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

Fwd: ACM CHANTS 2012 CFP: Paper submission deadline on May 27 2012
by Lars Wolf 14 May '12

14 May '12

Karthik Nilakant <kn290(a)CAM.AC.UK> schrieb: =================================================================== Call For Papers - 7th ACM Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2012) Co-located with ACM MobiCom August 22rd 2012, Istanbul, Turkey Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE and Google http://www.cambridgeplus.net/CHANTS2012/ IMPORTANT DATES: - Full paper abstract registration deadline: May 20, 2012 - Full Paper Submission deadline: May 27, 2012 - Demo Submission deadline: July 1, 2012 - Authors notification: June 18, 2012 - Camera-ready: July 2, 2012 - Early conference registration deadline: July 2, 2012 - Workshop date: August 22, 2012 In the face of complex and dynamic networking capabilities, networked applications need to operate in very challenging environments. These challenges stem from high delay, such as inter-planetary networks, limited power, such as sensor and wildlife monitoring networks, new communication environments, such as underwater networks, communication in settings that lack infrastructure, such as rural and remote areas, and military battlefields, or simply environments where it is difficult or expensive to use the existing infrastructure, social and vehicular networks. Essentially, challenged networks are found in everyday settings, when access to traditional infrastructure is non-existent, restricted, expensive, overly complex, or rapidly changing. While users strive to communicate in these challenged environments, traditional internet protocol architectures fail to provide effective support. Given the expectation of intermittent connectivity, heterogeneous mix of nodes, nodal churn, and widely varying network conditions, the goal of the challenged network engineer is to design and implement communication that expect and so operate effectively in this diverse range of conditions. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: * Delay/disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs) * Architecture, design, implementation, and evaluation of communication systems for challenged networks * Case studies involving real challenged network solutions in various stages of development or use * Analysis and characterization of challenged networks and protocols * Applications in challenged networks (disaster relief and mobile social networking, vehicular networks) * Configuration, management, and monitoring of challenged networks * Security/Privacy concerns and solutions in challenged networks * Real-world mobility traces of challenged environments * Test and simulation tools for evaluating challenged network systems * Applications challenged networking techniques to communication in daily life Selected papers will be forward-looking, will describe their relationship to existing work, and will have impact and implications for ongoing or future research. We aim to accept approximately 12 papers, and to have a highly interactive workshop. In addition, demos have been an integral part of CHANTS, and we aim to accept up to ten demos. BEST PAPERS: Google will sponsor up to two best-paper awards to honor the author(s) of papers of exceptional quality submitted to the CHANTS 2012 workshop. Full paper submission guidelines All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on their originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of expression. Submissions must be in English, no longer than 6 pages with 10 point font and in PDF format, and use the ACM templates. All fonts must be embedded within the PDF and be Type 1 (scalable). Demo proposals submission guidelines Real-world data gathering and measurement are at the heart of large-scale human mobility data collection, processing, and modeling. Technical demonstrations showing innovative and original practical solutions in the above mentioned topics are solicited, showing working prototypes stimulating discussion among the attendees. Demo proposals should be submitted following the exact same guidelines of full papers, except for the page limit that is fixed to 2 (two) pages. Accepted proposals will be included in the proceedings. ORGANIZERS Program co-Chairs: Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge, UK Robin Kravets, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA PCs: - Ahmed Helmy (University of Florida) - Anders Lindgren (SICS) - Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR) - Aruna Balasubramanian (University of Washington) - Brenton Walker (LTS University of Maryland) - Christian Rohrer (Uppsala University) - Earl Oliver (University of Waterloo) - Franck Legendre (ETH Zurich) - Joerg Ott (Helsinki University of Technology) - Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge) - Kevin Almeroth (UCSB) - Kevin Fall (Intel) - Marco Conti (IIT-CNR) - Mooi-Choo Chuah (Lehigh University) - Mostafa Ammar (Georgia Institute of Technology) - Pan Hui Deutsche (Telekom Laboratories) - Scott Burleigh (NASA/JPL) - Stephen Farrell (Trinity College Dublin) - Stratis Ioannidis (Technicolor Palo Alto) - Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (Institut Eurecom) - Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews) - Vania Conan (Thales Architecture Framework Centre) - Vijay Erramilli (Telefonica) _____________________________________________ To be removed from the SIGMOBILE-Members list, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. Association for Computing Machinery Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession (c) 2012 ACM, Inc. All rights reserved _____________________________________________

