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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP : 11th ACM/IEEE* MSWiM 2008]
by Lars Wolf 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP : 11th ACM/IEEE* MSWiM 2008 Datum: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:29:50 +0100 Von: Farid Naït-Abdesselam <farid.nait-abdesselam(a)lifl.fr> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th 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 * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note1: A special issue With Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note2: We have two Prominent keynote Speakers: Prof. Mario Gerla (UCLA) and Prof. Victor Leung (UBC) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27-31, 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. Note: A special issue With Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 2008 Poster/Demos/Tools Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2008 Workshop submission deadline March 30, 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 Co-Chairs: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy MarcoDi-Felici, University of Bologna, Italy Registration Chair Khalil El-Khatib, UOIT, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Cost290] CFP: Computer Networks Special Issue on Multi-Hop Wireless Access Networks]
by Lars Wolf 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Cost290] CFP: Computer Networks Special Issue on Multi-Hop Wireless Access Networks Datum: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:22:29 +0000 Von: Seán Murphy <sean.murphy(a)iname.com> An: cost290(a)cs.tut.fi CC: Raouf Boutaba <rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca>, Albert Banchs <banchs(a)it.uc3m.es> CALL FOR PAPERS Computer Networks Special Issue on Multi-Hop Wireless Access Networks Multi-hop wireless networking is an area that is currently receiving much attention within both industry and academia. Over the last number of years significant energies have been focused on specific areas, notably ad hoc networking and sensor networking. More recently, multi-hop techniques are being viewed as an important component of next generation radio access networks, in which end user terminals may be multiple wireless hops from the wired infrastructure. Most of these multi-hop radio access deployments are characterized by intermediate nodes with limited mobility which differentiates these problems from those arising in an ad hoc domain. This approach provides a number of advantages over more typical single-hop wireless access solutions: firstly, it can provide increased coverage at low cost, which is very important in initial network rollout; secondly, it can support increased network capacity as the network matures; thirdly, such systems are typically much more flexible than previous variants with greater support for self-configuration and system adaptation, which leads to management and maintenance cost savings. However, realizing these benefits is highly non-trivial, requiring an excellent understanding of all aspects of a radio system. There are a number of interesting initiatives in this space. A number of standards are currently being defined – 802.11s, 802.16j to mention two. The new radio systems which will be developed under the ITU’s IMT-advanced initiative will have some multihop capabilities and there is also interest within the more traditional cellular community in relay architectures. Hence, work in this area can have a significant impact in a standardization context and it is well positioned to ultimately be adopted by the market. While considerable energy has been expended on some of these problems, many challenges remain. Contributions for this special issue are sought which focus on recent research results describing innovative solutions to problems in this domain. Topics of interest include – although are not limited to – the following: • Distributed channel management techniques • Novel MAC mechanisms for multihop contexts • Routing in 802.11 mesh networks • Use of multi-hop architectures in cellular systems (W-CDMA, CDMA2000) • Mesh and relay systems based on 802.11s and 802.16j • Mobility support in mesh and relay systems • Power control considerations for mesh and relay architectures • Network planning for relay based systems • Performance analysis of multi-hop networks • Self-configuration and management techniques • Results from trials, testbeds and real-world scenarios Submission Prospective authors are invited to prepare their papers according to the instructions laid out in the Instructions to Authors at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comnet. Manuscripts should be clearly organized, written in proper English and submitted via the web interface at http://www.editorialmanager.com/comnet, choosing the Article Type: MultiHop Wireless Acc.NW Important dates Manuscript Due 1 May 2008 Acceptance Notification 1 September 2008 Final Revised Manuscript Due 1 November 2008 Guest Editors Prof. Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada rboutaba(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Dr. Seán Murphy University College Dublin Dublin 4, Ireland sean.murphy(a)iname.com Prof. Albert Banchs University Carlos III Madrid 28911 Spain banchs(a)it.uc3m.es _______________________________________________ Cost290 mailing list Cost290(a)cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/cost290

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[Fwd: [Tccc] MMTC Track within Euromicro2008 Submission Deadline Extended]
by Lars Wolf 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] MMTC Track within Euromicro2008 Submission Deadline Extended Datum: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:28:17 +0100 Von: Paul Mueller <pmueller(a)informatik.uni-kl.de> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ****************************************************************** ** MMTC Track within Euromicro2008 Submission Deadline Extended ** ****************************************************************** Euromicro 2008 Multimedia and Telecommunications Track Network of the Future and its Applications http://www.icsy.de/conferences/euromicro2008/ Sept. 1st - Sept. 5th, 2008 Parma, Italy http://seaa2008.isti.cnr.it/ Important dates ---------------- Submission deadline: NEW **** March 30, 2008 **** NEW Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: June 6, 2008 -- ___________________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Paul Mueller email: pmueller(a)informatik.uni-kl.de University of Kaiserslautern Phone: ++49-(0)631-205-2263 Dep. of Computer Science Fax: ++49-(0)631-205-3056 Paul Ehrlich Strasse Geb. 34 http://www.icsy.de D-67653 Kaiserslautern Germany ___________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] NetGames 2008 CFP]
by Lars Wolf 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] NetGames 2008 CFP Datum: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:19:38 -0400 Von: Mark Claypool <claypool(a)cs.wpi.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ++++++++++++++++++++ NetGames 2008 Call for Papers ++++++++++++++++++++ Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games: NetGames 2008 October 21st and 22nd, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA http://netgames2008.cs.wpi.edu/ OVERVIEW ======== The 7th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames 2008) will be held in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA on October 21-22, 2008. The sponsor is Worcester Polytechnic Institute with cooperation from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCOMM). The NetGames workshop brings together researchers and developers from academia and industry to present new research in understanding networked games of today and in enabling the next generation of networked games of tomorrow. Submissions are sought in any area related to networked games. In particular, topics of interest include (but are not limited to) game-related work in: * Network measurement, usage studies and traffic modeling * System benchmarking, performance evaluation, and provisioning * Latency issues and lag compensation techniques * Cheat detection and prevention * Operating system enhancements, service platforms, and middleware * Peer-to-peer and scalable system architectures * Network protocol design * Mobile and resource-constrained systems * Augmented physical systems * User and usability studies, Group dynamics * Quality of service and content adaptation * Artificial intelligence * Security, authentication, accounting and digital rights management * Networks of sensors and actuators * Impact of online game growth on network infrastructure * Messaging and conferencing in games * Input devices, haptics and accessibility * Results that reproduce (or refute) previous published results Please feel free to contact the conference chair, Mark Claypool (claypool(a)cs.wpi.edu), with questions as to whether the scope of a particular paper is suitable for NetGames. SUBMISSIONS =========== Submissions should be full papers with a limit of 6 pages (inclusive of all figures, references and appendices). Authors must submit their papers in PDF and use single-spaced, double column ACM conference format. Reviews will be single-blind, so authors must include their names and affiliations on the first page. Papers will be judged on their relevance, technical content and correctness, and the clarity of presentation of the research. Papers should not be under review at another venue nor previously published elsewhere. Submission of a paper for review will be considered an agreement that at least one author will register and attend if the paper is accepted. ORGANIZATION ============ WORKSHOP CHAIR: Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Grenville Armitage (Swinburne University of Technology) Surendar Chandra (Notre Dame) Kajal Claypool (MIT Lincoln Labs) Wu-chang Feng (Portland State University) Wu-chi Feng (Portland State University) David Finkel (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Carsten Griwodz (University of Oslo) Paal Halvorsen (University of Oslo) Brian Levine (University of Massachusetts) John Miller (Microsoft Research) Travis Schluessler (Intel Corporation) Anees Shaikh (IBM Research) Ooi Wei Tsang (National University of Singapore) Lars Wolf (Technical University Braunschweig) KEY DATES ========= Paper registration: May 4, 2008 (23:59 GMT) Paper submission: May 11, 2008 (23:59 GMT) Author notification: July 6, 2008 Camera ready: August 17, 2008 Workshop: October 21-22, 2008 ++++++++++++++++++++ NetGames 2008 Call for Papers ++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CfP: WiSAN08: the First Intl. Workshop on Wireless Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks
by Karrer, Roger 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies. ---------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: The First International Workshop on Wireless Sensor and Ad-hoc Networks (WiSAN'08) (http://www.net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/WiSAN08/) To be held in conjunction with ICPP'08 (http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~icpp2008/) September 8-12, 2008, Portland, Oregon, USA ---------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE ===== During the last decade, the wireless communication has grown by orders of magnitude and the new communication services have been globally adapted with great enthusiasm. This remarkable evolution of wireless communication has led to many challenging problems that require design, analysis and performance evaluation tools to keep up with their rapid evolution and increasing complexity. This workshop will focus on the design, analysis, optimization and evaluation of communication protocols through the application of analytical modeling, simulation, prototype testbed, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an international forum for researchers and industry practitioners to present their state-of-art and in-progress research on all aspects of wireless sensor and ad-hoc networks, and to exchange ideas and explore new avenues of collaborations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Design and optimization of sensor and ad-hoc networks - Design and analysis of energy efficient communication protocols - Evaluation of reliability and performance guarantees - Analytical and numerical modeling, queuing system and network models - Performance evaluation of wireless and sensor devices - Measurement based evaluation of sensor and ad-hoc networks - Security issues - Traffic models - Mobility management - Resource allocation management - Routing algorithms - Topology Control and Management - Simulation models for optimization of scarce resources - Group communication algorithms - Performance case studies and industrial reports - Quality of Service provisioning - Integration with broadband wireless network infrastructures - Survivability and Reliability Evaluation - Novel applications and evolutions SUBMISSION ========== Authors are invited to submit their research papers following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts. The papers must not be longer than 6 pages. They will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The papers must be submitted electronically via ICPP-08 website. If there is any problem during submission please contact any of the Workshop Co-chairs. Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. MPORTANT DATES ============== Paper Submission: April 7, 2008 Author Notification: May 20, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: June 2, 2008 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ================== Irfan Awan, University of Bradford (I.U.Awan(a)Bradford.ac.uk) Antonio Pescape, University of Napoli "Federico II" (pescape(a)unina.it) A. Al-Dubai, Napier University, Edinburgh (A.Al-Dubai(a)napier.ac.uk) Roger Karrer TPC Chair ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Dr. Roger P. Karrer Senior Research Scientist Strategic Research Berlin University of Technology Deutsche Telekom Laboratories Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7 10587 Berlin Office: +49 (030) 8353 58459 Cell: +49 0175 1809 587 Fax: +49 (030) 8353 58409 http://www.deutsche-telekom-laboratories.de/~karrer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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PM2HW2N 2008 CFP
by pm2hw2n08 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

