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[Fwd: [Tccc] Call for papers fo a workshop on security and privacy]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Call for papers fo a workshop on security and privacy Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:37:02 +0300 From: Christos Douligeris <cdoulig(a)unipi.gr> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> Attach pls find a call for papers for a workshop on research challenges for security and privacy in mobile and wireless networks (which we're shortening to WSPWN 06 for most purposes). Thanks Christos Douligeris _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP ACM Transactions on Internet Technology: Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CfP ACM Transactions on Internet Technology: Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:47:31 +0200 From: Peter Langendoerfer <langendoerfer(a)ihp-microelectronics.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <p2prg(a)irtf.org>, <wg2(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <wg3(a)wireless-world-research.org> References: <28F05C819859B042BBF585C4997D5A476828C2(a)deex.docomolab-euro.com> Please apologize cross/multiple posting, and please feel free to distribute this CfP further ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Call for Papers ACM Transactions on Internet Technology Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing Middleware is a distributed software layer that sits above the network operating system and below the application layer and abstracts the heterogeneity of the underlying environment. It provides an integrated distributed environment whose objective is to simplify the task of programming and managing distributed applications, and to provide value-added services such as naming and transactions to enable easier development and integration of applications and services. Middleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The role of middleware will continue to become increasingly important especially in emerging technologies such as mobile- and service-oriented computing and web services, where the integration of different applications and services from different wired and wireless businesses and service providers become increasingly important. Service-oriented computing is based on the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), which is an architectural style for building software applications that use services available in a network such as the web. It promotes loose coupling between software components so that they can be reused. Applications in SOA are built based on services, which is an implementation of a well-define business functionality, and such services can be consumed by clients in different applications or business processes. SOA provides a level of flexibility that was not possible before in the sense that services are software components with well-defined interfaces that are implementation independent, that services can be dynamically discovered, and composite services can be built from aggregates of other services. Especially applications running on mobile devices can benefit from the flexibility which is provided by SOA. All those benefits, however, raise challenges that need to be addressed by middleware. Middleware will play an essential role in managing and provisioning service-oriented applications. As a result, middleware will be everywhere! The aim of this special issue is be to present most recent research findings on "middleware for service-oriented computing". We are seeking papers that are original, unpublished and not currently under review by workshops, conferences, or other journals. Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following: - Middleware for selection and interaction among services - Middleware for dynamic selection and composition of services/applications - Middleware for dynamic coordination of services/applications - Middleware for context-aware services/applications - Middleware for managing services/applications - Middleware for provisioning QoS-enabled services/applications - Middleware for interoperable services - Performance evaluation of middleware for service-oriented computing Submission Guidelines All papers must be submitted by the midnight (EST) of December 1, 2005. The page limit is 50 double-spaced pages, with a 12pt font size. Please email your paper in PDF format to papers(a)cis.uoguelph.ca . Important Dates Papers are due: December 1, 2005 Notifications: March 1, 2006 Revised papers: May 1, 2006 Notifications of final acceptance based on Editor-in-Chief' comments: July 1, 2006 Final papers: September 1, 2006 Publication: First available issue (possibly third or fourth quarter of 2007) Guest Editors Qusay H. Mahmoud Dept. of Computing & Information Science University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1 Canada qmahmoud(a)cis.uoguelph.ca http://snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca/~qmahmoud Peter Langendoerfer IHP-Microelectronics Frankfurt (Oder), Germany langendoerfer(a)ihp-microelectronics.com http://www.ihp-microelectronics.com/~langend/home.html _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: ARCS'06 CFP] - Deadline Extended!
by Muhammad A Khan 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

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[Fwd: CFP, deadline approaching Journal JNSM special issue WAHN and WSN (fwd)]
by Lars Wolf 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP, deadline approaching Journal JNSM special issue WAHN and WSN (fwd) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:16:19 -0400 (WST) From: Carlos Becker Westphall <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org CALL FOR PAPERS- JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm/ Special Issue on Management of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless Sensor Networks A real revolution is taking place in wireless networking with fundamentally different architectures and services. Wireless Ad hoc networks (WAHNs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are two leaders in this paradigm shift where the "network" is autonomously formed among many nodes (PDAs, lap-tops, sensors, etc.) with varying functionalities and power levels. These networks will be the enablers for ubiquitous computing and communications, as well as they can perform significant functions during natural disasters where pre-existing communications infrastructures may be destroyed. An ad hoc network configures itself dynamically depending on the environment, requiring perhaps a management approach that also dynamically adapts itself. In a wireless sensor network, nodes are assumed to be discardable, requiring fault management to have a totally different approach than for a traditional wired network. Given that WSNs and WAHNs will be dominant networks in not so distant future, what are the challenges for managing these complex and dynamic environments? This special issue intends to include articles describing the results of the latest work in the management of WSNs and WAHNs. The focus of this special issue will include (not limited to) the following topics: · Management architectures for WAHNs and WSNs · Management protocols for WAHNs and WSNs · Security management for WAHNs and WSNs · Configuration and policy-based management for WAHNs and WSNs · Resource allocation and resource discovery for WAHNs and WSNs · Topology discovery for WAHNs and WSNs · Network auto-reconfiguration and self organization for WAHNs and WSNs · Scalability, reliability, and performance issues of WAHNs and WSNs · Call admission and traffic control policies for WAHNs and WSNs · Congestion control for WAHNs and WSNs · Fault management. fault tolerance and error recovery for WAHNs and WSNs · Power management and control algorithms for WAHNs and WSNs · Data management and representation for WAHNs and WSNs · Interoperability with overlay fixed and wireless networks · Applications and services specific network management approaches for WAHNs and WSNs · Service discovery and management for WAHNs and WSNs · Management issues in pilot projects, test beds, implementations for WAHNs and WSNs Instructions to Contributors: We invite prospective authors to submit high quality, unpublished papers in Word, PDF or PS via e-mail to one of the guest editors, depending on their geographic zone. Please prepare the manuscript in single-column, double-spaced format. Paper preparation instructions can be found in any copy of the Journal, or by visiting the JNSM Web site at http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm/. Guest Editors: Mehmet Ulema Barcin Kozbe José Marcos Nogueira Manhattan College Ericsson Inc, F. University of M. Gerais Riverdale, New York, Redmond, Washington Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil mehmet.ulema@manhattan.edu-barcin.kozbe@ericsson.com-jmarcos@dcc.ufmg.br Schedule: Manuscript due: September 30, 2005 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2006 Final manuscript due: March 31, 2006 Publication: 3rd Quarter 2006 On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Carlos Becker Westphall wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:58:56 -0300 > From: jmarcos <jmarcos(a)dcc.ufmg.br> > To: Carlos B.Westphall <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br>, > Jose Marcos Nogueira <jmarcos(a)dcc.ufmg.br> > Subject: CFP, deadline approaching Journal JNSM special issue WAHN and WSN > > Carlos, > > Could you please advertise the attached journal special issue CFP in > your lists? The deadline is approaching. > > Thank you in advance, > > Jose Marcos Nogueira > > *CALL FOR PAPERS* > > *JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT* > > */http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm//* > > *Special Issue on Management of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless > Sensor Networks* > > *Schedule:* > > Manuscript due: *September 30, 2005* > > Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2006 > > Final manuscript due: March 31, 2006 > > Publication: 3^rd Quarter 2006 > > -- The complete CFP is attached ---- > > _______________________________________________ > Lacomsoc mailing list > Lacomsoc(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br > http://orion.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/lacomsoc >

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[Fwd: CFP: Journal of Computer Communications Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)"]
by Lars Wolf 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: Journal of Computer Communications Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)" Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:04:18 -0400 From: Moustafa Youssef <moustafa(a)cs.umd.edu> To: <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> (Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) ------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Journal of Computer Communications (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom) Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)" Sensor-Actuator NETworks (SANETs) are comprised of networked sensor and actuator nodes that communicate among each other using wireless links to perform distributed sensing and actuation tasks. The recent few years have witnessed an increasing interest in the potential use of SANETs in many applications ranging from healthcare to warfare. In these applications, sensors are engaged in gathering information about the physical environment, while actuators are involved in taking decisions and then performing appropriate actions in the area of interest. This enables SANETs to provide remote sensing and actuation services to their users. SANETs are heterogeneous networks having widely differing sensor and actuator node characteristics; while sensor nodes are small, inexpensive, usually static devices with limited computation, communication and energy resources, actuator nodes are resource-rich and usually mobile. Also, the number of sensor nodes deployed may be in the order of hundreds or thousands. In contrast, actuator nodes are smaller in number due to the different coverage requirements and physical interaction methods of actuation. Typically, a deployed SANET is expected to operate autonomously in unattended environments. Operational requirements of SANETs may vary according to a network’s mission defined over a multi-dimensional context, such as field of deployment (e.g., hostile versus friendly), type of application (e.g., monitoring, tracking, intrusion detection and mitigation), mode of operation (e.g., normal, exception, post-event recovery), and time. In SANETs, depending on the application, there may be a need to rapidly respond to sensor input. Moreover, so as to provide right actions, sensor data must still be valid at the time of acting. Consequently, the issues of real-time communication and coordination are vital in SANETs. Finally, to realize their potential, dependable, secure, application-aware design and operation of SANETs have to be ensured. Apparently, research is needed to resolve the many complicating issues that may impede wide-scale SANET adoption. This special issue of the Journal of Computer Communications will be designated for reporting on recent research results on SANETs. It is expected that non-conventional techniques more suited to the characteristics of SANETs need to be employed. Also, in many cases trade-off would be necessary in order to ensure practicality by dynamically setting bounds on aspects such as dependability, security, and QoS. Papers presenting original and unpublished work are being solicited. Topics of interest include, although not limited to, the following: - Sensor-actuator coordination and communication - Architectural and operational models - Robust routing and MAC protocols - Fault and attack resilience middleware - Models, metrics and measurements - Self-aware and autonomous networks - Localization and mobility - Energy-efficient cross-layer protocols - Security, dependability, privacy and QoS issues - Network management - Formal representation and verification - Network inference (tomography, etc.) - Testbeds, simulation and visualization - Novel applications of sensor and actuator networks ** Submission deadline: February 15 , 2006 ** Decision notification: May 15, 2006 ** Final manuscript due: July 31, 2006 ** Publication date: 1st Quarter 2007 ** Submission instructions: Prospective authors should submit their paper and inquiries electronically to toweissy(a)vt.edu. The manuscript should not exceed 30 double-space pages in PDF. The manuscript should be in a single column font size 11 or larger format. The first page should include title, authors’ contact information, an abstract and five keywords. Authors should include the paper abstract in their message. ** Guest Editors: Mohamed Eltoweissy: The Bradley Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng., Virginia Tech, USA, toweissy(a)vt.edu Silvia Giordano: Dept. of Informatics & Electronics, Univ. of Applied Sci., Switzerland, silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch Stephan Olariu: Dept. of Computer Science, Old Dominion University, USA, olariu(a)cs.odu.edu David Simplot-Ryl: IRCICA/LIFL, University of Lille 1, INRIA Futurs, France, David.Simplot(a)lifl.fr

