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Communication and Computer Networks Deadline Extension
by IASTED - Upcoming Conferences 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 9TH! 2nd IASTED International Conference on Communications and Computer Networks - CCN 2004 MIT Cambridge, USA November 8 - 11, 2004 Important Deadlines: ***Submissions due: July 9, 2004*** Notification of acceptance: Aug 01, 2004 Registration and full payment: Sept 15, 2004 To submit a paper, tutorial or special session to CCN 2004 visit http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/cambridge/ccn.htm?tel RECENTLY ANNOUNCED CONFERENCE The IASTED International Conference on Networks and Communication Systems ~NCS 2005~ April 18-20, 2005 Krabi, Thailand Important Deadlines: Submissions due: October 15, 2004 Notification of acceptance: December 1, 2004 Registration and full payment: February 1, 2005 To view the call for papers, scope of this conference and the International Program Committee visit our website at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2005/thailand/c464.htm?tel UPCOMING CONFERENCES 1. The 3rd IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet, and Information Technology ~CIIT 2004~ November 22-24, 2004 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Important Deadlines: Submissions due: July 1, 2004 Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2004 Registration and full payment: October 1, 2004 To view the call for papers, scope of this conference and the International Program Committee visit our website at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/vi/c433.htm?tel 2. The IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks ~PDCN 2005~ as part of the Twenty-Third IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics February 15-17, 2005 Innsbruck, Austria CONFERENCE CHAIR Prof. Thomas Fahringer - University of Innsbruck, Austria Important Deadlines Submissions Due: September 15, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: October 15, 2004 Registration Deadline: December 1, 2004 To view the call for papers (including the scope) of this conference visit our website at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2005/innsbruck/c456.htm?pdc CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE Forward this information to your University library in order to stay up to date! Past conference proceedings in the area of telecommunication are available for purchase from ACTA Press - http://www.actapress.com/proceedings/proceedings.htm?tel For more information or to join one of the following mail groups: Power, Control, Modelling and Simulation, Bio-Medicine, Signal and Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Software Engineering, Education, Databases and Knowledge Engineering, Internet and Applications, Parallel and Distributed Computing, please contact: IASTED #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T3B 0M6 Tel: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary(a)iasted.org Web site: http://www.iasted.org To unsubscribe from the email list, please visit the following link and click on the Unsubscribe button: http://www.iasted.org/unsubscribe/unsubscribe.asp?email=dieder@ibr.cs.tu-bs… Or email to unsubscribe(a)iasted.com, from your email account (dieder(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de) and copy and paste the following lines into the body of the email: ***************************************************** Telecommunication Newsletter Unsubscribe dieder(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de *****************************************************

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[Fwd: CFP: Overlay Distribution Structures and their Applications]
by Jens Brandt 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

-----Weitergeleitete Nachricht----- From: Laurent Mathy <laurent(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> To: brandt(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Subject: CFP: Overlay Distribution Structures and their Applications Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:03:54 +0100 We would like to draw your attention to a forthcoming special issue of Computer Networks on Overlay Distribution Structures and their Applications. Please find full details of the call at http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/laurent/overlay_cfp.html We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call. Please feel free to distribute a copy of this call to those who might be interested. Best Regards, Laurent Mathy (Lancaster University, UK) David Hutchison (Lancaster University, UK) Thomas Plagemann (University of Oslo, Norway) Peter Steenkiste (Carnegie Mallon University, USA) Guest Editors

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP-- Special Journal Issue on Towards Ubiquitous Wireless Communication: The Integration of 3G/WLAN Networks]
