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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 (Deadline approaching)
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 (Deadline approaching) Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:42:08 +0200 Von: Vinay Setty <vsetty(a)MPI-INF.MPG.DE> Antwort an: Vinay Setty <vsetty(a)MPI-INF.MPG.DE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CFP: 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 ACM/IFIP Middleware 2019 Conference - Call for Papers http://2019.middleware-conference.org where and when UC Davis, CA; Dec 9 - 13, 2019 Dates Abstract Submission May 10 Paper Submission May 17 Author Rebuttal August 1-5 Notification August 23 Final Version Due September 13 The annual ACM/IFIP Middleware conference is a major forum for the discussion of innovations and recent scientific advances of middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms and architectures for computing, storage, and communication. Highlights of the conference will include a high quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials and workshops. Original submissions of research papers on a diversity of topics are sought, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to: * Cloud and data centers * Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling * Data-intensive computing (big data) and data analytics * Stream Processing * Machine learning * Mobile and pervasive systems and services * Internet-of-Things, smart cities * Fog, Edge computing * Cyber-physical and Real-time systems * Energy and power-aware techniques * Event-based, publish/subscribe, and peer-to-peer solutions * Networking, network function virtualization, software-defined networking * Multimedia Systems * Fault tolerance and Consistency * Blockchains * Security and privacy * Monitoring, resource management and analysis * Middleware Design principles * Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware * Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective approaches * Reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation, etc. * Methodologies and tools for design, implementation, verification, and evaluation Original papers of three types are sought: * Research Papers: These papers report original research on the above topics, and will be evaluated on significance of the problem, novelty of the solution, advancement beyond prior work, sufficient supporting evidence and clarity of the presentation. * Experimentation and Deployment Papers: These papers describe complete systems, platforms, and/or comprehensive experimental evaluations of alternative designs and solutions to well-known problems. The emphasis during the evaluation of these papers will be less on the novelty and more on the demonstrated usefulness and potential impact of the contributions, the extensive experimentation involved, and the quality and weight of the lessons learned. * Big Ideas Papers: These are papers that have the potential for opening up new research directions. For such papers, the potential to motivate new research is more important than full experimental evaluation, though some preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of the approach or idea is important. Confirmed keynote speakers: Brian Cooper - Google Monica Lam - Stanford University Ion Stoica - Berkeley Submission Guidelines Submitted papers must have at most 12 pages of technical content, including text, figures, and appendices, but excluding any number of additional pages for bibliographic references. Note that submissions must be double-blind: authors’ names must not appear, and authors must make a good faith attempt to anonymize their submissions. Submitted papers must adhere to the formatting instructions of the ACM SIGPLAN style, which can found on the ACM template page. Please note that it is preferable, although not mandatory, to use a 10pt font instead of 9pt one. The Middleware 2019 conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date will be the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library which may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the Middleware conference. Note that the official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. Software and Data Artifact Availability for Accepted Papers The authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit supporting materials to be made publicly available as “source materials” in the ACM Digital Library. The materials will be vetted by the Artifact Availability Evaluation process run by a separate committee. This submission is voluntary but encouraged and will not influence the final decision regarding the papers. Papers that go through the Artifact Availability Evaluation process successfully and are made available in the ACM Digital Library will receive a badge printed on the papers themselves. Note to Authors: By submitting your article for distribution in this Special Interest Group publication, you hereby grant to ACM the following non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide rights: * to publish in print on condition of acceptance by the editor * to digitize and post your article in the electronic version of this publication * to include the article in the ACM Digital Library and any Digital Library related services * to allow users to make a personal copy of the article for non-commercial, educational or research purposes However, as a contributing author, you retain copyright to your article and ACM will refer requests for republication directly to you. The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. General Chairs Mohammad Sadoghi, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Roman Vitenberg, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Program Chairs Vana Kalogeraki, ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Robbert van Renesse, CORNELL UNIVERSITY Industrial Track Chairs Dejan Milojicic, HP LABS Vinod Muthusamy, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER Workshop Chairs David Eyers, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Jan Rellermeyer, TU DELFT Tutorial Chair Saurabh Bagchi, PURDUE UNIVERSITY Doctoral Symposium Chairs Faisal Nawab, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ Etienne Riviere, UC LOUVAIN Test-Of-Time Award Chair Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Sponsor Chairs Andy Gokhale, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Jayaram Kallapalayam Radhakrishnan, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER Local Arrangements Chairs Christopher Nitta, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Dongfang Zhao, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO Poster And Demo Chairs Jelle Hellings, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Amy L. Murphy, BRUNO KESSLER FOUNDATION Proceedings Chair Kaiwen Zhang, ÈTS MONTRÉAL Publicity Chairs Vincenzo Massimiliano Gulisano, CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Jia Rao, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Vinay Setty, UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER Web And Social Media Chairs Suyash Gupta, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Research Track Program Committee Members: Alberto Montresor, University of Trento Aleksandar Dragojevic, Microsoft Research Cambridge Amy Tai, VMware Andy Gokhale, Vanderbilt University Boris Koldehofe, Technical University Darmstadt David Bromberg, University of Rennes, IRISA, INRIA David Eyers, University of Otago, New Zealand Derek Murray, Google Diego Lugones, Nokia Bell Labs Dilma da Silva, Texas A&M University Eva Kalyvianaki, University of Cambridge Fabio Kon, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano Fred Douglis, Perspecta Labs Gabriele Mancagli, University of Pisa Gordon Blair, Lancaster University Guillaume Pierre, INRIA Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto Ioana Giurgiu, IBM Research Zurich Jayaram K. R., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Kang Chen, Tsinghua University Liuba Shrira, Brandeis University Luis Rodrigues, INESC-ID Lydia Chen, TU Delft Marko Vukolic, IBM Research Zurich Marta Patino, Technical University of Madrid Mema Roussopoulos, University of Athens Michael Vrable, Google Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UC Irvine Pascal Felber, University of Neuchatel Patrick Eugster, Purdue University Paulo Ferreira, University of Lisbon Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College London Peter Triantafillou, University of Warwick Phillip Stanley-Marbell, University of Cambridge Rong Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Roy Campbell, UIUC Roy Friedman, Technion Samuel Kounev, University of Wurzburg Sangeetha Seshadri, IBM Research Sara Bouchenak, INSA Lyon Sonia Ben Mokhtar, CNRS Lyon Spyros Voulgaris, Athens Univ. of Economy And Business Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens Tarek Abdelzaher, UIUC Valerie Issarny, INRIA Wei Tsong Ooi, National University of Singapore Ymir Vigfusson, Emerson University ______________________________________________________________ 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: 2019 IEEE GLOBECOM <Deadline Extended> - Green Communication Systems and Networks
