, security, and data uncertainty challenges * Data collection in the wild * Collecting ground truth data in unstructured environments * Approaches for deployment and validation of smart health systems in the wild * Models for benchmarking and validation * Patient-centered design approaches * Interoperability of smart health technologies and existing medical data systems * Techniques to enhance compliance * Models to assess impact of the technology on healthcare cost * Novel applications of smart health in chronic diseases management * Clinical studies and field validation techniques * Novel experimental testbeds * Algorithms and frameworks for seamless sensing SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Authors need to submit their papers online at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smarthealthsys2014 by the submission deadline. Authors will need to register their names if not already in the system, and select the SmartHealthSys 2014 workshop. They can then submit their paper as a PDF file. The paper should not exceed five pages and should follow the SIGCHI Extended Abstract format (templates are available at http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform). Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop and will be published in the UbiComp 2014 adjunct proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: May 19, 2014 Acceptance notification: June 20, 2014 Camera ready version: June 30, 2014 Workshop date: September 14, 2014 WORKSHOP WEBSITE For more information, please visit the workshop website at http://smarthealth.eecs.wsu.edu ORGANIZERS * Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Washington State University * Diane Cook, Washington State University * Misha Pavel, Northeastern University * Parisa Rashidi, University of Florida * Roozbeh Jafari, University of Texas at Dallas * Marjorie Skubic, University of Missouri * Michael Ong, University of California Los Angeles * George Demiris, University of Washington TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA * Jesse Hoey, University of Waterloo, Canada * Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, Washington State University, USA * Jeonggil Ko, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea * Mohammad Pourhomayoun, University of California Los Angeles, USA * Alex Mihailidis, University of Toronto, Canada * Matthew E. Taylor, Washington State University, USA * Thai Le, University of Washington, USA * Omid Dehzangi, University of Texas at Dallas, USA * Mi Zhang, Cornell University, USA * Sunghoon Lee, University of California Los Angeles, USA * Mihail Popescu, University of Missouri, USA * Krishna Venkatasubramanian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA * Jim Keller, University of Missouri, USA * Aaron Crandall, Washington State University, USA * Kasper Hallenborg, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark *** Additional committee members TBA ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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