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[Fwd: Reminder: CfP First International Workshop on Quality of Context (QuaCon 09)]
by Lars Wolf 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Reminder: CfP First International Workshop on Quality of Context (QuaCon 09) Datum: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:40:56 +0100 Von: Frank Dürr <frank.duerr(a)IPVS.UNI-STUTTGART.DE> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE **************************** Call for Papers *************************** First International Workshop on Quality of Context (QuaCon '09) http://www.quacon09.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de/ 25 - 26 June, 2009 Stuttgart, Germany ************************************************************************ Advances in sensor technology, wireless communication, and mobile devices lead to the proliferation of sensors in our physical environment. At the same time detailed digital models of buildings, towns, or even the globe become widely available. Integrating the huge amount of available sensor data into spatial models results in highly dynamic models of the real world, often called context models. A wide range of applications can substantially benefit from common context models. However, context data is inherently associated with uncertainty, which has to be taken into account by both context management systems and applications. Appropriate ontologies, models, and metrics are needed to specify the quality of context data, including aspects of degradation, consistency, and trust. Those concepts are needed on different levels of abstraction, including the raw sensor data, observable context, as well as the high-level context derived from other context information by means of reasoning techniques. In addition, methods and calculi are required to assess the quality of context data on various levels. For an integrated context-management approach a framework is needed that defines the appropriate abstraction levels and that provides quality mappings between these layers. Other important issues are application-specific quality concepts and methods to handle uncertain context data. If context data is to be presented to human users, appropriate visualizing techniques are required to present the data together with its quality assessments. On the other hand, if applications specify what level of degradation they accept, this information can be used to optimize context management by means of suitable relaxation techniques. Research in context management and in particular context quality requires an interdisciplinary approach. Therefore, the QuaCon Workshop aims to bring together researchers from various fields to discuss approaches to context quality and to make a consolidated contribution towards an integrated way of treating context quality. Topics covered by the workshop include the following: - Models for degradation and consistency of context data - Degradation, spatial ontologies and spatial data mining - Trust in context data - Methods and calculi for context quality assessment - Frameworks and metrics for context quality - Uncertainty in sensor data processing - Quality-aware algorithms for context management - Quality-aware event and stream processing - Uncertainty in reasoning on context data - Application-specific context quality and case studies - Visualization of context quality Submitted papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by the program committee, and accepted papers will be published in the post-workshop proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 10 pages and be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines [1]. Papers not adhering to these guidelines or the page limit are subject to rejection without review. The deadline for submitting the paper is January 31, 2009. For detailed submission instructions and further details please visit the QuaCon '09 website at http://www.quacon09.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de. Important Dates --------------- January 31, 2009 Submission of Papers March 10, 2009 Notification of Authors April 10, 2009 Camera-Ready Copies Due June 25 - 26, 2009 Workshop QuaCon '09 Organizing and Program Committees -------------------------------------------- General chairs: Dieter Fritsch, Kurt Rothermel Collaborative Research Center Nexus, University of Stuttgart Program Committee: Reynold Cheng, University of Hongkong Alois Ferscha, University of Linz Christian Freksa, University of Bremen Andrew U. Frank, Technical University of Vienna Johann-Christoph Freytag, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin Hans Gellersen, University of Lancaster Christopher Gold, University of Glamorgan Michael F. Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara Christian S. Jensen, Aalborg University Bernhard Mitschang, University of Stuttgart Max Muehlhaeuser, Technical University Darmstadt Paddy Nixon, University College Dublin Sunil K. Prabhakar, Purdue University Kishore Ramachandran, Georgia Institute of Technology [1] http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0

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[Tccc] CFP: GeoSensor Networks 2009, Oxford, UK
by Andrew Markham 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS GEOSENSOR NETWORKS 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13-14 July 2009, Oxford, United Kingdom Website: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/geosensornetworks/ Sponsored by: University of Oxford Papers to be published by Springer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geosensor networks shift the traditional centralized paradigm of monitoring a geographical area from the macroscale to the microscale, by using distributed sensors to measure variables of interest (such as environmental, biological and chemical variables, seismic activity and geolocated videofeeds). Whilst having the ability to provide data with unparalleled temporal and spatial resolution, geosensor networks have pushed the frontiers of traditional GIS research into the realms of computer science, introducing issues such as data fusion, geolocated queries, energy efficient data collection and data mining