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[Fwd: [Tccc] IFIP Networking 2008]
by Lars Wolf 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IFIP Networking 2008 Datum: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:00:53 +0100 Von: Andreas J Kassler <andreas.kassler(a)kau.se> Antwort an: andreas.kassler(a)kau.se Organisation: Karlstad University An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Please consider submitting a paper to IFIP Networking 2008. ** Extended Paper Submission Deadline: December 10, 2007 ** *********************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Conference Title: IFIP Networking 2008 Conference Location & Date: Singapore, May 5th to 9th of 2008 Host: Nanyang Technological University Publication: Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). URL: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/networking2008/ Networking 2008 is the seventh event in a series of International Conferences on Networking, sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC 6). The main objectives of Networking 2008 are to bring together active and proficient members of the networking community, from both academia and industry, to discuss recent advances in this broad and fast-evolving field of telecommunications, and to highlight key-issues, identify trends and refresh vision in the field of telecommunications. The conference objectives will be pursued through technical sessions, keynote talks, and tutorials offered by invited experts, as well as panel discussions on hot topics. The technical sessions will be structured into three tracks: . Applications and services Quality of service, Authentication and security, Intrusion detection, Web architectures and protocols, Network measurements and testbeds, Network management systems, Content distribution, Peer to peer and overlay networks, Pricing and billing, Multimedia protocols . Next Generation Internet technologies All-IP networking, Congestion control, Evolution of IP network architecture, Multilayer design and optimization, MPLS and GMPLS, Multicasting, Network modeling and simulation, Quality of Service, Real-time voice/video over IP networks, Resource allocation, Routing and switching, Scheduling and queue management, Traffic engineering . Wireless and Sensor Networks Ad hoc and sensor Networks, Broadband wireless access, Location management, Location services, Handoff, Mobile networks, Mobility models, Cross-layer design, Mesh networks, Wireless protocols, Multicast and anycast, Energy and power management, Routing, Scheduling, Synchronization, Fault tolerance and recovery, Self-organization, Modeling and performance evaluation Important Dates Submission of abstract: December 3, 2007 (11:59 EDT) Extended Deadline for Submission of full papers: December 10, 2007 (11:59 EDT) Notification of acceptance: February 11, 2008 Camera-ready Copy Due: February 25, 2008 Paper Submission Guidelines All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Papers must be submitted electronically. The maximum size of papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures, according to the formatting standard for a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address. There will be a Best Paper Award for the best submitted paper as well as a number of student travel grants. Details of the submission will be available in the website. There will be a Best Paper Award for the best submitted paper as well as a number of student travel grants. Download the Call for Paper: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/networking2008/CFP2008.pdf _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[IFIP-EC-NEWS] Call for Papers
by J. Klabbers 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

** IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING NEWS SERVICE ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** Send all news to: icec(a)listserver.tue.nl **************************************************** ** NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ** not this IFIP EC News Service **************************************************** REMINDER DEADLINE, JANUARY 1, 2008 Dear Colleagues, If you are interested to contribute, please let me know and I will send you the extended CfP. Call for Papers symposium issue of Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research Theme: Emergent characteristics of global gaming networks Guest Editor Jan H.G. Klabbers, jklabbers AT kmpc.nl Following the Symposium issues “State of the Art and Science of Simulation/Gaming”, Volume 32, Number 4, December 2001, “Simulation and Gaming: The art & science of design”, Volume 34, Number 4, December 2003, and “Artifact assessment versus theory testing”, Volume 37, Number 2, June 2006, I am preparing a special issue of the Journal Simulation & Gaming on “Emergent characteristics of global gaming networks.” Current gaming associations such as, ISAGA, NASAGA, SAGSET, ABSEL, JASAG, SAGSAGA, DiGRA, SAGANET, IGDA, and SSAGSG provide a home base for scholars and practitioners from a great variety of disciplines, having distinct perspectives of and interests in gaming. They form nodes in the global gaming networks. Moreover, game design is a science, an art, and a craft, tapping off distinct abilities and motivations. Those involved speak different languages, and as a consequence the terminology used provokes ambiguity, confusion and often misunderstanding among “the communities of gamers”. Thus, covering more than forty years of research and practice, it is worthwhile to review the field from those various perspectives, to wrap up achievements and lessons learned, and to offer a vision of the near future. On the one hand the study of games relates to their design qualities, on the other hand to their context of use and their social and cultural impact. The aim of this special issue is to reflect on and review the gaming landscape from the perspective of the associations mentioned above, and to address emerging characteristics. Can we speak of a common inheritance, a common future, and common achievements? Which goals do these gaming associations and membership pursue? What are/were the main issues to be addressed? What topics are being discussed at the various discussion forums? Which challenges and puzzles need further attention to advance the field? Authors should survey the field of gaming and simulation, review current qualities of the different gaming networks, covering the whole spectrum from face-to-face role- play to computer games and simulations, and games for learning to digital games for entertainment. They are invited to pay attention to (terminological) questions to enhance communication among fellow gamers. That presumes that the authors will exceed the level of purely instrumental reasoning, prevalent in the supporting disciplines, and offer a coherent and recognizable frame-of-reference. My intention is to engage in a constructive dialogue with the authors so that the final product will reflect the highest standards for work in the gaming and simulation tradition. Please send a one- to two-page outline containing the following items: • A working title. • Your name(s), address, phone, e-mail, etc. • An abstract, with a set of objectives and an outline for the proposed paper. • A working plan and time schedule. • Possibly one or two off-prints of previous papers that might be relevant. The outline should not exceed 750 words, including the paper’s title, full name(s) of author(s), and should be emailed to Jan Klabbers by January 1, 2008 at jklabbers(a)kmpc.nl preferably as a Microsoft Word document email attachment. Send your outline to: Jan H.G. Klabbers E-mail: jklabbers(a)kmpc.nl **************************************************** ** To send and receive IFIP-EC-NEWS, go to ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** and subscribe directly **************************************************** ** News archives: ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/private/icec/ **************************************************** ** To join the IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING Group ** contact: g.w.m.rauterberg(a)tue.nl **************************************************** _______________________________________________ ICEC mailing list ICEC(a)listserver.tue.nl http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec

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[Tccc] CAMAD'08 CFP
by Changcheng Huang 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------- 13th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'08) The International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) provides a forum for discussion of recent developments on analytical and simulation tools and techniques for the performance evaluation of communications systems. It was launched in 1986, being held every 2 years until 2006, often in cooperation with flagship IEEE Communication Society conferences (Int. Conference on Communications - ICC, Global Telecommunication Conference - GLOBECOM). Since 2006, the workshop has been held once every year motivated by the ever increasing interest in this hot research and development field with last venues organized in Trento (CAMAD'06) as a stand-alone event, and in conjunction with IEEE PIMRC 2007 in Athens, Greece (CAMAD'07). CAMAD 2008 will be held in conjunction with ICC 2008 in Beijing, China, right before the 2008 Summer Olympic Game. The workshop is soliciting papers describing original work, unpublished and not currently submitted for publication elsewhere, on topics, including but not limited to, the following: - Modeling and Simulation techniques for Integrated Communication Systems - Traffic Engineering and Analysis - Traffic Modeling - Network Measurements - Simulation techniques for large-scale Networks - Simulation and Fast Simulation Techniques for Communication Networks - Validation of Simulation Models with Measurements - Network Optimization and Resource Provisioning - Next Generation Internet - Overlay and Virtual Networks - Autonomic Communication Systems - Cross-Layer & Cross-System Protocol Design - Network Monitoring - Modeling and Design of Network Services and Systems - Wireless, Mobile, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks - Modeling and Design of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks - Seamless Integration of Wireless, Cellular and Broadcasting Networks with Internet - Design of Satellite Networks - Integration of Terrestrial and Satellite Networks The event endorsed by the IEEE Technical Committees on Communications Systems Integration and Modeling (CSIM), and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society. PAPER SUBMISSION: Perspective authors are invited to submit using the EDAS system (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=5943 <http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=5943&track=3385&> &track=3385&) a full paper of not more than five (5) IEEE style pages including results, figures and references. Papers will be reviewed with the standard reviewing procedure (with at least 3 independent anonymous reviews). Accepted papers will be published on IEEExplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/). The best accepted paper will receive the Best Paper Award, sponsored by IEEE ComSoc CSIM Technical Committee. - Paper Submission: December 20, 2007 - Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2008 - Submission of camera-ready papers: February 28, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chair: Changcheng Huang (Carleton Univ., CA) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Fabrizio Granelli (Univ. of Trento, Italy) Jie Li (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Steering Committee Chair: Michael Devetsikiotis (North Carolina State Univ., U.S.) Steering Committee: Nelson L.S. da Fonseca (UNICAMP, Brazil) Pascal Lorenz (Univ. of Haute Alsace, France) Hussein Mouftah (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada) Fabrizio Granelli (Univ. of Trento, Italy) Charalabos Skianis (University of the Aegean, Greece) Technical Program Committee: Toufik Ahmed (Univ. of Bordeaux-1, France) Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici Univ., Turkey) Igor Bisio (Univ. of Genoa, Italy) Periklis Chatzimisios (TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece) Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan) Li Cui (I. Computing Technology, China) Michael Devetsikiotis (NCSU, USA) Christos Douligeris (U. Piraeus, Greece) Marc Emmelmann (TU Berlin, Germany) Nelson Fonseca (State U. Campinas, Brazil) Stefano Giordano (Univ. of Pisa, Italy) Fabrizio Granelli (U. Trento, Italy) Pin-Han Ho (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada) Changcheng Huang (Carleton U.,Canada) Susumu Ishihara (Shizuoka Univ., Japan) Athanasios Kanatas (U. Piraeus, Greece) Dzmitry Kliazovich (U. Trento, Italy) Kimon Kontovasilis (NCSR 'Demokritos', GR) Jie Li (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) Pascal Lorenz (U. Haute Alsace, France) Alexander Markhasin (Siberian State Univ., Russia) Ahmed Mehaoua (U. of Paris - Rene Descartes, France) Ibrahim Onyuksel (Northern Illinois Univ., USA) Neeli Prasad (Aalborg Univ., Denmark) Zili Shao (The Hongkong Polytechnic Univ., China) Gangxiang Shen (Melbourne Univ. Australia) Petia Todorova (Fraunhofer-FOKUS, Germany) Ljiljana Trajkovic (Simon Fraser Univ., Canada) Xu Wang (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan) Jian Wang (Tsinghua University, China) Zhijun Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., China) Jing Wu (Communications Research Centre, Canada) Kun Yang (University of Essex, U.K.) Shaozhen Ye (Fuzhou University, China) Luying Zhou (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] +++ IEEE SECON 2008 CFP +++ Registration due in 5 days on 12/04 +++
by Daji Qiao 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. =================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS SECON 2008 The 5th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad hoc Communications and Networks http://www.ieee-secon.org San Francisco, CA, June 16-20, 2008 Sponsored by The IEEE Communications Society ==== Registration Deadline --- December 04, 2007 ==== ==== Submission Deadline --- December 11, 2007 ==== The fifth annual IEEE SECON conference will provide a unique forum to exchange ideas, discuss best practices, raise awareness, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks and systems. IEEE SECON grew out of the IEEE INFOCOM conference in 2004, in order to create an event that focused on the important and exciting topics of Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications Networks. Full papers - describing original, previously unpublished research work, experimental efforts, practical experiences, and industrial and commercial developments in sensor, ad hoc, and mesh communications and networks - are solicited. Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - New architectures and protocols - Modeling and Performance Evaluation - Measurements and Experimental Research on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks - Cross-Layer Design - Hardware and Software Platforms, Middleware - Transport, Network and MAC Protocol Design - Energy Efficiency - Network Coding, MIMO and Other Emerging Areas - Network Security at all layers - Survivability and Fault Tolerance PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ================================ Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. All papers for IEEE SECON 2008 must be submitted electronically via the EDAS system: http://edas.info/5694. Papers must be no longer than 9 pages and in font size no smaller than 10 points. Please refer to the SECON website for detailed instructions on preparing and submitting the manuscript. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceeding published by IEEE. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Registration Deadline: December 04, 2007, 7:59pm EST (4:59pm PST) Submission Deadline: December 11, 2007, 7:59pm EST (4:59pm PST) Notification: March 14, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== General Chair: Kang G. Shin, Univ. of Michigan TPC Co-Chairs: Sujata Banerjee, HP Labs Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, UC Riverside Panel Co-Chairs: Sneha Kumar Kasera, Univ. of Utah Jie Wu, NSF/Florida Atlantic Univ. Publications Chair: Curt Schurgers, UCSD Poster/Demo Co-Chairs: Sunghyun Choi, Seoul Nation Univ., Korea Alhussein Abouzeid, RPI Publicity Chair: Daji Qiao, Iowa State Univ. Web Chair: Prashant Krishnamurthy, Univ. of Pittsburgh Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: Ignacio Solis, PARC Kumar Viswanath, NTT MCL Travel Awards Chair: Romit Roy Choudhury, Duke Univ. STANDING COMMITTEE ================== Fred Bauer, Nokia (Chair) Hamid Aghvami, King's College, London Mischa Dohler, France Telecom R&D Harvey Freeman, HAF Consulting, Inc. Sung-Ju Lee, HP Labs Prasant Mohapatra, UC Davis Krishna Sivalingam, UMBC _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: HotEmNets 2008 (The Fifth Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors)
by Radu Stoleru 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= The Fifth Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (HotEmNets 2008) http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~tianhe/sites/emnets/ June 2-3 , Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Important Dates: ================ Papers Due: Feb 29th, 2008 Notification: April 27th, 2008 Camera Ready: May 4th, 2008 Conference: June 2-3, 2008 Overview: ========= The Fifth Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (HotEmNets 2008) brings together wireless sensor network researchers from academic and industrial backgrounds to present groundbreaking results that will shed light on present and future research challenges. The workshop emphasizes results from experiments or deployments that quantify the challenges in the wireless sensor systems of today as well as early results from new ideas that introduce promising approaches that will define the challenges in the wireless sensor systems of tomorrow. We especially welcome papers reporting on results that refute common assumptions, deployment experiences, novel and original approaches, and, more generally, papers that will help inform and guide research. The EmNets Program Committee discourages submissions that are short versions of papers that will be submitted to other conferences in the near future, since its goal is to engage the research community in a discussion of future challenges and issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: =================================================== # Validation/refutation of prior results # Application experiences: measurements, successes and failures # Future applications: requirements and challenges # Hardware platforms, tradeoffs, and trends # Data and network storage # Delay-tolerant networking # Management, debugging, and troubleshooting # Network and software reliability # Network and system architectures # Software bug detection and tools # Energy sources, scavenging, and low-power operation # Human-Computer interfaces for sensornets # Benchmarks and evaluation suites The proceedings of the workshop will be archived in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide a camera-ready copy that is formatted according to specifications provided by the ACM, and to provide a signed ACM copyright form. Paper submission: ================= # Papers should be submitted in Adobe PDF format. # No longer than five pages in US letter or A4 paper size, including all text, figures, references, appendices, etc. # Two column formatting. # One-inch margins on all sides. # Minimum 10-point font size (smaller fonts are acceptable for footnotes, references, and figure captions). Organization Committee: ======================= General Chair John A. Stankovic University of Virginia Program Co-Chairs: Raj Rajkumar Carnegie Mellon University Tian He University of Minnesota Publicity Chair Radu Stoleru Texas A&M University Technical Program Committee: =========================== Tarek F. Abdelzaher, UIUC Andrew Campbell, Dartmouth College Polly Huang, National Taiwan Univ. Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt University Qun Li, College of William and Mary Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University Mark Yarvis, Intel Corporation Ying Zhang, PARC Gang Zhou, College of William and Mary _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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(no subject)
by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

