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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [ACM MOBICOM 2019 - Internet-QoE] CFP: 4th Workshop on QoE-based Analysis and Management of Data Communication Networks (Internet-QoE 2019)
by Lars Wolf 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [ACM MOBICOM 2019 - Internet-QoE] CFP: 4th Workshop on QoE-based Analysis and Management of Data Communication Networks (Internet-QoE 2019) Datum: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:01:08 +0000 Von: Casas Pedro <Pedro.Casas(a)AIT.AC.AT> Antwort an: Casas Pedro <Pedro.Casas(a)AIT.AC.AT> An: tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org ACM MOBICOM 2019 4th Workshop on QoE-based Analysis and Management of Data Communication Networks (Internet-QoE 2019) October 21-25, 2019 @Los Cabos, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico http://mobiqoe.ait.ac.at/internet-qoe-2019/ + June 14, 2019: Paper registration deadline + June 21, 2019: Paper submission deadline + July 31, 2019: Paper acceptance notification After three highly successful editions of Internet-QoE at ACM SIGCOMM 2016 (https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2016/qoe.php), ACM SIGCOMM 2017 (https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2017/workshop-internet-qoe.html), and IEEE ICDCS 2018 (http://mobiqoe.ait.ac.at/internet-qoe-2019/), we are happy to announce the 4th edition of Internet-QoE, hosted by ACM MobiCom. ***Call for Papers*** The goal of the Internet-QoE workshop is to scale QoE out of the lab studies context and bring it to the design, analysis and operation of real world networks and distributed systems. By fostering an explicit and deep integration of the end-user directly into the analysis and management of complex networks, we expect to reduce the gap between QoE research and its application to future network operation paradigms, as well as to provide a more targeted end-user perspective to the research on Internet analysis and its future development. Internet-QoE brings together researchers and practitioners from the Internet measurements and analysis domain and the QoE modeling and assessment domain. We are looking for contributions in the intersection between these two domains. We invite submissions in the following non-exhaustive list of topics: + Internet measurements related to QoE + QoE-aware networking + Application of AI to Internet-QoE analysis + Big Data and analytics-driven QoE monitoring approaches + QoE in encrypted network traffic + Web, Streaming, Gaming, and Immersive multi-media Internet-QoE + QoE characterization from Internet measurements + QoE metrics for smartphones & mobile networks + QoE-based traffic monitoring and troubleshooting + Novel algorithms to improve Internet-QoE + QoE-based network management and analysis + User engagement modeling and assessment + User behavioral analysis with networking services + Internet-QoE metrics and measurements in the large-scale + Application of QoE models and metrics to network and traffic analysis + Tools and techniques to gather QoE-related Internet measurements + Large-scale field trials shedding light on QoE aspects + QoE-based analysis of CDNs and Cloud networks + Large-scale network simulation for QoE analysis + Novel approaches for large-scale QoE crowd-sourcing ***Submission Instructions*** Submissions must be original, unpublished work, and not under consideration at another conference or journal. Submitted papers must be at most six (6) pages long, including all figures, tables, references, and appendices in two-column 10pt ACM format. Papers must include authors names and affiliations for single-blind peer reviewing by the PC. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop. Submit your paper at https://internet-qoe19.ccs.neu.edu/. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the Internet-QoE 2019 Proceedings, available at the ACM Digital Library. ***Conference Co-Chairs*** + Pedro Casas - Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria + Florian Wamser - University of Würzburg, Germany + Fabián Bustamante - Northwestern University, USA + David Choffnes - Northeastern University, USA PEDRO CASAS Scientist Information Management Center for Digital Safety & Security AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Giefinggasse 4 | 1210 Vienna | Austria T +43 50550-4104 | M +43 664 88256097 | F +43 50550-2813 pedro.casas(a)ait.ac.at<mailto:pedro.casas@ait.ac.at> | www.ait.ac.at<http://www.ait.ac.at/> FN: 115980 i HG Wien | UID: ATU14703506 www.ait.ac.at/Email-Disclaimer<http://www.ait.ac.at/Email-Disclaimer> ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [CFP] Special Issue on Edge Learning for the Internet of Vehicles–Algorithms, Frameworks and Applications - Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT), Wiley [Impact Factor = 1.61]
by Lars Wolf 19 Apr '19

19 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [CFP] Special Issue on Edge Learning for the Internet of Vehicles–Algorithms, Frameworks and Applications - Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT), Wiley [Impact Factor = 1.61] Datum: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 04:51:46 -0400 Von: Mubashir Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tciin(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear All, Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call For Paper (CFP). Below you can find the call for papers on "Edge Learning for the Internet of Vehicles–Algorithms, Frameworks and Applications" for Wiley's Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) . Web links: ======= 1) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21613915 2) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/21613915/homepage/special_issu… Scope and Motivation: ================= Internet of Vehicles (IoV) concept has emerged from Internet of Things (IoT), referring to a large number of connected vehicles. IoV focuses on information exchange between vehicles-to-anything (V2X) in near real-time using IEEE 802.11p as well as cellular technologies. The advances in IoV are expected to lead towards a true smart city that has Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) which provides a number of services. These include: traffic crash data collection and trend analysis for safer roads, intelligent traffic management through safe lane changing and intersection crossing, health emergency, outing, parking, infotainment, and mobile Internet services. Machine learning (ML) techniques are anticipated to be significantly useful for the development of a smart IoV environment. Some examples are: traffic prediction-based path and data routing, vehicular blockchain, congestion, load balancing, cyber-physical attack mitigation, resource management based-on e.g. energy-efficiency, virtualization, and distributed learning. High complexity of the IoV environment can be addressed by online/offline learning mechanisms (e.g., supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement). In addition, near real-time requirements of the majority of services emerging from ITS require low-latency solutions. Thus, edge learning will play a key role in bringing intelligent, efficient, and creative applications and systems for the vehicular ecosystem. For instance, caching the contents at the network edge for intelligent information processing can be built on machine learning techniques to enhance the efficiency of IoV. Considering all of these exciting areas, this special issue aims to bring together research efforts on IoVs that benefit from ML and edge computing. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: · Intelligent Road safety and accident mitigation in IoV · ML-based edge-supported location management mechanisms of IoV · Driver safety and assistance using deep learning in IoV · Intelligent Information dissemination and retrieval in IoV · ML-based edge caching mechanisms for IoV · Intelligent Autonomous driving in IoV · Intelligent Traffic management system for small/large rural/urban areas in IoV · Smart Health emergency handling in IoV · Intelligent content-centric mechanisms in IoV using edge learning Theft mitigation and rescue in IoV using machine learning · Public parking and monitoring in IoV using ML · Mobile Internet usage in IoV · Blockchain applications in IoV enabled by edge learning · Security based-on edge learning in IoV · Privacy mechanisms supported by IoV edge · Smart mobility management in IoV using edge learning · Infotainment in IoV using edge learning · Novel frameworks supporting edge learning in ITS · Intelligent edge-based algorithms for IoV · Field trials/Testbed implementations in IoV supported by edge learning 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. Papers will be peer-reviewed by independent reviewers and selected based on originality, scientific quality and relevance to this Special Issue. The guest editors will make final decisions about the acceptance of the papers. Important dates: ============ Paper submission due: Jun. 31, 2019 First-round notification: Sep. 30, 2019 Revision submission: Nov. 30, 2019 Notification of final decision: Jan. 20, 2019 Submission of final paper: Feb. 30, 2020 Publication date: Mar. 2020 Guest Editors: =========== Muhammad Maaz Rehan, Managing Guest Editor COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Pakistan maazrehan(a)ciitwah.edu.pk / maazrehan(a)ieee.org Mubashir Hussain Rehmani Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland mshrehmani(a)gmail.com Sedjelmaci Hichem Orange Labs, Châtillon, France hichem.sedjelmaci(a)orange.com Melike Erol-Kantarci University of Ottawa, Canada melike.erolkantarci(a)uottawa.ca Akhilesh Thyagaturu Intel, USA akhilesh.s.thyagaturu(a)intel.com ================================================= Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Ph.D., Senior Member IEEE Assistant Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland Area Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine Associate Editor, IEEE Access Associate Editor, Elsevier CAEE, FGCS & JNCA Journals Associate Editor, Springer Wireless Networks Associate Editor, AHSWN Journal and JCN Journal https://sites.google.com/site/mshrehmani/ ================================================= ________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the tciin list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=tciin&A=1

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ACM BuildSys 2019 - Nov. 13-14 - New York City - Call for Workshops/Papers Reminder and Call for Posters/Demos/PhD Colloquium
by Lars Wolf 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ACM BuildSys 2019 - Nov. 13-14 - New York City - Call for Workshops/Papers Reminder and Call for Posters/Demos/PhD Colloquium Datum: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:42:14 -0700 Von: Mostafa Mirshekari <mmirshekari(a)CMU.EDU> Antwort an: Mostafa Mirshekari <mmirshekari(a)CMU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Just a couple of reminders about the ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (*ACM BuildSys*) Call for Workshops/Papers and announcement of the Call for Posters/Demos, Short Papers, and the Doctoral Colloquium. The conference will be held Nov. 13-14 in New York City, NY, USA. *Call for Workshops Reminder - Approaching Soon!* BuildSys features co-located workshops on new trends or emerging topics of interest to the BuildSys research community. BuildSys 2019 Call for Workshops: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/workshops.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Workshop Proposal Important Dates* Proposal submission deadline: *April 20th, 2019 - Approaching soon!* Notification: *April 28th, 2019 * For Workshop Proposals, please submit your proposal in PDF format via email directly to Semiha Ergan (semiha(a)nyu.edu) and Dan Wang ( dan.wang(a)polyu.edu.hk). Only complete proposals with all required information will be considered. -------- *Call for Papers Reminder* We solicit three types of original submissions: - Regular papers for oral presentation (10 pages) - Notes papers for oral presentation (4 pages) - Abstract papers for short oral and optional poster presentations (2 pages) - **NEW Type of Paper Submission Option this Year** Notes papers are 4-page papers intended to discuss preliminary research results, advocate new research directions, describe public software or datasets, or present short projects that do not warrant a 10-page paper. Notes papers serve, in part, to encourage younger researchers and research teams entering this field of research to share their work. We also encourage Notes paper submissions from industry participants that may not be able to devote resources to a full paper. While Notes papers are not expected to have extensive evaluations, they will be reviewed based on the novelty of their ideas, potential for impact, and quality of presentation. This year we will also have abstract only papers, where the presentation will include a very short oral and an optional poster presentation. The abstract papers will be reviewed by a subset of reviewers and focus on the novelty of the ideas and to encourage new topic areas in BuildSys. BuildSys 2019 Call for Papers: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/cfp.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Paper Submission Important Dates* Abstract Registration: June 15, 2019, AOE Paper Submission: June 22, 2019, AOE. (No further extension will be granted) Paper Notification: August 1st, 2019, AOE Submission site: TBD -------- *Call for Posters/Demos Announcement* BuildSys 2019 welcomes exciting demonstrations of novel technologies, applications, and hardware for the built environment as well as posters showing promising early work. We seek participation from both industry and academia for demonstrations and posters. Selection of demonstration and posters will be based on a short abstract, evaluated based on technical merit and innovation as well as the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference. The demo and poster session is a great forum to share your early stage work to the broader audience. Accepted abstracts will appear in the regular conference proceedings. At least one author of every accepted demonstration or poster abstract is required to register and attend the conference. BuildSys 2019 Call for Posters/Demos: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/posters.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Poster abstract*Poster abstracts should report on research work where at least some preliminary results are available, but they need not necessarily describe completed work. An easel will be provided for all posters. All poster abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. *Demo abstract*Demo abstracts should describe both the technology being showcased as well as the user experience of the demo. Tables, power, and wireless connectivity will be provided. If a demo requires additional special arrangements, please describe them clearly in your submission using a separate third page (not part of the technical content of the abstract). All demo abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract. *Poster/Demo Important Dates* Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Notification of acceptance: August 19, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Camera-ready abstract: September 6, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Submission site: TBD -------- *Call for Doctoral Colloquium (PhD Forum) **Announcement* The Doctoral Colloquium of BuildSys 2019 seeks to provide a friendly, supportive, and constructive environment where PhD students can present their research in progress for an open discussion guided by a panel of experienced researchers. The Doctoral Colloquium will be structured as a series of short presentations by the students followed by individual discussions, feedback, and advice from the panel. Students with the most inspiring topics will also be invited to present a poster during the main conference to leverage further interaction with BuildSys attendees. Current PhD students in the early stages of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-page research summary describing the work in progress and including a 100-word abstract. Things to consider for inclusion in the research summary might be: the expected contribution to the field; the original idea or thesis statement; the problem domain and the specific problem addressed; a brief overview of related work; the methodological approach; research carried out and results so far. The abstract should also include a one-paragraph biography of the student, including the names and affiliations of the research advisor(s), and expected date of dissertation submission. The student should be the sole author, although contributions of the advisor and others should be acknowledged. The Doctoral Colloquium committee will review submissions to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in person to the Doctoral Colloquium. There will be no separate registration fee for the Doctoral Colloquium. BuildSys 2019 Call for Doctoral Colloquium: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/doctoral.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Doctoral Colloquium Program* The BuildSys Doctoral Colloquium will be held in conjunction with the SenSys Doctoral Colloquium to enable students from both communities to interact and receive constructive feedback on their work from a diverse set of panelists. Date: Sunday, November 10, 2019 Time: TBD Location: TBD *Doctoral Colloquium **Submissions* Research summaries will be reviewed by the chairs and panel members. If the work is accepted, a student may be expected to make clarifications and improvements to the research summary by the camera-ready deadline. Submissions must be received no later than October 7, 2019 via web submission (HotCRP). Submissions must be in PDF format, be written in English, of no more than two pages in length (all inclusive), and adhere to the BuildSys/SenSys formatting styles found here. The abstract should include the author’s name, affiliation, and email address. *Doctoral Colloquium **Camera-Ready Guidelines* The camera-ready paper must be submitted by the 26th of November 2018 (AOE). You should use the acmart.cls. Please note that ACM uses 9-pt fonts in all conference proceedings, and the style (both LaTeX and Word) implicitly define the font size to be 9-pt. The maximum number of pages for poster and demos is 2, including the references. Please refer to publication chair's Note as well as the User Guide of the new class. To submit a Doctoral Colloquium abstract, please add " PhD Forum Abstract:" at the beginning of the manuscript's title. *Doctoral Colloquium Important Dates* Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Notification of acceptance: August 19, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Camera-ready abstract: September 6, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Submission site: TBD Regards, Mostafa Mirshekari and Clayton Miller BuildSys 2019 Publicity Chairs ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: Call for Papers for ICT4VRU Workshop - Deadline extended to May 1, 2019
by Lars Wolf 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers for ICT4VRU Workshop - Deadline extended to May 1, 2019 Datum: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:34:02 +0000 Von: Morold, Michel <michel.morold(a)comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de> An: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)ccs-labs.org>, Fabian.PonteMueller(a)dlr.de <Fabian.PonteMueller(a)dlr.de>, biebl(a)tum.de <biebl(a)tum.de>, konrad.doll(a)h-ab.de <konrad.doll(a)h-ab.de>, ott(a)in.tum.de <ott(a)in.tum.de>, lars.wischhof(a)hm.edu <lars.wischhof(a)hm.edu>, wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de <wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>, office(a)ika.rwth-aachen.de <office(a)ika.rwth-aachen.de> https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/ict4vru/ICT4VRULogo.PNG *Call For Papers* * * *Workshop on ICT based Collision Avoidance for VRUs (ICT4VRU) in conjunction with INFORMATIK 2019, September 23-26, 2019, Kassel, Germany* According to the latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO), 26 % of all road traffic deaths worldwide (about 350,000) involve Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) like pedestrians and bicyclists. Cooperative collision avoidance aims at protecting VRUs by assuming that they are able to communicate their position with nearby cars by using mobile devices. In this approach, vehicles and VRUs exchange information, like their respective movement vectors for detecting whether a collision is possible or not. Mobile devices offer a wide range of sensors, which enable the recognition of specific contexts of VRUs, like for example whether a pedestrian runs towards an intersection or crosses a curb. Those contexts indicate unsafe VRU movements and can be used to improve collision avoidance in terms of collision detection performance, position accuracy, energy efficiency and more. This workshop aims at addressing these and similar challenges for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Car2VRU related scenarios. Topics of interest for the submissions include, but are not limited to: * Car2VRU architectures, applications and use cases * Car2X, Car2VRU (Car2P, Car2B) communications * Analysis of latency, overhead and message frequencies for Car2VRU communication * Machine learning and context modelling for pedestrians and bicyclists * Localization, GNSS improvements * Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) * Mobile edge computing (MEC) IMPORTANT DATES: *Paper Submission Deadline: April 19, 2019*** *Paper Submission Deadline:**(extended) May 1, 2019*** Author Notification: May 31, 2019 Camera-ready version due: June 20, 2019 Workshop: September 23-24, 2019 TPC, SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: See workshop website: _https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/ict4vru/ <https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/ict4vru/index.html>_ CHAIRS Klaus David, University of Kassel Falko Dressler, Paderborn University CONTACT INFO: ict4vru-workshop(a)informatik2019.de <mailto:ict4vru-workshop@informatik2019.de>

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Approaching: 44th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019)
by Lars Wolf 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Approaching: 44th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) Datum: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:21:02 +0200 Von: LCN Publicity Chairs <publicity(a)IEEELCN.ORG> Antwort an: LCN Publicity Chairs <publicity(a)IEEELCN.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please let us know if it is undesirable to send CfPs to this list, and accept our apologies if this is the case.] ============================================================================== Call for Papers The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) & Symposium on Emerging Topics In Networking ============================================================================== Osnabrück, Germany October 14-17, 2019 http://www.ieeelcn.org ## The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. For the past 43 years, major developments from high-speed networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Personal and wearable networks * Wireless ad hoc & sensor networks * Information-centric networking * Embedded networks * Opportunistic networking * Delay-tolerant networks * Cognitive radio networks * Vehicular networks * Smart Grid communications * Underwater sensor networks * Cyber-physical systems * Social networks * Mobile and ubiquitous networking * Green networking * Overlay and peer-to-peer networks * Local-area and metropolitan-area networks * Storage-area networks * Routing and transport protocols * Big Data Networking * Cloud computing and networking * Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization * Internet of Things * Link technologies * Adaptive networking applications * Authentication, authorization, accounting * Security and privacy * Cross-layer optimization * Mobility and Location-dependent services * Multimedia and real-time communication * Machine-to-machine communications for smart environments * Smart Cities * Network traffic characterization and measurements * Network management, reliability and QoS * Performance evaluation of networks * Testbeds for network experiments * Network coding * Optical and high-speed access networks * E-Health networking Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or a journal. Full papers (up to 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 4 camera-ready pages. Short papers will be presented in a poster session. Both full and short papers are published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## LCN Paper Submission Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Program Chairs: * Karl Andersson <karl.andersson(a)ltu.se> * Hwee-Pink Tan <hptan(a)smu.edu.sg> ## LCN Important Dates Paper registration: April 19, 2019 Paper submission : May 3, 2019 Notification : July 5, 2019 Final paper : August 9, 2019 ## Organizing Committee ### General Chair Soumaya Cherkaoui (Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada) ### Program Chair Karl Andersson (Luleå Univ. of Techn., Sweden) ### Program Co-Chair Hwee-Pink Tan (Singapore Management Univ., Singapore) ### Local Arrangements Nils Aschenbruck (Univ. of Osnabrück, Germany) ### Finance Chair Frank Huebner (USA) ### Corporate Relations Matthias Wählisch (FU Berlin, Germany) ### Symposium Chair Lyes Khoukhi (Université de Technologie de Troy, France) ### Demonstrations Chair Katrin Reitsma (Motorola Solutions, USA) ### Publications Chair Sharief Oteafy (DePaul Univ., USA) ### EDAS Chair Eyuphan Bulut (Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA) ### Registration Chair Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian Univ. of Dubai, UAE) ### Student Grants Chair Suleyman Uludag (Univ. of Michigan Flint, USA) ###Publicity Co-Chairs Florian Tschorsch (TU Berlin, Germany) Kanchana Thilakarathna (The Univ. of Sydney, Australia) ### Webmaster Gary Kessler (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., USA) ### Media Chair Fabian Marquardt (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) ## Steering Committee Kemal Akkaya (Florida International Univ., USA) Nils Aschenbruck (Univ. of Osnabruck, Germany) Joe Bumblis (IEEE TCCC Executive Committee) Ken Christensen (Univ. of South Florida, USA) Ehab Elmallah (Univ. of Alberta, Canada) Matthias Frank (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) Anura Jayasumana (Colorado State Univ., USA) Salil Kanhere (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia) Gary Kessler (Embry-Riddle Aeron. Univ., USA) Burkhard Stiller (Univ. of Zürich, Switzerland) Tim Strayer (BBN, USA) Jens Tölle (Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany) Damla Turgut (Univ. of Central Florida, USA) ## LCN Symposium on Emerging Topics In Networking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Symposium provides an opportunity to present early work in-progress that shows exciting promise. The aim of the Symposium is to enable timely discussion of novel ideas and challenging future directions on emerging topics in networking. Submissions in areas such as, but not limited to, the following are encouraged: - Network Softwarization and virtualization - 5G and IoT - Connected vehicles Symposium papers are limited to 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE format and published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## Symposium Paper Submission Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Symposium Chair: * Lyes Khoukhi <lyes.khoukhi(a)utt.fr> ## Symposium Important Dates Paper submission : May 10, 2019 Notification : July 5, 2019 Final paper : August 9, 2019 Follow LCN on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IEEELCN Follow LCN on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-lcn-conference/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special Issue on Future Internet of Vehicles
by Lars Wolf 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special Issue on Future Internet of Vehicles Datum: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:35:05 +0200 Von: chaker abdelaziz kerrache <ch.kerrache(a)lagh-univ.dz> Antwort an: chaker abdelaziz kerrache <ch.kerrache(a)lagh-univ.dz> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *Call for papers* Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) *Future Internet of Vehicles* *Aims and Scope* Thanks to the recent advancements in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT), fog computing and wireless technologies, Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are evolving towards a new environment called the Internet of Vehicle (IoV). In addition to vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-roadside (V2R) interactions, as foreseen in traditional VANETs, IoV focuses on the smart integration between humans, vehicles and things to provide not only conventional safety and infotainment applications but also advanced transportation-related services, including autonomous and green driving. The potential of IoV has been acknowledged by the industrial and academic communities and many specifications targeting vehicular-to-everything (V2X) communications have been carried out by standard development organizations (SDO) such as IEEE, 3GPP and ETSI. However, several open challenges still hinder its actual deployment. This special issue solicits original technical papers addressing the main research challenges in the IoV research arena. *Topics of Interest* Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Networking solutions for V2X communications - Cloud and Edge/Fog computing for IoV - Social networks for IoV - Opportunistic IoV - Heterogeneous V2X technologies - Modeling and Simulation frameworks for IoV - Vehicular Named Data Networking (VNDN) - Big data and data analytics for V2X - MEC application-centric mobility management design in IoV - Software-Defined Intelligent Transportation Systems - Security, privacy, and trust in IoV - 5G-IoV integration - Multimedia communications in IoV over NDN and SDN - Performance, scalability, reliability and efficiency of IoV communications over NDN and SDN - NDN-based IoV clouds - Machine learning and swarm intelligence approaches for IoV - Testbeds and validation This Special Issue encourages the submission of original, high-quality papers that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences. The papers should be formatted according to the ETT guidelines ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1541-8251/homepage/For…). Authors should submit a PDF version of their complete manuscript via Manuscriptcentral (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ett) according to the timetable below. *Important Dates:* Submission deadline: September 15th, 2019 Author Notification: November, 2019 Final Manuscript: January 2019 Publication: To be determined by the publisher *Guest Editors:* - *Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache* Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Ghardaïa, Ghardaïa Algeria. kr.abdelaziz(a)gmail.com - *Marica Amadeo* Department of ICT Infrastructures, and Sustainable Energy, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy. marica.amadeo(a)unirc.it - *Chengchao Liang* Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada. chengchaoliang(a)sce.carleton.ca - *Syed Hassan Ahmed* Department of Computer Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA. sh.ahmed(a)ieee.org ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019)
