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[Tccc] PIMRC 2008 - 1 week deadline extension
by Mischa Dohler 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Dear all, I have received numerous requests to extend the submission deadline for IEEE PIMRC 2008. We have hence decided to leave EDAS open for another week. Please submit your paper by Monday 10th March, which is a hard deadline. Looking forward to receiving you in Cannes, Mischa Dohler TPC Chair _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] EURASIPS-JWCN Special Issue on Fairness in RRM
by Zhu Han 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Fairness in Radio Resource Management for Wireless Networks. Call for Papers (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/si/fair-rrm.html) Radio resource management (RRM) techniques (such as admission control, scheduling, sub-carrier allocation, channel assignment, power allocation, and rate control) are essential for maximizing the resource utilization and providing quality of service (QoS) in wireless networks. In many cases, the performance metrics (e.g., overall throughput) can be optimized if opportunistic algorithms are employed. However, opportunistic RRM techniques always favor advantaged users who have good channel conditions and/or low interference levels. The problem becomes even worse when the wireless terminals have low mobility since the channel conditions become slowly varying (or even static), which might lead to long-term unfairness. The problem of fair resource allocation is more challenging in multihop wireless networks (e.g., mesh and multihop cellular networks). The performance fairness can be introduced as one of the QoS requirements (e.g., as a condition on the minimum throughput per user). Fair RRM schemes might penalize advantaged users; hence, there should be a tradeoﬀ between the overall system performance and the fairness requirements. We are soliciting high-quality unpublished research papers addressing the problem of fairness of RRM techniques in wireless communication systems. Topics include (but are not limited to): ò Fairness of scheduling schemes in wireless networks ò Tradeoﬀ between maximizing the overall throughput and achieving throughput fairness ò RRM fairness: problem definition and solution techniques ò Fairness performance in emerging wireless systems (WiMAX, ad hoc networks, mesh networks, etc.) ò Cross-layer RRM design with fairness ò Short-term and long-term fairness requirements ò Adaptive RRM to support fairness ò Fairness in cooperative wireless communications ò Issues and approaches for achieving fairness in multihop wireless networks ò RRM framework and QoS architecture ò Complexity and scalability issues ò Experimental and implementation results and issues ò Fairness in multiple-antenna transmission/reception systems ò Fairness in end-to-end QoS provisioning Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due July 1, 2008 First Round of Reviews October 1, 2008 Publication Date January 1, 2009 Guest Editors Mohamed Hossam Ahmed, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. JohnÆs, NF, Canada A1B 3V6; mhahmed(a)engr.mun.ca Alagan Anpalagan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C5; alagan(a)ee.ryerson.ca Kwang-Cheng Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; chenkc(a)cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw Zhu Han, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Boise State University Boise, Idaho, USA; zhuhan(a)boisestate.edu EkramHossain, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba,Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2; ekram(a)ee.umanitoba.ca _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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ACM SenSys 2008: Call for Papers
by Thiemo Voigt 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

*** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CfP *** ============================================================================ ACM SenSys 2008: Call for Papers The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems November 5-7, 2008 Raleigh, NC, USA http://sensys.acm.org/2008/ ============================================================================ The 6th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the area of embedded, networked sensors. Distributed systems based on networked sensors and actuators with embedded computation capabilities enable an instrumentation of the physical world at an unprecedented scale and density, thus enabling a new generation of monitoring and control applications. This conference provides an ideal venue to address the research challenges facing the design, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensor networks require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, distributed systems, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work. We particularly encourage papers that extend the scope of the conference beyond wireless mote-class sensor networks and we seek contributions from a broad range of sensing-related fields, such as actuator networks, RFID applications, mobile ad-hoc networks, camera networks, and others. We seek technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Sensor network architecture and protocols * Rich sensor systems leveraging RFID, mobile devices (e.g., cell phones), cameras, robotics, etc. * Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits * Sensor network planning, provisioning, calibration and deployment * Deployment experience and testbeds * Experimental methods, including measurement, simulation, and emulation infrastructure * Programming methodology * Operating systems * Sensor network algorithms such as localization, routing, time synchronization, clustering, topology control, and coverage control algorithms * Failure resilience and fault isolation * Energy management * Data, information, and signal processing * Data storage and management * Distributed actuation and control * Applications * Security and privacy * Integration with back-end systems such as web-based information systems, process control, and enterprise software Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University; Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin Sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, SIGARCH, SIGOPS, SIGMETRICS and SIGBED; with support from NSF. Important dates: * Paper Registration and Abstract: April 7, 2008, 5pm US Eastern Time * Paper Submission Deadline: April 14, 2008, 5pm US Eastern Time * Notification of Paper Acceptance: July 18, 2008 * Camera Ready Paper Copy: August 25, 2008 All deadlines are firm; we will not honor extensions. Papers must be original, unpublished work not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF format, fitting length and formatting guidelines as directed on the submission webpage. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The review process is double-blind and hence, all submissions must be anonymized. Selected papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. For submission details, see the conference web site. Demos: Demonstrations showing innovative research and applications are solicited. SenSys is very interested in demonstrations of technology, platforms, and applications of sensor systems. Abstracts of accepted demos will be published in the SenSys conference proceedings. Submissions from both industry and academia are encouraged. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for demos with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Posters: Posters showing exciting early work on sensor systems are solicited. Areas of interest are the same as those listed in the technical call for papers. While the poster need not describe completed work, it should report on research for which at least preliminary results are available. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for posters with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Workshops: Workshop proposals are highly encouraged in emerging areas related to sensor networks. A call for workshop proposals will be posted on the SenSys website. Organization: General Chair: Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Program Co-Chairs: Margaret Martonosi (Princeton) and Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin) Poster Co-Chairs: Philippe Bonnet (U. Copenhagen) and Tian He (U Minnesota) Demo Co-Chairs: Kamin Whitehouse (U Virginia) and Yunhao Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Local Arrangements Chair: Injong Rhee (North Carolina State University) Publicity Co-Chairs: Thiemo Voigt (Swedish Institute of Computer Science), Liqian Luo (Microsoft Research), and Yoshito Tobe (Tokyo Denki University) Sponsorship Chair: Matt Welsh (Harvard) Web Chair: Ying Zhang (PARC) Registration Chair: Peter Corke (CSIRO ICT Centre) Finance Chair: Jie Liu (Microsoft Research) Workshop Chair: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth) Student Award Chair: Sam Madden (MIT) Publication Chair: Joe Polastre (Sentilla) Steering Committee Chair: Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth)

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[Tccc] ICNP 2008: Call for papers
by Ramana Kompella 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

[Sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] CALL FOR PAPERS ICNP 2008 16th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Orlando, Florida October 19-22, 2008 ICNP 2008, the sixteenth IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, is a conference covering all aspects of network protocols, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. ICNP 2008 will be held in Orlando, Florida, on October 19-22, 2008. Papers with significant research contributions to the field of network protocols are solicited for submission. Papers cannot be previously published nor under review by another conference or journal. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Protocol testing, analysis, design and implementation 2. Measurement and monitoring of protocols 3. Protocols designed for specific functions, such as: routing, flow and congestion control, QoS, signaling, security, network management, or resilience 4. Protocols designed for specific networks, such as: wireless and mobile networks, Ad hoc and sensor networks, virtual networks, and ubiquitous networks Papers must deal specifically with protocols. Papers of general networking nature where protocols are only a secondary focus will be considered only if they are of exceptional high quality and only a very limited number of such papers will be included in the technical program. ICNP will select an accepted full paper for the best paper award. For the first time, ICNP is using a double-blind review process. The identity of authors and referees will not be revealed to each other. To ensure blind reviewing, authors names and affiliations should not appear in the paper; bibliographic references should be made in such a way as to preserve author anonymity. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract registration: April 19, 2008 11:59 PM EDT Paper submission: April 25, 2008 11:59 PM EDT Notification of acceptance: July 29, 2008 Camera ready version: September 5, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: David Lee, Ohio State University, USA (chair) Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech, USA Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky, USA Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan Raymond Miller, University of Maryland, USA GENERAL CHAIRS: Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University, USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, Austin, USA PROGRAM CHAIRS: Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS: Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, USA Cliff Zou, University of Central Florida, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR: Kamil Sarac, University of Texas at Dallas, USA PUBLICITY CHAIRS: Ramana Rao Kompella, Purdue University, USA James Minseok Kwon, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA WEB CHAIR: Ossama Younis, Telcordia Applied Research, USA STEERING COMMITTEE: Simon Lam, University of Texas, USA David Lee, Ohio State University, USA Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech, USA Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky, USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, USA Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan Mike T. Liu, Ohio State University, USA Raymond Miller, University of Maryland, USA Krishan Sabnani, Bell Labs, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE: See Web site. FURTHER INFORMATION: Web site: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/fahmy/icnp2008/ E-mail: icnp2008(a)cs.purdue.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP - IEEE CCNC 2009
by John Buford 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

IEEE CCNC 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE 2009 11 - 13 January 2009, Harrah's Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference - the 6th annuall international conference - brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking. IEEE CCNC 2009, sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, will present the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as middleware), and novel applications and services. We invite you to submit papers for IEEE CCNC's Technical Program in the following areas of consumer communications and networking: + Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics + Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks + Entertainment & Multimedia Networking + Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery + Emerging Applications & Pervasive Technolgies + Security for CE Communications For a list of potential topics and submission requirements, visit www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 Important Technical Program Deadlines: Technical Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Acceptance Notification: 12 September 2008 Camera Ready Artwork: 10 October 2008 _____________________________________________________________ Submissions are also welcomed for Special Sessions, Workshops, Short Papers, Tutorials, Demonstrations, and Technical Panels. Special Sessions Due: 23 May 2008 Workshops Due: 23 May 2008 Short Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Tutorials Due: 15 August 2008 Demonstrations Due: 12 September 2008 Technical Panels Due: 17 September 2008 For more information on these specialized tracks, visit www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 __________________________________________________________ Reach hundreds of engineers, marketing and product design specialists, and executives in the consumer networking, consumer electronics, and consumer content-provider fields. Showcase your brand to the most influential engineering audience in consumer electronics. Patron status maximizes your company's exposure and enhances your company's reputation. See the IEEE CCNC website for patron opportunities! www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009 _________________________________________________________ Honorary Chair K. T. Lee, CTO Samsung Group, Korea General Co-Chairs Simon Gibbs and Alan Messer Samsung, USA Technical Program Chair John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA TPC Vice-Chairs Track: Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics R. Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Track: Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State University, USA Track: Entertainment and Multimedia Networking Zhu Li, Motorola Labs, USA Track: Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany Track: Emerging Applications and Pervasive Technologies Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany Security for CE Communications Chi-Sung Laih, National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China Workshop Chair Kurt Tutschku, NICT, Japan Special Sessions Chair Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Short Papers Chair Florence Kolberg, University of Strathclyde, UK Tutorial Chairs Dr. Frank den Hartog, TNO, The Netherlands Dr. V. Prasad, Delft U. of Technology Technology Applications Panels Chair Shoshana Loeb, Telcordia, USA Demonstration Chairs Andreas Heiner, Nokia, Finland Subir Saha, Motorola India Research Lab, Bangalore _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] CFP-Iterative Decoding and Cross-Layering Techniques for Multimedia Broadcasting and Communications
by Massimiliano Laddomada 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

%%% Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement %%%% Hindawi - International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdmb/ Call for Papers Iterative Decoding and Cross-Layering Techniques for Multimedia Broadcasting and Communications The explosive growth of multimedia applications over the Internet and the ever-increasing users' demands over commercial terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting all over the world call for efficient physical and cross-layer techniques able to mitigate the potential problems limiting broadband services over wireless networks. In this scenario, mobile multimedia is expected to be one of the key services of future wireless mobile networks. Meanwhile, recent advances in digital communications have paved the way to a variety of standards aimed at providing multimedia services over terrestrial broadband networks. To cite but a few, DVB-H, T-DVB, T-DMB, wireless LANs, and wireless MANs are some of the most recent standards enabling such technology. Iterative decoding techniques for both source, channel, and joint source-channel coding and decoding and cross-layering techniques have proven to be very effective for providing a viable means of achieving capacity-approaching performance at very reduced computational burden. The main aim of this special issue is to highlight state-of-the-art techniques on the most recent research advances enabling digital multimedia services over broadband wireless networks, focused on physical and cross-layering solutions. Novel contributions, previously unpublished, that are not being submitted to any other journal, are sought. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following subject categories: Iterative decoding techniques for concatenated channel codes (turbo codes and serially concatenated codes) Iterative decoding techniques for joint source-channel decoding Novel capacity-approaching channel codes: coding strategies and efficient decoding algorithms Cross-layer modelling/analysis and optimization techniques Standardization activities on digital multimedia broadcasting protocols Space-time coding and decoding Novel MIMO solutions for counteracting multipath mobile channels Channel estimation and equalization Improved channel equalization techniques for SIMO and MIMO systems Experimental testbeds Hardware Implementation and SoC solutions Authors should follow the International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdmb Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due: April 1, 2008 First Round of Reviews: July 1, 2008 Publication Date: November 1, 2008 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[MediaWiN 2008] - Deadline is today!
by Periklis Chatzimisios 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Third Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2008) (http://mediaWiN.it.teithe.gr) July 6th, 2008 Marrakech, Morocco organized in association with the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008) (http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008) Scope Fortified by the success of the previous experience, the third edition of the MediaWiN Workshop will be again organized in association with the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008). MediaWiN 2008 is an open forum, which aims at promoting interaction and discussion between the Workshop contributors. The event offers the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals, and academics around the world to meet, present their work, and discuss the latest advances in multimedia systems, services, and applications over wireless networks. Topics of Interest Starting with a rigorous review process in which each submitted paper will receive at least three independent peer reviews, including one from a TPC member, we expect the Workshop to provide relevant and knowledgeable feedback that will assist all authors to significantly enhance the quality of their work. The focal topics of the Workshop include: Multimedia Services Design and Characterization - Cooperative multimedia services - Health care, safety and emergency oriented multimedia services - Emerging and visionary multimedia applications for wireless networks Mathematical Models for Multimedia Applications - Mathematical models for multimedia traffic sources - Mathematical quality metrics for multimedia services - Models and tools for the simulation of multimedia traffic sources Experimentation: Testbeds, Field Trials and Empirical Results - Design and implementation of testbeds for multimedia over wireless - Filed trials, experimental measurements and results - Measurements-based models for multimedia over wireless - Testing of protocols and standards for multimedia over wireless Multimedia Services over Resource-constrained Wireless Networks (WSN, WPAN) - Energy efficiency issues in protocols for multimedia over wireless sensor networks - Scheduling and link adaptation techniques - Resilience to node failures and network topology variations - Low complexity cross layer techniques for multimedia over WSN or WPAN Multimedia Services over Wireless LAN, WAN and Ad-hoc Networks - Car-to-car and road-to-car multimedia communications in vehicular networks - Protocols for multimedia support and provisioning over mesh and heterogeneous networks - Context aware techniques for enhancing multimedia service support - Design and improvements of MAC service differentiation solutions - Mobility and handoff management - Security issues in wireless multimedia applications - Multimedia traffic charging and accounting techniques Emerging Standards and Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications - Recent work in standardization fora, including IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.21 - New network architectures for wireless communications (IEEE 802.11v, CAPWAP) - Compression techniques, standards and evaluation Important Dates Submission of research papers due: *March 2*, 2008 Notification of paper acceptance: March 30, 2008 Submission of camera-ready papers due: April 12, 2008 Workshop date: July 6, 2008 Paper submission Papers should contain original material and not be previously published,or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE proceedings style and must be submitted by March 2, 2008. Accepted papers up to 6 pages in the IEEE double-column proceedings format will be published with no additional charge. To submit a paper, please follow the instructions on the Workshop web site; submission will be based on the EDAS conference management system (http://edas.info/). The Workshop Proceedings will be part of the ISCC 2008 Proceedings and will be available on IEEE Xplore. Organizing Committee Workshop Co-Chairs: Kostas Pentikousis, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Co-Chairs: Andrea Zanella, University of Padova, Italy Ilenia Tinnirello, University of Palermo, Italy Vasileios Vitsas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee Rui Aguiar ( University of Aveiro, Portugal) Leonardo Badia (IMT Lucca, Italy) Hussein Badr (Stony Brook University, USA) Albert Banchs (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) Paolo Bellavista (University og Bologna, Italy) Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) Luciano Bononi (University of Bologna, Italy) Anthony Boucouvalas (University of Peloponnese, Greece) Christos Bouras (University of Patras and RACTI, Greece) Raffaele Bruno (Institute for Informatics & Telematics, Italy) Hind Castel (Inst. National des Télécommunications, France) Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, Korea) Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Ehab Elmallah (University of Alberta, Canada) Ladan Gharai (USC Information Sciences Institute, USA) Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy) Ibrahim Habib (City University of New York, USA) Stathes Hadjiefthymiades (University of Athens, Greece) George Karetsos (CTR of Thessaly, Greece) Ferhat Khendek (Concordia University, Canada) Adlen Ksentini (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France) Lambros Lambrinos (Cyprus Univ. of Technology, Cyprus) Michael Logothetis (University of Patras, Greece) Stefan Mangold (Swisscom, Switzerland) Ioannis Mavridis (University of Macedonia, Greece) Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece) Roberto Riggio (University of Trento, Italy) Michele Rossi (University of Padova, Italy) Susana Sargento (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Luca Scalia (University of Palermo, Italy) Antonio Servetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Pietro Zanuttigh (University of Padova, Italy) Gil Zussman (Columbia University, USA) Web Chair: Vasileios Lourdas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Researcher in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki GR-57400, Thessaloniki (GREECE) Phone: +30 2310-791604 Fax: +30 2310-791290 Email: peris(a)it.teithe.gr, pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~peris ------------------------------------------------ PIMRC 2008: http://www.pimrc2008.org MediaWiN 2008: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr CSNDSP 2008: http://www.csndsp.com

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[Researchers] 12th IEEE/ACM DS-RT´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 27-29/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