by Lars Wolf 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP-- Special Journal Issue on Towards Ubiquitous Wireless Communication: The Integration of 3G/WLAN Networks Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:56:16 -0400 From: Nidal Nasser <nasser(a)cs.queensu.ca> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> ================================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC) https://www.inderscience.com Special Issue on Towards Ubiquitous Wireless Communication: The Integration of 3G/WLAN Networks Guest Editors Nidal Nasser and Hossam Hassanein Telecommunications Research Laboratory School of Computing, Queen's University Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6 nasser(a)cs.queensu.ca <mailto:Nasser@cs.queensu.ca>, http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~nasser/ hossam(a)cs.queensu.ca <mailto:hossam@cs.queensu.ca>, http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~hossam/ ================================================================================ Theme: Future wireless networks will generally be characterized by heterogeneity in architecture, protocols and air interfaces. The wireless networking scene is dominated by two distinct networking platforms: (a) cellular networks, which passed through multiple generations -1G, 2G and 3G, and (b) Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) championed by the IEEE 802.11 networks. Recent trends indicate that 3G networks and WLANs will co-exist to offer public wireless broadband services to end users. The two platforms offer characteristics that complement each other perfectly. The 3G cellular systems such as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and Code Division Multiple Access (cdma2000) will support real-time and non-real-time multimedia services with data rates from 144 kb/s to 2 Mb/s with wide coverage and nearly universal roaming. However, the costs of acquiring the necessary radio spectrum and the required network equipment upgrades are very high. This is in contrast to WLAN systems such as IEEE 802.11 a/b/g, which provide affordable services and bit rates surpassing those of 3G systems, up to 11 Mb/s with 802.11b and 54 Mb/s with 802.11a/g. However, the coverage offered by WLANs is quit limited and lacks roaming support. The complementary characteristics of 3G cellular systems (slow, wide coverage) and WLAN (fast, limited coverage) make it attractive to integrate these two technologies to provide ubiquitous wireless access. The purpose of integrating 3G systems and WLANs is to make it possible to use the best parts of both systems. High bandwidth WLANs are used for data transfer where available and 3G systems can be used where WLAN coverage is lacking. Development and standardization efforts are currently underway for defining suitable architectures for 3G/WLAN integration. However, designing a network architecture that efficiently integrates 3G systems and WLAN is a challenge task that needs a lot of research efforts. In this special issue, we intend to publish a collection of high quality papers by world leading researchers that present state-of-the-art research in the area of 3G/WLAN integration. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Mobility management 2. Seamless vertical handoff techniques between 3G and WLAN 3. Location management techniques 4. Architecture design scenarios for integrating 3G and WLAN systems 5. Network selection criteria 6. Bandwidth adaptation 7. Consistent quality of service across 3G and WLAN 8. Adaptive quality of service provisioning 9. Performance evaluation studies 10. Pricing and Billing Issues 11. Standardization activities Paper Submission: Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review, and has not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed 25 double spaced pages with reasonable margins and a font size of no less than 11pt, including figures and references, and should include an abstract, not to exceed 250 words. Papers should be submitted in PDF or Microsoft Word format by e-mail to 3GWLAN(a)cs.queensu.ca. Submissions should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliations, fax and telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. All papers will be peer reviewed. Schedule: Submission deadline: *October 20, 2004* Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2004 Submission of final revised manuscript: February 28, 2005 Expected date for publication: Third quarter of 2005 ============================================================== For further details information please refer to the CFP at: http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~trl/ijwmc ============================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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ICETE 2004 Call for Participation
