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Fwd: for IEEE INFOCOM HotPOST '18
by Lars Wolf 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Aaron Yi DING <aaron.ding(a)tum.de> Gesendet: 26. Oktober 2017 13:48:01 MESZ An: Lars Wolf <wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> Betreff: for IEEE INFOCOM HotPOST '18 " Call for Papers: IEEE INFOCOM 2018 HotPOST Workshop http://hotpost18.weebly.com/ The Mobile devices have become an imperative component of everyday life, and their use will only become more intensive in the foreseeable future. Bell Labs recently predicts that, by 2020, the consumption demand for digital content and services on mobile and portable devices will see a global average increase of 30 to 45 times from 2014 levels—with some markets experiencing as much as a 98-fold jump. This huge demand stimulates multiple technology developments such as mobile edge computing, Internet of things, wearables, and crowdsourcing. Meanwhile, as a fundamental part of numerous services including messaging, gaming, advertising, recommending, commercing, and content sharing, online social networking needs to be provisioned and used via mobile devices in any place at any time. From 2016 onwards, Facebook has had around 1 billion monthly active users who accessed it via mobile devices only. Utilizing the emerging mobile technologies to enable pervasive and enriched online social interactions has become a vital trend. The 10th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Pervasive Mobile and Online Social NeTworking (HotPOST 2018) will be held in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on April 16, 2018. HotPOST 2018 aims to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners who work on mobile computing, online social networks, and the intersection of both, to identify the new problems and discuss the latest research ideas and results, especially those related to emerging technologies. HotPOST 2018 focuses on all aspects about mobile and online social networking, including architecture, design, implementation, measurement, modeling, algorithm, and analysis. The topics include but are not limited to the following: - Mobile-centric social network services - Location-based social networks - Mobile cloud computing and networking - Mobile edge/fog computing and wearable computing - Mobile online advertising and payment - Internet of things, augmented/virtual reality, and crowdsourcing - Measurement of mobile systems and applications - User behavior analysis in mobile applications - Security and privacy in mobile systems and social networks - Reputation, incentives, and economics in mobile systems - Modeling and algorithm design for mobile systems ===Organization=== Steering Committee: Jörg Ott (TU Munich, Germany) Alessandra Sala (Nokia Bell Labs, Ireland) Sasu Tarkoma (University of Helsinki, Finland) Antonia Tulino (Nokia Bell Labs, USA; University of Naples Federico II, Italy) Vassilis Kostakos (University of Melbourne, Australia) Yang Chen (Fudan University, China) Technical Program Committee Chairs: Lei Jiao (University of Oregon, USA) Aaron Yi Ding (TU Munich, Germany) Technical Program Committee: Constantinos Antoniou (TU Munich, Germany) Sourav Bhattacharya (Nokia Bell Labs, UK) Ang Chen (Rice University, USA) Xu Chen (Sun Yat-sen University, China) Huber Flores (University of Helsinki, Finland) Georg Groh (TU Munich, Germany) Xin Jin (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Yong Li (Tsinghua University, China) Anders Lindgren (SICS, Sweden) Dongtao Liu (Google, USA) Cristian Lumezanu (NEC Labs America, USA) Richard Mortier (University of Cambridge, UK) Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy) Weixiong Rao (Tongji University, China) Mark de Reuver (TU Delft, The Netherlands) Shaolei Ren (UC Riverside, USA) Sandra Servia-Rodríguez (University of Cambridge, UK) Stephan Sigg (Aalto University, Finland) Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez (IMDEA, Spain) Lin Wang (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Qing Wang (KU Leuven, Belgium) Tianyin Xu (Facebook/UIUC, USA) Publicity Chair: Dimitris Chatzopoulos (HKUST, Hong Kong) Web Chair: Qingyuan Gong (Fudan University, China) ===Important Dates=== Submission deadline: Dec. 30, 2017 Authors notification: Feb. 7, 2018 Camera-ready due: Feb. 28, 2018 ===Submission Instructions=== Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24224 Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing original and unpublished research, not currently under review in other venues, addressing the state-of-the-art research and development in all aspects of mobile computing, online social networks, or the intersection of both. In particular, innovative, early-stage ideas and preliminary results are welcome. Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files, formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper. The length of the paper must be no more than 6 pages in the IEEE double-column format (10-pt font), including references and everything. The reviews will be single blind. The first page must contain an abstract, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), as well as the corresponding contact information. Each submission will receive independent, blind peer reviews from the program committee. At least one of the authors of every accepted paper must register and present the paper at the workshop. The program committee will select one paper, based on the highest average review scores, for the Best Paper Award. "

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Connected Vehicles @ IEEE Communications Magazine
by Lars Wolf 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > Von: "Syed Hassan Ahmed <sh.ahmed(a)ieee.org>" <s.h.ahmed(a)IEEE.ORG> > Datum: 25. Oktober 2017 um 16:31:38 GMT-4 > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Connected Vehicles @ IEEE Communications Magazine > Antwort an: "Syed Hassan Ahmed <sh.ahmed(a)ieee.org>" <s.h.ahmed(a)IEEE.ORG> > > [Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies] > ------------------------------------------ > Call for Papers: > Feature Topic on Emerging Technologies for Connected and Smart Vehicles > http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/emerging-technologies-connected-and-smart-… > ------------------------------------------ > IEEE Communications Magazine (Impact Factor: 10.435) > ------------------------------------------ > SCOPE: > > Over the past decade, advances in vehicular communications and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have been aimed at trimming down the fuel consumption by avoiding traffic congestion, enhancement of traffic safety while initiating a new application, i.e., mobile infotainment. To address the individual requirements of both safety and non-safety applications in the Connected and Smart Vehicles field, there is a need to build up a new communication technology for the integrated solutions of vehicular communication and smart communications. The Connected Vehicles infrastructure can be of various models such as Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I), and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2E). Due to the rapid growth in the Connected Vehicles, many research constraints need to be addressed, e.g., reliability and latency, appropriate scalable design of MAC and routing protocols, performance and adaptability to the changes in environment (node density and oscillation in network topology), and evaluation and validation of Connected Vehicles’ protocols under the umbrella of coherent assumptions using simulation methodologies. In addition, the information shared among Connected Vehicles is of great importance and it is not yet clear what kind of privacy policies will be defined for the ITS networks. > > This Feature Topic (FT) aims to emphasize the latest achievements to identify those aspects of Connected Vehicles and ITS networks that are identical to a traditional communications network in the broader spectrum. > > Feature Topic Focus: > > In this FT, we would like to try to answer some (or all) of the following questions: > > What will be the effect on Policy Making regulations when the connected vehicles will hit the roads? What are the privacy consequences with Connected Vehicles with Smart onboard peripherals? What kind of privacy policies will be defined for the connected vehicles and smart ITS networks? What kind of education and training are required for drivers and passengers of such connected and smart vehicles to take full benefits of the proposed communication architectures? What kind of groundbreaking applications can make Connected Smart Vehicles more attractive? What will be the acceptability aspects of Smart Vehicles with networked hardware? In addition, the authors are expected to address state-of-the-art research challenges, results, architecture, applications, and other achievements in the following topics, but not limited to: > > - Intra-vehicle communication (vehicle-to-pedestrians, vehicle-to-portable, vehicle-to-sign, etc.) > - Network and system architecture for Connected Vehicles > - MAC protocols and channel management > - Physical layer and routing protocols > - Delay tolerant vehicular networks > - Real-time optimization system > - Modeling and theory > - Internet-of-Vehicles, smart sensors (infrastructure and vehicle based) > - Mobility management (Traffic models) > - Energy efficient vehicular communication > - Quality-of-Service for vehicular communication > - Future Internet in ITS and Networking Systems > - Information and Content-Centric Networking in Connected Vehicles Networks > - Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Devices > > IMPORTANT DATES: > > Manuscript Submissions Due: February 1, 2018 > Decision Notification: June 1, 2018 > Final Manuscript Submission: July 15, 2018 > Publication Date: October 2018 > > EDITORS: > > Syed Hassan Ahmed > University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. > s.h.ahmed(a)ieee.org > > Jalel Ben-Othman > University of Paris 13, France > jalebeno(a)yahoo.fr > > Jaime Lloret > Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain > jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es > > Wael Guibene > Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, USA > wael.guibene(a)intel.com > > Ashfaq A. Khokhar > Iowa State University, USA > ashfaq(a)iastate.edu > > Raheem Beyah > Georgia Institute of Technology, USA > rbeyah(a)ece.gatech.edu > > Antonio Sánchez-Esguevillas > Telefonica, Spain > a.sanchez-esguevillas(a)ieee.org > > For any queries, please feel free to contact Syed Hassan Ahmed. > ------------------------------------------------------ > Syed Hassan Ahmed, Ph.D., MIEEE > Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, > University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. > Email: sh.ahmed(a)ieee.org > Web: https://sites.google.com/site/shahmedknu/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE/IFIP WONS 2018 - Extended deadline
by Lars Wolf 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: "Jérôme Härri" <jerome.haerri(a)EURECOM.FR> Gesendet: 25. Oktober 2017 09:04:00 GMT-04:00 An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE/IFIP WONS 2018 - Extended deadline ===================================================== IEEE/IFIP WONS 2018 14th Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services Conference 6-8 February 2018, Isola 2000, France http://2018.wons-conference.org/ ===================================================== Important Dates: - 3 November 2017 (extended): Paper registration deadline - 10 November 2017 (extended): Paper submission deadline - 15 December 2017: Author notifications sent - 31 December 2017: Camera ready versions due Wireless on-demand network systems and services have become pivotal in shaping our future networked world. Starting as a niche application over Wi-Fi, they can now be found in mainstream technologies like Bluetooth LE, LTE Direct and Wireless LANs, and have become the cornerstone of upcoming networking paradigms including mesh and sensor networks, the Internet of Things, cloud networks, vehicular networks, disruption tolerant and opportunistic networks, underwater and intra-body networks. The challenges of this exciting research field are numerous. Examples include how to make smart use of these novel technologies when multiple technologies or a mix of permanent services and on-demand networking opportunities are available to a network node, how to provide robust services in highly dynamic environments, how to efficiently employ and operate heavily resource-constrained devices, and how to develop robust and lightweight algorithms for self-organization and adaptation. Finally, there are many application specific challenges. WONS, now in its fourteenth edition, is a high quality forum to address these challenges. WONS aims to provide a global platform for rich interactions between experts in their fields, discussing innovative contributions in a stimulating environment. This announcement solicits original contributions of high-quality research providing novel insights on all aspects of wireless on-demand networks and systems; from protocol and network design, modeling, performance evaluation, energy efficiency, QoS models and mechanisms, practical implementations, service level aspects, application use-cases, to the integration of multiple wireless network technologies. Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to: - Cognitive radio networks - Cross-layer design - Energy-efficient protocols and power management - Heterogeneous wireless networks - Implementations and testbeds - Integration and co-existence of heterogeneous technologies - Intra-body and biomedical on-demand systems - Green wireless networks - Localization and mobility management - MAC and advanced PHY technologies - Middleware aspects - Mobile peer-to-peer systems - Mobile computing and services - Modeling and optimization - Network management - New architectures for on-demand wireless systems - Novel applications and services - Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and dissemination based protocols - Performance evaluation through simulations and experiments - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Security, privacy, and trust - Social and economic aspects - Underwater on-demand networked systems Manuscript submissions: Authors are invited to submit double-column long papers (up to 8 pages) and short papers (up to 4 pages) as a PDF file in IEEE format with a font size no smaller than 10pt. All paper submissions must be written in English. The mandatory IEEE template in Microsoft Word and LaTeX format can be found at the IEEE templates page. All submitted manuscripts must be at least 3 pages in length. Short papers should present future research directions and ongoing work with visionary, innovative ideas; accepted short papers will populate poster sessions at the conference and will be included in the conference proceedings. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere and must not be currently under review by another conference or journal. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 independent experts in the field following a single blind process. Accepted and presented papers will appear in the conference proceedings published in the IFIP Open Access Digital Library and will also be submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Manuscripts will be collected via EasyChair. You can submit your contribution using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wons18 Further submission instructions are published on the conference web site http://2018.wons-conference.org/ General Chair: Jérôme Härri, EURECOM TPC Chairs: Miguel Sepulcre, University Miguel Hernandez Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida Web and Publicity Chair: Lara Codecà, EURECOM Steering Committee: Renato Lo Cigno, University of Trento Falko Dressler, University of Paderborn Mario Gerla, UCLA Edward W. Knightly, Rice University Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens Dr. Miguel Sepulcre Assistant Professor UWICORE, http://www.uwicore.umh.es Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] - IEEE Communications Magazine FT on Information-Centric Networking Securit
