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Fwd: [Tccc] ACM SenSys 2011: Joint call for contributions for workshops!
by Lars Wolf 30 May '11

30 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] ACM SenSys 2011: Joint call for contributions for workshops! Datum: Sun, 29 May 2011 19:44:32 +0200 Von: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)supsi.ch> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu, omnetpp(a)googlegroups.com, tinyos-help(a)millennium.berkeley.edu, contiki-developers(a)lists.sourceforge.net CC: Kamin Whitehouse <whitehouse(a)virginia.edu> Second International Workshop on Sensing Applications on Mobile Phones at ACM SenSys 2011 November 1, 2011 Seattle, USA http://research.microsoft.com/phonesense2011 *** 3rd ACM Workshop On Embedded Sensing Systems For Energy-Efficiency In Buildings http://buildsys.org/2011 Seattle, WA - November 1, 2011 *** First International Workshop on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services for Healthcare at ACM SenSys 2011 November 1, 2011 Seattle, USA http://chad.illinois.edu/mHealthSys2011/index.html ********************************************************************* Second International Workshop on Sensing Applications on Mobile Phones at ACM SenSys 2011 November 1, 2011 Seattle, USA http://research.microsoft.com/phonesense2011 Mobile phones provide a widespread platform for deploying sensing applications. Multiple factors, including the large number of sensors on phones, proximity to user’s immediate environment, broadband connectivity, ability to use cloud resources to sense, mine, and learn human behaviors, and ability to provide personalized feedback, make the phone a compelling sensing platform. Example sensing application domains include personalized information delivery, context and location-aware services, healthcare, games, social networks, and entertainment, safety, and mobile business. The PhoneSense workshop promotes exchange of ideas among academic and industrial researchers in research areas such as sensing, mobile computing, energy efficiency, data management, data mining, machine learning, inference, privacy, incentive modeling, and user experience design. The focus is on hot topics, position papers, novel ideas, in-progress work, enabling technologies, and emerging applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Novel applications · Personal health monitoring using mobile phones · Incentive models for mobile data collection · Mobile cloud and sensing interfaces · Mining large-scale sensor and location data · Persuasion models and personalized feedback to users · Privacy · Participatory sensing, crowdsourcing, and opportunistic sensing · Activity recognition, subjective sensing, and machine learning · Programming models · Deployments and campaigns at scale · Integration of on-phone and off-phone sensing · Novel mobile sensor accessories · Geo-targeting and location-aware services · Data quality issues [Call for Papers in PDF: http://research.microsoft.com/phonesense2011/PhoneSenseCFP.pdf ] Program Chairs: Aman Kansal (Microsoft Research) Deepak Ganesan (UMass Amherst) Steering Committee Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth College) Deborah Estrin (UCLA) Jie Liu (Microsoft Research) Technical Program Committee: Prabal Dutta (UMichigan) Deborah Estrin (UCLA) Raghu Ganti (IBM) Santosh Kumar (UMemphis) Nicholas Lane (MSR Asia) Paul Lukowics (UPassau) Bhaskaran Raman (IIT B) Romit Roy Choudhury (Duke) Mani Srivastava (UCLA) Jun Yang (Nokia) Important Dates Paper Submission: July 25, 2011 Notification: September 12, 2011 For submission details, see the workshop website: http://research.microsoft.com/phonesense2011 ********************************************************* Call for papers and demos: ACM BuildSys 2011, in conjunction with ACM SenSys 2011 http://buildsys.org/2011 3rd ACM Workshop On Embedded Sensing Systems For Energy-Efficiency In Buildings Seattle, WA - November 1, 2011 Important dates: * Paper and Demo subsmission deadline: July 30, 2011 * Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2011 * Camera Ready Due: September 15, 2011 * Workshop date: November 1, 2011 * Date of Demo session: TBD Technically co-sponsored by ACM[1]. Submissions will be peer-reviewed. The proceedings will be archived in the ACM Digital Library. *** New this year: Demo session! *** The World is increasingly experiencing a strong need for energy consumption reduction and a need for efficient use of scarce natural resources. Official studies report that buildings account for the largest portion of World's energy expenditure and have the fastest growth rate. Clearly, energy saving strategies that target energy use in buildings and surroundings can have a major impact worldwide, driving the current energy market toward self-sufficiency and self-sustainability. This calls for effective techniques and methods that enable accurate carbon foot printing, monitoring and control of appliance activity, energy auditing and management in buildings and surroundings and the generation of energy awareness. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) play a key role in enabling energy-saving systems in buildings and surrounding spaces by providing a reliable, cost-effective and extensible solution that can be placed in existing as well as new structures and can be controlled via the Internet. In fact, WSNs allow the monitoring of the energy consumption in near-real time and, as such, they are an essential tool in the control loop that will be used in future structures for the generation and usage of diverse types of energy. We solicit both papers AND demos that focus on new techniques and technologies capable of improving the global energy efficiency of buildings leveraging connected sensing systems, networks, and devices. We are particularly interested in contributions related to: * Increase energy awareness and reduce consumption by leveraging on sensing systems/social networking/mobile phones, novel visualization and other forms of media to convey relevant information to users; * Systems that can influence building occupant behaviour towards a more parsimonious usage of electricity, gas, heating, water, etc.; * Monitor and actuate appliances in residential and industrial settings (e.g. data centres, HVAC, etc.) * Monitor and control of alternative energy sources aiming at an increase of production