and interpretation. The incorporation of mobile devices into these networks allows data acquisition to be undertaken on a spatially varying sampling resolution, introducing new research avenues such as co-operative sensing and dynamic coverage. Furthermore, geosensor networks are not only constrained to passively monitor a region, through actuators, they also have the ability to influence or modify their environment. Research in geosensor networks spans multiple fields, ranging from strategies for intelligent data acquisition to virtual reality interactions with environmental dynamics. Of particular interest are applications of geosensor networks, such as environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, early warning systems and wildlife tracking. This workshop seeks to address these issues, by bringing together leading experts in a two day forum to present novel research and exchange ideas relating to the state of the art and its future directions. Real world results are particularly welcomed, as are reports of interesting or challenging deployments. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC) Andreas Savvides (UCLA) IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: 3 April 2009 Notification of Acceptance: 27 April 2009 Camera Ready Papers Due: 5 May 2009 Conference: 13-14 July 2009 TOPICS Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following as they relate to spatio-temporal applications and geosensor networks: * Data mining across sensor themes * Modeling spatio-temporal data streams * Data stream processing * Handling uncertainty and imprecision in geospatial data * Intelligent sensors/sensor fusion * Location-based queries * Middleware for pervasive computing * Mobile computing * Co-operative sensing and organization * Peer-to-peer collaboration strategies using geospatial information * Queries (aggregate and statistical) and reasoning over data streams * Query optimization over sensor networks * Real-time updating of geospatial databases * Sensor information management systems * Spatiotemporal sensor data mining * Video and motion imagery analysis for real-time scene and event modeling and monitoring * Virtual modeling of large geographic areas * Time geography * Privacy, geo-privacy * Sensor networks and interaction with actuators * Applications of geosensor networks (e.g. disaster management, early warning systems, environmental monitoring) * Real world deployments, issues, challenges and results ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General chair: - Niki Trigoni, University of Oxford Steering committee: - Silvia Nittel, University of Maine - Alex Labrinidis, University of Pittsburgh - Niki Trigoni, University of Oxford Publicity chair: - Andrew Markham, University of Oxford PROGRAM COMMITTEE: - Alastair Beresford, University of Cambridge, UK - Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Patras, Greece - Antonios Deligiannakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece - Dinos Ferentinos, University of Athens, Greece - Alvaro Fernandes, University of Manchester, UK - Vana Kalogeraki, University of California, Riverside, USA - Yannis Kotidis ,Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece - Antonio Kruger, University of Muenster, Germany - Lars Kulik, University of Melbourne, Australia - Andrew Markham, University of Oxford, UK - Kirk Martinez, University of Southampton, UK - Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK - Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College London, UK - Monika Sester, LUH, Germany - Egemen Tanin, University of Melbourne, Australia - Theodore Tsiligiridis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece - Niki Trigoni, University of Oxford, UK (Chair) - Peter Widmayer, ETH, Switzerland - Mike Worboys, University of Maine, USA - Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge, UK _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline extension for the Special Issue on Wireless Monitoring and Control--WCMC (Wiley)]
by Lars Wolf 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Deadline extension for the Special Issue on Wireless Monitoring and Control--WCMC (Wiley) Datum: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 05:45:41 +0800 Von: Prof. Jiming Chen <jmchen(a)ieee.org> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ** *CALL FOR PAPER* ** Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing (Wiley) Special Issue on Wireless Monitoring and Control --------------------------- DEADLINE EXTENSION! Due to several requests, the deadline has been postponed till: January 1, 2009 --------------------------- The rapid development of wireless technology plays extremely important roles in monitoring and control related applications nowadays. This special issue aims at bringing together state-of-the-art contributions of wireless monitoring, control, actuator coordination as well as their co-designs. In recent years, the demand for wireless communications in many monitoring and control applications has grown tremendously, such as military, aerospace, industrial, commercial, environmental, and health monitoring, etc. Some new technologies like Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Mobile Robots, and Bluetooth have already made significant contribution to data acquisition. As the same time, they arise some new challenges to guarantee a highly reliable, accurate, and fault-tolerant process. It is a critical issue to develop innovative approaches to deal with multi-variable, multi-space problem domains (detection, identification, tracking, data fusion, energy-efficiency, and fault-tolerant framework) as well as practical implementation in wireless monitoring and control application. The purpose of the special issue is to focus on the novel ways by which monitoring, detection, identification, coordination and control schemes are applied in wireless monitoring and control applications. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Emerging wireless technology for monitoring and control; Data fusion in monitoring and control; Cooperative signal and information processing in wireless monitoring and control; Fault (Event)-detection, identification and tracking; Network coverage algorithm for wireless monitoring; Power and topology control in wireless networks; Closed-loop framework for wireless monitoring and control; Protocols for wireless monitoring, coordination and control; Integration of monitoring and control for wireless networks; Controller design for wireless monitoring network based system. Developments and novel applications for wireless monitoring and control; Mobile Robots for monitoring and control etc. If the file is larger than 1MB, the authors are encouraged to use WINZIP. Detailed instructions to authors can be found in: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/76507157/ForAuthors.html. Submission Details Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered for this Special Issue. If the paper has been published at a conference, the submitted journal version should be significantly extended. In this case, authors should submit a short summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The manuscripts must be prepared in English. See instructions on the preparation and submission of manuscripts at the journal's website: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/wirelesscomms The journal version must be submitted via the online submission system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wcm Please ensure you correctly select/enter the following details: Manuscript Type: Special Issue Paper Special Issue: Yes Special Issue Information: Wireless Monitoring and Control Each submission must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract; a complete list of authors and their affiliations; a contact person for correspondence; postal and e-mail addresses of the Authors. Important Dates Submission deadline: Jan.1 2009 Notification of acceptance: Apr.1 2009 Submission of final version: 15th April 2009 Publication of special issue: Second half of 2009 Guest Editors Yang Xiao, The University of Alabama, USA E-mail: yangxiao(a)ieee.org Youxian Sun, Zhejiang University, China E-mail <yangxiao(a)ieee.orgE-mail>: yxsun(a)iipc.zju.edu.cn Julia Deng, Intelligent Automation, Inc., USA E-mail: hdeng(a)i-a-i.com Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China E-mail <hdeng(a)i-a-i.comE-mail>: jmchen(a)ieee.org _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] International Workshop on Information Assurance in Wireless Sensor Networks
by firdous kausar 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

*International Workshop on Information Assurance in Wireless Sensor Networks (IAWSN-09) * *June 25-27, 2009 ** **Korea University, Seoul, Korea * The 1st International Workshop on Information Assurance in Wireless Sensor Networks (IAWSN-09) www.mcs.edu.pk/iawsn09 will take place in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Information Security and Assurance, Seoul, Korea http://www.sersc.org/ISA2009<http://mail.google.com/mail/%20http:/www.sersc.org/ISA2009>. * * *Call for Papers* A wireless sensor network (WSN) is an emerging research field with several interesting application domains ranging from battlefield monitoring to environmental observation. The primary domains for sensor deployment are: military, ecological, health related, and some miscellaneous applications like car theft detection, inventory control, habitat monitoring, home applications. Secure communication in sensor networks is the biggest constraint in the successful deployment of sensors. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ** - Authentication and access control - Secure coding for WSNs - MAC and link layer security protocol - Primitives for cryptographic protocols - Secure system engineering - Secure routing and transport protocols - Secure data aggregation - Secure information processing - Key management - Secure bootstrapping - Secure group communication - Trust Management - Intrusion detection - Threat Models & countermeasures - Secure real-world applications - Secure localization & synchronization - Security policy & enforcement issues - Incentive-aware secure protocol design - Jamming/anti-jamming communication - Cross-layer design for security - Formal methods for WSN security - Resilient revocation mechanism - Mobile platform and systems security *Paper Submission * Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee. Authors should submit paper with no more than 6 pages length as an attachment (in PDF or doc format) by email to the workshop chair at firdous.imam(a)gmail.com and ayesha.naureen(a)gmail.com. Authors should use IEEE double column format. The suggested instructions to follow for the IEEE format are available at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html All accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings published by IEEE CS (indexed by EI). Distinguished papers that have been presented at IAWSN-09 will be selected for publication in Special Issue of the International Journals http://www.sersc.org/ISA2009/issues.php . * * *Important Dates * Submission deadline: January 16, 2009 Notification of acceptance: March 20, 2009 Final Manuscript due: April 03, 2009 *Workshop Chairs *** - Firdous Kausar National University of Science and Technology Rawalpindi, Pakistan Email: firdous.imam(a)gmail.com - Farag Azzedin King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, Saudia Arabia Email: fazzedin(a)kfupm.edu.sa <fazzedin(a)kfupm.edu.sa> - Ayesha Naureen National University of Science and Technology Rawalpindi, Pakistan Email: ayesha.naureen(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP Networking 2009 - deadline Dec. 8]
