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[Fwd: CFP: Special Issue on: “Collaborative Multimedia Applications in Technology”]
by Lars Wolf 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: Special Issue on: “Collaborative Multimedia Applications in Technology” Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:30:29 -0500 From: Abdulmotaleb El Saddik <abed(a)discover.uottawa.ca> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org [Apologies for multiple copies] International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT) Call For papers Special Issue on: “Collaborative Multimedia Applications in Technology” Important Dates Deadline for paper submission: 15 May 2005 Acceptance notification: 30 June 2005 Final version due: 15 August 2005 Guest Editors: Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi and Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada Collaborative multimedia environments support interactive knowledge development, integration, and collaborative operations amongst participants with diverse disciplinary and/or cultural backgrounds. Most of the tele-collaborative applications are characterised by the fact that knowledge-related work in many organisations is carried out by teams that are distributed across buildings or countries. When a multimedia application is used in a group task, it becomes a shared artifact that will be used to assist the group's communication and coordination. Examples are joint editing, whiteboarding, and multi-user presentations used in a variety of applications such as conferencing, collaborative design, tele-training and tele-operation. For this special issue, IJCAT seeks original articles about computer software, computer systems, and computer applications that enable multi-participant multimedia collaboration. This includes the latest advancements and trends in tele-conferencing and data-conferencing, computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), collaborative virtual environments (CVE), tele-mentoring, tele-operation, tele-collaboration, and tele-haptics. The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to review the current trends and latest developments in the field, and to identify upcoming research directions for multimedia telecollaboration. The focus will be on the scientific and engineering advances made and new directions taken in the field. Subject Coverage Topics include, but are not limited to: Architecture, design and development of collaborative systems Collaborative virtual environments, shared virtual reality, and haptic collaboration Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) systems Tele-conferencing and shared object manipulation e-Learning and distance education Tele-operation frameworks and user interactions Issues in the design of cross-cultural collaborative systems Security and privacy in collaborative environments Notes for Intending Authors All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Papers Submission section under Author Guidelines To submit a paper, please go to Submission of Papers This is our preferred route for submitting papers; please use it if at all possible. However, if you experience any problems submitting papers in this way, an alternative route is suggested below Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere Important Dates Deadline for paper submission: 15 May 2005 Acceptance notification: 30 June 2005 Final version due: 15 August 2005 Editors and Notes As an alternative to using the Submission of Papers site, you may send THREE copies of each manuscript (in hard copy) or one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of both formats in Author Guidelines) to the following: Dr. Shervin Shirmohammadi Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng., SMIEEE School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa 800 King Edward Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada Tel : 1(613)562-5800 Fax: 1(613)562-5664 Email: shervin(a)site.uottawa.ca or Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik Associate Professor, Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing., P.Eng., SMIEEE School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa 800 King Edward Ave Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada Tel: 1(613)562-5800 Fax: 1(613)562-5664 Email: elsaddik(a)site.uottawa.ca with a copy to: Editor-in-Chief IEL Editorial Office PO Box 735 Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB UK Fax: +44 1234-240515 E-mail: ijcat(a)inderscience.com Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor -- Best regards -- Abed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr.-Ing. A. El Saddik Associate Professor, SMIEEE, P.Eng. Director: Multimedia Communications Research Laboratory (MCRLab) School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) University of Ottawa 800 King Edward, P.O. Box 450, Stn A, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5 Tel: (613) 562-5800 x 6277, Fax: (613) 562-5664 Office: SITE, Room 5-037, Email: elsaddik(a)site.uottawa.ca Web: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~elsaddik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[Fwd: Call For Papers & Sessions: 30 Joint CS & CE conferences in Las Vegas, June 20, 2005]
by Muhammad Khan 29 Dec '04

29 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call For Papers & Sessions: 30 Joint CS & CE conferences in Las Vegas, June 20, 2005From: hra(a)cs.uga.edu Date: Thu, December 23, 2004 9:53 pm To: khan(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Call For Papers and Call For Session Proposals The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (composed of 16 Joint Conferences) June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA & The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing (composed of 14 Joint Conferences) June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a paper (see instructions below) and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. The names of technical session/workshop organizers/chairs will appear on the cover of the proceedings/books as Associate Editors. The world's largest gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing will be held in June 2005. +++ The International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering is a major annual research event. It assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. See below for the list of 16 joint conferences that form the 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. (Date of event: June 27-30, 2005) +++ The World Congress in Applied Computing is an annual research gathering. The main goal of this event is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of fields that interact. See below for the list of 14 joint conferences that form the 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing. (Date of event: June 20-23, 2005) The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, Inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the conferences. The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering is composed of the following 16 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA): 1. The 2005 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'05) 2. The 2005 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) 3. The 2005 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'05) 4. The 2005 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'05) 5. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'05) 6. The 2005 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'05) 7. The 2005 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'05) 8. The 2005 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'05) 9. The 2005 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology: Computer Graphics (CISST'05) 10. The 2005 International Symposium on Web Services and Applications (ISWS'05) 11. The 2005 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing (PSC'05) 12. The 2005 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'05) 13. The 2005 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'05) 14. The 2005 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'05) 15. The 2005 International Conference on Programming Languages and Compilers (PLC'05) 16. The 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'05) The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing is composed of the following 14 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA): 1. The 2005 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'05) 2. The 2005 International Conference on e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, e-Government, and Outsourcing (EEE'05) 3. The 2005 International Conference on Biometric Authentication (BIOAU'05) 4. The 2005 International Conference on Computers for People with Special Needs (CPSN'05) 5. The 2005 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'05) 6. The 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI'05) 7. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Vision (VISION'05) 8. The 2005 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'05) 9. The 2005 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'05) 10. The 2005 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'05) 11. The 2005 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS'05) 12. The 2005 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'05) 13. The 2005 International Conference on Data Fusion - From Multi-Source Data to Information (FUS'05) 14. The 2005 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'05) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org - currently under construction.) GENERAL CHAIR AND COORDINATOR: H. R. Arabnia, PhD The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A. Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra(a)cs.uga.edu PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations (from different authors). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above); E-mail submissions are preferred. We would like to receive the proposals as soon as possible (but no later than Feb. 1, 2005.) SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Please regard this as General Guidelines. Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers (about 5 to 10 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 16, 2005. E-mail submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also acceptable.) The chair may be forwarding the papers to respective conference chairs/committees/Task Forces. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) double-column pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, & Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated and fully refereed for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra(a)cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day & most are suitable for families & children. The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining & night clubs, free street shows, ...). IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 16, 2005: Submission of papers March 21, 2005: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2005: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 20-23, 2005: The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing (WCAC'05) - 14 Joint Conferences. June 27-30, 2005: The 2005 International MultiConference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (IMCSE'05) - 16 Joint Conferences. TOPICAL SCOPE FOR EACH CONFERENCE: To receive the complete list of topics for each of the 30 conferences, send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu or wait for the conferences' URL's to be constructed.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP:2nd IEEE Int'l Conf. on Autonomic Computing (ICAC05)]
by Lars Wolf 28 Dec '04

28 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP:2nd IEEE Int'l Conf. on Autonomic Computing (ICAC05) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:51:34 -0500 (EST) From: Dongyan Xu <dxu(a)cs.purdue.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------- My sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Please also note the new page limit for full papers. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS (Note the NEW PAGE LIMIT) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC-05) Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA June 13-16, 2005 http://www.autonomic-conference.org To deal with the increasing complexity of large-scale computer and software systems, they must manage themselves, in accordance with high-level guidance from humans - a vision that has been referred to as autonomic computing. Meeting the grand challenges of autonomic computing requires scientific and technological advances in a wide variety of fields, as well as new software and system architectures that support the effective integration of the constituent technologies. The purpose of the 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC'05) is to bring together researchers from different fields of research who are addressing aspects of self- management in computing systems. In doing so, we hope to develop and nurture a community that can work together to realize the vision of large-scale self-managing systems. Papers are solicited on a broad array of topics of relevance to autonomic computing; particularly those that bear on connections and relationships among different areas of research or report on prototype systems or experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Autonomic computing systems or prototype systems that exhibit self-monitoring, self-configuration, self- optimization, self-healing, and/or self-protection. - Software architectures for self-managing systems, based on Open Grid Services, Web Services, or novel paradigms based on biological, economic, social, or other analogies. - Specific self-managing components, such as server, client, database, storage, or network elements. Emphasis should be placed on interactions with other components, or techniques or lessons that may generalize to other components. - Toolkits, environments, models, languages, runtime and compiler technologies for building self-managing components, systems or applications. - New technologies supporting system management, such as service-level agreements, negotiation or conversation support, and behavior enforcement. - System-level technologies, middleware or services that entail interactions among two or more components of self- managing systems, such as health monitoring, dependency analysis, problem localization or remediation, workload management, and provisioning. - Interfaces to autonomic systems, including user interfaces, interfaces for monitoring and controlling behavior, and techniques for defining, distributing, and understanding policies. - Fundamental science of self-managing systems: understanding, controlling, or exploiting emergent behavior, theoretical investigations of coupled feedback loops, predictive methods, robustness, and related topics. - Experiences with autonomic system or component prototypes: measurements, evaluations, or analyses of system behavior, user studies, or experiences with large-scale deployments of self-managing systems or applications. PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS Full papers (NEW: 8-12 pages in length) and posters (2 pages) are invited on a wide variety of topics relating to autonomic computing as indicated above. All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal, nor may they be under review or submitted to another forum during the ICAC-05 review process. Posters are not subject to any of these restrictions. Authors should submit full papers or posters electronically (PDF or postscript) via the ICAC-05 conference web site at http://www.autonomic-conference.org and should use IEEE CS format. Appropriate style files can be found at ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/. IMPORTANT DATES (TENTATIVE) Paper submissions: January 17, 2005 Author notification: February 28, 2005 Poster submissions: March 3, 2005 Final manuscripts due: April 1, 2005 Conference: June 17-18, 2005 INFORMATION AND INQUIRIES WWW: www.autonomic-conference.org E-mail: icac(a)caip.rutgers.edu DEMO AND EXHIBIT SESSION ICAC 2005 will feature a demo and exhibit session consisting of posters and technology artifacts (e.g., machines running autonomic software or demonstrations of autonomic computing principles). Entries will be solicited via a separate call for demonstrations and exhibits and entries will be judged by a separate subcommittee, headed by the exhibit chair. Please see the conference web site for more information. GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Manish Parashar, Rutgers Univ., USA Jeffrey Kephart, IBM Research, USA STEERING COMMITTEE Salim Hariri, Univ. of Arizona, USA (Co-Chair) David Ogle, IBM, USA (Co-Chair) Manish Parashar, Rutgers Univ., USA Karsten Schwan, Georgia Tech, USA Jeffrey Kephart, IBM, USA Vaidy Sunderam, Emory Univ., USA PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Karsten Schwan, Georgia Tech, USA Yi-Min Wang, Microsoft Research, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE The ICAC program committee includes leading researchers from academia and industry. The list is available at the conference web site. DEMO/EXHIBITS/TUTORIAL CHAIR Brad Topol, IBM, USA PUBLICIY CO-CHAIRS Dongyan Xu, Purdue Univ. USA Fabrice Saffre, British Telecom, UK LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS Greg Eisenhauer, Georgia Tech, USA Dan Fay, Microsoft, USA FINANCE CHAIR Patricia Rago, IBM, USA PUBLICATION Accepted papers and posters will appear in proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press, which will be distributed at the conference. STUDENT AWARDS A student best paper award will be presented. The award will consist of a plaque, complementary student registration to the conference and an honorarium that will partially cover travel and hotel costs. A student paper is defined as one in which the principal (not sole) author is a student. The student will be required attend the conference to present the paper and receive the award. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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FW: 3rd CFP: 7th IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (IEEE CEC'05)
by Martin Gutbrod 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students. ------------------------Call for Papers----------------------- 7th IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (IEEE CEC'05) July 19-22, 2005, TU München, Munich, Germany http://cec05.in.tum.de Sponsored by the ---------------- IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on E-Commerce (TCEC) Supported by ------------ - IBM Deutschland GmbH - SAP AG - Computerzeitung, IDS Scheer AG, o2 Germany, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants - Association for Information Systems (AIS) - Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) TF 5.5 on E-Commerce -------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC'05) is the 7th annual event (formerly WECWIS) and the flagship annual conference of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on E-Commerce. CEC is a primary forum for the exchange of information regarding advancements in the state of the art of theory and practice in E-Commerce and Web-based Information Systems, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future of E-Commerce technology, applications and service-oriented computing. The conference focuses on IT infrastructures and new technologies to facilitate dynamic e-business and Web-based information systems. It is our pleasure to announce invited talks by => Stuart Feldman, Ph.D. (IBM Research) => Dr. Lutz Heuser (SAP AG) => John Riedl, Ph.D. (Univ. of Minnesota) => Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer (DFKI) Submissions of high quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are invited. The main conference theme for 2005 will be "Service-oriented E-Commerce" Topics for submission include but are not limited to: => E-Commerce Infrastructure - E-Commerce architectures and enabling technologies - Intellectual property and digital rights management - Mobile commerce - QoS support, workload monitoring and benchmarking - Real-time Internet delivery technologies - Business applications of Grid technology - Security, privacy and trust issues => Business Process Integration and Management - Electronic data interchange - Web service computing and composition - Transaction and workflow management - Supply chain management and planning - IT service management => Intelligent E-Commerce Applications - Auction and negotiation technology - Automated shopping, trading, and contracting - Decision support and recommender systems - Marketing and advertising technology The conference is soliciting research papers, short papers, and tutorial proposals. Submitted papers will be evaluated on significance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. They should clearly establish the research contribution, its relevance to electronic commerce, and its relation to prior research. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered in another forum. Detailed submission instructions can be found at http://cec05.in.tum.de. - Submissions deadline: January 20, 2005 - Notification of authors: March 25, 2005 - Camera-ready papers: April 26, 2005 - Conference start: July 19, 2005 All papers selected for this conference are peer-reviewed and will be published in the regular conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press. The best papers presented in the conference will be selected for journals such as the Journal on Information Systems and E-Business (ISeB), or the Electronic Commerce Research Journal (ECRJ). * General Chairs: Martin Bichler, Technische Universität München, Germany Jen-Yao Chung, IBM Research, USA * Program Chairs: Günter Müller, University of Freiburg, Germany Kwei-Jay Lin, UC Irvine, USA * Industrial Chair: Markus Stolze, IBM Research, Switzerland * Publication Chair: Sang Hyuk Son, Univ of Virginia * Publicity Chairs: Patrick Hung, Univ. of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Haifei Li, Union University, USA * Workshop Chairs: Ramayya Krishnan, CMU, USA Andreas Wombacher, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany * Tutorial Chair: Christof Weinhardt, Univ of Karlsruhe, Germany * International Liaison: John Riedl, Univ. of Minnesota, USA (ACM SIG EC) Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen and Mareike Schoop, Univ. of Hohenheim (GI / GI FB 5.5) Mike Shaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, AIS SIGeBIZ * Web Chair: Moritz Strasser, University of Freiburg, Germany IEEE CEC Workshops ------------------ On the day before the conference there will be a day of workshops on specialized subjects such as - Business Transformation - Electronic Contracting - Mobile Commerce and Services - Service oriented Solutions for Cooperative Organizations

