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[Fwd: [Tccc] Comsware 2006 Workshops: Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Comsware 2006 Workshops: Call for Papers Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:00:26 -0700 From: Ashwin Gumaste <ashwin(a)ashwin.name> Reply-To: ashwin(a)ashwin.name To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> IEEE Comsware 2006 Workshops: First International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware (Comsware) We are glad to announce Call for Papers for Workshops in IEEE/Create-net Comsware 2006. * We apologize for multiple copies of this message in circulation Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: Oct 01 Notification of Acceptance: Nov. 01 Camera ready and registration: Dec 01. Workshop # 1: Software for Wireless Communications and Applications (SOFTWIM): Website: www.softwim.org <http://www.softwim.org/> General Chairs: Arup Acharya (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) and Shrikant Naidu (Motorola India Research laboratory) Date: January 12th 2006 Brief Introduction: This workshop discusses role of software in wireless communications and networking. Workshop # 2: Workshop on Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks (WILLOPAN): Website: www.willopan.org <http://www.willopan.org/> General Chairs: Sai Shankar N (Qualcomm Inc. USA) and Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, Korea) Date: January 8th 2006 Brief Introduction: Thie workshop discusses performance and QoS issues of wireless local area networks and personal area networks. Workshop # 3: Software for Sensor Networks. Website (SENSORWARE): www.sensorware.org <http://www.sensorware.org/> General Chairs: Nirmala Shenoy (Rochester Inst. Of Tech.) and Boon Sain Yoo (Institute of Telecom Research, Singapore) Date: 8th January 2006 Brief Introduction: This workshop discusses role of software technologies in implementation and optimization of sensors in wireless networks. Workshop # 4: Utility Grids (UTILITYGRIDS). Website: www.utilitygrids.org <http://www.utilitygrids.org/> General Chairs: Dheeraj Bharadwaj (IIT Delhi) and Vikul Khosla (Gridsolv software) Date: 8th January 2006 Brief Introduction: This workshop discusses role of software and utility computing in next generation grids. Workshop # 5: Emerging Services delivery platforms and software models for Next Generation Network Services (SOFTPLATFORMS). Website: www.softplatforms.org <http://www.softplatforms.org/> General Chairs: Craig Fellenstein (IBM) and Joshy Joseph (Microsoft Inc) Date: 8th January 2006 Brief Introduction: This workshop discusses emerging service delivery platforms using software models. Workshop # 6: Comsware Business Track (COMSBIZ). Website: www.comsbiz.org <http://www.comsbiz.org/> General Chairs: Gene Landy (Ruperto, Israel and Wiener P.C) and Rajeev Shorey (IBM Research India). Date: January 9th 2006 Brief Introduction: Focuses on global and domestic opportunities and challenges for hardware, software and service companies based in or operating in India. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [ICEC] Science of Computer Progamming/ CfP]
by Lars Wolf 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ICEC] Science of Computer Progamming/ CfP Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:42:21 +0200 From: Rauterberg, G.W.M. <G.W.M.Rauterberg(a)tue.nl> To: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> CC: De Leeuw - Lecoeur <de_leeuw(a)euronet.nl> ============================================= SPECIAL ISSUE ON GAMES PROGRAMMING Science of Computer Programming Computer Games enjoy an increasing popularity in the academic community. An increasing number of articles dealing with the graphics, the robotics or the artificial intelligence of games are to be found in journals dedicated to those topics. Moreover, during recent years various new journals have been founded dealing with aspects of games design. However, more general questions about the programming of games have not received much attention of late. To fill this gap, the team of Science of Computer Programming (SCP) decided to dedicate a special issue to all aspects of games programming including formal methods, tools and languages. SCP is an International journal of Elsevier that focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of software systems development, maintenance and use. SCP is a quality journal that guarantees high visibility and a fast track for publication. The guest editor solicits high-quality, new contributions that may address (but need not be limited to) the following questions: * Which programming languages are being used and why? * Have any extensions of programming languages been developed, particularly for games? * What generative (3rd generation) systems are currently available? * What can be said about methodology, life cycle and quality control?. * Are there any specific problems related to the programming of massive multi player games? * What can be said about the system administration of massive multi player games? * What software agents are being used? Deadline