efficacy; * Model and simulate heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation, water usage and other energy flows in buildings and surrounding spaces through the combination of real data from sensors and popular energy simulation tools such as Energy Plus and TrnSys; * Create innovative tools to model and visualize energy expenditure and production (from, e.g., solar panels, wind turbines); * Integrate sensor-based systems to improve grid operation and energy distribution (electricity, gas, water); * Sensor systems for the identification of appliances in industrial and home environments, which can be used to estimate the energy usage/production model and to predict future demands; Successful papers will clearly demonstrate how much energy is reduced by the authors' contribution, either through real-world results or credible simulation and analysis of an energy problem. Papers should consider the entire energy system, including any effects on occupant behaviors, production efficiency, peak load and smart grid architectures, sustainability, pollutants, and total energy usage. Demo abstracts should describe both the technology being showcased as well as the user experience of the demo. Submissions must include a separate section for the demo script that specifically describes how users will interact with the demo. Accepted papers and demo abstracts will appear in the workshop proceedings and will be electronically published by ACM. For submission instructions please refer to the workshop website. General Chair * Antonio Ruzzelli, University College Dublin, Ireland Steering Committee * Antonio Ruzzelli, University College Dublin, Ireland * David Culler, University of Berkeley, US * Michele Rossi, Universita di Padova, Italy * Alberto Cerpa, University of California Merced, US Publication Chair * Rasit Eskicioglu, University of Manitoba, Canada Demo Chair * Fred Xiaofan Jiang, Microsoft Research, China Web Chair * Anthony Schoofs, University College Dublin, Ireland TPC Chairs * Kamin Whitehouse, University of Virginia, US * Rajesh Gupta, UC San Diego, US TPC * Yuvraj Agarwal (UCSD, US) * Dagnachew Birru (Philips Research, US) * Michael Brambley (PNNL, US) * Alberto Cerpa (UCMerced, US) * Adam Dunkels (SICS, SE) * Anthony Schoofs (UCD, IE) * Prabal Dutta (Michigan, US) * Peter Fuhrmann (Philips Research, NL) * Clas Jacobsen (United Technologies, US) * Xiaofan Jiang (Microsoft Research, CH) * Younghun Kim (IBM, US) * Tommaso Melodia (SUNY, US) * Sotiris Nikoletseas (UPatras, GR) * Guy Newsham (NRC, CA) * Dirk Pesch (CIT, IE) * Raj Rajkumar (CMU, US) * Andrew Rice (UCambridge, UK) * Michele Rossi (UniPD, IT) * Anthony Rowe (Carnegie Mellon, US) * Andreas Savvides (Yale, US) * Thomas Schmid (Utah, US) * Mani Srivastava (UCLA, US) [1] Approval from ACM is pending. ************************************************************** First International Workshop on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services for Healthcare at ACM SenSys 2011 November 1, 2011 Seattle, USA http://chad.illinois.edu/mHealthSys2011/index.html Call for Papers --------------- --------------- The first International Workshop on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services for Healthcare solicits innovative and original research papers related to mobile systems as applied to healthcare and wellness. We explicitly encourage submissions related to real deployments and experiences with practical systems. We are interested in, but not limited to, the following research topics on healthcare: Wearable sensors Mobile sensing devices Limitations of sensing (e.g. sampling rate, types of sensing related to healthcare and wellness monitoring) Energy issues Security and privacy issues Communication challenges (in healthcare based mobile systems) Data quality monitoring and robustness (in the mobile environments) Realtime sensor data processing on mobile devices Sensor data analytics Healthcare and wellness applications on mobile devices User (patient/medical professional) needs and its impact on system design Real-life deployments/practical experiences Accepted papers will appear electronically in the ACM proceedings. Call for Demos -------------- -------------- We are also soliciting demos that showcase innovative and novel mobile sensor systems for healthcare. The scope of work is described above. Demo submissions should be up to 2 pages (including Tables, Figures, and References). Submissions should describe innovative ideas and systems related to mobile systems, applications, and services for healthcare. Detailed description of the demo is expected. Accepted demos will appear electronically in the ACM proceedings. Important Dates --------------- --------------- Paper Submission Deadline: August 08, 2011, 11:59 pm EST Notification of Paper Acceptance: September 09, 2011 Final camera ready version: October 07, 2011 Accepted papers and demos will be included in the ACM electronics proceedings. mHealthSys 2011 Organizing Committee ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ General Chair ------------- Raghu Ganti (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) Program Chairs -------------- Santosh Kumar (UMemphis) Kenneth Watkin (UIUC) Steering Committee ------------------ Raghu Ganti (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) Santosh Kumar (UMemphis) Mani Srivastava (UCLA) Kenneth Watkin (UIUC) Liangzhao Zeng (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) Technical Program Committee --------------------------- Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC) Mustafa al'Absi (UMN) Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth) Tanzeem Choudhary (Dartmouth) Emre Ertin (OSU) Raghu Ganti (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) Stephen Intille (MIT and Northwestern) Zbigniew Kalbarczyk (UIUC) Thomas W. Kamarck (U. Pittsburgh) David Kotz (Darmouth) Santosh Kumar (UMemphis) Wendy Nilsen (OBSSR, NIH) Kevin Patrick (UCSD) Thambapillai Srikanthan (NTU, Singapore) Soundararajan Srinivasan (Bosch Research) Mani Srivastava (UCLA) John Stankovic (UVa) Lakshman Tamil (UTDallas) Kenneth Watkin (UIUC) Liangzhao Zeng (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) For submission details, please see the workshop website: http://chad.illinois.edu/mHealthSys2011/index.html -- Dr. Anna Förster PostDoctoral Researcher Networking Laboratory, SUPSI Via Cantonale, Galleria 2 Manno, Switzerland Tel. + 41 58 666 6597 http://www.dti.supsi.ch/~afoerste/ _______________________________________________ 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: Mobicom 2011: Call for Demos and Exhibits