1 0

Fwd: [InternetTC] CFP - HotDep '12
by Lars Wolf 14 May '12

14 May '12

Abdelmajid Khelil <khelil(a)INFORMATIK.TU-DARMSTADT.DE> schrieb: =========================================================================== Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers =========================================================================== HotDep '12 Call for Papers Eighth Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability (HotDep '12) October 7, 2012 Hollywood, CA Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association HotDep '12 will be co-located with the 10th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '12), which will take place October 8–10, 2012. Important Dates Paper submissions due: June 11, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PDT Notification to authors: July 30, 2012 Final papers due: September 10, 2012 Workshop Organizers Program Co-Chairs Michael J. Freedman, Princeton University Neeraj Suri, TU Darmstadt Program Committee Marcos K. Aguilera, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Yair Amir, Johns Hopkins University Christian Cachin, IBM Research—Zurich Allen Clement, Max Planck Institute for Software System Mootaz Elnozahy, IBM Pascal Felber, University of Neuchâtel Rodrigo Fonseca, Brown University Phil Koopman, Carnegie Mellon University Dejan Kostić, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University Mike Reiter, University of North Carolina Robbert van Renesse, Cornell University Bernard Wong, University of Waterloo Overview Authors are invited to submit papers to the Eighth Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability (HotDep '12). The workshop will be co-located with the 10th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '12), which will be held October 8–10, 2012, in Hollywood, CA. HotDep '12 will bring forth cutting-edge research ideas spanning the domains of systems and fault tolerance/reliability, drawing from the two associated research communities (i.e., researchers who attend traditional "dependability" conferences such as DSN and ISSRE, and those who attend "systems" conferences such as OSDI, SOSP, and EuroSys). The workshop will build links between the two communities and serve as a forum for sharing ideas and challenges. HotDep has been alternating between DSN and OSDI since 2005; for previous HotDep workshops, see http://www.hotdep.org/. Paper Scope and Topics Possible topics include but are not limited to: Dependability in large-scale systems, despite either crash or Byzantine failures Dependability in emerging platforms, such as handheld, datacenters, or cloud computing Dependability in the software stack, including operating systems, network protocols, runtime systems, etc. Fault and intrusion tolerance, self-healing systems, and continuous operation throughout recovery Techniques for better detection, diagnosis, or recovery from failures Forensic tools for use by administrators and programmers after failure or attack Tools/concepts/techniques/metrics for quantifying or optimizing trade-offs among dependability, availability, performance, correctness, resource utilization, and security Authors should consider that the workshop aims to improve interactions among researchers from the dependability and systems communities, and thus the review process favors papers that are likely to generate healthy debate. Example submissions include but are not limited to: Innovative techniques, algorithms, or protocols for building dependable/secure systems Reconsideration of existing problems using novel approaches with demonstrable benefits Description of an emerging problem and potential solutions Refuting old, entrenched perspectives on dependability Advocacy, critical or controversial papers if based on a technical foundation Deadline and Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit position papers by 11:59 p.m. PST on June 11, 2012. This is a firm deadline—no extensions will be given. Submitted position papers must be no longer than 5 pages (8.5" x 11") of text including figures and tables, and 1 additional page solely for references. Your paper should be typeset in two-column format in 10 point type on 12 point (single-spaced) leading, with the text block being no more than 6.5" wide by 9" deep. Author names and affiliations should appear on the title page. Papers must be in PDF and must be submitted via the Web submission form, which will be available here soon. Authors will be notified of acceptance by July 30, 2012. Authors of accepted papers will produce a final PDF by September 10, 2012. All papers will be available online to registered attendees before the workshop. If your accepted paper should not be published prior to the event, please notify production(a)usenix.org. The papers will be available online to everyone beginning on the day of the workshop. Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues, submission of previously published work, or plagiarism constitutes dishonesty or fraud. USENIX, like other scientific and technical conferences and journals, prohibits these practices and may take action against authors who have committed them. See the USENIX Conference Submissions Policy for details. Questions? Contact your program co-chairs, hotdep12chairs(a)usenix.org, or the USENIX office, submissionspolicy(a)usenix.org. Papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms will not be considered. Accepted submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication on the USENIX HotDep '12 Web site; rejected submissions will be permanently treated as confidential. Registration Materials Complete program and registration information will be available on the HotDep '12 Web site in August 2012. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Abdelmajid Khelil khelil(at)informatik.tu-darmstadt.de TU Darmstadt - CS Department DEEDS Group Hochschulstr. 10 S2:02 E219 D-64289 Darmstadt, GER Tel. +49-6151-16-3414 Fax. +49-6151-16-4310 http://www.deeds.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/khelil/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Int. Workshop on Practical Issues and Applications in Next Generation Wireless Networks (PINGEN)
by Lars Wolf 14 May '12