by Lars Wolf 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > Von: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> > Datum: 16. April 2019 um 17:28:11 MESZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019) > Antwort an: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> > > *[Please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]* > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > IEEE MASS 2019 - The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems > > Monterey, CA, USA > November 4 - 7, 2019 > > http://sites.google.com/view/mass2019 > > > IEEE MASS is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks and smart systems, defined broadly. As wireless ad-hoc networks continue to evolve and specialize into a number of application scenarios and environments, and sensor-based systems and technologies increasingly permeate our everyday life and become the inner fabric of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, the unfolding of smart environments such as smart cities, smart farming, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing, to name a few, demand integrated solutions that can make intelligent use of both cloud and edge systems, while applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to handle their growing complexity and to leverage the vast amount of available data created. > > Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 16th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in beautiful Monterey, CA, USA, on November 4-7, 2019, and it aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, covering algorithms, theory, protocols, systems & applications, experimental evaluations and testbeds, security/privacy, as well as AI/ML-based smart design. > > > Topics of Interest > > Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > • 5G networks and technologies > • AI/ML for smart wireless networks > • AI and machine learning aided protocol design and resource allocation > • AI and machine learning based applications for ad hoc networks > • Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs > • Application Layer Protocols > • Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity > • Cognitive networking > • Cooperative and cognitive communication > • Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications > • Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing > • Cyber-physical systems and applications > • Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination > • Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols > • Experiences in real-world applications and deployments > • Flying Ad-Hoc Networks > • Free-space optical networks > • Heterogeneous networks > • Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure > • Light-weight distrib > • Localization and Location Based Services > • Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds > • Mobile computing and networking > • mmWave and Terahertz networks > • Mobility modeling and management > • Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies > • Network components, operating systems, and middleware > • Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking > • QoS and Resource management > • Robotic networks > • Routing protocols > • Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems > • Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer > • Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems > • Smart grid, healthcare, transportation applications > • Vehicular networks and protocols > • Visible light communications > • Wearable and human-centric devices and networks > > > Important Dates > > Abstract submission: April 30, 2019 > Paper submission: May 15, 2019 > Notification of acceptance: August 09, 2019 Camera-ready version: August 30, 2019 > > Submission Guidelines > > Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, including all figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on TPC reviews and discussions, some papers may be accepted as 5-page short papers, in addition to the regular 9 page papers. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Note that the conference will also include a poster and demo session. > > Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25849 > > > Organizing Committee > > General Chair > - Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA > > Program Chairs > - Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA > - Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasília, Brazil > > Track Chairs > > Algorithms and Theory > - Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA > - Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, USA > > Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies > - Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA > - Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA > > Systems and Applications > - Octav Chipara, The University of Iowa, USA > - Desheng Zhang, Rutgers University, USA > > Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds > - Falko Dressler, Paderborn University, Germany > - Kang Chen, Southern Illinois University, USA > > Security and privacy > - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University, USA > - Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA > > Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-based Smart Design > - Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA > - Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China > > Panel Chair > - Wei Zhao, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates > > Workshop Chairs > - Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China > - Ilker Demirkol, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain > > Posters Chairs > - Marcos A.M. Vieira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil > - Chenxi Qiu, Rowan University, USA > > Publicity Chairs > - Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago, USA > - Rolando Menchaca-Mendez, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico > > Finance/Registration Chair > - Shuhui Yang, Purdue University Northwest, USA > > Publication Chair > - Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA > > Local Arrangements > - Chen Qian, University of California Santa Cruz, USA > > Web Chair > - Henrique D. Garcia, University of Brasília, Brazil > > Steering Committee > - Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati,USA > - Jie Wu, Temple University, USA > - Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA > - J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California Santa Cruz, USA > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 (Deadline approaching)
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 (Deadline approaching) Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:42:08 +0200 Von: Vinay Setty <vsetty(a)MPI-INF.MPG.DE> Antwort an: Vinay Setty <vsetty(a)MPI-INF.MPG.DE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CFP: 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 ACM/IFIP Middleware 2019 Conference - Call for Papers http://2019.middleware-conference.org where and when UC Davis, CA; Dec 9 - 13, 2019 Dates Abstract Submission May 10 Paper Submission May 17 Author Rebuttal August 1-5 Notification August 23 Final Version Due September 13 The annual ACM/IFIP Middleware conference is a major forum for the discussion of innovations and recent scientific advances of middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms and architectures for computing, storage, and communication. Highlights of the conference will include a high quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials and workshops. Original submissions of research papers on a diversity of topics are sought, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to: * Cloud and data centers * Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling * Data-intensive computing (big data) and data analytics * Stream Processing * Machine learning * Mobile and pervasive systems and services * Internet-of-Things, smart cities * Fog, Edge computing * Cyber-physical and Real-time systems * Energy and power-aware techniques * Event-based, publish/subscribe, and peer-to-peer solutions * Networking, network function virtualization, software-defined networking * Multimedia Systems * Fault tolerance and Consistency * Blockchains * Security and privacy * Monitoring, resource management and analysis * Middleware Design principles * Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware * Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective approaches * Reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation, etc. * Methodologies and tools for design, implementation, verification, and evaluation Original papers of three types are sought: * Research Papers: These papers report original research on the above topics, and will be evaluated on significance of the problem, novelty of the solution, advancement beyond prior work, sufficient supporting evidence and clarity of the presentation. * Experimentation and Deployment Papers: These papers describe complete systems, platforms, and/or comprehensive experimental evaluations of alternative designs and solutions to well-known problems. The emphasis during the evaluation of these papers will be less on the novelty and more on the demonstrated usefulness and potential impact of the contributions, the extensive experimentation involved, and the quality and weight of the lessons learned. * Big Ideas Papers: These are papers that have the potential for opening up new research directions. For such papers, the potential to motivate new research is more important than full experimental evaluation, though some preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of the approach or idea is important. Confirmed keynote speakers: Brian Cooper - Google Monica Lam - Stanford University Ion Stoica - Berkeley Submission Guidelines Submitted papers must have at most 12 pages of technical content, including text, figures, and appendices, but excluding any number of additional pages for bibliographic references. Note that submissions must be double-blind: authors’ names must not appear, and authors must make a good faith attempt to anonymize their submissions. Submitted papers must adhere to the formatting instructions of the ACM SIGPLAN style, which can found on the ACM template page. Please note that it is preferable, although not mandatory, to use a 10pt font instead of 9pt one. The Middleware 2019 conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date will be the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library which may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the Middleware conference. Note that the official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. Software and Data Artifact Availability for Accepted Papers The authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit supporting materials to be made publicly available as “source materials” in the ACM Digital Library. The materials will be vetted by the Artifact Availability Evaluation process run by a separate committee. This submission is voluntary but encouraged and will not influence the final decision regarding the papers. Papers that go through the Artifact Availability Evaluation process successfully and are made available in the ACM Digital Library will receive a badge printed on the papers themselves. Note to Authors: By submitting your article for distribution in this Special Interest Group publication, you hereby grant to ACM the following non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide rights: * to publish in print on condition of acceptance by the editor * to digitize and post your article in the electronic version of this publication * to include the article in the ACM Digital Library and any Digital Library related services * to allow users to make a personal copy of the article for non-commercial, educational or research purposes However, as a contributing author, you retain copyright to your article and ACM will refer requests for republication directly to you. The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. General Chairs Mohammad Sadoghi, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Roman Vitenberg, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Program Chairs Vana Kalogeraki, ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Robbert van Renesse, CORNELL UNIVERSITY Industrial Track Chairs Dejan Milojicic, HP LABS Vinod Muthusamy, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER Workshop Chairs David Eyers, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Jan Rellermeyer, TU DELFT Tutorial Chair Saurabh Bagchi, PURDUE UNIVERSITY Doctoral Symposium Chairs Faisal Nawab, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ Etienne Riviere, UC LOUVAIN Test-Of-Time Award Chair Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Sponsor Chairs Andy Gokhale, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Jayaram Kallapalayam Radhakrishnan, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER Local Arrangements Chairs Christopher Nitta, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Dongfang Zhao, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO Poster And Demo Chairs Jelle Hellings, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Amy L. Murphy, BRUNO KESSLER FOUNDATION Proceedings Chair Kaiwen Zhang, ÈTS MONTRÉAL Publicity Chairs Vincenzo Massimiliano Gulisano, CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Jia Rao, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Vinay Setty, UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER Web And Social Media Chairs Suyash Gupta, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Research Track Program Committee Members: Alberto Montresor, University of Trento Aleksandar Dragojevic, Microsoft Research Cambridge Amy Tai, VMware Andy Gokhale, Vanderbilt University Boris Koldehofe, Technical University Darmstadt David Bromberg, University of Rennes, IRISA, INRIA David Eyers, University of Otago, New Zealand Derek Murray, Google Diego Lugones, Nokia Bell Labs Dilma da Silva, Texas A&M University Eva Kalyvianaki, University of Cambridge Fabio Kon, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano Fred Douglis, Perspecta Labs Gabriele Mancagli, University of Pisa Gordon Blair, Lancaster University Guillaume Pierre, INRIA Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto Ioana Giurgiu, IBM Research Zurich Jayaram K. R., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Kang Chen, Tsinghua University Liuba Shrira, Brandeis University Luis Rodrigues, INESC-ID Lydia Chen, TU Delft Marko Vukolic, IBM Research Zurich Marta Patino, Technical University of Madrid Mema Roussopoulos, University of Athens Michael Vrable, Google Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UC Irvine Pascal Felber, University of Neuchatel Patrick Eugster, Purdue University Paulo Ferreira, University of Lisbon Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College London Peter Triantafillou, University of Warwick Phillip Stanley-Marbell, University of Cambridge Rong Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Roy Campbell, UIUC Roy Friedman, Technion Samuel Kounev, University of Wurzburg Sangeetha Seshadri, IBM Research Sara Bouchenak, INSA Lyon Sonia Ben Mokhtar, CNRS Lyon Spyros Voulgaris, Athens Univ. of Economy And Business Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens Tarek Abdelzaher, UIUC Valerie Issarny, INRIA Wei Tsong Ooi, National University of Singapore Ymir Vigfusson, Emerson University ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 2019 IEEE GLOBECOM <Deadline Extended> - Green Communication Systems and Networks
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 2019 IEEE GLOBECOM <Deadline Extended> - Green Communication Systems and Networks Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:08:15 +0800 Von: sipengbo(a)bjut.edu.cn <sipengbo(a)BJUT.EDU.CN> Antwort an: sipengbo(a)bjut.edu.cn <sipengbo(a)BJUT.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] The technical paper submission deadline has been extended to 1 May, 2019. The 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in Waikoloa on the beautiful Big Island, Hawaii, USA, from 9 -13 December 2019. Themed “Revolutionizing Communications,” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 13 symposia and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 will also include an attractive Industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits. Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS: Pengbo Si, Beijing University of Technology, China Kyng Sup Kwak, Inha University, Korea SCOPE AND MOTIVATION: The high-density deployment of base stations and the exponentially increasing of sensors and actuators in 5G and 6G networks bring great challenge on reducing carbon footprint in 5G and 6G networks. Moreover, the information sharing and intelligent decision making capabilities help recent communication systems and networks play an important role in improving energy efficiency in various industries. The aim of Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium in GLOBECOM 2019 is to serve as a platform presenting state-of-the-art research work on challenging issues related to energy efficiency in communication systems and networks, as well as to shed further light on future directions in this space. Authors from both industry and academia are invited to submit papers and share their recent results on this platform. MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST: Energy-efficient transmission technologies and network protocols Green 5G/6G networks Energy-efficient protocols and networking Green network concepts and architectures Cross-layer design and optimization for green communications and computing Green routing and switching Green wireline communications and networking Energy-efficient storage, cloud computing, edge computing and data centers Green traffic shaping and policy implementation Energy-efficient resource management and scheduling Green software, hardware, devices, and equipment Power-efficient cooling and air-conditioning systems for communications and computing Physical layer approaches for green communications and computing Low cost, energy-efficient antenna and RF designs Green management of communication networks Context-based green approaches & green awareness Economy and pricing for green systems and services Green network monitoring Measurement and profiling of green issues Power consumption trends and reduction in communications and computing Modeling and analysis for green communications and computing Security in green communication and computing Carbon-neutral communication and computing systems Cognitive technologies to reduce energy consumption in communication networks Zero-emission base stations, communication devices, and networks Standardization, policy and regulation for green communications and computing Non-energy based green topics, issues and approaches ICT for green buildings and smart cities Architectures and models for smart grid communications Sensor and actuator networks for smart grid Communications networks for the smart grid Quality of service in smart grids Self-organizing green wireless networks Green industrial processes Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, wireless power transfer Renewable energies for ICT Energy-aware communications and networking Architectures, models, security, and approaches for smart grids and smart grid networks Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies Experimental test-beds and results for green communications and computing Field trials and deployment experiences SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 website provides full instructions on how to submit papers and the paper format. All papers should be submitted via EDAS through the following link: https://edas.info/N25074 IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: 1 May 2019 Acceptance Notification: 15 July 2019 Camera Ready: 16 Aug 2019 Pengbo Si, PhD, Professor, PhD Supervisor, SMIEEE College of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, and Deputy Director of the HR Department, Beijing University of Technology ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: GI-Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, OSPERT 2019
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: GI-Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, OSPERT 2019 Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:51:42 +0200 (CEST) Von: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. <mitglieder-info(a)gi.de> Antwort an: mitgliederservice(a)gi.de Organisation: Gesellschaft f�r Informatik e.V. An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Logo der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. MITGLIEDERINFO FG BETRIEBSSYSTEME Liebe Mitglieder der Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, die Einrichtungsfrist für den bei der ECRTS-Konferenz in Stuttgart angesiedelten Workshop OSPERT 2019 <http://ospert19.tudos.org>(The 15th Annual Workshop on Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time Applications) wurde auf den 23. April verschoben. Die Organisatoren würden sich über Beiträge aus dem Kreis der Fachgruppe sehr freuen. Weitere Details finden Sie unter folgender URL: https://ospert19.tudos.org/ospert19.txt Schöne Grüße Olaf Spinczyk (Fachgruppensprecher) Impressum <https://gi.de/impressum>Datenschutz <https://gi.de/datenschutz>

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for papers: Internet of Everything Track, INFORMATIK 2019, Kassel, Germany
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for papers: Internet of Everything Track, INFORMATIK 2019, Kassel, Germany Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:26:45 +0200 Von: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ***Call for Papers: Internet of Everything*** The conference INFORMATIK is the annual convention and the most important meeting of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), the largest computer science association in German-speaking countries. INFORMATIK 2019 will take place at the University of Kassel on September 23 - 26, 2019. It will celebrate the GI’s 50th birthday, which was founded in 1969, with an attractive program for participants from science and industry. The theme of the conference is “50 Years of Society for Computer Science - Computer Science for Society”. Seven conference tracks cover topics that currently receive special attention in science, practice and society. The best contributions will be forwarded for publication in suitable journals. Conference languages are German and English. Further information: www.informatik2019.de <http://www.informatik2019.de/> Internet of Everything The Internet is more than a communication infrastructure for a selected group of people. It is an integral part of our daily life. In this track, we focus on all research questions that relate to the interconnection of users and devices as well as machine-to-machine communication. This includes common topics such as network protocols and algorithms for the Internet of Things but also emerging fields such as the interconnection of cars and factories. Topics of Interest Internet of Things Industry 4.0 Car2X communication M2M communication Security and privacy 5G, 6TSCH, CoAP, MQTT, etc. Submissions Applications Services Protocols Network architectures Deployment experiences and open challenges Standardization We welcome contributions of the following two kinds from science and practice related to the theme of the track: * Extended abstracts provide a summary of already published outstanding work which appeared in top international venues 2017 or later that is presented to the community at the conference includ- ing an opportunity for discussion (2 pages). * Regular articles present new insights and stable results (up to 14 pages). They may not have been submitted or published elsewhere. Contributions in German or English should be submitted to the Review System of INFORMATIK 2019 http://easychair.informatik2019.de <http://easychair.informatik2019.de/> . Please refer to the guidelines for the GI-Edition “Lecture Notes in Informatics” at https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni/ <https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni/>. All submissions are reviewed by at least three members of the program committee in terms of content quality and thematic suitability. Important Dates 12.04.2019 registration of submissions 19.04.2019 submission deadline 31.05.2019 decision notification 20.06.2019 camera-ready version due 23.-26.09.2019 date INFORMATIK 2019 Track Co-Chairs Anna Förster, Univ. Bremen (co-Chair) Matthias Wählisch, FU Berlin (co-Chair) Contakt ioe_chairs(a)informatik2019.de <mailto:ioe_chairs@informatik2019.de> — Prof. Dr. Anna Förster Sustainable Communication Networks Faculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering University of Bremen NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1 28359 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 421 218 62383 Fax. +49 421 218 98 62383 * One planet, one people. -- Prof. Dr. Anna Förster Depkenstr. 21 28213 Bremen Deutschland ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522)
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522) Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:05:18 -0400 Von: Zeeshan Kaleem <zeeshankaleem(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Zeeshan Kaleem <zeeshankaleem(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management Deadline: June 1, 2019 CFP: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/call-for-papers/sp… In recent years, since 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) is giving high priority to the mission critical communications networks and services to provide communication services in disaster areas. Because, the disaster management organizations such as fire brigades, rescue teams, and emergency medical service providers have high priority and broadband demand to exchange information among team and with the victims by using mission-critical voice and data communication. To fulfill these demands, a standalone architecture is desired that can enable communication during the disaster situations. Moreover, broadband in public safety gives law enforcement the advantage to access information, stream video, and collaborate in real time. Law enforcement and border control remains the largest application of public safety LTE. To develop the standalone architecture and technologies, currently many organizations are developing LTE-based disaster support architecture because of its capability to provide the bandwidth efficient solutions. Technologies used in existing narrowband critical communications networks such as Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and Project25 (P25) have been in use for about 20 years now. These networks are well developed and effective in supporting only voice applications but are not suitable for future higher bandwidth applications with the requirements of high data/video transmissions. Thus, the MC services are expected to evolve into the future by taking inputs from critical communications industries regarding architecture, technologies, and service requirements. Since, in disaster situation there is a possibility of complete architectural disaster, so to enable voice/data communication in this situation, the unmanned air vehicle (UAV)/robots can be used to provide the communication setup by enabling the path towards the core network. Moreover, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications are the key drivers in the emergency situation for exchanging information from the MC site in the absence of network infrastructure to provide MC voice and data services. To provide these services 3GPP included the Mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality into LTE standard which is the first major step in a series of MC Services and functionalities demanded by the market. Recently, 3GPP Release 14 added various enhancements to its repertoire related to MCPTT, MC Data, and MC Video. Hence, the Release 14 MC services not only required new protocols and security enhancements but also enhancements in existing MCPTT services to enable reuse of common functionalities. Similarly, the Release 15, that will be the first phase of 5G, is expecting more enhancements in MC services. The main objective of this special section is to bring most recent advances in physical layer of mission critical communication technologies. Moreover, its goal is to address the challenges related to mission critical services. Authors are required to submit previously unpublished papers in this special issue. Topics of interest include, but not limited to the following: • Physical layer issues for mission critical communications and network • Radio resource management schemes for mission critical communications and network • Spectrum sharing and future spectrum requirements for mission critical communications and network • UAV/robots detection and localizations protocols for mission critical communications and network • Location-based services: indoor positioning, navigation and mapping for mission critical communications and network • Stochastic geometry models for mission critical communications and network • Disaster resilient 3D location detection protocols suitable for mission critical communications and network • Channel measurements and modeling for mission critical communications and network • Mission critical communications and network optimization by targeting low latency applications • Opportunistic offloading schemes for mission critical communications and network • Device-to-device (D2D) discovery and communications for mission critical communications and network • Full duplex communications for mission critical communications and network • Deep learning algorithms for mission critical communications and network • Real-time video analytics for situation-aware mission critical communications and network • Information-driven video communication for mission critical communications and network • Heterogeneous fog communications and computing for mission critical communications and network • Connected vehicle and computing platform for mission critical communications and network • Wireless power transfer protocols for mission critical communications and network • Software defined radio (SDR) based prototype development for mission critical communications and network Editor in Chief Tolga M. Duman Bilkent University, Turkey Lead Guest Editors Zeeshan Kaleem, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan Email: zeeshankaleem(a)gmail.com Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K Email: trung.q.duong(a)qub.ac.uk Guest Editors Mubashir Husain Rehmani Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland Email: mshrehmani(a)gmail.com Nguyen-Son Vo Duy Tan University, Vietnam Email: vonguyenson(a)dtu.edu.vn Important Dates: Manuscript due: June 01, 2019 Notification of first round review: August 1, 2019 Revised manuscript due: September 1, 2019 Final decision notification: October 1, 2019 Publication date: November 1, 2019 Submission Guideline: All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers must not exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/ All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through EVISE. The authors must select as “Mission Critical Commun.” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Zeeshan Kaleem Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Pakistan. https://sites.google.com/view/zeeshankaleem ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IOTSMS 2019 - The 6th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Granada, Spain. October 22-25, 2019.
