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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier PMC Journal [IF=1.629] SI on "Recent Developments in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks" -- Deadline 31 Aug 2014
by Lars Wolf 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Mubashir Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> Gesendet: 1. August 2014 08:12:23 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier PMC Journal [IF=1.629] SI on "Recent Developments in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks" -- Deadline 31 Aug 2014 Dear All, Please find below a call for papers for the Special Issue of the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal on "Recent Developments in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks". Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ----------- Call for Papers for the Special Issue of the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal on "Recent Developments in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks" http://www.journals.elsevier.com/pervasive-and-mobile-computing/call-for-pa… AIMS AND SCOPE ---------------------------- Wireless sensor nodes in traditional Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) use fixed spectrum assignment policy and their performance is limited due to limited processing and communication power. In addition, these wireless sensor nodes require high bandwidth and their QoS requirements are application specific. Wireless sensor nodes with cognitive radio capabilities (i.e., Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks (CRSNs)), can help to address these challenges. However, there are several challenges and research problems which are needed to be addressed in CRSNs. In fact, cognitive radio sensor network evolved from Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in order to optimize the bandwidth and Quality-of-Service (QoS) requirements of wireless sensor nodes. Furthermore, CRSNs improve the spectrum utilization, and multiple overlaid sensor networks can be deployed in a specific region. But due to inherent hardware and energy limitation of sensor nodes, the realization of incorporating CR capability in sensor nodes imposes challenges. On top of that, CRSN nodes must handle additional challenges incurred by CR functionalities such as spectrum sensing, spectrum sharing, and spectrum management. In this special issue, we are seeking new and unpublished work in the domain of Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks. More specifically, this special issue will focus on recent developments in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks (CRSNs). The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: - Spectrum sensing techniques for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks (CRSNs) - Spectrum management for CRSNs - MAC protocols for CRSNs - Innovative and cross-layer middleware solutions for CRSNs - Applications of CRSNs (smart grids, vehicular networks, etc) - Delay-sensitive and multimedia communication in CRSNs - Simulation models for CRSNs - Energy efficiency in CRSNs - CRSN architecture: peculiar features and evolution - Deployment strategies of CRSNs - Wireless Body Area Networks in the context of CRSNs - Layers in CRSNs (physical, datalink, network, transport, application) - Developments, issues, and open areas - Coverage and Connectivity of CRSNs - Resource Management in CRSNs - CRSN integration with traditional networking solutions and standards - Future perspective for CRSNs IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------ Manuscript due: 31 Aug 2014 Acceptance notification: Jan 2015 Revised paper due: Mar 2015 Final manuscript due: May 2015 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------------- All submissions have to be prepared according to the Guide for Authors as published in the Journal website at http://www.ees.elsevier.com/pmc/. Authors should select “SI: CRSNs”, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Lead Guest Editor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, Email: mshrehmani(a)gmail.com * Mehdi Shadaram, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA Email: mehdi.shadaram(a)utsa.edu * Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA Email: szeadally(a)uky.edu * Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Email: paolo.bellavista(a)unibo.it -- Mubashir Husain Rehmani Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Pakistan 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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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ENSsys 2014 Deadline Extended (SenSys Workshop on Energy Harvesting Sensing Systems)
by Lars Wolf 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ENSsys 2014 Deadline Extended (SenSys Workshop on Energy Harvesting Sensing Systems) Datum: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:31:44 +0200 Von: Christian Renner <christian.renner(a)TUHH.DE> Antwort an: Christian Renner <christian.renner(a)TUHH.DE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ** ====================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ENSsys 2014 2nd International Workshop on Energy Neutral Sensing Systems November 06, 2014 - Memphis, USA http://www.enssys.org ====================================================================== Complementing the topics of ACM SenSys 2014, this workshop brings together international researchers to explore the challenges, issues, and opportunities in the research, design, and engineering of energy harvesting and energy-neutral sensing systems. These are a technological cornerstone for future applications in smart energy, future transportation, environmental monitoring, and smart cities. High-quality original technical articles are solicited, describing advances in energy-aware sensing systems, including those which describe practical deployments and implementation experiences. Attendees will benefit from ENSSys co-location with SenSys 2014, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious conferences on sensor network research. WORKSHOP SCOPE Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Power management algorithms for energy-neutrality - Power management circuits and systems - Approaches to enable interoperability between energy-neutral networks - OS-support for energy harvesting sensing systems - Network-wide distributed energy management - Online measurement of energy intake and consumption - Online prediction of energy intake and consumption - Reliable operation in energy harvesting sensor systems - Modelling, simulation and tools for effective design of energy-neutral sensing systems - Architectures and standards - Internet of (energy-neutral) things - Innovative applications - Experiences from real-world deployments - Networking support for energy-neutral and energy-harvesting sensing systems - Event-powered sensing systems and networks SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS We solicit three types of paper submission: technical papers (6 pages), demo papers (2 pages, presented at the workshop as interactive demonstrations), and poster papers (2 pages, presented at the workshop as a poster). Submissions should be previously unpublished, and not under review by another conference or journal. Papers should be submitted for consideration via the workshop website, prior to the submission deadline, and must adhere to the provided formatting guidelines. Papers will undergo double-blind review; authors are asked to remove names and other identifying statements from submissions. Submissions will be reviewed for novelty, relevance, and quality. All accepted papers will be available on the ACM Digital Library. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: August 17, 2014 (23:59 EST) Demo/Poster Submission: August 17, 2014 (23:59 EST) Notification: September 21, 2014 Camera Ready: October 5, 2014 Workshop: November 06, 2014 ORGANISERS General Chair: Geoff Merrett, Uni. Southampton, UK Programme Chair: Christian Renner, Uni. Lübeck, Germany Programme Co-Chair: Davide Brunelli, Uni. Trento, Italy TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Paul Wright, UC Berkeley, USA Yang Yaowen, Nanyang Technological Uni, Singapore Pai Chou, UC Irvine, USA Davide Brunelli, Uni. Trento, Italy Yogesh Ramadass, Texas Instruments, USA Winston Seah, Victoria Uni. Wellington, New Zealand Maria Gorlatova, IBM, USA Christian Renner, Uni. Lübeck, Germany Guy Grebla, Columbia University, USA Geoff Merrett, Uni. Southampton, UK Aravind Kailas, Alg. Models & Syst. Solutions LLC, USA Tan Yen Kheng, Nanyang Technological Uni, Singapore PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Alex Weddell, University of Southampton, UK Philipp Sommer, CSIRO, Australia Olivier Sentieys, University of Rennes (ENSSAT), France Dora Spenza, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Emanuael Popovici, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland Anton Hergenröder, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany ______________________________________________________________ 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: PERVASIVE HEALTH 2015 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Lars Wolf 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: PERVASIVE HEALTH 2015 - CALL FOR PAPERS Datum: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:16:50 +0200 (CEST) Von: EAI Events <no-reply(a)eai.eu> Antwort an: no-reply(a)eai.eu An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de PERVASIVE HEALTH 2015 - CALL FOR PAPERS View the web version <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/n.jsp?uH.CQX.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.59.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> *CALL FOR PAPERS* 9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare www.pervasivehealth.org <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.CQY.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> * May 20-23, 2015 - Istanbul, Turkey* Past editions: 2006 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bfr.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1>- 2008 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bfs.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> - 2009 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bft.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> - 2010 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bfu.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> - 2011 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bfv.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> - 2012 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bfw.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> - 2013 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.Bfx.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> - 2014 <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.CQZ.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.64.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> Pervasive Health Conference is a premier international forum with specific focus on technologies and human factors related to the use of ubiquitous computing in healthcare and for wellbeing. The overall goal of the Pervasive Health Conference is to take a multidisciplinary approach to Pervasive Healthcare Technology research and development. The Pervasive Healthcare Community is addressing a broad scope of research topics and concerns: * identify and understand problems from a technological, social, medical, and legal as well as financial perspective (with a particular emphasis on understanding and supporting patients’ and practitioners’ needs); * design, implementation, and evaluation of supporting hardware and software infrastructures, algorithms, services and applications; and * organizational strategies that facilitate integration of Pervasive Healthcare Technology into the healthcare enterprise. THE CONFERENCE Traditional healthcare environments are extremely complex and challenging to manage, as they are required to cope with an assortment of patient conditions under various circumstances with a number of resource constraints. Pervasive healthcare technologies seek to respond to a variety of these pressures by successfully integrating them within existing healthcare environments. Technologies, standards and procedures on their own provide little and or no meaningful service. It is essential that pervasive healthcare environments, through a combined approach of data collection, data correlation and data presentation, assist healthcare professionals in delivering high levels of patient care, and empower individuals and their families for self-care and health management. PUBLICATION: Authors will be invited to submit their camera-ready papers in ACM format, to be published in ACM Digital Library and IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The acceptance rate was around 30% for Pervasive Health 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Selected papers may be invited for publication in a special issue of the journal Methods of Information in Medicine. TOPICS: We welcome contributions from the following fields: * Sensing/Actuating Technologies and Pervasive Computing * Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health Professions * Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) * Hardware and Software Infrastructures We seek novel, innovative, and exciting work in areas including but not limited to: *Pervasive Healthcare Management* * Challenges surrounding data quality * Standards and interoperability in pervasive healthcare * Business cases and cost issues * Security and privacy issues * Training of healthcare professional for pervasive healthcare * Legal and regulatory issues * Staffing and resource management *Understanding Users* * Identifying and addressing stakeholder needs * Usability and acceptability * Barriers and enablers to adoption * Social implications of pervasive health technology, and social inclusion * Coverage and delivery of pervasive healthcare services * Patient and caregiver empowerment * Diversity: population and condition-specific requirements * Inclusive research and design: engaging underrepresented populations * Digital interventions and health behavior change *Knowledge Representation and Reasoning* * Physiological models for interpreting medical sensor data * Activity recognition and fall detection * User modelling and personalization * Modelling of Pervasive Healthcare environments * Sensor-based decision support systems * Design and evaluation of patient and ambient-related sensors * Wearable and implantable sensor integration * Data fusion in pervasive healthcare environments * Data mining of medical patient records * Software architectures * Electronic Health Records *Applications* * Autonomous systems to support independent living * Clinical applications, validation and evaluation studies * Telemedicine and mHealth solutions * Chronic disease and health risk management applications * Health/Wellbeing promotion and disease prevention * Home based health and wellness measurement and monitoring * Continuous vs event-driven monitoring of patients * Smart homes and hospitals * Using mobile devices in the storage, update, and transmission of patient data * Wellbeing and lifestyle support * Systems to support individuals with auditory, cognitive, or vision impairments * Systems to support caregivers IMPORTANT DATES: SUBMISSION: Full Paper, Short Paper, Workshop Proposals: 2014-12-19 Posters, Demos, Medical Perspectives: 2015-03-20 Doctoral Colloquium: 2015-03-13 NOTIFICATION: Workshop Proposals: 2015-01-16 Full Paper, Short Paper: 2015-03-06 Posters, Demos, Medical Perspectives: 2015-04-03 Doctoral Colloquium: 2015-04-10 CAMERA READY: Full Paper, Short Paper: 2015-04-10 Posters, Demos, Medical Perspectives: 2015-04-10 *Workshops and Doctoral Colloquium*: Wednesday 20^th May 2015 *Conference*: Thursday 21^st – Saturday 23^rd May 2015 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chairs: Bert Arnrich, Boğaziçi University Istanbul, Turkey Cem Ersoy, Boğaziçi University Istanbul, Turkey Program Chairs: Anind Dey, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Kai Kunze, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Nadia Berthouze, UCL, UK *Short Papers and Posters Chairs:* Özlem Durmaz İncel, Galatasaray University, Turkey Gabriela Marcu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA *Medical Perspectives Chair: * Stefan Wagner, Aarhus University, Denmark *Workshop