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[Tccc] ICCCN 2008: Call for Papers
by arunita jaekel 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

**** Apologies for multiple copies. Please feel free to distribute *** ICCCN 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS http://icccn.org/icccn08/ August 4-7, 2008 Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (USA) Sponsors: IEEE ComSoc (Technical Co-Sponsorship pending) ICCCN is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of Computer Communications and Networks. It also serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving communications and networking related techniques. SCOPE: The primary focus of the conference is on new and original research results in the areas of design, implementation, and applications of Computer Communications and Networks. We invite you to submit papers that present challenging and innovative results. Please submit your papers to one of the tracks listed below for the conference. Optical Networking Pervasive Computing and Mobile Networking QoS Control and Traffic Modeling Cross-Layer Design and Optimization Signal Processing for Communications Network Security Cognitive Radio Networks Communication and Information Theory Internet Services and Applications Multimedia Networking Networking Algorithms and Performance Evaluation Future Internet Architectures and Protocols Information Processing in Sensor Networks Cellular Telephony: 3G and Beyond Wireless Platform: Applications and Testbeds Protocols and Algorithms for Wireless Networks General Topics IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: February 17, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 12, 2008 Camera ready papers due: June 1, 2008 SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS: Submitted manuscripts must be of length up to 6 pages unless the authors are willing to pay the over-length charges at the time of publication (manuscripts may NOT exceed 8 pages). The manuscripts must be submitted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font). Files should be submitted in PDF format and formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper. Submitted papers may NOT have appeared in, nor be under consideration for, another journal or conference. The Program Committee reserves the right to NOT review papers that either exceed the above length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include the title, abstract, keywords, author(s) and affiliation, e-mail address(es), fax/phone number(s), and postal address(es). In case of multiple authors, indicate which author is responsible for correspondence about the submission. REVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPTS: All submitted papers will be reviewed and judged on originality, correctness, relevance, quality of presentation, and technical strength and significance. An accepted paper must be registered and presented by one of the authors at the conference venue and must be limited to 6 pages (with an allowance of up to two extra pages at a cost of US$150 per extra page beyond 6 pages) in standard IEEE camera-ready format. Each FULL registration covers up to THREE papers by an author. BEST PAPER AWARD: ICCCN08 plans to award one best paper and authors of the paper will be recognized at the conference. WORKSHOPS: ICCCN08 features satellite workshops. Workshop proposals should be submitted to the workshops co-chairs, Prof. Xiaolin (Andy) Li at xiaolin(a)cs.okstate.edu or Prof. Yunhao Liu at liu(a)cs.ust.hk. The details of Call for Workshop Proposals can be found on the ICCCN08 Web site. Please contact the ICCCN 2008 Officers below with any questions: Prof. Byrav Ramamurthy Technical Program Chair University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tel: (402) 472-7791 Email: byrav(a)cse.unl.edu Web: http://cse.unl.edu/~byrav/index.html Dr. Haohong Wang General Chair Marvell Semiconductors Tel: (408) 222-9779 Email: haohong(a)ieee.org _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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(no subject)
by wolf＠ibr.cs.tu-bs.de 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

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CFP - Distributed Collaborative Sensors Network
by Herve Guyennet 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Workshop on "Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks" will be held on the 19th of May in Irvine, USA, in adjunction with the 2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2008) May 19-23, 2008 The Hyatt Regency Irvine Irvine, California, USA http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/08/ CALL FOR PAPERS Submission Deadline: January 15, 2008 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES The 1st International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks aims at providing opportunities to present the most recent advances and future challenges in the field of distributed, wireless and mobile communications in sensors networks, as they relate to collaboration. Wireless Sensors Networks constitute a significant current technology, attracting considerable research interest from various disciplines. Indeed, the wireless sensor technology is employed in emerging areas with high potential for scientific research, being used for biomedical, environmental or industrial applications. These applications generally require intelligent dense environment monitoring which generates important data volumes. Data collection and analysis need to deal with cooperation and coordination topics in order to prolong network lifetime and to provide useful, synthesized information for automation, decision making and support. Topology control, by means of clusters or groups, is another applied technique to overcome these challenging problems. The 1st International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks will focus on the research of developing collaboration infrastructures and solutions in the context of wireless sensors networks, aiming to bring together researchers and practitioners in these fields. In addition, the workshop will highlight recent innovative research results which will strengthen the formal foundation of this emerging area. This workshop is to be held as part of the 2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS08). Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to): - Data and Resource Sharing in Sensors Networks - Collaborative Data Management on Large Scale - Distributed Sensors Architectures - Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks - Interfacing with Wireless/Mobile Systems - Routing and Data Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks - Group Collaboration in Sensor Networks - Visualization Techniques and Visual Languages for Collaborative Sensor Networks - Multi-sensor Data Fusion - Methods for Ad Hoc Deployment - Algorithms for Sensor Localization and Tracking of Mobile Users - Energy Issues and In-Situ Calibration Methods - Performance Evaluation of Distributed Sensor Networks - Trust and Security Issues in Distributed Collaborative Sensor Systems - Intelligent Sensor Technologies and Applications - Applications Enabled by Collaborative Sensor Network Architectures SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS We invite papers reporting original and unpublished research work on above and any other related topics from researchers in academia and industry. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliations, addresses, fax and phone numbers, and email addresses. Include also an abstract of no more than 300 words along with a short list of keywords. Please submit an electronic copy of your full manuscript (not exceeding 10 pages in IEEE format, single-spaced, double-column, including figures, tables and references). Electronic submissions will be accepted only in PDF format, sent by email to the organizers. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the Symposium's web site later. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. All accepted papers are required to be presented and will be included in the conference proceedings. All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed by the technical program committee members and the reviewers they invite. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Initial selection will be based on full papers. WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS The technical program committee of DCSN 2008 is co-chaired by Herve Guyennet LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France Email: guyennet(a)lifc.univ-fcomte.fr Violeta Felea Email: felea(a)lifc.univ-fcomte.fr LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France Technical Program Committee The members of the Program Committee are: - Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Huah Yong Chan, University Sains, Malaysia - Patrice Clemente, ENSI Bourges, France - Dan Grigoras,, University College Cork, Ireland - Jean-Christophe Lapayre, LIFC, Besançon, France - Vincent Lecuire, CRAN Nancy, France - Gianluca Moro, University of Bologna, Italy - Vladimir Oleshchuk, Agder University College, Norway - Thierry Villemur, LAAS, Toulouse, France IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline January 15, 2008 Notification of Acceptance February 8, 2008 Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due March 3, 2008 If you have questions regarding workshop paper submission or the workshop content, please contact Herve Guyennet (guyennet(a)lifc.univ-fcomte.fr) or Violeta Felea (felea(a)lifc.univ-fcomte.fr). For information or questions about the full Symposium's program, tutorials, exhibits, demos, panel and special sessions organization, please consult the conference web site at URL: http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/08/ or contact the symposium co-chairs: Bill McQuay at AFRL/IFSD, WPAFB (William.McQuay(a)wpafb.af.mil) or Waleed W. Smari at the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton (Waleed.Smari(a)notes.udayton.edu).

