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[Tccc] CHANTS 2008 Call for Demos
by Katia Obraczka 06 May '08

06 May '08

Apologies for the multiple postings. Katia Obraczka UC Santa Cruz CHANTS'08 Demo Chair ============== Call for Demos Third Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2008) Co-located with Mobicom 2008, 15 September 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA Workshop URI: http://wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Important Dates: Demo submission deadline: 5 June 2008 Demo acceptance notification: 16 June 2008 Camera-ready due: 29 June 2008 Workshop date: 15 September 2008 Challenged networks are characterized by a heterogeneous mix of nodes and widely varying network conditions. Nodes in today's challenged networks often include mobile nodes, space-based nodes, sensor/actuator nodes and other devices. Performance of the network paths interconnecting such nodes can be highly varying in terms of bandwidth, latency, disruption characteristics and security requirements. Conventional Internet access in performance-limited environments such as developing countries can also be regarded as challenged networks as can be ad-hoc communication between personal devices. The Internet protocol architecture suffers some problems when used in a challenged network setting. For example, when disconnection and reconnection is common or link performance is highly variable or extreme, one or more of the traditional Internet protocols do not work well. In this workshop following CHANTS 2007, CHANTS 2006 and WDTN 2005, we wish to explore ongoing efforts in dealing with physical networks that operate significantly differently from wired, connected networks and the protocol architectures and algorithms used to deal with such situations. Techniques for making applications tolerant to disruptions and/or high delays are also in scope. CHANTS 2008 Demonstration Program offers an excellent way to showcase to attendees from academia and industry tangible results from research and development in the exciting area of challenged networks. Demos have the ability to communicate ideas and concepts in a very powerful way. We invite you to contribute your vision and experience with challenged networks to CHANTS 2008 Demonstration Program. Demo proposals shall present recent practical results from the area of challenged networks. In exceptional cases, where live demos are simply not practical to present, poster or video presentations of practical results are acceptable, too. Accepted demonstration abstracts will be published in the Conference proceedings. Topics: Characterization of performance-challenged networks e.g. measurements, modelling. Networking systems operating over unusual/challenged networks. Protocol design and evaluation of operations over challenged networks. System architecture and design for challenged networks. Applications in challenged networks. Robust network application design and implementation techniques. Delay tolerant and disruption tolerant networks (DTN). Configuration and management of challenged networks. Format and submission instructions: Demo proposal abstracts (to be published as part of the proceedings) shall not be longer than 3 pages plus 1 page description of the precise setup and requirements. Submitted abstracts should be formatted in two columns, with characters no smaller than 10 point fonts, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches). Margins must be of 1 inch on all edges (top, bottom, left, and right) of each page. Demo proposals should be sent as a pdf e-mail attachment to chants08-demo(a)inrg.soe.ucsc.edu. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: WICON 2008: Call For Papers]
by Lars Wolf 06 May '08

06 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: WICON 2008: Call For Papers Datum: Mon, 5 May 2008 15:54:56 -0400 Von: Tommaso Melodia <tmelodia(a)ENG.BUFFALO.EDU> Antwort an: Tommaso Melodia <tmelodia(a)ENG.BUFFALO.EDU> An: SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************** ***** WICON 2008 ***** The Fourth Annual International Wireless Internet Conference November 17-19, 2008 Maui, Hawaii, USA http://www.wicon.org Sponsored by CREATE-NET and ICST In cooperation with ACM Sigmobile. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and will be made available in the ACM Digital Library, as well as indexed by EI. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of ACM MOBILE NETWORKS and APPLICATIONS (MONET). ********************************************************************** Wireless Internet is quickly emerging as a reality, thanks to the fast evolution of many wireless access technologies. Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks and the next generation Internet further brings wireless Internet into a variety of application scenarios which provide mobile users with a wide range of highly demanding services, such as high speed data and real-time multimedia delivery. On the other hand, it is of critical importance to obtain a fundamental understanding of wireless Internet architectures and explore new services and solutions in order to achieve the ultimate goal of wireless Internet access anytime anywhere. The Wireless Internet Conference (WICON) will continue to serve as a premier international forum to discuss novel research results related to the emerging Wireless Internet. WICON 2008 is soliciting both academic research and industry practice papers. Papers solicited in the WICON 2008 span a wide range of areas of interest including but not limited to: Seamless Integration of Heterogeneous Networks ============================================== * Convergence and interworking of heterogeneous wireless networks * Vertical handoff and seamless roaming * Mobile P2P networking, systems, and applications * Next generation Internet services and applications Cross-layer Design and Optimization =================================== * Clean-slate wireless Internet architecture * Interaction among PHY/MAC, routing, and congestion control * PHY-aware wireless scheduling * QoS provisioning of Multimedia wireless networks Wireless Access Technologies ============================ * WLANs, WiMAX, satellite, 3G and Beyond * QoS management and traffic modeling * Algorithm design and performance analysis Multi-hop Wireless Networks =========================== * Wireless sensor networks * Mobile ad hoc networks * Wireless mesh networks Emerging Technologies and Applications ====================================== * Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) * Cognitive radio networks * Bio-inspired networks * Context-aware mobile networking * Wireless body area networks (WBANs), tele-medicine/e-health networks Network Security ================ * Architectural support for security * Security, privacy, and dependability issues * Security in cooperative networks Wireless Internet Platforms and Software ======================================== * Testbeds and simulation tools * Middleware, operating system, and programming languages * Experimental measurements SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: ======================== Papers will be submitted by electronic submission through the COCUS system: http://www.cocus.eu. The page limit is 9 pages in ACM double column format with fonts not smaller than 10 points. IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Submission deadline: July 15, 2008 23:59 (Central European Time) Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2008 Camera-ready version: October 15, 2008 Workshop proposal due: July 1, 2008 Notification date: July 15, 2008 Panel proposal due: September 1, 2008 Notification date: September 15, 2008 WORKSHOPS: ========== Proposals for workshops should be submitted to the Workshop Chair at farkas(a)inf.nyme.hu. The evaluation of the workshop proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. PANELS: ======= Proposals for panel discussions that focus on the next generation wireless Internet are encouraged. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal directly to the Panel Co-Chairs at knightly(a)ece.rich.edu and linx(a)ecn.purdue.edu. INDUSTRY PRACTICE PAPERS: ========================= Industry papers that highlight experiments/testbeds and demonstrate the successful implementation of recent or on-going research work are welcome. The topics of industry papers can be from any of the 7 listed tracks. Submitted industry papers will be assigned to the Industry Chair for review. For more information, please contact Industry Chair at jing.z.zhu(a)intel.com. INVITED PAPERS: =============== WICON 2008 will include a number of invited papers from distinguished researchers with impressive outcomes on various advanced research topics or cutting-edge techniques. B2B EVENT: ========== An industry B2B event will be co-located with WICON 2008. The B2B event will include invited talks by industry/technology leaders, business and product presentations, as well as exhibitions and demos. Organization Committee: ======================= General Co-Chairs: ------------------ Ness Shroff Ohio State University, USA Xudong Wang Kiyon Inc., USA Technical Program Co-Chairs: ---------------------------- Junshan Zhang Arizona State University, USA Sanjay Shakkottai University of Texas-Austin, USA Jiang (Linda) Xie Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA Steering Committee Chair: ------------------------- Imrich Chlamtac Create-Net, Italy Industry Chair: --------------- Jing Zhu Intel Research Labs, USA Workshop Chair: --------------- Karoly Farkas University of West Hungary, Hungary Panel Co-Chairs: ------------ Edward Knightly Rice University, USA Xiaojun Lin Purdue University, USA Publicity Chair: ---------------- Tommaso Melodia State Univ. of New York-Buffalo, USA Gyorgy Dan KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Azman O. Lim NICT, Japan Publication Chair: ------------------ Atilla Eryilmaz Ohio State University, USA Local Arrangement Chair: ------------------------ Yingbin Liang University of Hawaii, USA Conference Chair: ----------------- Dorothy Bany ICST Web Chair: ---------- Ping Zhou Qualcomm, USA For more information about the conference, see http://www.wicon.org -------------------------------------------------------- Tommaso Melodia Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo Office: 215G Bonner Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 Tel: (716) 645-3115 ext. 1147 Email: tmelodia(a)eng.buffalo.edu Web: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~tmelodia/ -------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- To be removed from future issues of the SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. 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[Mycolleagues] IEEE WNM 2008
by Anura Jayasumana 05 May '08

05 May '08

Apologies if you receive multiple copies Anura P. Jayasumana <http://www.engr.colostate.edu/%7Eanura> Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Phone: (970) 491-7855 Fax: (970) 491-2249 Email: <Anura.Jayasumana(a)Colostate.edu> _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] [ACM PE-WASUN 2008]: Call for Paper
by Isabelle Guerin-Lassous 05 May '08