Chair:* Katarzyna Wac, University of Geneva, CH *Demo Chairs:* Mads Frost, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Wilko Heuten, OFFIS, Germany *Doctoral Colloquium Chair:* Katie Siek, Indiana University, USA Publication Chair: Rafal Kocielnik, TUE, Netherlands Publicity Chair: Venet Osmani, CREATE-NET, Italy Webchair: Gökhan Remzi Yavuz, Boğaziçi University, Turkey *Local Chair:* Hande Özgür Alemdar, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul *Steering Committee:* Imrich Chlamtac, CREATE-NET, Italy Oscar Mayora, CREATE-NET, Italy Venet Osmani, CREATE-NET, Italy Upkar Varshney, CIS - Georgia State University *Submissions* The conference invites the submission of original work in one or more of the following formats: full and short papers, workshops, posters, interactive demonstrations. Check the submission page for all submission details and templates. Pervasive Health 2015 will accept submissions in the following categories: *Full papers (up to 8 pages)* Full papers are submissions describing results and original research work not submitted or published elsewhere in one of the four main categories listed above. Full papers should properly place the work within the field, cite related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work and its contribution to the field. *Short Papers (up to 4 pages)* Short papers are envisioned as submissions describing original research that is much more focused and smaller in scope than full research papers. Short papers are not expected to provide all the details on the research, but rather focus on the most innovative and salient aspects. In addition, short papers are not expected to include a comprehensive review of related work. Short papers will be presented during the main track of the conference. *Posters (up to 4 pages)* Poster category combines submissions reporting on the progress of ongoing research and insights into the lessons learned from current (industrial, practitioners, government, etc.) pervasive healthcare practice. *Medical Perspective Abstracts (1-2 pages)* Authors are invited to submit work in traditional medicine whose results are interesting to Pervasive Health audience. This track will give Pervasive Health attendees a way to learn about ongoing research initiatives, both in medicine and technology, and will provide presenters with an excellent opportunity to receive invaluable direct feedback from experts. *Demos (2 pages)* The demos track will showcase the latest developments and prototypes related to the topics of interest of the conference. The expected demo submissions should describe the technical details of the demo alongside its contribution to the healthcare domain. *Workshop proposals (2 pages)* Several workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. The purpose of these workshops is to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related to pervasive healthcare. Innovative, high-risk frontier research ideas are particularly welcome as a main topic of a workshop. *Doctoral Colloquium (4 pages)* This full day event will enable doctoral students to present and reflect on their work alongside other doctoral students and a panel of experts. Submissions have to address the following questions: 1) What is the problem? What are you going to solve? 2) Who cares? Why should people care about this problem? 3) What have other people done about it? Literature review. Why is that not sufficient? What are the gaps and unanswered questions? 4) What are you going to do about it? Your approach 5) What are you really going to do about it? Methods, operationalization, sample 6) When do you know you are done? 7) What do you expect to find? What did you find? Results 8) What does this mean? Conclusions 9) Who cares? Implications 10) What would you like to know from the DC faculty panel? Each paper will be blind, peer-reviewed by members of the Pervasive Health program committee with additional expert reviewers drawn from relevant research domains. Submissions will be evaluated based on their originality, significance of the contribution to the field, technical correctness and presentation. The paper should make explicit how the work offers unique and substantial contribution beyond what has already been published or submitted. The Doctoral Colloquium papers will not be published to ensure the student's work is kept in confidence, however students will present their work in a presentation during the doctoral colloquium and via a poster in the main conference poster session. Students are requested to provide a short letter from their advisor noting their year in the program, years until the student should defend, and how the DC will help with their research. *Endorsed by EAI Endorsed Transactions*** *Conference by *** *Technical cosponsor * *About EAI*- The European Alliance for Innovation is a dynamic eco-system for fostering ICT enabled innovation to improve European competitiveness and to benefit society. Find out more at http:\\www.eai.eu <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/l.jsp?uH.B58.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> Forward to a Friend <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/d.jsp?uH.CQa.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1> Unsubscribe <http://eai.mailmta.com/nl/i.jsp?uH.6b.XyF.Qh.Bj.ejM1>

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Fwd: [netsys-tpc] 3rd Call for Papers NetSys 2015
by Lars Wolf 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [netsys-tpc] 3rd Call for Papers NetSys 2015 Datum: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:42:53 +0200 Von: Andreas Paul <andreas.paul(a)TU-Cottbus.DE> An: netsys-tpc <netsys-tpc(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de> **** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message **** ======================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS NetSys 2015 2nd International Conference on Networked Systems http://www.netsys2015.com Cottbus, Germany, March 9-13, 2015 ======================================================================== The Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys 2015) provides an international forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government to discuss recent innovations in the realm of networked systems – including aspects of networking, distributed systems, communications, middleware, and applications. NetSys is a biennial conference that originates from the major scientific event on networked systems in German-speaking countries KiVS (Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen) – a series of conferences that was initiated 35 years ago. In 2013, NetSys was first organized on international scale in Stuttgart. NetSys is organized by the special interest group “Communication and Distributed Systems” (KUVS), which is anchored both in the German Computer Science society (Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)) and in the Information Technology society (Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (ITG)). The conference proceedings will be submitted to IEEE Xplore (R). NetSys solicits submission of high-quality, original scientific papers presenting novel research on the wide range of networked systems, including but not limited to: * Network architectures and protocols * Transport- and application-layer protocols * Emerging networked applications * Peer-to-peer and overlay networks * Software-defined networking * SOA, Web services, and mobile services * Cloud computing * Virtualization in networked systems * Social networks * Internet of Things * Cyber-physical systems * Smart grid * Cyber security and privacy * Mobile, ad-hoc, opportunistic, vehicular and sensor networks * Middleware architectures and platforms for networked systems * Methods for design, implementation, and analysis of networked systems Separate workshops, tutorials, demonstrator presentations, and a doctoral forum will complement the technical sessions. Important Dates: ---------------- * Paper Registration: August, 25th, 2014 * Paper Submission: September 1st, 2014 * Author Notification: November 8th, 2014 * Final Manuscript: December 10th, 2014 Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the conference submission website (see http://www.netsys2015.com/calls/call-for-papers/ for further information). Submissions should be restricted to 8 camera-ready pages and must be formatted in IEEE style (10pt font, double column, US letter size [8.5 x 11 inches]). General Chairs: --------------- H. König, BTU Cottbus, Germany P. Langendörfer, IHP Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Program Chairs: ------------------ K. Zieliński, AGH Krakow, Poland H. König, BTU Cottbus, Germany

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Fwd: EWSN 2015 Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: EWSN 2015 Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:57:30 +0000 Von: Römer Kay Uwe <roemer(a)INF.ETHZ.CH> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE ===================================================== EWSN 2015 12th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks 9-11 February 2015, Porto, Portugal http://www.cister.isep.ipp.pt/ewsn2015/ ===================================================== The European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN) is a highly selective single-track international conference focused on publishing premier research results pertaining to networked sensing, broadly defined. The organizers of EWSN 2015, the twelfth meeting in this series, are pleased to announce an updated scope that combines the traditional focus of this conference with emphasis on recent and emerging directions in networked sensing. These new and emerging directions include (i) study of networked sensing in the broader context of larger cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things architectures, (ii) investigation of mobile and human-centric sensing, (iii) exploration of large-scale data and information processing challenges. -------------------------------- CfP Highlights -------------------------------- * Extended Scope EWSN 2015 will feature an updated scope, combining the traditional focus of this conference with emphasis on recent and emerging directions in networked sensing. * Updated Topics on Emerging Directions In line with the extended scope, we are soliciting contributions to new and emerging directions, such as: Human-centric sensing (e.g. crowd-sourcing/crowd-sensing, mobile sensing) or big (sensor) data challenges (e.g. large-scale information processing, analysis of sensor data). * New Additional Paper Format EWSN 2015 will introduce a smaller paper format for validated early ideas that can be described by a more concise contribution. Therefore, we solicit two types of original submissions for oral presentation: full papers (16-pages) and short papers (8 pages). -------------------------------- Topics of Interest -------------------------------- EWSN 2015 welcomes contributions describing original ideas, promising new concepts, and practical experiences (experimental validation, rebuttal, and/or comparison of existing approaches) that fall broadly in the following topics: * Wireless sensor networks and protocols: -Communication and network protocols -Information and signal processing -Software engineering for wireless sensor networks -Programming abstractions and tools -Hardware design and implementation -Sensor network operating systems and resource management -Cognitive sensor networks * Sensor network applications and services: -Sensing in cyber-physical systems -Internet of Things -Cooperative object architectures -Novel uses of sensor data, including healthcare, body area networks, vehicular applications, and smart buildings -Localization and tracking services -Security and fault tolerance -Sensor network middleware -Models, systems, and experiences with humans as sensors * Human-centric sensing: -Crowd-sourcing/crowd-sensing challenges -Mobile sensing -Smart phone sensing applications -Opportunistic, participatory, and social sensing * Big (sensor) data challenges: -Large-scale information processing, learning, mining, and analysis of sensor data -Challenges in sensor data stream processing -Networked data fusion challenges -Prototypes, testbeds, field experiments -------------------------------- Paper Submission -------------------------------- This highly selective conference will only accept for review original papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by any other conference or journal. We will adopt a double-blind review process, where the names of authors and their affiliations are unknown to reviewers until the end of the review process. Conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS). Submissions should have a maximum of 16 pages (full papers) or 8 pages (short papers), including text, figures and references, and conform to the LNCS style (http://www.springer.com/lncs). -------------------------------- Important dates -------------------------------- Paper registration: 8-Sep-2014 Paper submission: 15-Sep-2014 Paper notification: 16-Nov-2014 Camera ready: 7-Dec-2014

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] JSAC Special Issue: "LOCATION-AWARENESS FOR RADIOS AND NETWORKS"
by Lars Wolf 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Anfang der weitergeleiteten E‑Mail: > Von: Maged Elkashlan <maged.elkashlan(a)QMUL.AC.UK> > Datum: 30. Juli 2014 01:09:36 MESZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] JSAC Special Issue: "LOCATION-AWARENESS FOR RADIOS AND NETWORKS" > Antwort an: Maged Elkashlan <maged.elkashlan(a)QMUL.AC.UK> > > IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications > > Call for Papers > > LOCATION-AWARENESS FOR RADIOS AND NETWORKS > > http://www.comsoc.org/files/Publications/Journals/jsac/cfp/cfp_Localization… > > Initial manuscript submission: August 15, 2014 (Extended) > First reviews complete: November 1, 2014 > Second reviews complete: January 1, 2015 > Final manuscript submission: February 2, 2014 > Publication date: 2nd quarter, 2015 > > Location-awareness using radio signals stands to revolutionize the fields of navigation and communication engineering. It can be utilized to great effect in the next generation of cellular networks, mining applications, health-care monitoring, transportation and intelligent highways, multi-robot applications, first responders operations, military applications, factory automation, building and environmental controls, cognitive wireless networks, commercial and social network applications, and smart spaces. A multitude of technologies can be utilized in location-aware radios and networks, including global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), RFID, cellular, UWB, WLAN, Bluetooth, cooperative localization, indoor GPS, device-free localization, IR, Radar, and UHF. The performances of these technologies are measured by their accuracy, precision, complexity, robustness, scalability, and cost. Given the many application scenarios across different disciplines, there is a clear need for a broad, up-to-date and cogent treatment of radio-based location awareness. > > This special issue will bring together the latest research, innovations, and applications of location-awareness for radios and networks. Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit their original manuscript on topics including, but not limited to: > > - Simultaneous localization and mapping techniques > - Algorithms for GNSS, assisted GNSS, augmented GNSS, and pseudolites > - Indoor location-aware networks (Bluetooth, Zigbee, WLAN, UWB localization) > - Positioning using opportunistic signals (3GPP/LTE, 802.11x, digital TV) > - Radio-based tomography, device-free localization, and through-the-wall sensing > - Security and privacy aspects of positioning > - Distributed, peer-to-peer, and collaborative localization and tracking > - Fundamental limits and bounds on position estimation > - Heterogeneous sensor fusion and hybridization algorithms for positioning > - Signal design, signal detection, and parameter estimation for positioning > - Testbeds, measurement campaigns, channel modeling, and experimentation > - Positioning for autonomous systems (robots, planes, cars) > - Interference cancelation, avoidance, and reduction techniques in the localization process > - Location information for resource planning of radio and networks > - Special topics on localization and tracking (cooperative localization, optimization, networked-based localization and mapping in general sensor networks, sparsity-exploiting sensing and decision) > > Prospective authors should submit their manuscripts following the IEEE JSAC format at http://www.jsac.ucsd.edu/Guidelines/info.html. Authors should submit a PDF version of their complete manuscript to http://www.edas.info, according to the following schedule: > > Guest Editors: > - Trung Q. Duong Queen's University Belfast trung.q.duong(a)qub.ac.uk > - Maged Elkashlan Queen Mary University of London maged.elkashlan(a)qmul.ac.uk > - George K. Karagiannidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki geokarag(a)auth.gr > - Henk Wymeersch Chalmers University of Technology henkw(a)chalmers.se > - Yasamin Mostofi University of California, Santa Barbara ymostofi(a)ece.ucsb.edu > - Byonghyo Shim Korea University, South Korea bshim(a)korea.ac.kr? > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 IPCCC 2014, December 5-7, 2014, Austin, Texas, USA (***Paper submission due in TWO weeks***))