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[Fwd: ACM SIGMOBILE E-Mail Newsletter, Dec/2004]
by Buschmann, Carsten 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACM SIGMOBILE E-Mail Newsletter, Dec/2004 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:39:29 +1100 From: Robert James Steele <rsteele(a)IT.UTS.EDU.AU> Reply-To: MOBISYS: ACM/USENIX Mobile Systems Conference Attendees List <MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG> To: MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0410290941250.16510@linus> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0411290954510.23517@linus> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACM SIGMOBILE E-Mail Newsletter for Dec/2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- SIG Announcements: SIGMOBILE wishes you a very happy and joyous season. ------ Latest News and Articles: Ubiquitous Computing Research Spreads (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3448171 The Challenges of Integrating Cellular and Wi-Fi Networks (TechNewsWorld) http://www.technewsworld.com/story/38674.html Next-Generation RFID Standard Is Approved (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800518 The Future of Innovation in the US (AlwaysOn Network) http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=7301_0_4_0_C Analyst: Wal-Mart's RFID Suppliers Are Resisting (InformationWeek) http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801427 Report: Mobile phone users double since 2000 (CNN) http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/12/09/telecoms.phones.reut/index. html PluggedIn: Mobile Operators Seek Higher Sound Quality (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=699 7280&section=news Wi-Fi for everyone? (CNet) http://news.com.com/Wi-Fi+for+everyone/2010-7351_3-5476718.html?tag=ac.hed GPS Could Be Disrupted In National Crisis (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800666 International Airlines Embrace In-Flight Internet (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55301760 Microsoft Puts RFID In Its Own Supply Chain (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55300002 Mobile Device Management Products To Skyrocket, Study Says (InformationWeek) http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=54201491 ------ Upcoming Conferences and Events endorsed by SIGMOBILE: ** SIGMOBILE members get the same low registration fee as ** members of the organization which is sponsoring the event. WTS 2005 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium April 28-30, 2005 Pomona, California http://hwang.cisdept.csupomona.edu/wtsi2005/ MobiHoc 2005 The Sixth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing May 25-28, 2005 Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2005 MobiSys 2005 The Third International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services June 6-8, 2005 Seattle, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2005 MobiCom 2005 The Eleventh Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking Cologne, Germany 28 August-2 September 2005 http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/ SenSys 2005 The Third ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems San Diego, California, USA 2-4 November 2005 http://sensys.csail.mit.edu/ ------ Latest Developer Headlines: Mobile-enable Your Existing Web Apps with ASP.NET 2.0 (DevX) http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/22552 Give Your Mobile Workforce Offline Muscle with the MIDP Record Management System (DevX) http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/23275 PalmSource Makes Run at Open Source (InternetNews) http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3445471 ------ Dr Robert Steele ACM SIGMOBILE Information Director robertsteele(a)acm.org

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[Fwd: E-NEXT.members: -Cfp: ESAS 2005-]
by Lars Wolf 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: E-NEXT.members: -Cfp: ESAS 2005- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:33:53 +0100 From: Claude.Castelluccia(a)inrialpes.fr To: members(a)ist-e-next.net References: <001501c4e4e6$683a9fe0$0c001aac@PEZ> PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS **** ESAS 2005 **** 2nd European Workshop on Security and Privacy in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks July 14-15, 2005, Budapest, Hungary http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/ The vision of ubiquitous computing has generated a lot of interest in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. However, besides their potential advantages, these new generations of networks also raise some challenging problems with respect to security and privacy. The aim of this workshop is to bring together the network security, cryptography, and wireless networking communities in order to discuss these problems and to propose new solutions. The second ESAS workshop seeks submissions that present original research on all aspects of security and privacy in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Submission of papers based on work-in-progress is encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following * Privacy and anonymity * Prevention of traffic analysis * Location privacy * Secure positioning and localization * Secure MAC protocols * Secure topology control * Secure routing * Secure in-network processing * Secure context aware computing * Cooperation and fairness * Charging and rewarding * Key management * Trust establishment * Embedded security * Cryptography for resource constrained applications * Distributed intrusion detection IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: March 30, 2005 Notification of acceptance: May 16, 2005 Workshop version deadline: May 31, 2005 Workshop: July 14-15, 2005 Proceedings version deadline: August 15, 2005 PROGRAM CHAIRS * Refik Molva, Eurecom, France * Gene Tsudik, UC Irvine, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Imad Aad, EPFL, Switzerland * N. Asokan, Nokia, Finland * Sonja Buchegger, Berkeley, USA * Laurent Bussard, Microsoft, Germany * Levente Buttyán, BUTE, CrySyS Lab, Hungary * Srdjan Capkun, UCLA, USA * Claude Castelluccia, INRIA, France * Hannes Hartenstein, University of Karlsruhe, Germany * Yih-Chun Hu, Berkeley, USA * Markus Jakobsson, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA * Yongdae Kim, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA * Stefan Lucks, University of Mannheim, Germany * Breno de Medeiros, Florida State University, USA * Ludovic Mé, Supelec, France * Gabriel Montenegro, SunLabs, USA * Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University, USA * Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA * Kaisa Nyberg, Nokia, Finland * Christof Paar, University of Bochum, Germany * Panagiotis Papadimitratos, Cornell University, USA * Günter Schäfer, Technical University of Berlin, Germany * Andre Weimerskirch, University of Bochum, Germany * Dirk Westhoff, NEC Europe Network Lab., Germany * Susanne Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS * Levente Buttyán, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (buttyan at crysys.hu) * Claude Castelluccia, INRIA, France (Claude dot Castelluccia at inrialpes.fr) * Dirk Westhoff, NEC Europe Network Lab., Heidelberg, Germany (Dirk dot Westhoff at netlab.nec.de) * Susanne Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA (swetzel at cs.stevens.edu) INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS Authors are invited to submit original papers. All submissions will be refereed. Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have submitted in parallel. The submissions must not exceed 10 pages (excluding the title page, bibliography and appendices) nor 12 pages overall. The final version should not exceed 15 pages. The preferred submission format is PDF or PostScript. We recommend that you generate the PDF or PS file using LaTeX and the LNCS style available at www.springer.de/comp/lncs. Further information on how to submit papers will be available here http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/submission.html. WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings will be published by Springer after the Workshop in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series (www.springer.de/comp/lncs/). Notice that in order to be included in the proceedings, the authors of an accepted paper must guarantee to present their contribution at the ESAS workshop. LINKS * Call for Papers: http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/cfp.html * Download CFP (pdf): http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/esas2005_cfp_short.pdf * Submission: http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/submission.html * Technical program: http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/program.html * Registration: http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/registration.html * Location information: http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/location.html * ESAS 2004: http://www.netlab.nec.de/esas/esas2004.html +++ Posted to members-istenext by Claude.Castelluccia(a)inrialpes.fr +++

