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CfP: 1st Workshop on Urban Networks and Applications (UNA ’08)
by Lars Wolf 30 Jan '08

30 Jan '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 Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal.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/acsac2008/submit.html 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 Akira Arutaki NEC Communication Systems, Japan Antonio Capone Politecnico di Milano, Italy Valentin Cristea Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angeles, USA Mads Haahr Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 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 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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[Tccc] IEEE Mobile Video Delivery (MoViD) 2008: Call for Papers
by shamik＠cs.ucf.edu 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

(Apologies for multiple copies. Appreciated if you can forward to potentially interested persons) *********************************************** IEEE MoViD 2008 First IEEE Workshop on Mobile Video Delivery In conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM 2008 http://eecs.ucf.edu/movid/ 23 June 2008 Newport Beach, CA, USA *********************************************** The unprecedented growth in video content generation and delivery has created the new era of video Internet where video-based applications have gained tremendous popularity. This trend has forced the network and service providers to understand the limitations of current Internet and bring new technologies for delivering the video content to the end-user. Furthermore, criticality of the wireless networks pose new challenges in video delivery specific to the diverse set of underlying network technologies including Wi-Fi, WiMax etc. The focus of this workshop is to present and discuss recent advances in the wireless network technologies and video delivery mechanisms for supporting the broad spectrum of emerging video-centric applications. The workshop will have the goal of understanding the research and deployment challenges in building the Next Generation Mobile Video Internet. Specifically, the workshop intends to address the following topics: a) Research challenges in developing new methods for delivering rich video experience to users over existing wireless technologies; b) New visions and concepts that will drive evolution of wireless access technologies to support high definition video content with diverse QoS requirements; c) Deployment challenges in new video delivery models (broadcast/multicast) to mobile users. The workshop aims to foster interaction among researchers and exchange new ideas by bringing together members of the video and networking communities. The workshop will provide an interesting venue to discuss widely varying beliefs and understanding being formed among the academic and industrial communities in terms of how next generation mobile video content should delivered to end-users. The technical program committee invites the submission of original, unpublished technical papers in the following areas (but not limited to): Application-specific technologies in supporting **Mobile VoD, SDV, IPTV **Mobile video conferencing **Mobile video gaming **Video surveillance and sensing Performance **Quality of experience metrics **Video quality measurement **Performance analysis **Experimental results from testbed/deployments Encoding and Transport **Wireless video coding techniques **Adaptive media coding **Link adaptive transport mechanisms Wireless network techniques and protocols **802.11 WLAN/802.11n **802.16 WiMax **3G cellular networks **DVB-H **MAC/PHY layer techniques Wireless delivery models **Broadcast/multicast/simulcast **P2P mobile video **Vehicular video delivery Submission Instructions ======================= Papers should contain original material and not previously published, or currently submitted elsewhere. Manuscripts must be limited to 6 pages in IEEE 8.5x11 conference format, and formatted in strict accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines. All submissions will be handled electronically. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the combined WoWMoM 2008 workshop proceedings. Important Dates =============== Submission Deadline: Feb 11 Accept/reject notification: Mar 15 Camera ready paper due: Apr 02 Workshop Organizers =================== Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida Samrat Ganguly, NEC Laboratories, America Technical Program Committee (List incomplete) =========================== Suman Banerjee, University of Wisconsin-Madison Suchi Bhandarkar, University of Georgia Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, Google, Inc. Sujit Dey, University of California, San Diego Pascal Frossard, EPFL Dilip Krishnaswami, University of California, Davis Giridhar Mandayam, Qualcomm Kiran Mukkavilli, Qualcomm Raja Neogi, Radisys Inc. Thinh Nguyen, Oregon State University Vikram Srinivasan, Bell Labs, India Deepak Turaga, Nokia Research Stephan Wenger, Qualcomm Magda El Zarki, University of California, Irvine Jian Zhang, University of New South Wales Roger Zimmermann, National University of Singapore Publicity Chair =============== Shamik Sengupta, Stevens Institute of Technology Web Chair ========== Wenjing Wang, University of Central Florida =============================================== http://eecs.ucf.edu/movid/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] cfp: Mobile Computing Symposium of IWCMC2008 - deadline extended to 1st of March
by Kun Yang 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Mobile Computing Symposium of The 2008 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC2008) August 6-8, 2008 in Chania Crete Island, Greece http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~kunyang/Services/IWCMC08/MC-IWCMC08.html Deadline extended to 1st March 2008! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Topics of Interest ----------------------------------- The IWCMC2008 Mobile Computing Symposium focuses on the recent research results on mobile computer system. Perspective authors are invited to submit full papers presenting original research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and networking. All submissions must report high-quality and previously unpublished work. Areas of interest mainly focus on mobile computing, including, but are not limited to: * Mobile Computing Infrastructure and Middleware * Adaptive Service Engineering, including Service Creation, Service Composition, Service Adaptation, Service Discovery, Service Deployment, Service Management, etc. * Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing and Service Engineering * Novel Methodologies, Techniques or Toolkits for Pervasive Service Engineering in Mobile Environments * Web caching and services * Context-awareness * Peer-to-peer Networks and Computing * Grid Computing in Mobile Environment * Security Issues in Mobile Computing * Accounting and Pricing * Practical applications However, research papers on mobile networks and wireless communications that underpin the upper layer computing are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Mobile wireless QoS * Mobile wireless Internet, IPv6 * Mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks * 4G, 3.5G, 3G, ... wireless systems * Satellite-based systems * Ultra-wide band communications (UWB) * Routing, multicasting, ... * Location-based service, GPS * Resource management * Heterogeneous wireless networks, radio access networks * Multiple access * Mobile agents * Wireless applications, mobile e-commerce, multimedia * Power aware computation and communication * Multi-user detection * Power management & control, low-power protocols * Transport-layer issues * Wireless security * Distributed algorithms for wireless networks * High altitude platform * Wireless network architectures * Wireless multimedia, QoS adaptation * Wireless communication around human body * Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) * Personal area networks, body wireless networks, Bluetooth * Coding & modulation * MIMO, adaptive antenna * W-CDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA * Software-defined radio, reconfigurable radio networks * Modeling, simulation Important dates --------------- Full Paper Submission March 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance May 15, 2008 Camera-Ready Version and Copyright Form Submission June 8 Registration Deadline for Authors June 8 Hotel Reservation Deadline July 10 Paper Submission Web Site http://www.edas.info/Conferences.cgi Submission Guidelines --------------------- For this symposium, authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and networking. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. All papers are limited to six printed pages, including text, figures and references, and must be written in English and follow the standard IEEE double-column format. The font size must be at least 10 points. All submissions will be handled electronically through EDAS system at http://www.edas.info/Conferences.cgi and must be in PDF format. All submitted papers would be judged based on their quality through a double peer-reviewing process. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings of IWCMC2008. Symposium Co-Chairs ------------------- Jie Li: University of Tsukuba, Japan Kun Yang: University of Essex, UK Pingyi Fan: Tsingha University, P. R. China Xiaohua Jia: City University of Hong Kong, Hongkong Changcheng Huang: Carleton University, Canada Technical Program Committee ------------------------------------- (Listed in the Alphabetic Order of Last Name) Jiannong Cao Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Zhining Chen Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) Singapore Yen-Wen Chen National Central University Taiwan Komosny Dan Brno University of Technology Czech Republic Ken Guild University of Essex UK Andreas Heiner Nokia Finland Liang Hu Jilin University China Yeonkwon Jeong Information and Communications University Korea Qun Jin Waseda University Japan Chonggun Kim Yeungnam University Korea Laurent Lefevre INRIA RESO - LIP France Minglu Li Shanghai Jiantong University China Wanjiun Liao National Taiwan University Taiwan Geyong Min University of Bradford UK Shumao Ou University of Essex, UK Jianping Pan University of Victoria Canada ChangWoo Pyo National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Japan Yi Qian National Institute of Standards and Technology USA Matthew R McKay Hong Kong University of Science and Technology China Joan Serrat UPC - Bacelona Spain Gangxiang Shen University of Melbourne Australia Liansheng Tan Central China Normal University China Guojun Wang Central South University China Jiahong Wang Iwate Prefectural University Japan Xianbin Wang CRC Canada Kui Wu University of Victoria Canada Jiang (Linda) Xie The University of North Carolina at Charlotte USA Hidetoshi Yokota KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc. Japan Tingting Zhang Mid Sweden University Sweden Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory Norway Naor Zohar University of Haifa Israel _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] MobiCom'08 CFP]
