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[Fwd: C A L L F O R P A P E R S (MSGID:20030226181746)]
by Lars Wolf 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: C A L L F O R P A P E R S (MSGID:20030226181746) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 18:19:42 +0800 From: CFP SYSTEM <cfp(a)cs.tku.edu.tw> To: <Lars.Wolf(a)KOM.tu-darmstadt.de> *************************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S The 10th International MultiMedia Modelling Conference Brisbane, Australia, 5-7 Jan 2004 http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/~chenp/MMM2004 ************************************************************************** MMM2004 will provide a forum to discuss the efficient representation, processing, interaction, integration, communication, and retrieval of multimedia information. In particular, MMM'04 will concentrate on common modeling frameworks for integrating the diverse fields of visual, audio, video, and virtual World information. MMM'04 will take place on 5-7 Jan 2004 in Brisbane. Scientific and technical papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas related to multimedia modeling technologies and applications. Submitted papers will be reviewed by an international program committee. MMM offers a high quality technical program. The proceedings of MMM'04 will be published by IEEE CS Press, and will be available internationally after the conference through IEEE and its agents. Papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: Topic of Interests: • Multimedia Databases • Formal Methods and multimedia information • Hypermedia • Image and Video Retrieval • Video-based Multimedia Applications • Topological and 3D Geometric Modeling • Spatial and Temporal Multimedia Modelling • Web Information Systems • Authoring and Visualization of Multimedia Information • Networked Multimedia and Virtual Environments • Real-time and Interactive Multimedia Applications • Virtual Reality • Multimedia Modeling of Real World Scenarios • Semantic models for multimedia and for the Web • GIS and Multimedia GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Tat-Seng ?Chua, National Uni of Singapore, Singapore Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Hosei University, Japan PROGRAM CHAIR Yi-Ping Phoebe ?Chen Queensland University of Technology, Australia ? PROGRAM COMMITTEE Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellom University, USA Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Michel Diaz, LAAS, France Jean-Pierre Courtiat, LAAS, France David Dagan Feng, PolyTech Uni, Hong Kong Shuji Hashimoto, Waseda University, Japan Horace IP, City Uni, Hong Kong Jesse Jin, Uni Sydney, Australia Qun Jin, University of Aizu, Japan Mohan Kankanhalli, National Uni of Singapore, Singapore Ahmed Karmouch, University of Ottawa, Canada Clement Leung, Victoria Uni of Tech, Australia Qing Li, City Uni, Hong Kong Guojun Lu, Monash University, Australia Wei-Ying Ma, Microsoft, China Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Uni of Geneva, Switzerland Ming Ouhyoung, Taiwan Uni, Taiwan Alexander Pasko, Hosei University, Japan Tian Qi, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore Lloyd Rutledge, CWI, Netherlands Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, USA Shinji Shimojo, Osaka University, Japan Yoshihisa Shinagawa, University of Tokyo, Japan Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Luiz Fernando G. Soares, PUC-Rio, Brasil Uma Srinivasan, CSIRO, Australia Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland Kyu-Young Whang, Korean Adv Int of Science and Tech, Korean Hong Yan, City Uni, Hong Kong Xiaofang Zhou, Uni of Queensland, Australia Yanchun Zhang, Uni of Southern Queensland, Australia IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers: Fri, 4 July 2003 Notification of acceptance: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 Camera-ready copy: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 Author registration: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 Conference: 5-7 Jan 2004 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES MMM’04 invites high-quality original papers and exciting tutorial proposals on any topic related to Multimedia Modelling. Papers should be no more than 8 pages in length conforming to the formatting instructions for the IEEE CS Press. Tutorial proposals should be at most two pages long. Each paper will be fully refereed by an international program committee. Papers will be judged on originality, significance, correctness and clarity. Authors should submit one (1) copy of a PDF or MS Word file to p.chen(a)qut.edu.au with Subject as “MMM2004 Paper Submission”. The proceedings of the conference will be published through the IEEE CS Press. To publish the paper in the conference, one of authors needs to register and present in the conference. Selected papers will be published in "The Visual Computer" journal. THE ADDRESS FOR ALL CORRESPONDENCE IS AS FOLLOWS: Dr. Phoebe Chen Program Chair of MMM2004 Faculty of Information Technology, ? Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, Phone: +61 7 3864-9482 Fax: +61 7 38641969 email: p.chen(a)qut.edu.au To Unsubscribe From Our CFP Mail List. Please Use the Following Url: http://mine.topwise.com/cfp/default.asp?sysMAIN=UNSUBSCRIBE&ML_NO=200203211…

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[Fwd: [CfP] [DL 15.04.] Fwd: 2nd Intl Workshop on Real-time LANs in the Internet Age (RTLIA 2003): Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CfP] [DL 15.04.] Fwd: 2nd Intl Workshop on Real-time LANs in the Internet Age (RTLIA 2003): Call for Papers Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:07:22 +0100 From: Frank Pählke <paehlke(a)tm.uka.de> Organization: Institut für Telematik, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) To: CfP-Verteiler <call-for-papers(a)tm.uka.de> ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Subject: 2nd Intl Workshop on Real-time LANs in the Internet Age (RTLIA 2003): Call for Papers Date: Mittwoch, 26. Februar 2003 10:40 From: Eduardo Tovar <emt(a)DEI.ISEP.IPP.PT> To: CABERNET-EVENTS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers ======================================================= 2nd Intl WORKSHOP ON REAL-TIME LANS IN THE INTERNET AGE ======================================================= Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal July 1, 2003 http://www.hurray.isep.ipp.pt/rtlia2003/ in conjunction with the 15th Euromicro Intl Conference on Real-Time Systems Porto, Portugal July 2-4, 2003 http://www.hurray.isep.ipp.pt/ecrts03/ The Euromicro Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems organises a number of satellite events attached to its 15th International Real-Time Systems Conference. After the enormous success of last year's edition (http://www.hurray.isep.ipp.pt/rtlia2002/), we are proud to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Real-Time LANs in the Internet Age (RTLIA03). One of the main technological challenges today is on developing communication infrastructures that are real-time, reliable, pervasive, interoperable and capable of accommodating the requirements imposed by new applications and services. There are several research directions. For instance, Networked Embedded Systems pose a number of new challenging issues in terms of real-time, robustness, flexibility and dependability. The rapid development of new work methods and collaborative work environments has also determined an increasing request for interoperable mobile, wireless technologies and the convergence of fixed and mobile communication infrastructures. Future computer systems will be intimately tied to real-time computing and to communication technologies. Ubiquitous computing networks combining sensors and actuators with computing and communication systems will be used to mitigate the impact of a given disaster on people and their environments. These networks will support the exchange of sensitive real-time information to be used for intelligent assistance to decision-making, rapid planning, resource allocation, incident command response, first-aid. In Factory Communication Systems, existing solutions will be improved in order to comply with the need of providing not only real-time guarantees to control traffic but also adequate bandwidth to multimedia traffic in a flexible way. New frontiers for real-time Ethernet, in terms of both technological challenges and application areas (e.g. mission critical systems), are going to be investigated. The goal of this workshop is to bring together people from industry and academia that are interested in all aspects of using commodity LAN technologies to support real-time and dependable applications in the Internet Era. The workshop will provide a relaxed forum to present and discuss new ideas, new research directions and to review current trends in this area. The workshop will be based on short presentations that should encourage discussion by the attendees. Prospective authors are encouraged to address real-time, QoS and dependability issues of the following topics: - LAN Technologies: industrial Ethernet, fieldbus networks, Myrinet, etc. - Control methods for communication over LAN networks - Wireless sensor networks - IPV6 networking - Wired or wireless communication in intelligent buildings - Ubiquitous computing for disaster response, mitigation and recovery - Interoperability between LANs and PANs and between LANs and WANs - Interoperability between hybrid wired/wireless networks - Communication Technologies for e-Activities: e-health, e- monitoring.etc. - Support of IP-based applications - Multimedia communication - Networked embedded systems - Evaluation and case studies - Tools - Industry experience reports Statements which are innovative, controversial or that present new approaches are specially sought. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: People who would like to participate in this event are asked to submit a pdf or postscript version of a 2 page extended abstract to the workshop chairperson (Lucia.LoBello(a)diit.unict.it). The papers will be reviewed by an internal committee. Upon acceptance, a final paper of maximum 4 pages should be then be prepared and submitted. All papers will be made available to all participants a week before the workshop so that contributions can be examined prior to the workshop. The workshop sessions will involve 5-10 minute presentations followed by a 20-25 minute discussion. Authors will be asked to produce a final version of their paper that includes the issues covered in the discussions by 20 July, 2003. The final papers will be published by the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. To foster the workshop character the number of participants will be limited to 30. There will be a small charge for workshop registration. The workshop will be held at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto in the 1st July 2003. See the Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems website for information on the venue, hotel reservations and Porto. Important dates (deadlines): - April 15, 2003: Submission of extended abstracts - May 15: Notification of acceptance - June 9: Final submission of papers - June 12: Broadcast of final papers - July 1: RTLIA Workshop - July 2-4: Euromicro Conf. on RTS - July 20: Final version of the paper Organising committee: Lucia Lo Bello (Workshop Chairperson) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni University of Catania Italy phone: +39-095-7382379 fax:+39-095-338280/+39-095-7382397 Lucia.LoBello(a)diit.unict.it Eduardo Tovar IPP-HURRAY Research Group Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal phone: +351 22 8340502 emt(a)dei.isep.ipp.pt Luis Miguel Pinho IPP-HURRAY Research Group Polytechnic Institute of Porto , Portugal phone: +351 22 8340502 lpinho(a)dei.isep.ipp.pt ------------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Paehlke Institut fuer Telematik Phone: +49 721 608-6398 Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH) Fax: +49 721 388097 D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany EMail: paehlke(a)tm.uka.de _______________________________________________ call-for-papers mailing list call-for-papers(a)tm.uka.de http://lists.ira.uka.de/mailman/listinfo/call-for-papers

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[Fwd: CfP ACM Multimedia 2003]
by Lars Wolf 26 Feb '03