by Lars Wolf 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Wenjia Li <wenjiali(a)GEORGIASOUTHERN.EDU> Gesendet: 29. Juli 2014 20:48:42 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE IPCCC 2014, December 5-7, 2014, Austin, Texas, USA (***Paper submission due in TWO weeks***)) Sorry for the possible cross-lists posting. **************************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPER The 33rd IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communication Conference (IPCCC) 2014 (http://www.ipccc.org/) December 5-7, 2014, Austin, Texas, USA The International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) is the premier IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of computer and communication systems. For more than two decades, IPCCC has been a research forum for adacemic, industrial, and government researchers. The lively interactions among the researchers from these emerging new fields provide a stimulating environment rich with new ideas. The International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) is a premier IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of computer and communication systems. For more than three decades, IPCCC has been a key research forum for academic, industrial, and government researchers. We encourage submission of high-quality papers reporting original work in both theoretical and experimental research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Big Data Processing and Analytics Cache, Memory, and Disk Storage Systems Cloud Computing Cyber Physical Systems Data Centers Embedded Systems Fundamental Theory and Algorithms Internet Services and Network Management Mobile Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks Multimedia Networking Multi- and Single-Core Processor Architecture Network Data Mining Network Information Assurance and Security Network Protocols Online Social Network Analysis Parallel and Distributed Systems Performance Evaluation and Modeling Performance Tools and Techniques Satellite and Space Communications Smart Grid and Intelligent Mission Critical Operations Smart Health Systems Ubiquitous Computing Wireless Communication and Networks Workload Characterization and its Impacts on Architecture Design FULL PAPERS: Full paper submissions may not exceed 8 pages. Please refer to the IEEE formatting instruction for details: http://www.computer.org/CPS. All papers must be submitted via EDAS system and will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. They will be judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, conditional upon the author's advance registration and attendance at the conference. Awards will be given for the best paper. WORKSHOPS AND PANELS: Proposals for panel sessions on timely topics and workshops (half or full-day) on relevant topics are welcome. Please contact the Workshop Chair, Kemal Akkaya (kemal(a)cs.siu.edu) for details. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Abstract Due: August 5, 2014 Full Paper Due: August 12, 2014 Poster Paper Due: August 22, 2014 Paper Acceptance Notification: September 30, 2014 Camera Ready Manuscript Due: October 14, 2014 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chairs: Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA General Vice-Chair: Zhipeng Cai, Georgia State University, USA Program Co-Chairs: Weichao Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Mea Wang, University of Calgary, Canada Poster Chair: Linwei Niu, California State University Bakersfiled, USA Workshop Chair: Kemal Akkaya, Southern Illinois University, USA Publications Chair: Peixiang Liu, Nova Southeastern University, USA Publicity Co-Chairs: Wenjia Li, Georgia Southern University, USA (North America) Jorge E. Pezoa, University of Concepci¨®n, Chile (South America) Fan Li, Beijing Institute of Technology, China (Asia) Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrueck, Germany (Europe) Web Chair: Neil Nelson, Samsung, USA Financial Chair: Nasr Ullah, Samsung, USA Registration Chair: Jack Chen, Cisco, 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] IEEE Comms Magazine - “Energy Harvesting Communications” (Deadline Extended to Aug 15)
by Lars Wolf 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Comms Magazine - “Energy Harvesting Communications” (Deadline Extended to Aug 15) Datum: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:25:48 +0000 Von: Yuen Chau <yuenchau(a)SUTD.EDU.SG> Antwort an: Yuen Chau <yuenchau(a)SUTD.EDU.SG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG This message is cross-posted to several lists. Apologies for any duplicate postings. IEEE Communications Magazine CALL FOR PAPERS Feature Topic on “Energy Harvesting Communications” This feature topic will focus on issues related to energy harvesting communications. In particular for wireless sensor networks, because of its ultra-low-power operation, such small, wireless, autonomous sensors can be powered by harvesting ambient power which is scavenged in milli-watts or even micro-watts. If these wireless sensors, which spread throughout a home or factories, in-buildings or even outdoor to monitor all kind of environmental conditions, are powered by energy harvesting, there are no batteries to replace and no labour costs associated with replacing them, in other words, self-sustainable. However, the design of communication systems has to take into account the ﬂuctuating availability of energy sources. For an overview of the state-of-the-art in energy harvesting communications design, and for a relevant example of an IEEE Communications Magazine article's style and content, please refer to "Designing Intelligent Energy Harvesting Communications Systems" by D. Gunduz, K. Stamatiou, N. Michelusi, and M. Zorzi, in IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 210-216, Jan 2014. In a cellular network, energy harvesting can be used to provide power in many elements of a telecom network, saving considerable costs in electricity supply, and providing low maintenance monitoring. Powering mobile phone base stations with wind or solar power allows telecom networks to expand beyond the limits of the power grid. The possibility of re-distribution of the renewable energy in smart grid allows further efﬁcient utilization, but leads to many challenges as well. Another important focus of this feature topic is on RF energy harvesting. RF energy is currently broadcasted from billions of radio transmitters around the world, including mobile telephones, handheld radios, mobile base stations, and television/ radio broadcast stations. The ability to harvest RF energy, from ambient or dedicated sources, enables wireless charging of low-power devices and has signiﬁcant beneﬁts to product design, usability, and reliability. Fundamental practical issues on realizing this ability leads to many interesting research problems. This feature topic will focus on energy harvesting related issues in communications. It will also present a holistic view of research challenges and opportunities in the emerging area of energy harvesting communications. We especially welcome research work that pushes theory to practice, such as theoretical work with emphasis on how to solve a practical problem, experimental work on new systems, and system-level considerations for practical deployment. This feature topic solicits state-of-the-art technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: · Energy harvesting base station, access point, and relay; · Energy-efﬁcient and energy harvesting machine-to-machine (M2M) communications; · Low-power and energy harvesting wireless sensor networks; · Characterization of light, thermal, wind, motion, and RF energy harvesting; · Communication protocols for wireless charging networks and systems; · Energy harvesting storage and recycling; · Software-deﬁned networking for energy harvesting communications; · Sustainable network architectures using energy harvesting; · Theoretic approaches and design methodologies; · Testbed and experimental validation; · Energy harvesting for rare events sensing; · Event-powered energy harvesting wireless sensor networks; · Energy harvesting for industrial and intelligent systems; · Standardization of energy harvesting communications. Note that articles on green communications that do not directly address energy harvesting will be considered out of scope for this feature topic. Please consider directing such articles to the "Green Communications and Computing Networks" Series of IEEE Communications Magazine. Submission Guidelines Articles should be tutorial in nature and written in a style comprehensible and accessible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. It is important to note that the IEEE Communications Magazine strongly limits mathematical content, and the number of figures and tables. Paper length should not exceed 4,500 words. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee) by the deadline. Submit articles to the "April 2015/Energy Harvesting Communications" category. Important Dates Manuscript Submission: Extended to 15-August, 2014 Notiﬁcation of Acceptance: 01-November, 2014 Final Manuscript: 01-February, 2015 Publication: April 2015 Guest Editors Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (yuenchau(a)sutd.edu.sg<mailto:yuenchau@sutd.edu.sg>) Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical University, China (lei.shu(a)lab.gdupt.edu.cn<mailto:lei.shu@lab.gdupt.edu.cn>) Maged Elkashlan, Queen Mary University of London, UK (maged.elkashlan(a)qmul.ac.uk<mailto:maged.elkashlan@qmul.ac.uk>) Yi Qian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (yqian(a)ieee.org<mailto:yqian@ieee.org>) Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, UK (trung.q.duong(a)qub.ac.uk<mailto:trung.q.duong@qub.ac.uk>) Frank Schmidt, EnOcean, Germany (frank.schmidt(a)enocean.com<mailto:frank.schmidt@enocean.com>) This email may contain confidential and/or proprietary information that is exempt from disclosure under applicable law and is intended for receipt and use solely by the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email, or any attachment, is strictly prohibited. Please delete the email immediately and inform the sender. Thank You ______________________________________________________________ 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: [InternetTC] MobiQuitous 2014: Final Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] MobiQuitous 2014: Final Call for Papers Datum: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 02:17:37 -0700 Von: Pei Zhang <peizhang(a)CMU.EDU> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, I would like to bring your attention to the CfP for MobiQuitous 2014. Please note the abstract deadline August 1st and the full paper (max 10 pages) deadline a week later. Papers (abstract deadline August 1st): http://mobiquitous.org/2014/show/cf-papers Full paper deadline August 8th Please also note the new page limit of 10 pages this year. Thanks! ===================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ***MobiQuitous 2014: 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services [In-cooperation with ACM SIGAPP & SIGBED] December 2-5 December 2014 London, UK http://mobiquitous.org ===================================================== The Eleventh Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2014) will provide a forum for practitioners and researchers from diverse backgrounds to interact and exchange experiences about the design and implementation of mobile and ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include systems, applications, social networks, middleware, networking, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing. ===================================================== Topics of Interest: ===================================================== We solicit technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal. Submissions should clearly identify how they relate to issues on mobile and ubiquitous systems. Contributions describing an overall working system and reporting real world deployment experiences are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Wireless Access Technologies Networked Sensing, and Applications Mobile Device Architectures Mobile Systems and Applications Mobile Data Management and Analytics Mobile Multimedia Mobile User Interfaces and Interaction Technologies Mobile User Experience Toolkit, and Languages for Mobile Computing Energy Aware Mobile Computing Mobile Cloud Computing Semantic Web Technologies Localization and Tracking Internet of Things – Systems, Data Analytics, and Applications Crowdsourcing: - Platforms and Applications Participatory Sensing Social Network Applications to Mobile Computing Context and Location Aware Applications and Services Wearable Computing Body Area Networks Security and Privacy ===================================================== Publication Guidelines: ===================================================== The international technical program committee will rigorously review all submitted papers and ACM Digital Library will publish the accepted papers. Submitted papers for review must not exceed 10 pages and should be in PDF and formatted in the ACM Double Column format. Detailed format and submission instructions including style templates for MS Word and LaTex are provided at the conference website ===================================================== Important dates: ===================================================== Submission Abstract Deadline: August 1, 2014 Submission Paper Deadline: August 8, 2014 Acceptance Notification: September 26, 2014 Camera-Ready Version: October 24th, 2014 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Technical Committee http://committees.comsoc.org/itc/ To subscribe or unsubscribe: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: IEEE CCNC 2015 Call for Submissions
by Lars Wolf 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: IEEE CCNC 2015 Call for Submissions Datum: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:37:33 -0400 Von: IEEE ComSoc Meetings <meetings(a)comsoc.org> An: <wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> *IEEE CCNC 2015 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894896&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…>* IEEE CCNC is organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, professionals, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer technologies. * Workshop Proposals: Due July 31, 2014 <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894897&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…>* Proposals are welcomed covering special areas of interest pertinent to consumer communications and networking. * **Tutorial Proposals: Due July 31, 2014* <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894898&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…> Proposals are sought covering a wide range of topics and levels — ranging from fundamentals to the latest advances in hot topic areas. * Technical Papers: Due September 7, 2014 <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894899&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…>* Submissions are welcomed in the following areas in consumer communications networking. • Wireless Communication • Smart Devices, Spaces and PANs • Multimedia & Entertainment Networking and Services • Peer-to-Peer Networking and Cloud-based Content Distribution • Emerging and Innovative Consumer Technologies and Applications • Security, Privacy and Content Protection • Mobile Devices, Platform and Communication • Social Networking • Networked Games • Green Computing and Communications • Internet of Things • Cable Networks, Services and Applications • Human-Centric Sensing and Networking • Standards for Consumer Communications and Networking • Vehicular AND Healthcare Networking • Public Safety and Infrastructure Communications • Consumer Big Data Networking and Applications • Software Defined Networking *IEEE CCNC 2015 overlaps with the 2015 International CES. * 2015 CES Registration is free through August 31, 2014. Note: Attendees must register separately for IEEE CCNC & CES. *For more information, visit www.ieee-ccnc.org <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894900&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…>. * *IMPORTANT DATES:* Workshop Proposals Due: July 31 2014 Tutorial Proposals Due: July 31, 2014 Technical Papers Due: September 7, 2014 www.ieee-ccnc.org <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894901&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…> If you no longer wish to receive emails from the IEEE Communications Society, please send an email to opt-out(a)comsoc.org <mailto:opt-out@comsoc.org> with REMOVE in the subject line. Click here <http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248908789&sid=46894902&m=5511630&u=IEEEC…> to unsubscribe IEEE Communications Society - 17th floor , 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS – Special issue of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM) on Disruptive Technologies for Energy-Efficient Computing
