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Fwd: [Tccc] CfP IEEE SCVT 2012, Nov., Eindhoven, The Netherlands
by Lars Wolf 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CfP IEEE SCVT 2012, Nov., Eindhoven, The Netherlands Datum: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:20:19 +0200 Von: Guy Leduc <Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be> An: TCCC List <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Kopie (CC): Haagh, J.P.N. <J.P.N.Haagh(a)tue.nl> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE Benelux Joint Chapter on Communications and Vehicular Technology Call for papers IEEE SCVT 2012 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux November 16, 2012 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Filmzaal, Zwarte Doos, TU campus Eindhoven http://www.ieeescvtbenelux.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It is our pleasure to invite you to the 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology SCVT 2012 in the Benelux. Established in 1993, the Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux is an annual event organized by the IEEE Benelux Joint Chapter on Communications and Vehicular Technology. The Symposium is aimed at presenting and discussing the latest scientific and technical advances in communication systems and vehicular communication technology. The event on Friday, November 16, will consist of invited talks, and oral and poster presentations of contributed papers. The theme of this year's Symposium will be "Wireless Sensor Networks" You are invited to submit papers according to the deadline given below. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Physical Layer Topics: * Ultra low power transceivers * Vehicle-to-vehicle communications * Energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks * Wideband channel modelling * Multiple antenna and MIMO systems * Advanced receiver design * Multi-user detection * Broadband access techniques * Communication theory * Coding and modulation * Software radio * Ultra Wide Band radio * Cognitive radio * Cooperative communications * Localization * Energy efficient transmission Networking Topics: * Wireless multimedia networks * Advanced radio resource management * Mobile networking * Quality of Service for mobile applications * Self-organizing networks * Satellite communications * Vehicle-to-vehicle communication * Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication * Personal and body area networks * Ad-hoc and sensor networks * Internet of Things communication * Research methodologies for performance evaluation of wireless communication systems * Energy efficient protocols * Cooperative and cognitive networking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The accepted and actually presented papers of the conference will be published on the IEEE Xplore. IMPORTANT DATES * September 5, 2012: Paper submission deadline * October 3, 2012: Notification of acceptance * October 25, 2012: Submission of the camera-ready manuscript * November 16, 2012: Symposium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAPER SUBMISSION The organizing committee invites authors to submit full papers describing original research. Examples of results and illustrations should be included. The cover page should include title, name(s) of author(s) with contact person identified, address, telephone and fax number, e-mail address and organization affiliation. Papers should be electronically uploaded (URL: http://www.ieeescvtbenelux.org) before September 5, 2012. The total length of a paper should be minimally 4 pages, but not exceed 6 pages formatted according to the IEEE template. For more details on the paper format and the upload via the website, please visit http://www.ieeescvtbenelux.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AWARDS Best paper award will be given to the best student paper. To qualify for the award, the student has to be the first author of the paper and present the paper himself/herself. Besides, the wish to be considered for the award has to be stated when the paper is submitted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROGRAM COMMITTEE Reza Mahmoudi, Conference Chair Jan Haagh and Reza Mahmoudi, Technical Program Chairs TPC MEMBERS Nader Alagha Mark Bentum Chris Blondia Marc Engels Joel Grotz Fernando Kuipers Guy Leduc Ingrid Moerman Homayoun Nikookar Adrian Pais Thierry Pollet Serge Prohoroff Laurent Schumacher Frederik Simoens Heidi Steendam Luc Vandendorpe LOCAL ORGANIZATION Reza Mahmoudi and Jan Haagh of Centre for Wireless Technology Eindhoven, Eindhoven University of Technology - The Netherlands Tel: +31-40-247-3642 r.mahmoudi(a)tue.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Updated information on this symposium will be posted on the symposium website: http://www.ieeescvtbenelux.org -- ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Phone : +32 4 366 26 98 Université de Liège Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Réseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Email: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be EECS Department, Institut Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/People/GuyLeduc/ _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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Fwd: [Researchers] 15th ACM* International Conference onModelingAnalysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