by Lars Wolf 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CfP Networking 2009 - deadline Dec. 8 Datum: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:46:52 +0100 Von: Guy Leduc <Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu >Dear colleague, > >manuscript submissions for Networking 2009 will be considered >until the new extended (sharp!) deadline Monday, December 8, 2008. > >Best regards >Otto Spaniol > >----------------------------------------------------------- > > >CALL FOR PAPERS > >The event: NETWORKING 2009; > 8th international conference in this series. > The "flagship event" of IFIP TC6. > >The venue: Aachen (Germany); situated at the borders of Belgium, > Germany, and the Netherlands. > >TPC chairs: Luigi Fratta, Henning Schulzrinne, Yutaka Takahashi. > >General chair: Otto Spaniol. > >Topic areas: Applications and Services. > Wireless networks. > Next Generation Internet. > ...... > >The date: May 11-15, 2009 > Main conference: May 12-14; > Workshops: May 11 + May 15. > >Publication: Springer LNCS + IFIP Digital Library. > >Submission via: EDAS (www.edas.info) > >Deadline for >submissions: December 8, 2008. > >Acceptance >notification: January 31, 2009. > >Camera ready due: February 28, 2009. > >More detailed >information: www.networking-2009.org -- ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Phone : +32 4 366 26 98 Université de Liège Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Réseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Email: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be EECS Department, Institut Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/People/GuyLeduc/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: The Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009)]
by Lars Wolf 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: The Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009) Datum: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:00:12 +0800 (HKT) Von: GU Zonghua <zgu(a)cse.ust.hk> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu, mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br CALL FOR PAPERS The Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009) --- in conjunction with ICDCS 2009, June 22, 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Workshop site: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/Confs/WCPS2009/ Conference site: http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/icdcs2009/ICDCS_2009.html Important Dates: Paper submission: December 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: Feb. 11, 2009 Camera ready papers: March 13, 2009 We are currently witnessing the emergence an infrastructure for a technical, economic and social revolution that is enabled by Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Cyber-physical systems are physical and engineered systems whose operations are integrated, monitored, and controlled by a computational core. The integration of computational and physical processes exhibit complicated behavior that can not be analyzed by the computational or physical sciences alone. These systems also transcend traditional computer-controlled systems because of their scale, dependence on man-machine interaction and their rich communication infrastructure that is enabled by the Internet. Some of the most challenging R&D software problems for cyber-physical systems are those associated with producing distributed, real-time, and embedded platforms and applications, and where computers control physical, chemical, or biological processes or devices. Examples of such systems include airplanes and air traffic control systems, automobiles, power grids, oil refineries, and patient monitoring systems. Despite advances in standards-based commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies, key challenges must be addressed before COTS software can be used to build mission-critical distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems effectively and productively. Furthermore, there are existing critical infrastructures that oversee the operations of everything from nuclear power plants to traffic lights and yet they may not even be able to accept static upgrades, or patches, or any dynamic change of behavior, but they will remain with us for quite some time. Dynamically retrofitting these systems while maintaining their stability within a cyber environment is a significant challenge yet to be overcome. The International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009) is an international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of CPS, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future of CPS. The technical program of WCPS2009 will consist of invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. Topics of Interest In summary, the main topics of interest are on grand challenges, requirements, architectures, innovations and abstractions for Cyber-Physical Systems as well as technical challenges to interface and manipulate the Physical World. In particular, we are seeking papers in, but not limited to, the following main areas: [Architecture and infrastructure] Current architectures for cyber physical systems tend to be based on layers of network, OS, and middleware that have evolved over decades in the context of general-purpose computing systems. One goal of this topic area is to seek architectural abstractions, mechanisms, and formalisms that are better suited to the needs of cyber-physical systems. Some example topics include: approaches for refactoring the technology base to collapse/remove layers; techniques for managing QoS properties top-to-bottom; and end-to-end in ultra-large-scale cyber-physical systems. [Fundamental system services] Decades of experience with enterprise systems have yielded reasonably good abstractions and technologies for developing reusable services, such as transactions, discovery, naming, and event notification. There is much less consensus and experience, however, on the appropriate abstractions and technologies for fundamental system services in cyber-physical systems. Some example topics include 'multi-ility' services, such as security, reliable, and predictable replica-based fault detection and isolation frameworks that can operate in resource-constrained safety- and mission-critical CPS environments. [Service composition/synthesis] This area involves rigorous, evidence-producing composition (and composites) of system services, often using novel languages and models of computation. Some example topics include "type systems for QoS contracts" or "checkable properties of dynamic event structures" or "synthesis of mixed-criticality RTOS tailored for domain X". The time and scheduling, behavioral interaction, and partitioning/isolation will be central cross-cutting issues. [Interaction and