by Lars Wolf 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS – Special issue of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM) on Disruptive Technologies for Energy-Efficient Computing Datum: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:46:30 +0200 Von: Chris Gniady <gniady(a)CS.ARIZONA.EDU> Antwort an: Chris Gniady <gniady(a)CS.ARIZONA.EDU> Organisation: University of Arizona An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS – Special issue of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM) on Disruptive Technologies for Energy-Efficient Computing Scope: The energy consumption of computing systems and infrastructures is a major obstacle towards realizing new computing paradigms. Despite significant advancements in the power-efficiency of processors and an increasing awareness of energy among the computing systems research community, it is becoming clear that the energy obstacle can only be overcome with disruptive and unconventional technologies that span the entire hardware and software stack. Foundational work that pushes the limits of energy consumption to the absolute minimum, while sustaining functionality, performance and the familiar user interfaces is essential in this direction. From devices, to new computing algorithms and paradigms, to software, to applications, research should envision a zero-power computing ecosystem replacing the current power-aware computing ecosystem. This vision will raise unprecedented challenges in all functional and non-functional aspects of computing, including performance, resil! ience, accuracy, programability and usability. In this special issue, we seek original work that addresses how disruptive technologies can improve the energy-efficiency of the current computing ecosystem. These technologies may include but are not limited to processor, memory, storage and networking technologies; cooling technologies; and energy harvesting, storage and recycling technologies. Papers should clearly articulate the disruptive aspects of the technology presented and demonstrate pathways to integrate the technology in the hardware & software stack via experimental prototypes or simulation. We solicit papers that span all major computing markets where energy-efficiency is of essence, including sensors, mobile computing, HPC systems and datacenters. Specific topics include, but not limited to, the following topics in Energy Efficiency: • Hardware architecture • Ultra low-voltage processors • Accelerators • Reconfigurable processors • Heterogeneous multicore processors • System-on-chip • Non-volatile memory technologies • Phase Change Memory • Novel router architectures • Novel mobile architectures and devices • System software • Software integration of disruptive technologies • Operating systems • Virtualization • Energy abstractions in languages and programming models • Novel routing protocols • Novel mobile systems • Data center Architecture • System support for energy-harvesting technologies • Cooling technologies • Alternative energy • Alternative infrastructure designs Submission Details: General information for submitting papers to SUSCOM can be found athttp://ees.elsevier.com/suscom/ (please note the “Guide for Authors” link). Submissions to this Special Issue (SI) should be made using Elsevier’s editorial system at the journal website (http://ees.elsevier.com/suscom/, under the “submit paper” link). Please make sure to select the “SI: Disruptive Tech” option for the type of the paper during the submission process. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. 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. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed using the normal standards of SUSCOM. Important Dates: • Manuscript due date: Aug 31, 2014 • First decision notification: December 15, 2014 • Tentative publication schedule: Second quarter of 2015 Special Issue Editors: Ali R. Butt, Virginia Tech, USA,butta(a)cs.vt.edu Chris Gniady, University of Arizona, USA,gniady(a)cs.arizona.edu Dimitrios S. Nikolopoulos, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK,d.nikolopoulos(a)qub.ac.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: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE WiMob 2014 Workshop on Smart City and Ubiquitous Computing Applications (SCUCA 2014) - Deadline Extended: July 31 (firm)
by Lars Wolf 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE WiMob 2014 Workshop on Smart City and Ubiquitous Computing Applications (SCUCA 2014) - Deadline Extended: July 31 (firm) Datum: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:15:20 -0400 Von: Chrysostomos Chrysostomou <ch.chrysostomou(a)FREDERICK.AC.CY> Antwort an: Chrysostomos Chrysostomou <ch.chrysostomou(a)FREDERICK.AC.CY> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *** Submission Deadline for SCUCA 2014 is extended to July 31, 2014 (FIRM) *** CALL FOR PAPERS ============================================================== 2nd International Workshop on Smart City and Ubiquitous Computing Applications (SCUCA 2014) in conjunction with the 10th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (IEEE WiMob 2014) October 8, 2014 Golden Bay Beach Hotel (5*) Larnaca, CYPRUS http://netlab.frederick.ac.cy/scuca2014/ ============================================================= Keynote Talk: ----------------- "The Web of Things: towards smart pervasive environments" Prof. Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus Important Dates: ---------------------- Submission deadline: July 31, 2014 (firm) Acceptance Notification: August 13, 2014 Camera-Ready Deadline: August 25, 2014 About SCUCA 2014: --------------------------- Cities and urban areas in general are experiencing immense growth in the last few years as they are the centers of economic activities. Regarding future trends, it is estimated that 93% of urban growth will occur in developing nations, with 80% of urban growth occurring in Asia and Africa. Urged by these observations, city halls and political decision makers are calling for urgent solutions to the growing problems caused by this increasing population concentration. Recent advances in information and communication technologies may stimulate new solutions towards the urbanization problems, and the mission of this workshop is to present recent achievements in ubiquitous computing from a smart cities perspective. Smart city research mainly focuses on applying next-generation information technologies in daily activities, like embedding sensors and actuators in hospitals, power grids, roads, buildings, water systems, vehicles, and other objects forming the Internet of Things (IoT). A recent study identifies five industry sectors that are core to the development of smart cities: energy, water, transportation, buildings, and government. This Workshop addresses the aforementioned issues by examining new technological developments, under the context of ubiquitous computing and smart environments, in the general areas of: Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Mobile Communications, IoT architectures, data storage and handling, security and privacy, reliability and fault tolerance, risk analysis and service business models. Experiences from deployments and case studies related to the aforementioned subject areas are particularly welcome. The Call for Papers covers (but is not limited to) the areas of: Places of Living and Work * Multimedia pervasive computing for smart environments * E-Health services in smart environments * Smart applications for special user groups (e.g. people with disabilities) * Personalized, transformable urban housing and farming * Time-shifted, shared space-on-demand for collaborative work * Sensing and algorithms to understand fine-grained human activity for responsive lighting, HVAC, health, energy conservation, and communication in the home and workplace Mobility Networks: * Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the context of cooperative applications and services, vehicular networking for smart transportation * Multi-modal mobility recommendation engines * Technologies and services for new urban vehicles such as electric scooters, automobiles, bike-lane vehicles, etc. * Autonomous vehicle technology and vehicle-pedestrian interfaces * Technologies for shared-use vehicle systems * Electronic parking systems Electronic and Social Networks: * New network-centric methods for managing reactive, data-driven city systems * Social, multimedia and ubiquitous computing for smart cities * Urban-scale serious games to shape use of resources such as shared-used mobility, variable-rate power, and flexible workspaces * The development of exchange networks in order to obtain more stable, fair, and socially acceptable services Urban Analysis and Modeling: * Data-driven analysis of economic activity, human behavior, mobility patterns, resource consumption, etc. in order to inform an evidence-based process of designing new cities * Parametric urban design tools to schematically define mobility nodes, streets, building massing, and location of resources to create nested compact urban cells (walkable neighborhoods) * Urban energy, mobility, water, food, and waste simulator for new, post-oil cities * Typology of streetscapes, pathways, mobility nodes, and responsive technologies for cities Paper Submission: ------------------------ Authors are invited to submit, via the EDAS system, full papers written in English, with a paper length of 6 printed pages, including figures, tables & references in IEEE double-column format (overlength are allowed at an extra cost). Submissions should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed for scientific quality by the Technical Program Committee. Paper submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register for the workshop, at the regular rate (non-student), and present the paper. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE WiMob 2014 conference proceedings, and will be accessible via IEEE Xplore Digital Library. https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=17925&track=59019 Workshop Chairs: ----------------------- * Dr. Lambros Lambrinos Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus (lambros.lambrinos(a)cut.ac.cy) * Dr. Chrysostomos Chrysostomou Frederick University, Cyprus (ch.chrysostomou(a)frederick.ac.cy) * Dr. Anastasios D. Doulamis National Technical University of Athens, Greece (adoulam(a)cs.ntua.gr) ______________________________________________________________ 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: [ISCC] [Mycolleagues] CFP: IEEE SCVT @ Delft
by Lars Wolf 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [ISCC] [Mycolleagues] CFP: IEEE SCVT @ Delft Datum: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:51:53 +0200 Von: R. Venkatesha Prasad <rvprasad(a)ieee.org> Antwort an: admmyc(a)ig.com.br An: tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org Kopie (CC): iscc <iscc(a)mama.ing.unibo.it>, mycolleagues(a)mailman.ufsc.br -------------------------------------------------------------------------Â Â Â Â Â Â *** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers IEEE SCVT 2014 21st IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology November 10, 2014 Delft University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands http://www.ieeescvtbenelux.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Established in 1993, the IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology (IEEE SCVT 2014) is an annual event organized by the IEEE Benelux Joint Chapter on Communications and Vehicular Technology. IEEE SCVT 2014 solicits papers addressing scientific and technical advances in communication systems and vehicular communication technology. Topics include, but are not limited to: Physical Layer Topics: *Â Â Â Advanced receiver design *Â Â Â Broadband access techniques *Â Â Â Channel modelling *Â Â Â Coding and modulation *Â Â Â Cognitive and green radio *Â Â Â Communication theory *Â Â Â Energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks *Â Â Â Machine-to-machine communications *Â Â Â Multiple antenna and MIMO systems *Â Â Â Multi-user detection *Â Â Â Short-range wireless technologies *Â Â Â Software-defined radio *Â Â Â Ultra low power transceivers *Â Â Â Ultra Wide Band radio Networking Topics: *Â Â Â Ad-hoc and sensor networks *Â Â Â Cellular and wireless networks *Â Â Â Cyber security and network robustness *Â Â Â Energy efficient networking *Â Â Â Internet of Things *Â Â Â Multimedia and information-centric networking *Â Â Â Network science *Â Â Â Online social networks *Â Â Â Optical networks *Â Â Â Personal and body area networks *Â Â Â Quality of Service and Quality of Experience *Â Â Â Self-organizing networks *Â Â Â Smart grid communications and control *Â Â Â Software-defined networking The accepted and actually presented papers of the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore (No-Show Policy). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES *Â Â Â September 5, 2014: Paper submission deadline *Â Â Â October 14, 2014: Notification of acceptance *Â Â Â October 28, 2014: Camera-ready paper submission deadline *Â Â Â November 10, 2014: Symposium ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit original contributions (written in English), in PDF format, using the submission system and directions available at http://www.ieeescvtbenelux.org/. Only original papers not published or under review elsewhere can be submitted. Submissions should be in IEEE 2-column style and not exceed 6 pages.Â We welcome your contributions and look forward to your participation at IEEE SCVT 2014. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AWARD A best student paper award will be given. To qualify for the award, a student has to be the first author of the paper and present the paper himself/herself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General chair: - Fernando Kuipers, Delft University of Technology TPC chair: - R Venkatesha Prasad, Delft University of Technology Local organization: - Wendy Murtinu-van Schagen, Delft University of Technology TPC members: - Nader Alagha, European Space Technology Centre - Chris Blondia, University of Antwerp - Marc Engels, Flanders Mechatronics Technology Centre - Joel Grotz, Newtec - Jan Haagh, Eindhoven University of Technology - Fernando Kuipers, Delft University of Technology - Guy Leduc, University de LiÃ¨ge - Arjan Meijerink, University of Twente - Ingrid Moerman, University of Gent and iMinds - Homayoun Nikookar, Delft University of Technology - Thierry Pollet, Alcatel-Lucent - Frederik Simoens, Newtec - Laurent Schumacher, University of Namur - Heidi Steendam, University of Gent

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Fwd: 11. Fachgespräch "Ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste" - 18./19. September 2014, Extended Abstract: 10. August