by Lars Wolf 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] - IEEE Communications Magazine FT on Information-Centric Networking Securit Datum: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:22:14 +0900 Von: Ruidong Li <lrd(a)NICT.GO.JP> Antwort an: Ruidong Li <lrd(a)NICT.GO.JP> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE Communications Magazine, Feature Topic on Information-Centric Networking Security http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/information-centric-networking-security -INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------- Information-centric networking (ICN) is a new network architecture that provides the access to named data as first order network service, providing better trust in data authenticity and greater potential for optimizing forwarding behavior compared to traditional host-based communication systems like the Internet today. The ICN principle of accessing authenticated named data in the network enables several optimizations, such as network-layer data caching, flexible multipath communication and simplified mobility management. ICN thus addresses many important requirements of applications such as high-performance, scalable media data distribution and reliable, distributed Internet of Things networks. ICN is an active research area that includes specific topics such as network architectures, applications, transport, and caching techniques. Security is a particularly important topic since ICN enables new approaches with respect to confidentiality, access control and trust management that we want to address by this Feature Topic. Solicited topics include (but are not limited to): · Security architectures for information-centric networking (ICN) · Authentication and authorization for distributed caching environment · Access control mechanisms for ICN · Security in mobile ICN · Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in information-centric network · Information sharing and data protection in ICN · Secure monitoring in ICN · Denial of service attacks prevention in ICN · Privacy protection in ICN · Privacy policy framework for ICN · Privacy in caching, naming, signature · Mechanisms to enforce privacy and trust · Privacy-preserving processing in ICN · Privacy-preserving data publishing on ICN · User privacy, data providers privacy and ICN application platform privacy · Privacy and security in ICN applications · Trusted computing platform · Trust models for ICN · Trust management for ICN · Copyright management and business models for ICN - SUBMISSIONS ---------------------------------------- Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the communications technology community. They should be written in a tutorial style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations are allowed). Articles should not exceed 4500 words (from introduction through conclusions, excluding figures, tables and captions). Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of archival references is recommended not to exceed 15. In some rare cases, more mathematical equations, figures, and tables may be allowed, if well-justified. In general, however, mathematics should be avoided; instead, references to papers containing the relevant mathematics should be provided. Complete guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts are posted at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please submit a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or log in, and go to Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select "July 2018 / Information-Centric Networking Security" as the Feature Topic category for your submission. - IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------------------------------- · Manuscript Submission: November 1, 2017 · Decision Notification: March 1, 2018 · Final Manuscript Due: April 15, 2018 · Publication Date: July 2018 - GUEST EDITORS ---------------------------------------- Xiaoming Fu University of Göttingen, Germany fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Satyajayant Misra New Mexico State University, USA misra(a)cs.nmsu.edu Dirk Kutscher Huawei Research, Germany dku(a)dkutscher.net Ruidong Li National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan lrd(a)nict.go.jp ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE WoWMoM 2018 -- 19th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
by Lars Wolf 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE WoWMoM 2018 -- 19th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks Datum: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:46:56 +0000 Von: Koutsonikolas, Dimitrios <dimitrio(a)BUFFALO.EDU> Antwort an: Koutsonikolas, Dimitrios <dimitrio(a)BUFFALO.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE WoWMoM 2018 19th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks http://it.murdoch.edu.au/wowmom2018/ sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Missouri University of Science and Technology, IEEE Computer Society TC on Computer Communications (TCCC) June 12-15, 2018 Chania, Crete, Greece ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract submission due: November 23, 2017 Full manuscript due: November 30, 2017 Acceptance notification: March 15, 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE WoWMoM 2018 is soliciting original and previously unpublished papers addressing research challenges and advances in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems. The evolution of wireless networking technologies and their key role in future Internet scenarios offer an increasing wealth of opportunities for distributing multimedia contents over wireless networks, enabling dissemination of professional contents to mobile users as well as sharing user-generated contents among them. Users will be able to retrieve, publish, and manage information, communicate with other users or devices, access and author services, and create and exploit context-awareness. Papers that present original work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis, are solicited. Practical experiences and experimental efforts from both industry and academia, duly documenting the lessons learned from testbeds, field-trials, or real deployments, are also welcome. Papers are invited which address new and previously unpublished results in the areas: – Ad-hoc, sensor, mesh and vehicular wireless networks – Content-centric architectures for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Context-awareness in wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Cognitive communications and networking – Dependability and survivability issues for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Energy-efficiency for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Internet/Web of Things – Localisation, tracking, and mobility management and services – Middleware services for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Mobile applications and services over 5G networks – Mobile big data networking and services – Mobile cloud computing – Mobile applications and services over 5G networks – Mobile edge computing – Mobile health networking – Mobile network traffic characterization and measurements – Mobile social networks – Modelling, analysis, and performance evaluation - Network virutalisation and software-defined wireless networks – Opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks – Participatory, mobile and urban sensing – Resource management for QoS/QoE provisioning – RFID, NFC, and Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications – Satellite and space networking – Seamless inter-networking and self-organisation – Security, trust and privacy issues for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – System prototypes, measurements, real-world deployment, and experiences – Underwater wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Virtual mobile infrastructure – Wireless BAN, PAN, LAN, MAN and WAN – Wireless multimedia systems, services and applications - Wearable Computing PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. Papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS, using the link:https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23975 Authors can submit papers falling into two distinct paper categories (please select the appropriate one when submitting): Regular Papers Regular papers submissions may be up to 9 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size 10 points or greater. For the camera ready, authors can buy one additional page up to 10 pages. Work in Progress papers Work-in-progress papers provide a peer-reviewed forum for late-breaking or preliminary research results, giving an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal setting. Work-in-progress papers submissions may be up to 3 pages in length (including figures and references), with the option of purchasing one extra page upon acceptance (up to 4 pages). ********************************************************************************* For accepted papers, attendance and presentation by one of the authors is mandatory. Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to attend the conference and present the paper. Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of IEEE WoWMoM 2018 and submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore. All conference proceedings must meet IEEEÆs quality standards, and IEEE reserves the right not to publish any proceedings that do not meet these standards. WoWMoM organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Selected Papers will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) ********************************************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Abstract submission deadline: November 23, 2017 * Full manuscript due: November 30, 2017 * Acceptance notification: March 15, 2018 * Camera-Ready version due: April 22, 2018 * Conference Dates: June 12-15, 2017 WORKSHOPS AND AFFILIATED EVENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WoWMoM 2018 will offer a four-day technical program including keynote speeches, hot-topic panel sessions, tutorials, demonstrations, and PhD forum. Several workshops will be held in conjunction with the symposium. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE Digital Library (IEEE Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE WoWMoM. The conference also provides a high quality social events program, including a welcome reception, a gala dinner, and a guided tour of the historical part of Macau. DEMOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technical demonstrations in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems are solicited. Instructions for submitting a demo proposal will be posted in due time on the conference website. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL CHAIRS Polychronis Koutsakis, Murdoch University, Australia TPC CHAIRS Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia Vasilios Siris, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece STEERING COMMITTEE Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA WORKSHOPS CHAIRS Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany Petros Spachos, University of Guelph, Canada PUBLICATION CHAIRS Victoria Manfredi, Wesleyan University, USA Rita Tse, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China DEMONSTRATION CHAIRS Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy Stefanos Papadakis, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIRS Ana Aguiar, University of Porto, Portugal Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, University of Buffalo, USA Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Switzerland Suranga Seneviratne, Data61 CSIRO, Australia PANEL CHAIRS Yue Gao, Queen Mary University of London, UK Mario Papadopouli, University of Crete, Greece PHD FORUM CHAIRS Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal Angelos Marnerides, Lancaster University, UK FINANCE & REGISTRATION CHAIR Yonghe Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS Spyros Psychis, Technical University of Crete, Greece Marios Kastrinakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece WEB CHAIR David Murray, Murdoch University, Australia TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (not yet complete) Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy Albert Banchs, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, USA Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Luca Bedogni, University of Bologna, Italy Boris Bellalta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Brahim Bensaou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Manoj BS, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Claudio Cicconetti, MBI, Italy Igor Curcio, Nokia, Finland Debraj De, Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA Swades De, Indian Institute of Technology, India Alessandra De Paola, University of Palermo, Italy Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy Mario Di Francesco, Aalto University, Finland Roberto Di Pietro, Bell Labs, France Ozgur Ercetin, Sabanci University, Turkey Serge Fdida, UPMC, France Marco Fiore, IEIIT-CNR, Italy Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy James Gross, KTH, Sweden Raouf Hamzaoui, De Montfort University, UK Mahbub Hassan, UNSW Sydney, Australia Matthias Hollick, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Peizhao Hu, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Wen Hu, UNSW Sydney, Australia Pan Hui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Raja Jurdak, Data61-CSIRO, Australia Karl Holger, University of Paderborn, Germany Andreas J. Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, University at Buffalo, USA Kun-chan Lan, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Adrian Loch, IMDEA Networks, Spain Tony Luo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Petri Mähönen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Angelos Marnerides, Lancaster University, UK Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Daniele Miorandi, Create-Net, Italy Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal David Murray, Murdoch University, Australia Matt Mutka, Michigan State University, USA Vinayak Naik, IIIT Delhi, India Elena Pagani, University of Milano, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy George Polyzos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece James Pope, University of Bristol, UK Ioannis Psaras, University College London, UK Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland Damith Ranasighe, University of Adelaide, Australia Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany Francesco Restuccia, Northeastern University, USA Jorge Sa Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal Anand Seetharam, California State University, USA Shamik Sengupta, University of Nevada, USA Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Bo Sheng, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Simone Silvestri, University of Kentucky, USA Krishna Sivalingam, IIT Madras, India Petros Spachos, University of Guelph, Canada Ioannis Stavrakakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Thorsten Strufe, TU Dresden, Germany Chen-Khong Tham, National University Singapore, Singapore Kanchana Thilakarathna, Data61-CSIRO, Australia Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa, Italy Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Joerg Widmer, IMDEA Networks, Spain Andreas Willig, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Hongyi Wu, Old Dominion University, USA Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA Wensheng Zhang, Iowa State University, USA Zimu Zhou, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Cliff Zou, University of Central Florida, USA Moshe Zukerman, City University of Hong Kong, China ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal (IF=3.04) -- Special Issue on Recent advances on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Transportation Systems