coordination] A single critical infrastructure facility can have thousands of devices, such as in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, that spread over hundreds of miles. The devices themselves are typically in a physically protected environment; yet the interactions among them, on the other hand, go through the cyber space which poses a challenge to us and calls for a paradigm that is interaction and coordination centric. [Integration] CPS research is fundamentally different from prior computer controlled research. One aspect of the difference lies in the tighter integration and co-design of the cyber and the physi-cal subsystems. In the past the stability theory in engineering concerns about the suppression of various kind of errors -- uncertainties in the model, disturbance from environment, noise in sensing and errors in actuators -- except that bugs in at the heart of the control process: the complex software that controls the plant. On the other hand, main stream software fault tolerance techniques such as primary-and-standby do not take advantage of the fact that the physical plants must obey laws of nature; This opens new insights for the integration of cyberand physical systems. [Proactive monitoring] There are numerous existing systems, such as chemical plants, oil refiners, power grids, that have been in existence and correctly functioning for many years, and until now were not considered vulnerable because these systems were not envisioned to run in the cyber environment which has become today's reality. Theses systems face the high risk of being a terrorist target though cyber invasions. On the other side, it is out of the question that we re-build or prescribe a complete upgrade of all these systems. Worse yet, it may even be too expensive to take the mentality of ``dispatch-and- then-patch''. Therefore, external, lightweight and proactive monitoring of the systems is essential in building or retrofitting CPS. [Applications and experiences] New CPS applications and experiences, such as Tele-Physical Services, Smart Transportation, etc. We learn from our past experiences: through our encounters with real-life applications and experiences with new technologies, we develop the skill set and tools to perform better in the future. Paper Submission The workshop solicits original and previously unpublished papers reporting results from research and/or industrial experience as well as discussion of grand challenges and requirements. Submit a full paper of 6 pages (IEEE Computer Society proceedings Manuscripts: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 font size, and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society proceedings Manuscripts at the following web page. URL: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm. Contact author must input the following information at the WCPS2009 web site: paper title, authors' names, affiliations, postal address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the author, about 150-250 word abstract, and keywords. Prepare your paper in PDF file (Adobe format), and send it through the following web site. The submission web site is: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcps09 Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present the paper in the workshop. Each accepted paper must have a full registration in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. Organization Committee General Co-Chairs: Lui Sha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Xue Liu, McGill University, Canada Shangping Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Furong Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Steering Committee: Helen Gill, National Science Foundation, USA Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Aloysius K. Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA Raj Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Publicity Co-Chairs: Zonghua Gu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK, China Guoliang Xing, Michigan State University, USA Program Committee Please see the complete PC list at the workshop website: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/Confs/WCPS2009/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [All at car-2-car.org] Car2Car - WG: ITS World Congress 2009 Stockholm - Paper Submission deadline extended]
by Lars Wolf 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [All at car-2-car.org] Car2Car - WG: ITS World Congress 2009 Stockholm - Paper Submission deadline extended Datum: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:43:45 +0100 Von: Proskawetz <proskawetz(a)gzvb.de> An: <all(a)car-2-car.org> Dear C2C-CC members, I like to call you attention to the extended Deadline (12 Jan. 2008) for Submissions to the ITS Stockholm. More details are given in the e-mail enclosed. With best regards K.-O. Proskawetz ========================== www.gzvb.de =============================== | Dr.-Ing. K.-O. 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[Fwd: [Tccc] MOBILIGHT 2009 - Call for Papers (New Deadline 7 Dec, 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] MOBILIGHT 2009 - Call for Papers (New Deadline 7 Dec, 2008) Datum: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:55:13 +0200 Von: Periklis Chatzimisios <pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org> Antwort an: Periklis Chatzimisios <pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems (MOBILIGHT 2009) May 18-20, 2009, Athens, Greece http://www.mobilight.org Sponsored by ICST Technically Co-Sponsored by Create-NET *** Submission Deadline -- December 7, 2008 (Hard deadline) *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE Wireless communications are becoming increasingly pervasive, as the number and diffusion of portable wireless-equipped devices is exponentially increasing (ranging from cellular phones to handheld game consoles, from personal digital assistant and personal navigation devices to still and video cameras). This results into an unprecedented request for lightweight, wireless communication devices with high usability and performance able to support added-value services in a highly mobile environment - following the user