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 2019 IEEE GLOBECOM <Deadline Extended> - Green Communication Systems and Networks Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:08:15 +0800 Von: sipengbo(a)bjut.edu.cn <sipengbo(a)BJUT.EDU.CN> Antwort an: sipengbo(a)bjut.edu.cn <sipengbo(a)BJUT.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] The technical paper submission deadline has been extended to 1 May, 2019. The 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in Waikoloa on the beautiful Big Island, Hawaii, USA, from 9 -13 December 2019. Themed “Revolutionizing Communications,” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 13 symposia and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 will also include an attractive Industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits. Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS: Pengbo Si, Beijing University of Technology, China Kyng Sup Kwak, Inha University, Korea SCOPE AND MOTIVATION: The high-density deployment of base stations and the exponentially increasing of sensors and actuators in 5G and 6G networks bring great challenge on reducing carbon footprint in 5G and 6G networks. Moreover, the information sharing and intelligent decision making capabilities help recent communication systems and networks play an important role in improving energy efficiency in various industries. The aim of Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium in GLOBECOM 2019 is to serve as a platform presenting state-of-the-art research work on challenging issues related to energy efficiency in communication systems and networks, as well as to shed further light on future directions in this space. Authors from both industry and academia are invited to submit papers and share their recent results on this platform. MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST: Energy-efficient transmission technologies and network protocols Green 5G/6G networks Energy-efficient protocols and networking Green network concepts and architectures Cross-layer design and optimization for green communications and computing Green routing and switching Green wireline communications and networking Energy-efficient storage, cloud computing, edge computing and data centers Green traffic shaping and policy implementation Energy-efficient resource management and scheduling Green software, hardware, devices, and equipment Power-efficient cooling and air-conditioning systems for communications and computing Physical layer approaches for green communications and computing Low cost, energy-efficient antenna and RF designs Green management of communication networks Context-based green approaches & green awareness Economy and pricing for green systems and services Green network monitoring Measurement and profiling of green issues Power consumption trends and reduction in communications and computing Modeling and analysis for green communications and computing Security in green communication and computing Carbon-neutral communication and computing systems Cognitive technologies to reduce energy consumption in communication networks Zero-emission base stations, communication devices, and networks Standardization, policy and regulation for green communications and computing Non-energy based green topics, issues and approaches ICT for green buildings and smart cities Architectures and models for smart grid communications Sensor and actuator networks for smart grid Communications networks for the smart grid Quality of service in smart grids Self-organizing green wireless networks Green industrial processes Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, wireless power transfer Renewable energies for ICT Energy-aware communications and networking Architectures, models, security, and approaches for smart grids and smart grid networks Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies Experimental test-beds and results for green communications and computing Field trials and deployment experiences SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 website provides full instructions on how to submit papers and the paper format. All papers should be submitted via EDAS through the following link: https://edas.info/N25074 IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: 1 May 2019 Acceptance Notification: 15 July 2019 Camera Ready: 16 Aug 2019 Pengbo Si, PhD, Professor, PhD Supervisor, SMIEEE College of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, and Deputy Director of the HR Department, Beijing University 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: GI-Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, OSPERT 2019
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: GI-Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, OSPERT 2019 Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:51:42 +0200 (CEST) Von: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. <mitglieder-info(a)gi.de> Antwort an: mitgliederservice(a)gi.de Organisation: Gesellschaft f�r Informatik e.V. An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Logo der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. MITGLIEDERINFO FG BETRIEBSSYSTEME Liebe Mitglieder der Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, die Einrichtungsfrist für den bei der ECRTS-Konferenz in Stuttgart angesiedelten Workshop OSPERT 2019 <http://ospert19.tudos.org>(The 15th Annual Workshop on Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time Applications) wurde auf den 23. April verschoben. Die Organisatoren würden sich über Beiträge aus dem Kreis der Fachgruppe sehr freuen. Weitere Details finden Sie unter folgender URL: https://ospert19.tudos.org/ospert19.txt Schöne Grüße Olaf Spinczyk (Fachgruppensprecher) Impressum <https://gi.de/impressum>Datenschutz <https://gi.de/datenschutz>

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for papers: Internet of Everything Track, INFORMATIK 2019, Kassel, Germany
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for papers: Internet of Everything Track, INFORMATIK 2019, Kassel, Germany Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:26:45 +0200 Von: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ***Call for Papers: Internet of Everything*** The conference INFORMATIK is the annual convention and the most important meeting of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), the largest computer science association in German-speaking countries. INFORMATIK 2019 will take place at the University of Kassel on September 23 - 26, 2019. It will celebrate the GI’s 50th birthday, which was founded in 1969, with an attractive program for participants from science and industry. The theme of the conference is “50 Years of Society for Computer Science - Computer Science for Society”. Seven conference tracks cover topics that currently receive special attention in science, practice and society. The best contributions will be forwarded for publication in suitable journals. Conference languages are German and English. Further information: www.informatik2019.de <http://www.informatik2019.de/> Internet of Everything The Internet is more than a communication infrastructure for a selected group of people. It is an integral part of our daily life. In this track, we focus on all research questions that relate to the interconnection of users and devices as well as machine-to-machine communication. This includes common topics such as network protocols and algorithms for the Internet of Things but also emerging fields such as the interconnection of cars and factories. Topics of Interest Internet of Things Industry 4.0 Car2X communication M2M communication Security and privacy 5G, 6TSCH, CoAP, MQTT, etc. Submissions Applications Services Protocols Network architectures Deployment experiences and open challenges Standardization We welcome contributions of the following two kinds from science and practice related to the theme of the track: * Extended abstracts provide a summary of already published outstanding work which appeared in top international venues 2017 or later that is presented to the community at the conference includ- ing an opportunity for discussion (2 pages). * Regular articles present new insights and stable results (up to 14 pages). They may not have been submitted or published elsewhere. Contributions in German or English should be submitted to the Review System of INFORMATIK 2019 http://easychair.informatik2019.de <http://easychair.informatik2019.de/> . Please refer to the guidelines for the GI-Edition “Lecture Notes in Informatics” at https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni/ <https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni/>. All submissions are reviewed by at least three members of the program committee in terms of content quality and thematic suitability. Important Dates 12.04.2019 registration of submissions 19.04.2019 submission deadline 31.05.2019 decision notification 20.06.2019 camera-ready version due 23.