26 Feb '03

CALL FOR PAPERS ACM Multimedia 2003 The 11th Annual ACM International Conference on Multimedia November 2-8, 2003 Berkeley, CA, USA http://www.acm.org/sigmm/mm2003/ Multimedia 2003 cordially invites your participation in the premier annual multimedia event by submitting your work in all aspects of multimedia computing: from underlying technologies to applications, from theory to practice, and from servers to networks to end-user devices. Multimedia 2003 will be held November 2-8, 2003, at the Berkeley Marina Radisson in Berkeley, California, USA Present your work at Multimedia 2003 and define the future of multimedia! TECHNICAL PROGRAM The technical program will consist of plenary sessions and talks with topics of interest in three main tracks: - Multimedia analysis, processing, and retrieval: including multimedia content description and indexing, multimedia semantics modeling, audio/video/multi-modal processing, multimedia digital rights management, content-based retrieval, MPEG-7/-21 standards. - Multimedia networking and system support: including peer-to-peer streaming, audio/video streaming, multimedia content distribution, wireless multimedia, energy-aware streaming, Internet protocols, multimedia servers, operating systems, middleware and QoS. - Multimedia tools, end-systems, and applications: including hypermedia systems, user interfaces, authoring, multi-modal interaction and integration, multimedia in education, entertainment, and virtual environments. We specifically solicit submissions in new and emerging areas in the field. AWARDS will be given to the best paper and the best student paper. PANELS will consist of discussions on timely and controversial topics. SHORT PAPERS will be presented in poster format and are an opportunity for researchers to present new work and ideas in an interactive setting. STATE-OF-THE-ART TUTORIALS by leading experts will precede the technical program. The full- and half-day offerings will span a wide variety of topics and will range from introductory to advanced material. TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS will include leading edge work in every area of multimedia technology and its application. An award will be given to the best technical demo. DAY-LONG WORKSHOPS on topics of great current interest to members of the multimedia research community will follow the technical program. THE DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM is a venue for doctoral students to present their research and receive feedback from members of the multimedia field. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Detailed submission instructions will be available on the web site. All technical paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or PostScript (version 2 or later) of their paper. The paper submission deadline for all papers is April 7, 2003. Please direct questions about paper submission to the Program Co-Chairs at mm2003(a)cs.umass.edu Poster papers and proposals for panels, tutorials, technical demos, workshops, and doctoral symposium are solicited. Please contact the appropriate conference organizer (listed below) for more specific information on these types of submissions. IMPORTANT DATES April 7, 2003 Panel, paper, tutorial, and workshop submissions due June 23, 2003 Demo, poster, doctoral symposium submissions due July 1, 2003 Notification of acceptance for full papers August 4, 2003 Camera-ready papers due CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS General Co-Chairs Lawrence Rowe, Univ of California, Berkeley rowe(a)bmrc.berkeley.edu Harrick Vin, Univ of Texas, Austin vin(a)cs.utexas.edu Program Co-Chairs Technical Papers mailbox: mm2003(a)cs.umass.edu Content/Analysis John R. Smith, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center jrsmith(a)watson.ibm.com Systems Prashant Shenoy, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst shenoy(a)cs.umass.edu Applications Thomas Plagemann, Univ of Oslo, Norway plageman(a)ifi.uio.no Tutorials Co-Chairs Ketan Mayer-Patel, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill kmp(a)cs.unc.edu Savitha Srinivasan, IBM Almaden Research Center savitha(a)almaden.ibm.com Video Program Chair Lynn Wilcox, FX Palo Alto Lab wilcox(a)pal.xerox.com Workshop Chair Forouzan Golshani, Arizona State University golshani(a)asu.edu Technical Demos Yong Rui, Microsoft yongrui(a)microsoft.com Doctoral Symposium Brian Bailey, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign bpbailey(a)cs.uiuc.edu Panels Chair Phillip Conrad, Temple University conrad(a)joda.cis.temple.edu Poster Chair Gopal Pingali, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center gpingali(a)us.ibm.com Publicity Chair Michael Vernick, Lucent Bell Labs vernick(a)bell-labs.com Proceedings Chair Susanne Boll, Univ of Oldenburg, Germany susanne.boll(a)informatik.uni-oldenburg.de Web Site Sara Strandtman, Univ of Texas, Austin sds(a)cs.utexas.edu Pal Halvorsen, Univ of Olso, Norway paalh(a)ifi.uio.no Asia Liason HongJiang Zhang, Microsoft China hjzhang(a)microsoft.com Europe Liason Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt Univ, Germany Ralf.Steinmetz(a)KOM.tu-darmstadt.de ACM Multimedia 2003 is sponsored by SIGMM <www.acm.org/sigmm/>, SIGGRAPH, and SIGCOMM.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Symposium on Wireless, Vehicular and Mobile Commerce (IEEE VTC)]
by Lars Wolf 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: Symposium on Wireless, Vehicular and Mobile Commerce (IEEE VTC) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:55:19 -0500 (EST) From: Upkar Varshney <uvarshne(a)cis.gsu.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CC: uvarshney(a)gsu.edu Call for Papers: Deadline March 10, 2003 Wireless, Vehicular and Mobile Commerce: A Symposium at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (www.vtc2003.org) October 4-9, 2003 Orlando, FL, USA Motivation and Scope With the emergence and wide spread adoption of wireless and mobile networks, devices, and middleware, mobile commerce applications are beginning to receive some interest in research and development community. According to estimates by Gartner Group, in 2004, at least 40% of consumer-to-business e-commerce will be initiated from smart phones. A study from the Wireless Data and Computing Service, a division of Strategy Analytics, reports that the worldwide mobile commerce market may rise to $200 Billion by 2004. The report predicts that transactions via wireless devices will generate about $14 Billion a year. In many European countries and Japan with significant wireless penetration, the mobile commerce market is already taking off and reaching billions of dollars a year. It is to be noted that mobile commerce may require significantly different approaches in design, development, and implementation of applications due to the inherent characteristics of wireless networks and mobile devices. Many interesting and important challenges include design and development of mobile commerce applications, networking requirements, transactions and security issues, business models and strategies. Mobile commerce will also significantly benefit from research in mobile devices, mobile middleware, and wireless network infrastructure. Vehicular technologies and intelligent transportation systems are likely to play a very important role in this emerging area of commerce. The symposium will bring together experts in this field and address significant challenges in mobile commerce from both technology and business application point of views. The symposium will cover several topics including * New m-commerce applications including mobile advertising, mobile financial applications, mobile inventory, proactive service management, wireless re-engineering among others * Requirements of m-commerce applications * Development of mobile commerce applications (new constraints, approaches, interoperability, processing and storage, desirable features) * Vehicular commerce * Use of vehicular technologies in m-commerce * Vehicle to vehicle commerce * Intelligent transportation systems and m-commerce * Emerging vehicular technologies for m-commerce * Infrastructure support from wireless networks (location management, wireless dependability, coverage, roaming, inter-working etc) * Location management support for mobile commerce (indoor vs outdoor, precision, performance and transaction requirements, multiple location technologies) * Location and context awareness * User and location specific service discovery * Devices, middleware, and operating systems support * Security and transactions in mobile commerce (mobile commerce transactions over wireless networks, new and current security paradigms for m-commerce) * Business issues and models for mobile commerce (pricing and new ways of charging, revenue generation and division among carriers and operators * Other emerging and related issues to m-commerce applications and technologies We are currently in the process of negotiating with a journal for a special issue on m-commerce. Some of the best papers from this symposium are likely to be included in the proposed issue. PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors MUST submit a short abstract (approximately 150 words) AND an extended abstract (up to 2 pages). The submission must include the name, complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and the email address of the author(s). Extended abstracts should be submitted electronically (MS Word or PDF) by February 15, 2003. Submissions should be made on-line. From conference website (www.vtc2003.org), follow the link to EDAS Conference Management System (www.edas.info). After login, select VTC2003: Wireless, Vehicular, and Mobile Commerce and follow the instructions for submission. IMPORTANT DATES March 10: Submission of Abstracts May 15: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection July 15: Last date for submission of camera-ready papers Symposium Chair: Professor Upkar Varshney Department of CIS Georgia State University Uvarshney(a)gsu.edu http://www.cis.gsu.edu/~uvarshne _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [tcgn] EW2004 Call For Papers]
by Lars Wolf 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] EW2004 Call For Papers Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:30:08 +0100 From: Conferencia ew2004 <ew2004(a)ac.upc.es> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: tcgn(a)ieee.org Dear Colleagues, Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this e-mail. We would appreciate your assistance in distributing this call for papers to your colleagues. All the details about the conference can be found at: http://www.ac.upc.es/EW2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers EW2004 The 5th European Wireless Conference Mobile and Wireless Systems beyond 3G http://www.ac.upc.es/EW2004 February 24-27, 2004 Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) - Barcelona, Spain CONFERENCE SCOPE In order to be able to be connected anywhere and at anytime a seamless access to the various access technologies is needed providing the adequate QoS to diverse applications. The 5th European Wireless Conference focuses on technologies, protocols, services and applications that will enable a full seamless and nomadic user access to new classes of person to person, device to device and device to person applications. PAPERS Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research are solicited. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Adaptive Antennas * Base Station Technology * Indoor Channel Modeling, Wave Propagation and Measurements * Integration of Radio Localization Systems into Wireless User Terminals * Integration of Terrestrial and Satellite Networks * Interference Mitigation and Management Techniques * Power and Interference Control * Power Management for small terminals * Protocols for Air Interfaces and Networks * Short Range Communication Systems * Signal Processing Techniques for Communications * Analysis, Simulation and Measurements of Mobile and Wireless Systems * High Altitude Platforms and Satellites * Internetworking between Different Access Technologies * Mobile Agents * Mobile and Wireless Applications * Mobility Management * Multiple Access Schemes * Positioning * QoS in Mobile and Wireless Networks * Routing in Ad hoc Networks * Security and robustness in wireless networks * Sensor Network Planning and Deployment * Wireless Ad hoc Networks * Wireless LANs PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All paper submissions will be handled electronically, following the instructions at: http://www.ac.upc.es/EW2004 All papers will be reviewed by the program committee members. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES Full papers due: September 5, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: November 14, 2003 Camera Ready due: December 12, 2003 GENERAL CHAIR: Olga Casals, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC, Spain) STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: Bernhard Walke (Aachen University of Technology, Germany) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Miguel A. Lagunas (CTTC, Spain) Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens, Greece) TUTORIAL CHAIR: Jorge García-Vidal (UPC, Spain) LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS: Carles Antón (CTTC, Spain) Jose M. Barceló (UPC, Spain) Llorenç Cerdà (UPC, Spain) TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: R. Agustí (UPC, Spain) I. Akyildiz (Georgia Ins. of Technology, USA) E. Altman (INRIA, France) A. Artés (Univ. Carlos III, Spain) S. Benedetto (Politecnico de Torino, Italy) C. Blondia (Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium) E. Bonek (TU of Viena, Austria) A. Campbell (Columbia University, USA) V. Casares (UPV, Spain) E. Casilari (Univ. de Malaga, Spain) L. Castedo (Univ. de La Coruña, Spain) M. Conti (CNUCE/CNR, Italy) L. Correia (IST, Portugal) L. Cuthbert (Univ. of London, UK) J. Dunlop (Univ. of Strathclyde, UK) S. Giordano (EPFL, Switzerland) H. Kawashima (Tokio Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Japan) U. Körner (Univ. of Lund, Sweden) P. Kuehn (Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany) L. Lenzini (Univ. of Pisa, Italy) J. M. Paez Borrallo (UPM, Spain) J. Paradells (UPC, Spain) C. Rosenberg (Purdue University, USA) H. Stüttgen (NEC, Germany) A. Svensson (Chalmers, Sweden) R. Tafazolli (Univ. of Surrey) Y. Takahashi (Kyoto University, Japan) L. Tassiulas (Univ. of Maryland, USA) S. Tohme (ENST, France) P. Tran-Gia (Univ. of Würzburg, Germany) A. Vilavaara (Nokia Research Center, Finland) A. Wolisz (Univ. of Berlin, Germany) J. Zander (KTH Stockholm, Sweden) M. Zukerman (Univ. of Melbourne, Australia) EW2004 CONTACT: e-mail: ew2004(a)ac.upc.es FINANCE CHAIR Volker Schanz, VDE/ITG, Germany CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT VDE-Conference Department Stresemannallee 1560596 Frankfurt-Main Germany Phone: +49-69-6308-202 Fax: +49-69-97315213 e-mail: vde-conferences(a)vde.com URL: www.vde.com