======================================================== Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers DS-RT 2008 12th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2008/ October 27-29, 2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada * IEEE/ACM pending upon Approval ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** Scope In its twelth anniversary, the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2008) will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in conjunction with the 11th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008). **** Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2008 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2008 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments, pervasive and ubiquitous application scenarios, motor-, controller-, sensor- and actuator systems. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2008 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. **** Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Paradigms, Methodology and Software Architectures for Large Scale Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (like e.g. Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web and Grid based Simulation) o- Paradigms, Modelling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with hard and soft Real-Time Contstraints o- Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Systems (like e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS) o- Theoretical Foundations of Large Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models (Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time, Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination) o- Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (like e.g. Industrial, Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Systems) o- Performance and Validation of Large Scale and Distributed Simulations (like e.g., benchmarking and analytical results, empirical studies; DIS, HLA/RTI studies; o- Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces, Network Protocols and Model Repositiories that address Very Large Simulations o- Data Management and Distribution Issues, Interest Management, Semantic Modeling, Multi-resolution Modeling, Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms o- Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints o- Simulation based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems (like e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through Immersive Environments, Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Telepresence Systems and Shared Workspaces, Shared Interaction Spaces, Shared Object Manipulation) o- Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (like e.g., Generic Animation, Visual Interactive Modeling, Interactive Computer Based Training and Learning; Scientific Visualization; High-End Computer Graphics; o- Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Comuter Interaction Issues raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems o- Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems (like e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible Interaction, Embedded Interaction, o- Emerging Simulation Challenges (like e.g. Growth of Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility, Airtraffic, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities, Global Wireless Communication, Privacy Preserving Access, etc.) **** Important dates Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2008 Camera Ready version due: August 1, 2008 Symposium presentation: October 27-29, 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY **** Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Genaral information regarding submission can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2008/ Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE press. Questions from authors may be directed to the General Chair or one of the PC Co-Chairs. **** Organizing Committee General Chair: David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK Program Co-Chairs: Alois Ferscha Johannes Kepler University at Linz, Austria Abdulmotaleb El Saddik School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Canada Demo Chair Emiliano Casalicchio, University of Roma, Italy Poster Chair Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Steering Committee Chair Azzedine Boukerche, University of ottawa, Canada Webmaster and System co-Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

============================================================================= CALL-FOR-PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium www.ieee-globecom.org/2008 November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================= TPC Co-Chairs: Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nirwan.Ansari(a)njit.edu Prof. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca SCOPE Multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that form temporary networks. Ad hoc wireless networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of control, ownership, and regulatory influence. The last few years have witnessed a wealth of research ideas on ad hoc and sensor networks that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. Such networks can be randomly and rapidly deployed and reconfigured and easily tailored to specific applications including entertainment, civilian, military, etc. Moreover, an ad hoc architecture is highly robust to node failure and can provide a high-level of fault tolerance due to nodal redundancy and its distributed nature. Furthermore, energy efficiency can be achieved through multi-hop routing communication. Bandwidth reuse can also benefit from dividing the single long range hop to multiple short hops with each hop having a shorter range. Several challenges face are standing in the way to achieving ubiquitous deployment of ad hoc and sensor networks. These include variable topology, device heterogeneity, limited power supply and the lack of effective energy-efficient design, lack of QoS and application support, etc. This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at http://edas.info/ Topics of Interest You are invited to submit original technical papers covering but not limited to the following topics. . Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Autonomic Networking . Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices . Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms . Topology Control and Management . Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management . Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing . MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing . Cryptography and Security Issues in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Distributed Algorithms . Pricing Modeling and Solutions . Pervasive and Wearable Computing . Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks . Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks . Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks . Cross-layer Design and Interactions . Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks . Security and Privacy Issues for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] 11th ACM/IEE MSWiM´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 26-30/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th ACM/IEEE* MSWiM 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The 11th ACM/IEEE* International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada October 26 - 30, 2008 http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A special issue With Internaltional Journal - Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 27-31, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. Note: A special issue With Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 2008 Poster/Demos/Tools Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2008 Workshop submission deadline March 30, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair: Sotiris Nikoletseas, CTI/University of Patras, Greece General Vice Chair: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Program Committee Co-Chairs: Brahim Bensaou, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Tutorial Co-Chairs: Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia Workshop Chair: Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, SQU and University of Glasgow, UK Poster Co-Chairs: Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Demo/Tools Co-Chairs: Kemal E. Tepe, University of Windsor, Canada David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh, USA Web/Master Co-Chairs: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy MarcoDi-Felici, University of Bologna, Italy Registration Chair Khalil El-Khatib, UOIT, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Tccc] MobiQuitous 2008 - One week to paper registration, two weeks to submission
by Cristian Borcea 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) July 21-25, 2008, Dublin, Ireland http://www.mobiquitous.org Sponsored by ICST Technically-sponsored by Create-Net and ACM-SIGMOBILE IMPORTANT DATES Workshop proposals: March 1, 2008 Paper registration: March 8, 2008 Paper submission: March 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2008 Camera-ready version: May 18, 2008 THEME Combinations of mobile and ubiquitous computing are becoming increasingly present in our daily life. Through the use of mobile devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment, users can be provided with transparent computing and communication services at all times and in all places. The complexity of providing such services stems from the fact that the communication devices and the objects with which they interact may both be mobile. Their implementation requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services, and an understanding of the cross-layer interactions between all of these components. The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) will provide a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact and exchange experiences needed to build successful ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include systems, applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing. TOPICS OF INTEREST Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. Technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working system are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Ubiquitous architectures, systems and applications - Wearable computing and personal area networks - Wireless technologies (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi, WiMAX) - Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems - Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous computing - Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless networks - Wireless/mobile service management and delivery - Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems - Service and knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms - Location-based services and tracking in ubiquitous environments - Context- and location-aware applications - Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems - Context modeling, services and frameworks - Toolkits, testbeds, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing - Rapid prototyping of ubiquitous applications - Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing - Mobile and ubiquitous data management and processing - Data replication, migration and dissemination in ubiquitous environments - Queries, transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous environments - Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Paper submission will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 10 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. PUBLICATION All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal. WORKSHOPS Several workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. The purpose of these workshops is to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related to mobile and ubiquitous systems. Proposals for workshops should be at most four pages in length and should be submitted to the workshop co-chairs by March 1, 2008. ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Vinny Cahill, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net Program Chair Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University, USA Workshop Co-Chairs Christian Becker, Universitat Mannheim, Germany Fabian E. Bustamante, Northwestern University, USA Posters Chair Dean Eckles, Nokia Research, USA Demonstrations Co-Chairs Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan Alan Messer, Samsung Electronics, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Cristian Borcea, NJIT, USA Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jean Bacon, University of Cambridge, UK Christian Becker, Universitat Mannheim, Germany Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guohong Cao, Penn State University Dean Eckles, Nokia Research, USA Jonathan Engelsma, Motorola, Inc. Joseph B. Evans, University of Kansas, USA Tao Gu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Jonna Hakkila, Nokia Research, Finland Y. Charlie Hu, Purdue University Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland Sharad Mehrotra, University of California at Irvine Alan Messer, Samsung Electronics, USA Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech Daniel Mosse', University of Pittsburgh Matt Mutka, Michigan State University Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan Jason Nieh, Columbia University Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea Kishore Ramachandran, Georgia Tech Tinku Rasheed, Create-Net Stefan Saroiu, University of Toronto, Canada Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky Anand Tripathi, University of Minnesota _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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DeLFI 2008: Beitragseinreichung noch bis 15.03.
by info＠delfi2008.de 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

======================================================================= DeLFI 2008 Die 6. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik Lübeck, 7.-10. September 2008 http://www.delfi2008.de/ ======================================================================= _ E i n r e i c h u n g s f r i s t _ _ v e r l ä n g e r t _ Die Frist zur Einreichung von Beiträgen zur DeLFI 2008 wurde verlängert bis zum 15. März 2008 Uns erreichten viele Anfragen für eine Verlängerung, da mehrere Deadlines für Veranstaltungen und Förderprogramme gleichzeitig enden. Darüber hinaus gab es leider technische Probleme auf Seiten des Providers für unsere Domain delfi2008.de -- viele Emails an die Tagungsleitung konnten nicht termingerecht zugestellt werden. Wir bitten dies zu entschuldigen! Die Einreichung ist weiterhin online über die Website der Tagung möglich. Bereits registrierte Beiträge können Sie bis zum Ablauf der verlängerten Frist editieren bzw. Dateien neu hochladen. Die Einreichungsrichtlinien sowie weitere Details zum CfP finden Sie auf der Website der Tagung. Die Frist zur Einreichung von Workshop Proposals ist von der Verlängerung nicht betroffen. ------- Kontakt ------- Prof. Dr. Stefan Fischer (Universität zu Lübeck) Prof. Dr. Silke Seehusen (Fachhochschule Lübeck) Dr. Ulrike Lucke (Universität Rostock) -- Program Co-Chairs -- Email: info(a)delfi2008.de Web: http://www.delfi2008.de/ Skype: delfi2008 =======================================================================

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[Tccc] [CAMPUS08] 2nd Call for papers
by Hassine Moungla 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International DisCoTec Workshop on Context-aware Adaptation Mechanisms for Pervasive and Ubiquitous Services Tuesday 3rd June 2008 Oslo, Norway http://discotec08.ifi.uio.no/Campus08 Overview. There is a huge market potential for mobile applications in Europe today. Most people already carry a mobile device of some sort wherever they go, and an increasingly diverse set of devices (PDAs, smart phones, GPS, etc.) are becoming widely available. Recently, service- orientations (e.g., OSGi) have evolved to address these highly dynamic environments. However, it is still technically difficult, using existing method and tool supports, to create such services-oriented applications. For example, the very large range of devices, types of infrastructure, ways in which it can change, situations in which users can find themselves, and the functions they want, introduce great complexity and pose considerable technical challenges. To overcome these difficulties, and promote the development and widespread deployment of innovative mobile applications, more and more projects are addressing the development of context-aware adaptation mechanisms for leveraging the development of mobile applications. These projects aims at providing simple but powerful integrated approaches to support the development of applications interacting in pervasive and ubiquitous environments. Thus, the CAMPUS workshop will focus on the promising approaches in the domain of context-aware adaptation mechanisms supporting the dynamic evolution of the execution context (e.g., network/device/service failures). Research Topics The workshop will address an extensive set of topics related to adaptation mechanisms for context-aware services. The following contributions will be particularly welcome:- Context-awareness mechanisms for distributed systems: - How to capture the relevant contextual properties of a distributed system? - How to support the distribution of the context information in an efficient manner? - How to enforce the security and privacy issues for context data? - How to describe ontologies for context management? - How to map context-awareness to situation-awareness using context reasoning? - Adaptation mechanisms for distributed systems: - How to represent the adaptation knowledge of a distributed system? - How to reason about pieces of software that need to be adapted in a distributed manner? - How to reconfigure a distributed system with respect to the dynamic nature of the environment? - How to deal with anticipated versus unanticipated adaptation? - How to integrate human/computer interaction issues in adaptive systems? - How to ensure robustness and transactional adaptations? - Innovative applications of context-awareness and adaptation mechanisms: - Experiences in developing context-aware and adaptive applications and services, - Testing and validation of adaptive applications and services, - Development methodology for adaptive applications and services, - Tool support for context-aware adaptation mechanisms and adaptive services, - Design of platforms and infrastructures supporting context-aware adaptation mechanisms, - New domains of applications for context-aware and adaptive applications and services. Important dates Paper Submission: March 20, 2008 Paper Notification: May 01, 2008 Camera Ready: May 15, 2008 Workshop: June 03, 2008 Workshop Format The workshop will be organised as a one-day event, consisting of a series of sessions, each devoted to the presentation of papers belonging to a common domain. Each session will end with a mini-panel between the presenters, led by the session chair or a pre-selected devilâEUR^(TM)s advocate. This format has been found to lead to lively and productive discussions. The workshop will include a special session for the presentation of posters and demos of ongoing research efforts and software prototypes. The workshop will conclude with a panel, moderated by one of the organizers, to discuss open issues and future trends in the field, with the aim of wrapping up the overall contributions of the event. Submission & Publication Selection of workshop participants will be based on the submission of a paper, poster or demo. Moreover, other participants may be invited by the organizing committee. Thus, the CAMPUS program committee seeks: - Technical papers, describing concrete results achieved, in no more than 12 pages (EASST style), - Position papers, describing on-going work and interim results, in no more than 6 pages (EASST style). Papers will be peer-reviewed, and selected based on their originality, technical strenght and topical relevance. All workshop papers will be published in a special issue of Electronic Communications of the EASST. Paper submission must be electronically as postscript or PDF (via the Submission website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=campus08). Organisation Committee Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo, Norway (Program chair) Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA, France (Publicity chair) Michael Wagner, University of Kassel, Germany (Publication chair) Steering Committee Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Svein Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway Geir Horn, SINTEF ICT, Norway ValÃ©rie Issarny, INRIA, France Program Committee Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA, France Licia Capra, University College of London, UK Denis Conan, Intitut TELECOM, SudParis, France Vittorio Cortellessa, UDA, Italy Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University, UK Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Ioannis Fikouras, Ericsson, Germany Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Svein Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway Geir Horn, SINTEF ICT, Norway Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Per HÃ¥kon Merland, SINTEF ICT, Norway Hassine Moungla, INRIA, France Nearchos Paspallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Roland Reichle, University of Kassel, Germany Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo, Norway Ulrich Scholz, EuropeanMedia Laboratory GmbH, Germany Lionel Seinturier, University of Lille 1, France Roberto Speicys-Cardoso, INRIA, France Giovanni Toffetti Carughi, USI, Switzerland Massimo Tivoli, UDA, Italy Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine Michael Wagner, University of Kassel, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Hassine Moungla ARLES Project INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt Domaine de Voluceau B.P. 105 78153 Le Chesnay FRANCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CFP UNA'08
by Lars Wolf 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

1st Workshop on Urban Networks and Applications (UNA 08) Lakeshore Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 4-6, 2008 http://una.cs.ucc.ie held in conjunction with the 13th IEEE Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference http://www.ccrc.nthu.edu.tw/acsac2008 Urban settings are host of diverse networking technologies, from cellular and wired broadband to WiMAX, WiFi, Bluetooth and, more recently, mesh and sensor networks. While this rich environment offers opportunities for connectivity, inter-operability and sharing of services and resources, the co-existence of these heterogeneous technologies, competing for the same resources and offering similar services, poses difficult engineering and legal problems. For example, network planning is a major issue that can determine the effective use of each network and, when possible, inter-operability of the networks. Cities administrations are keen to deploy and take advantage of public service networks, whereas citizens are interested to use public or private services at home, at work or while driving or walking. Private initiatives may selectively focus on certain niche services. Overall, urban networks can increase the quality of life in cities and can make the distinction among cities. In achieving this goal, many technical challenges have to be tackled. This workshop will be a forum for discussion of new and interdisciplinary ideas on new architectures, paradigms, concepts, service models and novel applications for urban networks. The topics for submission include but are not limited to: cognitive radio technologies congestion control micro- and pico-cell control architecture hybrid cell configuration sensor networks in urban settings personal area networks vehicular networks mesh networks mobile ad hoc networks networks planning networks inter-operability data mining of a large volume of data in urban networks database support for urban networks network and service discovery mobility supporting services context awareness mobile middleware ubiquitous and urban computing urban network systems and applications locative media and applications access, security and privacy in urban networks Submissions Both research and industry papers are solicited. Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers reporting work in progress are welcome. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the workshop chair. All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by members of the international program committee. Accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings of ACSAC 2008, which is to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Papers are limited to 8 pages including figures and references and they must follow the IEEE 8.5"x11" two-column format guidelines described at http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format through https://www.softconf.com/starts/UNA2008 The publication of a paper requires at least one of the authors to register and be present at the conference. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. Important dates Paper submissions due: March 20, 2008 Acceptance notification: April 30 2008 Final camera-ready due: May 10, 2008 Workshop Chair Dan Grigoras University College Cork, Ireland d.grigoras(a)cs.ucc.ie Workshop Publicity Chair Daniel Doolan University College Cork, Ireland d.doolan(a)cs.ucc.ie Program Committee Jemal Abawajy Deakin University, Australia Onur Altintas Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Japan Akira Arutaki NEC Communication Systems, Japan Antonio Capone Politecnico di Milano, Italy Valentin Cristea Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania Lars Eggert Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angeles, USA Mads Haahr Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Max Lenardi Hitachi Europe, Sophia Antipolis, France Diego López de Ipiña Deusto University, Spain Seung Jin Lim Utah State University, USA Chun-Yuan Lin Chang Gung University, Taiwan Alex Nicolau University of California, Irvine, USA Joerg Ott Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland Giovanni Pau University of California, Los Angeles, USA Gregor Schiele Mannheim University, Germany Cormac Sreenan University College Cork, Ireland Lars Wolf Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

