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[Fwd: [Tccc] cfP: Special Issue on: Telecommunications Software Engineering: Emerging Methods, Models and Tools, MCM Journal, Elsevier]
by Lars Wolf 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] cfP: Special Issue on: Telecommunications Software Engineering: Emerging Methods, Models and Tools, MCM Journal, Elsevier Datum: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:47:23 -0400 (EDT) Von: iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Mathematical and Computer Modeling Journal (Elsevier) Call for Papers Special issue on: Telecommunications Software Engineering: Emerging Methods, Models and Tools Telecommunications software engineering involves the application of engineering methods in the development of telecommunications software through the usage of systematic and disciplined qualitative and quantitative studies. Software engineering, as such, is amongst the younger generation engineering disciplines, which is still far from reaching the stage of maturity. Software processes are more complex than traditional manufacturing processes and are very poorly understood. Telecommunication systems are very complex and the application of not so well development software engineering processes for the development of these systems adds to the complexity. Lots of works are undertaken worldwide on telecommunications software engineering. As new and attractive telecommunications technologies emerge every year, new software engineering methods, models and tools are required for supporting the development and the maintenance of the increasingly complex systems. This Special Issue will dedicate to cataloguing excellent works on all phases of telecommunication systems software development including requirements, design, development, testing, maintenance, supporting algorithms and protocols. Telecommunication topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Optical communication systems Cellular communication systems Broadband wireless access systems Wireless Internet Software defined radio Bluetooth technology Ultra-wide band radio Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Wireless Mesh Networks IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22 Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks Multimedia over emerging wireless networks Underwater sensor networks Very low-powered sensors Cooperative wireless communications Multi-hop relay wireless communications Emerging wireless network security issues Wireless telemedicine and e-health Guest Editor: Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science Ryerson University Toronto, Ontario, Canada. E-mail: iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca Submission Details: Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/mcm/. Please mention the special issue title in the covering letter. Until this is done, the paper will not be accepted for this Special Issue. General instructions for authors can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623/descriptio… Contributing authors might also be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. Important Dates: Manuscript Due: November 1st, 2009 Acceptance Notification: December 31, 2009.  Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: February 1, 2010 Publication Date (tentative): Dec. 2010 SPECIAL ISSUE REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORS Computers and Mathematics with Applications Mathematical and Computer Modelling In order to continue the publication of professional quality journals, the items listed below are the minimum requirements for accepting manuscripts for Special Issues submitted for publication in Computers and Mathematics with Applications and Mathematical and Computer Modelling. As a Guest Editor, we ask you to be sure the manuscripts meet these requirements when they are submitted to us for typesetting/formatting/publication, and advise your authors that we shall not be able to typeset/format their manuscripts until these requirements are fulfilled. We suggest that you use the following as a checklist before forwarding the issue to us. ____ Title and Preface: Submit the complete formal title, Guest Editor(s) name(s) and address(es) as they are to appear on the title page. Remember to include with the issue manuscripts a Preface/Foreword, and any dedication or other standard pages that are to be used. ____ Table of Contents: Submit a list of all manuscripts in the order they are to appear in the issue. Mark the list "Table of Contents". Make sure the corresponding author is marked for manuscripts with more than one author. Authors should not appear as co-authors for more than two manuscripts (excluding Preface and Dedication). ____ Addresses: Please make sure all manuscripts are submitted with current and complete mailing and email addresses for all authors and co-authors. Also, please keep us updated on any address changes. ____ Electronic Versions: Either a TEX, AMS- TEX, LaTEX, or Word file for the text of the manuscript is necessary along with a pdf file of the final version of the article. The digital file (TeX or Word file) must match the pdf file exactly. Any discrepancies detected between the two files will cause delays in the publication of the special issue. ____ Abstracts: For consistency, check to make sure all manuscripts begin with an abstract. ____ Keywords: All papers should include up to five keywords. ____ Figures & Graphs: An electronic version of each figure is required. Each figure or graph should also appear in the pdf file of your manuscript. The preferred format for figures and graphs is PostScript (ps) or encapsulated PostScript (eps). From with the TEX file of each paper, we import the eps figures. We will try to work with any electronic format that we receive. However, this may cause a delay, and at our discretion, we may require authors to re-submit the illustrations in ps or eps format, compatible with Adobe Illustrator. Each figure or graph should be a separate file. ____ References: References should be numbered sequentially in the order of their appearance in the text, not alphabetically. References should be cited in the text in square brackets. If the references in your manuscript are not in this format, you will be asked to redo them, causing a publication delay for the entire special issue. Meeting these minimum standards will ensure better quality and faster publication of your Special Issue. We appreciate your cooperation. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] [NPA] Call for Papers: International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms]