for submissions : January 15, 2006 Author's notification : March 15, 2006 Final version : August 1, 2006 Special issue's publication : Fall 2006 The submissions should be sent in PDF or Postscript to the guest editors via email: vlijmen(a)science.uva.nl. Authors who want to discuss potential submissions are encouraged to contact the guest editor at kleeuw(a)science.uva.nl. For details about the policy of the Science of Computer Programming journal, and the requirements for prospective authors see a recent issue of the journal and check the journal's web site http://www.elsevier.com/locate/scico/. We look forward to you submissions! Dr. Karl de Leeuw guest editor ======================================================= _______________________________________________ icec mailing list icec(a)listserver.tue.nl http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP ASWN 2006]
by Lars Wolf 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP ASWN 2006 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:58:52 +0200 From: Kellerer, Wolfgang <kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> Call for Papers: ASWN2006 What: 6th IEEE International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks When: May 29-31, 2006 Where: Berlin, Germany Info: http://www.aswn2006.org Please apologise cross/multiple posting, and please feel free to distribute this CfP further ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ASWN 2006 is the Sixth International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks following successful events in France (Paris 2001, 2002, 2005), Switzerland (Berne 2003) and the US (Boston 2004). The workshop addresses the challenges and advanced technologies supporting future wireless applications and services in mobile systems that span all wireless architectures and technologies, such as cellular, WLAN, WPAN, ad hoc, and sensor networks. The 2006 special theme is the integration of latest technological advances to realize ubiquitous service environments for innovative Applications and Services in Wireless Networks. Special attention will be given to sensor network applications, peer-to-peer communication and system interworking aspects including emerging issues like cross layer optimization. The format of the workshop is based on three-day single-track sessions, with presentations of invited and regular papers from academia and industry. Authors are invited to submit full technical papers in the scope of the workshop, describing theoretical and practical recent results or developments. Specific areas of interest in Applications and Services on Wireless Networks include, but are not limited to the following topics: * Sensor networks and applications * Peer to peer communication for infrastructure-less environments * Nomadic Services * Emergency communication * Personalized services and applications * Context acquisition, interpretation, and awareness * Platforms and service support for ubiquitous service provisioning * Middleware for handhelds and mobile services nodes * Mobile service interworking * Service discovery: protocols and frameworks * Naming and addressing * Audio-visual and Mobile Multimedia Applications * Media & content distribution over wireless networks * Cross-layer design * Cooperative Networks & Self Organizing Systems * Reconfigurable Systems and Networks * Advances in WPAN, Personal Services and Networks * Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks and Multi-hop Wireless * Performance of Wireless Networks and Systems * QoS Profiling and Pricing, end-to-end QoS All submissions, including invited papers, will undergo a thorough review process and will be judged on quality, originality, clarity, and topical content. Submitted papers should not have been previously published, in part or in full, or be under consideration of another conference or journal. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISBN number. Important Deadlines: 1. Full paper submission: December 15th, 2005 2. Notification of acceptance: February 1st, 2006 3. Camera ready due: March 1st, 2006 The CfP is also available for download (http://www.aswn2006.org/download/ASWN2006_CFP.pdf) For further information about ASWN2006, please visit www.aswn2006.org We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin for ASWN2006! With best regards The Technical Program Committee ASWN2006 Best regards Wolfgang Kellerer ------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------ - ASWN2006 - The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks, Berlin, May 29-31, 2006 http://www.aswn2006.org _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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CFP: Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Integrated Surveillance and Monitoring Systems (AIISMS'06)