by ICETE Secretariat 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Dear colleague, The 1st International Conference on E-business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE), in cooperation with IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, ACM, SIGMIS, IEICE and SWIM, is a world class forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results in the fields of e-business and telecommunication networks. This first edition will bring more than 200 speakers, 6 distinguished keynote speakers, 6 tutorials and 2 satellite workshops. The regular sessions include several areas: • Global Communication Information Systems and Services • Security and Reliability in Information Systems and Networks • Wireless Communication Systems and Networks • Multimedia Signal Processing Please check the conference website below for more information: http://www.icete.org In addition, we have lined up exciting Social Events, including a Welcome Reception in the evening of 25 August 2004 (Wednesday) and a guided tour followed by a Banquet in the evening of 27 August 2004 (Friday). A more detailed program is now available at http://www.icete.org/program.htm and the registration is now open at: http://www.insticc.org/icete/registration/ The members of the Organizing Committee are looking forward to welcoming you and to meeting you in the sunny city of Setúbal, Portugal in 25-28 August, 2004. ______________________________________________________________________ KEYNOTE LECTURES Keynote 1: E-Business Security and Information Assurance Manu Malek, Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Techonology, USA. Keynote2: On Deterministic Packet Marking Against DDoS Attacks Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Keynote 3: Integrating IT into the Banking Business Model Deepak Pareek, Business Consultant, Pakistan. Keynote 4: Fundamental Challenges of Next Generation Information Retrieval Henry Tirri, University of Helsinki, Finland Keynote 5: TraSH: A Transport Layer Handoff Protocol for Mobile Terrestrial and Space Networks Mohammed Atiquzzaman, School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, USA. Keynote 6: Biometric Recognition- Security and Privacy Concerns Luminita Vasiu, Middlesex University, London, UK. ______________________________________________________________________ TUTORIALS Tutorial 1: E-Business Security Manu Malek, Department of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Techonology, USA. Tutorial 2: On IP Traceback Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Tutorial 3: Wireless Carrier Grade Platforms: Characteristics and Ongoing Open Source Development Efforts Ibrahim Haddad, Open System Lab, Ericsson Corporate Research, Montreal, Canada. Tutorial 4: Integrating IT into the Banking Business Model Deepak Pareek, Business Consultant, Pakistan. Tutorial 5: Fundamentals of Wireless Networks Systems Mohammad S. Obaidat, Department of Computer Science, Monmouth University, USA. Tutorial 6: Rethinking Manageability - Advances in the Management of IP Networks Alexander Clemm and Geng Lin, Cisco Systems, San Jose, California, USA. _____________________________________________________________________ SATELLITE WORKSHOPS The 1st International Workshop on Electronic Government, and Commerce: Design, Modeling, Analysis and Security (EGCDMAS 2004) The 1st International Workshop on Shaping the Broadband Society - users and services (SBS 2004)

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[Fwd: CfP: MTAP Special Issue - Advances in Consumer Communications and Networking]
by Lars Wolf 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

passt doch auch ganz gut zu den Adhoc Games, costream, mmgw, ... Arbeiten -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CfP: MTAP Special Issue - Advances in Consumer Communications and Networking Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:54:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Roccetti <roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it> To: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de CC: Marco Roccetti <roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it> dear Lars, please, find enclosed the CfP of a MTAP Special Issue on Advances in Consumer Communications and Networking. We will be grateful if you could help us to circulate it. Best regards Marco ____________________________________________________________________ Prof. Marco Roccetti Computer Science Department - University of Bologna Mura Anteo Zamboni, 7 Tel. +39 051 2094503 40127 Bologna ITALY Fax. +39 051 2094510 URL: http://www.cs.unibo.it/~roccetti e-mail: roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it [Please distribute the following text to all interested parties] [Many apologies for any duplicate copies] ------------------------------------ Call For Papers MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS (MTAP) An International Journal Special Issue on Advances in Consumer Communications and Networking The demand for networked consumer systems and devices is large and growing rapidly. At home, in a car or truck, at work or at play, Internet users want transparent internetworking of their systems and devices to provide them entertainment, information, and communications. This