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Journal of Mobile Multimedia (JMM)]
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Journal of Mobile Multimedia (JMM) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:16:57 -0800 From: Liu, Kevin <Kevin.Liu(a)T-Mobile.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> --------- We apologize for multiple reception of this message ---------- CALL FOR PAPERS Inauguration Issue: March 2005 Journal of Mobile Multimedia (JMM) Published by: Rinton Press, USA ISSN 1550-4646 http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/jmm/index.html Mobile Multimedia refers to the multimedia information exchange over wireless networks or wireless Internet. The popularity and evolution of mobile computing devices, together with fast, affordable mobile networks, have made it possible to increase the range and complexity of mobile multimedia applications and services provided to end-users of these kinds of equipments. In the core of this revolution is the astonishing growth in the number, types, novelty, and complexity of mobile multimedia applications and services. The Journal of Mobile Multimedia (JMM) aims to provide a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas and information by researchers, students, and professionals on the issues and challenges brought by the emerging multimedia technologies for mobile multimedia applications and services, and the control and management of such networks to support multimedia applications. The journal is devoted to the publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in mobile multimedia. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and technical notes are invited for publications. Coverage: --------- While JMM covers a broad range of topics, we are soliciting papers that provide a perspective on all aspects of mobile multimedia, including, but not be limited to: - Mobile Multimedia Applications & Services - Communication and Cooperation through Mobile Multimedia - Mobile Multimedia Software Architectures - Wireless & Mobile Multimedia Network Management - Mobile Multimedia Network Traffic Engineering & Optimization - Enabling Infrastructures for Mobile Multimedia - Regulatory and Societal Issues of Mobile Multimedia - Mobile Multimedia Markets & Business Models - Provisioning of Mobile Multimedia Services - Personalization, Privacy and Security in Mobile Multimedia - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing - Mobile Virtual and Augmented Reality Submission: ----------- A paper can be submitted by any of the following means: i) sending the Word, ps, or pdf file to jmm(a)rintonpress.com ii) web submitting at http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/jmm/ iii) for a paper posted in an archive, sending a note of submission with its archive code and the archive URL to jmm(a)rintonpress.com iv) sending three hard copies of your paper to: JMM, Rinton Editorial, 565 Edmund Terrace, NJ 07652, USA. For additional information regarding manuscript submission and subscriptions, please visit the journal website at http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/jmm/index.html _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Kuvs] CfP: Mobile Commerce 2005]
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Kuvs] CfP: Mobile Commerce 2005 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:39:39 +0100 From: Claudia Linnhoff-Popien <linnhoff(a)ifi.lmu.de> Reply-To: kuepper(a)ifi.lmu.de To: kuvs(a)tm.uka.de, kivs05(a)informatik.uni-kaiserslautern.de, cl(a)mobicom.cs.uni-dortmund.de [Sincere apologies for possible multiple copies of this message] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services July 18-19, 2005, Munich, Germany in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Electronic Commerce (IEEE CEC 2005) http://www.wmcs2005.org/ Paper submission deadline: February 14, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------- While wired E-Commerce has been accepted and used widely in recent years and become significantly important in our daily life, mobile commerce (M-commerce) is still an emerging discipline that is currently experiencing massive growth rates. The success of M-Commerce is basically dependent on the development and acceptance of new wireless technologies over 3G and 4G networks as well as intelligent service platforms on mobile devices. However, to fully exploit the high growth potentials of M-commerce there is a strong need to adopt existing E-commerce approaches for wireless networks and to develop new sophisticated mobile applications to meet the needs of mobile subscribers, for example in the areas of financial transactions, mobile marketing and gaming, as well as location and context-aware services. Compared with the traditional wired E-commerce, wireless networks and mobile devices impose additional constraints, challenges, and requirements on building M-commerce platforms and applications, for example content adaptation, security and privacy issues, and mobile payment mechanisms. The Second IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services (WMCS) brings together researchers, scientists, software architects, and industry professionals with the aim of discussing and exchanging innovative ideas and research work in M-commerce and services. The topics for submissions include but are not limited to the following fields: - Novel M-commerce applications and services - Location and context-aware M-commerce services - Service platforms for supporting M-commerce (mobile web enterprise) - Brokerage and service discovery mechanisms - Middleware, mobile components, and agent technologies supporting M-commerce - Platforms for client applications in mobile devices (J2ME, Symbian) - Digital Rights Management - Wireless security problems & solutions, and mobile privacy - Mobile payment solutions, systems and platforms - New wireless multimedia technologies and platforms for M-commerce (e.g., DVB-H) - Inter-organizational service provisioning (business models and their realization) - Wireless advertising solutions, systems and platforms - Mobile entertainment applications, services and platforms for digital mu-sic, videos and games - Case-studies and experiences (experience reports) Submissions ----------- Authors are invited to submit original and significant research contributions in the aforementioned areas. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the members of the international program committee. It is planned to publish the proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science ( http://www.springeronline.de). In addition, a selection of the best papers will be published in a special issue of "Electronic Commerce Research and Applications". Full papers must not exceed 16 pages and conform to the LNCS style. We accept papers in PDF and PS format. Authors should submit a full paper via EDAS, see http://www.wmcs2005.org/ and http://edas.info/home.cgi?c=4440 for details. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission: February 14, 2005 Paper notification: March 31, 2005 Camera-ready papers: April 30, 2005 Workshop Date: July 18-19, 2005 Workshop Chairs --------------- Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany) Axel Küpper (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany) Jerry Gao (San José State University, USA) Program Committee ----------------- Uwe Baumgarten (Technical University of Munich, Germany) Michael Berger (Siemens Corporate Technology, Germany) Bernard Burg (Hewlett Packard Laboratories, USA) Monique Calisti (Whitestein Technologies AG, Switzerland) Heikki Helin (TeliaSonera, Finland) Thomas Hess (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany) Winfried Lamersdorf (Hamburg University, Germany) Jonathan C.L. Liu (University of Florida, USA) Seng Loke (Monash University, Australia) Tom Pfeifer (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland) Norman M. Sadeh (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Simon Shim (San Jose State University, USA) John Shepherdson (BT Group, UK) Burkhard Stiller (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Swit-zerland) Thomas Strang (German Aerospace Center) Reima Suomi (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland) Upkar Varshney (Georgia State University, USA) Ron Vetter (University of North Carolina, USA) Contact ------- Axel Küpper Mobile and Distributed Systems Group Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Oettingenstr. 67 D-80538 Munich, Germany Tel.:+49-89-2180-9421 Fax.:+49-89-2180-9147 info(a)wmcs2005.org http://www.wmcs2005.org _______________________________________________ Kuvs mailing list Kuvs(a)lists.ira.uni-karlsruhe.de https://lists.ira.uni-karlsruhe.de/mailman/listinfo/kuvs

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[Fwd: Call for Paper IWQoS 2005]
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

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<dedinski(a)fmi.uni-passau.de> Dear Madam, Dear Sir, [sincere apologies for possible multiple copies of this message] we are pleased to inform you that the *Thirteenth International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2005)* * *will be held in the University of Pasau, Germany, on June 21-23, 2005 Call for papers (full version pdf-file: see appendix) IWQoS has emerged as the prime annual event on Quality-of-Service (QoS)-related research and technologies. Building on the successes of previous workshops, the objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in this area to discuss recent and innovative results, and identify future directions and challenges. IWQoS has a long standing tradition of being highly interactive while maintaining highest standards of competitiveness and excellence. This characteristic will be re-emphasized by intercepting the regular paper sessions with stimulating discussion events about controversial and cutting edge topics. The program will include the following highlights: * Key Note by Industrial Speaker * A Panel on "Self-Organization and QoS" by David Hutchison, Lancaster Univ, U.K. * A Position Paper Session on "The Impact of QoS: Where Industry meets Academia" by Francois Le Faucheur, Cicso Systems France and Georgios Karagiannis, Twente Univ., The Netherlands. * A Works in Progress Session focusing on emerging research * Key Note and Invited Paper by Randy Katz, UC Berkeley, U.S.A. * Industrial Exhibition and Demonstration of Tools and Methods related to Quality of Communication <http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/lehrstuehle/demeer/iwqos/cfexhib.html> by Jan de Meer, Institute for High-performance Microelectronics GmbH, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany The panel and the short paper sessions will be highly interactive and leave much time and space for the audience to get involved. The position and short papers will go through the general reviewing process but the papers must specifically be submitted to fit the track. Short versions of regular technical papers will not be accepted here. It is rather encouraged to submit work that is either stimulating with a long term vision or that points to immediate relevance with need for controversial debate to address the foremost experts at the venue. Technical Program Quality of Service principles can be applied to a large number of domains. Our goal is to broaden the areas that QoS research can be pulled from by recognizing the multi-disciplinary aspect to much of the research. In addition to the traditional areas, the call for papers does solicit, but is not limited to, papers in such areas as: * QoS in mobile/wireless environments, Sensor networks, 4G (IP for 3G) * QoS in overlays and peer-to-peer networks * QoS in GRID environments * SLA: end-to-end QoS, QoS in large scale, heterogeneous environments * QoS-aware software components: QoS for Web Services * QoS and self-organizing systems * New frontiers of QoS * QoS measurement versus control * QoS adaptation versus resource reservation * Hidden QoS issues, have we just learned to ignore QoS problems? * QoS in context aware systems (also related to mobility) * User perception/user interfaces for QoS * QoS and distributed systems * QoS and middleware * Fault tolerance and QoS * QoS in ad hoc networks * Economics and QoS * Security, trust and QoS * QoS in the home and everywhere * QoS and new media * QoS and haptics , virtual environments * QoS in buisiness processes, workflows IWQoS aims to allow rapid dissemination of research results and to provide fast turnaround. The deadline for papers is therefore as close to the conference as the publishers allow. The workshop is a single-track forum spanning two and a half days. It values both theoretical contributions and practical experience. Web Site: http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/iwqos Best Student Paper Award Award will be given at the conference to the best student paper, whose first author is a current student. Paper Submission IWQoS invites submission of manuscripts that present original research results, and that have not been previously published or currently under review by another conference or journal. Any previous or simultaneous publication of related material should be explicitly noted in the submission. Submissions should be full-length papers that are no longer than 20 double-spaced single-column pages with font sizes of 11 or larger, including all figures and references, and must include an abstract of 100 -- 150 words. All papers must be submitted in either Postscript or the Adobe PDF format, and no other formats are accepted by the paper submission web site. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must present the paper at IWQoS 2004. The paper submission can be done here <http://www.net.fmi.uni-passau.de/crp>. Short Position Papers for Industry Session and Works in Progress We solicit submissions of short papers for the two sessions outlined above. The short papers are limited to three single-spaced pages. Accepted papers will be presented in a 15-minute time period, and will be included in the conference proceedings. Important Dates: * Paper abstract deadline: February 16th , 2005, 11:59pm CET * Full paper submission deadline: February 22th , 2005, 11:59pm CET * Short paper submission deadline: March 7th, 2005, 11:59pm CET * Notification of acceptance: March 24th , 2005 * Camera-ready papers due: April 8, 2005 * Hotel reservation cut-off date: May 19th , 2005 * Early registration deadline: April 8th, 2005 * Workshop dates: June 21-23 , 2005 * Workshop reception and welcome party: June 20th, 2005 Organizational Objectives Among strong industrial and academic support the 13th IWQoS is supported by the three organizing institutions: * University of Passau, Germany * HP Laboratories Palo Alto, California USA * IHP Institute on Microelectronics GmbH, Brandenburg Germany The University of Passau will host the all conference activities; it provides excellent conference support for up to 1,000 participants. Features of university support include: * Support desk in the conference area with professional team to handle technical and logistical issues. * Lecture room with 180 seats, video projector, internet access * WLAN connection * Reserved lunch area on the Inn river banks * Exhibition space *Program Chairs: *Hermann De Meer University of Passau Passau, Germany mail: demeer(a)fmi.uni-passau.de <mailto:demeer@fmi.uni-passau.de> Nina Bhatti Hewlett Packard Laboratories Palo Alto, California USA email: nina.bhatti(a)hp.com <mailto:nina.bhatti@hp.com>