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CfP: OMNeT++ 2008 - Deadline extended to Dec 16
by Isabel Dietrich 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] Due to several requests, we extended the submission deadline to December 16, 2007. Please note that this is now a firm deadline. No further extensions will be granted. CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International OMNeT++ Workshop <www.omnet-workshop.org> held in conjunction with SIMUTools 2008 <http://www.simutools.org> Marseille, France, March 3, 2008 Sponsored by: ICST, ACM SIGSIM, IEEE France, INRIA, SCS OMNeT++ is a public-source, component-based, modular and open-architecture simulation environment with strong GUI support and an embeddable simulation kernel. Its primary application area is the simulation of communication networks. Because of its generic and flexible architecture it has been successfully used in other areas like the simulation of IT systems, queuing networks, hardware architectures, and business processes. OMNeT++ is rapidly becoming a popular simulation platform in the scientific community as well as in industrial settings. Several open source simulation models have been published, in the field of Internet simulations (IP, IPv6, MPLS, etc), mobility and ad-hoc simulations and other areas. However, such a growing community faces also growing challenges and problems: Integration of different simulation tools, porting of simulation models between different platforms, testing and comparison of applications. Different initiatives were started in the last years for unifying and integrating the already existing simulation models, which involves however also organization and coordination among the different user groups. An important task is making the existing tools and applications easily available. The goal of this workshop is to bring together OMNeT++ users and their tools, applications and ideas. It intends to provide a forum for presentations of recent developments and novel ideas in the broad context of network simulation with focus on OMNeT++. It will bring together researchers to focus on the important topics of integrating simulation models, coupling different simulation tools, providing better modeling approaches, and contributing to the active modeling and simulation community with respect to identifying some of the most promising candidate solution methods, architectures and techniques to address the various challenges of network simulation. The benefits are two-fold: On the one hand OMNeT++ users get into direct discussion and on the other hand they can meet with developers. Furthermore, the developers can pick up ideas for the future development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Parallel simulation * Simulation control * Result interpretation and analysis * Debugging * Simulation in the loop * Modeling techniques * Coupling with other simulation/emulation tools * Integration of hardware-specific code * Cross-layer protocol design methodologies * Mobility models * Simulation of wireless networks * Industrial applications * Use of OMNeT++ in other domains Submission Instructions: Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 8 pages, or short papers of up to 3 pages, in ACM conference proceedings format. All accepted papers will be made available in ACM Digital Library, as well as indexed by EI and ISI Index. Detailed submission instructions, together with format files, are available on the website. Workshop co-chairs: - Andras Varga, Simulcraft Inc. - Falko Dressler, Univ. Erlangen - Andreas Willig, TU Berlin TPC chair: - Cristina Comaniciu, Stevens Inst. TPC vice-chair: - Christoph Sommer, Univ. Erlangen - Anna Foerster, Univ. Lugano - Andreas Koepke, TU Berlin Publicity co-chairs: - Isabel Dietrich, Univ. Erlangen - Daniel Willkomm, TU Berlin Program committee: - Ingmar Baumgart, TU Karlsruhe - Roland Bless, TU Karlsruhe - Cristina Comaniciu, Stevens Inst. - Isabel Dietrich, Univ. Erlangen - Thomas Dreibholz, Univ. Duisburg - Falko Dressler, Univ. Erlangen - Anna Foerster, Univ. Lugano - Patrick Haeflinger, Alcatel-Lucent - Raja Jurdak, UCD Dublin - Andreas Koepke, TU Berlin - Andreas Lagemann, TU Cottbus - Amy L. Murphy, ITC-IRST - Gregory M.P. O'Hare, UCD Dublin - Tom Parker, TU Delft - Dan Pescaru, Univ. of Timisoara - Alfonso A. Quintana, Univ. Malaga - Antonio G. Ruzzelli, UCD Dublin - Guenter Schaefer, TU Ilmenau - Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash Univ. - Christoph Sommer, Univ. Erlangen - Michael Tuexen, FH Muenster - Andras Varga, Simulcraft Inc. - Klaus Wehrle, Univ. of Aachen - Andreas Willig, TU Berlin - Daniel Willkomm, TU Berlin - Martina Zitterbart, TU Karlsruhe Important Dates (all deadlines are 23:59 MET): - Full paper (extended deadline): December 16, 2007 - Notification: January 15, 2008 - Final version: February 1, 2008

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFPs: ICDCS'08 Workshop on Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Mobile Networks]
by Lars Wolf 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFPs: ICDCS'08 Workshop on Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Mobile Networks Datum: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:41:00 -0600 (CST) Von: Dr. Hongyi Wu <wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] CALL FOR PAPERS The 3rd International Workshop on Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Mobile Networks (In conjunction with ICDCS 2008), Beijing, China, June 20, 2008. http://www.cacs.louisiana.edu/~wu/DTMN08/. Mobile communication has experienced an explosive growth since close to quarter of a century. In particular, the mobile ad hoc network technology has attracted significant attention in the last decade or so due its challenging research problems, and span off such new research areas as mesh-based mobile networks and sensor networks. What characterizes nearly all of those mobile technologies is that during the exchange of information between the source and destination terminals, there exists a set of links which constitutes an end-to-end path over which the information is communicated. In some application scenarios, however, the connectivity between the mobile stations is poor due to very sparse network conditions (low node density) or due to unstable connectivity conditions (interference, fading, etc), and thus it is difficult to form a well-connected mesh network for transmitting data through end-to-end connections. In fact, even if there temporarily exists a path in the network for some portion of the communication, it is likely that the terminals will only be intermittently connected due to mobility. As a result, data are delivered in a store-carry and forward paradigm in such networks. Examples include vehicular networks, mobile sensor networks, deep space communications, etc. In this workshop we aim to explore novel research issues related to Delay (or Disruption)-Tolerant Mobile Networks (DTMN) and bringing together state-of-the-art contributions in this emerging area. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - New Network Architectures and Applications * Mobile sensor networks * Vehicular networks * Heterogeneous mobile networks * Delay-tolerant applications - Protocol Design and Optimization * Delay-tolerant transport protocols * Mobility/disruption-aware routing protocols * Reliability and fault tolerance * Energy, processing power and storage requirement * Mobility modeling and mobility management * Localization and location management * Nodal synchronization * Security, privacy and incentives for co-operation * Resource allocation and QoS support - Performance Analysis and Evaluation - Testbed Implementation and Experimental Results Important Dates: - Paper Submissions: Dec. 15, 2007 - Notification: Feb. 11, 2008 - Final Version: March 9, 2008 - Workshop date: June 20, 2008 Submission Instructions: Papers are solicited in the IEEE proceedings format with up to eight (8) pages. Blinded submissions in PDF format must be sent to wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu no later than December 15, 2008. Please include the authors' names and affiliations in the email body only. You will receive a confirmation within 24 hours. All submissions must be original prior unpublished work and not under review elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed blindly and selected based on their originality, merit, and relevance to the workshop. Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop, and will appear in the ICDCS workshop proceedings. Please email wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu if you have any questions. Program Co-Chairs: - Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University - Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Program Committee: - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University - Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University - Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge - Cecilia Mascolo, University College of London - Tamer Nadeem, Siemens Corporate Research - Dmitri Perkins, University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Chunming Qiao, State University of New York at Buffalo - Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California - Kun Tan, Microsoft Research Asia - Nian-Feng Tzeng, University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Yu Wang, Microsoft - Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University - Zhensheng Zhang, San Diego Research Center --Hongyi ======================================================================== Dr. Hongyi Wu, Associate Professor The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette P.O. Box 44330, Lafayette, LA 70504-4330, U.S.A. Tel: 337-482-5779, Fax: 337-482-5791 E-mail: wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu http://www.cacs.louisiana.edu/~wu ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: WoWMoM Industrial Track]
by Lars Wolf 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: WoWMoM Industrial Track Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:16:48 -0800 (PST) Von: Qi Han <qh1c4(a)yahoo.com> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu CC: jain(a)ics.uci.edu, mkumar(a)uta.edu, fanjum(a)qualcomm.com, qhan(a)mines.edu 9th IEEE International Symposium on A WORLD of WIRELESS, MOBILE, and MULTIMEDIA NETWORKS IEEE WoWMoM 2008 June 23-27, 2008 Newport Beach/Irvine, California, USA http://www.ieee-wowmom.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS: "INDUSTIAL TRACK" Important dates * Paper submission deadline: February 11, 2008 * Acceptance notification: March 17, 2008 * Camera-ready deadline: April 04, 2008 As part of an expanded involvement of industry researchers and professionals, IEEE WoWMoM 2008 (http://www.ieee-wowmom.org/) is soliciting original and previously unpublished research papers for a one-day Industry Session. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Mobility and handover aspects * Security for mobile multimedia * (evolved) MBMS and security * Standards enhacements and upcoming technologies (3GPP/2, IEEE, IETF) * Middleware support for mobile multimedia * Mobile content distribution and authorization * Presence-awareness and multimedia signaling in provider networks * Service creation and provisioning for mobile applications * Broadcast/Multicast based applications and architectures * Power control and energy-efficient systems for pervasive communication * RFID/sensor applications in enterprise and provider networks * Innovative methods for charging/billing * Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) systems * Network simulation and validation tools The Industry Session track is intended to specially highlight system experiences and proofs-of-concept in the areas of wireless communication and multimedia applications. Like regular papers, the "industry session" papers will undergo a review process by an international TPC and will appear in the conference proceedings. However, the selection criteria for "industry session" papers are slightly different. In particular, papers should describe applications, prototypes or experiences of clear industry relevance. Papers with narrow algorithmic focus or only high-level design details are discouraged. A key goal of these sessions is to present systems-oriented research that exposes the academic and research communities to "real-life" issues and problems being faced in industry. Accordingly, papers will be evaluated, less on the novelty of specific algorithmic content, but by the originality and general applicability of insights that can be inferred from the authors' implementation experience. Papers must be submitted in PDF format via the Easy Chair Website: http://www.easychair.org/wowmom08/. Papers should be double-column, 10pt IEEE format and no longer than 8 pages. Industry Session Chairs: Anand R. Prasad (DoCoMo Euro-Labs) Anjum Farooq (Qualcomm) E-mail: aprasad(a)ieee.org fanjum(a)qualcomm.com More details on the committees for industry sessions and up-to-date submission deadlines etc. are available at: http://wowmom08.ics.uci.edu/industrial.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" in CSNDSP 2008
by Periklis Chatzimisios 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" organized in association with the Sixth Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2008) 23-25 July 2008, Graz, Austria Important Dates: ================ Full Paper due: January 27, 2008 Notification of acceptance by: April 1, 2008 Camera ready paper due: May 5, 2008 Scope: ====== CSNDSP 2008 is organizing a Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" aiming to offer the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals and academics around the world to meet, present latest research results and discuss future directions. Topics of Interest: =================== All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers, including a TPC member. Papers are solicited from, but not limited to the following topics: - QoS in the Internet - QoS and Routing (MPLS, Multicast Service) - QoS Network Architectures and Network services - Standardization Aspects of QoS and Reliability - Traffic Modelling, Control and characterization - Performance Modelling - Queuing Theory - Network Design - Simulation and Measurements techniques - Tools and software for Performance Evaluation - Envisaged performance studies on Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Paper submission: ================= Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Please visit http://www.csndsp08.tugraz.at/ for submission guidelines. It would be helpful if authors mention the Special Session when submitting their papers. Further inquiries could also be directed to the Special Session organizers. Special Session organizers: =========================== Hind Castel, Institut National des Telecommunications, France Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee: =========================== Gennaro Boggia (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Tijani Chahed (Institut National des Telecommunications, France) Thomas Lagkas (Aristotle University, Greece) Ian Marsh (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden) Lynda Mokdad (University of Paris-Dauphine, France) Jalel Ben-Othman (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, France) Nihal Pekergin (University of Paris12, Creteil, France) Rouzbeh Razavi (University of Essex, UK) Luca Vollero (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy) Theodore Zahariadis (TEI of Chalkida, Greece) -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Researcher in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki GR-57400, Thessaloniki (GREECE) Phone: +30 2310-791604 Fax: +30 2310-791290 Email: peris(a)it.teithe.gr, pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~peris ------------------------------------------------ PIMRC 2008: http://www.pimrc2008.org MediaWiN 2007: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr CSNDSP 2008: http://www.csndsp.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CfP - IEEE Workshop on Autonomic Communications and Network Management (ACNM'08)
by Stefan Schmid 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