by Lars Wolf 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Researchers] 15th ACM* International Conference onModelingAnalysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems Datum: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:29:19 -0700 Von: Profa Dra Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare <mirela(a)ieee.org> An: <researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our apology if you received multiple copies of this CFP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers - ACM* MSWiM 2012 The 15th ACM* International Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems October 21-25, 2012, Paphos, Cyprus http://mswimconf.com/ Submission deadline: May 5, 2012 [* ACM Sponsorship pending upon Approval] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference with a long track record of publishing innovative ideas and breakthroughs. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: * Performance evaluation and modeling * Analytical Models * Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems * Wireless measurements tools and experiences * Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems * Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation * Mobility modeling and management * Models and protocols for cognitive radio networks * Models and protocols for autonomic, or self-* networks * Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis * Wireless network algorithms and protocols * Wireless PANs, LANs * Ad hoc networks * Sensor and actuator networks * Delay Tolerant Networks * Vehicular ad hoc networks * Integration of wired and wireless systems * Pervasive computing and emerging models * Wireless multimedia systems * QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks * Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems * Algorithms and protocols for energy-efficiency and power control * Mobile applications, system software and algorithms * RF channel modeling and analysis * Design methodologies, tools, prototype and testbeds * Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Commitee: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair: Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia) General Vice Chair: Vasos Vassilio (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) TPC Co-Chairs: Bjorn Landfeldt (Lund University, Sweden) Ravi Prakash (University of Texas at Dallas, USA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission, Publication and Important Dates: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- High-quality original papers are solicited. 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. Short papers will be included in the technical program to complement mature results and foster discussion and exchange of novel ideas at an early stage. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM Press. Submission Deadline: Paper registration (abstract and all authors): May 1, 2012 Full paper upload: May 5, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2012 Camera Ready version due: July 25, 2012 Conference Dates: October 21-25, 2012 For more information about the conference, organizing committee, submission instructions, and venue please see the conference website: http://mswimconf.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profa Dra Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare mirela(a)ieee.org IEEE Latin America Transactions, Editor-in-chief http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/9/etrans

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Fwd: [Tccc] Call For Papers - IEEE 4th International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies 2012
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Call For Papers - IEEE 4th International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies 2012 Datum: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:32:09 -0000 Von: Dimitrios Stratogiannis <dstratog(a)mail.ntua.gr> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************ CALL FOR PAPERS ****************** ----------- (WMCNT 2011) -------------- IEEE 4th International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies http://wmcnt.ntua.gr 3-5 October 2012 St. Petersburg, Russia Scope ===== The Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies (WMCNT2012) will take place in conjunction with the IEEE International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2012) to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October 2012. Continuing the great success of the previous events, WMCNT 2012 Workshop is anticipated to attract a large number of high-quality submissions and stimulate the cutting-edge research discussions among academic pioneering researchers/scientists and industrial engineers/leaders from all around the world. Overview ======== Mobile computing and networking have inarguably emerged among the most vibrant areas in the field of telecommunications today. Customers’ requirement for immediate response to their prerequisites, targeting on access to information anywhere in the world at anytime, has increased the demand for productivity and effectiveness of mobile computing and networking. Moreover, the convergence of information communications technology and computing is creating new demands and opportunities for ubiquitous computing via wireless and mobile equipment without technological restrictions. Considering also the diversification of access technologies and their applications that prevail in the present telecommunication environment, amalgamated with the increased user mobility makes QoS provision a challenging issue. Future mobile communication networks offer a variety of high quality applications. Furthermore, several challenges are imposed by the demanding wireless networking environment, in terms of network architecture, channel estimation, propagation and especially radio resource management. The understanding of these issues becomes even more demanding due to non-uniform spectrum allocation, various radio resource management policies, economic concerns, the scarcity of radio resources, the inherent transmission impairments of wireless links and user mobility. The aim of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies (WMCNT 2012) is to provide an international venue for the discussion of architecture, design, implementation, analysis, measurement, performance and simulation in wireless, mobile and ubiquitous computing environments. WMCNT 2012 will serve as an open forum, where novel ideas will be exchanged via bringing together researchers, developers and engineers in both academia and industry. Workshop Topics =============== Authors are solicited to submit