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[cfp] [Fwd: [Tccc] WiMob 2005 -- Deadline extended to Jan. 10, 2005]
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] WiMob 2005 -- Deadline extended to Jan. 10, 2005 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:06:09 -0500 (EST) From: S.S.Ravi <ravi(a)cs.albany.edu> To: Cabernet-events(a)jiscmail.ac.uk, manet(a)ietf.org, performance(a)msr.csm.ornl.gov, podc(a)acm.org, tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES Extended Submission Deadline for WiMob'2005 International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications Conference dates: August 22-24, 2005 Location: Hotel Delta Centre-Ville Montreal, Canada Website: http://congresbcu.com/wimob2005/ Please note that the deadline for submitting a full paper has been extended to Jan. 10, 2005. Please see the above website for additional details. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: CFP: 19th International Teletraffic Congress]
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: 19th International Teletraffic Congress Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:51:26 -0600 From: Medhi, Deep <DMedhi(a)umkc.edu> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <itc(a)comsoc.org>, <cnom(a)lrg.ufsc.br> Call for Papers (Second announcement) THE 19th INTERNATIONAL TELETRAFFIC CONGRESS (ITC19) August 29 - September 2, 2005 Beijing, China ------------------------------------ http://www.itc19.org Submission Deadline: January 24, 2005 Electronic submission only submit using http://www.itc19.org (alternate option by email: itc(a)itc19.org) PDF or MS Word 6.0 (or above). (Note: Final, accepted paper will be limited to 10 pages; see appendix at the end for details) Notification of Acceptance: May 1, 2005 Camera-Ready copy: May 31, 2005 ------------------------------------ Sponsors: International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) China Institute of Communications (CIC) Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) Organizers: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) China Consulting Center for Science and Technology (CCCST) Supporters: The Ministry of Information Industry, PRC (MII) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Sponsorship and Donation SKTelecom, China Telecom, China Mobile, Nokia, UTStarcom ------------------------------------ THEME OF CONGRESS Performance Challenges for Efficient Next Generation Networks TOPICS Networks: Next Generation Networks Access Networks Mobile Communication Networks Wireless Networks, Wireless LANs Ad-Hoc Networks Multi-Provider Networks Architectures and Protocols: Communication Protocols Middleware Architectures Service Platforms Overlay Networks Signaling Optical Switching Fixed-Mobile Convergence Teletraffic Modeling: Traffic and Performance Measurements Traffic Characterization and Modeling Queuing Theory Performance Evaluation Simulation Methodology Traffic Management: Traffic Management Mobility Management Routing Scheduling Overload Control Traffic Engineering Network Planning and Management: Network Management Network Planning and Optimization Quality of Service Provisioning Service Engineering Service Pricing Reliability and Survivability Regulatory Issues -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT ITC Teletraffic is the discipline dealing with all phenomena of control and transport of information within telecommunications networks. The flow of user/control information, as a result of a large number of users, typically experiences a stochastic nature. Teletraffic Science is a well-established field. It is based on the theory and on methods of probability and stochastic processes on one hand, and on methods for control such as scheduling, synchronization of concurrent processes and queuing, on the other hand. Teletraffic Science is therefore strongly related to subjects as performance modeling, queuing theory, operations research, computer science and telecommunications. Teletraffic Engineering is based on the knowledge of the organization and technology of modern, computer controlled telecommunication systems such as switching systems, computer networks, broadband and mobile communications systems, for the integration of a broad spectrum of telecommunication services such as voice, audio, graphics, video, individually or in combination (multimedia), and all kinds of computer and data base applications. Teletraffic Engineering comprises methods and tools for modeling of telecommunication systems and services, performance evaluation, resource dimensioning, cost optimization, forecasting, planning and network management. The International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) has a long tradition. It was founded in 1955; since then, 18 ITC World Congresses, 16 ITC Specialist Seminars and 18 Regional Seminars have been held. ITC covers topics from networking technologies (telecommunication networks, mobile communication networks, internet), architectures and protocols, teletraffic measurements and traffic modeling, queuing theory and performance evaluation, traffic engineering, network planning and network management. ITC has strong links with ITU, both with the ITU-T (Telecommunication Standardization) and ITU-D (Development Sector, BDT), and supports training in Telecommunication and Teletraffic Engineering. ITC is guided by the International Advisory Council (IAC), which is supported by associated members and experts from research, development and network operations and standards organizations (ITU-TS, ETSI, and IETF). The IAC is proud that ITC19 will be hosted by China . On behalf of the IAC, I would like to invite experts and research students from all mentioned fields to contribute to ITC19 in order to make it a great event. Paul J. Kuehn Chairman, IAC of ITC University of Stuttgart, Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INVITATION FROM CHAIRMAN The 19th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC19) will be held in Beijing , P. R. China, from August 29 to September 2, 2005. On behalf of China Institute of Communications (CIC) and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), we would like to extend our warm welcome to professionals, engineers, entrepreneurs and friends working in the fields of teletraffic theory and its applications to come to Beijing and participate in ITC19. Participants will be able to take this opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences, and share with us new progress and achievements in IT and telecommunications field. Since the first International Seminar on Teletraffic and Network (ISTN), which was the branch of ITC in China , initiated by us in 1988, we have witnessed a steadily increasing activity in China in telecommunications network and technologies. China has gained a leading status today in information communication science and technology, with the developments of IT and telecommunications around the world. Hundreds of experts, scholars, entrepreneurs, as well as graduate and postgraduate students in the relevant areas will be expected to attend this congress. As the host and sponsor of the congress, we will do our utmost to put the ITC19 into a success. Beijing is the capital of the P. R. China. It has been the capital of six feudal dynasties in the Chinese history. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and Zhoukou Dian Site of Beijing ape-man, are only a few of the famous spots of the long history of Beijing. They are also the epitome of the splendid Chinese culture, with large amount of cultural relics and historical wonders, which are listed by the UNESCO as world natural and cultural heritages. On behalf of the organizing committee of ITC19, we sincerely welcome you and your family to Beijing. We believe you will have an enjoyable and fruitful trip in both technical and leisure aspects. Ye Peida Chairman of ITC19 Senior Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Honorary President of BUPT, China -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HONORARY CHAIRMAN: Wu Jichuan, President, Chinese Institute of Electronics CO-CHAIRMAN: Ye Peida, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of BUPT, China Lin Jintong, President of BUPT SECRETARY-GENERAL: Yan Shuling, Deputy Director, CCCST INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (IAC) Chair: Paul J. Kuehn, University of Stuttgart, Germany Vice Chairs: Villy-Baek Iversen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Secretary: Patricia Wirth, United States Treasurer: Ulf Koerner, Sweden Members: David Everitt, Australia Carlos-Alberto Costa-Nunes, Brazil Jim Yan, Canada Xiongjian Liang, China Prosper Chemouil, France Luigi Fratta, Italy Ignat Stanev, ITU-D Liaison Manuel Vill¨¨n-Altamirano, ITU-T Liaison Konosuke Kawashima, Japan Vladimir I. Neiman, Russia Oscar Gonzalez-Soto, Spain Onno Boxma, The Netherlands Peter Key, United Kingdom Bharat Doshi, United States NATIONNAL ORGNIZING COMMITEE Chair: Liu Cai, Secretary-General of CIC, China Vice Chairs: Hu Weiyi, Deputy Secretary-General of CIC, China John Liu Yun, President & CEO, SK Telecom ( China ) Members: Li Zhonghua, Director, Academic Department of CIC, China Zhang Qinsen, Senior Engineer, Academic Dept. of CIC , China Zhen Guiling, Director, General Office of CIC, China Bo Yang, Engineer, CIC Feng Suzhong, Director, Academic Committee of BUPT , China Wang Weining, Academic Committee of BUPT , China Bai Ling, Academic Committee of BUPT , China Li Xiufeng, Research Fellow, BUPT, China Huo Yumei, BUPT, China Guo Ning, BUPT, China Xu Liang, BUPT, China Samantha Lee, CCCST, China ========================================== TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Co-Chairs: Liang Xiongjian, Professor of BUPT, China V. B. Iversen, Professor of Technical Univ. of Denmark , Denmark Vice-Chairs: Xin Zhanhong, Deputy-Dean of School of Economics &Management, BUPT G. S. Kuo, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Magazine (2001-2002), Professor of BUPT International Members: Australia: Moshe Zukerman Australia: Richard Harris Belgium: Guido H. Petit Belgium: Herwig Brunell Brazil: Edmundo de Souza e Silva Brazil: Nelson Fonseca Canada: Changcheng Huang Canada: James Yan Egypt: Khaled Elsayed Finland: Ilkka Norros Finland: Jarmo Harju France: Andrzej Duda France: Annie Gravey France: Guy Pujolle France: James Roberts France: Prosper Chemouil France: Serge Fdida Germany: Carmelita Goerg Germany: Joachim Charzinski Germany: Kurt Tutschku Germany: Paul Kuehn (IAC Liaison) Germany: Ralf Lehnert Germany: Udo Krieger Germany: Ulrich Killat Hungary: Sandor Molnar Italy: Luigi Fratta Italy: Marco Ajmone-Marsan Japan: Konosuke Kawashima Japan: Hajime Nakamura Japan: Hasegawa Toshiharu Japan: Wuyi Yue Japan: Yutaka Takahashi Korea: Dong-Ho Cho Poland: Michal Pioro Portugal: Jose Brazio Russia: Tsitovich Ivan Singapore: John Liu Yun Singapore: Sun Jie Spain: Manuel Villen Altamirano Spain: Oscar Gonzalez-Soto Sweden: Ulf Koerner The Netherlands: Michel Mandjes The Netherlands: Onno Boxma UK: Peter Key UK: Laurie Cuthbert USA: Debasis Mitra USA: Deep Medhi USA: Frank Huebner USA: H. Richard Gail USA: Y.T. Wang National Members: CHEN Changjia, BJTU CHENG Shiduan, BUPT Danny Tsang, HKUST HUANG Zailu, HUST JI Yuefeng, BUPT JI Zhaojun, MII K.T. KO, HKCU LI Lemin, UESTC LIN Chuang, Tsinghua Univ LIU Daming, CQUPT LIU Zengji, Xidian Univ LONG Keping, CQUPT LU Tingjie, BUPT MENG Luoming, BUPT NIU Zhisheng, Tsinghua Univ QIU Wanhua, BHU REN Yong, Tsinghua Univ SHE Qijiong, CT SHU Huaying, BUPT WAN Yan, BUPT WANG Liangyuan, NUPT WANG Shouyang, CAS WEI Leping, CT WEI Quanling, RCU WEN Ku, MII WU Hequan, CAE WU Qizong, BIT WU Shixiong, CPB WU Ying, UTStarcom XIANG Haige, Peking Univ XIAO Jinxue, CT XIONG Bingqun, DTT XU Guanghui, CAS XU Yan, HKUST YANG Fangchun, BUPT ZHANG Ping, BUPT ZHANG Qun, USTB ZHAO Houlin, ITU ZHOU Baoxin, CCSA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRESPONDENCE AND INQUIRIES 1. Contact for academic issues: Ms. Wan Yan, Ms. Huo Yumei School of Economics & Management Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications No. 10, Xi Tu Cheng Lu, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, China Tel: (+86 10) 81120864, 62282039 Fax: (+86 10) 62282039 E-mail: itc(a)itc19.org bupthuoyumei(a)163.com http://www.bupt.edu.cn 2. Contact for congress affairs issues: Ms. Samantha Lee, Ms. Doney Qian ITC19 Secretariat China Consulting Center for Science and Technology 86#, Xue Yuan Nan Lu, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China Tel: (+86 10) 62175100, 62184931 Fax: (+86 10) 62172055, 62184931 E-mail: cccst(a)126.com, cccst(a)ict19.org http:// www.chinaconsult.com.cn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITU & ITC Workshop for Developing Countries: In keeping with the traditions of ITC, a workshop for developing countries is organized by ITU-D and ITC Committee 3. The workshop deals with applied traffic engineering problems such as dimensioning, measurements and field experiences. Deadeline for submitted paper is May 15, 2005. see http://www.com.dtu.dk/teletraffic/ for further information. The workshop is organized by: Ricardo Passerini, ITU-D riccardo.passerini(a)itu.int Ignat Stanev, Chairman, ITC Committee 3, Ignat.Stanev(a)ties.itu.ch Villy B. Iverson, Vice-Chairman, ITC/IAC, vbhi(a)com.dtu.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX Brief Instructions for the Preparation and Format of ACCepted Paper for ITC 19 Paper title Author1 name and Author2 name Authors Affiliation(s) Detailed Addresses E-mail Addresses Paper title: The paper title should appear at 55mm from top margin of the first page. Abstract: The abstract should appear at the top of the text, about 12mm below the title and author information. The abstract should contain about 100-150 words. Keywords: Leave 12mm between the keywords and the beginning of the main text. GENERAL PAPER FORMAT Your text file of the paper should choose A4 paper size. We encourage you to use 12 point Times-New-Roman and line spacing at least 12pt to achieve the best rendering in the proceedings. And the font of the paper title should be 14pt . Please make sure that your word file or camera-ready paper file is printable and the printout looks fine before submitting. The major heading of a paper should appear in all capital letters, 12pt Times-New-Roman and bold face, with one blank line before and after. And the subheadings of a paper should appear in 12pt Times-New-Roman and bold face, but only with initial letter for each substantive word capitalized and half blank line before the subheadings. Your text will be photographically reduced by 20-25%. So your text should be produced within the dimensions: total width of 16cm and a maximum length of 21cm on the first page and 23cm on the second and following pages. More information about the paper format can be found by accessing the web sites http://www.itc19.org , there is an electronic template of the standard format of a paper ca n be Download an d used directly. TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS All halftone tables and illustrations must be clear black and white prints. They should be arranged throughout the text and preferably be included on the same page as they are first discussed. They should have a self-contained caption and be positioned in flush-left alignment with the text margin. PAGE NUMBERING Please do not paginate your paper. Page numbers, session numbers, and conference identification will be inserted when the paper is included in the proceedings. EOF