by Lars Wolf 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] [NPA] Call for Papers: International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms Datum: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:37:45 +0200 Von: Jaime Lloret_Mauri<jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ********************* Call for Papers for Vol 1, Issue 2 ********************* Network Protocols and Algorithms ISSN 1943-3581 http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/npa/ Network Protocols and Algorithms is a free online international journal, peer-reviewed and published by Macrothink Institute. It publishes papers focused on the design, development, manage, optimize or monitoring any type of network protocol, communication system, algorithm for communication and any protocol and algorithm to communicate network devices in a computer network. The scope of the journal include, but are not limited to, the following topic areas: - Synchronization Protocols and Algorithms - Security Protocols and Algorithms - QoS Protocols and Algorithms - Ad-Hoc and Sensor Network Protocols and Algorithms - Content Delivery Networks Protocols and Algorithms - P2P Protocols and Algorithms - Cluster-Based Protocols and Algorithms - Real-Time Protocols and Algorithms - Wireless Protocols and Algorithms - MAC Protocols and Algorithms for Wired Networks - Mobile wireless internet protocols and algorithms - Delay Tolerant protocols and algorithms - Mesh network protocols and algorithms - Protocols and algorithms for Voice over IP delivery - Cognitive Radio Network Protocols and Algorithms - Monitoring and management protocols and algorithms - optical networking protocols and algorithms - Scalable Network Protocols and Algorithms - Protocols and algorithms for Green Computing and Resource Allocation - Routing Protocols and Algorithms - Tree-based Protocols and Algorithms - Distributed/Decentralized Algorithms for Networks - Fault tolerant Protocols and Algorithms - Protocols and algorithms for Mobile and Dynamic Networks - Cross-Layer Collaborative Protocols and Algorithms - Formal methods and cryptographic algorithms for communication You are welcome to submit a paper or forward this call for papers to any people working in Network Protocols and Algorithms that may be interested in submitting a paper. The topics suggested by the journal can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, standards, implementations, running experiments and applications. Proposals and deployments are also welcome. Important Dates for the second Issue: _ Manuscript Due: November 15, 2009 _ Notification: December 13, 2009 _ Final Manuscripts Due: December 23, 2009 _ Tentative Publication: End of December 2009 Submission Information: Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered in this journal. Manuscripts must be writen in English. All submissions will be reviewed based on technical merit and relevance. Instructions for authors and submissions can be found in http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/npa/about/submissions Jaime Lloret Mauri Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms Associate Professor Department of Communications Polytechnic University of Valencia _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS - INSS 2010 - Kassel, Germany
by noreply＠inss-conf.org 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Seventh International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems June 15 - 18, 2010 // Congress Palais // Kassel, Germany * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * OVERVIEW The workshop Co-Chair invite proposals for the workshop program of the Seventh International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems held in Kassel, Germany. Workshops provide a lively forum for experts from academia and industry to discuss and explore specific topics of networked sensing systems. The topics may focus on any aspect of the research field: new and emerging research directions, novel and highly innovative themes, real-world topics including industrial deployments and applications, and interdisciplinary themes. The goal of the workshops is to share insights and experiences, to foster research communities and to fertilize collaborations between the experts from both science and industry. Workshops are a unique platform for opportunities to extend topics beyond the scope of the main conference and to pave the roads for future directions in order to facilitate the accelerating progress in networked sensing systems. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SUBMISSION We solicit workshops in all areas related to networked sensing systems. In particular, we would like to encourage proposals for workshops, which act as a melting pot for the research effort on novel and innovative topics. We encourage having an international team of organizers and teams with experts from academia and industry. Organizers are expected to be active themselves in the field where they propose a workshop. All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the workshop chair in pdf format. The recommended length of the workshop proposal is 2 pages, and should include: * Title of the workshop. * Brief technical abstract of the workshop, identification of specific technical issues, focus, and justification of its timeliness. * Longer description on the format, activities, goals and outcomes. Please indicate the planning of demos, posters, discussion groups etc. * A brief description of the review process. * The names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of the proposed workshop organizing committee. This committee should consist of at least two persons knowledgeable in the proposed topic. * The names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of a preliminary workshop program committee. * Primary contact of the organizing committee. * Estimated number of participants, length, and timetable of the workshop. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IMPORTANT DATES For workshop proposal: Submission Deadline (workshop proposals): December 1, 2009 Acceptance Notification (workshop proposals): December 20, 2009 For workshop papers (preliminary recommendations): Submission Deadline: March 5, 2010 Acceptance Notification: April 2, 2010 Workshops: June 16, 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WORKSHOP CHAIRS Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, Japan inss2010-workshop-chairs(a)ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP : MobiSys 2010]