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IOTSMS 2019 - The 6th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Granada, Spain. October 22-25, 2019. Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:34:39 +0200 Von: Sandra Sendra <ssendra(a)UGR.ES> Antwort an: Sandra Sendra <ssendra(a)UGR.ES> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]** *The 6th IEEE* International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2019) **Granada, Spain. October 22-25, 2019. * ** http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2019 ** *IOTSMS 2019* The Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers unprecedented opportunities to interconnect human beings as well as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), whereby sensors and networks allow all ‘things’ to communicate directly with each other to share vital information allowing us to have an instrumented universe where accurate data is readily available to inform optimal decision making. The IoT is about to enable a range of new capabilities and services far beyond today’s offerings. It will fundamentally change how people go about their lives. According to Gartner, the number of objects connected to the Internet is set to reach 20 billion by 2020. Cisco estimates the number will be close to 26 billion objects by 2020. Others believe the actual number will be even higher with the assumption that any object with a simple micro controller and on-off switch will be connected to the Internet in the near feature. The scale of the IoT is set to have a major economic, social and environmental impacts; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The IEEE Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2019) aims at soliciting original ideas on the broad area of IoT including challenges and opportunities, concepts and applications and future trends. The IoTSMS aims to facilitate discussions among academics and IoT practitioners and make positive contributions to the field. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts. Submitted papers should be in accordance with IEEE format, and will be reviewed by at least two expert reviewers in terms of relevance, originality, contribution, correctness, and presentation. *Important Dates: Main Track, Posters, Demos and PhD Forum* *Submission Date:1st June 2019* Notification to Authors: 15th August 2019 Camera Ready Submission: 5th September 2019 *SUBMISSION* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the IOTSMS Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion. Papers can be up to 8 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). The proceedings will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iotsms2019 Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Emerging concepts of IoT Systems * Architectures of IoT systems * Machine-to-Machine Communication and IoT * Modeling of IoT applications * SDN and NFV support for IoT applications and Systems * Fog and Edge support for IoT Applications * 5G support for IoT Applications * IoT for Smart Cities * Energy management in IoT * Design methodologies for IoT * Novel services and applications of IoT to facilitate environmental responsibility * Green by Internet of Things * IoT and Social benefits/impact * IoT Economics and Business Models * Emerging Internet of Things business models and process changes * Communication systems and network architectures for the IoT * IoT and Data Management * Security and privacy of IoT * Reliability of IoT * Disaster recovery in IoT * Applications of Internet of things * Emerging applications and interaction paradigms for everyday citizens * Big data and IoT * Self-organizing IoT * Cloud Computing and IoT * IoT and sustainable Growth *JOURNAL-SPECIAL-ISSUE* Selected authors of high quality papers will be invited to submit extended versions to an indexed and highly ranked journals, includingCluster Computing, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) and Internet Technology Letters - Wiley *Workshop Proposals Submission* Workshop proposals due: 20th March, 2019 Notification of acceptance: 25th March, 2019 Launch for Workshops CFP: 1st April, 2019 *General Co-Chairs:* ·Sandra Sendra, University of Granada, Spain ·Abdelhakim Hafid Senhadji, University of Montreal, Canada. ·Francisco Falcone, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain.** *pending IEEE Technical Sponsorship ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP DroNet (firm deadline is Apr, 14)] 5th ACM Workshop on UAV Networks, Systems, and Applications. Co-located with MobiSys (Seoul, South Korea, June 21)
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP DroNet (firm deadline is Apr, 14)] 5th ACM Workshop on UAV Networks, Systems, and Applications. Co-located with MobiSys (Seoul, South Korea, June 21) Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:15:31 -0400 Von: Evgenii Vinogradov <evgenii.vinogradov(a)KULEUVEN.BE> Antwort an: Evgenii Vinogradov <evgenii.vinogradov(a)KULEUVEN.BE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleague, We invite you to join the 5th ACM Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DroNet), co-located with the ACM MobiSys 2019 Conference, which will take place in Seoul, South Korea, June 21, 2019. The firm deadline is April 14th, 23:59:59 UTC-8! ======================================DESCRIPTION====================================== DroNet welcomes contributions dealing with all facets of drones as mobile computing platforms, including system aspects, theoretical studies, algorithm and protocol design, as well as requirements, constraints, dependability, and regulations. We are particularly looking for papers reporting on experimental results of deployed systems, summaries of challenges or advancements, measurements, and innovative applications. We welcome in particular also contributions from interdisciplinary teams to present robotic work or applications focusing on the communication networks enabling the efficient control and context-awareness of teams of unmanned autonomous vehicles/systems with an emphasis on civilian and aerial applications, while related work on unmanned systems working underwater, in space or on the ground is also invited. ======================================SUBMISSION====================================== EXTENDED PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS APRIL 14th, 2019 (23:59:59 UTC-8). SUBMIT YOUR PAPER HERE: https://dronet19.hotcrp.com/ The official conference language is English. DroNet invites submission of original work not previously published or under review at another conference or journal. Accepted papers will be published by ACM and considered for the Best Paper Award. Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their works to the MDPI Special Issue on « UAV-Based Applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) », submission deadline July 15th, 2019 (more info: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/uav_applications_iot). At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and present the paper there. - Novel applications of drones - MAC and routing protocols for drone fleets - Theoretical analysis and models for drone networks - Solutions for sparse and dense fleets of drones - Drone system design and deployment - Spectrum and regulatory issues - Mission and context-aware solutions - Drone coordination - Drone ad-hoc networks - Mobility-aware and 3D communication - Delay-tolerant networks and ferrying - Energy-efficient operation and harvesting - Micro flying systems - Integration of drones with backend systems - Drone-based sensor networks - Positioning and passive/active localization - Aerial communication protocol design - Swarm movement, coordination, and behavior - Autonomous flight - Artificial intelligence techniques for drones - Drone operating systems - Vision and object tracking - Human drone interaction - Cooperative surveillance, smart cameras and sensors - Programming systems - Acceptance, security, and privacy aspects - Experimental results of aerial communication - Results from prototypes, test-beds and demonstrations ======================================ORGANIZERS====================================== Program and General Chairs: Enrico Natalizio (University of Lorraine, France) Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, Belgium) Evgenii Vinogradov (KU Leuven, Belgium) Steering Board: Karin Anna Hummel (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) Claudio E. Palazzi (University of Padua, Italy) Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, Belgium) ======================================USEFUL LINKS====================================== Please navigate to the workshop internet site (https://dronet2019.loria.fr) for more detailed information about the event, registration, and paper submission system. The pdf version of the Call for Papers can be found at https://dronet2019.loria.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DroNet19_cfp.pdf. ACM MobiSys 2019 Conference web site: https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2019/ Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information you may require (DroNet(a)esat.kuleuven.be). [We apologize if you received multiple copies of this message. Kindly forward this CFP to other interested parties.] With kind regards, DroNet 2019 organizing team ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Special Sessions: DS-RT 2019 - Cosenza, Italy, October 7-9, 2019
by Lars Wolf 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Special Sessions: DS-RT 2019 - Cosenza, Italy, October 7-9, 2019 Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:25:20 +0000 Von: Robson De Grande <rdegrande(a)BROCKU.CA> Antwort an: Robson De Grande <rdegrande(a)BROCKU.CA> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues and Researchers, Apologies, if you have received multiple copies of this CFP. ********** CALL FOR PAPER ********** DS-RT 2019, the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulations and Real Time Applications, is running three special sessions this year: - Distributed Simulations of Distributed Systems - Agent-based Modeling and Simulation - Simulation of Urban Traffic Management and ITS These special sessions have a focused view on the specialized field of distributed simulations and real time applications. Authors are invited to submit works that contain novel approaches and trends in the areas delimited within these sessions. See below for more detailed descriptions of the special sessions. Accepted works will be published in the main track of IEEE DS-RT 2019 proceedings. ***** PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW ***** Submitted manuscripts must be in standard IEEE two-column format that is used for IEEE conference proceedings and must not exceed "8 pages" (2-page extension allowed), including figures, tables and references. Standard IEEE templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats can be found at: - http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html A submission may present preliminary results, propose new research direction, provide insightful retrospective, or offer a provocative viewpoint on important topics related to the considered special session. Papers will be selected based on their likelihood of generating insightful technical discussions at the special session and influencing future research. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference and the special session. At least one author of accepted papers must attend the conference and present its contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE Press. ***** IMPORTANT DATES ***** Full paper submission deadline: May 30th, 2019 Paper acceptance notification: June 30th, 2019 ***** FOR MORE INFORMATION ***** For questions about the paper submission and review process, please contact the session organizers - find all relevant information on the corresponding web pages below. ***** DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIAL SESSIONS ***** * Special Session on Distributed Simulations of Distributed Systems * Distributed simulation (DS) is a valuable tool for understanding and evaluating distributed systems. The current computing trend sees businesses and individuals moving toward a more centralized infrastructure, namely the cloud. On the one hand, as the computing infrastructure at data centers is highly complex and distributed, DS becomes essential for diagnosing and gaining insights of the system. On the other hand, the scale and nature of interaction between different components in the cloud present new challenges and push DS's state of the art. Another computing trend that has potential to drive DS is internet-of-things. Such complex systems consist of a large number of autonomous, heterogeneous devices communicating with one another in non-uniform manner. DS is valuable not only for discerning system properties but also for predicting the devices' emergent behavior. Finally, users in online social networks make up large distributed systems. Insights of user interaction and the network's collective behavior --- the study of which fits well into the realm of DS --- bring significant value to both the society and the business of social network providers. This special session seeks to bring together experts and practitioners in the domain of DS to discuss new opportunities and challenges for DS. We welcome research papers on both theoretical and empirical issues. Web page: http://ds-rt.com/2019/dsimdsys_2019.htm * Special Session on Agent-based Modeling and Simulation * This special session focuses on general aspects and special properties for agent-based modeling and simulations that allows them to be applied on several scientific domains, such as sociology, physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, and economy. The session is intended to bring together researchers and practitioners, so they can present the current status of their work and discuss the challenges they face in developing solutions and applications for agent-based simulations. Consequently, the design of these simulations aims not only to social contexts but also to more technical domains, which involves highly complex interactive systems. Web page: http://ds-rt.com/2019/abms_2019.htm * Special Session on Simulation of Urban Traffic Management and ITS * This special session focuses on simulation tools and real-time simulation applications used in and for evaluation, management, and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), as well as Smart Cities. Such simulations are expected to offer prediction and on-the-flow feedback for the better decision-making, bringing up means for both the implementation of more complex traffic management systems and end-user applications. Off-line and real-time analyses of data collected from infrastructured systems (e.g. real-time traffic information), mobile, distributed technologies (e.g. communication devices), and socially-build systems (e.g. social networks applications) are of great interest for shaping and influencing how ITS solutions are designed. Thus, we are particularly interested in how these data and technologies can be incorporated in domain-related models and simulations. We aim to bring together experts from both industry and academia to discuss the challenges related to modelling and simulation for ITS. Web page: http://ds-rt.com/2019/soiits_2019.htm Best Regards, DS-RT 2019 Special Session Chair ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier IoT Special Issue on Advanced and Developments of IoT-enabled FANETs in Smart Agriculture - Submission April 15, 2019 - 5 Days left
by Lars Wolf 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier IoT Special Issue on Advanced and Developments of IoT-enabled FANETs in Smart Agriculture - Submission April 15, 2019 - 5 Days left Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 06:46:55 -0400 Von: Panagiotis Sarigiannidis <000000e99018937f-dmarc-request(a)COMSOC-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Panagiotis Sarigiannidis <psarigiannidis(a)UOWM.GR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear colleagues, Please accept our apologies for cross-posting. *Call For Papers* Special Issue on Advanced and Developments of IoT-enabled FANETs in Smart Agriculture Elsevier, Internet of Things https://www.journals.elsevier.com/internet-of-things/call-for-papers/iot-en… *Important Dates* Paper submission: April 15th, 2019 - 5 Days left 1st review notification to authors: June 15th, 2019 Revised manuscript: July 15th, 2019 2nd review notification to authors: August 15th, 2019 Final notification: October 15th, 2019 *Guidelines* In order to submit your paper to the CFP, please be aware of the following notes: - Please submit your paper through: https://www.evise.com/profile/api/navigate/IOT - Please be sure that your manuscript is identified for inclusion into the Special Issue by naming SI:Smart Agriculture FANETs. *Aims & Scope* Breakthrough advances on communication technologies, electronics, sensors have led to integrated commercialized products ready to be deployed in smart agriculture. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can play an important role in smart agriculture by collecting environmental data. Their ability to carry different type of payloads such as sensors, high definition cameras, antennas, or even sprayers make it a great ally for agriculturalists. In large-scale applications, e.g., wide area farms, forests or even sea farms, a cluster or a network of UAVs is adopted by opening new paths of research and development in a field which is called Flying Ad hoc Network (FANET). FANETs incorporate UAVs and Internet of Things (IoT) as communicating entities for realizing more demanding and large-scale applications. There is no doubt that with the proper collaboration and coordination of multiple UAVs, in a form of FANET, the emerged system would exceed by far the capabilities of a single UAV system. Single UAV systems usually utilize heavier, larger and more expensive UAVs which in case of a fall could pose great danger to human life and property. Using a single UAV, the amount of coverage is limited, while with multi-UAVs the scalability of the operation can be easily extended. Moreover, a failure in singe UAV system means that the whole mission has failed, on the contrary, multiple UAVs can share tasks among themselves, thus the fault tolerant of the system increases significantly. Since the number of applications a single UAV can serve are proportionate to the systems that are installed on its board, it is quite clear that FANETs can server different application in parallel thus reducing significantly the execution time of a mission. It is quite obvious that FANETs can enhance smart farming management process significantly. Prerequisite for their deployment is a network that will guarantee the proper communication between UAVs in order to ensure their efficient collaboration and coordination. FANETs take on the communication among UAV nodes as well as the rest of the nodes (ground sensors, base stations and gateways). Although there are various advantages of FANETs, when compared to single-UAV systems, several challenges are emerged when implementing FANETs in smart farming systems such as the efficient communication and the coordination among the various flying UAVs and among the UAVs and the ground sensors, base stations and gateways. This Special Issue seeks to make an in-depth, critical contribution to this evolving field of FANET in conjunction with smart farming and smart agriculture applications and systems. In the context of this special issue, we intend to bring together the state-of-the-art research contributions towards providing new insights in the FANET applications and benefits of the emerging methods and technologies in the IoT-enabled agriculture sector. The topics that can be addressed include (but are not limited to) the following ones. =Topics= - Real deployments and case studies of FANETs in smart farming. - Regulations and recommendations for FANETs in smart farming applications. - Management of heterogeneous UAVs in FANETs. - Crop models and decision support systems in FANETSs. - Routing models and protocols of FANETs in smart agriculture. - Quality of Service (QoS) in FANET applications. - FANETs-based edge and Fog computing in smart farming. - Coordination of multiple UAVs in smart farming applications and systems. - Communication methods and protocols of FANET UAVs in agricultural domain. - Human-FANETs interaction for smart farming. - Farmers' acceptance and intention to use FANETs. - Big data in agricultural domain using UAVs. - Big data innovation in sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - Energy efficiency and management of FANETs in smart farming. - FANET-driven frameworks towards improving the resilience of farming systems. - FANET application in mixed farming systems. - Embedding sensors and actuators on UAVs for smart farming. - UAVs in precise farming in combination with the related climate change mitigation potential. - IoT tools and techniques for sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - Big data analysis tools and machine learning techniques in decision-making frameworks for FANETs. - Modern Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing techniques in agriculture for FANETs. - Security issues regarding FANETs in smart farming. - Privacy issues regarding FANETs in smart farming. - Cloud-enabled techniques and in-the-field integration for sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - Schemes and algorithms that enable the participative design of mixed farming and agroforestry systems through UAVs or/and FANETs. - Cloud-enabled techniques and in-the-field integration for sustainable agriculture using UAVs. - FANET applications to increase synergies between crops and livestock. - Smart bandwidth utilization by FANETs in smart farming. - Models and tools adapted to real farm management to grasp the inherent complexity of mixed farming and agroforestry systems using UAVs. *Guest Editors* Panagiotis Sarigiannidis University of Western Macedonia, Greece Email: psarigiannidis(a)uowm.gr Anastasios A. Economides University of Macedonia, Greece Email: economid(a)uom.gr Houbing Song Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Email: h.song(a)ieee.org We look forward to receiving your submissions! Kind Regards, Panos ================================================================== Dr Panagiotis Sarigiannidis Assistant Professor University of Western Macedonia Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Karamanli & Ligeris, Kozani, Greece 501 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Coordinator SPEAR: Secure and PrivatE smArt gRid H2020-DS-SC7-2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Coordinator MARS: sMart fArming with dRoneS NSRF-2018 | RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Principal Investigator ARRANGE-ICT: pArtneRship foR AddressiNG mEgatrends in ICT Erasmus+ KA2 - KA203 - Strategic Partnerships for higher education ------------------------------------------------------------------ Skype: psarigiannidis LinkedIn: panagiotis-sarigiannidis Researchgate: Panagiotis_Sarigiannidis ================================================================== ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: SPECTS 2019 - IEEE ComSoc / SCS sponsored- July 22-24, 2019, Berlin, Germany. DEADLINES EXTENDED to April 22!
by Lars Wolf 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: SPECTS 2019 - IEEE ComSoc / SCS sponsored- July 22-24, 2019, Berlin, Germany. DEADLINES EXTENDED to April 22! Datum: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:01:26 +0300 Von: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)CS.NTUA.GR> Antwort an: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)CS.NTUA.GR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG 2019 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems IEEE ComSoc / SCS Sponsored http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2019/ The goal of this annual conference is to provide a forum for professionals and researchers to discuss and disseminate the most promising contributions on performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Papers describing results of theoretic and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modeling, analysis, and simulation studies as well as testbed deployment, field trials and experiences gained are all in the scope of the conference. Work presenting novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime tradeoffs are particularly encouraged. Papers and tutorials are solicited in (but not limited to) the following subjects of interest: Networking Technologies and Telecommunication Systems Future Internet and next Generation Networking 5G & Beyond Hyperdense networks Massive MIMO mm Wave communications Multiple access, multiplexing, modulation and coding techniques Cooperative communications and networking Cognitive radio and networking Autonomic Networks Software Defined Networking Network Function Virtualization Cloud Radio Access Networks Radio over Fiber Flexible optical networks Optical-Wireless communication and systems Visible light communications Internet of Things and enabling technologies Machine to Machine systems Device to Device communications Cyber Physical Systems Wireless ad-hoc Networks Wireless Sensor Networks Delay Tolerant Networks Opportunistic Networks Vehicular ad-hoc networks / connected vehicles Nanonetworks Satellite and Space communications and networking Network design, optimization, management and performance evaluation Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service / Experience Computer Systems Parallel and Distributed Computing Service Oriented Architectures and Microservices Cloud and Edge Computing High Performance Computing Distributed and Mobile Middleware Computer Architectures Microprocessors Multi-core processors Memory systems High performance I/O Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Machine Learning Software Engineering, Performance, Evaluation and Testing Verification and Validation Programming Languages Parallel Algorithms Data Storage Systems Fault tolerance, signal processing, and coding techniques Tools & Methodologies Modeling and Analysis Performance Optimization, Bounds and Models Stochastic Models Queuing Systems and Networks Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications Integrated Modeling and Measurement Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance Verification and Validation On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning Parallel and Distributed Simulation Case studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences Scalability Studies Special Tracks and Areas of Interest Security and Performance in Computer and Telecommunication Systems Chairs: Jean-Pierre Seifert, Altaf Shaik, Robert Buhren Data security is vital to ensure protection against cyber threats that continue to raise and diversify at a rapid speed. But often, while deploying security mechanisms, the performance of the system is affected in adverse ways. A key challenge in the design of computer and telecommunication systems is to identify a neutral ground between security and performance. Whilst the widespread of devices spanning into networks and generating countless amounts of data absolutely require high performance systems. This makes us to rethink our security systems that can guarantee a high level of performance and also an acceptable level of security. In this respect, we invite researchers and security enthusiasts to submit papers that study and analyze various issues but not limited to such as tradeoff between security and performance, new security protocols in secure communication systems. Edge Computing and Edge-enabled AI for Network Management Chairs: Paolo Bellavista, Luca Foschini, Carlo Giannelli Edge computing is rapidly emerging as the most relevant architectural approach to manage some hard and open technical challenges associated with wide-scale and quality-sensitive Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which typically exploit the elastic availability of cloud resources on the server side. EAINM specifically focuses on network quality configuration, optimization, configuration, control, and management enabled by edge computing in three-layer deployment environments (device, edge, cloud). In particular, EAINM considers as central all methodological, design, implementation, and deployment experiences that investigate digital twin creation at the cloud layer and distributed enforcement of twin control actions also at the edge, typically with complex machine learning processing at the cloud side and more lightweight digital twin execution and refinement at edge nodes. Contributions about enabling AI techniques for these architectures and practical application prototyping/deployment experiences (e.g., for manufacturing production quality control and optimized management of distributed caching) are strongly welcome. Aspects and trends of software evaluation Chairs: George Tsihrintzis, Maria Virvou Software applications are evolving rapidly and are expanding their use to all the areas of human activity by the means of all sorts of hardware, including computers, handheld devices, smart things, digital signage etc. The vast use of software in many contexts imposes the need for the development of new evaluation methodologies, frameworks and processes to address software quality characteristics that include reliability, reusability, effectiveness, correctness, accuracy and also security and privacy that conform to new law regulations. Moreover, the important software quality characteristics of usability, user friendliness and utility have to be ensured for end users of a vast range of disciplines and backgrounds. Thus, measuring and evaluating the quality of software applications has become of critical importance and should attract a lot of research energy. The aim of ASE is to address current aspects and trends of software evaluation. Modeling and Evaluation of Wireless Body Area Networks Chair: Yahya Osais Wireless Body Area Not (WBAN) are networks of medical sensors which are attached or implanted into the body of a human being or animal to monitor and control biological processes. Their performance is limited by their constrained resources and side effects such as heat. Before the full potential of WBANs can be realized, many fundamental issues must be studied using performance evaluation tools and measurements. The aim of MEWBAN is to provide the necessary insights to make the needed progress. Social Network Analysis and Performance Aspects of Socially-Aware Networking Chairs: Magdalini Eirinaki, Iraklis Varlamis, Malamati Louta The rapid development of wireless communications and the rise of social networks established a new research field that stands between telecommunications and social network theory. Smart and wearable mobile devices act as alternative gateways for participation in social networks and introduced “mobility” as a new aspect of social networking and applications. The aim of SANet is to provide a forum where researchers from the fields of Social Network Analysis and Telecommunication Systems Performance will come together, exchange ideas and generate new collaborations that bring us a step closer to Socially-Aware Networking. Paper Submission Deadlines Paper submission: April 22, 2019 Author notification: May 20, 2019 Camera-ready paper submission: June 3, 2019 Please submit your complete papers electronically to https://www.softconf.com/sim/SummerSim19/ Instructions for authors Current templates (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html) supplied by IEEE must be used. Submissions should not exceed 8 two-column, 8.5×11" pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10 point fonts. Please include 5-10 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. If you have difficulties with electronic submission, please contact Technical Program Co-Chairs or the Local Arrangement Chair. Proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) should be sent to the Tutorial Chair. Tutorial abstracts along with keynote speeches' abstracts will be included in the proceedings of the conference. Best Paper Awards All accepted papers will be evaluated for a best paper award based on originality and technical contribution by an external commission. Call for Tutorial Proposals SPECTS 2019 is soliciting proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) to be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials should address established as well as new emerging research topics and practical applications in the area of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Tutorials should present a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and outline open research and technical challenges. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information: Tutorial title Names, titles, affiliations and contact details of the presenters Preferred duration Extended abstract Short description of the intended audience and prerequisite knowledge of the attendees (if any) Short bio of the presenters The extended abstracts of the tutorials will be included in the conference proceedings. Tutorial proposals should be submitted for review in a single PDF file — not exceeding five pages — mailed to the tutorial chair. Important Dates for Tutorials Proposal submission: April 22, 2019 Acceptance notification:May 20, 2019 Tutorial Chair Maria Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy, mcc(a)unipv.it Please address any tutorial related questions to the Tutorial Chair SPECTS Steering Committee Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France Mohammad S Obaidat, Fordham Univ., USA (Chair) Jose L. Sevillano, Univ. of Seville, Spain Helena Szczerbicka, Leibniz Univ. of Hannover, Germany Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Technical Program Committee Efthimios Alepis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Ala'a Al-Habashna, Carleton Univ., Canada Muhammad Usman Awais, National Univ. of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan Paolo Bellavista, Univ. of Bologna, Italy Igor Bisio, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Robert Buhren, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Christian Callegari, Univ. of Pisa, Italy Vicente Casares-Giner, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Joaquín Entrialgo Castaño, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain Minas Dasygenis, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Tomaso De Cola, DLR, Germany Magdalini Eirinaki, San José State Univ. USA Peppino Fazio, Univ. of Calabria, Italy Luca Foschini, Univ. of Bologna, Italy Daniel Garcia, Univ. Of Oviedo, Spain Carlo Giannelli, Univ. of Ferrara, Italy Mary Grammatikou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece Fabrizio Granelli, Univ. of Trento, Italy Carlos Guerrero, Univ. de les Illes Balears, Spain Vincenzo Inzillo, Univ. of Calabria, Italy Helen Karatza, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece George Karetsos, University of Thessaly, Greece Baha Uddin Kazi, Carleton Univ., Canada Peter Kemper, College of William and Mary, USA Zbigniew Kotulski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland Udo Krieger, Univ. of Bamberg, Germany Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, Univ. of Southern Denmark, Denmark Jian Li, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Alejandro Linares-Barranco, Univ. of Seville, Spain Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France Malamati Louta, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece Imadeldin Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic Univ., USA Tahir Maqsood, COMSATS Univ. Islamabad, Pakistan Mario Marchese, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Alvaro Marco, Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain Luisa Massari, Univ. of Pavia, Italy Nuno Moniz, Univ. of Porto, Portugal Pierre Olivier, Virginia Tech, USA Ibrahim Onyuksel, Northern Illinois Univ., USA Yahya Osais, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Elena Pagani, Univ. di Milano, Italy Prantosh Kumar Paul, Raiganj Univ., India Gianluca Reali, Univ. of Perugia, Italy Evangelos Sakkopoulos, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Jean-Pierre Seifert, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Altaf Shaik, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Georgios L. Stavrinides, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece Daniele Tessera, Catholic Univ. of Sacred Heart, Italy George Tsihrintzis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece John Vardakas, Iquadrat Informatica, Spain Iraklis Varlamis, Univ. of Athens, Greece Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Univ. of Malaga, Spain Maria Virvou, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Gabriel Wainer, Carleton Univ., Canada Bernd Wolfinger, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Adam Wolisz, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on "The Big Data Era in IoT-enabled Smart Farming: Re-defining Systems, Tools, and Techniques" - Deadline: April 30
