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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Communications Magazine [Feature Topic on Smart Communities]
by Lars Wolf 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Communications Magazine [Feature Topic on Smart Communities] Datum: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 11:40:58 -0400 Von: Syed Hassan Ahmed <s.h.ahmed(a)IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Syed Hassan Ahmed <s.h.ahmed(a)IEEE.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies] --------------------- Call for Papers: IEEE Communications Magazine --------------------- Feature Topic on Imminent Communication Technologies for Smart Communities http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/imminent-communication-technologies-smart-… --------------------- Scope: Most of the research and technological advancements have vitalized the ubiquitous information access and communication around the globe. The connectivity has been extended from unmanned aerial vehicles, self- driving vehicles on the road, power generation plus distribution hubs, industries, markets, to the tiny wireless communication devices that are expected to be attached with everything situated onshore, offshore, or in the air. All of these devices generate and share information to be accessed by communities (ranging from a block to a nation), which will improve their quality of life by making smart decisions. Access to such information (real-time to big data) should be open to all members and classes of any Smart Community. Hence, the technology, more specifically, the communication technology, plays an important role to realize a smarter community. Having said that, the existing Internet architecture is host centric and intended for end-to-end communication between hosts by establishing a path first. This architecture has evolved to enable communication between varying-nature protocols, Bluetooth, ZigBee, LTE, etc. that increased the network complexity. As a result, the academic and industrial collaborations are making attempts to substrate the connectivity, routing, and other functions and transfer all the functions to software rather than embedding it within the hardware. This continual transformation in communication technologies keeps improving the QoS and QoE despite their roots in mobile networks, content delivery, home connectivity, wireless, enterprise, IoT, data centers, cloud computing, and backbone networks. Likewise, the IoT is progressively being used by various firms and industries for the planning and development of future Smart Communities. However, without utilizing the previous context of the cities, it is qui te difficult to design and build a foreseen future Smart Community. Therefore, the data generated by various IoT-enabled devices needs to be efficiently processed through various techniques and tools such as Hadoop ecosystem, etc. However, the existing techniques based on a Map-Reduce paradigm, etc. are mainly designed to process offline data. Moreover, the existing technologies such as Software Defined Network (SDN), etc. can be made more intelligent and efficient to communicate the huge amount of data over the existing network with high speed. The theme of this Feature Topic is to provide an in-depth analysis both theoretically and analytically of the current advances in processing real-time data for optimal planning and management of a smart community. Moreover, we are looking for answers to the following questions: How much is the effect of SDN can be in simplifying the enormous devices setup in developing Smart Communities? On the contrary, where do we need to focus on while bridging current networking technologies to build smarter communities? What kind of education and training are required for citizens of such communities to take full benefits of the proposed architectures? What kind of groundbreaking applications can make communities smarter? What will be the acceptability aspects of Smart Communities? In addition, the authors are expected to investigate state-of-art research challenges, results, architecture, applications, and other achievements. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Smart Community architectures and planning using WSN - The role of IoT in the planning of future Smart Communities - Smart management and services - Deployment of sensors and embedded devices - Smart homes, Buildings, Campuses, and Applications - The role of Cloud Computing in IoT-based Smart Communities - Big Data Analytics and Smart Communities - IoT-enabled devices and technologies - Real-Time data processing using Hadoop, SPARK, GraphLab, etc. - System, design, modeling and evaluation - Industrial applications of Smart Communities - Future Internet cohesion with applications for Smart Communities Guest Editors: Syed Hassan Ahmed, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea. (Corresponding Editor) Jaime Lloret, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Danda B. Rawat, Howard University, Washington D.C., USA. Mohsen Guizani, University of Idaho, USA. Wael Guibene, Intel Labs, Ireland. Zhimeng Zhong, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, China. Important Dates: Manuscript Submission Deadline: June 1, 2017 Decision Notification: September 15, 2017 Final Manuscript Submission: October 15, 2017 Publication: January 2018 Best Regards, Syed Hassan Ahmed Kyungpook National University, Korea. https://sites.google.com/site/shahmedknu/ ______________________________________________________________ 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 SenseApp 2017, 9-12 October 2017, Singapore (deadline extended)
by Lars Wolf 28 Apr '17