############################################################################ We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ############################################################################ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd ACM International Workshop on Performance Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks (PM2HW2N 2008) http://www.pm2hw2n.acca-group.info/ October 27 - 31, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada To be held in conjunction with 11th ACM MSWiM 2008 *ACM pending upon Approval ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE and OVERVIEW: Wireless networks, including WLAN, WiMax, wireless personal networks, ad hoc, sensor, along with pervasive networks, have witnessed their fastest growth period over the last few years and have become increasingly complex. Nonetheless, performance evaluation and analysis of wireless networks have been conducted mostly through software simulations (e.g., using ns-2 or OPNET tools). Recently, research efforts have been directed towards measuring real-world commercial and experimental networks; constructing models based on real-world data and using prototypes to evaluate solutions more realistically and comprehensively and to validate assumptions and conclusions that are reached via simulation experiments. Performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks pose a new set of unique challenges due to the particular inherent properties of these systems and due to the characteristics of the wireless transmission medium. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners in order to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of performance measurements, monitoring, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks, including, wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks. TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: .- Performance measurement, monitoring, and evaluation tools for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks .- Performance tools for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Tracing and trace analysis .- Discrete and continuous models .- Measurement architectures and systems .- Measurement-based performance comparison .- QoS monitoring and sampling .- Measurement-based optimisation of for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks .- Novel measurement tools of wireless networks .- Performance measurements of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Performance analysis and evaluation of mobile services .- Software tools for wireless network performance and evaluation .- Automatic performance analysis .- Performance of wireless and sensor devices .- Mobility modeling and management .- Traffic modelling and engineering .- Prototype implementation of wireless/mobile networks and systems .- Techniques for prototyping wireless networks .- Validation through measurement and prototyping .- Software technologies and systems for rapid prototyping and measurement of wireless networks .- Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Improvement in network performance through prototyping .- Performance and security issues in ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Performance and power management control .- Case studies demonstrating the role of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Applications of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation as a feedback to improve network QoS Mobile and Wireless Networking ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS 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 10 single-spaced pages, formatted using the double column and ACM style. LaTex2e and MS Word templates can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, published by ACM. At least one author of accepted papers is expected to attend the workshop to present its contribution. The proceedings of the workshop will be published separately by ACM. Paper submission must be done electronically through the OpenConf system at http://www.pm2hw2n08.acca-group.info/openconf. For any question or problem related to PM2HW2N 2008 submission, please contact pm2hw2n08(a)dsi.uclm.es with e-mail Subject:"PM2HW2N 2008 submission problem". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008 Author Notification: 19th July 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTES: GENERAL CHAIR: Blanca CAMINERO, UCLM, Spain (blanca(a)dsi.uclm.es) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Francisco Manuel DELICADO, UCLM, Spain (Francisco.Delicado(a)uclm.es) Richard W. PAZZI, University of Ottawa, Canada (rwerner(a)site.uottawa.ca) TPC MEMBERS: http://www.pm2hw2n08.acca-group.info/comittes.php Francisco M. Delicado Technical Program Co-Chair PM2HW2N 2008 e-mail: pm2hw2n08(a)dsi.uclm.es

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Fwd: IEEE CommMag -- Consumer Communiations & Networking Series CFP
by Xiaoyuan Gu 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