by Lars Wolf 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal (IF=3.04) -- Special Issue on Recent advances on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Transportation Systems Datum: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:23:03 -0400 Von: Mubashir Husain Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Mubashir Husain Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear All, Please find below a call for papers for Special Issue in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal . Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Link: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/call-for-papers/special-i… Scope and Motivation: ---------------------- The rapid evolution of communications technologies together with the variety and potential availability of network access mediums and service providers have led to the emergence of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). There is a large variety of ITS networks spanning from mobile ground networks, e.g. Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) to aerial ground networks, e.g. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks. VANET is a kind of ITS networks where a vehicle is a connected car equipped with various communications technologies such as: Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) and cellular networks (3G/4G). The purpose of VANET is to ensure a wide area coverage for all vehicles in scaling the network, thus achieving the always best connected paradigm where the best connectivity is offered to clients wherever they are and at any time. UAV is another kind of aerial ITS networks, which are used in military applications for target monitoring and engaging air to ground combats. It is also used in civil applications to explore inaccessible areas and deliver data to and from areas with no network infrastructure. There are many unprecedented challenges to realize ITS network; security and privacy is one of them since, on one hand, vehicles exchange sensitive data (e.g., accidents notification, coordinates of nuclear sites, etc.) and on the other hand they form a specific network with particular characteristics (frequent fragmentation and dynamic topology). This special issue covers studies and solutions that ensure ITS security and privacy. We encourage authors from the industry and academe to submit their original research works that will enhance our understanding and modeling of security, privacy, and attacks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Intrusion detection and response systems in ITS network. Intrusion prediction model in in ITS network Data Mining and Machine learning for IDS Cyber-attacks against ITS network Security metrics Secure localization in ITS network Lightweight cryptography technique Cyber-attacks modeling in ITS network Secure routing protocol Key management schemes in ITS network Privacy challenges in ITS Important Dates : ------------------ Manuscript Due: March 01, 2018 Acceptance notification: July 01, 2018 Revised paper due: Septembre 01, 2018 Final manuscript due: December 01, 2018 Expected Publication of the Special Issue: March 01, 2019 Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- All submissions have to be prepared according to the Guide for Authors as published in the Journal website at http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/. Authors should select “SI: SP&ITS2017”, from the “Choose Article Type” pull-down menu during the submission process. All contributions must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A submission based on one or more papers that appeared elsewhere has to comprise major value-added extensions over what appeared previously (at least 30% new material). Authors are requested to attach to the submitted paper their relevant, previously published articles and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. Guest Editors of the Special Issue: ------------------------------------ Sedjelmaci Hichem Technological Research Institute – SystemX, France Sidi Mohammed Senouci University of Burgundy, France Nirwan Ansari New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, United States Mubashir Husain Rehmani ================================================= Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Ph.D., Senior Member IEEE Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine Associate Editor, IEEE Access Associate Editor, Elsevier CAEE and JNCA Journals Associate Editor, Springer Wireless Networks Associate Editor, AHSWN Journal and JCN Journal https://sites.google.com/site/mshrehmani/ ================================================= ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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ACM e-Energy Call-for-Papers
by David Irwin 22 Oct '17

22 Oct '17

9th International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy) June 12-15, 2018, Karlsruhe, Germany http://conferences.sigcomm.org/eenergy/2018/index.php ACM eEnergy is the premier forum for research at the intersection of computing and communication technologies with energy systems. It has established a strong track record for high-quality research in the application of computing and networked systems to make legacy systems more energy-efficient and in the design, analysis, and development of innovative energy systems. The Ninth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy) will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from the 12th to the 15th of June 2018. By bringing together researchers in a single-track conference designed to offer significant opportunities for personal interaction, it is a major forum for shaping the future of this area. CALL FOR PAPERS Important Dates Paper registration deadline: January 15th, 2018, AOE Paper submission deadline: January 22nd, 2018, AOE Author notification: April 9th, 2018 We seek high-quality papers at the intersection of computing and communication technologies with energy systems. We welcome submissions describing conceptual advances, as well as advances in system design, implementation and experimentation. ACM e-Energy is committed to a fair, timely, and thorough review process with sound and detailed feedback. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to the following: - Monitoring and control of energy systems for smart grids, smart buildings, and smart cities - Energy-efficient computing and communication, including in data centers - Electric vehicles and energy-efficient transportation systems - Control of distribution and transmission networks - Microgrid and distributed generation management and control - Distributed energy resources, including energy storage resources - Privacy and security of smart grid infrastructure - Demand-side management, including innovative pricing and incentive design - Modeling and understanding the user behavior of energy systems enabled by computing and communication technologies - Data analytics for the smart grid and energy-efficient systems - Electricity market and electricity supply chain measurement, modeling, and analysis - Applications of cyber-physical systems and industrial Internet-of-Things to smart energy systems Three types of contributions are solicited: Full papers, up to 10 pages in 9-point ACM double-column format for the main body of the paper (i.e., everything excluding references) and unlimited number of pages for appendices and references, should present original theoretical and/or experimental research in any of the areas listed above that has not been published, accepted for publication, or under review by another workshop, conference, or journal. The review of full papers will follow the standard double-blind policy. Notes, up to 4 pages in 9-point ACM double-column format for the main body of the paper (i.e., everything excluding references) and unlimited number of pages for appendices and references. Notes are intended to discuss preliminary research results, advocate new research directions, or present industrial projects. While notes are not expected to have extensive evaluations, they will be reviewed based on the novelty of their ideas, potential for impact, and quality of presentation. The review of note will also follow the standard double-blind policy. Poster/Demo descriptions, up to 2 pages in 9-point ACM double-column format showcasing work in progress are encouraged. Accepted posters/demos will be showcased in a separate session at the conference. Topics of interest are the same as research topics listed above. Preference will be given to posters/demos where the primary contribution is from one or more students. Industry participation is also encouraged. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The submission must be in PDF format and be formatted according to the official ACM Proceedings format. Papers that do not meet the size and formatting requirements may not be reviewed. Word and LaTeX templates are available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/ proceedings-template.html. Submissions are to be made via the paper submission website: https://eenergy18.hotcrp.com/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Extended Deadline Nov 6: IEEE Body Sensor Networks (BSN), Las Vegas, USA, March 4-7, 2018
by Lars Wolf 21 Oct '17

21 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Extended Deadline Nov 6: IEEE Body Sensor Networks (BSN), Las Vegas, USA, March 4-7, 2018 Datum: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:33:06 -0400 Von: Nirmalya Roy <nirmalya.roy(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Nirmalya Roy <nirmalya.roy(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] *Extended Paper Submission Deadline: **November 6, 2017* CALL FOR PAPERS - IEEE BSN 2018 IEEE International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, March 4-7 2018 https://bsn-bhi.embs.org The IEEE International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2018 is the 15th in a series of annual conferences sponsored by IEEE EMBS dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of sensor-exploiting medical/healthcare systems and networking. IEEE BSN18 will be co-located with the HIMSS2018 (Health Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference) and the IEEE BHI2018 (IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics) in Las Vegas, March 4-7, 2018. The joint program will have world-renowned speakers from research institutes, government agencies and industry. An attendance of over thousands is expected in this research festival in healthcare and medical technologies. Body sensor systems and networks provide the opportunity to measure physiology, behavior and environments outside the clinical settings. Means of systems, communication modules, on-chip and off-line data processing and modelling turn these measurements into actionable information. Authors are invited to submit full papers (4 Pages) and demo/poster abstracts (1 Page) presenting cutting-edge research related to the theory and/or practice of wearable and implantable systems and/or body sensor networking ranging from physical devices, integrated systems and healthcare/medical applications. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review elsewhere. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: • Prototyping body-worn sensor systems for healthcare applications; • Ultra-low-power or batteryless system solutions for health longitudinal study; • Machine learning, signal processing, and decision support algorithms & systems • Security, privacy and trust in body sensor networks and systems; • Medical and wellness applications from childhood health to elderly care; • Body Area communication protocols, algorithms and systems. This year, BSN will recognize multiple awards from all accepted papers, including Best Paper Award, Best Student Paper Award, Best Poster Award, and one Best Demo Award. > Student travel grants sponsored by the US NSF are available! > Conference web-site: https://bsn-bhi.embs.org BSN 2018 Key Dates • September 30, 2017: Submission deadline of workshop proposals • October 23, 2017: Acceptance notification of workshop proposals *• November 6, 2017: Extended Submission deadline of regular full-length papers* • November 20, 2017: Submission deadline of workshop papers • December 10, 2017: Acceptance notification of full-length & workshop papers • December 22, 2017: Submission deadline of demo/poster abstracts • January 8, 2018: Acceptance notification of demo/poster abstracts • January 15, 2018: Submission of camera-ready papers Organizing Committee Conference Chair Roozbeh Jafari, Texas A&M University, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs Louis Atallah, Philips Research, USA Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Washington State Univ., USA Wenyao Xu, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, USA Finance Chair Yufei Huang, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Workshop Chair Theodora Chaspari, Texas A&M University, USA Poster Co-Chairs Ye Sun, Michigan Technological University, USA Zhiqiang Zhang, University of Leeds, UK Publicity Chair Nirmalya Roy, Univ. of Maryland (UMBC), USA Travel Awards Chair Bobak Jack Mortazavi, Texas A&M University, USA Industry Chair Shuayb Zarar, Microsoft Research, USA HIMSS-EMBS Liaison Co-Chairs Elliot Sloane, Center for Healthcare Infor Res & Policy, USA Stephen Wong, Houston Methodist Hosp & Cornell Univ, USA Technical Program Committee Kemal Akkaya, Florida International University, USA Nabil Alshurafa, Northwestern University, USA Oliver Amft, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE Paolo Bonato, Harvard Medical School, USA Alper Bozkurt, North Carolina State University, USA Wan-Young Chung, Pukyong National University, KE Canan Dagdeviren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Bjoern Eskofier, Friedrich-Alexander University, DE Jiaqi Gong, Univ. of Maryland (UMBC),, USA Adam W. Hoover, Clemson University, USA Ming-Chun Huang, Case Western Reserve University, USA Omer T. Inan, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Zhanpeng Jin, SUNY Buffalo, USA Kristof van Laerhoven, University of Freiburg, Germany Steffen Leonhardt, Aachen University, DE Feng Lin, University of Colorado Denver, USA Benny Lo, Imperial College, UK Xi Long, Philips Research, NL Kunal Mankodiya, University of Rhode Island, USA Daniel Roggen, University of Sussex, UK Nirmalya Roy, Univ. of Maryland (UMBC),USA Edward Sazonov, University of Alabama, USA Donna Spruijt-Metz, University of South California, USA Krishna Kumar Venkatasubraman, WPI, UA Sun Ye, Michigan Tech University, USA Zhiqiang Zhang, University of Leeds, UK Gang Zhou, College of William and Mary, USA Steering Committee Oliver Amft, University of Passau, DE Dinesh Bhatia, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Paolo Bonato, Harvard Medical School, USA Thomas Falck, Philips Research, Einhoven, NL Karl Friedl, UCSF/USARIEM, USA Reed Hoyt, USARIEM, USA Roozbeh Jafari, Texas A&M University Steffen Leonhardt, RWTH Aachen Benny Lo, Imperial College, London, UK Jeffrey Palmer, MIT, USA Joseph Paradiso, MIT, USA Carmen Poon, Chinese University of Hong Kong Gerhard Troester, ETH, Switzerland Paul Wright, University of California at Berkeley, USA Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College, London, UK Yuan-Ting Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong EMBS Staff Members Janice Sander, IEEE EMB, USA Scott Woodhouse, IEEE EMB, USA ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers -- MadCom 2018
by Lars Wolf 20 Oct '17

20 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers -- MadCom 2018 Datum: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 21:15:55 +0000 Von: Sun, Zhi <zhisun(a)BUFFALO.EDU> Antwort an: Sun, Zhi <zhisun(a)BUFFALO.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call for Papers -- MadCom 2018 "New Wireless Communication Paradigms for the Internet of Things" In-conjunction with EWSN 2018 Proceedings appear in ACM Digital Library February 14, 2018 in Madrid, Spain https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/madcom.html Keynote speech: Petri Mähönen, Professor and the head of the Institute for Networked Systems, RWTH Aachen University. Aim For the last decades, radio frequency (RF) has been at the core of the revolution enabling wireless communication for the Internet of Things (IoT). But RF communication has been a victim of its own success, and the ever increasing number of devices joining the IoT are saturating the RF bandwidth. We need alternative ways to exploit RF technology and to use other means to transmit data wirelessly. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from different communities to identify and explore novel wireless communication technologies, and debate on and discuss priorities and challenges in the research agenda. Scope The workshop will consist of a keynote and presentations of short papers. The short papers can be of a technical nature, presenting preliminary technical results, or position papers presenting a thought-provoking view regarding methods or applications for novel wireless communication technologies. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - backscatter communication - visible light communication - magnetic induction communication - terahertz communication - camera-based communication - thermal-based communication - molecular communication - communication through physical vibration - acoustic communication - services piggybacked on wireless communication (e.g. gesture recognition/radar) - mobile RF networks and drone-enabled communication - new platforms - new communication methods with RF signals - new network stacks for novel communication technologies - applications for novel wireless communication method Please ask the workshop chairs if you are uncertain if your topic fits, david.malone (at) nuim.ie<http://nuim.ie> and ccanobs (at) uoc.edu<http://uoc.edu>. Submission Instructions Formatting requirements. The papers will be published as part of the conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital Library. We encourage submissions from academia and industry alike. Full papers can have a maximum length of 6 pages (two column format). The workshop also accepts short position papers of a maximum length of two pages in the same format. Pages must have 8.5" x 11" (letter) two-column format, using 10-point type on 11-point leading, with a maximum text block of 7" wide x 9" deep with an intercolumn spacing of .25". The page limits include figures, tables, and references. Authors may use the LaTex template ewsn-workshops.tex provided at https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/ewsn-template.zip. All submitted papers will be judged through single-blind reviewing. Please include author names and affiliations along with the title. Submission system. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair. Please submit your papers using this https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=madcom2018. Important Dates Paper registration: October 22, 2017 (hard deadline). Paper submissions: October 29, 2017 (hard deadline). Notification: December 1, 2017. Camera Ready: December 20, 2017. Organisation David Malone, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland. Cristina Cano, WINE Group, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain. TPC Members Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Yusung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea Francesco Gringoli, University of Brescia, Italy Andrew Markham, The University of Oxford, UK Ozgu Alay, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Ilenia Tinnirello, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy Michael Rahaim, Boston University, USA Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland Andres Garcia-Saavedra, NEC Labs Europe, Germany Xavier Vilajosana, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: ACM MobiHoc 2018 - 19th International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (Los Angeles, CA, June 26-19, 2018)