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[Fwd: [cfp] [Fwd: ACM SenSys 2005: Preliminary CFP]]
by Lars Wolf 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [cfp] [Fwd: ACM SenSys 2005: Preliminary CFP] Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:27:11 +0100 From: Buschmann, Carsten <buschmann(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> To: cfp(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACM SenSys 2005: Preliminary CFP Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:47:29 -0800 From: Bhaskar Krishnamachari <bkrishna(a)USC.EDU> Reply-To: MOBISYS: ACM/USENIX Mobile Systems Conference Attendees List <MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG> To: MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG ACM SenSys 2005: PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS November 2-4, 2005 http://sensys.csail.mit.edu/ The 3rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the emerging area of embedded, networked sensors. These distributed systems of smart sensors and actuators connecting computational capabilities to the physical world have the potential to revolutionize the way in which the real world is instrumented, monitored, and controlled. Such systems present a wide range of challenges to the system designer because of resource constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, and scale. SenSys provides a cross-disciplinary venue for researchers addressing the rich space of networked sensor system design issues to interact, present and exchange research results, and demonstrate their work in a hands-on research exhibition. We seek technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, novel results in the following areas of research in sensor networks: - Sensor network architecture and protocols - Distributed coordination algorithms (e.g., for localization, time synchronization, clustering, topology control, etc.) - Failure resilience and fault isolation - Energy management - Operating systems - Data, information, and signal processing - Data storage - Distributed actuation and control - Programming methodology - Security and privacy - Network planning, provisioning, and deployment - Operational experience and testbeds - Experimental methodology (e.g., repeatable experimentation, measurement infrastructure, simulation, emulation, etc.) - Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits - Applications - Integration with other systems (e.g., Web-based information systems, process control, enterprise software, etc.) The conference time-line is as follows. All deadlines are firm; please don't ask for extensions! - Paper Registration & Abstract April 1, 2005, Midnight Eastern Time - Paper Submission Deadline April 8, 2005, Midnight Eastern - Time Notification of Paper Acceptance July 1, 2005 - Camera Ready Paper Copy August 25, 2005 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ==================== General Chair: Jason Redi (BBN Technologies) Program Co-Chairs: Hari Balakrishnan (MIT), and Feng Zhao (Microsoft Research) Local Arrangements Chair: Curt Schurgers (UCSD) Publicity Co-Chairs: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC), and Wendi Heinzelman (University of Rochester) Publication Chair: Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University) Posters Co-Chairs: Matt Welsh (Harvard University) and John Byers (Boston University) Demos Co-Chairs: Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis) and Phil Gibbons (Intel Research) Web Site Chair: Michel Goraczko (MIT), Steering Committee: Deborah Estrin UCLA, Co Chair Victor Bahl Microsoft, SIGMOBILE Representative Taieb Znati University of Pittsburgh Craig Partridge BBN Technologies, SIGCOMM Representative -- !! This message is brought to you via the `cfp' mailing list. !! Please do not reply to this message to unsubscribe. To unsubscribe or adjust !! your settings, send a mail message to <cfp-request(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> !! or look at https://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/mailman/listinfo/cfp.

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[Fwd: ACM SenSys 2005: Preliminary CFP]
by Buschmann, Carsten 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACM SenSys 2005: Preliminary CFP Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:47:29 -0800 From: Bhaskar Krishnamachari <bkrishna(a)USC.EDU> Reply-To: MOBISYS: ACM/USENIX Mobile Systems Conference Attendees List <MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG> To: MOBISYS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG ACM SenSys 2005: PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS November 2-4, 2005 http://sensys.csail.mit.edu/ The 3rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the emerging area of embedded, networked sensors. These distributed systems of smart sensors and actuators connecting computational capabilities to the physical world have the potential to revolutionize the way in which the real world is instrumented, monitored, and controlled. Such systems present a wide range of challenges to the system designer because of resource constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, and scale. SenSys provides a cross-disciplinary venue for researchers addressing the rich space of networked sensor system design issues to interact, present and exchange research results, and demonstrate their work in a hands-on research exhibition. We seek technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, novel results in the following areas of research in sensor networks: - Sensor network architecture and protocols - Distributed coordination algorithms (e.g., for localization, time synchronization, clustering, topology control, etc.) - Failure resilience and fault isolation - Energy management - Operating systems - Data, information, and signal processing - Data storage - Distributed actuation and control - Programming methodology - Security and privacy - Network planning, provisioning, and deployment - Operational experience and testbeds - Experimental methodology (e.g., repeatable experimentation, measurement infrastructure, simulation, emulation, etc.) - Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits - Applications - Integration with other systems (e.g., Web-based information systems, process control, enterprise software, etc.) The conference time-line is as follows. All deadlines are firm; please don't ask for extensions! - Paper Registration & Abstract April 1, 2005, Midnight Eastern Time - Paper Submission Deadline April 8, 2005, Midnight Eastern - Time Notification of Paper Acceptance July 1, 2005 - Camera Ready Paper Copy August 25, 2005 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ==================== General Chair: Jason Redi (BBN Technologies) Program Co-Chairs: Hari Balakrishnan (MIT), and Feng Zhao (Microsoft Research) Local Arrangements Chair: Curt Schurgers (UCSD) Publicity Co-Chairs: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC), and Wendi Heinzelman (University of Rochester) Publication Chair: Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University) Posters Co-Chairs: Matt Welsh (Harvard University) and John Byers (Boston University) Demos Co-Chairs: Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis) and Phil Gibbons (Intel Research) Web Site Chair: Michel Goraczko (MIT), Steering Committee: Deborah Estrin UCLA, Co Chair Victor Bahl Microsoft, SIGMOBILE Representative Taieb Znati University of Pittsburgh Craig Partridge BBN Technologies, SIGCOMM Representative

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[Fwd: GLOBECOM 2005 - CFP]
by Lars Wolf 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: GLOBECOM 2005 - CFP Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:51:42 -0500 From: CommunicationsSociety(a)comsoc.org Reply-To: <Conferencesx(a)comsoc.org> To: conferencesx(a)comsoc.org GLOBECOM 2005 28 November – 2 December 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA IEEE Communications Society <http://www.ieee-globecom.org/2005>www.ieee-globecom.org/2005 CALL FOR PAPERS AND TUTORIALS GENERAL INFORMATION GLOBECOM 2005 will feature three keynote presentations, 8 technical symposia, tutorials and workshops, Design & Developers Forum, Telecom Business Forum and a student program. TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA Papers are invited on all communications topics: Papers will be refereed and published in the conference record. A percentage of papers will be selected for paster session presentations. The following symposia are offered: • General Conference • Computer & Network Security • Wireless Communications • Signal Processing for Communications • Autonomic Internet • Communication Theory • Advances for Networks & Internet • Photonic Technologies for Communications TUTORIALS AND OTHER SESSIONS Tutorials and Workshops: Half and full-day training sessions on timely communication topics Student Program: Student-oriented paper sessions and professional development workshops Telecom Business Forum: Presentations and panels on business, management, and markets Design & Developers Forum: Information sessions on industy related topics and issues PROGRAM DEADLINES AND CONTACTS Submission of Manuscripts is due 1 March 2005, 12 noon EST Electronic submission of full papers should be made online through the conference web site www.ieee-globecom.org/2005. Notification of Acceptance 1 July 2005 Camera-Ready Papers Due 1 September 2005,12 noon EST Submissions for Tutorials and Other Sessions are due 1 March 2005, 12 noon EST Information on proposals and submissions can be found at www.ieee-globecom.org/2005. Notification of Acceptance 1 July 2005 Camera-Ready Copy Due 1 September 2005, 12 noon EST General Chair Ann Miller (Univ. of Missouri-Rolla) E-mail: annmiller(a)ieee.org Vice-Chair Ken R. Owens (Edward Jones Investments) E-mail: ken.owens(a)ieee.org Technical Program Chair Steve E. Watkins (Univ. of Missouri-Rolla) E-mail: steve.e.watkins(a)ieee.org Telecom Business Forum Chair Larry Steele (Edward Jones Investments) E-mail: <mailto:larry.steele@edwardjones.com>larry.steele(a)edwardjones.com Authors from countries outside of the US are encouraged to apply for a VISA as early as possible. See GLOBECOM 2005 Web site for more information. IEEE Communciations Society Policy states that all accepted GLOBECOM 2005 papers must have at least one registration at the Full or Limted rate. (For authors presenting multiple papers, one Full or Limted Conference Registration is valid for up to three (3) papers.) To unsubscribe from this IEEE Communications Society Meetings and Conferences mailing list, go to: http://www.comsoc.org/confs/unsubscribe.html or send a blank email message to conferencesx-remove(a)comsoc.org. You can also request removal by mail. Please send a note with your email address and the list name (Conferencesx(a)comsoc.org) to ComSoc List Removal - IT 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA

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[Fwd: Call for Papers - BSN 2005]
by Buschmann, Carsten 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Papers - BSN 2005 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:14:30 +0000 From: Benny Lo <benlo(a)doc.ic.ac.uk> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks Department of Computing, Imperial College London April 12 - 13, 2005 Conference website: http://vip.doc.ic.ac.uk/bsn/ Deadline for paper submission: 8^th February 2005 Deadline for early registration: 21^st of March 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial on Body Sensor Networks ** April 11, 2005 Tutorial website: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/vip/bsn/tutorial/ <http://vip.doc.ic.ac.uk/bsn/tutorial/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a sequel to the very successful 2004 event for which you can find a list of speakers and their presentations from: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/vip/bsn/prev_ws/index.html. The aim of the workshop is to bring together prominent scientists from computing, electronics, bioengineering, medicine and industry in order to discuss the latest technological developments and clinical applications of Body Sensor Networks. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Novel Bioelectrical, Mechanical, Biochemical and Biophysical sensors - Hardware considerations: low power RF transceiver, energy scavenging, battery technology, system integration, process and cost of manufacturing - Biocompatibility and materials - Context awareness and Multi-sensor data fusion - Quality of service, security and data encryption - Standards and communication protocols - Wearable and implantable sensor integration and development platforms - Applications of body-sensor networks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The BSN tutorial will be held on 11^th April 2005, which covers - Introduction to Body Sensor Networks - BSN hardware architecture and sensor board design - Introduction to TinyOS - BSN programming – hands on session - BSN sensor board design – hands on session - Wireless data path and message hopping* * ** Each fully registered attendee for the Tutorial will receive a BSN development kit, which consists of a programming board, a sensor board, and a pair of BSN nodes.**

