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CFP of Communications Software and Services Symposium in IEEE Globecom 2008
by Qian Zhang 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

[Apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] Please help to support this symposium as this is our MMTC co-sponsored symposium. Best, Qian =====================================================================IEEE Globecom 2008: Communications Software and Services Symposium http://www.ieee-globecom.org/2008/symposium/comsoft.html November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================ = TPC Co-chairs: Abdelhamid Mellouk, CSR TC, mellouk(a)univ-paris12.fr Bruno Crispo, CC TC, bruno.crispo(a)unitn.it Pascal Lorenz, CS TC, lorenz(a)ieee.org Qian Zhang, MC TC, qianzh(a)cse.ust.hk Nicolas Rozic, CS TC, rozic(a)fesb.hr SCOPE This symposium will provide an international technical forum for discussing and presenting recent research results on any aspects for software, services, and multimedia communications. It aims at bringing together experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results on advancing the state-of-the-art and overcoming research on the challenging issues related to the software design and system deployment of services over heterogeneous networks. Papers may present theories, techniques, applications, or practical experiences related to that. TOPICS OF INTEREST - Web Services and distributed SW technology - Distributed systems and applications, including Grid Services - Home Network Service Platform - Quality of service in multimedia communication - Mobile Services and Service Platforms - Service Creation, Delivery, Management - Quality of Experience for End-to-End Communications. - Context Awareness and Personalization - Communications Software Engineering - Methods and Tools - End-to-end quality of service software Routing algorithms - Media streaming and Multimedia real-time delivery systems - Multimedia Applications and Services including VoIP, IPTV, Gaming - Multimedia delivery over wired and wireless networks - Network Management - Service Security and Privacy and Authentication - Charging, pricing and business models SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html . Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at _http://edas.info/

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[Tccc] PIMRC 2008 - 1 week deadline extension
by Mischa Dohler 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Dear all, I have received numerous requests to extend the submission deadline for IEEE PIMRC 2008. We have hence decided to leave EDAS open for another week. Please submit your paper by Monday 10th March, which is a hard deadline. Looking forward to receiving you in Cannes, Mischa Dohler TPC Chair _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] EURASIPS-JWCN Special Issue on Fairness in RRM
by Zhu Han 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Fairness in Radio Resource Management for Wireless Networks. Call for Papers (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/si/fair-rrm.html) Radio resource management (RRM) techniques (such as admission control, scheduling, sub-carrier allocation, channel assignment, power allocation, and rate control) are essential for maximizing the resource utilization and providing quality of service (QoS) in wireless networks. In many cases, the performance metrics (e.g., overall throughput) can be optimized if opportunistic algorithms are employed. However, opportunistic RRM techniques always favor advantaged users who have good channel conditions and/or low interference levels. The problem becomes even worse when the wireless terminals have low mobility since the channel conditions become slowly varying (or even static), which might lead to long-term unfairness. The problem of fair resource allocation is more challenging in multihop wireless networks (e.g., mesh and multihop cellular networks). The performance fairness can be introduced as one of the QoS requirements (e.g., as a condition on the minimum throughput per user). Fair RRM schemes might penalize advantaged users; hence, there should be a tradeoﬀ between the overall system performance and the fairness requirements. We are soliciting high-quality unpublished research papers addressing the problem of fairness of RRM techniques in wireless communication systems. Topics include (but are not limited to): ò Fairness of scheduling schemes in wireless networks ò Tradeoﬀ between maximizing the overall throughput and achieving throughput fairness ò RRM fairness: problem definition and solution techniques ò Fairness performance in emerging wireless systems (WiMAX, ad hoc networks, mesh networks, etc.) ò Cross-layer RRM design with fairness ò Short-term and long-term fairness requirements ò Adaptive RRM to support fairness ò Fairness in cooperative wireless communications ò Issues and approaches for achieving fairness in multihop wireless networks ò RRM framework and QoS architecture ò Complexity and scalability issues ò Experimental and implementation results and issues ò Fairness in multiple-antenna transmission/reception systems ò Fairness in end-to-end QoS provisioning Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due July 1, 2008 First Round of Reviews October 1, 2008 Publication Date January 1, 2009 Guest Editors Mohamed Hossam Ahmed, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. JohnÆs, NF, Canada A1B 3V6; mhahmed(a)engr.mun.ca Alagan Anpalagan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C5; alagan(a)ee.ryerson.ca Kwang-Cheng Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; chenkc(a)cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw Zhu Han, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Boise State University Boise, Idaho, USA; zhuhan(a)boisestate.edu EkramHossain, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba,Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2; ekram(a)ee.umanitoba.ca _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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ACM SenSys 2008: Call for Papers
by Thiemo Voigt 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

*** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CfP *** ============================================================================ ACM SenSys 2008: Call for Papers The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems November 5-7, 2008 Raleigh, NC, USA http://sensys.acm.org/2008/ ============================================================================ The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the area of embedded, networked sensors. Distributed systems based on networked sensors and actuators with embedded computation capabilities enable an instrumentation of the physical world at an unprecedented scale and density, thus enabling a new generation of monitoring and control applications. This conference provides an ideal venue to address the research challenges facing the design, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensor networks require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, distributed systems, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work. We particularly encourage papers that extend the scope of the conference beyond wireless mote-class sensor networks and we seek contributions from a broad range of sensing-related fields, such as actuator networks, RFID applications, mobile ad-hoc networks, camera networks, and others. We seek technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Sensor network architecture and protocols * Rich sensor systems leveraging RFID, mobile devices (e.g., cell phones), cameras, robotics, etc. * Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits * Sensor network planning, provisioning, calibration and deployment * Deployment experience and testbeds * Experimental methods, including measurement, simulation, and emulation infrastructure * Programming methodology * Operating systems * Sensor network algorithms such as localization, routing, time synchronization, clustering, topology control, and coverage control algorithms * Failure resilience and fault isolation * Energy management * Data, information, and signal processing * Data storage and management * Distributed actuation and control * Applications * Security and privacy * Integration with back-end systems such as web-based information systems, process control, and enterprise software Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University; Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin Sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, SIGARCH, SIGOPS, SIGMETRICS and SIGBED; with support from NSF. Important dates: * Paper Registration and Abstract: April 7, 2008, 5pm US Eastern Time * Paper Submission Deadline: April 14, 2008, 5pm US Eastern Time * Notification of Paper Acceptance: July 18, 2008 * Camera Ready Paper Copy: August 25, 2008 All deadlines are firm; we will not honor extensions. Papers must be original, unpublished work not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF format, fitting length and formatting guidelines as directed on the submission webpage. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The review process is double-blind and hence, all submissions must be anonymized. Selected papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. For submission details, see the conference web site. Demos: Demonstrations showing innovative research and applications are solicited. SenSys is very interested in demonstrations of technology, platforms, and applications of sensor systems. Abstracts of accepted demos will be published in the SenSys conference proceedings. Submissions from both industry and academia are encouraged. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for demos with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Posters: Posters showing exciting early work on sensor systems are solicited. Areas of interest are the same as those listed in the technical call for papers. While the poster need not describe completed work, it should report on research for which at least preliminary results are available. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for posters with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Workshops: Workshop proposals are highly encouraged in emerging areas related to sensor networks. A call for workshop proposals will be posted on the SenSys website. Organization: General Chair: Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Martonosi (Princeton) and Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin) Poster Co-Chairs: Philippe Bonnet (U. Copenhagen) and Tian He (U Minnesota) Demo Co-Chairs: Kamin Whitehouse (U Virginia) and Yunhao Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Local Arrangements Chair: Injong Rhee (North Carolina State University) Publicity Co-Chairs: Thiemo Voigt (Swedish Institute of Computer Science), Liqian Luo (Microsoft Research), and Yoshito Tobe (Tokyo Denki University) Sponsorship Chair: Matt Welsh (Harvard) Web Chair: Ying Zhang (PARC) Registration Chair: Peter Corke (CSIRO ICT Centre) Finance Chair: Jie Liu (Microsoft Research) Workshop Chair: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth) Student Award Chair: Sam Madden (MIT) Publication Chair: Joe Polastre (Sentilla) Steering Committee Chair: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth)