by Lars Wolf 19 Oct '17

19 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Alex Afanasyev <aa(a)CS.FIU.EDU> Gesendet: 19. Oktober 2017 11:59:42 GMT-06:00 An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: ACM MobiHoc 2018 - 19th International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (Los Angeles, CA, June 26-19, 2018) ACM MobiHoc 2018 - CALL FOR PAPERS 16TH ACM SYMPOSIUM ON MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKING AND COMPUTING June 26-29, 2018, Los Angeles, USA https://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2018/ Paper Registration Deadline: DECEMBER 15, 2017 (11:59PM PDT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACM MobiHoc is a premier conference with a highly selective single-track technical program dedicated to addressing the challenges emerging from networked systems that must operate in the face of dynamics ranging from changing user demands to connectivity and resource availability. Examples of such dynamic networks include wired/wireless communication, data-centers, sensors, energy, social, and transportation networks. Work that presents new performance evaluation methods, novel algorithms or provides fundamental insights for these systems is encouraged. We are interested both in innovative works in an unexplored and/or emerging topic in the broad area of networks, and in novel findings and/or new insights that build on existing works. The specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic networks - Network optimization and learning - Ultra-wideband and millimeter-wave mobile networking - Analytical modeling and model validation - Performance, fundamental limits, scalability, energy, and reliability - Routing, scheduling, resource allocation, spectrum sharing - Online algorithms for interacting networks - Communication and networking aspects of cyber-physical systems - Anomaly detection, network monitoring and forecasting - Network games, network economics - Big data and machine learning in the context of dynamic networks - Tasks, applications, sensing, and services over networks - Trust, security, and privacy - Exciting results from experimental systems - Internet of the Things (IoT) - 5G wireless - Big-data analytics and machine learning for dynamic networks - Interdependent critical infrastructure networks - Edge computing and distributed computing over networks - Software Defined Networking/Network Function Virtualization Authors can keep their names on their submitted paper, i.e., SUBMISSIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE DOUBLE BLIND. Authors can also prepare technical reports that are made available on their own websites and on purely archiving organizations such as arXiv.org. However, all submissions must comply with the DUAL SUBMISSION POLICY [1]. All submitted papers will be considered for a Best Paper Award. Papers are expected to be direct and specific about their results, contributions, and context. [1]: https://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2018/submission.html#dual-submission-poli… ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: RED-IoT 2018 workshop in conjunction with EWSN 2018 (final deadline)
by Lars Wolf 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Elias Tragos <etragos(a)ICS.FORTH.GR> Gesendet: 18. Oktober 2017 09:38:22 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: RED-IoT 2018 workshop in conjunction with EWSN 2018 (final deadline) [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Call for Papers – RED-IoT 2018 “2nd Workshop on Recent advances in secure management of data and resources in the IoT” In-conjunction with EWSN 2018 Proceedings appear in ACM Digital Library February 14-16, 2018 in Madrid, Spain https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/red-iot.html Keynote speech: Dr. Shahid Raza, director of the security lab at SICS, Sweden. Recent advances in the area of Internet-Connected Objects have revolutionized the everyday lives of people and the industrial world. The Internet of Things (IoT) has infused immense doses of "intelligence" in the physical world making the transition towards digitising everything. Nowadays, most devices around us are either connected to the IoT or are about to be. Physical objects are becoming intelligent through connected devices that are either attached to them or monitoring/controlling them. At a larger scale, cities are becoming smarter, embracing a plethora of technologies to enhance and improve the quality of everyday living. The evolution of traditional wireless sensor networks towards the IoT has introduced numerous opportunities for advanced and promising applications for citizens and industries. Many companies have recently launched "smart products" into the market, in every domain: home, automotive, agriculture, water, air, environment, etc. Most of these products are quite innovative and can be useful for improving and simplifying the lives of citizens, assisting them to their daily activities or contributing also to improving the municipal services and improving the quality of the environment we live. However, most of these products fail to address even simple challenges for security and privacy: they do not protect the data they gather and transmit, they do not use encrypted connections, they use simplistic credentials, etc. The IoT, though, raises significant challenges regarding security, and privacy. Having large numbers of connected devices deployed everywhere around us, e.g. in homes, offices, buses, on the street, monitoring the everyday activities of citizens raises issues regarding user privacy. Privacy issues exist not only when users are actively involved in IoT applications e.g. when sending data from their mobile phones, but also when they are subjects of monitoring by other devices, e.g. when they are being monitored by cameras on the streets. Devices that offer actuation capabilities, e.g. traffic lights, doors, windows, alarms and vehicles allow cyber-attacks to extend effects to the real world. Current centralized IoT solutions raise also security and privacy issues due to the single central point of gathering all data and mechanisms. To address this, lately, there is a shift of interest towards distributed or decentralized security solutions. This workshop builds on the success of the first RED-IoT workshop collocated with the IEEE CAMAD 2014 conference in Athens, Greece, December 2014. It aims to bring together experts from academia and industry that are working in cross-layer issues in the areas of security, and privacy in the IoT. The goal is to present recent results of the research community, the industry and standardisation bodies and exchange ideas for joint research activities in the future. The workshop welcomes original submissions in the following topic areas: • Security and privacy by design architectures for IoT • Decentralized and distributed security architectures • Blockchain in the IoT • GDPR in the IoT • Intelligent, secure data processing, mining, fusion, storage, and management, context awareness, ambient intelligence • Secure wireless channel and traffic models • Physical layer security in the IoT • Secure spectrum management solutions for wireless IoT communications • Security of sensors and actuators • Security and privacy in IoT applications • Embedded security and privacy in IoT devices • Forensics for IoT • Privacy and anonymization techniques in IoT • Trust management IoT architectures • Lightweight security solutions • On-device authentication, authorization and access control in IoT • Big data security for IoT • Detection and prevention of IoT-based security attacks • Ethics and legal considerations in IoT. Submission Instructions and Formatting Requirements The papers will be published as part of the conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital Library. We encourage submissions from academia and industry alike. Full papers can have a maximum length of 6 pages (two column format). The workshop also accepts short position papers of a maximum length of two pages in the same format. Pages must have 8.5" x 11" (letter) two-column format, using 10-point type on 11-point leading, with a maximum text block of 7" wide x 9" deep with an intercolumn spacing of .25". The page limits include figures, tables, and references. Authors may use the LaTex template ewsn-workshops.tex provided here. All submitted papers will be judged through single-blind reviewing. Please include author names and affiliations along with the title. Submission system. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair here. https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rediot2018 *Important Dates* Paper registration: October 22, 2017 (*Final Deadline)* Paper submissions: October 29, 2017 (*Final Deadline)* Notification: December 1, 2017 Camera-ready: December 20, 2017 Workshop date: February 14, 2018 *Organisation* Elias Tragos, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway, Ireland George Oikonomou, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, UK *TPC* Vangelis Angelakis, Linköping University, Sweden Budi Arief, University of Kent, UK Simon Duquennoy, RISE SICS, Sweden Xenofon Fafoutis, University of Bristol, UK Alexandros Fragkiadakis, FORTH-ICS, Greece Julio Hernandez-Castro, University of Kent, UK Aqeel Kazmi, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway, Ireland Rémy Leone, INRIA, France George Moldovan, Siemens, Romania Henrich Pöhls, University of Passau, Germany James Pope, University of Bristol, UK Dr Martin Serrano, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway, Ireland Shahid Raza, RISE SICS, Sweden Nicolas Tsiftes, RISE SICS, Sweden Pete Woznowski, University of Bristol, UK ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: ACM TCPS Call for Papers: Special Issue on Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems
by Lars Wolf 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Tei-Wei Kuo <pubs(a)acm.org> Gesendet: 18. Oktober 2017 15:30:00 MESZ An: wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE Betreff: ACM TCPS Call for Papers: Special Issue on Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (TCPS) Special Issue on Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems Guest Editors * Samarjit Chakraborty, TU Munich, Germany * Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA ---------------------------------------------------------- - Introduction - Mobility is one of the biggest societal challenges of the future that is to be addressed in all cities around the word. There is an ever-growing population, increasing concentration of people in cities, environmental concerns, and the growing aspirations of people towards vehicle ownership, especially in developing countries. All of these throw up myriad challenges to improve transportation systems - in order to make them more efficient, increase their safety and comfort level, and reduce their negative impacts on the environment. At the same time, a variety of recent developments in the domains of engineering and information and communication technologies (ICT) have opened up possibilities that are poised to disrupt transportation systems in the near future. These include autonomous vehicles, electromobility, intelligent traffic lights and autonomous intersection management, the possibilities of ride sharing and aggregation services (such as those provided by Uber), and new toll pricing policies, parking management systems and public transport management systems using dynamic policies. In addition, the emergence of data science and analytics will also provide new tools using which transportation systems and services will be managed in the future. The confluence of this multitude of technologies and tools from different domains and the impact they will have in future transportation systems will be the theme of this special issue on Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems. The aim of this special issue will be to feature articles on new technologies that will impact future transportation systems. They might span across vehicular technologies - such as autonomous vehicles, vehicle platooning and electric cars, communication technologies to enable vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, security mechanisms, infrastructure-level technologies to support transportation, as well as management systems and policies such as traffic light control, intersection management, dynamic toll pricing and parking management. In addition to terrestrial transportation, traffic control and autonomous management of aerial vehicles and maritime ships are also of interest. An important goal of this special issue is also to bring together perspectives from multiple research communities such as Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering - all of whom are going to play an important role in shaping future transportation systems. - Scope and additional information - * Data-driven modeling, analysis and management of large-scale transportation CPS * Infrastructure-based terrestrial and air traffic monitoring, control and management * Human, autonomous system and infrastructure interaction and human-in-the-loop control * Close loop sensing, control, actuation of networked automated terrestrial and aerial vehicles * Networking support for real-time highly-reliable V2X and airspace networking * Emerging transportation modes with shared mobility and participatory delivery * Technologies for autonomous vehicles, testing, verification and case studies * Toll pricing, intelligent traffic lights, parking management * Technologies for shared mobility and service aggregation, especially in dynamic environments * Management and control of Electric vehicles and infrastructure * Emerging automotive embedded systems technologies * Case studies, testbeds, prototypes, and practical systems for Transportation CPS * Safety, dependability, Security, privacy issues for Transportation CPS * Analysis of heterogeneity, resiliency and sustainability issues for Transportation CPS * Testing and verification of dependable Transportation CPS In addition to reporting original research results and innovative applications, tutorial style papers on specific topics are also welcome. - Schedule - * Full paper submission deadline: December 1, 2017 * First author notification: March 15, 2018 * Revised paper due: June 1, 2018 * Final author notification: September 1, 2018 * Expected publication: February 2019 For further information, please contact samarjit(a)tum.de and tianhe(a)umn.edu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not want to receive future emails about publishing in ACM journals, unsubscribe at: https://optout.acm.org/unsubscribe.cfm?re=wolf@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de&rl=CFP. 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CFP: ACM MMSys'18 - Tracks, Special Sessions, and Co-Located Workshops