(Please accept our apology if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd IEEE Workshop on Autonomic Communications and Network Management (ACNM 2008) April 11, 2008 - Salvador, Brazil http://www.netlab.nec.de/acnm08/ In conjunction with the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2008) The purpose of this workshop is to present and to discuss new theories, mechanisms and applications of Autonomic Communication - a new paradigm for forthcoming networks in the fixed as well as the mobile world. The focus of ACNM is on intelligent communication, network control and management paradigms based on smart network and service elements that are capable to automatically configure and organize themselves. Autonomic networks will be able to sense their environment to perceive these changes, to understand the meaning of these changes, and to react in an intelligent manner through adaptation. This facilitates new ways to perform network control, management, service creation, etc. Autonomic networking naturally also applies to mission critical distributed systems, since autonomic behavior allows for immediate reaction to changes in the networking environment or context, and correction of any (predicted) problems. Such behavior also facilitates fault-tolerance and resilience. ACNM offers a unique opportunity for researchers in this area to exchange their research ideas and findings. The workshop will be held in conjunction with NOMS'08, which draws many leading researchers in the field of Network and Systems Management. It is co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) and the EU IST Project ANA. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following (the full CFP can be found at http://www.netlab.nec.de/acnm08/): *** TOPICS *** - Autonomic network architectures and principles - Paradigms, tools and techniques autonomic communication systems - Control and management in dynamic/mobile network environments - Self-management of communication systems and networks (e.g., based on peer-to-peer principles) - Policy control for autonomic networks & systems - Sensing, monitoring and measurements for autonomic networks - Advances in and application of control theory - Self-co-operating peer-to-peer networks - Self-organizing network elements, and administrative domains - Self-* technologies - Fault-tolerance and resilience - Cognitive networking - Plug and play networking components - Knowledge based network control - Bio-inspired networks and systems - Experiences with self-* solutions - Application of autonomic management to mobile and wireless networking including 3GPP evolved UTRAN, SAE networks, etc. *** IMPORTANT DATES *** - Submission deadline: January 11th, 2008 - Notification of acceptance: February 22nd, 2008 - Camera ready version: March 21st, 2008 *** PAPER SUBMISSION *** Papers must be original material, not currently be under review, and not have been previously published by another conference or journal. They must be written in English. They must follow the IEEE two-column document style, limited to 6-8 US Letter size pages, with a main text font size of no less than 10pt. Submissions must be in PDF format. To submit your paper, please go to the JEMS system at https://jems.sbc.org.br/noms2008_acnm2008. *** WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS *** - Raouf Boutaba (rboutaba(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca) University of Waterloo, Canada - Marcus Brunner (brunner(a)nw.neclab.eu) NEC Europe, Germany *** TPC CO-CHAIRS *** - Stefan Schmid (schmid(a)neclab.eu) NEC Europe, Germany - Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville (granville(a)inf.ufrgs.br) Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul (UFRGS), Brazil --- Stefan Schmid (stefan.schmid(a)neclab.eu) NEC Labs Europe NEC Europe Ltd. Registered Office: NEC House, 1 Victoria Road, London W3 6BL. Registered in England 2832014 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CFP: Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" in CSNDSP 2008
by Periklis Chatzimisios 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" organized in association with the Sixth Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2008) 23-25 July 2008, Graz, Austria Important Dates: ================ Full Paper due: January 27, 2008 Notification of acceptance by: April 1, 2008 Camera ready paper due: May 5, 2008 Scope: ====== CSNDSP 2008 is organizing a Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" aiming to offer the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals and academics around the world to meet, present latest research results and discuss future directions. Topics of Interest: =================== All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers, including a TPC member. Papers are solicited from, but not limited to the following topics: - QoS in the Internet - QoS and Routing (MPLS, Multicast Service) - QoS Network Architectures and Network services - Standardization Aspects of QoS and Reliability - Traffic Modelling, Control and characterization - Performance Modelling - Queuing Theory - Network Design - Simulation and Measurements techniques - Tools and software for Performance Evaluation - Envisaged performance studies on Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Paper submission: ================= Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Please visit http://www.csndsp08.tugraz.at/ for submission guidelines. It would be helpful if authors mention the Special Session when submitting their papers. Further inquiries could also be directed to the Special Session organizers. Special Session organizers: =========================== Hind Castel, Institut National des Telecommunications, France Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee: =========================== Gennaro Boggia (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Tijani Chahed (Institut National des Telecommunications, France) Thomas Lagkas (Aristotle University, Greece) Ian Marsh (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden) Lynda Mokdad (University of Paris-Dauphine, France) Jalel Ben-Othman (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, France) Nihal Pekergin (University of Paris12, Creteil, France) Rouzbeh Razavi (University of Essex, UK) Luca Vollero (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy) Theodore Zahariadis (TEI of Chalkida, Greece) -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Researcher in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki GR-57400, Thessaloniki (GREECE) Phone: +30 2310-791604 Fax: +30 2310-791290 Email: peris(a)it.teithe.gr, pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~peris ------------------------------------------------ PIMRC 2008: http://www.pimrc2008.org MediaWiN 2007: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr CSNDSP 2008: http://www.csndsp.com

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[Fwd: CFP WiMAN 2008]
by Lars Wolf 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP WiMAN 2008 Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:46:09 +0100 Von: Frank Reichenbach <frank.reichenbach(a)uni-rostock.de> An: multicomm(a)comsoc.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Second IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks (WiMAN'08) Beijing, China, June 20, 2008 in conjunction with ICDCS 2008 http://www.cs.iusb.edu/~liqzhang/WiMAN2008/index.htm Submission Deadline: December 7, 2007 **************************************************************************************** Recently, wireless mesh networking is attracting significant interest from academia, industry, and standard organizations. With several favorable characteristics, such as dynamic self-organization, self-configuration, self-healing, easy maintenance, high scalability and reliable services, wireless mesh networks have been advocated as a cost-effective approach to support high-speed last mile connectivity and ubiquitous broadband access in the context of home networking, enterprise networking, or community networking. Despite recent advances, and the technical accumulations from more than a decade's research effort in mobile ad hoc networks, many research issues remain in all protocol layers of wireless mesh networks. For example, the introducing of mixed (infrastructure and ad hoc) architecture, multi-radio, multi-channel, and multi-antenna, have brought new challenges in the design of physical, MAC, and routing protocols. New application scenarios, such as all-wireless office, are urging researchers to address enhanced QoS support and various security issues in the design of different protocol layers for wireless mesh networks. This workshop aims to bring together the technologies and researchers who share interest in the area of wireless mesh and ad hoc networks. The main purpose is to promote discussions of research and relevant activities in the design of architectures, protocols, algorithms, services, and applications for wireless networks. It also aims at increasing the synergy between academic and industry professionals working in this area. We plan to seek papers that address theoretical, experimental, and work in-progress at the all layers of wireless mesh and ad hoc networks, from application layer to the physical layer. Topics covered by the workshop will include, but are not limited to, the following: Multi-radio and �multi-channel wireless mesh networking Multi-hop wireless communications and ad hoc networking MAC protocols (IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.20, and beyond) Routing, scheduling, and channel assignment protocols Quality of Services provisioning Multimedia communications over mesh and ad hoc networks Network deployment, localization, and synchronization Topology construction and maintenance Modeling and performance evaluations Cross layer optimizations Power-aware and energy-efficient protocols and algorithms Intelligent system techniques for mesh and ad hoc networks Testbed, prototype, and practical systems Novel applications of mesh and ad hoc networks Vehicular mesh and ad hoc networks Wireless sensor networks Self-adaptive and self-organizing wireless networking systems Important Dates --------------- Paper submission due: December 7, 2007 Acceptance notification: February 11, 2008 Camera-ready due: March 9, 2008 Workshop: June 20, 2008 Submissions and Publications ---------------------------- Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. Submissions should include an abstract, key words, the e-mail address of the corresponding author. The length of the papers should be limited to 6 pages in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) with at most two additional pages with extra charge. One additional page costs $150. Please check the workshop webpage for detailed submission instructions. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the workshop to present the work. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. All accepted papers will be published in workshop proceedings by IEEE Computer Society Press and IEEE online library. Organizing Committees --------------------- Workshop Program Co-Chairs Christian Poellabauer, University of Notre Dame, USA (cpoellab(a)cse.nd.edu) Liqiang Zhang, Indiana University South Bend, USA (liqzhang(a)cs.iusb.edu) Workshop Program Vice Chair Jun Luo, University of Waterloo, Canada (j7luo(a)engmail.uwaterloo.ca) Publicity Co-Chairs Yong Cui, Tsinghua University, China (cuiyong(a)tsinghua.edu.cn) Frank Reichenbach, University of Rostock, Germany (frank.reichenbach(a)uni-rostock.de) Technical Program Committee Wessam Ajib, University of Qu�bec at Montr�al, Canada Hasnaa Aniss, UQAT-LRCS, Canada Tricha Anjali, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Malik Audeh, Tropos Networks, USA Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy Edoardo S. Biagioni, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Fabian Bustamante, Northwestern University, USA Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales, Australia Gang Ding, Olympus Communication Technology, USA Junzhao Du, Xidian University, China Karoly Farkas, University of West Hungary, Hungary Shinichi Honiden, University of Tokyo, Japan Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Abdelmajid Khelil, TU Darmstadt, Germany Sandeep Kulkarni, Michigan State University, USA Hyunjeong Hannah Lee, Intel Research, USA Guoqing Li, Intel Research, USA Qun Li, College of William and Mary, USA Hock Beng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Guoqiang Mao, The University of Sydney, Australia Shivajit Mohapatra, Motorola Labs, USA Luis Montestruque, EmNet LLC., USA Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA Paolo Santi, IIT-CNR, Italy Kaoru Sezaki, University of Tokyo, Japan Haiying Sheng, University of Arkansas, USA Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA David Surma, Indiana University South Bend, USA Zhijun Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong, China Takashi Watanabe, Shizuoka University, Japan Jianbin Wei, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, USA Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Yang Yang, University College London, UK Yang Yu, Motorola Labs, USA Advisory Committee Hossein Hakimzadeh, Indiana University South Bend, USA Sharon Hu, University of Notre Dame, USA Yingbo Hua, University of California Riverside, USA Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA Bahar Sadeghi, Intel Research, USA Loren Schwiebert, Wayne State University, USA Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA ****************************************************************************************