by Lars Wolf 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: 11. Fachgespräch "Ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste" - 18./19. September 2014, Extended Abstract: 10. August Datum: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:53:24 +0200 Von: Jörg Roth <Joerg.Roth(a)th-nuernberg.de> An: Joerg.Roth(a)th-nuernberg.de Bitte geben Sie diese Einladung an interessierte mögliche Teilnehmer weiter und hängen sie an Ihren Instituten aus. CALL FOR PAPERS 11. Fachgespräch der GI/ITG-Fachgruppe KuVS Ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste (Location based Applications and Services) 18./19. September 2014 Telekom Innovation Laboratories, Darmstadt URL: http://www.lbas2014.uni-jena.de/ Deadline für Extended Abstract: 10. August ======================================================================= Das Fachgespräch "Ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste" verfolgt das Ziel, Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern aus der Informatik und angrenzenden Bereichen einen Erfahrungsaustausch auf dem Gebiet der ortsbezogenen und mobilen Anwendungen und Dienste zu ermöglichen. Dazu werden alle Interessierten aufgerufen, wissenschaftliche Beiträge einzureichen. Zu den relevanten Themengebieten gehören: Anwendungen: Ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste * Ortsbezogene Dienste des Mobilfunks * Ortsbezogene Dienstvermittlung und -suche * Datenbanken für ortsbezogene Dienste, Geodatenbanken * Umsetzungen konkreter ortsbezogener Anwendungen z.B. Tour Guides, Friend Finder * Modellierung von Mobilität und des Benutzerkontextes * Kartenerstellung, GIS, Navigation und Routing Technologie: Frameworks and Sicherheit * Nutzerinterfaces mobiler und ortsbezogener Anwendungen * Middleware-Plattformen für ortsbezogene Anwendungen und Dienste * Positionsbestimmung, auch auf der Basis mobiler Netzwerke * Sicherheitsaspekte mobiler und ortsbezogener Dienste * Generische Frameworks und Bibliotheken Grundlagen: Neuartige Anwendungsbereiche und Themen * Neuartige Anwendungsbereiche (Gaming, Entertainment, Sicherheit, Frühwarnsysteme, Katastrophenmanagement) * Verteilte Algorithmen und Simulationsmodelle * Sensorik bzw. Sensornetze zur Erfassung von Kontextdaten * Angrenzende Themen z.B. aus dem Bereich der Geoinformatik Aufgrund der breiten Zustimmung, die das Fachgespräch in den letzten Jahren erfahren hat, wird es dieses Jahr wieder zwei Präsentationsformen geben. Neben dem klassischen Vortragsprogramm wird es eine Postersession geben, in der den Teilnehmern die Gelegenheit gegeben wird, weitere Themen interaktiv zu diskutieren. Beiträge bitte in Form eines Extended Abstract (max. zwei Seiten) bis zum 10. August über Easychair https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lbas2014 eingereichen. Es sind Beiträge in deutscher oder englischer Sprache erwünscht. Konferenzsprache ist Deutsch. Nach dem Fachgespräch werden Teilnehmer gebeten, ihre Beiträge als Vollpublikation einzureichen, die in einem Tagungsband mit ISBN veröffentlicht wird. Weitere Informationen sind auf der Webseite des Fachgesprächs zu finden: Konferenz URL: http://www.lbas2014.uni-jena.de/ EasyChair URL: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lbas2014 Kontakt: * Gerald Eichler, gerald.eichler(a)telekom.de * Volkmar Schau, volkmar.schau(a)uni-jena.de * Jörg Roth, joerg.roth(a)th-nuernberg.de -- * Prof. Dr. habil. Joerg Roth * Faculty of Computer Science * Nuremberg Institute of Technology * Tel. +49-911-5880-1169 Email: Joerg.Roth(a)th-nuernberg.de * Fax +49-911-5880-5666 Web: http://www.wireless-earth.de * Postal address: Kesslerplatz 12, 90489 Nuremberg, Germany * Office address: Hohfederstraße 40, 90489 Nuremberg

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Fwd: [ISCC] CfP: IEEE INFOCOM 2015 - Abstract Submission Deadline: July 23, 2014
by Lars Wolf 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [ISCC] CfP: IEEE INFOCOM 2015 - Abstract Submission Deadline: July 23, 2014 Datum: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:30:57 +0200 Von: Giuseppe Anastasi <giuseppe.anastasi(a)unipi.it> Organisation: Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Pisa An: ISCC(a)mama.ing.unibo.it ************** Call for Papers ************** IEEE INFOCOM 2015 26 April - 1 May 2015| Hong Kong, China www.ieee-infocom.org/2015 IEEE INFOCOM 2015 solicits research papers describing significant and innovative research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. We invite submissions on a wide range of research topics, spanning both theoretical and systems research. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Big data * Cellular networks * Cloud computing * Cognitive radio networks * Cooperative networking * Crowdsourcing * Cyber‐physical systems * Datacenter networking * Delay tolerant networks * Energy efficiency * Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability * Flow and congestion control * Information centric networking * Information security and privacy * Internet security and privacy * Localization * Location-based services * Medium access control * MIMO-based networking * Mobility management and models * Multicast * Multimedia networking * Network calculus * Network coding * Network economics and pricing * Network management * Network measurement and analysis * Network science * Network virtualization * Optical networks * Overlay and peer-to-peer networks * Quality of Service * Resource allocation and management * RFID systems * Router and switch design * Routing * Scheduling and buffer management * Short range wireless technologies * Smart grid * Smartphone and mobile applications * Social computing and networks * Software defined networking * Traffic engineering * Vehicular networks * Web applications and content distribution * Wireless access networks * Wireless mesh and ad hoc networks * Wireless security and privacy * Wireless sensor networks Important dates: * Abstract Due: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 11:59pm EDT * Full Paper Due: Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 11:59pm EDT * Notification of Acceptance: Monday, November 17, 2014 General Chair: * Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Technical Program Co-Chairs: * Sonia Fahmy (Purdue University) * Baochun Li (University of Toronto) * John C.S. Lui (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Steering Committee Chair: * Tom Hou (Virginia Tech, USA) IEEE and IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY POLICIES To ensure appropriate consideration of conflicts of interest during the review process, the ComSoc prohibits changes to the list of authors once a paper has been submitted for review during review, revision, or (if accepted) final publication. The author list may be changed only prior to the submission deadline. Additional paper submission instructions, including the double-blind policy, can be found on the conference web site www.ieee-infocom.org/2015. To be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2015 conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC co-chairs grant permission for a substitute presenter before the conference opens. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2015 conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®. For more information, please visit: www.ieee-infocom.org/2015. --- Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! Antivirus. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ ISCC mailing list ISCC(a)mama.ing.unibo.it https://mama.ing.unibo.it/listinfo/iscc

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Special Issue on Big Data Analytics for Smarter Health Care: Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal
by Lars Wolf 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Special Issue on Big Data Analytics for Smarter Health Care: Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal Datum: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:38:38 -0400 Von: Nirmalya Roy <nirmalya.roy(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Nirmalya Roy <nirmalya.roy(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Pervasive and Mobile Computing Special Issue on Big Data Analytics for Smarter Health Care - Call for Papers - Health care systems are at the cusp of being revolutionized by advancements in technology, which when appropriately integrated into existing best practices, can enable faster and safer cure, improved doctor-patient relationships, personalized treatment and lower costs. With rapid advances in computing and associated technologies, we are seeing slow, steady and seamless integrations of communications, networking, hardware miniaturization, sensing, cryptographic and a range of algorithmic advances for smarter health care. At the forefront of challenges in emergent smarter health care systems is how to manage ‘Big-data’ arising from today’s computing technologies. Sources of such Big-data are numerous including the Internet, Smart-phones, Embedded sensors in large numbers deployed for a variety of applications and so on. Unfortunately though, empowering the utility of Big-data today is challenging considering its heterogeneity, multi-dimensionality, volume and speed of da! ta generated. In the realm of health-care, while there are clear opportunities to leverage Big-data emanating from today’s computing technologies, additional challenges include providing information security, patient privacy, meeting real-time guarantees, information fusion, system sustainability among others. Although research in the domain of Big-Data analytics for smarter-health is attracting attention across disciplines, several applications, opportunities, challenges, models and technologies are yet to be explored and investigated. The special issue encourages submissions of high-quality unpublished papers reporting original work in both theoretical and experimental research in the area of Big-data analytics applied to smarter health care. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: • ‘Big-Data’ Models and Architectures for smarter health care • Data Integration and Information Fusion for smarter health care • Security, Trust and Privacy in smarter health-care • Predictive modeling for improving health care • Novel ‘Big-Data’ analysis techniques with applications to smarter-health • Personalized and Patient Centric Heath-care • Networking and Communication architectures • Advanced sensing models including body sensors • Energy management issues in smarter health • Real-time protocols for smarter health care • Visualization, Personalized medicine and other Human factors in smarter health Important Dates Submission deadline: Nov 1, 2014 Initial feedback to authors: Feb 1, 2015 Expected Publication of the Special Issue: Fall 2015 Submission Guidelines All submissions have to be prepared according to the Guide for Authors as published in the Journal website at http://www.ees.elsevier.com/pmc/. Authors should select “SI: Big Data for HealthCare”, 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: •Sriram Chellappan, Missouri University of Science and Technology •Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology •Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland Baltimore County ______________________________________________________________ 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] ICNC2015 - Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
by Lars Wolf 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ICNC2015 - Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Datum: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:43:36 -0500 Von: Hong, Xiaoyan <hxy(a)CS.UA.EDU> Antwort an: Hong, Xiaoyan <hxy(a)CS.UA.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call for papers ------------------ Symposium of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (WAHS), International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC'2015). *More than 40 high-profile speakers to give talks at ICNC'15, including, 3 Keynote Speakers, 5 Plenary Speakers, 6 Distinguished Lecturers, and 18 Invited Speakers. * http://www.conf-icnc.org/2015/ Anaheim, California, USA, February 16-19, 2015 Submission deadline: July 27 (23:59 PDT), 2014 Paper Acceptance: Sept. 20, 2014 Camera-ready paper: Oct. 20, 2014 Scope ------- The Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium cover all topics related to ad hoc networks and sensor networks. A wireless sensor network is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed nodes with limited resources that can cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions at different locations. Each node is capable of computation, sensing, and communication. Challenges may be exacerbated by the presence of mobile nodes in the network. Such networks may consist of independent and isolated fixed devices that gather environmental data, which may be embedded in urban environments in order to facilitate actuation over managed resources, or may be fixed to and move with the object of interest. Ad hoc networks may exist in environments where there is no pre-existing communications infrastructure, and thereby organize to create their own. Ad hoc networks have been attracting great attention from the research and engineering communities, motivated by applicati! ons like digital battlefield, asset tracking, air-borne safety, situational awareness, and border protection. As we move towards a world that connects all things, these issues become ever more relevant. Dynamic topologies, bandwidth constraints, energy constrained operations, wireless vulnerabilities, and limited physical security are among the characteristics that differentiate mobile ad hoc networks from fixed multi-hop networks. This symposium aims to provide a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. We solicit papers that present original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. Topics include but are not limited to, > Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks > Implementation Challenges Novel Measurement Techniques Physical Layer > Design of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Frequency and Channel Allocation > Algorithms Topology Control and Management Opportunistic or > delay-tolerant communications Algorithms and Modeling for > Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management Time > Synchronization in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Architectures of Ad Hoc > and Sensor Networks MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks QoS > Provisioning in MAC and Routing for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks > Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc and Sensor > Networks Performance Evaluation and Modeling Integrated Simulation and > Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems New > Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems > Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols Data Management, > Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing Distributed > Algorithms in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Pricing Modeling and > Solutions Pervasive and Wearable Computing Co-existence Issues of > Hybrid Networks Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc > and Sensor Networks Resource Management Algorithms in Wireless Ad Hoc > and Sensor Networks Real-world Measurements or Test beds Cross-layer > Design and Infrastructure Energy Efficiency Considerations on the > Design or Implementation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Internet of things > Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks Cognition in Wireless Ad Hoc and > Sensor Networks Participatory sensing Crowdsourcing Submission Guidelines --------------------------- Please follow the author instructions at http://www.conf-icnc.org/2015/author.htm Direct paper submission weblink of this symposium can be found at http://www.conf-icnc.org/2015/cfp.htm Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Symposium Co-chairs -------------------------- Yanmin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China, Falko Dressler, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Xiaoyan Hong, University of Alabama, 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: Sensys 2014 Call for Posters and Demos