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[Fwd: [Tccc] ACC 2005 - NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE!]
by Lars Wolf 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] ACC 2005 - NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE! Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:18:26 +0100 From: Franca Delmastro <franca.delmastro(a)iit.cnr.it> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> *************************************************** ************* NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE!************* *************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers ACC 2005 1st IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic Communications and Computing June 13, 2005 - Taormina, Italy in conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM 2005 http://www.autonomic-communication.org/acc/index.html Sponsored by IEEE WoWMoM Ubiquitous and self-organized Internet, ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks are expected to be some of the basic building blocks of pervasive computing environments. However, the promise of pervasive computing environments will not be realized unless these systems can effectively "disappear". In order to do that they need to become autonomous by managing their own evolution and configuration changes without explicit user or administrator action. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic communications and computing are solicited. Papers describing prototype implementations and deployment are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Architecture and models for autonomic communication and computing systems - Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building autonomic systems and networks - Adaptive security for self protection of systems and networks - Economic, biological and social models used for autonomic communications - Novel management techniques for autonomic communication and computing systems - Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing systems and networks - Languages, development and securely programmable environments for autonomic communications systems - Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic communication and computing systems - Autonomic communication and computing testbeds and measurements SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts must be limited to 5 pages in IEEE 8.5x11 conference format, and formatted in strict accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines. All submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF file and submit it to acc2005(a)autonomic-communication.org. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the combined WoWMoM 2005 workshop proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES: Papers due -------------------------- Jan. 3, 2005 Notification of acceptance ------------ Feb. 7, 2005 Camera-ready papers due --------------- Feb. 28, 2005 TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE N. Anerousis, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA O. Babaoglu, University of Bologna, Italy L. Chapin, ACM, USA M. Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy S. Crosby, Intel Research, USA C. Diot, INTEL, UK J. Dowling, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland S. Fdida, UPMC, France L. Gambardella, IDSIA, Switzerland W.-D. Grover, TRLabs and University of Alberta, Canada P. Gunningberg, Upsala University, Sweden H.-G. Hegering, Munich University, Germany D. Hutchison, ULanc, UK D. Lewis, Trinity College, Dublin A. Sahai, HP Labs, USA J. Schönwälder, University Bremen, Germany A. Seneviratne, UNSW, Australia F. Sestini, FET, CEC I. Stavrakakis, UOA, Greece J. Strassner, MDAPCE, USA C. Tschudin, University of Basel, Switzerland J. Vicente, ISTG Research, Intel, USA L. Wolf, U. Braunschweig, Germany L. T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada For more information, please contact the workshop co-organizer Silvia Giordano (silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch), or consult the workshop webpage. ************************************************************ Franca Delmastro Pervasive Computing & Networking Lab. (PerLab) IIT- National Research Council via G. Moruzzi,1 56124 Pisa, Italy phone: +39 050 3152407 (direct) ******************************************************** _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP: Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing (TSPUC2005)]
by Lars Wolf 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CfP: Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing (TSPUC2005) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:34:54 +0100 From: Fabio Martinelli <Fabio.Martinelli(a)iit.cnr.it> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> (Apologizes for multiple copies) ---------------------------------------------------------- International Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing (TSPUC2005) (www.iit.cnr.it/TSPUC2005/) 13 June 2005 Taormina, Sicily, Italy (workshop affiliated with IEEE WoWMoM 2005) ---------------------------------------------------------- (Call for papers) This workshop aims at focussing the attention of the research community on the increasing complexity and relevance of trust, privacy and security issues in ubiquitous computing. TOPICS Suggested submission topics include, but are not limited to the following ones in mobile (ad Hoc) networks, sensor networks, P2P systems, portable/embedded/weareable devices ... · Key establishment and distribution · Access control models, policies and mechanisms · Trust and reputation management · Privacy and identity management · Digital assets management · Context/location aware computation · Self-organizing networks/communities · Intrusion and anomaly detection · Secure user-device interfaces · Distributed consensus in the presence of active adversaries · Analysis/simulation/validation techniques · Handling emergent properties · Phishing - attacks and countermeasures · Case studies PROGRAM COMMITTEE . Roberto Battiti (University of Trento, Italy) . Claude Castellucia (INRIA, France) . Bruno Crispo (Vrije University, NL) . Li Gong (SUN, China) . Jean-Pierre Hubaux (EPFL, CH) . Valérie Issarny (INRIA, France) . Markus Jakobsson (University of Indiana, US) . Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain) . Luigi Mancini (University of Rome, Italy) . Gary McGraw (Cigital, USA) . Joachim Posegga (University of Hamburg, Germany) . Frank Stajano (University of Cambridge, UK) . Shiuhpyng Shieh (Nat'l Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan) . Paul Syverson (Naval Research Laboratory, US) . Makoto Takizawa (Tokyo Denki University, Japan) . Gene Tsudik (University of California, US) IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: 07 January 2005 Author Notification: 10 February 2005 Final version: 28 February 2005 Workshop: 13 June 2005 ORGANIZERS · Virgil Gligor (University of Maryland, US) · Fabio Martinelli (IIT-CNR, Italy) . Refik Molva (EURECOM, France) LOCAL ORGANIZATION . Giampaolo Bella (University of Catania, Italy) · Marinella Petrocchi (IIT-CNR, Italy) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submitted to TSPUC2005 should neither have been published elsewhere, nor currently under review by another workshop, conference or journal. The submission procedure will be available soon through the web. We recommend to format manuscripts according to the IEEE double-column standard format, except the font size, which must be Times Roman 11pt (or greater). Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or equivalent. Papers that will be significantly exceed page limit of 5 pages will be automatically rejected. PROCEEDINGS All accepted papers will appear in the main symposium proceedings published by IEEE. VENUE The workshop is located in Taormina, a wonderful place in Sicily, full of history, culture, art and nature. (Quoting from Guy de Maupassant: If somebody might pass one day only in Sicily and asked: "What should I visit?" I would answer without hesitate: "Taormina". e.g., see http://www.taormina-network.it/english/index.htm) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [ieee-cnom] 1st IEEE Workshop on Autonomic Communications and Computing: Submission due date extended (fwd)
by Frank Strauß 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: Carlos Becker Westphall <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br> > Date: 17. Dezember 2004 04:38:01 MEZ > To: cnom(a)lrg.ufsc.br > Cc: Subject: [ieee-cnom] 1st IEEE Workshop on Autonomic Communications > and Computing: Submission due date extended (fwd) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:18:43 -0500 > From: Raouf Boutaba <rboutaba(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca> > To: cnom-admin(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br > Cc: 'Carlos Becker Westphall' <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br> > Subject: 1st IEEE Workshop on Autonomic Communications and Computing: > Submission due date extended > > *************************************************** > ************* NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE!************* > *************************************************** > > > We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Call for Papers > > ACC 2005 > > 1st IEEE Workshop on > Autonomic Communications and Computing > > June 13, 2005 - Taormina, Italy > in conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM 2005 > > http://www.autonomic-communication.org/acc/index.html > > Sponsored by IEEE WoWMoM > > Ubiquitous and self-organized Internet, ad hoc networks, wireless > sensor > > networks are expected to be some of the basic building blocks of > pervasive computing > environments. However, the promise of pervasive computing environments > will not be realized unless these systems can effectively "disappear". > In order to do that they need to become autonomous by managing their > own > > evolution and configuration changes without explicit user or > administrator action. > > The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum to exchange ideas, > discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, > professionals, and application developers both from industry and > academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical > aspects of autonomic communications and computing are solicited. Papers > describing prototype implementations and deployment are particularly > welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: > > - Architecture and models for autonomic communication and computing > systems > - Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building > autonomic systems and networks > - Adaptive security for self protection of systems and networks > - Economic, biological and social models used for autonomic > communications > - Novel management techniques for autonomic communication and > computing systems > - Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing systems and > networks > - Languages, development and securely programmable environments for > autonomic communications systems > - Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic communication and > computing systems > - Autonomic communication and computing testbeds and measurements > > > > SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS > > Papers should contain original material and not be previously > published, > > or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts must be > limited to 5 pages in IEEE 8.5x11 conference format, and formatted in > strict accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines. All > submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a > PDF > > file and submit it to acc2005(a)autonomic-communication.org. Accepted > papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the > combined WoWMoM 2005 workshop proceedings. > IMPORTANT DATES: > > Papers due -------------------------- Jan. 3, 2005 > Notification of acceptance ------------ Feb. 7, 2005 > Camera-ready papers due --------------- Feb. 28, 2005 > > > TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE > > > N. Anerousis, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA > O. Babaoglu, University of Bologna, Italy > L. Chapin, ACM, USA > M. Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy > S. Crosby, Intel Research, USA > C. Diot, INTEL, UK > J. Dowling, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland > S. Fdida, UPMC, France > L. Gambardella, IDSIA, Switzerland > W.-D. Grover, TRLabs and University of Alberta, Canada > P. Gunningberg, Upsala University, Sweden > H.-G. Hegering, Munich University, Germany > D. Hutchison, ULanc, UK > D. Lewis, Trinity College, Dublin > A. Sahai, HP Labs, USA > J. Schönwälder, University Bremen, Germany > A. Seneviratne, UNSW, Australia > F. Sestini, FET, CEC > I. Stavrakakis, UOA, Greece > J. Strassner, MDAPCE, USA > C. Tschudin, University of Basel, Switzerland > J. Vicente, ISTG Research, Intel, USA > L. Wolf, U. Braunschweig, Germany > L. T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada > > > For more information, please contact the workshop co-organizer > Silvia Giordano (silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch), or consult the workshop > webpage. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cnom mailing list > Cnom(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br > http://orion.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/cnom >

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Fwd: [ieee-cnom] 1st IEEE workshop on Reliability and Autonomic Management in Parallel and Distributed Systems (fwd)
by Frank Strauß 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: Carlos Becker Westphall <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br> > Date: 17. Dezember 2004 04:37:27 MEZ > To: cnom(a)lrg.ufsc.br > Cc: Subject: [ieee-cnom] 1st IEEE workshop on Reliability and > Autonomic Management in Parallel and Distributed Systems (fwd) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:14:52 -0500 > From: Raouf Boutaba <rboutaba(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca> > To: cnom-admin(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br > Cc: 'Carlos Becker Westphall' <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br> > Subject: 1st IEEE workshop on Reliability and Autonomic Management in > Parallel > and Distributed Systems > > Title: Call for papers- RAMPDS05 > > Dear Colleagues, > > I am very delighted to invite you to submit paper(s) to and attend the > "the 1st IEEE workshop on Reliability and Autonomic Management in > Parallel and Distributed Systems" (RAMPDS-2005). > (http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~ydai/RAMPDS05/RAMPDS05.htm). This workshop, > sponsored by the IEEE computer society and Fukuoka Institute of > Technology, will be held in conjunction with "the 11th International > Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems" > (http://www.takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp/conf/icpads/2005/) > > The workshop will be held on July 20-22, 2005 at the Fukuoka Institute > of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan. Fukuoka is a beautiful city facing the > Genkai Sea on the north and surrounded by Sefuri, Sangun, and Inunaki > mountain systems. > > The accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press as > part of the ICPADS-05 workshop proceedings. Extended versions of > selected, distinguished papers that are presented at the workshop will > be considered for journal publication as part of a special issue. > > The deadline for submitting papers is February 15, 2005. Authors should > send one copy of paper in either PS or PDF to Dr. Yuanshun Dai (Program > Co-Chair) via email (ydai(a)cs.iupui.edu). The papers should be at most 6 > pages and formatted according to IEEE CS format > (http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). > > For more details, please see the attached CFP or visit the workshop > webpage at (http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~ydai/RAMPDS05/RAMPDS05.htm) > > Thank you very much! > > Best regards, > > On Behalf of RAMPDS-05 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cnom mailing list > Cnom(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br > http://orion.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/cnom >