complete unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas: * QoS and Resource Allocation in Wireless/Mobile Networks * Radio Resource Management * Resource Allocation and Game Theory * Mobility Management and Billing Technologies in Wireless Networks * Mobile/Wireless Networks Modeling and Simulation * Heterogeneous Wireless Networks * Wired-Wireless Integration * End-to-End QoS * Protocols and Architecture for Wireless/ Mobile Networks * Security, Scalability, Reliability and Robustness in Wireless/Mobile Networks * Physical Security * Transport Layer Issues in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Cross-layer Issues * Wireless Access Techniques * Wireless Propagation and Channel Modeling * Wireless Communication Networks and Systems * Wireless System Services and Applications * Wireless / Mobile Internet * 2G - 3G - 4G Migration, Convergence and Interworking * WiFi, WiMAX, 3GPP LTE * OFDM and OFDMA Systems * Wireless LAN/PAN/BAN * Wireless Mesh Networks * Wireless Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks * Cognitive Radio Networks * Sensor Networks Technologies and Protocols * Mobile Social Networks * 3G, 4G, and beyond System * Spectrum Sensing and Signal Parameters Estimation * Experimental Systems and Field Trials * Planning and Standardization * Systems Interoperability * Reliable Broadcast/Multicast Wireless Technologies for Multimedia Applications * Performance Evaluation of New Wireless Standards for High-Quality Entertainment Environments Proceedings =========== Prospective authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and wireless communications. All papers will be peer reviewed by experts in the field and accepted papers will be presented in oral sessions and published in the conference proceedings, included in IEEE Xplore (approved). The submission process is carried through the EDAS conference management system (http://edas.info/). The manuscripts must follow the IEEE format. The maximum paper length is of eight (8) pages including tables and figures. Submission of a regular paper implies that at least one of the authors will have a full registration to the Conference and present the paper upon the acceptance of the submission. Authors of selected outstanding papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work for possible inclusion into a special journal issue. Important Dates Paper submission: June 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance: August 5, 2012 Camera ready version paper submission/Author Registration: September 1, 2012 Contact ======= Workshop General Chairs: Georgios I. Tsiropoulos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece e-mail: gitsirop(a)mail.ntua.gr Dimitrios G. Stratogiannis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece e-mail: dstratog(a)mail.ntua.gr Workshop General Co-Chair: Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki (ATEI), Greece e-mail: peris(a)it.teithe.gr Eirini-Eleni I. Tsiropoulou, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece e-mail: eetsirop(a)netmode.ntua.gr Technical Program Committee Chairs: Athanasios D. Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece e-mail: thpanag(a)ece.ntua.gr Technical Program Committee =========================== Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Hongbin Chen, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China Arsenia Chorti, Princeton University, U.S.A. Panayotis Cottis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Lars Dittmann, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark George Efthymoglou, University of Piraeus, Greece Wael El-Medany, University of Bahrain, Bahrain Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, U.S.A. Jyri Hamalainen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland John Kanellopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Eirini Karapistoli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece George Karetsos, Center for Technological Research of Thessaly, Greece Konstantinos Katsaros, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece George Kyriacou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Thomas Lagkas, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Ioannis Lambadaris, Carleton University, Canada Lambros Lambrinos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada Jie Li,University of Tsukuba, Japan Jia-Chin Lin, National Central University, Taiwan Malamati Louta, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Cristoph Mecklenbr?uker, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Othon Michail, University of Patras, Greece Ozgur Oyman, Intel Corporation, U.S.A. Evangelos Papapetrou, University of Ioannina, Greece Apostolia Papapostolou, Telecom Sudparis, France Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan Oguz Sunay, Ozyegin University, Turkey Olav Tirkkonen, Aalto University, Finland George Tombras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Chih-Cheng Tseng, National Ilan University, Taiwan Hsiao-Chun Wu, Louisiana State University, U.S.A. Qin Xin, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, U.S.A. Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway For further and up-to-date information please visit official web page of the workshop http://wmcnt.ntua.gr _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. 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Fwd: [InternetTC] Call for Papers: ACM MiSeNet 2012 - In Conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] Call for Papers: ACM MiSeNet 2012 - In Conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012 Datum: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:45:51 -0400 Von: Habib M. Ammari <hammari(a)UMD.UMICH.EDU> An: itc(a)COMSOC.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) * 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) *Important Dates* * Submission Deadline: June 4, 2012 * Notification Deadline: June 25, 2012 * Camera-ready: July 2, 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/or the Program Chair at hammari(a)umd.umich.edu.

