- Cfp - lists.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities – Deadline: 29th February 2016
by Lars Wolf 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities – Deadline: 29th February 2016 Datum: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:29:42 -0500 Von: Ejaz Ahmed <imejaz(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Ejaz Ahmed <imejaz(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Please find below information related to our feature topic ''Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities” in the IEEE Communications Magazine. Kindly consider submitting your relevant work to this feature topic. Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement due to cross posting. Information related to this feature topic is given below. FEATURE TOPIC: ENABLING MOBILE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART CITIES URL: http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/enabling-mobile-and-wireless-technologies-… CALL FOR PAPERS Due to advancements in communication and computing technologies, smart cities have become main innovation agenda of research organizations, technology vendors, and governments. To make a city smart, a strong communication infrastructure is required for connecting smart objects, people, and sensors together. Smart city communication involves multiple aggregation and access networks that can be either public or private. The rapid progress in smart cities research is posing enormous challenges in terms of significance, scope, and problem domain. Smart cities rely on wireless and mobile technologies for providing services such as healthcare assistance, security and safety, real-time traffic monitoring, and managing the environment, to name a few. Such applications have been a main driving force in development of smart cities. These mobile and wireless technologies enable several new services that result into better decision making and actions made by enterprises and governments.! Without the appropriate communication networks, it is really difficult for a city to facilitate its citizens in sustainable, efficient, and safer manner/environment. Considering the significance of mobile and wireless technologies for realizing the vision of smart cities, there is a need for conducting research to further investigate the standardization efforts and explore different issues/challenges in the wireless technologies, mobile computing and smart environments. This FT focuses on the crossroads between scientists, industry practitioners, and researchers from different domains in the wireless technologies, mobile computing and smart environments. We envision to provide a platform for researchers to further explore the domain and explore the challenges. In this FT, we invite researchers from academia, industry, and government to discuss challenging ideas, novel research contributions, demonstration results, and standardization efforts on enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities. FOCUS FOR THE FT In this FT we would like to try to answer some (or all) of the following questions: How mobile and wireless technologies can improve the performance and services provided by smart cities? How to evaluate the impact of mobile and wireless technologies on smart cities services? What are the key mobile and wireless technological challenges that hinder the development of smart cities? How to standardize the wireless interfaces of devices for communication in smart cities? Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Resource and network management in smart cities • Quality of Service mechanisms for wireless networks in smart cities • Integration and co-existence of technologies and networks for smart cities • Interoperability between heterogeneous networks of smart cities • Topology and mobility management in smart cities • Energy-aware wireless protocols and algorithms for smart cities • Sensing technologies and applications for smart cities • Wireless networks for smart city surveillance and management • Experimental network measurements and characterization for smart cities data traffic • Security and privacy concerns in smart cities SUBMISSIONS Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the global communications technology community. They should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations may be allowed). In general, however, mathematics should be avoided; instead, references to papers containing the relevant mathematics should be provided. Articles should not exceed 4500 words (from introduction through conclusions, excluding figures, tables and captions). Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of references is recommended not to exceed 15. Complete guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts are posted at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please send a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or lo! g in, and go to Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select "December 2016/Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities" as the Feature Topic category for your submission. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission: 29th February 2016 Decision Notification: 30th June 2016 Final Manuscript Submission: 15th September 2016 Expected Publication Date: December 2016 GUEST EDITORS Ejaz Ahmed University of Malaya, Malaysia imejaz(a)gmail.com Muhammad Imran King Saud University, Saudi Arabia dr.m.imran(a)ieee.org Mohsen Guizani Qatar University, Qatar mguizani(a)ieee.org Ammar Rayes Cisco Systems, USA rayes(a)cisco.com Jaime Lloret Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es Guangjie Han Hohai University, China hanguangjie(a)ieee.org Wael Guibene Intel Labs, Ireland wael.guibene(a)intel.com Kind Regards, Ejaz Ahmed Associate Technical Editor, IEEE Com. Mag., Associate Editor, Wiley WCMC, Senior Researcher, High Impact Research Project, Centre for Mobile Cloud Computing Research (C4MCCR), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email IDs: imejaz(a)gmail.com, ejazahmed(a)ieee.org Twitter ID: @imejazahmed Personal Website: www.ejazahmed.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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IEEE Network Special Issue on Vehicle-to-Grid Networks
by Lars Wolf 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IEEE Network Special Issue on Vehicle-to-Grid Networks Datum: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:22:28 -0500 Von: Yuan Wu <iewuy(a)ZJUT.EDU.CN> Antwort an: Yuan Wu <iewuy(a)ZJUT.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call for Papers: IEEE Network Special Issue on ------------------------------------------------------------- ** Vehicle-to-Grid Networks ** ------------------------------------------------------------- The past decade has witnessed an explosive growth in the developments and deployments of Electric Vehicles (EVs) (including unmanned vehicles), leading to a multidisciplinary research area called Vehicle to Grid (V2G) networks which cover power grid, communication networks, and transportation systems. From the perspective of power sector, V2G networks necessitate a careful management of the energy flow for charging/discharging a tremendous number of EVs, with the objectives of guaranteeing grid stability, improving energy utilization, and reaping potential arbitrage value. Meanwhile, as indispensable bridges for managing the EVs connected to the power grid and the associated energy flows in V2G networks, designs of efficient communication networks for facilitating V2G/V2V communications are indispensable. Such designs not only cover a wide range of important directions such as network infrastructures, cross layer communication protocols, signaling systems, QoS, and resource ! managements, but also need the integration of the emerging ICT technologies such as M2M (or D2D) communications, IoT networks, software defined networks. Moreover, driven by the growing security issues in cyber spaces, securing the operations and communications of V2G networks and protecting the privacy of EV owners will be of practical and timely importance. This special issue aims to provide a platform for sharing the recent research and development on V2G networks. We solicit papers covering various topics of interest that include, but are not limited to the following: * Network Architectures and Topology Designs for V2G Networks; * Cross-Layer Communications Protocols for V2G Networks; * QoS Provisioning for V2G Networks; * Transportation Networks and V2G Networks; * IoT and M2M for V2G Networks; * Software Defined Networks for V2G Networks; * Narrow-band LTE for V2G Networks; * Security, Privacy, Integrity, and Trust for V2G Networks; * Big Data Analytics for V2G Networks; * Energy (Charging/Discharging) Managements for V2G Networks; * EV-Mobility Modeling and Managements for V2G Networks; * Autonomous Driving Vehicles for V2G Networks; * Distributed Energy and Storage Systems for V2G Networks; * Testbeds and Platforms for V2G Networks. ------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Policies: Articles should be tutorial in nature. Authors must follow the IEEE Network guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. For details, please refer to “Author Guidelines” at http://www.comsoc.org/netmag/author-guidelines and “Paper Submission Guidelines” at http://www.comsoc.org/netmag/paper-submission-guidelines. Authors must submit their manuscripts via the IEEE Network manuscript submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/network-ieee and choose “Vehicle-to-Grid Networks” from the drop down menu on the submission page. The corresponding author is also requested to send the title of submission and the list of authors by email to the Guest Editors. ------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Manuscript Submission due Date: August 15, 2016; First Revisions/Reject Notification: October 15, 2016; Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2016; Final Manuscript Due: January 15, 2017; Publication: March, 2017. ------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors: Professor Danny H.K. Tsang, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Email: eetsang(a)ece.ust.hk Professor Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway, Email: yanzhang(a)ieee.org Professor Yuan Wu, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, #288 Liuhe Road, Xihu District (310023), Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China, Email: iewuy(a)zjut.edu.cn Professor Alberto Leon-Garcia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Email: alberto.leongarcia(a)utoronto.ca ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IEEE ISCC 2016, Deadline extended: 26 February 2016
by Lars Wolf 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IEEE ISCC 2016, Deadline extended: 26 February 2016 Datum: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:27:57 -0500 Von: Habib M. Ammari <ammari.habib(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Habib M. Ammari <ammari.habib(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 21th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2016) 27-30 June 2016, University of Messina, Messina, Italy http://www.ieee-iscc.org *** Submission Deadline: February 26th, 2016 *** ISCC 2016, in its 21st year, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2016 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to all the opportunities of computing, sensing and communication in the era of the integration of Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Big Data. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a panel/invited session, or a tutorial, related to the following indicative topics of interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * 5th Generation Networks * Access Networks * Advances in Internet Protocols * Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications * Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications * Bio-inspired Computing in Communications * Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics * Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) * Cognitive Radio Networking * Communications Services and Management * Connected Vehicles * Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things * Digital Media Technologies * Digital Satellite Communications Service * Distributed and Mobile Middleware * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * E-Commerce and E-Services * Economic and Regulatory Issues * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Fog Computing * Green Networking and Smart Grid * Grid and Cluster Computing * Human Language Technologies * Image Processing and Visualization * Internet of the Future * Internet of Things and Smart Cities * Internet Services and Applications * Management of Telecommunications and Networks * Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking * Modeling and Simulation * Network Design, Optimisation and Management * Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience * Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management * Optical Networking * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Security, Cryptography and Privacy * Sensor Networks and Mobile Sensing * Services and Support for Smart Cities * Social Networks, Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing * Software Defined Datacenters * Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization * Software Defined Smart Objects * Software Engineering * Standards Evolution * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures * Wireless Body Area Network and Wireless Health * Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 8 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Extended versions of selected best papers will be recommended for publication in a Special Issue of a prestigious International Journal. Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, on-line via the EDAS system: http://edas.info/N21787 IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g. removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Accepted papers will be included in IEEE-ISCC Proceedings, to be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon proper formatting (IEEE Xplore compliant) and a satisfactory standard of English. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon: * One of the authors registers and one of the registered authors presents the paper. * Payment is made and online copyright transfer form is signed and uploaded. * The paper follows given format and the PDF file is IEEE Xplore compliant * The standard of English is satisfactory In the last years, the IEEE-ISCC Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore have been indexed by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the IEEE ISCC one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. If you have any questions, please contact the Technical Program committee at: iscc2016(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:iscc2016@googlegroups.com> Important Dates: * Paper Submission Deadline: January 21, 2016 * Notification of paper acceptance: March 15, 2016 * Submission of camera-ready papers due: March 31, 2016 General Co-Chairs: * Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy * Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Technical Program Co-Chairs: * Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy * Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy * Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: * Maurizio Giacobbe, University of Messina, Italy * Davide Mulfari, University of Messina, Italy * Alfonso Panarello, University of Messina, Italy * Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Finance and Registration Co-Chairs: * Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Publication Co-Chairs: * Periklis Chatzimisios, Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece * Tolga Soyata, University of Rochester, USA Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs: * Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA * Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Industrial Co-Chairs: * Roberto di Bernardo, Engineering SPA, Italy * Carlos Roberto De Rolt, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina and BRy, Brazil * Prasad Saripalli, Edifecs, USA Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs: * Maria Fazio, University of Messina, Italy * Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada * Luiz Angelo Steffenel, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France Publicity Co-Chairs: * Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn * Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy * Alex Galis, University College London, United Kingdom * Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia * Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil * Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash University, Australia * Qing Yang, Montana State University, USA Steering Committee: * Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA * Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy * Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece * Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA * Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada * Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA * Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Portugal * Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: First IEEE Workshop on Smart Service Systems (SmartSys 2016), May 18, 2016 | St. Louis, Missouri, USA
by Lars Wolf 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: First IEEE Workshop on Smart Service Systems (SmartSys 2016), May 18, 2016 | St. Louis, Missouri, USA Datum: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:00:03 -0800 Von: Shamik Sengupta <sengupta.shamik(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Shamik Sengupta <sengupta.shamik(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies for possible multiple copies of this CFP] ********************** Call for Papers ********************** First IEEE Workshop on Smart Service Systems (SmartSys 2016) May 18, 2016 | St. Louis, Missouri, USA http://mpsc.umbc.edu/smartsys/ Co-located with the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2016) Scope Technology succeeds when it provides benefits to the society either directly or indirectly. Understanding the societal and economic impact and human-centered aspects of a smart system or technology in advance and designing the system a-priori with potential value-added services help spur the discoveries of new tools, methodologies and innovative services. Smart service systems span across a variety of socio-technical facets comprising of devices, people, organizations, environments and technologies to sense, actuate, control and assess the physical, cyber and societal artifacts of the human service systems. Besides the systems being self-adaptive and fault-tolerant, need to be designed in such a way that it can continuously increase the quality and productivity, the compliance and sustainability of the smart services it offers. While human-centered perspective and cognitive learning help create multi-facet value added services and catalyze the sustained economic growth of smart service systems, understanding the multi-modal sensing, control, heterogeneity and interdependency between different physical, virtual and logical components of such a complex system will enable the realization of new transformative smarter service systems. If successful, this can help improve the quality-of-service of the customers, quality-of-life of the citizens and quality-of returns of the stakeholders and investors. Nurturing the development of smart service systems seeks for inter- and trans-disciplinary crosscutting research threads from system and operational engineering, computer science and information systems, social and behavioral science, computational modeling and industrial engineering etc. The goal of this workshop is to bring together practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussion and technical presentations on the fundamental knowledge and principles of smart service systems that enable the value co-creation in sensing, actuating, data analytics, learning, cognition, and control of human centric cyber-physical-social systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Innovative tools, methodologies and solutions for smart service systems; example includes personalized healthcare, smart energy, smart cities, smart manufacturing, intelligent transportation, education, precision medicine and agriculture, national security etc. • Information extraction and interpretation from sensors, actuators, smart phones, smart watch, and human • Context and situational-awareness of smart service systems • Design of people-centric services and technologies for providing better services such as food, transportation and places to live • Novel architectures and interoperable solutions for internet of things • Models and methodologies for designing systems of systems • Big data analytics approaches for providing better customer services, and innovating new types of sustainable services • Modeling, analysis, co-production, and co-evolution of human activity, behavior and interaction for the effective adaptation and percolation of longitudinal smart service systems • Role of machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, pervasive computing, control theory, information and communications technologies • Design and developments of intelligent systems, intelligent enterprises and cyber-physical-social-systems • Design of inter-dependent complex global systems such as healthcare, smart gird, computer networks, logistics and supply-chains, financial markets etc. • Smart infrastructure and testbed to support the integration of autonomous systems and innovative applications Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit to a Special Issue of INFORMS Service Science Journal (http://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/serv ). Submission instructions Authors are invited to submit regular (full) papers for presentation at the workshop, describing original, previously unpublished work, which is not currently under review by another workshop, conference, or journal. Regular papers should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the workshop. Papers may be no more than 6 pages in length. Papers in excess of page limits shall not be considered for review or publication. All papers must be typeset in double-column IEEE format using 10pt fonts on US letter paper, with all fonts embedded. The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as related information, can be found at IEEE conference template website. Submissions must be made via EasyChair. Each accepted paper will require a full SMARTCOM registration (no registration is available for workshops only). Important dates Manuscript submission: February 15, 2015 Paper notification: March 28, 2016 Camera-ready: April 15, 2016 Workshop date: May 18, 2016 Organizing Committees Workshop co-chairs: Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Government Contact: Gurdip Singh, National Science Foundation (NSF) Publicity co-chairs Ryan Robucci, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Shamik Sengupta, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Arnab Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India Technical Program Committee (in progress): Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Jason Halstorm, Florida Atlantic University, USA Paul P. Maglio, University of California, Merced, USA Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Arpan Pal, TCS Innovation Lab, India Simone Silvestri, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California Irvine, USA Desheng Zhang, University of Minnesota, USA Best Regards, Shamik ----- Dr. Shamik Sengupta Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Nevada, Reno Office Ph. 775.784.6953 Homepage: http://www.cse.unr.edu/~shamik/ ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Emerging Technologies for Disaster Management IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Special Issue/Section
by Lars Wolf 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Emerging Technologies for Disaster Management IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Special Issue/Section Datum: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 08:50:21 +0800 Von: Deze Zeng <dazzae(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Deze Zeng <dazzae(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG IEEE Transaction on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC) seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue/Section on Emerging Technologies for Disaster Management. CFP in PDF : <http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/transactions/cfps/cfp_tetcsi_etdm.…> http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/transactions/cfps/cfp_tetcsi_etdm.… We live in a world in which natural and man-made disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, and industrial accidents) often occur. These disasters are so sudden in nature, so causing loss of human lives and interruption of essential public services (such as health care, electricity, water, transportation and communication). Disaster management aims to reduce or avoid potential losses from hazards, ensure prompt and appropriate assistance to victims and achieve a rapid and effective recovery. In recent years, new computing/communication technologies have emerged to improve the efficiency of disaster management; for example, crowdsourcing has been applied in the Nepal earthquake to collect the latest information from earthquake-affected areas and create a dynamic map that shows the locations in which aid and relief are needed. Although some preliminary attempts have been made to apply emerging technologies for disaster management, there are many open challenges that need to be addressed to fully exploit the potentials of these promising technologies. Various technologies must be considered in the entire disaster management process and its many phases, including prevention, preparedness, relief and recovery. Although disasters cannot often be prevented, new technologies must be explored to predict and prepare through robust and resilient infrastructures. After a disaster occurs, advanced technologies are needed to assist in searching and rescuing victims. Since power and communication are usually interrupted, it is important to quickly recover communication using energy-efficient technologies, so that processing of information can take place; furthermore, good planning and scheduling can also help to quickly recover from a disaster. This special issue focuses on covering the most recent research results that apply emerging technologies and address challenges related to disaster management. Topics of interest include but not limited to: - Social networks for disaster management - Victim localization and searching - Resilient network/communication and processing under a disaster environment 、 - Resource planning and allocation in a disaster environment - Energy-efficient technologies for computing/communication for disaster - Sensing technologies for disaster management - Robotics for disaster management - Big data for disaster management - New devices/technologies for disaster management Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. As an author, you are responsible for understanding and adhering to our submission guidelines. You can access them at the IEEE Computer Society web site, www.computer.org. Please thoroughly read these before submitting your manuscript. Please submit your paper to Manuscript Central at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tetc-cs Please note the following important dates. • Submission Deadline: December 1, 2016 • Reviews Completed: March 1, 2017 • Major Revisions Due (if Needed): April 1, 2017 • Reviews of Revisions Completed (if Needed): May 1, 2017 • Minor Revisions Due (if Needed): June 1, 2017 • Notification of Final Acceptance: August 1, 2017 • Publication Materials for Final Manuscripts Due: September 1, 2017 • Publication date: Last Issue of 2017 (Dec Issue) Please address all other correspondence regarding this special Section to the Lead Guest Editor Nei Kato. Guest Editors： Nei Kato, Tohoku University <kato(a)it.is.tohoku.ac.jp> Song Guo, The University of Aizu <sguo(a)u-aizu.ac.jp> Hiroshi Tohjo, NTT <tohjo.hiroshi(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE CNS 2016 Call For Papers