by Lars Wolf 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] MobiCom'08 CFP Datum: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:24:45 -0800 Von: Cedric J A. Westphal <cwestphal(a)docomolabs-usa.com> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please note that the CFP deadline has changed from the preliminary CFP, and is now March 7 (paper registration) and March 14 (manuscript upload). Regards, Cedric Westphal, Ryuji Wakikawa, Mischa Dohler 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: TBD Camera-ready version due: TBD General Chair - jj(a)soe.ucsc.edu: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UC Santa Cruz and PARC Technical Co-Chairs - mobicom08_pcchairs(a)acm.org: Raghupathy (Siva) Sivakumar, Georgia Tech Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact the General Chair or Program Co-Chairs for more information. For information on ACM SIGMOBILE and the MobiCom series of conferences, see http://www.sigmobile.org/ or contact mobicom_info(a)acm.org. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[New2an-pc] NEW2AN 2008, St.Petersburg, Russia
by Yevgeni Koucheryavy 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Sincere apologies for receiving this CFP more than once The 8th International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking NEW2AN 2008 http://www.new2an.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS About the Conference Next-generation mobile networks will evolve out of existing wired and wireless networks of different nature by means of convergence, fusion and mutual penetration; next-generation multimedia services in turn pose new requirements and challenges on treatment of traffic within communication systems – a certain degree of multilayer co-operation has to be achieved. This forms a framework on harmonization of results obtained separately in different areas of network research like network performance evaluation, architecture and protocol design, and low layer network design. The conference goal is in the identification, investigation and integration of new algorithms, approaches, architectures, methods and mechanisms to enable proper and efficient operation of a next-generation IP-based wireless network. Special emphasis will be given to next-generation traffic issues, it indeed remains true that much uncertainty surrounds the future traffic features and volumes, mainly because of converged type of traffic resulted from converged network operation under converged services and applications. Moreover, wireless access networks and their interaction shall be widely examined and addressed throughout the conference. The history of NEW2AN dates back to 1993, today it is an established conference featured by proceedings published by Springer LNCS and distinguished invited speakers. The NEW2AN and ruSMART will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia - the meeting point of East and West. Through its stunning architecture and wonderful art galleries and museums, among a number of other attractions, the wealth of history of East and West can be seen and felt in this beautiful city. Topics of interest Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * New Teletraffic and Network Traffic Challenges and Paradigms * Emerging Teletraffic Models and Tools * Future Internet Services: Teletraffic and Performance Issues * Traffic Classification and Characterization * Performance Evaluation of Mobile and Wireless Networks * Multidisciplinary Approaches for Traffic Analysis and Management * Traffic Engineering & QoS in all-IP Networks * Network Modeling, Simulation, Emulation and Tomography * Network Planning and Network Engineering * Resource Management and Congestion control * Traffic and performance monitoring in Future Networks * Overlay Networks * 3G and Beyond Networks * Autonomic Communications * Ad hoc and Sensor Networks * Wireless Mesh and Multi-Hop Networks * Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks * Wireless Protocols * Mobility Management * Medium Access Control Protocols and Scheduling Techniques for Wireless Systems * Cross-layer Interactions * Applications for Multimedia-enabled Wired And Wireless all-IP Networks * Network Security * AAA, pricing, charging and billing for Wireless Technologies Paper submission Authors are invited to submit full papers in English of not more than 20 double-spaced pages, 12 pt font size. All papers must include a title, complete contact information for all authors, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author should be identified clearly. Papers must be submitted electronically (in PDF format) via on-line submission procedure. Proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer (pending). Selected best papers will appear in a journal special issue. Important dates Paper submission April 07, 2008 Notification of acceptance May 26, 2008 Camera ready version June 09, 2008 Conference dates September 1 - 5 , 2008 The Conference is organized by Tampere University of Technology (Finland) and BalticIT (Russia) in cooperation with ITC (International Teletraffic Congress), IEEE Russia Northwest BT/CE/COM Chapter, Popov Society, and support of NOKIA. For further and up-to-date information please visit official web page of the Conference http://www.new2an.org _______________________________________________ New2an-pc mailing list New2an-pc(a)cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/new2an-pc

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[Tccc] Call For Papers: WSUPT-08 in Brazil
by ltyang＠gmail.com 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Please apologize for multiple copies. ==================== WSUPT'08 CALL FOR PAPERS ========================== The 2008 Workshop on Simulation of Urban Planning and Transportation Systems(WSUPT'08) (http://www.cc.chu.edu.tw/~sclo) in conjunction with The 2008 IEEE 11th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 2008) Sao Paulo - Brazil July 16-18, 2008 Welcome Message The 2008 IEEE 11th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering is mainly intended to be an open forum for discussion on the current trends and future directions of advanced computing for science and engineering application. This workshop focuses on the area of simulation techniques and application for urban planning and transportation systems. The aim of this workshop is to provide original material and up-to-date synthesis of the state of modern transportation analysis, simulation of urban planning and strategies, simulation of urbanization and regional development, logistics and interdisciplinary application of scientific computing in urban and transportation studies. We therefore invite urban and regional planners, transportation researchers, computational scientists and engineers, computer scientists and applied mathematicians to present their recent advances, ideas, results and to exchange experiences in the areas of modeling, simulation, optimization and other support for problems in urban planning and transportation systems. This workshop is considered as a special workshop in conjunction with the 2008 IEEE 11th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 2008). We welcome contributions from researchers of academia and industry. Best Regards, Workshop Chair Prof. Shih-Ching Lo Department of Transportation Technology and Logistics Management, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Workshop Topics Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Urban Planning Strategy, development and management - Social differences and urbanization - Financial Topics on Urban Planning - Modeling and Simulation of transportation systems - Transportation demand analysis - Land use and transport integration - Collaboration of Public and Private Sector - Theories and method from operational research - Investment and optimum use of transport infrastructure and regional development - Environmental Protection, risk and impact - Logistics and operations models, especially with application; - Logistics and supply-chain management topics; Program Co-chairs - Yiming Li, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan - Tzu-I, Tseng, National Center for High-performance Computing, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Important Dates - Full papers submission: March 1, 2008 - Notification of acceptance of papers: April 1, 2008 - Camera ready papers: April 25, 2008 - Workshop: July 16-18, 2008 Paper Submission Authors are expected to submit a paper in PDF format with 5-10 keywords following the IEEE CS format. (http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps)Program committee members and external reviewers will provide authors with at least three technical reviews. Submitted papers will be ranked based on relevance to the Conference and technical merit. Final version of accepted papers should at most 6 pages and will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press as CSE-08 workshop proceedings. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the IEEE Digital Library after the conference. Please submit your paper to the workshop through the submission page of the workshop (http://cse.stfx.ca/~cse08workshops/sub/). Please select the The 2008 Workshop on Simulation of Urban Planning and Transportation Systems (WSUPT 08) in the frame of Workshop. For any questions, please contact Prof. Shih-Ching Lo via e-mail (sclo(a)chu.edu.tw). _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] ACM FOWANC -- 2 weeks to go
by Rong Zheng 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of the CFP. -------------------------------------------------------- The First ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (FOWANC 2008) In conjunction with ACM MobiHoc 2008 May 26, 2008 Hong Kong SAR, CHINA http://nrl.uncc.edu/FOWANC/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission of Papers: 10 February 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 18 March 2008 Final version: 26 March 2008 CONFERENCE THEME Recent research in a variety of wireless ad hoc networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless personal area networks, vehicular networks, RFID networks, and hybrid networks, raises a number of interesting, and difficult, theoretical and algorithmic issues. This workshop is devoted to distributed algorithms and theoretical methods in the context of mobile ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. The workshop is intended to foster cooperation among researchers in mobile ad hoc and sensor networking and theoreticians in algorithm and theory, and push the theoretical research forward for a deeper understanding about ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. This workshop covers the all areas of ad hoc and sensor networking and computing, from physical issues up to applications, with a focus of theoretical and algorithmic aspect. In particular, it will cover distributed algorithms, optimizations, analysis and modeling, randomized algorithms, mechanism design, and theoretical methods in ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. Typical topics include (but not limited to): Channel assignment and management Coding theory and network coding Cryptography, security and privacy Distributed algorithms Dynamic and random networks Dynamic graph algorithms Energy conservation methods and protocols Localization and location tracking Mechanism design and game theory Modeling and complexity analysis Routing, multicast and broadcast Scheduling Selfish behavior and cooperation Synchronization Protocol optimization SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOWANC 2008 will only accept electronic on-line submissions. Detailed instructions can be found in the workshop web page. Accepted papers will be published by ACM. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings are not allowed. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRs: Xiang-Yang Li, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA PUBLICITY CHAIR: Rong Zheng, University of Houston, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR: Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Stephan Eidenbenz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Andras Farago, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Jie Gao, University of SUNY Stony Brook, USA Santosh Kumar, University of Memphis, USA Qun Li, College of William and Mary, USA Zongpeng Li, University of Calgary, Canada Benyuan Liu, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Jiangchuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Canada Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Archan Misra, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA Thomas Moscibroda, Microsoft Research, USA Thyaga Nandagopal, Bell Labs, USA Srinivasan Parthasarathy, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome, Italy Rajmohan Rajaraman, Northeastern University, USA Yi Shi, Virginia Tech, USA Wen-Zhan Song, Washington State University, USA Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research, USA Subhash Suri, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Xinbing Wang, ShangHai JiaoTong University, China Chih-Wei Yi, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Rong Zheng, University of Houston, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Last CFP Med-Hoc-Net 2008 [Deadline January 30] 7th IFIP Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop
by Carlos Guerrero Tomé 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th IFIP MEDITERRANEAN AD HOC NETWORKING Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net 2008) June 23-27 2008, Palma de Mallorca, Spain http://medhocnet08.uib.es ******************************************************************** Ad hoc networks have attracted the attention of the research community in the last several years. Now that some of the fundamental issues and challenges of ad hoc networking have been clearly assessed, the focus is partially shifting to new issues, which include application scenarios (road safety, disaster recovery, sensors and actuators, etc.), autonomous organization and operation, optimization and control, service creation and support, middleware. Moreover, wireless MESH networking is emerging as an "ad hoc spin-off" aimed at extending and integrating the multi-hop paradigm with more traditional networking, which poses new and exciting technical challenges. Med-Hoc-Net 2008 is the major annual international workshop aiming to serve as a platform for researchers and visionaries from academia, research labs, and industry from all over the world. Sharing ideas, views, results, and experiences in the field of wireless multi-hop networking is what Med-Hoc-Net 2008 intends to be about. Anything from theoretical and experimental achievements, to innovative ad hoc systems, prototyping efforts, and case studies is of interest to the Med-Hoc-Net community. The papers solicited in Med-Hoc-Net 2008 cover a variety of topics related to ad hoc and MESH networks, including but not limited to: - Novel multi-hop wireless network architectures - Routing algorithms and protocols - MAC protocols, scheduling, power control and radio resource sharing - Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks - Middleware for ad hoc networks - Application driven architectures and protocols - Sensor network applications and protocols - Vehicular networks - Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks - Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes - Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.20, etc.) - Self organization and network reconfiguration - Optimization models and algorithms - Resource and service discovery - Call admission and traffic shaping policies for ad-hoc networks - Use of advanced antenna technologies (MIMO, beam forming, etc.) - QoS support - Security and privacy The members of program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer Science-Business Media (SSBM) in LNCS or IFIP Series. Submitted manuscripts must be formatted according to the SSBM IFIP Series formats (URL: http://springer.com/series/6102). Authors should submit a paper in English of up to 12 pages, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling. Submitted papers should address original work not published or under revision elsewhere. All submissions will be refereed by experts in the field based on originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Papers should be submitted in PDF format according to the timetable below. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- *** New deadline for full paper electronic submission: January 30, 2008 *** *** Tutorial proposal submission: February 15, 2008 *** Paper notification of acceptance/rejection: February 29, 2008 Camera ready submission of full papers: March 20, 2008 Tutorial date: June 23 and/or June 24, 2008 Contact: Ramon PUIGJANER Universitat de les Illes Balears E-mail: medhocnet08(a)uib.es Check our Web page at http://medhocnet08.uib.es for the latest information concerning the conference GENERAL CHAIR ------------- R. Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, ES PROGRAM CHAIR ------------- P. Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, ES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR -------------------------- B. Serra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, ES PUBLICITY CHAIR --------------- C. Guerrero, Universitat de les Illes Balears, ES STEERING COMMITTEE ------------------ I. F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institue of Technology, US K. Al Agha, Université Paris-Sud, FR M. Gerla, UCLA, US F. Kamoun, ENSI, TN G. Pau, UCLA, US G. Pujolle, Université Paris 6, FR PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ------------------- O. Altintas, Toyota IT Center, JP O. B. Akan, Middle East Tech. University, TR A. Azcorra, Universidad Carlos III, ES B. K. Bhargaya, Purdue University, US C. Blondia, University of Antwerp, BE A. Boukerche, University of Ottawa, CA J. C. Cano, Universitat Politècnica València, ES R. Cardell-Oliver, University of Western Australia, AU M. Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, IT T. Chahed, INT. Evry, FR S. Chandran, MIMOS, MY C. Chaudet, ENST, FR M. Conti, CNR, IT F. de Rango, Universita di Calabria, IT C. Douligeris, University of Piraeus, GR B. Dudourthial, UTC, FR E. Ekici, Ohio State University, US A. Farago, University of Texas, Dallas, US L. Fratta, Politecnico Milano, IT S. Galmés, Universitat de les Illes Balears, ES J. García-Vidal, Universitat Poliècnica Catalunya, ES A. Garrido, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, ES I. Guerin-Lassous, INRIA, FR G. Haring, Universität Wien, AT S. Heemstra de Groot, Delft University of Technology, NL H. Hellbrück, Universität Lübeck, DE O. Koné, Université Paul Sabatier-IRIT, FR H. Liu, University of Ottawa, CA M. López, UAM-I, MX M. Lenardi, Hitachi Europe, Sophia Antipolis Lab., FR P. Lorenz, Université d'Haute Alsace, FR M. Lott, Siemens AG, DE P. Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica València, ES C. Mascolo, University College London, UK D. Meddour, France Telecom, FR P. Minet, INRIA, FR A. Murphy, Universita di Lugano, IT S. Nikoletseas, CTI/University of Patras, GR L. Orozco-Barbosa, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, ES M. Pérez, Universidad Miguel Hernández, ES E. Rosti, Universita di Milano, IT P. Ruiz, Universidad de Murcia, ES P. Santi, CNR, IT B. Serra, Universitat Illes Balears, ES D. Symplot-Ryl, Université de Lille, FR V. Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, US D. Turgut, University of Central Florida, US J. Villalón, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, ES L. Villaseñor, CICESE, MX T. Watteyne, France Telecom, FR S. Weber, Trinity College Dublin, IE J. Wozniak, Technical University of Gdansk, PL H. Yomo, Aalborg University, DK _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: MCN-Infocom'08 -- Abstract Submission Deadline Feb-7]
by Lars Wolf 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: MCN-Infocom'08 -- Abstract Submission Deadline Feb-7 Datum: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:08:18 -0500 Von: Mohamed Younis <younis(a)cs.umbc.edu> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> CC: 'Silvia Giordano' <silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch>, 'Moustafa Youssef' <moustafa.youssef(a)gmail.com> 2nd IEEE Workshop on Mission-Critical Networking (MCN'2008) http://www.criticalnet.org/ In conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM'2008 Phoenix, Arizona, April 13-18 "Mission-Critical Networking (MCN)" refers to networking for application domains where life or livelihood may be at risk. Typical application domains for MCN include critical infrastructure protection, emergency and crisis intervention, and military operations. Such networking is essential for safety, security and economic vitality in our complex world characterized by uncertainty, heterogeneity and emergent behaviors. MCN should comprise the best possible networking technology, infrastructure and services that may alleviate the risk and help save the lives of both the general public and the network users. As advances in pervasive computing, wireless communication, ad hoc and mesh networking and networked sensor systems continue, more opportunities are being opened to mission-critical networks to benefit from these technologies. A primary challenge to the operations of mission-critical networks is to deploy a communication network that is dependable, autonomic, secure, and rapidly deployable. In order to operate effectively, the deployed networks should support services such as location determination of authorized and unauthorized entities, audio and video communication, secure emergency calling and alerting, and in-situ and remote sensing and control in a secure and dependable manner. In addition, efficient operation of such networks that typically include numerous resource-constrained components may benefit from cross-layer optimization, cognition, resource engineering, visual analytics, and service-oriented architecture. Another key feature for mission-critical networking is to support interactions among multiple heterogeneous networks. This workshop solicits high quality technical contributions to the area of mission-critical networking. The manuscript must explicitly address relevance to MCN. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: . Smart environments and infrastructures . Rapidly deployable services and networks . Vehicular networks . Body sensor networks . Cognitive and autonomic networks, protocols, and services . Ubiquitous networking and services . Security, dependability, privacy, QoS and performance awareness and trade-offs . Sensor and actuator networks for information gathering and real-time control . Decentralized and peer-to-peer resource management and allocation . Trust management, security, interoperability, survivability and QoS support . Context-aware network and service management . Location determination and tracking . Energy efficiency . Admission, load and flow control . Visual analytics . Critical traffic and mobility analysis . Cross-layer design and optimization . Components and architectures for next-generation emergency calling and alerting . Network policy management . Testbeds, benchmarks, performance and experimental studies General Chairs . Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, USA . Henning Schulzerinne, Columbia University, USA Program Chairs . Hannes Tschofenig, Siemens AG, Germany . Moustafa Youssef, Alexandria University, Egypt Publicity Chairs . Silvia Girodano, University of Applied Science, Switzerland . Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Panels Chair . Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA Awards Chair . Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland, USA . Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, USA Technical Program Committee * Ehab Al-Shaer, DePaul University, USA * Nils Aschenbruck, University of Bonn, Germany * Cory Beard, University of Missouri Kansas City, USA * David Du, National Science Foundation (University of Minnesota), USA * Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada * Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA. * Sushil Jajodia., George Mason University, USA * James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA. * Deepa Kundur, Texas A&M University, USA * Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada * Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech, USA. * Nader Moayeri, NIST, USA * Farid Nait-Abdesselam, Univ. of Sciences and Tech. of Lille, France * Cristina Pinotti, University of Perguia, Italy * Jean-Jacque Quisquater, Catholic University, Belgium * Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain * Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA * Robin Sommer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA * Doru Tiliute, University of Suceava, Romania * Gene Tsudik, University of California Irvine, USA * Stephen D. Wolthusen, University of London, UK * Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan * Michele Weigle, Old Dominion University, USA Manuscript Submission Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication. All paper submissions will be handled electronically in EDAS. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 6 pages and in font size no smaller than 11 points. Please refer to the INFOCOM manuscript preparation page for details and make sure the manuscript conforms to the format/font/page requirements. Manuscripts that are not compliant with the requirements may be declined without review. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through peer reviewing, where TPC members are invited to assess the scientific contributions of papers. For more information send email to info(a)criticalnet.org. Manuscript Submission Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication. All paper submissions will be handled electronically in EDAS. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 6 pages and in font size no smaller than 11 points. Please refer to the INFOCOM manuscript preparation page for details and make sure the manuscript conforms to the format/font/page requirements. Manuscripts that are not compliant with the requirements may be declined without review. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through peer reviewing, where TPC members are invited to assess the scientific contributions of papers. Proceedings will appear in IEEE Xplore and INFOCOM CD. For more information send email to info(a)criticalnet.org. Important Dates Abstract Submission: February 7, 2008 Paper Submission: February 15, 2008 Acceptance Notification: March 10, 2008 Camera Ready Due: March 18, 2008 Workshop Date: April 18, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE Network Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet]
by Lars Wolf 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE Network Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet Datum: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:51:54 +0100 Von: Xiaoming Fu <fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please feel free to forward this CFP to related colleagues and students for information. --------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline is due in 5 weeks! Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet Important Dates =============== Manuscript Submission Due: March 1, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: July 15, 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: September/October 2008 Call for Papers =============== Network Address Translators (NAT) and IP firewalls have been introduced to the Internet some time ago, and over the time become an integral part of the Internet architecture. Moreover, there are also other types of middleboxes, such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways, Application Layer Gateways (ALG), Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEP) and web proxies. These intermediary boxes perform functions different from normal IP packet treatment, which can even change the content of packets or do rerouting of IP packets. There have been diverse views on the value of middleboxes. Some believe that middleboxes introduce problems for network applications as well as challenges to the traditional end-to-end Internet architecture. These issues range, for instance, but not limited to, from naming and addressing of nodes behind NATs, directionality of communication establishment, and performance impairments. On the other hand, many administrators and operators see the middleboxes represent an important part for their network operations. For example, firewalls are widely deployed with the intention of securing enterprise, campus and home networks, so as to block attacks to nodes or keep nodes from sending malicious traffic. The Internet community has acknowledged the emergence of the middleboxes and developed middlebox control and coordination protocols that allow end hosts (or application proxies) to learn about the presence of middleboxes and communicate their needs (i.e. required packet treatment) to those devices. A number of middlebox control protocols, such as UPnP, MIDCOM and STUN, have been developed over the years and are partially used in current deployments. The papers in this special issue will focus on the state-of-the-art research in various aspects of middleboxes and middlebox control mechanisms, which help to understand their impact to the Internet architecture and network operations, and how they can be further integrated, or leveraged for different purposes, such as load balancing and mobile network environments, among the others. Specifically, within the aforementioned context in Internet middleboxes and their control mechanisms, the special issue will present tutorials, surveys and original research articles (written in a tutorial manner readable by non-specialists) that cover the following subjects, but not limited to: * Middlebox-supported network architectures vs. other Internet evolution alternatives (e.g., IPv6) * Design and/or performance evaluation of middlebox software architectures * Control and coordination across middleboxes and their traversal mechanisms * Security, including authentication, authorization and accounting issues with middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Scalability and performance studies of middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Deployment scenarios and case studies (corporate, ISP, content providers, mobile environments etc.) based on middleboxes * Interaction and implications with other network protocols and components * Interaction and implications with end-to-end applications and services * Related standardization efforts Manuscript Submission ===================== With regard to both the content and formatting style of the submissions, prospective contributors must follow the IEEE Network guidelines for authors that can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html. Submitted papers must be original and must not be under current consideration for publication in other venues. Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete papers via http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6198. Guest Editors ============= Prof. Xiaoming Fu Institute for Computer Science University of Goettingen Goettingen Germany Email: fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Martin Stiemerling NEC Europe Laboratories Network Research Division Heidelberg Germany Email: stiemerling(a)netlab.nec.de Prof. Henning Schulzrinne Department of Computer Science Columbia University New York, NY USA Email: hgs(a)cs.columbia.edu ---------------------------------------------------- Any inquiry to this CFP? mailto:ieeenet-si@cs.uni-goettingen.de _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[KuVS ELG] Preliminary Call for Papers - P2P'08 - 8th Intern. Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing
by Klaus Wehrle 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

====================================================================== Preliminary Call for Papers -- P2P'08 8th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing "Distributed Computing/Networking/Services at the Edge of the Internet" Aachen, Germany September 8-11, 2008 http://www.p2p08.org/ ====================================================================== SCOPE P2P'08 is the eighth conference in a series of annual conferences concerned with overlay network technologies and massively distributed systems & applications. Peer-to-Peer systems benefit from and share the resources owned by systems that are distributed around the Internet. Examples of such technologies include peer-to-peer applications and grids, and in general, any large-scale distributed system characterized by decentralization and sharing of resources. Recently, interesting applications of P2P technology have begun to emerge, together with new platforms for application development. We invite papers that reflect experience with practical applications of the current state of the art, or that explore new application areas. We are particularly interested in real, large-scale, deployed systems and applications, rather than small-scale examples composed of a few nodes. The key issues to be considered are scalability, robustness, and security; we believe that these aspects are fundamental issues that must be solved before Peer-to-Peer and Grid services will become mainstream. Consistent with the previous occurrences of this conference, we would like to promote collaboration in research among academic institutions, government organizations, and business enterprises that are concerned with the research and implementation of peer-to-peer networks, grids, and large scale distributed systems. TOPICS