-26.09.2019 date INFORMATIK 2019 Track Co-Chairs Anna Förster, Univ. Bremen (co-Chair) Matthias Wählisch, FU Berlin (co-Chair) Contakt ioe_chairs(a)informatik2019.de <mailto:ioe_chairs@informatik2019.de> — Prof. Dr. Anna Förster Sustainable Communication Networks Faculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering University of Bremen NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1 28359 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 421 218 62383 Fax. +49 421 218 98 62383 * One planet, one people. -- Prof. Dr. Anna Förster Depkenstr. 21 28213 Bremen Deutschland ______________________________________________________________ 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] Elsevier Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522)
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522) Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:05:18 -0400 Von: Zeeshan Kaleem <zeeshankaleem(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Zeeshan Kaleem <zeeshankaleem(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management Deadline: June 1, 2019 CFP: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/call-for-papers/sp… In recent years, since 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) is giving high priority to the mission critical communications networks and services to provide communication services in disaster areas. Because, the disaster management organizations such as fire brigades, rescue teams, and emergency medical service providers have high priority and broadband demand to exchange information among team and with the victims by using mission-critical voice and data communication. To fulfill these demands, a standalone architecture is desired that can enable communication during the disaster situations. Moreover, broadband in public safety gives law enforcement the advantage to access information, stream video, and collaborate in real time. Law enforcement and border control remains the largest application of public safety LTE. To develop the standalone architecture and technologies, currently many organizations are developing LTE-based disaster support architecture because of its capability to provide the bandwidth efficient solutions. Technologies used in existing narrowband critical communications networks such as Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and Project25 (P25) have been in use for about 20 years now. These networks are well developed and effective in supporting only voice applications but are not suitable for future higher bandwidth applications with the requirements of high data/video transmissions. Thus, the MC services are expected to evolve into the future by taking inputs from critical communications industries regarding architecture, technologies, and service requirements. Since, in disaster situation there is a possibility of complete architectural disaster, so to enable voice/data communication in this situation, the unmanned air vehicle (UAV)/robots can be used to provide the communication setup by enabling the path towards the core network. Moreover, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications are the key drivers in the emergency situation for exchanging information from the MC site in the absence of network infrastructure to provide MC voice and data services. To provide these services 3GPP included the Mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality into LTE standard which is the first major step in a series of MC Services and functionalities demanded by the market. Recently, 3GPP Release 14 added various enhancements to its repertoire related to MCPTT, MC Data, and MC Video. Hence, the Release 14 MC services not only required new protocols and security enhancements but also enhancements in existing MCPTT services to enable reuse of common functionalities. Similarly, the Release 15, that will be the first phase of 5G, is expecting more enhancements in MC services. The main objective of this special section is to bring most recent advances in physical layer of mission critical communication technologies. Moreover, its goal is to address the challenges related to mission critical services. Authors are required to submit previously unpublished papers in this special issue. Topics of interest include, but not limited to the following: • Physical layer issues for mission critical communications and network • Radio resource management schemes for mission critical communications and network • Spectrum sharing and future spectrum requirements for mission critical communications and network • UAV/robots detection and localizations protocols for mission critical communications and network • Location-based services: indoor positioning, navigation and mapping for mission critical communications and network • Stochastic geometry models for mission critical communications and network • Disaster resilient 3D location detection protocols suitable for mission critical communications and network • Channel measurements and modeling for mission critical communications and network • Mission critical communications and network optimization by targeting low latency applications • Opportunistic offloading schemes for mission critical communications and network • Device-to-device (D2D) discovery and communications for mission critical communications and network • Full duplex communications for mission critical communications and network • Deep learning algorithms for mission critical communications and network • Real-time video analytics for situation-aware mission critical communications and network • Information-driven video communication for mission critical communications and network • Heterogeneous fog communications and computing for mission critical communications and network • Connected vehicle and computing platform for mission critical communications and network • Wireless power transfer protocols for mission critical communications and network • Software defined radio (SDR) based prototype development for mission critical communications and network Editor in Chief Tolga M. Duman Bilkent University, Turkey Lead Guest Editors Zeeshan Kaleem, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan Email: zeeshankaleem(a)gmail.com Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K Email: trung.q.duong(a)qub.ac.uk Guest Editors Mubashir Husain Rehmani Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland Email: mshrehmani(a)gmail.com Nguyen-Son Vo Duy Tan University, Vietnam Email: vonguyenson(a)dtu.edu.vn Important Dates: Manuscript due: June 01, 2019 Notification of first round review: August 1, 2019 Revised manuscript due: September 1, 2019 Final decision notification: October 1, 2019 Publication date: November 1, 2019 Submission Guideline: All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers must not exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/ All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through EVISE. The authors must select as “Mission Critical Commun.” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Zeeshan Kaleem Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Pakistan. https://sites.google.com/view/zeeshankaleem ______________________________________________________________ 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: IOTSMS 2019 - The 6th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Granada, Spain. October 22-25, 2019.