by Dimitrios Vergados 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) Call for Papers Special Session on "Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Integrated Surveillance and Monitoring Systems (AIISMS'06)" http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/aiai2006/call/aiisms.htm 3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Innovations & Applications (AIAI 2006) June 7-9, 2006, Athens, Greece You are cordially invited in the Special Session on "Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Integrated Surveillance and Monitoring Systems (AIISMS'06)" organized within the "3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications & Innovations (AIAI 2006)". This session invites original scientific research activities that have not been presented elsewhere in the field of Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Expert Systems and Genetic Programming including, but not limited to the following topics: * Computer Vision applications * Object recognition, target recognition and face recognition * Intelligent Transportation Systems * Telecommunication Systems * Web analysis, semantic web * Video image processing * Industrial applications * Vehicular Technologies * Wireless intelligent sensor networks * Mobile data networks management * Multimedia analysis, processing, and retrieval * Multimedia networking and systems support * Multimedia tools and applications Important Dates: Manuscript submission deadline: November 10, 2005 Notification due date: December 10, 2005 Camera-ready manuscript: January 04, 2006 Paper information: Interested authors should submit an electronic version of the manuscript, in PDF format, as an email attachment to both Session Program Chairs. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the Proceedings of the Conference in the Main IFIP Series by Springer Academic Publishers - Springer LNCS. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper. Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not submitted to other journals or conferences for consideration of publication. Maximum length is eight (8) pages, formatted according to Springer LNCS instructions. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the correct document style from the Springer web site for their initial submission, so that preparation of the final ready for accepted papers is simplified. This sample paper in PDF format can be used as an example of the style. The font family used is Times (also for mathematics) and the line spacings are 12pt with 10pt font size for main text and 11pt with 9pt font size for passages in small print. Additional instructions may be found at http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/aiai2006/submit/author.htm Session Program Chairs: Dr. Dimitrios D. Vergados (University of the Aegean, Greece) vergados(a)aegean.gr Dr. C.N. Anagnostopoulos (University of the Aegean, Greece) canag(a)ct.aegean.gr

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[Fwd: [Tccc] RFP: ITNG 2006 Track on Grid Computing]
by Lars Wolf 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] RFP: ITNG 2006 Track on Grid Computing Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:30:01 -0400 From: Li, Jiang (Leo) <lij(a)ustc.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu The following information is also available at http://138.238.148.24/itng06_grid Third International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations ITNG 2006 April 10-12, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www.itng.info DEADLINES: Submission : October 28, 2005 (no extensions) Author Notification: December 16, 2005 Camera Ready (6 pages): January 13, 2006 Track on Grid Computing THEME: In the last few years, the Grid community has been growing very rapidly and many new technologies and components have been proposed. This, along with the growing popularity of web-based technologies, and the availability of cheap commodity components is changing the way we do computing and business. The Grid Computing Track at ITNG 2006 is intended to provide a high-quality forum for researchers and practitioners to present their latest theoretical and practical work in this rapidly-changing area. Original papers are solicited in all aspects of grid computing. TOPICS: * Internet-based Computing Models * Interactive Grid Computing * Grid Architectures and Fabrics * Cluster and Grid Integration Issues * Grid Middleware and Toolkits * Grid Monitoring, Management and Organization Tools * Grid Information Services * Grid Security Issues * Programming Models, Tools, and Environments * Remote Data Access and Management * Grid Object Metadata and Schemas * Grid Applications, including eScience and eBusiness Applications * Virtual Instrumentation and eScience * Data Grids, including Distributed Data Access and Management * Networking * Resource Management and Scheduling * Grid Economy * Autonomic and Utility Computing on Global Grids * Performance Evaluation and Modeling * Cluster and Grid Integration Issues * Scientific, Industrial and Social Implications PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical or experimental nature, or be unique experience reports. Interested authors should submit a 6-page summary of their original and unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format electronically, or EMAIL to blegand(a)scs.howard.edu with the subject line set as "ITNG 2006". Electronic submission in the PDF, PS or MS Word format is strongly encouraged. EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Per ITNG policy, except for invited papers, all papers will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISBN. Selected papers presented in the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of an international journal. BEST STUDENT PAPER: The Best Student Paper will be awarded at the conference. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. (The winner of the award will present the paper in a plenary session at the conference). A cover letter to the General Chair/Track Chair must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition at the time of submission. CALL FOR REVIEWERS: The Grid Computing Track is in need of reviewers that are knowledgeable in the field.We plan to send a list of abstracts to each reviewer to select some papers to review. If you are willing to review some number of papers, (preferably between two and four, but any number will do!), please send a email to blegand(a)scs.howard.edu with the subject line set as "ITNG 2006 REVIEWER". The deadline for reviewers is early October 1, 2005. DEADLINES: Submission : October 28, 2005 (no extensions) Author Notification: December 16, 2005 Camera Ready (6 pages): January 13, 2006 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: Monthly reminding the Call for papers: INFOSCALE2006]
by Lars Wolf 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Monthly reminding the Call for papers: INFOSCALE2006 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:14:36 +1000 From: Jinli Cao <J.Cao(a)latrobe.edu.au> Organization: "OptimaNumerics" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> First International Conference on Scalable Information Systems (INFOSCALE 2006) Co-sponsored by IEEE CS Society (pending approval) 30 May - 1 Jun 2006, Hong Kong http://www.infoscale.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS As the data volumes continue to increase and the ways of information dispersion across the globe continue to diversify, new scalable methods and structures are needed for efficiently processing those distributed and autonomous data. Grid computing, P2P technology, distributed information retrieval technology, and networking technology all must be merged to address the scalability concern. This forum focuses on this key merged domain and looks for new integrated solutions for this diversifying world of information. Conference Scope: Parallel Information Retrieval Scalable Distributed Information Retrieval Scalable Grid Information Systems P2P Systems Scalable Mobile/Sensor DB Systems Index Compression Methods Architectures for Scalability Networking for Scalable Information Systems Scalable Information System Applications (medicine, biology, military, etc.) Evaluation Metrics for Scalability VLDB Data Mining Information Security Important Deadlines (tentative): Paper submission: 1 Nov 2005 Notification: 15 Jan 2006 Final version: 15 Feb 2006 Publications: Original and previously unpublished technical papers are solicited for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings. The proceedings will be published by IEEE Press and available online through IEEE Xplore. Selected papers will be published in journal special issues. General Chair Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong PC Chairs Abdur Chowdhury, AOL Francis Lau, The University of Hong Kong Frank Zhigang Wang, Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facilities Steering Committee Chairs Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium, Chair Ophir Frieder, Illinois Institute of Technology, Co-chair Publicity Chair Jinli Cao, La Trobe University Publications Chair Scott Huang, City University of Hong Kong Workshops Chair Niki Pissinou, Florida International University, Chair Tirthankar Ghosh, Vice Chair Hao Zhu, Vice Chair Local Arrangement Chair Victor Lee, City University of Hong Kong Program Committee Khalid Al-Begain, University of Glamorgan, Wales David Al-Dabass, University of Nottingham Trent, UK Mohand Boughanem, University Paul Sabatier, France Andrei Broder, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Jamie Callan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA David Carmel, IBM Research, Israel Jose Manuel Garcia Carrasco, University of Murcia, Spain Scott Cost, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA Fabio Crestani, University of Strathclyde, UK Arjen de Vries, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands David Doermann, University of Maryland, USA Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University, USA Dan Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China Galal Hassan Galal-Edeen, Cairo University, Egypt Lee Giles, Pennsylvania State University, USA Nazli Goharian, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Siegmar Gross, University of Applied Sciences, Germany David Grossman, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA David Hawking, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia Andreas Henrich, University