by Lars Wolf 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP : MobiSys 2010 Datum: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 03:52:01 +0000 Von: Lee, Jeongkeun <jklee(a)hp.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------------------- The 8th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys 2010) ---------------------------------------------------------- June 14th - 18th 2010 San Francisco CA, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2010/ Submission Guidelines: MobiSys 2010 will continue the tradition of publishing top-notch research papers dealing with all aspects of mobile systems. MobiSys seeks papers that take a broad systems perspective rather than focus narrowly on low-level components. The conference values results and insights obtained from working implementations more highly than those obtained solely from simulations. If you have any questions regarding relevance or other submission-related issues, please contact the program chairs at mobisys_pcchairs(a)acm.org. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ---------------------------------------------------------- * Tools for building and measuring mobile systems, * Software architectures for mobile devices, * Infrastructure support for node mobility, * System-level energy management for mobile devices, * Data management for mobile applications and systems, * Operating systems for mobile devices, * Support for mobile social networking and mobile Web 2.0, * Security and privacy in mobile systems, * Wearable computing and innovative mobile devices, * Systems for location determination, context sensing and context awareness, * Mobile computing support for pervasive computing, * Mobile technologies for energy conservation and monitoring, * Vehicular wireless systems, * Innovative mobile and mobile sensing applications, * Experience with mobile applications, networks and systems, * User interfaces and usability issues for mobile applications and systems, * Personal-area networks and systems, * Cyber foraging and resource discovery for mobile system ---------------------------------------------------------- Submissions should be full papers, up to 14 single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures, tables, and references, in two-column format, using 10-point type on 12-point (single-spaced) leading with 1" margins. Papers may use the standard ACM template, available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. The first page of each paper should include the names and affiliations of the authors, i.e., the submissions should not be anonymous. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and technical correctness. Papers may be conditionally accepted and shepherded by a member of the program committee, with final acceptance determined by consent of the shepherd. MobiSys, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers must not be submitted simultaneously to any other conference or publication, that submissions must not be previously published, and that accepted papers must not be subsequently published elsewhere. Papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. As is customary with the scientific peer review process, submissions will be handled as confidential material during the review process. Important Dates ----------------------------------------------- Abstracts due: December 4th, 2009. 23:59 EST Full papers due: December 11th, 2009. 23:59 EST Notification of acceptance: March 3rd, 2010 Final camera-ready due: TBA ----------------------------------------------- Please note: These are hard deadlines. No extensions will be granted. General Chair Sujata Banerjee, HP Labs Palo Alto Steering Committee Chair Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research Redmond Program Committee Co-Chairs S. Keshav, University of Waterloo Alec Wolman, Microsoft Research Redmond Program Committee Gregory Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology Rajesh Balan, Singapore Management University Elizabeth M. Belding, University of California, Santa Barbara Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington Romit Roy Choudhury, Duke University Mark Corner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Landon Cox, Duke University Maria R. Ebling, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Jakob Eriksson, University of Illinois at Chicago Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles Jason Flinn, University of Michigan Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University Richard Han, University of Colorado at Boulder Robin Kravets, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Anthony LaMarca, Intel Research Seattle Philip Levis, Stanford University Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University Brian Noble, University of Michigan Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft Research Redmond Bill Schilit, Google Srinivasan Seshan, Carnegie Mellon University Dan Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University Alex C. Snoeren, University of California, San Diego Dawn Song, University of California, Berkeley Doug Terry, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley David Wetherall, University of Washington & Intel Research Seattle Yongguang Zhang, Microsoft Research Asia Lin Zhong, Rice University -------------------- Jeongkeun "JK" Lee Hewlett-Packard Labs Palo Alto, CA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Special Issue of Computer Communications on Multimedia Networking and Security in Convergent Networks