FYI Begin forwarded message: > > Call for Papers > > IEEE Communications Magazine > > Consumer Communications and Networking Series > > A recent trend in consumer networking is that consumers are both > creators and producers of content (albeit of varying quality!) and > peer distribution is the natural model. This is one of the emerging > trends that impact how consumers can use devices to create, > manipulate, store, and access content — and is surely a much > different view compared to only five years ago where most experts > still viewed the world in terms of servers and clients, producers > and consumers as distinct and separate entities….indeed, there are > still dinosaur organizations out there today who are fighting a > rearguard action to protect their dwindling revenue streams because > they haven’t been brave enough to embrace this new model. Trends > like this are ones that papers for the consumer communications and > networking series should address. > > We have also seen the technological reach of existing solutions > being applied in unconventional ways where all aspects of our > digital lives are being consumed to provide novel platforms where > interoperation between disparate technologies is now possible. For > example, the automotive industry is now producing cars that include > ad hoc networks designed to provide multimedia solutions as well as > links to wide area communications via satellite networks. Using > these networking capabilities and interfaces such as USB we see > automobile functionality being extended. In this sense the > boundaries between the car and conventional consumer devices are > beginning to blur. > > Perhaps the sole technology responsible for the many technological > advances we see today is communications where in recent years, we > have seen the emergence of 3G and 4G, WiFi and WiMax, Bluetooth, > Zigbee and Wibree, Ultrawideband and TV-band, and Powerline and Free > space optical. Applications of these technologies include personal > and body area networking, home networking, game networking, ad-hoc > networking, and sensor networking. These networks may be connected > through networking layers that are cognitive, peer-to-peer enabled, > and have the properties of self organisation and management. These > networks will become key enablers where we are already seeing > ubiquitous content distribution models, for example, television can > now be viewed wherever we are and on any devices capable of > connecting to one of the many networking paradigms defined above. > Given such networks we will see a platform for true innovation where > content distribution will overlay these networks using compression, > rights management, delivery, and appropriate quality of service > mechanisms that can be seamlessly moved over these next generation > networks. All of this is made possible by networking, software and > middleware that present to the service designer the tools to provide > ease of use, security, and stunning interactivity to the end consumer. > > With this in mind the IEEE Communications Magazine is seeking papers > that emphasize consumer networking in whatever physical environment > it finds itself. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to > the following: > > Scope of Contributions: > > · Wireless Multimedia Networks > > · Body and Personal Area Networks > > · Mobile Networks and Multimedia > > · Emerging Wireless Technologies (Ultra Wideband, OFDM, > RFID, Zigbee, etc.) > > · Distributed Network Protocols for Multimedia High > Definition Audio/Video Networking > > · Networked Appliances > > · Entertainment Networks > > · P2P Algorithms and Architectures for Consumer Electronics > Peer Streaming, Networking and Applications > > · Home Networking and Automation > > · Next Generation Networks > > · Pervasive Computing and Contextual Systems > > · Middleware for Networked Consumer Devices > > · Media and Device Adaptation > > · Architecture, Platforms and Protocols for Networked Games > and Virtual Worlds. > > · Social Networking and Home Entertainment > > · Music and Movie Distribution Models > > · Augmented Reality > > · Task Computing and the Home > > · Home Sensor Networks > > · Autonomic Home Networking > > · Zero Configuration Networking > > · Digital Rights Management > > · Trust in Social Networks > > · Voice/Video of IP > > Submission > > Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience > being all members of the communications technology and spectrum > policy communities. They should be written in a style comprehensible > to readers outside the specialty of the article. Articles should not > exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be limited to a > combined total of six. Complete guidelines for prospective authors > can be found at: http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/ > sub_guidelines.html. Please submit a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD > formatted paper by May 1, 2008 via Manuscript Central (http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com > ). Register or log in, and go to the Author Center. Follow the > instructions there. Select the topic "December 2008/Consumer > Communications and Networking Series." > > Schedule for Submissions: > Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 > Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2008 > Final Manuscript Due: September 15, 2008 > Publication Date: December 1, 2008 > Series Editors: > Professor Madjid Merabti > Liverpool John Moores University > Liverpool, England > L3 3AF > M.Merabti(a)ljmu.ac.uk > Stanley Moyer > Telcordia Technologies > One Telcordia Dr. > Piscataway, NJ 08854 > USA > stanm(a)research.telcordia.com > Dr. Mario Kolberg > Stirling University > Stirling, Scotland > mko(a)cs.stir.ac.uk > > > > >

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[KuVS ELG] CfP: 1st International Workshop on Ad hoc Ambient Computing at AdHoc-NOW 2008
by Kurt Geihs 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

1st International Workshop on Ad hoc Ambient Computing September 13, 2008, Sophia Antipolis, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/mascotte/adhocnow/AC/index.html In conjunction with AD HOC-NOW, The 7th International Conference on AD-HOC Networks and Wireless, September 10-12, 2008, Sophia Antipolis, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/mascotte/adhocnow/index.html CALL FOR PAPERS Ambient, pervasive, and ubiquitous computing are seen as a drastic shift for computing systems. Indeed, networked computing resources shall become invisible to users and cooperatively provide them with the right services at the right time. At the same time, ad hoc networks are wireless infrastructureless systems dynamically formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other. As such, they appear as an attractive networking paradigm for ambient computing. The aim of the workshop is to investigate the contribution of ad hoc networks to the realization of the ambient computing vision, from supporting algorithms and protocols to emerging computing paradigms and software system architectures. Topics for the workshop include but are not limited to: - Ambient peer to peer networks - Context awareness using sensor networks - Cross-layer design and optimization in ad hoc networks - Dependability in ad hoc networks - Engineering ambient computing systems - Middleware for ambient computing - Mobile data management in ad hoc networks - Next generation networks for ambient computing - Opportunistic networking for ambient computing - Quality of service in ambient computing - Scalability in ambient ad hoc networks - Security, privacy & trust in ambient computing - Service oriented ambient computing - Situation awareness in ambient computing - Social groups in ad hoc networks - System architectures for ambient computing - User-centered ambient systems The overall goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on the numerous topics related to ad hoc ambient computing, aiming to provide an environment for sharing experiences and initiating collaborations. Proceedings: ------------ The workshop proceedings will be published by HAL (http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/), a tool intended to promote the best possible dissemination of research work. Post-publication of best papers in a special journal issue is further investigated. Paper Submission: ----------------- Papers should be submitted using the EasyChair conference management system, http://www.easychair.org/. Papers should be written in English and should be prepared according to the formatting instructions on the LNCS website (http://www.springeronline.com/lncs), which provides general formatting instructions and templates/style files for many commonly used word processors (LaTeX, Word, Framemaker, etc.). The manuscript should not exceed 10 LNCS pages (including text, figures and references). Authors should submit a PDF version of their papers. Please prepare your submission to include the topic, three keywords and the name of a contact person with e-mail address. All papers will be reviewed for technical merit. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, provided at least one author of the paper registers to present the paper at the workshop. Papers must not be/have been submitted elsewhere. Important Dates: ---------------- Papers due: 23 May 2008 Notification of acceptance: 11 July 2008 Camera-ready papers due: 25 August 2008 Organizing Committee, Program Co-chairs: ---------------------------------------- Nikolaos Georgantas, INRIA, France Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France Program Commitee: ----------------- To be completed Yolande Berbers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, France Licia Capra, University College London, UK Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Paul Couderc, INRIA Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique, France Joelle Coutaz, Joseph Fourier University, France Jacqueline Floch, SINTEF, Norway Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Harmke de Groot, Microsoft, Germany Michael Hellenschmidt, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany Peter Leijdekkers, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Amy L. Murphy, FBK-IRST, Italy Mirco Musolesi, Dartmouth College, USA Jamie Payton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Fano Ramparany, Orange, France Francoise Sailhan, University of Franche Comte, France Gaogang Xie, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Apostolos Zarras, University of Ioannina, Greece -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Prof.Dr. Kurt Geihs T. +49 561 804-6275 F. +49 561 804-6277 -- Univ. Kassel, FB 16, Wilhelmshöher Allee 73, D-34121 Kassel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Konferenz KiVS'09 in Kassel 02.-06.03.2009 http://www.kivs09.de ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ELG mailing list ELG(a)nets.rwth-aachen.de http://mail-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mailman/listinfo/elg