by ChengHsin Hsu 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

========================================================= MMSys’18 Science Park Congress Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 12-15, 2018 http://www.mmsys2018.org/ ========================================================= The ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) and associated workshops (MMVE2018, NetGames2018, NOSDAV2018,PV2018) provide a forum for researchers to present and share their latest research findings in multimedia systems. While research about specific aspects of multimedia systems are regularly published in the various proceedings and transactions of the networking, operating system, real-time system, database, mobile computing, distributed systems, and middleware communities, MMSys aims to cut across these domains in the context of multimedia data types. This provides a unique opportunity to investigate the intersections and the inter-play of the various approaches and solutions developed across these domains to deal with multimedia data types. MMSys is a venue for researchers who explore: - Complete multimedia systems that provide a new kind of multimedia experience or systems whose overall performance improves the state-of-the-art through new research results in more than one component, or - Enhancements to one or more system components that provide a documented improvement over the state-of-the-art for handling continuous media or time-dependent services. Such individual system components include: - Operating systems - Distributed architectures and protocol enhancements - Domain languages, development tools and abstraction layers - Using new architectures or computing resources for multimedia - New or improved I/O architectures or I/O devices, innovative uses and algorithms for their operation - Representation of continuous or time-dependent media - Metrics, measures and measurement tools to assess performance Relevant and interesting themes: Adaptive streaming, games, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, 3D video, Ultra-HD, HDR, immersive systems, plenoptics, 360° video, multimedia IoT, multi- and many-core, GPGPUs, mobile multimedia and 5G, wearable multimedia, P2P, cloud-based multimedia, cyber-physical systems, multi-sensory experiences, smart cities, QoE CHAIRS: ======= General Chair: Pablo Cesar, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica Technical Program Chairs: Michael Zink, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Niall Murray, Athlone Institute of Technology RESEARCH TRACK: =============== - Submissions: 6 to 12 pages (including references) in ACM format - Reproducibility: obtain an ACM reproducibility badge by sharing the code and data to make experimental results reproducible (authors will be contacted to make their artifacts available after paper acceptance) - http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/research-track/ SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 30, 2017 SPECIAL SESSIONS: ================= - Human-centric Internet and Multimedia Systems http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/specialsessions/human-centric-intern… - IoT and Smart Cities http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/specialsessions/iot-and-smart-cities/ - Immersive Multimedia Experiences http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/specialsessions/immersive-multimedia… - Integrative Computer Vision and Multimedia Systems http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/specialsessions/integrative-computer… - Multimedia in 5G network architectures http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/specialsessions/multimedia-in-5g-net… SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 15,2017 OPEN DATASETS & SOFTWARE, DEMO TRACKS: ====================================== - Open datasets & software http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/open-dataset-software-track/ - Demos http://www.mmsys2018.org/participation/demo-track/ SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 25,2018 WORKSHOPS: ========== - PV2018: 23rd Packet Video Workshop https://2018.packet.video - NOSSDAV2018:28th ACM SIGMMWorkshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video http://www.nossdav.org - MMVE2018: 10th International Workshop on lmmersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems http://www.mmve-workshop.org - NetGames2018: 16th Annual Worksop on Network and Systems Support for Games http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/netgames18 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 1, 2018 SPONSORS & CO-SPONSORS: ======================= Sponsors: ACM, SIGMM Co-sponsors: ACM SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, ACM SIGOPS Host: Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) SUPPORTERS: =========== Gold supporter: Adobe Silver supporters: Bitmovin, Unified Streaming --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheng-Hsin Hsu, Associate Professor Dept. of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Phone: +886-3-5731216, Email: chsu(a)cs.nthu.edu.tw

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE PerCom - Consolodated CfP For Affiliated Events and Workshops
by Lars Wolf 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE PerCom - Consolodated CfP For Affiliated Events and Workshops Datum: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:14:29 +0000 Von: Sarah Clinch <sarah.clinch(a)MANCHESTER.AC.UK> Antwort an: Sarah Clinch <sarah.clinch(a)MANCHESTER.AC.UK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG =================================================================================== IEEE PerCom 2018 / CONSOLIDATED CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AFFILIATED EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS March 19-23, 2018 - Athens, Greece http://www.percom.org/ =================================================================================== PerCom 2018 CONSOLIDATED CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AFFILIATED EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS PerCom is the premier scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Detailed information about the scope of events, paper submission process, etc. can be obtained at http://www.percom.org/ and also at the URLs given below. ## PerCom Work in Progress 2018 WiP aims to give its participants an opportunity to present and discuss new challenges and visions, early and emerging results and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions. URL: http://www.percom.org/node/14 Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerCom Demos 2018 The Demo session aims to provide high-quality demonstrations of all things pervasive from academia and industry. Demos demonstrating working systems, innovative applications, groundbreaking ideas, and novel concepts related to PerCom are welcome. URL: http://www.percom.org/node/34 Demo Submission Deadline: November 27, 2017 ## PerCom PhD Forum 2018 The Ph.D. Forum will provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their dissertation research, including work in progress, to the pervasive computing and communication community. The Forum will be organized as a combined one-day workshop prior to the PerCom conference and a poster session during the main conference to encourage interaction between Ph.D. students and researchers from academia, industry, and government. Abstract Submission Deadline: November 27, 2017 LIST of PERCOM WORKSHOPS: ## ARDUOUS: 2nd International Workshop on Annotation of useR Data for UbiquitOUs Systems URL: https://text2hbm.org/arduous/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## CASPer: 5th International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications URL: http://casper2018.uns.ac.rs/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## CoMoRea: 14th Workshop on Context and Activity Modeling and Recognition URL: http://www.comorea.org/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## CoSDEO: 6th CoSDEO workshop on Usable Security URL: https://cosdeo.github.io/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## EmotionAware: 2nd International Workshop on emotion awareness for pervasive computing with mobile and wearable devices URL: https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/emotionaware/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## HCCS: Human-Centered Computational Sensing URL: https://sites.google.com/view/hccs2018/home Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## IQ2S: 9th International Workshop on Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing URL: http://cs.unibo.it/projects/iq2s-2018/index.html Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerAwareCity: The Third IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Context-Aware Smart Cities and Intelligent Transport Systems URL: https://sites.google.com/view/perawarecity2018/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerCrowd: International Workshop on Context-Awareness for Multi-Device Pervasive Computing URL: https://percrowd.blogspot.fi/ Abstract Registration: October 21, 2017 Paper Submission Deadline: October 29, 2017 ## PerFoT: International Workshop on Pervasive Flow of Things URL: http://www.perflow.org/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerHealth: 3rd IEEE PerCom Workshop on Pervasive Health Technologies URL: http://learnlab.uta.edu/PerHealth2018 Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerIoT: Second International Workshop on Mobile and Pervasive Internet of Things URL: https://periot.github.io/2018/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerLS: Second International Workshop on Pervasive Smart Living Spaces URL: http://iotap.mah.se/perls2018/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerSCB: Pervasive Sensing for Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Buildings URL: https://sites.google.com/dis.uniroma1.it/perscb17 Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## PerSysT: 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Systems Integration URL: http://www.persyst.uni-mannheim.de/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## SmarEdge: Second International Workshop on Smart Edge Computing and Networking URL: http://swimsys.cs.odu.edu/SmartEdge/SmartEdge18/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 19, 2017 ## SmarterAAL: Advanced Technologies for Smarter Assisted Living solutions: Towards an open Smart Home infrastructure URL: http://www.acrossing-itn.eu/?q=workshop-percom-2017 Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ## WristSense: Workshop on sensing systems and applications using wrist worn smart devices URL: https://sites.google.com/view/wristsense2018 Paper Submission Deadline: November 11, 2017 ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP: Med-Hoc-Net 2018 (17th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop)
by Lars Wolf 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP: Med-Hoc-Net 2018 (17th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop) Datum: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:38:13 +0200 Von: Christoph Sommer <sommer(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> Antwort an: Christoph Sommer <sommer(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG All accepted papers will be included in the digital proceedings (barring no-shows). Best papers will be published in the Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks journal. Med-Hoc-Net 2018 - Call For Papers 17th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop 20-22 June 2018 Capri, Italy http://medhocnet18.cnit.it/ In recent years the Internet evolution has undergone a remarkable and unstoppable change of trend, rooted on three main pillars: New technologies (cloud computing, SDN, NFV, etc.), broad connectivity (4G/5G, VANET, FANET, etc.), and the wide deployment of smart edge devices (smart phones, sensors, wearables, etc.), all setting the main concept for the Internet of Things (IoT) and encompassing scenarios such as smart cities, ITS (intelligent transportation systems), smart grid, smart homes, or e-health. Med-Hoc-Net 2018 extends its focus far beyond traditional networking concepts, highlighting new concepts related to the mentioned three main pillars developed for the future generation of network and cloud computing technologies. Med-Hoc-Net 2018 will accommodate contributions on smart mobile scenarios, focusing on highly relevant developments but also preliminary ideas and concepts in the ICT area, aiming at facilitating the development of new technologies and services with a high societal impact. Following successful workshops at Sardinia Island (2002), Mahdia (2003), Bodrum (2004), Porquerolles Island (2005), Lipari Island (2006), Corfu Island (2007), Mallorca Island (2008), Haifa (2009), Juan-Les-Pins (2010), Favignana Island (2011), Ayia Napa (2012), Corsica Island (2013), Piran (2014), the Algarve (2015), Barcelona (2016), and Budva (2017), Med-Hoc-Net 2018 will take place on the island of Capri, Italy, in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. Topics of interest revolve around ad hoc and mesh networks; for example: * MAC, routing and transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks * Wireless sensor networking: Technologies, protocols, etc. * Vehicular networks * Smart grid networks * Cognitive radio networks * Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks * Implementations, testbeds, and field tests * Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc.) * Quality of Service * Optimization models and algorithms * Energy-efficient networking * Security and privacy * Localization and tracking in wireless networks * Novel communication techniques * Visible light communication (VLC) * Software defined networking (SDN) * Participatory and urban networks * Underwater wireless networks * UAVs and Flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) * Green networking Manuscript submissions ---------------------- Submissions should be original, previously unpublished work not currently under review for publication elsewhere. All paper submissions must be written in English and must be formatted in standard IEEE 2-column format. The mandatory IEEE template in Microsoft Word and LaTeX format can be found at the IEEE templates page. Only Adobe PDF files will be accepted for the review process. All submissions must be made electronically using EDAS and strictly adhere to the respective page limit when typeset–including figures, tables, and references. Submissions that are not received by the stated deadlines or that do not conform to these rules will not be accepted, nor reviewed at all. We are providing a sample paper for download; please use this as a guide. The EDAS link to upload papers will be published on http://medhocnet18.cnit.it/ Note that we will consider two different categories of papers: - Full papers should describe novel research contributions and are limited in length to eight (8) printed pages. - Short papers should be more visionary in nature and may report on work in progress without completed results. They are meant to present novel perspectives, so as to foster discussion about innovative directions and new points of view. They are limited to at most four (4) pages, but might in many cases be even shorter. Accepted short papers will be included in the proceedings and there will be given (a shorter) time for oral presentation at the workshop. Please note that the full paper and short paper categories target different kinds of contributions. Papers submitted to a category will NOT be moved to a different category: A paper will either be accepted for the category where it has been submitted, or it will be rejected. Full papers will not be “downgraded” to short papers. Therefore, please be sure to carefully assess for yourself prior to submission which is the most suitable submission category for your paper, and to make sure that the presentation in the manuscript is well suited to the aims of this category. No-show policy -------------- Submission to the workshop implies willingness to present. No-shows will be excluded from the proceedings. No-show papers are defined as papers submitted by authors who subsequently did not present the paper in-person (no videos, no remote cast) at the technical meeting. Presentations by proxies are not allowed. No refund of the paid fees can be claimed by the no-show author. Exceptions to this policy can only be made by the Technical Program Chairs of the workshop and only if there is evidence that the no-show occurred because of unanticipated events beyond the control of the authors, and every option available to the authors to present the paper was exhausted. Important Dates for Attendees & Authors --------------------------------------- * Paper submission deadline: Fri, 9 February 2018 * Author notifications sent: Fri, 13 April 2018 * Camera-ready papers due: Fri, 4 May 2018 * Workshop starts: Fri, 20 June 2018 Chairs and Committees --------------------- General Chairs: Sergio Palazzo (University of Catania, Italy) Luigi Paura (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) TPC Chairs: Christoph Sommer (Paderborn University, Germany) Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA) Steering Committee: Ian F. Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Khaldoun Al Agha (Paris-Sud University, France) Luigi Fratta (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Mario Gerla (UCLA, USA) Farouk Kamoun (ENSI, Tunisia) Giovanni Pau (UCLA, USA) Guy Pujolle (UPMC - Paris 6, France) More Information ---------------- For further information, please refer to the workshop website at http://medhocnet18.cnit.it/ -- Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Sommer Cooperative Mobile Systems (CCS Labs) Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany http://www.ccs-labs.org/~sommer/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE DCOSS 2018 - Abstract Registration Deadline on January 17, 2017