28 Apr '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Xenofon Fafoutis <xenofon.fafoutis(a)BRISTOL.AC.UK> Gesendet: 28. April 2017 16:16:24 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP: IEEE SenseApp 2017, 9-12 October 2017, Singapore (deadline extended) ============================================================== IEEE SenseApp 2017 TWELFTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PRACTICAL ISSUES IN BUILDING SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS (in conjunction with IEEE LCN 2017) Singapore 9-12 October 2017 http://www.senseapp.org CALL FOR PAPERS For more than a decade, embedded wireless sensors and actuators have been increasingly networked to continually narrow the gap between the physical world and cyberspace. Domain-specific sensing deployments in scenarios like industrial settings and home automation are becoming more and more ubiquitous, particularly with the advent of novel sensing platforms which allow for the seamless integration of sensing devices into everyday environments. At the same time, data gathered through wireless sensor network deployments empower applications in the emerging domains of smart cities and smart infrastructures. While enabling technologies have evolved into mature and widely available solutions, insights gathered from real-world sensor network deployments are still scarce and many practical issues in building sensor network applications persist. A thorough understanding of these challenges from a practical/systems perspective is still necessary. This especially applies to insights from the areas of hardware platforms of sensor and actuator nodes, their operating systems, the networking of nodes, and fresh perspectives from field trials and applications. This workshop aims at bringing together researchers from both academia and industry to showcase their work and obtain feedback. It serves as a forum for the sensing network research communities working on embedded sensing systems to discuss open issues, novel solutions, and the future development of wireless sensing in general. We encourage contributions describing innovative work in the realms of wireless sensor networks, cyber-physical systems, smart spaces, machine-to-machine communication, the Internet of Things, and all related disciplines. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Practical experiences from innovative real-world sensor network deployments and applications - Hands-on experiences with the integration of sensor networks and the Internet of Things - Middleware support for sensor networks - Programming and debugging sensor networks - Security, availability and dependability issues in sensor networks - Experiences with new sensor hardware and node/platform designs - Practical problems in implementing localization and time synchronization - Experiences with communications protocols for the IoT, M2M, or CPS - Practical medium access control protocols (MACs) - Topology control and routing protocols in sensor network deployments - Novel communication paradigms for wireless sensor networks - Mobility management in sensor applications and deployments - Fault-tolerance and troubleshooting sensor networks - Experiences regarding energy management and network lifetime - Experiences with energy harvesters and energy-sustainable designs - Deployment, installation, and configuration support - Management of large-scale sensor networks and sensing campaigns - Interconnection between IP and sensor networks - Interfacing with sensor networks using mobile computing devices - Large-scale open sensor data sets from real deployments - Integration of wireless sensor networks with smart city infrastructures - Real-world use of WSN platforms in smart spaces and cyber-physical systems - Sensor networking for smart power grids - Practical experiences with wearable sensing technologies Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least 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 Xplore Digital Library. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Full papers must 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. Papers must be submitted electronically via EDAS at: <https://edas.info/N23386> All papers must include title, complete contact information of all authors, abstract and up to 5 keywords on the cover page. Further information can be found at: https://www.senseapp.org/en/senseapp/submission-instructions/ IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: 12 May 2017 (EXTENDED) Notification of acceptance: 10 July 2017 Camera ready manuscript due: 14 August 2017 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany James H. Pope, University of Bristol, United Kingdom PUBLICITY CHAIR: Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol, United Kingdom GENERAL CO-CHAIRS: Matthias Hollick, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Salil Kanhere, The University of New South Wales, Australia STEERING COMMITTEE: Sanjay Jha, The University of New South Wales, Australia Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Neil Bergmann, University of Queensland Carlo Alberto Boano, Graz University of Technology Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra David Boyle, Imperial College London Rachel Cardell-Oliver, The University of Western Australia Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol Anna Förster, University of Bremen Ben Jolly, Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua Csaba Kiraly, Bruno Kessler Foundation Olaf Landsiedel, Chalmers University of Technology Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa Steffen Peter, University of California, Irvine Delphine Reinhardt, University of Bonn and Fraunhofer FKIE Christian Renner, Hamburg University of Technology Olga Saukh, ETH Zurich Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich Philipp Sommer, ABB Corporate Research Leonardo Steinfeld, Universidad de la República Kristof Van Laerhoven, University of Siegen Dingwen Yuan, Technische Universität Darmstadt ______________________________________________________________ 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] Call for Papers: ACM CHANTS 2017 (co-located with ACM MobiCom)