14 May '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: Int. Workshop on Practical Issues and Applications in Next Generation Wireless Networks (PINGEN) Datum: Mon, 14 May 2012 03:54:09 -0500 Von: M. Can Vuran <mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu [Apologies in advance, if you receive multiple copies] International Workshop on Practical Issues and Applications in Next Generation Wireless Networks (PINGEN) in conjunction with ACM MOBICOM 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, August 26, 2012 http://avealabs.com/pingen2012 Scope: In recent years, there is growing demand for data traffic on next generation wireless networks due to the proliferation of data hungry applications (e.g. streaming video, interactive traffic flows, etc) and emergence of smart terminal devices and their applications, such as smart grids, mobile cloud services, advanced healthcare systems, intelligent transportation systems. On the other hand, need for ubiquitous computing and high mobility support also become evident as users are more and more asking for “any-time any-where” connectivity. Hence, an important challenge for telecom vendors and operators is devising and deploying cost-effective yet high capacity infrastructures, which support also large coverage and high mobility. Such a challenge puts forward an ever enlarging set of problems, both on intra-technology as well as inter-technology domains, putting integration challenges also in the picture. This workshop focuses on design and deployment issues of next generation wireless infrastructures, potentially made up of heterogeneous access technologies, supporting a wide range of applications and user needs in a coherent and unified manner. This workshop will bring together people from different research areas, and provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia in all aspects of next generation wireless networks. Subjects of interests include, but are not limited to: - Heterogeneous network (HetNets) deployment strategies - Business models, network management and offloading strategies for user-deployed infrastructure - Distributed algorithms and protocols for policy control in heterogeneous communication technologies - Energy-efficient network architectures and protocols, resource management techniques - System Architectures and Applications for Smart Grid - Smart Grid Communication Networks and System Simulators - Experiences from real-world wireless network deployment, test-bed and field trials - Innovative mobile application frameworks for seamless integration - Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications and technologies in heterogeneous networks - Coverage and capacity issues in future wireless cellular networks - Mobile cloud service models for high mobility - Data mining and large-scale mobile data management techniques in facilitating heterogeneous access - QoS (Quality-of-Service), scalability and reliability issues in heterogeneous networks - Unified security, trust and privacy issues Submission: For submission instructions please visit workshop site at http://avealabs.com/pingen2012 Important dates: - Paper Submission Deadline: May 27th, 2012 - Notification of Acceptance: June 18th, 2012 - Camera Ready Paper and Registration Due: July 2nd, 2012 Workshop Chairs: Dr. Salih Ergüt (AveaLabs) (salih.ergut(a)avea.com.tr) Prof. Raghupathy Sivakumar (Georgia Institute of Technology) (siva(a)ece.gatech.edu) Program Chairs: Dr. Çagri Güngör (Bahçesehir University) (cagri.gungor(a)bahcesehir.edu.tr) Dr. Zhu Han (University of Houston) (zhan2(a)mail.uh.edu) Dr. Zafer Sahinoglu (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories) (zafer(a)merl.com) Dr. Hamed Mohsenian-Rad (Texas Tech University) (hamed.mohsenian-rad(a)ttu.edu) Publicity Chair: Dr. Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) (mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu) -- -- M. Can Vuran, Ph. D. Assistant Professor Cyber-Physical Networking Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 Office: 107 Schorr Center Phone: (402) 472-5019 Fax: (402) 472-7767 http://cpn.unl.edu _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

1 0

Fwd: Call for Papers: ACM MiSeNet 2012 - In Conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012
by Lars Wolf 14 May '12