05 May '08

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ******************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ACM PE-WASUN 2008 5th ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (Jointly with the 11th ACM MSWiM Symposium) http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/pe-wasun08 Vancouver, CANADA 27-31 October, 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope ----- Wireless ad hoc, sensor, along with ubiquitous networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history, and this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. However, as such networks become increasingly complex, performance modelling and evaluation will play crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and exploitation in practice. This workshop aims to bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks with a specific emphasis on their performance evaluation and analysis. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks - Analytical modeling - Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks - Queuing and network information theoretic analysis - Tracing and trace analysis - Software tools for network performance and evaluation - Simulation methods - Automatic performance analysis - Performance comparison - Performance of wireless and sensor devices - RF channel capacity modeling and analysis - Mobility modeling and management - Traffic models for ad hoc, sensor networks - Performance evaluation of wireless mesh networks - Performance evaluation of pervasive and ubiquitous networks - Network performance improvement through optimization and tuning - Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks - Case studies demonstrating the role of performance evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks Workshop Co-Chairs: ------------------- Luciano Bononi University of Bologna, Italy (bononi(a)cs.unibo.it) Isabelle Guérin Lassous Université Lyon I/LIP, France (Isabelle.Guerin-Lassous(a)ens-lyon.fr) Program Committee Members: -------------------------- Paolo Bellavista University of Bologna, Italy Fernando Boavida University of Coimbra, Portugal Azzedine Boukerche University of Ottawa, Canada Raouf Boutaba University of Ottawa, Canada Raffaele Bruno IIT-CNR, Italy Ioannis Chatzigiannakis Patras University, Greece Guillaume Chelius INRIA/CITI, France Carla Fabiana Chiasserini Politecnico di Torino, Italy Michele Colajanni University of Modena, Italy Francesca Cuomo University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy Marcelo Dias de Amorim CNRS/LIP6, France Falko Dressler Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Bertrand Ducourthial UTC, France Vittoria Gianuzzi University of Genova, Italy Helen Karatza Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Bernard Mans Macquarie University, Australia Pietro Manzoni Politechnic Univ. of Valencia, Spain Tommaso Melodia State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Geyong Min Bradford University, UK Jelena Misic University of Manitoba, Canada Sotiris Nikoletseas Computer Technology Institute, Greece Mirela Notare Barddal University, Brazil Yasunori Owada Space-Time Engineering Inc., Japan Andrea Passarella IIT-NR, Italy Chiara Petrioli University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Anna Philippou University of Cyprus, Cyprus Samuel Pierre Ecole Polytechnique Montréal, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz University of Murcia, Spain Marco Spohn Federal Univ. of Campina Grande, Brazil Damla Turgut University of Central Florida, USA Paper Submission: ----------------- Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. The length of the papers should not exceed 8 single-spaced, two-column pages, ACM style including tables/figures. A template for ACM SIG Proceedings style (LaTeX2e and MSWord) can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM workshop proceedings. Papers should be submitted via OpenConf on the following link: http://pe-wasun08.conf.citi.insa-lyon.fr/openconf/openconf.php. Important Dates: ---------------- Paper registration due: May 20th, 2008 Full paper due: June 1st, 2008 Acceptance notifcation: July 1st, 2008 Camera ready due: TBA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CFP: IEEE MeshTech 2008 - deadline extended to May 24, 2008
by Enzo Mingozzi 05 May '08

05 May '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO ***** MAY 24, 2008 (11:59pm EDT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS MeshTech 2008 Second IEEE International Workshop on Enabling Technologies and Standards for Wireless Mesh Networking http://www.ing.unipi.it/meshtech08 co-located with IEEE MASS 2008 sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE TC on Distributed Processing, IEEE TC on Simulation, and IEEE TC on Computer Communication September 29, 2008 Atlanta, GA, USA Wireless mesh networks are emerging as a key technology for next generation wireless networking. A wireless mesh network is characterized by dynamic self - organization, self-configuration and self-healing, which allow it for easy and fast, highly scalable, reliable and cost- effective network deployment under very diverse environments, and provision of better coverage and capacity to stationary and mobile users. Because of this, wireless mesh networks have not only become a hot topic in the research community, but are also experiencing a very fast deployment in many today's environments, such as public city-wide broadband WiFi networks, rural networks, private neighbourhood communities, or private business networks that are characterized by frequent topology changes, cabling troubles, or hard environmental conditions. Triggered by these fast advances in both research and industry communities, several standardization bodies have started working on specifying recognized protocols and architectures for interoperable WMNs, including both the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards committee (inside the IEEE 802.16/WiMAX, the IEEE 802.11s, the IEEE 802. and the IEEE 802.15.5 Working Groups) and the IETF in the context of wireless access and mobility support in Next Generation Internet (inside, e.g., the MIPSHOP, NETLMM and MANET Working Groups). However, it is still to be fully understood what technological challenges these standardization efforts have to face, how they will evolve, and what application scenarios will be able to drive their possible success. Building on the success of the last year event, MeshTech 2008 aims at bringing together again practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to discuss the recent advances and future evolution of next generation mobile mesh/multi-hop relay networking technologies and standards. Within the scope of wireless mesh networks, topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Routing protocols - Medium access control protocols - Quality of Service and fairness provisioning - Mesh networks configuration and management - Topology discovery, association and control - Mesh networks measurement - Mobility management - Interworking in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks - Coexistence with existing wireless infrastructures - Security architectures, functions and protocols - Performance evaluation - Comparative study of competing solutions - Cross-layer design and optimization - Advanced antenna technologies - Cognitive and frequency-agile radios - Fault tolerance, anomaly detection and error recovery schemes PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. Papers must be submitted electronically to EDAS by May 24, 2008, 11:59pm EDT. You can find detailed submission instructions at http://www.ing.unipi.it/meshtech08/submission.html. Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to attend the workshop and present the paper. Accepted papers will be included in the main proceedings of IEEE MASS 2008 and published by the IEEE. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission Due: May 24, 2008 (11:59pm EDT). ** EXTENDED ** Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2008. Final Manuscript Due: July 18, 2008. WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy. Xudong Wang, Kiyon Inc., USA. TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE. Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy. Leonardo Badia, IMT Lucca, Italy. Michael Bahr, Siemens AG, Germany. Lars Berlemann, Deutsche Telekom, Germany. Giuseppe Bianchi, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy. Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland. Antonio Capone, Polytechnic of Milano, Italy. Javier Cardona, Cozy Bit, USA. Aik Chindapol, Nokia Siemens Networks, USA. Claudio Cicconetti, University of Pisa, Italy. Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy. Dee Denteneer, Philips Research, The Netherlands. Donald Eastlake, Motorola, USA. Steve Emeott, Motorola, USA. Karoly Farkas, University of West Hungary, Hungary. Frank Fitzek, University of Aalborg, Denmark. Susan Hares, NextHop, USA. Guido Hiertz, RWTH Aachen, Germany. Kyeong Soo Kim, Institute of Advanced Telecommunications, Swansea University, UK. Jarkko Kneckt, Nokia Research Center, Finland. Taekyoung Kwon, Seoul National University, South Korea. Myung J. Lee, City University of New York, City College, USA. Luciano Lenzini, University of Pisa, Italy. Azman Osman Lim, NICT, Japan. Stefan Mangold, Swisscom Innovations, Switzerland. Sebastian Max, RWTH Aachen, Germany. Daniele Miorandi, Create-Net, Italy. Mitsuo Nohara, KDDI Corporation, Japan. Alexander Safonov, Russian Academy of Science, Russia. Kazuyuki Sakoda, Sony Corporation, Japan. Vasilios Siris, University of Crete/FORTH-ICS, Greece. Hideyuki Suzuki, Sony, Japan. Rakesh Taori, Samsung, South Korea. Christian Wietfeld, University of Dortmund, Germany. Yunpeng Zang, RWTH Aachen, Germany.

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[Tccc] CHANTS 2008 Call for Demos
by Katia Obraczka 04 May '08

04 May '08

The Third Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2008) co-located with Mobicom 2008 will include a Demo Session which will provide an excellent way to showcase to attendees from academia and industry tangible results from research and development in the exciting area of challenged networks. The Call fo Demos is attached and important dates are as follows: Demo submission deadline: 5 June 2008 Demo acceptance notification: 16 June 2008 Camera-ready due: 29 June 2008 Workshop date: 15 September 2008 We look forward to receiving your submission. Katia Obraczka UC Santa Cruz CHANTS08 Demo Chair _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP - IEEE WiMob 2008 (AVIGNON: Palace of the Popes)
by Mieso Denko 04 May '08

04 May '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. +---------------------------------------------------------+ | | | WiMob'2008 | | | | 4th IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on | | Wireless & Mobile Computing, Networking & communication | | | +---------------------------------------------------------+ Avignon, FRANCE October 12-14, 2008 http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/wimob2008 SCOPE: ------ The research area of mobile computing has become more important following the recent widespread drive towards mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks and vehicular ad hoc networks tracking technologies and their applications. The availability of the high bandwidth 3G infrastructures, and the pervasive deployment of low cost WiFi infrastructure and WiMAX to create hotspots around the world serve to accelerate the development of mobile computing towards ubiquitous computing. ~ WiMob08 addresses three main areas: Wireless Communications Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications This conference aims to stimulate interactions among participants and enable them to exchange new ideas and practical experience. WiMob08 is the fourth in a series of annual conferences: two times in Montral (QC), Canada in 2005 and 2006 and the last one in New York, USA in 2007. Best papers award and travel grants * 1 X Student best paper award for full time student * 1 X Best paper award * 2 X Travel grant for students from outside Europe: To apply, you must be student from outside EU. The application will be open on EDAS. The committee will review your applications and will award the grants to the students deserving as regards the social aspects, the recommendation of the PhD supervisor, the interest for the student to attend the conference and the quality of the paper. Special issues of Journals Conjointly with WiMob 2008, Special Issues (SI) of journals will be organized and launched (the detail is coming soon). The call of these SI will be open to all public. However, we invite a certain number of original and technically sound papers (selected by the TPC co-chairs and following the reviewing process) to be improved and submitted to a designated SI. Social Event: Dinner and dancing Cruise IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------- Abstract submission due: May 6, 2008 Paper submission due: May 16, 2008 Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2008 Final manuscripts due: August 20, 2008 This conference will be comprised of the following three symposia: Wireless Communications ----------------------- Broadband Wireless Communication Systems Wireless Personal Communications Advances in Satellite Communication Broadband Wireless Communications Modulation and Coding Channel Measurement and Characterization OFDM and CDMA Technologies and Systems MIMO Channels Multiuser Detection Signal Separation and Interference Rejection Multimedia Communications over Wireless DSP Applications to Wireless Systems Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Systems Multiple Access Techniques Location Estimation and Tracking Resource Allocation and Interference Management Multirate and Multicarrier Communications Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity ------------------------------------------ Mobile IP Networks Cellular Systems, PCS Modeling and Configuration Multimedia over Wireless Mobility and Location Management Wireless Networks Standards and Protocols Design and Analysis of Wireless LAN/WAN Designing and Modeling High Availability Mobile Networks Mobile Network Modeling and Simulation Architectures and Protocols for Mobile Networks Security, Privacy and Authentication in Mobile Environments Wireless Sensor Networks Cross-layer Design and Optimization Ad-hoc Wireless Networks Mobile Internet Home and Ubiquitous Networks Smart Sensors and Sensor Networks Inter-working of 2G, 3G and 4G Wireless Networks Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications ----------------------------------------------- Distributed Computing and Distributed Databases Location-based Services Virtual Home Environments (VHE) M-Commerce M-Learning Streaming Applications Portable Devices and Wearable Computers Web Services Home and Office Appliances Enabling Technologies for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Security, Privacy and Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing Systems and Services (e.g. Mobile satellites, WLANs) Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing Home and Ubiquitous Networks Mobile Ad-Hoc Computing Gaming Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments Passive, Active and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing Location-dependent and Context-aware Computing Software Architecture for Home/Smart Appliances Human Computer Interaction in Ubiquitous Computing Full papers must be submitted for review. Only original papers, unpublished nor submitted for publication elsewhere, can be submitted. Please visit http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/wimob2008 for details and submission information. Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://edas.info will be accepted. Seven Workshops are organized conjointly with WiMob 2008 on 12 October: 1. Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications 2. Broadband Wireless Internet Access 3. Social Aspects of Ubiquitous Computing Environments 4. Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: Resource Management and QoS 5. Context-awareness and User Interfaces for Professional Applications of Mobile and Wearable Computing 6. War & Peace Driving: Wireless Security and Public Uptake 7. Simulators for Wireless Networks For more information, please visit the web page: http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/index.php?id=612 ----------------------------- WiMoB'08 CONFERENCE COMMITEES ----------------------------- GENERAL CHAIR Abderrahim BENSLIMANE University of Avignon, France STEERING COMMITTEE Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France Pierre Boucher, Ericsson Research Canada Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, USA Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Samuel Pierre, %cole Polytechnique de Montral, Canada Do Van Thanh, Telenor & Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Guy Pujolle, university of Paris 6, France FINANCE CO-CHAIRS Christine Nora, IEEE France Section, Christophe Pruvost, University of Avignon TPC CO-CHAIRS Chadi Assi, CIISE, University of Concordia, Montral, Canada Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa Mischa Dohler, France Telecom R&D WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Ronald Beaubrun, Universit Laval, Canada Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia Congduc Pham, University of Pau, France EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP CO-CHAIRS Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada CONTACT INFORMATION Abderrezak Rachedi, University of Avignon abderrezak.rachedi(at)univ-avignon.fr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[cfp] [Tccc] IEEE SASO 2008 - Abstracts due May 5, Papers due May 12
by Gupta, Indranil 02 May '08

