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[Fwd: MobileHCI 2006 Call for papers]
by Lars Wolf 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MobileHCI 2006 Call for papers Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:24:41 +1100 From: Robert James Steele <rsteele(a)it.uts.edu.au> Reply-To: Robert James Steele <rsteele(a)it.uts.edu.au> To: SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG ** MobileHCI 2006 is In-Cooperation with SIGMOBILE ****************************** CALL FOR PAPERS MOBILEHCI 2006 The 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Date: 12-15 September 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Website: www.mobilehci.org Deadlines: *Papers, Workshops and Tutorials: 1 March 2006 *Short Papers, Posters, Demos, Panels, Industry Cases, Doctoral Consortium: 7 May 2006 Purpose The 8th conference in the MOBILEHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges, potential solutions and innovations towards effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the analysis, design, evaluation and application of human-computer interaction techniques and approaches for all mobile computing devices, software and services. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: *Audio and speech interaction *Context-dependent systems *Designing Web sites for mobile devices *Ethographical and field studies with mobile technology *Evaluation of mobile devices and services *Group interaction and mobility *Intelligent environments *Location-aware interaction *Methods to evaluate mobile usability *Model-based design of interactive mobile systems *Mobile phenomena *Mobility and work environments *Multimodal interaction *Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques *Perception and modelling of the environment *Safety issues (e.g., in-car user interfaces, payments) *Specific classes of handheld devices (PDA, Pocket PC, WAP phone,...) *3D graphics on mobile devices *3G/4G devices and services *Usability of mobile devices and services *Visualization techniques for the mobile context *Interdisciplinary perspectives towards mobile interaction (e.g. Social aspects) *User centered design tools and methods for mobile systems Submissions The categories for submission: FULL PAPERS, SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS, TUTORIALS, DEMOS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS, INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES and DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM. Full details on submission can be found at www.mobilehci.org Accepted FULL PAPERS, SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS and INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIES will appear in the conference proceedings. Arrangements The MobileHCI'06 conference is arranged together with Helsinki University of Technology (TKK, SoberIT) and Nokia. The MobileHCI Planning Group provides continuity for the conference series. Conference Chairs *Marko Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology *Mika Röykkee, Nokia Research Center Organising Committee *Timo Jokela, University of Oulu *Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology *Giulio Jacucci, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology *Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland *Hannakaisa Isomäki, University of Lapland *Mikael Johnson, Helsinki University of Technology *Sari Kujala, Helsinki University of Technology *Anu Kankainen, Idean Research *Virpi Roto, Nokia Research Center *Jonna Häkkilä, Nokia *Raino Vastamäki, Adage *Antti Oulasvirta, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology *Antti Salovaara, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology *Marjaana Siivola, Desigence *Hannu Koskela, GE Healthcare *Albrecht Schmidt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München *Turkka Keinonen, University of Art and Design Helsinki *Anne Kaikkonen, Nokia International Advisory Committee *Adrian David Cheok, National University of Singapore *Anne Kaikkonen, Nokia, Finland *Luca Chittaro, University of Udine, Italy *Fabio Paterno, CNR, Italy *Keith Cheverst, Lancaster University, England *Mark Dunlop, Strathclyde University, Scotland *Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg, Austria *Matt Jones, Swansea University, Wales *Stephen Brewster, Glasgow University, Scotland Student volunteers are invited to help in the conference: more information on the conference website in March 2006. More Information The conference website will be kept updated at www.mobilehci.org, or contact: Marko Nieminen (Conference Chair) Professor of User Interfaces and Usability Software Business and Engineering Institute P.O. Box 9210 FIN-02015 HUT, FINLAND www.soberit.hut.fi/~mhtn Mika Röykkee (Conference Chair) Senior Research Manager, User Experience Nokia Research Center P.O.Box 100 (Visiokatu 1) FIN-33721 Tampere, Finland mika.roykkee[at]nokia.com Anne Kaikkonen (Secretary) anne.kaikkonen[at]nokia.com Welcome to MobileHCI 2006!

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[Fwd: CFP-"Next Generation Networking Middleware"- NGNM06, May 19 2006, Coimbra, Portugal]
by Lars Wolf 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP-"Next Generation Networking Middleware"- NGNM06, May 19 2006, Coimbra, Portugal Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:28:05 +0200 From: Kormentzas Georgios <gkorm(a)aegean.gr> To: Kormentzas Georgios <gkorm(a)aegean.gr> References: <C1D23DC6B63B99499FB377B9F664489E5AD923(a)hermes2.aegean.gr> <C1D23DC6B63B99499FB377B9F664489E5AD924(a)hermes2.aegean.gr> My apologies if you receive this more than once] ================================================ *3^rd International WORKSHOP on ‘Next Generation Networking Middleware’ (NGNM06)* * */*in the scope of */‘Networking 2006’, 5^h IFIP – TC6 Networking Conference (http://www.ifip-networking.org <http://www.ifip-networking.org/>) *Date: May, 19 2006* *Venue: University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal* *IMPORTANT DATES* - Submission of papers: March 20, 2006 - Notification of acceptance: April 3, 2006 - Camera-ready due: April 10, 2006 NGNM04 held on May 2004, in conjunction with Networking 2004 conference in Athens, Greece, constituted a forum for the discussion of innovations and recent advances in the design and construction of Internet middleware. Both the requirements and expectations from various perspectives (i.e., networking, middleware and application level) were presented and analyzed. NGNM05 held on May 2005, in conjunction with Networking 2005 conference in Waterloo, Canada, focused on the identification of composite business services running on an Internet middleware platform that allows enterprises/networking actors to publish the services they provide, use services available globally in a secure manner and automatically compile the various services descriptions into executable processes. The special issue on “Emerging Middleware for Next Generation Networks” of Computer Communications journal complemented the success of NGNM04 and NGNM05. NGNM06 targets to address the challenges of middleware platforms required for new generation mobile/wireless heterogeneous radio networks and services. Mobile/Wireless middleware is anticipated to increase the performance of applications running across potentially mixed wireless networks, to support multiple mobile/wireless devices, to provide continuous wireless access to content and services, to ensure end-to-end QoS and secure content and services delivery and to offer cross-system and cross-layer optimization taking into account issues related to usage behavior, mobility patterns, traffic profiling, network selection and relevant horizontal/vertical handovers. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished works as well as works on progress in the following, but not limited to, topic areas: · Middleware support for micro/macro/multi-domain mobility · Emerging Information Models and Frameworks (i.e., MPEG-21) · Specification and enforcement of QoS · Interworking between Heterogeneous Middleware Technologies · Self-managing networks (self-healing, self-optimizing, self-protecting and self-configuring) · Programmable, Active and Adaptive Networks · Wireless Grids Middleware · Grid-enabled Networking Middleware · Performance evaluation and modeling in Wireless/Mobile Middleware · Middleware support for cross-system and cross-layer optimization · Middleware security, including authentication and authorization _Submissions _ The workshop welcomes original and review papers from academic and industry contributors dealing with the above or related issues. All submissions will be subjected to review by two reviewers. Papers should be up to 6000 words in English, including bibliography and well-marked appendices. To submit a paper, send an email to Prof. George Kormentzas (gkorm(a)aegean.gr), containing the title, the authors' names, e-mail and post addresses, phone and fax numbers, identification of the contact author, and attach to the same message your paper in DOC format. The paper must start with a title, a short abstract, and a list of keywords. All the accepted papers will be published in the workshop’s proceedings. Furthermore, as it happened with NGNM04 and NGNM05, some selected papers will be extended in order to be considered for publication in a forthcoming special issue of a journal related to the workshop’s goals. *NGNM Co-founders* Nikos Anerousis, IBM, USA George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean, Greece *NGNM06 Co-Chairs* George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean, Greece Atílio Gameiro, Instituto Telecomunicações, Portugal *NGNM06 TPC Co-Chairs* Maria Teresa Andrade, INESC Porto, Portugal Jonathan Rodriguez, Instituto Telecomunicações, Portugal *NGNM06 Publicity Chair* Hamid Asgari, TRT, UK *Programme Committee * Toufik Ahmed, University of Bordeaux, France Eugen Borcoci, Transilvania University, Romania Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Dhmhtra Kaklamanh, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Alexander Keller, IBM, USA Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Europe, Germany Alexander Konstantinou, IBM, USA Maria Koutsopoulou, University of Athens, Greece Marc Lacoste, FT, France Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Ilias Maglogiannis, University of the Aegean, Greece Alan Marshall, Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland Ahmed Mehaoua, University of Versailles, France Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Evaggelos Pallis, University of Crete, Greece Dimitris Pendarakis, IBM, USA Christos Politis, University of Surrey, UK George Prezerakos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Martin Stiemerling, NEC Europe Ltd, Germany John Soldatos, AIT, Greece Rolf Stadler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Gosia Steinder, IBM, USA Evaggelos Vayias, Intracom, Greece Iakovos Venieris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Michael Welzl, University of Innsburg, Austria

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CHINACOM2006 First Call For Papers
by Yabin Ye 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Dear Colleagues, Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Please feel free to distribute. Best regards, The CHINACOM 2006 Organizing Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS CHINACOM 2006 International Conference on Communications and Networking in China Jointly sponsored by Create-Net, ICST, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), and OBS/OPS Forum Technical Sponsorships (Pending): IEEE CS, IEEE CSS In Cooperation with: ACM, SIGMOBILE, SIGSAC October 16-19, 2006 Beijing, China http://www.chinacom.org <http://www.chinacom.org/> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CHINACOM 2006 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ================================================== INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ================================================== Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Tech., USA Yeheskel (Zeke) Bar-Ness, New Jersey Institute of Tech., USA Bob Brodersen, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA Junliang Chen, BUPT, China Roberto Coisson, Italian Embassy in China, Italy Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA, USA Hisashi Kobayashi, Princeton University, USA Guangnan Ni, Institute of Computing Technology, China Hequan Wu, Chinese Academy of Eng., China Ya-Qin Zhang, Microsoft, USA ================================================== STEERING COMMITTEE ================================================== Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy Bo Li (Co-Chair), HKUST, Hong Kong, China ================================================== GENERAL CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Jintong Lin, BUPT President, China Khaled Ben Letaief, HKUST, Hong Kong, China ================================================== GENERAL Vice CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Zheng Zhou, BUPT, China Yabin Ye, Create-Net, Italy ================================================== TPC CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Chunming Qiao, SUNY at Buffalo, US Bo Li, HKUST, Hong Kong, China ================================================== WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Jing (James) Yang, UTstarcom, USA T. Russell Hsing, Telcordia, USA ================================================== INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Heather Yu, Panasonic, USA Xiongyan Tang, CNC, China Wenwu Zhu, Intel, USA ================================================== PANELS CHAIR ================================================== Stephan Steglich, TU Berlin, Germany ================================================== PUBLICATION CHAIR ================================================== Zhensheng Zhang, San Diego Research Center, USA ================================================== PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Tee Hiang Cheng, NTU, Singapore Zhongcheng Hou, CIC, China Honggang Zhang, Create-Net, Italy ================================================== LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR ================================================== Luyong Zhang, BUPT, China SYMPOSIA CO-CHAIRS ================================================== Frontiers on Communications and Networking ================================================== Haniph A. Latchman, Univ. of Florida, USA Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang Univ., Taiwan, China Boon Sain Yeo, Wavex Technologies, Singapore ================================================== Optical Communications and Networking ================================================== Yuanyuan Yang, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA Xue Chen, BUPT, China Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada ================================================== Wireless Communications and Networking ================================================== Andreas F. Molisch, MERL,USA /Lund Univ. Sweden Sherman Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada Kazem Sohraby, University of Arkansas, USA ================================================== Advances in Internet ================================================== Hai