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[Fwd: Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration due in 8 days!]
by Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration due in 8 days! Datum: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:06:42 -0800 Von: Cedric J A. Westphal <cwestphal(a)docomolabs-usa.com> An: <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> Dear MMC TC members: we wanted to remind you that the deadline for abstract registration for Mobicom’08 is quickly approaching. The important dates to keep in mind are: Abstracts submission due: March 7, 2008 Paper submissions due: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2008 Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 Mobicom’08 will be held in the scenic San Francisco Bay Area on September 14-19. All relevant information can be found at: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/ We include the official Call for Paper below. Please accept my apologies if you are inconvenienced by multiple messages similar to this one. Best regards, Cedric Westphal, Mischa Dohler, Ryuji Wakikawa, Mobicom’08 Publicity Chairs. CALL FOR PAPERS MobiCom 2008 The Fourteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking September 14-19, 2007 San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/ Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE ACM MobiCom is the premier international conference dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. It has served as an exciting international forum since 1995, addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks. This year, we will continue this tradition, but we especially encourage the submission of papers in the experimental systems area. This area has seen exciting developments in recent years and explicit efforts will be taken to represent it strongly at MobiCom this year. Authors are invited to submit full papers, challenges papers, student posters, and research demos and exhibits, presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and/or wireless and mobile 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: * Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking * Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, limited power and/or intermittent connectivity * Fundamental understanding of mobile computing and wireless networking * Wireless and mobile techniques for delay tolerant, mobile ad hoc, and wireless sensor networks * Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless systems * Wireless access technologies (e.g. mesh systems, PANs) * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Protocols exploiting novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO, directional antennas, and software radios * Techniques for dynamic spectrum use * Architectures, algorithms and protocols for cognitive wireless networks and their integration in the Internet * Modeling, measurement and simulation of mobile networks * Experimental test-beds for mobile/wireless networks * Performance evaluation of mobile and wireless networks, protocols, and systems * Next generation (beyond 802.11) wireless technologies and related systems and protocols Submission Instructions Detailed instructions on how and where to submit your paper can be found at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/cfp.pdf Important Dates Abstracts submission due: March 7, 2008 Paper submissions due: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2008 Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 General Chair - jj(a)soe.ucsc.edu: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UC Santa Cruz and PARC Technical Co-Chairs - mobicom08_pcchairs(a)acm.org: Raghupathy (Siva) Sivakumar, Georgia Tech Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University 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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[Mycolleagues] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by Dr. Isaac Woungang 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Call for Papers Special issue on: Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/cfp367special.pdf Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research on wireless networks having attractive claims. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless systems such as the ability to self- organize, self-configure, self-heal, self-manage and self-maintain. Different wireless networks having the potential to offer cost-effective home and enterprise access networking solutions are being researched. Technologies such as Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), WiFi, WiMax, Bluetooth, 802.20, 802.22 and software defined radio are gaining popularity. Even though these technologies hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers relating to different emerging wireless network technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:  Broadband wireless access networks  Wireless Internet  Software defined radio  Bluetooth technology  Ultra-wide band radio  Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks  Wireless Mesh Networks  IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22  Emerging wireless network security issues  Wireless telemedicine and e-health  Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks  Emerging wireless network architecture  Multimedia over emerging wireless networks  Underwater sensor Networks  Supplying power to the distributed wireless sensors  Very low-powered sensors  Cooperative wireless communications  Multi-hop relay wireless communications Tutorial-type articles (but NOT a review of the literature) about the latest on an emerging wireless network topic (such as wireless sensors) are also of interest to this Special Issue. Guest Editor: Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science Ryerson University, Toronto Ontario, CANADA E-mail: iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca Submission Details: Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca. Please mention “C&EE Special Issue Submission” in the subject line of your e-mail. After sending your manuscript, if you do not get a confirmation of receipt of your submission within 2-3 business days, please resend your original e-mail again. A guide for authors for preparing their papers is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/367/ authorinstructions Contributing authors might be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. Important Dates: Manuscript Due: July 1, 2008. Acceptance Notification: November 1, 2008. Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: December 1, 2008 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by Dr. Isaac Woungang 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Call for Papers Special issue on: Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/cfp367special.pdf Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research on wireless networks having attractive claims. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless systems such as the ability to self- organize, self-configure, self-heal, self-manage and self-maintain. Different wireless networks having the potential to offer cost-effective home and enterprise access networking solutions are being researched. Technologies such as Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), WiFi, WiMax, Bluetooth, 802.20, 802.22 and software defined radio are gaining popularity. Even though these technologies hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers relating to different emerging wireless network technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:  Broadband wireless access networks  Wireless Internet  Software defined radio  Bluetooth technology  Ultra-wide band radio  Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks  Wireless Mesh Networks  IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22  Emerging wireless network security issues  Wireless telemedicine and e-health  Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks  Emerging wireless network architecture  Multimedia over emerging wireless networks  Underwater sensor Networks  Supplying power to the distributed wireless sensors  Very low-powered sensors  Cooperative wireless communications  Multi-hop relay wireless communications Tutorial-type articles (but NOT a review of the literature) about the latest on an emerging wireless network topic (such as wireless sensors) are also of interest to this Special Issue. Guest Editor: Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science Ryerson University, Toronto Ontario, CANADA E-mail: iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca Submission Details: Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca. Please mention “C&EE Special Issue Submission” in the subject line of your e-mail. After sending your manuscript, if you do not get a confirmation of receipt of your submission within 2-3 business days, please resend your original e-mail again. A guide for authors for preparing their papers is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/367/ authorinstructions Contributing authors might be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. Important Dates: Manuscript Due: July 1, 2008. Acceptance Notification: November 1, 2008. Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: December 1, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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IEEE VTS Conference Update
by IEEE E-Notice 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

VTC2008-Fall in Calgary ======================= Last Call for submissions to VTC2008-Fall in Calgary. The official deadline is 29 February, but due to a number of requests for extensions the submission site will remain open through to 3 March 2008. Full details can be found at http://www.vtc2008fall.org VPPC2008 in Harbin, China ========================= The deadline for the Vehicle Power and Propulsion conference, 3-5 September 2008 in Harbin, China is also almost upon us, with abstracts due to be submitted by 1 March 2008. Full details can be found at http://www.vppc2008.com Workshop on Positioning, Navigation & Communication 2008 (WPNC2008) =================================================================== The 5th in this series of workshops will take place in Hannover, Germany on 27 March 2008. Make plans to attend to find out about state of the art approachs and systems for location and positioning. Full details at http://www.wpnc.net ================================================================================ You have received this mailing because you are a member of IEEE and/or one of the IEEE Technical Societies. To unsubscribe, please go to http://ewh.ieee.org/enotice/options.php?SN=Wolf&LN=VT006 and be certain to include your IEEE member number. If you need assistance with your E-Notice subscription, please contact k.n.luu(a)ieee.org ================================================================================

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Call for Papers 6. Workshop Automotive Software Engineering
by gi-mitglieder-info＠gi-ev.de 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Mitglieder des FB Softwaretechnik, der 6. Workshop Automotive Software Engineering findet im Rahmen der 38. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik (www.informatik2008.de) Anfang September 2008 in München statt. Der Workshop ist am 09. September geplant. Den Call for Papers finden Sie auf den Internetseiten der Fachgruppe "Automotive Software Engineering" http://www.gi-ev.de/fachbereiche/softwaretechnik/ase/aktuelle_veranstaltunge n.html . Weitere Informationen zum Workshop finden Sie demnächst unter www.bmwcarit.de/gi/ase2008. Die Organisatoren Manfred Broy, TU München, Reinhard Stolle, BMW Car IT, und Alexandre Saad, BMW Group, sowie das Leitungsgremium der FG "Automotive Software Engineering" laden Sie herzlich zur Einreichung von Beiträgen und zur Teilnahme ein. Bitte leiten Sie diese Information in Ihren Organisationen weiter. Mit freundlichen Gruessen Dr. Bernhard Hohlfeld bernhard.hohlfeld (at) daimler.com If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation.

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[Tccc] CfP for IEEE PIMRC 2008 - VoIP Technologies Workshop
by Evangelos Papapetrou 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

[Apologies for multiple postings] 1st CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE PIMRC 2008 - VoIP Technologies Workshop VoIP Technology: Research and Standards for reliable applications http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~voippimrc08/ Aim of the workshop ------------------------ The trend to all IP-based networks has been fuelled by the Internet’s flexibility that allows the development of innovative services. In this context, the integration of heterogeneous infrastructures as well as applications is of paramount importance. Voice over IP (VoIP), also referred to as Internet or IP telephony, is an example of application that brings the well-known circuit-switched service to the context of IP-based networks. Over the last years, VoIP has received the wide acceptance of users and network operators due to its countless benefits. While users enjoy the flexibility and the monetary savings that VoIP provides, service providers take advantage of its cost-effectiveness. Although VoIP has evolved rapidly, recent advances provide new opportunities for meeting numerous daunting challenges for reaching the quality of traditional telephony service. To this end, he VoIP community is taking advantage of new networking technologies (i.e., WiMAX, Wireless Mesh networks, overlay networks, etc) and innovative design trends and technologies (i.e., cross-layer architectures, QoS advances, network coding, etc). The aim of this workshop is to serve as a forum for scientists and engineers from academia, industry as well as from regulatory and standardization authorities, where they could share recent advances and design trends in VoIP technology. Topics of Interest ------------------------ The aim of this Workshop is to cover a wide spectrum of topics related to VoIP communications, ranging from QoS mechanisms to the design and performance evaluation of different VoIP components. Original papers are solicited that present research, development and deployment issues and challenges, as well as experimental results and applications in the area of Internet Telephony. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Emerging VoIP services in all-IP mobile networks * Cross-layer design of VoIP services * Call continuity between VoIP and traditional circuit-switched networks * VoIP over Heterogeneous Networks * Test methods and measurments * Design, implementation and VoIP testbed results * QoS mechanisms tailored to VoIP transmission * Header Compression schemes * Voice codecs and silence suppression * VoIP over WLAN, WiMAX and Wireless Mesh Networks * Call admission control and QoS support for VoIP * Security in VoIP communications Submission of Papers ------------------------ Submitted papers should be 5 double-column pages (over-length pages will be charged according to PIMRC policy). Both submissions and full papers should be uploaded to the VoIP Technologies Workshop submission track (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6355&track=4147&) in the EDAS system. Papers should be in English and formatted according to IEEE paper templates available on the PIMRC’08 website. For more details on the workshop please visit the webpage http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~voippimrc08. Papers will be reviewed by the program committee for their technical merit, originality, significance, readability, and relevance to the workshop. Emphasis will be given to papers extending VoIP technology to novel areas as well as to papers coming from industry. Submissions are due on April 11. Authors will receive notification of acceptance/rejection by May 19. Camera-ready copies of accepted papers are due on June 2 and will be published in PIMRC’ 08 proceedings. The maximum length of final papers will be 5 pages in double column. Important Dates ------------------------ Submission deadline for full papers: Friday, April 11, 2008 Notification of acceptance : Monday, May 19, 2008 Camera-ready copy hard deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008 Workshop date: Monday, September 15, 2008 Workshop Chairs ------------------------ Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Qian Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong TPC Chairs ------------------------ Jorg Ott Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Evangelos Papapetrou University of Ioannina, Greece Program Committee ------------------------ Colin Perkins University of Glasgow, UK Dorgham Sisalem Tekelec, Germany Gonzalo Camarillo Ericsson Nomadic Lab, Finland Haitham Cruickshank University of Surrey, UK Huseyin Uzunalioglu Lucent Technologies , USA Juergen Quittek NEC Europe, Germany Maryan Vazquez Castro University of Barcelona, Spain Noel Crespi GET-INT, France Tomaso de Cola DLR, Germany Contact Information ------------------------ Fotini Niovi Pavlidou Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, 54124, Hellas Tel: +30-2310-996285 FAX: +30-2310-996285 Email: niovi(a)auth.gr Evangelos Papapetrou Lecturer Department of Computer Science, University of Ioannina Ioannina, 45110, Hellas Tel: +30-26510-98878 Fax: +30-26510-98890 Email: epap(a)cs.uoi.gr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[cfp] [Fwd: ICST - CfP: Mobimedia 2008, 7-9.7.2008 at Oulu, Finland]
by Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: ICST - CfP: Mobimedia 2008, 7-9.7.2008 at Oulu, Finland Datum: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:15:02 -0500 Von: info(a)icstconferences.org Antwort an: info(a)icst.org An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message! ************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS MobiMedia2008 4th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference *** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14th of March 2008 *** ************************************************************* Sponsored by ACM, ICST, CREATE-NET and VTT MobiMedia 2008 Web-site: http://www.mobimedia.org Paper submission: http://www.cocus.eu 7-9th of July, Oulu, Finland Scope ----- The development and deployment of the multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires adopting an interdisciplinary approach where both multimedia and networking issues are addressed jointly. Different type of semantic characteristics of media, human interpretation of audiovisual information, coding standards and interaction with networking, mobility and security protocols are research issues that need to be carefully examined when proposing new solutions. The efficient delivery and deployment of multimedia applications and services over emerging diverse and heterogeneous wireless networks is a challenging research objective. The research efforts e.g. for the 3G/4G and 3G LTE visions of interworking among heterogeneous technologies to achieve multimedia session continuity, retain multimedia QoS characteristics etc., amplifies the need to evaluate the conditions and restrictions under which delivery of such services can be accomplished. The demand for eff! icient multimedia communications can be also seen as one of main driving forces towards the Future Internet and Post-IP solutions. The interoperability of applications, transport and network protocols and radio access, as well as the demand for improved quality of service and user experience, security and mobility support creates a challenging study field and also possibilities for research of novel communication protocols and methods towards the Future Internet. In addition for the technical challenges caused by the increased amount of multimedia usage and delivery through different community services, peer-to-peer networks, Web, Internet IPTV etc. the multimedia delivery is also affecting to industry value chains, commerce transactions between businesses (B2B), and business and customers (B2C). Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers from industry and academia, working in multimedia coding and mobile networking fiel! ds to study new applications, solutions, and standards. Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications. The conference key reseach areas include, but are not limited to * Application and channel coding paradigms, including for example joint source and channel coding paradigms, scalable video coding, wireless and ad hoc network solutions, ciphering and authentication. * Networking and transmission mechanisms including for example transport and network protocol solutions, cross-layer techniques, rate control and adaptation mechanism for video delivery, impact of mobility and heterogenous networks in multimedia delivery and p2p content delivery * Multimedia services, business models and concepts, including for example new business models and service concepts, trust and security paradigms for multimedia delivery, test beds and experimentation platforms for multimedia delivery. Papers ------ The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Multimedia semantic characteristics in wireless, mobile and ubiquitous environments * Multimedia QoS in wireless networks * Extraction and usage of semantic information with multimedia * Performance evaluation of multimedia services * Multimedia Retrieval in wireless and mobile environments * Mechanisms supporting triple-play services in emerging wireless networks * Scalable Coding of multimedia in wireless and mobile networks * Cross-Layer techniques for multimedia communications over wireless networks * Joint source-channel coding * Multimedia services over ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks * Rate Control and Adaptation for wireless multimedia * P2P multimedia streaming in wireless and mobile networks * Transport protocols for multimedia in emerging wireless networks * Mobile Content Delivery Networks * Test and experimentation test beds for multimedia delivery * Impact of heterogeneous wireless network environment and mobility * Trust and security in multimedia delivery * Service concepts and new business models Technical program ----------------- The conference will also include invited panels to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on emerging topics are invited Paper submission and publication -------------------------------- MobiMedia 2008 invites manuscripts that present original materials not previously published in, or currently under review by, another conference or journal. Submissions should be full-length papers of up to 7 pages (including all figures and references) formatted according to ACM publication template. Full-length papers should report on completed work and will be considered for oral presentations. A separate abstract of no longer than 200 words should be submitted as well. Submissions will be judged by their originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and will be made available in ACM Digital Library, as well as indexed by EI and ISI Index. Poster sessions and demonstrations ---------------------------------- MobiMedia 2008 invites the poster and demonstration session parallel with the main conference event. These short papers should report on work in progress or discuss open problems, and will be considered for poster presentations. A maximum of 4 page proposal for poster/demonstration presentation for the session should be submitted to the Poster Session co-chairs. For information on exhibit space or sponsorship opportunities, please contact the corresponding conference Poster and Demosession Chair, General Co-Chairs and Conference Organizing Co-Chairs. Workshops and special sessions ------------------------------ Proposals for one-day workshops or special session to be held in conjunction with the conference are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include the workshop name, its scope and a list of topic of interests. Proposals should be submitted directly to Workshop Chair and to e-mail: mobimedia(a)willab.fi. Important Dates --------------- Proposals for Workshops and Special Sessions due: February 10, 2008 Full Papers due: March 14, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: May 2, 2008 Camera-ready Manuscripts due: May 24, 2008 Conference Dates: July 7-9, 2008 STEERING BOARD: GENERAL CHAIRS: TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS: --------------- --------------- ------------------------ Imrich Chlamtac Jyrki Huusko Rahim Tafazolli Luigi Atzori Tapio Frantti Djamal Zeghlache Frank Fitzek -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=ggjzadyfjh and enter your email address.

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[Tccc] CFP for PETRA Conference
by Christos Douligeris 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

======================================= ****************************** ******** Call for Papers ******* ****************************** * * *1st International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments* *(PETRA) 2008* *July 15-19, Athens, GREECE* * * **Conference Web Site*: http://www.petrae.org/* As the diffusion of computing technology into everyday life continues at an exponential rate, elements of technology are increasingly being embedded in artifacts and environments. One important environment for this diffusion is the domestic environment, or Oikos as it was known in ancient Greece. Peoples’ living environments are particularly important when one takes into account the world’s aging population and the fact that as people grow older they are increasingly relying on technology. People will however, have differing levels of computer knowledge and assisted living needs. As a result of these differences the first key area of PETRA is: how to build pervasive technologies for assistive environments that are non-intrusive and easy to use for the end user. The second key area is the technology, as it is now increasingly possible to assist people who have health care needs in their homes by using sensors, databases, personal area networks, ubiquitous connectivity, distributed intelligence and adaptive easy to use interfaces and interactions. However in order to provide such support it is necessary to combine efforts from many areas of engineering and computer science e.g. security, embedded systems, distributed systems, data management and networking. It is at this critical moment that we would like to invite researchers working in the area of healthcare and assisted living to submit their original research findings to the PETRA conference. * * * * Topics and areas of interest include, but are not limited to: *· *Tools, infrastructures, architectures and techniques for designing, implementing and deploying pervasive applications in assistive environments *· *Privacy, security and trust *· *Social impact of the use of pervasive technologies on the user in pervasive assistive environments *· *Wearable, ambient and home based health and wellness measurement and monitoring technologies *· *Mobile and wireless technologies for healthcare information storage, transmission, processing, and feedback *· *Sensor networks for pervasive care *· *Standards and interoperability *· *Probes for gathering requirements in household settings *· *Context aware mobile networks *· *Signal and Image Processing for Ambient Intelligence and Pervasive Computing *· *Reasoning systems and Machine Learning for Assistive Environments *· *Usability and HCI issues, Multimodal Interfaces *Conference Proceedings:* ACM will be the publisher of the proceedings of the PETRA conference and the conference proceedings will be a volume in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series in the ACM Digital Library. Authors should use the ACM Word or LaTeX style templates to prepare their articles. See: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html Authors should apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The Classification Scheme can be found at: http://www.acm.org/class/1998/ * * *Journal:* *· *The best papers from the 1st ACM International Conference on "PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments - PETRA 2008" will be invited for publication in a special issue of the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal (Springer)- Special Issue on Pervasive Technologies for Assistive Environments. *· *Selected papers describing research work on the social impact and effect of the use of pervasive technologies will be invited for publication in a special issue of the International Journal Universal Access in the Information Society - UAIS. The theme of the UAIS Special Issue is: PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSISTIVE ENVIRONMENTS: SOCIAL IMPACT, FINANCIAL, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVACY ISSUES. *· *Selected posters will appear at eJeta. *Important dates:* *· *Paper Submission Deadline: */February 28, 2008 (Extended)/* *· *Notifications of Acceptance: */March 20, 2008/* *· *Submission of Final Camera Ready Paper: */April 10, 2008/* *· *Workshop Proposal Submissions Deadline: */January 20, 2007/* *· *Notifications of Acceptance: */January 30, 2008/* *· *Paper Submission to Workshops: */March 30, 2008/* *· *Notifications of Workshops Paper Acceptance: */April 30, 2008/* *· *Camera Ready Workshops Papers: */20 May, 2008/* *· *Tutorial Proposal Submissions Deadline: */February 20, 2008/* *· *Poster** Submissions Deadline: */March 30, 2008/* *· *CONFERENCE DATES: */JULY 15-19, 2008/* * * *Submission information:* Submissions must present unpublished work, not submitted to other journals or conferences for consideration of publication. Submitted papers should be up to 8 pages, formatted according to ACM Word or LaTeX style templates. Papers may be accepted either as full papers (8 pages) or short papers (4 pages). Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the official conference proceedings by ACM. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper. * * *People* */ /* */Steering Committee/* Fillia Makedon - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Lynne Baillie - */Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* Ilias Maglogiannis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* Grammati Pantziou - TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece Vangelis Karkaletsis - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Regular* Student** Early registration: April 15, 2008 TBA… TBA… Late registration: May 15, 2008 TBA… TBA… On-site registration: June 15, 2008 TBA… TBA… */ /* */General Chairs/* Fillia Makedon - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Lynne Baillie - */Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* */ /* */Program Committee Co-Chairs/* Kimon Valavanis - University of South Florida, USA Ilias Maglogiannis - University of the Aegean, Greece */ /* */Organizing Committee Chairs/* Grammati Pantziou - */TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece/* Ilias Maglogiannis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* */ /* */Program Committee/* Yiannis Aloimonos - */University of Maryland, USA/* Vassilis Athitsos - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Lynne Baillie */- Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* David Benyon - */Napier University Merchiston Campus, UK/* Andrew Campbell - */Dartmouth College, USA/* Guanling Chen - */University of Massachussetts at Lowell, USA/* Diane Cook - */Washington State University, USA/* Domenico Cotroneo - */University of Napoli Federico II, Italy/* Sajal Das - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Christos Douligeris */- University of Piraeus, Greece/* Salim Hariri - */Arizona State University, USA/* Stathes Hadjiefthymiades - */Dept. of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens/* Heng Huang - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Vangelis Karkaletsis - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Dimitrios Kosmopoulos */- NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Morten Kyng - */University of Aarhus, Denmark/* */Zhengyi Le - Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Fillia Makedon - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Ilias Maglogiannis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* Ian McClelland - */Philips Applied Technologies, Netherlands/* Dimitris Metaxas - */Rutgers University, USA/* Alex Mihailidis - */University of Toronto, Canada/* Charles Owen - */Michigan State University, USA/* Maja Pantic - */Imperial College, UK/* Grammati Pantziou - */TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece/* Costas Pattichis - */University of Cyprus, Cyprus/* Joi Roberts - */Motorola, USA/* Niilo Saranummi - */VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland/* Andreas Savvides - */Yale University, USA/* Bhavani Thuraisingham - */University of Texas at Dallas, USA/* Magda Tsolaki - */Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece/* John Waterworth - */Umea University in Northern Sweden/* */ /* */Organizing Committee/* Eric Becker - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Petros Belsis - */TEI of Athens, Greece/* Charalampos Doukas - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* James Ford - */Dartmouth College, USA/* Zhengyi Le - Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Arlington, USA Vangelis Metsis - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Rajat Mittal - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Manolis Wallace - */University of Indianapolis, Athens Campus, Greece/* Rong Zhang */- Dartmouth College, USA/* */ /* */Industry Relations Co-Chairs/* Lynne Baillie - */Telecom. Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria/* Jeff Lei - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Dimitrios Kosmopoulos */- NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* */ /* */Workshop Co-Chairs/* Christos Douligeris */- University of Piraeus, Greece/* Zhengyi Le - */Dartmouth College and University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Dimitrios Kosmopoulos - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* Dimitrios Vogiatzis - */NCSR "Demokritos", Greece/* */ /* */Poster Co-Chairs/* Heng Huang - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Euripidis Loukis - */University of the Aegean, Greece/* */ /* */Publicity Co-Chairs/* Andreas Savvides - */Yale University, USA/* Balakrishnan Prabhakaran - */University of Texas at Dallas, USA/* */ /* */Keynote Speakers/* Frederica Darema - */Senior Science and Technology Advisor, NSF/CISE/* Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos - */University of Minnesota, USA/* */ /* */Invited Speakers/* Dinesh Bhatia - */University of Texas at Dallas, USA/* Matt Bishop - */University of California, Davis, USA/* Michail Bletsas */- MIT Media Lab, USA/* Roger Bostelman - */National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA/* Bill Carroll - */University of Texas at Arlington, USA/* Magda Tsolaki - */Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece/* Aria Tzika - */Harvard University, USA/* _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