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[Tccc] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by iwoungan＠scs.ryerson.ca 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies if you received multiple copies of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Special issue on: Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/cfp367special.pdf Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research on wireless networks having attractive claims. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless systems such as the ability to self-organize, self-configure, self-heal, self-manage and self-maintain. Different wireless networks having the potential to offer cost-effective home and enterprise access networking solutions are being researched. Technologies such as Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), WiFi, WiMax, Bluetooth, 802.20, 802.22 and software defined radio are gaining popularity. Even though these technologies hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers relating to different emerging wireless network technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Broadband wireless access networks - Wireless Internet - Software defined radio - Bluetooth technology - Ultra-wide band radio - Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Wireless Mesh Networks - IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22 - Emerging wireless network security issues - Wireless telemedicine and e-health - Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks - Emerging wireless network architecture - Multimedia over emerging wireless networks - Underwater sensor Networks - Supplying power to the distributed wireless sensors - Very low-powered sensors - Cooperative wireless communications - Multi-hop relay wireless communications Tutorial-type articles (but NOT a review of the literature) about the latest on an emerging wireless network topic (such as wireless sensors) are also of interest to this Special Issue. Guest Editor: Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science Ryerson University, Toronto Ontario, CANADA E-mail: iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca Submission Details: Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca. Please mention C&EE Special Issue Submission in the subject line of your e-mail. After sending your manuscript, if you do not get a confirmation of receipt of your submission within 2-3 business days, please resend your original e-mail again. A guide for authors for preparing their papers is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/367/authorinst… Contributing authors might be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. Important Dates: Manuscript Due: July 1, 2008. Acceptance Notification: November 1, 2008. Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: December 1, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: John Wiley Journal of “Security and Communication Networks” Special Issue on "Security in Wireless Sensor Networks"
by Nicopolitidis Petros 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers John Wiley Journal of “Security and Communication Networks” Special Issue on "Security in Wireless Sensor Networks" Recent development in wireless communication networks has enabled the large-scale deployment of low-cost, energy efficient and multi-purpose wireless sensor networks. A lot of real-world applications have been already deployed and many of them will be based on wireless sensor networks. These applications include geographical monitoring, medical care, manufacturing, transportation, military, and surveillance systems. Due to the nature of wireless communication networks, many security challenges are faced when dealing and working with such technologies including eavesdropping, man-in-the-middle, spoofing and DDoS. Security is the key issue for reliable critical applications in wireless sensor networks. Advances in design and prototype of security mechanisms in wireless sensor network systems for protecting the confidentiality, availability, and integrity are crucial for the success of sensor applications. Original contributions are solicited in all the relevant security issues in wireless sensor networks, including but not limited to: Protocols and architectures for wireless sensor networks Key distribution and key management Provably-secure cryptographic protocols Public-key and symmetric-key cryptosystems, block ciphers, and hash functions Network security protocols: DNS security, routing, naming, denial-of-service attacks, TCP/IP, secure multicast Anonymity techniques Trust mechanisms Privacy Security and usability Automated analysis of protocols Authentication mechanisms Biometric-based security schemes RFID Submitted paper should not be considered elsewhere for publication and the authors must follow the guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts. The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in one of the standard fonts, Times, Helvetica, or Courier is preferred. The paper length should not exceed 20 pages total including all figures and illustrations. It is not necessary for authors to double-line space their manuscript. Tables must be on separate pages after the reference list, and not be incorporated into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files. For manuscript submission authors should follow the guidelines described in Section “For Authors” at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/security. Prospective authors should submit their paperonline at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as “Special Issue”, enter the “Running Head” and the “Special Issue title” as “SCN-SI-005” and “Sensor Security”, respectively. Deadlines --------- Manuscript Submission Due: May 12, 2008 Acceptance Notification: September 22, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: November 22, 2008 Tentative Publication Date: Early 2009 Guest Editors -------------- Mohammad S. Obaidat Department of Computer Science Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ07764, USA e-mail: obaidat at monmouth.edu Jung-Shian Li Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering National Cheng Kung University 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan E-Mail: jsli at mail.ncku.edu.tw Petros Nicopolitidis Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Box 888, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece e-mail: petros at csd.auth.gr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] IEEE Policy 2008 Demo -- DEADLINE EXTENDED
by Alessandra Toninelli 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

[Please accept our apologies if you received multiple copies of this cfp] *** DEMO SUBMISSION EXTENDED to 15 March 2008 *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR DEMOS FOR POLICY 2008 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks 2-4 June 2008 Palisades, NY, USA http://www.policy-workshop.org/2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLICY 2008 is the 9th in a series of successful workshops which since 1999 have provided a forum for discussion and collaboration between researchers, developers and users of policy-based systems. This year, in addition to the latest research results from the communities working in any area of policy-based management and computing, we encourage contributions on policy-based techniques in support of management and security of all types of wireless networks: cellular, Wi-Fi, Mobile Ad Hoc, hybrids, etc. ------------------------------------------------ DEMO SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------ To be considered for a system demonstration, contributors are invited to submit a two page system description (not including references) following the IEEE Proceedings 2-column format (for more information, please see http://ieee-formats.notlong.com). Demo submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their technical merit and novelty. Of particular interest are systems that illustrate research contributions and innovative applications of policy based technologies. Those interested in demonstrating a system/application should submit a description following the instructions in the System Submission Section. Commercial products are eligible, but sales and marketing activities are not appropriate. Extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be included in the workshop proceedings. The proceedings of the workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society. If you have any questions about the suitability of your work for a demo submission, please feel free to contact the demo chair, Daniel Olmedilla, at olmedilla at L3S dot de --------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------- System demonstration submission deadline (EXTENDED): 15 March 2008 System demonstration notification: 22 March 2008 Camera ready copy for system demonstrations due: 1 April 2008 Workshop dates: 2-4 June 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ---------------------------------------------------------- General Chair * Dakshi Agrawal -- IBM Research, US Program Chairs * Ehab Al-Shaer -- DePaul University, US * Lalana Kagal -- MIT, US * Jorge Lobo -- IBM Research, US Finance Chair * Claudio Bartolini -- HP Labs, UK Publicity Chair * Alessandra Toninelli -- University of Bologna, Italy Publication Chair * Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville -- Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil System Demonstrations Chair * Daniel Olmedilla -- L3S Research Center and Hannover University, Germany _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: the 2nd Int. Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking, submission due extended
by Ming-Tuo Zhou 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

CFP: the 2nd Int. Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking (CONET 2008, London) Submission due extended: March 31 2008 [Apologies if you receive this more than once] ***************************************************************** The 2nd International Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking (CONET 2008), September 8th ~ 11th, 2008, London, UK http://home.simula.no/~yanzhang/CONET08/index.html in conjunction with BROADNETS 2008. http://www.broadnets.org/2008/ SCOPE & Topics =============== Cooperative wireless communications and networking is emerging as a promising technology to enhance system performance by sharing resources among wireless nodes. With cooperation at all layers of the protocol stack, the wireless network can achieve higher throughput, higher system reliability, higher energy efficiency, lower bit-error rate, and smaller packet loss rate. A variety of research in recent years have actively focused on design, simulation, modeling, and applying cooperative communications in wireless ad hoc, mesh, and sensor networks, etc. International standards organizations have been initialized various activities to apply cooperation mechanisms in the wireless LAN, PAN and MAN. For instance, the IEEE 802.16j working group is actively calling for contributions for relay metropolitan networks. The idea of cooperative wireless communications and networking can be tracked back to the work of the theoretic properties of relay channels. By sharing antennas in a multi-user environment, single-antenna wireless devices enable a virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that allows them to achieve transmit diversity, and hence obtain advantages of MIMO with reduced size, cost, and complexity of the hardware/software. Upon cooperation at physical, MAC, network, and application layer, various cooperative signaling methods are widely explored and many new mechanisms are under development with respects to routing, medium access, location management, scheduling, energy management, and so on. This workshop intends to bring together researchers, engineers, and students to present new results, describe work in progress, and explore relationships among their diverse approaches. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Cooperative diversity * Virtual MIMO * Channel capacity * Cooperative channel coding * Cognitive radio networks * Cooperating services * Grid computing * Middleware * Performance analysis, simulation and experiment * Services, applications and systems * Testbed, prototype, practical system and case studies * Resource management * Mobility management * Energy management * Security management * Cross-layer cooperation and optimization * Cooperative and distributed relaying * Relay networking * Regenerative cooperative systems * Protocols for relay and multi-hop channels * Distributed relay-assignment algorithm * Routing, packet forwarding, multicast * Cooperative scheduling * Cooperative MAC protocol * Power control * Network Coding * Security architecture and mechanisms * Services/applications over cooperative wireless networks * QoS provisioning * Topology control * Synchronization * Cooperative schemes in Wireless PAN, LAN, MAN * Cooperative schemes in B3G, 4G System * Cooperation in ad hoc networks * Cooperation in wireless mesh networks * Cooperation in wireless sensor networks * peer-to-peer networks * Cooperative schemes in IEEE 802.x families, e.g. 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.20 Publication of Proceedings: =========================== CONET 2008 accepted and registered paper will be published in the BROADNET 2008 proceedings and available through IEEE Xplore digital library. Important Dates: ================ Extended submission due: 31 March 2008 Acceptance notification: 15 May 2008 Camera-ready due: 30 May 2008 Conference date: 8-11 September 2008 Workshop Committee: ================== General Co-Chairs Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Geir Oien, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Technical Program Co-Chairs Kun Yang, University of Essex, UK Fleury Bernard, Aalborg University, Denmark Publicity Co-Chairs Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs), France Ming-Tuo Zhou, NICT (Japan) Singapore Office _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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ICST - CfP (Deadline Extended): International Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems (ISVCS) 2008: Dublin, Ireland
by info＠icstconferences.org 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