by Lars Wolf 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: ACM CHANTS 2017 (co-located with ACM MobiCom) Datum: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:24:19 +0000 Von: Huber Flores <000000b88e64d002-dmarc-request(a)comsoc.org> Antwort an: Huber Flores <huberflo(a)CS.HELSINKI.FI> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ************************************* [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************* ______________________________________________________________________ ACM CHANTS 2017 - 12th Workshop on Challenged Networks co-located with ACM MobiCom 2017 October, 2017 Snowbird, Utah, USA www.acm-chants.org/17 ______________________________________________________________________ SCOPE AND OVERVIEW __________________ Challenged networks comprise those situations where communication is desired, but traditional Internet architectures fail to provide it effectively. Such networks may be characterized by intermittent connectivity, a heterogeneous mix of nodes, frequent nodal churn, and widely varying network conditions. Examples of challenged networks include deployments in rural and remote areas, networks to support emergency response operations, inter-planetary networks, sensor and wildlife monitoring networks, underwater networks, road vehicle networks, and, more recently, networks of micro aerial vehicles. The applications of challenged networks range from time-critical communications such as for disaster relief to delay-tolerant transmission in poorly connected regions or where censorship should be counteracted. However, challenged networking has also found many applications in everyday settings, for which they were not initially conceived, such as opportunistic networking supporting data-centric communications, traffic offloading from cellular networks, mobile cloud/edge computing, opportunistic and participatory sensing, challenged IoT. The increasing availability of wireless communications in embedded devices as well as integration of technologies such as Wi-Fi direct on Android platforms and D2D (device-to-device) communication on general purpose mobile devices, will further push the development of challenged networking solutions. Challenged networking has also chartered new directions for inter-disciplinary research, e.g., applying findings from social networks and network science. This workshop builds on the success of the eleven previous CHANTS workshops, and WDTN 2005, and aims to stimulate research on the most novel topics of challenged networking research. This year’s edition encourages submission of theoretical and experimental work (including studies of real deployment), with a primary interest in the new directions of challenged networking such as crowdsourcing, mobile cloud/mobile edge/fog computing, IoT, WSN, CPS, mobile data offloading, and challenged SDN. The workshop seeks original work presented in the form of research papers describing new research approaches and results, as well as demo and poster submissions. Highly disruptive work-in-progress and position papers are also welcome, provided they focus on particularly innovative, out-of-the-box, solutions or applications for challenged networks. All papers shall be forward-looking, describe their relationship to existing work, and shall argue their impact and implications for ongoing or future research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Delay/disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs), opportunistic communication and computing - Architecture, design, and implementation of communication systems for challenged networks - Modeling, analysis, and characterization of challenged networks and protocols - Challenged networking techniques for mobile cloud computing - Mobile data offloading via challenged networks - Challenged networking techniques for participatory and opportunistic sensing - Challenged networking in the Internet of Things - Challenged networking in Cyber-Physical Systems - Big data analytics in challenged networking - Software-defined networking in challenged environments - Security/trust/privacy concerns and solutions in challenged networks - Energy-efficient communication in challenged networks - Information centric and content-centric networking in challenged networks - Real-world mobility trace collection, analysis, and modeling for challenged environments - Network science methods for challenged networks - Network coding in challenged networks - Novel challenged networking systems (e.g., networks of micro aerial vehicles or underwater systems) - Real deployment and case studies in various stages of use - Disrupted scenarios for challenged networks (e.g., disaster relief and emergency management) - Daily use applications (e.g., mobile social networking, crowdsourcing, censorship evasion, sensor networks, smart cities) - Test and simulation tools for evaluating challenged network systems - Configuration, management, and monitoring of challenged networks. PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ________________________________________ Submitted papers must be no longer than 6 pages, and should adhere to the standard ACM conference proceedings format. Demo and poster proposals (to be published as part of the proceedings) must not be longer than 2 pages, for demos plus 1 page description of the precise setup and requirements (the 1-page setup description will not be published in the proceedings). Reviews will be single-blinded. Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being currently under review by another conference or journal. EDITORIAL FOLLOW-UPS ____________________ Extended versions of the selected workshop papers will be considered for possible fast track publication in well-known journals. Candidate journals are, e.g., Computer Communications (Elsevier) or the ACM GetMobile. IMPORTANT DATES _______________ Abstract Registration: 17 May 2017 Submission Deadline: 24 May 2017 Acceptance Notification: 07 July 2017 Camera Ready Due: (to be confirmed) Workshop: 16 or 20 October 2017 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ____________________ Program Committee Chairs - Sasu Tarkoma (University of Helsinki, Finland) - Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig, Germany) Workshop Web Chair - Fehmi Ben Abdesslem (SICS Swedish ICT, Sweden) Publicity Chair - Huber Flores (University of Helsinki, Finland) Steering Committee - Kevin Almeroth (UC Santa Barbara, USA) - Kevin Fall (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) - Stephen Farrell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) - Jörg Ott (Technische Universität München, Germany) - Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy) For more information, please check out www.acm-chants.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] CFP - ACM CoNEXT 2017, Paper Registration by June the 12th!