by Lars Wolf 12 Oct '17

12 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE DCOSS 2018 - Abstract Registration Deadline on January 17, 2017 Datum: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:57:22 +0200 Von: Aline Carneiro Viana <aline.viana(a)INRIA.FR> Antwort an: Aline Carneiro Viana <aline.viana(a)INRIA.FR> Organisation: INRIA An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers (CFP).] *********************************************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE DCOSS 2018 The 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) New York, U.S.A. June 18 - 20, 2018 ************************************************************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Registration Deadline: 23:59:59 EDT on January 17, 2018 Paper Submission Deadline: 23:59:59 EDT on January 24, 2018 Acceptance Notification: March 28, 2018 Camera Ready Deadline: April 11, 2018 SCOPE Distributed sensor systems today are increasingly ubiquitous, producing information-rich massive data about the physical world. Due to the potential of impacting an entire host of application areas, distributed sensor systems have become a highly visible research area. The International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) focuses on distributed computing issues in networked sensor systems (including, but not limited to, algorithms and applications, systems design techniques and tools, and in-network signal and information processing). The conference normally features three tracks on Systems and Applications, Algorithms and Protocols, and Signal and Information Processing. Potential authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following aspects: ˙ Computation and programming models from sensor to cloud ˙ Energy models, minimization, awareness ˙ Sensor data storage, retrieval, and processing ˙ Distributed collaborative information processing ˙ Machine learning techniques for sensor data analytics ˙ Abstractions for modular design ˙ Communication and networking primitives and protocols ˙ Task allocation, reprogramming, and reconfiguration ˙ Sensor network management, diagnosis, and fault tolerance ˙ Security and privacy issues ˙ Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation ˙ Closed-loop control for sensing and actuation ˙ Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability ˙ Mobile and human-centered sensing ˙ Sensing for the Internet of Things ˙ Crowd sensing and social sensing techniques, applications, and systems ˙ Sensing for smart grid systems, green networks, and sustainability In addition to DCOSS?s traditional focus, DCOSS 2018 will include a ?track of the year?: Massive Sensing for the Industrial IoT. Topics of interests include but are not limited to: ˙ Dependable, safe, secure networked sensing and control ˙ Cloud-based big sensor data management ˙ Real-time sensor data analytics ˙ Data intensive applications and algorithms, e.g. VR/AR for industry ˙ Industrial diagnosis and fault analysis based on sensing systems ˙ Networking and communication in the industrial environments ˙ Location and time management for industrial processes ˙ Heterogeneity and interoperability of sensor systems ˙ Service description and discovery ˙ Digital twins and simulation of physical processes ˙ Industrial applications such as predictive maintenance, smart factories, smart products, ... PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on distributed sensor systems related to DCOSS topics of interest. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum of eight (8) printed pages including figures. Authors may add at most two (2) pages, but only for an appendix, i.e. these two pages contain supplementary material only. The additional two pages will incur overlength charges at $100/page. Please read http://www.dcoss.org/submission.html for more details. *********************************************************************************** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE HONORARY GENERAL CHAIRS Frank Hsu (Fordham University, USA) Sethuraman Panchanathan (Arizona State University, USA) GENERAL CHAIRS Habib M. Ammari, (Fordham University, USA) David Wei, (Fordham University, USA) Gary M. Weiss (Fordham University, USA) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS Yuan He (Tsinghua University, China) Guevara Noubir (Northeastern University, USA) Kay Romer (Graz University of Technology, Austria) WORKSHOPS CHAIR Jiannong Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) Alberto Garcia-Ortiz University of Bremen, Germany) POSTER & DEMO CHAIR Ulf Kulau (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany) Damian Lyons (Fordham University, USA) Lars Wolf (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany) Ph.D. FORUM CHAIRS Pierre Leone (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Utz Roedig (Lancaster University, UK) Xiaolan Zhang (Fordham University, USA) PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA) Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan (Fordham University, USA) Flavia Delicato (Federal Univesity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Jing Liang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China) Aline Carneiro Viana (Inria, France) **************************************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] EWSN 2018 Dependability Competition - Deadline Extended!
by Lars Wolf 11 Oct '17

11 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)TUGRAZ.AT> Gesendet: 11. Oktober 2017 19:45:32 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] EWSN 2018 Dependability Competition - Deadline Extended! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Competitors !!!! DEADLINE EXTENDED !!!! 3rd Dependability Competition at the Intl. Conf. on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) February 14-16, 2018 - Madrid, Spain https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the success of the 2016 and 2017 editions, the Intl. Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) will host also this year a competition to compare the performance of WSN and IoT communication protocols in harsh RF environments. FORMAT: This year's dependability competition will have a new format compared to the past two editions, the most prominent changes being that it will take place remotely over a longer time window, and that it will involve the reporting of multiple events from several nodes. Interested participants should first submit an abstract describing their approach by the competition entry deadline. Accepted contestants will obtain the credentials to remotely access the competition infrastructure and enter the preparation phase, after which each team needs to provide one binary that will be used for the final evaluation. A poster session entirely dedicated to the dependability competition will take place during the evening of the first conference day. All competing teams must present their solution in the poster session and will have the possibility to engage in lively discussions with the other conference attendees. The winners of the competition will be awarded during a dedicated plenary session on the second conference day and will hold a 10-minutes talk presenting their solution, followed by a short discussion. COMPETITION SCENARIO AND EVALUATION PROCEDURE: The competition scenario emulates the operation of a sensor and actuator network monitoring discrete events in an industrial setting where several co-existing wireless devices are crowding the RF spectrum. A complete description of the competition scenario and evaluation procedure can be found at: https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html ELIGIBILITY Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. All wireless communication protocols used in low-power wireless sensor networks are welcome, and there is no restriction on the operating system used to program the sensor nodes. The competition will take place if at least 5 teams respond to this preliminary call for competitors. Depending on the nature and number of submissions, multiple categories may be defined. The winning teams in each category will receive cash awards and present their approach at EWSN in a 10-minutes plenary talk. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Interested participants should first submit a two-page abstract describing their approach by the competition entry deadline, following the formatting requirements described on the competition Webpage. The abstracts will be used to pre-select the participants to the competition. Accepted contestants will have the chance to edit their abstract and submit a camera-ready version by the end of the competition's preparation phase. Accepted abstracts will appear in the ACM Digital Library, unless authors explicitly mark their submission as confidential. IMPORTANT DATES: Competition entry deadline: Oct. 23, 2017 (extended!) Notification of acceptance: Oct. 31, 2017 Camera-ready abstract submission: Jan. 7, 2018 Competition's preparation phase: End-Nov. 2017 until End-Jan., 2018 Submission of final software: End-Jan., 2018 Competition's evaluation phase: End-Jan. until Feb. 7, 2018 Competition panel and poster session: Feb. 14, 2018 Competition awards and winners' presentations: Feb. 15, 2018 ORGANIZERS: Carlo Alberto Boano, TU Graz Markus Schuss, TU Graz --------------------------------------------------------------------- Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of the call --------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 1st Workshop on the Age of Information with IEEE INFOCOM 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
by Lars Wolf 11 Oct '17

11 Oct '17

Anfang der weitergeleiteten E‑Mail: > Von: Yin Sun <sunyin02(a)GMAIL.COM> > Datum: 11. Oktober 2017 um 06:02:33 MESZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 1st Workshop on the Age of Information with IEEE INFOCOM 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA > Antwort an: Yin Sun <sunyin02(a)GMAIL.COM> > > **Apologizes if you receive multiple copies** > > The 1st Workshop on the Age of Information (AoI Workshop) > April 16, 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA > https://www.eng.auburn.edu/AoIWorkshop/ <https://www.eng.auburn.edu/AoIWorkshop/> > > The freshness of information is of fundamental importance in information-update and data analytics applications (e.g., crowdsourcing, financial trading, social networks, and online learning), as well as networked monitoring and control systems (e.g., sensor networks, airplane/vehicular control, robotics networks, Internet of Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems). The Age of Information is a new concept that can serve as a performance metric for characterizing the freshness of information, as a means for fundamental research, and as a tool in numerous applications. Recent research advances on the Age of Information suggest that many well-known design principles (e.g., for providing high throughput and low delay) that lead to the success of traditional data networks are inappropriate and need to be re-examined for enhancing information freshness in the rapidly emerging real-time applications. > The 1st Workshop on the Age of Information (AoI Workshop) will provide a forum where researchers and technical experts can share the latest research insights, and present key and emerging results on the Age of Information, and identify new challenges and opportunities. The AoI Workshop will be held in Honolulu on April 16, 2018 in conjunction with the IEEE INFOCOM Conference 2018 <http://infocom2018.ieee-infocom.org/>. > > Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > • Age of Information Analysis and Optimization > • Age-based Source and Channel Coding > • Age of Information and Information Theory > • Real-time Signal Tracking and Estimation > • Age of Channel State Information > • Age of Information in Robotics and Control Systems > • Age of Information and Security > • Age of Information and Networking Theory > • Age of Information and Game Theory > • Data Freshness in Caches and Databases > • Fresh Big Data > • Fresh Data for Online Learning > • Applications of Age of Information (e.g., Internet-of-Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Vehicular/UAV Networks, etc.) > Submission Guidelines > > The AoI Workshop calls for original and unpublished papers no longer than 6 pages. The reviews will be single blind. The manuscripts should be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF files (formatted for 8.5x11 inch paper). Manuscripts should be submitted as PDF files through the EDAS website. > Important Dates > > Paper Due: Sunday, 31 December 2017 (11:59pm EDT) > Notification of Acceptance: Monday, 29 January 2018 > > Workshop Organizers > > Yin Sun, Auburn University, USA > Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland, USA > If you have any question, please contact the organizers at: InfocomAoI2018(a)gmail.com <mailto:InfocomAoI2018@gmail.com> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing
by Lars Wolf 10 Oct '17

10 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing Datum: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:02:31 +0000 Von: Bo Sheng <Bo.Sheng(a)UMB.EDU> Antwort an: Bo Sheng <Bo.Sheng(a)UMB.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CFP: The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing http://www.cloudbus.org/fog/icfec2018/ May 1, 2018 - May 3, 2018 Washington DC, USA Submission Deadline Nov 27, 2017 Notification Due Jan 31, 2018 Final Version Due Feb 14, 2018 The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm promises to make “things” such as physical objects with sensing capabilities and/or attached with tags, mobile objects such as smart phones and vehicles, consumer electronic devices and home appliances such as fridge, television, healthcare devices, as part of the Internet environment. In cloud-centric IoT applications, the sensor data from these “things” is extracted, accumulated and processed at the public/private clouds, leading to significant latencies. To satisfy the ever increasing demand for Cloud Computing resources from emerging applications such as Internet-of-Things (IoT), academics and industry experts are now advocating for going from large-centralized Cloud Computing infrastructures to micro data centres located at the edge of the network. These micro data centres are often closer to a user (geographically and in access latency) compared to the centralised cloud data centre. The aim of utilizing such edge resources is to off load computation that would have “traditionally” been carried out at the cloud data centre to a resource that is closer to a user or edge devices. This vision also acknowledges the variation in network latency from an end user to cloud data centre. Whereas the network around a data centre is often high capacity and speed, that near the user device may have variably properties (in terms of resilience, bandwidth, latency, etc). Referred to as “fog/edge computing”, this paradigm is expected to improve the agility of cloud service deployments in addition to bringing computing resources closer to end-users. On the one hand, the development of Fog and Edge clouds includes dedicated facilities, operating system, network and middleware techniques to build and operate such micro data centres that host virtualized computing resources. On the other hand, the use of Fog and Edge clouds requires extension to current programming models and propose new abstractions that will allow developers to design new applications that take benefit from such massively distributed systems. The use of this approach also opens up other challenges in: security and privacy (as a user now needs to “trust” every micro data centre they interact with), support for resource management for mobile users who transfer session from one micro data centre to another, support for “embedding” such micro data centres into devices (e.g. cars, buildings, etc). The conference seeks to attract contributions covering both theory and practice of any of the aforementioned challenges, from the management software stack to domain-specific applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): · Data centers and infrastructures for Fog/Edge Computing · Middleware for Fog/Edge infrastructures · Programming models and runtime systems for Fog/Edge Computing · Scheduling for Fog/Edge infrastructures · Fog/Edge storage · Monitoring/metering of Fog/Edge infrastructures · Fog/Edge Computing applications · Latency/locality-critical applications · Legal issues in Fog/Edge clouds · Security and privacy – including support for new cryptographic approaches · Modelling Fog/Edge environments – e.g. using process networks, agent-based models, Peer-2-Peer systems, etc · Performance monitoring and modelling · Applications of Fog/Edge Computing ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