------------------------------------------------------------ -**********************************************************- -* *- -* International Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems *- -* ISVCS 2008 *- -* *- -* July 22-24, 2008 *- -* Trinity College Dublin, Ireland *- -* *- -* http://www.isvcs.eu/ *- -* *- -* Call for Papers *- -* *- -* *- -* Co-located with MobiQuitous 2008 *- -* *- -* Sponsored by ICST *- -* Technically-sponsored by Create-Net *- -* *- -**********************************************************- ------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES - EXTENDED Paper registration: March 22, 2008 (extended) Paper submission: March 29, 2008 (extended) Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2008 Camera-ready version due: May 18, 2008 THEME The ISVCS is an annual event that seeks to bring together people from academia, industry and government interested in building and using vehicular computing systems, middleware, protocols, services and applications. The symposium is primarily interested in papers reporting on innovative research resulting in real implementations and working prototypes. Work in progress and new ideas will also be accepted as well as presentations of new products. The program will consist of technical sessions, product/industrial presentations, a keynote, a demonstration session, a poster session and one panel, scheduled over 2.5 days. During the event, an industrial exhibition will be also organized. Short tutorials, especially in non-technical related areas, such as transportation policies and social aspects will also be organized, in order to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the field. The event is co-located with MobiQuitous 2008 (http://www.mobiquitous.org/), allowing researchers and practitioners from these related fields to meet and exchange their ideas and experiences. TOPICS OF INTEREST The symposium calls for three categories of contributions: research, position and product presentation papers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Design and implementation of computer systems for network-connected vehicles - Middleware and service architectures for safety, road sensing, route planning, in-car networking and other vehicle-centric applications - Protocols for data collection and dissemination over network-connected cars - Security and privacy issues in vehicular networks, systems, services and applications - Location-aware computing models for vehicular systems - Driver-to-computer interfaces - Data management systems for road sensing and traffic monitoring - Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication protocols - Inter-vehicle distributed systems for entertainment and gaming - Pervasive computing applications using vehicular networks - Tools and methodologies for vehicular computing systems verification and evaluation - Fault-tolerance solutions for vehicular computing systems - Maintenance for vehicular computing software - Experience reports of testing vehicular computing systems on real-world conditions - Policies, laws and regulations for adopting vehicular computing technologies - Social and psychological implications of vehicular computing applications SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 10 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. Please visit the Submission page for detailed submission requirements and procedures. PUBLICATION All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please visit the Publications page for more information. SPECIAL ISSUE Best papers presented in ISVCS will be considered for publication in the Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal, Special Issue on Advances and Applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs Ren Meier, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net Program Co-Chairs Raj Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Raja Sengupta, UC Berkeley, USA Industry Chair Fan Bai, General Motors, USA Poster/Demo Chair Sam Reisenfeld, UTS, Australia Publicity Co-Chairs Alastair Beresford, University of Cambridge, UK Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST Conference Coordinator Dorothy Bany, ICST -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=ggjzadyfjh and enter your email address.

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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

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[Tccc] CFP: ACCESSNETS 2008
by Jun Zheng 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************************************** * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * ACCESSNETS 2008 * * Third International Conference on Access Networks * * October 15-17, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA * * http://www.accessnets.org * * * ************************************************************** ----- Paper submission deadline: April 1, 2008 ----- OVERVIEW: With the rapid growth of the Internet as well as the increasing demand for broadband services, access networks have been receiving growing investments in recent years. This has led to a massive network deployment with the goal of eliminating the bandwidth bottleneck between end-users and the network core. Today many diverse technologies are being used to provide broadband access to end users. The architecture and performance of the access segment (local loop, wired and wireless access networks, and even home networks) are getting increasing attention for ensuring quality of service of diverse broadband applications. Moreover, most access lines will no longer terminate on a single device, thus leading to the necessity of having a home network designed for applications that transcend simple Internet access sharing among multiple personal computers and enable multimedia support. Therefore, the access network and its home portion have become a hot investment pool from both a financial as well as a research perspective. The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'08 is the third edition of this exciting event, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on Oct. 15-17 2008. The conference will consist of technical sessions, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops and panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues in this hot and exciting area. TOPICS: The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * FTTx and PON technologies * xDSL technology and DSM * Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) technology * Cable-based access technology * Powerline communication technology * Digital satellite access technology * WiFi and WiMax networks * Wireless mesh networks * Integrated wired/wireless networks * Long reach Ethernet * Home networks * Networked appliances * Hybrid wired/wireless LANs * Municipal and community networks * Network architectures and protocols * Medium access control * Cross-layer design * OFDM, OFDMA, CDMA techniques * MIMO techniques * Service convergence * Quality of service provisioning * Network scalability and upgradeability * Network survivability and security * Deployment/standardization statuses PAPER SUBMISSION: Please visit the conference website (http://www.accessnets.org) for detailed instructions. Paper Publication: All submitted papers will go through a peer review process. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of AccessNets 2008. * Selected best papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue on Broadband Access Networks of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. * Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in Inderscience International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems. * Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in Inderscience International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission due April 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance June 15, 2008 Final manuscript due July 15, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: MeshTech 2008 - Atlanta, GA, USA - Sept. 29, 2008
by Enzo Mingozzi 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 10, 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 10, 2008 (11:59pm EDT). 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. 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. 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. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Call for Papers: ACM WMUNEP 2008
by smadim2＠grads.ece.mcmaster.ca 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