by Lars Wolf 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - ACM CoNEXT 2017, Paper Registration by June the 12th! Datum: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:19:51 +0000 Von: Casas Pedro <Pedro.Casas(a)AIT.AC.AT> Antwort an: Casas Pedro <Pedro.Casas(a)AIT.AC.AT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ACM CoNEXT 2017 The 13th International Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies December 12-15, 2017 Seoul, Korea http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2017/ + Abstract Registration: Monday June 12, 2017 + Paper Submission: Monday June 19, 2017 (hard deadline, no extensions will be given) + Notification of Acceptance: September 10, 2017 ***Call for Papers*** The CoNEXT 2017 conference seeks papers presenting significant and novel research results on emerging computer networks and its applications. We especially encourage submissions that present novel experimentation, creative use of networking technologies, and new insights made possible using analysis. We invite submissions on a wide range of topics. The list of topics includes (in alphabetical order): + Big Data platforms with applications to network management, security, measurements + Content distribution and caching, e.g., CDN, peer-to-peer, overlays + Design, analysis, and evaluation of network architectures + Internet measurement and modeling + Innovative uses of network data beyond communication + Networking aspects of datacenters and cloud computing + Networking aspects of operating systems and virtualization architectures + Network control and management, including SDN, NFV and network programmability + Network, transport, and application-layer protocols + Networking aspects of ubiquitous computing, including Internet-of-Things and Smart Cities + Networking aspects of online social networks + Reliability and availability of networks, protocols, and applications + Routing and traffic engineering + Security and privacy aspects of networks, protocols, and applications + Topics at the intersection of energy-efficient computing and networking + Wireless and cellular networks We are open to other contributions that stretch networking research outside of these topics, present new emerging computing trends, or potentially involve unfamiliar techniques. We ask authors to bear in mind that the main factor of interest for their work will be the implications of their results in networking. Potential authors who are unsure of the scope are encouraged to contact the PC chairs before submission. ***Submission Instructions*** CoNEXT welcomes submission of both long and short papers (2-column, 10pt ACM format). Long papers are the more traditional and complete form to present technical work, and should be no more than 12 pages (and up to 2 additional pages for references). Short papers are the preferred vehicle for contributions whose novelty and impact show the same technical excellence, and whose description fits within 6 pages (with 1 additional page for references). Short papers will be reviewed with a more open mind towards the scope of evaluation or breadth of topics compared to long papers. Note that position papers, critiques of networking research, and ideas that are not yet fully complete or evaluated are a better fit for the HotNets workshop. We recommend that authors check both CFPs before submitting. ***Organization Committee*** + General chairs: Taekyoung "Ted" Kwon (Seoul National University) and Sue Moon (KAIST) + TPC chairs: Phillipa Gill (University of Massachusetts) and Marco Mellia (Politecnico di Torino) Dr. Pedro Casas CoNEXT 2017 Publicity chair PEDRO CASAS Scientist Information Management Center for Digital Safety & Security AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Donau-City-Straße 1 | 1220 Vienna | Austria T +43 50550-4104 | M +43 664 88256097 | F +43 50550-2813 pedro.casas(a)ait.ac.at<mailto:pedro.casas@ait.ac.at> | www.ait.ac.at<http://www.ait.ac.at> FN: 115980 i HG Wien | UID: ATU14703506 www.ait.ac.at/Email-Disclaimer<http://www.ait.ac.at/Email-Disclaimer> ______________________________________________________________ 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: [LCN2017-Info] [CfP] LCN 2017, 42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks; EXTENDED DEADLINE: 8 May 2017
by Lars Wolf 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [LCN2017-Info] [CfP] LCN 2017, 42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks; EXTENDED DEADLINE: 8 May 2017 Datum: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:18:45 +1000 Von: LCN Publicity Chairs <lcn.publicity(a)gmail.com> An: IEEE_LCN_Info(a)lists.iai.uni-bonn.de [Please let us know if it is undesirable to send CfPs to this list, and accept our apologies if this is the case.] =============================================================================== Call for Papers LCN 2017 - The 42nd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) =============================================================================== Extended deadline: 8th May 2017 (hard) http://www.ieeelcn.org Singapore October 9-12, 2017 The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. For the past 41 years, major developments from high-speed local networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Personal and wearable networks * Wireless ad hoc & sensor networks * Information-centric networking * Embedded networks * Opportunistic networking * Delay-tolerant networks * Cognitive radio networks * Vehicular networks * Smart Grid communications * Underwater sensor networks * Cyber-physical systems * Social networks * Mobile and ubiquitous networking * Green networking * Overlay and peer-to-peer networks * Local-area and metropolitan-area networks * Storage-area networks * Routing and transport protocols * Big Data Networking * Cloud computing and networking * Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualisation * Internet of Things * Link technologies * Adaptive networking applications * Authentication, authorization, accounting * Security and privacy * Cross-layer optimization * Mobility and Location-dependent services * Multimedia and real-time communication * Machine-to-machine communications for smart environments * Smart Cities * Network traffic characterization and measurements * Network management, reliability and QoS * Performance evaluation of networks * Testbeds for network experiments * Network coding * Optical and high-speed access networks * E-Health networking Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or a journal. Full papers (up to 8 camera-ready pages, 10pt font in IEEE format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 