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[Tccc] Call for Abstracts - Hot Topics on Autonomic Computing (HotAC) III
by Fabian E. Bustamante 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple postings of this call. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement and Call for Abstracts Third Workshop on Hot Topics in Autonomic Computing (HotAC III) June 2, 2008 http://www.aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu/HotACIII/ HotAC III will be held during the first day of the 5th International Conference on Autonomic Computing, June 2-6, 2008. Important dates Abstract submission due: April 11, 2008 11:59 CST (GMT-6). Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2008. Overview The third Workshop on Hot Topics in Autonomic Computing will bring together a broad range of researchers from the fields of computer systems, networks, and autonomic computing to discuss new ideas and developments in conquering the challenges of managing ever-more complex large-scale systems. The goal of the workshop is to promote community wide discussion of potentially high-impact ideas that will influence and foster continued research in improving the manageability and reliability of computing systems. The focus of this year's workshop is grand challenges in autonomic computing. Through a highly interactive workshop, our goal is to define the critical research problems facing the management of large-scale systems, and to outline promising research directions to attacking these problems. Attendance at the workshop is limited and will be by invitation only. If you are interested in attending, please submit an abstract describing a grand challenge for self-adaptive systems, accompanied by a sketch on how to address it. A grand challenge is a problem whose solution requires 5-10 years of effort and will have significant technical and societal impact. Abstracts are limited to two pages in length and are due at midnight (Central Standard Time) on April 11, 2008. Submissions should be sent to hotacIII-submit(a)cs.northwestern.edu. Submitters will be notified of decisions on April 25, 2008. Rather than publishing workshop proceedings, we expect the attendees to contribute to a written report on the key research challenges in this field, to be published in one of the main computer science magazines (such as the Communication of the ACM, IEEE Computer or USENIX ;login), and to a discussion summary that will be presented by the organizers to the general ICAC audience. Organizers The workshop organizing committee consists of: Ozalp Babaoglu, Università di Bologna Fabián E. Bustamante, Northwestern University Jeffrey Kephart, IBM Research Emre Kiciman, Microsoft Research Manish Parashar, Rutgers University Karsten Schwan, Georgia Institute of Technology Maarten van Steen, Vrije University John Wilkes, Hewelett-Packard Labs -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fabián E. Bustamante, Assistant Professor EECS, Northwestern U. Technological Institute L465 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 www.aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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IEEE CCNC 2009: Call for Papers
by Kurt Tutschku 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

IEEE CCNC 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE 2009 11 - 13 January 2009, Harrah's Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference - the 6th annual international conference - brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking. IEEE CCNC 2009, sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, will present the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as middleware), and novel applications and services. We invite you to submit papers for IEEE CCNC's Technical Program in the following areas of consumer communications and networking. - Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics - Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Entertainment & Multimedia Networking - Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery - Emerging Applications & Pervasive Technologies - Security for CE Communications For a list of potential topics and submission requirements, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ Important Technical Program Deadlines: Technical Papers Due: 29 June 2008 Acceptance Notification: 12 September 2008 Camera Ready Artwork: 10 October 2008 ______________________________________________________________________ Submissions are also welcomed for Special Sessions, Workshops, Short Papers, Tutorials, Demonstrations, and Technical Panels. Special Sessions Due: 23 May 2008 Workshops Due: 23 May 2008 Short Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Tutorials Due: 15 August 2008 Demonstrations Due: 12 September 2008 Technical Panels Due: 17 September 2008 For more information on these specialized tracks, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ ______________________________________________________________________ Reach hundreds of engineers, marketing and product design specialists, and executives in the consumer networking, consumer electronics, and consumer content-provider fields. Showcase your brand to the most influential engineering audience in consumer electronics. Patron status maximizes your company's exposure and enhances your company's reputation. See the IEEE CCNC website for patron opportunities! http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ ______________________________________________________________________ Honorary Chair K. T. Lee, CTO Samsung Group, Korea General Co-Chairs Simon Gibbs and Alan Messer Samsung, USA Technical Program Chair John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA TPC Vice-Chairs Track: Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics R. Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Track: Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State University, USA Track: Entertainment and Multimedia Networking Zhu Li, Motorola Labs, USA Track: Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany Track: Emerging Applications and Pervasive Technologies Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany Track: Security for CE Communications Chi-Sung Laih, National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China Workshop Chair Kurt Tutschku, NICT, Japan Special Sessions Chair Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Short Papers Chair Florence Kolberg, University of Strathclyde, UK Tutorial Co-Chairs Dr. Frank den Hartog, TNO, The Netherlands Dr. V. Prasad, Delft U. of Technology Technology Applications Panels Chair Shoshana Loeb, Telcordia, USA Demonstration Co-Chairs Andreas Heiner, Nokia, Finland Subir Saha, Motorola India Research Lab, Bangalore --- Dr. Kurt Tutschku, Expert Researcher NICT (National Institute of Information and Communication Technology) Network Architecture Group, Network Research Center Park Court Place, 4th Floor 1-33-16, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0001 Japan Tel.: +81-3-3868-6916 FAX.: +81-3-3868-6921 mailto:tutschku@nict.go.jp or mailto:kurt.tutschku@gmail.com http://www.nict.go.jp/index.html

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[Fwd: [Tccc] WICON 2008: Call For Papers]
by Lars Wolf 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] WICON 2008: Call For Papers Datum: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:11:26 -0500 Von: Tommaso Melodia <tmelodia(a)eng.buffalo.edu> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************** ***** WICON 2008 ***** The Fourth Annual International Wireless Internet Conference November 17-19, 2008 Maui, Hawaii, USA http://www.wicon.org Technically sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE, sponsored by CREATE-NET and ICST. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and will be made available in the ACM Digital Library, as well as indexed by EI. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of ACM MOBILE NETWORKS and APPLICATIONS (MONET). ********************************************************************** Wireless Internet is quickly emerging as a reality, thanks to the fast evolution of many wireless access technologies. Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks and the next generation Internet further brings wireless Internet into a variety of application scenarios which provide mobile users with a wide range of highly demanding services, such as high speed data and real-time multimedia delivery. On the other hand, it is of critical importance to obtain a fundamental understanding of wireless Internet architectures and explore new services and solutions in order to achieve the ultimate goal of wireless Internet access anytime anywhere. The Wireless Internet Conference (WICON) will continue to serve as a premier international forum to discuss novel research results related to the emerging Wireless Internet. WICON 2008 is soliciting both academic research and industry practice papers. Papers solicited in the WICON 2008 span a wide range of areas of interest including but not limited to: Seamless Integration of Heterogeneous Networks ============================================== * Convergence and interworking of heterogeneous wireless networks * Vertical handoff and seamless roaming * Mobile P2P networking, systems, and applications * Next generation Internet services and applications Cross-layer Design and Optimization =================================== * Clean-slate wireless Internet architecture * Interaction among PHY/MAC, routing, and congestion control * PHY-aware wireless scheduling * QoS provisioning of Multimedia wireless networks Wireless Access Technologies ============================ * WLANs, WiMAX, satellite, 3G and Beyond * QoS management and traffic modeling * Algorithm design and performance analysis Multi-hop Wireless Networks =========================== * Wireless sensor networks * Mobile ad hoc networks * Wireless mesh networks Emerging Technologies and Applications ====================================== * Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) * Cognitive radio networks * Bio-inspired networks * Context-aware mobile networking * Wireless body area networks (WBANs), tele-medicine/e-health networks Network Security ================ * Architectural support for security * Security, privacy, and dependability issues * Security in cooperative networks Wireless Internet Platforms and Software ======================================== * Testbeds and simulation tools * Middleware, operating system, and programming languages * Experimental measurements SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: ======================== Papers will be submitted by electronic submission through the COCUS system: http://www.cocus.eu. The page limit is 9 pages in ACM double column format with fonts not smaller than 10 points. IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Submission deadline: July 15, 2008 23:59 (Central European Time) Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2008 Camera-ready version: October 15, 2008 Workshop proposal due: July 1, 2008 Notification date: July 15, 2008 Panel proposal due: September 1, 2008 Notification date: September 15, 2008 WORKSHOPS: ========== Proposals for workshops should be submitted to the Workshop Chair at farkas(a)inf.nyme.hu. The evaluation of the workshop proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. PANELS: ======= Proposals for panel discussions that focus on the next generation wireless Internet are encouraged. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal directly to the Panel Co-Chairs at knightly(a)ece.rich.edu and linx(a)ecn.purdue.edu. INDUSTRY PRACTICE PAPERS: ========================= Industry papers that highlight experiments/testbeds and demonstrate the successful implementation of recent or on-going research work are welcome. The topics of industry papers can be from any of the 7 listed tracks. Submitted industry papers will be assigned to the Industry Chair for review. For more information, please contact Industry Chair at jing.z.zhu(a)intel.com. INVITED PAPERS: =============== WICON 2008 will include a number of invited papers from distinguished researchers with impressive outcomes on various advanced research topics or cutting-edge techniques. B2B EVENT: ========== An industry B2B event will be co-located with WICON 2008. The B2B event will include invited talks by industry/technology leaders, business and product presentations, as well as exhibitions and demos. Organization Committee: ======================= General Co-Chairs: ------------------ Ness Shroff Ohio State University, USA Xudong Wang Kiyon Inc., USA Technical Program Co-Chairs: ---------------------------- Junshan Zhang Arizona State University, USA Sanjay Shakkottai University of Texas-Austin, USA Jiang (Linda) Xie Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA Steering Committee Chair: ------------------------- Imrich Chlamtac Create-Net, Italy Industry Chair: --------------- Jing Zhu Intel Research Labs, USA Workshop Chair: --------------- Karoly Farkas University of West Hungary, Hungary Panel Co-Chairs: ------------ Edward Knightly Rice University, USA Xiaojun Lin Purdue University, USA Publicity Chair: ---------------- Tommaso Melodia State Univ. of New York-Buffalo, USA Gyorgy Dan KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Azman O. Lim NICT, Japan Publication Chair: ------------------ Atilla Eryilmaz Ohio State University, USA Local Arrangement Chair: ------------------------ Yingbin Liang University of Hawaii, USA Conference Chair: ----------------- Kitti H. Kovacs ICST Web Chair: ---------- Ping Zhou Qualcomm, USA For more information about the conference, see http://www.wicon.org -------------------------------------------------------- Tommaso Melodia Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo Office: 215G Bonner Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 Tel: (716) 645-3115 ext. 1147 Email: tmelodia(a)eng.buffalo.edu Web: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~tmelodia/ -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline in 3 weeks - MobiArch'08 - ACM SIGCOMM workshop]
by Lars Wolf 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Deadline in 3 weeks - MobiArch'08 - ACM SIGCOMM workshop Datum: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:38 +0200 Von: Eggert Lars (Nokia-NRC/Helsinki) <lars.eggert(a)nokia.com> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> *********************************************** *** PAPER REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING *** *** 3 short weeks until March 17, 2008 *** *********************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ACM MobiArch 2008 An ACM SIGCOMM 2008 Workshop Paper registration deadline: March 17, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACM MobiArch 2008 The 3rd ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture An ACM SIGCOMM 2008 Workshop Seattle, WA, USA, August 22, 2008 http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/workshops/mobiarch/ Recent developments in wireless access technologies and mobile devices are beginning to make widespread user, terminal and network mobility a reality in the commercial Internet. At the same time, the Internet architecture struggles to incorporate the functionality that will sustain this increasingly more mobile and more dynamic Internet use. Efficient mobility management and mobility optimizations, locator-identifier splits, multihoming, security and related network operation and management functions are still in the early stages of development. It is, however, already clear that supporting widespread mobility poses to significantly impact the original end-to-end design of the Internet. At the same time, critical momentum is building to significantly revise or even replace the current Internet architecture. Several substantial Future Internet initiatives have started in Europe, the US and Asia, and the topic is also actively being discussed in the vendor and network operator communities. These Future Internet efforts offer the exciting opportunity to design radically different approaches to supporting host and network mobility and multihoming, and may eventually lead to an internetwork architecture with significantly more advanced mobility features than those that the piecemeal extensions of the current Internet protocols result in. MobiArch'08 welcomes submissions from both researchers and practitioners that explore recent advances in architectures, protocols and emerging technologies to enable mobility and multihoming in the Internet, as well as concepts and designs to support widespread mobility and multihoming in future internetworks. Early results, position papers, systems and measurement papers are particularly welcome. TOPICS MobiArch'08 covers all aspects related to mobility in the current and future Internet, including, but not limited to: * Architectures and protocols for mobility support at all layers of the Internet protocol stack, as well as cross-layer approaches * Novel concepts to support widespread mobility and multihoming in a Future Internet * Routing and addressing issues (including locator/identifier splits) and their impact on the Internet architecture * Multihoming, including flow distribution and load-sharing for wireless and mobility * Performance evaluation, experimentation and modeling of Internet mobility * Models for mobility patterns and their experimental validation * New wireless technologies and services and their impact on the Internet architecture * Location management, positioning and data management for wireless and mobility * Accounting, access control, security and privacy issues and their impact on the Internet architecture * Social, economic, scalability and deployment issues SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions must be no longer than six pages, including all figures and references, must be in PDF format, and must follow the ACM formatting guidelines (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). Submissions that do not adhere to these requirements will be rejected without further review. Peer review is single-blind; the authors names and affiliations are to be included on the submission. Submissions cannot be previously published or be under concurrent review elsewhere. The submission of position papers is encouraged; please clearly identify position papers as such when submitting. Papers may be submitted at http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6140 IMPORTANT DATES March 17, 2008 Registration of paper abstract March 24, 2008 Submissions due May 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance June 9, 2008 Camera ready version due August 22, 2008 Workshop date TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Lars Eggert (co-chair, Nokia Research Center, FI) Linda Doyle (co-chair, Trinity College, IE) Rui Aguiar (Universidade de Aveiro, PT) Bengt Ahlgren (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SE) Jari Arkko (Ericsson, FI) Marcelo Bagnulo (University Carlos III of Madrid, ES) Olivier Bonaventure (Université Catholique de Louvain, BE) Wesley Eddy (NASA/Verizon (US) Joseph Evans (University of Kansas, US) Ted Faber (USC Information Sciences Institute, US) Stephen Hailes (University College London, UK) Roger Karrer (T-Labs, DE) Rajeev Koodli (Nokia Research Center, US) Donal O'Mahony (Trinity College, IE) Jörg Ott (Helsinki University of Technology, FI) Guru Parulkar (Stanford University, US) Dipankar Raychaudhuri (Rutgers University, US) Dave Thaler (Microsoft, US) Ryuji Wakikawa (Keio University, JP) Klaus Wehrle (RWTH Aachen University, DE) Lixia Zhang (UCLA, US) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Extended Deadline to March 8- CFP: IEEE Network Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet
by Xiaoming Fu 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please feel free to forward this CFP to related colleagues and students for information. --------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet Important Dates =============== Manuscript Submission Due: March 8, 2008 (FIRM) Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: July 15, 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: September/October 2008 Call for Papers =============== Network Address Translators (NAT) and IP firewalls have been introduced to the Internet some time ago, and over the time become an integral part of the Internet architecture. Moreover, there are also other types of middleboxes, such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways, Application Layer Gateways (ALG), Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEP) and web proxies. These intermediary boxes perform functions different from normal IP packet treatment, which can even change the content of packets or do rerouting of IP packets. There have been diverse views on the value of middleboxes. Some believe that middleboxes introduce problems for network applications as well as challenges to the traditional end-to-end Internet architecture. These issues range, for instance, but not limited to, from naming and addressing of nodes behind NATs, directionality of communication establishment, and performance impairments. On the other hand, many administrators and operators see the middleboxes represent an important part for their network operations. For example, firewalls are widely deployed with the intention of securing enterprise, campus and home networks, so as to block attacks to nodes or keep nodes from sending malicious traffic. The Internet community has acknowledged the emergence of the middleboxes and developed middlebox control and coordination protocols that allow end hosts (or application proxies) to learn about the presence of middleboxes and communicate their needs (i.e. required packet treatment) to those devices. A number of middlebox control protocols, such as UPnP, MIDCOM and STUN, have been developed over the years and are partially used in current deployments. The papers in this special issue will focus on the state-of-the-art research in various aspects of middleboxes and middlebox control mechanisms, which help to understand their impact to the Internet architecture and network operations, and how they can be further integrated, or leveraged for different purposes, such as load balancing and mobile network environments, among the others. Specifically, within the aforementioned context in Internet middleboxes and their control mechanisms, the special issue will present tutorials, surveys and original research articles (written in a tutorial manner readable by non-specialists) that cover the following subjects, but not limited to: * Middlebox-supported network architectures vs. other Internet evolution alternatives (e.g., IPv6) * Design and/or performance evaluation of middlebox software architectures * Control and coordination across middleboxes and their traversal mechanisms * Security, including authentication, authorization and accounting issues with middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Scalability and performance studies of middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Deployment scenarios and case studies (corporate, ISP, content providers, mobile environments etc.) based on middleboxes * Interaction and implications with other network protocols and components * Interaction and implications with end-to-end applications and services * Related standardization efforts Manuscript Submission ===================== With regard to both the content and formatting style of the submissions, prospective contributors must follow the IEEE Network guidelines for authors that can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html. Submitted papers must be original and must not be under current consideration for publication in other venues. Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete papers via http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6198. Guest Editors ============= Prof. Xiaoming Fu Institute for Computer Science University of Goettingen Goettingen Germany Email: fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Martin Stiemerling NEC Europe Laboratories Network Research Division Heidelberg Germany Email: stiemerling(a)netlab.nec.de Prof. Henning Schulzrinne Department of Computer Science Columbia University New York, NY USA Email: hgs(a)cs.columbia.edu