by Lars Wolf 09 Apr '19

09 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on "The Big Data Era in IoT-enabled Smart Farming: Re-defining Systems, Tools, and Techniques" - Deadline: April 30 Datum: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 05:45:29 -0400 Von: Thomas Lagkas <tlagkas(a)IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Thomas Lagkas <tlagkas(a)IEEE.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Please accept our apologies for cross-posting ------------------------------------------------------- *Call For Papers* Special Issue (Computer Networks Journal - Elsevier) "The Big Data Era in IoT-enabled Smart Farming: Re-defining Systems, Tools, and Techniques" (BD-IoTFarm) *SI Website* https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/call-for-papers/big-dat… *Important dates* Paper submission: April 30, 2019 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2019 Final revision: August 15, 2019 Publication date: Quarter 3, 2019 The continuous generation of data from multiple sources has created numerous opportunities in different domains including agriculture. However, the state of the art in Smart Farming should be redefined and revisited since new technologies and tools are coming in the agriculture domain bringing novel and innovative paths for improving the resilience and the efficiency of agriculture. Smart Farming has started to be materialized and not being simply a vague futuristic concept, as different fields such as image processing and machine learning have found a prosperous area of application. Apart from the technical aspects that Smart Farming presents, it also affects the agricultural sector beyond the conventional farming activities, influencing a series of dependent industries, such as food supply chains, weather and climate change, natural resources management and environmental impact. New and various technologies have invaded the agricultural sector as they can offer new and unprecedented opportunities. Smart Farming uses a combination of technological advances, such as sensors, drones, variable-rate application machinery, satellite navigation and positioning technology, and the Internet of Things (IoT), among others. All the aforementioned technologies produce a massive amount of data capable of changing the current status of the agriculture sector, but a series of effective actions have to be developed and established for their efficient exploitation. The Big Data era has arrived for the agriculture sector reflecting its changes to a numerous of research fields. The incorporation and the usage of Geographic Information System (GIS) in the agriculture sector takes place for at least a decade as well as the adoption of sensors for monitoring reasons. Furthermore, driven by advanced GIS technologies, emerging image processing techniques adopt neural networks and deep learning approaches for providing new areas of application in the field of computer vision. Tasks such as crop identification and weed discrimination have become easier than ever thanks to the state-of-the-art classification algorithms. Apart from the advantages image processing techniques offer in the field of agriculture, other related areas have significantly benefited as well. Land mapping, insurance of animal feed quality, weather and climate change studies, grassland identification and earth observation are some of the areas where image processing techniques and algorithms have been successfully applied. The farm industry and Smart Farming expand from the strict limits of the farm location and affect a series of related fields, such as supply chain management, food availability, biodiversity, farmers’ decision making and insurance, environmental studies and various Earth sciences among others. All of the aforementioned fields have significant benefits when they follow a data-driven approach under the condition that the used systems, tools and techniques that will be used have been designed to handle the volume and foremost the variety of the data. Often, smart farming systems are running on unmonitored areas, due to which any attempted or successful breaches go unreported. Worse, since this sector is traditionally not cybersecurity aware, security and privacy by design is not incorporated into the solution requirements. For example, security attacks are feasible by gaining access to irrigation control systems of either a plant or a farm. In the most cases, IoT devices and systems can be manipulated and personal data can be disclosed without the farmer knowing. Even worse, adversaries can gain access to other connected third-party systems, e.g., energy, administration and irrigation systems. This Special Issue seeks to make an in-depth, critical contribution to this evolving field of agriculture in the era of Big Data. We therefore aim to bring together the state-of-the-art research contributions towards providing new insights in the application and benefits of the emerging methods and technologies in the Big Data-driven agriculture sector. The topics that can be addressed include (but are not limited to) the following ones. *Systems* - Cloud- and edge-based systems in smart farming. - Management of heterogeneous Big Data in smart farming. - Crop models and decision support systems in smart farming. - Study of man-machine dialogue systems. - Data-driven methods for anomaly detection, diagnosis, and prognosis. - Role of Big Data in sustainable agriculture. - Big data innovation in sustainable agriculture. - Environmental Big Data integration. - Smart Farming and its application in Big Data processing. - Big data in agricultural disaster management. - Cyber threats and anomaly detection in smart farming. - Data privacy preserving systems in smart farming. - Deep packet inspection in security systems for Smart Farming applications. *Tools* - IoT tools and techniques for sustainable agriculture. - Emerging tools for precision agriculture. - Big data analysis tools and machine learning techniques in Smart Farming tools. - Big data online stream processing for precision agriculture and Smart Farming - Machine learning applications in improving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Smart Farming. - Statistical analysis and modeling in Smart Farming applications. - Geospatial analysis in Smart Farming applications. - Advanced image processing techniques and applications in the agricultural domain. - Spectral matching tools in Smart Farming. - Intrusion detection tools. - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools for smart farming monitoring. *Techniques* - Modern GIS and remote sensing techniques in agriculture. - Classification and change detection of cultivated land. - Data mining and statistical issues in precision agriculture. - Intelligent computational techniques in precision agriculture. - Knowledge discovery in agriculture databases. - Cloud-enabled techniques and in-the-field integration for sustainable agriculture. - Network-based analysis in Smart Farming. - Trust-enabling techniques and methods. - Blockchain techniques for ensuring trust amongst IoT devices in Smart Farming. - Network forensics techniques for Smart Farming applications. *Guest Editors* - Dr. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis: Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Department of University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece - Dr. Thomas Lagkas: Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of The University of Sheffield International Faculty - CITY College, Thessaloniki, Greece - Dr. Konstantinos Rantos: Associate Professor at the Department of Computer and Informatics Engineering at Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, Greece - Dr. Paolo Bellavista: Full Professor of distributed and mobile systems at DISI - UNIBO, Bologna, Italy ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: CfP: ACM ICN, Deadline May 10
by Lars Wolf 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: CfP: ACM ICN, Deadline May 10 Datum: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 10:35:47 +0200 Von: Matthias Waehlisch <m.waehlisch(a)FU-BERLIN.DE> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking 2019 Hong Kong, SAR China, September 24-26, 2019 https://conferences.sigcomm.org/acm-icn/2019/ Call for Papers **Please note the revised and broadened scope of ACM ICN 2019.** ACM ICN 2019 is a single-track conference focusing on significant research contributions to ICN as broadly defined, and featuring paper presentations, posters, and demonstrations. Previous successful research results have brought Information-Centric Networking concepts from early-stage academic effort to an increasingly sophisticated level of intellectual, technical, and practical maturity, offering the real promise of dramatic and tangible impact across the broad field of networking in the foreseeable future. ACM ICN 2019 solicits research contributions across the full spectrum of objectives motivated by this observation, including work that advances core ICN concepts, technologies, and capabilities; extends current ICN concepts to new networking environments and use cases; realizes, demonstrates, and quantifies the benefits of ICN in traditional and emerging application domains; and catalyzes, incentivizes, simplifies, and supports ICN deployments in realistic, operational environments and settings. ACM ICN 2019 seeks research contributions across the following topic areas: (1) Core ICN research Research that advances key ICN concepts, algorithms, technologies, and capabilities. (2) Network Measurement, Characterization, and Instrumentation Research focused on tools and methodologies for measuring, characterizing, and instrumenting current and future ICN networks. (3) Use Cases and Applications Research that advances the use of ICN networking to support current and emerging applications. (4) Deployment, Operations, and Real-World Considerations Research that explores incentives, paths, and obstacles for ICN transition from research to widespread deployment, and research that addresses challenges unique to large-scale and commercially motivated ICN deployments. For further details and a full version of this CfP, please refer to the conference website https://conferences.sigcomm.org/acm-icn/2019/. Submission Details The conference solicits both full (10 pages) and short papers (6 pages). Submissions will be reviewed through a double-blind process, and evaluated on the basis of intellectual merit, originality, importance of contribution, soundness and strength of evaluation (for full papers), quality and clarity of presentation, and appropriate comparison to related work. Further details are available at https://conferences.sigcomm.org/acm-icn/2019/cf-papers.php Important Dates * Paper Registration Deadline (HARD DEADLINE): May 3, 2019 * Paper Submission Deadline (HARD DEADLINE): May 10, 2019 * Acceptance Notification: July 24, 2019 * Camera-ready Papers Due: August 23, 2019 * Conference: September 24-26, 2019 Organizing Committee General Chairs Jun Bi (Tsinghua University) Xiaohua Jia (City University of Hong Kong) K. K. Ramakrishnan (University of California, Riverside) TPC Chairs John Wroclawski (ISI) Ioannis Psaras (University College London) Local Chairs Victor Lee City (University of Hong Kong) Kai Lei (Peking University (Shen Zhen) Hong Xu (City University of Hong Kong) Publicity Chairs Alex Afanasyev (Florida International University) Matthias Wählisch (Freie Universität Berlin) Dan Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Web Chair Zhenjiang Li (City University of Hong Kong) Treasurer and Registration Chair Cong Wang (City University of Hong Kong) Tutorial Chair Beichuan Zhang (University of Arizona) Poster/Demo Chair Jay Misra (New Mexico State University) Publications Chair Tian Song (Beijing Institute of Technology) Travel Grant Chairs Yuki Koizumi (Osaka University) Karen Sollins (MIT) Steering Committee Liaison Dave Oran (MIT Media Lab) Technical Program Committee Alex Afanasyev (Florida International University, USA) Hitoshi Asaeda (NICT, Japan) Kenneth Calvert (University of Kentucky, USA) Giovanna Carofiglio (Cisco Systems, France) Toru Hasegawa (Osaka University, Japan) Jungha Hong (ETRI, Korea) Jussi Kangasharju (University of Helsinki, Finland) Dirk Kutscher (University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Germany) Bruce Maggs (Duke University & Akamai, US) Luca Muscariello (Cisco Systems, France) Börje Ohlman (Ericsson, Sweden) Dave Oran (Network Systems Research & Design, USA) Jörg Ott (Technische Universität München, Germany) Craig Partridge (Colorado State University, USA) George Polyzos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece) Ioannis Psaras (UCL, UK) Thomas Schmidt (HAW Hamburg, Germany) George Smaragdakis (Technical University Berlin, Germany) Karen Sollins (MIT, USA) Atsushi Tagami (KDDI Research, Japan) Christian Tschudin (University of Basel, Switzerland) Arun Venkataramani (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) John Wroclawski, ISI George Xylomenos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece) Lixia Zhang (UCLA, USA) Beichuan Zhang (University of Arizona, USA)

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Special Section on "Security and Privacy in Industry 4.0"
by Lars Wolf 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Special Section on "Security and Privacy in Industry 4.0" Datum: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 08:48:10 +0200 Von: Guest Editor <si.journal.ge(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Guest Editor <si.journal.ge(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *** Apologies for multiple copies *** ================================================================================ C a l l F o r P a p e r s IEEE TRANSACTION ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS Special Section: Security and Privacy in Industry 4.0 URL: http://www.ieee-ies.org/images/files/tii/ss/2019/Security_and_Privacy_in_In… ================================================================================ Industries, governments and scientific communities are increasingly drawing a special attention to competitive advantages that Industry 4.0 can bring about business sustainability and economy of a country. The tendency to couple the Information Technologies (ITs) with the existing Operational Technologies (OTs) adds new opportunities to improve and optimize operational processes, products and services in which multiple stakeholders [4], among them, end-users, can interact with the new industrial ecosystems to speed up and customize processes. In this sense, Industry 4.0 constitutes a relevant investment source composed of a complex technological showcase in which multiple connections and accesses can arise, seriously impacting on the well performance of the different production and distribution chains associated with smart factories and manufacturing, smart grid systems, smart vehicles or smart health environments. This way of connecting entities with the “smart world” and the interconnection of different Industry 4.0 domains based on the new paradigms and heterogeneous technologies such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or edge computing infrastructures (cloud/fog computing systems), certainly, opens the door to coexistence problems and novel exploitations. Diverse vulnerabilities and risks may significantly grow according to the new adaptations and the participation of stakeholders, generating a need to further research protection issues required to safeguard the operational processes and ensure a secure and resilient and dependable cohesion between IT and OT systems, including physical entities. For this reason, industries, governments and scientific communities are increasingly drawing a special attention to competitive advantages that Industry 4.0 can bring about business sustainability and economy of a country. The tendency to couple the ITs with the existing Operational Technologies (OTs) adds new opportunities to improve and optimize operational processes, products and services in which multiple stakeholders [4], among them, end-users, can interact with the new industrial ecosystems to speed up and customize processes. In this sense, Industry 4.0 constitutes a relevant investment source composed of a complex technological showcase in which multiple connections and accesses can arise, seriously impacting on the well performance of the different production and distribution chains associated with smart factories and manufacturing, smart grid systems, smart vehicles or smart health environments. The aim of this special issue is therefore to bring together researchers from diverse interdisciplinary areas of computing and security to cover, from a holistic point of view, the topics related to secure coupling of the new ITs with operational networks, without discarding aspects on privacy. This special section will focus on (but not limited to) the following topics: • Security and privacy analysis and requirements in Industry 4.0 • Secure management and governance of Industry 4.0 operational services and systems • Vulnerabilities and risk assessment in manufacturing and automation systems • Advanced threat models, cyber-crime or cyber-espionage for Industry 4.0 • Dependable and secure Industry 4.0 architectures by design • Lightweight cryptography and key management in Industry 4.0 • Identity management and access control for Industry 4.0 domains • Secure interoperability, mobility and coexistence between systems, including users • Prevention, awareness and resilience models for Industry 4.0 advanced threats • Secure context management and accountability for Industry 4.0 domains • Data preservation and privacy models for Industry 4.0 • Trust management and trusted computing models for Industry 4.0. • Secure cloud/fog-assisted manufacturing and predictive maintenance services ---------------- Important Dates ---------------- * Deadline for manuscript submissions June 30, 2019 * Expected publication date (tentative) November 2019 ---------------------------- Paper Submission Guidelines ---------------------------- Follow the guidelines in “Information for Authors” in the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics http://www.ieee-ies.org/pubs/transactions-on-industrial-informatics . Please submit your manuscript in electronic form through Manuscript Central web site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tii . On the submitting page #1 in popup menu of manuscript type, select: SS on Security and Privacy in Industry 4.0 Submissions to this Special Section must represent original material that has been neither submitted to, nor published in, any other journal. Regular manuscript length is 8 pages. Note: The recommended papers for the section are subject to final approval by the Editor-in-Chief. Some papers may be published outside the special section, at the EIC discretion. -------------- Guest Editors -------------- • Prof. Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain - alcaraz(a)lcc.uma.es • Prof. Yan Zhang, University of Oslo, Norway - yanzhang(a)ieee.org • Prof. Alvaro Cardenas, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA - alacarde(a)ucsc.edu • Prof. Liehuang Zhu, Beijing University of Technology, China - liehuangz(a)bit.edu.cn ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP PE-WASUN 2019
by Lars Wolf 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > Von: "leticia.lemux" <leticia.lemux(a)ENTEL.UPC.EDU> > Datum: 6. April 2019 um 09:47:51 MESZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP PE-WASUN 2019 > Antwort an: "leticia.lemux" <leticia.lemux(a)ENTEL.UPC.EDU> > > > > **************************************************************** > > > Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this > Call for Papers > > > **************************************************************** > > C a > l l F o r P a p e r s > > ACM* PE-WASUN 2019 > > 16th ACM* International > Symposium on Performance Evaluation of > Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and > Ubiquitous Networks > (Jointly with the 22nd ACM MSWiM Conference) > > Miami > Beach. FL, USA > > November 25th- 29th, 2019 > > ********************** > > > Scope > > ********************** > > Wireless ad hoc, sensor, along with > ubiquitous networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period > ever in history, and this trend is likely to continue for the > foreseeable future. However, as such networks become increasingly > complex, performance modelling and evaluation will play a crucial part > in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and > exploitation in practice. > > This symposium will bring together > scientists, engineers, and practitioners to share and exchange their > experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and > in-progress research on all aspects of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and > ubiquitous networks with a specific emphasis on their performance > evaluation and analysis. > > Topics of interest include, but are not > limited to: > > * > > Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and > ubiquitous networks. > > * > > Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor and > ubiquitous networks. > > * > > Queuing and network information theoretic > analysis > > * > > Analytical modeling and simulation methods > > * > > > Automatic performance analysis > > * > > Tracing and trace analysis > > > * > > Software tools for network performance and evaluation > > * > > > Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for ad hoc, > sensor and ubiquitous networks > > * > > Case studies demonstrating the > role of performance evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor and > ubiquitous networks > > * > > Network performance improvement through > optimization and tuning > > * > > Mobility modeling and management > > * > > > Traffic models for ad hoc, sensor networks > > * > > Performance > evaluation of wireless mesh networks > > * > > Performance evaluation of > pervasive and ubiquitous networks > > * > > Performance evaluation of > VANETs > > * > > Performance of wireless and sensor devices > > * > > > Performance of spectrum agile and cognitive wireless sensor networks > > > * > > Analysis of multimedia applications over wireless ad-hoc and > sensor networks > > * > > Performance of pervasive computing and services > > > * > > Analysis of mobile cloud networking and computing > > * > > > Performance of continuity of service over heterogeneous networks, > seamless connectivity > > * > > Analysis of security and privacy in ad hoc > networks and ubiquitous networks > > * > > Simulation methods, performance > and analysis > > * > > Real experimentation, deployments, open platforms > > > GENERAL CHAIR > > Mónica Aguilar Igartua [1] Universitat Politècnica de > Catalunya, Spain (monica.aguilar(a)upc.edu) > > PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS > > Luis de > la Cruz Llopis [2] Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain > (luis.delacruz(a)upc.edu) > > Ahmad Mohamad Mezher [3] University of New > Brunswick, Canada (ahmad.mezher(a)unb.ca) > > POSTER/DEMO/TOOLS/WEB > CHAIR > > Juan Pablo Astudillo León [4] Universitat Politècnica de > Catalunya, Spain (juan.pablo.astudillo(a)upc.edu) > > PUBLICITY > CHAIR > > Leticia Lemus [5] Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain > (leticia.lemux(a)entel.upc.edu) > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE > MEMBERS > > http://www-entel.upc.edu/monica.aguilar/PEWASUN2019/committees.html > [6] > > ******************* > > Paper Submission > > ****************** > > > Authors are invited to submit their papers through EasyChair on > the > following link: > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pewasun2019 [7] > > The length > of the papers should not exceed 8 single-spaced pages > (in two-column > format), ACM style including tables and figures. A template > for ACM SIG > Proceedings style (LaTeX2e and MS Word) can be found at > > > https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template [8] > Accepted > papers will appear in the ACM symposium proceedings. > > The authors of > accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be > presented at the > Symposium. At least one author of each accepted paper > must be registered > for the symposium, in order for that paper to appear > in the proceedings > and to be scheduled for presentation. > > ***************** > > Important > Dates > > ******************* > > Full paper due: June 10th, 2019 > Acceptance > notification: July 10th, 2019 > Camera ready due: TBA > Speaker Author > Registration: TBA > Symposium: November 25th - 29th, 2019 - Jointly with > MSWiM'19 > > We hope to see you in Miami. > Yours sincerely, > > PE-WASUN 2019 > Committee > > > Links: > ------ > [1] > http://www-entel.upc.edu/monica.aguilar/ > [2] > https://futur.upc.edu/LuisJavierdelaCruzLlopis > [3] > https://sites.google.com/site/ahmadmezher1982/ > [4] > https://sites.google.com/site/juanastudilloupc/home > [5] > https://sites.google.com/view/leticialemus/ > [6] > http://www-entel.upc.edu/monica.aguilar/PEWASUN2019/committees.html > [7] > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pewasun2019 > [8] > https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY SPECIAL ISSUE ON "Modeling and Simulation of Fog Computing" (SIMPAT SI Fog Computing 2019)
by Lars Wolf 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > Von: Georgios Stavrinides <gstavrin(a)CSD.AUTH.GR> > Datum: 6. April 2019 um 11:27:02 MESZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY SPECIAL ISSUE ON "Modeling and Simulation of Fog Computing" (SIMPAT SI Fog Computing 2019) > Antwort an: Georgios Stavrinides <gstavrin(a)CSD.AUTH.GR> > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY SPECIAL ISSUE ON > "Modeling and Simulation of Fog Computing" > > https://www.journals.elsevier.com/simulation-modelling-practice-and-theory/c > all-for-papers/modeling-and-simulation-of-fog-computing > > > THEME: > --------- > Cloud computing provides a large number of resources and services to users. > However, time-critical applications have to cope with the problem of > latency. Fog Computing complements and extends cloud computing to its edge. > It addresses the issue of latency by placing micro data centers closer to > the end users and thus closer to where the data are generated. > > The Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles and smart cities are areas > strongly related to - and in many aspects dependent on - Fog Computing, > entailing many challenges, such as security, reliability and energy > efficiency. Consequently, appropriate systems and innovative algorithms are > required in order to effectively leverage the full potential of Fog > Computing. > > The scope of this Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art research > covering a variety of concepts in Fog Computing, particularly focused on > modelling, simulation and performance evaluation of such platforms. > > Papers for the Special Issue must provide a substantial novel contribution, > and authors must carefully situate their work with regard to the relevant > scientific literature. They must clearly address research issues of Fog > Computing and show the role of modelling and simulation in this research > area. > > > Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > Real-time fog computing applications > Performance evaluation and modelling of fog computing systems > Dew computing applications > Internet of Things applications > Cloud and fog computing collaboration > Security and privacy in fog computing > Data storage and processing in fog computing > Micro data center management for fog computing > Big data analytics in fog computing > Resource management and orchestration in fog computing > Energy efficiency of fog computing infrastructure > > > > SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: > -------------------------------- > Manuscripts should be submitted online through the Elsevier Editorial > System (EES) at the following link: > > http://ees.elsevier.com/simpat > > Authors must select > > Special Issue: Fog Computing > > when they reach the "Article Type" step in the on-line submission process. > > Submitted manuscripts should present original contributions and must > not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration > for publication elsewhere. All papers will be peer reviewed according > to the high standards of the Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory > Elsevier journal. > > Please feel free to contact the Guest Editors for any questions. > > > IMPORTANT DATES: > ------------------------ > > Manuscript submission deadline: May 15, 2019 > > Manuscript reviews to authors: July 31, 2019 > > Manuscript revision due: September 30, 2019 > > Final notification of acceptance: November 30, 2019 > > Expected publication of the special issue: February 2020 > > > > SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS: > ----------------------------- > > Dr. Eleni KARATZA (Email: karatza(a)csd.auth.gr) > > Dr. Georgios STAVRINIDES (Email: gstavrin(a)csd.auth.gr) > > Department of Informatics > Aristotle University of Thessaloniki > 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Georgios L. Stavrinides > http://users.auth.gr/gstavrin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019)
by Lars Wolf 06 Apr '19

06 Apr '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> Gesendet: 6. April 2019 05:25:38 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019) *[Please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]* CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE MASS 2019 - The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems Monterey, CA, USA November 4 - 7, 2019 http://sites.google.com/view/mass2019 IEEE MASS is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks and smart systems, defined broadly. As wireless ad-hoc networks continue to evolve and specialize into a number of application scenarios and environments, and sensor-based systems and technologies increasingly permeate our everyday life and become the inner fabric of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, the unfolding of smart environments such as smart cities, smart farming, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing, to name a few, demand integrated solutions that can make intelligent use of both cloud and edge systems, while applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to handle their growing complexity and to leverage the vast amount of available data created. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 16th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in beautiful Monterey, CA, USA, on November 4-7, 2019, and it aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, covering algorithms, theory, protocols, systems & applications, experimental evaluations and testbeds, security/privacy, as well as AI/ML-based smart design. Topics of Interest Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • 5G networks and technologies • AI/ML for smart wireless networks • AI and machine learning aided protocol design and resource allocation • AI and machine learning based applications for ad hoc networks • Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs • Application Layer Protocols • Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity • Cognitive networking • Cooperative and cognitive communication • Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications • Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing • Cyber-physical systems and applications • Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination • Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols • Experiences in real-world applications and deployments • Flying Ad-Hoc Networks • Free-space optical networks • Heterogeneous networks • Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure • Light-weight distrib • Localization and Location Based Services • Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds • Mobile computing and networking • mmWave and Terahertz networks • Mobility modeling and management • Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies • Network components, operating systems, and middleware • Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking • QoS and Resource management • Robotic networks • Routing protocols • Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems • Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer • Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems • Smart grid, healthcare, transportation applications • Vehicular networks and protocols • Visible light communications • Wearable and human-centric devices and networks Important Dates Abstract submission: April 30, 2019 Paper submission: May 15, 2019 Notification of acceptance: August 09, 2019 Camera-ready version: August 30, 2019 Submission Guidelines Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, including all figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on TPC reviews and discussions, some papers may be accepted as 5-page short papers, in addition to the regular 9 page papers. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Note that the conference will also include a poster and demo session. Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25849 Organizing Committee General Chair - Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Program Chairs - Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA - Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasília, Brazil Track Chairs Algorithms and Theory - Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA - Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, USA Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies - Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA - Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA Systems and Applications - Octav Chipara, The University of Iowa, USA - Desheng Zhang, Rutgers University, USA Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds - Falko Dressler, Paderborn University, Germany - Kang Chen, Southern Illinois University, USA Security and privacy - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University, USA - Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-based Smart Design - Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA - Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Panel Chair - Wei Zhao, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Workshop Chairs - Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China - Ilker Demirkol, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Posters Chairs - Marcos A.M. Vieira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil - Chenxi Qiu, Rowan University, USA Publicity Chairs - Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago, USA - Rolando Menchaca-Mendez, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Finance/Registration Chair - Shuhui Yang, Purdue University Northwest, USA Publication Chair - Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA Local Arrangements - Chen Qian, University of California Santa Cruz, USA Web Chair - Henrique D. Garcia, University of Brasília, Brazil Steering Committee - Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati,USA - Jie Wu, Temple University, USA - Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA - J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California Santa Cruz, USA ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 3rd International Workshop on Very Large Internet of Things (VLIoT 2019)