by Lars Wolf 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE CNS 2016 Call For Papers Datum: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:43:38 -0500 Von: Linke Guo <lguo(a)BINGHAMTON.EDU> Antwort an: Linke Guo <lguo(a)BINGHAMTON.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************************************** IEEE CNS 2016 - IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security Philadelphia, USA -- October 17-19, 2016 http://cns2016.ieee-cns.org/ <http://cns2016.ieee-cns.org/> ****************************************************************************** IEEE CNS 2016 Call For Papers IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) is a recently added conference series in the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) core conference portfolio and the only ComSoc conference focusing solely on cyber security. The goal of CNS is to provide an outstanding forum for cyber security researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and users to exchange ideas, techniques and tools, raise awareness, and share experience related to all practical and theoretical aspects of communications and network security. Building on the success of the past three years’ conferences, IEEE CNS 2016 seeks original high-quality technical papers from academia, government, and industry. Topics of interest encompass all practical and theoretical aspects of communications and network security, all the way from the physical layer to the network layer to applications reliant on a secure communication substrate. Submissions with main contributions in other security areas, such as information security, software security, system security, or applied cryptography, will also be considered if a clear connection to secure communications/networking is demonstrated. Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Anonymization and privacy in communication systems · Biometric authentication and identity management · Computer and network forensics · Data and application security · Data protection and integrity · Availability of communications, survivability of networks in the presence of attacks · Key management and PKI for networks · Information-theoretic security · Intrusion detection and prevention · Location privacy · Mobile security · Outsourcing of network and data communication services · Physical layer security methods, cross-layer methods for enhancing security · Secure routing, network management · Security for critical infrastructures · Security metrics and performance evaluation · Security and privacy for big data · Security and privacy in body area networks · Security and privacy in content delivery network · Security and privacy in cloud computing and federated cloud · Security and privacy in crowdsourcing · Security and privacy in the Internet of Things · Security and privacy in multi-hop wireless networks: ad hoc, mesh, sensor, vehicular and RFID networks · Security and privacy in peer-to-peer networks and overlay networks · Security and privacy in single-hop wireless networks: Wi-Fi, Wi-Max · Security and privacy in smart grid, cognitive radio networks, and disruption/delay tolerant networks · Security and privacy in social networks · Security and privacy in pervasive and ubiquitous computing · Social, economic, and policy issues of trust, security, and privacy · Traffic analysis · Usable security for networked computer systems · Vulnerability, exploitation tools, malware, botnet, DDoS attacks · Web, e-commerce, m-commerce, and e-mail security PLEASE NOTE: To be published in the IEEE CNS 2016 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEEXplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate, and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to three papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE 2016 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore® as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Important Dates: Paper submission: April 20, 2016 Notification date: July 1, 2016 Final paper: July 13, 2016 Organizing Committee: General Chair: Jie Wu, Temple University, USA Program Chairs: Yingying Chen, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IoP-W 2016 The first IFIP Internet of People Workshop (co-located with Networking 2016)
by Lars Wolf 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IoP-W 2016 The first IFIP Internet of People Workshop (co-located with Networking 2016) Datum: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:16:01 +0100 Von: Mattia Campana <mattia.campana(a)IIT.CNR.IT> Antwort an: Mattia Campana <mattia.campana(a)IIT.CNR.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IFIP IoP-W 2016 - First IFIP Internet of People Workshop co-located with IFIP Networking 2016 20 May 2016, Vienna, Austria URL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------- The massive penetration of Internet connectivity and devices with networking and computing capabilities (such as "things" and personal users' devices) is pushing a tighter and tighter convergence between the cyber world - of Internet protocols, services and Apps - and the physical world, with continuous interactions and mutual impact between these two worlds. According to an "anti-Copernican" view, humans are put back at the centre of the "Internet universe", whenever they are in the loop of cyber-world services. Applications, middlewares, but even Internet services and network protocols are more and more designed incorporating Human Individual and Social Behavioural (HISB) models. This is particularly the case when users' personal devices are themselves the network, or provide services to each other such as in mobile self-organising networks, because devices become the "proxies" of their users in the cyber world. Interestingly, similar approaches are also explored in Internet technologies in developing scenarios, where users' participation is often exploited as another resource for networking services. This vision, that we call "the Internet of People" (IoP) generalises emerging concepts and technologies such as IoT, which put the emphasis on the communication between "machines", and adapt to the users' behaviour only as an afterthought. Designing IoP protocols, services and applications thus requires a profound inter-disciplinary approach, where "non-ICT disciplines" such as social sciences, cognitive sciences, economics, complex network sciences, impact the way Internet algorithms are conceived and defined. Note that other types of inter-disciplinary design patterns i.e., bio-inspired approaches where non-human natural behaviours are used as inspiration for network protocols and services, are out of scope. This workshop aims to stimulate research following this view, and aggregate an inter-disciplinary community of researchers around the concept of the Internet of People. Specifically, we seek papers presenting IoP approaches, addressing any layer of the canonical Internet stack or cross-layer combinations thereof, where the human behaviour is at the centre of the design. Also, we welcome submissions that analyse how the human behaviour is affected (and possibly modified) by the use of Internet systems, and how the latter can be improved or re-designed accordingly. The workshop will accept papers where quantitative evidence is available or quantitative approaches are applied. Therefore, purely methodological papers or qualitative analyses will be considered out of scope. Papers proposing novel, thought provoking ideas, possibly presenting preliminary results and analyses are also welcome. However, we do not call for position papers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following - Networking IoP protocols based on HISB models - Information-centric IoP protocols based on HISB models - IoP services, service-composition and middleware solutions based on HISB models - Online Social Network services based on HISB models - Analysis and modelling of human behaviours in massively diffused Internet services, such as Online Social Networks - IoP protocols and services in developing regions - Privacy, security and trust mechanisms for IoP based on HISB models - Human-centric, inter-disciplinary IoP solutions for IoT scenarios - Test and experimental results with IoP solutions - Architecture, design and implementation of IoP protocols - Modelling, analysis and characterisation of IoP solutions For any additional information please visit the workshop website at URL, or contact the workshop chairs at iopw2016 <at> iit <dot> cnr <dot> it PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ---------------------------------------- Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being currently under review by another conference or journal. Submitted papers must be no more than 6 pages (IEEE two-column format, 10pt). Papers will be reviewed single blind. Please follow the submission link at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifipiopw2016 EDITORIAL FOLLOW-UPS ---------------------------------------- Extended versions of the selected workshop papers will be considered for possible fast track publication on the Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier), in a special section on Internet of People. IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------------- Abstract Registration: 23 February 2016 Submission Deadline: 1 March 2016 Authors Notification: 8 April 2016 Camera Ready Due: 22 April 2016 Workshop: 20 May 2016 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS ---------------------------------------- Isabelle Chrisment, TELECOM Nancy, Universite' de Lorraine, France Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Ana Pont-Sanjuan, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS ---------------------------------------- Mattia Campana, IIT-CNR, 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] DEADLINE EXTENSION: Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking
by Lars Wolf 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] DEADLINE EXTENSION: Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking Datum: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 04:38:03 -0500 Von: Annalisa Socievole <socievolea(a)DIMES.UNICAL.IT> Antwort an: Annalisa Socievole <socievolea(a)DIMES.UNICAL.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, the deadline for the Elsevier - Computer Networks Journal Special Issue on Cyber Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking has been extended to January 31. You can find more information below. Kind regards, Annalisa Socievole ___________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier - Computer Networks Journal Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ The pervasive presence of mobile personal devices with communication and computation capabilities together with the massive use of online social network systems (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, etc.) are increasingly creating a cyber-physical space where users can interact exploiting and generating information. Enriched with several sensing capabilities and networking interfaces, today’s portable devices are enabling new ways of communication including Mobile Networking in Proximity (MNP). This network mode complements the classic scenario with Internet coverage enlarging the range of functionalities of these devices through short-range communications (e.g., Bluetooth, WiFi Direct, etc.) in situations where Internet may not be available. When two devices are in proximity, they could still share information without the need of continual Internet connectivity just exploiting the meeting opportunities and activating an opportunistic hop-by-hop forwarding towa! rds the destination. In this view, the social-aware or social-inspired mobile networking research is increasingly underlining the benefits and the need of having knowledge of the social behavior of users for the MNP design. On one hand, the social behavior of mobile nodes can be extracted from mobility. On the other hand, also online social network interactions may provide information about user’s social behavior. As such, the convergence between the two worlds, the physical offline one made by mobile devices and the cyber online one made by the online social networks is getting more and more important, opening a novel and interesting research field with many challenging issues. The goal of this Computer Networks Special Issue is to solicit the research closely related to the mobile and social networking reporting advances on approaches, methods, and applications envisioning and addressing the challenges in this field. Topics of Interest __________________ * Social-aware modeling, design and development of routing algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Trust, security and privacy, incentive mechanisms, reputation systems and key management algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Social metrics for network operation * Participatory mobile sensing, crowd sourcing and social media mining integration algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Application of mixed physical and online social network sensing * Comparison of human social behavior in online and offline social networks over MNP and its evolution over time * Impact of online social behavior on MNP algorithms * Design of cyber-physical applications for MNP based on behavioral models * Graph analysis applied to cyber-physical MNP * Novel distributed solutions for designing, supporting and operating cyber-physical MNP * Real experiences and experiments with cyber-physical MNP Submission Details __________________ Submissions will be judged based on their originality, novelty, and quality. Submissions must not substantially overlap with papers that have been previously published or are currently submitted for publication. The submission must be clearly written and in excellent English, with a maximum page limit of 20 pages. All received submissions within the scope of the issue will be sent out for peer review by three experts in the field and will be evaluated with respect to the relevance to this special issue, level of innovation, depth of contribution, and quality of presentation. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ Manuscripts should be submitted on line through http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ with Cyber-physical MNP selected as the article type. Important Dates _______________ Paper Submission Due: January 31, 2016 Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2016 Revised Papers Due: June 15, 2016 Final Author Notification: July 15, 2016 Publication Target Date: September 2016 Guest Editors _____________ * Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy (derango(a)dimes.unical.it) * Annalisa Socievole, University of Calabria, Italy (a.socievole(a)dimes.unical.it) * Athanasios Vasilakos, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (athanasios.vasilakos(a)ltu.se) * Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, United Kingdom, (eiko.yoneki(a)cl.cam.ac.uk) * Artur Ziviani, National Laboratory for Scientific Computing, Brazil, (ziviani(a)lncc.br) ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE MASS 2016 - Brazil
by Lars Wolf 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE MASS 2016 - Brazil Datum: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:05:10 +0100 Von: Nadjib Ait Saadi <nadjib.aitsaadi(a)U-PEC.FR> Antwort an: Nadjib Ait Saadi <nadjib.aitsaadi(a)U-PEC.FR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG _______________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE MASS 2016 The 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems Brasilia, Brazil October 10 - 13, 2016 http://www.ene.unb.br/mass2016/ _______________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: March 25, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: June 3, 2016 Camera-ready version: July 22, 2016 SCOPE The 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2016) will be held in Brasilia, Brazil, October 10-13, 2016. Wireless ad hoc communications, Internet of Things, and mobile computing have applications in a variety of environments, such as smart homes, hospitals, battlefields, and disaster-recovery operations. Wireless sensor and actuator networks are being deployed for enhancing industrial control processes and supply-chains, and for various forms of environmental monitoring. IEEE MASS 2016 is a three-track conference sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society. It aims at addressing research advances in mobile ad-hoc and sensor systems related to (i) algorithms and theory, (ii) systems, protocols, and applications, and (iii) experimental evaluation and testbeds, covering topics ranging from theoretical foundations to applications and testbed development. TOPICS OF INTEREST Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless sensor networks (WSNs) (including cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things), and mobile networking/computing, including theory, systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Algorithmic aspects of MANETs and WSNs Application Layer Protocols Architectures of wired/wireless networks Capacity planning and admission control Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity Cognitive networking Cooperative and cognitive communication Cooperative sensing in WSNs Compressive sensing technologies Crowd-sourcing, participatory and social sensing Cross layer design and optimization Cyber-physical systems Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination Data transport and management in WSNs Delay tolerant networks Experiences, real-world applications and deployments Handoff/mobility management and seamless Internetworking Internet/Cloud of Things Key management and trust establishment Localization and Location Based Services MAC protocols, including 802.11, 802.15.4, UWB MAC-layer design for ad hoc networks and WSNs Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds Mobile computing and networking Mobility management Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies Network Layer protocols Networked smartphone applications Novel applications and architectures for WSNs Operating systems and middleware support Opportunistic networking P2P, overlay, and content distribution Power-aware architectures, algorithms, and protocols QoS and Resource management Reliability, resiliency and fault tolerance techniques Resource management and wireless QoS provisioning Robotic networks Routing protocols, including unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast Security and privacy issues in ad hoc and sensor networks, and mobile networking Smart grid Smart healthcare Smart transportation Social networks using smartphones and sensors Time synchronization Topology control, coverage and connectivity issues Vehicular networks and protocols Wireless mesh networking ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong General Co-Chair: Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasilia, Brazil Technical Program Chair: Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Technical Program Vice-Chairs: Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Paolo Santi, MIT-Fraunhofer Ambient Mobility, USA Guojun Wang, Central South University, China Workshop Chair: Cintia Borges Margi, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Demo/Poster Chair: Marco Spohn, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Brazil Finance and Registration Chair: Zhen Jiang, West Chester University, USA Publications Chair: Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Priscila A. S. Barreto, University of Brasilia, Brazil Paulo R. L. Gondim, University of Brasilia, Brazil Publicity Chair: Nadjib Aitsaadi, University Paris Est Creteil, France STEERING COMMITEE Dharma Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA Jie Wu, Temple University, USA Kang Shin, University of Michigan, USA SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit technical papers presenting original, unpublished research, 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 size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, with a side margin of at least 1 inch, including all figures, tables, and references, in the PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Procedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on reviews and TPC discussions, the TPC may choose to accept some papers as short papers (5 pages). 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. The conference will also include a poster and demo session. Kind regards, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Nadjib AIT SAADI Associate Professor of Computer Science University of Paris-Est Creteil Val de Marne (UPEC) - IUT Creteil/Vitry Laboratory of Image, Signal and Intelligent Systems - LISSI 122 rue Paul Armangot, 94400 Vitry sur Seine Tel : +33 1 41 80 73 10 http://sites.google.com/site/nadjibaitsaadi/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE DCOSS 2016---Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE DCOSS 2016---Call for Papers Datum: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 11:55:13 -0500 Von: Stefano Basagni <basagni(a)ECE.NEU.EDU> Antwort an: Stefano Basagni <basagni(a)ECE.NEU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies for multiple receptions of this Call for Papers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (IEEE DCOSS) Washington, DC, USA May 26-28, 2016 http://www.dcoss.org/ Call for Papers Due to their potential of impacting an entire host of application areas, distributed sensor systems have become a highly visible research area. The focus of IEEE DCOSS series of conferences is on distributed computing issues in large scale networked sensor systems (including, but not limited to, algorithms and applications, systems design techniques and tools, and in-network signal and information processing). The conference normally features three tracks on Algorithms, Applications and Systems, and a Signal Processing. In addition, a theme for the "Track of the Year" was introduced in recent years. This track is intended to focus on emerging topics in sensing. In DCOSS 2016, the focus topic is "Cloud Computing and its Applications to Sensing and Remote Sensing". Potential authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Social networks and applications - Sensors for smart grid systems, green networks and sustainability - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed collaborative information processing - Detection and tracking - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability - Abstractions for modular design - Fault tolerance and security - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Closed-loop control for sensing and actuation - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments - Network coding and compression * Important Dates Abstract Registration Deadline: January 31, 2016 (11:59 pm EST) Paper Submission Deadline: February 4, 2016 (11:59 pm EST) Acceptance Notification: March 25, 2016 Camera Ready Submission Deadline: April 8, 2016 (11:59pm EST) Early Registration Deadline: April 29, 2016 (11:59 pm EST) Paper submissions will be via EDAS. See http://www.dcoss.org for more information on the conference. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP). Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGMOBILE, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), and IFIP WG 10.3. ** Organizing Committee * General Chair Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) * Technical Program Chair Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) * TPC Track Chairs Algorithms and Performance Analysis: Benyuan Liu (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA) Applications, Systems, Real Deployments and Tools: Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) Signal Processing and Information Theory: Qilian Liang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) Track of the Year "Cloud Computing and its Applications to Sensing and Remote Sensing": Murat Demirbas (SUNY Buffalo, USA) * Workshops Chair Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA) * Publicity Chairs Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA) Salil Kanhere (University of New South Wales, Australia) M. Elena Renda (Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Italy) Leandro Villas (Unicamp, Brazil) * Registration and Finance Chair Yonghe Liu (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) * Publication Chair Rafael Falcon (University of Ottawa, Canada) * Demo/Poster Chair Duc Tran (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) * PhD Fourm Chairs Tian He (University of Minnesota, USA) Hongwei Zhang (Wayne State University, USA) * Web Chair M. Yousof Naderi (Northeastern University, USA) * Local Organization Chair Azin Neishaboori (Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, USA) * Steering Committee Chair Jose Rolim (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Laetus deget cui licet in diem dixisse: Vixi. -- Stefano Basagni, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 Dana Research Center Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Tel. 617 373 3061, Fax 617 373 8970 E-mail: basagni(a)ece.neu.edu *** http://www.ece.neu.edu/faculty/basagni/ *** ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Workshop on Hilariously Low-Power Computing: Pushing the Boundaries of Intermittently Powered Devices (HLPC2016)
by Lars Wolf 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Workshop on Hilariously Low-Power Computing: Pushing the Boundaries of Intermittently Powered Devices (HLPC2016) Datum: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:59:25 +0000 Von: Sinan Yildirim <K.S.Yildirim(a)TUDELFT.NL> Antwort an: Sinan Yildirim <K.S.Yildirim(a)TUDELFT.NL> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Workshop on Hilariously Low-Power Computing: Pushing the Boundaries of Intermittently Powered Devices (HLPC2016) Co-located with ASPLOS'16 April 2, 2016, Atlanta, GA, USA http://www.hlpc2016.com/index.html Scope: Intermittently Powered Devices (IPDs) are embedded devices that have no tethered power supply and very little, or no energy storage capacity. These devices typically operate using energy harvested from their environment e.g., RF, solar, vibration, etc. When energy is intermittently available, IPDs can perform computation, use peripheral devices (e.g., sensors), and communicate (e.g., via backscatter). These devices currently operate at approximately 10 microJ/Byte energy consumption, enabling today's devices to support simple, short-lived, primarily isolated applications. With improvements in computer architectures, hardware and software systems, the communications stack, emerging memory technologies, and energy harvesting and transfer, we envision devices that operate in the sub-nJ/Byte range, supporting long-running, sophisticated, sensor-rich, widely-communicating applications. This workshop exists to bring together researchers at the intersection of programming languages, software systems, extreme low-power computer architecture, and embedded communication and computing devices. Call for Papers: The workshop seeks paper submission in four main areas: * IPDs (Intermittently Powered Devices) * IPDs at the limits of minimum power consumption - HLPDs (Hilariously Low Power Devices) * IPDs that are embedded - DEIs (Deeply Embedded IPDs) * IPDs and communication - HLPComms (Hilariously Low-Power Communication) These areas are mapped into topic for consideration that include: * Software-defined wirelessly-programmable IPDs * Programming techniques for IPDs * Backscatter and other ultra-low power communication primitives * System support for reliability and robustness to intermittence * Computer architecture for IPDs * Operating systems for IPDs * Applications of emerging, non-volatile memory and compute devices in IPDs * Novel energy harvesting and transfer techniques * Tradeoffs between power transfer and communication and coding for both * Error-correction and control (both for storage and communication) * Theoretical limits of computation and communication in IPDs * Studies and experience reports on emerging IPD applications * Testbeds, platform engineering reports, and experimental datasets Deadlines: Paper Submission: February 15, 2016 (GMT-5) Notification of acceptance: March 4, 2016 (GMT-5) Final paper submission: March 18, 2016 (GMT-5) Workshop day: April 2, 2016 Paper Submission Guidelines Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIGPLAN<http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Author/> style guidelines. Papers can be at most 6 pages in length including figures, tables, and references. For further details on the submission process please consult http://hlpc2016.com/call.html. Organizers Shyam Gollakota<https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~gshyam/>, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Brandon Lucia<http://brandonlucia.com/>, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Przemysław Pawełczak<http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~pawelczak/>, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Joshua Smith<https://sensor.cs.washington.edu/jrs.html>, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 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/