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[Cost290] March 9: submission deadline for the ICCCN 2008 Symposium on Future Internet Architectures and Protocols
by Yevgeni Koucheryavy 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Dear colleague, The final submission deadline for the Symposium on Future Internet Architectures and Protocols at ICCCN 2008 is March 9 and approaches fast. Please consider contributing your relevant research findings to benefit from the expertise of the distinguished TPC and short review cycle. The conference in St. Thomas promises to be exciting. The invited speakers include: Dave Culler (UC Berkeley), Chip Elliot (GENI Project Director), P.R. Kumar (UIUC), K.K. Ramakrishnan (AT&T Labs-Research), and a number of other distinguished members of the research community: http://icccn.org/icccn08/App_Themes/Theme1/KeyNote_Speaker.pdf and http://icccn.org/icccn08/App_Themes/Theme1/Invited_Speakers.pdf I am enclosing the detailed call for papers below. Thank you, Sergey ______________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers Symposium on Future Internet Architectures and Protocols at ICCCN 2008 (17th International Conference on Computer Communication Networks) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands August 4 - 7, 2008 http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~gorinsky/FIAP_at_ICCCN_2008.html http://www.icccn.org/icccn08/ Technical Sponsors * IEEE TCCC * Nokia (pending) The Internet has emerged as a remarkably successful infrastructure for data communication. Globally federated autonomous networks provide ubiquitous connectivity across diverse communication media. The Internet's layered protocol architecture provides sufficient flexibility to provide effective support for network applications ranging from web to peer-to-peer and TV-over-IP. However, limitations in manageability, security, and innovation in the network core have proven to be fundamental problems in the Internet architecture. In response to these shortcomings, researchers and funding agencies around the globe are in the process of exploring novel network architectures and protocols. This symposium seeks submissions on novel research ideas relating to architectural principles and specific implementation mechanisms. We solicit original and unpublished papers on all aspects of future Internet architectures and protocols including, but not limited to, the following topics: * Network architectures and distributed protocols * Architectural support for security * Scalable resource allocation and management * Architectural support for availability * Network virtualization * High-performance router designs * Cross-layer designs * Network services and network processing * Advanced wireless and optical technologies in the context of Internet architectures * Economic models and incentives * Network measurement * Platforms for large-scale experimentation Important Dates * Paper submission: March 9, 2008 * Notification of acceptance: May 5, 2008 * Camera ready papers due: May 22, 2008 Submission, Review, and Registration Instructions Submission of manuscripts is through EDAS: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6096&track=3652& Submitted manuscripts must be of length up to 6 pages unless the authors are willing to pay the over-length charges at the time of publication (manuscripts may NOT exceed 8 pages). The manuscripts must be submitted in the standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font). Files should be submitted in PDF format and formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper. Submitted papers may NOT have appeared in, nor be under consideration for, another journal or conference. The Program Committee reserves the right to NOT review papers that either exceed the above length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include the title, abstract, keywords, author(s) and affiliation, e-mail address(es), fax/phone number(s), and postal address(es). In case of multiple authors, indicate which author is responsible for correspondence about the submission. Review and publication of manuscripts: All submitted papers will be reviewed and judged on originality, correctness, relevance, quality of presentation, and technical strength and significance. An accepted paper must be registered and presented by one of the authors at the conference venue and must be limited to 6 pages (with an allowance of up to two extra pages at a cost of US$150 per extra page beyond 6 pages) in the standard IEEE camera-ready format. Registration: Each full registration covers up to three papers by an author. Technical Program Committee Chairs * Sergey Gorinsky, Washington University in St. Louis, USA * Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Technical Program Committee * Mark Allman, International Computer Science Institute, USA * Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky, USA * Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University, USA * Nick Feamster, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA * Wu-Chun Feng, Virginia Tech, USA * Marco Gruteser, Rutgers University, USA * Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland * Jasleen Kaur, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA * Peter Key, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK * Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland * Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Northwestern University, USA * Yan Luo, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA * Martin May, ETH Zurich, Switzerland * Vasileios Pappas, IBM Research, USA * K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs - Research, USA * Kamil Sarac, University of Texas at Dallas, USA * Joe Touch, ISI - University of Southern California, USA * Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece * Arun Venkataramani, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA * Joerg Widmer, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany * Murat Yuksel, University of Nevada - Reno, USA _______________________________________________ Cost290 mailing list Cost290(a)cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/cost290

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IEEE MASS 2008: 5-th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems
by bononi＠cs.unibo.it 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Apologies if you received multiple copies ------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE MASS 2008 Fifth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems September 29 - October 2, 2008 Hilton Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA http://www.cse.psu.edu/IEEEMASS08/ Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing, IEEE Technical Committee on Simulation, and IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications Wireless ad-hoc communication has applications in a variety of environments, such as conferences, hospitals, battlefields and disaster-recovery/rescue operations, and is also being actively investigated as an alternative paradigm for Internet connectivity in both urban and rural areas. Wireless sensor and actuator networks are also being deployed for enhancing industrial control processes and supply-chains, and for various forms of environmental monitoring. The IEEE MASS 2008 conference is the fifth edition of MASS and aims at addressing advances in research on multi-hop ad-hoc and sensor networks, covering topics ranging from technology issues to applications and test-bed development. IEEE MASS 2008 solicits original, unpublished contributions in all aspects of (mobile) ad-hoc networks and wireless sensor networks (WSN), systems and applications. Submitted articles must not be concurrently considered elsewhere for publication. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for fast track publication in the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (www.elsevier.come/locate/pmc). Scope: Topics include, but are not limited to: - Physical layer impact on higher layers in ad-hoc networks and WSNs - Directional / smart antennas - Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies - MAC protocols (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Wireless mesh networks and cognitive networks - P2P/overlay/content distribution architectures for wireless ad hoc networks - Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking - Vehicular networks and protocols - Mobile/robotic sensor networks - Power-aware architectures, algorithms and protocols design - Clustering, topology control, coverage and connectivity issues - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) - Data transport, management and information scheduling - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in WSNs - Localization, synchronization and cooperative sensing in WSNs - Sensor networks and pervasive infrastructures - Capacity planning and admission control in ad-hoc networks - Handoff / mobility management and seamless internetworking - Resource management and wireless QoS Provisioning - Cross layer design and optimization - Incentive-based and game-theoretic approaches in ad-hoc networks - Reliability, resiliency and fault tolerance techniques - Security, privacy, and trust issues - Management and monitoring of ad-hoc and sensor networks - Operating systems and middleware support - Novel applications and architectures for WSNs - Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation - Measurements and experience from experimental systems and test-beds Submission Guidelines: All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS. Direct link for paper submission (abstracts due within March 14, 2008): http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6118& They must not exceed 10 single-spaced, double-column pages using at least 11 pt size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages in IEEE style format. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available on the conference website. WORKSHOP Proposals: Workshop proposals are solicited on cutting-edge topics that complement or supplement the main theme of IEEE MASS 2008. Please contact the Workshop Co-chairs with proposals or for any questions. The submission deadline is Feb 15. DEMO Proposals: Proposals are solicited for technical demonstrations of experimental ad-hoc and sensor networking systems. Visit the conference website for instructions on submitting demo proposals or contact the Demo Chair. PAPER Submission Deadlines: Abstracts Due: March 14, 2008 Manuscripts Due: March 21, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 20, 2008 Camera-ready Submission: July 18, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL Chair Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA (tlp at cse.psuedu) PROGRAM Chair Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA (das at uta.edu) TPC Vice Chairs Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy (bononi at cs.unibo.it) Archan Misra, IBM Watson Research Center, USA (archan at us.ibm.com) Chunming Qiao, University of Buffalo, USA (qiao at cse.buffalo.edu) WORKSHOP Co-Chairs Yonghe Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA (yonghe at cse.uta.edu) Sencun Zhu, Pennsylvania State University, USA (szhu at cse.psu.edu) FINANCE & REGISTRATION Chair: Anup Kumar, University of Louisville, USA PUBLICATION Chair Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA PUBLICITY Co-Chairs Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Korea (schoi at snu.ac.kr) Murat Demirbas, University of Buffalo, USA (demirbas at cse.buffalo.edu) Pedro Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain (pedrom at dif.um.es) LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Chair George Riley, Georgia Tech, USA (riley at ece.gatech.edu) WEB Chair Sharanya Eswaran, Pennsylvania State Univ, USA (eswaran at cse.psu.edu) STEERING COMMITTEE Co-chairs Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA Jie Wu (TCDP), Florida Atlantic University & NSF, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Kevin Almeroth, University of California at Santa Barbara Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Elizabeth Belding, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Brahim Bensaou, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Amiya Bhattacharya, New Mexico State University, USA Douglas Blough, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Joel Branch, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Raffaele Bruno, IIT.CNR, Pisa, Italy Levente Buttyan, CrySys lab, Budapest Univ. of tech. and econ., Hungary Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Antonio Capone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida, USA Guihai Chen, Nanjing University, China Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Yanghee Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales, Australia Amitabha Das, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Swades De, Indian Institute of Technology, India Murat Demirbas, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen, Germany Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University,USA Karoly Farkas, University of West Hungary, Hungary Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Ratan Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Mesut Gunes, Computer Science, Freie Univ Berlin, Germany Zygmunt Haas, Cornell University, USA Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA Paul Havinga, University of Twente, The Netherlands Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales, Australia Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Vana Kalogeraki, University of California at Riverside, USA Koushik Kar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA Young-Bae Ko, Ajou University, Korea Sastry Kompella, Naval Research Laboratory, USA Farinaz Koushanfar, Rice University, USA Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA Sudha Krishnamurthy, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany Taekyoung Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA Sung-Ju Lee, HP Labs, USA Qilian Liang, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Weifa Liang, Australian National University, Australia Lavy Libman, NICTA, Sydney, Australia Yonghe Liu, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Cecilia Mascolo, University College London, UK Martin Mauve, Heinrich Heine University, Düorf, Germany Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Trinity College at Dublin, Ireland Tommaso Melodia, State University of New York at Buffalo, mUSA Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Archan Misra, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Mehul Motani, National University of Singapore, Singapore Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Sciences and Tech. of Lille, France Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, USA Sergio Palazzo, University of Catania, Italy Joséarente de Oliveira, ITA, Brazil Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy Dirk Pesch, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Tien Pham, Army Research Laboratory, USA Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey, USA Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Chunming Qiao, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Lili Qiu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Milena Radenkovic, University of Nottingham, UK Fengyuan Ren, Tsinghua University, China Pedro Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA Yi Shi, Virginia Tech, USA Rajeev Shorey, General Motors Research, India David Simplot-Ryl, INRIA & University of Lille, France Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, USA Harry Skianis, National Centre for Scientific Res. 'Demokritos', Greece Cormac Sreenan, University College of Cork, Ireland Vikram Srinivasan, Bell Labs Research, India Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Vic Thomas, Honeywell, USA Ozan Tonguz, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wade Trappe, Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey, USA Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Roberto Verdone, University of Bologna, Italy Mehmet Vuran, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Wendong Xiao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Wensheng Zhang, Iowa State University, USA Sheng Zhong, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Yanmin Zhu, Imperial College of London, UK Michele Zorzi, Universitàegli Studi di Padova, Italy .

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[Tccc] Extended Deadline - CFP: IEEE Network Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet
by Martin Stiemerling 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please feel free to forward this CFP to related colleagues and students for information. --------------------------------------------------------- * Submission deadline is due in 10 days! * Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet Important Dates =============== Manuscript Submission Due: March 8, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: July 15, 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: September/October 2008 Call for Papers =============== Network Address Translators (NAT) and IP firewalls have been introduced to the Internet some time ago, and over the time become an integral part of the Internet architecture. Moreover, there are also other types of middleboxes, such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways, Application Layer Gateways (ALG), Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEP) and web proxies. These intermediary boxes perform functions different from normal IP packet treatment, which can even change the content of packets or do rerouting of IP packets. There have been diverse views on the value of middleboxes. Some believe that middleboxes introduce problems for network applications as well as challenges to the traditional end-to-end Internet architecture. These issues range, for instance, but not limited to, from naming and addressing of nodes behind NATs, directionality of communication establishment, and performance impairments. On the other hand, many administrators and operators see the middleboxes represent an important part for their network operations. For example, firewalls are widely deployed with the intention of securing enterprise, campus and home networks, so as to block attacks to nodes or keep nodes from sending malicious traffic. The Internet community has acknowledged the emergence of the middleboxes and developed middlebox control and coordination protocols that allow end hosts (or application proxies) to learn about the presence of middleboxes and communicate their needs (i.e. required packet treatment) to those devices. A number of middlebox control protocols, such as UPnP, MIDCOM and STUN, have been developed over the years and are partially used in current deployments. The papers in this special issue will focus on the state-of-the-art research in various aspects of middleboxes and middlebox control mechanisms, which help to understand their impact to the Internet architecture and network operations, and how they can be further integrated, or leveraged for different purposes, such as load balancing and mobile network environments, among the others. Specifically, within the aforementioned context in Internet middleboxes and their control mechanisms, the special issue will present tutorials, surveys and original research articles (written in a tutorial manner readable by non-specialists) that cover the following subjects, but not limited to: * Middlebox-supported network architectures vs. other Internet evolution alternatives (e.g., IPv6) * Design and/or performance evaluation of middlebox software architectures * Control and coordination across middleboxes and their traversal mechanisms * Security, including authentication, authorization and accounting issues with middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Scalability and performance studies of middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Deployment scenarios and case studies (corporate, ISP, content providers, mobile environments etc.) based on middleboxes * Interaction and implications with other network protocols and components * Interaction and implications with end-to-end applications and services * Related standardization efforts Manuscript Submission ===================== With regard to both the content and formatting style of the submissions, prospective contributors must follow the IEEE Network guidelines for authors that can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html. Submitted papers must be original and must not be under current consideration for publication in other venues. Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete papers via http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6198. Guest Editors ============= Prof. Xiaoming Fu Institute for Computer Science University of Goettingen Goettingen Germany Email: fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Martin Stiemerling NEC Europe Laboratories Network Research Division Heidelberg Germany Email: stiemerling(a)netlab.nec.de Prof. Henning Schulzrinne Department of Computer Science Columbia University New York, NY USA Email: hgs(a)cs.columbia.edu stiemerling(a)nw.neclab.eu <== NEW ADDRESS NEC Laboratories Europe - Network Research Division NEC Europe Limited | Registered Office: NEC House, 1 Victoria Road, London W3 6BL | Registered in England 2832014 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Workshop on Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks (WEWSN 2008)
by Chia Ching Ooi 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. =================================================== Workshop on Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks (WEWSN 2008) http://cone.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/wewsn08/ In conjuction with DCOSS 2008 Santorini Island, Greece, June 11-14 =================================================== A typical wireless sensor network is expected to work without human intervention for a long time period. Hence, energy is of paramount importance in wireless sensor networks in order to achieve maximum network lifetime. Due to the energy constraint of sensor devices, wireless sensor network necessitates an energy-aware design to ensure the longevity of the network. While most wireless sensor networks use battery-operated computing and sensing devices, new technologies like energy harvesting have been emerging and getting much attention in the research community recently. In addition, each layer of the protocol stack can employ various techniques to conserve energy while the hardware designs of motes can focus on extending its lifetime. This workshop intends to bring together the researchers working on energy-related issues in wireless sensor network. WEWSN will be held as a one-day workshop in conjuction with DCOSS '08, co-locating with several related workshops on special topics, including the Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (LOCALGOS), the Workshop on Information Theory for Sensor Networks (WITS), the Workshop on Sensor Network Engineering (IWSNE), the Workshop on Wireless Sensor Network Deployments (WiDeploy). Therefore, the workshop aims at providing an ideal venue for researchers to share their ideas and discuss their latest research works. SCOPE Authors are invited to submit original, previously unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research related to energy in wireless sensor network. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following featured topics: * Architectures for energy management * Node deployment * Sleep management algorithms * Coverage and connectivity algorithms * Energy models, conservation, optimization * Energy and bandwidth efficient distributed signal processing algorithms * Topology control * Routing algorithm, data collection, congestion control, resource management * Energy scavenging, energy harvesting * Medium access control, error control protocols * Traffic management protocol * Energy-efficient system services (e.g. localization, time synchronization) * WSN hardware and operating systems PAPER SUBMISSIONS We only accept original papers that have neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers must be submitted in PDF format. Submissions have to conform to the IEEE-Transactions format and should not exceed 7 pages. All submissions will be handled electronically via EasyChair. The use of LATEX typesetting is highly recommended. It is your responsibility to make sure that the manuscript is free of printing problem. At least one of the author(s) of each accepted paper must attend the workshop and present the paper. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: March 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2008 Camera-ready version: May 15, 2008 Workshop date: June 14, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Christian Schindelhauer, Univ. of Freiburg, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE Davide Brunelli, University of Bologna, Italy Syed Ali Khayam, NUST Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Pedro José Marron, University of Bonn and Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany Hiroyuki Morikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan Hartmut Ritter, Free University Berlin, Germany Kay Uwe Römer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Kurt Rothermel, Universität Stuttgart, Germany Stefan Rührup, Univ. of Freiburg, Germany Muneeb Ali, TU Delft, The Netherlands Zartash A. Uzmi, Lahore Univ. of Management Sci. (LUMS), Pakistan _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] MobiSys 2008: Call for Posters and Demonstrations
by Varshavsky Alex 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Posters and Demonstrations Poster/Demo Chair: Landon Cox, Duke University mobisys08_demos(a)cs.duke.edu Important Dates Poster and demo proposals due: April 6, 2008 Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2008 Posters MobiSys seeks proposals for posters describing novel work on mobile systems, applications and services. Posters will be presented during a specially designated session of the conference. The poster session is meant to introduce new or ongoing work and provide opportunities for authors to interact directly with conference attendees. Posters are specially suited for presenting controversial research directions that may generate discussion, or promising ideas not yet validated through extensive evaluation. Awards will be given for the best poster of the session and the best poster presented by a student. Poster submissions must include an extended abstract no longer than one 8.5x11-inch page, including all figures and references. This abstract should be formatted in two columns, single-spaced, with a font no smaller than 10-point. Optionally, submissions may also include an electronic copy of the poster. Please note that easels will be provided at the conference for 3x4 feet posters (approximately 0.75x1.0 meters), and the posters should be sized appropriately. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF. Poster proposals must be submitted electronically by sending the extended abstract and (optionally) the poster as attachments in a single email message to mobisys_posters(a)acm.org. The subject line should read "MOBISYS POSTER SUBMISSION" (in upper-case letters). The body of the email should include, in plain text, the title of the poster and the author list, including affiliations. The extended abstracts of accepted posters will be posted on the conference website, but will not appear in the conference proceedings. Demonstrations MobiSys seeks proposals for live demonstrations of mobile computing technologies. Live demos provide an opportunity to give a flavor of real-life applications made possible by your system. Particularly encouraged are the demonstrations that include participation by conference attendees. Research prototypes as well as commercial products are welcome. However, MobiSys is not an appropriate forum for marketing or sales presentations. The presenter is expected to understand the system being demonstrated and explain the technical contributions of the system to the audience. Demonstrations of previously published systems are also welcome. Demonstrations will be selected based on the expected interest from the MobiSys audience. Awards will be given for the best demo of the session and the best demo presented by a student. A demo submission requires only an extended abstract no longer than one 8.5x11-inch page, including all figures and references, describing the demonstration as well as any special requirements (other than a demo booth/table). The extended abstract should be formatted in 8.5x11-inch pages, two columns, single-spaced, with a font no smaller than 10-point. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF. Demo proposals must be submitted electronically by sending the extended abstract as an attachment in an email message to mobisys_demos(a)acm.org. The subject line should read "MOBISYS DEMO SUBMISSION" (in upper-case letters). The body of the email should include, in plain text, the title of the demo and the author list, including affiliations. The extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be posted on the conference website, but will not appear in the conference proceedings. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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IEEE CCNC 2009: Call for Papers
by Meetings＠comsocconferences.org 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