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[Fwd: [Cost290] [Fwd: CFP IWQoS 2008]]
by Lars Wolf 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Cost290] [Fwd: CFP IWQoS 2008] Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:51:49 +0200 Von: Yevgeni Koucheryavy <yk(a)cs.tut.fi> An: cost290(a)cs.tut.fi ------------------------------------------------------------ 16th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON QUALITY OF SERVICE (IWQoS 2008) June 2-4, 2008 University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands http://iwqos08.ewi.utwente.nl/ ------------------------------------------------------------ *** Abstract deadline: January 21, 2008 *** *** Paper submission deadline: January 28, 2008 *** CALL FOR PAPERS Since 1994, IWQoS has served as the prime annual workshop on Quality of Service, providing an international forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting edge research in the field. Building on the success of previous workshops, the objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in this area to discuss recent and innovative results, and to identify future directions and challenges in developing practical computer/communication systems where predictable, controlled, and robust performance is a central requirement. IWQoS has a long standing tradition of being highly interactive, while maintaining highest standards of competitiveness and excellence. The scope of the workshop covers the main and currently important aspects of QoS research, including related issues such as availability, reliability, security, pricing, resource management, and performance guarantees. The program will include the following highlights: - Key-note by industrial speaker - A session with short position papers - Key-note and invited paper The session with short position papers will be highly interactive and leave much room for the audience to get involved. The short papers will go through the general reviewing process. TECHNICAL PROGRAM As in previous years, the workshop covers a broad spectrum of QoS issues in communications networking. IWQoS 2008 will particularly emphasize the increasing importance of application level QoS and perceived QoS, i.e., the quality of applications as experienced by the end users, which is usually expressed in terms of a 'mean opinion score' (MOS). Relevant topics for the workshop include the following: - End-to-end QoS provisioning in heterogeneous network environments - Application protocols and QoS - QoS in overlay and peer-to-peer networks - QoS adaptation, adaptive applications - Perceived QoS for VoIP and multimedia applications - Mapping network performance to perceived QoS - Service-level agreements (SLAs) and QoS - QoS modelling for gaming applications - Measurement based QoS estimation and verification - QoS in wireless, mobile, ad hoc and sensor networks - QoS in context aware systems (also related to mobility) - End-to-end QoS signalling and support - QoS in home networks, intranets and Metro Ethernets - Operating systems support and end-system design for QoS COMMITTEE General chair: Boudewijn Haverkort, University of Twente TPC co-chairs: Hans van den Berg, TNO Information and Communication Technology Gunnar Karlsson, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology Local chair: Georgios Karagiannis, University of Twente BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD Award will be given at the conference to the best student paper, whose first author is/was a student at the time of the paper submission. PROCEEDINGS IWQoS invites submission of manuscripts that present original research results and that neither have been published nor are currently under review for another conference or journal. Any previous or simultaneous publication of related material should be explicitly noted in the submission. The proceedings will be published by IEEE ComSoc. We also solicit submissions for the short position papers session. The short papers will be included in the conference proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES - Abstract deadline: January 21, 2008, 11:59pm CET - Paper submission deadline: January 28, 2008, 11:59pm CET - Notification of acceptance: March 18, 2008 - Camera-ready papers due: April 8, 2008 - Early registration deadline and hotel reservation cut-off date: April 15th, 2008 - Workshop dates: June 2-4, 2008 - Workshop reception and welcome party: June 1, 2008 This e-mail and its contents are subject to the DISCLAIMER at http://www.tno.nl/disclaimer/email.html _______________________________________________ Cost290 mailing list Cost290(a)cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/cost290

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IFIP Networking 2008]
by Lars Wolf 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IFIP Networking 2008 Datum: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:38:09 +0100 Von: Andreas J Kassler <andreas.kassler(a)kau.se> Antwort an: andreas.kassler(a)kau.se Organisation: Karlstad University An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Sincere apologies for receiving this CFP more than once. Please consider submitting a paper to IFIP Networking 2008. ** Paper Submission Deadline: December 1, 2007 ** *********************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Conference Title: IFIP Networking 2008 Conference Location & Date: Singapore, May 5th to 9th of 2008 Host: Nanyang Technological University Publication: Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). URL: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/networking2008/ Networking 2008 is the seventh event in a series of International Conferences on Networking, sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC 6). The main objectives of Networking 2008 are to bring together active and proficient members of the networking community, from both academia and industry, to discuss recent advances in this broad and fast-evolving field of telecommunications, and to highlight key-issues, identify trends and refresh vision in the field of telecommunications. The conference objectives will be pursued through technical sessions, keynote talks, and tutorials offered by invited experts, as well as panel discussions on hot topics. The technical sessions will be structured into three tracks: . Applications and services Quality of service, Authentication and security, Intrusion detection, Web architectures and protocols, Network measurements and testbeds, Network management systems, Content distribution, Peer to peer and overlay networks, Pricing and billing, Multimedia protocols . Next Generation Internet technologies All-IP networking, Congestion control, Evolution of IP network architecture, Multilayer design and optimization, MPLS and GMPLS, Multicasting, Network modeling and simulation, Quality of Service, Real-time voice/video over IP networks, Resource allocation, Routing and switching, Scheduling and queue management, Traffic engineering . Wireless and Sensor Networks Ad hoc and sensor Networks, Broadband wireless access, Location management, Location services, Handoff, Mobile networks, Mobility models, Cross-layer design, Mesh networks, Wireless protocols, Multicast and anycast, Energy and power management, Routing, Scheduling, Synchronization, Fault tolerance and recovery, Self-organization, Modeling and performance evaluation Important Dates Submission of full papers: December 1, 2007 (11:59 EDT) Notification of acceptance: February 11, 2008 Camera-ready Copy Due: February 25, 2008 Paper Submission Guidelines All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Papers must be submitted electronically. The maximum size of papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures, according to the formatting standard for a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address. There will be a Best Paper Award for the best submitted paper as well as a number of student travel grants. Details of the submission will be available in the website. There will be a Best Paper Award for the best submitted paper as well as a number of student travel grants. Download the Call for Paper: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/networking2008/CFP2008.pdf _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CFWP: Internet of Things 2008
by Florian Michahelles (IOT 2008 Workshops Chair) 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

************************************************** Call for Internet of Things 2008 Workshop Papers ************************************************** INTERNET OF THINGS 2008 International Conference for Industry and Academia March 26-28, 2008, Zurich (Switzerland) Organized by ETH Zurich, University St.Gallen, and MIT www.internet-of-things-2008.org We are proud to play host to a range of interesting workshops in the area of the Internet of Things. Below please find the titles, abstracts, and organizer names of the four workshops that will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in the Conference Hotel. Please follow the individual links to the workshop homepages for detailed topics, deadlines, and submission information. WS1: Producing Standards for the Internet of Things (PROSIT) Organizers: Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen, Robin Williams, Univ. of Edinburgh Workshop homepage: http://www.prosit-ws.org WS2: Sketchtools - Creative Tools for Prototyping Smart Devices Organizers: Matt Cottam, Tellart Jasper Speicher, Tellart Katie Wray, Tellart Workshop homepage: http://sketchtools.com/iot08/ WS3: 1st International Workshop on Interoperable Vehicles (IOV 2008) Organizers: Markus Strassberger, BMW Robert Lasowski, Softlab Group Workshop homepage: http://www.iov2008.org WS4: Designing the Internet of Things for Workplace Realities: Social and Cultural Aspects in Design and Organisation (Social-IoT) Organizers: Daniel Boos, ETH Zurich Katharina Kinder, Lancaster University Gerd Kortuem, Lancaster University Workshop homepage: http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/social-iot2008/ For more information please see below or visit http://www.internet-of-things-2008.org/cfp/workshops.html. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WS1: Producing Standards for the Internet of Things (PROSIT) Imagine a network with literally billions of mobile nodes, without any pre-defined communication infrastructure, whose nodes are primarily sensors and actuators with limited processing capabilities. Such networks exhibit specific communication requirements between individual nodes, and between nodes and central access points that provide connectivity with the outside world. Many, if not most of these nodes are integrated into everyday devices; they will be found inside cars, at home, and in the shopping mall. The application areas based on such networks are varied and numerous, including, for example, intelligent homes, car safety, and item tracking. Many such applications will become part of our lives, and are prone to collect information that would be considered as private by many. For the average user, it will be next to impossible to establish who has access to these information, and for which purposes. This unprecedented penetration of virtually everyone's life suggests the need for a close scrutiny of the various processes to be associated with the development of such a technology and its subsequent wide deployment. International standardisation of information and communication technologies (ICT) is among the most important of these processes. It is linked to both the technological development and the policy and legal frameworks within which the technology is to be developed and deployed. Accordingly, this Workshop aims to discuss the development of adequate standards setting processes for the Internet of Things. The analysis of the current situation in ICT standards setting, the current legal situation with respect to the role of standards, and the development of recommendations on how to adapt the processes to adequately serve the environment created by the IoT will be addressed through insights from various disciplines. Organizers: Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen Robin Williams, Univ. of Edinburgh Workshop homepage: http://www.prosit-ws.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WS2: Sketchtools - Creative Tools for Prototyping Smart Devices As an "Internet of Things" becomes a reality and everyday objects become enabled with information processing capabilities, we must carefully and considerately design the interaction between humans and these (not quite completely, but increasingly) ubiquitous digital devices. Designers should always have access to tools that allow them to prototype and/or sketch the product, object, system, or experience that they are responsible for. The design process is heavily dependent on cycles of prototype and revision - software developers go through numerous iterative cycles of production and updates to refine a product; industrial designers create sketch models out of foam, wood, fabric, etc. to model interaction; engineers use scale sketch models as proofs of concept or to explore new ideas. However, prototyping ubiquitous computing devices is a difficult task. The broad range of technologies involved - wireless communications, RFID, sensors, localization devices, networking, processors, etc. - makes it difficult to have all of the expertise necessary to sketch human/digital interaction. Physical computing toolkits provide a way for designers to experiment with how the physical actions of the user translate into the digital response of the system, and vice versa. It is that translation that defines the interaction between the user and the digital object; the interaction between the human and the internet of things. The workshop aims at gathering a group of people invested in the physical computing field to discuss ideas, methods, challenges, innovations, and potentials of physical computing toolkits. Organizers: Matt Cottam, Tellart Jasper Speicher, Tellart Katie Wray, Tellart Workshop homepage: http://sketchtools.com/iot08/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WS3: 1st International Workshop on Interoperable Vehicles (IOV 2008) Since a couple of years, some initial telematics services that inform the driver about current road and traffic conditions are already in the market. With new wireless communication capabilities available like WLAN, WiMAX or UMTS, many additional services become feasible. Therefore, one of the major automotive trends is keeping both the vehicle and the driver seamlessly connected with their environment, providing high-quality traffic related information, increasing active safety and offering passengers high-bandwidth internet connectivity. On the one hand, the vehicles require information from the environment in order to optimally support the driver. On the other hand, the local knowledge of vehicles which is based on a variety of on-board sensor systems can also contribute to support other (not necessarily automotive) services. Enabling new opportunities of interaction between vehicles, passengers, (mobile) devices and services, there are a couple of topics that have to be thought of e.g. novel applications, network management and scalability, security and privacy, market introduction and roll-out strategies. Organizers: Markus Strassberger, BMW Group Research and Technology Robert Lasowski, Softlab Group Workshop homepage: http://www.iov2008.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- WS4: Designing the Internet of Things for Workplace Realities: Social and Cultural Aspects in Design and Organisation (Social-IoT) The rise of the Internet of Things has important socio-technical implications for organizations. While ubiquitous and wireless technologies are developed to enable new ways of working, to increase safety and to facilitate coordination, they may interfere with established work practices, undermine productivity and individuals satisfaction, and have an unforeseen impact on relations of power and control. These issues, however, are rarely addressed in development and research projects for the Internet of Things and in the public discourses surrounding it. This workshop has the goal to increase awareness of organizational issues of the Internet of Things and to provide a forum for discussion of design approaches to manage critical organisational issues. Furthermore we would like to build a bridge between the various research communities exploring organizational, social and cultural aspects of the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing. We welcome contributions from practitioners, technologists, designers and social scientists in organizational studies, science and technology studies, anthropology and human computer interaction. Organizers: Daniel Boos, ETH Zurich Katharina Kinder, Lancaster University Gerd Kortuem, Lancaster University Workshop homepage: http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/social-iot2008/ -- For more information see: www.internet-of-things-2008.org Questions? Want no e-mails? Contact us: <info(a)iot2008.org>