by Lars Wolf 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 3rd International Workshop on Very Large Internet of Things (VLIoT 2019) Datum: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:51:59 -0400 Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)TUGRAZ.AT> Antwort an: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)TUGRAZ.AT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Very Large Internet of Things (VLIoT 2019) In conjunction with VLDB 2019 August 30, 2019, Los Angeles, USA Submission deadline (extended!): May 2, 2019 Web: http://www.ifis.uni-luebeck.de/~groppe/vliot ******************************************************************** ** Aims of the Workshop ** An increasing number of real-world objects are becoming accessible and manageable through the Internet. According to CISCO, the number of these devices will reach 50 billion by 2020, forming a very large Internet of Things (VLIoT). This massive number of "smart" objects will cooperate with each other, have their own metadata, and may continuously produce new data (in form of events, sensor data, or actuator states). Data management will be a major challenge in the very large Internet of Things. Hence, efficient IoT infrastructure and technologies must be developed to handle masses of IoT data with high performance. This will include: new techniques to filter and store relevant data; efficient replication approaches for objects with constrained resources in order to increase availability and durability; new protocols for voting about decisions among objects; and smooth integration of heterogeneous objects. The goal of this workshop is to bring together academic researchers and industry practitioners working in the field of IoT and to allow them to report and exchange their findings addressing these challenges. This workshop also intends to discuss other closely-related technologies such as Nanotechnology, Fog-, Edge-, and Dew-Computing for IoT. The ideas of Fog, Edge and Dew Computing may indeed solve or attenuate the problems of a very large Internet of Things (w.r.t. performance, energy-efficiency, as well as security and privacy aspects). ** Types of Papers ** The workshop welcomes contributions describing original ideas, promising new concepts, and practical experience. In particular, we solicit papers of different types: - Research Papers proposing new approaches, theories or techniques related to the Internet of Things, including new data structures, algorithms, whole systems, and frameworks. They should make substantial theoretical and empirical contributions to the research field. - Experiments and Analysis Papers focusing on the experimental evaluation of existing approaches including data structures and algorithms for Internet of Things and bring new insights through the analysis of these experiments. Results of experiments and analysis papers can be, for example, showing benefits of well-known approaches in new settings and environments, opening new research problems by demonstrating unexpected behavior or phenomena, or comparing a set of traditional approaches in an experimental survey. - Application Papers reporting practical experiences on Internet of Things applications. Application papers might describe specific application domains in the IoT such as smart homes/offices/cities, continuous health care, waste management, emergency response, intelligent response, and Industry 4.0. - Vision Papers identifying emerging or future research issues and directions, and describing new research visions in the IoT area that may have a great impact on our society. ** Topics of Interest ** We welcome papers on the following and other relevant topics: - Semantic IoT - Privacy-by-design and security-by-design in IoT - System architectures for IoT, e.g. - things-centric, - data-centric, - event-centric, and - service-centric. - IoT applications including: - smart homes/offices/cities, - waste management, - health care, - emergency response, and - intelligent shopping. - Nano Technology including: - Nano Networks, - Nano communication, - Nano applications, - Nano computing, and - Internet of Nano Things. - IoT programming toolkits and frameworks - IoT prototypes and evaluation test-beds - IoT data mining and analytics - IoT management and interoperability - Management of IoT streams - Enabling technologies and standards for the IoT - Spatial and temporal reasoning for IoT - Sustainability of IoT platforms, e.g. business models for deployment and maintenance - Societal challenges and IoT, e.g. urban planning and decision-making tools - Ownership of data in IoT scenarios - Fog, Edge and Dew Computing for IoT - IoT benchmarks and performance measurement - Indexing and search in IoT environments - IoT transactions, concurrency control and recovery - Hardware accelerators and energy savers for IoT applications and core infrastructure - IoT discovery of devices, services and data ** Workshop Chairs ** - Sven Groppe, University of Luebeck, Germany - Markus Endler, PUC Rio, Brasil ** Program Committee ** - Lorena Etcheverry, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay - Mirian Halfeld Ferrari, Universite d' Orleans, France - Hemant Purohit, George Mason University, USA - Jonathan Fuerst, NEC Labs Europe, Heidelberg, Germany - Abdessamad Imine, INRIA-LORIA Nancy Grand-Est, France - Peiquan Jin, University of Science and Technology of China, China - Verena Kantere, University of Ottawa - Abdelmajid Khelil, Landshut University of Applied Sciences, Germany - Jan Lindstroem, MariaDB Corporation, Finland - Uden Lorna, Staffordshire University, UK - Riccardo Martoglia, University di Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy - Luis Munoz, University of Cantabria, Spain - Elaheh Pourabbas, National Research Council of Italy, Italy - Francisco Jose da Silva e Silva, Federal University of MaranhĂ£o (UFMA), Brazil - Mu-Chun Su, National Central University, Taiwan - Marco Vieira, University of Coimbra, Portugal - Yingwei Wang, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada ** Important Dates ** Submission (extended): May 2, 2019 Notification: May 31, 2019 Workshop: August 30, 2019 ** Submission ** Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Accepted papers will be published online in the Open Journal of Internet of Things. OJIOT is an open access journal, and the proceedings will hence be highly visible to all interested readers. Manuscripts should be formatted using the templates of the Open Journal of Internet of Things. Research papers, as well as experiments and analysis papers, should have between 6 and 15 pages, application papers between 6 and 12 pages and vision papers between 4 and 12 pages. We describe manuscript preparation and submission procedure at http://www.ifis.uni-luebeck.de/~groppe/vliot/submit ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [NEAT'19] Submission deadline extended (firm) 2nd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking for Emerging Applications and Technologies
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [NEAT'19] Submission deadline extended (firm) 2nd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking for Emerging Applications and Technologies Datum: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 07:40:50 -0700 Von: Kiran Makhijani <kiranmak(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Kiran Makhijani <kiranmak(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Hello, The NEAT workshop deadline has been extended to April 17 2019. *Details of the Workshop:* The 2nd NEAT workshop aims exchange new, innovative ideas about network architectures, technologies, and protocols specifically in the context of emerging applications such as tactile networks, holographic communications, networked immersive media. Workshop site: http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2019/workshop-neat.html Paper Submission deadline: April 17, 2019 Submission link: https://sigcomm19neat.hotcrp.com/ *Topic of Interest* We invite submissions on a wide range of topics of interest, including, but not limited to: - Architecture and frameworks for delivering high precision of services - Convergence and optimizations of protocols for Industrial and Tactile networks - Solutions for deterministic services in Industrial and Tactile networks - Investigations, survey and techniques in data plane for Industrial and Tactile internet. - Network challenges and requirements for emerging, resource-sensitive applications - Mechanisms to support ultra-low-latency in packet based networks - Internetworking frameworks for deterministic multi-access edge applications - Maximizing link utilization for high-throughput applications - Architecture and protocols for reliable packet delivery - Network security and privacy issues in Industrial and Tactile interne - Resource allocation mechanisms deterministic and reliable data transmission - Requirements and challenges in Holographic type communications - Networking requirements and challenges of VR/AR - High-throughput transport for VR/AR and Holographic type communications - Adaptive video streaming for network/user dynamics - Video analytics and smart offloading for VR/AR - Measurement study of existing VR/AR and HTC applications ---- On behalf of NEAT Workshop chairs ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] iFIRE - ACM MobiHoc 2019 - Deadline approaching soon
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Vincenzo Sciancalepore <vincenzo.sciancalepore(a)NECLAB.EU> Gesendet: 2. April 2019 17:21:48 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] iFIRE - ACM MobiHoc 2019 - Deadline approaching soon Dear all, I trust this email finds you well. Please consider submitting your original research papers to iFIRE---an ACM workshop co-located with ACM MobiHoc 2019---in the wonderful city of Catania (Italy). Hereafter you can find more details. Deadline: April, 7 2019!! Vincenzo iFIRE - ACM Workshop on innovative aerial communication solutions for FIrst REsponders network in emergency scenarios Co-located with ACM MobiHoc 2019 July 2, 2019, Catania, Italy http://ifire.neclab.eu <http://ifire.neclab.eu/> Call for Papers ===================== The public safety is a timely topic that has showed its paramount importance after the major human-driven and natural disasters witnessed during the last few years. According to the American Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the majority of the victims in many different scenarios are untrained rescuers and even professional first responders. Accurate information gathered from sensors may allow first-responders and volunteers to make better and faster decisions, understand the situation, identify the rescue actions with higher success probability, correctly allocate resources such as number of ambulances, and prevent or mitigate personal risks. Today, even commonly available technologies, such as cellular phones, could save many lives if properly adopted. There is a compelling need of exploring the feasibility of new technologies, explicitly designed for working in emergency scenarios. Recently in this wide context, the aerial communication has significantly progressed due to longer battery life-time, new international law regulations and microelectronics evolution with lower prices and higher performance. In particular, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can easily and quickly reach far-away locations, scan carefully the area looking for injured people and autonomously create a communication bridge between first responder networks and victims. However, there are several unaddressed challenges on both communication and computational means that might further improve the reactiveness and efficiency of the first response after a natural disaster or human-driven threat. The workshop is focused on main upcoming activities about the involvement of UAVs as emergency communication means during emergency situations. It is open to both scientific and industrial communities, and will disclose the latest research achievements in the research field of fine-grained localization, advanced communication between moving objects and optimal UAV-cell coverage. The main motivation is to gather people involved in public safety innovative actions, encompassing both the mathematical frameworks and realistic solutions to bring intelligence and efficiency on board of UAVs. The scope of the workshop includes (but is not limited to) the following topics: - Integration of aerial recovery networks in 5G New Radio (5G-NR) - Design and Implementation of self-organized aerial networks for disaster recovery - Mobility and traffic predictions for Disaster recovery networks - Edge and Fog computing for the Disaster recovery aerial networks - Energy management strategies for public safety networks - Trajectory planning and handover management for public safety aerial networks - Network slicing for aerial public safety networks to support low-latency response - Advanced localization technique using UAVs - Age-of-Information aware scheduling for public safety networks - Dynamic spectrum allocation and overlay network formation for public safety networks - Mobility diversity enhancement mechanisms for UAV networks - Experimental case-studies and simulation frameworks for public safety networks - Performance characterization for aerial public safety networks. Important Dates ==================================================== Workshop paper submission: April 7, 2019 Notification of papers acceptance: May 5, 2019 Camera-ready submission: May 12, 2019 ==================================================== Workshop Co-Chairs ==================================================== Vincenzo Sciancalepore (NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH, Germany) Marco di Renzo (CNRS / Paris-Saclay University, France) Syed Zaidi (University of Leeds, UK) Toktam Mahmoodi (King's College London, UK) ==================================================== Keynote speakers ==================================================== Prof. Robert Richardson (Professor of Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK) ==================================================== Sponsoring Research Projects ==================================================== Self Repairing Cities (http://selfrepairingcities.com/ <http://selfrepairingcities.com/>) H2020 ITN MSCA PAINLESS (http://painless-itn.com/ <http://painless-itn.com/>) ==================================================== ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: Last Chance to Submit Papers to IEEE PIMRC 2019 Istanbul - Deadline Extended to 12 April 2019
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Last Chance to Submit Papers to IEEE PIMRC 2019 Istanbul - Deadline Extended to 12 April 2019 Datum: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 11:41:24 +0200 Von: Sari <hikmet.sari(a)supelec.fr> An: Hikmet Sari <hsari(a)ieee.org> https://files.constantcontact.com/d9625655401/9051f242-a6e5-4955-9f84-50692… *IEEE PIMRC 2019 Paper Submission Deadline Extended to 12 April 2019* * * Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this e-mail. Dear Colleagues, *The Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC)*, which is one of the two major conferences of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) in the field of wireless communications and networking, will mark its 30th anniversary this year, and its 30th edition, IEEE PIMRC 2019 will be held in the beautiful city of Istanbul on 8 – 11 September 2019. See http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/. We invite you to submit papers to PIMRC 2019 by the extended (and firm) deadline of *12 April 2019 *and not to miss the chance of attending this conference. We would welcome submissions in all areas of wireless communications, networks, services, and applications. For more details on the conference tracks and topics of interest, please visit the AUTHORS page of the conference website: http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/authors/call-for-papers/. We hope to see you at IEEE PIMRC 2019 in Istanbul next September. IEEE PIMRC 2019 Organizing Committee *KEY DATES:* Full Paper Submission: 12 April 2019 (Firm Date) Author Notifications: 7 June 2019 Final Papers Due: 28 June 2019 Conference Dates: 8 – 11 September 2019

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Special Issue on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Fog Computing for IoT
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Internet of Things Journal - Special Issue on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Fog Computing for IoT Datum: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 07:36:03 +0000 Von: Mithun Mukherjee <mithun.mukherjee(a)OUTLOOK.COM> Antwort an: Mithun Mukherjee <mithun.mukherjee(a)OUTLOOK.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Call for papers IEEE Internet of Things Journal Special Issue on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Fog Computing for IoT http://ieee-iotj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SpecialIssueonEmergingTrend… SCOPE: Fog and Edge Computing paradigm is regarded as capable of satisfying the resource requirements for the emerging mobile applications such as virtual and augmented reality, vehicular networks, and IoT applications. Such implementations will exploit further the capabilities of Mobile Edge Comping (MEC), wireless virtualization, and Software Defined Systems or Networks (SDNs) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) among others. Due to the non-linearity of the Quality-of-Experience (QoE) model, the resource manipulation with the solution provided within the context of SDN for MEC devices should be solved concurrently so that the associated performance can be assessed and evaluated. The inclusion of MEC, SDN, and NFV and its possible support for 5G systems are emerging as one of the highly active research areas with a large room for improvements. In addition, one important aspect of great importance is the continuously increasing processing, caching and storage capabilities required by emerging applications such as IoT and virtual reality. The purpose of this special issue is to provide the academic and industrial communities an excellent venue covering all aspects of current work on Fog Computing, Edge Computing and with the long-term architecture that will encompass the differently supported middleware(s). Topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Content and service distribution models for fog computing - Caching, replication and relaying models for fog computing - Energy-aware load balancing and scheduling on servers for fog computing - Orchestration across computation, storage and communication resources for fog computing - Theoretical and experimental evaluation of information-centric networks for fog computing - Fog and MEC security and related considerations - Real-time communication interfaces and protocols - Fog-enabled data services - Middleware for Fog/Edge infrastructures - Monitoring/metering of Fog/Edge infrastructures (i.e., for storage, etc.) - Fog computing as an enabler for 5G - Intelligence in fog computing for IoT - IoT and fog computing convergence mechanisms Important dates: Submissions Deadline: August 1, 2019 First Reviews Due: October 15, 2019 Revision Due: November 15, 2019 Second Reviews Due/Notification: December 15, 2019 Final Manuscript Due: January 15, 2020 Publication Date: 2020 Submission Guidelines: Authors need to follow the manuscript format and allowable number of pages described at: http://ieee-iotj.org/guidelines-for-authors/. To submit a manuscript for consideration for the special issue, please visit the journal submission website at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iot. Guest Editors: - Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus - Mithun Mukherjee, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, China - George Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece - Houbing Song, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA - Maria Gorlatova, Duke University, USA - Mohammad Aazam, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IOV 2019 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-21, 2019) (Early submission due - May 30, 2019)
by Lars Wolf 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: "Robert, Ching-Hsien Hsu" <robertchh(a)GMAIL.COM> Gesendet: 31. März 2019 04:10:16 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IOV 2019 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-21, 2019) (Early submission due - May 30, 2019) IOV 2019, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-21, 2019 The 6th International Conference on Internet of Vehicles Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-21, 2019 http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~conference/iov2019/ Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results at the 2019 Internet of Vehicles (IOV) conference. --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- Internet of Vehicles (IOV) as an important part of the wisdom city is a complex integrated network system, which connects different people within automotives, different automotives and different environment entries in cities. IOV is different from Telematics, Vehicle Ad hoc Networks, and Intelligent Transportation, in which vehicles like phones can run within the whole network, and obtain various services by swarm intelligent computing with people, vehicles, and environments. IOV 2019 is to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their excellent ideas, latest innovations and experiences on Internet of Vehicles. We welcomes paper submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work, sharing the experience and insights, forecast the trends and opportunities, and discuss the policy, economics and social implications. IOV 2019 will be held on Nov. 18-21, 2019, co-located with IEEE DataCom 2019, IEEE SOCA 2019 and IEEE SC2 2019, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● Vehicle Behavior Model and Environment Awareness ● Cooperative Driving, Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles ● Telematics, Wireless Communication Networks for IOV ● Services and applications of IOV ● Complex systems and systems-of-systems for IOV ● Theory, technology, methodology, tools and applications for IOV ● Wireless Communications and Vehicular Networking ● Vision-based driver assistance ● Computer vision for autonomous vehicles ● Mobile Internet, Mobility Internet and Internet of Things ● Transportation and Connected Vehicles ● Geographic, Spatial and Social Information Systems ● Practices, Recommendations and Standards in Connected Vehicles ● Policy, Economics and Social Implications ● Cooperative Driving, Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles ● Automotive Electronics and Automatic Control ● Computational modeling and methodology for Intelligent Mobility Cases/Studies ● Network Architecture for IOV ● Automotive Electronics and Automatic Control for IOV ● Swarm Intelligent Computing in IOV. ● Network and Information Services in IOV. ● Social Economics for Vehicle Platforms. ● IOV for Intelligent Transportation and Wisdom City ● Vehicular Social Network ● Modeling and Simulation for IOV ● Cloud computing for IOV ● Big Data for IOV ● Applications and Standards of IOV --------------------------------------- PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------- Springer LNCS proceedings, indexed by - ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science - Scopus - EI Engineering Index - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be invited for publication in prestigious international journals. ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Tutorial/Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: April 30, 2019 Research Article (early track): Paper Submission May 30, 2019 Author Notification June 15, 2019 Research Article (regular track): Paper Submission July 20, 2019 Author Notification August 31, 2019 Poster/Special Session: Paper Submission September 10, 2019 Author Notification September 26, 2019 Registration Due: October 10, 2019 Camera ready submission: October 20, 2019 Official Invitation Letter will be issued upon completion of registration --------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION --------------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Papers should be prepared in LNCS format and submitted via the IOV 2019 submission site via The EasyChair system. LNCS formatting information: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 - Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops and special sessions need to be submitted to the Workshops Chair of the conference. A proposal should include title, theme, scope and main presenters/organizers. - Research paper (14 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. - Works-in-Progess (WIP) (10 pages) papers are expected to present either work currently in progress or less developed but highly innovative ideas. - Demo/Poster papers (6 pages) must describe working systems and be related to IOV. These systems may be innovative prototype implementations or mature systems that use related technology. Papers/proposals need to be submitted to the Demo/Poster Chair. - Workshop and Special Session papers need to be submitted to the corresponding workshops and special sessions Chairs. ---------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEES ---------------------------------- GENERAL CHAIRS Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland PROGRAM CHAIRS Kun-Chan Lan, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Lyes Khoukhi, University of technology of Troyes, France Workshop Chairs Li Liu, Chongqing University, China Demo & Poster Chair Kuan-Chou Lai, National Taichung University, Taiwan Publication Chair Sondes Khemiri-Kallel, Université de Versailles St Quentin, France Award Chair Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University,Taiwan Publicity Chair Daxin Tian, Beihang University, China William Liu, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Carson Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada Min-Xiao Chen, National Dong Hua University, Taiwan Advisory Committee Mohammad Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA Chu-sing Yang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Feng Xia, Dalian University of Technology, China Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Peng Cheng, Zhejiang University, China Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Wenzhong Guo, Fuzhou University, China Steering Committee Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Robert Hsu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Victor C. Leung, The U. of British Columbia, Canada Shangguang Wang, BUPT, China Reinhard Klette, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] AdHoc-Now 2019, Luxembourg, Call for Papers (deadline abstract: 15 April 2019)
by Lars Wolf 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Sinem Coleri Ergen <sergen(a)KU.EDU.TR> Gesendet: 31. März 2019 09:35:32 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] AdHoc-Now 2019, Luxembourg, Call for Papers (deadline abstract: 15 April 2019) *CALL FOR PAPERS* 18th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now 2019) Luxembourg, 1-3 October 2019 Web: http://www.adhocnow2019.lu ----------------------------------- *IMPORTANT DATES:* - Paper abstracts: 15 April 2019 - Deadline for paper Submissions: 30 April 2019 - Notification to the Authors: 15 July 2019 - Authors registration and camera ready: 1st August 2019 - End of early bird rates: 10 September 2019 - AdHoc-Now Conference 2019: 01-03 October 2019 ----------------------------------- *Three special tracks on the following topics* *Internet of Things and satellite systems in the 5G era:* - Novel network architectures for satellite terrestrial networks - IoT protocol optimisation for satellite terrestrial networks - Satellite based backhaul for IoT traffic offloading - Routing and caching strategies for hybrid networks - IoT, Satellite Communication, Remote Sensing and Earth Observation *IoT for smart and precision agriculture:* - IoT for Crop, Irrigation and Agriculture management - End-to-end farm management systems - IoT for Climate Monitoring *IoT for Disasters Management:* - IoT for Disaster risk minimization and prediction - IoT for Emergency response - IoT for Disaster recovery ----------------------------------- *Other topics of interest* In addition, the organisation team seeks for research papers in any of the following areas: - Access Control - Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems - Algorithmic Issues - Analytic Methods and Modelling for Performance Evaluation - Ad Hoc Network Applications and Architectures - Big Data Inspired Data Sensing - Delay-Tolerant Networking - Deterministic Networks - Disaster Management - Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks - Edge/fog computing - Energy Efficiency - Geometric Graphs - Hybrid IoT-satellite networks - Internet of Things (IoT) - Location Discovery and Management - Long range IoT (LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT) - Mobility Handling and Utilization - Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms - Mobile Social Networking - Precision Agriculture - Processing and Networking Technologies Complexity and Computational Issues - Protocol Optimisation - Prototype systems and real-world deployment experiences - Quality-of-Service - Remote Sensing - Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) - Satellite Communication - Secure Services and Protocols - Sensor Networks - Self-Configuration - Service Discovery - Systems and Testbeds - Software Defined Networking - Space Weather - Standardisation - Timing Synchronization - Vehicular Networks - Wireless Mesh Networks ----------------------------------- For all the topics and tracks, authors are invited to submit full-length Research Papers, 12 pages long (single column) and Poster and demonstration abstracts, 6 pages long (single column). Templates are reported in the website of the conference. -- Sinem Coleri Ergen Associate Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Director, Wireless Networks Laboratory Koc University, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450 email: sergen(a)ku.edu.tr webpage: http://home.ku.edu.tr/~sergen/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] 2019 IEEE SERVICES Workshop on Cyber Security and Resilience in the Internet of Things (Deadline Approaching)
by Lars Wolf 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Nicholas Kolokotronis <nkolok(a)UOP.GR> Gesendet: 31. März 2019 15:11:51 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] 2019 IEEE SERVICES Workshop on Cyber Security and Resilience in the Internet of Things (Deadline Approaching) Dear colleagues, please accept our apologies for cross-postings. =================================================================================== C a l l F o r P a p e r s IEEE SERVICES Workshop on Cyber Security and Resilience in the Internet of Things Milan, Italy, July 8-13, 2019 http://conferences.computer.org/services/2019/workshops/cybersecurity_works… =================================================================================== DESCRIPTION & SCOPE ------------------- The technological and industrial revolution brought by the Internet of Things (IoT) comes with new forms of threats and attacks that exploit the inherent complexity and heterogeneity of IoT networks. There are many recent examples of attacks that exploit IoT devices to perform large-scale distributed denial of service attacks, to spy on people, and to hijack communication links, therefore delivering full control of anything that is remotely accessible to an attacker. Those attacks deeply affect the operation of a number of services that are vital for the society functioning as energy, transport, communications, and so on. Moreover, IoT is largely used in monitoring activities of complex systems as smart city, industrial plant, health systems, bridges, and so forth. Because of that, if an IoT system experiences an attack, it should still exhibit resilience in the form of grateful degradation and/or survival and fast recovery (bounce-back/bounce-forward) of the functionality from the eventual failure or misbehavior. IoT resilience is here to understand the strategies and methods for a cyber-attack absorption and infrastructure operational recovery and needs to be considered as an integral part of the IOT Cyber Security landscape. The workshop focuses on both the theoretical & practical aspects of the security, privacy, trust and resilience of IoT networks, devices, applications, and services as well as novel ways of dealing with their vulnerabilities and mitigating sophisticated cyber-attacks. TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Blockchain applications in IoT * Cyber-threat intelligence * Game-theoretic security for IoT * Identity management and access control for IoT * IoT and cloud forensics * Lightweight cryptography for IoT * Malware detection and mitigation * Network intrusion detection/mitigation * Privacy and data protection in IoT * Security in mobile applications * System and data integrity * Trust management for IOT * Operation recovery and continuity in IOT * Cyber-attack resiliency IoT architecture * Cyber Threat adaptive capacity in IOT IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper Submission Deadline: April 2, 2019 Notification to Author: April 16, 2019 Camera-ready & Registration: 1 May 2019 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- We call for original and unpublished papers no longer than 6 pages (up to 2 additional pages may be purchased subject to approval by the Publication Chair). All papers will be reviewed with a minimum of 3 good-quality reviews per paper. The manuscripts should be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF files (formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper). The submission URL is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeservices2019. Authors wishing to submit a paper to this workshop must select the track entitled IEEE SERVICES Workshop on Cyber Security and Resilience in the Internet of Things in order to be considered. WORKSHOP CHAIRS --------------- Emanuele Bellini, Khalifa University (emanuele.bellini(a)ieee.org) Stavros Shiaeles, University of Plymouth (stavros.shiaeles(a)plymouth.ac.uk) Nicholas Kolokotronis, University of Peloponnese (nkolok(a)uop.gr) ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Extended deadline CAMIoT: The 1st International Workshop on Connected and Advanced Mobility and IoT
by Lars Wolf 30 Mar '19