Jin, HUST, China Qian Zhang, HKUST, Hong Kong, China ================================================== Communications Theory and Signal Processing for Communications ================================================== Ahmed H. Tewfik, Univ. of Minnesota, USA Jing Tiffany Li, Lehigh University, USA ================================================== Networking Security and Information Assurance ================================================== Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores Univ., UK Thomas Woo, Bell labs, USA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The aim of CHINACOM is to bring together Chinese and International players in networking and communications under one roof, building a showcase in communications and networking research in China. China's information technology industry and research have been developing at an enormous pace in the last 20 years. Currently China has the largest wireless mobile and the second largest Internet subscriber population in the world. By the end of 2005, the mobile phone users have reached 388 million (19% of the world market), and the number will be over 500 million by 2008 and over 150 million will be multimedia applications. Internet users have exceeded 100 million (half of them are broadband service subscribers). The total sale of optical cables & fibers reached 15 million kilometers in 2004, with the sale of the whole optical communication facility market reaching 1.5 billion USD. Furthermore, business/market factors in this area in China are unique since they are Government driven and mixed with culture, technology, and market forces. CHINACOM is being positioned as the premier international annual conference for the presentation of original and fundamental research advances in the field of Communications, Networks, and Internet Applications. The conference will consist of Technical Symposia, and Workshops. The Technical Symposia will describe significant research in all areas defined below; while the Workshops will focus on development, applications and related business issues. PAPERS: 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: ================================================== Symposium-Frontiers on Communications and Networking ================================================== Bio-inspired networks Nano-Networks Future internet architecture design Linear network coding Cooperation diversity and cooperative coding Autonomic communications/networking principles Multimedia broadband networking for smart homes Theory and algorithms of networking such as routing, congestion control, traffic engineering, peer-to-peer/overlay and security Power-line communications Detection and iterative processing techniques Theoretical foundations for network autonomics Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building autonomic networks and systems Adaptive security and safety mechanisms for self-protection and self-healing Applications and services such as location-based services, VoIP, IPTV, content services, L2/L3VPNs, Cognitive communications and networking ================================================== Symposium-Optical Communications and Networking ================================================== Routing and wavelength assignment ASON/GMPLS control plane Traffic grooming and traffic engineering Multicasting in optical networks Optical Packet /Burst Switching (OPS/OBS) Optical network protection and restoration Optical switches architecture and performance Optical grid Passive optical networks (A/B/G/EPONs) Optical network test beds and field trials Hybrid wireless-optical metro/access networks Signaling and monitoring in optical networks Ultra-high-speed transmission systems (>40 Gb/s) Modulation formats and coding Signal processing and forward error correction DWDM and CWDM transceivers and Transponders Optical regeneration (including all-optical) Fixed and reconfigurable OADMs Chromatic dispersion and PMD compensation Optical systems design and simulation OE and passive devices' applications Optical Ethernet and new service paradigms Impact of the physical-layer impairments on optical network design and traffic engineering ================================================== Symposium-Wireless Communications and Networking ================================================== PCS, GPRS, EDGE, 3GPP, UMTS, IMT2000 CDMA, TDMA, OFDM, air interfaces Handoff protocols & management Smart Antennas, cell & capacity planning Wireless LANs, mobile Internet Network topology control Flow & congestion control TCP over wireless Wireless multicasting Chaotic broadband (wireless) communications B3G/4G mobile network architectures Wireless multimedia Multiple and wireless access techniques Wireless switching and routing techniques Ultra-wideband (UWB) and Cognitive Radio Resource allocation and interference management Propagation and channel characterization MIMO techniques, Space-time coding Sensor and Ad hoc wireless networks WiMAX and beyond WiFi ================================================== Symposium-Advances in Internet ================================================== Provisioning and management of IP services Distributed Internet applications Novel applications and new paradigms Handling Internet dynamics/heterogeneity Traffic measurement, analysis, modeling China Next Generation Internet (CNGI) Multimedia and Internet application Pervasive/GRID computing Platforms for rapid creation and deployment of network services Design methodologies for Internet services Emergency services Services enabling protocols and extensions Peer-to-Peer applications and technologies leveraging/supporting peer-to-peer applications Middleware for new Internet based applications Converged networks and applications (including VoIP and 3G/NGN telecom networks) Applications leveraging content networking technologies delivering applications on the Internet Services over the wireless Internet Security and privacy management in hosted Internet applications ================================================================= Symposium-Communication Theory and Signal Processing for Communications ================================================================= Adaptive Antennas Adaptive Modulation and coded modulation Broadcast channels Channel estimation and modeling Communications electronics Channel Capacities Equalization Error Control Coding and ARQ Interference mitigation and signal separation Multiple access channels Multiuser systems and multiuser detection Network coding Receiver techniques Source coding and joint source-channel coding Space-Time codes and MIMO Speech and video signal processing Synchronization Signal processing algorithms Signal processing for UWB OFDM and multicarrier systems Image processing for communications Relay channels and user cooperation Signal processing for data storage Signal processing in wireless communications Speech and video signal processing Signal processing for multimedia ================================================== Symposium-Networking Security and Information Assurance ================================================== Power-reliability-security trade-offs in wireless networks Cross-layer approaches to security Mobile network security Location aware security in mobile networks Throughput-Security trade-offs in wireless networks Secure group multimedia communications Secure PHY/MAC/routing protocols Distributed security systems Secure cooperation in wireless networks Jamming and counter measures Attacks on security and vulnerability analysis Application layer encryption Digital watermarking and biometrics for secure information access Capacity and security analysis of covert channels Security Engineering Security in large-scale environments Security protocols Security of ad-hoc/sensor networks WORKSHOPS: Proposals for workshops are solicited. Potential chairs are requested to submit a workshop proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch of each chair, to one of the Workshop Chairs by June 6th, 2006. Evaluation of workshop proposals will be based on the relevance of the subject matter, and the expertise and experience of the chair. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Conference language is English. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of the full paper in IEEE conference proceedings format, which are limited to 5 two-column pages in a font no smaller than 10-points. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the conference website http://www.chinacom.org <http://www.chinacom.org/> for detailed submission requirements and procedures. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will go through a peer review process. All accepted papers will be included in the CHINACOM 2006 Conference Proceedings. All accepted papers will be made available in IEEE Xplore and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library and then be indexed by Engineering Information (EI). Accepted papers will also be recommended for a special issue of a top journal. ================================================== IMPORTANT DATES ================================================== Paper Submission Due, May 1st, 2006 (Monday) Notification of Acceptance, June 30th, 2006 (Friday) Camera Ready Versions Due, July 31st, 2006 (Monday) Conference Dates, October, 16-19, 2006 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline fast approaching: special issue on "Inter-Vehicular Communications"]
by Lars Wolf 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Deadline fast approaching: special issue on "Inter-Vehicular Communications" Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:25:43 +0800 From: Daniel Wong <daniel_wong(a)ieee.org> To: manet(a)ietf.org, tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu, itc(a)comsoc.org, SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)listserv.acm.org Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this CFP regards Daniel Wong ----------------------------------- Call for Papers IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine Special Issue on "Inter-Vehicular Communications" (pdf version of this CFP is available at http://www.3g-wireless.net/IVC-CFP.pdf) Wireless communications technologies (cellular phones, wireless LANs, etc.) have enabled many of the conveniences in our lives, and also increased our day by day productivity. Another area where there is much potential for wireless technologies to make a tremendous impact is the area of inter-vehicular communications (IVC). The field of IVC is also known as vehicle-to-vehicle communications (V2V) and vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET). There are numerous emerging applications that are unique to the vehicular setting. For example, safety applications would make driving safer; driver information services could intelligently inform drivers about congestion, businesses and services in the vicinity of the vehicle, and other news. Mobile commerce could extend to the realm of vehicles. Existing forms of entertainment may penetrate the vehicular domain, and new forms of entertainment may emerge, all supported by the inter-vehicular communications capabilities. These emerging services are currently not well supported. Numerous research challenges need to be addressed in order for inter-vehicular communications to be widely deployed. The combination of unique features of inter-vehicular applications and networking opens new opportunities for many interesting research areas. The communications networking between cars has different characteristics from other communications networking problems. For example, because of the rapidly changing topology as cars move around, there are similarities with ad hoc networking scenarios. However, the constraints and optimizations are different. Power efficiency is not as important for inter-vehicular communications as it is for traditional ad hoc networking, since vehicles have a powerful and rechargeable source of energy. Vehicles in general are also constrained to move within roads (and within lanes most of the time). The purpose of this special issue is to showcase the variety of research being conducted in IVC and survey the state-of-the-art in this field. We solicit original unpublished manuscripts not currently being considered elsewhere for publication. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: • Service creation and management • Vehicular communications applications in general • Navigation safety applications • Content distribution to vehicles • Vehicle data collection and harvesting • Role of IVC in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) • Link and physical layer issues, algorithms and protocols • Cross-layer protocol design • Network architectures, system architectures • Inter-working of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications • Network protocols and algorithms, including clustering, routing, etc. • Vehicle movement simulation • Security for IVC • Network management for IVC • Mobility management Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. All submissions will be reviewed based on technical merit and relevance. Articles should have no more than 4,500 words, no more than 6 tables/figures, and no more than 15 references. Further submission guidelines are available online at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/sub_guidelines.html . Please send PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word, or PostScript formatted papers to both Daniel Wong (daniel_wong(a)ieee.org) and Kemal Tepe (ktepe(a)uwindsor.ca) no later than 15 February 2006. Deadlines Manuscript due February 15 2006 Acceptance notification April 15 2006 Final manuscript due June 15 2006 Publication date October 2006 Guest Editors K. Daniel Wong (daniel_wong(a)ieee.org ) Malaysia University of Science and Technology Department of Information Technology GL33, Ground Floor, Kelana Square, 17 Jalan SS 7/26 47301 PJ, Selangor, Malaysia Kemal Tepe (ktepe(a)uwindsor.ca ) Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada Wai Chen (wchen(a)research.telcordia.com ) Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Applied Research One Telcordia Drive, RRC-1T209 Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854-4157, USA Mario Gerla (gerla(a)cs.ucla.edu ) 3732F BH Computer Science Dept UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: ACF-Members: CFP - SELF'06 Self-adaptability and self-management of context-aware systems]