14 May '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers: ACM MiSeNet 2012 - In Conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012 Datum: Sun, 13 May 2012 05:30:38 -0400 Von: Habib M. Ammari <hammari(a)UMD.UMICH.EDU> Antwort an: hammari(a)umd.umich.edu An: SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG * The First ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented* * Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2012)* * In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012 Istanbul, Turkey, August 22-26, 2012* http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/MiSeNet_Workshop2012.html Call for Papers *Scope and Aim of ACM MiSeNet 2012* Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems composed of both humans and mobile sensors (e.g., vehicle-mounted, human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate and coordinate to successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented sensor networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant architecture, caused by mobility, which has significant impact on performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and information quality. In such dynamic environments, sensors should self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation, scheduling, forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish specific missions, while extending the operational network lifetime. Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to monitor and report situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand. They also come with their own challenges including imperfect reliability, bias, and relative lack of predictability (compared to well-calibrated sensors). The design of mission-oriented sensor networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for trade-offs between several attributes such energy consumption (due to mobility, sensing, and communication), reliability, fault-tolerance, data collection latency, and quality of information (such as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of redundancy, and level of summarization), and their impact on mission objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities such as free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms to handle unpredictability, uncertainty, human error, and noise. ACM MiSeNet 2012 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented sensor network research and practice. ACM MiSeNet 2012 serves as incubator for scientific communities that share a particular research agenda in this area. ACM MiSeNet 2012 will provide them with opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges as well as exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas related to architecture, protocols, algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications. ACM MiSeNet 2012 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented networked sensing applications. The topics of interest to ACM MiSeNet 2012 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: - Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing - Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks - System design, implementation, and evaluation - Medium access control and scheduling - Human factors, data cleaning, and noise - Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information - Cross-layer design - Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing - Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency - Coverage and connectivity issues - Collaboration of humans and sensors - Deployment and localization - Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion - Topology control and fault-tolerance - Routing and data dissemination - In-network data storage and processing - Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data - Target detection and tracking - Privacy and security - Testbed design and real-world applications *General Chair* - Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) *Program Chair** * - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) *Steering Committee* - TarekF. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA) - HabibM. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) - Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) -Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) - Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA) - David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA) - Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA) - Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) - Jie Wu (Temple University, USA) - GuoliangXue (Arizona State University, USA) - Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) *Publicity Co-Chairs* - Flávia Delicato (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - M. Elena Renda (IIT - CNR, Pisa, Italy) - ShengquanWang (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) - Wendong Xiao (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China) *Web Chair* - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) *Submission Guidelines* ACM MiSeNet 2012 Workshop will consider only original *papers* that are not currently under review by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and have not been published. All papers submitted to ACM MiSeNet 2012 will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability (/i.e./, within the workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 6 pages. ACM MiSeNet 2012 will also consider technical *demos and posters* that present original and significant research within the workshop scope. Submitted demos/posters are limited to 2 pages. In the case of a demo, the authors should clearly specify, in an email to both of the General Chair and Program Chair, the additional resources that are needed. Power and wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the workshop. All submissions should be formatted in standard ACM conference style for publication in the conference Proceedings. They must be single-spaced, double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one author of each accepted paper/demo/poster register and attend the ACM MiSeNet 2012 workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the ACM MobiCom 2012 conference Proceedings. We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to submit their fine work to ACM MiSeNet 2012. To submit your paper, demo, and/or posterto ACM MiSeNet 2012, please visit the following paper/demo/poster submission website: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmmisenet2012 Thank you for submitting your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2012! *Important Dates* - Paper Submission Deadline: June 4, 2012 - Demo/Poster Submission Deadline: June 18, 2012 - Notification Deadline: June 25, 2012 - Camera-ready: July 2, 2012 - Workshop Date: August 26, 2012 *For More Information* Please send email to mobicom_info(a)acm.org with any questions or comments about the ACM MobiCom'12 conference or for more information. For questions about the ACM MiSeNet'12 Workshop regarding the paper submission and review process, please contact the General Chair at zaher(a)cs.uiuc.edu and the Program Chair at hammari(a)umd.umich.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To be removed from the SIGMOBILE-Members list, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. Association for Computing Machinery Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession (c) 2012 ACM, Inc. All rights reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

ACM UBICOMP/CASEMANS 2012 + Hindawi Advances in Software Engineering special issue
by Vincenzo De Florio 13 May '12