Topics that relate to Peer-to-Peer systems, Peer-to-Peer applications, Grid systems, large-scale distributed systems, and overlay networks are open for consideration. We would like to give special encouragement to experience reports with applications, with particular emphasis to those that treat problems related to scalability, robustness and security. Topics of interest for the conference include, but are not limited to: * P2P applications and services * Industrial applications / P2P in use * Security in P2P systems * Performance and robustness of P2P systems * Self-organization in P2P systems * P2P Information retrieval * Higher-level query support in P2P systems * Semantic overlay networks and semantic query routing in P2P systems * Trust and reputation management in P2P systems * Overlay architectures and topologies * P2P overlay interworking with underlying infrastructure * Overlay monitoring and management * Social networks * P2P Systems over MANETs * Delay Tolerant P2P systems * P2P economics * Cooperation in P2P systems * P2P workload characterization and simulation * P2P grids The P2P'0x conference series has developed to a highly selective conference on all topics of Peer-to-Peer research. The acceptance rate of the previous conferences was around 20%. All papers will be reviewed by at least three experts from the mentioned areas. The proceedings will be published by IEEE Press. A hardcopy will be available at the Conference. IEEE technical sponsorship is currently pending. INDUSTRY TRACK We are especially interested in experience with practical, large-scale, industrial, deployed applications. Therefore P2P'08 is going to set up a special industry track in its program. Please indicate when submitting your paper if you wish your submitted paper to be considered into an industry track. DEMO PROPOSALS P2P'08 is encouraging the P2P community to demonstrate their latest system developments and P2P applications at the P2P 2008 conference site. In addition to the demo presentation announced in the official conference program, a two page abstract will be published in the proceedings. For further and most up-to-date details check the P2P'08 web site: http://www.p2p08.org IMPORTANT DATES* Abstract submission deadline: April 13, 2008 Full paper submission deadline: April 20, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 9, 2008 Camera ready papers due: June 16, 2008 Conference: September 8-11, 2008 *preliminary dates. SUBMISSION DETAILS For further details check the P2P'08 web site: http://www.p2p08.org/ The submission system will be available by end of March. COMMITTEES General Chair: - Klaus Wehrle, RWTH Aachen University Program Committee Co-Chairs: - Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany - Sandeep K. Singhal, Microsoft Corporation, USA - Ralf Steinmetz, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Industrial Liason Chair: - Oliver Heckmann, Google Labs Zurich Program Committee: - To be announced Subscribe to our P2P mailing list and we will keep you posted regarding major additions to the schedule and other late breaking news. To subscribe to the P2P info mailing list (p2p08-info @ nets.rwth-aachen.de) subscribe at the following website: http://mail-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mailman/listinfo/p2p08-info CONTACT US Contact us by e-mail at p2p08 @ nets.rwth-aachen.de Links to the previous editions of this conference can be found at the homepage of the P2P conference series at http://www.p2p-conference.org. _______________________________________________ ELG mailing list ELG(a)nets.rwth-aachen.de http://mail-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mailman/listinfo/elg

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CfP: Doktorandenseminar auf der Tagung Mensch und Computer 2008
by Stephan Lukosch 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

Doktorandenseminar auf der Tagung Mensch und Computer 2008 ========================================================== Ziel der von der Fachgruppe CSCW veranstalteten Doktorandenseminare ist es, Doktoranden, die in verschiedenen Fachgebieten an computerunterstützter Kollaboration arbeiten, eine Möglichkeit zum Austausch zu geben. Das CSCW-Doktorandenseminar 2008 ist als "Doctoral Consortium" der gesamten Tagung Mensch und Computer 2008 (http://www.vielmehr.org/muc/) ausgerichtet. Es sind also Bewerber zu allen Themenbereichen der Tagung eingeladen. Neben den Doktoranden nehmen an der Veranstaltung erfahrene Wissenschaftler und Praktiker aus dem Bereich "Mensch und Computer" teil. Das Doktorandenseminar wird von Prof. Dr. Stephan Lukosch (FernUniversität in Hagen) organisiert. Als Moderatoren für das Seminar agieren in diesem Jahr: * Prof. Dr. Jörg Haake (FernUniversität in Hagen) * Prof. Wolfgang Prinz, PhD (RWTH Aachen und Fraunhofer FIT) * Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ziegler (Universität Duisburg-Essen) Teilnehmer / Bewerbung ====================== Interessierte Teilnehmer arbeiten gerade an einer Dissertation im Themenbereich der Tagung "Mensch und Computer" oder haben eine solche gerade abgeschlossen. Da die Anzahl der Teilnehmer für das Doktorandenseminar beschränkt ist, sollen interessierte Teilnehmer bis zum 08. Juli 2008 einen Kurzbeitrag zu ihrer Dissertation (Motivation, Problemstellung, Lösungsweg, (Zwischen-)Ergebnisse) auf maximal vier Seiten (Formatvorlage der Mensch-und-Computer-Konferenz, http://www.vielmehr.org/muc/downloads/Autorenrichtlinien_mc2008.dot) einreichen. Die Kurzbeiträge sollen als Microsoft Word oder PDF Dokument per E-Mail an Stephan Lukosch (stephan.lukosch(a)fernuni-hagen.de) gesendet werden. Aus den eingereichten Beiträgen wählt das Moderatoren- und Organisationsteam dann die Teilnehmer aus (Benachrichtigung bis spätestens zum 22. Juli 2008) Ablauf ====== Das Seminar findet als Teil der Tagung Mensch und Computer 2008 am Sonntag, den 07. September 2008, in Lübeck statt. Während des Seminars stellen sich die Doktoranden (kurz) gegenseitig die jeweiligen Arbeiten vor und es besteht ausreichend Zeit zur Diskussion untereinander und mit den Moderatoren.

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[Tccc] Call for Papers: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008
by Farid Naït-Abdesselam 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 22 to 26, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. A special issue of an international journal is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 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 Chair: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela A. M. Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: (TBA) http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IEEE co-sponsorship Pending approval _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] Call for Papers: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008
by Geyong Min 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 22 to 26, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. A special issue of an international journal is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 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 Chair: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela A. M. Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: (TBA) http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *IEEE co-sponsorship Pending approval _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] Extended Submission Deadline to SPECTS 2008 to February 25
by Essia Hamouda Elhafsi 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

Due to numerous requests the submission deadline of papers to spects 2008 has been extended to February 25, 2008 (firm deadline). Submission of papers and tutorials proposals Feb 25,2008 Notification of acceptance April 21, 2008 Submission of camera-ready papers May 5, 2008 Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ========================================================================== 2008 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems SPECTS 2008 June 16-18, 2008, Edinburgh, UK http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2008/ This annual international conference is a forum for professionals involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks has progressed rapidly in the past decade and has begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. SPECTS 2008 is sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and IEEE SMC Society. =========================================================================== Networking and Telecommunication Systems Internet Technology Quality of Service (QoS) DiffServ/IntServ MPLS/GMPLS TCP World Wide Web (WWW) Technology Networking Techniques Unicast and Multicast Routing Congestion and Admission Control Switching Techniques Tele-traffic Network Protocols Network Management and Control Network Capacity Planning Network Architecture Evaluation Service and QoS Pricing Security and Authentication Broadband Networks High-Speed Networking Optical Networks Wireless Systems and Networks Satellite Systems UMTS Mobile Networks/Computing Ad-hoc Networks Sensor Networks Multimedia Communications and Applications Computer Systems Distributed Architecture Client/Server Distributed Systems and Agents Parallel and Distributed Computing Massively Parallel Systems Cluster Computing Grid Computing Interconnection Networks Computer Architectures Microprocessors/Microcomputers Memory Systems High Performance I/O Real-time Systems Scheduling Schemes Software Software Performance, Evaluation and Testing Parallel Algorithms and Languages Electronic Commerce Hardware and Software Monitors High-Performance Computing Information Assurance Reconfigurable Computing Scientific Computing Algorithms Workload and Traffic Characterization Tools, Methodologies and Applications Parallel and Distributed Simulation Verification and Validation Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications Performance Optimization, Bounds, and Models Queuing Systems and Networks Scalability Studies Integrated Modeling and Measurement On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning Process Algebra-Based Models Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance Case Studies General Chair Mohammad S. Obaidat Monmouth Univ., NJ, USA Program Chairs Jose Marzo Univ. of Girona, Spain Helena Szczerbicka Univ. of Hannover, Germany Program Vice Chairs Pawel Gburzynski Univ. of Alberta, Canada José Luis Sevillano Univ. of Seville, Spain Tutorials and Special Sessions Chair S. Dharmaraja Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Awards Chair Franco Davoli Univ. of Genoa, Italy Publicity Committee Essia Elhafsi Univ. of California-Riverside, USA (Chair) Jong Hyuk Park Kyungnam Univ., Korea Farid Naït-Abdesselam Univ. of Sciences & Technologies of Lille, France Abdelmajid Khelil Technical Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany Local Arrangement Chair Graham Shanks Baesystems, UK Webmasters Antonio Bueno Univ. of Girona, Spain Michael J. Chinni US Army TACOM-ARDEC Deadlines Special sessions proposals: December 7, 2007 Submission of papers and tutorials proposals Feb 25,2008 Notification of acceptance April 21, 2008 Submission of camera-ready papers May 5, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: CONET 2008