by Lars Wolf 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Sensys 2014 Call for Posters and Demos Datum: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:50:51 +0000 Von: Römer Kay Uwe <roemer(a)INF.ETHZ.CH> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. -=* The 12th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems *=- -=* SenSys 2014 *=- CALL FOR POSTERS AND DEMOS http://sensys.acm.org/2014/demos/ Memphis, TN, USA, November 3-6, 2014 The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective, single-track forum for research on systems issues of networked sensing and actuation, broadly defined. Systems of smart sensors and actuators will revolutionize a wide array of application areas by providing an unprecedented density and fidelity of instrumentation. They also present systems challenges because of resource constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, mobility, and scale. This conference provides an ideal venue to address research challenges facing the design, development, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensing and actuation systems require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, energy harvesting and management, distributed systems and algorithms, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work. SenSys 2014 solicits submissions of both poster and demo abstracts in reflecting research and development in the above areas of interest. Contributions from industry presenting prototypes of platforms and solutions that might enhance future innovative applications are also encouraged. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated based on technical merit and innovation as well as their potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas. Authors of accepted abstracts will be given a one-minute slot in a â€œmadness sessionâ€ during the conference to present their work in front of the conference audience. As with previous editions of SenSys, the best poster and demo will receive an award. All abstracts shall be formatted according to the main conference paper layout. Accepted abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings. - IMPORTANT DATES - Abstract Submission Deadline: 28 Jul, 2014 (anywhere on earth) Notification of Acceptance: 28 Aug, 2014 Camera ready abstract: 15 Sep, 2014 - SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS - If you are submitting a demo abstract, please add â€œDemo Abstract:â€ at the beginning of the abstractâ€™s title. Please submit your demo abstract here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sensys2014demos If you are submitting a poster abstract, please add â€œPoster Abstract:â€ at the beginning of the abstractâ€™s title. Please submit your poster abstract here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sensys2014posters - POSTERS - The poster session at SenSys provides a forum for researchers to present their work and receive feedback from experts attending the conference. We explicitly encourage submissions from students. Posters must be submitted as a single PDF containing no more than 3 pages. The first two pages should contain an abstract describing the research content of the poster, along with title, authors, institutional affiliations and contact information. The third page should contain a thumbnail draft of theposterâ€™s contents. For more information, please contact the poster chair: Octav Chipara <octav-chipara(a)uiowa.edu> - DEMOS - Sensys solicits demonstrations showing innovative research and applications. Demos which showcase working systems, new platforms and tools, innovative applications, path breaking ideas, and other revolutionary concepts are welcome. Submissions from both industry and universities are encouraged. Demos must be submitted as a single PDF containing no more than 3 pages. The first two pages should contain an abstract describing the research content of the demo, along with title, authors, institutional affiliations and contact information. The third, optional page, whose format is at your discretion, should contain any additional information that will be used only to evaluate your demonstration proposal. For example, you may detail what you will show during the demo, outline special requirements (e.g., unusual space needs, exclusive access to a wireless channel, etc.), or provide links to additional online material related to your demo. Links to videos showing the demonstration are especially encouraged and videos of accepted demos will be linked from the SenSys web pages. For more information, please contact the demo chairs: Kay Roemer <roemer(a)tugraz.at> Peter Volgyesi <peter.volgyesi(a)vanderbilt.edu>

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Communications Magazine - Feature Topic on “Energy Harvesting Communications” (Deadline Aug 1)
by Lars Wolf 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE Communications Magazine - Feature Topic on “Energy Harvesting Communications” (Deadline Aug 1) Datum: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:50:58 +0000 Von: Yuen Chau <yuenchau(a)SUTD.EDU.SG> Antwort an: Yuen Chau <yuenchau(a)SUTD.EDU.SG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG This message is cross-posted to several lists. Apologies for any duplicate postings. IEEE Communications Magazine CALL FOR PAPERS Feature Topic on “Energy Harvesting Communications” This feature topic will focus on issues related to energy harvesting communications. In particular for wireless sensor networks, because of its ultra-low-power operation, such small, wireless, autonomous sensors can be powered by harvesting ambient power which is scavenged in milli-watts or even micro-watts. If these wireless sensors, which spread throughout a home or factories, in-buildings or even outdoor to monitor all kind of environmental conditions, are powered by energy harvesting, there are no batteries to replace and no labour costs associated with replacing them, in other words, self-sustainable. However, the design of communication systems has to take into account the ﬂuctuating availability of energy sources. For an overview of the state-of-the-art in energy harvesting communications design, and for a relevant example of an IEEE Communications Magazine article's style and content, please refer to "Designing Intelligent Energy Harvesting Communications Systems" by D. Gunduz, K. Stamatiou, N. Michelusi, and M. Zorzi, in IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 210-216, Jan 2014. In a cellular network, energy harvesting can be used to provide power in many elements of a telecom network, saving considerable costs in electricity supply, and providing low maintenance monitoring. Powering mobile phone base stations with wind or solar power allows telecom networks to expand beyond the limits of the power grid. The possibility of re-distribution of the renewable energy in smart grid allows further efﬁcient utilization, but leads to many challenges as well. Another important focus of this feature topic is on RF energy harvesting. RF energy is currently broadcasted from billions of radio transmitters around the world, including mobile telephones, handheld radios, mobile base stations, and television/ radio broadcast stations. The ability to harvest RF energy, from ambient or dedicated sources, enables wireless charging of low-power devices and has signiﬁcant beneﬁts to product design, usability, and reliability. Fundamental practical issues on realizing this ability leads to many interesting research problems. This feature topic will focus on energy harvesting related issues in communications. It will also present a holistic view of research challenges and opportunities in the emerging area of energy harvesting communications. We especially welcome research work that pushes theory to practice, such as theoretical work with emphasis on how to solve a practical problem, experimental work on new systems, and system-level considerations for practical deployment. This feature topic solicits state-of-the-art technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: · Energy harvesting base station, access point, and relay; · Energy-efﬁcient and energy harvesting machine-to-machine (M2M) communications; · Low-power and energy harvesting wireless sensor networks; · Characterization of light, thermal, wind, motion, and RF energy harvesting; · Communication protocols for wireless charging networks and systems; · Energy harvesting storage and recycling; · Software-deﬁned networking for energy harvesting communications; · Sustainable network architectures using energy harvesting; · Theoretic approaches and design methodologies; · Testbed and experimental validation; · Energy harvesting for rare events sensing; · Event-powered energy harvesting wireless sensor networks; · Energy harvesting for industrial and intelligent systems; · Standardization of energy harvesting communications. Note that articles on green communications that do not directly address energy harvesting will be considered out of scope for this feature topic. Please consider directing such articles to the "Green Communications and Computing Networks" Series of IEEE Communications Magazine. Submission Guidelines Articles should be tutorial in nature and written in a style comprehensible and accessible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. It is important to note that the IEEE Communications Magazine strongly limits mathematical content, and the number of figures and tables. Paper length should not exceed 4,500 words. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee) by the deadline. Submit articles to the "April 2015/Energy Harvesting Communications" category. Important Dates Manuscript Submission: 01-August, 2014 Notiﬁcation of Acceptance: 01-November, 2014 Final Manuscript: 01-February, 2015 Publication: April 2015 Guest Editors Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (yuenchau(a)sutd.edu.sg<mailto:yuenchau@sutd.edu.sg>) Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical University, China (lei.shu(a)lab.gdupt.edu.cn<mailto:lei.shu@lab.gdupt.edu.cn>) Maged Elkashlan, Queen Mary University of London, UK (maged.elkashlan(a)qmul.ac.uk<mailto:maged.elkashlan@qmul.ac.uk>) Yi Qian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (yqian(a)ieee.org<mailto:yqian@ieee.org>) Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, UK (trung.q.duong(a)qub.ac.uk<mailto:trung.q.duong@qub.ac.uk>) Frank Schmidt, EnOcean, Germany (frank.schmidt(a)enocean.com<mailto:frank.schmidt@enocean.com>) This email may contain confidential and/or proprietary information that is exempt from disclosure under applicable law and is intended for receipt and use solely by the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email, or any attachment, is strictly prohibited. Please delete the email immediately and inform the sender. Thank You ______________________________________________________________ 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: ICNC 2015 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS - Submission deadline July 31, 2014
by Lars Wolf 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: ICNC 2015 CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS - Submission deadline July 31, 2014 Datum: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 02:42:37 -0400 Von: info(a)conf-icnc.org An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de SPAN 2015 The Second International Workshop on Sensor, Peer-to-peer and SociAl Networks, ICNC 2015 In conjunction with The 2015 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2015), Anaheim, CA, USA, February 16-19, 2015 Workshop Date: Monday, February 16th, 2015 URL: http://www.conf-icnc.org/2015/ Workshop Paper Submission Link: http://edas.info/N18165 I. Workshop Scope SPAN 2015 aims to attract attention from the research community to the interplay of algorithmic tools and techniques in the collective fields of Sensor, P2P and Social Networks. Smart, wireless, networked sensors will soon be all around us, collectively processing vast amounts of previously unrecorded data to help run factories, optimize farming, monitor the weather and myriad other applications. It is clear that wireless sensor networks will become as important as the Internet, capable of routing application-specific data across a wireless mesh, ad hoc peer-to-peer network in which they organize themselves and assist each other in transmitting data. These advances made in the area of sensor networks will naturally have a profound impact on our understanding and operation of traditional Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems which are widely used in today's Internet. The confluence of ideas driving sensor and P2P systems is expected to be intensified by social networks. By attracting more than h alf a billion users worldwide, social networks provide a new venue of innovation with many challenging and practical research problems. In particular, as time evolves, P2P and future sensor network applications will necessarily need to involve social information to enhance the users experience. SPAN 2015, aptly named for its goal, is organized with the objective of bringing together researchers working on the intersection of Sensor, Peer-to-Peer (P2P), and Social Networks to present and discuss their latest research results and ideas, thereby promoting the development and SPANning the evolution of this combined body of knowledge. All submissions enabling cross-pollination of ideas on P2P, Sensor and Social Networks related to design, simulation, security, analysis and measurement are welcome. We highly encourage novel and innovative previously unpublished work, even reporting work in early stages. Topics revolve around the interplay of algorithms, tools and techniques applicable in sensor, p2p and social networks and include, but are not limited to: - Social network analysis techniques applied to P2P, Sensor and distributed computing systems - Socially informed Sensor/P2P infrastructures - Social Network-inspired systems and designs for P2P and Sensor - P2P and Sensor Network-based social networking architectures - Socially Aware Sensor/P2P Overlay architectures and topologies - Evolution of P2P and social communities and systems - Reputation, incentives, and economics in P2P/Sensor/Social systems - Mobile P2P and social networking systems - User behavior analysis and modeling in Social Networks and applications to P2P and Sensor networks - Decentralized Social Networks Applications - Graph theoretic analysis of Sensor, P2P and Social networks - Security, privacy and anonymity issues in SPAN - Policy enforcement, participation incentives, trust, and reputation - Cooperation, incentives, and fairness in SPAN. - P2P, sensor and social network economics Papers accepted for the SPAN 2015 workshop will be, after being presented onsite at the workshop, included in the proceedings to be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore and indexing by EI Compendex. II. Important Dates: When: Feb. 16th, 2015 Where: Anaheim, CA, USA Submission Deadline: July 31, 2014 Notification Due: September 30, 2014 Final/Camera-Ready Version Due: October 20, 2014 III. Organizing Committee: - Narasimha Shashidhar, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA karpoor(a)shsu.edu - Lei Chen, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA chen(a)shsu.edu Tentative List of Technical Program Committee (TPC) Members - Dr. Ming Yang, Montclair State University - Dr. Shaoen Wu, Southern Mississippi University - Dr. Yiming Ji, University of South Carolina Beaufort - Dr. Shengli Yuan, University of Houston-Downtown - Dr. Yuan Feng, Ocean University of China - Dr. Feng Hong, Ocean University of China - Dr. Peter Cooper, Sam Houston State University - Dr. Rakesh Verma, University of Houston - Dr. Qingzhong Liu, Sam Houston State University - Dr. Chadi Kari, Bridgewater State University IV. Submission Guidelines Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the SPAN 2014 Workshop portal on the EDAS paper processing submission website. IEEE templates for LaTeX and Microsoft Word, as well as related information, can be found at the IEEE Digital Toolbox web page. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another workshop, conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of Sensor/P2P and Social Networks. The organizing committee of ICNC reserves the right to not review papers that either exceed the length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Papers should be submitted as PDF files, using the IEEE Computer Society proceedings format (two column, 10 point, single-spaced, US Letter, no margin smaller than one inch). The maximum length of the papers should be 5 pages including tables and figures with up to 2 over-length pages. E xtra pages are charged $150 per over-length page. Each submission will receive at least three independent blind reviews from the TPC. All submissions will be evaluated using a double-blind review process. To ensure blind reviewing, papers should be anonymized by removing author names and affiliations, as well as by masking any information about projects and bibliographic references, etc. that might reveal the authors' identities. Papers that are not properly anonymized will be rejected without review. Submitted papers should describe original and previously unpublished research and are not allowed to be simultaneously submitted or under review elsewhere. Specifically, all paper submissions will receive between 3 and 5 reviews each; while all papers will receive at least 3 reviews, papers of sufficient quality will undergo a second reviewing phase. To be published in the conference proceedings and IEEE Xplore, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the workshop at the full (member or non-member) rate and th! e paper must be presented at the workshop. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 2 papers. V. Author Instructions Please follow the author guidelines at http://www.conf-icnc.org/2015/ Workshop papers should be submitted via EDAS at the workshop page: http://edas.info/N18165 If you have any questions or concerns, please write to us at karpoor(a)shsu.edu or chen(a)shsu.edu. Contact Information for Workshop Organizers: Narasimha Shashidhar karpoor(a)shsu.edu Sam Houston State University, P.O. BOX 2090 Huntsville, TX, USA Ph: (936) 294 1591 Fax: (936) 294 4312 Lei Chen chen(a)shsu.edu Sam Houston State University, P.O. BOX 2090 Huntsville, TX, USA Ph: (936) 294 4785 Fax: (936) 294 4312