13 May '12

Dear Colleagues, this is to warmly invite you to consider the following calls for papers: - ACM UBICOMP 2012 Workshop CASEMANS 2012.- Hindawi Advances in Software Engineering - Special Issue on Self-* Parallel and Distributed Systems We would like to highlight how the workshop proceedings will be published by the ACM and will be indexed accordingly. The electronic version of the proceedings will be madeavailable online at the ACM Digital Library. Kind regards,Waltenegus, Juha, and Vincenzo. ACM UBICOMP/CASEMANS 2012 - Call for papers Cloud computing, autonomic computing, pervasive computing, and mobile computing tend to be converging to maximize the combinedbenefits of these paradigms. A large number of applications can takeadvantage of this, including healthcare, traffic control, andsocial network applications. However, these applications are complexby nature and introduce several challenges of their own, for example,reliable sensing, accurate context recognition, scalability, security,dealing with previously unforeseen side-effects of adaptations, and so on. These challenges can be meaningfully addressed whenresearchers of diverse background come together to provide differentviews of the same problems and to help each other understandthe complex relationships between contending ideas. The Casemans 2012 workshop aims to open a platform for researchersof ubiquitous computing, autonomic computing, and similar fieldsto address these issues. This year, we are building on the success of casemans 2011 by introducing full and short paper sessions. Full papers will demonstrate solid research results (4-6 ACM pages) while short papers (typically 2 ACM Pages) demonstrate visionary, critical and even controversial ideas and work-in-progressthat can encourage discussion and further research. Scope The scope of the workshop can be described by the following terms:- Context-awareness in cloud computing- Context-awareness in energy-efficient computing- Context-awareness in smart spaces- context-awareness in wireless sensor networks- Context-awareness in social networking- Context-awareness in robotics- Context-awareness in multimedia content distribution- Context-based multimodal interaction Information for Authors The workshop proceedings will be published by the ACM and will be indexed accordingly. The electronic version of the proceedingswill be made available online at the ACM Digital Library. Manuscriptsshould be prepared according to the ACM Proceedings format. Pleasevisit the ACM template website (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). All paper submissions will be handled electronically by Easychair(https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=casemans2012).N… that submission is a two-stage process --- authors need to registertheir paper first and then submit the final manuscript. Submissionsmust be in PDF format and conform to the ACM guidelines. Important Dates Paper submission -- June 1Notification -- June 30Camera ready -- July 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advances in Software Engineering - Special Issue onSelf-* Parallel and Distributed Systems Call for papers (PDF: http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ase/si/479307.pdf,HTML: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ase/si/479307/cfp/) Autonomic computing has been identified as a promising solution to cope with the overwhelming complexity in modern and next-generation computer systems. In particular, the self-* properties (self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing and self-protection) outline the fundamental features of an autonomic computing system. Parallel and distributed systems, a computing domain with great applicability in a variety of industrial and domestic contexts, rely on self-* software to manage a large number of heterogeneous computation, communication, and storage resources. The challenges of energy efficiency, dependability and security are of particular interest. This special issue addresses the software aspects of the whole design and operational process and system architecture of self-* parallel and distributed systems. We welcome studies on all forms of software, including application software and system software. The relevant scope of parallel and distributed systems widely covers, but is not limited to, embedded systems, large-scale networks, cyber-physical systems (CPS), cloud-computing etc. The systems under focus should integrate software with clear and novel self-* features to be qualified for acceptance. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: - Model-driven engineering of self-* distributed systems- Robust design of self-* parallel and distributed systems- Software design and implementation for energy-awareness- Energy-awareness in self-organizing systems such as in cluster-based systems and cloud computing- Real-time aspects, especially in conjunction with other conflicting design goals- Evolvability aspects- Resilience of autonomic distributed and parallel systems- Self-healing and protection for dependable and secure systems- Software for interoperable heterogeneous networked systems - Specification and modeling languages for self-* properties- Formal validation and verification- Software testing- Parallel and distributed debugging- Application and industrial case studies- Retrospective, Review and Future Perspectives Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ase/guidelines.html. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due: June 8, 2012First round of reviews: August 31, 2012Publication date: October 26, 2012 Lead Guest Editor Juha Plosila, Department of Information Technology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland; juha.plosila(a)utu.fi Guest Editors Waltenegus Dargie, Chair of Computer Networks, Institute for System Architecture, Faculty of Computer Science, Technical University of Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; waltenegus.dargie(a)tu-dresden.de Vincenzo De Florio, Performance Analysis of Telecommunication Systems group, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium; vincenzo.deflorio(a)ua.ac.be

1 0

Call for Papers, Telecommunication Systems, Springer, Special Issue on, Critical Applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc/Sensor Networks
by Lars Wolf 11 May '12

11 May '12

Call for Papers Telecommunication Systems, Springer Special Issue on Critical Applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc/Sensor Networks Important Dates Paper Submission Due: 20 December, 2012