of Bamberg, Germany Otthein Herzog, University of Bremen, Germany Djoerd Hiemstra, University of Twente, Netherlands Jimmy Huang, York University, Canada George Ioannidis, University of Bremen, Germany Narayana Jayaram, London Metropolitan University, UK Guojun Jin, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA Joemon Jose, University of Glasgow, UK Paul Kantor, Rutgers University, USA Stefan Kirn, University of Hohenheim, Germany Aleksander Kolcz, AOL, USA Peter Komisarczuk, University of Wellington, New Zealand Axel Korthaus, University of Mannheim, Germany Donald Kraft, Louisiana State University, USA Mounia Lalmas, Queen Mary University of London, UK Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, P. R. China Tao Li, University of Rochester, USA Andrew MacFarlane, City University London, UK James Mayfield, Johns Hopkins University, USA Massimo Melucci, University of Padova, Italy Lingkui Meng, Wuhan University, P. R. China Charles Nicholas, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Greg Pass, AOL, USA Yale Patt, University of Texas, USA Thomas Roelleke, Queen Mary University London, UK Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Ulrich Thiel, Fraunhofer Integrated Publication and information Systems Institute, Germany Ingo Timm, University of Bremen, Germany Anastasios Tombros, Queen Mary University London, UK Pavel Tvrdik, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Herman Vandermulen, AOL, USA Zhichen Xu, Yahoo, USA Wai Gen Yee, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Jim Yip, University of Huddersfield, UK Clement Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Zhu Zhang, University of Arizona, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [Tccc] 12th European Wireless Conference 2006 - Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] 12th European Wireless Conference 2006 - Call for Papers Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:39:21 +0300 From: Rouskas Aggelos <arouskas(a)aegean.gr> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) Call for Papers 12th European Wireless Conference (EW2006) Enabling Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications April 2-5, 2006, Athens, Greece National Technical University of Athens http://www.telecom.ece.ntua.gr/EW2006 Wireless communications is today one of the most dynamic sectors of our global economy. The introduction of third generation mobile communications is no longer imminent but incident in Europe, and throughout the world. At the same time, research for wireless communication systems beyond the third generation is in full swing. The 12th European Wireless 2006 Conference continues its long tradition in promoting the latest technical results in wireless communications and focuses on technologies, protocols, services and applications that will enable a full seamless and nomadic user access to new classes of multimedia services with a user-centric focus. Service provision will occur at the home, at the workplace, at leisure and during travel. The vision is to integrate the wireless local area and next generation cellular networks and develop the next generation of future wireless communication. Such networks will enable the provision of ubiquitous wireless services, which will become more and more innovative as they are driven by the consumer demands of the user and as a result of competition between the service providers. The main theme chosen for the European Wireless 2006 Conference, will be the technical challenges which need to be met in order to make the vision of Wireless Multimedia Communications a reality. EW2006 will be hosted by National Technical University of Athens in Athens, Greece, on April 2-5, 2006. PAPERS Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results are solicited. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * 2G - 3G - 4G Migration and Evolution * B3G/4G Bandwidth on Demand * Radio Channel Modelling (Wave Propagation and Measurements) * Coexistence of Mobile Radio Networks * Convergence of 3G wireless and Internet * Cross-layer Design in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Fixed/Mobile Networks Integration and Interworking * Heterogeneity in Future Networks * High Altitude Platforms and Satellites * Interference Mitigation and Management Techniques * Location-based Services and Positioning * Mobile and Wireless Applications * Mobile/Wireless Networks Modelling and Simulation * Mobility Management and Billing Technologies * Multiple Access Schemes * Power and Interference Control * Power Management for Small Terminals * Protocols for Air Interfaces and Networks * QoS and Resource Allocation in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Radio Resource Management * Radio Transmission Technology * Security and Robustness in Wireless Networks * Sensor Network Planning and Deployment * Smart Antennas, Adaptive Antennas, MIMO and Beam Forming * Software Defined Radio & Re-configurability * Spectrum Efficiency Analyses * Transport Layer Issues in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Ultra-Wideband and Short-range Networks * Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, MANET * Wireless Broadband Mobile Access * Wireless LAN/PAN PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All paper submissions will be handled electronically, using the EDAS system (http://www.edas.info), following the instructions found at: http://www.telecom.ntua.gr/EW2006/authors.php IMPORTANT DATES Full papers due: November 11, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: February 1, 2006 Camera Ready due: February 24, 2006 CONFERENCE CHAIR Emmanuel Protonotarios, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, protonot(a)cs.ntua.gr STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR Bernhard Walke, RWTH, Aachen University of Technology, Germany, walke(a)comnets.rwth-aachen.de TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS George Karetsos, Center for Technological Research of Thessaly, Greece, karetsos(a)teilar.gr Angelos Rouskas, University of the Aegean, Greece, arouskas(a)aegean.gr WORKSHOP CHAIR Stefan Mangold, Swisscom Innovations, stefan.mangold(a)swisscom.com TUTORIAL CHAIR Angeliki Alexiou, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, alexiou(a)lucent.com LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Nikos Dragios, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Evangelos Groustiotis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Charis Kechagias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Elias Tragos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Special Issue of Ad Hoc Networks Journal]
by Lars Wolf 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Special Issue of Ad Hoc Networks Journal Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:21:25 -0500 From: Jelena Misic <jmisic(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> To: <TC-comswtc(a)comsoc.org>, <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, "ITC" <List(a)comsoc.org> CC: ian(a)ece.gatech.edu, "Dr. Mukesh Singhal" <singhal(a)cs.uky.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS A SPECIAL ISSUE on "SECURITY IN AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS" Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/ Guest editors: Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky There is an increasing demand of measures to guarantee the confidentiality, integrity, of transmitted data as well to ensure availibility of ad hoc and sensor networks all the time. Ad Hoc networks are characterized with power-efficient protocols with cross-layer interactions where sensor networks are even more restricted with the requirement for the simplicty and power efficiency of hardware and protocol design which require stronger interactions among the protocol layers. It is therefore, necessary to evaluate security of ad-hoc and sensor networks and come up with efficient tradeoffs between design complexity, power efficiency and security aspects. The main purpose of this Special Issue is to promote further research interests and activities on security in ad hoc and sensor networks. We are interested in analytical, experimental, and systems-related papers in all aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks security. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to): 1) Authenication and authorization 2) Key distribution and management 3) Secure routing 4) Vulnerability analysis 5) Trust management 6) Intrusion detection (cross-layer modeling and analysis of misbehavior) 7) Intrusion response and tolerance 8) Cross layer study of Denial of Service attacks 9) Study of attack strategies and attack modeling 10) Performance analysis of secure medium access control 11) Evaluation of security architectures supported by IEEE 802.15.1, 802.15.3 and 802.15.4 protocols 12) Study of tradeoffs between security and system performance Paper Submission Submit full papers as PDF files by email to siadhoc(a)cs.umanitoba.ca. The papers must be less than twenty single-column, double-spaced pages, excluding figures, tables, and references, using a 12-point font size. For detailed formatting instructions,please refer to the guidelines available at the AD HOC Networks journal web site, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/. In addition to the paper in PDF format, your submission should include the title of the paper, the names of the authors and their affiliations, postal address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the corresponding author, an abstract with up to 200-250 words, and up to five keywords describing the contents of the paper. Key Dates: Submission of Papers December 22, 2005 Notification of Acceptance April 15, 2006 Final Camera-Ready Submission May 15, 2006 Publication Date: October 2006 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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CFP: 6th International Conference ITST2006
by Lars Wolf 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