02 May '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies.) ========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd IEEE International Conference on Self-adaptive and Self-organizing Systems (SASO 2008) Venice, Italy, October 20-24, 2008 www.saso-conference.org Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Autonomous and Autonomic System (Note: The First IEEE SASO in 2007 had an acceptance rate of 20%.) The aim of the SASO conference series is to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to engineering systems, networks and services based on self-adaptation and self-organization. To this end, the meeting aims to attract participants with different backgrounds, to foster cross-pollination between different research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications. The complexity of current and emerging computing systems has led the software engineering, distributed systems and management communities to look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., complex systems, artificial intelligence, sociology, and biology) to find new ways of designing and managing networks, systems and services. In this endeavor, self- organization and self-adaptation have emerged as two promising interrelated facets of a paradigm shift. Self-adaptive systems work in a top down manner. They evaluate their own global behavior and change it when the evaluation indicates that they are not accomplishing what they were intended to do, or when better functionality or performance is possible. A challenge is often to identify how to change specific behaviors to achieve the desired improvement. Self-organizing systems work bottom up. They are composed of a large number of components that interact locally according to typically simple rules. The global behavior of the system emerges from these local interactions. Here, a challenge is often to predict and control the resulting global behavior. This year's edition is specifically focused at improving our understanding of the properties inherent to self-adaptation and self-organization, a necessary requirement for the effective engineering and building of usable self-adaptive and self-organizing systems. Contributions should present novel theoretical or experimental results, or practical approaches and experiences in building or deploying real-world systems, applications, tools, frameworks, etc. Contributions contrasting different approaches for engineering a given family of systems, or demonstrating the applicability of a certain approach for different systems are particularly encouraged. TOPICS The topics of interest to SASO include, but are not limited to: * Self-organization * Self-adaptation * Other self-* properties (self-management, self-monitoring, self-tuning, self-repair, self-configuration, etc.) * Theories, frameworks and methods for self-* systems * Management and control of self-* systems * Robustness and dependability of self-* systems * Approaches to engineering self-* systems * Control of emergent properties in self-* systems * Biologically, socially, and physically inspired self-* systems * Applications and experiences with self-* systems The systems and application areas of interest to SASO include, but are not limited to: * P2P Systems * Mobile, pervasive, ad-hoc, and sensor network systems * Autonomic computing and communication systems * Robotics systems * Multiagent systems * Web and service systems SUBMISSIONS INSTRUCTIONS See the conference website (www.saso-conference.org) for detailed information on how to submit papers. All submissions should be 10 pages and formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide. The proceedings will be printed and published by IEEE Computer Society Press, and made available on the IEEE digital library. A separated call for poster submissions will be launched during Spring 2008. REVIEW CRITERIA Papers should present novel ideas in the topic domains listed above, clearly motivated by problems from current practice or applied research. We expect claims to be substantiated by formal analysis, experimental evaluations, comparative studies, and so on. Authors are also encouraged to submit application papers. Application papers are expected to provide an indication of the real world relevance of the problem that is solved, including a description of the deployment domain, and some form of evaluation of performance, usability, or superiority to alternative approaches. If the application is still early work in progress, then the authors are expected to provide strong arguments as to why the proposed approach will work in the chosen domain. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: May 5, 2008 Paper submission: May 12, 2008 Notification: June 29, 2008 Camera Ready Version of Accepted Papers: July 20, 2007 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Bob Laddaga (BBN Technologies, USA) Franco Zambonelli (Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy) PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Sven Brueckner (NewVectors, a Division of TTGSI, USA) Paul Robertson (BBN Technologies, USA) LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR Salvatore Orlando (University of Venice, Italy) FINANCE CHAIR Alberto Montresor (University of Trento, Italy) WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo (Birkbeck Univesity London, UK) Marie Pierre Gleizes (IRIT Université de Toulouse, France) TUTORIAL CHAIR Radhika Nagpal (Harvard University, USA) INDUSTRY CHAIR Mazin Yousif (Intel, USA) POSTER CHAIR Umesh Bellur (IIT Bombay, India) PUBLICATION CHAIR Mark Jelasity (Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary) SPONSOR CO-CHAIRS AMERICAS: Bob Laddaga (BBN Technologies, USA) EMEA: Antonio Manzalini (Telecom Italia) ASIA/PACIFIC RIM: Zheng Zhang (Microsoft Research Asia, China) PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS EMEA: Kurt Geihs (University of Kassel, Germany) ASIA/PACIFIC RIM: Masayuki Murata (Osaka University, Japan) AMERICAS: Indranil Gupta (UIUC, USA) WEB CHAIR Marco Mamei (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Christiana Amza (University of Toronto, Canada) * Ozalp Babaoglu (University of Bologna, Italy) * Leonard Barolli (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan) * Alberto Bartoli (University of Trieste, Italy) * Ken Birman (Cornell University, USA) * Gautam Biswas (Vanderbilt University, USA) * Mark Boddy (Adventium Labs, USA) * Prasanta Bose (Locheed Martin, USA) * Tibor Bosse (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Raouf Boutaba (University of Waterloo, Canada) * Fabian Bustamante (Northwestern University, USA) * Chi-Hung Chi (Tsinghua University, China) * Alexander Clemm (Cisco Systems, USA) * Michael Cox (BBN Technologies, USA) * Prithviraj Dasgupta (University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA) * Jon Doyle (Noth Carolina State University, USA) * Bruce Edmonds (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) * Kurt Geihs (University of Kassel, Germany) * Maria Gini (University of Minnesota, USA) * Marie Pierre Gleizes (IRIT Toulouse, France) * Cordell Green (Kestrel Institute, USA) * Rod Grupen (Univeristy of Massachusetts, USA) * Indranil Gupta (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA) * Salima Hassas (University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France) * David Hales (University of Bologna, Italy) * Manfred Hauswirth (DERI, Ireland) * Mike Hinchey (Loyola College, USA) * Tom Holvoet (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) * James Won-Ki Hong (Postech, Korea) * Mark Jelasity (Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary) * Dag Johansen (University of Tromso, Norway) * Gabor Karsai (Vanderbilt University, USA) * Randy Katz (University of California at Berkeley, USA) * Anne Marie Kermarrec (INRIA, France) * Mitch Kokar (Northeastern University, USA) * Ihor Kuz (MICTA, Australia) * John Mallery (MIT, USA) * Marco Mamei (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) * Paul Marrow (British Telecom, UK) * Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin (NetExpert, Switzerland) * Philip McKinley (Michigan State University, USA) * Alex Meng (MITRE Corporation, USA) * Alberto Montresor (University of Trento, Italy) * Masayuki Murata (Osaka University, Japan) * Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna, Italy) * Salvatore Orlando (University Cà Foscari of Venice, Italy) * Van Parunak (NewVectors, USA) * Dusko Pavlovic (University of Oxford, UK) * George Pavlou (University of Surrey, UK) * Omer Rana (Cardiff University, UK) * Wolfgang Renz (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany) * Luis Rodrigues (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal) * Fabrice Saffre (British Telecom, UK) * Hartmut Schmeck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) * Juergen Schoenwalder (Jacobs University, Germany) * Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo (Birbeck University London, UK) * Howie Shrobe (MIT, USA) * Swami Sivasubramanian (Amazon, USA) * Mikhail Smirnov (Fraunhofer Institute, Germany) * Mark Squillante (IBM Watson Centre, USA) * Rolf Stadler (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) * Roy Sterritt (University of Ulster, UK) * Burkhard Stiller (University of Zurich / ETH Zurich, Switzerland) * Jan Sudeikat (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany) * Gregory Sullivan (BAE Systems, USA) * Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University, USA) * Paul Valckenaers (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) * Aad van Moorsel (University of Newcastle, UK) * Spyros Voulgaris (ETH Zurich, Zwitzerland) * Craig Wills (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA) * Liu Xuezeng (Microsoft Research Asia, China) ========================================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] IFIP/IEEE MMNS 2008 - (Part of MANWEEK 2008) Extended deadline to 5 May 2008
by Toufik Ahmed 02 May '08