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[Tccc] CFP--IEEE ISCC 2008, July 6-9 Morocco
by Nidal Nasser 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Thirteenth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications ISCC 2008 July 6-9, 2008 - Marrakech, Morocco http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008 Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Computer Society ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Technical Topics *** Continuing the tradition of this series of symposia, ISCC 2008 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the areas listed below. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to the creation, management, dissemination, and communication of information. You are invited to submit a full paper, or a proposal for a panel, invited session, or tutorial, related to the following topics: * Access Networks * Bioinformatics * Data Mining and Database Applications * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * Digital Satellite Communications * E-Commerce and E-Services * Economic and Regulatory Issues * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Grid and Cluster Computing * Human Language Technologies * Image Processing and Visualization * Internet Services and Applications * Internet Protocols - Advances and Evolution * Management of Telecommunications Services * Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks * Digital Media Technologies * Modeling and Simulation * Network Design, Optimization, and Management * Network Reliability and Quality of Service * Optical Networking * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Security and Cryptography * Software Engineering * Standards * Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures *** Important Dates *** Dec. 15, 2007 Submission Deadline Feb. 22, 2008 Notification of Acceptance Apr. 12, 2008 Final Manuscript Due *** Submissions *** * Papers should describe original work and be 15 double-spaced pages or less in length. A concise and representative abstract should be included. The paper should clearly indicate the complete postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as the phone number of the corresponding author. Please follow the submission guidelines at http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008 * Accepted papers up to 6 pages in the IEEE double-column proceedings format will be published with no additional charge. Papers that exceed that page limit will be charged an over length fee. * For additional information contact the technical co-chairs and local co-chairs. *** Organization Committee *** Conference General Chair: Adel Elmaghraby, U. of Louisville, USA adel(a)louisville.edu Technical Program Co-chairs: Abdelghani Bellaachia, George Washington University, USA, bell(a)gwu.edu Saad Biaz, Auburn University, USA, biazsaa(a)auburn.edu Local Committee Co-Chairs: Amine Bensaid, Al Akhawayn U. of Ifrane, Morocco, amine(a)alakhawayn.ma Driss Aboutajdine, School of Science, Rabat, Morocco, aboutaj(a)fsr.ac.ma Finance and Registration Chair: Reda Ammar, U. of Connecticut, USA Plenary Chair: Mahmoud Daneshmand, AT&T Labs Publication Chair: Chi-Ming Chen, AT&T Labs, USA Keynote Chair: Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA Web Chair: Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Queen's U., Canada Publicity Chair: Nidal Nasser, U. of Guelph, Canada Steering committee: Reda Ammar, U. of Connecticut, USA Antonio Corradi, U. of Bologna, Italy Mahmoud Daneshmand, AT &T, USA Adel Elmaghraby, U. of Louisville, USA Hussein Mouftah, U. of Ottawa, Canada Sartaj Sahni, U. of Florida, USA Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA We hope to see you in beautiful Marrakech, Morocco! _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: CFP - 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP - 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS 2008) Datum: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:08:01 +0100 Von: Burkhard Stiller <stiller(a)IFI.UZH.CH> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organisation: University of Zurich, IFI An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE [Apologies for possibly receiving multiple copies of this CFP.] Call for Papers 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 focuses 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. Modeling, analysis, and visualization is essential in order to understand the emerging overall system behavior. * 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 Modeling and visualization - Modeling of management technologies and procedures - Modeling and analysis of policies and promises - Visualization of management data and systems behavior * 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, Imperial College London, 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

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[Fwd: CfP - 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CfP - 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008) Datum: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:07:58 +0100 Von: Burkhard Stiller <stiller(a)IFI.UZH.CH> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organisation: University of Zurich, IFI An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE [Apologies for possibly receiving multiple copies of this CFP.] Call for Papers 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008) http://www.csg.uzh.ch/events/bod08/ In conjunction with IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2008 http://www2.dcc.ufmg.br/eventos/noms2008/ April 11, 2008 Salvador da Bahia, Brazil "From Bandwidth on Demand to Networks on Demand - Bandwidth Trading in the Era of Network Virtualization" Scope The second BoD workshop follows the first successful workshop which was held in conjunction with IEEE Globecom 2006. Driven by the recent technical advances in telecommunications, especially in the area of network virtualization and wireless mesh networks, as well as based on the new potential of emerging peer-to-peer (P2P) and next generation networking (NGN) concepts, the goal of this workshop is to take a fresh and innovative look at the concept of bandwidth on demand (BoD). The rapid technological progress in the area network virtualization, mainly driven by new optical fiber technology and virtual router infrastructures, is generating a new trend for "on demand" provisioning of bandwidth or even whole networks for applications that require short-term bandwidth assignments at large scale, such as large sporting events or cultural open air activities. However, suitable business models for "on demand" bandwidth services are currently missing. The BoD 2008 workshop seeks original papers, both from industry as well as academia, dealing with the technical, economic, and legal dimensions of BoD mechanisms. The workshop will include presentations and discussions of accepted technical papers, as well as invited talks and a panel session. Topics of Interest * Technical design of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective bandwidth trading infrastructures, including market mechanisms as a way to increase efficiencies o Scalability of bandwidth trading mechanisms o Secure and reliable bandwidth trading mechanisms o IP-based and decentralized trading mechanisms o P2P trading infrastructures, distributed markets, P2P auctions o Management of bandwidth trading infrastructures o Provisioning of bandwidth on demand o Provisioning of networks on demand * Economic studies and modeling of market and business models in carrier and service provider networks o Economics of networks on demand o Economic management of network virtualization o Game theoretical bandwidth on demand models o Cost and revenue models o Bandwidth on demand business models o Market liquidity aspects * Resource allocation and provision in non-profit bandwidth trading systems (economic modeling, incentive mechanisms, policies) o Neighborhood wireless mesh networks o Peer-to-peer Internet access sharing o Network testbed infrastructures (e.g., GENI, Planetlab) * Industrial developments of new technologies that facilitate or create impediments to bandwidth on demand o Network virtualization technologies o Wireless mesh networks o Network management aspects o Technical improvements in transport and data networks * Legislative and regulatory issues related to the Telecom Act and in comparison to other commodities markets such as the electric grid o Telecom legislation o Telecom regulation o Commodities markets o Legal issues of P2P trading infrastructures Paper Submissions Papers are solicited as full papers (in English), of no more than 8 single-spaced pages, each of which will be subject to a full review process. Submissions must be in PDF and will be handled using the JEMS system. Please refer to http://www.csg.uzh.ch/events/bod08/ for further submission instructions or contact bod08(a)ifi.uzh.ch for additional information. Those papers accepted will be published in proceedings with an ISBN number. Important Dates * Submission deadline: January 7, 2008 * Notification of acceptance: February 7, 2008 * Final versions of papers due: February 21, 2008 * Workshop date: April 11, 2008 Workshop Chairs * Panayotis Antoniadis, LIP6, France * David Hausheer, University of Zurich, Switzerland * Kohei Shiomoto, NTT Labs, Japan * Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland * Jean Walrand, UC Berkeley, USA

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[Tccc] MMTC-Track within EuroMicro SEAA 2008
by Paul Mueller 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