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Extension - July 31 - CARTOON 2014
by Lars Wolf 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Extension - July 31 - CARTOON 2014 Datum: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:20:01 -0400 Von: Marcelo M. Carvalho <carvalho(a)IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Marcelo M. Carvalho <carvalho(a)IEEE.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================================================ Workshop on CellulAR Traffic Offloading to Opportunistic Networks (CARTOON) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA October 27, 2014 Co-located with the 11th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2014 http://mass2014.eecs.utk.edu/cartoon/index.html ================================================================================ Important Dates: *NEW* Submission Deadline: July 31 Notification of Acceptance: August 14 Camera-ready papers: August 21 Scope: The emergence of powerful handheld devices — coupled with the proliferation of cloud-based applications and an ever-increasing dominance of multimedia content in today’s Internet traffic — have ignited an unprecedented growth of mobile data traffic in recent years. Such a fact has posed significant challenges to mobile network operators, who are now pressed to maintain satisfactory quality of service under exponential traffic demands. To complicate matters, it has also become apparent that traditional approaches to expand network capacity may not suffice (e.g., new spectrum licenses and/or technology upgrades), and they can soon be outpaced by aforementioned traffic growth. Because of that, new ideas to cope with the so-called “data crunch problem” have been sought, and mobile data offloading has appeared as one of the most promising solutions: the routing of macrocellular traffic through alternative networks. Although mobile data offloading is generally th! ought in terms of WiFi hotspots or femtocell networks, recent developments in the arena of Opportunistic Networks — one of the most interesting evolutions of traditional mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) — have paved the way for researchers from both cellular and MANET backgrounds to work together in the development of new network paradigms, architectures, and techniques that can leverage the potentials of both “worlds” to promote and enhance mobile data offloading. Motivated by this vision, we invite researchers, engineers, and practitioners from academia, industry, and the public sector to submit original contributions to the Workshop on CellulAR Traffic Offloading to Opportunistic Networks (CARTOON) 2014 in any of the following topics (but not limited to): + WiFi offloading + Hybrid operation in licensed/unlicensed spectrum + Authorized Shared Access / Licensed Shared Access + Incentive mechanisms for offloading to opportunistic networks + New architectures and paradigms for offloading using opportunistic networks + PHY and MAC-layer issues + Routing protocols for data offloading through opportunistic networks + Resource allocation and management + Game-theoretical studies for mobile data offloading + Multi-radio access technologies (RAT) co-existence and support for data offloading + Content and data dissemination, replication, and caching strategies + Mobility models + Data flow management and load balance + Machine-to-machine support in opportunistic networks + Internet of Things in opportunistic networks + Cooperative and non-cooperative approaches for mobile data offloading + Backhaul support for mobile data offloading with opportunistic networking + Network measurements and testbeds + Capacity sharing strategies + Traffic engineering and quality of service for mobile data offloading + Dynamic spectrum sharing and access for data offloading to opportunistic networks + Performance evaluation, simulation studies + Capacity studies and analytical modeling + Self-organization, self-configuration, self-healing mechanisms + Multimedia data offloading through opportunistic networks + Power saving mechanisms + Security, privacy, authentication issues Workshop Chairs: - Luiz A. DaSilva, Virginia Tech, USA & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasília, Brazil Technical Program Committee: - Yu Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA - Luca De Nardis, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Rudi Villing, National University of Ireland, Ireland - Renato Mariz de Moraes, University of Brasília, Brazil - Zaheer Khan, University of Oulu, Finland - Matthias Wählisch, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany - Rolando Menchaca Méndez, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico - André Noll Barreto, University of Brasília, Brazil - Sofie Polin, KU Leuven, Belgium - Nicola Marchetti, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - George Iosifidis, University of Thessaly, Greece - Robson Domingos, Nokia Institute of Technology, Brazil - Ilker Demirkol, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain - Marco Fiore, CNR-IEIIT, Italy Submission Guidelines Authors are invited to submit technical papers presenting original, unpublished research, not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 6 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, with side-margin at least 1 inch, including all figures, tables, and references. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Procedings. Authors can get additional 2 pages at US$ 150/page. All paper submission will be electronic, in PDF format. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. ______________________________________________________________ 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 MobileCloud 2015 - Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Carlo Giannelli <carlo.giannelli(a)UNIBO.IT> Gesendet: 18. Juli 2014 11:57:20 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE MobileCloud 2015 - Call for Papers IEEE MobileCloud 2015 - Call for Papers The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering http://mobile-cloud.net/ San Francisco, CA, USA, March 30 - April 3, 2015 Annual Theme: MOBILE SENSORS MEET BIG DATA * SCOPE In the recent years, cloud computing has cultivated the outsourcing of computing resources like IT infrastructures, service platforms, and software. With the emergence of ultra-fast 4G mobile networks and highly-featured smartphones, tablets, and wearable computing devices(e.g., with always growing sensing capabilities), the prerequisites are now met for bringing cloud computing to the mobile domain. While first commercial products are restricted to the sharing of files, contacts, and calendars among different devices, more sophisticated applications still have to be developed. Future applications of mobile cloud computing will take advantage of the many sensors available on mobile devices, enable new utilization of their generated big data, and have an impact on almost all activities of our social and business life, and include, but are not limited to, mobile marketing, social networks, smart cities, health care, and business processes. This symposium will provide a great platform to allow researchers and professionals in the industry to exchange their latest research results and development activities on mobile cloud computing and services. The primary objective is to share research ideas and results, emerging industry technologies, and latest advances. The symposium solicits original technical papers, not previously published and not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest, in particular targeted to the annual theme, include, but are not limited to: * TRACK 1: Mobile Cloud Computing Models, Architectures, and Platforms - Mobile cloud computing models, infrastructures, and approaches - Resource management, provisioning, and migration - Mobility modeling, management and measurement techniques - Mobility-aware cloud data/streams and associated retrieval/processing techniques - Mobile cloud security architectures, security policy enforcement, service models (e.g., BYOD, secure offloading, access control, trust platform, and e-commerce models, etc.) - Secrecy, privacy, authentication, and integrity issues in mobile clouds - Mobile multimedia content delivery, transferring, and migration - Green computing in networking and mobile computing and clouds - User-oriented mobile clouds (mobile community/private/public/ad-hoc clouds) - Mobile big data computing models - Mobile crowd collaborating models and associated platforms * TRACK 2: Mobile Cloud Infrastructure and Service Models - Mobile Software-as-a-Service (MSaaS), - Mobile Data-as-a-Service (MDaaS), - Mobile Platform-as-a-Service (MPaaS) - Mobile Infrastructure-as-a-Service (MIaaS) - Mobile Network-as-a-Service (MNaaS) - Mobile-based Testing-as-a-Service (MTaaS) - Mobile multimedia and mobile social community services * TRACK 3: Engineering Mobile Cloud-based Systems - Modeling, analysis, design methods, and tools - Innovative infrastructures, architectures, and middlewares - Bridging the gap between mobile and cloud optimized usage, e.g., via edge gateway-based architectures for integrating cloud and mobile localities - Resource collaboration and management for mobile clouds - Monitoring solutions and evaluation techniques - Mobile testing tools and techniques - Resource-effective quality of service on mobile clouds and applications - Mobile-to-cloud protocol optimizations and mobile cloud-specific resource scheduling - Knowledge engineering and data mining techniques - Virtualization of mobile device resources, e.g., storage and wireless networking * TRACK 4: Enabling Technologies - Embedded mobile platforms and technologies for mobile clouds - Energy-saving wireless communication technologies - Novel mobile middleware - Innovative mobile platforms and client technologies - Urban (crowd) sensing and smart sensor platforms - Emergent barcode/RFID/NFC-based mobile technologies - Mobile cloud data centers and storage/persistency technologies - Mobile cloud networking, communication, and tunneling technologies * TRACK 5: Disruptively Innovative Applications - Next generation mobile applications enabled by the cloud - Cloud-based mobile media systems and social networks - Smart mobile SaaS on clouds - Mobile virtual and physical interactions and mobile enabled virtual reality - Mobile context-aware services and computing for clouds - Cloud-based mobile commerce applications and systems - Location-aware mobile applications on clouds - Cloud-based mobile app stores and environments - Human-centered applications based on wearable computing devices relating to clouds - Intuitive user interfaces for cloud-based mobile applications * TRACK 6: Surveys and Experience Reports - State-of-the-art survey reports - Comparison and analysis reports - Research reviews on emergent topics in mobile clouds - Research case studies and experimental reports - Industry reports on experience and lessons learned * ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chairs: - Sato Hiroyuki (University of Tokyo, Japan) - Dijiang Huang (Arizona State University, USA) - Axel Kuepper (TU Berlin/Telekom Innovation Laboratories, Germany) Program Chairs: - Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna, Italy) - Xiaoyan Hong (University of Alabama, USA) - Toru Kobayashi (Nagasaki University, Japan) Workshop and Tutorial Chair: - Prasad Calyam (University of Missouri, USA) Local Chair - Jerry Gao (San Jose State University, USA) Publicity Chairs - Carlo Giannelli (University of Bologna, Italy) - Younghee Park (San Jose State University, USA) - Carlos Becker Westphal (UF Santa Catarina, Brazil) Proceedings Chair Andrea Hahn (TU Berlin/Telekom Inn. Labs, Germany) Web Chair - James Wu (San Jose State University, USA) * IMPORTANT DATES - Abstract submission: October 15, 2014 - Full paper submission: November 1, 2014 - Workshop proposal submission: October 1, 2014 - Tutorial proposal submission: December 1, 2014 - Review notification: January 9, 2015 - Camera-ready submission and conference registration: January 31, 2015 - Conference: March 30 - April 3, 2015 * PAPER SUBMISSION The length of camera-ready papers will be limited to 10 pages. All papers should be prepared using the IEEE format, please see http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Each paper will be reviewed by at least three TPC members. Authors must submit their manuscripts using the EasyChair conference system, please follow this EasyChair link https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeemobilecloud2015 * PAPER PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (EI-Index) and included in IEEE Digital Library. For publication, each accepted paper is required to be registered at full rate by one of its authors and presented at IEEE MobileCloud 2015. Selected papers (extended versions) will be published in journals, such as Journal of Internet Technology (SCIE indexed), Journal of Communications, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE-SCI indexed), and International Journal of Handheld Computing Research. * WORKSHOP/TUTORIAL PROPOSALS SUBMISSION MobileCloud 2015 will host multiple one-day or half-day workshops in conjunction with the main conference; topics of interest include any major research area associated with mobile cloud middleware and applications, as well as relevant large-scale experiences (from academic/research projects) in the field. The proposed workshops should focus on creating discussions among participants as well as community building. A workshop proposal should contain at least the following information: * Name and possible acronym of the workshop * Motivation and rationale for the workshop * Draft call-for-papers, including introduction and topics of the workshop MobileCloud 2015 seeks half-day tutorial proposals, which should provide clear and focused teaching material covering new and emerging topics related to the main conference. A tutorial proposal should describe concisely the content, importance, and timeliness of the tutorial, as well as the targeted potential audience. Workshop and tutorial proposals must be submitted via email to the Workshop and Tutorial Chair Prasad Calyam (mobilecloud15wst.chair(a)gmail.com). -- Carlo Giannelli, Ph.D. Center for Industrial Research on ICT (CIRI ICT) University of Bologna Scuola di Ingegneria e Architettura - DISI - LIA Viale Risorgimento, 2 40136 Bologna (BO) Italy Tel# +39-051-2093086 Email: carlo.giannelli(a)unibo.it <3D%22mailto:carlo.giannelli@unibo.it%22> http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Staff/CarloGiannelli http://www.ciri-ict.unibo.it/en ______________________________________________________________ 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 WCNC 2015 - Deadline Approaching