4 camera-ready pages. Short papers will be presented in a poster session. Both full and short papers are published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## Paper submission Papers must be registered on EDAS (Full: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23363&track=83964, Short: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23363&track=83965) and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to the Program Chairs * Kemal Akkaya <kakkaya(a)fiu.edu> * Soumaya Cherkaoui<Soumaya.Cherkaoui(a)usherbrooke.ca> ## Demonstrations Proposals are solicited for research demonstrations. A proposal (no more than 3 pages) should describe the scope, significance and required equipment. Proposals should be submitted via EDAS to the LCN Demo Track (https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23387&track=84039). ## Important dates * Paper submission: May 8, 2017 (extended, hard) * Notification of acceptance: July 10, 2017 * Final paper: August 14, 2017 * Demonstration proposals: July 14, 2017 ## Organizing Committee ### General Chair Jens Tölle, Fraunhofer-FKIE, Germany ### Program Chair Kemal Akkaya, Florida International University, USA ### Program Co-Chair Soumaya Cherkaoui, Université Sherbrooke, Canada ### Publications Chair Karl Andersson, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden ### Workshops Chair Fadi Al-Turjman, Middle East Technical University, Turkey ### Local Arrangements Chair Hwee-Pink Tan, Singapore Management University, Singapore ### Finance Chair Frank Huebner, USA ### Demonstrations Chair Adel Ben Mnaouer, Canadian University of Dubai, UAE ### Industry Chair Katrin Reitsma, Motorola Solutions, USA ### Student Grants Chair Matthias Hollick, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany ### Publicity Chair Olivier Mehani, Learnosity, Australia ### Corporate Relations Chair Kyong Jin Shim, Singapore Management University, Singapore ### Webmaster Gary Kessler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA ## Steering Committee * Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany * Joe Bumblis, IEEE TCCC Executive Committee, USA * Ken Christensen, University of South Florida, USA * Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta, Canada * Matthias Frank, University of Bonn, Germany * Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State University, USA * Gary Kessler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA * Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA * Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich + ETH, Switzerland * Tim Strayer, BBN, USA Follow LCN on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IEEELCN Like LCN on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ieeelcn/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Deadline Extension (May 1) for IEEE MASS (Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems), Orlando, US
by Lars Wolf 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Deadline Extension (May 1) for IEEE MASS (Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems), Orlando, US Datum: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:46:06 -0500 Von: Yanmin Gong <ieeemasscfp(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Yanmin Gong <ieeemasscfp(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 14th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2017) https://mass2017.engineering.osu.edu/ Orlando, Florida, USA Oct. 22-25, 2017 Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017 midnight EDT (Extended) (submitted through https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23342 now!) Paper Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017 midnight EDT (Extended) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE MASS is a premier, annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks, defined broadly. Continuing this tradition, the 14th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) will be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, on Oct. 22-25, 2017. Wireless ad hoc communications, Internet of Things, and mobile computing are increasingly being used in civilian and military applications in homes and businesses, cities and rural areas, sea and space. Wireless sensor and actuator networks are being widely deployed for enhancing industrial processes and management, for various forms of environmental monitoring and control, and for improving quality of life. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, IEEE MASS 2017 aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and sensor-actuator systems, covering algorithms, theories, systems, protocols, applications, experiments, and testbeds. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017 midnight EDT (Extended) Paper Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017 midnight EDT (Extended) Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2017 Camera-ready version: August 1, 2017 TOPICS OF INTEREST Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs), from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems to applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs • Application Layer Protocols • Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity • Cognitive networking • Cooperative and cognitive communication • Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications • Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing • Cyber-physical systems and applications • Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination • Experiences in real-world applications and deployments • Heterogeneous networks • Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure • Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer • Localization and Location Based Services • Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds • Mobile computing and networking • Mobility modeling and management • Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies • Network components, operating systems, and middleware • Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking • Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols • QoS and Resource management • Robotic networks • Routing protocols • Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems • Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems • Smart grid, healthcare, transportation applications • Vehicular networks and protocols • Wearable and human-centric devices and networks ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Steering Committee: Dharma Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Jie Wu, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Kang