internetworking should be on-demand and should be set up with whomever or whatever users want, regardless of time or location. As a result, consumer networking is gaining increasing attention from industry, spawning a range of dramatically different solutions in different environments such as wireless, wireline, and power-line communications systems. These environments have their own strengths and challenges to overcome. The scope of consumer networking spans from the body area and personal area networks to home and wide area networks. In the not too distant future, we will see Ad hoc networks augmented with sensors sharing network information that enables devices and systems to seamlessly interact with Internet and wide area wireless systems such as WiFi, 3G and future 4G networks. This phenomenon, "Consumer Communications and Networking", has been attracting many researchers in diverse areas from networking to consumer electronics. The focus of this Special Issue is to present the latest approaches and technical solutions in the area of consumer and home networking. We solicit papers covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to: Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks Body and Personal Area Networks Consumer Driven Applications and Systems for Networked Entertainment Consumer Network Architecture, Protocols, Management and Control Distributed Gaming Protocols and Systems Entertainment Networks Hybrid Network Architectures In-home and Inter-home Networking Integration and Interoperability Issues Last-Mile Network Technologies Multimedia Distribution Protocols Policy Support Programmable Networks and Mobile Code Platforms QoS Support and Performance for Consumer Networking Residential Gateways Security and Privacy for Consumer Networking Session, User and Device Mobility Thin Client Support Ultra Wideband (UWB) for Home Devices Vehicle Networks for Consumer Communications Wireless mesh and Wi-Fi for Home Networking Integration of wireless technologies for Consumer Electronics Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered. Authors should follow the MTAP manuscript style described in the Information for Authors chapter of http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1380-7501. Prospective authors should submit a pdf version of their complete manuscript (which should be compressed if the file size exceeds 1 Mbyte) according to the following timetable, directly to the e-mail address of prof. Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy: roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it. Manuscript Submission: November 1, 2004 Acceptance Notification: February 1, 2005 Final Manuscript Due: May 1, 2005 Publication Date: 4th Quarter 2005 Guest editors: Prof. Gary Chan, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Hong Kong Prof. Madjid Merabti, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Dr. Stan Moyer, Telcordia, USA Prof. Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy Prof. Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA Dr. Heather Yu, Panasonic Technologies, USA

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[Fwd: WG: Wireless Congress 2004: Systems & Applications]
by Lars Wolf 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WG: Wireless Congress 2004: Systems & Applications Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:17:19 +0200 From: Fodi, Dr. Bernd <Fodi(a)ZVEI.Org> CC: "Rühl-Böning, Elvira" <ruehl-boening(a)ZVEI.Org> > Dear Sir or Madam, > > to underline the particular importance of wireless applications as driver of R&D in the electronics industry, the Elektronik magazine, the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers> '> Association (ZVEI) and Messe Muenchen as organiser of electronica 2004 are therefore cooperating to stage a two day congress (November 10 and 11) titled Wireless Congress 2004: Systems & Applications. The congress is intended to illuminate all the technical aspects of present-day and future wireless technologies, like WLAN, Mobile telephony, Personal networks, Industrial Radio Data and Wireless Automation, Security in Wireless Systems, RFID, NFC, Wireless sensor networks, WiMAX, UWB and Ubiquitous Computing. With the present call for papers http://www.wireless-congress.com we invite experts of the field to participate in the congress. > > If you have any further questions concerning the Congress, please contact me. > > Best regards > > <<Call for Papers-e.pdf>> > > Bernd Fodi > > Dr. Bernd Fodi > German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) > Electronic Components Division > Stresemannallee 19 > D-60596 Frankfurt > Germany > Phone: +49 69-6302-461 Fax: +49 69-6302-407 > <http://www.zvei-be.org> <mailto: fodi(a)zvei.org> > > > > >

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ASWN 2004 Call for Participation