1 0

Fwd: CFP: ACM WiNTECH Workshop -- deadline approaching!
by Lars Wolf 11 May '12

11 May '12

"Rozner, Eric " <erozner(a)research.att.com> schrieb: *** Important Dates **** Paper submission deadline: May 18, 2012 _____________________________________________ [Please accept our apologies if you received multiple copies of this call] CALL FOR PAPERS WiNTECH 2012 The Seventh ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and Characterization In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012 Istanbul, Turkey August 22, 2012 http://www.cs.utexas.edu/wintech2012/ In recent years, some wireless technologies (e.g., WiFi, sensor networks) have matured to the point of finding wide acceptance in the real-world and leading to many new and interesting applications. At the same time, several new networking and radio technologies (e.g., dynamic spectrum access, UWB) are emerging to address the performance limitations of existing technologies and make wireless networking more ubiquitous. Realistic evaluation of such a diverse set of technologies and their mutual interactions will play a major role in identifying the key performance bottlenecks, thus shaping future advances in wireless technology. The importance of testbed-based evaluation of wireless network protocols/applications as well as characterization of real-world aspects using traces from operational networks is gaining wider recognition in the mobile and wireless networking research community. This workshop intends to bring together researchers working in the broad area of experimental wireless networking. This workshop will serve as a forum to share new ideas/experiences in all experimental aspects of wireless networks and systems, and facilitate discussions of key unresolved challenges in this area. We are seeking original, previously unpublished papers addressing experimental wireless networking issues. All submissions will be judged by their technical merit and relevance to the workshop, based on a thorough review process by the Technical Program Committee. Apart from regular paper presentations, the workshop program will include an interactive session with demos and posters. We welcome demonstrations of novel wireless network testbed capabilities and measurement results. The posters may describe work in progress and offers an excellent opportunity for feedback and discussions on early research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Design and evaluation of wireless testbeds, prototypes and platforms * Experiences/lessons from recent testbed deployments * Hybrid experimentation approaches combining use of multiple evaluation methodologies * Integration of diverse and distributed testbed infrastructures * Testbed management issues and monitoring support * Wireless testbed case studies * Experimental evaluation of applications and protocols, including the impact of cross-layer interactions * Large-scale and heterogeneous wireless network evaluations * Approaches for real-world evaluation of mobile networks * Measurement and evaluation on large-scale smartphone based deployments * Studies on real-world white-space networks * Evaluation environments for sensor and satellite networks * Techniques for improving reproducibility of real-world testing * Implementation approaches to ease transition between different evaluation methodologies * New measurement methodologies and infrastructures * Measurement and characterization (modeling) of real-world aspects of wireless * networks such as usage patterns, traffic, mobility and channel characteristics * Interference and spectrum usage measurements * Validation of existing simulation models, and results across different testbeds/evaluation methodologies * Software tools in support of measurements, trace/data collection and management Important Dates *Paper submission deadline: May 18, 2012 *Author notification: June 25, 2012 *Poster/demo submission deadline: June 25, 2012 *Poster/demo notification: July 1, 2012 *Camera ready papers: July 1, 2012 *Workshop date: August 22, 2012 Paper submission instructions: All regular paper submissions will be handled electronically via the EasyChair system (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wintech12) and should conform to the following requirements: * A maximum of 8 (eight) 8.5"x11" pages (including figures, tables, and references) * The paper must be in two-column format, using 10-point size or greater and reasonable margins and must be submitted in PDF format Poster/Demo submission instructions: Poster/Demo submissions will be handled by emailing the writeup to wintech_posterdemo(a)live.in<mailto:wintech_posterdemo@live.in> with the following requirements: * A maximum of TWO 8.5"x11" pages (including figures, tables, and references) * The write-up must be in two-column format, using 10-point size or greater and reasonable margins and must use PDF format * For demos, a third page should be included that lists the requirements for the demo at the workshop venue if the demo is selected. Organizers: PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Vishnu Navda, MSR India Moustafa Youssef, E-JUST Egypt STEERING COMMITTEE Rajive Bagrodia, UCLA Joe Evans, University of Kansas Edward Knightly, Rice University Mahesh Marina, University of Edinburgh Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University PUBLICITY/WEB CHAIR Eric Rozner, AT&T Labs- Research DEMO/POSTER CO-CHAIRS Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Arkansas, USA Ravi Kokku, IBM Research, India PROGRAM COMMITTEE Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Arkansas, USA Albert Banchs, UC3M, Spain Elizabeth Belding, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Ranveer Chandra, Microsoft Research, USA Krishna Chintalapudi, Microsoft Research, India Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, South Korea Samir Das, Stony Brook University, USA Christos Efstratiou, University of Cambridge, UK Tamer Elbatt, Nile University, Egypt Khaled Harras, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, USA Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA Ravi Kokku, IBM Research, India Thanasis Korakis, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA Anurag Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, India Patrick Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Archan Misra, Singapore Management University, Singapore Iqbal Mohomed, IBM Research, USA Thyaga Nandagopal, National Science Foundation, USA Sampath Rangarajan, NEC Laboratories America, USA Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice University, USA Ivan Seskar, Rutgers University, USA Vikram Srinivasan, Alcatel-Lucent, India Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University, USA DEMO COMMITTEE Aruna Balasubramanian, University of Washington, USA Raghu Ganti, IBM Research, USA Suhas Mathur, AT&T Research Dragos Niculescu, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

1 0

Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE GCCE2012: Paper Submission Status and Deadline Extension (Jun.4)
by Lars Wolf 11 May '12