IEEE CCNC 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE 2009 11 - 13 January 2009, Harrah's Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference - the 6th annual international conference - brings together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking. IEEE CCNC 2009, sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, will present the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as middleware), and novel applications and services. We invite you to submit papers for IEEE CCNC's Technical Program in the following areas of consumer communications and networking. - Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics - Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Entertainment & Multimedia Networking - Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery - Emerging Applications & Pervasive Technologies - Security for CE Communications For a list of potential topics and submission requirements, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ Important Technical Program Deadlines: Technical Papers Due: 29 June 2008 Acceptance Notification: 12 September 2008 Camera Ready Artwork: 10 October 2008 ______________________________________________________________________ Submissions are also welcomed for Special Sessions, Workshops, Short Papers, Tutorials, Demonstrations, and Technical Panels. Special Sessions Due: 23 May 2008 Workshops Due: 23 May 2008 Short Papers Due: 27 June 2008 Tutorials Due: 15 August 2008 Demonstrations Due: 12 September 2008 Technical Panels Due: 17 September 2008 For more information on these specialized tracks, visit http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ ______________________________________________________________________ Reach hundreds of engineers, marketing and product design specialists, and executives in the consumer networking, consumer electronics, and consumer content-provider fields. Showcase your brand to the most influential engineering audience in consumer electronics. Patron status maximizes your company's exposure and enhances your company's reputation. See the IEEE CCNC website for patron opportunities! http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2009/ ______________________________________________________________________ Honorary Chair K. T. Lee, CTO Samsung Group, Korea General Co-Chairs Simon Gibbs and Alan Messer Samsung, USA Technical Program Chair John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA TPC Vice-Chairs Track: Wireless Networking for Consumer Electronics R. Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Track: Personal Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State University, USA Track: Entertainment and Multimedia Networking Zhu Li, Motorola Labs, USA Track: Peer-to-Peer and Content Delivery Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany Track: Emerging Applications and Pervasive Technologies Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany Track: Security for CE Communications Chi-Sung Laih, National Cheng Kung University, Republic of China Workshop Chair Kurt Tutschku, NICT, Japan Special Sessions Chair Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Short Papers Chair Florence Kolberg, University of Strathclyde, UK Tutorial Co-Chairs Dr. Frank den Hartog, TNO, The Netherlands Dr. V. Prasad, Delft U. of Technology Technology Applications Panels Chair Shoshana Loeb, Telcordia, USA Demonstration Co-Chairs Andreas Heiner, Nokia, Finland Subir Saha, Motorola India Research Lab, Bangalore ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this IEEE Communications Society Meetings and Conferences mailing list send a blank email message to CCNC09_CFP-remove(a)comsocconferences.org. You can also request removal by email or regular mail. Please email a message with your email address and the list name (CCNC09_CFP(a)comsocconferences.org) to optout(a)comsoc.org or mail a note with the same information to ComSoc List Removal - IT 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA

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[Researchers] IEEE Globecom´2008 - New Orleans, USA - 30/11-04/12/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** CALL-FOR-PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium www.ieee-globecom.org/2008 November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================= TPC Co-Chairs Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology,Nirwan.Ansari(a)njit.edu Prof. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca SCOPE Multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that form temporary networks. Ad hoc wireless networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of control, ownership, and regulatory influence. The last few years have witnessed a wealth ofresearch ideas on ad hoc and sensor networks that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. Such networks can be randomly and rapidly deployed and reconfigured and easily tailored to specific applications including entertainment! , civilian, military, etc. Moreover, an ad hoc architecture is highly robust to node failure and can provide a high-level of fault tolerance due to nodal redundancy and its distributed nature. Furthermore, energy efficiency can be achieved through multi-hop routing communication. Bandwidth reuse can also benefit from dividing the single long range hop to multiple short hops with each hop having a shorter range. Several challenges face are standing in the way to achieving ubiquitous deployment of ad hoc and sensor networks. These include variable topology, device heterogeneity, limited power supply and the lack of effective energy-efficient design, lack of QoS and application support,etc. This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas amongresearchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. S! UBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at _http://edas.info/ Topics of Interest You are invited to submit original technical papers covering but notlimited to the following topics. . Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Autonomic Networking . Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices . Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms . Topology Control and Management . Algorithms and Modeling for Lo! calization, Target Tracking, and MobilityManagement . Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing . MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and MeshNetworks . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and MeshNetworks . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and MeshNetworks . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc andSensor Systems . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and QueryProcessing . Cryptography and Security Issues in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Distributed Algorithms . Pricing Modeling and Solutions . Pervasive and Wearable Computing . Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks . Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and MeshNetworks ! . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and MeshNe tworks . Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks . Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks . Cross-layer Design and Interactions . Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor,and Mesh Networks . Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks . Security and Privacy Issues for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and SensorNetworks -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] 11th ACM/IEE MSWiM´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 26-30/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th ACM/IEEE* MSWiM 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The 11th ACM/IEEE* International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada October 26 - 30, 2008 http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A special issue With Internaltional Journal - Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 27-31, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. Note: A special issue With Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 2008 Poster/Demos/Tools Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2008 Workshop submission deadline March 30, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair: Sotiris Nikoletseas, CTI/University of Patras, Greece General Vice Chair: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Program Committee Co-Chairs: Brahim Bensaou, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Tutorial Co-Chairs: Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia Workshop Chair: Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, SQU and University of Glasgow, UK Poster Co-Chairs: Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Demo/Tools Co-Chairs: Kemal E. Tepe, University of Windsor, Canada David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh, USA Web/Master Co-Chairs: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy MarcoDi-Felici, University of Bologna, Italy Registration Chair Khalil El-Khatib, UOIT, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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CfP: Use In Context, Workshop at the Informatik 2008
by Stephan Lukosch 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ================================================================== Use In Context Between adaptivity and adaptation in context-based interactions Workshop at the Informatik 2008 September 12, 2008 Munich, Bavaria, Germany http://kalu.fernuni-hagen.de/Informatik2008/ Submission deadline: April 28, 2008 ================================================================== Context-based systems slowly emerge from research settings to usage practice. Consequently, next to questions dealing with the technological feasibility, questions dealing with the manageability and transparency of context-based services from a user perspective come to the fore. In particular, ubiquitous computing applications help bridging between virtual and real-world context dimensions (both, concerning virtual and real context sensors and virtual and real context factors). The resulting system often remains intransparent to users, it is not immediately accessible recurring on conventionalized behavioural practices. This workshop aims to contribute on the one hand to the collection of use-oriented problems in context-based interaction. Furthermore, we aim to discuss resulting implications regarding the technical design of interfaces as well as soft- and hardware architectures. Special attention is given to context modeling and implementation of the various application scenarios as well as to the associated possibilities of manual (adaptability) or automatic (adaptivity) in-use-adjustment. A further special area of interest within a user-oriented perspective is the understanding of problem dynamics in scenarios with multiple-context systems and –technologies, and problem dynamics of emergence or evolution of context-based systems. We would like to invite in particular researchers and practitioners to contributions dealing with the following questions: - What practical experiences – positive as well as negative – have been made with regard to the usage of context-based systems in real organizational settings? What experiences have been made with adaptation mechanisms (automatic as well as interactive) of such systems in these settings? - How can relations between context descriptions/models, context sensors and context-based services become describable in a way that they can be inform end users? What framing conditions apply for interfaces that aim to achieve this? - What experiences have been collected with ontologies and folksonomies? How can systems be designed more practice-oriented? - How can context architectures be effectively designed for sustainable usages (Context evolution, context adaptation, traceability for end-users)? - How do architectures look like that are appropriate for the realization of context-adaptive systems that remain modifyable in-use? What services have to be provided by such a context-adaptive system? What interfaces are needed for a context-dependent adaptation of the system behavior? The contributions should derive out of various application areas, such as - Context-based Information Retrieval - Location-based Services - Mixed-Media Environments - Tagging Systems, other Semantic Web Applications - Mobility Services - Knowledge Management and Knowledge Media Creation - Community Applications We request for contributions to those topics in relation to research as well as practice. Guidelines for papers ===================== The papers should not exceed six pages. They may be written in German or English language (English preferred). Accepted papers will be published in the workshop volume of the Informatik 2008. The guidelines of the GI (http://www.gi-ev.de/service/publikationen/gi-edition-lecture-notes-in-infor…) for authors have to be considered and all papers have to be handed in via EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=informatik2008ws). Selected papers may be considered for a book publication. Important Dates =============== - Due-date for workshop papers: 28 April, 2008 - Notification about acceptation/rejection: 02 June, 2008 - Due-date for ready-to-print manuscripts: 01 July, 2008 - Workshop: 12 September, 2008 (The workshop will be bi-lingual German/English with a preference for English presentations) Organizers ========== - Prof. Dr. Stephan Lukosch, FernUniversität in Hagen - Prof. Dr. Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen Program-committee (preliminary) =============================== - Prof. Dr. Jörg Haake, FernUniversität in Hagen - Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen - Dr. Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen - Leonardo Ramirez, Fraunhofer-FIT, St. Augustin - Dr. Markus Rohde, University of Siegen - Gunnar Stevens, University of Siegen - Prof. Dr. Volker Wulf, University of Siegen - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Cooperative and Relay Communications]
by Lars Wolf 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Cooperative and Relay Communications Datum: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:42:27 +0800 Von: Chin, Woon Hau <w.h.chin(a)ieee.org> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Referenzen: <000001c87525$e56d1470$6688a8c0@Iris> Call for Papers IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Topic on Advances in Cooperative and Relay Communications In wireless networks, relays have been traditionally used to extend the range of communication systems. However, in recent years, other applications of relay communications have emerged. One such emerging application is to assist in the communication between the source and destination via some cooperation protocol. By controlling medium access between source and relays coupled with the appropriate modulation or coding in such cooperative schemes, it has been found that the diversity of the system can be improved. In multi-user systems, different users can also act as cooperative partners or relays to share resources and assist each other in information transmission, thereby creating a cooperative network. One other emerging application is the exchange of information between multiple users through relay(s). In such cases, by exploiting the knowledge of one's own transmitted signal, the throughput of these systems can be drastically increased. For cooperative and relay communications, the MAC layer also has many unique features. The MAC in this case, is concerned with more than one hop communication, is distributed and cooperative and works for multipoint-to-multipoint communication. The MAC also needs to have knowledge about network topology and account for node mobility. Accordingly, a new design of the MAC layer has to be devised to include new functionalities as well as MAC layer routing. With the large benefits to be reaped from employing cooperative and relay techniques, several standardization groups, such as IEEE 802.16 and IEEE 802.11, have started standardization processes to include such technologies into their prevailing standards. These efforts will no doubt attract even more interests from the academia and industry, advancing cooperative and relay technologies even further in the coming years. With interests from both the research and industrial communities gaining momentum, there is an urgent need to better understand as well as to keep track of cutting edge research in cooperative and relay communications. We plan this special issue to help address that need, as well as to help researchers looking to jump on the bandwagon. Therefore, the special issue will focus on recent advances as well as survey papers in cooperative and relay communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following topics: . Cooperative algorithms and protocols . Partner(s) selection in cooperative relay and routing . Cooperative resource allocation and management . Relay strategies for cooperative communications . Cooperative and relay technologies applied to WLAN, WMAN and cellular networks . Multidirectional relaying . Distributed coding and modulation . Multiple antenna systems and protocols for cooperative communications . Information theoretic aspects of cooperative communications . MAC issues and MAC layer routing . Cross-layer approaches for joint PHY and MAC optimization Schedule: Full manuscript due: June 1, 2008 Acceptance notification: October 1, 2008 Final manuscript due: December 1, 2008 Publication date: February 2009 Submission: Authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. Complete guidelines for prospective authors can be found at www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through Manuscript Central (http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/). Choose "February 2009/Cooperative and Relay Communications" from the drop down menu. Guest Editors: Woon Hau Chin Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore w.h.chin(a)ieee.org Yi Qian National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA yqian(a)nist.gov Giovanni Giambene University of Siena, Italy giambene(a)unisi.it _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: Mascots 2008 - 16th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
by Eleni Karatza 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