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IOTSMS 2019 - The 6th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Granada, Spain. October 22-25, 2019. Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:34:39 +0200 Von: Sandra Sendra <ssendra(a)UGR.ES> Antwort an: Sandra Sendra <ssendra(a)UGR.ES> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]** *The 6th IEEE* International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2019) **Granada, Spain. October 22-25, 2019. * ** http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2019 ** *IOTSMS 2019* The Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers unprecedented opportunities to interconnect human beings as well as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), whereby sensors and networks allow all ‘things’ to communicate directly with each other to share vital information allowing us to have an instrumented universe where accurate data is readily available to inform optimal decision making. The IoT is about to enable a range of new capabilities and services far beyond today’s offerings. It will fundamentally change how people go about their lives. According to Gartner, the number of objects connected to the Internet is set to reach 20 billion by 2020. Cisco estimates the number will be close to 26 billion objects by 2020. Others believe the actual number will be even higher with the assumption that any object with a simple micro controller and on-off switch will be connected to the Internet in the near feature. The scale of the IoT is set to have a major economic, social and environmental impacts; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The IEEE Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2019) aims at soliciting original ideas on the broad area of IoT including challenges and opportunities, concepts and applications and future trends. The IoTSMS aims to facilitate discussions among academics and IoT practitioners and make positive contributions to the field. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts. Submitted papers should be in accordance with IEEE format, and will be reviewed by at least two expert reviewers in terms of relevance, originality, contribution, correctness, and presentation. *Important Dates: Main Track, Posters, Demos and PhD Forum* *Submission Date:1st June 2019* Notification to Authors: 15th August 2019 Camera Ready Submission: 5th September 2019 *SUBMISSION* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the IOTSMS Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion. Papers can be up to 8 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). The proceedings will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iotsms2019 Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Emerging concepts of IoT Systems * Architectures of IoT systems * Machine-to-Machine Communication and IoT * Modeling of IoT applications * SDN and NFV support for IoT applications and Systems * Fog and Edge support for IoT Applications * 5G support for IoT Applications * IoT for Smart Cities * Energy management in IoT * Design methodologies for IoT * Novel services and applications of IoT to facilitate environmental responsibility * Green by Internet of Things * IoT and Social benefits/impact * IoT Economics and Business Models * Emerging Internet of Things business models and process changes * Communication systems and network architectures for the IoT * IoT and Data Management * Security and privacy of IoT * Reliability of IoT * Disaster recovery in IoT * Applications of Internet of things * Emerging applications and interaction paradigms for everyday citizens * Big data and IoT * Self-organizing IoT * Cloud Computing and IoT * IoT and sustainable Growth *JOURNAL-SPECIAL-ISSUE* Selected authors of high quality papers will be invited to submit extended versions to an indexed and highly ranked journals, includingCluster Computing, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) and Internet Technology Letters - Wiley *Workshop Proposals Submission* Workshop proposals due: 20th March, 2019 Notification of acceptance: 25th March, 2019 Launch for Workshops CFP: 1st April, 2019 *General Co-Chairs:* ·Sandra Sendra, University of Granada, Spain ·Abdelhakim Hafid Senhadji, University of Montreal, Canada. ·Francisco Falcone, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain.** *pending IEEE Technical Sponsorship ______________________________________________________________ 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 DroNet (firm deadline is Apr, 14)] 5th ACM Workshop on UAV Networks, Systems, and Applications. Co-located with MobiSys (Seoul, South Korea, June 21)
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP DroNet (firm deadline is Apr, 14)] 5th ACM Workshop on UAV Networks, Systems, and Applications. Co-located with MobiSys (Seoul, South Korea, June 21) Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:15:31 -0400 Von: Evgenii Vinogradov <evgenii.vinogradov(a)KULEUVEN.BE> Antwort an: Evgenii Vinogradov <evgenii.vinogradov(a)KULEUVEN.BE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleague, We invite you to join the 5th ACM Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DroNet), co-located with the ACM MobiSys 2019 Conference, which will take place in Seoul, South Korea, June 21, 2019. The firm deadline is April 14th, 23:59:59 UTC-8! ======================================DESCRIPTION====================================== DroNet welcomes contributions dealing with all facets of drones as mobile computing platforms, including system aspects, theoretical studies, algorithm and protocol design, as well as requirements, constraints, dependability, and regulations. We are particularly looking for papers reporting on experimental results of deployed systems, summaries of challenges or advancements, measurements, and innovative applications. We welcome in particular also contributions from interdisciplinary teams to present robotic work or applications focusing on the communication networks enabling the efficient control and context-awareness of teams of unmanned autonomous vehicles/systems with an emphasis on civilian and aerial applications, while related work on unmanned systems working underwater, in space or on the ground is also invited. ======================================SUBMISSION====================================== EXTENDED PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS APRIL 14th, 2019 (23:59:59 UTC-8). SUBMIT YOUR PAPER HERE: https://dronet19.hotcrp.com/ The official conference language is English. DroNet invites submission of original work not previously published or under review at another conference or journal. Accepted papers will be published by ACM and considered for the Best Paper Award. Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their works to the MDPI Special Issue on « UAV-Based Applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) », submission deadline July 15th, 2019 (more info: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/uav_applications_iot). At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and present the paper there. - Novel applications of drones - MAC and routing protocols for drone fleets - Theoretical analysis and models for drone networks - Solutions for sparse and dense fleets of drones - Drone system design and deployment - Spectrum and regulatory issues - Mission and context-aware solutions - Drone coordination - Drone ad-hoc networks - Mobility-aware and 3D communication - Delay-tolerant networks and ferrying - Energy-efficient operation and harvesting - Micro flying systems - Integration of drones with backend systems - Drone-based sensor networks - Positioning and passive/active localization - Aerial communication protocol design - Swarm movement, coordination, and behavior - Autonomous flight - Artificial intelligence techniques for drones - Drone operating systems - Vision and object tracking - Human drone interaction - Cooperative surveillance, smart cameras and sensors - Programming systems - Acceptance, security, and privacy aspects - Experimental results of aerial communication - Results from prototypes, test-beds and demonstrations ======================================ORGANIZERS====================================== Program and General Chairs: Enrico Natalizio (University of Lorraine, France) Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, Belgium) Evgenii Vinogradov (KU Leuven, Belgium) Steering Board: Karin Anna Hummel (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) Claudio E. Palazzi (University of Padua, Italy) Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, Belgium) ======================================USEFUL LINKS====================================== Please navigate to the workshop internet site (https://dronet2019.loria.fr) for more detailed information about the event, registration, and paper submission system. The pdf version of the Call for Papers can be found at https://dronet2019.loria.