11 May '12

Hiroshi MINENO <mineno(a)inf.shizuoka.ac.jp> schrieb: Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. GCCE 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS _____________________________________________ The 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics - GCCE2012 Tokyo, Japan, October 2nd to 5th, 2012, in conjunction with CEATEC JAPAN 2012 http://www.ieee-gcce.org/ We are happy to be receiving many papers today, but we are also receiving many requests to extend the deadline. So, we have decided to extend the deadline to June 4th, 2012. http://www.ieee-gcce.org/2012/index.html GCCE is a newly launched international conference sponsored by IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. GCCE 2012 is set up with one of the biggest consumer electronics shows in the world - CEATEC JAPAN 2012. The topics covered by GCCE2012 include, but are not limited to, the following: TV & Display Technologies Future TV, Mobile TV, Ultra HDTV, Network TV, Smart TV, 3D Imaging and Display, OEL, VoD, Visual Media Communication, Super Resolution Signal Processing AV Processing & Streaming Still and Video Cameras, Audio Systems and Technologies, Video Processing and Codecs, Recording, Storage Compression, Transcoding, Content Indexing, Video Enhancement, Interactive Video Streaming, Visual Quality Assessment, AV System Evaluation Wireless & RF in CE Antennas, Acquisition, Equalization, Spectrum Usage, Software Radio, Wireless LAN, IEEE 802.11 Standards, Bluetooth, RFID, WPAN, Wireless Power Transmission Home Networks & Services Wired and Wireless Networks at Home, Home Gateway, QoS, Peer-to-Peer, Bridges, Interoperability, Application Control, PVR, Home Theater, Interconnects, Gaming Devices and Systems, Internet Integration Mobile Computing & Communications Mobile Broadband, Handheld and Wearable Computers, Personal Multimedia Devices, Next-Generation Cellular, AV Streaming to Handheld Devices, Smart Phone Technologies Automotive Entertainment & Information Navigation, Driver Assistance, Car AV Systems, In-Car Internet, Communication Aspects, Sensors and Controls for Automotive, Automotive UI User Interfaces & Experience in CE Gesture Operation, Multitouch, Natural User Interface, Haptics, User Experience, HCI for CE, Usability, User Centered Design, Accessibility, Special-Needs/Assistive Technology Security & Right Management Copy and Redistribution Protection, Payments, Parental Controls, CE and Digital Content Issues, Data Collection, Biometrics, Privacy, Encryption Storage & Digital Media Optical Storage, Magnetic Storage, Next-generation Storage Media, Semiconductor, Storage Technology, Cloud Media, Interactive Media, CE and Cloud Computing Smart Grid and CE Smart House, HEMS, BEMS, FEMS, CEMS, Smart Meter, Power Monitor, Energy Storage, On-site Power Generation, Sensor and Network for Smart Grid, Internet of Things Home Medical & Healthcare Home Medical Equipment, Medical IT/ICT, Wellness Devices, Healthcare Application Embedded Technologies Embedded System, Embedded OS, Embedded Software, Advanced Semiconductors, Development Tools, High-density Mounting Green Energy Solar Cell, Wind-generated Electricity for CE, Energy Harvesting, Rechargeable Energy Enabling Technologies High Speed Signals and Interconnects, Algorithms, Intellectual Property, Manufacturing and Test Technology for CE, Recyclable Engineering, Product Safety, White Goods Join and experience the powerful synergetic effects of GCCE 2012 simultaneously held with CEATEC 2012! Best regards, Takako Takako Nonaka Conference Chair of GCCE 2012 --------------------- Original Message Ends -------------------- Sincerely ----- Hiroshi MINENO, Ph.D. Tel/Fax: +81-53-478-1491 E-mail: mineno(a)inf.shizuoka.ac.jp Department of Computer Science, Shizuoka University 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan _____________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

1 0

Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Deadline Extension and Final CFP IEEE SenseApp 2012 (Clearwater, Florida, 22-25 October 2012)
by Lars Wolf 11 May '12

11 May '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: Deadline Extension and Final CFP IEEE SenseApp 2012 (Clearwater, Florida, 22-25 October 2012) Datum: Fri, 11 May 2012 08:58:01 +0200 Von: Matthias Hollick <matthias.hollick(a)seemoo.tu-darmstadt.de> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Apologies for cross-posting; submission deadline: May 27, 2012, please register your paper asap. Call for Papers: *Seventh IEEE International Workshop on Practical Issues in Building Sensor Network Applications (IEEE SenseApp 2012)* http://www.senseapp.org in conjunction with IEEE LCN 2012 22-25 October 2012 Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater, Florida, USA Sensor nodes are autonomous devices that combine sensing, computing and wireless communication capabilities. These nodes are deeply embedded into the physical surroundings, and gather and process information such as temperature, humidity, light characteristics, seismic activities or images and sound samples from the physical world. Networked systems of such sensors are expected to be used in a variety of applications including habitat monitoring, precision agriculture, disaster recovery operations, healthcare and supply chain management. Real-world sensor network deployments are still scarce, yet prototypic implementations are getting more common, particularly with the advent of novel sensing platforms such as smartphones, which allow for extending dedicated sensor networks. Experiences gained in such deployments are crucial for the sensor network research community. These results are needed to refine assumptions made when designing hardware, software, protocols and mechanisms for sensor networks. This workshop aims at bringing together researchers from both academia and industry to showcase their work and obtain feedback. We expect the workshop to act as a forum for the sensor network research community to discuss open issues, novel solutions and the future development of wireless sensor networks in general. We encourage contributions describing innovative work in the realm of wireless sensor networks. *Scope* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Experiences from real-world sensor network deployment and applications - Innovative sensor network applications - Mobile and participatory sensing applications and deployments - Middleware support for sensor networks - Programming and debugging sensor networks - Security, availability and dependability issues in sensor networks - Experiences with new sensor hardware - Practical problems in implementing localization and time synchronization - Experiences with communication protocols - Practical medium access control protocols (MACs) - Topology control and routing protocols in existing sensor network deployments - Fault-tolerance and troubleshooting sensor networks - Antenna design and experiences with signal propagation - Experiences regarding energy management and network lifetime - Configuration and installation support - Management of large-scale sensor networks and sensing campaigns - Interconnection between IP and sensor networks - Interfacing with sensor networks using mobile computing devices - Large-scale open sensor data sets from real deployments Submitted papers will be reviewed by three independent experts in the field. Proceedings of the workshop will be published together with those of IEEE LCN, and will be available in digital format from the IEEE Explore Digital Library. *Submission Instructions* Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Full papers should be restricted to 8 camera-ready pages (in 10 pt font, double column, US letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches, IEEE format), including text, figures and references. Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e. Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, Helvetica or equivalent. Papers must be submitted electronically via EDAS (https://edas.info/N12187). All papers must include title, complete contact information of all authors, abstract and up to 5 keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author must be clearly identified. *Important Dates* Paper Submission Deadline: 27 May 2012 Please register your paper until: 12 May 2012 Notification of Acceptance: 30 June 2012 Camera Ready Copy Due: 28 July 2012 *Organizers and Co-Chairs* Matthias Hollick, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Salil Kanhere, The University of New South Wales, Australia *Steering Committee* Sanjay Jha, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Cormac Sreenan, University College, Cork, Ireland *Technical Program Committee* Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, SUNY Binghamton, USA Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal James Brown, Lancaster University, UK Athanassios Boulis, National ICT, Australia Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA Rachel Cardell-Oliver, University of Western Australia, Australia Delphine Christin, CASED, Germany Stefan Dulman, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Simon Duquennoy, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Omprakash Gnawali, University of Houston, USA Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA Wen Hu, CSIRO, Australia Raja Jurdak, CSIRO, Australia Vana Kalogeraki, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Vinay Kolar, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar Branislav Kusy, CSIRO, Australia Hock Beng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Luca Mottola, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Edith Ngai, Uppsala University, Sweden Brendan O'Flynn, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland Neal Patwari, University of Utah, USA Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy Michael Rabbat, McGill University, Canada Andreas Reinhardt, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Christian Renner, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany Kay Roemer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Silvia Santini, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Klaus Wehrle, RWTH Aachen University, Germany -- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hollick Secure Mobile Networking Lab - SEEMOO Email: matthias.hollick(a)seemoo.tu-darmstadt.de Web: http://www.seemoo.de Department of Computer Science Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt Technische Universität Darmstadt _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