Shin, University of Michigan, An Arbor, MI, USA J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA,USA General Chair: Victor Leung, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Program Co-Chairs: Anish Arora, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Shigang Chen, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Local Co-Chairs: Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Murat Yuksel, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Publicity Chair: Yanmin Gong, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA Registration and Finance Chair: Shuhui Yang, Purdue University, Calumet, Hammond, IN, USA Workshop Chair: Song Guo, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Publication Chair: Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA Web Chair: Chunyi Peng, The Ohio State University, OH, USA SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, including all figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on TPC reviews and discussions, some papers may be accepted as 5-page short papers, in addition to the regular 9 page papers. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Note that the conference will also include a poster and demo session. ______________________________________________________________ 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: International Summer School on Crowdsourcing and IoT - July 31-August 04, Wuerzburg, Germany
by Lars Wolf 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: International Summer School on Crowdsourcing and IoT - July 31-August 04, Wuerzburg, Germany Datum: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:43:53 +0200 Von: Matthias Hirth <matthias.hirth(a)INFORMATIK.UNI-WUERZBURG.DE> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE ***************************************************** Call for Participation International Summer School on Crowdsourcing and IoT http://iotcrowd.org/ July 31 - August 04, 2017, Würzburg, Germany ***************************************************** The international summer school on "Crowdsourcing and IoT" focuses on combining objective measurement data from mobile sensors, like smart devices or IoT devices, and subjective ratings. The summer school intends to deepen knowledge in crowdsourcing in general and crowdsensing of measurement data from mobile users in particular, as well as IoT platforms and protocols. Besides the theoretical background, a core part of the summer school comprises hands-on sessions and group work on concrete research topics supervised by a tutor. The targeted participants are Ph.D. students and early-stage researchers in the fields of Crowdsourcing, QoE, and IoT. The summer school will take place in Würzburg, Germany from July 31 - August 04, 2017 and include topics such as: - Crowdsourcing in general, concepts, platforms, frameworks - Crowdsensing, mobile and participatory sensing - IoT architectures, platforms and OSes - Networking protocols and paradigms for IoT - Crowdsourced QoE - QoE of IoT applications and services - Machine learning and statistical analysis The topics are addressed in lectures given by international experts from academia and industry, practical exercise, and group work. Ph.D. students will be awarded a certificate (3 ECTS) upon submission of an extended abstract, a presentation of their own research during a poster session, and participation in the program. The application for the summer closes June 31st 2017 or if the maximum number of participants (30) is reached. More information: http://iotcrowd.org/ Program: http://iotcrowd.org/program/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - IEEE Communications Magazine Special issue on Heterogeneous Ultra Dense Networks [Deadline: May 15]
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - IEEE Communications Magazine Special issue on Heterogeneous Ultra Dense Networks [Deadline: May 15] Datum: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 19:34:59 -0700 Von: Chunsheng Zhu <cszhu(a)ECE.UBC.CA> Antwort an: Chunsheng Zhu <cszhu(a)ECE.UBC.CA> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG IEEE Communications Magazine Special issue on Heterogeneous Ultra Dense Networks ------------------- Call for papers Driven by the development of mobile Internet and smart phones, data traffic grows exponentially in current mobile networks. Initial estimations indicate that, different from the evolutionary path of previous cellular generations that were based on spectral efficiency improvements, the most substantial amount of future system performance gains will be obtained by means of network infrastructure densi?cation. The opportunities and challenges of fifth-generation (5G) rapidly gain great attention from academics, industries, and governments. Ultra dense network (UDN) is a promising technique to meet the requirements of explosive data traffic in 5G mobile communications. Moreover, when overlaid on top of the macrocells, low power small cells (such as femtocell and picocell) can improve the coverage and capacity of cellular networks by exploiting spatial reuse of limited spectrum. Dense small cells can also offload the wireless data traffic of user equipments (UEs) from macrocells, especially for an indoor environment where more than 80% of data traffic occurs. This special issue will bring together academic and industrial researchers to identify and discuss technical challenges and recent results related to the future mobile networks using Heterogeneous Ultra Dense Networks. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Advanced radio access network architectures (e.g., Cloud-RAN, Fog-RAN, Backhaul/Fronthaul techniques) to support heterogeneous ultra dense devices and users Coexisting of WiFi, Small Cells, HetNets and LTE/LTE-A sharing unlicensed spectrum Self organizing and heterogeneous ultra dense small cell networks Advanced radio resource management (resource allocation, mobility management, interference management, SON, etc.) for heterogeneous ultra dense 5G networks Software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization, network slicing for supporting heterogeneous UDNs Novel applications and service scenarios of ultra dense 5G networks in vehicular Internet, and IoT Energy harvesting, caching , and cognitive radio for supporting heterogeneous UDNs Energy efficiency, spectral efficiency, and big data techniques in heterogeneous ultra dense scenarios Novel multiple access techniques in heterogeneous UDNs, such as SCMA, NOMA, PDMA, MUSA, etc. Supporting network applications, such as video applications for heterogeneous ultra dense networks. Other