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DroNet19_cfp.pdf. ACM MobiSys 2019 Conference web site: https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2019/ Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information you may require (DroNet(a)esat.kuleuven.be). [We apologize if you received multiple copies of this message. Kindly forward this CFP to other interested parties.] With kind regards, DroNet 2019 organizing team ______________________________________________________________ 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 Special Sessions: DS-RT 2019 - Cosenza, Italy, October 7-9, 2019
by Lars Wolf 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Special Sessions: DS-RT 2019 - Cosenza, Italy, October 7-9, 2019 Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:25:20 +0000 Von: Robson De Grande <rdegrande(a)BROCKU.CA> Antwort an: Robson De Grande <rdegrande(a)BROCKU.CA> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues and Researchers, Apologies, if you have received multiple copies of this CFP. ********** CALL FOR PAPER ********** DS-RT 2019, the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulations and Real Time Applications, is running three special sessions this year: - Distributed Simulations of Distributed Systems - Agent-based Modeling and Simulation - Simulation of Urban Traffic Management and ITS These special sessions have a focused view on the specialized field of distributed simulations and real time applications. Authors are invited to submit works that contain novel approaches and trends in the areas delimited within these sessions. See below for more detailed descriptions of the special sessions. Accepted works will be published in the main track of IEEE DS-RT 2019 proceedings. ***** PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW ***** Submitted manuscripts must be in standard IEEE two-column format that is used for IEEE conference proceedings and must not exceed "8 pages" (2-page extension allowed), including figures, tables and references. Standard IEEE templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats can be found at: - http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html A submission may present preliminary results, propose new research direction, provide insightful retrospective, or offer a provocative viewpoint on important topics related to the considered special session. Papers will be selected based on their likelihood of generating insightful technical discussions at the special session and influencing future research. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference and the special session. At least one author of accepted papers must attend the conference and present its contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE Press. ***** IMPORTANT DATES ***** Full paper submission deadline: May 30th, 2019 Paper acceptance notification: June 30th, 2019 ***** FOR MORE INFORMATION ***** For questions about the paper submission and review process, please contact the session organizers - find all relevant information on the corresponding web pages below. ***** DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIAL SESSIONS ***** * Special Session on Distributed Simulations of Distributed Systems * Distributed simulation (DS) is a valuable tool for understanding and evaluating distributed systems. The current computing trend sees businesses and individuals moving toward a more centralized infrastructure, namely the cloud. On the one hand, as the computing infrastructure at data centers is highly complex and distributed, DS becomes essential for diagnosing and gaining insights of the system. On the other hand, the scale and nature of interaction between different components in the cloud present new challenges and push DS's state of the art. Another computing trend that has potential to drive DS is internet-of-things. Such complex systems consist of a large number of autonomous, heterogeneous devices communicating with one another in non-uniform manner. DS is valuable not only for discerning system properties but also for predicting the devices' emergent behavior. Finally, users in online social networks make up large distributed systems. Insights of user interaction and the network's collective behavior --- the study of which fits well into the realm of DS --- bring significant value to both the society and the business of social network providers. This special session seeks to bring together experts and practitioners in the domain of DS to discuss new opportunities and challenges for DS. We welcome research papers on both theoretical and empirical issues. Web page: http://ds-rt.com/2019/dsimdsys_2019.htm * Special Session on Agent-based Modeling and Simulation * This special session focuses on general aspects and special properties for agent-based modeling and simulations that allows them to be applied on several scientific domains, such as sociology, physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, and economy. The session is intended to bring together researchers and practitioners, so they can present the current status of their work and discuss the challenges they face in developing solutions and applications for agent-based simulations. Consequently, the design of these simulations aims not only to social contexts but also to more technical domains, which involves highly complex interactive systems. Web page: http://ds-rt.com/2019/abms_2019.htm * Special Session on Simulation of Urban Traffic Management and ITS * This special session focuses on simulation tools and real-time simulation applications used in and for evaluation, management, and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), as well as Smart Cities. Such simulations are expected to offer prediction and on-the-flow feedback for the better decision-making, bringing up means for both the implementation of more complex traffic management systems and end-user applications. Off-line and real-time analyses of data collected from infrastructured systems (e.g. real-time traffic information), mobile, distributed technologies (e.g. communication devices), and socially-build systems (e.g. social networks applications) are of great interest for shaping and influencing how ITS solutions are designed. Thus, we are particularly interested in how these data and technologies can be incorporated in domain-related models and simulations. We aim to bring together experts from both industry and academia to discuss the challenges related to modelling and simulation for ITS. Web page: http://ds-rt.com/2019/soiits_2019.htm Best Regards, DS-RT 2019 Special Session Chair ______________________________________________________________ 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] Elsevier IoT Special Issue on Advanced and Developments of IoT-enabled FANETs in Smart Agriculture - Submission April 15, 2019 - 5 Days left