by Shiguo Lian 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Computer Communications on Multimedia Networking and Security in Convergent Networks http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom Scope: Authors are invited to submit detailed technical manuscripts reporting recent developments in the topics related to the special issue. Note the special emphasis on convergent and heterogeneous networks – this special issue is devoted to exploring the challenges and solutions for multimedia communication and security in convergent network environments. The new challenge in network management is to deal with heterogeneous client capabilities as well as dynamic end-to-end resources availability, and to ensure satisfactory service quality for every client. The new challenge in secure communication is to solve the privacy and security issues becoming increasingly important topics in network convergence. Some suggested topics include but are not limited to: Heterogeneous multimedia networking; Cross-layer multimedia adaptation; Inter-network multimedia adaptation; QoS control in network convergence; Interactive Mobile TV based on network convergence; Mobile community based on network convergence; Smart home networks based on network convergence; Telematics systems based on network convergence; E-healthcare systems based on network convergence; Privacy preserving in network convergence; Multimedia content security in network convergence; Digital rights management in network convergence; Content tracking and filtering in network convergence; Intrusion detection and prevention in network convergence; Other networking or security issues in network convergence. Submission Format: The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at /www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom. For more information, please contact the guest editors or Co-Editor-in-Chief, Mohammed Atiquzzaman (atiq(a)ou.edu ) Submission Guideline: Manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select "SI: Convergent Networks-Lian" when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. The EES website is located at http://ees.elsevier.com/comcom/. Important Dates: Paper submission: 1 November 2009 Acceptance notification: 15 February, 2010 Final papers: 15 March, 2010 Publication: Summer 2010 Guest Editors: Prof. Chang Wen Chen University at Buffalo, USA E-mail: chencw(a)cse.buffalo.edu Prof. Stefanos Gritzalis University of the Aegean, Greece Email: sgritz(a)aegean.gr Prof. Pascal LORENZ University of Haute Alsace, France Email: lorenz(a)ieee.org Dr. Shiguo Lian (corresponding) France Telecom R&D Beijing, China E-mail: shiguo.lian(a)orange-ftgroup.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE Vehi-Mobi 2010 (co-located with ICC 2010)]
by Lars Wolf 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE Vehi-Mobi 2010 (co-located with ICC 2010) Datum: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:33:10 +0200 Von: Carlos Tavares Calafate <calafate(a)disca.upv.es> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Vehicular Networks & Applications Workshop (IEEE Vehi-Mobi 2010) Co-located with IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2010) 23-27 May 2010, Cape Town, South Africa Web page: http://www.grc.upv.es/vehimobi2010/ IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline: November 1st, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: January 10, 2010 Camera-Ready Submissions: February 10, 2010 Workshop celebration date: To Be Defined -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers submitted to IEEE ICC 2010 workshops with publication must undergo a peer-review process, and accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIMS AND SCOPE Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) has been growing rapidly in importance in the past few years. Even despite the global economic downturn that has hit the car industry hard, research continues in this area, as new technical challenges have evolved that demand research and development. Industry players like the automobile companies, and government agencies, like the US Department of Transportation, are investing heavily in research and development in VII. Technologies and applications for VII are rapidly emerging, and there is an critical need to bring together researchers & engineers, academia and industry, standards, private and public sectors, to exchange ideas. This workshop is intended to serve as a forum and bring together the researchers and engineers in both academia and industry to exchange ideas, share experiences, and report original work about all aspects of vehicular communications, VANETs, information dissemination, road safety, ITS, emergency services, etc.. The main purpose is to promote discussions of research and relevant activities in the design of architectures, algorithms, and applications for inter-vehicular communication environments. This workshop will also address some leading standardization efforts (802.11p, p1609, TIA TR48, etc.). Work in progress is also welcome. Key industrial players (GM, Toyota, Telcordia, BMW, etc.) will be represented at this workshop. TOPICS Technical research papers are solicited in the following areas: - Network technologies for VII - New application scenarios of VII - Supporting technology for: Traffic and flow control issues and applications - Supporting technology for: Enhanced braking information dissemination and other road safety applications - Supporting technology for: driver assistance applications - MAC, routing, QoS, addressing, multicast, TCP protocols - Congestion Control and Cooperative VANETs - Mobility and handoff issues - Sensors & Data Collection - Content Distribution - Inter-car communications - Intra-car communications - Info Dissemination; Data organization - Security issues, architectures and solutions - Privacy issues and solutions - Data replication protocols in network partitions - Different technologies (DSRC, WiMAX, WiFi, 3G/4G, cell phone) - Application innovation - 802.11p WAVE ; 802.11s MESH; DSRC - Implementation/deployment status - Network Management for VII EXECUTIVE COMMITEE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs - Dr. Russell Hsing, Telcordia Technologies, USA - Prof. C.K. Toh, University of Hong Kong, CHINA General Vice Chairs - Dr. Daniel Wong, Daniel Wireless LLC, USA - Prof. Pietro Manzoni, Universidad Politecnica De Valencia, SPAIN TPC Chair - Prof. Teruo Higashino Osaka University, Japan TPC Vice Chairs - Dr. Timo Sukuvaara, Finland - Prof. Michele Weigle, Old Dominion Univ, USA - Prof. Juan-Carlos Cano, Universidad Politecnica De Valencia, SPAIN Publications Chair - Prof. Lingyang Song, Peking University, China Publicity Chair - Prof Carlos Calafate, Universidad Politecnica De Valencia, SPAIN Steering Committee - Dr. Russell Hsing, Telcordia Technologies, USA - Prof. C.K. Toh, University of Hong Kong, CHINA - Dr. Daniel Wong, Daniel Wireless LLC, USA - Prof. D K Kim, Kyungpook National University, KOREA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************** Carlos Calafate, PhD Vehi-Mobi 2010 Publicity Chair Computer Networks Group (GRC) Technical University of Valencia, Spain Voice: +34 96 387 7007 ext. 75727 Fax: +34 96 387 7579 E-mail: calafate(a)disca.upv.es ****************************************** _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Ubiquitous Deployments of Body Sensor Networks (IJAACS)