[CFP] 4th ACM WMuNeP 2008, Submission Deadline June 10th, 2008 We apologize if you have received multiple copies of this message -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FOURTH ACM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING AND PERFORMANCE MODELING (WMUNEP 2008) 27-31 October 2008, Vancouver, Canada http://wmunep2008.mcmaster.ca/ To be held jointly with the 11-th ACM MSWIM http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/ SCOPE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fourth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia Networking and Performance Modeling (WMuNeP 2008) will be a highly selective one-day event, held in conjunction with the 11th Annual ACM Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008). This workshop is devoted to cover different aspects of wireless multimedia networking and performance modeling for WLANs, WPANs, WMANs, WWANs, MANETs, VANETs and sensor networks such as wireless video and wireless streaming, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, synchronization, analysis and performance modeling. TOPICS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): -Wireless multimedia network management -Wireless multimedia traffic modeling -Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia -Proxy-based systems for video transcoding and content distribution -Performance modeling, monitoring and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks and systems -Multipoint, multicast wireless multimedia services -Deployment of wireless multimedia applications, services and networks -Protocols for wireless multimedia networks -QoS and Resource Allocation in wireless multimedia networks -Integration of wireless multimedia networks to broadband networks -End-to-end IP multimedia wireless communications -Coding and transmission for wireless multimedia networks -Distributed wireless multimedia services -Content-based wireless multimedia information retrieval tools -Video, streaming, real-time wireless multimedia communications and applications -Wireless multimedia right protection and watermarking -Pricing mechanisms for wireless multimedia networks -E-Commerce and related applications for wireless multimedia networks -Multimedia evaluation and processing for wireless networks -Cross layer design for wireless multimedia networks -Software tools for system performance and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks -Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems -Wireless multimedia sensor networks IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission: June 10, 2007 Author Notification: July 16, 2008 Camera-ready Paper: August 1, 2008 Other information on WMuNeP2008 can be found at the workshop site: http://wmunep2008.mcmaster.ca/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: ACM TAAS Special Issue on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Wireless Networking Systems
by Zhang, Liqiang 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Apologies if you receive multiple copies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems Special Issue on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Wireless Networking Systems http://taas.acm.org/TAAS-ACM-SelfOrg-WSN.pdf **************************************************************************************** Recent advances in wireless communications and networking, distributed sensing and control, and real-time and embedded systems have led to some new computing paradigms, such as ubiquitous and pervasive computing, wireless sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems. Many novel and attractive applications are made possible, such as advanced automotive systems, environmental control, critical infrastructure control, high confidence medical devices and systems, etc. In these applications, a large scale wireless networking system that consists of massive numbers of connected processing elements, sensors, and actuators often plays a key role. The high complexity of such large scale heterogeneous systems raises new challenges to the system design: we expect the system to be context-aware and self-adaptive to internal and external environments to achieve reliable and robust performance; to be self-organizing and scalable so that managing and maintaining costs could be minimized; to have programmable architecture and protocols for achieving optimal performance in different situations/scenarios, etc. These challenges need to be addressed under joint efforts from different areas, such as networking, system, control, AI, biology, and others. The special issue seeks original and unpublished papers that address theoretical and experimental work related to self-adaptive and self-organizing wireless networking systems (SASOWNS). Papers are solicited from, but are not limited to, the following topics: * Self-adaptive architectures, algorithms, and protocols * Control theoretical approaches for self-optimization * Self-organizing wireless mesh, ad hoc, and sensor networking * Self-configurable and programmable MAC and routing protocols * Biological, economic, and social models for large scale SASOWNS * Applications and testbeds of SASOWNS * Autonomic and autonomous wireless networking systems IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper submission due: July 31st, 2008 Acceptance notification: Dec. 31st, 2008 Camera-ready due: Feb. 28th, 2009 Tentative publication date: June/Sep. 2009 SUBMISSION FORMAT AND REVIEW GUIDELINES --------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting important developments (or advances) in the topics related to the special issue. The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Parallel submissions will not be accepted. If an earlier version of the manuscript was published/accepted in conferences, authors should state so in the cover letter. The manuscript must be a substantial extension to the previously published/accepted work and a summary of changes and a copy of the previous conference paper must be submitted together with the submission to the special issue. Guest editors will pre-screen submitted manuscripts for their suitability in the issue. Submissions passing the pre-screen process will go through a rigorous peer-review process according to the standards of TAAS. Submitting a paper implies the willingness of reviewing one paper submitted to the special issue. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- The manuscripts should be formatted according to the ACM TAAS guidelines available from the journal homepage (http://www.acm.org/pubs/taas) and submitted to the guest editors through email (cpoellab(a)cse.nd.edu). GUEST EDITORS ------------- Dr. Michael Lemmon Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Email: lemmon(a)nd.edu Http: www.nd.edu/~lemmon Dr. Christian Poellabauer Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Email: cpoellab(a)cse.nd.edu Http: www.cse.nd.edu/~cpoellab Dr. Liqiang Zhang Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences Indiana University South Bend South Bend, IN 46615 Email: liqzhang(a)cs.iusb.edu Http: www.cs.iusb.edu/~liqzhang Dr. Xiaobo Zhou Dept. of Computer Science University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Email: zbo(a)cs.uccs.edu Http: www.cs.uccs.edu/~zbo **************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration is TOMORROW
by Mischa Dohler 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Dear all, The deadline for abstract registration for Mobicom08 is tomorrow. The important dates to keep in mind are: Abstracts submission due: March 7, 2008 Paper submissions due: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2008 Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 Mobicom08 will be held in the scenic San Francisco Bay Area on September 14-19. All relevant information can be found at: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008. The work conducted within TCCC is very relevant to Mobicom08. I am including the official Call for Paper below. With best regards on behalf of the Mobicom08 Publicity Chairs, Mischa Dohler. ______________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS MobiCom 2008 The Fourteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking September 14-19, 2007 San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/ Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE ACM MobiCom is the premier international conference dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. It has served as an exciting international forum since 1995, addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks. This year, we will continue this tradition, but we especially encourage the submission of papers in the experimental systems area. This area has seen exciting developments in recent years and explicit efforts will be taken to represent it strongly at MobiCom this year. Authors are invited to submit full papers, challenges papers, student posters, and research demos and exhibits, presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and/or wireless and mobile networking. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking * Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, limited power and/or intermittent connectivity * Fundamental understanding of mobile computing and wireless networking * Wireless and mobile techniques for delay tolerant, mobile ad hoc, and wireless sensor networks * Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless systems * Wireless access technologies (e.g. mesh systems, PANs) * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Protocols exploiting novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO, directional antennas, and software radios * Techniques for dynamic spectrum use * Architectures, algorithms and protocols for cognitive wireless networks and their integration in the Internet * Modeling, measurement and simulation of mobile networks * Experimental test-beds for mobile/wireless networks * Performance evaluation of mobile and wireless networks, protocols, and systems * Next generation (beyond 802.11) wireless technologies and related systems and protocols Submission Instructions Detailed instructions on how and where to submit your paper can be found at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/cfp.pdf Important Dates Abstracts submission due: March 7, 2008 Paper submissions due: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2008 Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 General Chair - jj(a)soe.ucsc.edu: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UC Santa Cruz and PARC Technical Co-Chairs - mobicom08_pcchairs(a)acm.org: Raghupathy (Siva) Sivakumar, Georgia Tech Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact the General Chair or Program Co-Chairs for more information. For information on ACM SIGMOBILE and the MobiCom series of conferences, see http://www.sigmobile.org/ or contact mobicom_info(a)acm.org. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] CfP: Mobile Gaming '08 @ Informatik 2008 in Munich]
by Lars Wolf 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] CfP: Mobile Gaming '08 @ Informatik 2008 in Munich Datum: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:23:04 +0100 Von: Irma Lindt <irma.lindt(a)fit.fraunhofer.de> Organisation: Fraunhofer FIT An: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> ** IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING NEWS SERVICE ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** Send all news to: icec(a)listserver.tue.nl **************************************************** ** NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ** not this IFIP EC News Service **************************************************** (We apologize for possible multiple copies.) ******************************************************************** *** Mobile Gaming '08 *** *** Workshop @ Informatik 2008 in Munich *** *** http://sam.iai.uni-bonn.de/mobile-gaming/ *** ******************************************************************** OVERVIEW Mobile Games rely on physical movement of players in a world that weaves the real environment and virtual dimensions together. They combine two gaming traditions in a novel way, which have been mutual exclusive till now: outdoor games and computer games. Game design is facing new challenges. Currently only few games exploit the potential, which is offered by augmented and mixed reality, global networking, location-awareness and sensors. Theory and methodology to survey mobile gaming experiences are far from maturity. The question is, how to understand mobility and physical movement within mixed game worlds? How to study gaming experiences of mobile players, who are moving independently through urban space? What are the roles of the player's community and its culture for playing games? Development and design of mobile games are challenging us with core issues of ubiquitous computing, the complexity of mobile, distributed systems, the particular dynamics of game situations and the changing contexts, the diversity of actors, using the technology, and the issues of interaction beyond the desk, encompassing the players body, multiple human senses and diverse usage modes. The diversification of hard- and software leads to additional challenges regarding interoperability and calls for flexible frameworks supporting the integration. This workshop aims to increase the perception of mobile gaming as a rich domain for research in many directions in the German-speaking science and market area. We invite researchers and developers to exchange their experiences, identify urging research issues and to look for ways how to exploit and enhance the basic conditions for research in this domain. TOPICS OF INTEREST We invite technical papers and position statements to be submitted to the workshop. The workshop topics include, but are not limited to: Experience and design of mobile games: mobile gaming experience and gaming activities physical movement in mixed reality settings and embodied interaction mobile games in everyday life: the magic circle of play and its spatial, temporal and social expansions reinterpretation of traditional games as digital mobile games mobile edutainment - the didactical potential of mobile games serious games: teaching complex processes based on pervasive technology mobile gaming as testbed for business cases Technical challenges of mobile games: augmented and mixed reality in mobile games gaming context: predictable and unforeseeable context dimensions user interfaces for mobile games graspable interaction: sensors and actors in mobile games technologies for location-awareness and positioning recording and replayability of mobile games supporting the large variety of hard- and software systems: problems and solutions using technological limitations creatively DATES AND DEADLINES Paper submission: April 28, 2008 Notification of authors: June 2, 2008 Camera ready version due: July 1, 2008 Workshop Mobile Gaming '08: September 9, 2008 FORM OF SUBMISSION The workshop aims to offer a forum for presentation and discussion of new research results. It focuses on mobile games and further applications with a playful character. Location, other context, and mobility of users should be basic design aspects of the considered applications. Submissions might be written in German or English and should not exceed six pages. Format must obey the LNI standard. Details about LNI as well as templates for Word and LaTex are available on the workshop's website. Since printing will be black and white authors should be careful when using colored images or diagrams. PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be included in the Workshop Proceedings of Informatik 2008. The proceedings will be published by the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI). ORGANIZERS The workshop is jointly organized by: Pascal Bihler, Universität Bonn Barbara Grüter, Hochschule Bremen Irma Lindt, Fraunhofer FIT, St. Augustin Holger Mügge, Universität Bonn PROGRAM COMMITTEE Linda Breitlauch, MediaDesign Hochschule Düsseldorf Wolfgang Broll, Fraunhofer FIT, St. Augustin Armin B. Cremers, Universität Bonn Jürgen Fritz, Fachhochschule Köln Julian Kücklich, University of Ulster Peter Möckel, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin Stefan Müller, Universität Koblenz Albrecht Schmidt, Universität Duisburg-Essen Clemens Türck, Ravensburger Spieleverlag, Ravensburg Steffen P. Walz, ETH Zürich CONTACT DETAILS Workshop web page: http://sam.iai.uni-bonn.de/mobile-gaming Please contact the organizer Pascal Bihler, email: bihler(a)iai.uni-bonn.de **************************************************** ** To send and receive IFIP-EC-NEWS, go to ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** and subscribe directly **************************************************** ** News archives: ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/private/icec/ **************************************************** ** To join the IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING Group ** contact: g.w.m.rauterberg(a)tue.nl ****************************************************