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE IPCCC 2006-- 25th Anniversary]
by Lars Wolf 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE IPCCC 2006-- 25th Anniversary Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:21:35 -0400 From: Nidal Nasser <nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP, but please forward to anyone you believe may be interested -- thanks] CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 25th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) April 10-12, 2006, Mesa Hilton Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona http://www.ipccc.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the past 25 years the International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) is a premiere IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of computer and communication systems. Over the years, IPCCC has been a research forum for academic, industrial, and government researchers. In 2006, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the IEEE IPCCC. We encourage you to submit high-quality papers reporting original work in both theoretical and experimental research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Wireless Sensor Network Wireless Resource Allocation Performance Evaluation Network Management and Control Quality of Service Switch, Router and Network Architecture Routing and Multicast Protocols Network Security High-Performance Computing Performance of Web Servers Power-Aware Design Grid Computing Embedded Systems Storage Systems Traffic Measurement, Analysis and Engineering Information Assurance Network Computing Optical Networks Network Pricing and Charging Network Processors Submitted manuscripts must not exceed 20 pages with 11-point font size. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via EDAS (http://edas.info/home.cgi?c=4597). In addition, proposals are solicited for the following: (Contact the program co-chairs listed at http://www.ipccc.org for details) Panel sessions on topics of timely importance. Student Poster sessions on current research. Important dates: Full papers are due Oct. 4, 2005. Panel proposals and Student Posters are due: Nov. 22, 2005 Notification of acceptance of conference papers: December 20, 2005 Camera-ready manuscripts and registrations due: Feb. 7, 2006 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Mobile Service Platforms - CFP]
by Lars Wolf 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Mobile Service Platforms - CFP Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:43:01 +0200 From: Kellerer, Wolfgang <kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <p2prg(a)irtf.org>, <wg2(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <wg3(a)wireless-world-research.org> CC: arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE Communications Magazine Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems Call for Papers http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/cfpcommag906.htm Background Mobile communications has evolved to an integral component in our everyday life providing a growing variety of services. Traditional cellular technologies have been enhanced by Internet technologies in order to repeat the enormous success of the Internet also for mobile environments. In addition, the trend of ubiquitous computing introduces large-scale interaction with the environment based on sensors and actuators. Industry is pushing new standards that allow high data rate mobile multimedia applications as well as seamless communication across heterogeneous access and networking technologies. In such a diverse world, the success of the next generation mobile communication systems will depend on services and applications that will be provided. Future service platforms are expected to integrate those different paradigms providing open interfaces to service and application providers taking new software technologies into account. New paradigms are emerging that need to be supported. For example, the customer acceptance is considered to be widely increased by tailoring services and applications to actual user needs, their preferences and the context a user is in. Another example is peer-to-peer services, where (mobile) users directly interact with each other without central control. A well engineered next generation service platform should provide all means to allow innovative services to be created, deployed, and managed addressing customer and provider needs. For example, third party interfaces will allow chaining of expertise in service provisioning. In addition, semantic technologies may help to structure contextual knowledge about the userís environment. Scope of Contributions The papers of this feature topic will focus on advanced concepts for next generation mobile service platforms. We solicit papers covering a variety of topics that include, but are not limited to the following aspects: - Open service architectures (open interfaces, transition of OSA/Parlay/IMS towards B3G/4G) - Advanced IP-based service signaling architectures and protocols (including session mobility) - Concepts and realization of emerging features for B3G/4G mobile service platforms (context awareness, personalization, agents, service adaptation) - Decentralized, self-organized service platforms (e.g., peer-to-peer systems) - Ubiquitous service platforms (smart cards, sensor networks) and their integration with mobile systems service platforms (service gateways) - Service discovery and service composition, including the application of semantic information Papers should be of tutorial in nature and authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. For further detail please refer to 'Information for Authors' on the IEEE Communications Magazine web site at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. Manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Central at http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/ by December 31, 2005. Please select 'September 2006/Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems' in the drop down menu. Schedule of Submissions Manuscript submission: December 31, 2005 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2006 Final manuscripts due: June 15, 2006 Publication date: September 2006 Guest Editors Wolfgang Kellerer DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe Landsberger Str. 312 80687 Munich, Germany Tel: +49-89-56824-222 Email: kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com Stefan Arbanowski Fraunhofer FOKUS Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 10589 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-30-3463-8197 Email: arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de ------------------------------------------ Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kellerer Manager Ubiquitous Services Platforms Future Networking Lab DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH Landsberger Str. 312 80687 Munich, Germany Tel. +49-89-56824-222 Fax. +49-89-56824-300 E-mail: kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com i-mode: kellerer(a)imail.de http://www.docomolab-euro.com ------------------------------------------ IEEE Communications Magazine Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems Call for Papers Background Mobile communications has evolved to an integral component in our everyday life providing a growing variety of services. Traditional cellular technologies have been enhanced by Internet technologies in order to repeat the enormous success of the Internet also for mobile environments. In addition, the trend of ubiquitous computing introduces large-scale interaction with the environment based on sensors and actuators. Industry is pushing new standards that allow high data rate mobile multimedia applications as well as seamless communication across heterogeneous access and networking technologies. In such a diverse world, the success of the next generation mobile communication systems will depend on services and applications that will be provided. Future service platforms are expected to integrate those different paradigms providing open interfaces to service and application providers taking new software technologies into account. New paradigms are emerging that need to be supported. For example, the customer acceptance is considered to be widely increased by tailoring services and applications to actual user needs, their preferences and the context a user is in. Another example is peer-to-peer services, where (mobile) users directly interact with each other without central control. A well engineered next generation service platform should provide all means to allow innovative services to be created, deployed, and managed addressing customer and provider needs. For example, third party interfaces will allow chaining of expertise in service provisioning. In addition, semantic technologies may help to structure contextual knowledge about the userís environment. Scope of Contributions The papers of this feature topic will focus on advanced concepts for next generation mobile service platforms. We solicit papers covering a variety of topics that include, but are not limited to the following aspects: - Open service architectures (open interfaces, transition of OSA/Parlay/IMS towards B3G/4G) - Advanced IP-based service signaling architectures and protocols (including session mobility) - Concepts and realization of emerging features for B3G/4G mobile service platforms (context awareness, personalization, agents, service adaptation) - Decentralized, self-organized service platforms (e.g., peer-to-peer systems) - Ubiquitous service platforms (smart cards, sensor networks) and their integration with mobile systems service platforms (service gateways) - Service discovery and service composition, including the application of semantic information Papers should be of tutorial in nature and authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. For further detail please refer to 'Information for Authors' on the IEEE Communications Magazine web site at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. Manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Central at http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/ by December 31, 2005. Please select 'September 2006/Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems' in the drop down menu. Schedule of Submissions Manuscript submission: December 31, 2005 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2006 Final manuscripts due: June 15, 2006 Publication date: September 2006 Guest Editors Wolfgang Kellerer DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe Landsberger Str. 312 80687 Munich, Germany Tel: +49-89-56824-222 Email: kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com Stefan Arbanowski Fraunhofer FOKUS Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 10589 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-30-3463-8197 Email: arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (OS Review Changes, CFP for PlanetLab special topics issue)]