by Lars Wolf 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACF-Members: CFP - SELF'06 Self-adaptability and self-management of context-aware systems Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:50:47 -0000 From: David Lewis <dave.lewis(a)cs.tcd.ie> Reply-To: <Dave.Lewis(a)cs.tcd.ie> Organization: TCD To: <acf-members(a)autonomic-communication-forum.org> CC: <dave.lewis(a)cs.tcd.ie> Another very relevant workshop! Apologies for any cross postings. Dave SELF - Self-adaptability and self-management of context-aware systems ===================================================================== SELF'06 (http://www.iaria.org/conferences/SELF.html) July 19-21, 2006 Silicon Valley, USA Published by: IEEE Computer Society Press Collocated with ICAS'06 (http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICSA06.html) Abstract submission: February 15, 2006 Abstract based acceptance: March 5, 2006 Registration and first draft: March 20, 2006 Camera-ready paper: April 15, 2006 (hard deadline) Call for Papers =============== GENERAL Pervasive services and mobile computing are emerging as the next computing paradigm in which infrastructure and services are seamlessly available anywhere, anytime, and in any format. This move to a mobile and pervasive environment raises new opportunities and demands on the underlying systems. In particular, they need to be adaptive, self-adaptive, and context-aware. Adaptive and self-management context-aware systems are difficult to create, they must be able to understand context information and dynamically change their behavior at runtime according to the context. Context information can include the user location, his preferences, his activities, the environmental conditions and the availability of computing and communication resources. Dynamic reconfiguration of the context-aware systems can generate inconsistencies as well as integrity problems, and combinatorial explosion of possible variants of these systems with a high degree of variability can introduce great complexity. All these points pose considerable technical challenges and make self-adaptable context-aware systems costly to implement. These technical challenges lead the context-aware system developers to use improved and new concepts for specifying and modeling these systems to ensure quality and to reduce the development effort and costs. This workshop focuses on the emerging methodologies that enable the design of context-aware computing systems, which usually operate in dynamically changing environments, focusing on adaptability and self-adaptability. It includes design of system architectures and infrastructures that are needed for managing and using context, how to model and represent self-adaptable contexts and how to model adaptive and self-adaptive systems. We also welcome people willing to present adaptive design systems that can be used as a basis for case studies to be expanded during the workshop to drive discussion. Depending on the number of submitted design systems, the afternoon will may be split into a small demo session followed by a design exercise session. For the design session, the attendees will be split into smaller groups, each group studying and proposing extensions to one of the presented system. TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST (but not limited to) - Novel approaches to modeling and representing context adaptability, self-adaptability, and self-manageability - Models of computation for self-management context-aware systems - Use of MDA/MDD (Model Driven Architecture / Model Driven Development) for context-aware systems - Design methods for self-adaptable context-aware systems - Applications of advanced modeling languages to context self-adaptability - Methods for managing adding context to existing systems and context-conflict free systems - Architectures and middleware models for self-adaptable context-aware systems - Models of different adaptation and self-adaptation mechanisms (component-based adaptation approach, aspect oriented approach, etc.) - System stability in the presence of context inconsistency - Learning and self-adaptability of context-aware systems - Business considerations and organizational modeling of self-adaptable context-aware systems - Performance evaluation of self-adaptable context-aware systems - Scalability of self-adaptable context-aware systems INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUTHORS The SELF 2006 Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and posted on IEEE Xplore. Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received papers will be acknowledged via the EDAS system. Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11" (two columns IEEE format), not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found via anonymous FTP site at: ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/8.5x11%20-%20Format ting%20files/instruct.pdf Once you receive the notification of paper acceptance, you will be provided by the IEEE CS Press an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance. The submitted abstract should present original and new ideas in at least 500 words. You should specify, in this abstract, if the work was experimented or not (both experimented and non-experimented ideas are welcome). We advise the authors to join a list of key words to the abstract as well as an overview of the organization of the final paper (i.e., the different sections). A final version of a paper is assumed to present the ideas expressed in the originally submitted abstract. Tutorials Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals can be for half or full day tutorials. Please send your proposals to dhouha.ayed(a)cs.kuleuven.be, yolande.berbers(a)cs.kuleuven.be, or pdini(a)cisco.com using "ICAS'06 SELF" in the email subject. Panel proposals The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. Please send your proposals to dhouha.ayed(a)cs.kuleuven.be, yolande.berbers(a)cs.kuleuven.be, or pdini(a)cisco.com using "ICAS'06 SELF" in the email subject. Chairs: Dhouha Ayed, K.U.Leuven, Belgium, dhouha.ayed(a)cs.kuleuven.be Yolande Berbers, K.U.Leuven, Belgium, yolande.berbers(a)cs.kuleuven.be Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA // Concordia University, Canada, pdini(a)cisco.com TPC Members: Dhouha Ayed, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Yolande Berbers, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Guy Bernard, INT, France Abdel Boulmakoul, HPLabs - Bristol, UK Paul Couderc, IRISA, France Laurie Cuthbert, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA // Concordia University, Canada Frank Eliassen , University of Oslo, Norway Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany David Lewis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Gerard Parr, University of Ulster- Coleraine, UK Chantal Taconet, INT, France ICAS Contact: petre(a)iaria.org -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. David Lewis Knowledge and Data Engineering Group Dave.Lewis(a)cs.tcd.ie Department of Computer Science +353 1 608 2158 Trinity College, Dublin http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dave.Lewis/ -------------------------------------------------------------- +++++++++ posted to acf-members by "David Lewis" <dave.lewis(a)cs.tcd.ie> +++++++++

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[Fwd: CfP zu: SPECTS 2006 & ICOMP'06 & WNET'06 ---> Deadlines Approaching]
by Lars Wolf 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CfP zu: SPECTS 2006 & ICOMP'06 & WNET'06 ---> Deadlines Approaching Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:07:08 +0100 From: Prof. Dr. Bernd Wolfinger <wolfinge(a)INFORMATIK.UNI-HAMBURG.DE> Reply-To: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> To: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE We apologize if you receive multiple copies. ============================================ Call for Papers International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2006), 31.7. - 2.8.2006 in Calgary, Canada http://www.scs.org/confernc/summersim/summersim06/cfp/spects06.htm ============================================ Call for Papers International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'06), 26.6. - 29.6.2006 in Las Vegas, USA http://www.ic-icomp.org/ICOMP2006/index.html ============================================ Call for Papers IIASTED International Conference on Wireless Networks and Emerging Technologies (WNET 2006), 3. - 5. Juli 2006 in Banff, Canada http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2006/banff/c510.htm ============================================ ******************************************************** Prof. Dr. Bernd E. Wolfinger -- Telecommunications and Computer Networks Division -- Computer Science Department University of Hamburg Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 D-22527 Hamburg (Stellingen) Tel.: +49-40-42883-2424 (direct) +49-40-42883-2422 (Mrs. Koester, secretary) Fax: +49-40-42883-2345 E-mail: wolfinger(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de URL: http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TKRN ***************************************************** * In theory, theory and practice are the same. * In practice, they're different. *****************************************************