by Hasnaa Moustafa 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

[Apologies if you receive this more than once] ***************************************************************** The 2nd International Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking (CONET 2008), September 8th ~ 11th, 2008, London, UK http://home.simula.no/~yanzhang/CONET08/ in conjunction with BROADNETS 2008. http://www.broadnets.org/2008/ SCOPE & Topics =============== Cooperative wireless communications and networking is emerging as a promising technology to enhance system performance by sharing resources among wireless nodes. With cooperation at all layers of the protocol stack, the wireless network can achieve higher throughput, higher system reliability, higher energy efficiency, lower bit-error rate, and smaller packet loss rate. A variety of research in recent years have actively focused on design, simulation, modeling, and applying cooperative communications in wireless ad hoc, mesh, and sensor networks, etc. International standards organizations have been initialized various activities to apply cooperation mechanisms in the wireless LAN, PAN and MAN. For instance, the IEEE 802.16j working group is actively calling for contributions for relay metropolitan networks. The idea of cooperative wireless communications and networking can be tracked back to the work of the theoretic properties of relay channels. By sharing antennas in a multi-user environment, single-antenna wireless devices enable a virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that allows them to achieve transmit diversity, and hence obtain advantages of MIMO with reduced size, cost, and complexity of the hardware/software. Upon cooperation at physical, MAC, network, and application layer, various cooperative signaling methods are widely explored and many new mechanisms are under development with respects to routing, medium access, location management, scheduling, energy management, and so on. This workshop intends to bring together researchers, engineers, and students to present new results, describe work in progress, and explore relationships among their diverse approaches. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Cooperative diversity * Virtual MIMO * Channel capacity * Cooperative channel coding * Cognitive radio networks * Cooperating services * Grid computing * Middleware * Performance analysis, simulation and experiment * Services, applications and systems * Testbed, prototype, practical system and case studies * Resource management * Mobility management * Energy management * Security management * Cross-layer cooperation and optimization * Cooperative and distributed relaying * Relay networking * Regenerative cooperative systems * Protocols for relay and multi-hop channels * Distributed relay-assignment algorithm * Routing, packet forwarding, multicast * Cooperative scheduling * Cooperative MAC protocol * Power control * Network Coding * Security architecture and mechanisms * Services/applications over cooperative wireless networks * QoS provisioning * Topology control * Synchronization * Cooperative schemes in Wireless PAN, LAN, MAN * Cooperative schemes in B3G, 4G System * Cooperation in ad hoc networks * Cooperation in wireless mesh networks * Cooperation in wireless sensor networks * peer-to-peer networks * Cooperative schemes in IEEE 802.x families, e.g. 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.20 Publication of Proceedings: =========================== CONET 2008 accepted and registered paper will be published in the BROADNET 2008 proceedings and available through IEEE Xplore digital library. Important Dates: ================ Submission due: 10 March 2008 Acceptance notification: 30 April 2008 Camera-ready due: 15 May 2008 Conference: 8-11 September, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: ICST - CfP:MobiMedia 2008 - 7-9 of July, Oulu, Finland]
by Lars Wolf 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: ICST - CfP:MobiMedia 2008 - 7-9 of July, Oulu, Finland Datum: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:03:02 -0500 Von: info(a)icstconferences.org Antwort an: info(a)icst.org An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de ************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS MobiMedia2008 4th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference *** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14th of March 2008 *** CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS: extended to 10.2.2008 ************************************************************* Sponsored by ACM, ICST, CREATE-NET and VTT MobiMedia 2008 Web-site: http://www.mobimedia.org 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 efficient 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 fields 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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ACM SenSys 2008: Call for Papers
by Thiemo Voigt 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '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] [IEEE AOC 2008 - WoWMoM Workshop]: Call for Papers - Deadline approaching
by Chiara Boldrini 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FAST APPROACHING ***** *** JUST 2 WEEKS LEFT *** FEBRUARY 11, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Second IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2008) June 23, 2008 - Newport Beach (CA), USA http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2008/ organized by ANA and HAGGLE projects funded by the FET-IST Programme in the area Situated and Autonomic Communications (SAC) Fast Track on Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc **** Submission Deadline --- February 11, 2008 **** --------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum between the autonomic and opportunistic communication communities to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic and opportunistic communications and are solicited. Papers describing prototype implementations and deployments are welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Architecture and models for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building autonomic and opportunistic networks * Adaptive security for self protection of networks * Economic, biological and social models used for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Mobility models for opportunistic networking * Novel management techniques for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing networks * Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic and opportunistic communications * Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and measurements * Algorithmic aspects associated with autonomic communications environments and problems PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Guidelines on paper submission and formatting are available at http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2008/. Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE. Extended versions of workshop selected papers will be considered for possible fast track publication on the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (Elsevier). IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Full papers due: February 11, 2008 Notification: March 15, 2007 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- WORKSHOP Chairs Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, Greece PUBLICITY Chair Chiara Boldrini, IIT-CNR, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE -------------------------------- Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Edoardo Biagioni, University of Hawaii, USA Vania Conan, Thales, France Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University, Sweden Hannes Hartenstein, Karlsruhe, Germany Jean-Yves Le Boudec, EPFL, Switzerland Vincent Lenders, Princeton University, USA Cecilia Mascolo, UCL, UK Martin May, ETH, Switzerland Daniele Miorandi, Create-net, Italy Refik Molva, Eurécom, France Konstantinos Oikonomou, Ionian University, Greece Joerg Ott, HUT, Finland Antonios Panagakis, University of Athens, Greece Symeon Papavassiliou, NTUA, Greece Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Calicrates Policroniades, Telenor, Norway George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California, USA Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden Fabrizio Sestini, FET, European Commission Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, ETH Zurich, Switzerland John Strassner, Motorola, USA Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Pablo Vidales, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana, USA Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge, UK Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena-Reggio, Italy ==================================================== Chiara Boldrini - Ph.D. Student AOC 2008 Publicity Chair Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) Italian National Research Council (CNR) Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy phone: + 39 050 315 3504 (direct) email: chiara.boldrini(a)iit.cnr.it ==================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CfP: Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction (MAI'2008)
by Ruediger Kapitza 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

******************************************************************** 2nd Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction (MAI'2008) MAI'2008, June 3, Oslo, Norway http://mai08.di.fc.ul.pt Co-located With DisCoTec federated conferences 2008 http://discotec08.ifi.uio.no/ ******************************************************************** *Overview* The basic interaction between middleware and application uses simple mechanisms such as method invocations or message passing. These basic interactions are not sufficient for complex tasks. There is a rising demand for middleware support for multiple cross-cutting features such as security, fault tolerance, and distributed resource management. In adaptive systems, the middleware has to exert control on applications, and vice versa. Middleware systems need the right access to applications running on top; applications need the right way for influencing middleware behaviour. Unlike the basic interaction mechanisms, such complex features are currently addressed by a highly heterogeneous set of methods such as aspect-oriented programming, reflection, code annotations, and policies. *Goals and Contributions* MAI'2008 aims at providing researchers with a forum for discussing the state of the art of approaches to middleware-application interaction and for identifying challenging open problems. The goal of the workshop is to bring together active researchers in the different fields that relate to the workshop topic. Our ambition is to foster discussions between participants with different background and experience, and to provide the participants with a broader view of the problems and established approaches. We believe that the workshop will yield new ideas for future system research in the area of middleware platforms, and will nourish the exchange of ideas and strengthen the cooperation between interested scientists. *Workshop Format* The workshop will be organised as a series of sessions, each session being devoted to the