30 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Extended deadline CAMIoT: The 1st International Workshop on Connected and Advanced Mobility and IoT Datum: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 21:37:35 +0400 Von: fatma outay <fatma.outay(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: fatma outay <fatma.outay(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 1st International Workshop on Connected and Advanced Mobility and IoT *CAMIoT 2019* https://sites.google.com/view/camiot2019/home in conjunction with *MobiSPC2019 *conference Aug 19-21, 2019, Halifax, Canada - Paper Submission: 18th April, 2019 - Acceptance Notification: 25th May, 2019 - Final Manuscript Due: 25th Jun, 2019 *Scope of the workshop:* The Internet of Things (IoT) is the inter-networking of various physical devices, objects, and people. It progressively advances and covers a variety of wired and wireless technologies through embedded devices, smart objects, and smart users. Acknowledging the speed of these developments over the last two decades, it’s hard to deny the fact that we’re moving closer to a fully-connected future every single day. Moreover, the massive amounts of data generated through these devices is creating the potential for an entirely new level of integration and usage of data. *The purpose of the 1st International Workshop on Connected and Advanced Mobility and IoT is to answer fundamental questions about the Internet of Things, connected cars, mobility, security and privacy, data processing, sustainability and what we can expect from the future of mobility and how we’re going to get there.* CAMIoT 2019 will be held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (*MobiSPC 2019* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcs-conferences.acadiau.ca%2Fmobisp…>) which is co-organized in Halifax, Canada (*19-21 Aug 2019*). *Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:* - Industrial edge computing methods for IoT - Big data processing in edge computing for IoT - Emerging IoT applications with ITS. - MANETs/ VANETs. - Road Safety - Driver behavior and Road Safety - V2V, V2I, V2X, Connected Vehicles - Smart Security for smart cars - Routing protocols in vehicular networks. - MAC layer in VANETs - Wireless Network. - Network Security - Smart and creative cities - Sustainability of manufacturing within IoT - Smart mobility - IoT impact on infrastructures - Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems - Automotive Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity for connected and autonomous vehicles - Crowdsourcing in connected mobility - Security & Privacy Issues in Vehicle Communication Environment - Safety & non-safety applications of Connected Vehicles - Automotive Electronics and Automatic Control in Vehicular Networks - Traffic & Transportation Systems in Vehicular Networks - Telematics and Mobile Internet - Vehicular Cloud Computing - Mobility and the Internet of Vehicles - Big Data and Vehicle Analytics - Data mining and Data analytic in next Generation of Vehicle Telematics Products - Data worthiness in connected vehicles - Sustainable transport - Driver Behavior Analysis - Visibility and Image Processing - Vehicle Environment Perception - Cognitive and Context-aware Intelligence *SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS* All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the MobiSPC 2019 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow Elsevier guidelines as given on the *MobiSPC 2019 website* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcs-conferences.acadiau.ca%2Fmobisp…>. The number of pages for workshop papers is limited to 6 pages. *Paper format* The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of Procedia Computer Science <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsevier.com%2Fwps%2Ffind%2Fjo…>, MS Word Template <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcs-conferences.acadiau.ca%2Fmobisp…>, Latex <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcs-conferences.acadiau.ca%2Fmobisp…>, Template Generic <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcs-conferences.acadiau.ca%2Fmobisp…>, Elsevier. *Submission* Authors should submit their contributions here, electronically in PDF format. *CLICK HERE to submit your workshop paper* *EasyChair* The submission processes will be managed by easychair.org. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking the "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date. In case of any problem with submission, please contact the workshop chair for assistance. *Selective outstanding papers* The selective outstanding papers presented at the workshops, after further revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues journal with high impact factor (details will be put online shortly). All workshops accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series (online). Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on *www.elsevier.com* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsevier.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=A…> and on Elsevier content platform *ScienceDirect* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com&sa=D&sntz=1&…>, and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by *Scopus* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scopus.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQ…> and *Engineering Village* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engineeringvillage.com&sa=D&sn…> (Ei). This includes *EI Compendex* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ei.org%2Fcompendex&sa=D&sntz=1…>. All accepted papers will also be indexed in *DBLP* <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdblp.uni-trier.de%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&u…> . *Technical Program Committee (TPC) members: *(*Tentative*) - *Faouzi Kamoun, ESPRIT Engineering School, Tunisia* - *Zouheir Trabelsi, UAE University, UAE* - *Fatma Outay, Zayed University, UAE* - *Samia bouchafa, University d’Evry-Val-d’Essone, France* - *Véronique Vèque, Université Paris Sud 11, France* - *Ansar Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium* - *Nafaa Jabeur, German University of Technology, Oman* - *Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA* - *Atta Baddi, University of Reading, UK* - *Davy Preuveneers, KU Leuven, Belgium* - *Stephane Galland, UTBM, France* - * Andrew Leonce, Zayed University, UAE* - *Ines Thabet, ESEN, Tunisia.* - *Nadia Yaacoubi, ISG, Tunisia* - *Mohamed Badra, Zayed University, UAE* - Rafik Zayani, SupCom , Tunisia *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* Dr. Fatma Outay (Workshop Organizer) College of Technological Innovation Zayed University, Dubai, UAE Fatma.OUTAY(a)zu.ac.ae Dr. Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar (Workshop Co-Organizer) Transportation Research Institute Hasselt University, Belgium ansar.yasar(a)uhasselt.be. If you have any further questions please contact one of the workshop organizer ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: SPECTS 2019 - IEEE ComSoc Sponsored - July 22-24, 2019, Berlin, Germany. Deadline Approaching
by Lars Wolf 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: SPECTS 2019 - IEEE ComSoc Sponsored - July 22-24, 2019, Berlin, Germany. Deadline Approaching Datum: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:51:33 +0200 Von: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)cs.ntua.gr> Antwort an: George T. Karetsos <karetsos(a)cs.ntua.gr> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG 2019 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2019/ The goal of this annual conference is to provide a forum for professionals and researchers to discuss and disseminate the most promising contributions on performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Papers describing results of theoretic and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modeling, analysis, and simulation studies as well as testbed deployment, field trials and experiences gained are all in the scope of the conference. Work presenting novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime tradeoffs are particularly encouraged. Papers and tutorials are solicited in (but not limited to) the following subjects of interest: Networking Technologies and Telecommunication Systems Future Internet and next Generation Networking 5G & Beyond Hyperdense networks Massive MIMO mm Wave communications Multiple access, multiplexing, modulation and coding techniques Cooperative communications and networking Cognitive radio and networking Autonomic Networks Software Defined Networking Network Function Virtualization Cloud Radio Access Networks Radio over Fiber Flexible optical networks Optical-Wireless communication and systems Visible light communications Internet of Things and enabling technologies Machine to Machine systems Device to Device communications Cyber Physical Systems Wireless ad-hoc Networks Wireless Sensor Networks Delay Tolerant Networks Opportunistic Networks Vehicular ad-hoc networks / connected vehicles Nanonetworks Satellite and Space communications and networking Network design, optimization, management and performance evaluation Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service / Experience Computer Systems Parallel and Distributed Computing Service Oriented Architectures and Microservices Cloud and Edge Computing High Performance Computing Distributed and Mobile Middleware Computer Architectures Microprocessors Multi-core processors Memory systems High performance I/O Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Machine Learning Software Engineering, Performance, Evaluation and Testing Verification and Validation Programming Languages Parallel Algorithms Data Storage Systems Fault tolerance, signal processing, and coding techniques Tools & Methodologies Modeling and Analysis Performance Optimization, Bounds and Models Stochastic Models Queuing Systems and Networks Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications Integrated Modeling and Measurement Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance Verification and Validation On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning Parallel and Distributed Simulation Case studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences Scalability Studies Special Tracks and Areas of Interest Security and Performance in Computer and Telecommunication Systems Chairs: Jean-Pierre Seifert, Altaf Shaik, Robert Buhren Data security is vital to ensure protection against cyber threats that continue to raise and diversify at a rapid speed. But often, while deploying security mechanisms, the performance of the system is affected in adverse ways. A key challenge in the design of computer and telecommunication systems is to identify a neutral ground between security and performance. Whilst the widespread of devices spanning into networks and generating countless amounts of data absolutely require high performance systems. This makes us to rethink our security systems that can guarantee a high level of performance and also an acceptable level of security. In this respect, we invite researchers and security enthusiasts to submit papers that study and analyze various issues but not limited to such as tradeoff between security and performance, new security protocols in secure communication systems. Edge Computing and Edge-enabled AI for Network Management Chairs: Paolo Bellavista, Luca Foschini, Carlo Giannelli Edge computing is rapidly emerging as the most relevant architectural approach to manage some hard and open technical challenges associated with wide-scale and quality-sensitive Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which typically exploit the elastic availability of cloud resources on the server side. EAINM specifically focuses on network quality configuration, optimization, configuration, control, and management enabled by edge computing in three-layer deployment environments (device, edge, cloud). In particular, EAINM considers as central all methodological, design, implementation, and deployment experiences that investigate digital twin creation at the cloud layer and distributed enforcement of twin control actions also at the edge, typically with complex machine learning processing at the cloud side and more lightweight digital twin execution and refinement at edge nodes. Contributions about enabling AI techniques for these architectures and practical application prototyping/deployment experiences (e.g., for manufacturing production quality control and optimized management of distributed caching) are strongly welcome. Aspects and trends of software evaluation Chairs: George Tsihrintzis, Maria Virvou Software applications are evolving rapidly and are expanding their use to all the areas of human activity by the means of all sorts of hardware, including computers, handheld devices, smart things, digital signage etc. The vast use of software in many contexts imposes the need for the development of new evaluation methodologies, frameworks and processes to address software quality characteristics that include reliability, reusability, effectiveness, correctness, accuracy and also security and privacy that conform to new law regulations. Moreover, the important software quality characteristics of usability, user friendliness and utility have to be ensured for end users of a vast range of disciplines and backgrounds. Thus, measuring and evaluating the quality of software applications has become of critical importance and should attract a lot of research energy. The aim of ASE is to address current aspects and trends of software evaluation. Modeling and Evaluation of Wireless Body Area Networks Chair: Yahya Osais Wireless Body Area Not (WBAN) are networks of medical sensors which are attached or implanted into the body of a human being or animal to monitor and control biological processes. Their performance is limited by their constrained resources and side effects such as heat. Before the full potential of WBANs can be realized, many fundamental issues must be studied using performance evaluation tools and measurements. The aim of MEWBAN is to provide the necessary insights to make the needed progress. Social Network Analysis and Performance Aspects of Socially-Aware Networking Chairs: Magdalini Eirinaki, Iraklis Varlamis, Malamati Louta The rapid development of wireless communications and the rise of social networks established a new research field that stands between telecommunications and social network theory. Smart and wearable mobile devices act as alternative gateways for participation in social networks and introduced “mobility” as a new aspect of social networking and applications. The aim of SANet is to provide a forum where researchers from the fields of Social Network Analysis and Telecommunication Systems Performance will come together, exchange ideas and generate new collaborations that bring us a step closer to Socially-Aware Networking. Paper Submission Deadlines Paper submission: April 8, 2019 Author notification: May 20, 2019 Camera-ready paper submission: June 3, 2019 Please submit your complete papers electronically to https://www.softconf.com/sim/SummerSim19/ Instructions for authors Current templates (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html) supplied by IEEE must be used. Submissions should not exceed 8 two-column, 8.5×11" pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10 point fonts. Please include 5-10 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. If you have difficulties with electronic submission, please contact Technical Program Co-Chairs or the Local Arrangement Chair. Proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) should be sent to the Tutorial Chair. Tutorial abstracts along with keynote speeches' abstracts will be included in the proceedings of the conference. Best Paper Awards All accepted papers will be evaluated for a best paper award based on originality and technical contribution by an external commission. Call for Tutorial Proposals SPECTS 2019 is soliciting proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) to be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials should address established as well as new emerging research topics and practical applications in the area of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Tutorials should present a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and outline open research and technical challenges. A tutorial proposal should contain the following information: Tutorial title Names, titles, affiliations and contact details of the presenters Preferred duration Extended abstract Short description of the intended audience and prerequisite knowledge of the attendees (if any) Short bio of the presenters The extended abstracts of the tutorials will be included in the conference proceedings. Tutorial proposals should be submitted for review in a single PDF file — not exceeding five pages — mailed to the tutorial chair. Important Dates for Tutorials Proposal submission:April 8, 2019 Acceptance notification:May 20, 2019 Tutorial Chair Maria Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy, mcc(a)unipv.it Please address any tutorial related questions to the Tutorial Chair SPECTS Steering Committee Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France Mohammad S Obaidat, Fordham Univ., USA (Chair) Jose L. Sevillano, Univ. of Seville, Spain Helena Szczerbicka, Leibniz Univ. of Hannover, Germany Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Technical Program Committee Efthimios Alepis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Ala'a Al-Habashna, Carleton Univ., Canada Muhammad Usman Awais, National Univ. of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan Paolo Bellavista, Univ. of Bologna, Italy Igor Bisio, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Robert Buhren, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Christian Callegari, Univ. of Pisa, Italy Vicente Casares-Giner, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Joaquín Entrialgo Castaño, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain Minas Dasygenis, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Tomaso De Cola, DLR, Germany Magdalini Eirinaki, San José State Univ. USA Peppino Fazio, Univ. of Calabria, Italy Luca Foschini, Univ. of Bologna, Italy Daniel Garcia, Univ. Of Oviedo, Spain Carlo Giannelli, Univ. of Ferrara, Italy Mary Grammatikou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece Fabrizio Granelli, Univ. of Trento, Italy Carlos Guerrero, Univ. de les Illes Balears, Spain Vincenzo Inzillo, Univ. of Calabria, Italy Helen Karatza, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece George Karetsos, University of Thessaly, Greece Baha Uddin Kazi, Carleton Univ., Canada Peter Kemper, College of William and Mary, USA Zbigniew Kotulski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland Udo Krieger, Univ. of Bamberg, Germany Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, Univ. of Southern Denmark, Denmark Jian Li, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Alejandro Linares-Barranco, Univ. of Seville, Spain Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France Malamati Louta, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece Imadeldin Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic Univ., USA Tahir Maqsood, COMSATS Univ. Islamabad, Pakistan Mario Marchese, Univ. of Genoa, Italy Alvaro Marco, Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain Luisa Massari, Univ. of Pavia, Italy Nuno Moniz, Univ. of Porto, Portugal Pierre Olivier, Virginia Tech, USA Ibrahim Onyuksel, Northern Illinois Univ., USA Yahya Osais, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Elena Pagani, Univ. di Milano, Italy Prantosh Kumar Paul, Raiganj Univ., India Gianluca Reali, Univ. of Perugia, Italy Evangelos Sakkopoulos, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Jean-Pierre Seifert, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Altaf Shaik, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany Georgios L. Stavrinides, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece Daniele Tessera, Catholic Univ. of Sacred Heart, Italy George Tsihrintzis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece John Vardakas, Iquadrat Informatica, Spain Iraklis Varlamis, Univ. of Athens, Greece Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Univ. of Malaga, Spain Maria Virvou, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Gabriel Wainer, Carleton Univ., Canada Bernd Wolfinger, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Adam Wolisz, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019)
by Lars Wolf 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) Datum: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 06:37:13 -0400 Von: LCN Publicity Chairs <publicity(a)IEEELCN.ORG> Antwort an: LCN Publicity Chairs <publicity(a)IEEELCN.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please let us know if it is undesirable to send CfPs to this list, and accept our apologies if this is the case.] ============================================================================== Call for Papers The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) & Symposium on Emerging Topics In Networking ============================================================================== Osnabrück, Germany October 14-17, 2019 http://www.ieeelcn.org ## The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. For the past 43 years, major developments from high-speed networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Personal and wearable networks * Wireless ad hoc & sensor networks * Information-centric networking * Embedded networks * Opportunistic networking * Delay-tolerant networks * Cognitive radio networks * Vehicular networks * Smart Grid communications * Underwater sensor networks * Cyber-physical systems * Social networks * Mobile and ubiquitous networking * Green networking * Overlay and peer-to-peer networks * Local-area and metropolitan-area networks * Storage-area networks * Routing and transport protocols * Big Data Networking * Cloud computing and networking * Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization * Internet of Things * Link technologies * Adaptive networking applications * Authentication, authorization, accounting * Security and privacy * Cross-layer optimization * Mobility and Location-dependent services * Multimedia and real-time communication * Machine-to-machine communications for smart environments * Smart Cities * Network traffic characterization and measurements * Network management, reliability and QoS * Performance evaluation of networks * Testbeds for network experiments * Network coding * Optical and high-speed access networks * E-Health networking Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or a journal. Full papers (up to 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 4 camera-ready pages. Short papers will be presented in a poster session. Both full and short papers are published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## LCN Paper Submission Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Program Chairs: * Karl Andersson <karl.andersson(a)ltu.se> * Hwee-Pink Tan <hptan(a)smu.edu.sg> ## LCN Important Dates Paper registration: April 19, 2019 Paper submission : May 3, 2019 Notification : July 5, 2019 Final paper : August 9, 2019 ## Organizing Committee ### General Chair Soumaya Cherkaoui (Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada) ### Program Chair Karl Andersson (Luleå Univ. of Techn., Sweden) ### Program Co-Chair Hwee-Pink Tan (Singapore Management Univ., Singapore) ### Local Arrangements Nils Aschenbruck (Univ. of Osnabrück, Germany) ### Finance Chair Frank Huebner (USA) ### Corporate Relations Matthias Wählisch (FU Berlin, Germany) ### Symposium Chair Lyes Khoukhi (Université de Technologie de Troy, France) ### Demonstrations Chair Katrin Reitsma (Motorola Solutions, USA) ### Publications Chair Sharief Oteafy (DePaul Univ., USA) ### EDAS Chair Eyuphan Bulut (Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA) ### Registration Chair Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian Univ. of Dubai, UAE) ### Student Grants Chair Suleyman Uludag (Univ. of Michigan Flint, USA) ###Publicity Co-Chairs Florian Tschorsch (TU Berlin, Germany) Kanchana Thilakarathna (The Univ. of Sydney, Australia) ### Webmaster Gary Kessler (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., USA) ### Media Chair Fabian Marquardt (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) ## Steering Committee Kemal Akkaya (Florida International Univ., USA) Nils Aschenbruck (Univ. of Osnabruck, Germany) Joe Bumblis (IEEE TCCC Executive Committee) Ken Christensen (Univ. of South Florida, USA) Ehab Elmallah (Univ. of Alberta, Canada) Matthias Frank (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) Anura Jayasumana (Colorado State Univ., USA) Salil Kanhere (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia) Gary Kessler (Embry-Riddle Aeron. Univ., USA) Burkhard Stiller (Univ. of Zürich, Switzerland) Tim Strayer (BBN, USA) Jens Tölle (Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany) Damla Turgut (Univ. of Central Florida, USA) ## LCN Symposium on Emerging Topics In Networking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Symposium provides an opportunity to present early work in-progress that shows exciting promise. The aim of the Symposium is to enable timely discussion of novel ideas and challenging future directions on emerging topics in networking. Submissions in areas such as, but not limited to, the following are encouraged: - Network Softwarization and virtualization - 5G and IoT - Connected vehicles Symposium papers are limited to 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE format and published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## Symposium Paper Submission Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Symposium Chair: * Lyes Khoukhi <lyes.khoukhi(a)utt.fr> ## Symposium Important Dates Paper submission : May 10, 2019 Notification : July 5, 2019 Final paper : August 9, 2019 Follow LCN on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IEEELCN Follow LCN on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-lcn-conference/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on The Big Data Era in IoT-enabled Smart Farming: Re-defining Systems, Tools, and Techniques - Deadline: April 30
by Lars Wolf 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on The Big Data Era in IoT-enabled Smart Farming: Re-defining Systems, Tools, and Techniques - Deadline: April 30 Datum: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:30:33 -0400 Von: Thomas Lagkas <tlagkas(a)IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Thomas Lagkas <tlagkas(a)IEEE.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Please accept our apologies for cross-posting ------------------------------------------------------- *Call For Papers* Special Issue (Computer Networks Journal - Elsevier) "The Big Data Era in IoT-enabled Smart Farming: Re-defining Systems, Tools, and Techniques" (BD-IoTFarm) *SI Website* https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/call-for-papers/big-dat… *Important dates* Paper submission: April 30, 2019 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2019 Final revision: August 15, 2019 Publication date: Quarter 3, 2019 The continuous generation of data from multiple sources has created numerous opportunities in different domains including agriculture. However, the state of the art in Smart Farming should be redefined and revisited since new technologies and tools are coming in the agriculture domain bringing novel and innovative paths for improving the resilience and the efficiency of agriculture. Smart Farming has started to be materialized and not being simply a vague futuristic concept, as different fields such as image processing and machine learning have found a prosperous area of application. Apart from the technical aspects that Smart Farming presents, it also affects the agricultural sector beyond the conventional farming activities, influencing a series of dependent industries, such as food supply chains, weather and climate change, natural resources management and environmental impact. New and various technologies have invaded the agricultural sector as they can offer new and unprecedented opportunities. Smart Farming uses a combination of technological advances, such as sensors, drones, variable-rate application machinery, satellite navigation and positioning technology, and the Internet of Things (IoT), among others. All the aforementioned technologies produce a massive amount of data capable of changing the current status of the agriculture sector, but a series of effective actions have to be developed and established for their efficient exploitation. The Big Data era has arrived for the agriculture sector reflecting its changes to a numerous of research fields. The incorporation and the usage of Geographic Information System (GIS) in the agriculture sector takes place for at least a decade as well as the adoption of sensors for monitoring reasons. Furthermore, driven by advanced GIS technologies, emerging image processing techniques adopt neural networks and deep learning approaches for providing new areas of application in the field of computer vision. Tasks such as crop identification and weed discrimination have become easier than ever thanks to the state-of-the-art classification algorithms. Apart from the advantages image processing techniques offer in the field of agriculture, other related areas have significantly benefited as well. Land mapping, insurance of animal feed quality, weather and climate change studies, grassland identification and earth observation are some of the areas where image processing techniques and algorithms have been successfully applied. The farm industry and Smart Farming expand from the strict limits of the farm location and affect a series of related fields, such as supply chain management, food availability, biodiversity, farmers’ decision making and insurance, environmental studies and various Earth sciences among others. All of the aforementioned fields have significant benefits when they follow a data-driven approach under the condition that the used systems, tools and techniques that will be used have been designed to handle the volume and foremost the variety of the data. Often, smart farming systems are running on unmonitored areas, due to which any attempted or successful breaches go unreported. Worse, since this sector is traditionally not cybersecurity aware, security and privacy by design is not incorporated into the solution requirements. For example, security attacks are feasible by gaining access to irrigation control systems of either a plant or a farm. In the most cases, IoT devices and systems can be manipulated and personal data can be disclosed without the farmer knowing. Even worse, adversaries can gain access to other connected third-party systems, e.g., energy, administration and irrigation systems. This Special Issue seeks to make an in-depth, critical contribution to this evolving field of agriculture in the era of Big Data. We therefore aim to bring together the state-of-the-art research contributions towards providing new insights in the application and benefits of the emerging methods and technologies in the Big Data-driven agriculture sector. The topics that can be addressed include (but are not limited to) the following ones. *Systems* - Cloud- and edge-based systems in smart farming. - Management of heterogeneous Big Data in smart farming. - Crop models and decision support systems in smart farming. - Study of man-machine dialogue systems. - Data-driven methods for anomaly detection, diagnosis, and prognosis. - Role of Big Data in sustainable agriculture. - Big data innovation in sustainable agriculture. - Environmental Big Data integration. - Smart Farming and its application in Big Data processing. - Big data in agricultural disaster management. - Cyber threats and anomaly detection in smart farming. - Data privacy preserving systems in smart farming. - Deep packet inspection in security systems for Smart Farming applications. *Tools* - IoT tools and techniques for sustainable agriculture. - Emerging tools for precision agriculture. - Big data analysis tools and machine learning techniques in Smart Farming tools. - Big data online stream processing for precision agriculture and Smart Farming - Machine learning applications in improving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Smart Farming. - Statistical analysis and modeling in Smart Farming applications. - Geospatial analysis in Smart Farming applications. - Advanced image processing techniques and applications in the agricultural domain. - Spectral matching tools in Smart Farming. - Intrusion detection tools. - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools for smart farming monitoring. *Techniques* - Modern GIS and remote sensing techniques in agriculture. - Classification and change detection of cultivated land. - Data mining and statistical issues in precision agriculture. - Intelligent computational techniques in precision agriculture. - Knowledge discovery in agriculture databases. - Cloud-enabled techniques and in-the-field integration for sustainable agriculture. - Network-based analysis in Smart Farming. - Trust-enabling techniques and methods. - Blockchain techniques for ensuring trust amongst IoT devices in Smart Farming. - Network forensics techniques for Smart Farming applications. *Guest Editors* - Dr. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis: Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Department of University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece - Dr. Thomas Lagkas: Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of The University of Sheffield International Faculty - CITY College, Thessaloniki, Greece - Dr. Konstantinos Rantos: Associate Professor at the Department of Computer and Informatics Engineering at Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, Greece - Dr. Paolo Bellavista: Full Professor of distributed and mobile systems at DISI - UNIBO, Bologna, Italy ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Extended - IEEE ITSC 2019 - Special Session on Beyond Traditional Sensing for Intelligent Transportation