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: JSAC Special Issue on Wireless Ad Hoc Networks]
by Lars Wolf 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: JSAC Special Issue on Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:15:38 -0500 From: Jeff Wieselthier <wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/wireless_adhoc.html * *Novel approaches are needed to address ad hoc networks, which are characterized by the lack of an infrastructure. For example, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint modes of communication must be supported in a multihop network that typically consists of small (often disadvantaged) users that are characterized by severely limited energy supply, signal-processing capability, antenna directivity, bandwidth, etc. Crucial applications for mobile ad hoc networks include military communications and disaster relief, although commercial applications are certainly possible as well. In applications with a large number of nodes, scalability is a major concern. The study of ad hoc networks is an interdisciplinary one, which can potentially incorporate communication and information theory, distributed networking algorithms, data structures and compression, coding, signal processing, detection, antenna characteristics, optimization methods, simulation, testbed implementations etc. Papers submitted for this special issue must directly address ad hoc networking issues. We outline here only a few of the many aspects of ad hoc network design and control that will be addressed in this special issue. First, distributed network organization algorithms (such as those for clustering) may be used to create the equivalent of an ad hoc infrastructure. Distributed algorithms are also needed for routing, channel access, and other control functions. Networking techniques for ad hoc networks must address the challenges imposed by the all-wireless environment. For example, by contrast with wired networks, the conventional layered protocol stack is not well suited to the ad hoc wireless networking environment because it does not exploit the potential improvements in performance that can be obtained by jointly designing protocols that span multiple layers. Specifically, it is expected that improved performance can be obtained by considering the properties of the physical and data link layers when designing and operating the media-access control (MAC) protocol. Similarly, there are potential benefits to be obtained by developing protocols that address jointly the routing and MAC functions. Additional benefits can be obtained by jointly addressing higher-layer functions along with routing and MAC. Energy-aware protocols (from the perspective of either energy-efficient or energy-constrained operation) are of critical importance in many ad hoc scenarios. Such energy-aware operation can span multiple layers, e.g., by addressing trade-offs between energy used for RF transmission and for signal processing. It is the goal of this special issue to reflect the latest in the state of the art in ad hoc networks by examining all aspects of ad hoc network design and control, including the dependencies between various network functions and the potential benefits that can be gained by cross-layer design. We are interested in papers on fundamental performance limits, but more importantly on algorithm design and performance, system implementations, etc. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc networking. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Physical layer issues in ad hoc networks * Media Access Control (MAC) techniques * Self-organizing architectures and protocols * Routing protocols * Cross-layer protocol design * Mobility management * Protocols for mobile applications * Transport-layer issues * Signal-processing issues in ad hoc networks * Integration with wired networks * Applications * Energy-aware protocols * Security in ad hoc networks * Capacity and scheduling * Node implementation * Effects on existing protocols * Quality of service * Broadcasting and multicasting * Multimedia and traffic integration * Experiments and testbeds * Error-control schemes * Synchronization and scheduling * Scalability * Performance analysis and simulation * Properties of antennas * Optimization methods * Fundamental limits in ad hoc networks All papers on any of the above topics must include a definite and strong connection to ad hoc networks. Please contact Jeffrey Wieselthier at wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil if there are any questions about the suitability of the paper for this special issue. Prospective authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the IEEE J-SAC format described in the Information for Authors at the J-SAC website. All papers should be submitted in pdf format via email to Jeffrey Wieselthier at wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil according to the following timetable: Manuscript Submission: October 15, 2003 Acceptance Notification: April 1, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: June 1, 2004 Publication: 4th Quarter 2004 * Guest Editors *Dr. Jeffrey E. Wieselthier, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, wieselthier(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil Prof. Eitan Altman, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, Cedex, FRANCE, Eitan.Altman(a)sophia.inria.fr Prof. Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, tony(a)eng.umd.edu Mr. Joseph Macker, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, macker(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil Prof. Harlan B. Russell, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, hrussel(a)hubcap.clemson.edu Dr. Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research L.L.C., Flanders, NJ, steenie(a)rcn.com Prof. Stephen Wicker, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, wicker(a)ee.cornell.edu

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Internetworking 2003: Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 25 Feb '03

25 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Internetworking 2003: Call for Papers Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:07:16 -0800 (PST) From: CAITR <info(a)caitr.org> Reply-To: info(a)caitr.org To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Dear Colleagues: Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS Internetworking 2003 June 22-24, 2003 San Jose, California In technical cooperation with IEEE, IFIP, and ACM (Pending) Internetworking 2003 Program Committee cordially invites you to submit proposals for original, unpublished presentations focusing on internetworking technologies in the IP, optical, and wireless domains. Summaries not exceeding 250 words can be submitted to submissions(a)caitr.org <mailto:submissions@caitr.org> for review and possible inclusion in the program, no later than April 11, 2003. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - Voice over IP (VoIP) - IP Video Conferencing - Storage Area Networks (SANs) - Unicast and Multicast Routing and Convergence - QoS Routing - Network Security and Service Integration - Operational Support Systems - Virtual Private Networks - Internetworking Wireless LANs and 3G Wireless Networks - IP-based Infrastructure for Wireless Networks - Internetworking IP and Optical Networks - Internetworking MPLS with Legacy ATM and Frame Relay Networks - Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and interworking - Pervasive Computing - High Speed Transport Layer Protocols - Peer to Peer Networking and Grid Computing - Video Teleconferencing (VTC) - 802.11 Hotspots The Internetworking 2003 event in June will include participation from industry, government agencies, and academia. If you need additional technical information, please contact the Technical Cochairs Professor Maurice GAGNAIRE <gagnaire(a)enst.fr <mailto:gagnaire@enst.fr>>, or Daniel Awduche <Awduche(a)awduche.com <mailto:Awduche@awduche.com>>.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Final CFP: Symposium on WLAN/Cellular Interworking (VTC2003)]
by Lars Wolf 24 Feb '03

24 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Final CFP: Symposium on WLAN/Cellular Interworking (VTC2003) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:04:11 +0200 From: Salkintzis Apostolis-Y1026C <salki(a)motorola.com> To: 'tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu' <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, 'multicomm(a)comsoc.org' <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> ***SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 10*** ***My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call*** Call for Papers ------------------ VTC 2003 - Symposium on Wireless LAN / Cellular Internetworking Motivation and Scope --------------------- The recent evolution and successful deployment of WLAN systems worldwide has fuelled the need for interworking mechanisms between WLANs and cellular telecommunication networks, such as GSM/GPRS, UMTS, cdma2000, etc. Several forums and standardization bodies worldwide have already initiated activities for exploiting WLAN technology and integrating this technology into cellular telecommunication networks. In addition, several R&D projects are currently underway, which address vertical handovers between WLANs and UMTS, as well as common authentication, authorization and accounting procedures. It is evident that the integration of WLANs and cellular telecommunication networks is of paramount importance nowadays, from both business and technology points of view. However, this integration poses several challenges, such as vertical handovers, consistent QoS provision, common authentication and billing, etc, which call for extensive studies and efficient solutions. The VTC 2003 symposium on Wireless LAN / Cellular Interworking aims to address the aforementioned challenges and to propose and analyze efficient interworking solutions. It also aims at reporting the recent results of related R&D and standardization activities worldwide. In particular, the most significant areas that will be addressed are the following: ¨ Interworking requirements, issues and architectures ¨ Seamless roaming between WLAN and cellular networks ¨ Common authentication and security: issues and solutions ¨ Common billing: issues and solutions ¨ Voice over WLAN ¨ Interworking scenarios and case studies ¨ Inter-system handover ¨ QoS interworking ¨ Value added services with WLAN-Cellular network integration ¨ Performance evaluation studies ¨ Standardization activities ¨ Extension of location services to WLANs. Technical Paper Submission Guidelines -------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) and a short abstract (approx. 150 words) of their original papers for review. The submission must be made on line through the EDAS Conference Management System, http://edas.info. After login, select "VTC 2003 - Wireless LAN/cellular internetworking" and follow the instructions for submission. Soft copies in MS Word or PDF formats are accepted. For additional instructions please visit http://www.vtc2003.org. Important Dates ---------------- ¨ March 10, 2003 Last date for submission of abstracts ¨ April 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance ¨ July 15, 2003 Camera-ready version of accepted papers Symposium Chair ---------------- Dr. Apostolis Salkintzis Motorola Tel: +30-210-8172335 Fax: +30-210-6810168 E-mail: salki(a)motorola.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: SCS SPECTS'2003 submission deadline is approaching: Feb. 28]
by Lars Wolf 23 Feb '03