02 May '08

Apologize if you receive multiple copies. ================================================================ MMNS 08 C A L L F O R P A P E R S ================================================================ 11th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services (MMNS 2008) “Management of Converged Multimedia Networks and Services” Co-chairs: -George Pavlou (University College London, United Kingdom) -Toufik Ahmed (University Bordeaux 1, France) -Tasos Dagiuklas (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece) The 11th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services (MMNS) will be held in September 22 to 26, 2008 at the Doryssa Bay Resort (www.doryssa-bay.gr) on the Greek island of Samos (http://www.samosin.gr) as part of the 4th International Week on the Management of Networks and Services (Manweek 2008). MMNS will provide participants with a high quality and intimate setting for discussion and debate. The conference is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Management of Networks and Distributed Systems, with technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Communications Society and specifically the Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). SCOPE OF MMNS 2008 Since 1997, MMNS has established itself as a major conference for research and innovation in the management of multimedia technology and networked services. The scope of the conference has been expanded in recent years to include management of emerging mobile and wireless networks. The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers and scientists from academia and industry interested in state-of-the-art management of converged multimedia networks and services across heterogeneous networking infrastructures, while creating a public venue for result dissemination and intellectual collaboration. The convergence of existing and emerging technologies such as broadband, mobile, and broadcast networks is considered as a promising opportunity for existing providers to increase theirs service subscriber base so that 4G vision and beyond becomes a reality. An important research effort is undertaken by main actors to face the multidimensional, in terms of transport technology, session signalling, and QoS provisioning, heterogeneity of Next Generation Networks (NGNs). Efficient management of these services is a key ingredient in the effort to provide cost effective, innovative services, and mass market solutions that are likely to become a major source of income for different stakeholders. The need to evolve management tools, solutions, platforms and methodologies to keep pace with emerging networks is at a critical juncture with the proliferation of mobile and wireless systems, intelligent and broadband networks, triple play (data/voice/video) convergence, and the integration of embedded computing and communications. The academic and industry research communities should unify forces to address the challenges of developing and operating converged multimedia networks and services. Inevitably, integrated management is a key element in addressing this challenge. The MMNS 2008 technical program committee is soliciting research papers in the broad area of network and service management that address new models, architectures and technological designs to enable multimedia and mobility proliferation in NGNs. MMNS 2008 intends to continue the success of the outstanding agendas of the past, and will emphasize and solicit novel research in the management of converged multimedia networks and services. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: • Management of media streaming and real-time service delivery • Management of wireless ad-hoc/mesh networks • Management of NGN/4G networks and services • Management of sensor and actuator networks • Management of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) • Multi-service/ multiple-play over IP (voice, video, data and mobility over IP) network management • Grid networking for multimedia • Cross-layer management • Multimedia in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks • Quality of service management in multimedia and mobile networks • Planning and optimisation of multimedia and mobile networks • IP Multimedia System (IMS) operations and management • Management of service delivery platforms • Management of content distribution networking • Distributed multimedia service management • Performance evaluation of multimedia and mobile services • Wireless/Mobile Multimedia broadcast/multicast technologies • Novel protocols for multimedia services • Multi-point, multicast service management • Seamless mobility of multimedia services • Pricing, accounting and billing for multimedia services • Management of trust and security for mobile and multimedia networks and services • Self-properties of multimedia and mobile networks and services • Network virtualization for network management and service provisioning • Remote over-the-air manageability in mobile networks • End-to-end management for multimedia transmission in mobile/wireless networks • Mobile platform architecture optimizations for management services • Network manageability across heterogeneous wireless networks • Novel network architectures for mobile network management services PAPER SUBMISSION Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged for submission to MMNS 2008. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to MMNS 2008. Authors are requested to submit either long papers or short papers (work-in-progress reports), strictly in LNCS format (see below): • Long papers (up to 12 single-spaced single-column pages) • Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 4 pages) Submissions exceeding the above mentioned paper size will not be reviewed and will be returned to the authors. Please see Submission for detailed instructions. PROCEEDINGS The MMNS 2008 proceedings will be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For more information regarding manuscript format please visit the author's instruction links at LNCS Springer. Awards will be presented to the best paper and to the best student paper at the conference. Furthermore, the best papers of MMNS 2008 will be invited to be submitted as extended versions to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management - TNSM. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submission: May 5, 2008 Notification: June 20, 2008 Camera ready: June 30, 2008 MANWEEK 2008 Conference: September 22-26, 2008 MMNS 2008: September 22-23, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems [AUTONOMICS 2008]
by Antonio Di Ferdinando 02 May '08

02 May '08

======================================================================== Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** AUTONOMICS 2008 ***** 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems http://www.autonomics.eu/ September 23-25, 2008, Turin, Italy In recent years, a plethora of electronic devices embedded into everyday objects and able to interface with the surrounding environment have emerged, foreshadowing the deployment of pervasive context-aware services. Similar to the Internet, these trends will revolutionize existing paradigms of communication, networking, and computing. In particular, the complexity hidden in such dynamic large-scale networks and services calls for self-management and autonomicity as a necessary condition for obtaining purposeful systems. The challenges posed by such a vision cover a wide range of disciplines and sciences, including computing, communication, distributed systems, and control systems. Further, these challenges call for a new, integrated and multidisciplinary approach to pervasive computing and communication environments, giving rise to a new converged science, able to work at the junction of systems, computing and communication sciences. The Autonomics conference provides an international forum driving the emergent science of autonomic systems, bringing together research communities in communication and computing, promoting cross-fertilization among the different disciplines involved. Scope: The primary research challenges faced are the communication, design, programming, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of autonomic, pervasive, context-aware systems running on top of dynamic, possibly large-scale, distributed systems. Authors are invited to submit papers to Autonomics 2008 reporting on original research related to the design, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and deployment of autonomic systems. The conference intends to attract attendees with diverse backgrounds. We solicit papers in autonomic, pervasive, and context-aware systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations of autonomic systems - Models and metrics - Energy-efficient algorithms - Programming paradigms - Middleware for pervasive systems - Software architectures and toolkits - Positioning and tracking technologies - Architectures & algorithms for self-* systems - Privacy, security, dynamic trust and social issues - Location- and context-awareness - Tools, languages and platforms - Applications and systems - Resource, network and service (self) management - Enabling technologies for pervasive environments Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. _________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT DATES Full paper due: June 8, 2008 Notification of acceptance: July 10, 2008 Final version due: August 15, 2008 Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in ACM conference proceedings format through Easychair. The proceedings will be an ICST publication and the papers will be listed in the ACM digital library and indexed by EI. _________________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: A. Manzalini, Telecom Italia, Italy Vice Chair: F. Saffre, BT Group, UK Steering Committee: I. Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy D. Miorandi, Create-Net, Italy R. Baldoni, Univ. of Roma, Italy F. Davide, Telecom Italia, Italy TPC Co-Chairs: F. Dressler, Univ. of Erlangen, Germany L. Rodrigues, INESC-ID/IST, Portugal Industry Chair: R. Ghizzioli, Whitestein Technologies, Switzerland Workshop Chair: C. Moiso, Telecom Italia, Italy Publication Co-Chairs: A. Di Ferdinando. Imperial College, UK Publicity Co-Chairs: B. K. Benko, Budapest Univ., Hungary Financial Chair: Karen Decker, ICST Local Chair: G. Alfano, Politech. Torino, Italy Web Chair: D. Schreckling, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Conference Coordinator: Zs. Kaszab, ICST ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] [CFP]Special Issue of IEEE Wireless Communications
by Jung-Min Park 02 May '08