by Lars Wolf 30 May '11

30 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Mobicom 2011: Call for Demos and Exhibits Datum: Sun, 29 May 2011 06:19:40 -0700 Von: Habib M. Ammari <Habib.M.Ammari(a)HOFSTRA.EDU> Antwort an: Habib M. Ammari <Habib.M.Ammari(a)HOFSTRA.EDU> An: SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG [Apologies if you receive multiple copies.] Call for Demos and Exhibits for MobiCom2011 The Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking September 19-23, 2011, Las Vegas, NV, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/ Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE If you have a cool demo of your ideas, come and showcase it in MobiCom2011 this year in the student demo competition and win the best demo awards! See instructions below. Proposals for research demonstrations and exhibits are strongly solicited. Demonstrations should be innovative research prototypes that show new research related to the practice of mobile computing or wireless and mobile networking. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Applications and services for mobile users * Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, limited power and/or intermittent connectivity * Cognitive radio networks and dynamic spectrum access * Fundamental aspects of mobile computing and wireless networking * Implementations and experimental mobile systems * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Location-dependent applications and protocols * Mobile ad hoc and sensor networks * Mobile cloud computing * Modeling, measurement and simulation aspects of mobile networks * Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking * Performance of mobile and wireless networks and systems * Security, privacy, and fault-tolerance of mobile/wireless systems * Wireless access technologies for mobile nodes (e.g., multi-radio and mesh systems, personal area networks) *Student Demo Competition* The conference strongly encourages the submission of short papers in the field of mobile computing and wireless networking that present revolutionary new ideas or that challenge existing assumptions prevalent among the research community. These "challenges papers" should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues and/or influence the direction of future research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenges papers will be reviewed by the MobiComprogram committee and will be part of the technical program and published in ACM MobiComproceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must start with the word "Challenge:" i.e., "Challenge: Rest of the Title." *Submission Instructions* Submit a summary of the proposed demo via email to xizhang(a)ece.tamu.edu. The proposal should be maximum of 3 pages, including figures if needed, and in PDF format only. Please indicate “MobiCom2011 Demo Submission” as the subject of the email. All submissions will be acknowledged. The summary should include: * The names, affiliations, and email addresses of the authors. * Goals of the demo and the basic idea that it supports. * Equipment to be used for the demo. * Space needed and setup time required. * Additional facilities needed including power and Internet/wireless access. * Indicate a URL with any extra information, if needed. * Indicate whether the demo is eligible for the student demo competition by identifying the lead student(s) and their affiliations. We encourage the submission of demos and exhibits that will be of interest to the community from researchers in academia and industry. *Important Dates* Submissions due: July 1, 2011 (11:59pm EST) Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2011 General Chair ParmeshRamanathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Program Co-Chairs Brian Neil Levine, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst Thyaga Nandagopal, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent Steering Committee Victor Bahl Imrich Chlamtac David B. Johnson ACM Program Coordinator Fran Spinola * FOR MORE INFORMATION: * Please contact the General Chair or Program Co-Chairs for more information. 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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE CNCC-2012, TECHNICAL PAPERS DUE June 3, 2011
by Lars Wolf 30 May '11

30 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE CNCC-2012, TECHNICAL PAPERS DUE June 3, 2011 Datum: Sun, 29 May 2011 15:13:08 +0200 Von: Bashir Yahya <bashir.yahya(a)prism.uvsq.fr> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------- IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, is a major annual international conference organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking. IEEE CCNC 2012 will present the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as middleware), and novel applications and services. The conference will include a peer-reviewed program of technical sessions, special sessions, workshops, panels, demonstrations and tutorials. ?6 TECHNICAL TRACKS Wireless Consumer Communications and Networking Wireless Home Networks Wireless LANs, WiMax, Cellular Networks UWB and OFDM Multi-Channel, Multi-Hop and Cooperative Communications Cross-Layer Design, Interactions and Optimization Seamless Roaming Techniques and Technologies Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms Modulation, Coding and Diversity Physical and MAC Layers Design Issues Energy Efficiency and optimization Emerging Standards Network QoS Smart Spaces and Personal Area Networks Body and Personal Area Networks IEEE 802.15 and Bluetooth-Based Networks Power Control and Conserving Approaches Pricing Models Service Discovery RFID for CE Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks Vehicle Networks Delay tolerant Networks QoS and Service Reliability Data Management and Query Processing Middleware for Smart Spaces and PANs Context- and Situation-awareness for Smart Spaces and PANs Real systems and measurement results for smart space and PANs Multimedia & Entertainment Networking and Services Multimedia Communication and Streaming Multimedia QoS and Protocols Distributed Network Protocols for Multimedia Image/Video Multimedia Networks