23 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SCS SPECTS'2003 submission deadline is approaching: Feb. 28 Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:34:44 -0500 From: Yuguang Fang <fang(a)ece.ufl.edu> To: itc(a)comsoc.org CC: Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat <obaidat(a)monmouth.edu>, Jie Li <lijie(a)is.tsukuba.ac.jp> Dear Colleagues, I apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. The deadline is approaching, it is this coming Friday, Feb. 28. Please submit your paper as soon as possible. Best Regards, Michael Call For Papers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2003 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2003) July 20-24, 2003 Montreal, Canada http://scs.org/confernc/ssimc/ssimc03/cfp/spects03.htm Submission Deadlines Submission of Papers: February 28, 2003. Notification of Acceptance - April 25, 2003 Final Camera-Ready Submission - May 23, 2003 This annual international conference is a forum for professionals involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Evaluation of computer systems and networks is needed at every stage in the life cycle of the product including design, manufacturing, sales/purchase, use, upgrade, tuning, etc. The discipline of performance evaluation has progressed rapidly in the past decade, and it has now begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Networking and Telecommunication Systems - Internet Technology - Quality of Service (QoS) - DiffServ/IntServ - MPLS - TCP - World Wide Web (WWW) Technology - Networking Techniques - Unicast and Multicast Routing - Congestion Control - Switching Techniques - Teletraffic - Network Protocols - Network Management and Control - Network Capacity Planning - Network Architecture Evaluation - Service and QoS Pricing - Security and Authentication -Broadband Networks - High-Speed Networking - ATM - Optical Networks - Wireless Systems and Networks - Satellite Systems - UMTS - Mobile Networks/Computing - Ad-hoc networks - Multimedia Communications Computer Systems - Distributed Architectures - Client/Server - Distributed Systems and Agents - Parallel and Distributed Computing - Massively Parallel Systems - Cluster Computing - Grid Computing - Interconnection Networks - Computer Architectures - Microprocessors/Microcomputers - Memory Systems - High Performance I/O - Real-time Systems - Scheduling Schemes -Software - Software Performance, Evaluation and Testing - Parallel Algorithms and Languages - Hardware and Software Monitors - High-Performance Computing - Workload and Traffic Characterization - Scientific Computing Algorithms - Reconfigurable Computing - Electronic Commerce Tools, Methodologies and Applications - Parallel and Distributed Simulation - Verification and Validation - Performance Tools and Methodologies - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications to High Performance Computing/Networking - Performance Optimization - Queueing Systems and Networks - Scalability Studies - Integrated Modeling and Measurement - On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning - Process Algebra-Based Models - Performance Bounds - Integrated Design and Performance - New Performance Models - Mathematical Aspects of Performance - New Performability Schemes and Models - Case Studies General Chair Mohammad S. Obaidat Dept. of Computer Science, Monmouth University W. Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA Tel +1-732-571-4482 Fax +1-732-263-5202 E-mail: obaidat(a)monmouth.edu Senior Program Chair Franco Davoli DIST-University of Genoa Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy Tel +39-010-353-2732 Fax +39-010-353-2154 E-Mail: franco(a)dist.unige.it Program Co-Chairs Ibrahim Onyuksel Dept. of Computer Sciences, N. Illinois Univ., USA E-mail: onyuksel(a)cs.niu.edu Erina Ferro ISTI, Institute of National Research Council (C.N.R.) C.N.R. Pisa Research Area, Building B, Room 73 Via G. Moruzzi, 1 56124 Pisa, Italy E-mail: erina.ferro(a)cnuce.cnr.it Vice Program Chair and Tutorial Chair Raffaele Bolla DIST-University of Genoa Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy E-mail: lelus(a)dist.unige.it Vice Program Chair and Web Master Imad Mahgoub Department of Computer Science and Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: imad(a)cse.fau.edu Industrial Track and Special Sessions Chair J. Fox, Motorola Inc., UK E-mail: fox.ijcs(a)btinternet.com Technical Program Committee Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech., USA Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA Louis G. Birta, University of Ottawa, Canada Abdullah Abonamah, Zayed University, UAE Noureddine Boudriga, University of Tunis, Tunisia Hasan Cam, Arizona State University, USA Andrew Campbell, Columbia University, USA Nedo Celandroni, ISTI-CNR, Italy Haitham Cruickshank, University of Surrey, UK Hassan B. Diab, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Gabor Fodor, Ericsson Radio Systems, Sweden Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Aura Ganz, University of Massachusetts, USA Erol Gelenbe, University of Central Florida, USA Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait Omar Hammami, ENSTA, France Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Herman Hughes, Michigan State University, USA Andrzej Jajszczyk, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia Ingemar Kaj, Uppsala University, Sweden Krishna Kant, Intel, USA Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece Demetrios Kazakos, University of Louisiana, USA Ulrich Killat, Tech Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Tag Gon Kim, KAIST, Korea Kevin Kwiat, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA Veronica Lagrange M. Reis, Compaq Computers Corp., USA Axel Lehmann, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Daniel C. Lee, USC, USA Mike T. Liu, Ohio State University, USA Erich Lutz, DLR, Germany Sam Makki, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Krzysztof Malinowski, Warsaw Technical University, Poland Mario Marchese, University of Genoa, Italy Jose L. Marzo, Universitat de Girona, Spain Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University, USA Hussein Mouftah, Queen's University, Canada Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK Sergio Palazzo, Università di Catania, Italy Georgios I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University, Greece Achille Pattavina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Gregory D. Peterson, University of Tennessee Steven Pink, University of Arizona, USA George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Kaliappa Ravindran, CUNY, USA Gian Paolo Rossi, Università di Milano, Italy Izhak Rubin, UCLA, USA Vicente Santonja, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Donald Schilling, CUNY, USA Jens B. Schmitt, TU Darmstadt, Germany Harald Skinnemoen, Nera, Norway Tatsuya Suda, UCI, USA Iwao Toda, Fujutsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA Kenneth S. Vastola, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Telefonica, Spain Bernd E. Wolfinger, Hamburg University, Germany Michele Zorzi, Università di Ferrara, Italy Publicity Chair: Yuguang (Michael) Fang, University of Florida, USA, E-mail: fang(a)ece.ufl.edu Publicity Vice Chair: Jie Li University of Tsukuba, Japan Publicity Committee: Chiara Petrioli, Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy Chuck Song, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Ahmed Nuseirat, Al-Isra University, Jordan International Liaisons B. Sadoun, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan Bsadoun(a)go.com.jo M. Sawan, Montreal Poly, Canada Sawan(a)vlsi.polymtl.ca N. Tchamov, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland Nikolay(a)cs.tut.fi Paper Submission Submit your complete papers electronically to: http://scs.proceedingscentral.com/ All required instructions will be posted on this web site. Submissions should not exceed 25 double-spaced, 8.5x11 inch pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10-12 point font. Include five to ten keywords, complete postal and e-mail addresses, and fax and phone numbers of corresponding author. If you have difficulty in electronic submission, contact the Web Master, Program Chairs or the Conference Coordinator, Mr. Steve Branch, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 4838 Ronson Court, Suite L, San Diego, CA 92111, USA, Tel 858-277-3888, Fax 858-277-3930, E-mail sbranch(a)scs.org Extended versions of selected accepted papers in SPECTS 2003 will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals. Proposals for tutorials should be sent to the Conference Vice Program Chair, Raffaele Bolla. Proposals for special sessions and panel sessions should be submitted to the special Sessions Chair. For more information regarding presentations or exhibitions at SPECTS 2002 contact: Mr. Steve Branch at the address shown above. Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Yuguang "Michael" Fang, Ph.D Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Florida 435 Engineering Building, P.O.Box 116130 Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel: (352) 846-3043, Fax: (352) 392-0044 Email: fang(a)ece.ufl.edu, http://www.fang.ece.ufl.edu %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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[Fwd: CFP: MobiCom 2003 -- Paper registration due March 5, 2003]
by Lars Wolf 21 Feb '03

21 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: MobiCom 2003 -- Paper registration due March 5, 2003 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:54:27 +0900 From: Hiroyuki Morikawa <mori(a)mlab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: itc(a)comsoc.org CALL FOR PAPERS MobiCom 2003 The Ninth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking September 14-19, 2003 San Diego, California, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2003/ Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE ACM MobiCom 2003, the Ninth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, is the ninth in a series of annual conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. The MobiCom conference series serves as the premier international forum addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks. MobiCom is a highly selective, single-track conference focusing on all issues in mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking at the link layer and above. MobiCom 2003 will be held September 14-19, 2003, at the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel in beautiful, sunny San Diego, California. PAPERS: Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and networking. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Applications and computing services supporting mobile users - Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity - Database and data management issues in mobile computing - Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking - Distributed systems aspects of mobile computing - New mobile and wireless applications - Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks - Performance of mobile and wireless networks and systems - Location-dependent applications and protocols - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Mobile ad hoc and sensor networks - Wireless multimedia systems - Algorithms and protocols for power management and control - Service creation and management environments for mobile/wireless systems The program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks (WINET) and Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journals. CHALLENGES PAPERS: The conference also solicits short papers (maximum of 8 pages) that challenge the mobile computing community with revolutionary new technologies or visionary applications. Such papers should provide stimulating ideas or grand visions that may open up exciting avenues of far-reaching future research; descriptions of new products or simple evolution of existing work are not appropriate as Challenges Papers. Challenges Papers will be reviewed and should be submitted using the normal submission procedure but must be clearly identified as intended as Challenges Papers. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or PostScript version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 15 pages (8 pages for Challenges submissions), in font size no smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches) with reasonable margins. Detailed instructions on the paper submission procedure and format are available on the conference web pages. All papers being submitted must be registered by March 12, 2003. The paper submission deadline is then March 12, 2003. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must not appear in the paper or in the PostScript or PDF file. Submitted papers (or substantially similar papers) must not be currently under review for any other publication. Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs at mobicom_pcchairs(a)acm.org. TUTORIALS: Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of tutorial proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Co-Chairs by April 7, 2003. PANELS: Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 3 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the Panel Co-Chairs by April 21, 2003. RESEARCH DEMOS AND EXHIBITS: Proposals for research demos are solicited. Proposals should not exceed 3 pages and should include a description of the demo and equipment to be used. Send proposals to the Research Demo Chair by July 26, 2003. We are also planning an Expo featuring exhibits of the latest mobile computing products and services. BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD: Papers with a student as a primary author will be considered for the Best Student Paper award, with a cash award of $1000 USD. Students must indicate with their submission that they would like to be considered for this award. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: March 5, 2003 Paper submission deadline: March 12, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 16, 2003 Camera-ready version due: July 18, 2003 All papers being submitted to MobiCom 2003 must be registered by 11:59 PM PST (US Pacific timezone) March 5, 2003. The deadline for actually then submitting all registered papers is 11:59 PM PST (US Pacific timezone) March 12, 2003. These are firm deadlines. GENERAL CHAIR: David B. Johnson Rice University dbj(a)cs.rice.edu PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Anthony D. Joseph University of California, Berkeley adj(a)eecs.berkeley.edu Nitin H. Vaidya University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign nhv(a)uiuc.edu For a complete list of Organizing and Program Committee members, please refer to the web pages at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2003/. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact the General Chair or Program Co-Chairs for more information. For information on ACM SIGMOBILE and the MobiCom series of conferences, see http://www.sigmobile.org/ or contact mobicom_info(a)acm.org.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] VTC 2003 Symposium on Transport Layer Protocols]
by Lars Wolf 21 Feb '03

21 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] VTC 2003 Symposium on Transport Layer Protocols Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:36:15 -0500 From: Miguel A. Labrador <labrador(a)csee.usf.edu> To: Tccc <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> ***My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP*** Call for Papers ------------------ VTC 2003 (www.vtc2003.org) Symposium on Transport Layer Protocols over Wireless Networks (http://www.csee.usf.edu/~labrador/VTC2003/TLPcall.htm) *********** The Deadline has been extended until March 10 ************ Please consider submitting papers to the symposium and share this information with other interested parties that you know. The VTC 2003 Symposium on Transport Layer Protocols (TLP) over Wireless Networks aims to present recent results on all areas of this topic, including (but not limited to) the following: - Performance of Transport Layer Protocols (TLP) over one-hop and multihop satellite networks, including constellations - Performance of TLP over one-hop and multihop ad hoc networks - Performance of new TCP versions over wireless networks - TCP-friendliness in ad hoc wireless networks - Collaboration among layers to improve transport layer performance - Performance of TLP over different interconnecting wireless networks, including wired and wireless - Performance of TLP under vertical handovers between UMTS and WLANs - TLP under dynamic traffic conditions, such as flash crowds, short-lived and long-lived flows, DoS attacks - TLP for wireless sensor networks - TLP for wireless WANs, LANs and PANs - Modeling of TLP over wireless networks - TLP over high speed wireless networks Technical Paper Submission Guidelines -------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) and a short abstract (approx. 150 words) of their original papers for review. The submission must be made on line through the EDAS Conference Management System, http://edas.info. After login, select "VTC 2003 - Transport Layer Protocols over Wireless Networks" and follow the instructions for submission. Soft copies in MS Word or PDF formats are accepted. For additional instructions please visit http://www.vtc2003.org. Important Dates ---------------- ¨ March 10, 2003 Last date for submission of abstracts ¨ May 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance ¨ July 15, 2003 Camera-ready version of accepted papers Best Regards, Miguel A. Labrador Symposium Chair ********************************************************************* Miguel A. Labrador Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science (813) 974-3260 and Engineering (813) 974-5456 (fax) University of South Florida labrador(a)csee.usf.edu 4202 E. Fowler Avenue ENB118 http://www.csee.usf.edu/~labrador Tampa, FL 33620-5399 ********************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Econmics and Information Security 2003 - Final Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 20 Feb '03