by Lars Wolf 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier IoT Special Issue on Advanced and Developments of IoT-enabled FANETs in Smart Agriculture - Submission April 15, 2019 - 5 Days left Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 06:46:55 -0400 Von: Panagiotis Sarigiannidis <000000e99018937f-dmarc-request(a)COMSOC-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Panagiotis Sarigiannidis <psarigiannidis(a)UOWM.GR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear colleagues, Please accept our apologies for cross-posting. *Call For Papers* Special Issue on Advanced and Developments of IoT-enabled FANETs in Smart Agriculture Elsevier, Internet of Things https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internet-of-things/call-for-papers/iot-en… *Important Dates* Paper submission: April 15th, 2019 - 5 Days left 1st review notification to authors: June 15th, 2019 Revised manuscript: July 15th, 2019 2nd review notification to authors: August 15th, 2019 Final notification: October 15th, 2019 *Guidelines* In order to submit your paper to the CFP, please be aware of the following notes: - Please submit your paper through: https://www.evise.com/profile/api/navigate/IOT - Please be sure that your manuscript is identified for inclusion into the Special Issue by naming SI:Smart Agriculture FANETs. *Aims & Scope* Breakthrough advances on communication technologies, electronics, sensors have led to integrated commercialized products ready to be deployed in smart agriculture. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can play an important role in smart agriculture by collecting environmental data. Their ability to carry different type of payloads such as sensors, high definition cameras, antennas, or even sprayers make it a great ally for agriculturalists. In large-scale applications, e.g., wide area farms, forests or even sea farms, a cluster or a network of UAVs is adopted by opening new paths of research and development in a field which is called Flying Ad hoc Network (FANET). FANETs incorporate UAVs and Internet of Things (IoT) as communicating entities for realizing more demanding and large-scale applications. There is no doubt that with the proper collaboration and coordination of multiple UAVs, in a form of FANET, the emerged system would exceed by far the capabilities of a single UAV system. Single UAV systems usually utilize heavier, larger and more expensive UAVs which in case of a fall could pose great danger to human life and property. Using a single UAV, the amount of coverage is limited, while with multi-UAVs the scalability of the operation can be easily extended. Moreover, a failure in singe UAV system means that the whole mission has failed, on the contrary, multiple UAVs can share tasks among themselves, thus the fault tolerant of the system increases significantly. Since the number of applications a single UAV can serve are proportionate to the systems that are installed on its board, it is quite clear that FANETs can server different application in parallel thus reducing significantly the execution time of a mission. It is quite obvious that FANETs can enhance smart farming management process significantly. Prerequisite for their deployment is a network that will guarantee the proper communication between UAVs in order to ensure their efficient collaboration and coordination. FANETs take on the communication among UAV nodes as well as the rest of the nodes (ground sensors, base stations and gateways). Although there are various advantages of FANETs, when compared to single-UAV systems, several challenges are emerged when implementing FANETs in smart farming systems such as the efficient communication and the coordination among the various flying UAVs and among the UAVs and the ground sensors, base stations and gateways. This Special Issue seeks to make an in-depth, critical contribution to this evolving field of FANET in conjunction with smart farming and smart agriculture applications and systems. In the context of this special issue, we intend to bring together the state-of-the-art research contributions towards providing new insights in the FANET applications and benefits of the emerging methods and technologies in the IoT-enabled agriculture sector. The topics that can be addressed include (but are not limited to) the following ones. =Topics= - Real deployments and case studies of FANETs in smart farming. - Regulations and recommendations for FANETs in smart farming applications. - Management of heterogeneous UAVs in FANETs. - Crop models and decision support systems in FANETSs. - Routing models and protocols of FANETs in smart agriculture. - Quality of Service (QoS) in FANET applications. - FANETs-based edge and Fog computing in smart farming. - Coordination of multiple UAVs in smart farming applications and systems. - Communication methods and protocols of FANET UAVs in agricultural domain. - Human-FANETs interaction for smart farming. - Farmers' acceptance and intention to use FANETs. - Big data in agricultural domain using UAVs. - Big data innovation in sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - Energy efficiency and management of FANETs in smart farming. - FANET-driven frameworks towards improving the resilience of farming systems. - FANET application in mixed farming systems. - Embedding sensors and actuators on UAVs for smart farming. - UAVs in precise farming in combination with the related climate change mitigation potential. - IoT tools and techniques for sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - Big data analysis tools and machine learning techniques in decision-making frameworks for FANETs. - Modern Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing techniques in agriculture for FANETs. - Security issues regarding FANETs in smart farming. - Privacy issues regarding FANETs in smart farming. - Cloud-enabled techniques and in-the-field integration for sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - Schemes and algorithms that enable the participative design of mixed farming and agroforestry systems through UAVs or/and FANETs. - Cloud-enabled techniques and in-the-field integration for sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - FANET applications to increase synergies between crops and livestock. - Smart bandwidth utilization by FANETs in smart farming. - Models and tools adapted to real farm management to grasp the inherent complexity of mixed farming and agroforestry systems using UAVs. *Guest Editors* Panagiotis Sarigiannidis University of Western Macedonia, Greece Email: psarigiannidis(a)uowm.gr Anastasios A. Economides University of Macedonia, Greece Email: economid(a)uom.gr Houbing Song Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Email: h.song(a)ieee.org We look forward to receiving your submissions! Kind Regards, Panos ================================================================== Dr Panagiotis Sarigiannidis Assistant Professor University of Western Macedonia Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Karamanli & Ligeris, Kozani, Greece 501 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Coordinator SPEAR: Secure and PrivatE smArt gRid H2020-DS-SC7-2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Coordinator MARS: sMart fArming with dRoneS NSRF-2018 | RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Principal Investigator ARRANGE-ICT: pArtneRship foR AddressiNG mEgatrends in ICT Erasmus+ KA2 - KA203 - Strategic Partnerships for higher education ------------------------------------------------------------------ Skype: psarigiannidis LinkedIn: panagiotis-sarigiannidis Researchgate: Panagiotis_Sarigiannidis ================================================================== ______________________________________________________________ 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: SPECTS 2019 - IEEE ComSoc / SCS sponsored- July 22-24, 2019, Berlin, Germany. DEADLINES EXTENDED to April 22!