Streaming Protocols High-Definition Audio, Image and Video Processing Distributed Coding and Network Coding Entertainment Networks Multimedia Services Multimedia Support over Multi-hop Networks Wireless Multimedia Field Trials and Measurements Networking for Multi-player Gaming Peer-to-Peer Networking and Content Distribution P2P Platforms, Algorithms and Architectures for Consumer Communications Overlay and Application Layer Multicast Peercasting and Overlay Content Distribution Peer-to-Peer SIP Novel Consumer Applications Enabled by P2P Computing Resource and Data Sharing Incentive Mechanisms in P2P Networks Reputation and Trust Mechanisms Overlay Networks Cloud Computing for Consumer-oriented Content Distribution Portability and Mobility of Content in Intermittent Consumer Networks ?Emerging and Innovative Consumer Technologies and Applications ?Green? and Environmentally-conscious Design and Consumer Technology Humanitarian uses of Consumer Electronics Advances in Display Technology and their Practical Usage HCI and Design Considerations Consumer Device Design and Innovation Design of e-Health and Mobile Health Technologies (Home Automation, etc.) Studies of Consumer Technology for Well-being Consumer Technologies in Emerging Markets and Challenged Economies Consumer Technologies for Social Benefit (e.g., Voting, Reporting, Education, etc.) Personalization Techniques Uses of Multimodal input and Data Pervasive and Contextual Computing Systems in Practice Wearable Computing Systems Smart Devices, Ambient & Intelligent Applications Middleware and Embedded Platforms Security and Content Protection Security for Home Networks, PANs & BANS Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Worm and Malware Defences Combating Phishing and Spam Secure Configuration Consumer-friendly Security Models & Tools Portable Devices Disinfection Control of Personal Data Reputation and Trust Mechanisms Authentication, Authority and Auditing for CE Copyright and Privacy Protection Digital Rights Management Streaming and Network Anonymity IMPORTANT DATES TECHNICAL PAPERS DUE June 3, 2011 ?ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION September 2, 2011 ?FINAL CAMERA READY ARTWORK September 30, 2011 -- Bashir Yahya PRiSM Laboratory, Department of Computer Science University of Versailles 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis 78035 Versailles, Cedex France _______________________________________________ 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] CFP: PhoneCom 2011, October 2011, Dalian, China
by Lars Wolf 29 May '11

29 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: PhoneCom 2011, October 2011, Dalian, China Datum: Sun, 29 May 2011 00:29:51 +0800 Von: Feng XIA <f.xia(a)ieee.org> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================= 1st International Workshop on Sensing, Networking and Computing with Smartphones (PhoneCom 2011) http://www.phonecom.org to be held on October 19, 2011, Dalian, China colocated with IEEE CPSCom 2011 ========================================================= Important Dates (updated): * Submission Deadline: July 10, 2011 * Notification of Acceptance: August 01, 2011 * Final Papers Due: August 15, 2011 * Workshop date: October 19, 2011 Workshop Organizers: * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing, China (Primary Contact) * Jilei Tian, Nokia Research Center, Beijing, China * Feng Xia, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China Contact: phonecom11(a)gmail.com The goal of this workshop is to address the many research issues that are still hampering the still difficult use of developing context rich mobile applications on smartphones. The workshop aims to attract and discuss the sensing, networking and application issues of smartphones, and how these can be solved by creating model, frameworks, and implementing context engines on smartphones. We want to bring together context computing, social computing, and hardware researchers along with user interface designers and practitioners with diverse backgrounds interested in 1) exploring different perspectives and approaches to modeling physical, spatial, temporal and social context from the smartphone, 2) the different types of applications that can be enabled from the rich gathering and inference of context, and 3) issues of integrating the context into application design and user interface and user interaction models. Submissions: We solicit short position papers (1-2 pages) and peer-reviewed research papers (4-8 papers) in the IEEE conference paper style. Use EasyChair to submit your papers at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=phonecom2011. Proceedings: We intend to publish proceedings in the IEEE CS Proceedings of the main conference of IEEE CPSCom 2011. -- Feng XIA (夏锋) PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science School of Software, Dalian University of Technology Road No. 8, Development Zone, Dalian 116620, China Email: f.xia(a)ieee.org; f.xia(a)acm.org URL: http://FengXia.NET Cyber-Physical Systems Group: http://CPSChina.org _______________________________________________ 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: [Mycolleagues] CFP: IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Rural Communications
by Lars Wolf 26 May '11

26 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] CFP: IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Rural Communications Datum: Wed, 25 May 2011 22:04:32 -0400 Von: glitho(a)ece.concordia.ca Antwort an: admmyc(a)gmail.com An: mycolleagues(a)mailman.ufsc.br IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Rural Communications: Technologies, Applications, Strategies and Policies (RuralComm 2011) http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~tse/ruralcom/index.html Scope: This workshop aims at discussing the recent advances in rural communications. Technologies, applications, strategies and policies for every day life as well as technologies, applications, strategies and policies for reducing loss of life and property from natural and human-induced disasters will be discussed. Topics of Interest are (but not limited to): Access innovations in rural areas Internet access in rural areas Wireline and wireless communications technologies, systems and applications for rural areas Environment modelling: network planning and deployment studies for rural, suburban and