20 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Econmics and Information Security 2003 - Final Call for Papers Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:18:37 +0000 From: Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Economics and Information Security Second Annual Workshop May 29-30, University of Maryland http://www.cpppe.umd.edu/rhsmith3/index.html Do we spend enough on keeping `hackers' out of our computer systems? Do we not spend enough? Or do we spend too much? For that matter, do we spend too little on the police and the army, or too much? And do we spend our security budgets on the right things? The economics of security is a rapidly growing field of research. More and more people are coming to realise that security failures are often due to perverse incentives rather than to the lack of suitable technical protection mechanisms. (Indeed, the former often explain the latter.) While much recent research has been on `cyberspace' security issues - from hacking through fraud to copyright policy - the field is expanding to throw light on `everyday' security issues at one end, and to provide new insights and new problems for theoretical computer scientists and `normal' economists at the other. In the commercial world, as in the world of diplomacy, there can be complex linkages between security arguments and economic ends. Program committee: Ross Anderson (program co-chair) (Cambridge University) Larry Gordon (program co-chair) (University of Maryland) Marty Loeb (general chair) (University of Maryland) Bruce Schneier (Counterpane) Jean Camp (Harvard) Doug Tygar (UC Berkeley) Li Gong (Sun Microsystems) Andrew Odlyzko (University of Minnesota) Hal Varian (UC Berkeley) If you would like to present a paper at the Workshop, please submit a detailed abstract (PDF format perferred) to Dr. Martin P. Loeb, General Chair by e-mail at mloeb(a)rhsmith.umd.edu by March 15, 2003. Last year's proceedings are available at: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/affiliates/workshops/econsecurity/ More information at: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/econsec.html _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Call For Papers - Special Issue on Integration of WLAN and 3G Wireless Technologies]
by Lars Wolf 20 Feb '03

20 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Call For Papers - Special Issue on Integration of WLAN and 3G Wireless Technologies Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:04:54 -0500 From: Vijay K. Varma <vvarma(a)telcordia.com> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Call For Papers IEEE Communications Magazine Integration of Wireless LAN and 3G Wireless Technologies Scope After several years of research and standards activities, third generation (3G) wireless systems are beginning to be deployed. 3G wireless is going through an evolution to all-IP core networks. Meanwhile, wireless LAN (WLAN) technology is becoming increasingly popular for providing IP connectivity in corporate, campus, and other hotspot environments and is seen by some as a potential platform for 4G wireless. WLAN technology is relatively cheap and quick to deploy, and provides high data rates. On the other hand, 3G technology can provide wide-area coverage. Do WLANs and 3G networks have to compete, or can they be complementary? The complementary characteristics of 3G networks and WLANs has raised much interest in the integration of 3G and WLAN. This topic has attracted much attention in the industry as well as in academia. The integration between 3G wireless and WLAN is highly significant to make wireless multimedia and other high data rate services a reality to a large population. This special issue of IEEE Communications Magazine seeks to provide an opportunity to publish a series of state-of-the-art papers in the area of 3G and WLAN integration. Topics of interest include, but not limited to: · Interworking architectures between 3G wireless and WLANs · Services in integrated 3G wireless/WLAN environments · Standardization activities in 3G/WLAN · Mobility management in integrated 3G/WLAN architectures · Authentication and security in integrated 3G/WLAN · Network management and billing issues in integrated 3G/WLAN · Hardware and software issues for mobile stations supporting integrated 3G and WLAN technologies · Quality of service and policy issues · Interworking of radio resource management · Mapping of functions and services between 3G and WLAN Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines regarding the manuscript and its format. For details, please refer to the "Information for Authors" in the IEEE Communications Magazine website (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html) Please submit your electronic manuscript in word or pdf format to one of the guest editors by March 1, 2003. Earlier submissions are encouraged to allow for a better issue planning. Schedule Submission Deadline: March 1, 2003 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2003 Final Manuscript Due: August 1, 2003 Publication of Special Issue: November 2003 Guest Editors Vijay K. Varma Telcordia Technologies 331 Newman Springs Road Red Bank, NJ 07701 ? USA +1 732-758-2811 vvarma(a)telcordia.com K. Daniel Wong Telcordia Technologies 331 Newman Springs Road Red Bank, NJ 07701 ? USA +1 732-758-3481 dwong(a)research.telcordia.com K-C Chua Siemens Private Limited ICM Mobile Core R&D Department 75 Science Park Dr., #01-02 Cintech II Singapore Science Park I Singapore 118255 +65 6879 9522 keechaing.chua(a)siemens.com Frederic Paint Telenor A/S 1331 Fornebu Norway + 47 95810881 frederic.paint(a)telenor.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: Call for Papers (MSGID:20030218083834)]
by Lars Wolf 20 Feb '03

20 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Papers (MSGID:20030218083834) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:00:23 +0800 From: CFP SYSTEM <cfp(a)cs.tku.edu.tw> To: <Lars.Wolf(a)KOM.tu-darmstadt.de> Call for Papers IEEE Communication Magazine IPv6 - The basis for the next generation Internet Background The next version of the Internet Protocol called IPv6 has evolved considerably since it was first defined in the early 90's. Whereas the main thrust of IPv6 is the greatly increased addressing space, which is expected to provide ample address space for the foreseeable future, IPv6 also introduces several other features like integrated security (IPsec), integrated multicasting, improved mobility support (Mobile IPv6), QoS support with the provisioning of flow labels and autoconfiguration. Router products supporting dual stack operation with IPv4 and IPv6 have entered the market during the last two years. Nevertheless the adoption of IPv6 is progressing rather slowly. This is mainly due to the fact that the introduction of a new network layer is a difficult and expensive step for network operators and ISPs and a strong demand for IPv6 from the user perspective is still lacking. However, the shortage of addresses particularly in Asia and Europe and the trend to mobile and ubiqitous networking makes the introduction of IPv6 an urgent issue. Scope of Expected Contributions We invite contributions covering all aspects of next generation, IPv6-based networks, including, but not limited to routing and address space management, security and privacy aspects, multicasting and multimedia distribution networks, mobile network architecture, impact on other protocol layers and services, as well as performance aspects in IPv6. In addition we invite contributions on IPv4 to IPv6 transition and introduction strategies, large scale IPv6 trial experiences and commercial service introduction, user requirements, as well as ubiquitous networking applications and IPv6 management and operations support. Preference will be given to contributions covering specific advantages or problems in large scale IPv6 networks, rather than to introductory IPv6 papers. Schedule and Submissions ?Submission Deadline: May 15, 2003 ?Acceptance Notifications: August 15, 2003 ?Final Manuscript Due: October 15, 2003 ?Journal Publication: January 2004 ?All contributions must be sent by email as .PDF or .PS files to both editors Feature Topic Editors Heinrich J. St?ttgen Networking Laboratories, NEC Europe Ltd. Kurf?rstenanlage 36, D 69115 Heidelberg Email: stuttgen(a)ccrle.nec.de Tel.: +49 6221 90511 11 Fax: +49 6221 90511 55 Han-Chieh Chao Department of Electrical Engineering National Dong Hwa University Hualien, Taiwan E-mail: hcc(a)mail.ndhu.edu.tw Tel: +886 3 8662500 ext.17001 Fax: +886 3 8662509 To Unsubscribe From Our CFP Mail List. Please Use the Following Url: http://mine.topwise.com/cfp/default.asp?sysMAIN=UNSUBSCRIBE&ML_NO=200203211…

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE Commun. Surveys and Tutorials]
by Lars Wolf 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE Commun. Surveys and Tutorials Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:02:16 -0700 From: Martin Reisslein <reisslein(a)asu.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CC: Martin Reisslein <reisslein(a)asu.edu> Dear Colleagues, the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/surveys) is soliciting submissions of surveys and tutorials on all communications and networking related topics. Please refer to the enclosed CFP and our web site for detailed submission instructions. Please feel free to share this CFP with your colleagues. Our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Looking forward to your submissions, Martin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is a ComSoc publication. It provides researchers and other communications professionals with the ideal venue for publishing on-line tutorials and surveys which are exposed to an unlimited global audience. It is available online only and access is free of charge. A few quarterly issues have already been published (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/surveys/). We are now looking for contributions for all future issues. Topics of interest include all areas of communications and networking, including but not limited to: * Networking and Networking Technology * Telecommunications Switching * Wireless Networks, including Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks * Personal Communications * Radio and Satellite Communications * Lightwave Technologies and Optical Networking * Security, Trust, and Privacy in Networking * Networking in Grids * Peer-to-Peer Networking * Transmission Systems * Coding, Equalization and Modulation for Transmission * Multimedia Services * Coding, Equalization, Detection, and Timing Recovery for Digital Data Storage Channels * Network Management * Residential Networks and Services * Traffic Engineering * Signaling * Performance Modeling *Submission Instructions:* Please submit manuscripts via email to the Editor-In-Chief: Martin Reisslein <http://www.eas.asu.edu/%7Emre> Telecommunications Research Center Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University <http://www.asu.edu> Goldwater Center, MC 7206 Tel: 1-480-965-8593 Fax: 1-480-965-8325 E-mail: cst(a)asu.edu <mailto:cst@asu.edu> For detailed instructions on paper preparation and submission, please refer to the Guidelines for Authors at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/surveys. In brief, each submission needs to be accompanied by the following items in ascii format: title, abstract, indication whether submission is survey or tutorial, and author contact info. There are no limits on paper length, number of figures, references, etc. Required formats for electronic submission are PDF or postscript. *Schedule:* Manuscripts due: On a continuing basis. Notification of acceptance: Upon completion of review process. The first round of reviews takes typically around 8 - 12 weeks. Publication date: Typically, in the first Quarter following acceptance of the article. -- Martin Reisslein Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University P.O. Box 877206 Tempe, AZ 85287-7206, USA reisslein(a)asu.edu phone: (480)965-8593 fax: (480)965-8325 http://www.eas.asu.edu/~mre