1 0

Fwd: IFIP AIMS 2016 - Call for Papers - Deadline extended to February 1st, 2016
by Lars Wolf 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: IFIP AIMS 2016 - Call for Papers - Deadline extended to February 1st, 2016 Datum: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:21:16 +0100 Von: Remi Badonnel <remi.badonnel(a)loria.fr> An: Multiple recipients <LISTSERV(a)CS-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> ********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS - IFIP AIMS 2016 The 10th IFIP International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security June 20 - 24, 2016, Munich, Germany http://www.aims-conference.org/2016/ Paper registration & submission deadline: *February 1, 2016 (extended)* <http://www.aims-conference.org/2016/> ********************************************************************** The AIMS international conference is a single-track event, including conference paper sessions, hands-ons and keynotes, which focuses on early research done by PhD students and young researchers in network and service management and security. The participants find here a dedicated place for getting a constructive feedback by senior scientists and they benefit from tutorials on transversal aspects of a research activity (e.g. publication strategies, paper reviewing, research presentation design). By taking part in a dedicated workshop, the PhD students are invited at an early stage to present and motivate their work as well as their research plans. Finally, by being involved in practical hands-on sessions, PhD students and young researchers will get an up-to-date knowledge combined with basic skills on emerging technologies. This way, AIMS acts as a complementary piece in the set of international conferences in the network and service management community. AIMS 2016 is centered on the theme of management and security in the age of hyper-connectivity. New paradigms, smart and fully distributed algorithms, as well as large-scale virtualization have to be investigated to design scalable and resilient frameworks able to deal with more complex, more dynamic and hyper-connected environments, from cloud infrastructures to the Internet of Things. The design, monitoring, configuration and protection of the next generation of networked systems in an efficient, secure, and smart manner are crucial to commercially viable and successful networks and services. Important Dates - *February 1, 2016: Paper registration deadline (extended)* - *February 1, 2016: Paper submission deadline (extended)* - March 1, 2016: Notification of acceptance - March 14, 2016: Camera-ready papers due - June 20-24, 2016: AIMS 2016 conference Conference Paper Submission: Only original, full papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. Each submission must be written in English and will be limited to 12 pages, references excluded, in the LNCS paper format. Papers exceeding 12 pages, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. Paper submission is handled by the JEMS system, accessible from the AIMS 2016 web page. PhD Student Workshop Submission: The PhD student workshop is open to both junior PhD (max 2 years) and prospective PhD students. Authors are invited to submit short papers (4 pages excluding references, written in English and in LNCS format) describing the current state of their research. The paper should include a clear description of the research problem and the chosen approach, argue why the problem is hard and the approach novel, and it should outline the results achieved to date. Specific, low-level technical details should be avoided. Papers will be evaluated based on the proposed idea, methodology and foreseen impact. Authors of the papers should only be the student and his/her advisor(s). Proceedings The conference proceedings will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes of Computer Science (LNCS) series and will include the conference papers as well as the PhD student workshop papers. General Chair - Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Technical Program Co-Chairs - Remi Badonnel, TELECOM Nancy, LORIA/INRIA, France - Robert Koch, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Ph.D. Student Workshop Co-Chairs - Martin Drasar, Masaryk University, Czech Republic - Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherlands Lab Session Co-Chairs - Volker Eiseler, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany - Lars Stiemert, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Publications Chair - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Switzerland More information about the conference on: http://www.aims-conference.org/2016/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Fwd: VTC2016-Fall Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: VTC2016-Fall Call for Papers Datum: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:08:45 -0500 Von: IEEE Vehicular Technology Society <rckeele(a)ieee.org> An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Vehicular Technology Society header Join Our LinkedIn Group <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=87800795&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…> Join Our LinkedIn Group <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=87800796&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2016-Fall)* *18-21 September 2016, Montreal, Quebec - Canada* *ieeevtc.org/vtc2016fall/index.php <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=87800797&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Call for Papers* The 2016 IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference will be held 18–21 September 2016 in Montreal, Quebec - Canada. This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will convene leading individuals from industry, government, and universities to share their perspectives, ideas and innovations in the fields of wireless and mobile communications and networks, and vehicular technology. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, visionary panel sessions, tutorials, oral and poster technical sessions, workshops, and exhibits. *NOTE:* *Industry Track Scheduled* VTC 2016-Fall will also continue the tradition of having an Industry Track, which will feature panels and presentations with industry leaders sharing their perspectives on the latest technologies. *TECHNICAL PAPERS* *Papers are solicited in the following 12 tracks covering all relevant technical areas (see below for full track descriptions):* *1. Antenna Systems, Propagation, and RF Design 2. Signal Transmission and Reception 3. Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Management 4. Multiple Antenna Systems and Cooperative Communications 5. Radio Access Technology, LTE, 5G, and Wireless Heterogeneous Networks 6. Green Communications and Networks 7. Ad-Hoc, M2M, and Sensor Networks 8. Wireless Networks: Protocols, Security and Services 9. Mobile Satellite Systems, Positioning and Navigation 10. Vehicular Communications, Networks, and Telematics 11. Electric Vehicles, Vehicular Electronics, and Intelligent Transportation 12. Future Trends and Emerging Technologies* *Prospective authors are encouraged to submit full papers through the TrackChair website:* * **vtc2016fall.trackchair.com/* <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=87800798&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Important dates for regular papers* * Submit papers for review by: *29 February 2016* * Acceptance notices sent: *1 May 2016* * Final papers due: *26** June 2016* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Tutorial and Workshop Proposals* If you are interested in submitting a proposal for either a tutorial or a workshop, please contact the following individuals by visiting the conference website (www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2016fall/committees.php <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=88299146&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…>): *Tutorials Chair* *Pingzhi Fan* -- Southwest Jiaotong University, China *Workshops Chair* *Claude Oestges* -- Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *TRACK DESCRIPTIONS* *(1) Antenna Systems, Propagation, and RF Design* Reconfigurable antennas and arrays; Distributed antenna systems; Propagation channel measurements; Car-2-X channel measurements and models; Antenna integration in cars; Interaction of in-car antennas with car-electronics; Antenna measurement and characterization, including 3D effects, polarization and antenna efficiency; Deployment concepts; Over-the-air testing of mobile terminal antennas; Measurement-based performance evaluation; Channel estimation and prediction; Narrowband and wideband channel characterization and modeling; Propagation prediction and simulation; RF subsystems; Multi-antenna propagation channels; Ultra-wideband propagation; Digital RF; Wideband/cognitive RF systems; Characterization of multiband channels; Channel modeling, simulation and verification; Interference in heterogeneous deployment scenarios (relays, small cells); Exotic wireless channels (optical wireless, acoustic, underwater); Novel antenna concepts; Energy-efficient antenna systems; Antenna design and characterization; Antenna and solar cell integration technologies. *(2) Signal Transmission and Reception* Advanced waveforms and signal processing solutions for 5G systems; Full-duplex and flexible duplex system; Millimetre wave beamforming; 60GHZ and sub-terahertz communications theory; Wireless communications powered by energy harvesting; Compressed Sensing; Ultraviolet communication; Wireless infrared communications; New air interfaces; Novel physical layer techniques; PHY-layer coexistence of multiple radio access techniques; Energy efficient PHY-layer; Multi-carrier and OFDM systems; CDMA and multi-carrier CDMA; Capacity and fundamental limits; Interference mitigation; Multi-user detection; Multi-user diversity; Iterative processing; Ultra wideband systems; Impulse radio; Modulation; Source/channel coding; Adaptive modulation and coding; Equalization; Synchronization; Channel estimation; Performance analysis; Power line communications; Visible light communication; Near-field communication. *(3) Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Management* Spectrum sensing; Cooperative sensing; Dynamic spectrum access; Spectrum aggregation; Spectrum policies; Cognitive radio networks; Interference management; Unlicensed and licensed shared access; Cognitive radio prototypes; Spectrum mobility; Characterization of cognitive wireless networks; Spectrum measurements and monitoring; Cognitive radio protocols and algorithms; Co-existence of primary and secondary radio networks; MIMO/OFDM-based cognitive radio; Spectrum database (or geolocation database); Energy-efficient spectrum sensing; Radio environment modeling; Applications of cognitive radio networks (e.g., for 5G, heterogeneous networks); Cognitive highly time-variant networks; Algorithms for TV whitespace usage; Game theory for cognitive radio networks; Light-licensing; Economic aspects of spectrum sharing (e.g., pricing, auction) in cognitive radio networks; Machine learning techniques for cognitive radio systems. *(4) Multiple Antenna Systems and Cooperative Communications* Smart antennas; Array processing; Massive MIMO communications; Distributed antenna systems; MIMO antenna systems; MIMO Receiver design; Beamforming; Space-time coding; MIMO systems performance; MIMO precoding; Interference rejection algorithms; MIMO antenna systems for V2X applications; Energy-efficient MIMO systems; Diversity-multiplexing trade-off; MIMO antenna system integration; Multi-user/cooperative MIMO; MIMO-enabled mmWave communications; Full-dimensional (3D) MIMO; Cooperative multiple access; Network coding for cooperative communications; Cooperative routing; PHY and MAC layer design for cooperative wireless networks; Characterization and modeling of cooperative communications; Knowledge acquisition and information sharing in cooperative wireless networks; Coordinated multi-point; Intercell interference coordination; Advanced relaying; Scheduling and resource allocation for cooperative communications; Mobility in cooperative communication; Game theory for cooperative and distributed networks; Energy-efficient cooperative communications; Multi-RAT cooperation; Cooperative Car-2-X communication; Efficient signaling for cooperative communications; Cooperative small-cell networks; Cooperative D2D communications; Relaying in cellular networks. *(5) Radio Access Technology, LTE, 5G, and Wireless Heterogeneous Networks* Cloud radio access network architectures; Software defined network methodologies for wireless access; LTE and LTE-Advanced; Ultra-dense networks; Small-cell networking; Wireless heterogeneous networks; LTE-U: LTE Advanced in unlicensed spectrum; Virtualized resource & virtualized network functions; Distributed scheduling for D2D communications; Multi-hop cellular management, scheduling and statistical multiplexing; New air interfaces; Access techniques for MIMO-based networks including massive MIMO; 3G/3.5G/4G/5G (UMTS WCDMA, HSPA, CDMA2000, 1x EV-DO, TD-SCDMA); Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs and WANs; DVB and DAB systems; Multiple access; Radio resource management in heterogeneous and small-cell networks; MAC/PHY cross-layer design; Power control algorithms; Wireless multicasting; Channel and power allocation; Coexistence of multiple radio access techniques; Mobility in dense networks; Context-aware and ambient access protocols; Hybrid optical-wireless networks. *(6) Green Communications and Networks* Energy-efficient heterogeneous networks; Energy-aware self-organized networks; Radio resource management for GREEN wireless systems; Smart grid networks; Energy consumption management; Architectures and design of low power equipment; Green wireless communications and networks; Green architecture, strategies, algorithms, protocols, scheduling, and/or designs; Low-power sensor networks; Machine-to-machine communications; Energy harvesting, storage, and recycling; Cross-layer optimization for green networks; Green mobile communications; Green software/hardware; Green cooperative communications; Energy-aware system design; Green data centers and/or cloud computing; Electromagnetic pollution mitigation; ICT for green objectives; Environmental monitoring; Communication technologies for energy efficient buildings and offices; Communication technologies for energy harvesting; Green Internet of Things (IoT); Field trials and deployment experiences; IoT-empowered smart lighting solutions; Hybrid fiber-wireless networks for energy efficient delivery of wireless signals. *(7) Ad-Hoc, M2M, and Sensor Networks* Medium access control; Routing and transport protocol; Opportunistic and cooperative networking; Cross-layer protocol design; Admission control; Performance and quality of service; Energy management; Information processing and aggregation; Middleware and programming; Simulation and emulation; Gateways and inter-working; Peer-to-peer service in mobile networks; Delay-tolerant networks; Self-organization, self-configuration and adaptation; Topology construction, reconfigurability and control; Fault tolerance; Data storage and allocation; Traffic scheduling; Internet of things; Localization; Mobile vehicular cloud computing; M2M applications and services; M2M networks, architecture, and components; M2M traffic modeling; M2M specific extensions on PHY and MAC; Massive machine communication in 5G; Data aggregation techniques and architectures for massive M2M networks; Energy harvesting and efficient M2M communication; Optimization of radio access technologies and protocols for M2M communications; Sensors for vehicular technologies; Terminal intelligence; Self-optimization and self-learning and reasoning (higher frequency bands); Energy scavenging technologies; Self-organized network based on learning. *(8) Wireless Networks: Protocols, Security and Services* Heterogeneous wireless network architectures; Cooperative networks; Mobile social networks; Self-organized networks (SON); Distributed content delivery; Resource management; Mobile quality-of-service (QoS); Mobility and handoff management; Mobile and wireless IP; Middleware; IMS; Fixed-mobile convergence; Mobile/wireless network modeling and performance evaluation, analysis and simulation; Mobile/wireless network performance measurements; Wireless traffic characterization and modeling; Network planning; Network coding; Security and privacy in end-to-end connections; Security in cooperative wireless networks; Cross-layer methods for enhancing security; Information-theoretic security; Secure routing and network management; Intrusion detection; Service availability and network survivability in the presence of denial of service; Jamming and jamming-resistance; Big data security and privacy; Network security; User privacy protection; Physical layer security: secure advanced spatial diversity techniques; Defending against energy depletion attacks in resource-constrained networks; Security and privacy in mobile ad hoc, M2M, sensor networks, the Internet, cloud computing, and smart grid. *(9) Mobile Satellite Systems, Positioning and Navigation* Satellite and terrestrial navigation and positioning techniques; Integrated positioning and communication; Cellular based positioning and hybrid approaches; Mobile satellite communication systems; Digital broadcasting over satellite networks; IP over satellite; Satellite on-board-processing; Broadband over satellite; Channel models for satellite communications; UWB and narrow band positioning systems and algorithms; Indoor-positioning technologies; MIMO positioning techniques; Distributed and collaborative localization algorithms; Transmission technology for positioning; Digital maps and location technology; Energy efficient positioning systems; Cooperative deep space communications. *(10) Vehicular Communications, Networks, and Telematics* Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET); Multi-channel/multi-antenna/multi-transceiver systems for vehicular communication; Heterogeneous network infrastructures for ITS; Channel models and mobility models for vehicular networks; DSRC; OBU and RSU communication systems; V2X communications, applications, and security; Interaction between intra- and inter-vehicular communications; Cellular/VANET interworking; Data traffic offloading; Multimedia over VANETs, and infotainment; Connected vehicles; In-vehicle communication & networking; Ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability communications for road safety applications; Network design for V2X communications; Location-based services; Context aware service and applications; Information distribution services; Broadband Internet services; Multimedia applications and messaging; Mobility estimation; IP mobility; Cloud-mobility; Quality-of-experience; Prototype, measurements, and field tests. *(11) Electric Vehicles, Vehicular Electronics, and Intelligent Transportation* Vehicle traction power control/conversion; Vehicle power systems; Vehicle stability controls; Engine control modules; Safety control systems; Smart speed controls; In-car electronics and embedded integration; Wireless/mobile system applications for transportation control and routing; Mobile/wireless systems for transportation logistics; Digital maps and location technologies; Drive-by-wire controls; Tire-pressure monitoring; HCCI controls; Electromagnetic valve controls; Wireless/mobile systems for multi-modal transportation; Emulation/simulation of ITS applications; Pedestrian protection via VANET; Traffic safety and efficiency applications; Autonomous driving technologies; Cooperative ITS; Intelligent transportation systems; Railroad signaling, communication, and control; Human factors and human machine interface (HMI) for smart cars; Security for intelligent vehicles; Green ITS navigation for people and freight; Multimedia service provisioning and vehicle traffic management. *(12) Future Trends and Emerging Technologies* The emerging technologies track offers the opportunity for publication of work by industry and academia in emerging topics relevant to VTC but not covered by other tracks. All submissions to this track should emphasize the novelty of the work and the results obtained. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _*Conference Organizing Committee*_ *General Co-chairs* *Fabrice Labeau *--* *McGill University, Canada *Pierre Boucher* -- Ericsson, Canada *Technical Program Co-chairs* *Weihua Zhuang* -- University of Waterloo, Canada *Francois Gagnon* -- École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada *Tutorials Chair* *Pingzhi Fan* -- Southwest Jiaotong University, China *Workshops Chair* *Claude Oestges* -- Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium *Industrial Track Chair* *Fan Bai* -- General Motors, USA *Panels and Keynotes Co-chairs* *Lajos Hanzo* -- University of Southampton, UK *Robert Schober* -- Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany *Local Arrangements Co-chairs* *Georges Kaddoum* -- École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada *Jean-Charles Grégoire* -- INRS-EMT, Canada *Publicity Co-chairs* *Benoit Champagne* -- McGill University, Canada *Chadi Assi* -- Concordia University, Canada *Patronage & Exhibits Co-chairs* *Halim Yanikomeroglu* -- Carleton University, Canada *Jim Budwey* -- ICTS Group, USA *Finance Chair* *J. R. Cruz* -- University of Oklahoma, USA *Conference Administrators* *Jim Budwey* -- IEEE VTS *R. Clint Keele* -- IEEE VTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ footer Spacer Spacer Copyright © 2011 IEEE To ensure delivery, please add info(a)ieee.org <mailto:info@ieee.org> to your email address book or Safe Sender List. If you are still having problems receiving our communications, see our white-listing page for more details <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=87800799&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…>. If you no longer wish to receive this publication, please go here to unsubscribe <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=87800800&m=11853198&u=IEEE_…>.