by Lars Wolf 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: SPECTS 2019 - IEEE ComSoc / SCS sponsored- July 22-24, 2019, Berlin, Germany. DEADLINES EXTENDED to April 22! Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:01:26 +0300 Von: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)CS.NTUA.GR> Antwort an: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)CS.NTUA.GR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG 2019 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems IEEE ComSoc / SCS Sponsored http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2019/ The goal of this annual conference is to provide a forum for professionals and researchers to discuss and disseminate the most promising contributions on performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Papers describing results of theoretic and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modeling, analysis, and simulation studies as well as testbed deployment, field trials and experiences gained are all in the scope of the conference. Work presenting novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime tradeoffs are particularly encouraged. Papers and tutorials are solicited in (but not limited to) the following subjects of interest: Networking Technologies and Telecommunication Systems Future Internet and next Generation Networking 5G & Beyond Hyperdense networks Massive MIMO mm Wave communications Multiple access, multiplexing, modulation and coding techniques Cooperative communications and networking Cognitive radio and networking Autonomic Networks Software Defined Networking Network Function Virtualization Cloud Radio Access Networks Radio over Fiber Flexible optical networks Optical-Wireless communication and systems Visible light communications Internet of Things and enabling technologies Machine to Machine systems Device to Device communications Cyber Physical Systems Wireless ad-hoc Networks Wireless Sensor Networks Delay Tolerant Networks Opportunistic Networks Vehicular ad-hoc networks / connected vehicles Nanonetworks Satellite and Space communications and networking Network design, optimization, management and performance evaluation Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service / Experience Computer Systems Parallel and Distributed Computing Service Oriented Architectures and Microservices Cloud and Edge Computing High Performance Computing Distributed and Mobile Middleware Computer Architectures Microprocessors Multi-core processors Memory systems High performance I/O Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Machine Learning Software Engineering, Performance, Evaluation and Testing Verification and Validation Programming Languages Parallel Algorithms Data Storage Systems Fault tolerance, signal processing, and coding techniques Tools & Methodologies Modeling and Analysis Performance Optimization, Bounds and Models Stochastic Models Queuing Systems and Networks Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications Integrated Modeling and Measurement Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance Verification and Validation On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning Parallel and Distributed Simulation Case studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences Scalability Studies Special Tracks and Areas of Interest Security and Performance in Computer and Telecommunication Systems Chairs: Jean-Pierre Seifert, Altaf Shaik, Robert Buhren Data security is vital to ensure protection against cyber threats that continue to raise and diversify at a rapid speed. But often, while deploying security mechanisms, the performance of the system is affected in adverse ways. A key challenge in the design of computer and telecommunication systems is to identify a neutral ground between security and performance. Whilst the widespread of devices spanning into networks and generating countless amounts of data absolutely require high performance systems. This makes us to rethink our security systems that can guarantee a high level of performance and also an acceptable level of security. In this respect, we invite researchers and security enthusiasts to submit papers that study and analyze various issues but not limited to such as tradeoff between security and performance, new security protocols in secure communication systems. Edge Computing and Edge-enabled AI for Network Management Chairs: Paolo Bellavista, Luca Foschini, Carlo Giannelli Edge computing is rapidly emerging as the most relevant architectural approach to manage some hard and open technical challenges associated with wide-scale and quality-sensitive Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which typically exploit the elastic availability of cloud resources on the server side. EAINM specifically focuses on network quality configuration, optimization, configuration, control, and management enabled by edge computing in three-layer deployment environments (device, edge, cloud). In particular, EAINM considers as central all methodological, design, implementation, and deployment experiences that investigate digital twin creation at the cloud layer and distributed enforcement of twin control actions also at the edge, typically with complex machine learning processing at the cloud side and more lightweight digital twin execution and refinement at edge nodes. Contributions about enabling AI techniques for these architectures and practical application prototyping/deployment experiences (e.g., for manufacturing production quality control and optimized management of distributed caching) are strongly welcome. Aspects and trends of software evaluation Chairs: George Tsihrintzis, Maria Virvou Software applications are evolving rapidly and are expanding their use to all the areas of human activity by the means of all sorts of hardware, including computers, handheld devices, smart things, digital signage etc. The vast use of software in many contexts imposes the need for the development of new evaluation methodologies, frameworks and processes to address software quality characteristics that include reliability, reusability, effectiveness, correctness, accuracy and also security and privacy that conform to new law regulations. Moreover, the important software quality characteristics of usability, user friendliness and utility have to be ensured for end users of a vast range of disciplines and backgrounds. Thus, measuring and evaluating the quality of software applications has become of critical importance and should attract a lot of research energy. The aim of ASE is to address current aspects and trends of software evaluation. Modeling and Evaluation of Wireless Body Area Networks Chair: Yahya Osais Wireless Body Area Not (WBAN) are networks of medical sensors which are attached or implanted into the body of a human being or animal to monitor and control biological processes. Their