by lei shu 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS) http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1254 Special Issue on: "Ubiquitous Deployments of Body Sensor Networks" The rapid growth in medical sensing technologies with low power requirements and wireless data transmission has led to ubiquitous deployments of body sensor networks (BSNs), i.e. networks of sensors worn on or implanted in a person, sensing vital readings and transmitting these (wirelessly) to a base station. Applications are often in the healthcare domain, for keeping an eye on one’s health status or for monitoring chronic conditions (diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular issues). This data can then be forwarded to clinicians, carers or hospitals in real time (especially important for alerts). In the past, existing wireless sensor networks (WSN) have been modified as BSNs for usage in biomedical applications. However, traditional WSNs suffer from various limitations when they are deployed in such applications, including restricted bandwidth capabilities and limits in terms of computational power (especially considering the amount of data that is being read, processed and streamed or transmitted). Therefore, modified WSN frameworks alone are often deemed to be infeasible for BSN applications, and substantial research is required to overcome these and other limitations by taking into account the requirements for biomedical sensing applications. As these BSNs become ubiquitous - monitoring not just chronic conditions but a person’s everyday health - new challenges in terms of secure communications, interoperability and device size become evident. This special issue will publish high-quality papers that describe how various issues in the deployment of ubiquitous body sensor networks have been addressed by researchers and practitioners in this domain. Distinguished papers accepted and presented at UBSN 2010, after further revisions, will also be included in the issue. Subject Coverage: Some of the topics that may be described include but are not limited to: * Interoperability o BSN systems must ensure seamless data transfer across standards such as Bluetooth or ZigBee to encourage information exchange, plug-and-play device interaction, etc. The definition of standards for data exchange may be required. * Scalability o Systems should be scalable, ensuring efficient migration for a patient or person across networks and offering uninterrupted connectivity for those both wearing and monitoring UBSNs. * Privacy o Transmission of data within UBSNs and between UBSNs and other networks must be both secure and precise, e.g. to avoid a patient’s data being corrupted or accidentally including another patient’s readings. * Security o Some consider BSN technologies as a potential threat to their privacy (or even safety), if applications could be tampered with beyond their intended exclusive medical usage. Social acceptance is key to UBSNs finding wider application, but extensive testing and reviews can aid with such reassurances. * Devices o The sensors used in UBSNs should be light, low in complexity, have reduced form factors, and be easily reconfigurable. * Storage o Storage devices are needed to facilitate remote storage and viewing of patient data via the Internet, as well as allowing access to background processing algorithms and analysis tools. Important Dates Manuscript submission deadline: 20 November, 2009 Notification of acceptance: 20 January, 2010 Submission of final revised paper: 20 March 2010 Notes for Prospective Authors Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page. All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions(a)inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. (Please include in your email the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor). Guest Editors: John Breslin, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland E-mail: john.breslin(a)nuigalway.ie Min Chen, Seoul National University, Korea E-mail: minchen(a)ece.ubc.ca Wen Ji, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Lei Shu, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland E-mail: lei.shu(a)ieee.org _________________________________________________________________ Get 30 Free Emoticons for your Windows Live Messenger http://www.livemessenger-emoticons.com/funfamily/en-ie/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: BodyNets 2010]
by Lars Wolf 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: BodyNets 2010 Datum: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:52:56 +0000 Von: lei shu <lei.shu(a)live.ie> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> [We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this message] ============================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS ============================================================ BodyNets 2010 The 5th Annual International Conference on Body Area Networks September 10-12, 2010, Corfu Island, Greece. http://www.bodynets.org/index.shtml Submission deadline: March 10, 2010 ============================================================ ACM MONET special issue on "Ubiquitous Body Sensor Networks". http://www.bodynets.org/docs/MONET-SI-UBSN-CFP.pdf ============================================================ OVERVIEW: Recent advances in the field of wireless sensor networks have moved them beyond their traditional areas of application in monitoring of remote and mobile environments. Sensor networks are increasingly being deployed within and around the human body to form Body Area Networks (BodyNets). In addition to monitoring focused applications BodyNets allow also for closed loop systems incorporating actuators. They can be utilized in diverse applications such as physiological monitoring, human computer interactions, education and entertainment through interactive games. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying BodyNets. In this regard, the conference aims to establish a forum to bring together research professionals from diverse fields including computer science, biomedical engineering and medicine in both academia and industry to address the technical, social, system and application issues related to BodyNets. TOPICS: The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to: 1 Communications and Networking: * In-body, on-body, and around body networks * Communication techniques and protocols for BodyNets * Scalable, flexible network architectures & deployments * Networking and security issues for BodyNets * Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets 2 Medical applications: * Pervasive health care and patient monitoring * Integrating BodyNets into the healthcare system * Novel closed-loop applications of BodyNets 3 Systems and Technology: * System design issues, and performance modeling * Signal processing, reliability and fault-tolerance issues * Emerging self-powered BodyNets * Novel wireless communication technologies 4 Wearable computing: * Wearable system design issues * Entertainment and lifestyle applications * Assistive technologies for independent aging * Interactive Arts PAPER SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 8 pages, short papers of up to 4 pages, and poster paper up to 2 pages, in ACM conference proceeding format through ASSYST (http://assyst-online.org/submission/login/loadHome.do.php). If you have problems in accessing the ASSYST system, please contact the Conference Coordinator (Maria Morozova) at: maria.morozova at icst.org. Detailed Instructions for ASSYST submission can be found from: http://manual.icst.org/uploads/Submission%20instructions/Submission%20in structions%20ASSYST%2027012009.doc PUBLICATION: Distinguished papers accepted and presented in BodyNets-10, after further revisions, will be published in International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1254 and ACM MONET special issue on "Ubiquitous Body Sensor Networks". http://www.bodynets.org/docs/MONET-SI-UBSN-CFP.pdf IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract Due: March 10, 2010 by 11:59pm PDT Full Paper Due: March 22, 2010 by 11:59pm PDT Notification of Acceptance: May 21, 2010 Camera-ready Manuscripts due: June 21, 2010 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIRS Victor C.M. Leung University of British Columbia, Canada Athanasios V. Vasilakos University of Western Macedonia, Greece TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS Thomas Falck Philips Research, Switzerland Karim Qayumi University of British Columbia, Canada Xinbing Wang Shanghai Jiaotong University, China PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS Yan Zhang Simula Research Lab, Norway Min Chen University of British Columbia, Canada Hassan Ghasemzadeh Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA Jelena Misic Ryerson University, Canada INDUSTRY CHAIRS David M. Davenport GE Global Research, USA Panos Nasiopoulos University of British Columbia, Canada CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Gergely Nagy ICST PUBLICITY CHAIRs Andreas Bulling ETH Zurich, Switzerland Lei Shu Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland PUBLICATION CHAIR Foad Dabiri University of California Los Angeles STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR Imrich Chlamtac Create-Net, Italy WEB CHAIR Min Chen University of British Columbia, Canada Details please see: http://www.bodynets.org/orgncomm.shtml _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-networ… _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: UBSN 2010
by lei shu 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

[We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this message] -------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 International Workshop on Ubiquitous Body Sensor Networks (UBSN 2010) http://sites.google.com/site/ubsn2010 In conjunction with The 5th International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2010) http://www.wicon.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: 15 Oct 2009 OVERVIEW: Recently, there has been increased investigation into new types of wireless sensor networks located on or around the human body, which are generally known as body sensor networks (BSNs). Following continuous advances in wireless communication technologies, there has been growing interest in the design, development and deployment of BSN systems in applications for improving people's daily life, which has led to an increased demand for interconnecting BSNs with other emerging wireless technologies, such as RFID technology, wireless sensor networks (WSNs), Zigbee, Bluetooth, WiBree, video surveillance systems, WPAN, WLAN, the Internet, and cellular networks. With BSNs being incorporated into these technologies, BSNs have become ubiquitous. As a result of this, and due to an increased demand for advanced e-healthcare management systems in recent years, the marketing opportunities for advanced consumer electronics and related services have greatly increased. More and more autonomous and intelligent applications which are closely integrated with a person's everyday life are being generated. For example, by using BSNs to collect patient information, and by deploying diverse wireless networking systems for enhanced diagnostic assistance and action handling, better e-healthcare management systems can be designed for providing more desirable services. In this workshop, we solicit research papers (regular papers and posters) on hardware for body sensors, system architectures, networking and communication protocols, applications, testbeds and prototypes, biomedical sensor data processing and sensor data management. In particular, we are interested in the following communication issues: * Intra-BSN Communication: The term "intra-BSN communication" defines communications directly related to the user (within radio coverage of about 2 meters), which consists of two categories: (1) the communications amongst the body sensors, which are deployed strategically on the human body, implanted inside the body, or attached within in the person's clothing; (2) the communication between the body sensors and the portable personal server, which typically can be a cell phone, PDA or headset. * Inter-BSN communication: The term "inter-BSN communication" defines communications between the personal server and one or more access points. The access point can be deployed as a part of a home or work infrastructure, or strategically placed within a dynamic environment for handling emergency situations. Inter-BSN communications will interconnect BSNs with the wide range of networks which are easily accessible in daily life. * Beyond-BSN communication: Beyond-BSN communication is used to interconnect a BSN with the outside world, which enhances the application possibilities and brings the coverage / range of body sensor systems a step further via pervasive communication technologies, such as the Internet and cellular networks. The objective of this workshop is to bring together state-of-the-art research contributions, tutorials, and position papers that address these key aspects of Ubiquitous Body Sensor Networks. Original papers describing completed and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal/magazine/conference/workshop are solicited. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * New applications of ubiquitous body-sensor networks, e.g., healthcare and consumer electronics applications * Remote health/fitness monitoring in ubiquitous body sensor networks, e.g., location and mobility issues * Ambulatory monitoring (activity monitoring, fall detection, cardiac and wellbeing monitoring) and BSN assisted rehabilitation, bio-motion, wellbeing analysis and clinical applications * Emerging engineering issues and wearable, implantable/ingestible sensor integration and development platforms, e.g., new operating systems, middleware, etc. * Scalable and flexible network architectures and deployments for ubiquitous body sensor networks * Advanced body sensor devices, e.g., novel bioelectrical, biochemical, biophysical, and mechanical sensors * Networking and data transmission issues for ubiquitous body sensor networks * Integrating emerging wireless technologies with ubiquitous body sensor networks * Integration with ambient sensors for personalized smart spaces and applications * Link to environment sensing, smart dwellings, and home monitoring * Standards for light-weight communication protocols and integration with heterogeneous networks * Advanced algorithms for ubiquitous body sensor networks, e.g., routing, data processing, packet scheduling * Power efficient issues, e.g., low power RF transceivers, energy scavenging, miniaturization, system integration * Signal processing, context awareness and multi-sensory fusion * MAC Protocols and QoS Designing for Intra-BSN Communication * Mobile and multimedia supported ubiquitous body sensor networks * Server side body sensor networks information processing, data mining, transient pattern recognition, and long-term, predictive trend analysis * Sensor data management issues for ubiquitous body sensor networks, e.g., publish-subscribe approach * Query processing and optimization for ubiquitous body sensor networks * Sensor data stream processing in ubiquitous body sensor networks * Semantic Web technology enabled ubiquitous body sensor networks * Adaptability and stability of ubiquitous body sensor networks * Transactions and workflows in ubiquitous body sensor networks * Information support, security, privacy, and fault tolerance issues for ubiquitous body sensor networks Important Dates: * Submission Deadline: October 15, 2009 (EST) * Acceptance Notice: November 15, 2009 * Final Manuscript: November 25, 2009 * Publication Date: March 1-3, 2010 Submission Instructions Please submit your paper(s) in PDF format to: * Min Chen, minchen(a)ece.ubc.ca and Lei Shu, lei.shu(a)ieee.org All submissions will be reviewed by the technical program committee and will be judged by their technical merit and relevance to workshop. For regular paper: The page length limit is 9 pages in IEEE double column format pages (including figures, tables, and references) with font size not smaller than 9 points. For poster paper: The posters may describe work in progress and offers an excellent opportunity for feedback and discussions on early research. A maximum of TWO IEEE double column format pages (including figures, tables, and references) with font size not smaller than 9 points. Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE/ACM (pending) International Conference Proceedings Series and will be made available in IEEE/ACM (pending) Digital Library, as well as indexed by EI. SPECIAL ISSUES: Selected papers will be published in a SI of International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS) and a SI of International Journal of Sensor Network (IJSNet). WORKSHOP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WORKSHOP CHAIRS * Thanos Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece * Min Chen, University of British Columbia, Canada * John Breslin, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland PUBLICITY CHAIRs * Lei Shu, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland * Ming Li, California State University, Fresno, USA Technical Program Committee # Victor C.M. Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada # Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan # Manfred Hauswirth, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland # Han-Chieh Chao, Ilan University, Taiwan # Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway # Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA # Wenbing Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China # William G. Scanlon, Queen's University, Belfast, UK # Xiaodong Lin, University of Ontario, Canada # Runhe Huang, Hosei University, Japan # Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA # Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam University, South Korea # Zhangbing Zhou, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Irleand # Liang Zhou, ENSTA, ParisTech, France # Lei Wang, Dalian University of Technology, China # Gearoid O Laighin, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland # Weiwei Fang, Beihang University, China # Xiaolong Jin, University of Bradford, UK # Tomoki Yoshihisa, Osaka University, Japan # Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China # Tianji Li, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland # Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Kyung Hee University, South Korea # James Chang Wu Yu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan # Xiuzhen (Susan) Cheng, The George Washington University, USA # Hung-Min Sun, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan # Yang Hao, Queen Mary University of London, UK # Sajid Hussain, Acadia University, Canada # John Nelson, University of Limerick, Ireland # Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan # Jinlei Jiang, Tsinghua University, China # Yi Mu, University of Wollongong, Australia # Hui Chen, Virginia State University, USA # Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, South Korea # William Zhu, University of Auckland, New Zealand # Choong Seon Hong, Kyung Hee University, South Korea # Jinli Cao, La Trobe University, Australia # Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China # Guangjie Han, Hohai University, China # Senol Zafer Erdogan, Maltepe University, Turkey # Pilipe Abrantes, Fraunhofer, Portugal # Dermot Diamond, Dublin City University, Ireland # Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China # Georgios Y. Lazarou, Mississippi State University, USA # Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China # Safwan Al-Omari, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan # Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA # Dennis Pfisterer, University of Lubeck, Germany # Sana Ullah, Inha University, South Korea # Paul Breen, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland # Mei Yu, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway/Tianjin University, China _________________________________________________________________ Get 30 Free Emoticons for your Windows Live Messenger http://www.livemessenger-emoticons.com/funfamily/en-ie/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE/ACM IPSN 2010: Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE/ACM IPSN 2010: Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:12:31 -0600 Von: Neal Patwari <ipsnpublicity(a)gmail.