by Lars Wolf 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Extended - IEEE ITSC 2019 - Special Session on Beyond Traditional Sensing for Intelligent Transportation Datum: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:58:14 -0400 Von: Xenofon Fafoutis <00000134bbe013e9-dmarc-request(a)COMSOC-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Xenofon Fafoutis <xefa(a)DTU.DK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS: ITSC 2019 - The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems October 27-30, 2019. Auckland, New Zealand. ------------------------------- Special Session on *Beyond Traditional Sensing for Intelligent Transportation* ------------------------------- https://bit.ly/2IoOn5n ------------------------------ Over the past few decades, sensors have not only become more advanced but also made impressive strides across an increasing number of sensing modalities. Despite the improved capabilities and breadth of available sensor systems, those used for intelligent transportation have remained relatively uniform across platforms; as a result, the algorithms and techniques being designed do not take full advantage of the rich information modern sensors can provide. Since all tasks -- including perception, localisation, decision-making, and learning -- are built on top of sensing, exploring alternative approaches to sensing is a compelling research area that can render all subsequent tasks more robust and accurate. The objective of this special session is to explore unconventional sensing for intelligent transportation in three ways. Firstly, it will investigate sensor systems that are not typically applied to certain transportation tasks, such as radar for precise localisation, audio for failure detection, and RF sensing for road traffic estimation. Secondly, it will explore untraditional sensor configurations and placements, such as ground-facing cameras using shadows to detect occluded moving objects. Lastly, it will look into the sensing of commonly overlooked information, such as the use of atmospheric sensors for gauging road surface traction or in-vehicle sensors for driving analysis. Via these three themes, this special session aims to stimulate discussion and research into untraditional sensing in order to improve the reliability and accuracy of transportation systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Localisation and navigation using radars (e.g., scanning, Doppler, and ground-penetrating); * Ego-noise and soundscape modelling and interpretation (e.g., sound-based failure detection, terrain/road surface status classification, urban sound source detection and localisation); * Event-based (neuromorphic) vision for localisation and perception in challenging scenarios; * Multi-spectral imaging (e.g. IR or polarimetric cameras for localisation and perception under difficult visibility); * In-vehicle sensing and wearable computing for failure detection, driver and passenger behaviour modelling; * Far infrared sensing; * Texture odometry; * Novel sensor hardware and designs; * Unconventional sensor placements or multi-sensor systems; * Optimal sensor scheduling and control in complex and/or multi-agent / social environments; * Astronomical (skyward-facing), atmospheric or odor-based sensing; * IoT technology for intelligent transportation and Internet of Vehicles (IoV); * Passive Wireless/RF sensing. ------------------------------- *Important Dates* Paper Submission Deadline: Extended to April 15, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2019 Final Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2019 Conference Dates: October 27-30, 2019 Authors are kindly invited to notify the organisers of their submissions. Papers submitted to this Special Session are reviewed according to the same rules as the submissions to the regular sessions of ITSC2019. Submissions to regular and special sessions follow identical format, instructions, deadlines and procedures. Please find more info on the ITSC2019 website https://www.itsc2019.org ------------------------------- *Organizers* Letizia Marchegiani, Aalborg University, Denmark. lm(a)es.aau.dk Sarah Huiyi Cen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA, USA. shcen(a)mit.edu Dimitri Ognibene, University of Essex, UK. dimitri.ognibene(a)essex.ac.uk Daniele De Martini, University of Oxford, UK. daniele(a)robots.ox.ac.uk Xenofon Fafoutis, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. xefa(a)dtu.dk Yan Wu, A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore. wuy(a)i2r.a-star.edu.sg Sahar Abbaspour, Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden. sahar.abbaspour(a)volvocars.com ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Special Issue on Edge computing for Internet of Things (Deadline Extended)
by Lars Wolf 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Chunyu Ai <aic(a)USCUPSTATE.EDU> Gesendet: 26. März 2019 03:48:40 MEZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Special Issue on Edge computing for Internet of Things (Deadline Extended) CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Special Issue on Edge computing for Internet of Things GUEST EDITORS: Qiang Ye (Lead), Dalhousie University, Canada. Email: qye(a)cs.dal.ca M. Jamal Deen, McMaster University, Canada. Email: jamal(a)mcmaster.ca Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy. Email: apuliafito(a)unime.it Lin Zhang, Beihang University, China. Email: zhanglin(a)buaa.edu.cn TOPIC SUMMARY: The Internet of Things (IoT) are expected to improve the quality of human lives through billions of Internet-based devices. To satisfy the computation and storage requirements of IoT, cloud computing has served as the most important computing infrastructure. However, with the explosion of the number of devices in IoT (expected to reach 50 billion by 2020), a large volume of raw data will be continuously generated by IoT devices, consequently making cloud computing inadequate to efficiently and securely handle the data. In particular, cloud computing will be highly limited in terms of network bandwidth and privacy protection in IoT. To solve this problem, many researchers have attempted to move data computation and service provisioning from the cloud to the edge, which results in the area of edge computing and the related fog computing. Early-stage research has indicated that edge computing could potentially enable IoT applications to meet their latency/delay requirements, improve the scalability and energy efficiency of IoT systems, and facilitate contextual information processing. Nevertheless, a series of challenging problems need to be addressed in order to fully utilize edge computing for IoT. For instance, most of the computation resources in edge computing are heterogeneous mobile devices that are highly energy-hungry, which means that edge computing tends to be unreliable. Moreover, how to efficiently distribute computation/data storage and how to combine edge computing with cloud computing in order to provide scalable services need to be further studied. In addition, how to support services without compromising privacy and security is a challenging problem in edge computing. This special issue aims to provide a prime venue for researchers from both academia and industry to discuss the key problems and present the innovative solutions in the area of edge computing for IoT. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Edge/Fog computing architecture for IoT Modeling and performance analysis of edge computing for IoT Communication and networking technologies in edge computing for IoT Mobile computing resource management in edge computing for IoT Machine learning and deep learning in edge computing for IoT QoS and QoE provisioning in edge computing for IoT Trust, security and privacy in edge computing for IoT Energy management in edge computing for IoT Collaboration of edge computing and cloud computing for IoT Experiences in delivering edge/fog-based services Open issues and challenges in edge computing for IoT IMPORTANT DATES: Manuscripts due: 05/01/2019 Peer reviews to authors: 07/01/2019 Revised manuscripts due: 08/01/2019 Second-round reviews to authors: 10/01/2019 Final accepted manuscript due: 10/31/2019 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts electronically before the submission due date, adhering to the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering guidelines (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6488902). Please submit your papers through the online system (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/TNSE-cs) and be sure to select the special issue or special section name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the ScholarOne portal. If requested, abstracts should be sent by e-mail to the Guest Editors directly. ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [Extended deadline: April 13] 1st International Workshop on Internet of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (IAUV 2019)
by Lars Wolf 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Raheeb Muzaffar <muzaffar(a)LAKESIDE-LABS.AT> Gesendet: 26. März 2019 08:44:20 MEZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [Extended deadline: April 13] 1st International Workshop on Internet of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (IAUV 2019) [Apologies if you receive multiple copies] Call for Papers for the 1st International Workshop on Internet of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (IAUV 2019) In conjunction with the IEEE SECON 2019 (https://secon2019.ieee-secon.org/) June 10, 2019, Boston, MA, USA Website:http://iauv2019.loria.fr/ Extended submission deadline : April 13, 2019 Notification: May 05, 2019 Camera ready: May 15, 2019 Workshop Day: June 10, 2019 EDAS link for submissions:http://edas.info/N25887 Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to the MDPI Special Issue on « UAV-Based Applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) », submission deadline July 15th, 2019. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Autonomous unmanned vehicle networks in civil applications are considered with increasing interest. Such networks are envisioned to consist of wireless sensors, robots and unmanned (aerial, ground, underwater) vehicles and are being used in environmental monitoring, border surveillance, network provisioning, delivery, construction, emergency or disaster assistance. The challenges in the design of these networks range from physical control of the vehicles, navigation, to communication limitations. Due to diverse and interdisciplinary nature of these challenges, algorithms and design principles proposed by networking, robotics, control theory, computer vision and artificial intelligence research communities will need to be utilized. IAUV aims to bring together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for current and future applications of autonomous unmanned vehicle networks, with a special focus on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone networks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOPICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • UAV swarms • Autonomous robot networks • Modeling and simulation • UAV-aided wireless sensor networks • Optimal control of networked robots • Ad hoc networks of drones • Modeling and control of fleet of UAVs • Self-organizing coordination and communication • Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols • Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication protocols • Communication protocols for swarms of mobile robots • Map exploration and pattern formation of multi-robot systems • Task allocation • Architectures and topology control • Localization • Quality of service, security and robustness issues • Internet of Things (IoT) applications and prototypes • Cooperative control of multiple UAVs • Software-Defined Aerial Networks • Context-awareness and decision making for UAV systems • Path planning, and target tracking in autonomous unmanned vehicle networks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality and relevance through peer reviewing. To submit your paper, it is required that the manuscript follows the standardIEEE camera-ready <https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html> format (double column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF file (formatted for 8.5-11 inch paper) as well as the requirement set by the EDAS paper submission system. Submitted paper must be original and unpublished papers with no more than 6 pages, including bibliography. The organizing committee of IAUV reserves the right to not review papers that either exceed the length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include: title; abstract; keywords; authors and relative affiliations with email addresses. During the initial paper submission process via EDAS, the authors are required to make sure the PDF file and EDAS registration page of a paper have the same list of authors and paper title. Be certain to add all authors in EDAS during the initial paper submission process. Failure to comply with this rule may cause a paper to be withdrawn from the review process. Once reviewed the listing of authors connected to the paper can NOT be changed in the final manuscript. All accepted papers of SECON (main program and workshops), after being presented onsite at the conference, will be included in the proceedings to be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore®. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission deadline: March 15, 2019 Notification: April 15, 2019 Camera ready: May 1, 2019 Workshop Day: June 10, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program Chairs • Enrico Natalizio, University of Lorraine, France (enrico.natalizio(a)loria.fr) • Evsen Yanmaz, Ozyegin University (eyanmaz(a)alumni.cmu.edu) • Sabato Manfredi, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy, (sabato.manfredi(a)unina.it) Publicity Chair • Raheeb Muzaffar, Lakeside Labs, Austria Web Chair • Nicola Roberto Zema, LRI – ROCS, Université Paris-Sud, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In compliance with data protection regulations, please write me if you would not like receive any further messages regarding the workshop. -- Dr. Raheeb Muzaffar Researcher Lakeside Labs GmbH Lakeside B04b, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria P: +43 (0) 463 287 044 33 F: +43 (0) 463 287 04 410 E:muzaffar@lakeside-labs.at Geschäftsführung: Mag. Claudia Prüggler Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Bettstetter Amtsgericht Klagenfurt, FN 306905g www.lakeside-labs.com ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [Call for Paper] SenSys 2019 -- Paper Registration Deadline Approaching
by Lars Wolf 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [Call for Paper] SenSys 2019 -- Paper Registration Deadline Approaching Datum: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:00:31 -0400 Von: Shijia Pan <shijiapan(a)CMU.EDU> Antwort an: Shijia Pan <shijiapan(a)CMU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email.] ======================================================== Call for Papers: The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2019) **** ACM SenSys 2019 **** New York, NY, USA November 10-13, 2019 http://sensys.acm.org/2019 ******************************** Dear Colleagues, The ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2019) is the premier computer systems conference focused on the architecture, design, implementation, and performance of networked sensing systems, sensor-oriented data modeling and analytics, and sensor-enabled applications. ACM SenSys brings together academic, industry, and government professionals to a single-track, highly selective forum that takes a broad view on the areas of computing relevant to the future of networked embedded sensor systems. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following: - New platforms and hardware designs for networked sensor systems - New communication paradigms for ubiquitous connectivity - Low-power wireless media access control, network, and transport protocol designs - Systems software, including operating systems, network stacks, and programming - System services such as time and location estimation - Low-power operation, energy harvesting, and energy management - Resource-efficient machine learning for embedded and mobile platforms - Mobile and pervasive systems with elements of networked sensing - Data management and analytics, including quality, integrity, and trustworthiness - Learning algorithms and models for perception, understanding, and adaptation - Heterogeneous collaborative sensing, including human-robot sensor systems - Security and privacy in networked sensor applications and systems - Fault-tolerance, dependability, and verification - Applications and deployment experiences We invite technical papers describing original ideas, groundbreaking results, and real-world experiences involving innovative sensor systems. Successful submissions will explain why the topic is relevant to a vision of the future of sensing systems. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and correctness. **** Important Dates **** - Paper Registration and Abstract: April 5 (Friday), 2019, 23:59 AoE - Paper Submission: April 12 (Friday), 2019, 23:59 AoE - Notification of Paper Acceptance: July 23 (Tuesday), 2019, 23:59 AoE - Camera-Ready: September 20 (Friday), 2019, 23:59 AoE Note: These are hard deadlines. No extension will be granted. **** Submission Guidelines **** Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication. Submissions must be full papers, at most 12 single-spaced 8.5” x 11” pages with 9-pt font size in two-column format, including figures and tables. As for references, submissions may include as many pages as needed. All submissions must use the LaTeX (preferred) or Word styles found here <http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template>. LaTeX submissions should use the acmart.cls template, with the default 9-pt font. Authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions. Papers that do not meet the size, formatting, and anonymization requirements will not be reviewed. We require each paper to be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and submitted through the conference submission system <https://sensys19.hotcrp.com/>. Accepted submissions will be available on the ACM digital library at least one week before the conference. For detailed information about the program and submission guideline, please visit http://sensys.acm.org/2019 **************************************** General Chairs: Raghu K. Ganti (IBM T.J. Watson, USA), Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang (Columbia University, USA) Program Chairs: Gian Pietro Picco (University of Trento, Italy), Xia Zhou (Dartmouth College, USA) **************************************** ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Selected Areas in Communications Symposium on Internet of Things @ GLOBECOM 2019
by Lars Wolf 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Selected Areas in Communications Symposium on Internet of Things @ GLOBECOM 2019 Datum: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 03:39:15 -0400 Von: Pietro Manzoni <pmanzoni(a)DISCA.UPV.ES> Antwort an: Pietro Manzoni <pmanzoni(a)DISCA.UPV.ES> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Please accept our apologies in case of multiple copies of this CFP == Selected Areas in Communications (SAC) Symposium on Internet of Things == IEEE Global Communications Conference 9-13 December 2019, Big Island, Hawaii, USA http://globecom2019.ieee-globecom.org/ ================================================================ The aim of the Internet of Things SAC is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers to present their cutting-edge innovations in all aspects of the field. This track solicits technical papers describing original, previously unpublished papers pertaining to trends, issues, and challenges of the Internet of Things MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST: We invite submissions on a wide range of research topics, spanning both theoretical and systems research, including results from industry and academic/industrial collaborations, related but not restricted to the following topics: * Ambient Intelligence * Application of Fog/Edge computing to IoT: architectures and implementations * Autonomic Computing * Blockchain technology for IoT * Communications technologies: NB-IoT, LoRa, Sigfox, … * Complex and Compound Sensors * Connected Car, Automotive, Intelligent Transport * Cooperative Computing * Cooperative Sensor Systems * Design principals and best practices for IoT application development * Dynamic scheduling, power control, interference management, and QoS management in IoT networks * Experience and lessons learned for standards-based IoT large scale pilots/demonstrators * Fog/Edge Caching techniques for IoT * Horizontal application development for IoT * Innovative routing and scheduling protocols * Interoperability methodologies for heterogeneous IoT * IoT big data and predictive analysis * IoT for smart manufacturing (industry 4.0) and smart spaces * IoT for the developing countries * IoT standards platforms interworking * Low Power Computing * Massive MTC (mMTC) * Messaging Technologies for the Industrial IoT (Google QUIC, DDS, AMQP, MQTT, MQTT-SN, CoAP, etc) * Mobile platforms as sensors * Mobility, Localization and context-adaptive Internet of Things * New communications mediums for Low Power Wide Area Networks * Practical Perspectives on IoT in 5G Networks * RFID sensing technology * Secure and privacy-preserving IoT communications * Sensor Integration * Smart Cities, Smart Home * Software Defined Networking (SDN) and NFV for IoT * Web of Things IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper submission: April 15, 2019 - Notification date: July 15, 2019 - Final paper due: August 16, 2019 SUBMISSION LINK: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25090&track=91881 All final submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with over-length page charge of USD100 if accepted). Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted at EDAS. TRACK CO-CHAIRS - Ridha Soua, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019)
by Lars Wolf 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019) Datum: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:03:05 -0400 Von: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> Antwort an: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *[Please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]* CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE MASS 2019 - The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems Monterey, CA, USA November 4 - 7, 2019 http://sites.google.com/view/mass2019 IEEE MASS is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks and smart systems, defined broadly. As wireless ad-hoc networks continue to evolve and specialize into a number of application scenarios and environments, and sensor-based systems and technologies increasingly permeate our everyday life and become the inner fabric of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, the unfolding of smart environments such as smart cities, smart farming, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing, to name a few, demand integrated solutions that can make intelligent use of both cloud and edge systems, while applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to handle their growing complexity and to leverage the vast amount of available data created. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 16th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in beautiful Monterey, CA, USA, on November 4-7, 2019, and it aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, covering algorithms, theory, protocols, systems & applications, experimental evaluations and testbeds, security/privacy, as well as AI/ML-based smart design. Topics of Interest Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • 5G networks and technologies • AI/ML for smart wireless networks • AI and machine learning aided protocol design and resource allocation • AI and machine learning based applications for ad hoc networks • Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs • Application Layer Protocols • Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity • Cognitive networking • Cooperative and cognitive communication • Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications • Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing • Cyber-physical systems and applications • Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination • Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols • Experiences in real-world applications and deployments • Flying Ad-Hoc Networks • Free-space optical networks • Heterogeneous networks • Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure • Light-weight distrib • Localization and Location Based Services • Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds • Mobile computing and networking • mmWave and Terahertz networks • Mobility modeling and management • Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies • Network components, operating systems, and middleware • Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking • QoS and Resource management • Robotic networks • Routing protocols • Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems • Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer • Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems • Smart grid, healthcare, transportation applications • Vehicular networks and protocols • Visible light communications • Wearable and human-centric devices and networks Important Dates Abstract submission: April 30, 2019 Paper submission: May 15, 2019 Notification of acceptance: August 09, 2019 Camera-ready version: August 30, 2019 Submission Guidelines Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, including all figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on TPC reviews and discussions, some papers may be accepted as 5-page short papers, in addition to the regular 9 page papers. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Note that the conference will also include a poster and demo session. Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25849 Organizing Committee General Chair - Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Program Chairs - Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA - Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasília, Brazil Track Chairs Algorithms and Theory - Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA - Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, USA Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies - Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA - Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA Systems and Applications - Octav Chipara, The University of Iowa, USA - Desheng Zhang, Rutgers University, USA Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds - Falko Dressler, Paderborn University, Germany - Kang Chen, Southern Illinois University, USA Security and privacy - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University, USA - Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-based Smart Design - Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA - Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Panel Chair - Wei Zhao, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Workshop Chairs - Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China - Ilker Demirkol, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Posters Chairs - Marcos A.M. Vieira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil - Chenxi Qiu, Rowan University, USA Publicity Chairs - Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago, USA - Rolando Menchaca-Mendez, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Finance/Registration Chair - Shuhui Yang, Purdue University Northwest, USA Publication Chair - Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA Local Arrangements - Chen Qian, University of California Santa Cruz, USA Web Chair - Henrique D. Garcia, University of Brasília, Brazil Steering Committee - Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati,USA - Jie Wu, Temple University, USA - Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA - J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California Santa Cruz, USA ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: DIPI Workshop 2019 - extended deadline March 25 - co-located with IEEE WoWMoM 2019 - SI follow-up - Data Distribution in Industrial and Pervasive Internet
by Lars Wolf 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: DIPI Workshop 2019 - extended deadline March 25 - co-located with IEEE WoWMoM 2019 - SI follow-up - Data Distribution in Industrial and Pervasive Internet Datum: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:45:36 +0100 Von: Theofanis Raptis <theofanis.raptis(a)IIT.CNR.IT> Antwort an: Theofanis Raptis <theofanis.raptis(a)IIT.CNR.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ============================================================= 1st International Workshop on Data Distribution in Industrial and Pervasive Internet (DIPI 2019)* June 10-12, 2019 Washington DC, USA http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/dipi2019/ *co-located with IEEE WoWMoM 2019 ============================================================= ******** Benefits ******** - Accepted papers will be included and indexed in IEEE Xplore - 6-pages double column format - Editorial follow-ups: Extended versions of selected papers might be considered for possible fast track publication in a Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications ******** Topics of Interest ******** The ubiquitous presence of data originating from the integration of wireless networks, pervasive computing, industrial equipment and people, has led to an increased interest in solutions for distributed data management and efficient data distribution at the edge of the networked environments. The essence of this vision is the creation of data-driven networks saturated with pervasive sensing, computing, and wireless communication that ideally support the needs of individuals, societies and industries. Contributions can be analytical, empirical, technological, methodological, or a combination of those. Papers reporting strong data-oriented systems engineering contributions backed by solid and appropriate evaluations are strongly encouraged. The impact of the contributions should be demonstrated in the context of the data-related aspects in the pervasive and industrial internet. Research contributions are solicited in all application areas pertinent to industrial and pervasive data distribution, including but not limited to: Data distribution in Industrial Internet, where novel data management techniques can be supported by networking protocols, algorithms and processes, and where intelligent entities can exchange and manage distributed data in order to achieve improved performance for both the cyber and the physical components. Particular areas of interest include: - Data-driven industrial IoT architectures with multiple inter-connected networking technologies - Pervasive data distribution and management algorithms for the Industrial Internet - Networking protocol stacks and standardization for enabling efficient data distribution - Industrial cloud and edge computing, communication and networking technologies - Data-oriented networked control, distributed optimization, and distributed learning - Industrial internet robotics and autonomous systems - Modeling of tightly integrated, data-intensive Cyber-Physical processes, computation platforms, and networks - Data distribution solutions which satisfy the Industry 4.0 requirements Data distribution in Pervasive Internet, where the ambient intelligence of network devices embedded in the environment can provide a constant and unobtrusive data management and distribution. Particular areas of interest include: - Large-scale data management and distribution in pervasive internet - Clouds, cloudlets, fog computing, device-to-device coordination - Pervasive big data and artificial intelligence - Smart spaces and intelligent environments - Cognitive computing techniques - Social Cyber-Physical Computing and human in the loop, data-oriented approaches - Crowdsensing and analytics of human user data in Cyber-Physical Systems Contributions focused on the horizontal topics of (a) security, privacy, trust (b) reliability, safety (c) experiences from real-world deployments, testbeds, case studies, are also welcome, as long as they target one of the aforementioned application areas. ******** Main Organizers ******** - Workshop Chairs Theofanis P. Raptis, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, National Research Council (IIT-CNR), Italy Georgios Z. Papadopoulos, IMT Atlantique, France - Technical Program Committee Masoud Abbaszadeh (GE Global Research, USA) Xenofon (Fontas) Fafoutis (DTU, Denmark) Antoine Gallais (Inria Lille / University of Strasbourg, France) Oana Iova (INSA Lyon, France) Salil Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia) Stamatis Karnouskos (SAP, Germany) Vasilis Katos (Bournemouth University, UK) Ernoe Kovacs (NEC Labs Europe, Germany) Francois Lemercier (NIST, USA) Valeria Loscri (Inria Lille, France) Nathalie Mitton (Inria Lille, France) Julien Montavont (University of Strasbourg, France) Sharief Oteafy (DePaul University, USA) Chrysa Papagianni (Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium) Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy) Tanguy Ropitault (NIST, USA) Miguel Sepulcre (Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain) Lei Shu (University of Lincoln, UK / Nanjing Agricultural University, China) George Sklivanitis (Florida Atlantic University, USA) Petros Spachos (University of Guelph, Canada) Violet R. Syrotiuk (Arizona State University, USA) Geraldine Texier (IMT Atlantique, France) Fabrice Theoleyre (CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France) Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) Carlo Vallati (University of Pisa, Italy) Cong Wang (Old Dominion University, USA) Dimitrios Zorbas (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland) - Publicity co-Chairs Gangyong Jia (Hangzhou Dianzi University, China) Fabrice Theoleyre (CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France) Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) ******** Important Dates ******** Paper Submission: March 25, 2019 Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2019 Camera Ready: April 29, 2019 ******** Submission Guidelines ******** http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/dipi2019/sub.html ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE JSAC Special Issue on "Design and Analysis of Communication Interfaces for Industry 4.0"
by Lars Wolf 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE JSAC Special Issue on "Design and Analysis of Communication Interfaces for Industry 4.0" Datum: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:08:42 -0400 Von: Syed Ali Zaidi <s.alirzaidi(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Syed Ali Zaidi <s.alirzaidi(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG **************************************************************************** Call for Papers ***************************************************************************** IEEE JSAC Special Issue on: Design and Analysis of Communication Interfaces for Industry 4.0 ***************************************************************************** The fourth industrial revolution also referred to as Industry 4.0 aims to integrate advanced manufacturing techniques with the Internet-of-Things (IoT) to create an agile digital manufacturing ecosystem. The key idea is to provide a higher level of automation by combining technologies such as Industrial IoT (IIoT), cloud computing, machine learning (ML) and advanced robotics to enable the creation of interconnected, responsive, intelligent and self-optimizing manufacturing processes and systems. The increased automation can: 1. Significantly enhance "operational efficiency" through real-time process analytics or even end-to-end process control. 2. Significantly enhance "overall productivity" by realizing zero-downtime through proactive maintenance via the implementation of ‘digital twins'. Implementation of either real-time process analytics or digital twining is geared to generate a huge volume of heterogeneous data flows. Consequently, the design of communication interfaces to support inter-connectivity must be optimized to enable convergence between legacy operations technology (OT) and next-generation IIoT. This special issue solicits original research papers focused on Design and Analysis of: 1. Ultra-reliable Low-Latency Connectivity Interfaces for IIoT Networks 2. Spectrum Management and Coexistence Issues for IIoT Networks 3. Architecture and Protocols for IIoT Networks 4. Novel ML methods for implementing Self-X capabilities in IIoT Networks 5. Resource Allocation and Management for IIoT Networks 6. Security, Privacy and Trust issues in IIoT deployments 7. Interoperability and Convergence Issues for legacy OT and IIoT Networks 8. Application and Deployment Specific Issues for IIoT Networks Submission Guidelines All submissions have to be prepared according to the Information for Authors as published in the Journal website and must be submitted via EDAS. Important Dates Manuscript Due: 1 July 2019 Acceptance Notification: 30 September 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 15 November 2019 Expected Publication of the Special Issue: First/Second Quarter 2020 Guest Editors Syed A. R. Zaidi University of Leeds, UK Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir The University of West of Scotland, UK Antonio J. Jara University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Yunchuan Sun Beijing Normal University, China Rohit Ail Samsung Technology Research, UK Houbing Song Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Sid Chi-Kin Chau Australian National University, Australia ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: Call for Papers: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications in Istanbul, Turkey (PIMRC 2019), due by March 31!