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[Tccc] ICNP 2008: Call for papers
by Ramana Kompella 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

[Sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] CALL FOR PAPERS ICNP 2008 16th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Orlando, Florida October 19-22, 2008 ICNP 2008, the sixteenth IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, is a conference covering all aspects of network protocols, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. ICNP 2008 will be held in Orlando, Florida, on October 19-22, 2008. Papers with significant research contributions to the field of network protocols are solicited for submission. Papers cannot be previously published nor under review by another conference or journal. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Protocol testing, analysis, design and implementation 2. Measurement and monitoring of protocols 3. Protocols designed for specific functions, such as: routing, flow and congestion control, QoS, signaling, security, network management, or resilience 4. Protocols designed for specific networks, such as: wireless and mobile networks, Ad hoc and sensor networks, virtual networks, and ubiquitous networks Papers must deal specifically with protocols. Papers of general networking nature where protocols are only a secondary focus will be considered only if they are of exceptional high quality and only a very limited number of such papers will be included in the technical program. ICNP will select an accepted full paper for the best paper award. For the first time, ICNP is using a double-blind review process. The identity of authors and referees will not be revealed to each other. To ensure blind reviewing, authors names and affiliations should not appear in the paper; bibliographic references should be made in such a way as to preserve author anonymity. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract registration: April 19, 2008 11:59 PM EDT Paper submission: April 25, 2008 11:59 PM EDT Notification of acceptance: July 29, 2008 Camera ready version: September 5, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: David Lee, Ohio State University, USA (chair) Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech, USA Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky, USA Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan Raymond Miller, University of Maryland, USA GENERAL CHAIRS: Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University, USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, Austin, USA PROGRAM CHAIRS: Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS: Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, USA Cliff Zou, University of Central Florida, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR: Kamil Sarac, University of Texas at Dallas, USA PUBLICITY CHAIRS: Ramana Rao Kompella, Purdue University, USA James Minseok Kwon, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA WEB CHAIR: Ossama Younis, Telcordia Applied Research, USA STEERING COMMITTEE: Simon Lam, University of Texas, USA David Lee, Ohio State University, USA Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech, USA Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky, USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, USA Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan Mike T. Liu, Ohio State University, USA Raymond Miller, University of Maryland, USA Krishan Sabnani, Bell Labs, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE: See Web site. FURTHER INFORMATION: Web site: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/fahmy/icnp2008/ E-mail: icnp2008(a)cs.purdue.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP - IEEE CCNC 2009
by John Buford 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

IEEE CCNC 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE 2009 11 - 13 January 2009, Harrah's Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference - the 6th annuall international conference - brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking. IEEE CCNC 2009, sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, will present the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as middleware), and novel applications and services. We invite you to submit papers for IEEE CCNC's Technical Program in the following areas of consumer communications and networking: + Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics + Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks + Entertainment & Multimedia Networking + Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery + Emerging Applications & Pervasive Technolgies + Security for CE Communications For a list of potential topics and submission requirements, visit www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 Important Technical Program Deadlines: Technical Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Acceptance Notification: 12 September 2008 Camera Ready Artwork: 10 October 2008 _____________________________________________________________ Submissions are also welcomed for Special Sessions, Workshops, Short Papers, Tutorials, Demonstrations, and Technical Panels. Special Sessions Due: 23 May 2008 Workshops Due: 23 May 2008 Short Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Tutorials Due: 15 August 2008 Demonstrations Due: 12 September 2008 Technical Panels Due: 17 September 2008 For more information on these specialized tracks, visit www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 __________________________________________________________ Reach hundreds of engineers, marketing and product design specialists, and executives in the consumer networking, consumer electronics, and consumer content-provider fields. Showcase your brand to the most influential engineering audience in consumer electronics. Patron status maximizes your company's exposure and enhances your company's reputation. See the IEEE CCNC website for patron opportunities! www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 _________________________________________________________ Honorary Chair K. T. Lee, CTO Samsung Group, Korea General Co-Chairs Simon Gibbs and Alan Messer Samsung, USA Technical Program Chair John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA TPC Vice-Chairs Track: Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics R. Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Track: Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State University, USA Track: Entertainment and Multimedia Networking Zhu Li, Motorola Labs, USA Track: Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany Track: Emerging Applications and Pervasive Technologies Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany Security for CE Communications Chi-Sung Laih, National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China Workshop Chair Kurt Tutschku, NICT, Japan Special Sessions Chair Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Short Papers Chair Florence Kolberg, University of Strathclyde, UK Tutorial Chairs Dr. Frank den Hartog, TNO, The Netherlands Dr. V. Prasad, Delft U. of Technology Technology Applications Panels Chair Shoshana Loeb, Telcordia, USA Demonstration Chairs Andreas Heiner, Nokia, Finland Subir Saha, Motorola India Research Lab, Bangalore _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] CFP-Iterative Decoding and Cross-Layering Techniques for Multimedia Broadcasting and Communications
by Massimiliano Laddomada 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