02 May '08

[Apologies for possible multiple copies] =================================================== Call for Papers IEEE Wireless Communications Special Issue on: Wireless Communications in Networked Robotics http://www.comsoc.org/dl/pcm/cfpwcm0209.htm =================================================== Background: Wireless communication has been a key driving force in recent years both in academia and in industry. It has currently expanded to wireless multihop networks, which include ad hoc radio networks, sensor networks, wireless mesh networks and mobile multihop relay systems. With multihop capability, wireless communication can be combined with cooperative communications and network coding, which has attracted even more researchers to this field. In many wireless multihop networks, the merits of capacity enhancement as well as coverage exceed the delay caused by multihop relay. Still, however, there are unresolved issues that may not be necessarily technical; one question regards the real motivation of a relay node that allows packet relay for the other transmitting nodes by consuming its own energy. There is also a security issue in multihop communications, in the sense that one's own data transmission is received by someone else in close proximity. On the other hand, in the networked robotics area, researchers try to realize group behaviors found in small insects or animals, in order to control and coordinate a team of robots. Especially, real-time wireless communication can help dynamic resource management and self-organization for a team of cooperative robots. The multiple robots communicate with each other, sharing the same mission, naturally through wireless communications. In this respect, wireless communication is an excellent candidate for inter-robot information exchange. This special issue is an attempt to bridge these two dynamic areas. We welcome submissions on all aspects of these themes, which include (but are not limited to) the following topics: - Communication architecture for collaborative robot systems - Biologically inspired swarm robotics with networking functionality - Multiple robot networking with multihop- and cooperative communications - Network coding and wireless relay technologies for cooperative robotics - Applications of multi-robot network systems - Ad hoc robot networks - Cognitive communication technologies for inter-robot team work - Exploiting robot mobility in wireless relay networks - QoS support and resource management in networked robotics - Wireless networks under node mobility Manuscript Submission With regard to both the content and formatting style of the submissions, prospective contributors must follow the IEEE Wireless Communications guidelines at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/pcm/sub_guidelines.html. Submitted papers must be original and must not be under current consideration for publication in other venues. Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete papers via EDAS at http://edas.info (direct link: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6595&) Important Dates: - Paper submission deadline: July 31, 2008 - Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2008 - Final manuscript Due: November 15, 2008 - Publication date: February, 2009 Guest Editors: - Seong-Lyun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Korea (slkim AT yonsei.ac.kr) - Jean-Yves Le Boudec, EPFL, Switzerland (jean-yves.leboudec AT epfl.ch) - Wolfram Burgard, Univ. Freiburg, Germany (burgard AT informatik.uni-freiburg.de) - DaeEun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Korea (daeeun AT yonsei.ac.kr) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Cluster Computing, Special Issue: Algorithm and Distributed Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks
by Yu Wang 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Apologies if you have received multiple copies ------------------------------------------------ Springer the Journal of Cluster Computing http://www.springer.com/computer/communications/journal/10586 Call for Paper Special Issue: Algorithm and Distributed Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks http://home.simula.no/~yanzhang/cfp/WSN-cfp.html Introduction ============ Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are attracting significant interests in both academy and industry with recent advances of the enabling technologies, including digital electronics, embedded systems, signal processing, and wireless communications. A WSN consists of a large number of small sensors with sensing, control, data processing, communications, and networking capabilities. WSNs are characterized of dense node deployment, unreliable sensor, frequent topology change, and severe power, computation, and memory constraints. These unique characteristics pose considerable challenges on the design of large-scale WSNs. In addition, sensor networks usually transmit data and operate in hostile unattended environments, the requirements and design of sensor networks are significantly different from other wireless networks like cellular network, ad hoc networks or mesh networks. In such scenarios, distributed algorithms without global information exchange have compelling characteristics, e.g. lower overhead and energy consumption. To achieve the full potential of limited resource, there is always trade-off problem in investigating the sensor networks performance. Such formulated problem normally needs efficient, distributed, scalable, and robust algorithms. The issues include routing, MAC, energy-efficient protocols, topology control in sensor networks. Classical approaches may be employed, e.g. dynamic programming, integer programming, game theory, and simulated annealing. However, the problems in different scenarios require different analytical model as well as algorithms to achieve optimal performance. This special issue aims to foster the research with any new idea, approach, theory, and technique to resolve the issues in sensor networks from the algorithmic and/or distributed computing perspective. Original and research articles are solicited including new technologies, theoretical studies, practical applications, and experimental prototypes. Recommended Topics(not limited to) =================================== * Network deployment * Topology control * Energy management * Routing, broadcast, gossip, and multicast * Localization * Self-organization, self-management, and self-protection * Medium access control * Cross-layer optimization * Model and performance analysis * Multimedia QoS over sensor networks * Game theoretic approaches * Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination * Case studies, testbed, and experiment * Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking * Fault tolerance, dependability and reliability * Security, authentication, and trust * Synchronization Submission ========== Papers submitted to this journal for possible publication must be original and must not be under consideration for publication in any other journals. Submissions of both in-depth research papers and review/application-oriented papers are encouraged. For detailed information on the submission requirements and manuscript preparation, please refer to the journal home page at http:// www.springer.com/computer/communications/journal/10586 The special issue paper submission has two steps. * All submissions should be done in Springer manuscript central at http://www.editorialmanager.com/clus/. During the submission, please mention the special issue title "Algorithm and Distributed Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks". * After submitting the paper online, please send the guest co-editors a copy of the paper with the email subject "Algorithm WSN Special Issue - paper submission". Important Dates =============== * Manuscript submission deadline: Jan. 1, 2009 * Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009 * Final Manuscript Due: June 1, 2009 * Publication of special issue: Fall, 2009 Guest Co-Editors ================ Dr. Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Email: yanzhang[AT]ieee.org Dr. Irfan Awan University of Bradford, UK Email: I.U.Awan[AT]Bradford.ac.uk Dr. Yu Wang University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Email: yu.wang[AT]uncc.edu Dr. Jong Hyuk Park Kyungnam University, Korea Email: parkjonghyuk1[AT]hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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ANCS 2008 CFP
by Neil Spring 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

# Reminder: The sigcomm-members mailing list carries # CFPs only for events sponsored by SIGCOMM. # Other events may appear in the monthly digests. # -neil ================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems http://www.ancsconf.org November 6-7, 2008 San Jose, California, USA ================================================================== Sponsored by: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) ACM Special Interest Group on Communications (SIGCOMM) IEEE Computer Society Tech. Committee on Computer Architecture IMPORTANT DATES Paper registration and abstract: June 16, 2008 Submission deadline: June 23, 2008 Author notification: August 26, 2008 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW ANCS is a research conference that focuses on the architecture and design of hardware and software for modern communication networks. The combination of increasing network bandwidth and expanding functionality pose continuing and growing challenges for system designers. New technology elements, including network processors, content addressable memories, chip multi-core processors, configurable logic and special-purpose components offer new opportunities for meeting these challenges, but also raise a variety of new issues. ANCS focuses on networking and communication in the broad sense, including novel architectures, architectural support for advanced communications systems, algorithms and protocols for advanced architectures, software and applications for next-generation networking architectures, and methodology and benchmarking for evaluating advanced communication architectures. Our emphasis this year will be on hardware and software elements in the context of systems that enable networks to evolve and scale. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * System design for future Network Architectures * Network/communications processors * Intelligent co-processors * Router architectures * Emerging Technologies (e.g., optical components, etc.) * Switch fabrics/interconnection networks * Link scheduling, processor/thread scheduling, switch scheduling * Network adapters * Application-specific networks (e.g., SAN, XML Switching) * Programmable /extensible networks * Secure communication * Traffic management * Packet classification * Content inspection and filtering * Energy-efficient designs * Multi-core processors and networking * Open platforms * Networks on-chip The PAPER DEADLINE for submissions is June 23, 2008 at 11:59PM PST (US). ANCS will use double-blind reviewing, so submitted papers should not include the authors' names. Paper registration and submission must be done electronically through EDAS (edas.info). Registration, including the abstract, must be completed no later than June 16, 2008 at 11:59PM PDT (US). All papers must be submitted in PDF format on letter-size paper. Submissions must be viewable by Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 5.0 or higher) and should not exceed 10 pages in ACM/SIG conference paper format using 10 pt font. Submissions exceeding the maximum limit will not be reviewed by the program committee. Camera-ready versions of the accepted papers will be required to use the ACM SIG format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). We encourage submissions containing original ideas. Like other conferences, ANCS requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to any other conferences or publications; that submissions not be previously published; and that accepted papers not be subsequently published elsewhere. Contact the program chairs with any questions at ancsTPC(a)arl.wustl.edu. GENERAL CHAIR Mark Franklin, Washington University PROGRAM CHAIRS D.K. Panda, Ohio State University Dimitri Stiliadis, Bell Labs PROGRAM COMMITTEE Dan Blumenthal, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Greg Byrd, North Carolina State University Patrick Crowley, Washington University Chita R Das, Pennsylvania State Univ. and NSF Cezary Dubnicki, NEC Research Will Eatherton, Cisco Hans Eberle, Sun Microsytems Dirk Grunwald, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder Manolis Katevenis, Forth-ICS, Greece T. V. Lakshman, Bell Laboratory Bill Lin, Univ. of California, San Diego John Lockwood, Stanford University Ahmed Louri, Univ. of Arizona Yan Luo, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Kobus van der Merwe, AT&T Research Robert Olsen, Cisco Peter Onufryk, IDT Vijay Pai, Purdue University Craig Partridge, BBN K.K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Research Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Rutgers University Umar Saif, LUMS, Pakistan Chuck Thacker, Microsoft Jonathan Turner, Washington University M. Vachharajani, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder Anujan Varma, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Srinivasan Venkatachary, Netlogic Microsystems Bapi Vinnakota, Intel Tilman Wolf, Univ. of Massachusetts John Wroclawski, ISI Raj Yavatkar, Intel Yin Zhang, Univ. of Texas, Austin STEERING COMMITTEE Alan Berenbaum, SMSC Laxmi Bhuyan, UC-Riverside Patrick Crowley, Washington U. Mark Franklin, Washington U. Haldun Hadimioglu, Polytech. U. Nick McKeown, Stanford Univ. Peter Z. Onufryk, IDT K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Raj Yavatkar, Intel ----- End forwarded message -----

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[Fwd: [MM-INTEREST] Call for Brave New Topics @ ACM MM 2008]
by Lars Wolf 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [MM-INTEREST] Call for Brave New Topics @ ACM MM 2008 Datum: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:20:13 -0400 Von: A. EL Saddik <abed(a)MCRLAB.UOTTAWA.CA> Antwort an: A. EL Saddik <abed(a)MCRLAB.UOTTAWA.CA> An: MM-INTEREST(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Call for Brave New Topics ACM Multimedia 2008 (http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/) is seeking to extend the boundaries of multimedia research presented at the conference through the introduction of its Brave New Topics Sessions. We solicit papers either dealing with topics not usually covered at ACM Multimedia or that introduce entirely new research areas. Example topics include but are not limited to: multimodal interfaces (smell, touch, etc.), multimodal biometrics, multimedia sensor-based systems, gaming, and ambient media intelligent system. The Brave New Topics sessions is being handled as a separate track at this year's conference. We expect to accommodate about 10 Brave New Topics papers. Since acceptance is likely to be highly selective, we encourage you to submit a short proposal well in advance of the final submission dates. We can provide feedback on your proposal or help bring groups together in expanded sessions. Paper presented in the Brave New Topic session will be included in the ACM MM proceedings and will be made accessible through ACM digital library. Deadlines: Extended Proposal submission: May 16, 2008 Final submission: May 30, 2008 Submit your Brave New Topic Paper directly through EDAS: http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6584&track=4550& Submission instructions are available at http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi… <http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi…> Brave New Topics Co-Chairs: Ling Guan (Ryerson University) Zhengyou Zhang (Microsoft Research)