1 0

Fwd: Call for Papers: The First IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC 2016)
by Lars Wolf 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers: The First IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC 2016) Datum: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:42:59 +0100 Von: Håvard Johansen <haavardj(a)CS.UIT.NO> Antwort an: Håvard Johansen <haavardj(a)CS.UIT.NO> An: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG * SIGOPS Announcement The First IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC 2016) October 27-28, 2016, Washington DC, USA Web page: http://conferences.computer.org/SEC/ Submission deadline: March 2, 2016 Acceptance notifications: June 15, 2016 Camera-ready deadline: July 13, 2016 "Edge computing" is new paradigm in which the resources of a small data center are placed at the edge of the Internet, in close proximity to mobile devices, sensors, end users, and the emerging Internet of Things. Terms such as "cloudlets," "micro data centers," and "fog" have been used in the literature to refer to these small, edge-located data centers. They all represent counterpoints to the theme of consolidation and massive data centers that has dominated discourse in cloud computing. New challenges and opportunities arise as the consolidation of cloud computing meets the dispersion of edge computing. SEC2016 is a new conference that focuses on them. General Chair: Xiuzhen Cheng, George Washington University Program Chair: Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University Program Committee: Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research Suman Banerjee, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ramon Caceres, Google Romit Roy Choudhury, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Landon Cox, Duke University Nigel Davies, Lancaster University Eyal de Lara, University of Toronto Jason Flinn, University of Michigan Kaustubh Joshi, AT&T Labs Research Grace Lewis, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Qun Li, College of William & Mary Sape Mullender, Cisco Systems Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Pieter Simoens, Ghent University - iMinds Padmanabhan Pillai, Intel Labs Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University (chair) Rolf Schuster, Vodafone Group Services Roy Want, Google Yu Xiao, Aalto University Lin Zhong, Rice University See conference web page for full details, including technical scope and submission instructions. ############################ To unsubscribe from the SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE list: write to: mailto:SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG or click the following link: http://listserv.acm.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ACMLPX.CGI?SUBED1=SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE&A=1