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[Fwd: [CfP] WG: [MMB] CfP: 28th LCN 2003]
by Marc Bechler 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute to interested people. Sorry for any duplicates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers LCN 2003 The 28th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) Bonn/Königswinter, Germany October 20-24, 2003 URL: http://www.ieeelcn.org The IEEE LCN conference serves as the premier conference on leading edge and practical computer networking. This approach stimulates a highly interactive environment and enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among local network researchers, developers, and users. During the 27 years of this conference, major advancements have been achieved in local computer networks driven by application demands associated of the global Internet, the Web, etc. This year we are targeting the realm of embedded networks, wireless networks, high-speed networks, ubiquitous computing, and security as well as management aspects surrounding them. Papers covering these areas are explicitly sought and will be given preference. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions. Paper topics include but are not limited to: - Personal-Area Networks - Sensor Networks - Wearable Networks - High-Speed Networks - Wireless Networks - Network Management - Mobility Management - Network Security - Location-Dependent Services - Network Reliability - Local-Area Networks - Network to the Home - Home Networks - Quality-of-Service/Congestion Control - Small-Office Networks - Adaptive Applications - Embedded Networks - Performance Evaluation/Measurements - Storage-Area Networks - Network Traffic Characterizations - Optical Networks - Overlay Networks Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 10 camera-ready pages) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. A best paper will be selected based on the quality of research and results, as well as on the quality of presentation by the primary author. Several student travel scholarships may be available courtesy of the LCN corporate supporters. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission deadline: April 27, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 27, 2003 Camera-ready paper due: July 25, 2003 Author registration deadline: July 25, 2003 Paper submission: Papers must be submitted electronically. Manuscript submission instructions will be posted at the LCN web page at http://www.ieeelcn.org. In case of questions, please contact the program chairs: Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller University of Federal Armed Forces Munich Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39 D-85579 Neubiberg, Germany E-mail: stiller(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch Prof. Dr. Alan D. George University of Florida, ECE Department 216 Larsen Hall, POB 116200 Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A 32611 E-mail: george(a)hcs.ufl.edu Organizing Committee General Chair: T. Strayer, BBN Finance Chair: F. Hübner, AT&T Labs Local Arrangements Chair: P. Martini, Univ. of Bonn Workshop Chair: K. Christensen, Univ. of South Florida Webmaster: G. Kessler, Champlain College Overseas Advisors: S. Jha, Univ. of New South Wales (Asia/Pacific) H. Hassanein, Queen's Univ. (North America) Standing Committee: J. Bumblis, Purdue Univ. G. Kessler, Champlain College M. McKee, Univ. of Minnesota, Rochester E. Nolley, Strategic Growth H. Salwen, Audeon Networks ------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller Institut fuer Informationstechnische Systeme (IIS) Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Tel.: +49 89 6004-2826 Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39 FAX: +49 89 6004-3898 D-85579 Neubiberg, Germany stiller(a)informatik.unibw-muenchen.de ******************************************************************* _______________________________________________ MMB mailing list MMB(a)ira.uka.de http://lists.ira.uka.de/mailman/listinfo/mmb _______________________________________________ call-for-papers mailing list call-for-papers(a)tm.uka.de http://lists.ira.uka.de/mailman/listinfo/call-for-papers

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[Fwd: [CfP] WG: [Tccc] Int. Conf. on Wireless Networks (June2003)]
by Marc Bechler 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: tccc-admin(a)cosmos.cs.columbia.edu [mailto:tccc-admin@cosmos.cs.columbia.edu] Im Auftrag von CK ToH Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2003 19:15 An: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Betreff: [Tccc] Int. Conf. on Wireless Networks (June2003) Enclosing CFP for International Conference on Wireless Networks, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 23-26, 2003. Deadline for submission: March 3, 2003. -- -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

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CFP: IEEE Commun. Surveys and Tutorials]
by Marc Bechler 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: tccc-admin(a)cosmos.cs.columbia.edu [mailto:tccc-admin@cosmos.cs.columbia.edu] Im Auftrag von Martin Reisslein Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2003 22:02 An: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu Cc: Martin Reisslein Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE Commun. Surveys and Tutorials Dear Colleagues, the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/surveys) is soliciting submissions of surveys and tutorials on all communications and networking related topics. Please refer to the enclosed CFP and our web site for detailed submission instructions. Please feel free to share this CFP with your colleagues. Our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Looking forward to your submissions, Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is a ComSoc publication. It provides researchers and other communications professionals with the ideal venue for publishing on-line tutorials and surveys which are exposed to an unlimited global audience. It is available online only and access is free of charge. A few quarterly issues have already been published (http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/surveys/). We are now looking for contributions for all future issues. Topics of interest include all areas of communications and networking, including but not limited to: * Networking and Networking Technology * Telecommunications Switching * Wireless Networks, including Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks * Personal Communications * Radio and Satellite Communications * Lightwave Technologies and Optical Networking * Security, Trust, and Privacy in Networking * Networking in Grids * Peer-to-Peer Networking * Transmission Systems * Coding, Equalization and Modulation for Transmission * Multimedia Services * Coding, Equalization, Detection, and Timing Recovery for Digital Data Storage Channels * Network Management * Residential Networks and Services * Traffic Engineering * Signaling * Performance Modeling Submission Instructions: Please submit manuscripts via email to the Editor-In-Chief: Martin Reisslein <http://www.eas.asu.edu/%7Emre> Telecommunications Research Center Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University <http://www.asu.edu> Goldwater Center, MC 7206 Tel: 1-480-965-8593 Fax: 1-480-965-8325 E-mail: cst(a)asu.edu For detailed instructions on paper preparation and submission, please refer to the Guidelines for Authors at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/surveys. In brief, each submission needs to be accompanied by the following items in ascii format: title, abstract, indication whether submission is survey or tutorial, and author contact info. There are no limits on paper length, number of figures, references, etc. Required formats for electronic submission are PDF or postscript. Schedule: Manuscripts due: On a continuing basis. Notification of acceptance: Upon completion of review process. The first round of reviews takes typically around 8 - 12 weeks. Publication date: Typically, in the first Quarter following acceptance of the article. -- Martin Reisslein Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University P.O. Box 877206 Tempe, AZ 85287-7206, USA reisslein(a)asu.edu phone: (480)965-8593 fax: (480)965-8325 http://www.eas.asu.edu/~mre

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: Revisiting IP QOS (RIPQOS), Karlsruhe Germany, Aug. 2003]
by Lars Wolf 18 Feb '03

18 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: Revisiting IP QOS (RIPQOS), Karlsruhe Germany, Aug. 2003 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:48:04 -0500 From: SIGCOMM 2003 <jpgs(a)acm.org> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu WORKSHOP ON REVISITING IP QOS: WHY DO WE CARE, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED (RIPQOS) http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/workshop/ripqos In Conjunction with SIGCOMM 2003 Karlsruhe, Germany 27 August 2003 ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS For over a decade the Internet engineering and research community has debated, designed, and ignored IP Quality of Service (QoS) tools and techniques. There's a sense that something might be needed, but little agreement on why and who will pay. At times the very notion of QoS has seemed to be a pointless waste of time, almost a solution waiting for a problem. This workshop is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to discuss the history of IP QoS research and development, review what could have been done better (or totally differently), and challenge the industry to think out of the box going forward. Papers are invited that provide well-argued opinion, speculation, or contrary positions. For example: - IP QoS schemes never quite seem complete. Is this just a great research game for academics? - Where's the money? How do we make IP QoS pay when typical Internet applications don't care, and the user's don't know any better? - Will online, multi-player games be the market segment that justifies end-user/access ISP investment in IP QoS tools and solutions? - Isn't more bandwidth the answer? Of particular interest are papers that critique the evolution of IP QoS solutions to date and/or explain what sort of applications and user mindset will need to emerge before IP QoS solutions become cost-effective for ISPs to deploy. A workshop report will be published in a special edition of SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. Presented papers will be archived in workshop proceedings, and also placed in the ACM Digital Library. WHAT AND HOW TO SUBMIT Papers should be no longer than 10 pages; submissions SHOULD be anonymized as much as practical, but this is not a requirement. If a paper's core message has been published (or accepted for publication) elsewhere the authors must provide new and additional argument and content in order to be considered for RIPQOS. See http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/workshop/ripqos/ripqos.html for full submission requirements in the near future. DEADLINES (Tentative; please check the Web page for updates) Submission deadline March 31, 2003 Notification of acceptance May 26, 2003 Camera ready papers due June 30, 2003 Workshop date August 27, 2003 ORGANIZERS Workshop Chair: Grenville Armitage, Swinburne University of Technology <garmitage(a)swin.edu.au> Workshop Program Committee: Mark Allman, NASA/BBN <mallman(a)grc.nasa.gov> kc claffy, CAIDA <kc(a)caida.org> Tristan Henderson, University College London <T.Henderson(a)cs.ucl.ac.uk> Geoff Huston, Telstra <gih(a)telstra.net> Derek ("Mac") Mcauley, Intel Research Labs <derek.mcauley(a)intel.com> Kathie Nichols, {unaffiliated} <kmn(a)mountainfog.com> John Wroclawski, MIT <jtw(a)lcs.mit.edu> Sebastian Zander, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS <zander(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de> _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [tcgn] Extended Submission Date: Symposium on Wireless QoS (IEEE Vehicular Technoogy Conference - Fall 2003 - Orlando - FL)]
by Lars Wolf 16 Feb '03

16 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] Extended Submission Date: Symposium on Wireless QoS (IEEE Vehicular Technoogy Conference - Fall 2003 - Orlando - FL) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:46:48 -0800 (PST) From: The Ahmads <theahmads(a)yahoo.com> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org Dear Members: Please advertise this revised call for paper via your department/company bulletin boards. Also, forward it to any relevant email list that you may consider can benefit from it. It is also accessible at http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/aahmad/VTC_2003_WQoS.html Thank you very much and I apologize if it is not relevant to you or if you received multiple copies. -aftab -------------------- With the integration of IP technology with cellular networks, the issue of multiple QoS services over IP has encompassed wireless networks as well. Much of the research carried in multimedia IP networks has thus increased in usability. New topics specific to providing and maintaining QoS over wireless/cellular networks have emerged as well. This symposium aims to share research on topics relating to the provision of QoS over wireless networks for service differentiation and integration. Papers on all topics relevant to provisioning QoS over wireless networks LANs/Cellular (2.5G, 3G, 4G+) are solicited. These include, but not restricted to: - Scheduling and policing for mobile and wireless networks - Channel error compensation - Hand-off compensation - Differentiated Services for mobile and wireless networks - Integrated Services for mobile and wireless networks - MPLS for mobile and wireless networks - Traffic Engineering Deadline for paper submission: March 10, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2003 Camera-Ready Papers: July 15, 2003 Authors are required to submit a short abstract (approximately 150 words) AND an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) as well. All submissions will be handled electronically through the EDAS conference management system at http://edas.info, and must be in MS-Word or PDF format. Your submission should include the names, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses of the authors. Symposium Chair: Aftab Ahmad DePaul University aftab(a)ieee.org http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/aahmad/VTC_2003_WQoS.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com

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WG: ASWN 2003
by Stefan Fischer 15 Feb '03