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[Fwd: [Tccc] [CFP] 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems [AUTONOMICS 2008]]
by Lars Wolf 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] [CFP] 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems [AUTONOMICS 2008] Datum: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:08:13 +0100 Von: Antonio Di Ferdinando <diferdin(a)gmail.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ======================================================================== Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** AUTONOMICS 2008 ***** 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems http://www.autonomics.eu/ September 23-25, 2008, Turin, Italy In recent years, a plethora of electronic devices embedded into everyday objects and able to interface with the surrounding environment have emerged, foreshadowing the deployment of pervasive context-aware services. Similar to the Internet, these trends will revolutionize existing paradigms of communication, networking, and computing. In particular, the complexity hidden in such dynamic large-scale networks and services calls for self-management and autonomicity as a necessary condition for obtaining purposeful systems. The challenges posed by such a vision cover a wide range of disciplines and sciences, including computing, communication, distributed systems, and control systems. Further, these challenges call for a new, integrated and multidisciplinary approach to pervasive computing and communication environments, giving rise to a new converged science, able to work at the junction of systems, computing and communication sciences. The Autonomics conference provides an international forum driving the emergent science of autonomic systems, bringing together research communities in communication and computing, promoting cross-fertilization among the different disciplines involved. Scope: The primary research challenges faced are the communication, design, programming, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of autonomic, pervasive, context-aware systems running on top of dynamic, possibly large-scale, distributed systems. Authors are invited to submit papers to Autonomics 2008 reporting on original research related to the design, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and deployment of autonomic systems. The conference intends to attract attendees with diverse backgrounds. We solicit papers in autonomic, pervasive, and context-aware systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations of autonomic systems - Models and metrics - Energy-efficient algorithms - Programming paradigms - Middleware for pervasive systems - Software architectures and toolkits - Positioning and tracking technologies - Architectures & algorithms for self-* systems - Privacy, security, dynamic trust and social issues - Location- and context-awareness - Tools, languages and platforms - Applications and systems - Resource, network and service (self) management - Enabling technologies for pervasive environments Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. _________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT DATES Full paper due: June 8, 2008 Notification of acceptance: July 10, 2008 Final version due: August 15, 2008 Submission Instructions Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in ACM conference proceedings format through Easychair. The proceedings will be an ICST publication and the papers will be listed in the ACM digital library and indexed by EI. _________________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: A. Manzalini, Telecom Italia, Italy Vice Chair: F. Saffre, BT Group, UK Steering Committee: I. Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy D. Miorandi, Create-Net, Italy R. Baldoni, Univ. of Roma, Italy F. Davide, Telecom Italia, Italy TPC Co-Chairs: F. Dressler, Univ. of Erlangen, Germany L. Rodrigues, INESC-ID/IST, Portugal Industry Chair: R. Ghizzioli, Whitestein Technologies, Switzerland Workshop Chair: C. Moiso, Telecom Italia, Italy Publication Co-Chairs: A. Di Ferdinando. Imperial College, UK Publicity Co-Chairs: B. K. Benko, Budapest Univ., Hungary Financial Chair: Karen Decker, ICST Local Chair: G. Alfano, Politech. Torino, Italy Web Chair: D. Schreckling, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Conference Coordinator: Zs. Kaszab, ICST ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE LCN ON-MOVE 2008 (Submission Deadline Extended)]
by Lars Wolf 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE LCN ON-MOVE 2008 (Submission Deadline Extended) Datum: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:47:06 +0200 Von: Christer Åhlund <christer.ahlund(a)ltu.se> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ---------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE LCN ON-MOVE 2008 Workshop On User MObility and VEhicular Networks http://www.ieee-lcn-onmove.org/ Montreal, Canada; October 14-17, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------- To be held in conjuction with IEEE LCN http://www.ieeelcn.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES * Paper registration deadline: May 9, 2008 * Paper submission deadline: May 16, 2008 * Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2008 * Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2008 * Author registration by: August 28, 2008 SCOPE: Users are becoming increasingly mobile and this requires solutions to manage network connectivity in different situations and places both in urban and rural areas. We are interested in visionary, experimental, systems-related and work in-progress papers in the area of mobility management including protocols enabling mobility, heterogeneous network access, vehicular networks, security and applications. These are the areas of interest for the workshop: Vehicular networks -------------------------------- Mobility issues in DSRC Gateway access and selection Inter-vehicle communication (V2V) Vehicle to infrastructure communication (V2I) Network availability User Mobility -------------------------- Mobile IP issues SIP related issues Transport layer mobility Cross layer design for mobility Policy-based management of mobility Service discovery Heterogeneity ------------------------ Managing vertical handover Multihoming Performance metrics Access network selection QoS provisioning in heterogeneous networks Network operation and maintenance Security ------------------- AAA mobility support Specific demands in mobile environments Trust and privacy for mobile users Applications -------------------------- Multimedia for mobile users Media support for mobile users and vehicles Scalable applications Service deployment issues Quality of Experience Guidance applications Workshop chairs ------------------------------ Christer Åhlund, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada Poster and Demo session chairs ------------------------------------------------- Satoko Itaya, NEC Corporation, Japan Salil Kanhere, University Of New South Wales, Australia A list of the program committee can be found at: http://www.ieee-lcn-onmove.org/committee.php Paper submissiom and publication --------------------------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit papers for presentation at the workshop. Papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE transactions format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the workshop. Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. All submission instructions can be found here: http://www.ieee-lcn-onmove.org/submission.php Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of IEEE LCN and on IEEE Xplore. Poster papers are an opportunity to present initial results and obtain feedback on on-going research. We also welcome submissions for demonstrations that showcase original research, practical implementations and realistic applications of user mobility and vehicular networks. Poster/demo papers must be restricted to 2 camera-ready pages. Soumaya Cherkaoui and Christer Åhlund ------ End of Forwarded Message _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP: IEEE QoISN'08: QoI for Sensor Networks: Submission due date: May 15, 2008]
by Lars Wolf 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CfP: IEEE QoISN'08: QoI for Sensor Networks: Submission due date: May 15, 2008 Datum: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:22:07 -0400 Von: Chatschik Bisdikian <bisdik(a)us.ibm.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ------------------------------------------- QoISN: First IEEE Workshop on Quality of Information (QoI) for Sensor Networks ------------------------------------------- September 29 - October 2, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia [in conjunction with the: Fifth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2008)] Workshop co-chairs: Chatschik Bisdikian IBM T.J. Watson Research Center bisdik(a)us.ibm.com James P. Richardson and Vicraj Thomas Honeywell Labs {james.p.richardson, vic.thomas}(a)honeywell.com http://www.cse.psu.edu/IEEEMASS08/qoisn.htm ------------------------------------------- In the dynamic, ad-hoc world envisaged for wireless sensor networks, the notion of the quality of information (QoI) produced by the network will be key to bringing together data capturing and information processing systems to support the on-demand information needs of a broad spectrum of applications such as remote real-time habitat monitoring, utility grid monitoring, environmental control, supply-chain management, health care, machinery control, intelligent highways, military intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR), border control, and hazardous material monitoring. QoI, broadly speaking, represents a level of confidence that may be placed on information. It touches every part of the end-to-end flow of sensor-derived information, from the sensors themselves and the observation data they produce to the various fusion layers that process these data and eventually to the applications (and their users) that use them. The objective of the QoISN Workshop is to foster constructive discussions among researchers from academic, industrial and governmental institutions for formalizing the science of QoI for sensor networks. We seek novel contributions covering all aspects of QoI for sensor network, including: - Formal QoI characterization and representation; - QoI performance metrics and estimation techniques; - Sensor fault analysis and sensor data cleansing and their impact on QoI; - QoI-aware networking; - Security, privacy, and data provenance and their impact on QoI; - QoI driven data fusion; - QoI calculus, brokering, and trade-off analysis; - QoI-driven system design; - QoI impact at the application level (e.g., detection-based decision making - and surveillance analysis) Paper preparation/submission details: Authors should prepare a PDF file following the IEEE single-space, two-column format using at least 10 point size type. The maximum page limit is 6 pages. Papers deemed outside the scope of the Workshop or longer than 6 pages will be administratively disqualified. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings and published by IEEE. The paper must be correctly formatted to fit on U.S. "letter" size page (8.5" by 11") with at least 1" margins on all 4 sides. Please use only standard fonts such as Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica. The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as related information, can be found at the IEEE Computer Society website. Paper submission is managed through EDAS ( http://www.edas.info/showConferenceDetails.php?c=6460&). All papers must be submitted in PDF format. Please submit your paper to EDAS. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the workshop to present the work. Following the convention of past MASS conferences, there will be NO workshop-only or workshop-specific registration. A full conference registration is needed and will include the ability to attend any workshop and regular conference session. ------------------------------------------- Important dates Submission deadline: May 15, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 26, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: July 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------- The QoISN'08 Workshop Program Co-Chairs _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: Reminder: Call for papers for CHANTS 2008 co-located with MobiCom 2008]
by Lars Wolf 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Reminder: Call for papers for CHANTS 2008 co-located with MobiCom 2008 Datum: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:20:50 -0700 Von: Kostas Psounis <kpsounis(a)USC.EDU> Antwort an: kpsounis(a)USC.EDU An: SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of the CFP] Third Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2008) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ co-located with MobiCom 2008, 15 September 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA Workshop URL: http:// wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Submission Instructions: http://wavedesk.usc.edu/ chants/cfp.html Abstract registration Deadline: 2 May 2008 Submission Deadline: 9 May 2008 Challenged networks are characterized by a heterogeneous mix of nodes and widely varying network conditions. Nodes in today’s challenged networks often include mobile nodes, space-based nodes, sensor/ actuator nodes and other devices. Performance of the network paths interconnecting such nodes can be highly varying in terms of bandwidth, latency, disruption characteristics and security requirements. Conventional Internet access in performance-limited environments such as developing countries can also be regarded as challenged networks as can be ad-hoc communication between personal devices. The Internet protocol architecture suffers some problems when used in a challenged network setting. For example, when disconnection and reconnection is common or link performance is highly variable or extreme, one or more of the traditional Internet protocols do not work well. In this workshop following CHANTS 2007, CHANTS 2006 and WDTN 2005, we wish to explore ongoing efforts in dealing with physical networks that operate significantly differently from wired, connected networks and the protocol architectures and algorithms used to deal with such situations. Techniques for making applications tolerant to disruptions and/or high delays are also in scope. We are solictiting papers addressing aspects in challenged networks including (but not limited to): - Characterization of performance-challenged networks e.g. measurements, modelling - Networking systems operating over unusual/challenged networks - Protocol design and evaluation of operations over challenged networks - System architecture and design for challenged networks - Applications in challenged networks - Robust network application design and implementation techniques - Delay tolerant and disruption tolerant networks (DTN) - Configuration and management of challenged networks Submissions may include presentations of specific systems or performance measurements, as well as architectural papers addressing new concerns. Papers that bring out problems in the existing proposals for challenged networks or that report operational experience will be favored. Selected papers will be forward-looking, will describe their relationship to existing work, and will have impact and implications for ongoing or future research. We aim to have a highly interactive workshop focusing on evolving this area of network research and continuing to build its community. Paper format and submission instructions: Submitted papers must be no more than 8 pages long, two columns, with no characters in smaller than 10 point fonts, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches). Margins must be of 1 inch on all edges (top, bottom, left, and right) of each page. For submission instructions please see the conference web page http:// wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Important Meeting Dates: - Abstract registration Deadline: 2 May 2008 - Submission Deadline: 9 May 2008 - Acceptance Notification: 15 June 2008 - Camera Ready Due: 29 June 2008 - Workshop Date: 15 September 2008 Organizers / TPC Chairs: - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California CHANTS Steering Committee: - Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Christophe Diot, Thomson Research, Paris, France - Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles - Kevin Fall, Intel Research Berkeley - Jörg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland - James Scott, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK Demo/Poster Chair: - Katia Obrackza, UCSC Technical Program Committee: - Kevin Almeroth, UCSB - Prithwish Basu, BBN Technologies - Scott Burleigh, NASA/JPL - Augustin Chaintreau, Thomson Labs, Paris - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University - Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge - Marco Conti, IIT-CNR - Mark Corner, UMass Amherst - Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin - Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science - SUPSI - Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida - Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University - Gunnar Karlsson, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology - Ed Knightly, Rice University - Rajesh Krishnan, BBN Technologies - Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge - Jorg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology - Katia Obrackza, UCSC - Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR - Caulighi Raghavendra, USC - Injong Rhee, North Carolina State University - Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, ETH - Arun Venkataramani, UMass Amherst - Jie Wu, NSF - Wenrui Zhao, Google - Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology ----------------------------------------------------- To be removed from future issues of the SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. 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KiVS 2009: Call for Papers
by Kurt Geihs 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