under-serviced environments Next-generation communication technologies and applications in the context of rural areas Visions, strategies, and solutions for communication technologies and applications in rural areas Regulatory issues and spectrum policies for rural areas Specific requirements on communication technologies and applications due to needs of populations that may be agriculture-based and/or low-literacy and/or low-income Cost/benefit studies for communications technologies and applications in rural areas Economic/Business models for communications technologies and applications in rural areas Models for service provisioning and charging in rural areas Case studies of enterprising networking technology ventures and successes in rural areas Telecom finance and economics in rural areas Convergence and society in rural areas Telecom and society in rural areas Policy and re-structuring in rural areas Communications systems during disasters in rural areas Communications systems after disasters in rural areas Prediction, mitigation and management of disasters in rural areas Important Dates: - Paper Submission: July 7, 2011 - Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2011 - Camera ready: August 31, 2011 - Workshop date: June 5, 2011 Submission guidelines: All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with overlength page charge if accepted). Papers exceed 6 pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all. Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats should be used. Papers should be submitted via EDAS (http://edas.info) _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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Fwd: [Tccc] [WNM 2011] Submission Deadline - IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements 2011, Oct4-7 2011 Bonn, Germany
by Lars Wolf 26 May '11

26 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] [WNM 2011] Submission Deadline - IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements 2011, Oct4-7 2011 Bonn, Germany Datum: Wed, 25 May 2011 22:30:54 -0700 Von: Anura Jayasumana <Anura.Jayasumana(a)ColoState.edu> Antwort an: Anura.Jayasumana(a)ColoState.edu Organisation: Colorado State University An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu, tccn(a)comsoc.org Our sincere apologies for any duplication, if you have already received it through other channels. Call for Papers: IEEE WNM 2011 Sixth IEEE LCN Workshop on Network Measurements in conjunction with the 36th IEEE Local Computer Networks (LCN) http://www.cnrl.colostate.edu/IEEELCN_WNM2011/WNM2011.htm 4-7 October 2011 Hilton Hotel Bonn, Germany The LCN International Workshop on Network Measurements, will be held in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). The workshop will include papers and panels dealing with latest advances and challenges facing the field. The expected audience will include networking researchers, practitioners, scientists and engineers from industry, academia and government. LCN registration will cover workshop attendance. The first five IEEE LCN Workshops on Network Measurements were very successful in bringing together a set of participants actively working on network measurements in various domains. We will continue to address network measurements from different perspectives and different domains. Topics of Interest: Network measurements are crucial for operation, diagnosis, and characterization of complex networks. Accurate characterization is important for understanding the behavior of networks and for evaluating the scalability, reliability and performance of protocols. Cross-layer designs, and overlay protocols often rely on measurements. Measurements in wired and wireless domains, and end-to-end and subnet measurements face domain specific constraints while sharing common objectives. Complex dynamics of the networks and also the difficulties in performing measurement itself pose many challenges. This workshop will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in network measurements to discuss and exchange measurement related research in both wireless and wired domains, and also explore emerging fields of measurements such as on mobile devices. High quality, previously unpublished work is solicited on the topics including, but not limited to: Measurements on homogeneous and heterogeneous networks Physical layer characteristics and measurements for wireless networks Implementation and operational challenges of wireless testbeds Mobility models and traffic patterns Wired and wireless domain measurements Measurement tools, benchmarks and data sets Bandwidth, capacity and delay estimation Active and passive measurements at core nodes End-to-end and/or application-level measurements over the Internet Metrics for network characterization Measurements on Mobile devices Applications and protocols relying on network measurements Paper length should not exceed 8 pages. Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via EDAS. Papers will go through a thorough review process. The accepted papers will appear in the IEEE LCN conference proceedings and also be available via IEEE Xplore. Proposals for panel sessions are also invited. Please send the proposal by the same deadline as for papers. Important Dates: Paper registration deadline: May 27, 2011 Paper submission deadline: May 27, 2011 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2011 Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2011 Registration deadline: July 28, 2011 Information on registration, hotel, etc., is available at IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)(http://www.ieeelcn.org). General Chairs: Tarun Banka Cisco Systems 725 Alder Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 USA tabanka(a)cisco.com <mailto:tabanka@cisco.com> Nischal Piratla Xerox India Innovation Hub IIT Madras Research Park Kanagam Road, Taramani Chennai, TN 600113 INDIA Nischal.Piratla(a)xerox.com <mailto:Nischal.Piratla@xerox.com> Program Committee Swades De Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Dominique Dudkowski NEC Europe Ltd Victor Govindaswamy Texas A&M, USA Manoj Pandey Cisco Systems, Inc., USA Antonio Pescapé University of Napoli Federico II,Italy Petros Zerfos IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Mehmet Hadi Gunes University of Nevada, Reno, USA Pablo Vidales Deutsche Telekom Labs (...)----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: CfP MMVE 2011 (with IEEE proceedings)