performance is limited by their constrained resources and side effects such as heat. Before the full potential of WBANs can be realized, many fundamental issues must be studied using performance evaluation tools and measurements. The aim of MEWBAN is to provide the necessary insights to make the needed progress. Social Network Analysis and Performance Aspects of Socially-Aware Networking Chairs: Magdalini Eirinaki, Iraklis Varlamis, Malamati Louta The rapid development of wireless communications and the rise of social networks established a new research field that stands between telecommunications and social network theory. Smart and wearable mobile devices act as alternative gateways for participation in social networks and introduced “mobility” as a new aspect of social networking and applications. The aim of SANet is to provide a forum where researchers from the fields of Social Network Analysis and Telecommunication Systems Performance will come together, exchange ideas and generate new collaborations that bring us a step closer to Socially-Aware Networking. Paper Submission Deadlines Paper submission: April 22, 2019 Author notification: May 20, 2019 Camera-ready paper submission: June 3, 2019 Please submit your complete papers electronically to https://www.softconf.com/sim/SummerSim19/ Instructions for authors Current templates (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html) supplied by IEEE must be used. Submissions should not exceed 8 two-column, 8.5×11" pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10 point fonts. Please include 5-10 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. If you have difficulties with electronic submission, please contact Technical Program Co-Chairs or the Local Arrangement Chair. Proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) should be sent to the Tutorial Chair. Tutorial abstracts along with keynote speeches' abstracts will be included in the proceedings of the conference. Best Paper Awards All accepted papers will be evaluated for a best paper award based on originality and technical contribution by an external commission. Call for Tutorial Proposals SPECTS 2019 is soliciting proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) to be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials should address established as well as new emerging research topics and practical applications in the area of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Tutorials should present a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and outline open research and technical challenges. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information: Tutorial title Names, titles, affiliations and contact details of the presenters Preferred duration Extended abstract Short description of the intended audience and prerequisite knowledge of the attendees (if any) Short bio of the presenters The extended abstracts of the tutorials will be included in the conference proceedings. Tutorial proposals should be submitted for review in a single PDF file — not exceeding five pages — mailed to the tutorial chair. Important Dates for Tutorials Proposal submission: April 22, 2019 Acceptance notification:May 20, 2019 Tutorial Chair Maria Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy, mcc(a)unipv.it Please address any tutorial related questions to the Tutorial Chair SPECTS Steering Committee Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France Mohammad S Obaidat, Fordham Univ., USA (Chair) Jose L. Sevillano, Univ. of Seville, Spain Helena Szczerbicka, Leibniz Univ. of Hannover, Germany Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Technical Program Committee Efthimios Alepis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Ala'a Al-Habashna, Carleton Univ., Canada Muhammad Usman Awais, National Univ. of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan Paolo Bellavista, Univ. of Bologna, Italy Igor Bisio, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Robert Buhren, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Christian Callegari, Univ. of Pisa, Italy Vicente Casares-Giner, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Joaquín Entrialgo Castaño, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain Minas Dasygenis, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Tomaso De Cola, DLR, Germany Magdalini Eirinaki, San José State Univ. USA Peppino Fazio, Univ. of Calabria, Italy Luca Foschini, Univ. of Bologna, Italy Daniel Garcia, Univ. Of Oviedo, Spain Carlo Giannelli, Univ. of Ferrara, Italy Mary Grammatikou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece Fabrizio Granelli, Univ. of Trento, Italy Carlos Guerrero, Univ. de les Illes Balears, Spain Vincenzo Inzillo, Univ. of Calabria, Italy Helen Karatza, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece George Karetsos, University of Thessaly, Greece Baha Uddin Kazi, Carleton Univ., Canada Peter Kemper, College of William and Mary, USA Zbigniew Kotulski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland Udo Krieger, Univ. of Bamberg, Germany Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, Univ. of Southern Denmark, Denmark Jian Li, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Alejandro Linares-Barranco, Univ. of Seville, Spain Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France Malamati Louta, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece Imadeldin Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic Univ., USA Tahir Maqsood, COMSATS Univ. Islamabad, Pakistan Mario Marchese, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Alvaro Marco, Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain Luisa Massari, Univ. of Pavia, Italy Nuno Moniz, Univ. of Porto, Portugal Pierre Olivier, Virginia Tech, USA Ibrahim Onyuksel, Northern Illinois Univ., USA Yahya Osais, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Elena Pagani, Univ. di Milano, Italy Prantosh Kumar Paul, Raiganj Univ., India Gianluca Reali, Univ. of Perugia, Italy Evangelos Sakkopoulos, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Jean-Pierre Seifert, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Altaf Shaik, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Georgios L. Stavrinides, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece Daniele Tessera, Catholic Univ. of Sacred Heart, Italy George Tsihrintzis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece John Vardakas, Iquadrat Informatica, Spain Iraklis Varlamis, Univ. of Athens, Greece Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Univ. of Malaga, Spain Maria Virvou, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Gabriel Wainer, Carleton Univ., Canada Bernd Wolfinger, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Adam Wolisz, Technical Univ. 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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