%%% Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement %%%% Hindawi - International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdmb/ Call for Papers Iterative Decoding and Cross-Layering Techniques for Multimedia Broadcasting and Communications The explosive growth of multimedia applications over the Internet and the ever-increasing users' demands over commercial terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting all over the world call for efficient physical and cross-layer techniques able to mitigate the potential problems limiting broadband services over wireless networks. In this scenario, mobile multimedia is expected to be one of the key services of future wireless mobile networks. Meanwhile, recent advances in digital communications have paved the way to a variety of standards aimed at providing multimedia services over terrestrial broadband networks. To cite but a few, DVB-H, T-DVB, T-DMB, wireless LANs, and wireless MANs are some of the most recent standards enabling such technology. Iterative decoding techniques for both source, channel, and joint source-channel coding and decoding and cross-layering techniques have proven to be very effective for providing a viable means of achieving capacity-approaching performance at very reduced computational burden. The main aim of this special issue is to highlight state-of-the-art techniques on the most recent research advances enabling digital multimedia services over broadband wireless networks, focused on physical and cross-layering solutions. Novel contributions, previously unpublished, that are not being submitted to any other journal, are sought. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following subject categories: Iterative decoding techniques for concatenated channel codes (turbo codes and serially concatenated codes) Iterative decoding techniques for joint source-channel decoding Novel capacity-approaching channel codes: coding strategies and efficient decoding algorithms Cross-layer modelling/analysis and optimization techniques Standardization activities on digital multimedia broadcasting protocols Space-time coding and decoding Novel MIMO solutions for counteracting multipath mobile channels Channel estimation and equalization Improved channel equalization techniques for SIMO and MIMO systems Experimental testbeds Hardware Implementation and SoC solutions Authors should follow the International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdmb Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due: April 1, 2008 First Round of Reviews: July 1, 2008 Publication Date: November 1, 2008 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[MediaWiN 2008] - Deadline is today!
by Periklis Chatzimisios 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Third Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2008) (http://mediaWiN.it.teithe.gr) July 6th, 2008 Marrakech, Morocco organized in association with the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008) (http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008) Scope Fortified by the success of the previous experience, the third edition of the MediaWiN Workshop will be again organized in association with the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008). MediaWiN 2008 is an open forum, which aims at promoting interaction and discussion between the Workshop contributors. The event offers the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals, and academics around the world to meet, present their work, and discuss the latest advances in multimedia systems, services, and applications over wireless networks. Topics of Interest Starting with a rigorous review process in which each submitted paper will receive at least three independent peer reviews, including one from a TPC member, we expect the Workshop to provide relevant and knowledgeable feedback that will assist all authors to significantly enhance the quality of their work. The focal topics of the Workshop include: Multimedia Services Design and Characterization - Cooperative multimedia services - Health care, safety and emergency oriented multimedia services - Emerging and visionary multimedia applications for wireless networks Mathematical Models for Multimedia Applications - Mathematical models for multimedia traffic sources - Mathematical quality metrics for multimedia services - Models and tools for the simulation of multimedia traffic sources Experimentation: Testbeds, Field Trials and Empirical Results - Design and implementation of testbeds for multimedia over wireless - Filed trials, experimental measurements and results - Measurements-based models for multimedia over wireless - Testing of protocols and standards for multimedia over wireless Multimedia Services over Resource-constrained Wireless Networks (WSN, WPAN) - Energy efficiency issues in protocols for multimedia over wireless sensor networks - Scheduling and link adaptation techniques - Resilience to node failures and network topology variations - Low complexity cross layer techniques for multimedia over WSN or WPAN Multimedia Services over Wireless LAN, WAN and Ad-hoc Networks - Car-to-car and road-to-car multimedia communications in vehicular networks - Protocols for multimedia support and provisioning over mesh and heterogeneous networks - Context aware techniques for enhancing multimedia service support - Design and improvements of MAC service differentiation solutions - Mobility and handoff management - Security issues in wireless multimedia applications - Multimedia traffic charging and accounting techniques Emerging Standards and Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications - Recent work in standardization fora, including IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.21 - New network architectures for wireless communications (IEEE 802.11v, CAPWAP) - Compression techniques, standards and evaluation Important Dates Submission of research papers due: *March 2*, 2008 Notification of paper acceptance: March 30, 2008 Submission of camera-ready papers due: April 12, 2008 Workshop date: July 6, 2008 Paper submission Papers should contain original material and not be previously published,or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE proceedings style and must be submitted by March 2, 2008. Accepted papers up to 6 pages in the IEEE double-column proceedings format will be published with no additional charge. To submit a paper, please follow the instructions on the Workshop web site; submission will be based on the EDAS conference management system (http://edas.info/). The Workshop Proceedings will be part of the ISCC 2008 Proceedings and will be available on IEEE Xplore. Organizing Committee Workshop Co-Chairs: Kostas Pentikousis, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Co-Chairs: Andrea Zanella, University of Padova, Italy Ilenia Tinnirello, University of Palermo, Italy Vasileios Vitsas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee Rui Aguiar ( University of Aveiro, Portugal) Leonardo Badia (IMT Lucca, Italy) Hussein Badr (Stony Brook University, USA) Albert Banchs (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) Paolo Bellavista (University og Bologna, Italy) Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) Luciano Bononi (University of Bologna, Italy) Anthony Boucouvalas (University of Peloponnese, Greece) Christos Bouras (University of Patras and RACTI, Greece) Raffaele Bruno (Institute for Informatics & Telematics, Italy) Hind Castel (Inst. National des Télécommunications, France) Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, Korea) Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Ehab Elmallah (University of Alberta, Canada) Ladan Gharai (USC Information Sciences Institute, USA) Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy) Ibrahim Habib (City University of New York, USA) Stathes Hadjiefthymiades (University of Athens, Greece) George Karetsos (CTR of Thessaly, Greece) Ferhat Khendek (Concordia University, Canada) Adlen Ksentini (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France) Lambros Lambrinos (Cyprus Univ. of Technology, Cyprus) Michael Logothetis (University of Patras, Greece) Stefan Mangold (Swisscom, Switzerland) Ioannis Mavridis (University of Macedonia, Greece) Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece) Roberto Riggio (University of Trento, Italy) Michele Rossi (University of Padova, Italy) Susana Sargento (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Luca Scalia (University of Palermo, Italy) Antonio Servetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Pietro Zanuttigh (University of Padova, Italy) Gil Zussman (Columbia University, USA) Web Chair: Vasileios Lourdas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Researcher in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki GR-57400, Thessaloniki (GREECE) Phone: +30 2310-791604 Fax: +30 2310-791290 Email: peris(a)it.teithe.gr, pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~peris ------------------------------------------------ PIMRC 2008: http://www.pimrc2008.org MediaWiN 2008: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr CSNDSP 2008: http://www.csndsp.com

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[Researchers] 12th IEEE/ACM DS-RT´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 27-29/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

======================================================== Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers DS-RT 2008 12th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2008/ October 27-29, 2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada * IEEE/ACM pending upon Approval ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** Scope In its twelth anniversary, the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2008) will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in conjunction with the 11th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008). **** Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2008 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2008 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments, pervasive and ubiquitous application scenarios, motor-, controller-, sensor- and actuator systems. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2008 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. **** Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Paradigms, Methodology and Software Architectures for Large Scale Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (like e.g. Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web and Grid based Simulation) o- Paradigms, Modelling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with hard and soft Real-Time Contstraints o- Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Systems (like e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS) o- Theoretical Foundations of Large Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models (Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time, Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination) o- Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (like e.g. Industrial, Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Systems) o- Performance and Validation of Large Scale and Distributed Simulations (like e.g., benchmarking and analytical results, empirical studies; DIS, HLA/RTI studies; o- Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces, Network Protocols and Model Repositiories that address Very Large Simulations o- Data Management and Distribution Issues, Interest Management, Semantic Modeling, Multi-resolution Modeling, Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms o- Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints o- Simulation based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems (like e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through Immersive Environments, Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Telepresence Systems and Shared Workspaces, Shared Interaction Spaces, Shared Object Manipulation) o- Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (like e.g., Generic Animation, Visual Interactive Modeling, Interactive Computer Based Training and Learning; Scientific Visualization; High-End Computer Graphics; o- Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Comuter Interaction Issues raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems o- Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems (like e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible Interaction, Embedded Interaction, o- Emerging Simulation Challenges (like e.g. Growth of Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility, Airtraffic, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities, Global Wireless Communication, Privacy Preserving Access, etc.) **** Important dates Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2008 Camera Ready version due: August 1, 2008 Symposium presentation: October 27-29, 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY **** Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Genaral information regarding submission can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2008/ Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE press. Questions from authors may be directed to the General Chair or one of the PC Co-Chairs. **** Organizing Committee General Chair: David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK Program Co-Chairs: Alois Ferscha Johannes Kepler University at Linz, Austria Abdulmotaleb El Saddik School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Canada Demo Chair Emiliano Casalicchio, University of Roma, Italy Poster Chair Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Steering Committee Chair Azzedine Boukerche, University of ottawa, Canada Webmaster and System co-Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