by Lars Wolf 26 May '11

26 May '11

Gregor Schiele <gregor.schiele(a)UNI-MANNHEIM.DE> schrieb: Liebe Mitglieder der KuVS-Liste, anbei ein Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen für den Workshop MMVE 2011, interessant vor allem für alle, die sich mit interaktiven Mehrbenutzer-3D-Umgebungen beschäftigen. Der Workshop hat IEEE Proceedings, Einreichungsschluss ist der 30.Juni. Herzliche Grüße Gregor Schiele_____________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments (MMVE 2011) at the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Audio-Visual Environments and Games (HAVE 2011) October 14-17, 2011 Nanchang, JiangXi Province, China http://peers-at-play.org/MMVE11/___________________________________________… Massively Multiuser Virtual Environment (MMVE) systems are spatial simulations that provide real-time human interactions among thousands to millions of concurrent users. MMVEs have experienced phenomenal growth in recent years in the form of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) such as World of Warcraft and Lineage, and social communities such as Second Life and Hobbo Hotel. The technical aspect of designing, developing, and deploying them is highly interdisciplinary and involves experts from many domains, including graphics, networking, protocol and architecture designs. The MMVE workshop intends to provide a forum for both academic researchers and industry developers to investigate the architectural and system support for MMVEs. By gathering experts under one roof, we wish to discuss their findings, incite collaborations, and move the state of the art forward. Topics ------ The workshop seeks to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in the field, and encourages discussions based on the presented papers to identify current and future research topics. Some key and emerging issues we would especially like to solicit are: 1. The integration with casual, social networking systems. Recently there has been a surge of casual social games on social networking sites such as Facebook, with tens of millions of active users. While many of them are not yet real-time in nature, providing massive real-time interactions may only be a matter of time. How will such systems emerge or be designed? Additionally, many 3D chatrooms / instant messengers are now appearing (e.g., IMVU, Club Cooee, Game Xiu). While most interactions are limited as room-based small-group interactions, the total concurrent users may also reach critical sizes given their casual nature (e.g., IMVU has already over 1 million active accounts). How should such systems be supported and scale? 2. The adoption of parallelism to increase scale. Fast GPU and multi-core processors are now becoming common commodity. How will this hardware trend impact MMVE server-cluster design? And how should P2P approaches for MMVE take advantage of the increased power at client-side? Additionally, home set-top boxes with large local storage and broadband Internet connections are becoming household commodities, how will this trend impact the ways MMVEs be delivered (perhaps via content streaming) or architected? 3. Interoperable MMVE standards and protocols. As the market for virtual world increases and matures, efforts to provide interoperable user experience across multiple virtual environments have also intensified. For example, initiatives are ongoing to form IETF working groups on defining virtual world standard protocols (e.g., MMOX and VWRAP ). Part of any standard process is the identification of common features and requirements. What are the common features and requirements in MMVE that may be modeled and abstracted to facilitate such standardization effort? And are there working protocols that already exist in current systems? We would like to invite such experience sharing and discussions. The workshop thus will address the following issues: 1. Scalability: the ability to handle at least thousands of concurrent users, interacting via Internet. 2. Interactivity: how to provide responsive, near real time interactions despite latency and jitter. 3. Consistency: providing consistent views for users, despite the inherent delay in state updates. 4. Persistency: the ability to save and access the world states despite disconnections and failures. 5. Security and privacy: distributed algorithms that allow secure interactions and privacy guarantees. 6. Interoperability: integration of multiple systems or providers with common protocols or clients. 7. Bandwidth restricted (mobile) devices: the integration of mobile devices for nomadic systems. 8. Self-organizing architectures: load balancing and fault tolerance without manual configurations. 9. Content streaming: voice communication and 3D content streaming. 10. Implementation issues: novel approaches to effectively manage the complexity of development. Submission Guidelines ---------------------- Paper submissions must cover one of the topics listed above, or a closely- related one. Submitted papers should be at most 6 pages long and *must be blinded*. Research papers must be original prior unpublished work and not under review elsewhere. All submissions will be peer-reviewed (double-blind) and selected based on their originality, merit, and relevance to the workshop. Submissions in PDF format must be submitted online through the workshop page at http://peers-at-play.org/MMVE11/ no later than June 30th, 2011. Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop. All accepted MMVE papers will be indexed in IEEE Xplore, included as part of IEEE HAVE 2011 proceedings. If you have any questions, please email us at mmve(a)peers-at-play.org. Important Dates --------------- Submission Deadline: June 30th, 2011 Acceptance Notification: August 1st, 2011 Camera Ready Version: September, 1st, 2011 Workshop Date: October, 14-17th, 2011 Organizers ---------- * Shun-Yun Hu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan * Wei Tsang Ooi, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Gregor Schiele, University of Mannheim, Germany * Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, Canada * Arno Wacker, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany TPC Chair: * Gregor Schiele, University of Mannheim, Germany Publicity Co-Chairs: * Alexandru Iosup, TU Delft, Netherland * Jin-Yuan Jia, Tongji University, China * Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy Technical Program Committee_____________________________________________ * Maha Abdallah, University of Paris VI, France * Dewan T. Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada * Christian Bouville, IRISA, France * Romain Cavagna, University of Paris VI, France * Kuan-Ta Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan * Abdennour El Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, UK * Markus Esch, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg * Carsten Griwodz, Simula Research, Norway * Sebastian Holzapfel, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany * Alexandru Iosup, TU Delft, Netherland * Jin-Yuan Jia, Tongji University, China * Jehn-Ruey Jiang, National Central University, Taiwan * Huaiyu (Kitty) Liu, Intel Labs, USA * Jauvane C. Oliveira, LNCC, Brazil * Peter Quax, Hasselt University, Belgium * Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy * Ingo Scholtes, University of Trier, Germany * Gwendal Simon, TELECOM Bretagne, France * Richard Suselbeck, Univ. Mannheim, Germany * Shinichi Ueshima, Kansai University, Japan * Matteo Varvello, Alcatel-Lucent (Holmdel, NJ), USA * Shinya Yamamoto, Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi, Japan * Knut-Helge Vik, Simula Research, Norway * Marcos Vaz Salles, Cornell University, NY, USA * Suiping Zhou, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Roger Zimmermann, National University of Singapore, Singapore_____________________________________________ Dr.rer.nat. Gregor Schiele Researcher LS WI II, Universität Mannheim

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Fwd: [Mycolleagues] CfP MONAMISmart
by Lars Wolf 25 May '11

25 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] CfP MONAMISmart Datum: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:44:54 +0100 Von: Dirk Pesch <Dirk.Pesch(a)cit.ie> Antwort an: admmyc(a)gmail.com An: <admmyc(a)gmail.com>, <mycolleagues(a)mailman.ufsc.br>, <cnom(a)inf.ufsc.br> --- Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message --- CALL FOR PAPERS MONAMI 2011 SmaRT Workshop Workshop on Smart objects Resource managemenT 23 September 2011 Aveiro, Portugal The MONAMI SmaRT Workshop will be a focused event looking into the possibilities that smart object create for infrastructure and infrastructureless networks and how new services can be deployed and managed. The term smart objects in this case refer to everyday objects of all kinds and makes that are enhanced with computational intelligence and the capability to communicate with it other and online services. In many cases communication is based on wireless sensor networks integrated with an object, such as parts of a building, a logistic good, a vehicle or sensors in the environment. In other cases, communication is based on a hybrid approach with part of the network being infrastructure-based and the rest self-organized. Smart objects incorporate monitoring and control functions and need to communicate with each other and to gateways. They are an essential part of cyber-physical systems and can find multifaceted applications in fields such as logistics, smart buildings, intelligent transport, and smart city applications such as traffic management. These smart objects will play a dominant role in the Future Internet. Managing such smart objects requires algorithms and approaches based, in part, on general approaches discussed in the MONAMI Conference. However, the workshop will go one step further and consider, in particular: * Energy-efficient, self-organized access and routing schemes for smart object systems * Testbeds and experimental evaluation of services based on smart objects * Service and application management platforms for a variety of applications, e.g. smart cities * Autonomic network monitoring and management for smart object networks * Future Internet Architectures with smart objects All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three independent reviewers, including a TPC member to ensure high quality and relevance to the topics of the Conference. All accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNICST series and then be included in major article indexing services. Workshop Chairs Dirk Pesch, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Andreas Timm-Giel, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Technical Program Committee (TBC) Ramon Aguero, University of Cantabria, Spain Samir Das, Stony Brook University, New York, US Stefan Fischer, University of Lübeck, Germany Theo Kanter, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Kostas Pentikousis, Huawei Technologies ERC, Germany Dirk Pesch, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Susana Sargento, Universiy of Aveiro, Portugal Andreas Timm-Giel, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Paper Submission We encourage submissions of high-quality technical papers reporting original research that has not been previously published, and is not currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Full Papers should not exceed 10 pages in the Springer Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST) format. LNICST templates are available from www.springer.com/computer?SGWID=0-146-6-564009-0. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three independent reviewers, including a SmaRT Workshop TPC member to ensure high quality and relevance to the topics of the conference. All accepted papers will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes of ICST series and then be included in major article indexing services. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: 15 June 2011 Notification of Acceptance: 10 July 2011 Camera Ready Deadline: 01 August 2011 Workshop Date: 23 September 2011 --

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Fwd: [Tccc] Cfp: Int'l Workshop on Machine-to-Machine Communications @ GLOBECOM
by Lars Wolf 25 May '11

25 May '11