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: FGCS Special Issue on BSN and Cloud Integration
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: FGCS Special Issue on BSN and Cloud Integration Datum: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Von: Mukaddim Pathan <al_mukaddim(a)yahoo.com.au> Antwort an: Mukaddim Pathan <al_mukaddim(a)yahoo.com.au> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> **Apologies if you receive multiple posting of this CFP** ******************************************************** Special Issue on Integration of Cloud Computing and Body Sensor Networks Future Generation Computer Systems ******************************************************** Scope and Objective =================== A specific class of wireless sensor networks is Body Sensor Networks (BSN) that represents an emerging platform for many human-centered applications, spanning from medical to sports performance monitoring, gaming, and social networking. As a result of the advancements of ubiquitous and increasingly powerful wearable devices, to support the wide variety of application contexts, there exists a growing number of health monitoring systems with sophisticated capabilities. Moreover, there is enormous public interest in products that allow individuals, ranging from children to elders, to monitor and improve their own health and lifestyle. The combination of BSN, with their huge amount of gathered sensor data and their limited processing power can be tackled by exploiting a Cloud computing infrastructure to offer an integrated platform that provides: (a) the ability to utilize heterogeneous sensors; (b) scalability of data storage; (c) scalability of processing power for different kinds of analysis; (d) global access to the processing and storage infrastructure; (e) easy sharing of results; and (f) pay-as-you-go pricing for using BSN services. The aim of this special issue is to provide a comprehensive guide on new ideas and results in the BSN domain. In particular, it will focus on the state of the art, architecture, and associated techniques for BSN-Cloud integration, allowing collection and dissemination of health data from BSN to a storage Cloud repository, and processing and analysis of the stored data using software services hosted in the Cloud. It will also identify potential research directions and technologies that will drive innovations within this domain. We expect the papers of the special issue to serve as a valuable reference for larger audience such as systems architects, practitioners, developers, researchers, academics and students. Topics of Interest ================== The topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to: • From physical to virtual wearable sensors • Novel software frameworks and platforms for BSN development • Open Grid/Web-based architectures for wireless sensor networks • Management of data streams from BSNs • Process management in large-scale systems based on wireless body sensor networks • Integration techniques between Clouds and BSNs • BSN and Cloud computing for e-Health, sport and leisure applications • Sensor technology and biocompatibility • Home monitoring and assisted living applications • Debugging, and testing of BSN platforms and applications • Clinical trials and experiences of BSN platforms • BSN for disaster/emergency management and social interaction Important Dates =============== • Deadline for paper submission: August 30, 2012 • Completion of first review: November 30, 2012 • Revision due: January 31, 2013 • Final decision notification: February 28, 2013 • Final manuscript due: March 15, 2013 • Publication date: Fourth Quarter of 2013 Submission Instructions ======================= All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Substantially revised (minimum 30% of new content) versions of papers published in conference proceedings can be submitted. In this case, the original paper should also be enclosed. Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary copyright releases for all copyrighted material. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers must not exceed 25 pages (one column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES), located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/fgcs/. Authors must select “SI_Body Cloud – Fortino, Pathan” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. A guide for authors, templates and samples for submitting papers for FGCS journal is available on: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505611/authori… Guest Editors ============== Prof. Giancarlo Fortino Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, cubo 41C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy Dr. Mukaddim Pathan Technology Specialist - Content Delivery Network Media Distribution, Telstra Corporation Limited 21/35 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia -- --------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Mukaddim Pathan Technology Specialist - Content Delivery Networks Telstra Corporation Limited 21/35 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia Contact: +61-3-8647 9662 (Office) E-mail: mukaddim.pathan(a)team.telstra.com Web: http://cecs.anu.edu.au/~mukaddim.pathan _______________________________________________ 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

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MMRP12 : Workshop on Models and Methods for Reliability and Performance of computer networks (Deadline today!)