============================================================================= CALL-FOR-PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium www.ieee-globecom.org/2008 November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================= TPC Co-Chairs: Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nirwan.Ansari(a)njit.edu Prof. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca SCOPE Multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that form temporary networks. Ad hoc wireless networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of control, ownership, and regulatory influence. The last few years have witnessed a wealth of research ideas on ad hoc and sensor networks that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. Such networks can be randomly and rapidly deployed and reconfigured and easily tailored to specific applications including entertainment, civilian, military, etc. Moreover, an ad hoc architecture is highly robust to node failure and can provide a high-level of fault tolerance due to nodal redundancy and its distributed nature. Furthermore, energy efficiency can be achieved through multi-hop routing communication. Bandwidth reuse can also benefit from dividing the single long range hop to multiple short hops with each hop having a shorter range. Several challenges face are standing in the way to achieving ubiquitous deployment of ad hoc and sensor networks. These include variable topology, device heterogeneity, limited power supply and the lack of effective energy-efficient design, lack of QoS and application support, etc. This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at http://edas.info/ Topics of Interest You are invited to submit original technical papers covering but not limited to the following topics. . Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Autonomic Networking . Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices . Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms . Topology Control and Management . Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management . Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing . MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing . Cryptography and Security Issues in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Distributed Algorithms . Pricing Modeling and Solutions . Pervasive and Wearable Computing . Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks . Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks . Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks . Cross-layer Design and Interactions . Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks . Security and Privacy Issues for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] 11th ACM/IEE MSWiM´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 26-30/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

****************************************************************************** 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 26 - 30, 2008 http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A special issue With Internaltional Journal - Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Tccc] MobiQuitous 2008 - One week to paper registration, two weeks to submission
by Cristian Borcea 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) July 21-25, 2008, Dublin, Ireland http://www.mobiquitous.org Sponsored by ICST Technically-sponsored by Create-Net and ACM-SIGMOBILE IMPORTANT DATES Workshop proposals: March 1, 2008 Paper registration: March 8, 2008 Paper submission: March 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2008 Camera-ready version: May 18, 2008 THEME Combinations of mobile and ubiquitous computing are becoming increasingly present in our daily life. Through the use of mobile devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment, users can be provided with transparent computing and communication services at all times and in all places. The complexity of providing such services stems from the fact that the communication devices and the objects with which they interact may both be mobile. Their implementation requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services, and an understanding of the cross-layer interactions between all of these components. The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) will provide a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact and exchange experiences needed to build successful ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include systems, applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing. TOPICS OF INTEREST Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. Technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working system are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Ubiquitous architectures, systems and applications - Wearable computing and personal area networks - Wireless technologies (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi, WiMAX) - Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems - Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous computing - Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless networks - Wireless/mobile service management and delivery - Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems - Service and knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms - Location-based services and tracking in ubiquitous environments - Context- and location-aware applications - Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems - Context modeling, services and frameworks - Toolkits, testbeds, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing - Rapid prototyping of ubiquitous applications - Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing - Mobile and ubiquitous data management and processing - Data replication, migration and dissemination in ubiquitous environments - Queries, transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous environments - Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Paper submission will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). 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. PUBLICATION All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal. WORKSHOPS Several workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. The purpose of these workshops is to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related to mobile and ubiquitous systems. Proposals for workshops should be at most four pages in length and should be submitted to the workshop co-chairs by March 1, 2008. ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Vinny Cahill, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net Program Chair Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University, USA Workshop Co-Chairs Christian Becker, Universitat Mannheim, Germany Fabian E. Bustamante, Northwestern University, USA Posters Chair Dean Eckles, Nokia Research, USA Demonstrations Co-Chairs Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan Alan Messer, Samsung Electronics, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Cristian Borcea, NJIT, USA Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jean Bacon, University of Cambridge, UK Christian Becker, Universitat Mannheim, Germany Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guohong Cao, Penn State University Dean Eckles, Nokia Research, USA Jonathan Engelsma, Motorola, Inc. Joseph B. Evans, University of Kansas, USA Tao Gu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Jonna Hakkila, Nokia Research, Finland Y. Charlie Hu, Purdue University Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland Sharad Mehrotra, University of California at Irvine Alan Messer, Samsung Electronics, USA Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech Daniel Mosse', University of Pittsburgh Matt Mutka, Michigan State University Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan Jason Nieh, Columbia University Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea Kishore Ramachandran, Georgia Tech Tinku Rasheed, Create-Net Stefan Saroiu, University of Toronto, Canada Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky Anand Tripathi, University of Minnesota _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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DeLFI 2008: Beitragseinreichung noch bis 15.03.
by info＠delfi2008.de 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

======================================================================= DeLFI 2008 Die 6. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik Lübeck, 7.-10. September 2008 http://www.delfi2008.de/ ======================================================================= _ E i n r e i c h u n g s f r i s t _ _ v e r l ä n g e r t _ Die Frist zur Einreichung von Beiträgen zur DeLFI 2008 wurde verlängert bis zum 15. März 2008 Uns erreichten viele Anfragen für eine Verlängerung, da mehrere Deadlines für Veranstaltungen und Förderprogramme gleichzeitig enden. Darüber hinaus gab es leider technische Probleme auf Seiten des Providers für unsere Domain delfi2008.de -- viele Emails an die Tagungsleitung konnten nicht termingerecht zugestellt werden. Wir bitten dies zu entschuldigen! Die Einreichung ist weiterhin online über die Website der Tagung möglich. Bereits registrierte Beiträge können Sie bis zum Ablauf der verlängerten Frist editieren bzw. Dateien neu hochladen. Die Einreichungsrichtlinien sowie weitere Details zum CfP finden Sie auf der Website der Tagung. Die Frist zur Einreichung von Workshop Proposals ist von der Verlängerung nicht betroffen. ------- Kontakt ------- Prof. Dr. Stefan Fischer (Universität zu Lübeck) Prof. Dr. Silke Seehusen (Fachhochschule Lübeck) Dr. Ulrike Lucke (Universität Rostock) -- Program Co-Chairs -- Email: info(a)delfi2008.de Web: http://www.delfi2008.de/ Skype: delfi2008 =======================================================================