15 Feb '03

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" [mailto:KUVS-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE] Im Auftrag von Torsten Braun Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Februar 2003 23:11 An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Betreff: ASWN 2003 Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte Sie nochmals auf unseren Workshop in Bern aufmerksam machen. Deadline für Beitragseinreichungen: 28.2.2003. Die besten Beiträge werden in einem Special Issue von Computer Communications veröffentlicht. mit freundlichen Grüssen Torsten Braun *********************************************************************** Call for Papers Third Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks (ASWN 2003) July 2-4, 2003 Berne, Switzerland http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~rvs/events/ASWN_2003 IEEE Communications Society Technically Co-Sponsored ************************************************************************ ASWN 2003 is the third workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks. The first two events were held in France, and in 2003 the workshop will take place in the capital of Switzerland. ASWN 2003 aims at investigating new developments in wireless networks focusing on applications and services. The workshop will provide three-day presentations of invited and regular papers from manufacturers, academia, and services providers. Tutorial sections will also be possibly organized. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: - Media Distribution over Wireless Networks - New Data Services for Wireless Network - Audio-visual Applications for Home and Business - Inter Domain and Inter System Mobility - QoS Profiling and Pricing, end-to-end QoS - Security and AAA Aspects - Nomadic Services, Interface Management - Mobile ad-hoc Networks, Multihop Wireless Networks - Wireless Local Loop Technologies - Wireless Personal Area Networks - Software Radios - Enabling Technologies and Architectures, 3G and beyond - Service Development, Validation & Test - Service Creation and Discovery - Location-based Services - Middleware for Mobile Applications and Services - Mobile Multimedia - Performance of Mobile/Wireless Networks and Systems - Mobile Service Interworking - Context and Ambient Awareness - Cooperative Networks General Chair Nada Golmie NIST - National Institute of Standards, USA nada.golmie(a)nist.gov Program Chairs Torsten Braun University of Berne, Switzerland braun(a)iam.unibe.ch Jochen H. Schiller Freie University of Berlin, Germany schiller(a)inf.fu-berlin.de Local Arrangements Chair Ruy de Oliveira University of Berne, Switzerland oliveira(a)iam.unibe.ch Paper Submission Submit your complete papers electronically according to the instructions available at: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~rvs/events/ASWN_2003/instructions.html Papers must be in English in two-column format (A4), using font no smaller than 10 points and not exceed 10 pages. Complete postal and email addresses of the corresponding author are needed as well. Only PDF and Postscript formats will be accepted. Further information will be made available at the conference web site. If you have any difficulty in submitting your paper, please contact us via email to aswn2003(a)iam.unibe.ch. Prominent Papers The best papers of the workshop will be considered for publication in a special issue of Elsevier's Computer Communications Journal. Tutorial Proposals Proposals for tutorials including content description and CV of the presenter should be sent to the Local Arrangements Chair. Deadlines Paper and tutorial submission due: February 28, 2003 Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2003 Camera Ready due: May, 15, 2003 Sponsors - Swisscom (http://www.swisscom.com/pr/content/home/index_EN.html) - Whitestein Technologies (http://www.whitestein.com/) General Information Helpful information such as tourist places and directions to the workshop can be found on the workshop website.

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[Fwd: ASWN 2003]
by Lars Wolf 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ASWN 2003 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:10:45 +0100 From: Torsten Braun <braun(a)IAM.UNIBE.CH> Reply-To: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organization: Universität Bern To: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich möchte Sie nochmals auf unseren Workshop in Bern aufmerksam machen. Deadline für Beitragseinreichungen: 28.2.2003. Die besten Beiträge werden in einem Special Issue von Computer Communications veröffentlicht. mit freundlichen Grüssen Torsten Braun *********************************************************************** Call for Papers Third Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks (ASWN 2003) July 2-4, 2003 Berne, Switzerland http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~rvs/events/ASWN_2003 IEEE Communications Society Technically Co-Sponsored ************************************************************************ ASWN 2003 is the third workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks. The first two events were held in France, and in 2003 the workshop will take place in the capital of Switzerland. ASWN 2003 aims at investigating new developments in wireless networks focusing on applications and services. The workshop will provide three-day presentations of invited and regular papers from manufacturers, academia, and services providers. Tutorial sections will also be possibly organized. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: - Media Distribution over Wireless Networks - New Data Services for Wireless Network - Audio-visual Applications for Home and Business - Inter Domain and Inter System Mobility - QoS Profiling and Pricing, end-to-end QoS - Security and AAA Aspects - Nomadic Services, Interface Management - Mobile ad-hoc Networks, Multihop Wireless Networks - Wireless Local Loop Technologies - Wireless Personal Area Networks - Software Radios - Enabling Technologies and Architectures, 3G and beyond - Service Development, Validation & Test - Service Creation and Discovery - Location-based Services - Middleware for Mobile Applications and Services - Mobile Multimedia - Performance of Mobile/Wireless Networks and Systems - Mobile Service Interworking - Context and Ambient Awareness - Cooperative Networks General Chair Nada Golmie NIST - National Institute of Standards, USA nada.golmie(a)nist.gov Program Chairs Torsten Braun University of Berne, Switzerland braun(a)iam.unibe.ch Jochen H. Schiller Freie University of Berlin, Germany schiller(a)inf.fu-berlin.de Local Arrangements Chair Ruy de Oliveira University of Berne, Switzerland oliveira(a)iam.unibe.ch Paper Submission Submit your complete papers electronically according to the instructions available at: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~rvs/events/ASWN_2003/instructions.html Papers must be in English in two-column format (A4), using font no smaller than 10 points and not exceed 10 pages. Complete postal and email addresses of the corresponding author are needed as well. Only PDF and Postscript formats will be accepted. Further information will be made available at the conference web site. If you have any difficulty in submitting your paper, please contact us via email to aswn2003(a)iam.unibe.ch. Prominent Papers The best papers of the workshop will be considered for publication in a special issue of Elsevier's Computer Communications Journal. Tutorial Proposals Proposals for tutorials including content description and CV of the presenter should be sent to the Local Arrangements Chair. Deadlines Paper and tutorial submission due: February 28, 2003 Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2003 Camera Ready due: May, 15, 2003 Sponsors - Swisscom (http://www.swisscom.com/pr/content/home/index_EN.html) - Whitestein Technologies (http://www.whitestein.com/) General Information Helpful information such as tourist places and directions to the workshop can be found on the workshop website.

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CfP: HICSS Minitrack on Wireless Personal Area Networks
by Marc Bechler 14 Feb '03

14 Feb '03

---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Subject: [WMAN2002] CfP: HICSS Minitrack on Wireless Personal Area Networks Date: Freitag, 14. Februar 2003 10:01 From: Frank Kargl <frank.kargl(a)informatik.uni-ulm.de> To: wman2002(a)nathan.informatik.uni-ulm.de Liebe Kollegen, vielleicht arbeitet ja der eine oder andere von Ihnen auch im Bereich der Wireless Personal Area Networks. In diesem Fall würden wir uns über eine Einreichung zu angehängtem CfP freuen. MfG Frank Kargl -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Kargl Multimedia Computing, University of Ulm, Germany Mail:frank.kargl@informatik.uni-ulm.de http://www.uni-ulm.de/~fkargl/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the SOURCE, Luke ! I feel a great disturbance in the SOURCE. But beware of the Microsoft side of the SOURCE ! ------------------------------------------------------- -- Frank Paehlke Institut fuer Telematik Phone: +49 721 608-6398 Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH) Fax: +49 721 388097 D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany EMail: paehlke(a)tm.uka.de Our appologies if this is a duplicate ********************************************************************** Call for Papers Minitrack on Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Part of the Software Track at the Thirty-seventh Annual Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS37), Big Island of Hawaii, January 5-8, 2004 http://crystal.uta.edu/~zaruba/hicss37/ Optional but encouraged abstract submission deadline: March 31, 2003 Submission deadline: June 1, 2003 ********************************************************************** Overview: Wireless personal area networks (WPANs) are short to very short-range wireless networks that can be used to exchange information between devices in the reach of a person. WPANs can be used to replace cables between computers and their peripherals, to establish communities helping people do their everyday chores making them more productive, or to establish location aware services. It is predicted that not only will most PDAs, phones, laptops include WPAN technology but that the number of small WPAN enabled devices (e.g., pens, cameras, headsets, various sensors) will soon outnumber the computers on the Internet. The best example representing WPANs is the recent industry standard: Bluetooth, other examples include Spike (for real time gaming - proprietary technology), and in the broad sense HomeRF. The IEEE 802 committee has also realized the importance of short-range wireless networking and initiated the establishment of the IEEE 802.15 working group to standardize protocols and interfaces for wireless personal area networking. Another key issue is the inter-working of wireless technologies to create heterogeneous wireless networks. For instance, WPANs and WLANs will enable an extension of the third generation (3G) cellular networks (i.e., UMTS and cdma2000) into devices without direct cellular access thus pointing towards next generation wireless networking. Moreover, devices interconnected in a WPAN may be able to utilize a combination of 3G access and WLAN access by selecting the access that is best for the moment. In such networks 3G, WLAN and WPAN technologies do not compete against each other but enable the user to select the best connectivity for his/her purposes. Today, WPAN research covers a very broad area, starting from technical issues like automatic formation of networks or security issues and going up all the stack to the question what kind of applications will be used in WPANs. We expect that the availability of a cheap short-range wireless technology will further fuel research and development in what, where and most importantly how WPAN technologies could be used for. Minitrack chairs: Frank Kargl, University of Ulm, Germany (frank.kargl(a)informatik.uni-ulm.edu) Dr. Elaine Lawrence, University of Technology, Sydney (elaine(a)it.uts.edu.au) Prof. Gergely V. Záruba, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA (zaruba(a)uta.edu) Important Deadlines: March 31, 2003 Abstracts submitted for guidance and indication of appropriate content. June 1, 2003 Full papers submitted to Minitrack Chairs through the Minitrack's Website. August 31, 2003 Notice of accepted papers sent to Authors. October 1, 2003 Accepted manuscripts sent electronically to the publisher. Authors must be registered for the conference by this date. Submission Guidelines: Abstracts need to be submitted via email to Gergely Zaruba at: zaruba(a)uta.edu in pdf format only. For full paper submission instructions please read and follow the online submission instructions at the minitrack's web-site: http://crystal.uta.edu/~zaruba/hicss37/ (The final paper must be no longer than 10 pages, double-column, single spaced.) Scope: The minitrack will concentrate on completed or ongoing research in the area of wireless local area networking and wireless personal area networking (excluding manufacturing). Areas of interest include but are not limited to research in: - Protocols tailored to WPANs - QoS provisioning in WPANs - WPAN applications - Performance evaluation - TCP performance of WPANs - Bluetooth for ad hoc networks (scatternets) - Bluetooth performance evaluation - Routing in Bluetooth scatternets - Security issues of WPANs - IP over Bluetooth - Mobility management and seamless integration of WPANs - Interoperability, interference and co-existence of WPANs, WLANs and 3G networks - WPANs vs. WLANs - Caching in WPANs - Service discovery in WPANs - Integration and heterogeneous wireless infrastructures employing WPANs - WPAN specific applications