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[Fwd: [Tccc] FW: ICCCN2006 CFP]
by Lars Wolf 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] FW: ICCCN2006 CFP Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:55:24 -0600 From: 'Byrav Ramamurthy' <byrav(a)cse.unl.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu ----- Forwarded message from Nasir Ghani <nghani(a)tntech.edu> ----- From: Nasir Ghani <nghani(a)tntech.edu> To: "'Byrav Ramamurthy'" <byrav(a)cse.unl.edu> Subject: FW: ICCCN2006 Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:31:25 -0600 Importance: Normal ICCCN 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS http://icccn.sce.umkc.edu/icccn06 October 9 - 11, 2006 Arlington, Virginia, USA Sheraton Crystal City Hotel (near Washington DC) Sponsors*: Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE TCCC and Nokia (*pending approval) ICCCN is a major international conference for the presentation of novel and fundamental advances in the field of Computer Communications and Networks. It also serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving Computer Communications and Networks. SCOPE: The primary focus of the conference is on new and original research results in the areas of design, implementation, and applications of Computer Communications and Networks. We invite you to submit papers that present challenging and innovative results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ? Internet Services & Applications ? Network Management & Monitoring ? Wireless & Mobile Networking ? Broadband Networking ? Performance Evaluation ? Network Security & Dependability ? Network Protocols ? Optical & High-Speed Networking ? Sensor & Ad-hoc Networking ? Network Hardware & Architecture ? Multimedia ? Peer-to-Peer & Grid Networking IMPORTANT DATES: Regular paper submission deadline: April 24, 2006 Poster paper submission deadline: April 24, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 26, 2006 Camera ready papers due: July 28, 2006 SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS: Submitted manuscripts may NOT exceed 8 pages and must be submitted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font). Files should be submitted in Postscript or PDF format and formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper. Submitted papers may NOT have appeared in, nor be under consideration for, another journal or conference. The Program Committee reserves the right to NOT review papers that either exceed the above length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include the title, abstract, keywords, author(s) and affiliation, e-mail address(es), fax/phone number(s), and postal address(es). In case of multiple authors, indicate which author is responsible for correspondence about the submission. REVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPTS: All submitted papers will be reviewed and judged on originality, correctness, relevance, quality of presentation, and technical strength and significance. An accepted paper must be presented by one of the authors at the conference venue and must be limited to 6 pages (with an allowance of up to two extra pages at a cost of US$150 per extra page beyond 6 pages if the paper is accepted for publication) in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font). ICCCN06 proceedings will be published by the IEEE Communications Society. STUDENT POSTER PAPER SESSIONS: The conference includes student poster sessions that highlight recent and ongoing research that has not been published elsewhere. An electronic (Postscript or PDF) version of the poster must be submitted to the conference website, along with a 200-word abstract. The first author of the poster must be a student at the time of submission; the student is expected to attend the conference and be available for discussion during the poster sessions. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. Students with accepted posters receive a discount from the regular conference registration fee. The paper and poster sessions are two fully independent conference tracks with separate review procedures. Submitted papers are NOT considered for poster sessions, and poster submissions are NOT considered for paper sessions. Submission of identical research material to both paper and poster sessions is not permitted. STUDENT FORUM: We encourage submissions from students. Travel assistance may be available for students with top quality papers. The student must be the first author of accepted paper and must attend and give presentation to be qualified. BEST PAPER AWARDS: ICCCN plans to award one best paper in each of the three following areas: ? Theory & Simulation ? Systems Software ? Hardware and Architecture The authors of each best paper will be recognized at the conference. Please contact the Program Co-Chairs below with any questions: Prof. Wu-chun Feng Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 feng(a)cs.vt.edu; +1 540-231-1192(voice) Dr. Katherine Guo Center for Networking and Network Management Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Room 4G-506 Holmdel, New Jersey 07733 kguo(a)bell-labs.com +1 732 949 8956 (voice); +1 732 949 4513 (fax) ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Byrav Ramamurthy Associate Professor Room 363, Avery Hall Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. Phone: (402) 472-7791 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fax: (402) 472-7767 Lincoln NE 68588-0115 Email: byrav(a)cse.unl.edu Web: http://www.cse.unl.edu/~byrav ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CAMAD'06: deadline approaching]
by Lars Wolf 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CAMAD'06: deadline approaching Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:15:05 +0100 From: Fabrizio Granelli <granelli(a)dit.unitn.it> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu, csim(a)comsoc.org Dear colleague, the deadline for paper submission to CAMAD'06 is only one week ahead (February 15th, 2006). If you are interested in submitting a contribution, please find below the call for papers. Papers must be submitted through the EDAS system. Thanks for your attention, and please accept my apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. Best regards, Fabrizio Granelli CAMAD'06 General Chair ======================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 11th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'06) Trento, Italy, June 8-9, 2006 http://dit.unitn.it/~camad06 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communication Society The 11th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) is a unique forum that brings together major experts around the globe on modeling and simulation of communications systems. The workshop is a bi-annual event, often held in cooperation with flagship IEEE Communication Society conferences (Int.l Conference on Communications - ICC, Global Telecommunication Conference - GLOBECOM). Last CAMAD'04 