16. GI/ITG-Fachtagung Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KiVS 2009) 02.-06. März 2009 in Kassel http://www.kivs09.de Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen ------------------------------------ Die gemeinsam von GI und ITG veranstaltete Fachtagung "Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KiVS)" ist die wichtigste wissenschaftliche Tagung im deutschsprachigen Raum zu allen technischen Fragen der Kommunikation und verteilten Verarbeitung. Diese sehr erfolgreiche Tagungsreihe wurde vor über 30 Jahren gegründet. Im Jahr 2009 findet die KiVS vom 2. bis 6. März in Kassel statt. Den Kern des Tagungsprogramms bilden Vorträge zu neuen Entwicklungen in Forschung und Praxis. Zusätzlich finden Exkursionen zu renommierten Firmen in der Region, Tutorien über neue Technologien und Workshops zu speziellen Themengebieten statt. Bitte reichen Sie Beiträge aus Wissenschaft und Praxis zur KiVS 2009 ein! Drei Arten von Beiträgen sind möglich: - Lang-Beiträge haben einen Umfang von bis zu 12 Seiten und stellen neue Ergebnisse und gesicherte Erkenntnisse vor. - Kurzbeiträge sind bis zu 6 Seiten lang und beschreiben laufende Arbeiten und innovative Teilaspekte von Projekten. - Praxisbeiträge in Form von 1-2 seitigen erweiterten Kurzfassungen kommen aus der industriellen Praxis und präsentieren innovative Projekte, Technologien und Trends in den Themenbereichen der Tagung. Eingereichte Lang- und Kurzbeiträge dürfen nicht anderweitig eingereicht oder publiziert worden sein. Tagungssprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch. Alle Beiträge müssen den Formatvorgaben auf der KiVS-Webseite genügen und werden vom Programmkomitee im Hinblick auf Qualität des Inhalts und Eignung für die Tagung begutachtet. Die angenommenen Beiträge erscheinen in einem Tagungsband beim Springer-Verlag. Erstmalig wird auf der Tagung der "Communications Software Preis" vergeben. Prämiert werden soll innovative Software, die im Rahmen einer studentischen Arbeit oder einem Forschungsprojekt entstanden ist. Weitere Informationen unter http://www.kivs09.de. Themenbereiche der KiVS 2009 ---------------------------- Die Tagung KiVS bietet traditionell ein Forum für neueste Entwicklungen in den Themenbereichen Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme. Zu den möglichen Themen gehören: - Netztechnik Mobile Adhoc-Netze, Sensornetze, Optische Netze, Mobilfunknetze, Integration von RF-IDs, Energieeffiziente Protokolle und Systeme, Konvergenz der Netze, Future Internet - Kommunikation Dienstgüte, Staukontrolle, Mobilität, Selbstorganisation - Middleware Web Services, Grid Services, Peer-to-Peer, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Service Discovery and Composition, Enterprise Application Integration, Kontextsensitive und adaptive Systeme, Agentensysteme, Virtualisierung - Steuerung und Überwachung Autonomic Communications, Netz- und Service Management, Identitäts- und Zugriffs-Management, Intrusion Detection und Online-Durchsuchung, Sicherheit im WWW, Technische Grundlagen für IT-Governance und Compliance - Verteilte Anwendungen und Technologien VoIP und IPTV, Peer-to-Peer, Content Delivery Networks, Verkehrstelematik, Automotive Systems, Kooperative Roboter, E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Finance, E-Health, Web 2.0 - Entwurfskonzepte für verteilte Systeme Autonomie und Emergenz, Selbstorganisierende Systeme, Agentenorientierter Entwurf, Adaptivität und Reflexivität, Modellgetriebene Entwicklung - Methoden und Werkzeuge Test- und Messverfahren, Modellierung und Simulation, Analytische Leistungsbewertung, Formale Beschreibungstechniken, Validierung und Verifikation Wichtige Termine der KiVS 2009 ------------------------------ Einreichung von Konferenzbeiträgen 15. September 2008 Einreichung von Tutorium-Vorschlägen 15. Oktober 2008 Benachrichtigung zu Konferenzbeiträgen 07. November 2008 Benachrichtigung zur Tutorien-Auswahl 07. November 2008 Endgültige Fassung der Konferenzbeiträge 05. Dezember 2008 Tutorien 03. März 2009 Tagung 02.-06. März 2009 Workshops 05.-06. März 2009 Weitere Informationen --------------------- Die zentrale Lage und Anbindung an mehrere Autobahnen und ICE-Strecken machen Kassel zu einem bevorzugten Tagungsort in Deutschland. Die documenta-Stadt Kassel bietet eine einzigartige Sammlung bedeutender Museen, historischer Bauwerke und großer Parkanlagen inmitten einer einzigartigen Naturlandschaft. Informationen zum Tagungsort, Formatvorlagen für Tagungsbeiträge, Hinweise zur Einreichung und Anmeldung sowie aktuelle Neuigkeiten erhalten Sie auf der Web-Seite http://www.kivs09.de und von den Vorsitzenden der Tagung unter der E-mail-Adresse kivs09-chairs(a)vs.uni-kassel.de. This Call for Papers is also available in English, see http://www.kivs09.de/doc/kivs09-cfp_Engl.pdf

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[Tccc] Call for Demos: 2nd IEEE WiVeC 2008
by Moritz Killat 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