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[Tccc] [CAMPUS08] 2nd Call for papers
by Hassine Moungla 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International DisCoTec Workshop on Context-aware Adaptation Mechanisms for Pervasive and Ubiquitous Services Tuesday 3rd June 2008 Oslo, Norway http://discotec08.ifi.uio.no/Campus08 Overview. There is a huge market potential for mobile applications in Europe today. Most people already carry a mobile device of some sort wherever they go, and an increasingly diverse set of devices (PDAs, smart phones, GPS, etc.) are becoming widely available. Recently, service- orientations (e.g., OSGi) have evolved to address these highly dynamic environments. However, it is still technically difficult, using existing method and tool supports, to create such services-oriented applications. For example, the very large range of devices, types of infrastructure, ways in which it can change, situations in which users can find themselves, and the functions they want, introduce great complexity and pose considerable technical challenges. To overcome these difficulties, and promote the development and widespread deployment of innovative mobile applications, more and more projects are addressing the development of context-aware adaptation mechanisms for leveraging the development of mobile applications. These projects aims at providing simple but powerful integrated approaches to support the development of applications interacting in pervasive and ubiquitous environments. Thus, the CAMPUS workshop will focus on the promising approaches in the domain of context-aware adaptation mechanisms supporting the dynamic evolution of the execution context (e.g., network/device/service failures). Research Topics The workshop will address an extensive set of topics related to adaptation mechanisms for context-aware services. The following contributions will be particularly welcome:- Context-awareness mechanisms for distributed systems: - How to capture the relevant contextual properties of a distributed system? - How to support the distribution of the context information in an efficient manner? - How to enforce the security and privacy issues for context data? - How to describe ontologies for context management? - How to map context-awareness to situation-awareness using context reasoning? - Adaptation mechanisms for distributed systems: - How to represent the adaptation knowledge of a distributed system? - How to reason about pieces of software that need to be adapted in a distributed manner? - How to reconfigure a distributed system with respect to the dynamic nature of the environment? - How to deal with anticipated versus unanticipated adaptation? - How to integrate human/computer interaction issues in adaptive systems? - How to ensure robustness and transactional adaptations? - Innovative applications of context-awareness and adaptation mechanisms: - Experiences in developing context-aware and adaptive applications and services, - Testing and validation of adaptive applications and services, - Development methodology for adaptive applications and services, - Tool support for context-aware adaptation mechanisms and adaptive services, - Design of platforms and infrastructures supporting context-aware adaptation mechanisms, - New domains of applications for context-aware and adaptive applications and services. Important dates Paper Submission: March 20, 2008 Paper Notification: May 01, 2008 Camera Ready: May 15, 2008 Workshop: June 03, 2008 Workshop Format The workshop will be organised as a one-day event, consisting of a series of sessions, each devoted to the presentation of papers belonging to a common domain. Each session will end with a mini-panel between the presenters, led by the session chair or a pre-selected devilâEUR^(TM)s advocate. This format has been found to lead to lively and productive discussions. The workshop will include a special session for the presentation of posters and demos of ongoing research efforts and software prototypes. The workshop will conclude with a panel, moderated by one of the organizers, to discuss open issues and future trends in the field, with the aim of wrapping up the overall contributions of the event. Submission & Publication Selection of workshop participants will be based on the submission of a paper, poster or demo. Moreover, other participants may be invited by the organizing committee. Thus, the CAMPUS program committee seeks: - Technical papers, describing concrete results achieved, in no more than 12 pages (EASST style), - Position papers, describing on-going work and interim results, in no more than 6 pages (EASST style). Papers will be peer-reviewed, and selected based on their originality, technical strenght and topical relevance. All workshop papers will be published in a special issue of Electronic Communications of the EASST. Paper submission must be electronically as postscript or PDF (via the Submission website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=campus08). Organisation Committee Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo, Norway (Program chair) Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA, France (Publicity chair) Michael Wagner, University of Kassel, Germany (Publication chair) Steering Committee Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Svein Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway Geir Horn, SINTEF ICT, Norway ValÃ©rie Issarny, INRIA, France Program Committee Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA, France Licia Capra, University College of London, UK Denis Conan, Intitut TELECOM, SudParis, France Vittorio Cortellessa, UDA, Italy Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University, UK Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Ioannis Fikouras, Ericsson, Germany Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Svein Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway Geir Horn, SINTEF ICT, Norway Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Per HÃ¥kon Merland, SINTEF ICT, Norway Hassine Moungla, INRIA, France Nearchos Paspallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Roland Reichle, University of Kassel, Germany Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo, Norway Ulrich Scholz, EuropeanMedia Laboratory GmbH, Germany Lionel Seinturier, University of Lille 1, France Roberto Speicys-Cardoso, INRIA, France Giovanni Toffetti Carughi, USI, Switzerland Massimo Tivoli, UDA, Italy Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine Michael Wagner, University of Kassel, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Hassine Moungla ARLES Project INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt Domaine de Voluceau B.P. 105 78153 Le Chesnay FRANCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CFP UNA'08
by Lars Wolf 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

1st Workshop on Urban Networks and Applications (UNA 08) Lakeshore Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 4-6, 2008 http://una.cs.ucc.ie held in conjunction with the 13th IEEE Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference http://www.ccrc.nthu.edu.tw/acsac2008 Urban settings are host of diverse networking technologies, from cellular and wired broadband to WiMAX, WiFi, Bluetooth and, more recently, mesh and sensor networks. While this rich environment offers opportunities for connectivity, inter-operability and sharing of services and resources, the co-existence of these heterogeneous technologies, competing for the same resources and offering similar services, poses difficult engineering and legal problems. For example, network planning is a major issue that can determine the effective use of each network and, when possible, inter-operability of the networks. Cities administrations are keen to deploy and take advantage of public service networks, whereas citizens are interested to use public or private services at home, at work or while driving or walking. Private initiatives may selectively focus on certain niche services. Overall, urban networks can increase the quality of life in cities and can make the distinction among cities. In achieving this goal, many technical challenges have to be tackled. This workshop will be a forum for discussion of new and interdisciplinary ideas on new architectures, paradigms, concepts, service models and novel applications for urban networks. The topics for submission include but are not limited to: cognitive radio technologies congestion control micro- and pico-cell control architecture hybrid cell configuration sensor networks in urban settings personal area networks vehicular networks mesh networks mobile ad hoc networks networks planning networks inter-operability data mining of a large volume of data in urban networks database support for urban networks network and service discovery mobility supporting services context awareness mobile middleware ubiquitous and urban computing urban network systems and applications locative media and applications access, security and privacy in urban networks Submissions Both research and industry papers are solicited. Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers reporting work in progress are welcome. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the workshop chair. All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by members of the international program committee. Accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings of ACSAC 2008, which is to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Papers are limited to 8 pages including figures and references and they must follow the IEEE 8.5"x11" two-column format guidelines described at http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format through https://www.softconf.com/starts/UNA2008 The publication of a paper requires at least one of the authors to register and be present at the conference. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. Important dates Paper submissions due: March 20, 2008 Acceptance notification: April 30 2008 Final camera-ready due: May 10, 2008 Workshop Chair Dan Grigoras University College Cork, Ireland d.grigoras(a)cs.ucc.ie Workshop Publicity Chair Daniel Doolan University College Cork, Ireland d.doolan(a)cs.ucc.ie Program Committee Jemal Abawajy Deakin University, Australia Onur Altintas Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Japan Akira Arutaki NEC Communication Systems, Japan Antonio Capone Politecnico di Milano, Italy Valentin Cristea Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania Lars Eggert Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angeles, USA Mads Haahr Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Max Lenardi Hitachi Europe, Sophia Antipolis, France Diego López de Ipiña Deusto University, Spain Seung Jin Lim Utah State University, USA Chun-Yuan Lin Chang Gung University, Taiwan Alex Nicolau University of California, Irvine, USA Joerg Ott Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland Giovanni Pau University of California, Los Angeles, USA Gregor Schiele Mannheim University, Germany Cormac Sreenan University College Cork, Ireland Lars Wolf Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

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[Fwd: Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration due in 8 days!]
by Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration due in 8 days! Datum: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:06:42 -0800 Von: Cedric J A. Westphal <cwestphal(a)docomolabs-usa.com> An: <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> Dear MMC TC members: we wanted to remind you that the deadline for abstract registration for Mobicom’08 is quickly approaching. 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 Mobicom’08 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/ We include the official Call for Paper below. Please accept my apologies if you are inconvenienced by multiple messages similar to this one. Best regards, Cedric Westphal, Mischa Dohler, Ryuji Wakikawa, Mobicom’08 Publicity Chairs. 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.