everywhere he goes (at work, at home, while travelling, in a classroom, etc.), but also in opening exciting research, development and business opportunities. This scenario clearly demands significant upgrades to the existing communication paradigm in terms of infrastructure, devices and services to support the ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANY DEVICE philosophy, introducing novel and fast-evolving requirements and expectations on research and development in the field of information and communication technologies. The core issue is to support wireless users' desire of 24/7 network availability and transparent access to "their own" services. In this framework and motivated by the interdisciplinary competences needed to build successful lightweight wireless systems, the MOBILIGHT conference will provide an international forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in lightweight wireless systems design and deployment will be able to interact and exchange experiences. The event will enable information exchange and cross-fertilization among the different worlds of academy, research centers and industry through the organization of specific and interacting tracks related to: (i)technology, including wireless (WPAN, WLAN, WMAN/cellular) as well as architectures and design methodologies to support seamless access to the communication facility; (ii) services, in the vision of "always on" requirement; (iii) business models, opportunities and solutions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS OF INTEREST (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING) TECHNOLOGIES & ARCHITECTURES - Wireless Communication Standards (IEEE 802.11x, Personal Area Networks, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15, Wireless USB, HiperLAN2, WiMAX) - Cellular Networks (2.5G, 3G, 3G LTE, LTE-A) - Ultra Wide Band - Next Generation Networks - Lightweight Devices Architecture (smart phones, PDAs) - Internetworking & Interoperability - Protocol Stack Design (Layering, Cross-layering) - Performance Evaluation and Optimization - Service-Oriented Architectures - Cognitive Radios and Networks SERVICES - Anytime, Anywhere, Any device - Interactive Multimedia - Voice and Voice over IP - Usability and HMI - Location Services - Seamless roaming - Emerging and Next Generation Services BUSINESS MODELS, OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS - Architectures Deployment - Service Provisioning - Value-Added Services - Business Models - Next Generation Lightweight Devices - Industry Perspectives and Market Evolution - Users Needs and Requirements - Available and Emerging Solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submitted papers will be subject to a rigorous peer-review. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the MOBILIGHT Conference Proceedings and made available online through the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST). Selected high-quality papers will be invited to Special Issues in prestigious International Journals. Perspective papers must be formatted using Springer LNICST Authors' Kit (http://www.icst.org/?page=conf&site=lnicst) and submitted only through the COCUS conference management system (http://www.cocus.eu). The length of the submitted papers must not exceed ten (10) pages in LNICST format. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PHD FORUM A forum specifically oriented to PhD students will be held, in order to enable interaction and exchange of ideas among young researchers in the field of mobile communications. Interested PhD students are invited to contact Dr. Adlen Ksentini (adlen.ksentini(a)irisa.fr) by January 19, 2009. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers due:==> December 7, 2008 (extended - Hard deadline) Notification of acceptance: ==> February 16, 2009 Camera Ready papers due: ==> March 16, 2009 Conference Date: ==> May 18-20, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs: Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy Charalabos Skianis,University of Aegean, Greece Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs: Periklis Chatzimisios, University of Macedonia, Greece Simone Redana, Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich, Germany Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, USA Steering Committee Chair: Ιmrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy Tutorials/Workshops Co-Chairs: Alexey Vinel, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Christos Verikoukis, CTTC, Spain Publications Chair: Mauro Biagi,University of Rome, Italy Publicity/Sponsorship Chair: Qiang Ni, Brunel University, UK PhD Forum Chair: Adlen Ksentini, University of Rennes, France Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Nikos Papaoulakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Web Chair: Eirini Karapistoli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Conference Coordination: Gergely Nagy, ICST Technical Program Committee: A detailed list can be found in http://www.mobilight.org -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Adjunct Lecturer in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Technology Management, University of Macedonia GR-59200, Naousa (GREECE) Phone: +30 23320 52460 Fax: +30 23320 52462 Email: pchatzim(a)uom.gr, pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~peris ------------------------------------------------ ISCC 2009: http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2009 MOBILIGHT 2009 http://www.mobilight.org MediaWiN 2009: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[ewsn09] Call for Posters & Demos: Submission Due December 1st
by Chenyang Lu 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