MASCOTS 2008 16th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems September 8-10, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland USA http://www.mascots-conference.org/index-2008.html The 16th annual MASCOTS conference is a well-established forum for state-of-the-art research on the measurement, modeling, and performance analysis of computer networks, distributed/parallel systems, wireless/cellular telecommunication networks, and Web-based systems, and is cosponsored by the IEEE and ACM. The 16th edition of this conference will take place September 8a€"10, 2008 at the Tremont Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The conference will bring together academics and industry practitioners to present and discuss their latest research results. The technical program for the 3-day conference will include tutorials, keynote talks, refereed papers, and posters. The conference organizers encourage researchers worldwide to submit their latest work in computer system performance analysis and evaluation, with results of theoretical and/or practical significance. IMPORTANT DATES March 21, 2008 - Abstract Submission April 1, 2008 - Paper Submission (firm, no extensions) May 1, 2008 - Poster Submission May 15, 2008 - Acceptance Notification June 9, 2008 - Camera Ready Submission PAPERS MASCOTS 2008 seeks original technical papers describing research in the areas of computer networks and computer systems performance evaluation. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Computer Architecture Computer Networks Distributed/Parallel Systems Industrial Practice and Experience Internetworking Protocols Multimedia Systems Performance Evaluation Methodologies Pervasive Web and Mobility Sensor Networks Storage Systems Web-based Systems Wireless Networks Submissions may be up to 10 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size no less than 10 point. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. We will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in any other conference or journal. Accepted papers for MASCOTS 2008 will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society. Authors will be required to sign a copyright transfer form. Detailed formatting and submission requirements will be provided on the conference Web site. Authors of highly-ranked papers may be invited to submit extended versions of their work to appropriate IEEE or ACM journals. POSTERS Posters provide a forum for late-breaking or preliminary research results, giving an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal setting. Material submitted as a full paper may also be submitted as a poster paper; if the full paper is accepted, the poster submission will not be considered. Poster paper submissions may be up to 2 pages in length, excluding references, formatted as described above. Accepted poster papers will be allocated up to 3 pages in the conference proceedings. TUTORIALS A program of tutorials will cover topics of current interest to Web design, development, services, operation, use, and evaluation. These half and full-day sessions will be led by internationally recognized experts and experienced instructors using prepared content. GENERAL CHAIRS Jackie Akinpelu (JHU-APL, USA) Douglas Schmidt (JHU-APL, USA) PROGRAM CHAIRS: Ethan Miller (UC Santa Cruz, USA) Carey Williamson (U. of Calgary, Canada) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ismail Ari (Hewlett Packard Labs) Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo) Fabian Bustamante (Northwestern University) Ken Christensen (University of South Florida) Dror Feitelson (Hebrew University) Tony Field (Imperial College, UK) Majid Ghaderi (University of Calgary) Garth Goodson (Network Appliance) Kanchi Gopinath (Indian Institute of Science) Peter Harrison (Imperial College, UK) Windsor Hsu (Data Domain) Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh) Anupam Joshi (Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County) Nikolai Joukov (IBM) Helen Karatza (Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki) Zongpeng Li (University of Calgary) Ellen Liu (University of Manitoba) Darrell Long (University of California at Santa Cruz) Anirban Mahanti (Indian Inst. of Technology Delhi) James Martin (Clemson University) Daniel Menasce (George Mason University) Yannis Nikolaidis (University of Alberta) Michael O'Sullivan (University of Auckland) Jianping Pan (University of Victoria) George Riley (Georgia Tech) Bianca Schroeder (University of Toronto) Thomas Schwarz (Santa Clara University) Kai Shen (University of Rochester) Robert Simon (George Mason University) Adam Wierman (Cal Tech) Rob van der Mei (CWI Amsterdam) STEERING COMMITTEE Dharma Agrawal (U. of Cincinnati, USA) Kallol Bagchi (U. of Texas at El Paso, USA) Thomas BrA?unl (U. of Western Australia, Australia) Giovanni Chiola (Universitat di Genova, Italy) Doug DeGroot (U. of Leiden, Netherlands) Patrick Dowd (U. of Maryland, USA) Jozo Dujmovic (San Francisco State U., USA) David Finkel (Worcester Polytechnic Inst., USA) Richard Fujimoto (Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA) Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College, UK) Darrell Long (U. of California, Santa Cruz, USA) Marco Marsan (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) George Riley (Georgia Inst. of Technology, USA) Herb Schwetman (Mesquite Inc., USA) Kishor Trivedi (Duke U., USA) Jean Walrand (U. of California at Berkeley, USA) ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] ADAMUS'08 - IEEE WoWMoM Workshop - LAST CFP: deadline February 25]
by Lars Wolf 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] ADAMUS'08 - IEEE WoWMoM Workshop - LAST CFP: deadline February 25 Datum: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:07:04 +0100 Von: Luca Foschini <lfoschini(a)deis.unibo.it> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call-for-Papers-and-Demos ________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers and Demos: SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION Second IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Adaptive and DependAble Mobile Ubiquitous Systems ADAMUS 2008 In conjunction with the 8th Int. Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM'08) Newport Beach, CA, USA, 23rd June, 2008 Sponsored by NOKIA ---- WoWMoM web site : http://wowmom08.ics.uci.edu/ ADAMUS web site : http://www.adamus.ua.ac.be/ ADAMUS'08 cfp pdf : http://www.adamus.ua.ac.be/CFP_adamus08.pdf _______________________________________________________________ Important Dates (DEADLINE EXTENDED): * Full Paper and Demo submission deadline: February 25, 2008 * Notification of acceptance: March 17, 2008 * Demo Plans submission deadline: March 31, 2008 * Final camera-ready manuscripts due: April 4, 2008 ________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Submission deadline extended. - This year, ADAMUS will host a DEMO COMPETITION. The Best demo will be awarded with a special NOKIA hi-tech gift! - The BEST PAPER will be also awarded with another NOKIA gift! - ADAMUS'08 will open with a KEYNOTE TALK by Franklin Reynolds, NOKIA distinguished engineering fellow. See below for details. WORKSHOP SCOPE ---------------------------------------------------------------- A truly extended use of mobile computing technologies asks for effective software engineering techniques to design, develop and maintain novel ubiquitous services with challenging dependa- bility requirements in highly heterogeneous and error-prone mobile environments. To overcome the intrinsic limitations of mobile devices and environments, a variety of research studies have produced methods and proof-of-concept prototypes for sup- porting non-critical applications. However, it is still unclear whether current solutions can satisfy the challenging adapta- bility and dependability requirements of the emerging mobile ubiquitous services, such as mobile commerce, wireless control of robots, healthcare computing, and video-surveillance. Hence, it is becoming increasingly important: to devise con- ceptual models and paradigms for change tolerance; to propose mechanisms to model, design, and develop adaptive and dependable systems; to provide analytical and simulation tools to measure system ability to withstand faults and to optimally re-adjust to new environments; to develop scalable, maintainable, cost- effective middleware infrastructures able to support and ease the development of adaptive and dependable mobile ubiquitous services. Building on the success of the last year event, this workshop aims at fostering exchange of ideas and lively discussions in order to reduce the gap between research achievements and industrial applications in the field of adaptive and dependable mobile ubiquitous systems. Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to participate with high quality papers able to identify open issues, to discuss the limits and/or advantages of existing solutions, or to propose original and innovative techniques for adaptive and dependable applications over mobile environments. The main topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: * Dependability and adaptation requirements and open issues for mobile ubiquitous systems; * Design principles, models, and techniques for realizing dependable and adaptive mobile ubiquitous systems; * Context data provisioning and modelling, and context-based infrastructures; * Human-machine interaction and usability; * Multi-device and highly heterogeneous ubiquitous systems; * Cross-layer adaptation techniques; * End-to-end approaches to the quality of experience of mobile services; * Autonomous systems for adaptation and dependability; * Mobile-enabled middleware architectures and mechanisms for heterogeneous wireless networks; * Dependability and scalability of web technologies to ubiqui- tous systems; * Architectures for resource and network monitoring and adapta- tion to networks conditions; * Dependability measurement of mobile systems and services. DEMO COMPETITION, BEST PAPER, AND RELATED PRIZES ---------------------------------------------------------------- A Demo Competition (sponsored by NOKIA) will be conveniently scheduled to provide authors with the opportunity to run live demonstrations of their research and to interact directly with ADAMUS and other WoWMoM attendees that will be required to vote for the best demos (See below for demos submission guidelines). Best demos will be awarded with special Nokia gifts based on their review scores, on-site voting results, and technical program committee evaluation. The best full paper will be awarded as well with another Nokia gift, based on review scores. The BEST DEMO PRIZE will consist of a Nokia N95 8GB multimedia computer (http://www.nseries.com/products/n95_8gb/). The BEST PAPER PRIZE will be a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet device (http://www.nseries.com/products/n810/index.html). NOKIA KEYNOTE TALK ---------------------------------------------------------------- We are proud to announce ADAMUS 2008 will open with a Keynote Talk by Franklin Reynolds, distinguished engineering fellow at the Nokia Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. FULL PAPER AND DEMO PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------------------------------------- ADAMUS 2008 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. This year, ADAMUS seeks two different kinds of contribu- tion: full papers and live demonstration proposals. Live demon- strations must be accompanied by a short demo proposal descri- bing the demo and the related research activity. * Full papers must be written in English and should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE proceedings style. * Demo proposals must be written in English and should not exce- ed 3 pages in IEEE proceedings style. * Demo Plans: Authors of all accepted demo proposals must also submit a Demo Plan including a short description of the demo (text, video, poster) and a short report on infra- structure needs (power, network, physical space needed). All submissions will be handled electronically. Full papers and demo proposals should submit a PostScript or PDF file, including names and contact information of all authors, through the sub- mission Web site (http://www.adamus.ua.ac.be/) by February 20th, 2008. Submission implies that at least one of the authors will regi- ster and present the paper. The selection process will involve peer reviews and reviews by program committee members. All papers and demo proposals will be selected for the workshop based upon their originality, technical soundness, and relevance to the field of adaptive and dependable mobile ubiquitous systems. Notification of acceptance will be sent to contact authors by March 17th, 2008. Authors of accepted papers will be requested to provide the camera-ready version of the paper by April 4th, 2008. Authors of accepted demo proposals will be requested to provide demo Plans by March 31st, 2008, as well as the camera- ready version of the short demo proposal paper by April 4th,2008. All accepted papers (including both full papers and demo propos- als) will be published on CD by the IEEE Computer Society Press. ORGANIZERS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Co-Chairs: - Chris Blondia, PATS group, University of Antwerp, Belgium - Marcello Cinque, Mobilab group, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy - Vincenzo De Florio, PATS group, University of Antwerp, Belgium - Filip De Turck, Intec group, University of Ghent, Belgium - Cristiano Di Flora, Nokia Research Center, Finland - Luca Foschini, Mobile Middleware group, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy Technical Program Committee: - Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA - Domenico Cotroneo, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy - Bart Dhoedt, University of Ghent / Intec, Belgium - Chris Develder, University of Ghent, Belgium - Markus Endler, PUC-Rio, Brasil - Stephane Frenot, INRIA, France - Ibrahim Habib, CCNY, USA - Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France - Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - Konrad Klöckner, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany - Frederic Le Mouel, Inria, France - Nguyen Manh Tho, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Gianluca Mazzini, Università di Ferrara, Italy - Ali Abu-Rgheff Mosa, School of Computing, Communications and Electronics, Plymouth, UK - Eric Pardede, Latrobe University, Australia - Massimiliano Rak, Università di Napoli, Italia - Oriana Riva, Institute of Pervasive Computing, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland - Enrico Rukzio, Lancaster University, UK - Sotirios Terzis, University of Strathclyde, Scotland - Francisco Valera, UC3M, Madrid, Spain - Sven Van der Meer, TTSG, Ireland - Katarzyna Wac, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland - Xinheng Henry Wang, Swasea University, UK -- _________________________________________ Luca Foschini, Ph.D. DEIS-LIA - Università degli Studi di Bologna Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 Bologna (ITALY) Ph.: (+39) 051 20 93541 Fax: (+39) 051 20 93073 E-mail: lfoschini(a)deis.unibo.it Web: http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Staff/LucaFoschini/ _________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] [WISH-08] CFP
by Damien Sauveron 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

******************************************************************* We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Please disseminate it to your colleagues that could be interested. ******************************************************************* The 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent systems and Smart Home (WISH-08) http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008 Sydney, Australia, December 10-12, 2008 Smart Home Environments (SHE) are emerging rapidly as an exciting and promising new area. In SHE, intelligent systems need to be deployed to provide user-centric services that can remotely access and control information appliances in the workplace as well as at home. In addition, the systems should provide services to enable working at home, remote education, remote diagnosis, on-line shopping, network gaming, and so forth to improve people’s quality of life. WISH-08 is a successor of the 2007 International Workshop on Intelligent Systems and Smart Home, Niagara Falls, Canada, August, 2007. The goal of this Workshop is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to all aspects of intelligent systems and smart home. To meet this end, we invite you to submit a paper for a presentation relevant to the core focus of WISH-08. Workshop Topics (including but are not limited to the following) I. Intelligent Systems - Ubiquitous and Artificial Intelligence - Environment sensing / understanding - Information retrieval and enhancement - Knowledge acquisition, engineering, discovery and representation - Mobile / Wearable intelligence - Data mining and Semantic web - Computer-aided education Entertainment - Metrics for evaluating intelligent systems - Frameworks for integrating AI and data mining II. Smart Home - Wireless sensor networks (WSN) / RFID application for SH - Smart Space (Home, Building, Office) applications and services - Smart Home network middleware and protocols - Context Awareness for Smart Home Services - Multimedia Security and Services in SH - Security Issues for SHE - Access control and Privacy Protection in SH - Forensics and Security Policy in SH - WSN / RFID Security in SH - Commercial and industrial systems & applications for SH SUBMISSION OF PAPERS and PUBLICATION - Both research and industrial papers are solicited. - The format of the manuscript can be obtained on the workshop web site http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008. - The papers must be submitted electronically through workshop web site. - The publication of a paper requires at least one of the authors to fully register and present at the conference. - Manuscripts that are previously published or being considered for publication elsewhere are not eligible to be considered for publication. - All the accepted papers of the WISH-08 will be published by IEEE CS. After a peer-review, some of the presented papers in WISH-08 will be published in a special issue of an international journal. - Distinguished papers accepted and presented in WISH -08, after further revisions, will be published in special issues on International Journal of Smart Home (IJSH) and Journal of Supercomputing. Important Dates - Paper Submission deadline June 08, 2008 - Notification of Acceptance August 31, 2008 - Final Manuscript Due Sept 15, 2008 Contact Please send e-mail to wish2008[at]gmail.com, PC Chairs or visit the workshop website at http://www.sersc.org/WISH2008 for further information. -- Damien Sauveron _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: Journal of Annals of Telecommunications - Special issue on VIRTUALIZATION: TOWARS VIRTUALIZATION AT INTERNET SCALES
by omar cherkaoui 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

Dear colleagues, please consider the following CfP, and please apologise multiple postings. Best regards, Omar Cherkaoui , UQAM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Annals of telecommunications Special issue on VIRTUALIZATION: TOWARS VIRTUALIZATION AT INTERNET SCALES --------------------------------------------------------------------- The “Annals of Telecommunications“, published by Springer from 2008, announce a forthcoming issue on Virtualization: Towards Virtualization at Internet Scale. Virtualization has emerged as an active research area recently. While the majority of virtualization research and development is focused towards OS and server level virtualization, it has to evolve more globally into an Internet scale model where the network or Internet will be virtualized in a way that is yet to evolve. The concept of virtualization in various forms is prevalent in the networking world, such as VLAN, VPN, VPLS and lately with virtual routers. But virtualization may evolve into control, data and so-called knowledge plane virtualization and more global wide area virtualization involving control, data and knowledge planes and other new concepts of virtualization. This special issue will focus on exiting technology, as well new ones that will evolve virtualization technology at the Internet scale. Contributions are solicited on all aspects of Virtualization, including, but not limited to the following: • Virtual Network Infrastructures • Wireless virtualization • Architecture virtualization • Data plane virtualization • Control plane virtualization • Management plane virtualization • Knowledge plane virtualization • New Generation virtualized Networks • Protocol virtualization • Prototype • Experiment • Testbed Important dates: May 1, 2008: Deadline submission of the paper September 1, 2008: Author notification October 1, 2008: Final paper due Expected Publication: Beginning 2009 Guest Editors Omar Cherkaoui Cherkaoui.Omar(a)uqam.ca UQAM, Canada Masum Z. Hasan masum(a)cisco.com , CISCO, USA Guy Pujolle Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr , UPMC -Paris 6, France Manuscript submission: Authors must submit their manuscript (single column, double-spaced) electronically in PDF format by email to the corresponding guest editor before the deadline. Please also include information about the manuscript (title, complete list of authors, corresponding author's contact, abstract, and keywords) in the body of your submission email message. Articles have to be in English, 15-25 pages each and will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in the areas. _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Mycolleagues] CALL FOR PAPERS: ACCESSNETS 2008
by Yuanqiu Luo 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************************************** * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * ACCESSNETS 2008 * * Third International Conference on Access Networks * * October 15-17, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA * * http://www.accessnets.org * * * ************************************************************** OVERVIEW: With the rapid growth of the Internet as well as the increasing demand for broadband services, access networks have been receiving growing investments in recent years. This has led to a massive network deployment with the goal of eliminating the bandwidth bottleneck between end-users and the network core. Today many diverse technologies are being used to provide broadband access to end users. The architecture and performance of the access segment (local loop, wired and wireless access networks, and even home networks) are getting increasing attention for ensuring quality of service of diverse broadband applications. Moreover, most access lines will no longer terminate on a single device, thus leading to the necessity of having a home network designed for applications that transcend simple Internet access sharing among multiple personal computers and enable multimedia support. Therefore, the access network and its home portion have become a hot investment pool from both a fin! ancial as well as a research perspective. The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'08 is the third edition of this exciting event, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on Oct. 15-17 2008. The conference will consist of technical sessions, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops and panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues in this hot and exciting area. TOPICS: The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * FTTx and PON technologies * xDSL technology and DSM * Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) technology * Cable-based access technology * Powerline communication technology * Digital satellite access technology * WiFi and WiMax networks * Wireless mesh networks * Integrated wired/wireless networks * Long reach Ethernet * Home networks * Networked appliances * Hybrid wired/wireless LANs * Municipal and community networks * Network architectures and protocols * Medium access control * Cross-layer design * OFDM, OFDMA, CDMA techniques * MIMO techniques * Service convergence * Quality of service provisioning * Network scalability and upgradeability * Network survivability and security * Billing and management aspects * Business and regulatory aspects * Deployment/standardization statuses PANELS AND WORKSHOPS: We solicit panel and workshop proposals on hot and controversial topics in access networks. Proposals should be submitted to the panel and workshop co-chairs, respectively. Please visit the conference website for detailed instructions. PAPER SUBMISSION: Please visit the conference website (http://www.accessnets.org) for detailed instructions. Paper Publication: All submitted papers will go through a peer review process. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of AccessNets 2008. * Selected best papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue on Broadband Access Networks of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communincations. * Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in Inderscience International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems. * Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in Inderscience International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission due April 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance June 15, 2008 Final manuscript due July 15, 2008 Workshop proposal due April 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance April 15,2008 Panel proposal due April 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance April 15,2008 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR Hussein T. Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada TPC CO-CHAIRS Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Tarek S. El-Bawab, Jackson State University, USA Ting Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc., USA PANEL CO-CHAIRS Alex Vukovic, Communications Research Center, Canada Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Industry Track Chair Frank Effenberger, Huawei Technologies, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR Chonggang Wang, University of Kansas, USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Yuanqiu Luo, Huawei Technologies, USA Joao M. Santos, Nokia Siemens Networks, Portugal Tarik Taleb, Tohoku University, Japan IEEE LIAISON Mei Yang, University of Nevada, USA FINANCIAL CHAIR Karen Decker, ICST CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Tibor Kovacs, ICST LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Mei Yang, University of Nevada, USA STEERING COMMITTEE Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-net, Italy Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE See http://www.accessnets.org _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] CFP: IEEE Network Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet
by Xiaoming Fu 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please feel free to forward this CFP to related colleagues and students for information. --------------------------------------------------------- * Submission deadline is due in 10 days! * Call for Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Implications and Control of Middleboxes in the Internet Important Dates =============== Manuscript Submission Due: March 1, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: July 15, 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: September/October 2008 Call for Papers =============== Network Address Translators (NAT) and IP firewalls have been introduced to the Internet some time ago, and over the time become an integral part of the Internet architecture. Moreover, there are also other types of middleboxes, such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways, Application Layer Gateways (ALG), Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEP) and web proxies. These intermediary boxes perform functions different from normal IP packet treatment, which can even change the content of packets or do rerouting of IP packets. There have been diverse views on the value of middleboxes. Some believe that middleboxes introduce problems for network applications as well as challenges to the traditional end-to-end Internet architecture. These issues range, for instance, but not limited to, from naming and addressing of nodes behind NATs, directionality of communication establishment, and performance impairments. On the other hand, many administrators and operators see the middleboxes represent an important part for their network operations. For example, firewalls are widely deployed with the intention of securing enterprise, campus and home networks, so as to block attacks to nodes or keep nodes from sending malicious traffic. The Internet community has acknowledged the emergence of the middleboxes and developed middlebox control and coordination protocols that allow end hosts (or application proxies) to learn about the presence of middleboxes and communicate their needs (i.e. required packet treatment) to those devices. A number of middlebox control protocols, such as UPnP, MIDCOM and STUN, have been developed over the years and are partially used in current deployments. The papers in this special issue will focus on the state-of-the-art research in various aspects of middleboxes and middlebox control mechanisms, which help to understand their impact to the Internet architecture and network operations, and how they can be further integrated, or leveraged for different purposes, such as load balancing and mobile network environments, among the others. Specifically, within the aforementioned context in Internet middleboxes and their control mechanisms, the special issue will present tutorials, surveys and original research articles (written in a tutorial manner readable by non-specialists) that cover the following subjects, but not limited to: * Middlebox-supported network architectures vs. other Internet evolution alternatives (e.g., IPv6) * Design and/or performance evaluation of middlebox software architectures * Control and coordination across middleboxes and their traversal mechanisms * Security, including authentication, authorization and accounting issues with middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Scalability and performance studies of middlebox control/traversal mechanisms * Deployment scenarios and case studies (corporate, ISP, content providers, mobile environments etc.) based on middleboxes * Interaction and implications with other network protocols and components * Interaction and implications with end-to-end applications and services * Related standardization efforts Manuscript Submission ===================== With regard to both the content and formatting style of the submissions, prospective contributors must follow the IEEE Network guidelines for authors that can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html. Submitted papers must be original and must not be under current consideration for publication in other venues. Authors should submit a PDF format of their complete papers via http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6198. Guest Editors ============= Prof. Xiaoming Fu Institute for Computer Science University of Goettingen Goettingen Germany Email: fu(a)cs.uni-goettingen.de Martin Stiemerling NEC Europe Laboratories Network Research Division Heidelberg Germany Email: stiemerling(a)netlab.nec.de Prof. Henning Schulzrinne Department of Computer Science Columbia University New York, NY USA Email: hgs(a)cs.columbia.edu ---------------------------------------------------- Any inquiry to this CFP? mailto:ieeenet-si@cs.uni-goettingen.de _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Extended Deadline March 9: Cross-Layer Design and Optimization Track at ICCCN 2008
by Benyuan Liu 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Due to many requests, the ICCCN 2008 Organizing Committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline to MARCH 9, 2008. ========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS: Cross-Layer Design and Optimization Track ========================================================================== August 4-7 2008, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, USA Wireless networking technologies have been experiencing tremendous growth in the past decade. These technologies will fundamentally change the way we communicate, live, and fight wars. However, due to the inherent characteristics of wireless communication and networking (e.g., broadcast medium, node mobility, power constraint, fading, high bit error rates), traditional layered network architecture is often considered inadequate to achieve the full potential of the networks. Recently, cross-layer design approaches have been proposed to improve and optimize the network performance by breaking the layer boundaries and explicitly passing information from one layer to others. This allows for better decision making and system optimization on several layers jointly. The aim of this track is to bring together researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussions and technical presentations on the latest research and future research directions in the cross-layer design and optimization of wireless networks. We are seeking original and previously unpublished research papers addressing theoretical and application issues in the cross-layer design and optimization of wireless networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: * Strategy and framework of cross-layer design * Methodologies of cross-layer design * Joint PHY/MAC/network/transport protocol design * Resource allocation, QoS issue, and mobility issue of cross-layer design * Security issue in cross-layer design * Cross-layer design for emerging network scenarios (i.e., wireless ad hoc, sensor, mesh, and vehicle networks) * Interactions between network layers and related issues * Cross-layer protocol implementation and experiments * Hardware/software architectures for cross-layer protocol stacks * Modeling and performance evaluation of cross-layer system design * Joint optimization of wireless networks * Impacts of cross-layer protocol design Submission of Manuscripts: Please follow the general submission instructions on the conference website. Important Dates: Paper submission: March 9, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 12, 2008 Camera ready papers due: June 1, 2008 Track Co-Chairs: Qing-An Zeng University of Cincinnati, USA qing.zeng(a)uc.edu Benyuan Liu University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA bliu(a)cs.uml.edu Track Technical Program Committee: Bao, Lichun, UC Irvine, USA Cao, Jiannong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Chen, Guanling, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Hidetoshi Yokota, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc. Japan Jia, Weijia, City University of Hong Kong, China Leung, Victor C. M., The University of British Columbia, Canada Li, Wei, Texas Southern University, USA Li, Xiaolong, Morehead State University, USA Li, Yingshu, Georgia State University, USA Liu, Yong, Polytechnic University, USA Mao, Shiwen, Auburn University, USA Masanori Takata, Shizuoka University, Japan Nakano, Koji, Hiroshima University, Japan Stojmenovic, Ivan, University of Ottawa, Canada Wang, Li-Chun, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Wei, Shuangqing, Louisiana State University, USA Wu, Kui, University of Victoria, Canada Xing, Guoliang, City University of Hong Kong, China Yang, Laurence T., St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Yates, David, Bentley College, USA Zhang, Chun, IBM T.J Watson Research, USA Zhang, Honggang, Suffolk University, USA Zhang, Jingyuan, University of Alabama, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Call For Papers - MACE 2008 (Manwek 2008)
by Spyros Denazis 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