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[Mycolleagues] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by Dr. Isaac Woungang 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

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/ authorinstructions 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 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by Dr. Isaac Woungang 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

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/ authorinstructions 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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IEEE VTS Conference Update
by IEEE E-Notice 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

VTC2008-Fall in Calgary ======================= Last Call for submissions to VTC2008-Fall in Calgary. The official deadline is 29 February, but due to a number of requests for extensions the submission site will remain open through to 3 March 2008. Full details can be found at http://www.vtc2008fall.org VPPC2008 in Harbin, China ========================= The deadline for the Vehicle Power and Propulsion conference, 3-5 September 2008 in Harbin, China is also almost upon us, with abstracts due to be submitted by 1 March 2008. Full details can be found at http://www.vppc2008.com Workshop on Positioning, Navigation & Communication 2008 (WPNC2008) =================================================================== The 5th in this series of workshops will take place in Hannover, Germany on 27 March 2008. Make plans to attend to find out about state of the art approachs and systems for location and positioning. Full details at http://www.wpnc.net ================================================================================ You have received this mailing because you are a member of IEEE and/or one of the IEEE Technical Societies. To unsubscribe, please go to http://ewh.ieee.org/enotice/options.php?SN=Wolf&LN=VT006 and be certain to include your IEEE member number. If you need assistance with your E-Notice subscription, please contact k.n.luu(a)ieee.org ================================================================================

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Call for Papers 6. Workshop Automotive Software Engineering
by gi-mitglieder-info＠gi-ev.de 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Mitglieder des FB Softwaretechnik, der 6. Workshop Automotive Software Engineering findet im Rahmen der 38. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik (www.informatik2008.de) Anfang September 2008 in München statt. Der Workshop ist am 09. September geplant. Den Call for Papers finden Sie auf den Internetseiten der Fachgruppe "Automotive Software Engineering" http://www.gi-ev.de/fachbereiche/softwaretechnik/ase/aktuelle_veranstaltunge n.html . Weitere Informationen zum Workshop finden Sie demnächst unter www.bmwcarit.de/gi/ase2008. Die Organisatoren Manfred Broy, TU München, Reinhard Stolle, BMW Car IT, und Alexandre Saad, BMW Group, sowie das Leitungsgremium der FG "Automotive Software Engineering" laden Sie herzlich zur Einreichung von Beiträgen und zur Teilnahme ein. Bitte leiten Sie diese Information in Ihren Organisationen weiter. Mit freundlichen Gruessen Dr. Bernhard Hohlfeld bernhard.hohlfeld (at) daimler.com If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation.

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[Tccc] CfP for IEEE PIMRC 2008 - VoIP Technologies Workshop
by Evangelos Papapetrou 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