[We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this message] IEEE WiVeC 2008 -- Call for Demos --------------- 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (IEEE WiVeC’08) 21–22 September 2008, Calgary Marriott, 110 9th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 5A6 Canada http://www.ieeevtc.org/wivec2008/ Sponsored by the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (WiVeC) will cover all vehicular wireless communications aspects of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to-Person (V2P) communications, including implications on transport efficiency and safety, implications on automotive electronics, liability issues, standardizations efforts and spectrum assignment. After a successful first WiVeC edition in 2007 (http://www.ieeevtc.org/wivec2007/) with over 150 participants in the 2-day event, the second IEEE WiVeC symposium will be co-located with the 68th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2008 Fall conference and will take place at the Calgary Marriott Hotel in Calgary on the 21st and 22nd of September 2008. Combined registrations packages will be offered for WiVeC and VTC events. This year, the WiVeC demo session will be designed to allow industrials and researchers to showcase their latest industrial applications and research prototypes in WiVeC related topics. Poster and demo sessions will be co-located to ensure maximum visibility and a close interaction between presenters and participants. Demo proposals covering innovative technologies, platforms, analysis tools and applications related to wireless vehicular communications are encouraged. Submissions describing both mature or innovative systems and prototypes developed for commercial use or for research purposes, from industries or universities, are encouraged. Submission Instructions : ------------------------- The submitted demo proposal should include in a maximum of 2 A4 pages, including figures and references : 1. Title, authors and contact information. 2. Technical content to be demonstrated. 3. An overview of the demonstration set-up (the inclusion of photographs of the demonstrator are encouraged) and the results that will be shown to attendees. 4. Any URLs that link to screen-shots, live demos, or related information The submission format should follow the IEEE submission guidelines (http://www.ieeevtc.org/wivec2008/A4.rtf). Demo proposals may be sent to the Demo Chair Dr. Jérôme Härri at haerri(a)tm.uni-karlsruhe.de The authors should also email the Demo Chair with information on the equipment or facilities required for the system demonstration (e.g., power supplies, Internet connections, table dimensions, etc). Demonstrations could be supported by a poster describing the general set-up of the demonstration, its background and technical content to be demonstrated. Demo participants interested to use a poster should also inform me. Demonstrations will be selected based on their novelty, technical quality, and attractiveness of the demonstrated system. *Accepted demonstrations will be included in IEEE Xplore and the Conference CDROM*. Please note that for every accepted demonstration, it is required that at least one person registers for the conference and presents the demo. However, no additional paper charge is needed for authors that are already presenting a regular paper in IEEE WiVeC’08. Important Dates for Demos : ------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline: *10 May 2008* Notification of acceptance: *30 May 2008* Camera-ready papers due: *9 June 2008* _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: IEEE WLN 2008 (deadline extended to 17 May 2008)
by Farid Naït-Abdesselam 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Apologies if you have received multiple copies -------------------------------------------------------------- WLN 2008 8th IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WIRELESS LOCAL NETWORKS (in conjunction with IEEE LCN 2008) Montreal, Canada 14-17 October 2008 Web: http://www2.lifl.fr/WLN2008/ CALL FOR PAPERS The 8th International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN 2008) will be a one-day workshop, held in conjunction with the 33rd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (IEEE LCN). The workshop will bring together networking researchers, engineers, and practitioners with participants from industry, academia, and government. The workshop will be a full-day event. (Please also visit http://www.ieeelcn.org) Topics of Interest We are interested in visionary, experimental, systems-related and work in-progress papers in the area of local and personal wireless, mobile, ad hoc, wireless mesh, sensor and home networking. Within these board areas, the topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Medium access control techniques * Routing protocols and algorithms * Transport protocols * Cross layer design * Energy efficiency in protocol and systems design * User mobility and workloads modeling * Location dependent/personalized applications * Resource allocation and scheduling algorithms * Cognitive radio networks * Wireless network platforms * Wireless mesh networks * Multiple wireless protocol coexistence issues * Heterogeneous wireless networks * Self-configuration for ad hoc or sensor networks * Performance analysis of wireless networks * Quality of Service issues in wireless networks * Multimedia delivery in wireless networks * Topology control protocols and algorithms Submission Information Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. We solicit * Full papers for presenting fairly complete work. Limited to 8 camera-ready pages. Accepted papers will be presented orally. * Short papers for presenting work-in-progress. Limited to 2 camera-ready pages. Accepted papers will be presented as posters. * Demonstration for showcasing practical implementation, industrial and commercial development in the general scope of the Workshop. Submit a demonstration proposal (for up to 2 camera-ready pages) for review. Papers can be submitted via EDAS (http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6413&). Workshop and Program Chairs Farid Naït-Abdesselam, University of Sciences & Technologies of Lille, France. Walaa Hamouda, Concordia University, Canada. Standing Committee Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada. Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada. Matthias Frank, University of Bonn, Germany. Technical Program Committee: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York, USA. Mostafa Bassiouni, University of Central Florida, USA. Tarek Bejaoui, University of Carthage, Tunisia. Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada. Mihaela Cardei, Florida Atlantic University, USA. Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales, Australia. Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, USA. Huaqun Guo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore. Essia Hamouda Elhafsi, University of California Riverside, USA. Jiankun Hu, RMIT University, Australia. Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfaq Khokhar, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia. Justin Lipman, Intel Shanghai, China. Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Jogesh K. Muppala, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada. Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada. Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA. Pedro M. Ruiz Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain. Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Hong Linh Truong, IBM Zurich Research Labs, Switzerland. Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Demokritos University, Greece. Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA. Carey Williamson, University of Calgary, Canada. Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada. Lisong Xu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA. Quig-An Zeng, University of Cincinnati, USA. Jingyuan Zhang, University of Alabama, USA. Zonghua Zhang, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan. Important Dates Paper registration deadline: Extended to May 10, 2008 Paper submission deadline: Extended to May 17, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2008 Author registration by: July 28, 2008 --- Farid Naït-Abdesselam http://www.lifl.fr/~nait _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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IMA 2008: Call for Papers für die 1-tägige Veranstaltung in Braunschweig
by Katrin Fedtke 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Guten Morgen allerseits! Angefügt übersende ich Ihnen/Euch heute den Call for Papers für die IMA am 30. September 2008 in Braunschweig. Einen schönen Tag wünsche ich und verbleibe mit freundlichen Grüßen aus dem IfN, Katrin Fedtke

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[Fwd: [acf-members] Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM): Special Issue on ONTOLOGIES FOR NETWORK AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT]
by Lars Wolf 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [acf-members] Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM): Special Issue on ONTOLOGIES FOR NETWORK AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT Datum: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:27:03 +0100 Von: D O'Sullivan <declan.osullivan(a)cs.tcd.ie> An: acf-members(a)autonomic-communication-forum.org Referenzen: <47A2FA36.6080801(a)labri.fr> +===============================================================+ | | CALL FOR PAPERS | JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT | (http:/www.csee.umkc.edu/jnsm/) | +===============================================================+ | | Special Issue on ONTOLOGIES FOR NETWORK AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT | Manuscript due: September 30, 2008 | +===============================================================+ | | Ontologies promise a shared and common understanding of a domain that | can be communicated between people and application systems. In recent | years, this promise has been explored increasingly in the network and | services management domain with research into ontology-based techniques | in support of a wide range of activities and processes underlying | networked solutions, from improving user interaction and service | flexibility through to autonomic operation. The growing interest in the potential | of ontologies has of course identified key engineering challenges that need | to be addressed in order to make the transition from laboratory to real deployment. | | This special issue aims to bring together work that can contribute to | the current trend to employ ontologies in the practical engineering of | management systems. | | - Relationship of ontologies and network/service information models | - Ontologies for management by intelligent agents | - Integrating business level and system/network level management | knowledge | - Ontology supported policy based management | - Ontology driven adaptivity and flexibility | - Ontology mapping in support of interoperation: | service/service; service/user; user/user | - Engineering with ontology-based semantics | - Tools for ontology engineering | - Experiences with Ontologies in Service Delivery Platforms and | Service Oriented Architecture | - Ontologies for Communication Services (IMS, Instant Messaging, VoIP) | +===============================================================+ | | Guest Editors: | -------------- | Declan O'Sullivan (Trinity College Dublin), declan.osullivan at cs.tcd.ie | John Strassner (Motorola Labs), john.strassner at motorola.com | Sven van der Meer (Waterford Institute of Technology), vdmeer at tssg.org | +=================================================================+ | | Instructions to Contributors: | ----------------------------- | Authors are invited to prepare their manuscripts in single-column, double-spaced format, and submit | at http://www.editorialmanager.com/jons/. | Authors must register first – an easy initial step. | Acceptable file formats are given on the site. | +=================================================================+ | | Schedule: | --------- | Manuscript due: September 30, 2008 | Notification of Acceptance: November 30, 2008 | Final Manuscript due: February 28, 2009 | +=================================================================+ ------ Dr. Declan O'Sullivan Director, Knowledge & Data Engineering Research Group School of Computer Science and Statistics Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland > declan.osullivan(a)cs.tcd.ie > Tel: +353 1 896 1765 > Tel: +353 1 896 3754 (direct) > Fax: +353 1 677 2204 _______________________________________________ acf-members mailing list acf-members(a)cs.tcd.ie https://lists.cs.tcd.ie/mailman/listinfo/acf-members

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[Fwd: [Tccc] WISH-08: First Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] WISH-08: First Call for Papers Datum: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:09:28 +0200 Von: Damien Sauveron <damien.sauveron(a)xlim.fr> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ******************************************************************* We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Please disseminate it to your colleagues that could be interested. ******************************************************************* The 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent systems and Smart Home (WISH-08) http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008 Sydney, Australia, December 10-12, 2008 Smart Home Environments (SHE) are emerging rapidly as an exciting and promising new area. In SHE, intelligent systems need to be deployed to provide user-centric services that can remotely access and control information appliances in the workplace as well as at home. In addition, the systems should provide services to enable working at home, remote education, remote diagnosis, on-line shopping, network gaming, and so forth to improve people’s quality of life. WISH-08 is a successor of the 2007 International Workshop on Intelligent Systems and Smart Home, Niagara Falls, Canada, August, 2007. The goal of this Workshop is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to all aspects of intelligent systems and smart home. To meet this end, we invite you to submit a paper for a presentation relevant to the core focus of WISH-08. Workshop Topics (including but are not limited to the following) I. Intelligent Systems - Ubiquitous and Artificial Intelligence - Environment sensing / understanding - Information retrieval and enhancement - Knowledge acquisition, engineering, discovery and representation - Mobile / Wearable intelligence - Data mining and Semantic web - Computer-aided education Entertainment - Metrics for evaluating intelligent systems - Frameworks for integrating AI and data mining II. Smart Home - Wireless sensor networks (WSN) / RFID application for SH - Smart Space (Home, Building, Office) applications and services - Smart Home network middleware and protocols - Context Awareness for Smart Home Services - Multimedia Security and Services in SH - Security Issues for SHE - Access control and Privacy Protection in SH - Forensics and Security Policy in SH - WSN / RFID Security in SH - Commercial and industrial systems & applications for SH SUBMISSION OF PAPERS and PUBLICATION - Both research and industrial papers are solicited. - The format of the manuscript can be obtained on the workshop web site http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008. - The papers must be submitted electronically through workshop web site. - The publication of a paper requires at least one of the authors to fully register and present at the conference. - Manuscripts that are previously published or being considered for publication elsewhere are not eligible to be considered for publication. - All the accepted papers of the WISH-08 will be published by IEEE CS. After a peer-review, some of the presented papers in WISH-08 will be published in a special issue of an international journal. - Distinguished papers accepted and presented in WISH -08, after further revisions, will be published in special issues on International Journal of Smart Home (IJSH) and Journal of Supercomputing. Important Dates - Paper Submission deadline June 08, 2008 - Notification of Acceptance August 31, 2008 - Final Manuscript Due Sept 15, 2008 Contact Please send e-mail to wish2008[at]gmail.com, PC Chairs or visit the workshop website at http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008 for further information. -- Damien Sauveron _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Extended Deadline: ACM MSWIM 2008
by Farid Naït-Abdesselam 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** Extended Submission Deadline! Paper registration: May 5, 2008 Paper Upload: May 12, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The 11th ACM/IEEE* International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada October 27 - 31, 2008 http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 22 to 26, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. A special issue of an international journal is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper registration deadline: May 5, 2008 Paper upload deadline: May 12, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair: Sotiris Nikoletseas, CTI/University of Patras, Greece General Vice Chair: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Program Committee Co-Chairs: Brahim Bensaou, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Tutorial Co-Chairs: Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia Workshop Chair: Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, SQU and University of Glasgow, UK Poster Co-Chairs: Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Demo/Tools Co-Chairs: Kemal E. Tepe, University of Windsor, Canada David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh, USA Web/Master Chair: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela A. M. Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IEEE co-sponsorship Pending approval _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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