"Carles Antón" <carles.anton(a)cttc.es> schrieb: ***************************************************************************************** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers (CFP). ***************************************************************************************** Call for Papers IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop International Workshop on Machine-to-Machine Communications 'Key' to the Future Internet of Things In Conjunction with IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, 5-9 December 2011, Houston, Texas, USA (Workshop homepage http://iwm2m.cttc.es) The number of networked machines and/or devices is continuously increasing, changing the conventional perception of communication towards networks that are independent from human interaction. This results in a new paradigm on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications towards the Future Internet of Things (IoT). M2M communications offer a potential solution to the already saturated telecommunications market, with new services and applications, such as smart city, smart grid, intelligent transportation, e-healthcare, remote monitoring, and logistics. Such services and applications open a mass market and several business opportunities, whilst transforming the way communication systems are defined and operate. This requires development of novel solutions to efficiently serve a huge number of devices that interact autonomously at a global level. It also opens a wide research area for future M2M communications, including investigations on scalability, wide-area coverage, energy-efficiency, spectral-efficiency, cost-efficiency, heterogeneity, cooperation, and security. Main Topics of Interest This workshop aims to gather researchers, engineers and practitioners both from academia and industry (universities, research centers, network operators, regulatory bodies, service providers), as well as end users, to present and debate advanced M2M communication systems, technologies, and applications, with the perspective of current M2M-related standardization activities in 3GPP, ETSI, IEEE, and IETF. Specifically, but not exclusively, the workshop proposes to address the following topics related to M2M communication: - Scalable system architecture and components - Radio access technologies and protocols - Spectrum management for M2M - Resource management for energy-harvesting devices - Channel and traffic models - Internetworking protocols and mechanisms - Cloud support for M2M applications - Device management for M2M - Data and service management for M2M - Semantic technologies for M2M - Mobility management for M2M - Security, trust and privacy of M2M devices and services - New M2M applications, services, and business models - Field Trials / Test-beds / Regulatory issues Important Dates Paper Submission: 7 July 2011 Acceptance Notification: 15 August 2011 Camera-Ready: 31 August 2011 Workshop Date: 9 December 2011 Author Guidelines Authors are invited to submit original contributions that were not previously published or currently under review by any other workshop, conference, or journal. Papers need to be uploaded to the EDASGLOBECOM 2011 workshop submission link (http://edas.info//N10893) for this workshop, and should follow the GLOBECOM 2011 paper submission guidelines. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of Five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with over-length page charge if accepted). Note that the maximum number of pages for a paper is 6; 5 pages plus 1 additional page allowed with a charge for the one additional page of USD100 if accepted. Papers exceeding 6 pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all.Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if it is not presented at the conference. Workshop Organising Committee: Chair: Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey, UK (r.tafazolli(a)surrey.ac.uk ) Co-Chairs: Thierry Lestable, Sagemcom SAS, France (thierry.lestable(a)sagemcom.com ) Carles Antón-Haro, CTTC,Spain (carles.anton(a)cttc.es ) Trevor Gill, Vodafone Group, UK (trevor.gill(a)vodafone.com ) TPC Chairs: Pirabakaran Navaratnam, University of Surrey, UK (p.navaratnam(a)surrey.ac.uk ) Peter Rost, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany (peter.rost(a)neclab.eu ) Publicity Chair: Djelal Raouf, Sagemcom E&T, France (djelal.raouf(a)sagemcom.com ) TPC members: Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus, Greece Stephan Saur, Alcatel-Lucent, Germany Christian Ibars, CTTC, Spain Walter Nitzold, Technical University of Dresden, Germany Srdjan Krco, Ericsson, Serbia Alexandru Petrescu, CEA, France Serdar Vural, University of Surrey, UK William Webb, Neul, UK Herve Ganem, Gemalto, France Bruno Cendon, TST, Spain Masugi Inoue, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan Jesus Bernat Vercher, Telefonica, Spain Massinissa Lalam, Sagemcom E&T, France Masood Maqbool, Sagemcom E&T, France Marceau Coupechoux, Telecom Paris-Tech, France MérouaneDebbah, Supélec, France Frank Zdarsky, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Méhdi Bennis, University of Oulu, Finland Josep Vidal, UPC, Spain, Marylin Arndt, Orange Labs, France Mischa Dohler, CTTC, Spain Guillaume Vivier, Sequans, France Tarik Taleb, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Madjid Merabti, University of Liverpool, UK Lutz Lampe, University of British Columbia, Canada Hassan Hassanein, Queens University , Canada Nelson Fonseca, University of Campinas, Brazil Tomaso Melodia, University of Buffalo, USA Sutharshan Rajasegarar, University of Melbourne, Australia Nandana Rajatheva, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Cagri Gungor, Bahcesehir University, Turkey Additional Information Please see the workshop website http://iwm2m.cttc.es and the GLOBECOM 2011 homepage www.ieee-globecom.org for additional information._____________________________________________ 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] WINTECH 2011 - extended to June 5
by Lars Wolf 25 May '11

25 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] WINTECH 2011 - extended to June 5 Datum: Wed, 25 May 2011 00:37:09 +0200 Von: Giuseppe Bianchi <giuseppe.bianchi(a)uniroma2.it> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> For the colleagues working in experimental wireless networking: the deadline for WINTECH 2011 - the Sixth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and Characterization (in conjunction with MobiCom 2011) has been extended to June 5 (hard). Further details, CFP, and submission instructions at <http://wintech2011.netgroup.uniroma2.it/>http://wintech2011.netgroup.uniroma2.it/ Best regards, Giuseppe. _______________________________________________ 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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