1 0

Fwd: Re: [Tccc] CFP: (UWBAN-2012) workshop : colocated with BodyNets-2012 conference (Sept 24-26, 2012 Oslo - Norway) Paper submission deadline: June 15th, 2012
by Lars Wolf 10 May '12

10 May '12

Muzaffer Kanaan <mkanaan(a)erciyes.edu.tr> schrieb: Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP... Call for Papers UWBAN-2012 (Ultra Wide Band for Body Area Networking-2012) Workshop Co-located with the 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets-2012) September 24-26, 2012 Oslo, Norway http://uwban.bodynets.org/2012/show/home Ultra Wide Band (UWB) is emerging as a sound technological solution for the newly emerging area of body area networking (BAN). Due to its very wide bandwidth, as well as low transmit power, UWB is a serious contender for a number of applications including remote monitoring of both vital signs (temperature, pulse oximetry, etc.) as well as other medically significant data, such as ECG and EMG. The wide bandwidth of UWB signals also makes high-resolution ranging and localization possible, particularly in indoor areas, thereby enabling indoor tracking solutions for disabled patients and children in hospitals. UWB also holds promise for medical implant applications, such as capsule endoscopy, and may even be an enabler of next-generation micro-robotic surgery applications. The first of these applications would benefit from the very high bandwidth of UWB signals in transmission of very high resolution images and video of human body organs, and the second would benefit from the high ranging and localization accuracy provided by UWB signaling. The primary goal of this workshop is to explore the state of the art in the development of UWB technology for body area networking, ranging from fundamental physical layer concepts, such as channel modeling and system architecture, to development of prototypes and clinical trials. The workshop solicits original unpublished contributions on the following areas: · UWB channel modeling for BAN applications. · UWB antenna design and performance for BANs. · Energy-efficient PHY and MAC layer designs for UWB-based BANs. · UWB-based BAN system architecture design and implementation. · UWB-based BAN performance and coexistence issues. · Thermal effects of UWB-based wearable and implantable sensors and SAR assessment. · Security and privacy issues for UWB-based BAN applications. · Performance analysis of UWB-based BAN platforms in clinical field trials. Names of the organizers and their contact information: Dr. Muzaffer Kanaan (mkanaan(a)erciyes.edu.tr) Dr. Matti Hämäläinen (matti.hamalainen(a)ee.oulu.fi) Prof. Jari Iinatti (jari.iinatti(a)ee.oulu.fi) Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: June 15th, 2012 Acceptance Notification: August 13th, 2012 Camera Ready Papers Due: September 3rd, 2012 Workshop in Oslo: September 26th, 2012 Submission Instructions: Please see http://bodynets.org/2012/show/authors-kit for information concerning paper formatting requirements. _____________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

1 0