by Ibrahim Matta 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Apologies for receiving multiple copies. ===== Call For Participation http://csr.bu.edu/aswn2004 4th Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks Boston, Massachusetts, USA August 8-11, 2004 Sponsored by: IEEE Communications Society, IEEE TCPC, WWRF-WG2 REGISTRATION at http://csr.bu.edu/aswn2004/registration.html Highlights of ASWN 2004 ======================= * Keynote speech by Professor Andrew Campbell (Columbia University) on "Showstoppers for Sensors" * Invited talk by Professor Matt Welsh (Harvard University) on "Sensor Networks for Emergency Medical Care" * Presentations of peer-reviewed technical papers organized into eight sessions: + Resource Discovery and Management + Security and Accounting + Performance Modeling and Evaluation + Scheduling and Clustering + Overlay and P2P Services + Multimedia Transport + Routing and Mobility + Distributed and Middleware Services * A panel on latest research and developments * A Networking Reception (Poster Session/Industry Showcase) Speaker: Firas Abi-Nassif, Airvana, Inc. * Two half-day tutorials by Dr. Milind M. Buddhikot (Lucent Bell Labs): + Integrated Public Wireless Networks + Security in Public Wireless Networks Web Links ========= Technical Program at http://csr.bu.edu/aswn2004/schedule.html Committees at http://csr.bu.edu/aswn2004/committees.html Tutorials at http://csr.bu.edu/aswn2004/tutorial.html Registration at http://csr.bu.edu/aswn2004/registration.html

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[Info@iasted.org: Web-based Education Conference Announcement]
by Marc Bechler 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

----- Forwarded message from IASTED - Upcoming Conferences <Info(a)iasted.org> ----- X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Subject: Web-based Education Conference Announcement X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: IASTED - Upcoming Conferences <Info(a)iasted.org> To: mbechler(a)informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de X-Scan-Signature: b0dd05613d06e0065775d3c2990b8079 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on mail9.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=no version=2.61 X-Spam-Level: X-Scan-Signature: b0dd05613d06e0065775d3c2990b8079 X-IBRFilter-SpamReport: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.24 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) UPCOMING CONFERENCE The 7th IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education - WBE 2004 February 21-23, 2004 in Grindelwald, Switzerland CONFERENCE CHAIR Dr. Vladimir Uskov - Bradley University, USA PURPOSE As keyboards replace chalkboards, the Web's impact on traditional educational theories and practices are increasingly apparent. It has transformed and expanded the conventional boundaries of education. New innovations such as virtual colleges, laboratories, and universities develop, which create an abundance of additional areas of study surrounding this innovation. These include innovative hardware and software technology, online testing and assessment, training and teaching applications, and courseware design and development. WBE 2005 is aimed to provide scholars, faculty, researchers, and administrators in all web-based educational areas with an excellent opportunity to convene with colleagues from approximately 50 countries and discuss innovative ideas, results and outcomes of research in this new and exciting field. All papers submitted to this conference will be peer evaluated by at least three experts. Acceptance will be based primarily on originality of ideas and approaches, uniqueness and completeness of research, and significance of contribution. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submissions Due: October 1, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: November 1, 2004 Registration Deadline: December 15, 2004 To submit a paper or for more information visit our website at http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2005/switzerland/wbe.htm?wbe WBE 2004 is pleased to welcome a number of collaborating organizations. Visit http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2005/switzerland/wbe.htm?wbe for a full listing. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING - ONLINE JOURNAL ACTA Press is pleased to announce a new journal in the area of education. The first issue of Advanced Technology for Learning is available online and free of charge at http://www.actapress.com/journals/onlinejournals.htm. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE Past conference proceedings in the area of education are available for purchase from ACTA Press - http://www.actapress.com/proceedings/proceedings.htm For more information or to join one of the following mail groups: Power, Telecommunication, Control, Modelling and Simulation, Bio-Medicine, Signal and Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Software Engineering, Databases and Knowledge Engineering, Internet and Applications, Parallel and Distributed Computing, please contact: IASTED #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T3B 0M6 Tel: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary(a)iasted.org Web site: http://www.iasted.org To unsubscribe from the email list, please visit the following link and click on the Unsubscribe button: http://www.iasted.org/unsubscribe/unsubscribe.asp?email=mbechler@telematik.… Or email to unsubscribe(a)iasted.org, from your email account (mbechler(a)telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de) and copy and paste the following lines into the body of the email: ***************************************************** Education Newsletter Unsubscribe mbechler(a)telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de ***************************************************** ----- End forwarded message -----