******************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ******************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------- -- Call for Paper -- -- -- -- EuroMicro 2008 -- -- Multimedia and Telecommunications Track -- -- Network of the Future and its Applications -- -- -- -- http://www.icsy.de/conferences/euromicro2008/ -- -- -- -- Sept. 1st - Sept. 5th, 2008 -- -- Parma, Italy -- -- -- -- http://seaa2008.isti.cnr.it/ -- -- -- -------------------------------------------------------- The current inter-networking paradigm, although highly successful as exemplified by the Internet, has become sub-optimal due to its sheer popularity. There has always been an answer to all requirements, no matter whether caused by new applications or technologies. So, over time the formerly simple and clear Internet architecture became a patchwork of new balconies, workarounds and bypasses. In this conference track we should discuss the two mainstreams in this area: the “Clean-Slate Approach” as well as the “Evolutionary Approach”. Beside future networks also new applications especially in the Grid using collaboratively distributed computer resources are emerging and becoming popular. One of the major goals in Grid computing is to hide its complexity from the software developers and end users resulting in new approaches for Grid architects, middleware and application developers. We invite you to contribute to this conference track by submitting papers in one or more of the categories outlined below. Multimedia • IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) • (Multimedia) Information systems for emergency services • Integration of IP and broadcast services • Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia • Ambient multimedia services • Home entertainment • Gaming Telecommunications • Future Internet (Clean-Slate versus Evolution) • Embracing P2P communities as a new business approach for Telcos • Access networks • Layer-2 Technologies • Self-engineering communications • Performance evaluation of fixed and mobile networks • QoS control and scheduling • Security Grid Computing • Programming models, tools and environments • Software architectures and middleware • Virtualization • Robustness, fault-tolerance and self-healing • Scalability • Data distribution and data access • Ad-hoc computing grids • Integration of problem solving environments • Distributed applications We encourage submissions demonstrating the potential of new approaches by providing case studies, experiments, and quantitative data. Submission of papers -------------------- Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of their paper to http://www.icsy.de/EM08 Papers should not exceed 8 pages (in IEEE/CS proceedings format; 10pt, single-space, double-column) or 6000 words and include an abstract of up to 150 words. A cover page should clearly show the name, mailing address, e-mail address and fax number of the author to contact, as well as the topic areas of the submitted paper. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE. Selected papers will be offered the opportunity to appear as extended versions in a special issue of a scholarly journal. The following signed statement should be included on the cover page: "Neither this paper nor any version close to it has been or is being offered elsewhere for publication. All necessary clearances have been obtained for the publication of this paper. If accepted, the paper will be made available in Camera-ready forms by June 6th 2008, and it will be personally presented at the EUROMICRO 2008 Conference by the author or one of the co-authors. The presenting author(s) will pre-register (full fee) for EUROMICRO 2008 before the due date of the Camera-ready paper." Program Chairs --------------- Paul Mueller University of Kaiserslautern pmueller(a)informatik.uni-kl.de phone +49 631 205 2263 Rainer Stotzka Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe stotzka(a)ipe.fzk.de phone +49 7247 82 4738 Program Committee ------------------ Hendrik Berndt, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany Torsten Braun, University of Berne, Switzerland Isabel Campos, Instituto de Fisica Cantabria, Santander, Spain Hermann deMeer, University of Passau, Germany Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim, Germany Stefan Fischer, University of Luebeck, Germany Bernd Freisleben, University of Marburg, Germany Thomas Friese, Siemens AG, Germany Gerhard Haßlinger, T-Systems, Germany Frank Kargl, University of Ulm, Germany Marcel Kunze, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany David Larrabeiti, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Daniel Kofman, ENST Paris, France Prabhat Kumar Mahanti, University of New Brunswick, Canada Laurent Mathy, University of Lancaster, UK Ludek Matyska, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Andreas Mauthe, University of Lancaster, UK Harald Müller, Siemens AG, Germany Marcin Plociennik, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland Erwin P. Rathgeb, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany Ivica Rimac, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA Simon P. Romano, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy Jens Schmitt, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Matti Mikael Siekkinen, University of Oslo, Norway Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Phuoc Tran-Gia, University Wuerzburg, Germany Michael Weber, University of Ulm, Germany Important dates ---------------- Submission deadline: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: June 6, 2008 Updated information -------------------- http://www.euromicro.org General information --------------------- This track is an integral part of the EUROMICRO SEAA 2008 conference. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. -- ___________________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Paul Mueller email: pmueller(a)informatik.uni-kl.de University of Kaiserslautern Phone: ++49-(0)631-205-2263 Dep. of Computer Science Fax: ++49-(0)631-205-3056 Paul Ehrlich Strasse Geb. 34 http://www.icsy.de D-67653 Kaiserslautern Germany ___________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[EUROSIS] EUROMEDIA 2008, April 9-11, 2008, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Call for Papers
by Eurosis 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

------------EUROMEDIA 2008, APRIL 9-11, 2008, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, PORTO, PORTUGAL, CALL FOR PAPERS------------ EUROMEDIA 2008 14TH ANNUAL MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS WEBSITE http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/461 UNIVERSITY OF PORTO PORTUGAL APRIL 9-11, 2008 Organized by ETI Sponsored by EUROSIS Delft University of Technology Belgacom TTVI Ghent University DG-INFSO Introduction The 2008 Euromedia conference covers the latest developments in web-multimedia and communications technology while also looking at their implementation in Broadband networking, mobile computing, broadband networking, distributed computing, telematics, E-technology and real world environments like embedded systems, security systems and training systems. New topics are human computer interaction with a focus on the interaction of users with multimodal interfaces and the usability and experiences of users with multimodal systems based on different media. The EUROMEDIA conference is held concurrently with the ECEC and FUBUTEC conferences. The conference is structured around 5 tracks: WEBTEC-MEDIATEC-COMTEC-APTEC and ETEC This year the conference will feature the following Special tracks: - Knowledge Management and e-Mobility - In-Car Applications - Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication - Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications Special Workshops: - Medical Imaging Systems - D-TV Applications WEBTEC The WEBTEC conference focuses on new developments with respect to Internet, Intranet, HTML, and WWW. Because of the large amount of new tools and developments, scientific papers focusing on this subject should always include references to other ideas and products. If your paper describes a new language or tool, include the theoretical basis,application, and (tested) experiences. Topics: Internet Viewers and Programs * Development and Design Tools for the Web * Tactical Internet * Web Programming * Web Simulation and Animation * Interactive Web Publishing Tools * Dynamic New Languages and Standards * Java Security * CORBA and the Web * IPV6 (next generation internetprotocol) Visual Programming Languages * Advanced Web Authoring and Development Tools * Visual Web Programming * Visual HTML - XML , XSL editors * Applets and Scripting Languages over Networks 3D Web Programs * 3D Worlds * Rule Based Programming for 3D Environments (avatars) * Building Online Communities Video and Audio Streaming on the Web * Video Telephony, Web Video and Web Conferencing * Video and Audio Libraries * Internet telephone networks AI on the Web * Intelligent Agents, Knowbots and REBOL Bots * Worm Programs, Data Mining and MDX, SQL, SQLJ Based Tools * Mobile Network Agents * Site Analysis Tools * Collaborative Filtering * Intelligent Interactive Characters * Semantic Web Applications * Webbased Information Systems Software for Web-based Business Applications and E-Commerce * Building Interactive Advertising and Information Interfaces * Business Objects and Business to Business E-Commerce * Customer Tracking Tools, E-Commerce Tools & Architectures * Electronic Cash Transfer Protocols on the Web * Joint Electronic Payments Initiative * Internet Open Trading Protocols * Security and E-Commerce * Web Based Training and Web Based Networked Simulation * PC VR Based Training MEDIATEC The MEDIATEC conference looks at new developments in multimedia technology. Step by step, multimedia computing becomes more common and more popular. DVD technology, videoconferencing, and real-time 3-D animation have become widely available for standard hardware platforms. The type of papers we are looking for try to give a theoretical foundation to developments in multimedia hardware and software, if possible comparing different alternatives so that empirical results can form a basis for new standards and choice among alternatives. Topics: Multimedia Techniques and Telecommunications * Real Time Interactive Systems * Hardware for multimedia storage * Hardware and networks for multimedia transmission * CD-Interactive Systems and Online DVD Technology * Removable Storage Technology * Multimedia Sensors (RF Tags) * Intelligent Analysis and Interpretation of Multimedia Data Multimedia Authoring Tools and Software * Presentation Tools * Presentation Software * Animation /Facial Animation * Animation Tools * 3D Authoring Tools, 3D Graphics, 3D Accelerators and Motion Capture * Video and Audio Editing * PC-DVD Video Imaging, Editing Techniques and Tools * Video Compression Techniques and Tools * Video Accelerators * Non Linear Video Editing Systems * Digital Video * MPEG 5 PC-Video Encoding and Decoding * (MPEG) Image Compression * Colour Palette Strategies * Audio Editing * Digital Audio Software * CD Recording Software * Voice Recognition Systems * Industrial Applications * automatic speech recognition Multimedia Building Blocks * Multimedia Databases * Toolboxes for Moving Graphics * Productivity Tools * Multimedia and CORBA COMTEC The COMTEC conference covers different types of communication technology utilising both fixed and mobile infrastructures. Of course, this conference must be seen in alliance with the overall theme of the conference: new media that are used on a world-wide basis in relation to information and communication infrastructures. Topics: Telecommunications Technologies * High Speed Interconnects * Optical Networks and Switching * Transport Networks * HSI in Parallel/Distributed Systems * Message Passing Communication Standards * Communication Servers and Networks * Access Networks and Protocols * Systems and Applications Software * Clusters and Load Balancing * Traffic Models and Performance Simulations * Fault Tolerance, Reliability Models, Performance Studies and System Validation Networks * Quality of Service * Multicast * ISDN, Intelligent Networks, LAN-WAN Interconnection, WIFI * Broadband and Wideband Networks * Information Super Highways, GRID * Network Management * Case Studies on Large Networks Simulation technology * Network Planning & Management & Software Radio * Broadband convergence networks (BcN) Network Security * Encryption and Coding * Software Protocols * Privacy, ID Verification, Authentication, Message Integrity, Message Non-Repudiation and Security Policies * Access Control + Firewalls + Intrusion Detection * Smart Card Technology Mobile Communications * Satellite Services * WAP compliant Broadband Mobile Communication * Voice Paging, Mobile Fax, Mobile Video Text * 3G Networks * Mobile Networks Planning * W-CDMA (3rd generation mobile telecommunications) * Mobile adhoc networks (MANETS) TV Technology * CATV, HDTV, 3D TV * Interactive Video * DAVIC * Digital TV * DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) QoS * QoS in TP Networks * QoS in ATM Networks * QoS in Public Networks * QoS in Mobile Networks * QoS in Heterogeneous Networks * QoS Charging APTEC The APTEC conference shows how effectiveness and efficiency of individuals and public and private organisations can be improved using telematics, advanced communications, and multimedia technology. Papers in the APTEC conference should present the relation between the type of activity that is supported by new technology and the characteristics of the technology itself. If possible, empirical test results should be included in the paper. Topics: Telematics Consumer Applications * Home Banking * Video-on-Demand, Video and PC-Gaming * Video Kiosks Cooperative Telematics Applications * Home Shopping * Teleconsulting * Teleworking * Teleprocessing * Telepresence * Web Enabled Devices Tele-Education * Tele-Teaching * Multimedia and DVD Technology * Computer Based Training * CBT Authoring Software * Computer Assisted Instruction * Simulation Based Training * Interactive Tools * Tele-Education on the Web * Case Studies Integrated Enterprise Software and Groupware * Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) * VHDL and Verilog Applications * Product Data Interchange * Synthetic Environments and Simulation on the Web * Distributed Simulation (DIS) * Virtual Reality * Innovative e-mail applications * Shared Memory, Shared Screen * Group Decision Support * Group Scheduling * Group Editing * Video Conferencing and standards * Desktop Video Conferencing * Workflow Software * Putting Interactive Training Online Telemedicine * Multimedia * Real-Time Systems * Telediagnostic * Fault Tolerance * Telemonitoring * Data Bases * Case Studies Ubiquitous computing Applications * health care * Pervasive computing * Video human interaction * Mediascapes * Interactive posters * Electronic tags * Ambient intelligence * System architecture and concepts, software and intelligent receptors * Smart homes and transport (cars,planes, Digital home concept) * smart surroundings using ubiquitous wireless sensor networks * self organising digital sensor networks of individual motes * GPS, active RFID technology * context aware systems (f.ex SIREN) * privacy and security from motes, smart sensors to smart dust Embedded Systems and future product market combinations * modelling specification and validation of embedded systems * intelligent clothing and polytronics * rfid technology * intelligent products and environments * active silenced machines (adaptronics) * simulated environments (reverse engineering) * man-machine interaction (converging technology) * security systems (biometric and other dataprocessing techniques Multimodal communication *context sensitive sensing *affective computing *speech recognition, recognition of facial expressions *recognition of emotion in text, speech and video *usability *engineering experiences ETEC The ETEC conference reviews the latest trends and technologies applied in the growing field of electronic commerce. This event will be exclusively dedicated to practical applications in business to business and business to customer environments. This programme provides valuable guidance on reconfiguring the structure and interaction between organisations, businesses, and customers, to create effective new possibilities and to stay ahead of competition, by implementing new advanced information and communications technology. It focuses on the reality rather than the hype which tends to surround these items. This conference is a unique occasion to find out the key issues and essential facts from case studies and unbiased expert presentations. Topics include: . Tele-X . E-commerce . Security . Medical Information Systems . Challenges of tomorrow and beyond Trust and security: provisions and instruments . Online availability of public services . Service survivability and maintainability . Interoperability of services . Security in e-democracy (including e-participation and e-voting) . E-justice (administration and workflow security for legal processes) . Secure federating information access (from different government and third party agencies) . Security and reliability in media integration . Secure e-government and Identity Management . Security and reliability of Smart Card System . Availability and reliability of mobile services . Data protection and data privacy (e.g. e-health and e-education) . Intrusion detection and prevention . Anti-spam legislation and solution . Public-private- partnerships management . Role-based management and usage restriction Special Tracks Special Track on Knowledge Management and e-Mobility * Knowledge warehouse * Knowledge acquisition and datamining * E-blended learning * MPEG2 standards in e-mobility Special Track on In-Car Applications This track will cover the embedded systems envisaged in future car design based on multimedia applications. * Look-Ahead Radar * Automatic Braking * Blind Spot Detection * Steer by Wire * LEDS * Lane Departure Warning * Conversational Voice Recognition * Browsiness Sensors * Cockpit Controllers * Split Displays * In-car Entertainement Systems * Glass Cockpit * Smart Navigation * Networking Special Track on Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication Facial expressions play an important role in human communication. We are able to read emotions from human faces. Turn taking in human dialogues can be regulated by facial expressions. There is an ongoing discussion about the universal character of emotions. Psychologist P. Ekman claims that there are 6 universal emotions corresponding with unique facial expressions: happiness, sadness, disgust, anger, fear and surprise. But there are much more emotions, which can be conveyed by facial expressions, way of speaking, gestures and other body language. For many years researchers have been involved in the automatic recognition and generation of emotions. There are systems which are able to read faces and analyze speech signals to recognize emotions. Researchers have developed “talking faces” which are able to show facial expressions and to speak with appropriate emotions. At this moment here robots and avatars which are able to display emotions and are able to recognize emotion. The goal of the session/track is to invite researchers to present papers in the area of non verbal communication. Special Track on Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications This track will cover Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications using Motion Capture Technology in * Advertising * Healthcare * Market research * Auto Safety * Mobile Phones * Security Workshops Medical Imaging Systems The workshop will cover topics related with medical imaging systems, such as image acquisition, signal processing, image processing and analysis, virtual reality, computer aided diagnosis, surgery, therapy, and treatment, computational bio-imaging and visualization, software development, tele-medicine systems and their applications. D-TV Workshop 2nd Workshop on Digital Television & Digital Special Interest Channels at the Euromedia 2008 - From Realisable Visions to Feasible and Sustainable Applications. The programme consists of parallel sessions with lectures, practitioner's workshops, poster sessions, and a specialised exhibition. CONFERENCE VENUE University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Http://www.fe.up.pt TUTORIALS Tutorials can be proposed in the following three categories: T1- Introductory tutorials T2- State of the Art Tutorials T3- Software and Modelware Tutorials Tutorial proposals should be emailed to Philippe.Geril(a)eurosis.org POSTER SESSION The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the actual poster presentation, these submissions also feature as short papers in the Proceedings. STUDENTS SESSION This session is for students who want to present their work in progress or part of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers are denoted by the fact that only the name of the student appears on the paper as an author. They are published as short papers in the Proceedings. DIVERSE ACTIVITIES For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact EUROSIS. Special session will be set up for vendor presentations in co- ordination with the scientific program. User Group meetings for simulation languages and tools can be organised the day before the conference. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please contact the Conference Chairs. We will be happy to provide a meeting room and other necessary equipment. Exhibition There will be a special exhibition section for universities and non-profit organisations, and a special section for publishers and commercial stands. If you would like to take part in this exhibition please contact the EUROSIS for a full price schedule and stand layout. Deadlines and Requirements EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION December 20, 2007 SUBMISSION DEADLINE JANUARY 20, 2008 Full Paper or Extended Abstract Submission January 20, 2008 Short Paper Submission Deadline: January 20, 2008 LATE PAPER SUBMISSION: FEBRUARY 5, 2008 Acceptance Notification: February 15, 2008 Camera-Ready Copies: March 17, 2008 Registration Fees Author EUROSIS Other Members Participants Pre-registr. Before 485 EURO 485 EURO 535 EURO 25/03/2008 Registr. After Pre.Reg. 535 EURO 595 EURO 25/03/2008 Req. Registration fees should preferably be paid in EUROs, but can also be paid in the equivalent amount of US$.. Payment is possible by Creditcard The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference Proceedings, coffee and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a welcome cocktail, the conference dinner and conference visit. Author Registration Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to attend the conference at their own expense to present the accepted papers. Without early registration and payment, the paper will not be published in the Conference Proceedings. Each registration covers one presentation. PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references, at least five pages, double column) During review, the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If excellent, full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee. EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages, single column) Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the EUROMEDIA'2008 Conference Proceedings. SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages) Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the EUROMEDIA'2008 Conference Proceedings. ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Refereeing and Camera-ready papers The notification of acceptance or rejection, in combination with suggestions to improve the paper, will be sent by FEBRUARY 15, 2008. Along with the notification of acceptance, an author kit with complete instructions for preparing a camera-ready copy for the Proceedings will be sent to authors of accepted abstracts or drafts. The camera-ready copy of the papers must be in by MARCH 17, 2008. In order to guarantee a high-quality conference, the camera-ready papers will be checked as well, to check see the suggestions of the program committee have been incorporated. REPLY CARD Surname:.................................................. First Name:............................................... Affiliation:.............................................. MailingAddress:........................................... .......................................................... ......................................................... Zipcode:...........City:.................................. Country:.................................................. Telephone:....................Fax:........................ E-mail:................................................... Yes, I intend to attend the 2008 Euromedia Conference: * Without presenting a paper * Contributing to the Exhibition * Proposing a vendor presentation with the following title:.................................................... * Proposing a tutorial about the following subject: * Proposing a panel discussion with the following title: * Proposing the following short paper (abstract at least 2 pages) * Proposing the following full paper (based on extended abstract or full paper submission Title of submission .................................. ................................... The paper belongs to the following theme (please tick one): [] WEBTEC * Internet Viewers and Programs * Visual Programming Languages * 3D Web Programs * Video and Audio Streaming on the Web * AI on the Web * Software for Web-based Business Applications [] MEDIATEC * Multimedia Techniques and Telecom * Multimedia Authoring Tools and Software * Multimedia Building Blocks [] COMTEC * Telecommunications Technologies * Networks * Network Security * Mobile Communications * TV Technology * QoS [] APTEC * Telematics Consumer Applications * Cooperative Consumer Application * Tele-Education * Integrated Enterprise Software and Groupware * Telemedicine * Ubiquitous Computing Applications * Embedded Systems and Future Product Market Combinations * Multimodal communication [] ETEC * Tele-X and E-Commerce * Knowledge Management and E-Mobility Special Tracks: [] Knowledge Management and e-Mobility [] In-Car Applications [] Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication [] Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications Special Workshops: [] Medical Imaging Systems [] D-TV Do you know others interested in the topic of the conference? Name: .................................... Address: ..................................... ........................................... For general information, contact the EUROSIS: European Simulation Office, c/o Philippe Geril Ghent University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Management, Technologiepark 903, B-9052 Ghent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium Tel. (Office) +32.9.264.55.09; Fax: +32.9.264.58.25 E-mail: philippe.geril(a)eurosis.org Or website: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/461 -- Unsubscribe from this newsletter: http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=newsletter/confirm/remove/0a40f1ec086459t102