[Apologies for multiple postings] 1st CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE PIMRC 2008 - VoIP Technologies Workshop VoIP Technology: Research and Standards for reliable applications http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~voippimrc08/ Aim of the workshop ------------------------ The trend to all IP-based networks has been fuelled by the Internet’s flexibility that allows the development of innovative services. In this context, the integration of heterogeneous infrastructures as well as applications is of paramount importance. Voice over IP (VoIP), also referred to as Internet or IP telephony, is an example of application that brings the well-known circuit-switched service to the context of IP-based networks. Over the last years, VoIP has received the wide acceptance of users and network operators due to its countless benefits. While users enjoy the flexibility and the monetary savings that VoIP provides, service providers take advantage of its cost-effectiveness. Although VoIP has evolved rapidly, recent advances provide new opportunities for meeting numerous daunting challenges for reaching the quality of traditional telephony service. To this end, he VoIP community is taking advantage of new networking technologies (i.e., WiMAX, Wireless Mesh networks, overlay networks, etc) and innovative design trends and technologies (i.e., cross-layer architectures, QoS advances, network coding, etc). The aim of this workshop is to serve as a forum for scientists and engineers from academia, industry as well as from regulatory and standardization authorities, where they could share recent advances and design trends in VoIP technology. Topics of Interest ------------------------ The aim of this Workshop is to cover a wide spectrum of topics related to VoIP communications, ranging from QoS mechanisms to the design and performance evaluation of different VoIP components. Original papers are solicited that present research, development and deployment issues and challenges, as well as experimental results and applications in the area of Internet Telephony. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Emerging VoIP services in all-IP mobile networks * Cross-layer design of VoIP services * Call continuity between VoIP and traditional circuit-switched networks * VoIP over Heterogeneous Networks * Test methods and measurments * Design, implementation and VoIP testbed results * QoS mechanisms tailored to VoIP transmission * Header Compression schemes * Voice codecs and silence suppression * VoIP over WLAN, WiMAX and Wireless Mesh Networks * Call admission control and QoS support for VoIP * Security in VoIP communications Submission of Papers ------------------------ Submitted papers should be 5 double-column pages (over-length pages will be charged according to PIMRC policy). Both submissions and full papers should be uploaded to the VoIP Technologies Workshop submission track (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6355&track=4147&) in the EDAS system. Papers should be in English and formatted according to IEEE paper templates available on the PIMRC’08 website. For more details on the workshop please visit the webpage http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~voippimrc08. Papers will be reviewed by the program committee for their technical merit, originality, significance, readability, and relevance to the workshop. Emphasis will be given to papers extending VoIP technology to novel areas as well as to papers coming from industry. Submissions are due on April 11. Authors will receive notification of acceptance/rejection by May 19. Camera-ready copies of accepted papers are due on June 2 and will be published in PIMRC’ 08 proceedings. The maximum length of final papers will be 5 pages in double column. Important Dates ------------------------ Submission deadline for full papers: Friday, April 11, 2008 Notification of acceptance : Monday, May 19, 2008 Camera-ready copy hard deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008 Workshop date: Monday, September 15, 2008 Workshop Chairs ------------------------ Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Qian Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong TPC Chairs ------------------------ Jorg Ott Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Evangelos Papapetrou University of Ioannina, Greece Program Committee ------------------------ Colin Perkins University of Glasgow, UK Dorgham Sisalem Tekelec, Germany Gonzalo Camarillo Ericsson Nomadic Lab, Finland Haitham Cruickshank University of Surrey, UK Huseyin Uzunalioglu Lucent Technologies , USA Juergen Quittek NEC Europe, Germany Maryan Vazquez Castro University of Barcelona, Spain Noel Crespi GET-INT, France Tomaso de Cola DLR, Germany Contact Information ------------------------ Fotini Niovi Pavlidou Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, 54124, Hellas Tel: +30-2310-996285 FAX: +30-2310-996285 Email: niovi(a)auth.gr Evangelos Papapetrou Lecturer Department of Computer Science, University of Ioannina Ioannina, 45110, Hellas Tel: +30-26510-98878 Fax: +30-26510-98890 Email: epap(a)cs.uoi.gr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[cfp] [Fwd: ICST - CfP: Mobimedia 2008, 7-9.7.2008 at Oulu, Finland]
by Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: ICST - CfP: Mobimedia 2008, 7-9.7.2008 at Oulu, Finland Datum: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:15:02 -0500 Von: info(a)icstconferences.org Antwort an: info(a)icst.org An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message! ************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS MobiMedia2008 4th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference *** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14th of March 2008 *** ************************************************************* Sponsored by ACM, ICST, CREATE-NET and VTT MobiMedia 2008 Web-site: http://www.mobimedia.org Paper submission: http://www.cocus.eu 7-9th of July, Oulu, Finland Scope ----- The development and deployment of the multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires adopting an interdisciplinary approach where both multimedia and networking issues are addressed jointly. Different type of semantic characteristics of media, human interpretation of audiovisual information, coding standards and interaction with networking, mobility and security protocols are research issues that need to be carefully examined when proposing new solutions. The efficient delivery and deployment of multimedia applications and services over emerging diverse and heterogeneous wireless networks is a challenging research objective. The research efforts e.g. for the 3G/4G and 3G LTE visions of interworking among heterogeneous technologies to achieve multimedia session continuity, retain multimedia QoS characteristics etc., amplifies the need to evaluate the conditions and restrictions under which delivery of such services can be accomplished. The demand for eff! icient multimedia communications can be also seen as one of main driving forces towards the Future Internet and Post-IP solutions. The interoperability of applications, transport and network protocols and radio access, as well as the demand for improved quality of service and user experience, security and mobility support creates a challenging study field and also possibilities for research of novel communication protocols and methods towards the Future Internet. In addition for the technical challenges caused by the increased amount of multimedia usage and delivery through different community services, peer-to-peer networks, Web, Internet IPTV etc. the multimedia delivery is also affecting to industry value chains, commerce transactions between businesses (B2B), and business and customers (B2C). Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers from industry and academia, working in multimedia coding and mobile networking fiel! ds to study new applications, solutions, and standards. Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications. The conference key reseach areas include, but are not limited to * Application and channel coding paradigms, including for example joint source and channel coding paradigms, scalable video coding, wireless and ad hoc network solutions, ciphering and authentication. * Networking and transmission mechanisms including for example transport and network protocol solutions, cross-layer techniques, rate control and adaptation mechanism for video delivery, impact of mobility and heterogenous networks in multimedia delivery and p2p content delivery * Multimedia services, business models and concepts, including for example new business models and service concepts, trust and security paradigms for multimedia delivery, test beds and experimentation platforms for multimedia delivery. Papers ------ The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Multimedia semantic characteristics in wireless, mobile and ubiquitous environments * Multimedia QoS in wireless networks * Extraction and usage of semantic information with multimedia * Performance evaluation of multimedia services * Multimedia Retrieval in wireless and mobile environments * Mechanisms supporting triple-play services in emerging wireless networks * Scalable Coding of multimedia in wireless and mobile networks * Cross-Layer techniques for multimedia communications over wireless networks * Joint source-channel coding * Multimedia services over ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks * Rate Control and Adaptation for wireless multimedia * P2P multimedia streaming in wireless and mobile networks * Transport protocols for multimedia in emerging wireless networks * Mobile Content Delivery Networks * Test and experimentation test beds for multimedia delivery * Impact of heterogeneous wireless network environment and mobility * Trust and security in multimedia delivery * Service concepts and new business models Technical program ----------------- The conference will also include invited panels to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on emerging topics are invited Paper submission and publication -------------------------------- MobiMedia 2008 invites manuscripts that present original materials not previously published in, or currently under review by, another conference or journal. Submissions should be full-length papers of up to 7 pages (including all figures and references) formatted according to ACM publication template. Full-length papers should report on completed work and will be considered for oral presentations. A separate abstract of no longer than 200 words should be submitted as well. Submissions will be judged by their originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and will be made available in ACM Digital Library, as well as indexed by EI and ISI Index. Poster sessions and demonstrations ---------------------------------- MobiMedia 2008 invites the poster and demonstration session parallel with the main conference event. These short papers should report on work in progress or discuss open problems, and will be considered for poster presentations. A maximum of 4 page proposal for poster/demonstration presentation for the session should be submitted to the Poster Session co-chairs. For information on exhibit space or sponsorship opportunities, please contact the corresponding conference Poster and Demosession Chair, General Co-Chairs and Conference Organizing Co-Chairs. Workshops and special sessions ------------------------------ Proposals for one-day workshops or special session to be held in conjunction with the conference are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include the workshop name, its scope and a list of topic of interests. Proposals should be submitted directly to Workshop Chair and to e-mail: mobimedia(a)willab.fi. Important Dates --------------- Proposals for Workshops and Special Sessions due: February 10, 2008 Full Papers due: March 14, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: May 2, 2008 Camera-ready Manuscripts due: May 24, 2008 Conference Dates: July 7-9, 2008 STEERING BOARD: GENERAL CHAIRS: TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS: --------------- --------------- ------------------------ Imrich Chlamtac Jyrki Huusko Rahim Tafazolli Luigi Atzori Tapio Frantti Djamal Zeghlache Frank Fitzek -------------------------------------------------- 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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[Tccc] CFP for PETRA Conference
by Christos Douligeris 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