by Periklis Chatzimisios 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop on Models and Methods for Reliability and Performance of computer networks” (MMRP 2012) August 27 - 31, 2012, CNAM, Paris, France http://mmrp12.wp.it-sudparis.eu collocated with the 18th International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM 2012) Overview: Since the last years, we have seen a rapid development of computer networks and distributed software in various industrial sectors. It becomes more and more crucial to guarantee both performance and reliability of the systems. We need accurate models and efficient methods for quantitative analysis of these systems. The aim of this workshop is to study recent advances on probabilistic models and mathematical methods, in order to analyze these systems. Some specific problems are studied as the complexity and the size of the systems. Quantitative analysis could be very difficult to perform, so one objective of this workshop is to show how some new promising models and methods can solve these problems. Optimization methods provide also interesting solutions for example in network survivability. We plan to have one or two invited speakers from university and industry. We propose two kinds of papers: long and short papers. Long papers will be published in the proceedings. -Long papers: not exceeding 15 pages which describe research findings in the identified topics of the workshop. They should be in Springer LNCS format, and describe original work that has not been published elsewhere. Files must be submitted in PDF. -Short papers: 4 pages which describe work in progress also in the topics of the workshop, written in Springer LNCS format, these papers will not be published in the workshop proceedings. Files must be submitted in PDF. In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to : -Queuing theory -Stochastic Petri Net models -Stochastic automata -Markov chains -Probabilistic Model checking -Simulation techniques -Traffic modeling and analysis -Reliability models -Numerical methods and algorithms -Tools for performance and reliability analysis -Applications and evaluation studies -Network simulation and emulation techniques -Network optimization and survivability Organizers: -Hind Castel, Telecom SudParis, France (Hind.Castel(a)it-sudparis.eu) -Laurent Decreusefond, Telecom ParisTech, France -Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece TPC Members: Walid Benameur, Télécom SudParis, France Tijani Chahed, Télécom SudParis, France Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Dieter Fiems, Ghent University,Belgium Jean-Michel Fourneau, Université de Versailles, France Serge Haddad, ENS CACHAN, France Mounia Lourdiane, Télécom SudParis, France Yoni Nazarathy, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Antonio Pacheco, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal Franck Quessette, Université de Versailles, France Janos Sztrik, Faculty of Informatics, Hungary Joanna Tomasik, Supelec, France Sandrine Vaton, Telecom Bretagne, France Katinka Wolter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Important Dates : Full paper due: April 20th, 2012 (extended deadline!) Notification of Acceptance: May 7th, 2012 Camera ready paper due: June 4th, 2012 Submissions on the web page : https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmrp12

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Springer Journal of Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences - Special Issue on Pervasive Computing Systems
by Lars Wolf 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: Springer Journal of Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences - Special Issue on Pervasive Computing Systems Datum: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:21:47 +0300 Von: Petros Nicopolitidis <petros(a)csd.auth.gr> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Springer Journal of Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences Special Issue on Pervasive Computing Systems Pervasive networking has recently emerged as a new research topic in the area of communication network systems. It mainly involves methods, algorithms and protocols that enable devices to autonomously selforganize in network structures and use those infrastructures to facilitate the exchange of information and delivery of services. These systems typically communicate via low-cost and energy efficient ambient wireless technologies so as to enable seamless interaction and service provisioning. The objective of this Special Issue is to capture recent developments and publish ongoing research activities in the area of pervasive computing systems. We encourage submission of both theoretical and application oriented research papers that span - but are not limited to - the following topics: Networking for ambient intelligence Context and situation -awareness in pervasive systems Middleware for pervasive networking Pervasive network management Energy-aware protocols for pervasive networking Pervasive networking applications Positioning and tracking in pervasive networks Privacy and security in pervasive networks Experiences in deploying pervasive networks Pervasive social computing Energy management in pervasive devices Pervasive wearable computers, RFIDs, sensor technology Pervasive innovative HCI design Submission Instructions: Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. Before submission authors should carefully read over the Instructions for Authors, which are located at thehugojournal.com/authors/instructions. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the SpringerOpen submission system at http://www.thehugojournal.com/manuscript according to the submission schedule. They should choose the correct Special Issue in the “sections” box upon submitting. In addition, they should specify the manuscript as a submission to the “Special Issue on Pervasive Computing Systems” in the cover letter. All submissions will undergo initial screening by the Guest Editors for fit to the theme of the Special Issue and prospects for successfully negotiating the review process. For inquiries about the Special Issue, contact: Petros Nicopolitidis at petros(a)csd.auth.gr Authors of papers accepted in IEEE CITS 2012 conference are encouraged to submit an extended version of their papers to this Special Issue. Submission Schedule: Submission due: July 31, 2012 Acceptance Notification: October 15, 2012 Final versions due: October 30, 2012 Publication Date: Late 2012 Guest Editors Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA Email: obaidat(a)monmouth.edu Petros Nicopolitidis, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Email: petros(a)csd.auth.gr Damianos Gavalas, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece Email: dgavalas(a)aegean.gr _______________________________________________ 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

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Fwd: [Tccc] Wireless Health 2012: New Submission Options & Deadline Extension
by Lars Wolf 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Wireless Health 2012: New Submission Options & Deadline Extension Datum: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:09:41 -0400 Von: John Lach <jlach(a)virginia.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ****Wireless Health 2012: New Submission Options & Deadline Extension**** Based on valuable feedback from the Wireless & Mobile Health research communities, Wireless Health 2012 has a new submission procedure and a deadline extension! The deadline for submissions to the Wireless Health 2012 conference has been EXTENDED to May 1, 2012. There are now 3 paths to presenting your work at Wireless Health 2012: Ø Full papers (4-8 pages in ACM conference format) Ø Research abstracts (<500 words in the WH2012 prescribed format found on the conference website) Ø Demonstration abstracts (2 pages in ACM conference format) Visit our website http://www.wirelesshealth2012.org/ for additional information, and join us October 22-25 in San Diego for an outstanding Conference experience serving the entire Wireless & Mobile Health community. Wireless Health 2012 is hosted by the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance in cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE. _______________________________________________ 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

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Fwd: [InternetTC] CFP CloudNet 2012
by Lars Wolf 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] CFP CloudNet 2012 Datum: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:49:06 +0200 Von: Stefano Secci <stefano.secci(a)LIP6.FR> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS CloudNet 2012 The 2012 International Conference on Cloud Networking Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society November 28-30, 2012 University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France http://phare.lip6.fr/cloudnet12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The first International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet 2012) will be held in Paris, France, in November 2012. Cloud Networking has emerged as a promising direction for cost-efficient and reliable service delivery across data communication networks. The dynamic location of service facilities and the virtualization of hardware and software elements are stressing the communication network and protocols, especially when data-centers are interconnected through the Internet. Although the "computing" aspects of Cloud technologies have been largely investigated, lower attention has been devoted to the "networking" aspects. The 2012 Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet 2012) precisely addresses these aspects. Conference topics include (but are not limited to): • Datacenter Network Management and Reliability • Distributed Datacenter Architectures • Internet Routing of Cloud data • Ethernet Routing: TRILL, Shortest Path Bridging, Data Center Bridging, L2LSP, OpenFlow • Cloud Traffic Characterization and Measurements • Intra-Cloud vs Inter-Cloud Management • Cloud Traffic Engineering and Control-Plane Architectures • Security, Privacy, Confidentiality in Cloud networking • Network on the fly, Virtual Control, Virtual Radio, Isolation • Unified User and Machine Mobility Management • Virtualization of Wireless Equipment • Mobile Cloud Networking • Storage Area Networks, Optical Interconnect, Fiber Channel • Content and Service Distribution Supporting IEEE Communications Society Technical Committees: • Cloud Communications and Networking Ad-Hoc TC • Communications Software TC (TCCS) • Computer Communications TC (TCCC) • Internet TC (ITC) • Network Operations and Management TC (CNOM) Paper submission ------------------------ Authors are invited to submit technical papers presenting original, unpublished research, not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 5 single-spaced, double-column pages and should follow IEEE paper templates. Papers can exceed the page limit with a maximum of 3 extra pages, which (if accepted) will be subject to an extra fee (75€ per page). Papers are to be submitted electronically on the EDAS web site by the deadline indicated below. Papers submitted after this deadline will be discarded without review. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE in IEEEexplore. Important dates --------------------- • Full paper submission deadline: June 20, 2012 • Paper acceptance notification: September 01, 2012 • Paper camera-ready deadline: September 30, 2012 Venue --------- The conference will be located in the Jussieu campus of the University Pierre and Marie Curie, in the Latin quarter in the very center of Paris, France. Organizing committee ------------------------------ General Co-Chairs: Guy Pujolle, UPMC, France Raouf Boutaba, U. Waterloo, Canada Program Co-Chairs: Marcus Brunner, NEC Lab EU, Germany Stefano Secci, UPMC, France Technical Program Committee: Abdelhamid Mellouk, UPEC, France Andrzej Duda, Grenoble INP-Ensimag, France Antonio Cianfrani, U. Rome I - La Sapienza, Italy Bijan Jabbari, GMU, USA Brice Augustin, UPEC, France Clarissa Marquezan, UFRJS, Brazil Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo, USA Dijiang Huang, Arizona State University, USA Emmanuel Dotaro, Thalès Communications, France Fabian Schneider, NEC, Germany Guy Pujolle, UPMC, France Honggang Zhang, U. Zhejiang, China Kaiqi Xiong, Rochester Institute University, USA Jaime Lloret Mauri, UPV, Spain James Hong, POSTECH, Korea Jinsong Wu, Bell Laboratories, USA José M. Alcaraz Calero, HP labs, UK Kamel Haddadou, Gandi, France Kui Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Kun Yang, U. Essex, UK Luis Henrique Costa, UFRJ, Brazil Luis Miguel Contreras, Telefonica I+D, Spain Manel Bourguiba, U. Paris Sud, France Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Nadjib Ait-Saadi, UPEC, France Omar Cherkaoui, UQAM, Canada Otto Duarte, UFRJ, Brazil Pascal Gallard, NonStop Systems, France Piotr Cholda, AGH, Poland Raouf Boutaba, U. Waterloo, Canada Riccardo Raheli, U. Parma, Italy Stefano Giordano, U. Pisa, Italy Thierry Coupaye, Orange labs, France Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Tobias Hossfeld, U. Wurzburg, Germany Victor Lopez Alvarez, Telefonica I+D, Spain Xiaoming Fu, U. Goettingen, Germany Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, ENSIIE, France Wolfgang Kellerer, DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany Publicity Co-Chairs: Manel Bourguiba, U. Paris-Sud, France Aziza Lounis, UPMC, France Local Arrangements Chair: Aziza Lounis, UPMC, France More info at: http://phare.lip6.fr/cloudnet12

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CFP: Workshop on Human-Computer Confluence Research Challenges (Deadline: May 9th, 2012)
by Andreas Riener 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Human-Computer Confluence Research Challenges May 14-15, 2012, Vienna, Austria MOTIVATION HCI research over three decades has shaped a wide spanning research area at the boundaries of computer science and behavioral science, with an impressive outreach to how humankind is experiencing information and communication technologies in literally every breath of an individuals life. The explosive growth of networks and communications, and at the same time radical miniaturization of ICT electronics have reversed the principles of human computer interaction. Up until now considered as the interaction concerns when humans approach ICT systems, more recent observations see systems approaching humans at the same time. Humans and ICT Systems apparently approach each other confluently. Human Computer Confluence has been mentioned to become a research priority in "Horizon 2020" (2013-2020), the funding programme of the European Commission that follows after the 7th Framework Programme (FP7, 2007-2013). HC2 VISIONS is a research agenda solicitation action (FP7 FET Project HC2) which may or may not be influential to the FET work programme discussion on new directions in human computer confluence. The HC2 VISIONS workshop invites key experts to pose initial research challenge statements articulated by the scientific community in a crowd sourced solicitation attempt. The goals of the workshop are to shape research challenge statements indicating (i) vision, (ii) research approach and (iii) expected impact of prospective research issues by world leading experts in the field. HC2 VISIONS is accompanied by a web-based white-book initiative at www.pervasive.jku.at/hccvisions. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION HC2 VISIONS is an open dialog and invites interested scientists, researchers as well as industrial stakeholders to participate and actively engage. If you want to present your idea in a 5 min position statement in the HC2 VISIONS dialogue sessions, please send an approx. 400 word summary to hc2visions(a)pervasive.jku.at by May 9, 2012. A PDF Call for Participation is available online at: http://www.pervasive.jku.at/hccvisions/HC2_Visions_CfP.pdf WORKSHOP LOCATION The workshop will be hosted by and is located at the head quarter of the Austrian Computer Society OCG. The objective of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) is the comprehensive and interdisciplinary promotion of information processing, with due regard to its effects on man and society. Austrian Computer Society (OCG) Dampfschiffstraße 4, 1030 Vienna, Austria Phone +43 1 5120235-0 ORGANIZERS Institute for Pervasive Computing Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz Phone +43 732 2468 8556 hc2visions(a)pervasive.jku.at Supported by the European Commission under the Future and Emerging Technologies program under grant 258063 HC2. Please continue online for more information: http://www.pervasive.jku.at/hccvisions/

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