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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

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[Cost290] The 1st Russian Conference on Smart Spaces ruSMART 2008; St.Petersburg, Russia
by Yevgeni Koucheryavy 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

The 1st Russian Conference on Smart Spaces ruSMART 2008 September 05, 2008 St.Petersburg, Russia http://www.new2an.org/rusmart co-located with The 8th International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking NEW2AN 2008 September 01 - 05, 2008 St.Petersburg, Russia http://www.new2an.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS About the Conference Recent advances in the field of wireless networks have moved them beyond their traditional areas of application to a much broader scope. They form a space where users can access a number of wireless technologies to interact with various services. Similarly, existent and future services form a space providing an unlimited set of possibilities ranging from browsing to interactive video conversations. All these layers form a smart environment that can harmonize a number of technologies at each architectural layer to provide the best user experience. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of smart spaces. In this regard, the conference aims to bring together research professionals from diverse fields including but not limited to wireless communication, ubiquitous networks, software development, multimedia, services, and business in both academia and industry. The 1st Russian Conference on Smart Spaces ruSMART 2008 will take place on September 5th, 2008. It will be co-located with the 8th International Conference Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking NEW2AN 2008. The ruSMART 2008 will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia - the meeting point of East and West. Through its stunning architecture and wonderful art galleries and museums, among a number of other attractions, the wealth of history of East and West can be seen and felt in this beautiful city. Topics of interest Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Wireless technologies for smart spaces - Personal and body networks, wearable computing - Distributed and pervasive services - Service discovery in smart environments - Convergence of technologies for smart space - Smart environments for home, city, office, shop, persons, etc - Business models for smart spaces - Social, and economic aspects and problems of smart space - Architecture and platforms for smart space - Tools for modeling smart spaces Paper submission Authors are invited to submit full papers in English of not more than 20 double-spaced pages, single column, 12pt font size (reviewer-friendly format). All papers must include a title, complete contact information for all authors, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author should be identified clearly. Papers must be submitted electronically (in PDF format) via on-line submission procedure. Proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer combined with NEW2AN 2008 proceedings. Accepted papers would not be more than 12 pages in LNCS format. Selected best papers will appear in a journal special issue. Important dates Paper submission April 21, 2008 Notification of acceptance May 26, 2008 Camera ready version June 09, 2008 Conference dates September 5 , 2008 The Conference is organized by Nokia Research Center (Finland), Tampere University of Technology (Finland) and BalticIT (Russia) in cooperation with ITC (International Teletraffic Congress), IEEE Russia Northwest BT/CE/COM Chapter, Popov Society, and support of NOKIA. For further and up-to-date information please visit official web page of the Conference http://www.new2an.org/rusmart _______________________________________________ Cost290 mailing list Cost290(a)cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/cost290

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[IFIP-EC-NEWS] Extended deadline EUROBOT Conference 2008
by David Obdrzalek 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

** IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING NEWS SERVICE ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** Send all news to: icec(a)listserver.tue.nl **************************************************** ** NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ** not this IFIP EC News Service **************************************************** Please accept our apologies if you get multiple copies of this Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Colleagues, the deadline for sending submissions to the EUROBOT Conference 2008 has been extended to March 15, 2008. For further details please see below or visit the website http://www.eurobot-deutschland.de (Link to EUROBOT Conference 2008 is on the right side) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EUROBOT CONFERENCE 2008 International conference on research and education in robotics May 21-25, 2008, Heidelberg, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The EUROBOT Conference 2008 is organized in cooperation with EUROBOT 2008 autonomous robot contest International Finale. Conference participants will be able to visit the contest as spectators. For further details, see EUROBOT 2008 website: http://www.eurobot-deutschland.de (Link to EUROBOT Conference 2008 is on the right side) For general information about EUROBOT see the Eurobot Association main website: http://www.eurobot.org KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Professor Atsuo Takanishi, Waseda University, Japan Professor Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA IMPORTANT DETAILS: Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2008 (extended) Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2008 Camera ready deadline: April 30, 2008 Early bird registration: April 30, 2008 Conference: May 21-25, 2008 Please send your papers of up to 6 pages to: conference(a)eurobot.org Accepted papers will be published in the Springer series, therefore the submitted papers must conform to Springer LNCS format (see conference website for details). The CONFERENCE TOPICS include, but are not limited, to: - Research -- Robot control and behaviour: evolutionary and cognitive robotics, navigation, planning, simulation, vizualization -- Applications of autonomous intelligent robots: Exploration robots, service robots, robots for hazardous environments -- Perception, processing and action: sensors, vision, motion systems, specialized peripherals - Education -- Robotics at School and at University: Curricula, methodology, competences, outcomes -- Practical educational robotics activities: Robot contests, workshops, summer camps, robotic kits for education and research -- Good practices in educational robot design: Project management, team development, funding, reusing parts and components - Special Eurobot session -- Presentation of robots designed for Eurobot contest including previous editions: Robot design, planning, team building and management All submitted papers will be reviewed by the programme committee, with the help of outside referees. The Conference Proceedings will be printed in the Springer series. Achim Gottscheber, Conference Chair David Obdrzalek & Julio Pastor Mendoza, Program Chairs **************************************************** ** To send and receive IFIP-EC-NEWS, go to ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** and subscribe directly **************************************************** ** News archives: ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/private/icec/ **************************************************** ** To join the IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING Group ** contact: g.w.m.rauterberg(a)tue.nl ****************************************************