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Two weeks left until the abstract deadline on Friday, 23 October... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPSN 2010 The 9th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks April 12-16, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden http://ipsn.acm.org Abstract Registration Deadline: October 23rd, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE: The International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) is a leading, single-track, annual forum on sensor network research. IPSN brings together researchers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Its scope includes signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases and information management, distributed algorithms, networks and protocols, wireless communications, machine learning, and embedded systems design. The conference features two interleaved tracks, the Information Processing (IP) track, and the Sensor Platforms, Tools and Design Methods (SPOTS) track. The two tracks have separate program committees to evaluate their submissions. Authors should carefully review the intended foci of these two tracks to decide which track is better suited for their work, and they are encouraged to contact program chairs with questions or clarifications. The Information Processing (IP) track focuses on algorithms, systems, theory for information processing using networks of embedded sensors. Topics covered in this track include, but are not limited to: - Applications and deployment experiences - Coding, compression and information theory - Data processing, storage and management - Detection, classification, and tracking - Distributed algorithms and reasoning - Distributed and collaborative signal processing - Fault tolerance and identification - Fundamental bounds and formulations - Location, time, and other network services - Operating systems and runtime environments - Network health monitoring and management - Network protocols - Programming models and languages - Security - Sensor tasking, control, and actuation - Simulation The Sensor Platforms, Tools, and Design Methods (SPOTS) track focuses on networked embedded sensor platforms and tools. Submissions are expected to refer to specific hardware, software, and implementations. The SPOTS track focuses on new architectures, modeling, evaluation, design methods, implementations, tools, or deployment experiences. Results focused on the analysis and processing aspects of data collected from deployments should be submitted to the IP track, while details on the platforms and tools used in the deployment should be submitted to SPOTS. Topics covered in the SPOTS track include, but are not limited to: - Case studies that describe experiences, highlight challenges, and study/compare the performance of platforms and tools - Novel sensor network components, device platforms and architectures - Embedded software for sensor networks - Design tools and methodologies for sensor networks - System modeling, simulation, measurements, and analysis SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All papers must be submitted electronically, in Portable Document Format (PDF). Instructions for submission will be available at the IPSN 2010 website: http://ipsn.acm.org/2010/ Submissions must meet the following criteria: - A paper must be original material that has neither been previously published nor is currently under review by another conference or journal, and - Submitted papers should be no longer than 12 pages in ACM 10-point, two-column conference format. IMPORTANT DEADLINES: Abstract deadline: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Full papers due: Friday, October 30th, 2009 Author notification: Friday, January 22, 2010 Camera ready due: Friday, February 19, 2010 Conference: April 12-16, 2010 ORGANIZATION General Chair: Andreas Savvides, Yale Publicity Chair: Neal Patwari, Univ. of Utah Web Chair: Gang Zhou, William & Mary Workshop Chair: Brano Kusy, Stanford Demos and Poster Chair: Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue Publications Chair: Dimitrios Lymberopoulos, Microsoft Research IPSN TPC co-chairs * Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC) and Thiemo Voigt (SICS) IPSN TPC: * Anders Ahlen, Uppsala Univ. * Anish Arora, Ohio State Univ. * Qing Cao, Univ. Tennessee * Carlo Fischione, KTH * Ramesh Govindan, USC * Xenofon Koutsoukos, Vanderbilt * Jie Liu, Microsoft Research * Sotiris Nikoletseas, Univ. of Patras and CTI * Andreas Terzis, Johns Hopkins Univ. * Deepak Ganesan, UMass * Phil Gibbons, Intel * Tian He, Univ. Minnesota * Mikael Johansson, KTH, Sweden * Brad Karp, UCL * Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC * Chenyang Lu, Washington Univ. in St. Louis * Miklos Maroti, Univ. Szeged, Hungary * Luca Mottola, SICS * Suman Nath, Microsoft Research * Radha Poovendran, Univ. Washington * Utz Roedig, Univ. of Lancaster * Kay Römer, ETH * Paolo Santi, Pisa * Cormac Sreenan, Univ. College Cork * Jack Stankovic, UVA * Roger Wattenhofer, ETH * Matt Welsh, Harvard SPOTS TPC Chair * Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin) SPOTS TPC: * Jan Beutel, ETH * Prabal Dutta, UC Berkeley, Michigan * Michel Goraczko, Microsoft Research * Ralph Kling, Crossbow * Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt * Pedro Jose Marron, Uni Bonn * Joe Polastre, Sentilla * Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin * Kamin Whitehouse, UVA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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