topics (PHY layer, MAC layer, Network layer) in heterogeneous UDNs ------------------- SUBMISSIONS Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the communications technology communities. They should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations are allowed). Articles should not exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of archival references is not to exceed 15. Complete guidelines for manuscript preparation can be found via the link http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please send a PDF (preferred) or MS-Word formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). The timetable is as follows: ------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission Deadline: May 15, 2017 Decision Notification: August 15, 2017 Final Manuscript Due Date: September 15, 2017 Publication Date: December 2017 ------------------- GUEST EDITORS Haijun Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. dr.haijun.zhang(a)ieee.org Chunxiao Jiang, Tsinghua University, China. jchx(a)tsinghua.edu.cn Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu, Finland. bennis(a)ee.oulu.fi Mérouane Debbah, Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei, France. merouane.debbah(a)huawei.com Zhu Han, University of Houston, USA. zhan2(a)central.uh.edu Victor C. M. Leung, The University of British Columbia, Canada. vleung(a)ece.ubc.ca ______________________________________________________________ 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] IEEE Transactions on ITS: Special issue on "Advances in Smart and Green Transportation for Smart Cities"
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Transactions on ITS: Special issue on "Advances in Smart and Green Transportation for Smart Cities" Datum: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 02:17:40 +0100 Von: Soufiene Djahel <sdjahel(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Soufiene Djahel <sdjahel(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems* *Call for papers for Special Issue on* *“Advances in Smart and Green Transportation for Smart Cities”* *http://www.ieee-itss.org/its-transactions-ongoing-special-issues * *_Scope:_* According to a recent UN report, continuing population growth and urbanization are expected to increase world’s urban population by 2.5 billion people and 2.9 billion vehicles by 2050. This massive growth in both population and number of vehicles, together with urban transformation and a trend towards mega cities, creates greater and more challenges for achieving smart transportation goals in smart cities. Therefore, new and more integrated modes of transportation, and *environment friendly* solutions are required to accommodate the rising demands of high liveability in smarter cities that offer safe, secure, affordable, reliable and sustainable transportation in old and new markets alike. Road transportationaccounts for more than one-fifth of the world’s total CO2 emissions, the main greenhouse gas, from fossil fuel combustion, placing itself as a major contributor to global climate change. Moreover, the anticipated unprecedented increase in number of vehicles makes transportation a main target for reducing air pollution and achieving sustainable environment. All this incite public authorities and governments to devise new policies to reduce CO2 emissions by promoting public and green transport choices, supporting the private sector for inventing innovative modes of transport and stimulating a move towards cleaner and lower carbon vehicles. This ultimately leads to *Green Transportation*, which means any eco-friendly transport practice or vehicle that does not have any negative impact on the environment. Within a Smart City, *smart and green* mobility has to be intended as the way in which citizens access and explore the city using *advanced and eco-friendly* transport modes. This implies being aware of the available mobility resources (public transports, parking facilities, bike lanes, ride sharing) and of their real value (in term of cost, time, carbon emissions, health), but also having an easy and efficient access to city services and events as well as a simple and unified access to transport payments. Supporting such an inter-connected, heterogeneous and dynamic transport system with *lower or no environmental impact *requires the adoption of innovative and sophisticated solutions from traffic management centers and city administration to control the mobility resources and policies and to proactively enhance them. This special issue aims at publishing novel contributions presenting services, applications and solutions that help in reducing carbon emissions for any road transport mode or facilitate access and use of modern and greener transport modes. Suitable topics for this special issue include, but are not limited to: * Congestion management and cooperative mobility applications * Parking and electric vehicle charging applications * Traffic information systems, traffic management, tolling, and routing applications * Public transport, traveler information, walking, biking, and multimodal integration applications * Carpooling, car sharing, on-demand taxi applications for greener transportation * Mobility as a service and single ticketing solutions * Commercial vehicles, freight, and cargo management applications for reduced carbon emissions * Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication modes for green transportation * Simulation and modelling of smart and green transportation * Electric and hybrid vehicles * Transportation electrification * Green transport practice and planning * Emissions, noise, environment * Environmental, pollution, and noise protection aspects of smart transportation * Participation and gamification Techniques for Carbon-low/Energy-efficient Mobility Behaviors * Vehicles emission and environmental impact * Novel application for Cyclists, Bike sharing, Car sharing, freight management * New Eco-driving protocols and applications * Policies and standards for green transportation * Synergies and Data Sharing for Smart and Green Transportation * Safety Systems and Safety Aspects of Smart and Green Transportation * Security and Privacy of Smart and Green Transportation * Projects and Field Operational Tests *_Important dates:_* *First submission deadline*:***April 30, 2017.* *Notification of first decision*: July 15, 2017. *First revision submission deadline*: September 15, 2017. *Notification of final decision*: November 15, 2017. *Final manuscript submission deadline*: December 15, 2017. *Issue of Publication*: March 2018 ** *_Guest Editors: _* *__* *Dr. Soufiene Djahel* Manchester Metropolitan University, UK s.djahel(a)mmu.ac.uk <mailto:s.djahel@mmu.ac.uk> *Dr.Christoph Sommer* University of Paderborn, Germany sommer(a)ccs-labs.org <mailto:sommer@ccs-labs.org> *Dr. Annapaola Marconi* FBK Trento, Italy marconi(a)fbk.eu <mailto:marconi@fbk.eu> ______________________________________________________________ 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 SenseApp 2017, 9-12 October 2017, Singapore (deadline next week)