by Lars Wolf 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine Datum: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 18:05:45 +0900 Von: Jong-Hyouk Lee <jonghyouk(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Jong-Hyouk Lee <jonghyouk(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call for Papers (Apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP) Special Issue on: Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (SCIE indexed) Deadline: November 30, 2017 (extended) Guest Editor - Jong-Hyouk Lee, Department of Software, Sangmyung University, Republic of Korea Authors are invited to submit papers for a special issue on ‘Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics’ in the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. This special issue aims at providing a comprehensive review on fundamentals as well as the current state-of-the-art on Blockchain technologies. Recent developments in cryptocurrencies and consensus algorithms are creating new Blockchain based services, while various Blockchain technologies are being developed. Various Blockchain based services are becoming integrated with our daily lives and applied for consumer electronics. This special issue seeks articles that review current Blockchain technologies or explore new Blockchain applications and usage scenarios for consumer electronics. Technical articles may be welcome but these should be of general interest to an engineering audience and of broader scope than archival journal/transaction papers. Articles should be broadly scoped as typically review and tutorial articles are suited to the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. Topics of interest for this special issue include but are not limited to the following: - New Blockchain backbone network and protocol - Smart contracts for consumer electronics - Decentralized organizations for consumer electronics - Security and privacy issues on Blockchain technologies - Blockchain applications for consumer electronics - Blockchain usage scenarios for consumer electronics - Blockchain based automations for consumer electronics - Blockchain based payment system for consumer electronics - Real use cases and business models in consumer electronics areas Submission Procedure: Submissions should follow IEEE standard template and should consist of the following: (i) A manuscript of maximum 8-page length: A pdf of the complete manuscript layout with figures, tables placed within the text, (ii) A source file in Word or Latex format, and (iii) High resolution original photos and graphics as JPEG files are required for the final submission. Images embedded in Word or Excel documents are not suitable; however, figures and graphics may be provided in a PowerPoint slide deck, with one figure/graphic per slide. Articles which have been previously published at a conference needs to have at least 30% new material as clarified in the cover letter of the submission. The manuscripts need to be submitted online at ScholarOne using the following URL: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cemag. The authors need to select "Special Section: Blockchain Technologies for CE" in Step-1 of submission process to ensure that the article is reviewed for this Special Call. For any questions, please contact guest editor Prof. Jong-Hyouk Lee. Schedule: - Submission Deadline: November 30, 2017 (extended) - Author Notification: January 30, 2018 - Publication Date: Mid 2018 -- Jong-Hyouk Lee, living somewhere between /dev/null and /dev/random Protocol Engineering Lab., Sangmyung University #email: jonghyouk(a)gmail.com #webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/hurryon ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CALL FOR PAPERS] Feature Topic in IEEE Communications Magazine, "Multi-Access Mobile Edge Computing for Heterogeneous IoT"
by Lars Wolf 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CALL FOR PAPERS] Feature Topic in IEEE Communications Magazine, "Multi-Access Mobile Edge Computing for Heterogeneous IoT" Datum: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 22:32:50 -0400 Von: Yuan Wu <iewuy(a)ZJUT.EDU.CN> Antwort an: Yuan Wu <iewuy(a)ZJUT.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear All, Please find below a call for papers for IEEE Communications Magazine, Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. --------------- CALL FOR PAPERS: Feature Topics in IEEE Communications Magazine, "Multi-Access Mobile Edge Computing for Heterogeneous IoT" This CFP can be seen at the website of IEEE Communications Magazine at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/multi-access-mobile-edge-computing-heterog… The THEME: --------------- The convergence of mobile internet and wireless systems have witnessed an explosive growth in resource-hungry and computation-intensive services and applications, which cover broad paradigms of so-called heterogeneous Internet of Things (H-IoTs). These systems include real-time video/audio surveillance, remote e-health systems, intelligent transportation systems, and Internet of Vehicles (IoV), and etc. Mobile edge computing, by placing various cloud resources (e.g., computational and storage resources) closer to smart devices/objects, has been envisioned as an enabling and highly promising technology to realize and reap the promising benefits of H-IoTs applications. However, the growing demands for ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and high reliability of the large number of H-IoTs applications has yielded a critical issue in mobile edge computing, i.e. the limited connections (such as connection capacity, bandwidth, or the number of simultaneously affordable connections) between mobile edge cloud and smart devices/objects. Multi-access mobile edge computing (MA-MEC), which actively exploits a systematic and adaptive integration of recent radio access technologies including 5G, LTE, and Wi-Fi to enhance the access capacity of smart devices to mobile edge platforms, has been considered as a highly promising technology to tackle this issue. The evolution towards the architecture of ultra-dense small-cells in future radio access networks facilitates the MA-MEC, i.e., the densely deployed small cells can significantly improve the capacity and quality of the connections between smart devices and mobile edge cloud. Therefore, with the strength of multi-access for capacity-enhancement, the MA-MEC is expected to bring a variety of benefits, such as i) ultra-low latency between smart devices and edge cloud for real-time, interactive, and mission-critical applications, e.g., the real-time indoor navigation and augmented virtual-reality, ii) privacy and security in local communications to access mobile edge! cloud, and iii) big data analytics at the point of capture for IoT applications. However, the success of MA-MEC still requires tackling many new challenges. For instance, to efficiently exploit computation and storage resources at mobile edge nodes, a joint optimization of placement of computation/storage resource and cell-association with radio resource allocation is necessitated. Such joint optimization should be adaptive according to time-varying environments, e.g., the varying wireless channel states when users move across the cells and the dynamic computation/storage resource utilizations. Therefore, this Feature Topic (FT) aims at soliciting high quality and unpublished work regarding recent advances in MA-MEC, with the main focus on addressing the fundamental design issues in MA-MEC, and the emerging paradigms and testbeds that use MA-MEC. TOPICS: --------------- This Feature Topic aims at soliciting high quality and unpublished work regarding recent advances in MA-MEC, with the main focus on addressing the fundamental design issues in MA-MEC, and the emerging paradigms and testbeds that use MA-MEC. We solicit papers covering the topics of interests in the following two main categories: * Fundamental design issues in MA-MEC - Radio resource management for MA-MEC - Task scheduling and computation resource management for MA-MEC - Virtualization and network slicing for MA-MEC - Location and sizing of computation and storage elements for MA-MEC - Communication protocols and network architectures for MA-MEC - Security, privacy, and reliability in MA-MEC - QoE and QoS provisioning in MA-MEC - 5G/LTE/WiFi enabled MA-MEC - Energy management and green MA-MEC - Edge-to-cloud integration and protocols for MA-MEC - Human and social-driven design of MA-MEC * MA-MEC for Heterogeneous IoT - MA-MEC for smart cities - MA-MEC for video/audio surveillance - MA-MEC for industrial IoT - MA-MEC for smart energy systems - MA-MEC for smart healthcare - MA-MEC for intelligent transportation systems - MA-MEC for big data analytics MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION: --------------- Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the communications technology community. They should be written in a tutorial style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations are allowed). Articles should not exceed 4500 words (from introduction through conclusions, excluding figures, tables and captions). Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of archival references is recommended not to exceed 15. In some rare cases, more mathematical equations, figures, and tables may be allowed, if well-justified. In general, however, mathematics should be avoided; instead, references to papers containing the relevant mathematics should be provided. Complete guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts are posted at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please submit a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or log in, and go to Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select "July 2018 / Multi-Access Mobile Edge Computing for Heterogeneous IoT" as the Feature Topic category for your submission. TIME TABLE: --------------- * Manuscript Submissions Deadline: November 1, 2017 * Decision Notification: March 1, 2018 * Final Manuscripts Due: April 15, 2018 * Publication Date: July 2018 GUEST EDITORS: --------------- Yan Zhang (Leading Guest Editor) University of Oslo, Norway Email: yanzhang(a)ieee.org Yuan Wu Zhejiang University of Technology, China Email: iewuy(a)zjut.edu.cn Hassnaa Moustafa Intel Corporation, USA Email: hassnaa.moustafa(a)intel.com Danny H.K. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Email: eetsang(a)ust.hk Alberto Leon-Garcia University of Toronto, Canada Email: alberto.leongarcia(a)utoronto.ca Usman Javaid Vodafone, UK Email: usman.javaid(a)vodafone.com ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: CfP SAOS'18@ARCS2018 / Braunschweig, DE
by Lars Wolf 06 Oct '17

06 Oct '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: CfP SAOS'18@ARCS2018 / Braunschweig, DE Datum: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 12:25:02 +0000 Von: Organic Computing Initiative <no-reply(a)organic-computing.de> Antwort an: no-reply(a)organic-computing.de An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de CfP SAOS'18@ARCS2018 / Braunschweig, DE CfP SAOS'18@ARCS2018 / Braunschweig, DE webversion <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> or unsubscribe <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> logo-oc CfP SAOS'18@ARCS2018 / Braunschweig, DE CfP: Workshop on Self-Optimisation in Autonomic and Organic Computing Systems @ ARCS 2018 / Braunschweig, Germany Dear subscribers of the Organic Computing mailing list, please find attached the Call for Papers for the upcoming SAOS'18 workshop. The deadline for regular submissions is *December 22, 2017*. SAOS'18 is affiliated with ARCS 2018 and takes place in Braunschweig, DE. Further details can be found by visiting the website: https://www.informatik.uni-augsburg.de/lehrstuehle/oc/Veranstaltungen/oc-ws… <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> Best regards, Anthony Stein (anthony.stein(a)informatik.uni-augsburg.de), Sven Tomforde, Jean Botev, Jörg Hähner ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS The 6th International Workshop on "*Self-Optimisation in Autonomic and Organic Computing Systems*" (SAOS 2018) to be held at GI/ITG ARCS 2018 – 31st International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (http://arcs2018.itec.kit.edu/ <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…>) April 9 - 12, 2018 Braunschweig, Germany https://www.informatik.uni-augsburg.de/lehrstuehle/oc/Veranstaltungen/oc-ws… <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> ================== *** Important dates *** ================== * Submission deadline: December 22, 2017 * Notification of acceptance: January 26, 2018 * Camera-ready: February 2, 2018 =================== *** Workshop theme *** =================== Initiatives such as Autonomic Computing (AC) and Organic Computing (OC), or the more general research field of self-adaptive and self-organising systems (SASO), are based on the insight that we are increasingly surrounded by large collections of autonomous systems, which are equipped with sensors and actuators, aware of their environment, communicating freely, and organising themselves in order to perform the required actions and services in an adequate and robust manner. The resulting presence of networks of intelligent systems in our daily environment opens fascinating application areas but, at the same time, bears the problem of their controllability. Hence, different design concepts (such as the MAPE cycle and the Observer/Controller framework) have been developed to allow for a self-organised control process at runtime that relieves the designer from specifying all possibly occurring situations and configurations within the design process. Instead, the system itself takes over responsibility to find proper reactions to perceived changes in the environmental conditions. As designers are not able to foresee all possibly occurring situations and circumstances the system will face during its operation time, the self-organisation process of the system has to pursue a steadily self-optimising behaviour. Self-optimising behaviour can be triggered at various levels of the system’s design, ranging from basic control architectures over self-organised coordination/collaboration methods as well as from domain-specific optimisation techniques to the application of machine learning algorithms. Furthermore, related topics such as trust and security in collaborative systems provide necessary concepts to enable self-optimising behaviour in SASO systems. In this workshop, we will discuss current research efforts that endeavour the establishment of self-optimising system behaviour. Thereby, a special focus will be set on observable trends and upcoming challenges, resulting from well-known issues of adjacent domains such as evolutionary optimisation or machine learning. Contributions are expected to focus on at least one of the following categories: * Part A. Architectural concepts for enabling self-optimising system