ITST 2006 The 6th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications 21 - 22 - 23 June, 2006, Chengdu –CHINA http://www.itst2006.uestc.edu.cn Email: itst2006(a)uestc.edu.cn ************************************************************************************************************ We are pleased to announce this 6th International Conference ITST 2006 on /Telecommunications in a Futuristic Transport World /and we apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. We welcome submissions of a full-length paper (4 pages normally and 6 pages maximum) on telecommunications and intelligent transport system applications before February 28^th , 2006. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact: itst2006(a)uestc.edu.cn or to have a look at the website: http://www.itst2006.uestc.edu.cn

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: 12th EUROPEAN WIRELESS CONFERENCE (EW2006), APRIL 2006, ATHENS, GREECE]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: 12th EUROPEAN WIRELESS CONFERENCE (EW2006), APRIL 2006, ATHENS, GREECE Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:19:15 +0300 From: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)cs.ntua.gr> Organization: NTUA To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) Call for Papers 12th European Wireless Conference (EW2006) Enabling Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications April 2-5, 2006, Athens, Greece National Technical University of Athens http://www.telecom.ece.ntua.gr/EW2006 Wireless communications is today one of the most dynamic sectors of our global economy. The introduction of third generation mobile communications is no longer imminent but incident in Europe, and throughout the world. At the same time, research for wireless communication systems beyond the third generation is in full swing. The 12th European Wireless 2006 Conference continues its long tradition in promoting the latest technical results in wireless communications and focuses on technologies, protocols, services and applications that will enable a full seamless and nomadic user access to new classes of multimedia services with a user-centric focus. Service provision will occur at the home, at the workplace, at leisure and during travel. The vision is to integrate the wireless local area and next generation cellular networks and develop the next generation of future wireless communication. Such networks will enable the provision of ubiquitous wireless services, which will become more and more innovative as they are driven by the consumer demands of the user and as a result of competition between the service providers. The main theme chosen for the European Wireless 2006 Conference, will be the technical challenges which need to be met in order to make the vision of Wireless Multimedia Communications a reality. EW2006 will be hosted by National Technical University of Athens in Athens, Greece, on April 2-5, 2006. PAPERS Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results are solicited. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * 2G - 3G - 4G Migration and Evolution * B3G/4G Bandwidth on Demand * Radio Channel Modelling (Wave Propagation and Measurements) * Coexistence of Mobile Radio Networks * Convergence of 3G wireless and Internet * Cross-layer Design in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Fixed/Mobile Networks Integration and Interworking * Heterogeneity in Future Networks * High Altitude Platforms and Satellites * Interference Mitigation and Management Techniques * Location-based Services and Positioning * Mobile and Wireless Applications * Mobile/Wireless Networks Modelling and Simulation * Mobility Management and Billing Technologies * Multiple Access Schemes * Power and Interference Control * Power Management for Small Terminals * Protocols for Air Interfaces and Networks * QoS and Resource Allocation in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Radio Resource Management * Radio Transmission Technology * Security and Robustness in Wireless Networks * Sensor Network Planning and Deployment * Smart Antennas, Adaptive Antennas, MIMO and Beam Forming * Software Defined Radio & Re-configurability * Spectrum Efficiency Analyses * Transport Layer Issues in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Ultra-Wideband and Short-range Networks * Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, MANET * Wireless Broadband Mobile Access * Wireless LAN/PAN PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All paper submissions will be handled electronically, using the EDAS system (http://www.edas.info), following the instructions found at: http://www.telecom.ntua.gr/EW2006/authors.php DEADLINES Full papers due: November 11 , 2005 Notification of Acceptance: February 1 , 2006 Camera Ready due: February 24 , 2006 CONFERENCE CHAIR Emmanuel Protonotarios, National Technical University of Athens, Greece STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR Bernhard Walke , RWTH, Aachen University of Technology , Germany TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS George Karetsos, Center for Technological Research of Thessaly, Greece Angelos Rouskas, University of the Aegean, Greece WORKSHOP CHAIR Stefan Mangold, Swisscom, Switzerland TUTORIAL CHAIR Angeliki Alexiou, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, UK LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Nikos Dragios, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Evangelos Groustiotis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Charis Kechagias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Elias Tragos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: CFP, deadline approaching - Special Issue on Cooperation in Wireless Networks - Springer, Wireless Personal Communications]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP, deadline approaching - Special Issue on Cooperation in Wireless Networks - Springer, Wireless Personal Communications Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:37:43 +0200 From: Antonella Molinaro <molinaro(a)deis.unical.it> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org [Apologies for multiple copies] This is a reminder that the submission deadline for the Special Issue on "Cooperation in Wireless Networks" Springer, Wireless Personal Communications, is rapidly approaching (*October 1st*). The call for papers can be found at _http://kom.aau.dk/~ff/CfPCoNet.html _SCOPE OF SPECIAL ISSUE Cooperation between devices in wireless networks has been identified as one of the key technology enablers required to facilitate next generation wireless communication systems. Much of the existing research in wireless networking assumes a communication between one sender and one or multiple receiver(s). For reasons of self-interest, users may however allow terminals to engage in cooperative behavior, resulting in improved overall network performance. For cooperation, terminals will connect to each other using a short range communication link and simultaneously being connected to the centralized access point. This configuration allows many forms of cooperation. For this special issue, we distinguish between altruism and cooperation by requiring that cooperation benefit each entity involved. From this perspective, pure relaying is an example of altruism and not cooperation. Cooperation is not limited to a single ISO/OSI protocol layer, but can be addressed across multiple protocol layers. The focus of this call is to solicit novel papers addressing cooperation over all protocol layers from physical to application layer. SUBMISSION AND IMPORTANT DATES Papers should follow the Springer format (11pt, single column, double spaced) and not exceed twenty pages including figures and tables. Original papers should be send by submission deadline to *cooperation(a)kom.aau.dk *Submission deadline 1st October 2005 Notification 15th January 2006 Final version 15th February 2006 Planed Issue 2nd half 2006 TOPICS OF INTEREST Original papers are invited in the area of cooperation in wireless networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas of cooperative wireless networks: Architectural Principles Multi–Access Capability Network Coding Radio Access Technologies Cooperative Processing Resource Management Distributed Radio Cooperative Channel Coding Heterogenous Networks Terminal design Self–organizing networks Cognitive Networks Middle-Ware Grid–Computing Source coding for cooperation Cooperating Services GUEST EDITORS Frank H.P. Fitzek, Aalborg University, Denmark, ff(a)kom.aau.dk Mischa Dohler, France Telecom R&D, mischa.dohler(a)francetelecom.com Ian Opperman, CWC, Oulu, Finland, ian(a)ee.oulu.fi Antonella Molinaro, University ”Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy, antmolin(a)ing.unirc.it Marcos Katz, SAMSUNG, Korea, marcos.katz(a)samsung.com Christian Bettstetter, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany, bettstetter(a)docomolab-euro.com

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[Fwd: [Tccc] JSAC Sampling the Internet: deadline approaching]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] JSAC Sampling the Internet: deadline approaching Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:28:49 +0100 From: Iannaccone, Gianluca <gianluca.iannaccone(a)intel.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> This is a reminder that the submission deadline for the IEEE JSAC Special Issue on "Sampling the Internet: Techniques and Applications" is rapidly approaching (October 1st). The call for papers can be found at http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/sampling_internet.html Submission can be done online at the following website: http://como.intel-research.net/jsac Submission must be in PDF. You may use the JSAC submission style (see http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Guidelines/info.html) or the JSAC camera ready style (IEEE Transactions style, two column, single spaced, 10pt font, 13 pages max including figures and tables). Please forward this email to your colleagues and students working on related topics. We look forward to your submission. Guest Editors Chadi Barakat Gianluca Iannaccone Jim Kurose Darryl Veitch _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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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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