by Lars Wolf 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (OS Review Changes, CFP for PlanetLab special topics issue) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:11:26 -0700 From: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> Reply-To: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> To: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Operating Systems Review Starting with the January 2006 issue, the publication policy of the Operating System Review is changing. In particular, each issue will be organized around a theme and submissions will be solicited for that theme. Guest editors will often be chosen to solicit and review submissions for a special topics issue. We are interested in having a broad range of special topics reflecting both academic and industrial interests. Please send suggestions for special topics issues to the OSR editor, Jeanna Matthews (jnm(a)clarkson.edu). The first special topics issue will be related to PlanetLab and Marc Fiuczynski (mef(a)cs.princeton.edu) will the guest editor. For this issue, we seek submissions on all aspects related to PlanetLab. Topics of interest, but not limited to, include: - Mature long-running services currently operating on PlanetLab - Management tools that ease the deployment of PlanetLab slices - Network measurement tools - Infrastructure services - Debugging and monitoring related to PlanetLab - Resource management, discovery, etc. Papers will be evaluated by a review committee. The primary criteria for acceptance will be clarity of explanation and relationship to PlanetLab. This special issue does not have a predefined format or a target number of accepted papers, but there is a soft cap of roughly 84 pages of text devoted to papers. Papers should be double column including figures and tables in standard ACM format and submitted in printable postscript or pdf. If you are interested in submitting to this issue of OSR, please send email to mef(a)cs.princeton.edu with a brief description of your submission by November 1st 2005. The final submission will be due November 15 2005. Continuing the PlanetLab thread, the 2nd European PlanetLab meeting will be at EPFL in Lausanne, conveniently timed immediately after SOSP in Brighton: PlanetLab Everywhere - "PlanetLab - future directions" ====================================================== Call for participation in the 2nd European PlanetLab meeting hosted jointly by EPFL and the Evergrow EU project. Oct 27-28, 2005 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland Workshop website: http://lsirwww.epfl.ch/PlanetLabEverywhere Workshop outline: This workshop will explore several new directions to expand PlanetLab's user base to literally every researcher or student who wants to conduct a wide-area experiment and expand its hardware base to every machine on the planet. Topics at this workshop include merging clusters with PlanetLab, developments of private PlanetLab configurations, operating PlanetLab @ HOME via Xen/VMware/Intel-VT, and issues related to federating PlanetLab. The goal of this meeting is to bring together users, developers, and researches interested in these topics and develop plans to independently or collaboratively move forward with projects to develop working prototypes in each area. Further it is intended to let participants discuss technical problems and exchange their experiences to improve the quality of cooperation in the PlanetLab community. Workshop structure: We suggest a mix of talks, panel discussions, case study presentations, experience reports, demonstrators, and "bird-of-a-feather" sessions. Participants are invited to submit proposals until Oct 13, 2005 Please visit the workshop website (lsirwww.epfl.ch/PlanetLabEverywhere) for further information. ____________________________________________________________ About SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE The SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE mailing list is intended to provide a low-volume channel that provides operating systems researchers and practitioners with information about upcoming events or other important announcements. In general, a message containing a group of such announcements will be sent about once per month with the subject line "SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting". On rare occasions, announcements of particular interest or urgency will be sent out with a different subject line, starting with "SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting" (for readers who wish to use mail filtering programs). Finally, this mailing list is made available for use by publicity chairs of SIGOPS-sponsored conferences and the SIGOPS officers. To subscribe, send mail to LISTSERV(a)ACM.ORG with the following command (paste it!) in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE To unsubscribe, send mail to LISTSERV(a)ACM.ORG with the following command in the body of the message: UNSUBSCRIBE SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE To get more information about manipulating your subscription to this list, go to http://www.acm.org/infodir/services/listserv/doc.html To contact the owner of the list or to report a problem with the list, email SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE-request(a)ACM.ORG To request that an announcement be included in monthly mailings, go to http://ramp.ucsd.edu/sigops/acm.html ____________________________________________________________ Geoff Voelker, SIGOPS Information Director

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)"]
by Lars Wolf 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)" Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:29:06 -0400 From: <toweissy(a)vt.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu, manet(a)ietf.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Journal of Computer Communications (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom) Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)" Sensor-Actuator NETworks (SANETs) are comprised of networked sensor and actuator nodes that communicate among each other using wireless links to perform distributed sensing and actuation tasks. The recent few years have witnessed an increasing interest in the potential use of SANETs in many applications ranging from healthcare to warfare. In these applications, sensors are engaged in gathering information about the physical environment, while actuators are involved in taking decisions and then performing appropriate actions in the area of interest. This enables SANETs to provide remote sensing and actuation services to their users. SANETs are heterogeneous networks having widely differing sensor and actuator node characteristics; while sensor nodes are small, inexpensive, usually static devices with limited computation, communication and energy resources, actuator nodes are resource-rich and usually mobile. Also, the number of sensor nodes deployed may be in the order of hundreds or thousands. In contrast, actuator nodes are smaller in number due to the different coverage requirements and physical interaction methods of actuation. Typically, a deployed SANET is expected to operate autonomously in unattended environments. Operational requirements of SANETs may vary according to a network’s mission defined over a multi-dimensional context, such as field of deployment (e.g., hostile versus friendly), type of application (e.g., monitoring, tracking, intrusion detection and mitigation), mode of operation (e.g., normal, exception, post-event recovery), and time. In SANETs, depending on the application, there may be a need to rapidly respond to sensor input. Moreover, so as to provide right actions, sensor data must still be valid at the time of acting. Consequently, the issues of real-time communication and coordination are vital in SANETs. Finally, to realize their potential, dependable, secure, application-aware design and operation of SANETs have to be ensured. Apparently, research is needed to resolve the many complicating issues that may impede wide-scale SANET adoption. This special issue of the Journal of Computer Communications will be designated for reporting on recent research results on SANETs. It is expected that non-conventional techniques more suited to the characteristics of SANETs need to be employed. Also, in many cases trade-off would be necessary in order to ensure practicality by dynamically setting bounds on aspects such as dependability, security, and QoS. Papers presenting original and unpublished work are being solicited. Topics of interest include, although not limited to, the following: - Sensor-actuator coordination and communication - Architectural and operational models - Robust routing and MAC protocols - Fault and attack resilience middleware - Models, metrics and measurements - Self-aware and autonomous networks - Localization and mobility - Energy-efficient cross-layer protocols - Security, dependability, privacy and QoS issues - Network management - Formal representation and verification - Network inference (tomography, etc.) - Testbeds, simulation and visualization - Novel applications of sensor and actuator networks ** Submission deadline: February 15 , 2006 ** Decision notification: May 15, 2006 ** Final manuscript due: July 31, 2006 ** Publication date: 1st Quarter 2007 ** Submission instructions: Prospective authors should submit their paper and inquiries electronically to toweissy(a)vt.edu. The manuscript should not exceed 30 double-space pages in PDF. The manuscript should be in a single column font size 11 or larger format. The first page should include title, authors’ contact information, an abstract and five keywords. Authors should include the paper abstract in their message. ** Guest Editors: Mohamed Eltoweissy: The Bradley Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng., Virginia Tech, USA, toweissy(a)vt.edu Silvia Giordano: Dept. of Informatics & Electronics, Univ. of Applied Sci., Switzerland, silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch Stephan Olariu: Dept. of Computer Science, Old Dominion University, USA, olariu(a)cs.odu.edu David Simplot-Ryl: IRCICA/LIFL, University of Lille 1, INRIA Futurs, France, David.Simplot(a)lifl.fr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: ICC 2006 Paper submission deadline extension!]
by Xiaoyuan Gu 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

1b0797b7.gif 1b0797b7.jpg 1b0797d5.jpg Urgent Announcement: ICC 2006 Paper submission deadline extension. The paper submission deadline for ICC 2006 (Istanbul, Turkey) has been extended until 25 September 2006, 11:59 PM EST. The new deadline is firm and there will no more extension. You can find more information on submitting papers at www.icc2006.org <http://www.icc2006.org/>.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline Extended to Sep. 25: ICC 2006 Optical Systems and Networks Symposium]
by Lars Wolf 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Deadline Extended to Sep. 25: ICC 2006 Optical Systems and Networks Symposium Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:28:44 -0500 From: Byrav Ramamurthy <byrav(a)cse.unl.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu, ontc(a)comsoc.org Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the ICC 2006 paper submissions has been extended to 25 September 2005; 11:59 PM (EST) Conference website: http://www.icc2006.org/index/paper.html Please also note the expanded scope of the OSN symposium and the possibility of POSTER presentations. Attached is the CFP with the latest changes. Thanks Byrav -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Byrav Ramamurthy Associate Professor Room 363, Avery Hall Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. Phone: (402) 472-7791 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fax: (402) 472-7767 Lincoln NE 68588-0115 Email: byrav(a)cse.unl.edu Web: http://www.cse.unl.edu/~byrav ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for Papers -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS (part of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006) to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 11-15 June 2006) SPONSORED BY : Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC) Technical Committee on Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems (TAOS) Technical Committee on Communications Switching and Routing (TC CSR) SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS Piet Demeester, Ghent University, Co-Chair Email: piet.demeester(a)intec.ugent.be Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Co-Chair Email: byrav(a)cse.unl.edu Stefano Bregni, Politecnico di Milano, Co-Chair Email: bregni(a)elet.polimi.it Nasir Ghani, Tennessee Tech University, Vice Chair Email: nghani(a)tntech.edu IMPORTANT DATES Complete Paper Manuscripts Due: 25 September 2005; 11:59 PM (EST) Acceptance Notification: 31 December 2005 Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due: 15 February 2006 Conference Dates: 11 - 15 June 2006 SCOPE Optical communication systems and networks will continue to play a significant role in the development and deployment of emerging network infrastructures. Such systems and networks are expected to support the diverse requirements of a broad range of applications including services for residential users, business communications, grid computing, storage area networks (SANs), multimedia content distribution networks, etc. Optical networks are evolving dramatically in terms of technology and architecture towards a more flexible, intelligent and reliable optical network layer utilizing new optical switching architectures and technologies as well as advanced control and management protocols. Optical component technology is rapidly maturing offering cost-effective solutions to a point where optical networks are currently being deployed in core backbone networks, and are gaining increased interest for deployment in metro and access environments. The widespread deployment of optical communication networks provides many significant challenges. The purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers in academia and industry to present and discuss issues and possible solutions as well as emerging standards for the development, deployment, and application of optical networks. The symposium will focus on optical systems and networking for traditional telecommunications applications with emphasis on network and system design, traffic modeling and routing, network management, control and signaling etc. The symposium will also address topics related to optical network solutions suitable to support new applications and services such as storage networks, global grid computing, disaster recovery etc. The symposium will consist of peer-reviewed research papers covering a broad range of issues related to optical communication systems and networks. TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE * Optical access, metro and core networks * Optical transmission and systems * Multilayer network architectures (IP/MPLS/GMPLS/optical) * IP-WDM integration * Optical circuit, burst and packet switching * Multigranular and waveband-switching optical networks * Broadcast, multicast and anycast * Multiple access * Hybrid wireless-optical networks * Wireless optical systems * Optical access (PON/EPON bandwidth allocation, scheduling) * Layer 1 virtual private networks (VPNs) * Network modeling and design (routing, wavelength assignment, grooming, ...) * Network performance evaluation * Network element architectures and their performance (OXC, OADM, packet switches, ...) * Recovery strategies : efficiency, cost, performance, single and multilayer * Network control and management * Next generation SONET/SDH * Data over SONET/SDH and OTN * Support of advanced applications: grid computing, content storage and distribution, multimedia streaming, etc. * Techno-economical comparison between different network architectures * Optical network experiments (interoperability demonstrations, test beds and field trials) * Standardization TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chadi Assi, Concordia University, Canada Andrea Bianco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Franco Callegati, Università di Bologna, Italy Hakki Candan Cankaya, Alcatel, USA Xiaowen Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Tibor Cinkler, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary Tarek El-Bawab, Alcatel, USA George Ellinas, City University of New York, USA Jaafar Elmirghani, University of Wales Swansea, UK Andrea Fumagalli, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Christoph Gauger, University of Stuttgart, Germany Aysegul Gencata, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Ashwin Gumaste, Fujitsu Labs, USA Mohan Gurusamy, National University of Singapore, Singapore Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, USA Mounir Hamdi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Pin-Han Ho, University of Waterloo, Canada Jason Jue, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Wojciech Kabacinski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Young-chon Kim, Chonbuk National University, Korea Youngseok Lee, Chungnam National University, Korea Soung-Chang Liew, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Guido Maier, Corecom, Italy Marco Mellia, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California, Davis, USA Michael O'Mahony, University of Essex, UK Tim Ozugur, Alcatel, USA Mario Pickavet, Ghent University, Belgium Chunming Qiao, State University of New York, USA Srini Ramasubramanian, University of Arizona, USA Martin Reisslein, Arizona State University, USA George Rouskas, North Carolina State University, USA Roberto Sabella, Ericsson, Italy Chava Vijaya Saradhi, National University of Singapore, Singapore Ken-Ichi Sato, Nagoya University, Japan Dominic A. Schupke, Siemens AG, Germany Abdullah Shami, University of Western Ontario, Canada Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Arun Somani, Iowa State University, USA Suresh Subramaniam, George Washington University, USA Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology Center, Greece Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Malathi Veeraraghavan, University of Virginia, USA Vinod Vokkarane, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA Bin Wang, Wright State University, USA Alan Willner, University of Southern California, USA Jing Wu, Communications Research Center, Canada Lisong Xu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Guoliang Xue, Arizona State University, USA Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada Wende Zhong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore PAPER SUBMISSION Authors MUST submit their papers electronically using EDAS. A link is provided to the EDAS web site at the end of this page. The submission process involves the following three steps: 1. Creation of a personal account on EDAS (if the author does not already have one) 2. Registration of the paper (requiring a title and short abstract of up to 150 words) 3. Upload of the paper. Only in pdf format Papers must be written in English. Preferred maximum paper length is 6 printed pages including figures. Accepted papers that are longer than 6 pages will be charged with an over-length fee of $100 per page for the 7th and 8th pages. Under no circumstances may any submission exceed 8 pages. Papers in excess of 8 pages shall not be considered for review or publication. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Authors will be notified of acceptance and given a chair's summary of reviewer comments to ensure the high quality of the accepted papers. Accepted manuscripts should be revised per the comments and final camera-ready papers be submitted by the deadline. The accepted papers, depending on their number versus conference rooms' availability, may be split among orally presented and poster presented papers without any relation to the paper evaluation process and without any distinction as far as printing in the proceedings is concerned. The authors must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference and that one presenter must register at the FULL or LIMITED rate per IEEE ComSoc policy. For authors presenting multiple papers, one FULL or LIMITED registration is valid for up to three papers. Copyright forms will be required for accepted papers. The Symposium on Optical Systems and Networks website is http://www.icc2006.org/index/OpticalSystemsandNetworks.html The EDAS web site for the Symposium is http://edas.info/Paper.cgi?c=4590 For additional paper submission details, please visit http://www.icc2006.org/index/paper.html Please contact us if you need additional information. Best regards, Piet Demeester Byrav Ramamurthy Stefano Bregni Nasir Ghani -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (EuroSys 1 Call for Papers)]
by Lars Wolf 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (EuroSys 1 Call for Papers) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:24:45 -0700 From: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> Reply-To: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> To: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Call for papers EUROSYS 1 Leuven April 18-21, 2006 http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/conference/EuroSys2006/ Important dates: Registration of abstracts October 8, 2005 (mandatory) Paper submission October 15, 2005 (hard deadline) Acceptance notification January 15, 2006 Final papers due March 1, 2006 Conference April 18-21, 2006 EuroSys 1 is the first of a series of system conferences located in Europe. It welcomes submissions and attendance from all over the world. It will be held in Leuven, Belgium, April 18-21, 2006. EuroSys aims to bring together researchers from different areas of computer systems, who are otherwise spread over multiple conferences. As a result, we seek papers on all aspects of computer systems. We especially seek papers that cross the divide between areas and address: * All areas of operating systems and distributed systems * Systems aspects of: - Programming language support - Databases - Distributed algorithms - Middleware - Parallel and concurrent computing - Clusters and grids - Mobile and pervasive computing - Embedded computers and tiny devices - Novel user interfaces - Real-time computing - Security - Dependable computing - Novel uses of information technology - Management, measurement and monitoring * Experience with existing systems * Reproduction of previous results * Negative results * Early ideas Papers should report, where possible, on the design, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and deployment of such systems. However, at least one session of the conference will be reserved for "idea" papers. These papers may not be held to the same standards in terms of evaluation as other submissions. Similarly, one session of the conference will be reserved for "experience papers", reflecting on the use or the lack of use of earlier concepts. For such papers, novelty of the concept is less of an issue, but depth of evaluation is of paramount importance. Authors may but need not designate their paper for one of these sessions. To encourage diversity, any single author will be limited to at most two submissions. To avoid conflict of interests, papers authored by program committee members will be held to a significantly higher standard, and their number in the final program will be severely restricted. Reviewing will not be blind. Authors should feel free to include their affiliation in the paper, and include all references in full. Papers will be reviewed by the program committee with the help of outside referees. The primary criterion for acceptance will be the impact of the work on the systems community and the extent to which the papers bridge gaps between different communities. Novelty, clarity of explanation and thorough evaluation will be additional criteria. Papers may be provisionally accepted, subject to further shepherding by a member of the program committee before final acceptance. The conference does not have a predefined format or a target number of accepted papers. Papers will be accepted or rejected based on their merits, and the conference will be organized in a format that accommodates the number of papers that meet that criterion. Papers should not exceed 14 pages double column including figures and tables in standard ACM format. Papers that exceed this length will be rejected without consideration of their merit. Papers must be submitted electronically in printable postscript or pdf form. For detailed submission instructions, refer to the submission web site. Program committee Anastassia Ailamaki CMU Amnon Barak Hebrew University Brian Bershad University of Washington Alan Cox Rice University Thomas Gross ETHZ Steve Hand Cambridge University Maurice Herlihy Brown University Christof Fetzer Technical University of Dresden Christoph Kirsch University of Salzburg Gilles Muller Ecole des Mines, Nantes Krithi Ramaritham IIT Bombay Ant Rowstron Microsoft Research Cambridge Karsten Schwan Georgia Tech Leendert Van Doorn IBM Research Hawthorne Werner Vogels Amazon Willy Zwaenepoel EPFL (chair) Organizing Committee Yolande Berbers KU, Leuven (general chair) Willy Zwaenepoel EPFL (programm chair) Anne-Marie Kermarrec, INRIA-Rennes(publicity chair ____________________________________________________________ About SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE The SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE mailing list is intended to provide a low-volume channel that provides operating systems researchers and practitioners with information about upcoming events or other important announcements. In general, a message containing a group of such announcements will be sent about once per month with the subject line "SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting". On rare occasions, announcements of particular interest or urgency will be sent out with a different subject line, starting with "SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting" (for readers who wish to use mail filtering programs). Finally, this mailing list is made available for use by publicity chairs of SIGOPS-sponsored conferences and the SIGOPS officers. To subscribe, send mail to LISTSERV(a)ACM.ORG with the following command (paste it!) in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE To unsubscribe, send mail to LISTSERV(a)ACM.ORG with the following command in the body of the message: UNSUBSCRIBE SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE To get more information about manipulating your subscription to this list, go to http://www.acm.org/infodir/services/listserv/doc.html To contact the owner of the list or to report a problem with the list, email SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE-request(a)ACM.ORG To request that an announcement be included in monthly mailings, go to http://ramp.ucsd.edu/sigops/acm.html ____________________________________________________________ Geoff Voelker, SIGOPS Information Director

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[Fwd: [Tccc] PerEL 2006: Deadline Extension]