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Extended deadline (January 31, 2016) - CFP: Springer Annals of telecommunications Journal - SI on "Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet"
by Lars Wolf 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Extended deadline (January 31,2016) - CFP: Springer Annals of telecommunications Journal - SI on "Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet" Datum: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:04:07 +0300 Von: Abdelouahid Derhab <d.ouahid(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Abdelouahid Derhab <d.ouahid(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Please find below a call for papers for the Special Issue of the Springer Annals of telecommunications Journal on “Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet” Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement due to cross posting. ----------- *Annals of telecommunications Journal* (http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/12243) Impact Factor: 0.699, published by Springer, indexed in ISI and Scopus Databases *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Special Issue on* *Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet* *(* *https://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.mines-telecom.fr/files/2015/07/CfP_SI_WMSTFI_final_extended.pdf* <https://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.mines-telecom.fr/files/2015/07/CfP_SI…> *)* Advances in wireless technologies have transformed our societies and have become an integral part of how people live and conduct business. Moreover, many of the portable computation and communication devices and personal electronic gadgets have become loaded with a variety of sensing circuitry to improve user interaction and enable context aware operation. These wireless and mobile sensing devices integrate human with their environment more than we ever thought possible. Internetworking of wireless and mobile sensing devices constitutes the concept of the future internet or the internet of things, where a large heterogeneous set of these devices are closely coupled to enable an intelligent management of many aspects of our daily activities. Example applications include environmental monitoring, health-care, smart-home, smart-grids, and smart-cities The networking of these devices not only provides a flexible and robust information gathering platform, but also greatly improves the reliability and efficiency of contemporary manufacturing, scientific and military systems. The objective of this special issue is to report on the latest research results and exciting developments on Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology in the Future Internet (WMSTFI). Topics of interest include but are not limited to: · WMSTFI architectures, protocols, and algorithms. · Integration and coexistence strategies of heterogeneous wireless networks. · Data management in WMSTFI. · WMSTFI performance, simulation, modeling and case studies. · Security and safety issues. · New applications for WMSTFI. · WMSTFI prototypes and test-beds. · Mobility Management in WMSTFI. · Power-Aware, Low-Power and Energy-Efficient Designs. · QoS Management and Quality-of-Service Issues. · MAC layer design for wireless sensor networks and WMSTFI. · Developments platforms and tool support for WMSTFI. · Integration of RFID and wireless sensor networks. · Integration of IP6-based wireless sensor networks with Smartphones. · Integration of cloud-based platforms with WMSTFI. · WMSTFI for smart applications. · Participatory sensing and crowd sourcing · Machine-to-Machine communications *Guest Editors* § *Abdelouahid Derhab*, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia § *Mohamed Guerroumi*, USTHB University, Algeria § *Mohamed Younis*, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA All papers must be submitted at the Editorial manager site https://www.editorialmanager.com/ante/. A guide for authors in preparing their papers is available at https://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.minestelecom.fr/how-to-publish/. During the submission process authors should identify that the paper is for the special issue “Wireless & Mobile Sensing Techno”. *Proposed schedule* • Manuscript submission January 31, 2016 (Extended) • First Decision Notification April 10, 2016 • Revised Paper Submission June 10, 2016 • Final Decision August 10, 2016 • Final Manuscript Due September 10, 2016 • Online with DOI As soon as accepted • Printed issue January-June 2017 -- Dr. Abdelouahid Derhab | Assistant Professor Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) Phone (+966) 1 469 7350 Fax (+966) 1 469 6452 P.O Box 92144 ~ Riyadh 11653 CoEIA web site: http://coeia.edu.sa, King Saud University web site: http://www.ksu.edu.sa King Saud University Saudi Arabia ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] New Journal on the Internet of Things with the support of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
by Lars Wolf 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] New Journal on the Internet of Things with the support of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Datum: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:47:38 +0100 Von: Jesus Alonso-Zarate RESEARCH <jesusalonsozarateresearch(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Jesus Alonso-Zarate RESEARCH <jesusalonsozarateresearch(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear all, Prof. Mischa Dohler (King's College London) and I, together with an outstanding Editorial Board, are starting a new venture with a journal devoted to the Internet of Things. This journal has the support of the European Alliance for Innovation. You can find more information about the journal scope and submission instructions at: http://eai.eu/transaction/internet-things Types of papers accepted: tutorials, surveys, and transactions. The first issue of the journal was already published in October 2015, and you can reach all papers in this link (you will need to create a free account to access the papers): http://eudl.eu/issue/IoT/1/1 We are very excited about this new venture since it is a revolutionary way of publishing scientific and technical contents: - This publication will allow attaching multimedia material to your submission, - it will be open access at no cost for either authors or readers, and - it offers an innovative crowd-review process, by which people can claim submitted papers for volunteer review. We welcome your submissions. Also, if you want to guest edit a special issue in the topic of IoT, please, write me an email. Best, -- Jesus Alonso-Zarate, PhD Senior Researcher Head of M2M Communications Department Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) Barcelona, Spain Editor-in-Chief EAI Endorsed Transactions on the Internet of Things http://eai.eu/transaction/internet-things http://www.jesusalonsozarate.com http://www.theiot.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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Med-Hoc-Net 2016 - Deadline January 31st
by Lars Wolf 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Xavi Masip <xmasip(a)AC.UPC.EDU> Gesendet: 12. Januar 2016 18:21:45 MEZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Med-Hoc-Net 2016 - Deadline January 31st *** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message *** ————————————————————————————————- CALL FOR PAPERS Med-Hoc-Net 2016 - The 15th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop TCS by IFIP and IEEE Manuscript submission deadline: January 31, 2016 Venue: Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain Date: June 20-22, 2016 Website: http://www.craax.upc.edu/medhocnet2016/ ———————————————————————————————— OVERVIEW In the recent years the Internet evolution has undergone a remarkable and unstoppable change of trend, rooted on three main pillars, new technologies (cloud computing, SDN , NFV; etc), broad connectivity (3G/4G, VANET, etc.), and the wide deployment of smart edge devices (smart phones, sensors, wearables , etc., all setting the main concept for the Internet of Things (IoT), also encompassing scenarios such as smart cities, ITS (intelligent transportation systems), smart homes or e-health. MED-HOC-NET 2016 extends its focus far beyond traditional networking concepts, highlighting new networking concepts related to the mentioned three main pillars developed for the future generation of network and cloud computing technologies. Med-hoc-net 2016 is willing to accommodate contributions on smart mobile scenarios, focusing on highly relevant developments but also preliminary ideas and concepts on the ICT area, aiming at facilitating the development of new technologies and services with a high societal impact. Following recent successful conferences in Sicily (2006), Corfu (2007), Palma de Mallorca (2008), Haifa (2009), Juan-les-pins (2010), Favignana Island (2011), Cyprus (2012), Corsica (2013), Slovenia (2014) and Algarve (2015), Med-Hoc-Net 2016 will be take place in the city of Vilanova i la Geltrú, located 30 km south from Barcelona right in front of the Mediterranean. TOPICS Papers are solicited in a variety of topics related to IoT, ad hoc, wireless and sensor networks, green technologies, social networks, network protocols and algorithms, including but not limited to: -Cloud and fog computing -Internet of Things -Smart cities -Sensor network applications and protocols -Vehicular networks -Security and privacy -Participatory and urban sensing -Underwater wireless networks -Heterogeneous networks -Green networking -Cooperative schemes -Network localization -Networking virtualization -Services based, and enabled by Ad Hoc networks -Routing algorithms and protocols -MAC protocols, scheduling, power control, and resource allocation -Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks -Middleware for Ad Hoc networks -Application driven architectures and protocols -Cognitive radio networks -Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks -Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes -Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, etc.) -Self organization and network reconfiguration -Resource and service discovery -Security and privacy -Delay tolerant networks -Exploitation of social and mobility patterns for opportunistic networking -Mobile social networks IMPORTANT DATES: Papers Due: January 31, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: Apr 15, 2016 Camera-Ready Version due: April 29, 2016 Conference Dates: June 20-22, 2016 PAPER SUBMISSION: Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication.Submissions are limited to 8 pages in length in Two-Column Format, including references, figures and tables. Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically through the EDAS web site. Accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Extended versions of selected papers will be reviewed for possible publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems CONFERENCE GENERAL CHAIRS: Xavi Masip, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Admela Jukan, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS: Eva Marín Tordera, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Abdelhamid Mellouk, University of Paris-Est, Crèteil, France Jiafeng Zhu, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. USA STEERING COMMITTEE: Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia, Institute of Technology, USA Khaldoun Al Agha, Paris-Sud University, France Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Farouk Kamoun, ENSI, Tunisia Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Guy Pujolle, UPMC - Paris 6, France PUBLICATION CHAIR: Jordi García Almiñana, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain PUBLICITY CHAIRS: Eduardo Cerqueira, UFPA, Brazil ——— Xavi Masip Advanced Network Architectures Lab (CRAAX) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) http://www.craax.upc.edu <http://www.craax.upc.edu/> ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Wireless Communications - ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKS: SCALABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY
by Lars Wolf 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Wireless Communications - ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKS: SCALABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY Datum: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:48:59 +0000 Von: Liushucheng (Will) <liushucheng(a)HUAWEI.COM> Antwort an: Liushucheng (Will) <liushucheng(a)HUAWEI.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG IEEE Wireless Communications - ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORKS: SCALABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY http://www.comsoc.org/wirelessmag/cfp/architecture-next-generation-wireless… CALL FOR PAPERS Over the past decade, we have witnessed the tremendous growth in the number of networked wireless devices, in the types of wireless and mobile applications, and in the total amount of traffic from and towards these devices. In the foreseeable future, it is expected that such a trend will continue with an unprecedented increasing rate. For instance, with the recent deployment of the fourth-generation (4G) cellular network, mobile data traffic rate over cellular networks had exceeded 2 Exabytes per month world-wide by the end of 2014. Recent studies also suggest that the mobile traffic rate could be increased 10-fold by 2019. Besides the ever-increasing mobile applications over cellular networks, many other wireless applications are emerging, including smart grid, vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), cyber-physical system (CPS), and more generally, Internet of Things (IoT). Clearly, to accommodate the fast growing demands, future wireless networks must be scalable. For the aforementioned existing and emerging wireless applications, it has been well-known that they have diverse quality-of-service (QoS) requirements: from low data rate IoT monitoring applications to high data rate content streaming applications, from delay sensitive real-time monitoring in smart grid and safety control in vehicular CPS to delay-tolerant IoT applications. Therefore, it has been very challenging to design and develop practical wireless networks and systems to facilitate different application demands efficiently. To address these challenges, researchers and developers in both academia and industry have put significant efforts to design various wireless networks. For example, in the past few years, the architecture of the fifth-generation (5G) cellular network has attracted significant attention, several future Internet architectures (FIAs) have also been proposed and investigated, and various architectures have been developed for smart grid, VANET, IoT, etc. Naturally, it becomes very important to investigate two issues: first, how we can flexibly deploy or configure a specific type of wireless network, and secondly, if we have multiple co-existing wireless networks, how we can enable the interoperation among them. In the literature, the importance of scalability, flexibility, and interoperability has been recognized and there are some existing studies already. However, despite the importance of these efforts, there are still many challenging issues to be addressed. For example, how to effectively accommodate more than 1 trillion networked devices world-wide in the next 10 years? How to efficiently provision services in future wireless networks such that a given system can be flexibly programmed to optimize the performance of certain applications? How to facilitate the interoperation of heterogeneous wireless networks and systems? To understand and solve these key issues, we organize this special issue in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine focusing on the scalability, flexibility, and interoperability in the design of architecture for future wireless networks. The special issue covers topics that include, but are not limited to, the following: * Architecture for large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) * Flexible architecture for applications with diverse data rates * Flexible architecture for systems and applications with diverse mobility requirements * Flexible cognitive radio and spectrum access * Interoperability between future Internet and wireless networks * Interoperability among diverse wireless networks * Namespace management in heterogeneous wireless networks * Routing in large-scale multihop wireless network * Security design on wireless scalability, flexibility, and interoperability * Scalable cooperative communications and network coding * Scalable data-centric wireless network architecture * Scalable energy efficiency wireless network * Scalable social-aware wireless network architecture * Standards for scalable, flexible, and interoperable wireless networks * Wireless network for large-scale cyber-physical-system SUBMISSIONS Authors must follow the IEEE Wireless Communicationsguidelines regarding manuscript content and format. For details, please refer to the "Author Guidelines" at the IEEE Wireless Communications Web site athttp://www.comsoc.org/wirelessmag/author-guidelines. All papers must be submitted electronically via the IEEE Wireless Communications manuscript submission system athttp://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ieee-wcm. All papers will be reviewed by at least three (3) reviewers for their technical merit, scope, and relevance to the CFP. IMPORTANT DATES * Manuscript Submission: May 1, 2016 * Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2016 * Revised Manuscript Due: August 1, 2016 * Final Decision: September 1, 2016 * Final Manuscript Due: October 1, 2016 * Publication: December 2016 Regards, Will (Shucheng LIU) ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: FiCloud 2016 Vienna Austria
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: FiCloud 2016 Vienna Austria Datum: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 14:00:17 +0000 Von: Irfan Awan <i.u.awan(a)BRADFORD.AC.UK> Antwort an: Irfan Awan <i.u.awan(a)BRADFORD.AC.UK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. ----------------------Call for Papers---------------------------- The 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2016) 22-24 August 2016, Vienna, Austria ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet of Things (IoT) vision is to provide a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, transportation and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. Conference Tracks: - Network Design and Architecture - Software Architecture and Middleware - Mobile Cloud Services - Data and Knowledge Management - Context-awareness and Location-awareness - Security, Privacy and Trust - Software-defined Networking - Performance Evaluation and Modelling - Networking and Communication Protocols - IoT Services and Applications - Smart Environment - Intelligent Systems for Cloud and Services Computing - Energy Efficiency - Virtualization - Clouds at the Edges - Industry Track - General track: Future IoT and Cloud Computing Paper submission and Publication: FiCloud 2016 is technically co-sponsorship by the IEEE-CS TCI: Technical Committee on the Internet of the IEEE Computer Society (approval pending). Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website. All papers accepted for this conference will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals (TBA). Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 10 March 2016 Authors Notification: 30 May 2016 Final Manuscript Due: 20 June 2016 Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs: Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Program Co-Chairs: Winston Seah, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Local Organising Chairs: Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria Christine Strauss, University of Vienna, Austria Workshop Coordinator: Joyce El Haddad, University of Paris Dauphine, France Journal Special Issues Coordinator: Farookh Hussain, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Publicity Chair: Tor-Morten Gronli, Westerdals-Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Norway Track Chairs: Meng-Shiuan Pan, Tamkang University, Taiwan Massimo Mecella, SAPIENZA Universita di Roma, Italy Shuiguang Deng, Zhejiang University, China Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK Qiang Duan, The Pennsylvania State University, USA Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA Orhan Gemikonakli, Middlesex University, UK Radu Prodan, University of Innsbruck, Austria Rubem Pereira, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, China Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Jamal Bentahar, University of Concordia, Canada Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Javid Taheri, Karlstad University, Sweden Luiz Fernando Bittencourt, University of Campinas, Brazil Edmundo Madeira, University of Campinas, Brazil Ruben Casado, Treelogic, Spain Sylvain Kubler, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Advisory Committee: Athman Bouguettaya, RMIT University, Australia Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, UK Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Chonggang Wang, InterDigital Communications, 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: European Wireless 2016, 18 - 20 May 2016 Oulu, Finland
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: European Wireless 2016, 18 - 20 May 2016 Oulu, Finland Datum: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:12:23 +0100 Von: Stefan Valentin <stefanv(a)IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Stefan Valentin <stefanv(a)IEEE.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS European Wireless 2016 http://ew2016.european-wireless.org/home/ 18 - 20 May 2016 OULU, FINLAND -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The European Wireless (EW) conference is a key venue for European researchers to get in touch with the latest trends in wireless communications and networking. The 22nd EW conference will take place in Oulu, Finland, organized by Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), the university-based research unit operating within the University of Oulu. The main topic of EW 2016 will be "5G: Applications, Businesses and Technologies". Paper submissions are invited in, but not limited to, the main topics of interest listed below. The EW conference is committed to high publication ethics standards through a rigorous single-blind peer-review process. Submitted manuscripts must be original and not published or under consideration elsewhere. They must not infringe any copyright or third party right. Proceedings of EW 2016 will be available on IEEEXplore and Scopus (approval pending). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit a journal extended version for a special issue of Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for consideration for publication in a Special Issue of the Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Journal <http://www.pp.bme.hu/eecs>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Fundamental Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Modulation and coding for wireless communications ∗ Signal processing for wireless communications ∗ Wireless models, synchronization, estimation, equalization ∗ MIMO systems, space-time coding, diversity ∗ Fundamental limits, information theory for wireless ∗ Multiple access schemes, multiuser detection ∗ Interference mitigation and management ∗ Distributed coding and cooperative diversity ∗ Localization and positioning in wireless systems ∗ Source and joint source/channel coding ∗ Spectrum sensing and wireless parameter estimation Technology for Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Migration, integration, and convergence towards 5G ∗ WiFi, LTE, 3GPP, Heterogeneous Networks ∗ Wireless LAN/PAN/BAN, Ad Hoc, Mesh networks ∗ Near-field communications & RFID ∗ Wired-wireless integration ∗ Ultra-Wideband Communications ∗ Mm-wave communications ∗ Wireless sensors & actuators networks ∗ Vehicular and disruption tolerant wireless networks ∗ Optical wireless and visible light communications Efficient Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Power: green communications, energy harvesting devices ∗ Spectrum: cognitive radio, spectrum-aware techniques ∗ Implementation: low-complexity and scalable systems ∗ Reliability: robust and dependable wireless systems ∗ Cost: low-cost radio, sustainable wireless ∗ Security: privacy and trust in wireless networks Advanced Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Protocols and architectures for wireless networks ∗ Channel coding, error protection, network coding ∗ Cross-layer issues in wireless networks ∗ Cognitive radio for wireless communications ∗ Network functions virtualization ∗ Compressed sensing ∗ QoS and resource allocation in wireless networks ∗ Mobile/wireless networks modeling and simulation ∗ Localization and positioning in wireless scenarios ∗ Optimization and game theory for wireless ∗ Topology control, self-organizing wireless networks ∗ Transport layer for wireless communications ∗ Relays and buffers in wireless networks ∗ Tools for modeling and analysis of wireless systems ∗ Mobile edge clouds Practical Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Implementation issues in wireless systems ∗ Testbeds and experimental systems ∗ Antenna and RF modeling and design ∗ Mobility management and billing technologies ∗ Mobile apps and platforms ∗ Regulation and standardization for wireless ∗ Context awareness ∗ Emerging applications in wireless networks Vision for Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Personal wireless communications beyond 5G ∗ Software defined wireless networks and re-configurability ∗ M2M communications and the Internet of Things (IoT) ∗ Storage, smart caching, and cloud for wireless ∗ Wireless social networks, participatory computing ∗ Molecular and nano-scale wireless communications ∗ New disruptive concepts for wireless ∗ Concepts and technologies for massive IoT Thematic Wireless for EW2016 5G: Applications, Businesses and Technologies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ∗ Applications and services for 5G: Development, Implementation and Validation ∗ Business developing for 5G for different markets ∗ Regional visions, requirements and development of 5G (Europe, Asia, America) ∗ 5G test-beds ∗ Novel enabling technologies and concepts for 5G ∗ Industry views of 5G: SME, manufacturers, operators and service providers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: February 15, 2015 Notification of acceptance: March 22, 2015 Camera-ready due: March 29, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR: Marcos Katz (University of Oulu, FI) GENERAL CO-CHAIR: Hassan Charaf (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU) TPC CHAIRS: Leonardo Badia (University of Padova, IT) László Lengyel (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU) STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: Frank Fitzek (TU Dresden, DE) TUTORIAL CHAIR: Morten V. Pedersen (Aalborg University, DK) WORKSHOP CHAIR: Sergio Palazzo (University of Catania, IT) PUBLICITY CHAIRS: Stefan Valentin (Huawei, FR) Leonardo Militano (Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, IT) FINANCIAL CHAIR: Volker Schanz (VDE ITG, DE) SECRETARIAT/REGISTRATION: Christina Gaußmann (VDE ITG, DE) BME LOCAL COMMITTEE: Eija Pajunen, Mari Lehmikangas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, visit the conference website: <http://ew2016.european-wireless.org/home/> ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [IPSN16] PhD Forum Call
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [IPSN16] PhD Forum Call Datum: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 13:50:22 +0000 Von: Luca Mottola <luca(a)sics.se> Antwort an: luca(a)sics.se An: Luca Mottola <luca(a)sics.se> The Ph.D. Forum at the 15th ACM/IEEE Int. Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Network (IPSN, co-located with CPSWEEK) provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their work in progress to the scientific community and obtain individual feedback from leading researchers in the field. The Forum will be structured as a series of short presentations by the students, followed by collective discussions. The student presentations will be interleaved with speeches by leading researchers, who will provide their own perspectives on current and future research in the field, as well as on how to best purse a Ph.D. in this context. A "speed mentoring" session will conclude the Forum to let the students obtain individual feedback and advise. Participating students will also have the opportunity to present a poster during the main conference to leverage further interaction with CPSWEEK attendees. Current Ph.D. students in the early stages of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-page abstract about their on-going research to be considered for the Ph.D. Forum. The abstract shall also include a one-paragraph bio, along with brief information on how long the student has been in Ph.D. school and the expected time until graduation. The student should be the *sole* author, although contributions of the advisor and others should be acknowledged. The presentation at the Forum and the poster at the conference will be considered for a "Best Research Proposal" award. The Ph.D. forum abstracts will also be part of the official IPSN proceedings. Submissions will be reviewed by the Ph.D. Forum committee to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance to the Forum. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in person to the Forum - to be held on April 11th, 2016 - and to present a poster both at the Forum and at the main conference. There will be no separate registration fee for the Forum. Participating students will only need to register to the main IPSN conference. Submissions must be in PDF format, be written in English, of no more than two pages in length (all inclusive), and adhere to the IPSN formatting guidelines (ipsn.acm.org/2016/submission.html?v=1 <http://ipsn.acm.org/2016/submission.html?v=1>). The abstract should include the author's name, affiliation, and email address. Submissions are to be uploaded through HotCRP at www.neslab.it/hotcrp <http://www.neslab.it/hotcrp>. For any questions, please contact Luca Mottola <luca.mottola(a)polimi.it <mailto:luca.mottola@polimi.it>> or refer to the IPSN PhD Forum group on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/200566526720540/ <http://www.facebook.com/groups/200566526720540/>). IMPORTANT DATES Abstract deadline:February 2nd, 2016 Notification of acceptance:February 12th, 2016 Camera-ready:February 25th, 2016 Ph.D. Forum:April 11th, 2016 PH.D. FORUM ORGANIZERS Octav Chipara, University of Iowa, USA Luca Mottola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy and SICS Swedish ICT PH.D. FORUM COMMITTEE TBA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AAAPMYSTMP-census" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to census+unsubscribe(a)sics.se <mailto:census+unsubscribe@sics.se>.