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[Fwd: Deadline Extended to *** June 20 ***: IEEE SECON 2004]
by Buschmann, Carsten 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Deadline Extended to *** June 20 ***: IEEE SECON 2004 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:16:37 -0500 From: Surendar Chandra <surendar(a)cse.nd.edu> Reply-To: surendar(a)cse.nd.edu To: buschmann(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de, nmrg(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de, schoenw(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de, strauss(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de, zit(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Sincere apologies for the wrong deadline inside the previous message. The deadline extension is to June 20. Apologies for the inconvenience. ========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE SECON 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks Technically Co-Sponsored By: IEEE ComSoc TCCC Santa Clara, California October 4-7, 2004 Paper submissions due (via EDAS): June 7, 2004 ******** (EXTENDED TO JUNE 20, 11.59PM PDT - FIRM DEADLINE) ******** http://www.ieee-secon.org/2004 ==========================================================================

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[Fwd: CFP DEADLINE EXTENSION: Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'04)]
by Lars Wolf 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP DEADLINE EXTENSION: Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'04) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:08:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Roccetti <roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it> To: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de CC: Marco Roccetti <roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it> Our Sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please Note the EXTENDED DEADLINES. Regards Giovanni Pau, Marco Roccetti & S.S. Lee CALL FOR PAPERS 1st IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME'04) http://nime04.csr.unibo.it/nime04 GLOBECOM 2004 - Satellite Workshop November 29th 2004 Dallas, TX, USA EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE June 25th 2004 ============================== The growing availability of digital contents and the simultaneous cost reductions in storage, processing, and networking is driving the growth of the entertainment technology. Many of the technologies pioneered in emerging entertainment applications have also found use in a large spectrum of more serious settings, ranging from telemedicine to in-home, in-car, in-flight multimedia distribution platforms. The success of the entertainment technology is confirmed by several facts. Take, for example, the two following cases: in 2003 the revenues generated by games have yet again surpassed those provided by the movie industry; the Apple iTunes online music service has hit a record share of almost 20% in the MP3 player market in the last semester of 2003. Further, while in the past entertainment technology traditionally offered predominantly passive experiences (e.g., video on demand), continual advances in network and computer technologies are providing tools for implementing greater interactivity and for enabling consumers to enjoy more exciting experiences, such as, for example, interactive digital TV, interactive theatre and orchestrated music and sound design. Simply put, today's entertainment technology is able to create "entertainment spaces" in which people experience a world where games, movies, songs, plus news, sport events and shows, are all made available for instant enjoyment with just one click. Another beneficial aspect of high-tech entertainment is that this phenomenon is pulling together an extremely diverse group of experts specializing in different technical areas, such as networking, computer graphics, games, animation, multimedia design, human-computer interaction, educational media and software engineering. Even though high-tech entertainment promotes interdisciplinary fusion, however, only the ubiquity of wireless/wired communication is considered suitable for accepting the challenge of building a "large interactive environment" for the delivery of the