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[Fwd: 2nd Call for Papers - 1st Workshop on Applications of Wireless Communications (WAWC'03)]
by Lars Wolf 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 2nd Call for Papers - 1st Workshop on Applications of Wireless Communications (WAWC'03) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:28:21 +0200 (EET) From: Jenni Hyv{rinen <jhyvarin(a)lut.fi> Reply-To: wawc(a)lut.fi To: Undisclosed recipients: ; Apologies if you receive this note more than once. It was not intentional. If you wish to unsubscribe from the mailing list, please send an empty reply message to jhyvarin(a)lut.fi . ******************************************************************* 2nd Call for Papers 1st Workshop on Applications of Wireless Communications (WAWC'03) in conjunction with the 12th International Summer School on Telecommunications 7.8.2003 Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland ******************************************************************* www.it.lut.fi/WAWC ***Sponsored by: Lappeenranta University of Technology ***Important dates Paper submission due: 28.2.2003 Notification of acceptance: 15.4.2003 Revised papers due: 15.5.2003 ***Overview WAWC 2003 will highlight the latest research and developments in the wireless communication technologies with major emphasis on the applications of the wireless communications. This workshop is intended for researchers and professionals interested in the applicability of the wireless communications. This will be a one day workshop, featuring invited presentation and refereed paper presentations. ***Scope/Topics Applications on wireless communication should concentrate at one of the following topics. - Bluetooth - WLAN - Personal mobility - Personalization - Authentication - Interoperability - Mobile communication - Ad-hoc networking - Development issues of applications Applications areas where the wireless communication plays an important role WAWC'03 is NOT an appropriate forum for research focused narrowly on the physical, link or network layers. All papers are supposed to be related to the applications of the given topics. Please feel free to contact the program chair at WAWC(a)lut.fi to determine the appropriateness of the topic Best paper award Best paper award will be given for the best paper of the workshop. Best paper award is selected among the accepted papers according to the review statements. ***What to submit? Submission should be full papers, maximum of 10 single-spaced A4 pages, including figures, tables and references using point 11 font. A good paper demonstrates that - Application area presented is or will be of greater interest of majority - Wireless communication has a significant role in the solution - The realization of the application presents a new way of doing things ***Papers may be selected as: - Full papers (max. 10 pages) - Short papers (max. 5 pages) - Posters WAWC'03, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers must be original and are published only in this conference. Proceedings will be published in the series of Lappeenranta University of Technology. All selected papers must be paid in advance and presented in the conference. ***How to submit? All submissions for WAWC'03 will be electronic, in PDF format. Please, submit papers by sending them to WAWC(a)lut.fi . Authors will be notified of the receipt of submission via email. If you do not receive notification, contact WAWC(a)lut.fi . ***Registration material Complete program and registration information will be available in May 2003 on the Workshop Web site www.it.lut.fi/WAWC. The information will be in both html and a printable PDF file formats. ***More information For more information please view WAWC'03 homepage at http://www.it.lut.fi/WAWC or contact the program chair via email, WAWC(a)lut.fi .

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[sciconfer@cantv.net: Invitation to participate in SCI 2003]
by Joerg Diederich 13 Feb '03

13 Feb '03

------- Start of forwarded message ------- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:49:33 -0400 To: dieder(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de From: Nagib Callaos <sciconfer(a)cantv.net> Subject: Invitation to participate in SCI 2003 Dear Dr. Jorg Diederich: We are sorry to take some of your time, we think it would be interesting for you to know that we have extended the deadline, therefore, we send you once more, the invitation to participate in SCI 2003 and the respective Call For Papers, as follows: On behalf of the SCI 2003 Organizing Committee, I would like to invite you to participate in the Seventh World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, which will be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, from July 27-30, 2003. Therefore, I am sending you the respective Call for Papers. We are making emphasis on the area of Internet/Intranet/Extranet, mainly Web Information Systems and Internet Services which is related to your specific area. I would also like you to consider the possibility of organizing an invited session related to a topic of your research interest. You can find information about the suggested steps to organize an invited session in the Call for Papers and in the conference web page http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ . If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2003/ . If you are interested in organizing an invited session, please, fill the respective form provided in the conference web page, and we will send you a password, so you can include and modify papers in your invited session. Could you, please, deliver the Call for Papers I am sending you? If you need a detailed Call for Papers, don't hesitate in asking us for it. If the deadlines are tight and you need more time, let me know about a suitable time and I will inform you if it is feasible for us. Best regards, Professor Nagib Callaos General Chair SCI 2003 CALL FOR PAPERS THE 7th WORLD MULTI CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS SCI 2003 July 27 - 30, 2003 Orlando, Florida, USA Sheraton World http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ Honorary Presidents of Past Conferences: Bela Banathy, Stafford Beer and George Klir Program Committee Chair: William Lesso General Chair: Nagib Callaos Organizing Committee Chair: Belkis Sanchez MAJOR THEMES * Information Systems, Technologies and Applications * Communication and Network Systems, Technologies and Applications * Control Systems, Technologies and Applications * Computer Science and Engineering * Optical Systems, Technologies and Applications * Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing * Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering * Systemics ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC CO-SPONSORS · WOSC: World Organization of Systemics and Cybernetics (France) · The Centre for Systems Studies (UK) · System Society of Poland · Society Applied Systems Research (Canada) · Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society · Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela) · Polish System Society (Poland) · Italian Society of Systemics · ISSS: International Society for the Systems Sciences (USA) · ISI: The International Systems Institute (USA) · IFSR: International Federation for Systems Research (Austria/USA) · Cybernetics and Human Knowing: A Journal of Second Order Cybernetics and Cybersemiotics (Denmark) · Concurrency and Architecture Group of the Telematics Engineering Department of the University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria (Spain) · CUST, Engineer Science Institute of the Blaise Pascal University (France) · The Tunisian Scientific Society (Tunisia) · American Society for Cybernetics (Canada) · Laboratory of Research in Computacional Intelligence department of Informatica Universidad Nacional de San Luis (Argentina) · ANS (Academy of non-linear Sciences, RUSSIA) ACADEMIC/SCIENTIFIC/PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL CO-SPONSORSHIP · Wolfram Research, Inc. (USA) TECHNICAL CO - SPONSOR · IEEE, Computer Society (Chapter: Venezuela) · Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences · National Research Council of Canada ORGANIZED BY THE IIIS The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION Those interested in participating in: · The Organization of Invited Session(s) · The Organization of Focus Symposium · The Reviewing Process · The Conference Promotion · Recommending Scholars/Researchers in order to have an active participation and/or submit the papers · Proposing Organizations/Institutes/Universities as Academic/Scientific Co-sponsors. Please, enter to the conference web page: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ , and fill the respective form. If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2003/ . If you have any problems linking to the conference web pages, or you need to send or receive additional information, contact: jcastellano(a)iiis.org. PARTICIPANTS Participation of both, researchers and practitioners is strongly encouraged. Papers may be submitted on: research in science and engineering, case studies drawn on professional practice and consulting, and position papers based on large and rich experience gained through executive/managerial practices and decision-making. For this reason, the Program Committee is conformed according to the criteria given above. TYPES OF SUBMISSION ACCEPTED 1. Papers · Research · Review · Position · Report 2. Panel Presentation, Workshop and/or Round Table Proposals 3. New Topics and Invited Sessions Proposals (which should include a minimum of 5 papers) 4. Focus Symposia (which should include a minimum of 15 papers) EXTENDED ABSTRACTS AND PAPER DRAFTS SUBMISSION FORM Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent taking into account the following: 1. Major theme of the paper, related to the major themes given above. 2. Paper title. 3. Extended abstract of 500 to 1500 words and/or paper drafts of 2000 to 5000 words, in English. 4. Authors and/or co-authors with names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent to the conference web page: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ , filling the respective form and uploading the respective paper or extended abstract. If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2003/ . If the conference web pages are not accessible for you, you can also make your submission by e-mail, attaching it to the following e-mail addresses: nacallao(a)telcel.net.ve, ncallaos(a)telcel.net.ve and sciconfer(a)cantv.net. DEADLINES March 14, 2003: Submission of extended abstracts (500-1500 words) or paper drafts (2000-5000 words). March 14, 2003: Invited session proposals. May 09, 2003: Acceptance notifications. May 21, 2003: Submission of camera-ready papers: hard copies and electronic versions. PAPERS REVIEWING AND PUBLICATION Submitted papers will be reviewed. Accepted papers, which should not exceed six single-spaced typed pages, will be published by means of paper and electronic proceedings. Best papers will be selected for awards and might be recommended for journal publications. Multiple author books will be published by IIIS based on, the best-invited sessions, the best focus symposia or the best mini-conferences and the topic of the papers. INVITED SESSIONS Based on past conferences experience, we suggest the following steps in order to organize an invited session: 1)Identify a special topic in the scope of SCI 2003, and the invited session title. 2) Fill the invited session organization form, provided in the conference web page http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ and fill the respective form. If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2003 . If you dont have access to the web, please, contact the SCI 2003 Secretariat to the following e-mails: jcastellano(a)iiis.org 3) If the identified topic is suitable, the General Chair will accept the proposal, and you will receive an acceptation by e-mail, in few days. This acceptation is not a final approval of the proposed session, but a pre-approval. The final approval will depend on identifying at least five papers for the proposed session and informing, at least, about their titles. With this acceptation: a) the proposed session will be included in the conference web page as well as its organizer and the chairs names, and b) its organizer will be able to announce his/her invited session in the context of SCI 2003, by any media that he/she thinks appropriated, such as: Web page, hard copy call for papers, call for papers attached to e-mails, etc. 4) Contact researchers and/or practitioners in your field to see if they can contribute a paper to your proposed session and attend at SCI 2003. 5) Collect the extended abstracts or the paper drafts from each prospective participant. 6) Write a summary (1-2 page) with the main objectives, which must be related to the invited/selected papers. 7) As soon as you have 5 papers, you will complete the form regarding the invited session papers, provided in the conference web page http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ or http://www.iiis.org/sci2003 . 8) Step 7 will take your invited session to the status of an approved one if the papers fulfil all the requirements (i.e. quality). All the approved invited sessions will be included in the SCI 2003 conference program. 9) In order to obtain a more diverse and variety opinions, do not accept more than 2 papers from the same author, unless his/her co-author will be the one who will present the additional paper. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Integrated by (319) prestigious scholars/researchers from 54 countries: Details can be found in the conference web page: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ . CONFERENCE FEES The conference fees will be $370 before the deadline, and $420 after the deadline. This fee will include exclusively: * A CD-ROM version of the Proceedings * One volume of the hard copy version of the Conference Proceedings. (Other volumes will be available with a 40% of discount for participants) * Coffee breaks * Welcome Reception Each registration fee might include just one paper, which presentation will be included in the conference program and published in the conference proceedings. Any other expenses must be afforded/provided by the participants. The registration fee does not include any post-conference services. There will be additional shipping and handling costs for those registered authors who, for unforeseen reasons, could not go to the conference. Any post-conference administrative requirements will be charged $20 per staff hour required to elaborate such a requirement, with a minimum of $10. Post-conference requirements will have their own deadline, which in no case will be more than three months, after the last day of the conference. AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT The only audiovisual equipment provided for most meetings will be an overhead projector and a screen. Video projection or any other equipment, if needed, will have to be supplied by the presenter. USA Tel/Fax: +1 (407) 856-6274 Venezuela Tel/Fax (office): +58 (212) 962-1519 Conference Secretariat nacallao(a)telcel.net.ve ncallaos(a)telcel.net.ve sciconfer(a)cantv.net. Details can be found at the Conference web page: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ . Answers to specific questions can also be requested by e-mail. ------- End of forwarded message ------- Hallo, Grüße, /Jörg

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