by Lars Wolf 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE WCNC 2015 - Deadline Approaching Datum: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 03:35:45 +0000 Von: Kemal Akkaya <kemal(a)CS.SIU.EDU> Antwort an: Kemal Akkaya <kemal(a)CS.SIU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies for multiple copies of this post. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCNC 2015 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA 9-12 March, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE WCNC is the premier event for wireless communications researchers, industry professionals, and academics interested in the latest development and design of wireless systems and networks. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, IEEE WCNC has a long history of bringing together industry, academia, and regulatory bodies. In 2015, New Orleans will become the wireless capital by hosting IEEE WCNC 2015. The conference will include technical sessions, tutorials, workshops, and technology and business panels. You are invited to submit papers in all areas of wireless communications, networks, services, and applications. The instructions for authors will be posted on the conference website www.ieee-wcnc.org/2015. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Track 1: PHY and Fundamentals • Interference characterization • Cognitive radio, ultra-wideband • Multihop and cooperative communications • Modulation, coding, diversity • Equalization, synchronization, channel estimation • Space-time coding, MIMO, adaptive antennas • OFDM, CDMA, spread spectrum • Channel modeling and characterization • Interference cancellation and multiuser detection • Iterative techniques • Information-theoretic aspects of wireless communications • Signal processing for wireless communications • Propagation models for high frequency channels Track 2: MAC and Cross-Layer Design • Multiple access techniques • Cognitive and cooperative MAC • Collaborative algorithms • MAC for mesh, ad hoc, relay, and sensor networks • Network information theory • Radio resource management and allocation, scheduling • Cross-layer design, cross-layer security • Software defined radio, RFID • Adaptability and reconfigurability • Wireless MAC protocols: design and analysis • B3G/4G Systems, WiMAX, WLAN, WPAN • QoS provisioning in MAC Track 3: Mobile and Wireless Networks • Localization for Wireless Networks • Network Estimation and Processing Techniques • Mesh, Relay, Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks • Mobility, location, and handoff management • Mobile and Wireless IP • Wireless Multicasting, Routing • Robust routing • Multimedia QoS and Traffic Management • Wireless Broadcast, Multicast and Streaming • Congestion and Admission Control • Proxies and Middleware for Wireless Networks • Wireless Network Security and Privacy • Performance of E2E Protocols over Wireless Networks • Interworking Heterogeneous Wireless/Wireline Networks • Capacity, Throughput, Outage, Coverage Track 4: Services, Applications, and Business • Emerging wireless/mobile applications • Context and location-aware wireless services & applications • Wireless telemedicine and e-health services • Intelligent transportation systems • Cognitive radio and sensor-based applications • Content distribution in wireless home environment • Wireless emergency and security systems • Service oriented architectures, service portability • SIP based services, multimedia, QoS support, middleware • Innovative user interfaces, P2P services for multimedia • Dynamic services, autonomic services • Regulations, standards, spectrum management • Test-bed and prototype implementation of wireless services • Personalization, service discovery, profiles and profiling CALL FOR TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS Proposals for tutorials and workshops are solicited on hot topics for future wireless communications systems and applications. CALL FOR PANELS Panel proposals are also solicited on technical, business and policy- related issues and opportunities for the wireless communications industry. PLEASE NOTE: To be published in the IEEE WCNC 2015 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full or limited (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full or limited registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE WCNC 2015 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®. A portion of the accepted papers will be presented as posters. The IEEE WCNC 2015 Technical Program Committee will decide which papers will be presented in oral (lecture type) sessions and which papers as posters, and the decisions will be announced to the authors. Choice between oral and poster presentations will be totally independent of the review scores and of the paper quality. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: 24 August 2014 Tutorial proposals: 24 August 2014 Notification of acceptance: 1 December 2014 Workshop proposals: 1 July 2014 Final Camera-ready papers due: 5 January 2015 Panel proposals: 24 August 2014 General Chair: José Roberto B. de Marca, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Executive Chair: Richard Miller, AT&T (retired), USA Technical Program Chair: Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Technical Program Vice-Chair: Edit Kaminsky Bourgeois, University of New Orleans, USA WCNC Steering Committee Chair: Khaled Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong WCNC Advisor: Sherman Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada -- Kemal Akkaya Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 Tel: 618-453 60 54 Fax: 618-453 60 44 URL: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~kemal ADWISE Lab URL: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~adwise ______________________________________________________________ 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 Paper: MiSeNet'14 - In Conjunction with IEEE MASS 2014: Extended deadline: July 27, 2014
by Lars Wolf 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Paper: MiSeNet'14 - In Conjunction with IEEE MASS 2014: Extended deadline: July 27, 2014 Datum: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 01:30:08 +0200 Von: Habib Ammari <hammari(a)UMICH.EDU> Antwort an: Habib Ammari <hammari(a)UMICH.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The Third Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (MiSeNet 2014) In conjunction with IEEE MASS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during October 28-30, 2014. http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/IEEEMiSeNet_Workshop2014.h… Call for Papers Scope and Aim of MiSeNet 2014 Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems composed of both humans and mobile sensors (e.g., vehicle-mounted, human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate and coordinate to successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented sensor networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant architecture, caused by mobility, which has significant impact on performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and information quality. In such dynamic environments, sensors should self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation, scheduling, forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish specific missions, while extending the operational network lifetime. Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to monitor and report situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand. They also come with their own challenges including imperfect reliability, bias, and lack of predictability. The design of mission-oriented sensor networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for trade-offs between several attributes such as energy consumption, reliability, fault-tolerance, data collection latency, and quality of information (such as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of redundancy, and level of summarization), and their impact on mission objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities such as free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms to handle unpredictability, uncertainty, human error, and noise. Finally, it should account for ways to specify mission goals and requirements. MiSeNet 2014 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented sensor network research and practice. MiSeNet 2014 serves as incubator for scientific communities that share a particular research agenda in this area. It will provide opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges as well as exchange ideas related to architecture, protocols, algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications. MiSeNet 2014 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented networked sensing applications. The topics of interest to MiSeNet 2014 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: - Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing - Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks - System design, implementation, and evaluation - Medium access control and scheduling - Human factors, data cleaning, and noise - Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information - Cross-layer design - Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing - Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency - Coverage and connectivity issues - Collaboration of humans and sensors - Deployment and localization - Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion - Topology control and fault-tolerance - Routing and data dissemination - In-network data storage and processing - Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data - Target detection and tracking - Privacy and security - Testbed design and real-world applications - Mission goal and requirement specifications General Chair - Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) Program Chair - Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) Steering Committee - Tom La Porta (Chair) (Penn State University, USA) - Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA) - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) - Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) - Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) - Sajal K. Das (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) - Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA) - David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA) - Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA) - Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) - Jie Wu (Temple University, USA) - Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA) - Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Publicity Chair - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) Web Chair - Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) Submission Guidelines MiSeNet 2014 Workshop will consider only original papers that are not currently under review by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and have not been published. All papers submitted to MiSeNet 2014 will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability (i.e., within the workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 6 pages. All submissions should be formatted in standard IEEE conference style for publication in the conference Proceedings. They must be single-spaced, double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one author of each accepted paper register and attend the MiSeNet 2014 workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the IEEE MASS 2014 workshop Proceedings. We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to submit their fine work to MiSeNet 2014. To submit your paper to MiSeNet 2014, please visit the submission website at: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18249 Thank you for submitting your paper to MiSeNet 2014! Important Dates - Paper Submission Deadline (Extended): July 27, 2014 - Paper Notification Deadline: August 10, 2014 - Camera-ready: August 21, 2014 For More Information For questions about the MiSeNet'14 Workshop regarding the paper submission and review process, please contact the Program Chair at misenet14(a)gmail.com. Best Regards, Habib M. Ammari -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Habib M. Ammari, Associate Professor Office: 129 CIS Building Founding Director, WiSeMAN Research Lab WiSeMAN: 132 CIS Building Department of Computer and Information Science Phone: (313) 593-5239 College of Engineering and Computer Science Fax: (313) 593-4256 University of Michigan-Dearborn Email: hammari(a)umd.umich.edu Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Home page: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ 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/Springer MONET SI on Advances on Vehicular Communication Systems (DEADLINE APPROACHING)
by Lars Wolf 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] ACM/Springer MONET SI on Advances on Vehicular Communication Systems (DEADLINE APPROACHING) Datum: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:55:05 +0200 Von: Carlos Tavares Calafate <calafate(a)DISCA.UPV.ES> Antwort an: Carlos Tavares Calafate <calafate(a)DISCA.UPV.ES> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS ACM/Springer Mobile Networks & Applications (MONET) ISI/JCR indexed journal (2012 impact factor: 1.109) http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11036 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Advances on Vehicular Communication Systems OVERVIEW The joint efforts of academia and industry in the past years have led to the introduction of new on board applications and services. In addition, governments and standardization organizations have agreed upon a common set of standards (DSRC) specific to vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. Combined with the cellular network infrastructure, they pave the way for a plethora of solutions empowered by vehicular communications. Among these solutions we have emergency alerts, autonomous vehicles, infotainment, comfort services, cooperative road sensing and collaborative applications. Also, the integration between smartphones and vehicles has been addressed by many researchers, with a wide range of applications already available, and many more being expected. In terms of communication systems, mobility effects and channel conditions heavily affect the signal quality, introducing path-loss, fading, and received power fluctuations. Under such conditions, several issues remain open including message dissemination in congested environments, Quality of Service (QoS), efficient and adaptive routing, MAC layer enhancements, mobility prediction, efficient handovers, etc. This special issue is seeking for high quality contributions, soliciting high level technical papers addressing the main research challenges in the vehicular networking area. The possible contributions should consist in original theoretical or practical analyses, never published elsewhere, and validated by simulations or real testbeds. TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope: - Wireless vehicular networking - Congestion and admission control in dense vehicular networks - Content distribution in wireless vehicular environments - Smartphone/vehicle integration - Service oriented architectures, service portability, P2P - Cooperative sensing of road conditions - Network and system architectures for mobile vehicular computing - DSRC/WAVE communications. Alternatives to DSRC. - Network protocols and algorithms, including clustering, routing, etc. - Cross-layer protocol design - Statistical analysis, prediction and management of vehicular mobility - Multimedia communications in vehicular scenarios - Models, simulators and tools for vehicular environments IMPORTANT DATES: - Manuscript submission deadline: July 31, 2014 - Notification of acceptance: October 30, 2014 - Submission of final revised paper: January 10, 2015 - Publication of special issue (tentative): 3rd Quarter 2015 SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Authors should follow the MONET Journal manuscript format described at the journal site. Manuscripts should be submitted on-line through http://www.editorialmanager.com/mone/. A copy of the manuscript should also be emailed to the following email: calafate(a)disca.upv.es Authors need to register to submit their papers. GUEST EDITORS: Prof. Carlos Tavares Calafate Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Spain URL: http://www.grc.upv.es/calafate/ E-mail: calafate(a)disca.upv.es Prof. Yusheng Ji National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan URL: http://klab.nii.ac.jp/ E-mail: kei(a)nii.ac.jp Dr. Peppino Fazio University of Calabria, Italy URL: http://culture.deis.unical.it/telelab/homepage_PF/ E-mail: pfazio(a)deis.unical.it ______________________________________________________________ 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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