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN 2016 demo/poster announcement
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN 2016 demo/poster announcement Datum: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:12:42 +0800 Von: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> Antwort an: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2016) draws upon many disciplines including networking, signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases, information management, distributed algorithms, embedded systems, wireless communications, and machine learning. In addition to full-length technical papers, IPSN welcomes exciting demonstrations of novel sensor network technology, applications, and hardware as well as posters showing promising early work. IPSN seeks 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. 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. ________________________________ Posters 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. If you have any questions, please contact the poster co-chairs: Lu Su (SUNY Buffalo) and Tian He (University of Minnesota) ________________________________ Demos 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). The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract. The videos will be linked from the conference program on the IPSN 2015 home page. If you have any questions, please contact the demo co-chairs: Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang (Columbia University) and Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and SICS, Sweden) ________________________________ Formatting Guideline Poster and demonstration abstracts should be submitted as PDF files and be formatted using ACM SIG Proceedings Tighter Alternate Style. Poster and demonstration abstracts are at most 2 pages, including figures, tables, and references. Poster abstracts should follow the same format but should include a thumbnail of the planned poster as a third page. If a demonstration requires special arrangements, please describe them clearly in your submission using a separate third page. (This third page is not part of the technical content of the abstract and can be formatted at discretion of the authors). Abstracts need not be anonymous. Please make sure you use the latest version of the templates to prepare your submissions. Due to the short interval between the notification of acceptance and the camera-ready deadline, we strongly encourage authors to follow the camera-ready formatting guidelines as close as possible even for the initial abstract submission. ________________________________ Important Dates Poster and Demo Submission: February 7, 2016 (11.59 PM, US PDT) Notification of Acceptance: February 12, 2016 Camera-Ready Abstracts Due: February 25, 2016 ________________________________ Poster/Demo Submissions http://ipsn.acm.org/2016/posters.html?v=1 ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 2016 Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition - Call for Contesters
by Lars Wolf 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 2016 Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition - Call for Contesters Datum: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:15:56 +0800 Von: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> Antwort an: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call For Contesters ======================================================================= 2016 Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition *Registration Deadline: January 20th, 2016* April 10-11, 2016 Vienna, Austria Co-located with IPSN 2016 http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/msindoorloccompetition2016/defaul t.aspx ======================================================================= ELIGIBILITY Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. All location techniques, such as ranging, fingerprinting, infrastructure, or device free, are welcome, except those that require end users' manual measurements. Contesters can deploy their own infrastructure of *up to 5 devices*. Normal RF interference is expected, but no jammers from other deployments are allowed. The results must be shown on a portable device, such as a phone or a tablet/laptop that a person can easily carry around. Demo submissions that do not meet one or more of the guidelines above will be included in the poster session and will be evaluated as a regular submission, but they will not be considered for prizes. The competition will take place if *at least 5 teams* respond to this preliminary call for competition. CATEGORIES Depending on the nature and number of submissions multiple categories might be defined based on the accuracy (i.e., point-based vs. area based), the size, the cost, or the type (i.e., software vs. hardware) of the proposed solution. Given our past experience, this year we expect to have the following categories (note that these categories have not been finalized. The final categories will be announced shortly after the registration deadline and they will depend on the number and type of submissions received): 1. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Technologies: Submissions in this category should be able to work with unmodified commercial off-the-shelf devices such as laptops, phones, and tablets. In this category, the unmodified COTS device is localized. Teams in this category will not be allowed to interface any custom hardware to the COTS devices (i.e., UWB or ultrasound hardware). Only changes to the software of the devices will be allowed. Submissions in this category could be further classified to infrastructure-based and infrastructure-free depending on their requirement to deploy custom hardware (i.e., BLE beacons) in the evaluation area. 2. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Technologies with Initialization: Submissions in this category should meet all the criteria of the COTS Technologies category, with the additional requirement to initialize the location of the COTS device being localized to a ground truth location before the evaluation. 3. Modified Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Technologies: Submissions in this category could interface custom hardware to the COTS devices to be localized (i.e., UWB or ultrasound hardware). Submissions in this category could be further classified to infrastructure-based and infrastructure-free depending on their requirement to deploy custom hardware (i.e., BLE beacons) in the evaluation area. Most, if not all, submissions in this category are expected to be infrastructure-based. For instance: * WiFi fingerprinting approaches that also leverage inertial sensors will be classified as infrastructure-free COTS Technologies as they do not require to interface any custom hardware to the COTS device being localized. * WiFi fingerprinting approaches that also deploy custom BLE beacons in the evaluation area will be classified as infrastructure-based COTS Technologies as they don't modify the COTS device being localized, but they require the deployment of custom hardware. * Approaches based on inertial sensing that require to be initialized to a ground truth location before being evaluated will be classified as COTS Technologies with Initialization. * UWB approaches will be classified as infrastructure-based modified COTS Technologies as they require modifications to the COTS device being localized, and they need to deploy custom hardware in the evaluation area. In the past, teams were asked to report 2D locations (X,Y). In this year's competition, teams will be required to report 3D locations (X,Y,Z). The evaluation area we have reserved, even though it does not contain multiple floors, it includes locations with different elevation characteristics. On top of that, we plan to place the devices to be localized at different heights during the competition to evaluate the 3D localization accuracy of each team. *Not all teams will have to report 3D locations*. We understand that some technologies are not suited for 3D localization (i.e., WiFi/geo-magnetic fingerprinting, dead reckoning, BLE-based etc.), but they are still excellent candidates for commercial indoor location systems. With this in mind, the organizers will determine shortly after the registration deadline which teams will be classified as 3D localization teams. It is not up to the individual teams to decide if they will report 2D or 3D locations. The organizers will ensure that all the teams in a given category will either report 2D or 3D locations. There will be no categories containing both 2D and 3D localization teams. EVALUATION AND PRIZE Results are judged based on accuracy, and an award will be given to the top 3 teams in each category. When accuracy ties, infrastructure requirements will be used for tie breaking. The winning teams in each category will be invited to present their approach at the conference, and receive a cash award. The exact accuracy metrics that will be used during evaluation will be announced shortly before the competition takes place. POSTER SESSION A poster session dedicated to all competition participants will be organized during the conference. Participants will have the opportunity to explain their system to conference attendees. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Contesters must submit an abstract describing their approach and deployment requirements by the contest registration deadline. Submissions are treated as confidential until the competition. Submissions must be at most two (2) single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures, tables, and references. Submission should follow the exact same format as regular, full IPSN 2016 papers. *Abstracts should include the names and affiliations of all authors*. Templates can be found here: <http://ipsn.acm.org/2016/submission.html?v=1> http://ipsn.acm.org/2016/submission.html?v=1 REGISTRATION DEADLINE January 20th, 2016, 11:59 pm EST To register for the competition, please email your abstract to <mailto:dlymper@microsoft.com> dlymper(a)microsoft.com with the following subject line: 2016 Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition Submission. ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] SmartVehicles 2016 Workshop CFP - June 21, 2016, Coimbra, Portugal
by Lars Wolf 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] SmartVehicles 2016 Workshop CFP - June 21, 2016, Coimbra, Portugal Datum: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:05:12 +0000 Von: João Vilela <joaovilela(a)DCC.FC.UP.PT> Antwort an: João Vilela <joaovilela(a)DCC.FC.UP.PT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS The Third IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Smart Vehicles: Connectivity Technologies and ITS Applications (SmartVehicles 2016) June 21, 2016, Coimbra, Portugal http://smartvehicles2016.uc.pt/ **** Paper Submission Deadline --- March 18, 2016 **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND OVERVIEW -------------------------------- New wave of urbanization, ever more stringent emission standards, and high pressure on improving efficiency of private and public transport have made the development of more sustainable transportation systems one of the fundamental societal challenges of the next decade. Connected vehicles are seen as one of the key enabling technologies for more efficient and sustainable transportation systems. To enable connected vehicles, it is of paramount importance to: i) design vehicular communication systems that enable road users and other actors to exchange information in real time and with high reliability; ii) enable pervasive sensing to monitor the status of vehicles and the surroundings; iii) develop data analytics tools for processing large amounts of data generated by the transportation infrastructure; iv) develop middleware platforms for information management and sharing; and v) define appropriate interaction interfaces between drivers and vehicles. The seamless integration and convergence of vehicular communication networks, information and transportation systems, and mobile devices and networks will face a number of technical, economical and regulatory challenges. To that end, SmartVehicles 2016 workshop will bring together academics, researchers, and industry professionals from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments, current research challenges and future directions in the use of networking, communications, data management, and applications to realize vehicular mobility systems that are more connected, efficient, and safe. The topics of interest for SmartVehicles 2016 include, but are not limited to: + V2V, V2I and V2X communications (e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians, vehicle-to-backend, vehicle-to-sign, etc.) + New V2X technologies: Vehicular visible light communications, LTE-V, mmWave + The role of 5G in enabling existing and future V2X use cases + Connected autonomous vehicles: cooperative perception, cooperative maneuvering, cooperative intersections and highways, platooning + Vehicular Network as a Sensor Network + Communications-enabled fleet management + Connected smart parking systems + Security and privacy in ITS applications + Data storage, management, and retrieval in vehicular networks + Solutions to connect vehicles with the Internet + Big data analytics for ITS applications + Integration of cloud technologies in ITS applications + Communications protocol design (PHY, MAC, routing, data dissemination) + Simulation environments, experimental testbeds, field operational tests for V2X + Mobile (smart) device integration in vehicles and transport systems PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Manuscripts submitted for consideration should not have been already published elsewhere and should not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere during the consideration period. Manuscripts must be written in English, are limited to 6 pages, single spacing, double column, and must strictly adhere to the IEEE template format available here. Papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS using link http://edas.info/N21792. All accepted papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE Digital Library (IEEE Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE WoWMoM. There will be no separate workshop registration, as one single registration will cover both conference and workshops participation. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend and present his/her work at the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- + Papers submissions deadline: March 18, 2016 + Acceptance notification: April 20, 2016 + Camera-ready paper due: April 30, 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE -------------------- Workshop Co-Chairs Andreas Festag, Technical University Dresden, Germany Mate Boban, Huawei European Research Center, Germany John B. Kenney, Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA João P. Vilela, University of Coimbra, Portugal Program Committee Taimoor Abbas, Volvo Cars Corporation Onur Altintas, Toyota InfoTechnology Center Fan Bai, General Motors Claudia Campolo, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria Pedro d'Orey, University of Porto David Eckhoff, University of Erlangen Esteban Egea-Lopez, Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) Javier Gozalvez, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche Jérôme Härri, EURECOM Tim Leinmüller, DENSO AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH Konstantinos Manolakis, Huawei European Research Center Preben Mogensen, Aalborg University Katrin Sjoberg, Volvo Trucks Hsin-Mu Tsai, National Taiwan University Fredrik Tufvesson, Lund University Alexey Vinel, Halmstad University Nawaporn Wisitpongphan, King Mongkut's University Alexander Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xin Zhang, Technical University Dresden ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

[CFP SI ADHOC] A Special Issue on "Performance Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks”
by Cristina Alcaraz 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

*** Apologies for multiple copies *** C a l l F o r P a p e r s A Special Issue on "Performance Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks”, located at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/call-for-papers/special-is… Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal ========================================== Important dates Paper submission: January 30th, 2016 First round notification: March 30th, 2016 First round revision: April 30th, 2016 Second round notification: June 30th, 2016 Final papers: July 15th, 2016 ========================================== A primary aim of wireless ad-hoc networks is to deliver data in areas where there is no pre-defined infrastructure. In these networks, the users, but also the network entities can be potentially mobile. Wireless ad-hoc networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history. Real wireless ad-hoc networks are now implemented, deployed and tested, and this trend is likely to increase in the future. However, as such networks are increasingly complex, performance modeling and evaluation play a crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and exploitation in practice. This special issue on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks era aims to open a new critical debate on the evaluation of wireless ad-hoc networks. In particular, we seek original theoretical and/or practical contributions, from researchers and practitioners that identify and address issues in evaluating wireless ad-hoc networks. Topics of Interest In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Modeling - Analytical modeling - Probabilistic models - Queuing and network information theoretic analysis - Predictive performance models - Mobility modeling - Traffic models - Simulation/Experimentation - Simulation methods and tools for evaluation wireless ad-hoc networks - Software tools for performance evaluation - Tracing and trace analysis - Automatic performance analysis - Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for wireless ad-hoc networks - Case studies demonstrating the role of performance evaluation in the design of wireless ad-hoc networks - Performance evaluation - Performance evaluation of wireless mesh networks - Performance evaluation of vehicular networks - Performance evaluation of wireless sensor networks - Performance comparison - Network performance improvement through optimization and tuning All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as “SI – MODEL PERFORM EVAL ADHOC” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/ All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. Submission Format and Guidelines 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 (single column, 11pt font) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as a “Guide to Authors” at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc Editor in Chief Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology Guest Editors Mónica Aguilar Igartua, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Carolina Tripp Barba, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Cristina Alcaraz Tello, University of Malaga

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE - Smart City Security and Privacy Workshop SCSP-W
by Lars Wolf 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE - Smart City Security and Privacy Workshop SCSP-W Datum: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 00:05:04 -0500 Von: Hidayet Aksu <haksu(a)FIU.EDU> Antwort an: Hidayet Aksu <haksu(a)FIU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG -- Apologies for redundant copies of this call -- Call for Workshop Papers IEEE - Smart City Security and Privacy Workshop SCSP-W http://www.scsp-w.org In Conjunction with the 2016 IEEE/ACM Cyber-Physical Systems Week (CPS Week) April 11, 2016, Vienna, Austria-- http://www.cpsweek.org/2016 ** Scope ** The Smart City Security and Privacy Workshop (SCSP-W) seeks novel or work-in-progress submissions describing practical and theoretical solutions to the cybersecurity challenges facing Smart Cities. Submissions may represent any security application area relevant to smart cities. Hence, papers that are pertinent to the security of Internet of Things (IoT), Smart-Buildings, Smart-Grid Systems, Critical Infrastructure Networks, Intelligent Transportation Systems are all welcome. Example topics of interest are given below, but are not limited to: Secure smart city architectures and protocols Authentication mechanisms for smart city infrastructure Security for smart buildings Security and privacy for connected transportation systems Security for smart grid applications Security for green energy (waste heat, renewables, microgrids, storage) Security for connected health, mHealth, community health Legal issues, case studies, experience studies for security and privacy application to smart cities Security and privacy for cloud computing applications for smart cities Security and privacy for mobile computing applications for smart cities Secure IoT architectures for smart cities Access control mechanisms for smart city applications Security on heterogeneous CPS in smart city Vulnerability analysis of smart city apps Anonymization in smart city data Security of industrial control systems Security of Internet-of-Things Key management in smart city technologies Data security and privacy for smart city technologies Forensics for smart city applications Intrusion detection for smart city Energy-efficient and secure smart city apps Threat models for smart city technologies Physical layer security for smart city Availability, recovery and auditing for smart city Distributed secure solutions for smart city ** Important Dates ** Submission Deadline: January 22, 2016 Acceptance Notification: February 12, 2016 Camera Ready: February 15, 2016 Workshop Date: April 11, 2016 ** Submission Instructions ** Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. All submissions must be written in English with a maximum paper length of 5 (five) pages (including text, figures, and references) and formatted according to the two-column IEEE/ACM conference format. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Digital Library after the conference and included in CPS Week proceedings. Papers should be submitted using the EasyChair submission system, using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scspw2016 For more information, visit the workshop’s website at: http://www.scsp-w.org ** Committee ** - Workshop Chairs: A. Selcuk Uluagac, Florida International University, USA Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy Apurva Mohan, Honeywell ACS Labs, USA - Publicity Chair: Hidayet Aksu, Florida International University, USA - Web Chair: Tooska Dargahi, CNIT/University of Rome Tor Vergata , Italy ** TPC Members (Confirmed) ** Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA Alvaro Cardenas, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany Apurva Mohan, Honeywell, USA Arif Selcuk Uluagac, Florida International University, USA Christina Pöpper, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Daisuke Mashima, Fujitsu Laboratories of America, USA Danfeng Yao, Virginia Tech, USA David Yau, Singapore U Tech and Design, Singapore Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Ehab Al-Shaer, UNCC, USA Gregorio Lopez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid., Spain Junho Hong, ABB USCRC, USA Kemal Akkaya, Florida International University, USA Kevin Fairbanks, US Naval Academy , USA Krishna K. Venkatasubramanian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Magnus Almgren, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Marina Krotofil, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Mark Tehranipoor, University of Florida, USA Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy Ming Li, University of Arizona, USA Miroslav Pajic, Duke University, USA Nils Ole Tippenhauer, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore Pierangela Samarati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Qinghua Li, University of Arkansas, USA Rakesh B. Bobba, Oregon State University, USA Ralph Droms, Cisco Systems, USA Saman Zonouz, Rutgers University, USA Siva Rajagopalan, Honeywell, USA Tooska Dargahi, Islamic Azad University- science and research branch, Iran Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA Xinming Ou, University of South Florida, USA Best Regards, Hidayet Aksu, PhD Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab (CSL) Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Florida International University Miami, FL 33174, USA http://web.eng.fiu.edu/haksu ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 3rd IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Smart Vehicles: Connectivity Technologies and ITS Applications (SmartVehicles 2016)
by Lars Wolf 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 3rd IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Smart Vehicles: Connectivity Technologies and ITS Applications (SmartVehicles 2016) Datum: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 15:04:45 +0000 Von: Pedro d'Orey <pedro.dorey(a)DCC.FC.UP.PT> Antwort an: Pedro d'Orey <pedro.dorey(a)DCC.FC.UP.PT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The Third IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Smart Vehicles: Connectivity Technologies and ITS Applications (SmartVehicles 2016) June 21, 2016, Coimbra, Portugal http://smartvehicles2016.uc.pt/ **** Paper Submission Deadline --- March 18, 2016 **** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND OVERVIEW -------------------------------- New wave of urbanization, ever more stringent emission standards, and high pressure on improving efficiency of private and public transport have made the development of more sustainable transportation systems one of the fundamental societal challenges of the next decade. Connected vehicles are seen as one of the key enabling technologies for more efficient and sustainable transportation systems. To enable connected vehicles, it is of paramount importance to: i) design vehicular communication systems that enable road users and other actors to exchange information in real time and with high reliability; ii) enable pervasive sensing to monitor the status of vehicles and the surroundings; iii) develop data analytics tools for processing large amounts of data generated by the transportation infrastructure; iv) develop middleware platforms for information management and sharing; and v) define appropriate interaction interfaces between drivers and vehicles. The seamless integration and convergence of vehicular communication networks, information and transportation systems, and mobile devices and networks will face a number of technical, economical and regulatory challenges. To that end, SmartVehicles 2016 workshop will bring together academics, researchers, and industry professionals from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments, current research challenges and future directions in the use of networking, communications, data management, and applications to realize vehicular mobility systems that are more connected, efficient, and safe. The topics of interest for SmartVehicles 2016 include, but are not limited to: + V2V, V2I and V2X communications (e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians, vehicle-to-backend, vehicle-to-sign, etc.) + New V2X technologies: Vehicular visible light communications, LTE-V, mmWave + The role of 5G in enabling existing and future V2X use cases + Connected autonomous vehicles: cooperative perception, cooperative maneuvering, cooperative intersections and highways, platooning + Vehicular Network as a Sensor Network + Communications-enabled fleet management + Connected smart parking systems + Security and privacy in ITS applications + Data storage, management, and retrieval in vehicular networks + Solutions to connect vehicles with the Internet + Big data analytics for ITS applications + Integration of cloud technologies in ITS applications + Communications protocol design (PHY, MAC, routing, data dissemination) + Simulation environments, experimental testbeds, field operational tests for V2X + Mobile (smart) device integration in vehicles and transport systems PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Manuscripts submitted for consideration should not have been already published elsewhere and should not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere during the consideration period. Manuscripts must be written in English, are limited to 6 pages, single spacing, double column, and must strictly adhere to the IEEE template format available here. Papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS using linkhttp://edas.info/N21792. All accepted papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE Digital Library (IEEE Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE WoWMoM. There will be no separate workshop registration, as one single registration will cover both conference and workshops participation. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend and present his/her work at the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- + Papers submissions deadline: March 18, 2016 + Acceptance notification: April 20, 2016 + Camera-ready paper due: April 30, 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE -------------------- Workshop Co-Chairs Andreas Festag, Technical University Dresden Mate Boban, Huawei Technologies, Munich, Germany John B. Kenney, Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA João P. Vilela, University of Coimbra, Portugal Program Committee Taimoor Abbas, Volvo Cars Corporation Onur Altintas, Toyota InfoTechnology Center Fan Bai, General Motors Claudia Campolo, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria Pedro d'Orey, University of Porto David Eckhoff, University of Erlangen Esteban Egea-Lopez, Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) Javier Gozalvez, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche Jérôme Härri, EURECOM Tim Leinmüller, DENSO AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH Konstantinos Manolakis, Huawei European Research Center Preben Mogensen, Aalborg University Katrin Sjoberg, Volvo Trucks Hsin-Mu Tsai, National Taiwan University Fredrik Tufvesson, Lund University Alexey Vinel, Halmstad University Nawaporn Wisitpongphan, King Mongkut's University Xin Zhang, Technical University Dresden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: ACM TOCHI Call for Papers: Special Issue on End User Development for the Internet of Things
by Lars Wolf 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: ACM TOCHI Call for Papers: Special Issue on End User Development for the Internet of Things Datum: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:00:07 -0500 (EST) Von: Ken Hinckley <pubs(a)acm.org> An: wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE Call For Papers <http://www.acm.org/> *CALL FOR PAPERS* ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) /Special Issue on End User Development for the Internet of Things / Special Issue Editors Panos Markopoulos (Eindhoven University of Technology) Jeffrey Nichols (Google) Fabio Paternò (CNR-ISTI) Volkmar Pipek (University of Siegen) *Deadline for Submissions:* March 22, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The advent of massively interconnected objects, devices, and sensors — commonly referred to as the Internet of Things — raises equally massive challenges regarding the interfaces that will allow end-users to manage the complexity of such systems and to exploit the opportunities such technologies open up. A promising approach, known as End-User Development, empowers end users to define and tailor the functions of their systems in order to satisfy their personal, local, and often task-specific needs. In the context of the Internet of Things, and the diverse tools and methodologies now available to support the design of interactive systems, the field of End-User Development finds itself at a critical juncture of growth and wide impact, as the need to support personal, context specific, and emergent needs largely exceeds what is known from more conventional interactive systems. This special issue will publish compelling papers exploring metaphors, interfaces, and development strategies for supporting users in customization and personalization of the Internet of Things. Contributions may take the form of studies, methodologies, or system implementations that explore context-dependent or application-specific behaviors of networked objects. Likewise, contributions that reflect on or take issue with the appropriateness of End-User Development as a strategy to face these challenges are welcome. Possible topics include: The key topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: * Empowerment of end-users to understand, configure, personalize, and control Internet of Things applications * Design methods and approaches for end-users specific to the Internet of Things * Domain specific tools, architectures, and authoring environments for supporting end-user development * Contextual factors promoting end-user development practices * Social computing approaches for end-user development of Internet of Things ecologies * Novel methodologies for evaluating emerging end-user interactions with the Internet of Things *Submit to: *http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi *Author Guidelines:* http://tochi.acm.org/authors *Special Issue Timeline:* * Submission due: *March 22, 2016* (Earlier submissions are encouraged.) * Reviews due: *April 30, 2016* * Notification to authors: *May 15, 2016* * Revised version due: *July 15, 2016* * Special issue published: *Late 2016* For the complete Call-for-Papers visit: http://tochi.acm.org/end-user-development-for-the-internet-of-things/ *CONTACT:* Contact the special issue editors at eud-for-iot(a)TOCHI.acm.org <mailto:eud-for-iot@TOCHI.acm.org> with any questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you do not want to receive future emails about publishing in ACM journals, send an email to mktg2(a)hq.acm.org <mailto:mktg2@hq.acm.org> with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject. Association for Computing Machinery, Two Penn Plaza, Suite 701, New York, NY 10121-0701, USA Copyright 2016, ACM, Inc.