by Lars Wolf 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Xenofon Fafoutis <xenofon.fafoutis(a)BRISTOL.AC.UK> Gesendet: 21. April 2017 11:49:37 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP: IEEE SenseApp 2017, 9-12 October 2017, Singapore (deadline next week) ============================================================== IEEE SenseApp 2017 TWELFTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PRACTICAL ISSUES IN BUILDING SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS (in conjunction with IEEE LCN 2017) Singapore 9-12 October 2017 http://www.senseapp.org CALL FOR PAPERS For more than a decade, embedded wireless sensors and actuators have been increasingly networked to continually narrow the gap between the physical world and cyberspace. Domain-specific sensing deployments in scenarios like industrial settings and home automation are becoming more and more ubiquitous, particularly with the advent of novel sensing platforms which allow for the seamless integration of sensing devices into everyday environments. At the same time, data gathered through wireless sensor network deployments empower applications in the emerging domains of smart cities and smart infrastructures. While enabling technologies have evolved into mature and widely available solutions, insights gathered from real-world sensor network deployments are still scarce and many practical issues in building sensor network applications persist. A thorough understanding of these challenges from a practical/systems perspective is still necessary. This especially applies to insights from the areas of hardware platforms of sensor and actuator nodes, their operating systems, the networking of nodes, and fresh perspectives from field trials and applications. This workshop aims at bringing together researchers from both academia and industry to showcase their work and obtain feedback. It serves as a forum for the sensing network research communities working on embedded sensing systems to discuss open issues, novel solutions, and the future development of wireless sensing in general. We encourage contributions describing innovative work in the realms of wireless sensor networks, cyber-physical systems, smart spaces, machine-to-machine communication, the Internet of Things, and all related disciplines. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Practical experiences from innovative real-world sensor network deployments and applications - Hands-on experiences with the integration of sensor networks and the Internet of Things - Middleware support for sensor networks - Programming and debugging sensor networks - Security, availability and dependability issues in sensor networks - Experiences with new sensor hardware and node/platform designs - Practical problems in implementing localization and time synchronization - Experiences with communications protocols for the IoT, M2M, or CPS - Practical medium access control protocols (MACs) - Topology control and routing protocols in sensor network deployments - Novel communication paradigms for wireless sensor networks - Mobility management in sensor applications and deployments - Fault-tolerance and troubleshooting sensor networks - Experiences regarding energy management and network lifetime - Experiences with energy harvesters and energy-sustainable designs - Deployment, installation, and configuration support - Management of large-scale sensor networks and sensing campaigns - Interconnection between IP and sensor networks - Interfacing with sensor networks using mobile computing devices - Large-scale open sensor data sets from real deployments - Integration of wireless sensor networks with smart city infrastructures - Real-world use of WSN platforms in smart spaces and cyber-physical systems - Sensor networking for smart power grids - Practical experiences with wearable sensing technologies Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least 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 Xplore Digital Library. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Full papers must 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. Papers must be submitted electronically via EDAS at: <https://edas.info/N23386> All papers must include title, complete contact information of all authors, abstract and up to 5 keywords on the cover page. Further information can be found at: https://www.senseapp.org/en/senseapp/submission-instructions/ IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: 28 April 2017 Notification of acceptance: 10 July 2017 Camera ready manuscript due: 14 August 2017 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany James H. Pope, University of Bristol, United Kingdom PUBLICITY CHAIR: Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol, United Kingdom GENERAL CO-CHAIRS: Matthias Hollick, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Salil Kanhere, The University of New South Wales, Australia STEERING COMMITTEE: Sanjay Jha, The University of New South Wales, Australia Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Neil Bergmann, University of Queensland Carlo Alberto Boano, Graz University of Technology Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra David Boyle, Imperial College London Rachel Cardell-Oliver, The University of Western Australia Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol Anna Förster, University of Bremen Ben Jolly, Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua Csaba Kiraly, Bruno Kessler Foundation Olaf Landsiedel, Chalmers University of Technology Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa Steffen Peter, University of California, Irvine Delphine Reinhardt, University of Bonn and Fraunhofer FKIE Christian Renner, Hamburg University of Technology Olga Saukh, ETH Zurich Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich Philipp Sommer, ABB Corporate Research Leonardo Steinfeld, Universidad de la República Kristof Van Laerhoven, University of Freiburg Dingwen Yuan, Technische Universität Darmstadt ______________________________________________________________ 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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