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[ISCC] Next Generation Networking Middleware (NGNM'08): cfp
by Paolo Bellavista 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this cfp ****************************************************************************************** 5th International Workshop on Next Generation Networking Middleware NGNM 2008 (part of MANWEEK 2008, September 22-26) Samos Island, Greece http://magellan.tssg.org/2008/ ******************************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS The fixed mobile convergence of telecommunication networks along with the telecom-IP network convergence have opened up prospects for a rich ecosystem of IP-based next generation converged network technologies and applications. Emergence of principles and practices like Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0, along with gradual adoption of industry standards like the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and Java API for Internetworking (JAIN) is making this convergence possible. The challenges to the operators are to provide suitable interfaces to an increasingly complex and heterogeneous underlying wireless access landscape, typically consisting of cellular (e.g., UMTS, LTE, etc.), metropolitan area (e.g., WiMAX) and short range (e.g., WiFi) systems. Future telecom service providers, on the other hand, are expected to stem from the fact that a converged network needs to carry a multitude of high-bandwidth triple-play (voice, video and data) services over a single network that is much more distributed, multipoint, diverse, and interactive in nature. End users will interact with the network via sophisticated devices, and be able to select from a wide range of Quality-of-Service (QoS) options. To cater to these emerging service paradigms, network intelligence has to address several aspects including multimedia session management, coordination of multi-protocol connections, advanced security, etc. Multimedia content delivery over the Internet has been extensively researched. However, the related engineering problem is evolving into the problem of how to dynamically create content distribution infrastructures and services in the context of telco provider managed networks. To stay ahead in the competition and provide market leading offerings, carriers further need to enable a global ecosystem of third-party independent application developers to deliver converged services leveraging open standards-based service delivery platform. Finally, to establish a common architecture for the convergence among services and networks, standards and frameworks will be required to ensure the interoperability of networks and applications, and facilitate best utilization of the existing telecommunications infrastructure within the converged ecosystem. It is in this setting of an open services market with service operators, application developers as well as the IT infrastructure as stakeholders, that the role of middleware is crucial. Middleware-enabled rapid development and deployment of new applications allows early introduction of value-added services to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Established telcos often have a plethora of legacy systems, such as Intelligent Networks (IN), Business / Operational Support Systems (BSS/OSS), Web-based systems and SIP/IMSbased services, which can all interoperate through open interfaces provided by the middleware layer, allowing a seamless, autonomic interaction between them. The arguments for a middleware-oriented consolidation of services in the telecommunications service provider/carrier space are also largely applicable to the enterprise segment. There are, of course, differences in requirements and service expectations for corporate users as opposed to consumers; however, the trend towards consolidation of IT and telecom architectures is just as compelling. Further, middleware approaches can offer scalability and load-balancing capabilities to critical infrastructure components. For example, the roll out of distributed / federated presence-based applications will necessitate management of huge amounts of subscriber data residing in the middleware. Finally, there are challenges of enabling guaranteed QoS and seamless access to triple-play services. In the emerging heterogeneous networking environment, cross-layer and inter-system optimization studies are essential to guarantee that these challenges are met. In this regard, large-scale distributed experimental testbeds with real or virtual components interconnected through an efficient middleware can be leveraged to validate promising approaches, algorithms and mechanisms prior to commercial deployment. In this workshop, we seek original, unpublished papers on different aspects of middleware technologies for enabling Next-Generation Network (NGN) services and applications. Topics of submission include, but are not limited to: - Middleware architecture for converged networks - NGN middleware for triple play and quad play services - NGN middleware for ad hoc, mobile and wireless services - Middleware for NGN mobility support - NGN middleware adaptation to underlying technologies (e.g., cellular, metropolitan area and short range systems) - Resource Allocation and Heterogeneous Network Access in Converged Networks - NGN middleware for content distribution infrastructures and services - Middleware for peer-assisted carrier-grade content delivery. - Publish/subscribe middleware - Scalable, adaptive, and self-managing aspects of middleware - Converged networks policy-based management, monitoring, and control - QoS provisioning, service differentiation, accounting, and billing - Identity management infrastructures and anonymity support infrastructures - Trust, security and privacy issues - Presence and contextual data management - NGN middleware for context-aware applications - NGN middleware for collaborative/P2P applications - NGN middleware for enterprise applications - Middleware support for NGN inter-networking and interoperability with non-NGN systems - Middleware for distributed experimental testbeds with real or virtual components - Web Service/Grid-enabled middleware for converged networks - Service modeling and composition - Service deployment and orchestration - Programming paradigms, Web 2.0, and mashups PAPER SUBMISSION Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Latebreaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged for submission to NGNM 2008. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to NGNM 2008. Authors are requested to submit either long papers or short papers (work-inprogress reports), strictly in LNCS format (see below): Long papers (up to 12 single-spaced single-column pages) Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 6 single-spaced single-column pages) Submissions exceeding the above mentioned paper size will not be reviewed and will be returned to the authors. Please see Submission for detailed instructions. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Paper Registration: May 10 2008 Submission: May 17 2008 Notification: June 20 2008 Camera ready: June 30 2008 Conference: September 22-26 2008 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Thomas Magedanz (TU Berlin / FOKUS, Germany) Markus Muck (Infineon, Germany) Lambros Sarakis (NCSR Demokritos, Greece) Paolo Bellavista, Ph. D. Associate Professor in Computer Science Engineering IEEE Senior Member; IEEE Communications EB Member DEIS - Università degli Studi di Bologna Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 Bologna (ITALY) Tel# +39-051-2093866; Fax# +39-051-2093073 Email: pbellavista(a)deis.unibo.it Web: http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Staff/PaoloBellavista/ _______________________________________________ ISCC mailing list ISCC(a)mail.ing.unibo.it https://calvin.ing.unibo.it/mailman/listinfo/iscc

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[Researchers] IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

============================================================================= CALL-FOR-PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium www.ieee-globecom.org/2008 November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================= TPC Co-Chairs: Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nirwan.Ansari(a)njit.edu Prof. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca SCOPE Multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that form temporary networks. Ad hoc wireless networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of control, ownership, and regulatory influence. The last few years have witnessed a wealth of research ideas on ad hoc and sensor networks that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. Such networks can be randomly and rapidly deployed and reconfigured and easily tailored to specific applications including entertainment, civilian, military, etc. Moreover, an ad hoc architecture is highly robust to node failure and can provide a high-level of fault tolerance due to nodal redundancy and its distributed nature. Furthermore, energy efficiency can be achieved through multi-hop routing communication. Bandwidth reuse can also benefit from dividing the single long range hop to multiple short hops with each hop having a shorter range. Several challenges face are standing in the way to achieving ubiquitous deployment of ad hoc and sensor networks. These include variable topology, device heterogeneity, limited power supply and the lack of effective energy-efficient design, lack of QoS and application support, etc. This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at http://edas.info/ Topics of Interest You are invited to submit original technical papers covering but not limited to the following topics. . Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Autonomic Networking . Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices . Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms . Topology Control and Management . Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management . Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing . MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing . Cryptography and Security Issues in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Distributed Algorithms . Pricing Modeling and Solutions . Pervasive and Wearable Computing . Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks . Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks . Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks . Cross-layer Design and Interactions . Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks . Security and Privacy Issues for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Tccc] CfP (Deadline Extension): ACM SIGMOBILE MobilityModels'08 at MobiHoc'08
by Mirco Musolesi 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ***DEADLINE EXTENSION*** New submission deadline: 23 February 2008 (firm) -------------------------------------------------------------------- MobilityModels'08 First ACM SIGMOBILE International Workshop on Mobility Models for Networking Research Colocated with ACM SIGMOBILE MobiHoc'08 Hong Kong 26 May 2008 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/mobilitymodels08/ *Scope of the Workshop* One of the key issues in the evaluation of algorithms, protocols and systems for mobile networks is modeling node mobility. Different types of models have been proposed in the last decade, from those founded on purely synthetic movements, such as the ones based on purely random movements of the nodes to the ones based aiming at reproducing the mobility patterns inside specific places like campuses or cities. In addition, efforts to collect real traces of people movement have been made and traces have been made available and used in simulators. Despite these efforts, the problem of understanding and modeling mobility, and, more specifically, human mobility remains of great interest for the mobile ad hoc networks community, as many questions are still unanswered and evaluation methodologies still unsatisfactory. New insights and more refined and realistic models are still needed, bringing together real world measurements and mathematical characterization of node mobility. These problems are of interest to anyone working on mobile networking, as these models are often at the basis of the performance evaluation, comparison, and validation of new approaches and solutions. We solicit the papers on mobility models for various wireless networks including MANETs, DTNs and vehicular networks. Papers on mobility characterizations based on real traces are also welcomed. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers working or interested in mobility modeling and characterizations. We wish to build a lively forum to propose and discuss recent advances in mobility modeling both from theoretical and practical point of views. The workshop will be opened to contributions from researchers tackling the research problems in this area from different perspectives, with the aim of discussing the many open issues in movement modeling trying to identify novel solutions to be investigated also by means of collaborations among the participants of the workshop. We will welcome especially highly innovative and/or controversial contributions, debunking existing results or confirming existing models by means of new experimental results. Papers providing key mathematical insights on open mobility modeling issues will also be highly appreciated. We invite to submit papers in the following areas: * Design, implementation and evaluation of synthetic and trace-based mobility models * Validation of synthetic models using real world traces * Mathematical characterization of human mobility * Analysis and characterization of dynamic network topologies * Mobility and connectivity modeling * Influence of mobility on radio characterization * Complex networks models for mobility modeling * Human mobility and social networks * Impact of mobility modeling on algorithms, protocols and systems performance * Network measurements and mobility characterization * Simulation tools and testbed for mobility simulation * Systems testing based on real world mobility traces * Mobility traces collection and data archive, including privacy issues * Mobility characterizations of real traces *Submission Format* Page length is up to 8 pages (10pt ACM format). The proceedings will be published by ACM and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. Papers should not be anonymized. Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF through EDAS. Instructions are available in the workshop Website. *Important dates* Submission deadline (EXTENDED): 23 February 2008 (firm) Notification to the authors: 18 March 2008 Camera ready version deadline: 24 March 2008 Workshop date: 26 May 2008 *Organization* Workshop Program Chairs Minkyong Kim (IBM Watson, USA) Cecilia Mascolo (University of Cambridge, UK) Mirco Musolesi (Dartmouth College, USA) Workshop Program Committee Marcelo Dias de Amorim (LIP6/University Pierre et Marie Curie, France) Elizabeth M. Belding (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) Rainer Baumann (ETHZ, Switzerland) Augustin Chaintreau (Thomson Research Paris, France) Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge, UK) Nathan Eagle (MIT, USA) Mario Gerla (University of California Los Angeles, USA) Tristan Henderson (University of St. Andrews, UK) David Kotz (Dartmouth College, USA) Mehul Motani (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Brian Noble (University of Michigan, USA) Paolo Santi (IIT CNR, Italy) Giovanni Resta (IIT CNR, Italy) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (ETHZ, Switzerland) Milan Vojnovic (Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK) -- Mirco Musolesi Dept. of Computer Science, Dartmouth College 6211 Sudikoff Laboratory Hanover NH 03755 USA Web: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~musolesi _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Special Issue on Distributed Video Coding
by Frederic Dufaux 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

-------- Sorry for cross-posting ----------- EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing Special Issue on Distributed Video Coding (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ivp/si/dvc.html) Call for Papers Distributed source coding (DSC) is a new paradigm based on two information theory theorems: Slepian-Wolf and Wyner-Ziv. Basically, the Slepian-Wolf theorem states that, in the lossless case, the optimal rate achieved when performing joint encoding and decoding of two or more correlated sources can theoretically be reached by doing separate encoding and joint decoding. The Wyner-Ziv theorem extends this result to lossy coding. Based on this paradigm, a new video coding model is defined, referred to as distributed video coding (DVC), which relies on a new statistical framework, instead of the deterministic approach of conventional coding techniques such as MPEG standards. DVC offers a number of potential advantages. It first allows for a flexible partitioning of the complexity between the encoder and decoder. Furthermore, due to its intrinsic joint source-channel coding framework, DVC is robust to channel errors. Because it does no longer rely on a prediction loop, DVC provides codec independent scalability. Finally, DVC is well suited for multiview coding by exploiting correlation between views without requiring communications between the cameras. High-quality original papers are solicited for this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): · Architecture of DVC codec · Coding efficiency improvement · Side information generation · Channel statistical modeling and channel coding · Joint source-channel coding · DVC for error resilience · DVC-based scalable coding · Multiview DVC · Complexity analysis and reduction · DSC principles applied to other applications such as encryption, authentication, biometrics, device forensics, query, and retrieval Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing manuscript format described at <http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ivp/> http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ivp/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscripts through the EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing Manuscript Tracking System at <http://mts.hindawi.com/> http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable: · Manuscript Due: May 1, 2008 · First Round of Reviews: August 1, 2008 · Publication Date: November 1, 2008 Guest Editors · <mailto:frederic.dufaux@epfl.ch> Frederic Dufaux, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland · <mailto:wgao@pku.edu.cn> Wen Gao, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China · <mailto:stefano.tubaro@polimi.it> Stefano Tubaro, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy · <mailto:avetro@merl.com> Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, USA _____________________________________________ Dr. Frederic Dufaux Multimedia Signal Processing Lab. Electrical Engineering Institute, School of Engineering Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL - STI - IEL - MMSPL - Station 11 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland email: <mailto:frederic.dufaux@epfl.ch> frederic.dufaux(a)epfl.ch web : <http://mmspl.epfl.ch/> http://mmspl.epfl.ch phone: +41 21 693 4714 mobile: +41 79 757 5963 fax: +41 21 693 7600

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