1 0

[15th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless AdHoc-Now from July 4th to 6th 2016 in Lille France] Call For Papers
by Abdoul Aziz Mbacke 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ADHOC NOW 2016 The 15 th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc Now) 2016, Lille, France Wireless Networks are becoming a necessity covering a wide range of application domains which include smart environments, health care, industry, precision agriculture, multimedia applications and intelligent transport systems, etc. This advancement in wireless and mobile technologies introduces new challenging issues. Since its creation in 2002, the International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now) has become a well‐established and well known event dedicated to wireless and mobile computing. It serves as a forum for interesting discussions on ongoing research and new contributions. The conference addresses both experimental and theoretical research in the areas of ad hoc networks, sensor networks, mesh networks and vehicular networks. It focuses on all issues from link layer up to the application layer. The fifteenth (15 th ) edition of ADHOC‐NOW will be organized from July 4 th to 6 th 2016 in Lille, France . We seek original contributions as work in progress, experimental and theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad‐Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. * The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) . * Submission deadline : February 07 th , 2016 * Author notification : March 07 th , 2016 * Camera ready paper submission and registration : April 22 nd , 2016 * Conference date : July 4 th – 6 th , 2016 * Conference venue : Lille, France Submissions must not be published or under review for another conference or journal. We are interested, but not limited to, research papers in any of the following areas: * Access Control * Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems * Algorithmic Issues * Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation * Ad Hoc Network Applications and Architectures * Delay-Tolerant Networking * Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks * Energy Efficiency * Geometric Graphs * Location Discovery and Management * Mobility Handling and Utilization * Wireless Mesh Networks * Big Data Inspired Data Sensing * Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms * Systems and Testbeds * Mobile Social Networking * Quality-of-Service * Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) * Secure Services and Protocols * Sensor Networks * Self-Configuration * Service Discovery * Timing Synchronization * Vehicular Networks * Wireless Internet * Processing and Networking Technologies Complexity and Computational Issues * Prototype systems and real-world deployment experiences For further information please visit: https://project.inria.fr/AdHocNow2016

1 0

ACM e-Energy 2016: Call for Papers
by Vincent Wong 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

ACM e-Energy 2016: Call for Papers http://conferences.sigcomm.org/eenergy/2016/ Computing and communication technologies impact energy systems in two distinct ways. The exponential growth of these technologies has made them large energy consumers. Therefore, new architectures, technologies and systems are being developed and deployed to make computing and networked system more energy efficient. Additionally, these technologies will play a central role in the on-going transformation of our energy systems. They help measure, monitor and control energy resources, inform and shape human demand, and determine how utilities, generators, regulators, and consumers interact. The seventh International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy), to be held in Waterloo Canada in June 2016, aims to be the premier venue for researchers working in the broad areas of smart energy systems, and in energy-efficient computing and communications. By bringing together researchers in a single-track conference with significant opportunities for individual interaction, it will be a major forum that will shape the future of this area. We solicit high-quality papers on smart energy systems and energy-efficient computing and communications. We welcome submissions describing theoretical advances as well as system design, implementation and experimentation. ACM eEnergy is committed to a fair, timely, and thorough review process with sound and detailed feedback. Topics Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to the following: • Monitoring and control of energy systems and smart buildings • Energy-efficient computing and communication, inc. data centers • Electric vehicles and energy-efficient transportation system • Distribution and transmission network control • Microgrid and distributed generation management and control • Distributed energy resources, inc. storage resources • Smart grid communication architectures and protocols • Privacy and security of smart grid infrastructure • Demand-side management, inc. innovative pricing and incentive design • User behavior enabled by computing and communication technologies • Data analytics for the smart grid and energy-efficient systems • Electricity market and electricity supply chain measurement, modeling, and analysis Submissions Two type of contributions are solicited: • Full papers, up to 10 pages in ACM double-column format for main body of the paper (i.e., everything excluding references) and unlimited pages for references, should present original theoretical and/or experimental research in any of the areas listed above that has not been published, accepted for publication, or under review by another conference or journal. The review of full papers will follow the general double-blind policy. • Poster/demo descriptions, up to 2 pages in ACM double-column format showcasing work in progress are encouraged. Accepted posters/demos will be showcased in a separate session at the conference. Topics of interest are the same as research topics listed above. Preference will be given to posters/demos where the primary contribution is from one or more students. Industry participation is also encouraged. Important Dates • Full paper: – February 5, 2016: Abstract registration deadline (23:59 EST) – February 12, 2016: Paper submission deadline (23:59 EST) – May 2, 2016: Author notification • Poster/Demo: – May 6, 2016: Poster/demo submission deadline (23:59 EST) – May 20, 2016: Author notification • May 30, 2016: Camera ready papers due • June 21-24 2016, Waterloo, Canada: 2016 e-Energy Conference Organizing Committee • General Chair: Srinivasan Keshav (University of Waterloo) • TPC Co-Chairs: Minghua Chen (CUHK) and Steven Low (Caltech) • Treasurer: Xue Liu (McGill University) • Publicity Chair: Vincent Wong (University of British Columbia) • Local Arrangement Chair: Lukasz Golab (University of Waterloo) • Keynotes and Panel Chair: Catherine Rosenberg (University of Waterloo) • Web Chair: Omid Ardakanian (University of California at Berkeley) • Poster Co-Chairs: Sid Chi-Kin Chau (Masdar Institute) and Amarjeet Singh (IIIT Dehli) • Publication Chair: Jay Taneja (IBM Kenya) • Workshop Co-Chairs: Sonja Klingert (University of Mannheim) and Tanuja Ganu (DataGlen) • Travel Grants Chair: Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton)

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE MiSeNet 2016: Paper submission deadline approaching
by Lars Wolf 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE MiSeNet 2016: Paper submission deadline approaching Datum: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:45:43 -0500 Von: Stefano Basagni <basagni(a)ECE.NEU.EDU> Antwort an: Stefano Basagni <basagni(a)ECE.NEU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG (Apologies for multiple reception if this CfP.) *** -------------------------------------------------------------*** The Fifth IEEE Annual International Workshop on Mission- Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking *** IEEE MiSeNet 2016 *** http://people.ece.cornell.edu/haas/wnl/IEEEMiSeNet_Workshop2016.htm Co-located with IEEE INFOCOM 2016 San Francisco, CA, April 10-15, 2016 *** ----------------------------------------------------------*** *** -------------------- Call for Papers ----------------------*** * Scope and Topics Over the last two decades, the recent and fast advances in inexpensive sensor technology and wireless communications has made the design and development of large-scale wireless sensor networks (WSNs) cost-effective and appealing to a wide range of mission-critical situations, including civilian, natural, industrial, and military applications, such as health and environmental monitoring, seism monitoring, industrial process automation, and battlefields surveillance. Wireless sensor networking has attracted the attention of practitioners and researchers from both industry and academia. This type of networks consists of a collection of tiny, resource-limited, low-reliable sensing devices that are randomly or deterministically deployed in a field of interest to monitor a physical phenomenon and report their results to a central gathering point, known as a sink. These sensing devices suffer from their scarce capabilities, such as bandwidth, storage, CPU, battery power (or energy), sensing, and communication. In particular, mission-oriented WSNs are viewed as time-varying systems composed of autonomous mobile sensing devices (e.g., using mobile robots) that collaborate and coordinate distributedly to successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. The major challenge in the design of mission-oriented WSNs is due to their dynamic topology and architecture, which is caused mainly by sensing devices mobility. The latter may have significant impact on the performance of mission-oriented WSNs in terms of their sensing coverage and network connectivity. In such continuously dynamic environments, sensing devices should self-organize and move purposefully to accomplish any mission in their deployment field while extending the operational network lifetime. In particular, the design of mission-oriented WSNs should account for trade-offs between several attributes, such energy consumption (due to mobility, sensing, and communication), reliability, fault-tolerance, and delay. IEEE MiSeNet 2016 will aim to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented WSNs research and practice. IEEE MiSeNet 2016 will serve as incubator for scientific communities that share a particular research agenda in the area of mission-oriented WSNs. IEEE MiSeNet 2016 will provide its participants with opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges of mission-oriented WSNs as well as exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas related to their architecture, protocol, algorithm, and application design, in particular at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications. IEEE MiSeNet 2016 will seek papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented WSN applications. The topics of interest to IEEE MiSeNet 2016 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: * Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented WSNs * Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented WSNs * System design, implementation, and evaluation of mission-oriented WSNs * Medium access control and scheduling in mission-oriented WSNs * Cross-layer design for mission-oriented WSNs * Software architectures for mission-oriented WSNs * Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency in mission-oriented WSNs * Coverage and connectivity issues in mission-oriented WSNs * Deployment and localization in mission-oriented WSNs * Uncertainty and opportunistic communications in mission-oriented WSNs * Topology control and fault-tolerance in mission-oriented WSNs * Routing and data dissemination in mission-oriented WSNs * In-network data storage and processing in mission-oriented WSNs * Sensor database management in mission-oriented WSNs * Purposeful mobility in mission-oriented WSNs * Target detection and tracking in mission-oriented WSNs * Privacy and security aspects of mission-oriented WSNs * Cloud computing and its applications to mission-oriented WSNs * Testbed design and real-world applications of mission-oriented WSNs * Submission IEEE MiSeNet 2016 Workshop will consider only original papers that are not currently under review by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and have not been published. All papers submitted to IEEE MiSeNet 2016 will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability (i.e., within the workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 9 pages. All submissions should be formatted in standard IEEE conference style for publication in the conference Proceedings. They must be single-spaced, double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one author of each accepted paper register and attend the IEEE MiSeNet 2016 workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the IEEE INFOCOM 2016 conference Proceedings. We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to submit their fine work to IEEE MiSeNet 2016. To submit your paper to IEEE MiSeNet 2016, please visit the submission website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21738 *** Important Dates * Paper submission: January 10, 2016 (through EDAS, at the link https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21738) * Author notification: February 7, 2016 * Camera-ready version: February 21, 2016 ** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair * Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA) Program Chair * Habib M. Ammari (Taif University, SA) Publicity co-Chair * Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA) * M. Elena Renda (Istituto di Informatica e Telematica-CNR, Italy) Steering Committee * Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA) * Habib M. Ammari (Taif University, SA) * Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) * Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) * Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) * Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA) * David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA) * Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA) * Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) * Jie Wu (Temple University, USA) * Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA) * Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Laetus deget cui licet in diem dixisse: Vixi. -- Stefano Basagni, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 Dana Research Center Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Tel. 617 373 3061, Fax 617 373 8970 E-mail: basagni(a)ece.neu.edu *** http://www.ece.neu.edu/faculty/basagni/ *** ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Deadline extendned to Jan 15 - CFP - The Second IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Computing
by Lars Wolf 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Deadline extendned to Jan 15 - CFP - The Second IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Computing Datum: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 13:49:56 +0000 Von: Du Wan (Dr) <DuWan(a)NTU.EDU.SG> Antwort an: Du Wan (Dr) <DuWan(a)NTU.EDU.SG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Due to the previous technical problem with the submission system, some authors could not successfully submit their papers. The new submission deadline has been extended to 15 JAN 2016. The Second IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Computing (http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/wands/smartcity/) in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2016 (http://infocom2016.ieee-infocom.org/) (San Francisco, USA | 11 April, 2016) Scope of workshop: Urban computing is the communication and computation process to understand and coordinate the environment, systems, people and things in the city. Smart city infrastructures and systems as well as intelligent urban computing will help the city administrators better understand and react to the metropolitan needs and challenges, and will improve the operation of urban infrastructural systems. Information and communication systems will play a critical role in building smart cities and supporting comprehensive urban computing. There is a growing importance of ICT, social and environmental capital in profiling the competitiveness of cities . The main purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from both academia and industry in the field of systems, networking and communication to discuss major challenges, research problems, and potential applications to support smart cities and urban computing. It will provide an opportunity to share new findings, exchange ideas, discuss research challenges and report latest research efforts that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to * Application, deployment, testbed, and experiment experiences in smart cities * Network and system infrastructures that support smart cities * Sensing and Internet-of-Things (IoT) for smart cities and urban computing * Big data analytics for urban computing * Urban cyber physical systems * Delay tolerant networks and systems for urban data collection * E-health systems * Environment and urban monitoring * Enabling wireless and mobile technologies for smart cities * Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability in smart systems * Green systems and energy efficiency * Human behavior analysis and interaction with the urban systems * Mobile crowdsourcing for urban analytics * QoS and QoE of smart city systems, applications, and services * Social computing and networks * Smart grid * Smart transportation * Smart buildings * Safety, security, and privacy for smart cities * Smartphone and mobile systems and applications * Vehicular networks Publication Opportunity in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Selected high-quality papers may be invited to be fast-tracked for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics - Special Issue on "Internet-of-Things for Smart Cities and Urban Computing." Submission Instruction We call for original and unpublished/unsubmitted papers no longer than 6 pages. 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 review process will be single blind (i.e., the authors' identities will be known to the reviewers). Submission link: EDAS https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21743 Important Dates * Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2016 * Review deadline: 10 Feb 2016 * Notification: 15 Feb 2016 * Camera ready: 28 Feb 2016 General co-chairs: * Mo Li (Nanyang Technological University) * Mario Gerla (UCLA) TPC co-chairs: * Yanmin Zhu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) * Michele Zorzi (University of Padova) Publicity chair: * Wan Du (Nanyang Technological University) ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you. ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