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[Fwd: [Tccc] 2005 IST Summit: Submission is open]
by Lars Wolf 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] 2005 IST Summit: Submission is open Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:13:20 +0100 From: Patrick Herhold <herhold(a)ifn.et.tu-dresden.de> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies] SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 14th IST MOBILE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SUMMIT 19-22 June 2005 Dresden - Germany www.mobilesummit2005.org IMPORTANT DATES 31 January 2005 Submission deadline (full paper, max. 5 pages) Indication of interest in exhibition booths 15 March 2005 Notification of acceptance 15 April 2005 Final paper due 19-22 June 2005 IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit CALL FOR PAPERS Placing people at the centre of an 'all-communicating' world is the exciting vision of ambient intelligence. New paradigms in the areas of network design, transmission technology, hardware and software solutions, applications, services, and business models will be necessary to realize such interactive environments. The arising challenges are currently being addressed in a number of research projects within the European Information Society Technologies (IST) framework. The 14th IST Summit focuses on bringing together experts from the worldwide wireless industry and research communities, with a special emphasis on providing a forum for European research initiatives. Recent advances in all fields related to mobile and wireless communications will be presented, thereby facilitating the identification of future trends, illumination of business opportunities, and discussion on the future roles of various bodies from academia, industry, and research centres in helping to form the vision of an ambient, truly intelligent communications environment. Authors are invited to submit high-quality papers representing original results in all areas of wireless communications systems and networks, including their terrestrial, satellite and high altitude platform components. Submitted papers should not exceed five pages. Accepted papers will be published in conference proceedings; authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for publication in a special issue of European Transactions on Telecommunications. AREAS OF INTEREST Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Ad-hoc, BAN/PAN, and sensor networks - Antenna and RF subsystems - Applications and platforms - Broadcasting techniques (DxB and convergence) - Cellular systems - Coding and modulation - Cross-layer network design and optimisation - Detection and estimation - Dirty RF and hardware implementation - Diversity techniques and equalisation - DSP applications and implementation - Experimental systems and field trials - Fixed and nomadic wireless access - Hardware architectures - High altitude platforms - Information theory and fundamental limits - Localisation and context-based services - MIMO and multi-antenna systems - Mobile and wireless IP - Mobility management - Multicarrier CDMA and OFDM systems - Multiple access - Network architecture and deployment concepts - Next generation systems - Propagation and channel characterisation - Quality of service and scheduling - Radio resource, interference and spectrum management - Reconfigurability for systems and networks - Relaying and user cooperation - Routing - Satellite networks - Security, authentication and access control - Signal processing for wireless systems - Source coding - Space-time coding and processing - Synchronization - Turbo codes and iterative techniques - Ultra-wideband communications - WLAN and broadband systems CALL FOR BOOTHS Part of the summit's programme is an exhibition. We offer exhibition space for research projects and companies working in the mobile and wireless domain; please indicate your interest in a booth to info(a)mobilesummit2005.org by January 31, 2005. CHAIRMAN Gerhard Fettweis, TU Dresden, Germany TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE H. Abramowicz (Sweden), H. Aghvami (United Kingdom), H. Bauer (Germany), S. Benedetto (Italy), F. Berens (Switzerland), E. Biglieri (Italy), J. Bitó (Hungary), N. Blefari-Melazzi (Italy), H. Boche (Germany), D. Bourse (France), V. Brankovic (Germany), F. Casadevall Palacio (Spain), B. Casali (Italy), K. Chen (Taiwan), Z. Chen (Singapore), P. Chevillat (Switzerland), N. Chuberre (France), V. Conan (France), L. Correia (Portugal), E. D'Andria (Italy), K. David (Germany), M. Dillinger (Germany), M. Dinis (Portugal), C. Douillard (France), E. Edvardsen (Norway), H. Eikerling (Germany), H. Einsiedler (Germany), K. El-Khazen (France), A. Finger (Germany), I. Frigyes (Hungary), A. Gameiro (Portugal), A. Goldsmith (USA), D. Grace (United Kingdom), J. Hagenauer (Germany), L. Hérault (France), W. Hirt (Switzerland), A. Jahn (Germany), N. Jefferies (United Kingdom), P. Jung (Germany), S. Kaiser (Germany), G. Karetsos (Greece), M. Klemettinen (Finland), R. Kohno (Japan), S. Kyriazakos (Greece), C. Lamy (France), R. Lehnert (Germany), K. Letaief (Hong Kong), J. López Caravantes (Spain), P. Mähönen (Germany), T. Meng (USA), H. Meyr (Germany), A. Mihovska (Denmark), I. Moerman (Belgium), W. Mohr (Germany), I. Oppermann (Finland), E. Pallis (Greece), S. Park (Korea), R. Pascotto (Germany), M. Pätzold (Norway), S. Ponnekanti (Denmark), R. Prasad (Denmark), E. Protonotarios (Greece), C. Schäffer (Germany), H. Schotten (Germany), C. Selier (France), R. Tafazolli (United Kingdom), S. Theodoridis (Greece), T. Tjelta (Norway), R. Urbanke (Switzerland), M. Uusitalo (Finland), I. Verbauwhede (USA), J. Vidal (Spain), B. Walke (Germany), M. Werner (Germany), F. Williams (Germany), A. Wolisz (Germany) ORGANIZATION Patrick Herhold, Reiko Schlager, Ursula Zeibig, Ernesto Zimmermann SUPPORTED BY Siemens AG, Atmel, Lufthansa German Airlines INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS European Commission, IEEE COMSOC, EURASIP, VDE ITG, WWRF, Silicon Saxony, City of Dresden VENUE Dresden combines 799 years of history with pulsing high-tech: it is Europe's number 1 semiconductor site, and the Dresden Elbe Valley has been declared UNESCO world heritage. The summit will take place in Dresden's new congress center located in the baroque city center. FURTHER INFORMATION Please visit http://www.mobilesummit2005.org and contact Patrick Herhold (info(a)mobilesummit2005.org) for more information. A pdf-version of this call for papers is available at http://www.mobilesummit2005.org/CFP.pdf . _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [ICEC] INTERACT 2005 Call for Paper]
by Lars Wolf 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ICEC] INTERACT 2005 Call for Paper Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:18:36 +0100 From: Rauterberg, G.W.M. <G.W.M.Rauterberg(a)tue.nl> To: <icec(a)listserver.tue.nl> CC: Maria Francesca Costabile <costabile(a)di.uniba.it> Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call ******************************************************************************** Tenth IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2005 12-16 September 2005, Rome, Italy <http://www.interact2005.org/> >>> CALL FOR PAPERS <<< The INTERACT '05 conference will highlight to both the academic and industrial world the importance of the Human-Computer Interaction area and its most recent breakthroughs on current applications. > Interact 2005 invites submissions in following CATEGORIES: * Full papers * Short papers * Posters * Demos * Tutorials * Workshops * Panels * SIG > Suggested TOPICS include but are not limited to: - Multi-modal Interfaces - Context-dependent Systems - End User Development - Intelligent Environments - Tangible Interfaces - Novel User Interfaces - Usability Evaluation - Location-aware Interaction - Model-based Design of Interactive Systems - Multi-user Interaction - Safety Issues and Human error - Cognitive Models - Visualisation Techniques - Web Design and Usability - Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing - 3D and Virtual Reality Interfaces - Adaptive Interfaces - Web Accessibility - Usability & Accessibility > DATES Full papers, tutorials, workshops: * Submission to be received: 31 January 2005 * Acceptance sent to authors: 15 March 2005 * Final version to be received: 30 April 2005 Short papers, SIG, panels,posters, demos: * Submission to be received: 30 March 2005 * Acceptance sent to authors: 10 May 2005 * Final version to be received: 30 May 2005 > TECHNICAL COMMITTEE General Chair Stefano Levialdi - University of Roma Conference Co-Chairs Maria Francesca Costabile- University of Bari Fabio Paternò - ISTI-CNR , Pisa Tutorials Co-Chairs Mary Czerwinski- Microsoft Research, Seattle Philippe Palanque- LIIHS-IRIT, University of Toulouse 3 Workshops Co-Chairs Tiziana Catarci - University of Roma Markus Stolze - IBM Research , Zurich Short Papers & Demos Co-Chairs Luca Chittaro - University of Udine Tom Gross - Bauhaus - University Weimar Panels Co-Chairs Julio Abascal - University of the Basque Country Piero Mussio - University of Milano Special Interest Groups Co-Chairs Joaquim A. Jorge - INESC Monique Noirhomme - University of Namur Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs John Karat - IBM TJ Watson Research Center Matthias Rauterberg - Technical University of Eindhoven Technology Co-Chairs Giulio Mori - ISTI-CNR, Pisa Emanuele Panizzi - University of Roma ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Maria Francesca Costabile Dipartimento di Informatica Universita' di Bari tel +39-080-5443300 Via Orabona 4 fax +39-080-5443300 70125 Bari - Italy e-mail costabile(a)di.uniba.it visit the Interact 2005 website http://www.interact2005.org/ _______________________________________________ icec mailing list icec(a)listserver.tue.nl http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec

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[Fwd: E-NEXT.members: CfP: 10th International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution (WCW)]
by Lars Wolf 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: E-NEXT.members: CfP: 10th International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution (WCW) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:51:56 +0100 From: Ernst Biersack <Ernst.Biersack(a)eurecom.fr> To: members(a)ist-e-next.net Dear colleagues, Please find enclosed the CfP for a workshop that is particularily relevant to the of E-Next WG3. This is an excellent opportinity to present your work in the area and I am counting on you and your Ph. D. students to receive many good submissions from Europe to make WCW 05 a success. Best regards \Ernst Call for papers ================ 10th International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution (WCW) Support of IEEE pending Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera, France 12 September - 14 September, 2005 http://2005.iwcw.org/ Important Dates: March 8, 2005: Deadline for abstract submissions March 15, 2005: Deadline for paper submissions May 31, 2005: Acceptance notification June 28, 2005: Camera-ready papers due Overview: The International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution (WCW) serves as the premiere meeting for researchers and practitioners to exchange results and visions on all aspects of content distribution, and delivery. Innovations in content delivery systems continue to have strong impact in the Internet, resulting in a surge of interest in both content delivery applications and the web/network infrastructure that supports novel content delivery applications. Starting from basic caching, research in content distribution has broadened its scope to cover practically all areas related to the intersection of content and networking, including such areas as peer-to-peer, data grid computing, utility and edge computing, application networking, wireless content delivery, pervasive networking and content computing. Building on the success of the previous WCW meetings, WCW10 plans to form a strong technical program that covers the newest and most interesting areas relating to content delivery services as they move through the Internet. Call for Papers: The workshop solicits technical papers related to Internet content delivery, caching and replication, and content services networking. Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to: -Content delivery architectures -P2P file sharing, storage, and content delivery -Caching and content distribution for mobile wireless systems -Web caching and replication (protocols and architectures) -Edge services and dynamic content caching -Multimedia content distribution -Overlay networks for content delivery -Content placement and request routing -Empirical studies of deployed content delivery systems -Security in content distribution systems -Wide-area upload and content gathering -Novel applications and paradigms for caching and content distribution General Chair: Ernst W. Biersack, Institut Eurecom Program Chairs: Ernst W. Biersack, Institut Eurecom Pablo Rodriguez, Microsoft Research Local Organization Chair: Guillaume Urvoy-Keller, Institut Eurecom Cyber Chair: Pietro Michiardi, Institut Eurecom Program Committee: Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology Azer Bestavros, Boston University Bobby Bhattacharjee, University of Maryland Paul Francis, Cornell University Markus Hofmann, Bell-Labs Magnus Karlsson, HP Labs Anne-Marie Kermarrec, INRIA Laurent Mathy, University of Lancaster Guillaume Pierre, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Thomas Plagemann, Oslo University Lili Qiu, Microsoft Research Reza Rejaie, University of Oregon Torsten Suel, Polytechnic University Mary Vernon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Geoff Voelker, University of California, San Diego Craig Wills, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alec Wolman, Microsoft Research Hui Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University Guidelines: Technical papers and synopses are welcome. Technical papers describe previously unpublished research results or empirical evaluations of current systems. Synopses are summaries of interesting new problems or approaches, or of standards or development efforts in progress. Technical papers are limited to 5000 words; synopses are limited to 3000 words. We require authors to first submit a 150-word abstract to ease the process of reviewer assignment. The Program Committee will judge submitted papers on relevance, significance, originality, clarity, and technical merit. Do not submit product marketing material or material that is previously published or under review elsewhere. Accepted papers will be either published in the LNCS Series of Springer-Verlag or as IEEE Proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop to present their work. Please submit technical papers and synopses in PDF format through the submission form on the conference Website. Proposals for Panels: WCW panels bring together researchers from industry and academia. These panels are an important element of WCW. This year we plan on having a panel that discusses "Ten years of Content Distribution". Please send other panel proposals in plain text by e-mail to the Program Chairs (iwcw05(a)eurecom.fr).