by Lars Wolf 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] PerEL 2006: Deadline Extension Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:02:33 +0200 From: Ulrike Lucke <ul(a)informatik.uni-rostock.de> Reply-To: perel06(a)informatik.uni-rostock.de To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Apologies in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CfP. Please feel free to forward the message to interested colleagues. >> Please note: PerEL 2006 Deadline has been extended. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers 2nd IEEE International Workshop on PervasivE Learning (PerEL 2006) March 17, 2006 in Pisa, Italy http://wwwra.informatik.uni-rostock.de/perel2006/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- in conjunction with the 4th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2006) www.percom.org SCOPE ~~~~~ The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on PervasivE Learning (PerEL 2006) aims to address the issues of pervasive computing in combination with new types and possibilities of learning, teaching and working. Pervasive learning is to be seen as a key technology for tomorrow's e-knowledge society. Here, content, context and community as well as a technical basement are equally important aspects for the realization of a global campus. High-producing discussions at PerEL 2005 showed out that technical pre-requisitions of pervasive learning as well as a research roadmap are given. First prototypical experiences are already available, but yet no full solution. PerEL 2006 covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of pervasive learning forcing innovative learning environments by utilization of wireless communication and wearable computing. In combination with session and service mobility as well as device independency, the arising learning environments should have the potential to be accessed by anyone at any place and any time. Learning wherever and whenever needed is to become possible. PerEL 2006 addresses technologies, algorithms, tools, architectures, organization policies, and applications as well as didactical and pedagogical aspects and trends of pervasive eLearning. After all, it aims at an examination of future visions in that area. It will present original papers that demonstrate new results of research and development in the field of pervasive learning. We are looking for results of theoretical, empirical, and practical studies. Topics of interest are all aspects of pervasive learning as mentioned above. This includes, but is not limited to: - mobile communication (asynchronous, synchronous) - service and session mobility - document, knowledge, and service management - tools and architectures for mobile/ubiquitous eLearning - smart devices and device-independent presentation - techniques for cooperative learning or working - pervasive gaming for learning, eLearning networks - realization of pervasive learning scenarios - best practice studies and experiences PerEL 2006 will discuss new techniques for the support of mobile teaching, learning and working from a pervasive point of view. As started by its predecessor in 2005, the workshop continues to bring together researchers and developers from different technical and educational disciplines. Its intension is to assemble outstanding work in order to enable the realization of improved pervasive learning arrangements. SUBMISSIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~ We kindly invite authors to submit full papers on original and unpublished work. Papers must be written in English and should not exceed 5 pages in IEEE proceedings style. Papers may be submitted in either Adobe PDF (preferred) or Postscript format. Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to fully register and present the paper. Accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Submission of Full Papers: September 30, 2005 *extended* Notification of Acceptance: November 22, 2005 Camera-ready Papers due: December 19, 2005 CONTACT ~~~~~~~ Program Chair: Djamshid Tavangarian Organization: Heiko Kopp, Ulrike Lucke For further information please contact the organizers at: University of Rostock Dpt. of Computer Science Albert-Einstein-Str. 21 18059 Rostock Germany Phone: (+49) 381 - 498 75 23 Fax: (+49) 381 - 498 75 22 perel06(a)informatik.uni-rostock.de http://wwwra.informatik.uni-rostock.de/perel2006/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] SAINT 2006 Workshop CFP: Next Generation Service Platforms for Future Mobile Systems (SPMS 2006)]
by Lars Wolf 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] SAINT 2006 Workshop CFP: Next Generation Service Platforms for Future Mobile Systems (SPMS 2006) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:09:59 +0200 From: Kellerer, Wolfgang <kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <wg2(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <wg3(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <p2prg(a)irtf.org>, <sig3(a)wireless-world-research.org> CC: uesugi.mitsuru(a)jp.panasonic.com, arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de, ohashi(a)kddilabs.jp Second Call for SAINT 2006 workshop papers (please note the updated paper format) 2nd Workshop on Next Generation Service Platforms for Future Mobile Systems (SPMS 2006) (see also: http://www.saintconference.org/, http://infonet.cse.kyutech.ac.jp/conf/saint06/, SAINT 2006: Phoenix, Arizona, USA, January 23-27, 2006) The enormous success of the Internet results to a large extent from the flexible and easy to use platform it provides to create innovative services and applications that quickly find acceptance and customers. In parallel to the Internet, mobile communications also has evolved to an integral component in our everyday life providing a growing variety of services. Industry is pushing new standards that allow high data rate multimedia applications as well as seamless communication across heterogeneous radio and network technologies. The success of the next generation mobile telecommunication systems will again depend on the services and applications that can be provided. These future systems are expected to integrate the paradigms of traditional mobile telecommunication systems with the Internet protocols and software engineering methods. New paradigms will emerge. For example, the customer acceptance is considered to be widely increased by tailoring services and applications to actual user needs, their preferences and the context a user is in. Ubiquitous services receive increased user acceptance (e.g., Peer-to-Peer). A well engineered next generation service platform should provide all capabilities to allow innovative services to be created and deployed in short time addressing user needs. Third party interfaces allow a chaining of expertise in service provisioning. Semantic technologies may help to structure knowledge about the user environment. Researchers, practitioners and developers are invited to submit original unpublished papers in the following areas: * Open Service Architectures (open interfaces, third party providers) * Mobile Service Platforms (incl. terminal aspects and mobile middleware) * Service Platforms for ubiquitous communication and P2P * Capabilities and features for next generation mobile services (context-awareness, personalization/personal agent, high quality multimedia, information distribution, adaptation) * Service Building Blocks (service modelling, semantic technologies, service creation, service discovery, service composition, service management) * Privacy and trust as enabling technologies for future service platforms * Mobile service platform prototypes and evaluation * Innovative applications and services This workshop is open to contributions from all experts in service technologies from industry and academia, including bodies such as mITF and WWRF, but not being limited to those. The Mobile IT Forum (mITF) and the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) are both organizations working towards the next generation of mobile communication systems. The two bodies represent each more than 140 member organizations (including companies, universities, and research institutes). Both bodies have dedicated working groups to the architecture/platform challenge. This workshop will be an opportunity to discuss service architecture/platform issues on a highly international level with experts from both bodies. Submission Guidelines Page limit: 4 pages in IEEE Conference format. Description: The submitted paper should contain authors names and affiliation and postal address, and fax number Format: Paper should be submitted in .pdf or .ps or .doc. Papers should be submitted to the workshop organizers. All papers will be reviewed by at least three expert reviewers. Important dates Paper submission: Thursday, September 15, 2005. Camera ready due: Tuesday, November 1, 2005. Workshop organizers Stefan ARBANOWSKI, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany, WWRF WG2 Service Architecture, Chair, arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de Wolfgang KELLERER, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany, WWRF WG2, Vice Chair kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com Masayoshi OHASHI, KDDI, Japan, mITF Service Platform WG, Chair ohashi(a)kddilabs.jp Mitsuru UESUGI, Panasonic Japan, mITF Service Platform WG, Vice Chair uesugi.mitsuru(a)jp.panasonic.com ------------------------------------------ Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kellerer Manager Ubiquitous Services Platforms Future Networking Lab DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH Landsberger Str. 312 80687 Munich, Germany Tel. +49-89-56824-222 Fax. +49-89-56824-300 E-mail: kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com i-mode: kellerer(a)imail.de http://www.docomolab-euro.com ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] ICNSC Special Session CFP: Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication]
by Lars Wolf 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] ICNSC Special Session CFP: Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:25:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chi Zhang <czhang(a)cs.fiu.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Call for Papers 2006 IEEE International Conference On Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC 06) Special Session: Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication Energy consumption in wireless networks is an important design consideration due to the limited battery capacity of mobile devices. Advances in hardware and software technologies have not been matched by corresponding improvements in battery technologies. Since wireless communication is a major contributor to the total energy consumption on many battery-powered mobile devices, the success of new wireless technologies is contingent on their power-conservation techniques. It is important to understand and characterize the energy-consumption behaviors of the communication components in mobile devices. Furthermore, considerable research has been devoted to low-power design of the entire network protocol stack of wireless networks, in an effort to enhance energy efficiency. The goal of this special session is to bring together researchers in the field of energy-efficient wireless communications and networks, and provide a forum for the state-of-the-art research and development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, power-conservation techniques on the following aspects of wireless computing: -Power-aware network architectures -Power management and control -Energy consumption modeling -Antennas and RF subsystems -Coding and modulation -Media access control -Routing and Mobile IP -Transport protocols -Middleware and applications -Wireless sensor networks -Heterogeneous (wired/wireless) networks Important Dates Paper submission deadline: September 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2005 Camera-ready copy due: December 15, 2005 Web Site and Further Information 2006 IEEE International Conference On Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC 06) http://web.umr.edu/~icnsc06/ Special Session on Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication http://bluehawk.monmouth.edu/~jwang/Wireless.html For additional information, please contact Prof. Chi Zhang (czhang AT cs dot fiu dot edu). _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: IEEE TridentCom 2006: 15 October Deadline Announcement!]
by Lars Wolf 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IEEE TridentCom 2006: 15 October Deadline Announcement! Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:35:14 -0400 From: CommunicationsSociety(a)comsoc.org To: IEEEM&C(a)comsoc.org 789371b.jpg 7893725.jpg 789372f.jpg 7893739.jpg 7893743.jpg* 2**nd International Conference on Testbeds & Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TRIDENTCOM 2006) 1-3 March 2006 / Barcelona, Spain /* _http://www.tridentcom.org _ <http://www.tridentcom.org/>TridentCom 2006, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society in partnership with Create-Net, Inc., is a major annual international conference focused on experimental activities on high-performance telecommunication network infrastructures that creates an important forum where industry and academic researchers, developers, vendors, service managers and providers can exchange ideas on past experience, requirements, needs and creative visionary solutions for the establishment of such infrastructures; particularly in the areas of testing, verification and deployment based on a business model that optimizes the operational price/performance ratio. Featured topical programming includes the following subject areas: · Social Impacts of Infrastructures and Real-Life Applications · Business Models for Infrastructure Budgeting & Planning · Infrastructure Renting & Pricing Policies · Vendor and Provider Partnerships · Next Generation Internet Testbeds · Next Generation Wireless & Optical Network Testbeds · Ubiquitous Network Testbeds · Wireless Sensor Testbeds · Testbed Operation & Management for User & Research Communities · Testbed Cooperation & Integration · Innovative Measurements, Methodologies & Tools · Traffic Measurement Testbeds · Software Tools to Support Distributed Testbeds / Virtual Laboratories · Management of Massive Databases of Experimental Data · Knowledge & Technology Transfer Procedures · Security (AAA) Testing on Open Testbeds *Full technical paper submission deadline: **15 October 2005 (firm date; no extensions) Demonstration proposal submission deadline: 15 October 2005 Best Testbed Award: *To be presented the research infrastructure that will best implement the open infrastructure model representing the greatest service to the public, and the most sustainable business model to the infrastructure managers. *For more TridentCom 2006 details & updates, visit**: _http://www.tridentcom.org _ <http://www.tridentcom.org/>/IEEE ComSoc M&C Author Registration Policy:/*/ All accepted TridentCom 2006 technical paper presenters must register at the FULL registration rate. For authors presenting multiple papers, one FULL registration is valid for up to_ three_ papers.* */ To unsubscribe from the IEEE Communications Society M&C mailing list send a blank email message to IEEEM&C-remove(a)comsoc.org. To subscribe to the IEEE Communications Society M&C mailing list send a blank email message to IEEEM&C-join(a)comsoc.org. You can also request removal by mail. Please send a note with your email address and the list name (IEEEM&C(a)comsoc.org) to ComSoc List Removal - IT 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA

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[Fwd: Call For Participation: NPSec]
by Lars Wolf 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call For Participation: NPSec Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:18:18 -0400 (EDT) From: James Minseok Kwon <jmk(a)cs.rit.edu> To: tcgn(a)comsoc.org References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0504041610050.15949(a)rainier.cs.rit.edu> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0505200741080.16744(a)rainier.cs.rit.edu> Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. ========================================================================== ******* Early registration ends October 12th, 2005. ******* See http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/npsec/ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION First Workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec) Boston, Massachusetts, USA November 6, 2005 http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/npsec/ In conjunction with ICNP 2005: The 13th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols SCOPE: The first workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec) is a one-day event held in conjunction with IEEE ICNP 2005. NPSec focuses on two general areas. The first focus is on the development and analysis of secure or hardened protocols for the operation (establishment and maintenance) of network infrastructure, including such targets as secure multidomain, ad-hoc, sensor or overlay networks, or other related target areas. This can include new protocols, enhancements to existing protocols, protocol analysis, and new attacks on existing protocols. The second focus is on employing such secure network protocols to create or enhance network applications. Examples include collaborative firewalls, incentive strategies for multiparty networks, and deployment strategies to enable secure applications. WORKSHOP PROGRAM: 8:30 Welcome and Introductions 8:45 Keynote, Hari Balakrishnan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 10:00 Coffee Break 10:30 L3A: A Protocol for Layer Three Accounting. Alwyn Goodloe, Matthew Jacobs, Gaurav Shah (University of Pennsylvania), Carl Gunter (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) 10:50 Mitigating DoS Attack Through Selective Bin Verification. Micah Sherr, Michael Greenwald, Carl Gunter, Sanjeev Khanna, Santosh Venkatesh (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) 11:10 On Design Tradeoffs between Security and Performance in Wireless Group Communicating Systems. Jin-Hee Cho and Ing-Ray Chen (Virginia Tech) 11:30 Detecting and Filtering Instant Messaging Spam -- A Global and also Personalized Approach. Zhijun Liu, Weili Lin, Na Li, David Lee (The Ohio State University) 11:50 Analysis of IPSec Overheads for VPN Servers. Craig Shue, Youngsang Shin, Minaxi Gupta, Jong Youl Choi (Indiana University, Bloomington) 12:10 Lunch Break 1:30 Practical Security for Disconnected Nodes. Aaditeshwar Seth and Srinivasan Keshav (University of Waterloo) 1:50 Achieving K-Anonymity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Xiaoxin Wu and Elisa Bertino (Purdue University) 2:10 Phyllo: A Peer-to-Peer Overlay Security Framework. William Heinbockel (MITRE) and Minseok Kwon (Rochester Institute of Technology) 2:30 Identity Theft Protection in Structured Overlays. Lakshmi Ganesh and Ben Y. Zhao (UC Santa Barbara) 2:50 Coffee Break 3:30 An Effective Intrusion Detection Approach for OLSR MANET Protocol. M. Wang, L. Lamont (Communications Research Centre), P. Mason, M. Gorlatova (DRDC) 3:50 The Attackers' Influence on the Tactical Assessments Produced by Standard Alert Correlation Systems. Stephen Neville (University of Victoria) 4:10 Policy Segmentation for Intelligent Firewall Testing. Adel El-Atawy, Khaled Ibrahim, Hazem Hamed, Ehab Al-Shaer (DePaul University) 4:30 A Distributed Reputation Approach to Cooperative Internet Routing Protection. Harlan Yu, Jennifer Rexford, Edward Felten (Princeton University) 4:50-5:00 Closing Remarks and Discussion ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chair: Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University Technical Program Committee Chairs: George Kesidis, Pennsylvania State University Nicholas Weaver, International Computer Science Institute Publicity Chair: James Minseok Kwon, Rochester Institute of Technology Web Chair: Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Marco Ajmone-Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Ehab Al-Shaer, DePaul University David Brumley, Carnegie Mellon University Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University Joseph Evans, U.S. National Science Foundation Lixin Gao, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Carl A. 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[Fwd: WORKSHOP ON ENGINEERING SERVICE COMPOSITIONS (WESC'05)]
by Lars Wolf 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WORKSHOP ON ENGINEERING SERVICE COMPOSITIONS (WESC'05) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:19:10 +0200 From: W. Lamersdorf <lamersd(a)INFORMATIK.UNI-HAMBURG.DE> Reply-To: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> To: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE [We apologise if you receive multiple copies of this message] -------------------------------------------------------------------- E X T E N D E D C A L L F O R P A P E R S 1ST INT. WORKSHOP ON ENGINEERING SERVICE COMPOSITIONS (WESC'05) In conjunction with the 3rd Int. Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2005) http://www.icsoc.org/ <http://www.icsoc.org/> December 12, 2005 Amsterdam, The Netherlands WESC Workshop Website http://fresco-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wesc05/ <http://fresco-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wesc05/> Paper Submission Deadline: September 30th, 2005 SYNOPSIS ======== The emerging paradigm of service-oriented computing (SOC) introduces ground-breaking concepts for distributed- and e-business processing that are radically changing the way software applications are designed, architected, delivered and consumed. Services, which constitute the heart of SOC, are autonomous platform-independent computational elements that can be described, published, discovered and accessed over the Web using standard protocols. Service-oriented architectures (SOA) leverage the foundational capabilities of computational service models to provide technological as well as conceptual frameworks for a new class of cooperative business applications: agile networks of collaborating business applications distributed within and across organisational boundaries. Consequently, SOA not only includes software technologies to aggregate atomic services into composite services (a.k.a. service composition) but also the software engineering methodology to turn composite services into cooperative business applications (a.k.a. service engineering). In fact, service composition and software engineering are highly interrelated. Service composition not only developed towards the major software technology approach for composing multiple coarse-grained applications over the Web but also originated pioneering concepts such as orchestration and choreography. Such concepts introduce significantly different ways of managing business connectivity, thus making a strong impact on application semantics and vice versa. In order to guarantee a certain quality level of SOA-based cooperative business applications with respect to functional and non-functional requirements, software engineers have to take into account the impacts of service composition models. In the emerging discipline of service engineering, that generally benefits from former research on component- and aspect-oriented software engineering methodologies, there are already promising results on novel conceptual and technological tools to support the development processes of cooperative business applications. However, such tools need to be increasingly aligned with service composition technology. Still, joint approaches on engineering service compositions face several open problems and challenges. Concerning the technology side there is still neither an agreement on service composition models and languages nor on their scope of application; let alone experiences on mission critical operation. As regards methodology , reference architectures of service-oriented cooperative information systems taking into account particularities of the service composition lifecycles are just at the beginning. This is just to name a few of the challenges. GOAL ==== Accordingly, the workshop is intended to bring together experts from service composition technology and service engineering methodology; researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. It is meant to foster discussions about problems and challenges that particularly arise during the practical combination of both fields of expertise for the realisation of service-based, cooperative business information systems. TOPICS ====== WESC'05 welcomes research submissions on all topics related to engineering service compositions, including but not limited to those listed below: Models for composing software applications from services - Models and languages for composition, coordination and aggregation of application software services - Programming abstractions for service composition - High-level abstractions for service composition (workflows, rules, policies...) - Scope and applicability of service composition standards (e.g. BPEL, WSCI) w.r.t. software composition - ... Themes/paradigms for conceptualising service compositions - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) as composition framework - Service composition as a form of programming in the large - Software services as building blocks for componentware and component-oriented software engineering - Service composition for product line software e.g. in an application service provision (ASP) context - Service composition as a link between software engineering and enterprise application integration (EAI) - Service composition in agent-based software engineering - ... Methodology for engineering service compositions - Reference architectures for composite service-based applications - Lifecycle models for service composition - Impacts of service composition on requirement engineering - Methods for design and analysis of service compositions - Dependability of service compositions - Quality models and measures for service compositions - Methods for validation and verification of service compositions - Refactorisation of service compositions - ... Technology for developing/implementing service compositions - Pattern techniques and service composition patterns - Framework architectures for service composition - Aspect-oriented composition of software services - Applying/adopting UML and MDA for service composition - Testing of service compositions - CASE-tools for service composition - Industrial case studies - ... WORKSHOP FORMAT =============== The workshop will be held on a single day, consisting of a keynote speech*, peer-reviewed paper presentations and a closing panel. Keynote and panel will be held jointly with the workshop on Design of Service-oriented Applications. * To be announced SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ======================= Authors are invited to submit original, previously unpublished research papers. Papers should be written in English and must not exceed 8 pages strictly following Springer's LNCS style ( http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Prospective authors are supposed to submit full papers not later than **** September 30th, 2005 **** electronically to: http://vsis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wesc05/ <http://vsis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wesc05/ > PDF format is preferred but portable Postscript format is also acceptable. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the international program-committee based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be distributed electronically to all participants before the workshop. They will also be included in the workshop proceedings and formally published as IBM research report. Authors of accepted papers are supposed to participate in the workshop. Publication is subject to receipt of a participation confirmation via e-mail to: wesc05(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de until *** September 30th, 2005 **** which confirms that at least one author is going to attend the Workshop in case of paper acceptance. Workshop attendees are not required but are, of course, encouraged to register for the core ICSOC conference. IMPORTANT DATES =============== * Paper Submission & Participation Confirmation Due: September 30th, 2005 * Notification of Acceptance: October 21st, 2005 * Camera-Ready Copy Due: November 4th, 2005 * Workshop: December 12th, 2005 PROGRAM COMMITTEE* ================= M. Aiello (University of Trento, Italy) B. Benatallah (University of New South Wales, Australia) F. Casati (HP Palo Alto, USA) A. Colyer (IBM Hursley, UK) F. Cubera (IBM Watson, USA) V. D'andrea (University of Trento, Italy) E. Deelman (ISI, USA) K. Duddy (DSTC, Australia) S. Dustdar (Technical University of Vienna, Austria) W. Emmerich (University College London, UK) G. Feuerlicht (Technical University of Sydney, Australia) W. Gentsch (Sun, Germany) P. Goldsack (HP Bristol, UK) M. Hauswirth (EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland) J. Hernandez (University of Extremadura, Spain) W. Lamersdorf (University of Hamburg, Germany) F. Leymann (University of Stuttgart, Germany) S. McIlraith (Stanford University, USA) M. Mecella (University of Rome, Italy) N. Medvidovic (University of Southern California, USA) G. Ortiz (University of Extremadura, Spain) M. Papazoglou (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) P. Plebani (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) G. Piccinelli (University College London, UK) T. Risse (Fraunhofer Society, Germany) C. Roland (University of Paris, France) S. Shrivastava (University of Newcastle, UK) C. Szyperski (Microsoft Research, USA) S. Tai (IBM Watson, USA) M. Weske (HPI at University of Potsdam, Germany) A. Wolf (University of Boulder, USA) J. Yang (Macuquarie University, Australia) C. Zirpins (University of Hamburg, Germany) *Candidates, confirmation pending ORGANISING COMMITTEE ==================== Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Emmerich University College London, UK Email: w.emmerich(a)cs.ucl.ac.uk Prof. Dr. Winfried Lamersdorf University of Hamburg, Germany Email: lamersdorf(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de Guadalupe Ortiz University of Extremadura, Spain Email: gobellot(a)unex.es Christian Zirpins University of Hamburg, Germany Email: zirpins(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to send an e-mail to the workshop contact: wesc05(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL AT WESC/ICSOC IN AMSTERDAM! --------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP IEEE WoWMoM 2006]