behaviour * Part B. Applied machine learning and optimisation algorithms to achieve self-optimisation * Part C. Novel application scenarios for self-optimising systems * Part D. Current trends/challenges in the field of self-optimising interconnected systems =================== *** Workshop details *** =================== The Workshop will be held between April 9 (expected) and April 10 (t.b.a.) in conjunction with the 31st International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2018) in Braunschweig, Germany. The conference's web page is available at: http://arcs2018.itec.kit.edu/ <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> ======================== *** Submission Information *** ======================== Paper submission deadline: December 22, 2017 Notification of acceptance: January 26, 2018 Papers should not exceed 8 pages (full) and 4 pages (short) and must be formatted according to IEEE CIS template in "conference mode". Templates and formatting instructions are available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> Paper submission will be handled via the workshop's EasyChair installation: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saos2018 <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> ARCS 2018 Workshop Proceedings will presumably be published through VDE Verlag on CD and online by the IEEE Computer Society through the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. ======================= *** Workshop organisation *** ======================= * Anthony Stein, University of Augsburg (DE) * Sven Tomforde, University of Kassel (DE) * Jean Botev, University of Luxembourg (LU) * Jörg Hähner, University of Augsburg (DE) ===================== *** Program Committee *** ===================== * Kirstie Bellman, Topcy House Consulting * Jean Botev, University of Luxembourg * Uwe Brinkschulte, University of Frankfurt * Jörg Hähner, University of Augsburg * Heiko Hamann, University of Luebeck * Paul Kaufmann, University of Paderborn * Chris Landauer, Topcy House Consulting * Erik Maehle, University of Luebeck * Bivas Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur * Christian Müller-Schloer, Leibniz University Hannover * Christian Renner, University of Luebeck * Stefan Rudolph, University of Augsburg * Hella Seebach, University of Augsburg * Bernhard Sick, University of Kassel * Anthony Stein, University of Augsburg * Jürgen Teich, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg * Claudio Juan Tessone, University of Zurich * Sven Tomforde, University of Kassel * Sebastian von Mammen, University of Würzburg * Torben Weis, University of Duisburg-Essen *** Further PC members pending *** Download PDF <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> You have received this email because you have subscribed to Organic Computing Initiative <http://www.organic-computing.de/mailster/3533/14ac907ebe6aecff1f534ba5f6706…> as wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de. 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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - IEEE Communications Magazine | FT on Information-Centric Networking Security
by Lars Wolf 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Ruidong Li <lrd(a)NICT.GO.JP> Gesendet: 3. Oktober 2017 07:15:23 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - IEEE Communications Magazine | FT on Information-Centric Networking Security CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE Communications Magazine, Feature Topic on Information-Centric Networking Security http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/information-centric-networking-security -INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------- Information-centric networking (ICN) is a new network architecture that provides the access to named data as first order network service, providing better trust in data authenticity and greater potential for optimizing forwarding behavior compared to traditional host-based communication systems like the Internet today. The ICN principle of accessing authenticated named data in the network enables several optimizations, such as network-layer data caching, flexible multipath communication and simplified mobility management. ICN thus addresses many important requirements of applications such as high-performance, scalable media data distribution and reliable, distributed Internet of Things networks. ICN is an active research area that includes specific topics such as network architectures, applications, transport, and caching techniques. Security is a particularly important topic since ICN enables new approaches with respect to confidentiality, access control and trust management that we want to address by this Feature Topic. Solicited topics include (but are not limited to): · Security architectures for information-centric networking (ICN) · Authentication and authorization for distributed caching environment · Access control mechanisms for ICN · Security in mobile ICN · Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in information-centric network · Information sharing and data protection in ICN · Secure monitoring in ICN · Denial of service attacks prevention in ICN · Privacy protection in ICN · Privacy policy framework for ICN · Privacy in caching, naming, signature · Mechanisms to enforce privacy and trust · Privacy-preserving processing in ICN · Privacy-preserving data publishing on ICN · User privacy, data providers privacy and ICN application platform privacy · Privacy and security in ICN applications · Trusted computing platform · Trust models for ICN · Trust management for ICN · Copyright management and business models for ICN - SUBMISSIONS ---------------------------------------- Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the communications technology community. They should be written in a tutorial style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations are allowed). Articles should not exceed 4500 words (from introduction through conclusions, excluding figures, tables and captions). Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of archival references is recommended not to exceed 15. In some rare cases, more mathematical equations, figures, and tables may be allowed, if well-justified. In general, however, mathematics should be avoided; instead, references to papers containing the relevant mathematics should be provided. Complete guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts are posted at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please submit a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or log in, and go to Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select "July 2018 / Information-Centric Networking Security" as the Feature Topic category for your submission. - IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------------------------------- · Manuscript Submission: November 1, 2017 · Decision Notification: March 1, 2018 · Final Manuscript Due: April 15, 2018 · Publication Date: July 2018 - GUEST EDITORS ---------------------------------------- Xiaoming Fu University of Göttingen, Germany fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Satyajayant Misra New Mexico State University, USA misra(a)cs.nmsu.edu Dirk Kutscher Huawei Research, Germany dku(a)dkutscher.net Ruidong Li National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan lrd(a)nict.go.jp ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Springer JAIHC, Special Issues on "Cross-layer Design Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Future Intelligent Heterogeneous Networks"
by Lars Wolf 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Muhammad Khalil Afzal <muhammad.khalil.afzal(a)GMAIL.COM> Gesendet: 3. Oktober 2017 08:06:00 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Springer JAIHC, Special Issues on "Cross-layer Design Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Future Intelligent Heterogeneous Networks" #################### Call for Paper: Special Issues on "Cross-layer Design Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Future Intelligent Heterogeneous Networks" Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (JAIHC), Springer CFP is available on : http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1617671/application/pdf/CfP_CDICOF… #################### The concept and operations of data communication are based on the integration of various heterogeneous wireless networks such as mobile communication networks (3G/4G/LTE/5G), wireless sensor networks (WSNs), wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless mesh networks (WMNs), wireless body area networks (WBANs), etc.. These wireless networks are providing backbone of future generation communication technologies. Unique characteristics of wireless networks such as mobility, high error rates, and multipath propagations bring the new challenges to traditional TCP/IP-based protocol stack which was developed mainly for wired networks. The unexpected packet losses in wireless networks significantly degrade the networks’ performances. On the other hand, quality of service (QoS) is another challenge for the wireless networks which enable users to share multimedia data while moving in real time. For the efficient and controlled communications in the future generation networks, it is very important to design and develop smart and state-of-the-art algorithms. Even though the protocol architecture traditionally follows strict layering principle, the lack of coordination among the layers rather limits the performances of wireless networks. The optimization cross over various key network parameters including energy efficiency, mobility management, security, cooperation, and quality of service (QoS) is essential issue for the future wireless networks and the solution of it might be cross-layer design. The core idea of the cross- layer design is not only to maintain the functionalities associated to the conventional original layers, but also to allow coordination, integration, and joint optimization of protocols. The goal of this special issue is to solicit the state-of-the-art and novel protocols and methodologies that embark on cross-layer design, issue and opportunities for future intelligent heterogeneous wireless networks. Topics of interest in this special issue include, but are not limited to: + Cross-layer design for physical, MAC and routing protocols + Cross-layer design for energy efficient MAC and routing. + Cross-layer design for mobility management. + Cross-layer design for QoS provisioning. + Cross-layer design for security and cooperation. + Cross-layer congestion control and scheduling schemes. + Cross-layer design and optimization in Internet of Things (IoTs) and smart grid. + Cross-layer strategies for wireless multimedia communications. + Cross-layer error and delay control. + Cross-layer optimization for energy, network lifetime, and capacity. + Complexity and scalability issues in cross-layer design. + Performance optimization for cross-layer design of wireless networks. + Cross-layer adaptation for energy minimization in wireless networks. + Application layer adaptation-based on cross-layer notifications. + Design, implementation and test-bed/experimental results. Important Date Submission Due Date: Nov 30, 2017 First acceptance Notification: Feb 1, 2018 Revised manuscript due: March 1, 2018 Final acceptance Notification: May 1, 2018 Final version due: June 1, 2018 Intended publication date: Third Quarter of 2018 Online Submission Authors should submit their manuscripts online. Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times. Please follow the hyperlink “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen. During the online submission phase, as the first step, authors have to choose as “Article Type” the entry “S.I. Cross-layer Design Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Future Intelligent Heterogeneous Networks”. Guest Editors Details Dr. Muhammad Khalil Afzal COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Email: khalilafzal(a)ciitwah.edu.pk Dr. Wazir Zada Khan Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: wazirzadakhan(a)jazanu.edu.sa Dr. Tariq Umer COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Email: t_umer(a)yahoo.com Dr. Byung-Seo Kim Department of Computer and Information Engineering, Hongik University, South Korea Email: jsnbs(a)hongik.ac.kr Dr. Shui Yu School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia Email: shui.yu(a)deakin.edu.au ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] EWSN 2018 Dependability Competition - Call for Contestants
by Lars Wolf 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)TUGRAZ.AT> Gesendet: 3. Oktober 2017 10:02:28 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] EWSN 2018 Dependability Competition - Call for Contestants --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Competitors 3rd Dependability Competition at the Intl. Conf. on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) February 14-16, 2018 - Madrid, Spain https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the success of the 2016 and 2017 editions, the Intl. Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) will host also this year a competition to compare the performance of WSN and IoT communication protocols in harsh RF environments. FORMAT: This year's dependability competition will have a new format compared to the past two editions, the most prominent changes being that it will take place remotely over a longer time window, and that it will involve the reporting of multiple events from several nodes. Interested participants should first submit an abstract describing their approach by the competition entry deadline. Accepted contestants will obtain the credentials to remotely access the competition infrastructure and enter the preparation phase, after which each team needs to provide one binary that will be used for the final evaluation. A poster session entirely dedicated to the dependability competition will take place during the evening of the first conference day. All competing teams must present their solution in the poster session and will have the possibility to engage in lively discussions with the other conference attendees. The winners of the competition will be awarded during a dedicated plenary session on the second conference day and will hold a 10-minutes talk presenting their solution, followed by a short discussion. COMPETITION SCENARIO AND EVALUATION PROCEDURE: The competition scenario emulates the operation of a sensor and actuator network monitoring discrete events in an industrial setting where several co-existing wireless devices are crowding the RF spectrum. A complete description of the competition scenario and evaluation procedure can be found at: https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html ELIGIBILITY Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. All wireless communication protocols used in low-power wireless sensor networks are welcome, and there is no restriction on the operating system used to program the sensor nodes. The competition will take place if at least 5 teams respond to this preliminary call for competitors. Depending on the nature and number of submissions, multiple categories may be defined. The winning teams in each category will receive cash awards and present their approach at EWSN in a 10-minutes plenary talk. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Interested participants should first submit a two-page abstract describing their approach by the competition entry deadline, following the formatting requirements described on the competition Webpage. The abstracts will be used to pre-select the participants to the competition. Accepted contestants will have the chance to edit their abstract and submit a camera-ready version by the end of the competition's preparation phase. Accepted abstracts will appear in the ACM Digital Library, unless authors explicitly mark their submission as confidential. IMPORTANT DATES: Competition entry deadline (Abstract submission): Oct. 11, 2017 Notification of acceptance: Oct. 18, 2017 Camera-ready abstract submission: Jan. 7, 2018 Competition's preparation phase: Mid-Nov. 2017 until Jan. 7, 2018 Submission of final software: Jan. 7, 2018 Competition's evaluation phase: Mid-Jan. until Feb. 7, 2018 Competition panel and poster session: Feb. 14, 2018 Competition awards and winners' presentations: Feb. 15, 2018 ORGANIZERS: Carlo Alberto Boano, TU Graz Markus Schuss, TU Graz --------------------------------------------------------------------- Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of the call --------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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