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[Fwd: [Tccc] WiMob 2005 -- Submission deadline just one week away!]
by Lars Wolf 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] WiMob 2005 -- Submission deadline just one week away! Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:05:15 -0500 (EST) From: S.S.Ravi <ravi(a)cs.albany.edu> To: Cabernet-events(a)jiscmail.ac.uk, manet(a)ietf.org, performance(a)msr.csm.ornl.gov, podc(a)acm.org, tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES Final Call for Papers -- WiMob'2005 International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications Conference dates: August 22-24, 2005 Location: Hotel Delta Centre-Ville Montreal, Canada Website: http://congresbcu.com/wimob2005/ Important Dates: Submissions due: December 21, 2004 *** Just one week away! Notification of acceptance: February 21, 2005 Tutorial and special session proposals due: March 21, 2005 Final manuscripts due: April 21, 2005 Registration and full payment due: April 30, 2005 Topics of Interest: WiMob'2005 addresses three main areas: Wireless Communications, Mobile Networking, Ubiquitous Computing and Applications. This conference aims to stimulate interactions between participants through them by exchanging new ideas and practical experience in these areas. The conference offers opportunities for in-depth exploration of the most recent research and results in these fields. The conference will be comprised of the following three symposia: Symposium 1: Wireless Communications Symposium 2: Mobile Networking Symposium 3: Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications Please see the conference website for the list of topics for each of the above symposia as well as for information regarding Tutorials, Special Sessions and Industrial Exhibits. Proceedings: To be published by IEEE and will be accessible through IEEE Xplore. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: INFOCOM'05: Call for Posters/Demos]
by Lars Wolf 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: INFOCOM'05: Call for Posters/Demos Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:38:01 -0500 From: <krishna(a)cs.umbc.edu> To: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR POSTERS and DEMOS IEEE INFOCOM 2005: The Conference on Computer Communications The Twenty-fourth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Communications Society March 13-17, 2005, Miami, Florida, USA http://www.ieee-infocom.org/2005 Industry participation is strongly encouraged. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE INFOCOM 2005 will include poster/demonstration sessions that shall provide a forum to present and discuss: works in progress, industry demonstrations of new applications and techniques, research testbeds and demonstrations, recent research/implementation results, upcoming research challenges, future directions, and novel approaches in the field of computer communications and networks. One of the key goals of this conference is to foster collaboration between industry and academia. Hence, participation of researchers/developers from industry and posters/demostrations reporting joint work between industry and academia are especially encouraged. Submissions should be in the form of a proposal describing the main contributions of the poster/demo and the merits of the proposed ideas. If available, preliminary results can also be included. Proposals will be evaluated mainly based on their potential to stimulate interesting discussions, exchange of ideas and promote collaborations. Accepted authors of posters/demos will have a space in the poster/demo session room to display their posters or exhibit their demos and describe their work in discussions with interested attendees. For posters, the presentation material will be made available for download on the INFOCOM 2005 Web site. Please submit your proposal (PDF format) through EDAS (http://www.edas.info). Submissions should not be more than three pages in length. Demonstration submissions should include the space requirements and/or any other equipment-specific requirements. The documents must contain the authors' names, affiliations, and contact information and the designated corresponding author. The deadline for submission is *January 10, 2004* (23:59 PDT). Acceptance notifications will be sent by January 25, 2005. In order for the poster to be included in the conference, at least one of the presenters must register for the conference by February 14, 2005. (One-day registration will be made available for participants, especially those from industry.) Please contact one of the poster/demo session co-chairs below if additional information is required. Poster/Demo Session Co-Chairs: * Prof. Jennifer Hou, Univ. of Illinos, Urbana Champaign, jhou(a)cs.uiuc.edu * Dr. N. Sai Shankar, Philips Research Labs, USA, sai.shankar(a)philips.com * Prof. Krishna Sivalingam, Univ. of Maryland,Baltimore County, krishna(a)umbc.edu

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[Fwd: Submission Deadline Extended to January 15th: Special Issue]
by Lars Wolf 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Submission Deadline Extended to January 15th: Special Issue Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:15:20 +0100 From: Antonio Iera <iera(a)mailer.ing.unirc.it> To: Ssc(a)cassius.ee.usyd.edu.au, Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu, multicomm(a)comsoc.org CC: iera(a)ing.unirc.it, molinaro(a)deis.unical.it, kdlee(a)etri.re.kr, Salkintzis Apostolis-Y1026C <salki(a)motorola.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The submission Deadline of the Special Issue of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine on "The Synergy of Space and Terrestrial Communications in Next-generation Hybrid Wireless Systems" has been extended to JANUARY, 15th, 2005 ------------------ SECOND CALL ------------------------------------------ In the last few years mobile radio communications have experienced great transformations and are still rapidly changing. The main “fuel” of this evolutionary process is, undoubtedly, represented by the strong user request for new conception multimedia applications (not only with a point-to-point nature, but also broadcast and even multicast) to be accessed in a “/ubiquitous/” fashion. An obvious solution to this challenging issue is represented by enhancing platforms based on the synergic inter-working of different technologies and algorithms, including the satellite ones. By this we mean that it is important to carry to its extremes the concept of “/hybrid/ /wireless platform”/ by including also satellite segments not only acting as mere /bent-pipes/, but acting as an additional /radio access segment/ to be overlapped to the terrestrial ones. Broadband Satellite systems for Personal Communication Systems (PCS) are the last generation of satellites, characterized by the possibility of providing the user with direct connections without an intermediate link to a gateway and usually able to support broadband traffic coming from a wide range of multimedia applications. These systems can be either GEO or LEO satellites, use very high frequency bands, such as the Ku, Ka, and W bands, and, in any case, are equipped with sophisticated on-board switching and signal processing functionality, and high-capacity inter-satellite links. The way these systems interact with the terrestrial (preferably based on the TCP/IP protocol) networks is manifold. Whichever the way is, the new generation of satellite constellations is going to become an integral part of the network. In the highlighted communication scenario it shall not be neglected that a valid prospective alternative (or a complement) to satellites is represented by stratospheric platforms, called High Altitude Platforms (HAPs). Several advantages derives from Satellite and Terrestrial system integration, but numerous as well are the issues which remain still open and need further investigations. In the USA, Europe, and Japan great efforts are being taken to develop prototypes of new conception satellite platforms, ready for future telecommunication scenarios. Many projects currently aim at contributing to the design and deployment of so-called “/global mobile broadband system/” (GMBS), a unique satellite/terrestrial infrastructure ensuring nomadic users access to multimedia services with a negotiated QoS. Notwithstanding the many researches conducted on the topic, it still seems that a comprehensive analysis of the impact on the offered services deriving from the presence of HAP/Satellite platforms in hybrid wireless communications systems is still lacking. In the guest editors’ opinion, a feasibility study on this argument is extremely important. Furthermore, many difficulties that Satellites/HAPs are still experiencing are more related to the lack of a clear understanding of their “killer” utilization in a next generation communications scenario than to technological limitations. Therefore, main objectives of the present Special Issue consist in: analyzing the main features that characterize the different satellite platforms currently available on the market; highlighting their intrinsic points of strength and limitations when they are integrated with terrestrial segments and thus called to handle multimedia traffic with different QoS constraints and requirements; describing how most of the emerging problems have been successfully faced by novel technological and protocol solutions; and making clearly emerge what is still under way of definition, what still needs further research efforts to come to a solution, and which is the frontier of the next few years research in the field of satellite and terrestrial networks integration. This will, hopefully, give the readers a complete vision of the state-of-the-art in such a strategic field as well as the instruments to understand the role of HAPs and/or satellites in the cited multimedia hybrid wireless scenarios, contribute to the understanding of their actual potentiality and limitations, highlight where there is still margin of research and development for the academic/industrial community, and contribute to the activities of deployment and/or to the design and implementation of effective terrestrial-satellite platforms. We solicit papers covering a variety of topics including, but not limited to: · New Technologies, Algorithms, and Protocols for Next Generation Communications via Satellite · HAP based systems and applications and their internetworking with terrestrial systems · Integrated positioning/communications platforms based on Satellite/HAP for future applications · Novel services in Hybrid Wireless Systems · Evolutionary Scenarios for Hybrid Wireless Systems · Challenges and solutions for QoS provisioning to next generation multimedia services in Hybrid Wireless Systems · MBMS (Multicast and Broadcast Multimedia Services) architectures and protocols in Hybrid Wireless Systems · Demonstrator and prototypes resulting from relevant projects and research activities · New conception terminals for Hybrid Wireless Systems · The role of new band (Ka, W, etc.) payloads in future internetworked scenarios · Interplanetary Satellite Missions · Standardization activities and project reports All submissions should adhere to the style of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at _http://www.comsoc.org/~pci/_. Electronic submissions in Postscript or PDF format are strongly encouraged and should be sent to one of the Guest Editors at the addresses indicated below. If electronic submission is not possible, please contact the guest editors. The present Issue and the Issue “Key Technologies and Applications of Present and Future Satellite Communications” are complementary. Therefore, they will be prepared in conjunction with each other. Guest Editors of both Issues will communicate during the whole paper handling process and papers might be exchanged between the two Issues according to the addressed topics. The present Issue and the Issue “Key Technologies and Applications of Present and Future Satellite Communications” are complementary. Therefore, they will be prepared in conjunction with each other. Guest Editors of both Issues will communicate during the whole paper handling process and papers might be exchanged between the two Issues according to the addressed topics. *Antonio Iera *University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria Faculty of Engineering, Dept. D.I.M.E.T. Via Graziella (Feo di Vito) 89100 Reggio Calabria ITALY Phone: +39-0965-875286 Fax: +39-0965-875220 E-mail: iera(a)ing.unirc.it *Ki-Dong Lee *Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Digital Broadcasting Research Division 161 Gajeong-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-350 KOREA Phone: +82-42-860-5225 E-mail : kdlee(a)etri.re.kr , kidian(a)ieee.org *Antonella Molinaro *University of Calabria Dept. D.E.I.S. 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) ITALY Phone: +39-0984-494703 Fax: +39-0984-494713 E-mail: molinaro(a)deis.unical.it *Apostolis Salkintzis *Motorola 32 Kifissias Ave. GR-15125 Maroussi, Athens GREECE Phone: +30-210-8172335 E-mail: salki(a)motorola.com

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