by Lars Wolf 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: IEEE Communications Society <noreply(a)comsoc.org> Gesendet: 20. März 2019 20:48:51 MEZ An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Betreff: Call for Papers: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications in Istanbul, Turkey (PIMRC 2019), due by March 31! http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/ The 2019 Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2019 (http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/) ) (http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/) will mark its 30th anniversary this year. Founded in 1989 as a workshop in London, PIMRC developed over the years to become a major international conference attracting participants from technical communities around the world. The PIMRC 2019 will be held on 8-11 September 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey, with a program that includes technical sessions, tutorials, workshops, and technology and business panels. Submit your paper today to participate in PIMRC 2019! Call for Papers (http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/authors/call-for-papers/) http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/authors/call-for-papers/ You are invited to submit papers, as well as proposals for panels, tutorials, and workshops, in all areas of wireless communications, networks, services, and applications. The potential topics include, but are not limited to: Track 1: Fundamentals and PHY (Submit a paper (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25972&track=94324) ) * Coding and modulation * Channel modeling and equalization * Coded caching and wireless caching * Cognitive and green radio * Cooperative communications * Millimeter wave communications * Multi-user communications and interference mitigation * Optical wireless communications * Physical layer security * Propagation, antennas and beamforming * Signal processing for communications * Single-/multiuser MIMO and massive MIMO * Source coding and joint source/channel coding * Synchronization techniques * Ultra-wideband communications * Wireless information and power transfer Track 2: MAC and Cross-Layer Design (Submit a paper (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25973&track=94325) ) * Adaptive and reconfigurable MACs * Cross-layer designs * Delay tolerant MAC designs * Information-theoretic approaches to MAC designs * Joint access and backhaul scheduler designs * Joint MAC and networking layer designs * MAC for low-power embedded networks * MAC for mobile and vehicular networks * QoS/QoE-enabling MAC in 5G and future mobile networks * Radio resource management, allocation, and scheduling * Scheduler for macro-, pico-, femto-cellular systems, HetNets * Scheduler for cooperative and relay systems * Security issues in MAC designs * Time-critical MAC designs * Implementation, testbeds and prototypes Track 3: Mobile and Wireless Networks (Submit a paper (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25974&track=94326) ) * Ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks * Body area networks and self-organizing networks * Cognitive radio networks * Congestion, load and admission control * Cooperative networking * Delay tolerant networks * Mobile and wireless IP * Green wireless networks * Locally dependent networks * Location management * Mobile computing * Satellite communications * Smart grid networks * Transport layer * UAV networks and vehicular networks * Wireless multicasting, broadcasting, and geocasting Track 4: Services, Applications and Business (Submit a paper (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25975&track=94327) ) * Mobile/Wireless network support for vertical industries * Adaptive content distribution in on-demand services * Context and location-aware wireless services and applications * User-centric networks and adaptive services * Wireless body area networks and e-health services * Intelligent transportation systems * Dynamic sensor networks for urban applications * Wireless emergency and security systems * Ultra-reliable communication * Enabling regulations, standards, spectrum management * Hybrid licensed/unlicensed spectrum access schemes (e. g. licensed-assisted access) * Technologies, architectures and enabling business model for rural communications Satellite-based mobile access and backhaul * Hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks * Full duplexing * Joint access and backhaul schemes * Testbed and prototype implementation of wireless services Important Dates (http://pimrc2019.ieee-pimrc.org/authors/call-for-papers/) Full Paper Submission: 31 March 2019 (Extended) Tutorial Proposals: 31 March 2019 (Extended) Workshop Paper Submission: 15 April 2019 (Extended) Panel Proposals: 30 April 2019 (Extended) Notification of Acceptance: 7 June 2019 Final Manuscript: 28 June 2019 https://www.ieee.org/membership-catalog/productdetail/showProductDetailPage… https://www.ieee.org/membership/renew.html ============================================================ ** (https://www.facebook.com/IEEEComSoc/) ** (https://twitter.com/ComSoc) ** (http://linkedin.com/company/ieee-communications-society) www.comsoc.org IEEE Communications Society - 3 Park Ave., 17th Flr. 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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Submission deadline for [NEAT'19] 2nd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking for Emerging Applications and Technologies
by Lars Wolf 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Kiran Makhijani <kiranmak(a)GMAIL.COM> Gesendet: 20. März 2019 19:06:51 MEZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Submission deadline for [NEAT'19] 2nd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networking for Emerging Applications and Technologies Hello, The 2nd NEAT workshop aims exchange ideas about network architectures, technologies, and protocols specifically in the context of emerging applications. *Details of the Workshop:* Workshop site: http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2019/workshop-neat.html Paper Submission deadline (firm): April 08, 2019 Submission link: https://sigcomm19neat.hotcrp.com/ *Topic of Interest* We invite submissions on a wide range of topics of interest, including, but not limited to: - Architecture and frameworks for delivering high precision of services - Convergence and optimizations of protocols for Industrial and Tactile networks - Solutions for deterministic services in Industrial and Tactile networks - Investigations, survey and techniques in data plane for Industrial and Tactile internet. - Network challenges and requirements for emerging, resource-sensitive applications - Mechanisms to support ultra-low-latency in packet based networks - Internetworking frameworks for deterministic multi-access edge applications - Maximizing link utilization for high-throughput applications - Architecture and protocols for reliable packet delivery - Network security and privacy issues in Industrial and Tactile interne - Resource allocation mechanisms deterministic and reliable data transmission - Requirements and challenges in Holographic type communications - Networking requirements and challenges of VR/AR - High-throughput transport for VR/AR and Holographic type communications - Adaptive video streaming for network/user dynamics - Video analytics and smart offloading for VR/AR - Measurement study of existing VR/AR and HTC applications Best Regards Kiran ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE iThings 2019--Deadline Extended 01 April
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE iThings 2019--Deadline Extended 01 April Datum: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:07:17 +0000 Von: Xianjun Deng <xdeng(a)STFX.CA> Antwort an: Xianjun Deng <xdeng(a)STFX.CA> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The 12th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Atlanta, USA July 14-17, 2019 http://cse.stfx.ca/~cybermatics/2019/ithings/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------- INTRODUCTION ----------------------- As an emerged promising networking model, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm to interconnect a multitude of heterogeneous physical objects and devices. The IoT significantly provides an umbrella for a series of critical building technologies including wireless sensor networks (WSNs), fifth generation (5G) networks, and RFID. The philosophy of the IoT is to develop an intelligent, dynamic, large-scale, and coherent network framework for a wide range of applications and industries. Due to its potential advantages and merits such as high reliability, good scalability and intelligent capacity, the IoT has attracted great attentions and interests from both academia and industry. As the earliest IEEE international conference on Internet of Things, the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings-2019) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners from both academic and industrial communities to present state-of-the-art advances and innovations in theories, systems, infrastructure, tools, testbeds, technologies and applications for the IoT, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future of everything interconnect via cyberspace. ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: January 15, 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: 1 April, 2019 Authors Notification: 1 May, 2019 Camera-Ready Paper Due: May 15, 2019 Conference Date: July 14 - 17, 2019 ------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------- General Chairs • Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada • Schahram Dustdar, Technische Universität Wien, Austria • Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy Program Chairs • Xianjun Deng, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada • Anu Bourgeois, Georgia State University, USA • Francesco Longo, University of Messina, Italy Workshop Chairs • Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada • Minghua Wang, University of South China, China Steering Chairs • Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan • Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Publicity Chairs • Lingzhi Yi, University of South China, China • Long Cheng, Clemson University, USA • Zhenchao Ma, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Web Publication Chairs • Zihao Jiang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada • Sazzad Hussain, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada ------------------------------------- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ------------------------------------- Conference papers are limited to 8 pages (regular), 6 pages (short), 2-4 pages (poster), following the IEEE proceedings format. Papers are to be submitted as PDF via the site: https://edas.info/N25429 ----------------------------------------------- PROCEEDINGS & SPECIAL ISSUES ----------------------------------------------- All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and poster sessions will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings (EI indexed). Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered for publication in several special issues of a number of excellent journals. List of Special Issues: 1. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Special Issue: Human-centered Computing in Cloud / Edge / Fog https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/human-centered-computing Publisher: Springer, IF = 2.407 2. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Special Issue: Multi-modal Sensor Data Fusion in Internet of Things https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/multi-modal-sensor Publisher: Springer, IF = 2.407 3. IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications Special Issue: Advanced Technologies for Cyber Physical Systems Advanced Technology for Cyber Physical Systems - PDF Publisher: IET 4. IEEE Access Special Section on Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/deep-learning-security-and-fore… Publisher: IEEE, IF = 3.557 5. Transactions on Blockchain Technology and Applications http://vdlt.io/tIndex.html Special Issue: Advances in Blockchain and Internet-of-Things 6. Digital Communications and Networks Special Issue: TBD Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed in 2019 7. Sensors Special Issue: IoT-Enabled Sensor Networks: Vision and Challenges https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/IoT_SensorNet Publisher: MDPI, IF = 2.475 8. Remote Sensing Special Issue: Intelligence Computing Paradigms with Remote Sensing Networks in Water Hydrology https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/water_Computation… Publisher: MDPI, IF = 3.406 ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE DS-RT 2019 (October 7-9, 2019 - Cosenza, Italy)
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE DS-RT 2019 (October 7-9, 2019 - Cosenza, Italy) Datum: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:49:47 +0000 Von: Robson De Grande <rdegrande(a)BROCKU.CA> Antwort an: Robson De Grande <rdegrande(a)BROCKU.CA> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers - DS-RT 2019 23rd IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications http://ds-rt.com/ October 7-9, 2019 - Cosenza, Italy *IEEE/ACM Pending Upon Approval ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: Submission deadline: May 15th, 2019 *** The Symposium *** The 2019 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2019) promises to be a grand affair and will take place in Cosenza, Italy. DS-RT 2019 serves as a platform for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2019 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 2019 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. *** Call for Papers *** DS-RT provides an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, research 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 enlivened. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: - Paradigms, Methodology, Algorithms and Software Architectures for Large Scale Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (e.g. Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web, Grid and cloud-based Simulation, hardware-software co-design for extreme-scale simulations) - Paradigms, Modelling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with hard and soft Real-Time Constraints - Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Systems (e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS) - Theoretical Foundations of Large-Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models (e.g. Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time, Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination) - Advances in Modelling and Simulation Studies and Technologies (Reuse of Models, New Modelling Languages, Agent-based M&S, Spatial M&S, Cognitive Modelling, Neural Network Models, Artificial Intelligence in Simulation, Discrete Events, Continuous Simulation, Service-oriented Computing and Simulation, Web-based Modelling and Simulation, Simulation of Multimedia Applications and Systems, etc.) - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints - Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces, Network Protocols and Model Repositories that address Very Large Simulations - Data Management and Distribution Issues, Interest Management, Semantic Modelling, Multi-resolution Modelling, Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms - Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (e.g. Industrial, Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy) - Environmental and Emerging Simulation Challenges (e.g. Growth of Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility, Traffic Modelling, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities, Smart Cities, Smart Networks, Disaster Planning, etc.) - Performance and Validation of Large-Scale and Distributed Simulations (e.g., benchmarking and analytical results, empirical studies DIS, HLA/RTI studies) - Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (e.g., Generic Animation, Visual Interactive Modelling, Interactive Computer Based Training and Learning, Scientific Visualization, High-End Computer Graphics) - Simulation-based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems (e.g. Interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through Immersive Environments) - Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Shared Interaction Spaces, Telepresence Systems and Shared Workspaces, 3D Video and Acoustic Reconstruction, Shared Object Manipulation - Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Computer Interaction Issues raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems - Serious Gaming and Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) applications, architectures and scalability issues - Technologies for Living Labs (e.g. Mirror World Simulation, Interoperability, Large Scale Multi-Sensor Networks, Global Wireless Communication, Multi-Stakeholder Understanding and Innovation) - Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems (e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible Interaction, Embedded Interaction, etc.) - Media Convergence (e.g. New Technologies, Media Theory, Real-Time considerations of Multi-Modality, etc.) - Verification and Validation of Simulation Models - Simulation in healthcare, Medical Simulations *** Important Dates *** Paper Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: June 30th, 2019 Camera Ready version due: September 7th, 2019 Symposium presentation: October 7-9, 2019 *** Submission *** High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE-CS press. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to the Journal of Simulation. General information regarding submission can be found at http://ds-rt.com/. Questions from authors may be directed to the Program Co-Chairs. IMPORTANT: CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR OF ACCEPTED PAPERS IS MANDATORY *** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*** General Chair Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy Program Co-Chairs Carlos T. Calafate, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Miroslav Voznak, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Posters Chair Peppino Fazio, University of Calabria, Italy Demo Chair Amilcare F. Santamaria, University of Calabria, Italy Special Sessions Chair Robson De Grande, Brock University, Canada Publicity Chairs Dongkyun Kim, Kyungpook National University, Korea Mirela Sechi Notare, FAERO, Brazil Finance Chair Mauro Tropea, University of Calabria, Italy ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Springer PUC -Theme issue on Drones as IoT and Service Platforms in Urban Environments
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > Von: "Ana M. Bernardos" <abernardos(a)GRPSS.SSR.UPM.ES> > Datum: 19. März 2019 um 10:16:47 MEZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Springer PUC -Theme issue on Drones as IoT and Service Platforms in Urban Environments > Antwort an: "Ana M. Bernardos" <abernardos(a)GRPSS.SSR.UPM.ES> > > Theme issue on Drones as IoT and Service Platforms in Urban Environments [CFP] > Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal > IF. 1.924 > > Scope > Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) - based applications and services for urban environments are no more a remote possibility but an economic and social opportunity. > Emergency-response coordination, infrastructure monitoring, urban planning, security, logistics or support for intelligent transportation systems are only some of the domains in which UAVs may become key in the city of the future. Future drones-in-the-city will become aerial sensing platforms that will be integrated into urban sensing networks, and the data they generate will be merged with the data flow coming from existing sensors through IoT platforms. > Apart from the legislative changes needed to make urban drone-based applications feasible, it is essential to ensure the efficient and safe operation of UAV fleets within a restrictive and complex operating area. Also essential is enabling the accurate acquisition, secure transmission and correct interpretation of drone-retrieved information to allow new applications and business models to develop. > This theme issue aims to bring together contributions that examine the operational, business and social challenges that the use of drones in urban environments pose. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > The design, development and validation of unmanned traffic management (UTM) platforms in urban areas, including issues of trajectory optimization and synchronization, autonomous navigation and mechanism to guarantee flight safety (‘Sense & Avoid’) > Information fusion architectures for acquisition, visualization and interpretation of city data, with a special focus on the integration and use of UAV sensor information as part of existing IoT platforms > Integration of UAVs and future communication networks such as 5G > Real-time video recognition, anomaly detection, adaptive video streaming and other challenges related to video sensing in UAVs > Visualization and management of big information flows through novel multimodal interaction including augmented/virtual reality > Novel interaction paradigms for drone and drone fleet management and control > Advances in enabling technologies to support UTM and drone-based applications including among others artificial intelligence, machine learning, machine vision, context-based fusion and multimodal interaction techniques > Demonstrations and evaluations of novel services and applications of UAVs as urban sensor and robot platforms (e.g. for emergency support, resource monitoring, logistics and distribution) through simulations and tests with real flights > Analysis of privacy, security and other legal issues generated by the presence of UAVs in urban areas > Models to evaluate flight efficiency and fleet drone management. > Pervasive citizen applications based on drone information. > Submissions > Submissions should be original papers and should not be under consideration in other publications. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed. > Instructions for Authors are available here: > https://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779 <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fcomputer%2F…>. > Authors should visit > http://www.editorialmanager.com/pauc <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorialmanager.com%2Fpauc…> > for information and to submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the Editorial Manager system ensuring that the paper is identified as being submitted for this theme issue. > > Important dates > Manuscript submission deadline: 30 April 2019 > First round review notification: 31 May 2019 > Revised manuscript submission deadline: 30 June 2019 > Final decision notification: 20 July 2019 > Expected publication: late 2019. > > Guest Editors > Ana M. Bernardos Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. anamaria.bernardos(a)upm.es <mailto:anamaria.bernardos@upm.es> > Jesús García Herrero Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain > Hideo Saito Keio University, Yokohama, Japan > Patrizia Marti University of Siena, Italy > Juan A. Besada Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. > > CFP at: https://www.facebook.com/notes/personal-and-ubiquitous-computing/theme-issu… <https://www.facebook.com/notes/personal-and-ubiquitous-computing/theme-issu…> > --------------------------------------------------------- > Ana M. Bernardos > Group for Data Processing, Simulation and Smart Spaces > INFORMATION PROCESSING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER > Universidad Politécnica de Madrid > ETSI Telecomunicación (C-315.1), Av. Complutense 30 28040 Madrid, Spain > Tel. +34 910672312 | www.iptc.upm.es > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Deadline Extended -- The 8th International Symposium on Security and Privacy on Internet of Things (SPIoT 2019)
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Deadline Extended -- The 8th International Symposium on Security and Privacy on Internet of Things (SPIoT 2019) Datum: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:38:32 +0000 Von: Anagnostopoulos Marios <managn(a)AEGEAN.GR> Antwort an: Anagnostopoulos Marios <managn(a)AEGEAN.GR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 8th International Symposium on Security and Privacy on Internet of Things http://www.spaccs.org/SPIoT2019/ Easychair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spiot20190 July 14-17, 2019 Atlanta, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2019 April 01, 2019 Author notification: April 15, 2019 Camera Ready due: May 15, 2019 Symposium Date: July 14-17, 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** The Symposium *** This year the 8th SPIoT will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2019), co-located with IEEE Cybermatics Congress 2019 in Atlanta, USA, on July 14-17, 2018. *** CfP *** The Internet of Things (IoT) regarded by most as Internet's next evolutionary phase, can be perceived as a global network that brings together physical objects with sensing, actuating, and communicating capabilities. The goal is to connect devices that are able to self-configure and self-adapt to contextual changes through collaboration, instead of expecting direct human input. Nevertheless, this seamless integration of the cyber capabilities of the corresponding devices with the physical world, is poised to take the threats against this technology to the next level. In this context, every threat against IoT may constitute a threat against the physical assets of systems and such threats may be even translated to loss of human lives. The focus of SPIoT is on high quality research papers about state of the art in a wide range of IoT-related technologies: - Security and privacy in heterogeneous IoT. - Secure and Privacy Preserving Data Mining and Aggregation in IoT applications. - Cross-domain trust management in smart networks. - Secure authentication of IoT devices. - MAC layer security protocols for the IoT applications. - IoT security mechanisms targeting application layer protocols. - Resource-savvy Intrusion Detection for Networks of Things. - IoT-based malware mitigation. Proceedings: All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) in SpaCCS 2019 Workshops Proceedings (indexed by EI Compendex). ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ICNP 2019 (Chicago, USA)
by Lars Wolf 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ICNP 2019 (Chicago, USA) Datum: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:19:55 -0400 Von: ICNP2017 <icnpcfp(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: ICNP2017 <icnpcfp(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleague, On behalf of the entire organizing committee, we'd like to invite you to submit your papers/posters/demos and/or workshop proposals to the 27th* IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP)* to be held from 7-10 October 2019 in Chicago, USA. The workshops will be on the 7th of October and the main conference will be held from the 8th to the 10th. ICNP is the premier conference covering all aspects of network protocol research, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. *Important Dates: * Full Paper Title/Abstract Registration: May 24, 2019 (11:59 p.m. PDT) Full Paper Submission Deadline: May 31, 2019 (11:59 p.m. PDT) Full Paper Acceptance Notification: July 26, 2019 Full Paper Camera Ready Submission : August 23, 2019 Poster/Demo Submission Deadline: August 7, 2019 (11:59 p.m. PDT) Poster/Demo Acceptance Notification: August 15, 2019 Poster/Demo Camera Ready Submission : August 25, 2019 Workshop Submission Deadline: April 5, 2019 Workshop Acceptance Notification: April 22, 2019 Complete details are available on the conference website: https://icnp19.cs.ucr.edu/index.html We are looking forward to your submissions. Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this message. Best regards, ICNP Publicity Chairs: *Muhammad Shahzad - North Carolina State University* *Marco Chiesa - KTH Royal Institute of Technology* *Dan Pei - Tsinghua University* ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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