============================================================================ EWSN 2009 Call for Posters/Demos The 6th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks February 11th-13th, Cork, Ireland http://www.ewsn.org/ ============================================================================ EWSN is acknowledged as one of the most competitive and well-established international conferences in the area of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). It attracts papers of the highest quality from researchers around the globe, emphasising work that involves inter-disciplinary collaboration. EWSN is consistently well-attended, with delegates that reflect a healthy mix of university academics and industry representatives, that are drawn from all the major centres of WSN research activity and that span all the main continents. The goal of this conference is to create a forum where researchers with different experiences and backgrounds, from hardware to applications, can discuss cross-layer integration, novel solutions for specific problems and envisage the future development of WSN functionalities. Important Dates, Posters and Demos Submission: Dec 1st 2008 Notification: Dec 15th 2008 Camera-ready: Jan 9th 2009 Posters and Demos (no more than 2 pages): The poster session will provide a forum for researchers to showcase their work and obtain feedback on ongoing research from knowledgeable conference attendees. A poster presentation can also be accompanied by a demonstration to illustrate an application, technology, or platform. Submission guidelines and further information is available at http://www.ewsn.org The organizers can be contacted at ewsn09-chairs(a)cs.ucc.ie Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * WSN Hardware: transceiver concepts, antenna design, system integration and manufacturing, battery technology and energy harvesting; * Communication Protocols: MAC and link layer issues, radio resource assignment, routing and transport protocols, topology control protocols, gateways to Internet and other networks, 6LoWPAN; * Algorithms and Protocols: localization techniques and protocols, performance control, time synchronization and related protocols, object tracking; * Operating Systems and Programming Abstractions: concepts and tools for programming and debugging sensor networks, high-level programming abstractions; * Middleware and Service Infrastructures: (dynamic) configuration and installation support, network management, group communication, QoS support, integrating WSNs in existing middleware architectures; * Information Processing: storage, querying, compression, fusion, aggregation, cooperative algorithms, event detection; * Practical Models and Algorithms: resource consumption, network performance, network planning, provisioning, calibration and deployment, mobility models; * Security and Resilience: primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols, secure system engineering, failure resilience and fault isolation, robustness at all levels: communication, software, hardware; * Novel Applications: application requirements, experiences with real-world applications, management of (large-scale) sensor networks; * Prototypes, Field Studies, and Testbeds: novel sensor node prototypes, measurements within testbeds, debugging and testing, experimental validation/refutation of simulation results. Chairs Utz Roedig, Lancaster University, UK Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland _______________________________________________ ewsn09 mailing list ewsn09(a)mail.cse.wustl.edu http://mail.cse.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/ewsn09

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[Fwd: [Tccc] The 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications]
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] The 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications Datum: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:08:36 -0500 Von: S. Masoud Sadjadi <sadjadi(a)cs.fiu.edu> An: S. Masoud Sadjadi <sadjadi(a)cs.fiu.edu> (Apology for multiple copies) The 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications Barcelona, Spain, June 15-19, 2009 Sponsored by IEEE CS (Pending) and in cooperation with ACM (Pending http://icac2009.acis.ufl.edu/ Call for papers SCOPE To deal with the increasing complexity of large-scale computing systems, computers and applications must learn to manage themselves in accordance with high-level guidance from humans - a vision that has been referred to as autonomic computing. Meeting the grand challenges of autonomic computing requires scientific and technological advances in a wide variety of fields, as well as new software and system architectures that support the effective integration of the constituent technologies. The purpose of the 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications (ICAC-09) is to bring together researchers and practitioners addressing all aspects of self-management in computing systems and applications. In doing so, we hope to further build and nurture a community that can work together to realize the vision of large-scale self-managing systems. The conference builds on previous highly influential meetings in New York, Seattle, Dublin, Jacksonville and Chicago. Papers are solicited on a broad array of topics of relevance to autonomic computing, particularly those that bear on connections and relationships among different areas of research or report on prototype systems or experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Autonomic computing systems or prototype systems that exhibit self-monitoring, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and/or self-protection. * Fundamental science of self-managing systems: understanding, controlling, or exploiting emergent behavior, fault-tolerance, machine learning, control theory, predictive methods and their use to automate manual operations and enforce behavior. * Software engineering principles and architectures for self-managing systems, based on interoperable Grid Services, agent-based systems, Web Services, model-based systems or novel paradigms such as biological, economic or social. * System-level technologies, middleware or services that entail interactions among two or more components of self-managing systems in standalone, distributed, cluster, and Grid computing environments (e.g., health monitoring, dependency analysis, problem localization or remediation, workload management, and provisioning). * Toolkits, environments, models, languages, runtime and compiler technologies for building self-managing components, systems or applications. * Specific self-managing