was held in conjunction with Globecom2004 in Dallas, TX, on Nov.29th, 2004. CAMAD'06 will be a two days stand-alone event, held in the beautiful city of Trento, just before ICC 2006 (Instanbul, Turkey). Specific information about the connection between Italy and Turkey will be provided on the workshop website. CAMAD'06 is soliciting papers describing original, unpublished and not currently submitted for publication elsewhere, on topics, including but not limited to, the following: o Modeling and Simulation techniques for Integrated Communication Systems o Traffic Engineering and Analysis o Network Measurements o Simulation techniques for large-scale Networks o Simulation and Fast Simulation Techniques for Communication Networks o Validation of Simulation Models with Measurements o Network Optimization and Resource Provisioning o Next Generation Internet o Overlay and Virtual Networks o Autonomic Communication Systems o Cross-Layer Protocol Design o Network Monitoring o Internet Traffic Modeling o Wireless, Mobile, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks o Modeling and Design of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks o Seamless Integration of Wireless (Cellular) Networks with Internet o Design of Satellite Networks o Integration of Terrestrial and Satellite Networks The event is sponsored by the University of Trento, and endorsed by the IEEE Technical Committees on Communications Systems Integration and Modeling (CSIM) and Satellite and Space Communications (SSC). ======================================================================== PAPER SUBMISSION Prospective authors are invited to submit full paper of not more than eight (8) IEEE style pages including results, figures and references. Papers will be reviewed with the standard reviewing procedure (each paper being sent to at least 3 independent anonymous reviewers). Accepted papers will be published on IEEExplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/). The best accepted paper will receive the Best Paper Award, sponsored by IEEE ComSocCSIM Technical Committee. - Paper Submission: February 15, 2006 - Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2006 - Submission of camera-ready papers: May 7, 2006 ======================================================================== COMMITTEES General Chair: Fabrizio Granelli (Univ. of Trento, Italy) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Georgios Lazarou (Mississippi State Univ., U.S.) Changcheng Huang (Carleton Univ., CA, U.S.) Publication Chair: Dzmitry Kliazovich (Univ. of Trento, ITALY) Local Arrangements: Ufficio Manifestazioni e Convegni (U. Trento, ITALY) Steering Committee Chair: Michael Devetsikiotis (North Carolina State Univ., U.S.) Steering Committee: Nelson L.S. da Fonseca (UNICAMP, Brazil) Pascal Lorenz (Univ. of Haute Alsace, France) Hussein Mouftah (Univ. of Ottawa, CA, U.S.) Technical Program Committee: Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey) Giulia Boato (Univ. Trento, IT) Stephen Bush (GE, USA) Luiz DaSilva (VirginiaTech, USA) Periklis Chatzimisios (TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece) Mike Devetsikiotis (NCSU, USA) Christos Douligeris (Univ. of Piraeus, Greece) Rachid Elazouzi (Univ. of Avignon, France) Lars Erup (EMS Satellite Networks, CA) Sally Floyd (ICIR, USA) Nelson L.S. da Fonseca (Unicamp, Brasil) Victor Frost (Univ. of Kansas, USA) Stefano Giordano (Univ. Pisa, IT) Pin-Han Ho (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada) Rose Q. Hu (Nortel, USA) Abbas Jamalipour (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) Gabriel Junyent (UPC/CTTC, Spain) Dzmitry Kliazovich (U. Trento, Italy) Jie Li (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) Xian Liu (Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA) Renato Lo Cigno (U. Trento, Italy) Pascal Lorenz (Univ. of Haute-Alsace, France) Zhisheng Niu (Tsinghua Univ., China) Otilia Popescu (UTSA, USA) Petia Todorova (Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Germany) Steven Wright (BellSouth, USA) ======================================================================== -- Fabrizio Granelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor DIT - University of Trento Via Sommarive 14, I-38050 Trento (ITALY) Phone: +39 0461 882062 Fax: +39 0461 882093 Email: granelli(a)dit.unitn.it, granelli(a)ieee.org http://dit.unitn.it/people/granelli.html ------------------------------------------------ CAMAD'06 Workshop: http://dit.unitn.it/~camad06 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: 10th IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2006 CFP]
by Lars Wolf 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 10th IEEE/ACM DS-RT 2006 CFP Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:41:57 -0500 From: DS-RT 2006 <ds-rt(a)site.uottawa.ca> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers DS-RT 2006 10th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 2-4, 2006 Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2006/ In Conjunction with the 9th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. *IEEE/ACM Approval Pending ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: May 12, 2006 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope In its tenth anniversary year, the 2006 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2006) will take place in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain, in conjunction with the the 9th ACM Int'l Symposium International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2006 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2006 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2006 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Collaborative Virtual Environments, e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, human communication through immersive environments, shared object manipulation; o- Multi-modal collaborative systems, e.g. collaborative future workspaces, psychological issues of collaborative VR; o- Interactive Simulation in Entertainment and Games; o- Applications of Distributed Simulation, e.g., Real Time, large distributed simulation systems; o- Agent Based Distributed Simulation, e.g., multi-agent based simulation, parallel and distibuted simulation of multi-agent systems; o- Real-Time application modeling for QoS evaluation; o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols, e.g., HLA,DIS, event synchronization, network time protocols; o- Data Distribution Management, Interest Management, Multi-resolution modeling and Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms; o- Current Critical Design Issues, e.g.: causality, simultaneous events,zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time; o- Methodology for Distributed and Parallel Simulation; o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modeling packages; o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security; o- Performance of Distributed Simulation, e.g., benchmark, theoretical, empirical, and HLA/RTI studies; o- Visual Interactive Simulation, e.g., generic animation, visual interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning; o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational Processes under Simulation; o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems; o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems, e.g., Java, and DCOM; o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems e.g., QoS requirements, multicast for distributed/real-time simulation; o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation, e.g. Modeling Global Internet; o- Integration of Distributed Simulation and HLA with Web Technologies; o- Large Scale Distributed Simulation on the Grid. o- Software Design Patterns and Real-Time Simulation Environments o- Reproducing the face-to-face meeting through communication technology - e.g. immersive CVE, video conferencing, video reconstruction Important dates Submission Deadline: May 12, 2006 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2006 Camera Ready version due: July 17, 2006 Symposium presentation: October 2-6, 2006 in Malaga, Spain IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/~dsrt2005/ by May 12, 2006. Questions from authors may be directed to: Program Co-Chairs: Simon J E Taylor <simon.taylor(a)brunel.ac.uk, David Roberts <D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk, or General Co-Chairs: Stephen Turner (ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg). Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are required. Each submission, electronic or paper, 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Organizing Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------ General Co-Chairs Enrique Alba University of Malaga, Spain Email: eat(a)lcc.uma.es Phone: 34-95-2132803 Fax: 34-95-2131397 Stephen J. Turner School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Email: ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg Phone: +65-6790-4054. Fax : +65-6792-6559 Program Co-Chairs Simon J. E. Taylor School of Information Systems, Computing and Maths Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH UK tel: +44 (0) 1895-265994 fax: +44 (0) 1895-251686 email: simon.taylor(a)brunel.ac.uk David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK Email: D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk Phone: +44-161-295-2926 Fax: +44-161-295-2925 Poster Chair A. El-Saddik, DISCOVER Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs A. El-Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy For local information on the beautiful city of Malaga URL: http://www.andalucia.com/cities/malaga/home.htm

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Mobile and Wireless Learning Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, July 3-6, 2006
by Martin Gutbrod 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Call for Papers MOBILE AND WIRELESS LEARNING WORKSHOP July 3-6, 2006, Vancouver Sheraton Wall, Canada http://www.massey.ac.nz/~yatif/ml06/ held in conjunction with: International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference http://www.iwcmc2006.cs.wmich.edu/ ================================================= The Mobile and Wireless Learning Workshop is held in conjunction with the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference which will take place in Vancouver Sheraton Wall, Canada. The goal of this workshop is to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers and practitioners working in all areas of mobile learning (M-Learning). M-learning is emerging as a prominent discipline which is expected to exploit the massive growth rates of new wireless technologies over 3G and 4G networks as well as the intelligent service platforms on mobile devices. This ever increasing availability of wireless networking infrastructures and portable devices, have provided a rich environment for the proliferation of new mobile learning applications aiming at embedding learning into daily life. The convergence of enterprise applications and wireless devices are paving the way for new standards aiming at enabling learning platforms which provide personalized, location- and context-aware learning services. We invite researchers who are working on the design, development, use and evaluation of mobile learning technologies and applications to submit papers reporting original academic or industrial research. ================================================= Workshop topics include but are not limited to: - Architecture of Mobile Learning Systems - Tools, Technologies and Platforms for Mobile Learning - Location Based Learning - Designing and Teaching in Wireless Classrooms - Web Service Usability for Mobile Learning - Adaptivity in Mobile Learning - Architecture of Context Aware Learning - Peer-to-Peer Learning Applications - Virtual Spaces for Learning Communities - Mobile Learning Case Studies and Experiences - Collaborative, Cooperative and Contextual Mobile Learning - Advanced Curriculum and Courseware for Mobile Learning and Training - Security and Privacy Issues in Mobile Learning - Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Mobile Learning - Testing and Assessment in Mobile Learning - Social, Administrative and Organizational Issues of Mobile Learning - Applications of Mobile Technology in Open, Distance, and Corporate Education - Mobile Agents for Learning - Learner-Supportive Interfaces for Mobile Learning - Evaluation of Mobile Learning Systems - Pedagogical Approaches and Theories for Mobile Learning - Mobile Learning in Educational Institutions - E-learning and Wearable Network Devices - Learner Modeling for Networked and Mobile Learning - Mobile Learning Standards Related Activities ================================================= Workshop Chair: Yacine Atif, Massey University, New Zealand, Y.Atif(a)massey.ac.nz Workshop Co-Chair: Rachid Benlamri, Etisalat University College, UAE, benlamri(a)euc.ac.ae ================================================= Important Dates: Submission Deadline: March 15, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: March 30, 2006 Camera-Ready Version Due: May 30, 2006 Workshop and Conference: July 3~6, 2006 ================================================= Submission Guidelines: We invite contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to the purpose of the workshop. Persons interested in participating should submit either technical papers (up to six pages), position or work-in-progress papers (up to three pages). All submissions should use the standard IEEE double-column format (IWCMC'06 submission guidelines). Authors should e-mail their submissions to Y.Atif(a)massey.ac.nz or benlamri(a)ece.ac.ae . Outstanding submissions will be considered for the conference best papers awards. All papers presented at the workshop will be published in the printed volume and CD-ROM proceedings of IWCMC06. ================================================= Program Committee · Abdelmounaam Rezgui, Virginia Tech University, USA · Abdelsalam Helal, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA · Abderahmane Lakas, UAE University, UAE · Ashraf Al-Najjar, Sharjah University, UAE · Brahim Medjahed, University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA · Chirine Ghedira, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France · Hazem El-Khatib, UAE University, UAE · Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab, Old Dominion University, USA · Jawad Berri, Etisalat University College, UAE · Kekang He, Beijing Normal University, China · Khaled Shuaib, UAE University, UAE · Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand · Lim Cher Ping, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Maiga Chang, National Science and Technology Program for e-Learning, Taiwan · Malek Mouhoub, University of Regina, Canada · Masanori Sugimoto, Tokyo University, Japan · Mikko Nikkanen, Nokia Corporation, Finland · Mona Laroussi, University of Lille, France · Mourad Ouzzani, Purdue University, USA · Rachid Hamadi, The University of New South Wales, Australia · Saad Harous, Sharjah University, UAE · Sean Siqueira, Catholic Federal University of Goias, Brazil · Sharaf Al-Horani, Multimedia University, Malaysia · Woochun Jun, Seoul National University of Education, Korea · Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE

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