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[Tccc] [CFP]Special Issue of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine on "Wireless Communications in Networked Robotics"
by Jung-Min Park 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Call for Papers IEEE Wireless Communications Special Issue on: Wireless Communications in Networked Robotics http://www.comsoc.org/dl/pcm/cfpwcm0209.htm Important Dates: - Paper submission deadline: July 31, 2008 - Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2008 - Final manuscript Due: November 15, 2008 - Publication date: February, 2009 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP for IEEE MASS 2008
by Murat Demirbas 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Apologies if you receive multiple copies ------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE MASS 2008 Fifth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems September 29 October 2, 2008 Hilton Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA http://www.cse.psu.edu/IEEEMASS08/ Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing, IEEE Technical Committee on Simulation, and IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications Wireless ad-hoc communication has applications in a variety of environments, such as conferences, hospitals, battlefields and disaster-recovery/rescue operations, and is also being actively investigated as an alternative paradigm for Internet connectivity in both urban and rural areas. Wireless sensor and actuator networks are also being deployed for enhancing industrial control processes and supply-chains, and for various forms of environmental monitoring. The IEEE MASS 2008 conference is the fifth edition of MASS and aims at addressing advances in research on multi-hop ad-hoc and sensor networks, covering topics ranging from technology issues to applications and test-bed development. IEEE MASS 2008 solicits riginal, unpublished contributions in all aspects of (mobile) ad-hoc networks and wireless sensor networks (WSN), systems and applications. Submitted articles must not be concurrently considered elsewhere for publication. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for fast track publication in the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (www.elsevier.come/locate/pmc). Scope: Topics include, but are not limited to: - Physical layer impact on higher layers in ad-hoc networks and WSNs - Directional / smart antennas - Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies - MAC protocols (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Wireless mesh networks and cognitive networks - P2P/overlay/content distribution architectures for wireless ad hoc networks - Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking - Vehicular networks and protocols - Mobile/robotic sensor networks - Power-aware architectures, algorithms and protocols design - Clustering, topology control, coverage and connectivity issues - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) - Data transport, management and information scheduling - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in WSNs - Localization, synchronization and cooperative sensing in WSNs - Sensor networks and pervasive infrastructures - Capacity planning and admission control in ad-hoc networks - Handoff / mobility management and seamless internetworking - Resource management and wireless QoS Provisioning - Cross layer design and optimization - Incentive-based and game-theoretic approaches in ad-hoc networks - Reliability, resiliency and fault tolerance techniques - Security, privacy, and trust issues - Management and monitoring of ad-hoc and sensor networks - Operating systems and middleware support - Novel applications and architectures for WSNs - Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation - Measurements and experience from experimental systems and test-beds Submission Guidelines: All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS. Direct link for paper submission (abstracts due within March 14, 2008): http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6118& They must not exceed 10 single-spaced, double-column pages using at least 11 pt size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages in IEEE style format. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available on the conference website. WORKSHOP Proposals: Workshop proposals are solicited on cutting-edge topics that complement or supplement the main theme of IEEE MASS 2008. Please contact the Workshop Co-chairs with proposals or for any questions. The submission deadline is Feb 15. DEMO Proposals: Proposals are solicited for technical demonstrations of experimental ad-hoc and sensor networking systems. Visit the conference website for instructions on submitting demo proposals or contact the Demo Chair. PAPER Submission Deadlines: Abstracts Due: March 14, 2008 Manuscripts Due: March 21, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 20, 2008 Camera-ready Submission: July 18, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL Chair Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA (tlp at cse.psuedu) PROGRAM Chair Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA (das at uta.edu) TPC Vice Chairs Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy (bononi at cs.unibo.it) Archan Misra, IBM Watson Research Center, USA (archan at us.ibm.com) Chunming Qiao, University of Buffalo, USA (qiao at cse.buffalo.edu) WORKSHOP Co-Chairs Yonghe Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA (yonghe at cse.uta.edu) Sencun Zhu, Pennsylvania State University, USA (szhu at cse.psu.edu) FINANCE & REGISTRATION Chair: Anup Kumar, University of Louisville, USA PUBLICATION Chair Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA PUBLICITY Co-Chairs Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Korea (schoi at snu.ac.kr) Murat Demirbas, University of Buffalo, USA (demirbas at cse.buffalo.edu) Pedro Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain (pedrom at dif.um.es) LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Chair George Riley, Georgia Tech, USA (riley at ece.gatech.edu) WEB Chair Sharanya Eswaran, Pennsylvania State Univ, USA (eswaran at cse.psu.edu) STEERING COMMITTEE Co-chairs Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA Jie Wu (TCDP), Florida Atlantic University & NSF, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Kevin Almeroth, University of California at Santa Barbara Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Elizabeth Belding, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Brahim Bensaou, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Amiya Bhattacharya, New Mexico State University, USA Douglas Blough, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Joel Branch, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Raffaele Bruno, IITCNR, Pisa, Italy Levente Buttyan, CrySys lab, Budapest Univ. of tech. and econ., Hungary Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Antonio Capone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida, USA Guihai Chen, Nanjing University, China Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Yanghee Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales, Australia Amitabha Das, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Swades De, Indian Institute of Technology, India Murat Demirbas, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen, Germany Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University,USA Karoly Farkas, University of West Hungary, Hungary Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Ratan Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science (SUPSI), Switzerland Mesut Günes, Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Zygmunt Haas, Cornell University, USA Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA Paul Havinga, University of Twente, The Netherlands Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales, Australia Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Vana Kalogeraki, University of California at Riverside, USA Koushik Kar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA Young-Bae Ko, Ajou University, Korea Sastry Kompella, Naval Research Laboratory, USA Farinaz Koushanfar, Rice University, USA Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA Sudha Krishnamurthy, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany Taekyoung Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA Sung-Ju Lee, HP Labs, USA Qilian Liang, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Weifa Liang, Australian National University, Australia Lavy Libman, NICTA, Sydney, Australia Yonghe Liu, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Cecilia Mascolo, University College London, UK Martin Mauve, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Trinity College at Dublin, Ireland Tommaso Melodia, State University of New York at Buffalo, mUSA Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Archan Misra, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Mehul Motani, National University of Singapore, Singapore Farid Naït-Abdesselam, University of Sciences and Tech. of Lille, France Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, USA Sergio Palazzo, University of Catania, Italy José Parente de Oliveira, ITA, Brazil Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy Dirk Pesch, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Tien Pham, Army Research Laboratory, USA Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey, USA Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Chunming Qiao, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Lili Qiu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Milena Radenkovic, University of Nottingham, UK Fengyuan Ren, Tsinghua University, China Pedro Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA Yi Shi, Virginia Tech, USA Rajeev Shorey, General Motors Research, India David Simplot-Ryl, INRIA & University of Lille, France Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, USA Harry Skianis, National Centre for Scientific Res. 'Demokritos', Greece Cormac Sreenan, University College of Cork, Ireland Vikram Srinivasan, Bell Labs Research, India Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Vic Thomas, Honeywell, USA Ozan Tonguz, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wade Trappe, Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey, USA Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Roberto Verdone, University of Bologna, Italy Mehmet Vuran, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Wendong Xiao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Wensheng Zhang, Iowa State University, USA Sheng Zhong, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Yanmin Zhu, Imperial College of London, UK Michele Zorzi, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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