by Lars Wolf 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP IEEE WoWMoM 2006 Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 00:01:29 +0900 From: Sunghyun Choi <schoi(a)snu.ac.kr> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> CC: 'Sunghyun Choi' <schoi(a)snu.ac.kr> We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WOWMOM 2006) June 26-29, 2006, Niagara-Falls/Buffalo, New York, USA http://ieee-wowmom.cse.buffalo.edu/ (Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE TCCC and Univ. of Texas at Arlington). **** Submission Deadline --- November 19, 2005 **** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The emergence of broadband wireless access standards, such as 3G/UMTS, 802.16, 802.11a/g and UWB, offers exciting new possibilities for delivering rich multimedia content over wireless networks. The delivery and transport of rich multimedia in such wireless environments, including sensor and mesh networks, requires innovation and advances in better MAC and routing protocols, session establishment and signaling architectures, QoS provisioning and adaptive transmission techniques, autonomic network management capabilities and middleware frameworks, among others. *** Topics of Interest*** The IEEE WoWMoM 2006 technical program committee is soliciting papers addressing the research challenges and advances towards a world of wireless, mobile, and multimedia pervasive communications. Papers must present original and previously unpublished work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. Practical experiences and experimental efforts, including submissions from industry, are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - System prototypes and experiences - QoS for voice.video in wireless networks - Middleware support for QoS provision - Differentiated services for wireless multimedia - IP-based wireless multimedia services - Multimedia session signaling in wireless environments - Networking services for pervasive systems - Multicasting and broadcasting issues - Handoff and mobility management - Seamless internetworking - Energy-efficient protocols and power management - Network management and troubleshooting- IP-based mobile networks - Context-aware wireless multimedia application - Location mechanism and services - Wireless BAN, PAN, LAN, and MAN - Ad hoc and sensor networks - Wireless mesh networks - Vehicular wireless networks - Third and fourth generation systems - Wireless security and dependability - Content Management and Distribution - Pricing and billing - Modeling and Performance evaluation Two types of papers will be considered. "Full Papers" must present original, previously unpublished, complete work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. "Position Papers" must be visionary, innovative and forward-looking, and offer new perspectives on future research directions. Only a limited number of slots will be available for position papers that will be reviewed primarily for relevance and originality. ***Submission Dates and Guidelines**** Submission Deadline: November 19, 2005. Acceptance Notification: February 21, 2006 Camera Ready Due: March 17, 2006. Submitted manuscripts should adhere to the IEEE double-column standard format, except the font size, which must be Times Roman 11pt (or greater). Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or equivalent. The maximum length of the manuscript is 12 pages. This limit includes figures, appendix, bibliography, etc. Papers that will be significantly exceed this limit will be automatically rejected. **Contact Details**** For any questions or clarifications, please contact either of the TPC Chairs below: Marwan Krunz, Univ. of Arizona, USA (krunz(a)ece.arizona.edu) Archan Misra, IBM Research, USA (archan(a)us.ibm.com) For more information, please visit http://ieee-wowmom.cse.buffalo.edu/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] ICCCN'05 - Call for participation]
by Lars Wolf 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] ICCCN'05 - Call for participation Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:07:53 -0400 From: Sandy Thuel <thuel(a)lucent.com> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Dear Colleagues, We would like to cordially invite you to join us at the ICCCN 2005 to be held in San Diego, California USA on October 17-19, 2005. The event will provide you with the latest results on research, development and application of computer communications and networks ! We are looking forward to welcoming you in San Diego ! From: ICCCN 2005 General Chair and Program Chairs Luiz DaSilva, Sandra Thuel, and Yuanyuan Yang ----------- Highlights of the ICCCN 2005 Conference -------------- ICCCN 2005 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS October 17-19, 2005 San Diego, California USA Marriott Hotel San Diego Mission Valley Conference Website: http://icccn.sce.umkc.edu Sponsors: Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE ComSoc/TCCC (Technical Committee on Computer Communications), IBM and Nokia ICCCN is a major international conference for the presentation of original and fundamental advances in the field 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 Computer Communications and Networks 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Three keynote speakers, one per day: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, Oct. 17, 2005: Keynote I: “Network Diversification - Enabling Innovation in Network Architecture and Services” Professor Jonathan Turner Washington University in St. Louis ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005: Keynote II: "Security and IP-Based 3G Wireless Networks" Professor Thomas La Porta Pennsylvania State University ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005: Keynote III: "Future of Wireless Networks" Dr. George Rittenhouse, Lucent Technologies Vice President, Bell Laboratories Wireless Research Lucent's CTO for Corporate Strategy ------------------------------------------------------------------- PANEL SESSION: October 17, 2005 Monday 16:45 – 18:15: Title:"The Next Big Bang in Wireless and Mobile Communication" Chair: Dr. Sandra Thuel, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Moderator: Professor Rene Cruz, University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Panelists: Dr. Rajiv Laroia, Flarion Technologies Founder and CTO of Flarion Technologies Dr. Preston Marshall, DARPA Program Manager, Next Generation Communications and Connectionless Networking, Advanced Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Department of Defense Dr. Joseph Evans, NSF Program Director of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF NeTS program) Professor Ramesh Rao, UCSD Professor and Qualcomm endowed chair, ECE department at UCSD Director of UCSD Division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology Panel Abstract: Cognitive radios, MIMO antennas, wireless mesh networks, self-configuration support, seamless and context mobility, mobile user agents, and mobiquitous, multimedia, always-on, location-based communication services, are just some of the terms that have become part of the emerging lexicon to describe the future wireless communication technology landscape for 4G and beyond. From the mobile device, airlinks, and internet access network to the applications and services that next generation mobile service providers are to support, only one point seems to enjoy global consensus: we have barely begun to scratch the surface in creating the networks to serve the communication needs of a future media-hungry world equipped with an ever-increasing number of wireless devices. At the core of all this anticipated growth lies the following question: what technology enablers or application drivers will provide the incentive to fuel all these innovations? This panel will elicit thought-provoking discussions on the evolution and/or revolution of wireless and mobile networking technology. Technology experts from government, industry and academia will share their perspectives on which are the key drivers that are likely to support the introduction of innovations. They will also propose technology roadmaps highlighting research, industrial, and political challenges to be addressed. Those who can predict where the next big bang is likely to occur will have a running start in the race to untether the communication services of future generations. -------------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL PROGRAM: There are 26 technical sessions! Research papers cover a large set of topics such as Ad Hoc Routing, Mobility, Energy Efficient Sensors, WWANS/WLANS/WPANS, Multicast, Ad Hoc Networking, Flow Control, Switching & Scheduling, Optical Networks, Denial-of-Service, MANET Performance, WDM Networks, Internet Security, QoS and Security in Ad Hoc Networks, Video Transport, Overlay Networking, Sensor Networks, Voice over IP (VoIP), Network Management, Sensor Network Location and tracking, and Streaming and Coding. Please visit the conference website for more details. As part of this exciting technical/research program, ICCCN2005 includes 3 sessions of presentations of top 9 papers (selected by Program Committee) and one of these papers will be selected to receive the "Best Paper Award" to be announced at the conference banquet. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSITE and REGISTRATION: The deadline for early registration is SEPTEMBER 20, 2005. Please visit the web site (icccn.sce.umkc.edu) for the registration form and for more up-to-date information. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] WiOpt 2006, Boston: Final Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] WiOpt 2006, Boston: Final Call for Papers Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:10:18 -0400 From: Ibrahim Matta <matta(a)cs.bu.edu> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - LESS THAN A MONTH TO SUBMISSION DEADLINE!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIOPT 2006 4th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt'06) Boston, Massachusetts, April 3-7, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE OF THE SYMPOSIUM The complexity of mobile, ad hoc, and wireless networks requires thoroughly founded models capturing their essential characteristics and new optimization techniques building upon such models. Insights into both the theoretical aspects of these problems as well as practical methods and tools are necessary. This symposium intends to bring together researchers and practitioners working on optimization issues from different perspectives, including performance analysis, mobile networking, wireless communication, and optimization theory. Contributions to this conference should show new modeling and optimization techniques suitable for mobile/wireless networks or innovative applications of these techniques to improve network operation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Modeling techniques and tools for wireless networks * Performance characterization & optimization of wireless networks * Wireless network optimization: Applications, algorithms, and tools * Protocol design for optimal wireless network utilization * Models and optimization approaches for energy efficiency, QoS, bandwidth economy and other aspects of wireless networks * Models and optimization techniques for non-standard network paradigms like sensor, vehicular, body area networks * Security and co-operation models for mobile and ad hoc networks * Pricing and incentives in wireless networks * Game theoretic techniques for mobile/wireless networks SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers should be submitted as extended abstracts of up to 8 pages, single column format; and contain sufficient information to allow for a detailed review. The final manuscript will be 10 pages in double column format. Selected papers from WiOpt 2006 will appear in a special issue of ACM/Kluwer Monet. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: Oct. 5, 2005 (5pm EST) Notification of acceptance: Dec. 5, 2005 Camera-ready copy: Jan. 5, 2006 Papers should be submitted in pdf or ps format through the EDAS system (http://edas.info). For more details, please visit http://www.wiopt.org SPONSORSHIP ------------------ WiOpt is sponsored by Create-net, ICST, Boston University, INRIA, and Intel, and technically sponsored by the IEEE Information Theory and Control Systems Societies and IFIP TC6, WG 6.3 (Performance of Communication Systems). _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] WONS 2006 - deadline extended to Sep. 19, 2005]