components, such as server, storage, network, data center or specific application elements. Emphasis should be placed on techniques or lessons that may generalize to other components. * Management topics, such as specification and modeling of service-level agreements, negotiation/conversation support, behavior enforcement, etc., tie in with IT governance, and interaction with legacy systems. * Interfaces to autonomic systems, including user interfaces, interfaces for monitoring and controlling behavior, techniques for defining, distributing, and understanding policies. * Experiences with autonomic system or component prototypes: measurements, evaluations, or analyses of system behavior, user studies, experiences with large-scale deployments of self-managing systems or applications. * Applications of autonomics to real and complex problems in science, engineering, business and society. PAPER/POSTER SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLICATION Full papers (a maximum of 10 pages in length) and posters (2 pages) are invited on a wide variety of topics relating to autonomic computing as indicated above. All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged on merits including correctness, originality, technical strength, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference themes. Submitted papers must include original work, and may not be under consideration for another conference or journal. They should also not be under review or be submitted to another forum during the ICAC-09 review process. Authors should submit full papers or posters electronically (PDF or postscript) via EDAS using the link on the ICAC-09 conference web site. Formatting instructions will also be posted at the web site. Accepted papers and posters will appear in proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society (to be confirmed), which will be distributed at the conference. Authors of accepted papers/poster are expected to present their work at the conference. WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITION ICAC-09 welcomes proposals for co-located workshops on specific topics of general interest to the autonomic computing community. Workshops are expected to publish proceedings, and should cover areas that may not be properly addressed in the main scientific program. ICAC-09 will also feature a demonstration and exhibition session consisting of prototypes and technology artifacts such as demonstrating autonomic software or autonomic computing principles. Entries will be judged by a separate subcommittee led by the demo/exhibit chair. INDUSTRY SESSION A singular value of ICAC is the confluence of top researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry. ICAC-09 will provide a readout of various technologies currently in play from product perspectives. Among the areas to be addressed are core enablers for autonomic capabilities to be realized, such as frameworks, protocols and autonomic engines in production systems. The industry session also will address current areas of difficulty that present direct opportunities for both academic and corporate research. Topics will be relevant to entrepreneurs, product developers, architects, managers, marketers and end users. Papers and posters reflecting such industry perspectives are especially encouraged and can be submitted as described above. STUDENT AWARDS A student best paper award will be presented, consisting of a commemorative plaque, complimentary student registration to the conference and an honorarium that will partially cover travel & hotel costs. (A student paper is defined as one in which the principal (not sole) author is a student.) The student will be required to present the paper to receive the award. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop proposals: September 25, 2008 Full paper submission: 11:59 EST, January 19, 2009 Author notification: March 9, 2009 Hot Topics submission: 11:59 EST, March 20, 2009 Demo/Exhibit proposals: March 20, 2009 Final manuscripts due: April 06, 2009 ORGANISATION GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Simon Dobson, UCD Dublin, IE John Strassner, Waterford Inst. Of Tech., IE STEERING COMMITTEE Simon Dobson, UCD Dublin, IE José Fortes Univ. of Florida, US Salim Hariri, Univ. of Arizona, US Jeffrey Kephart, IBM Research, US Manish Parashar, Rutgers Univ., US Brent Miller, IBM, US Karsten Schwan, Georgia Tech, US John Strassner, Waterford Inst. Of Tech., IE John Wilkes, Google, US Mazin Yousif, Avirtec, US PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS Manish Parashar, Rutgers Univ., US Onn Shehory, IBM Research Haifa, IL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE The ICAC 2009 programming committee is an internationally recognized group of leading researchers covering a broad range of topics related to the conference themes. DEMO/EXHIBIT CHAIR Simon Dobson, UCD Dublin, IE John Strassner, Waterford Inst. Of Tech., IE WORKSHOP CHAIR Omer Rana, Cardiff Univ., UK PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University, US James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, South Korea Dave Lewis, Trinity, IE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR Joan Serrat, UPC, Barcelona, ES FINANCE/INDUSTRY CO-CHAIRS Brent Miller, IBM Corporation, US Michael Nunez, Sun Microsystems, US Jose A. Lozano, Telefónica, ES HOT TOPICS CHAIR Fabián E. Bustamante, Northwestern Univ., US DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CHAIR Jian Zhang, Microsoft, US Andres Quiroz Hernandes, Rutgers Univ., US CYBER CHAIR Ming Zhao, FL Intl. Univ., US SPONSORS (PENDING) IEEE Computer Society and ACM INFORMATION WWW: www.autonomic-conference.org E-mail: icac(a)autonomic-conference.org ------------------------------------------------------------------ Masoud Sadjadi, PhD Assistant Professor School of Computing and Information Sciences Florida International University University Park, ECS 212C 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33199 Email: sadjadi(a)cs.fiu.edu Web: www.cs.fiu.edu/~sadjadi Tel: 305-348-1835 Fax: 305-348-2336 ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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