maximum entertainment value to millions of consumers worldwide. In this respect, there is a great hope that the wired and wireless Internet (along with its protocols, architectures, programming styles and technological solutions) may take over this complex scenario for fulfilling the consumer expectations. The first IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment provides an open forum for researchers, engineers and academia to exchange the latest technical information and research findings on Next-Generation Multimedia Networking concepts, technologies, systems, and applications for entertainment covering existing deployments, current developments and future evolution. Authors are solicited to submit complete unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas: Networked Technologies for Entertainment: - Architectures, Platforms and Protocols for Networked Games - Internetworking, Vertical Roaming and Session - Handoffs for Entertainment (Internet to WLAN, to 3G/BT/...) - Home LANs, Body and Personal Area Networks for Entertainment - Media and Device Adaptation - Music and Movie Distribution - Next Generation Wireless Technologies for Entertainment (IEEE802.11n, UWB and Beyond) - Opportunistic Multi-hopping and Opportunistic Networks for Entertainment - QoS and Security Support for Entertainment - Resource and Service Discovery Technologies (P2P, LDAP, ...) - Technologies for Networked In-Home/Car/Flight/Train Entertainment - TV-Centric and Broadcast Networks for Entertainment Emerging Entertainment Applications: - Agent-based Entertainment - Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality - Evolutionary Entertainment - Field Trials - Interactive Television and Theater - Massive Multiplayer Games - Mobile and Wireless Entertainment - Networked Entertainment - Networked Narrative and Digital Interactive Storytelling - Networked Video, Music and Sound Design - Pervasive Entertainment - Personalized and User-Adapted Television - Sport, News and Entertainment - Virtual Technology and Virtual Environments for Entertainment - Wearable Entertainment - Wireless and Mobile Gaming - Testbed and Performance Evaluations Guidelines for Paper Submission Original papers from the above mentioned topics or related areas will be considered. Each submitted paper will be fully refereed and undergo a blind review process. The accepted papers will be published in the IEEE-sponsored workshop proceedings. Submission guidelines should be strictly followed. 1. Submit an electronic copy of the paper in a .pdf or .ps format through the EDAS paper submission site (hhtp://edas.info). 2. The body of the paper should not exceed 15 pages double spaced (4000 words, 12 point font). 3. A separate cover sheet should show the title of the paper, the author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the address (including e-mail, telephone, and fax) to which the correspondence should be sent. Important Dates ******** E X T E N D E D - D E A D L I N E S ******* July 5 2004: Paper submission August 5, 2004: Author Notification August 22, 2004: Camera-ready Copy Sponsoring Committee IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communications Technical Committee Co-Chairs Giovanni Pau (UCLA, USA, gpau(a)cs.ucla.edu) Marco Roccetti (University of Bologna, Italy, roccetti(a)cs.unibo.it) Scott S. Lee (Samsung, Korea, sslee(a)ieee.org) Advisory Committee Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech, USA) Yucel Altunbasak (Georgia Tech, USA) Gary Chan (Univ. Science and Tech, HK) Jeff Derby (IBM, USA ) Alex Gelman, (Panasonic, USA) Nelson Fonseca (Universiy of Campinas, Brazil) Pascal Frossard (EPFS, Switzerland) Charlie Judice (Verizon, USA) Leonard Kleinrock (UCLA, USA) Stan Moyer (Telecordia, USA) Heather Yu (Panasonic, USA) Technical Committee Ian Akyildiz (gerogia Tech. Usa) Alessandro Amoroso (University of Bologna, Italy) Abdellatif Benjelloun (France Telecom, France) Marc Cavazza (University of Teesside, UK) Magda El Zarki (UC Irvine, USA) Juan Carlos De Martin (IEIIT, IT) Enrica Filippi (STM, France) Mario Marques Freire (Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal) Borko Furht (FAU, USA) Marco Furini (University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy) Maria Teresa Gatti (STM, Italy) Mario Gerla (UCLA, USA) Alan Kaplan (Panasonic USA) Inwhan Kim (Samsung, Korea) Rioychi Komiya (Multimedia University, Malaysia) Barcin Kozbe (Ericsson, USA) Brijesh Kumar (Panasonic, USA) Newton Lee (Disney, USA) Yujin Lim (SAIT-Samsung, Korea) Keith Marzullo (UCSD, USA) Gianluca Mazzini (University of Ferrara, Italy) Madjid Merabti (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Ryohei Nakatsu (Kwansei University, Japan) Algirdas Paktas (London Metropolitan University, UK) Guy Pujolle (LIP 6, France) Mark Smith (HP LAB, USA) Fouad Tobagi (Stanford, USA) Mehmet Ulema (Manhattan College, USA) Socrates Varakliotis (University College London, UK) Lars Wolf (IBR, Germany)

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