by Lars Wolf 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] WONS 2006 - deadline extended to Sep. 19, 2005 Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:51:15 +0200 From: Claude Chaudet <Claude.Chaudet(a)enst.fr> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Dear colleagues, First of all, please accept our apologies for multiple receptions of this message. Please note that the submission deadline for Third International Conference on Wireless On demand Network Systems and Services (WONS 2006) has been extended to Monday, September 19th, 2005. For more information, please visit the conference website: http://ares.insa-lyon.fr/wons2006 For the organization committee, Claude Chaudet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ CALL FOR PAPERS - WONS 2006 The Third International Conference on Wireless On demand Network Systems and Services Les Ménuires, FRANCE, January 18-20, 2006 http://ares.insa-lyon.fr/wons2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ SCOPE ----- Wireless networks, be it Wi-Fi access, mobile ad hoc as well as sensor networks, aim at providing ubiquitous connectivity and network centric services to the masses and to massively networked systems. An important attribute of such networks is that they can be deployed "on demand" with minimal planning and management effort as well as with little dependency on existing network infrastructures. Concepts like ambient intelligence and disappearing computers that are part of a global and fully self-organized Internet hint at the scope of this vision, but also at the formidable challenges that come with it. For this conference we request submissions of high quality research papers on "wireless on demand networks" that provide novel insights on protocol and network design, modelling and performance evaluation, pricing and profitability models, QoS models, practical implementations, service level aspects and Internet integration of wireless networks. Topics related to wireless ad hoc networks and sensor networks comprise, but are not limited to: * Architecture and Design * Analysis through simulation and experimental evaluation * Modeling * Internet integration * Social and economic aspects * Pervasive / ubiquitous computing * Localization and mobility management * Security * Energy-efficient protocols and power management * Applications and Service Support * Data dissemination and peer2peer systems PAPER INSTRUCTIONS ------------------ Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Authors are invited to submit full/short papers. Short papers should present future research directions, on going work, visionary, innovative ideas. Further submission instructions will be published on the conference web site. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Full Paper Submission: Monday, September 12th, 2005 Acceptance notification: Monday, October 17th, 2005 Camera-ready due: Monday, November 7th, 2005 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES -------------------- General Chair Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Isabelle Guérin Lassous, INRIA, France Program Committee Chairs Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Edward Knightly, Rice University, USA Organization Commitee Claude Chaudet, ENST, France Daniele Herzog, INRIA, France Program Committee Arup Acharya IBM Research Eitan Altman INRIA Victor Bahl Microsoft Research Chadi Barakat INRIA Michel Barbeau Carleton University Dominique Barthel France Telecom R&D Roberto Battiti University of Trento Christian Bettstetter DoCoMo Euro-Labs Giuseppe Bianchi University of Roma Tor Vergata Torsten Braun University of Berne Levente Buttyan Budapest University of Technology and Economics Antonio Capone Politecnico di Milano Sunghyun Choi Seoul National University Marco Conti CNR-IIT Jon Crowcroft University of Cambridge Francesca Cuomo University of Roma "La Sapienza" Christophe Diot Intel Research Andrzej Duda LSR-IMAG Laboratory Laura Feeney Swedish Institute of Computer Science Luca Gambardella IDSIA Silvia Giordano SUPSI of Lugano Enrico Gregori CNR-IIT Paul Havinga University of Twente Thomas Hou Virginia Tech Holger Karl University of Paderborn Xiang-Yang Li Illinois Institute of Technology Renato Lo Cigno Universita` di Trento Martin Mauve Heinrich-Heine University Michela Meo Politecnico di Torino Jelena Misic University of Manitoba Giacomo Morabito University of Catania Amiya Nayak SITE, University of Ottawa Gian Paolo Rossi Università di Milano Bahareh Sadeghi Intel Corp. Mariagiovanna Sami Politecnico di Milano Puneet Sharma Hewlett Packard Labs David Simplot-Ryl University of Lille Ioannis Stavrakakis University of Athens Ivan Stojmenovic University of Ottawa Violet Syrotiuk Arizona State University Csaba Szabo Budapest University of Technology and Economics Stavros Toumpis Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien Ljiljana Trajkovic Simon Fraser University Phuoc Tran-Gia University of Wuerzburg Menzo Wentink Conexant Prudence Wong University of Liverpool Boon Sain Yeo Institute for Infocomm Research Martina Zitterbart University of Karlsruhe Michele Zorzi Università degli Studi di Padova _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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CFP EuroSys2006
by Lars Wolf 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

<http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/conference/EuroSys2006/cfp/CfP_EuroSys2006.txt>

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[Fwd: CFP: ACM TOIT Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing]
by Lars Wolf 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: ACM TOIT Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:52:24 -0400 From: Qusay H. Mahmoud <qmahmoud(a)cis.uoguelph.ca> Organization: "OptimaNumerics" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> Call for Papers ACM Transactions on Internet Technology http://www.acm.org/toit Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing http://snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca/~qmahmoud/soa-middleware-cfp.pdf Middleware is a distributed software layer that sits above the network operating system and below the application layer and abstracts the heterogeneity of the underlying environment. It provides an integrated distributed environment whose objective is to simplify the task of programming and managing distributed applications, and to provide value-added services such as naming and transactions to enable easier development and integration of applications and services. Middleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The role of middleware will continue to become increasingly important especially in emerging technologies such as mobile- and service-oriented computing and web services, where the integration of different applications and services from different wired and wireless businesses and service providers become increasingly important. Service-oriented computing is based on the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), which is an architectural style for building software applications that use services available in a network such as the web. It promotes loose coupling between software components so that they can be reused. Applications in SOA are built based on services, which is an implementation of a well-define business functionality, and such services can be consumed by clients in different applications or business processes. SOA provides a level of flexibility that was not possible before in the sense that services are software components with well-defined interfaces that are implementation independent, that services can be dynamically discovered, and composite services can be built from aggregates of other services. Especially applications running on mobile devices can benefit from the flexibility which is provided by SOA. All those benefits, however, raise challenges that need to be addressed by middleware. Middleware will play an essential role in managing and provisioning service-oriented applications. As a result, middleware will be everywhere! The aim of this special issue is be to present most recent research findings on “middleware for service-oriented computing”. We are seeking papers that are original, unpublished and not currently under review by workshops, conferences, or other journals. Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following: Middleware for selection and interaction among services Middleware for dynamic selection and composition of services/applications Middleware for dynamic coordination of services/applications Middleware for context-aware services/applications Middleware for managing services/applications Middleware for provisioning QoS-enabled services/applications Middleware for interoperable services Performance evaluation of middleware for service-oriented computing Submission Guidelines --------------------- All papers must be submitted by the midnight (EST) of December 1, 2005. The page limit is 50 double-spaced pages, with a 12pt font size. Please email your paper in PDF format to papers AT cis.uoguelph.ca. Important Dates --------------- Papers are due: December 1, 2005 Notifications: March 1, 2006 Revised papers: May 1, 2006 Notifications of final acceptance based on Editor-in-Chief’ comments: July 1, 2006 Final papers: September 1, 2006 Publication: First available issue (possibly third or fourth quarter of 2007) Guest Editors ------------- Qusay H. Mahmoud Dept. of Computing & Information Science University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1 Canada qmahmoud AT cis.uoguelph.ca http://snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca/~qmahmoud Peter Langendoerfer IHP-Microelectronics Frankfurt (Oder), Germany langendoerfer AT ihp-microelectronics.com http://www.ihp-microelectronics.com/~langend/home.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [ICEC] CFP for Edutainment-2006 (E-Learning and Games)]
by Lars Wolf 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ICEC] CFP for Edutainment-2006 (E-Learning and Games) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:33:28 +0200 From: Rauterberg, G.W.M. <G.W.M.Rauterberg(a)tue.nl> To: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> CC: edutainment06 <edutainment06(a)cad.zju.edu.cn> ======================================================================== == Call for Papers Edutainment 2006 International Conference on E-learning and Games April 16-18, 2006, Zhejiang University, China Homepage: http://www.cad.zju.edu.cn/vrmm/edutainment E-mail: edutainment06(a)cad.zju.edu.cn INTRODUCTION Edutainment-2006 is an international conference on research and development on E-Learning and digital entertainment. The main purpose of the conference is the discussion, information and opinions exchange on development and use of such systems. It will provide a very interesting opportunity for researchers that want to attend or present communications at these events. The conference will include plenary invited talks, workshops, tutorials, paper presentation tracks and panel discussions. Participation is open to everyone, not requiring submission of a paper. The conference is sponsored by Zhejiang University, and China Society of Image and Graphics. It is co-sponsored by EUROGRAPHICS (pending), and IFIP SG on Entertainment Computing (pending). Edutainment-2006 will be hosted by the Digital Entertainment and Animation Center, Zhejiang University, China. The Proceedings will be published by Springer as Lecture Notes on Computer Science (SCI indexed). CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Edutainment-2006 will present traditional technical sessions in the respective areas with a lineup of plenary sessions, invited talks, tutorials, poster sessions, workshops, and exhibits. Papers Papers related to the following topics are solicited. However, any paper dealing with a pioneered or significant development in animation, virtual reality and multimedia is also encouraged. Affective Interaction in Games Animation techniques Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality Collaborative Environments Collaborative Learning Digital Heritage Digital Museum Education and remote classrooms Effectiveness of VR for education E-Learning Platforms and Tools E-Learning Standards Game AI and Artificial Life Game Design and Development Game Engine Development and Customization Game Physics Game Rendering/Animations Learning Resource Management Life Long Learning Mobile learning Online/Mobile Game/Video Game Practice and Experience Sharing Remote Group Simulations Storytelling and Game Narrative Virtual Characters/Agents Virtual Reality in Education Papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or closely related topics and should not exceed 10 pages single-spaced in length including images, figures, tables and references. Each paper should also include the title of the paper, authors names, affiliations, postal addresses, e-mail addresses and the contact person for the paper. Important dates Submission Deadline: Nov. 15, 2005. Notification of acceptance: Dec. 20,2005 Camera-ready papers: Jan. 15, 2005 Conference: April 16-18, 2006 ======================================================================== ==== _______________________________________________ icec mailing list icec(a)listserver.tue.nl http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec

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