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CfP - MobileHCI 2008
by Robert James Steele 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

** In-Cooperation event with ACM SIGMOBILE Our apologies in case of multiple copies. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ MobileHCI 2008 The 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Royal Tropical Institute Conference Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 - 5 September 2008 http://www.mobilehci2008.org +-------------------------------------------------------------+ MobileHCI is the leading conference in the field of Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. The 10th conference in the MobileHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for all mobile and wearable computing devices and services. Categories for submissions --------------- Full Papers / Short Papers / Posters / Demonstrations / Panels / Workshops / Industrial Case Studies / Doctoral Consortium / Student Design Competition / Mobile Experiences Important Dates --------------- 21 January 2008: Workshop Proposal due 4 February 2008: Full Papers due 3 March 2008: Short Papers, Posters, Demonstrations, Panels, Industrial Case Studies, Doctoral Consortium, Student Design Competition due 7 April 2008: Notification of acceptance 28 April 2008: Mobile Experience proposals due 9 May 2008: Final camera-ready versions due Suggested topics --------------- * Audio and speech interaction * Context-dependent systems * Designing (interactive services for) Web sites for mobile devices * Ethnographical and field studies with mobile technology * Evaluation of mobile devices and services/Usability of mobile devices and services * Group interaction and mobility * Intelligent environments * Location-aware interaction * Methods to evaluate mobile usability/User experience research for & with mobile devices * Model-based design of interactive mobile systems * Mobile phenomena * Mobility and work environments * Multimodal interaction * Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques * Perception and modeling of the environment * Safety issues (e.g., in-car user interfaces, payments) * Specific classes of handheld devices (PDA, Pocket PC, WAP phone, etc.) * 3D graphics on mobile devices * 3G/4G devices and services * Visualization techniques for the mobile context * Interdisciplinary perspectives towards mobile interaction (e.g. Social aspects) * User centered design tools and methods for mobile systems * Wearable computing * Mobile Entertainment * Urban and Location based gaming * Smart clothes * Mobile social networks * Mobile persuasion * Personal monitoring & coaching with mobile devices * Trust, privacy, content protection, legal aspects & issues in mobile applications & services * Implicit interaction styles for mobile devices * Studies on the use of mobile devices for special target groups (e.g. seniors) Conference attendance by at least one author is mandatory. MobileHCI 2008 is organized by Telematica Instituut and Philips Research Europe, in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGMOBILE. For more information, please browse to http://www.mobilehci2008.org <http://www.mobilehci2008.org/> or e-mail info(a)mobilehci2008.org We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam! Organizing Committee -------------------- Henri ter Hofte, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Ingrid Mulder, Telematica Instituut & Rotterdam University, the Netherlands Esmeralda Wouters, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Gea Costeris, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Olga Steen, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Joke Kort, TNO Information and Communication Technology, the Netherlands Thiemo Burger, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Martijn Kriens, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Daan Velthausz, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Jozien Ensing, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Elize Harmelink, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Margot Franken-Richelle, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Pieter Jan Stappers, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Rob Kottink, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Johan Koolwaaij, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Program Committee ----------------- Boris de Ruyter, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Maddy Janse, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Kris Mihalic, Yahoo! Mobile, USA Fabio Patern�, CNR/ISTI, Italy Henk de Poot, Telematica Instituut, the Netherlands Panos Markopoulos, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg & CURE, Austria Marc Smith, Microsoft Research, USA Elly Pelgrim, Philips Research Europe, the Netherlands Elisabeth Dykstra-Erickson, ACCESS Systems America, USA Pieter Jan Stappers, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Albrecht Schmidt, University of Duisburg-Essen & Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany ----------------------------------------------------- To be removed from future issues of the SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. Association for Computing Machinery Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession (c) 2007 ACM, Inc. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------

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