======================================= ****************************** ******** Call for Papers ******* ****************************** * * *1st International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments* *(PETRA) 2008* *July 15-19, Athens, GREECE* * * **Conference Web Site*: http://www.petrae.org/* As the diffusion of computing technology into everyday life continues at an exponential rate, elements of technology are increasingly being embedded in artifacts and environments. One important environment for this diffusion is the domestic environment, or Oikos as it was known in ancient Greece. Peoples’ living environments are particularly important when one takes into account the world’s aging population and the fact that as people grow older they are increasingly relying on technology. People will however, have differing levels of computer knowledge and assisted living needs. As a result of these differences the first key area of PETRA is: how to build pervasive technologies for assistive environments that are non-intrusive and easy to use for the end user. The second key area is the technology, as it is now increasingly possible to assist people who have health care needs in their homes by using sensors, databases, personal area networks, ubiquitous connectivity, distributed intelligence and adaptive easy to use interfaces and interactions. However in order to provide such support it is necessary to combine efforts from many areas of engineering and computer science e.g. security, embedded systems, distributed systems, data management and networking. It is at this critical moment that we would like to invite researchers working in the area of healthcare and assisted living to submit their original research findings to the PETRA conference. * * * * Topics and areas of interest include, but are not limited to: *· *Tools, infrastructures, architectures and techniques for designing, implementing and deploying pervasive applications in assistive environments *· *Privacy, security and trust *· *Social impact of the use of pervasive technologies on the user in pervasive assistive environments *· *Wearable, ambient and home based health and wellness measurement and monitoring technologies *· *Mobile and wireless technologies for healthcare information storage, transmission, processing, and feedback *· *Sensor networks for pervasive care *· *Standards and interoperability *· *Probes for gathering requirements in household settings *· *Context aware mobile networks *· *Signal and Image Processing for Ambient Intelligence and Pervasive Computing *· *Reasoning systems and Machine Learning for Assistive Environments *· *Usability and HCI issues, Multimodal Interfaces *Conference Proceedings:* ACM will be the publisher of the proceedings of the PETRA conference and the conference proceedings will be a volume in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series in the ACM Digital Library. Authors should use the ACM Word or LaTeX style templates to prepare their articles. See: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html Authors should apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The Classification Scheme can be found at: http://www.acm.org/class/1998/ * * *Journal:* *· *The best papers from the 1st ACM International Conference on "PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA 2008" will be invited for publication in a special issue of the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal (Springer)- Special Issue on Pervasive Technologies for Assistive Environments. *· *Selected papers describing research work on the social impact and effect of the use of pervasive technologies will be invited for publication in a special issue of the International Journal Universal Access in the Information Society - UAIS. The theme of the UAIS Special Issue is: PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSISTIVE ENVIRONMENTS: SOCIAL IMPACT, FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVACY ISSUES. *· *Selected posters will appear at eJeta. *Important dates:* *· *Paper Submission Deadline: */February 28, 2008 (Extended)/* *· *Notifications of Acceptance: */March 20, 2008/* *· *Submission of Final Camera Ready Paper: */April 10, 2008/* *· *Workshop Proposal Submissions Deadline: */January 20, 2007/* *· *Notifications of Acceptance: */January 30, 2008/* *· *Paper Submission to Workshops: */March 30, 2008/* *· *Notifications of Workshops Paper Acceptance: */April 30, 2008/* *· *Camera Ready Workshops Papers: */20 May, 2008/* *· *Tutorial Proposal Submissions Deadline: */February 20, 2008/* *· *Poster** Submissions Deadline: */March 30, 2008/* *· *CONFERENCE DATES: */JULY 15-19, 2008/* * * *Submission information:* Submissions must present unpublished work, not submitted to other journals or conferences for consideration of publication. Submitted papers should be up to 8 pages, formatted according to ACM Word or LaTeX style templates. Papers may be accepted either as full papers (8 pages) or short papers (4 pages). Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the official conference proceedings by ACM. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper. * * *People* */ /* */Steering Committee/* Fillia Makedon - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Lynne Baillie - */Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* Ilias Maglogiannis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* Grammati Pantziou - TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece Vangelis Karkaletsis - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Regular* Student** Early registration: April 15, 2008 TBA… TBA… Late registration: May 15, 2008 TBA… TBA… On-site registration: June 15, 2008 TBA… TBA… */ /* */General Chairs/* Fillia Makedon - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Lynne Baillie - */Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* */ /* */Program Committee Co-Chairs/* Kimon Valavanis - University of South Florida, USA Ilias Maglogiannis - University of the Aegean, Greece */ /* */Organizing Committee Chairs/* Grammati Pantziou - */TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece/* Ilias Maglogiannis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* */ /* */Program Committee/* Yiannis Aloimonos - */University of Maryland, USA/* Vassilis Athitsos - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Lynne Baillie */- Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* David Benyon - */Napier University Merchiston Campus, UK/* Andrew Campbell - */Dartmouth College, USA/* Guanling Chen - */University of Massachussetts at Lowell, USA/* Diane Cook - */Washington State University, USA/* Domenico Cotroneo - */University of Napoli Federico II, Italy/* Sajal Das - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Christos Douligeris */- University of Piraeus, Greece/* Salim Hariri - */Arizona State University, USA/* Stathes Hadjiefthymiades - */Dept. of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens/* Heng Huang - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Vangelis Karkaletsis - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Dimitrios Kosmopoulos */- NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Morten Kyng - */University of Aarhus, Denmark/* */Zhengyi Le - Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Fillia Makedon - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Ilias Maglogiannis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* Ian McClelland - */Philips Applied Technologies, Netherlands/* Dimitris Metaxas - */Rutgers University, USA/* Alex Mihailidis - */University of Toronto, Canada/* Charles Owen - */Michigan State University, USA/* Maja Pantic - */Imperial College, UK/* Grammati Pantziou - */TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece/* Costas Pattichis - */University of Cyprus, Cyprus/* Joi Roberts - */Motorola, USA/* Niilo Saranummi - */VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland/* Andreas Savvides - */Yale University, USA/* Bhavani Thuraisingham - */University of Texas at Dallas, USA/* Magda Tsolaki - */Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece/* John Waterworth - */Umea University in Northern Sweden/* */ /* */Organizing Committee/* Eric Becker - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Petros Belsis - */TEI of Athens, Greece/* Charalampos Doukas - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* James Ford - */Dartmouth College, USA/* Zhengyi Le - Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Arlington, USA Vangelis Metsis - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Rajat Mittal - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Manolis Wallace - */University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, Greece/* Rong Zhang */- Dartmouth College, USA/* */ /* */Industry Relations Co-Chairs/* Lynne Baillie - */Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* Jeff Lei - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Dimitrios Kosmopoulos */- NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* */ /* */Workshop Co-Chairs/* Christos Douligeris */- University of Piraeus, Greece/* Zhengyi Le - */Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Dimitrios Kosmopoulos - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Dimitrios Vogiatzis - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* */ /* */Poster Co-Chairs/* Heng Huang - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Euripidis Loukis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* */ /* */Publicity Co-Chairs/* Andreas Savvides - */Yale University, USA/* Balakrishnan Prabhakaran - */University of Texas at Dallas, USA/* */ /* */Keynote Speakers/* Frederica Darema - */Senior Science and Technology Advisor, NSF/CISE/* Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos - */University of Minnesota, USA/* */ /* */Invited Speakers/* Dinesh Bhatia - */University of Texas at Dallas, USA/* Matt Bishop - */University of California, Davis, USA/* Michail Bletsas */- MIT Media Lab, USA/* Roger Bostelman - */National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA/* Bill Carroll - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Magda Tsolaki - */Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece/* Aria Tzika - */Harvard University, USA/* _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

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[Tccc] Call for Abstracts - Hot Topics on Autonomic Computing (HotAC) III
by Fabian E. Bustamante 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple postings of this call. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement and Call for Abstracts Third Workshop on Hot Topics in Autonomic Computing (HotAC III) June 2, 2008 http://www.aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu/HotACIII/ HotAC III will be held during the first day of the 5th International Conference on Autonomic Computing, June 2-6, 2008. Important dates Abstract submission due: April 11, 2008 11:59 CST (GMT-6). Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2008. Overview The third Workshop on Hot Topics in Autonomic Computing will bring together a broad range of researchers from the fields of computer systems, networks, and autonomic computing to discuss new ideas and developments in conquering the challenges of managing ever-more complex large-scale systems. The goal of the workshop is to promote community wide discussion of potentially high-impact ideas that will influence and foster continued research in improving the manageability and reliability of computing systems. The focus of this year's workshop is grand challenges in autonomic computing. Through a highly interactive workshop, our goal is to define the critical research problems facing the management of large-scale systems, and to outline promising research directions to attacking these problems. Attendance at the workshop is limited and will be by invitation only. If you are interested in attending, please submit an abstract describing a grand challenge for self-adaptive systems, accompanied by a sketch on how to address it. A grand challenge is a problem whose solution requires 5-10 years of effort and will have significant technical and societal impact. Abstracts are limited to two pages in length and are due at midnight (Central Standard Time) on April 11, 2008. Submissions should be sent to hotacIII-submit(a)cs.northwestern.edu. Submitters will be notified of decisions on April 25, 2008. Rather than publishing workshop proceedings, we expect the attendees to contribute to a written report on the key research challenges in this field, to be published in one of the main computer science magazines (such as the Communication of the ACM, IEEE Computer or USENIX ;login), and to a discussion summary that will be presented by the organizers to the general ICAC audience. Organizers The workshop organizing committee consists of: Ozalp Babaoglu, Università di Bologna Fabián E. Bustamante, Northwestern University Jeffrey Kephart, IBM Research Emre Kiciman, Microsoft Research Manish Parashar, Rutgers University Karsten Schwan, Georgia Institute of Technology Maarten van Steen, Vrije University John Wilkes, Hewelett-Packard Labs -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fabián E. Bustamante, Assistant Professor EECS, Northwestern U. Technological Institute L465 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 www.aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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