presentation of papers of a common domain. At the end of each session, we will have a mini-panel with the presenters on the session theme, led by the session chair, in order to foster discussions. The workshop will conclude with a general discussion of open issues and future trends in the field, summarising the overall contributions of the workshop. *Topics of Interest* Topics of interest to this workshop include, but not limit to the following: -Composition of complex middleware features -Unanticipated middleware integration of applications -Interaction MW/App, MW/MW, App/App -Variability of the application-middleware-interconnect -Middleware reconfigurability and adaptivity -AOP for the implementation of middleware systems -AOP for middleware-based application -Dynamic AOP -Composition of independent aspects -Developer annotations for complex middleware features -Reflective middleware -Model-driven middleware and application design -Support for product lines in middleware -Software engineering for middleware-based applications *Important Dates* Paper and abstract submission 20 March 2008 Acceptance notification 1 May 2008 Camera-ready papers due 15 May 2008 Workshop 3 June 2008 *Submission Guidelines* Manuscripts must be submitted as printable PDF documents and should not exceed 3000 words. Formatting according to the final manuscript style (ACM standard) is recommended. Electronic submission will be available starting in January on the workshop website. The camera-ready version of manuscripts must be formatted according to the ACM standard style (2-column), and must not exceed 6 pages. At least one author of an accepted paper must register at the conference and present the paper at the workshop. *Workshop Chairs* Ruediger Kapitza FAU-Erlangen (Germany) Hans P. Reiser University of Lisboa (Portgual) *Program Committee* Amy L. Murphy, ITC-IRST (Italy) & University of Lugano (Switzerland) Antonio Casimiro Costa, University of Lisboa (Portugal) Charles Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Franz J. Hauck, Ulm University (Germany) Frederic Le Mouel, INRIA / INSA Lyon (France) Hans P. Reiser, University of Lisboa (Portugal) Joni da Silva Fraga, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil) Joerg Bartholdt, Siemens AG (Germany) Mourad Alia, Orange Labs (France) Olaf Spinczyk, Uni Dortmund (Germany) Patricia Dockhorn Costai, Federal University of Espirito Santo (Brazil) Ruediger Kapitza, FAU-Erlangen (Germany) Rene Meier, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Sameh Elnikety, Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK) *Contact Info* ws-mai(a)i4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP - 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP - 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS 2008) Datum: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:02:46 +0100 Von: David Hausheer <hausheer(a)ifi.uzh.ch> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Referenzen: <478DCB47.4000309(a)ifi.uzh.ch> [Apologies for possibly receiving multiple copies of this CFP.] !! Paper submission deadline: 10 Feb 2008 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security AIMS 2008 "Resilient Networks and Services" http://www.aims2008.org 1-3 July 2008 Jacobs University Bremen, Germany The AIMS conference is a single-track event integrating normal conference paper sessions, tutorials, keynotes, and a PhD workshop into a highly interactive event. One of the goals of AIMS is to look beyond borders and to stimulate the exchange of ideas across different communities and among PhD students. AIMS 2008 focusses on resilient networks and services and in particular on novel technologies that can provide resilience in a scalable, economic, secure, and autonomic way. To achieve resilience, new techniques such as autonomic and fully distributed algorithms, virtualization techniques, or self-organizing overlays must be explored. Modelling, analysis, and visualization is essential in order to understand the emerging overall system behaviour. * Technical Sponsors / Supporters - IFIP TC6 WG 6.6 (Management of Networks and Distributed Systems) - IEEE ComSoc CNOM (Committee on Network Operation and Management) [IEEE approval pending] - EC IST-EMANICS Network of Excellence (#26854) - Jacobs University Bremen * Conference Topics Authors are invited to submit unpublished papers that are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, or related topic areas: Scalable and autonomic infrastructures - Autonomic network and service management - Dynamic overlays and P2P-based management systems - Fully decentralized and distributed approaches Economic management - Economic aspects of IT infrastructures - Distributed accounting and monitoring - Reputation and incentive mechanisms Security and trust management - Inter-domain trust management and security concepts - Resilience and reliability of network and service infrastructures - Defense against distributed attacks and botnets - Management and evaluation of security services Virtualization - Virtualization of resources and services - Management of virtual network laboratories (e.g. GENI, PlanetLab) - Economics of network and service virtualization - Management of Grid resources and virtual organizations Modelling and visualization - Modelling of management technologies and procedures - Modelling and analysis of policies and promises - Visualization of management data and systems behavior * Proceedings The conference proceedings are planned to be published in Springer's Lecture Notes of Computer Science (LNCS) series [approval pending] and will include the conference papers as well as the PhD workshop papers. Tutorial materials will be distributed to participants at the conference. * Conference Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit original contributions (written in English) in PDF format. Only original, full papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted to the AIMS 2008 paper track. Each submission will be limited to 12 pages in the LNCS paper format. Papers exceeding 12 pages, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. Paper submission is handled by the JEMS system, accessible from the AIMS 2008 Web page. Submissions to the conference are expected to report substantial research results relevant for the subjects listed above. * PhD Workshop Submission The PhD workshop provides PhD students the opportunity to present, discuss, and obtain feedback from the AIMS 2008 audience about their research work. PhD students are invited to submit short papers (4 pages, written in English and in PDF format) describing the current state of their research. The paper should include a clear description of the research problem and the chosen approach, argue why the problem is hard and the approach novel, and it should outline the results achieved to date. Specific, low-level technical details should be avoided. Papers should have no more than two authors--the student and the advisor. Accepted submissions will be published in the AIMS proceedings. * Best Paper Award The program committee will select one paper for the Best Paper Award (all regular papers are eligible). The winner will be presented at the conference. * Location Jacobs University Bremen is a highly selective, private institution for the advancement of education and research. The green campus located in the city of Bremen has ideal meeting facilities and can host a large number of people during the summer on campus. * Deadlines 10 Feb 2008 Conference paper submission deadline 10 Feb 2008 PhD workshop paper submission deadline 06 Apr 2008 Notification about paper acceptance 06 Apr 2008 Notification of PhD workshop paper acceptance 20 Apr 2008 Camera ready paper copies due 01 Jul 2008 AIMS 2008 conference * Organization General Chair: - Juergen Schoenwaelder, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Technical Program Chairs: - David Hausheer, University of Zurich, Switzerland - Juergen Schoenwaelder, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany PhD Workshop Chairs: - Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, Brazil - Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherlands Tutorials and Keynotes: - Arosha Bandara, The Open University, UK * Steering Committee - Arosha Bandara, Imperial College London, UK - Mark Burgess, HIO, Norway - Olivier Festor, INRIA, France - David Hausheer, University of Zurich, Switzerland - Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherlands - Juergen Schoenwaelder, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany - Rolf Stadler, KTH, Sweden * Technical Program Committee - Panayotis Antoniadis, University of Pierre and Marie Curie Paris, France - Arosha Bandara, Imperial College London, UK - Jan Bergstra, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Mark Burgess, Oslo University College, Norway - Georg Carle, Univeristy of Tuebingen, Germany - Isabelle Chrisment, Nancy University, France - Alva Couch, Tufts University, USA - Costas A. Courcoubetis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece - Vasilios Darlagiannis, EPFL, Switzerland - Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany - Gabi Dreo Rodosek, University of Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany - Olivier Festor, INRIA Lorraine, France - Thomas Fuhrmann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany - Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, Brazil - Heinz-Gerd Hegering, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany - James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea - Alexander Keller, IBM, USA - Jorge Lobo, IBM Research, USA - Emil Lupu, Imperial College London, UK - Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada - David A. Maltz, Microsoft Research, USA - Martin May, ETH Zurich, Switzerland - George Pavlou, CCSR, University of Surrey, UK - Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Bruno Quoitin, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium - Danny Raz, Technion, Israel - Helmut Reiser, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany - Giancarlo Ruffo, Universita di Torino, Italy - Joan Serrat, UPC, Spain - Radu State, INRIA Lorraine, France - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Switzerland - Maarten van Steen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Kurt Tutschku, University of Wuerzburg, Germany - Marcel Waldvogel, University of Konstanz, Germany - Felix Wu, University of California at Davis, USA * PhD Workshop Committee - Gabi Dreo Rodosek, University of Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany - Olivier Festor, INRIA Lorraine, France - Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada - Joan Serrat, UPC, Spain - Rolf Stadler, KTH, Sweden - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Switzerland _______________________________________________________________________ AIMS 2008: Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security 1st-3rd July 2008, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany http://www.aims2008.org/ E-mail: j.schoenwaelder(a)jacobs-university.de, hausheer(a)ifi.uzh.ch _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: ACM FOWANC 2008]
by Lars Wolf 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: ACM FOWANC 2008 Datum: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:34:53 -0500 Von: Yu Wang <wangyu1(a)iit.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Referenzen: <4794901C.2020402(a)informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of the CFP. -------------------------------------------------------- The First ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (FOWANC 2008) In conjunction with ACM MobiHoc 2008 May 26, 2008 Hong Kong SAR, CHINA http://nrl.uncc.edu/FOWANC/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission of Papers: 10 February 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 18 March 2008 Final version: 26 March 2008 CONFERENCE THEME Recent research in a variety of wireless ad hoc networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless personal area networks, vehicular networks, RFID networks, and hybrid networks, raises a number of interesting, and difficult, theoretical and algorithmic issues. This workshop is devoted to distributed algorithms and theoretical methods in the context of mobile ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. The workshop is intended to foster cooperation among researchers in mobile ad hoc and sensor networking and theoreticians in algorithm and theory, and push the theoretical research forward for a deeper understanding about ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. This workshop covers the all areas of ad hoc and sensor networking and computing, from physical issues up to applications, with a focus of theoretical and algorithmic aspect. In particular, it will cover distributed algorithms, optimizations, analysis and modeling, randomized algorithms, mechanism design, and theoretical methods in ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. Typical topics include (but not limited to): Channel assignment and management Coding theory and network coding Cryptography, security and privacy Distributed algorithms Dynamic and random networks Dynamic graph algorithms Energy conservation methods and protocols Localization and location tracking Mechanism design and game theory Modeling and complexity analysis Routing, multicast and broadcast Scheduling Selfish behavior and cooperation Synchronization Protocol optimization SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOWANC 2008 will only accept electronic on-line submissions. Detailed instructions can be found in the workshop web page. Accepted papers will be published by ACM. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings are not allowed. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRs: Xiang-Yang Li, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA PUBLICITY CHAIR: Rong Zheng, University of Houston, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR: Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Stephan Eidenbenz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Andras Farago, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Jie Gao, University of SUNY Stony Brook, USA Santosh Kumar, University of Memphis, USA Qun Li, College of William and Mary, USA Zongpeng Li, University of Calgary, Canada Benyuan Liu, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Jiangchuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Canada Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Archan Misra, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA Thomas Moscibroda, Microsoft Research, USA Thyaga Nandagopal, Bell Labs, USA Srinivasan Parthasarathy, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome, Italy Rajmohan Rajaraman, Northeastern University, USA Yi Shi, Virginia Tech, USA Wen-Zhan Song, Washington State University, USA Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research, USA Subhash Suri, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Xinbing Wang, ShangHai JiaoTong University, China Chih-Wei Yi, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Rong Zheng, University of Houston, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CfP for special issue on "Pervasive User-Generated Content" -- IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine
by John Krumm 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

May 1, 2008 is the submission due date for papers on aspects of "Pervasive User-Generated Content", a special issue of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. We are looking for papers that discuss the collection, processing, presentation, and evaluation of data collected by regular users with pervasive technology. Example topics include: o Networked data-gathering from large populations o Data mining and machine learning from distributed sources o Tracking multitudes of everyday objects o Mashups and overlays of user data with other artifacts such as maps o Contributions from mobile users o Aggregating and filtering pervasive ratings and reviews o Users as computing platforms and intelligent data sources o Games and other schemes for gathering data from large populations o Persuading individuals to contribute o Usability aspects for efficient data contribution o Visualizing user contributions o Applications and displays of pervasively generated content o Techniques for determining authenticity of contributed data o Evaluations of pervasively generated content All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed, and the issue's editors will decide which ones are published. Detailed call for papers: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/menuitem.e7bfeea1f36bd84da848… PDF version: http://research.microsoft.com/users/jckrumm/UserGeneratedCfP.pdf IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/ Guest Editors John Krumm, Microsoft Research Chandra Narayanaswami, IBM Research Nigel Davies, Lancaster University

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[Tccc] VALUETOOLS 2008 Preliminary CFP
by Dimitris Toumpakaris 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

Preliminary Call for Papers VALUETOOLS 2008 3rd International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools www.valuetools.org October 20-24, 2008, Athens, Greece IMPORTANT DATES: Full paper due: April 11, 2008 Notification of acceptance: July 4, 2008 Final version due: July 25, 2008 SCOPE: In recent years, a range of performance evaluation methodologies and tools has been developed within disparate research communities for the purposes of evaluation, design, and model reduction. The aim of the Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools conference is to build bridges between these communities, bringing theory and practice together in order to: - compare and debate the complete range of performance evaluation methodologies and their implementation into tools; - promote interdisciplinary flow of technical information among industry systems designers and researchers. Performance Evaluation Techniques will be drawn from the following: - Advanced Simulation Tools (Simulation of Rare Events, Parallel/Distributed Simulation, Variance reduction techniques, Large deviations, Hybrid System simulation) - Stochastic Processes (Stochastic geometry, Long-range dependence, Self-similarity, Point processes, Traffic models and measurements) - Discrete Event Systems (Petri Nets, Max-plus algebra, Automata) - Queuing Theory (Network Calculus, Analytical Models, Approximation Methods, (In)Sensitivity, Dynamic Fluid Models, Diffusion Models, Dam Processes, Perturbation Approaches, Control of Queues) - Optimization Theory and Control (Supervisory Control, Reliability/Performability tools) - Neural Networks and Decision Theory - Graph Theory and Discrete Mathematics - Game Theory and Pricing Envisaged Applications are drawn from, but not limited to: - Computer Networks (Peer-to-peer Networks, Traffic Control Services) - Computer Systems (Grid Computing) - Communication Systems - Wireless Networks (MAC, Routing, Cellular, Ad Hoc Sensor, and Hybrids) - Distributed Systems - Road Traffic and Transportation Systems - Public Utility Networks - Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains - Call Centers - Economic, Biological, and Social Systems Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the PERFORMANCE EVALUATION JOURNAL (confirmed) and DISCRETE EVENTS DYNAMIC SYSTEMS JOURNAL (approval pending). Valuetools 2008 features 5 CO-LOCATED WORKSHOPS (to be held on Oct 20 and 24): - InterPerf (Workshop on interdisciplinary approaches in performance evaluation and design of Computer and Communications Systems) - GameComm (Workshop on Game Theory for Communication Networks) - WNS2 (Workshop on NS2) - Network Calculus (Workshop on Network Calculus) - SMCTools (Stochastic Markov Tools Workshop) SUBMISSIONS: Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in ACM conference proceedings format. General Chair: John Baras (U. of Maryland) Vice General Chair: Costas Courcoubetis (Athens U. of Economics and Business) Plenary Talks: Avishai Madelbaum (Technion) Jean Mairesse (U. Paris 7/CNRS) John Tsitsiklis (MIT) Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Eitan Altman (INRIA) Imritch Chlamtac (CREATE-NET) Steering Committee: Luciano Lenzini (U. of Pisa) Daniele Miorandi (CREATE-NET) Sean Meyn (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Tijani Chahed (GET/INT) Stavros Toumpis (U. of Cyprus) Uri Yechiali (Tel Aviv U.) Workshops Co-Chair: Claudio Cicconetti (U. of Pisa) Sara Alouf (INRIA) Finance Chair: Karen Decker (ICST) Conference Coordinator: Dorothy Bany (ICST) Sponsors Chair: Giannis Marias (Athens U. of Economics and Business) Publicity Chair: Savvas Gitzenis (CERTH) Publication Chair: Dimitris Toumpakaris (U. of Patras) Local Organization Chair: George Xylomenos (Athens U. of Economics and Business) Web Chair: Ephie Deriche (INRIA) Technical Program Committee: Nail Akar (Bilkent) Urtzi Ayesta (LAAS-CNRS) Rachid El Azouzi (U. of Avignon) Xiren Cao (Hong Kong U. Science and Tech.) Oliver Dousse (Deutsche Telekom Labs) Iddo Eliazar (Holon Institute of Technology) Atilla Eryilmaz (Ohio State U.) Christina Fragouli (EPFL) Marco Gribaudo (U. of Torino) Melike Gursoy (Rutgers U.) Moshe Haviv (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem) Nidhi Hedge (France Telecom) Esa Hyytia (FTW) Tania Jimenez (U. Avignon) Nihar Jindal (U. of Minesota) Mehdi Kalantari (U. of Maryland) Hisao Kameda (U. of Tsukuba) Arzad Alam Kherani (IIT New Delhi) Ger Koole (VUU Amsterdam) Iordanis Koutsopoulos (U. of Thessaly) Anurag Kumar (IISC Bangalore) Hanoch Levy (Tel Aviv U.) Muriel Medard (MIT) Jelena Misic (U. of Manitoba) Eytan Modiano (MIT) Evsey Morozov (Karelian Research Center) Sindo Nunez (CWI) George Polyzos (AUEB) Balakrishna Prabhu (CWI) Bozidar Radunovic (Microsoft Research) Fabio Ricciato (FTW) Ronda Righter (U. of California, Berkley) Saswati Sarkar (U. of Pennsylvania) Nachum Shimkin (Technion) Eilon Solan (Tel Aviv U.) Sylvain Sorin (U. Pierre & Marie Curie) George Stamoulis (AUEB) Corinne Touati (INRIA) John Tsitsiklis (MIT) Bruno Tuffin (INRIA) Enrico Vicario (U. of Florence) Jorma Virtamo (Helsinki U. of Technology) Sriram Vishwanath (U. of Texas) George Xylomenos (AUEB) Bert Zwart (Georgia Tech) _______________________________________________ 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 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

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