[CFP SI ADHOC] A Special Issue on "Performance Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks”
by Cristina Alcaraz 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

*** Apologies for multiple copies *** C a l l F o r P a p e r s A Special Issue on "Performance Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks”, located at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/call-for-papers/special-is… Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal ========================================== Important dates Paper submission: January 30th, 2016 First round notification: March 30th, 2016 First round revision: April 30th, 2016 Second round notification: June 30th, 2016 Final papers: July 15th, 2016 ========================================== A primary aim of wireless ad-hoc networks is to deliver data in areas where there is no pre-defined infrastructure. In these networks, the users, but also the network entities can be potentially mobile. Wireless ad-hoc networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history. Real wireless ad-hoc networks are now implemented, deployed and tested, and this trend is likely to increase in the future. However, as such networks are increasingly complex, performance modeling and evaluation play a crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and exploitation in practice. This special issue on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks era aims to open a new critical debate on the evaluation of wireless ad-hoc networks. In particular, we seek original theoretical and/or practical contributions, from researchers and practitioners that identify and address issues in evaluating wireless ad-hoc networks. Topics of Interest In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Modeling - Analytical modeling - Probabilistic models - Queuing and network information theoretic analysis - Predictive performance models - Mobility modeling - Traffic models - Simulation/Experimentation - Simulation methods and tools for evaluation wireless ad-hoc networks - Software tools for performance evaluation - Tracing and trace analysis - Automatic performance analysis - Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for wireless ad-hoc networks - Case studies demonstrating the role of performance evaluation in the design of wireless ad-hoc networks - Performance evaluation - Performance evaluation of wireless mesh networks - Performance evaluation of vehicular networks - Performance evaluation of wireless sensor networks - Performance comparison - Network performance improvement through optimization and tuning All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as “SI – MODEL PERFORM EVAL ADHOC” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/ All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. Submission Format and Guidelines 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 (single column, 11pt font) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as a “Guide to Authors” at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc Editor in Chief Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology Guest Editors Mónica Aguilar Igartua, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Carolina Tripp Barba, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Cristina Alcaraz Tello, University of Malaga

1 0

[CFP]: 2nd ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (ACM CPSS’16)
by Cristina Alcaraz 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

*** Apologies for multiple copies *** C a l l F o r P a p e r s ACM CPSSí16 CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop Xiían, China ñ May 30, 2016 (in conjunction with ACM AsiaCCS'16) http://icsd.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/cpss16/ =============================================== Important Dates --------------- Submission due: Jan 13, 2016 (firm deadline) Notification: Feb 26, 2016 Camera-ready due: Mar 15, 2016 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) consist of large-scale interconnected systems of heterogeneous components interacting with their physical environments. There are a multitude of CPS devices and applications being deployed to serve critical functions in our lives. The security of CPS becomes extremely important. This workshop will provide a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing security challenges facing CPS. Besides invited talks, we also seek novel submissions describing theoretical and practical security solutions to CPS. Papers that are pertinent to the security of embedded systems, SCADA, smart grid, and critical infrastructure networks are all welcome, especially in the domains of energy and transportation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Adaptive attack mitigation for CPS - Authentication and access control for CPS - Availability, recovery and auditing for CPS - Data security and privacy for CPS - Embedded systems security - EV charging system security - Intrusion detection for CPS - IoT security - Key management in CPS - Legacy CPS system protection - Lightweight crypto and security - SCADA security - Security of industrial control systems - Smart grid security - Threat modeling for CPS - Urban transportation system security - Vulnerability analysis for CPS - Wireless sensor network security Steering Committee ------------------ Dieter Gollmann (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany) Ravishankar Iyer (UIUC, USA) Douglas Jones (ADSC, Singapore) Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain) Jianying Zhou (I2R, Singapore) ñ Chair Program Chairs -------------- Jianying Zhou (I2R, Singapore) Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain) Publicity Chair --------------- Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, Spain) Publication Chair ----------------- Ying Qiu (I2R, Singapore) Program Committee ----------------- Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, Spain) Raheem Beyah (Georgia Tech, USA) Levente Buttyan (BME, Hungary) Alvaro Cardenas (UT Dallas, USA) Aldar Chan (ASTRI, HK) Binbin Chen (ADSC, Singapore) Songqing Chen (George Mason University, USA) Richard Chow (Intel, USA) Mauro Conti (University of Padua, Italy) Miguel Correia (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Roy Dong (UC Berkeley, USA) Xinshu Dong (ADSC, Singapore) Aurelien Francillon (EURECOM, France) Adrian Gheorghe (Old Dominion University, USA) Dieter Gollmann (Hamburg Uni of Tech, Germany) Felix Gomez-Marmol (NEC Labs, Germany) Huaqun Guo (I2R, Singapore) Adam Hahn (Washington State University, USA) Bernhard H‰mmerli (HSLU & ACRIS GmbH, Switzerland) Jin Han (Twitter, USA) Jinguang Han (NUFE, China) Feng Hao (Newcastle University, UK) Ravishankar Iyer (UIUC, USA) Douglas Jones (ADSC, Singapore) Zbigniew Kalbarczyk (UIUC, USA) Frank Kargl (University of Ulm, Germany) Sokratis Katsikas (Gj¯vik Uni College, Norway) Shinsaku Kiyomoto (KDDI R&D Labs, Japan) Marina Krotofil (Hamburg Uni of Tech, Germany) Alptekin K¸pÁ¸ (KoÁ University, Turkey) Miroslaw Kutylowski (Wroclaw Uni of Tech, Poland) Jason Larson (IOActive, USA) Xiapu Luo (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK) Ivan Martinovic (University of Oxford, UK) Weizhi Meng (I2R, Singapore) Chris Mitchell (RHUL, UK) Philippe Owezarski (LAAS-CNRS, France) Michael Papay (Northrop Grumman, USA) Jonathan Petit (University College Cork, Ireland) Axel Poschmann (NXP, Germany) Lillian J. Ratliff (UC Berkeley, USA) Erich Rome (Fraunhofer-IAIS, Germany) Roberto Setola (Universit‡ CAMPUS, Italy) Christoph Schmittner (AIT, Austria) Martin Strohmeier (University of Oxford, UK) Nils Kalstad Svendsen (Gj¯vik Uni College, Norway) Tsuyoshi Takagi (Kyushu University, Japan) Rui Tan (NTU, Singapore) Juan Tapiador (Uni Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) Nils Ole Tippenhauer (SUTD, Singapore) Long Wang (IBM Research, USA) Weiguo Wang (Thales, Singapore) Jia Xu (I2R, Singapore) Qiang Yan (Google, Switzerland) Yanjiang Yang (I2R, Singapore) David Yau (SUTD, Singapore) Siu-Ming Yiu (University of Hong Kong, HK) Ye Zhang (Google, USA) Peng Zhou (Shanghai University, China) Wanlei Zhou (Deakin University, Australia) Submission Instructions ----------------------- Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. All submissions should be appropriately anonymized (i.e., papers should not contain author names or affiliations, or obvious citations). Submissions must be in double-column ACM SIG Proceedings format, and should not exceed 12 pages. Position papers and short papers of 5 pages describing the work in progress are also welcome. Only pdf files will be accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one author of the paper must be registered at the appropriate conference rate. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. There will also be a best paper award. Paper submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpss2016. Contact ------- Email: cpss2016(a)easychair.org CPSS Home: http://icsd.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/staff/jianying/cpss/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - MobiHoc 2016
by Lars Wolf 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - MobiHoc 2016 Datum: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:07:58 +0100 Von: Hannes Frey <frey(a)UNI-KOBLENZ.DE> Antwort an: Hannes Frey <frey(a)UNI-KOBLENZ.DE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive duplicates of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS MobiHoc 2016 The Seventeenth International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2016 05-08, July,2016 Paderborn, Germany ACM MobiHoc is a premier conference with a highly selective single-track technical program dedicated to addressing the challenges emerging from dynamic networks and computing. Work that presents new performance evaluation methods and algorithms and obtains fundamental insights into computer and networked systems is encouraged. The specific areas of interest include methodologies, formalisms, algorithms and systems for: - Dynamic networks broadly defined, such as communication, wireless, social, energy and transportation networks - Analytical modeling techniques and model validation - Performance, scalability, power and reliability analysis - Capacity planning, resource allocation, run time management and scheduling - Anomaly detection, system measurement, monitoring and forecasting - Routing, scheduling, resource allocation, and energy efficiency - Scaling laws and fundamental limits - Communication and networking aspects of cyber-physical systems - Trust, security, and privacy - Quality of service, total cost of ownership and pricing - Applications of game theory, economics and control theory to dynamic networks - Big data and machine learning in the context of dynamic networks - Applications, middleware, transport, network, and MAC protocols - Measurements from deployed and experimental systems All papers submitted to the conference will be considered for a Best Paper Award. Paper Submission Guidelines --------------------------- Papers should not exceed 10 pages (US letter size) double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Papers must be submitted electronically in printable pdf form. Templates for the standard ACM format can be found at this link. Both strict and alternate styles are acceptable for submission. No changes to margins, spacing, or font sizes are allowed from those specified by the style files. Papers violating the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. All submissions will be reviewed using a double-blind review process. The identity of authors and referees will not be revealed to each other. To ensure a blind review, the authors' names and affiliations should not appear in the paper or the pdf file; bibliographic references should be made in a way that preserves author anonymity; acknowledgments and support information should not be included. In case there is a need to refer to a technical report that includes, for example, proofs, an anonymous link should be provided (for example, using Dropbox). Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the ACM. Warning: It is ACM policy not to allow double submissions, where the same paper is submitted to more than one conference/journal concurrently. Any double submissions detected will be immediately rejected from all conferences/journals involved. Important Dates --------------- Abstract Submission: 8 January 2016 (11:59pm EST) Paper Submission: 15 January 2016 (11:59pm EST) Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2016 Conference: 5-8 July 2016 Organizing committee -------------------- General Chair Falko Dressler (University of Paderborn) Vice General Chair Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide (Heinz-Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn) TPC Co-Chairs Koushik Kar (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Srinivas Shakkottai (Texas A&M University) Steering Committee PR Kumar (Texas A&M University) Workshop Co-Chairs Linda Xie (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Emilio Leonardi (Politecnico di Torino) Panel Co-Chairs Yingying Chen (Stevens Institute of Technology) Carla Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino) Local Arrangement Co-Chairs Ulf-Peter Schroeder (Heinz-Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn) Student Travel Grant Chair Kaushik Chowdhury (Northeastern University) Web Co-Chairs Bastian Bloessl (University of Paderborn) Poster Co-Chairs Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University) Wenye Wang (North Carolina State University) Demo Co-Chairs Mo Li (Nanyang Technological University) Paolo Santi (Istituto di Informatica e Telematica del CNR) Finance Chair Christoph Sommer (University of Paderborn) Publicity Co-Chairs Hannes Frey (Universität Koblenz-Landau) Xinbing Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Marco Gruteser (Rutgers University) Publication Co-Chairs Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento) -- Prof. Dr. Hannes Frey AG Rechnernetze Universität Koblenz-Landau ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 1 week to deadline - CFP: Springer Annals of telecommunications Journal - SI on "Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet"
by Lars Wolf 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 1 week to deadline - CFP: Springer Annals of telecommunications Journal - SI on "Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet" Datum: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 15:15:56 +0300 Von: Abdelouahid Derhab <d.ouahid(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Abdelouahid Derhab <d.ouahid(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Please find below a call for papers for the Special Issue of the Springer Annals of telecommunications Journal on “Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet” Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement due to cross posting. ----------- *Annals of telecommunications Journal* (http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/12243) Impact Factor: 0.699, published by Springer, indexed in ISI and Scopus Databases *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Special Issue on* *Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology for the Future Internet* *(https://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.mines-telecom.fr/files/2015/07/CfP_SI_WMSTFI_final.pdf <https://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.mines-telecom.fr/files/2015/07/CfP_SI…>)* Advances in wireless technologies have transformed our societies and have become an integral part of how people live and conduct business. Moreover, many of the portable computation and communication devices and personal electronic gadgets have become loaded with a variety of sensing circuitry to improve user interaction and enable context aware operation. These wireless and mobile sensing devices integrate human with their environment more than we ever thought possible. Internetworking of wireless and mobile sensing devices constitutes the concept of the future internet or the internet of things, where a large heterogeneous set of these devices are closely coupled to enable an intelligent management of many aspects of our daily activities. Example applications include environmental monitoring, health-care, smart-home, smart-grids, and smart-cities The networking of these devices not only provides a flexible and robust information gathering platform, but also greatly improves the reliability and efficiency of contemporary manufacturing, scientific and military systems. The objective of this special issue is to report on the latest research results and exciting developments on Wireless and Mobile Sensing Technology in the Future Internet (WMSTFI). Topics of interest include but are not limited to: · WMSTFI architectures, protocols, and algorithms. · Integration and coexistence strategies of heterogeneous wireless networks. · Data management in WMSTFI. · WMSTFI performance, simulation, modeling and case studies. · Security and safety issues. · New applications for WMSTFI. · WMSTFI prototypes and test-beds. · Mobility Management in WMSTFI. · Power-Aware, Low-Power and Energy-Efficient Designs. · QoS Management and Quality-of-Service Issues. · MAC layer design for wireless sensor networks and WMSTFI. · Developments platforms and tool support for WMSTFI. · Integration of RFID and wireless sensor networks. · Integration of IP6-based wireless sensor networks with Smartphones. · Integration of cloud-based platforms with WMSTFI. · WMSTFI for smart applications. · Participatory sensing and crowd sourcing · Machine-to-Machine communications *Guest Editors* § *Abdelouahid Derhab*, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia § *Mohamed Guerroumi*, USTHB University, Algeria § *Mohamed Younis*, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA All papers must be submitted at the Editorial manager site https://www.editorialmanager.com/ante/. A guide for authors in preparing their papers is available at https://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.minestelecom.fr/how-to-publish/. During the submission process authors should identify that the paper is for the special issue “Wireless & Mobile Sensing Techno”. *Proposed schedule* • Manuscript submission January 10, 2016 • First Decision Notification April 10, 2016 • Revised Paper Submission June 10, 2016 • Final Decision August 10, 2016 • Final Manuscript Due September 10, 2016 • Online with DOI As soon as accepted • Printed issue January-June 2017 -- Dr. Abdelouahid Derhab | Assistant Professor Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) Phone (+966) 1 469 7350 Fax (+966) 1 469 6452 P.O Box 92144 ~ Riyadh 11653 http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/abderhab CoEIA web site: http://coeia.edu.sa, King Saud University web site: http://www.ksu.edu.sa King Saud University Saudi Arabia ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Access Journal -- Special Section on "Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research"
by Lars Wolf 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Access Journal -- Special Section on "Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research" Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 21:43:27 -0500 Von: Mubashir Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Mubashir Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear All, Please find below a call for papers for IEEE Access. Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ----------- CALL FOR PAPERS Special Section in IEEE Access Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research Submission Deadline: January 30, 2016 This CFP can be seen at the website of IEEE Access at http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/ieee_access/SSA_bod… IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of "Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research" Recent advancements in integrated circuits, wireless communication, and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology has enabled low power, nano-technology sensor nodes strategically deployed on the human body to be used by different applications, such as health monitoring. This new area of research is known as Body Area Networks (BAN). BAN applications cover a wide area such as sports, entertainment, military, ubiquitous health care, and many other areas. BAN has multiple opportunities of interdisciplinary research where researchers from different areas of science and technology jointly put their efforts to improve the human body monitoring and performance. Due to these joint efforts, BAN is now evolving into Body Area Nano Networks (BANNs). The BANNs are further extended with Internet of Nano Things and Internet of Bio-Nano Things technologies. The objective of this Special Section in IEEE Access is to showcase the most recent advances in interdisciplinary research areas encompassing BAN. This Special Section will bring together researchers from diverse fields and specializations, such as communications engineering, computer science, electrical, and electronics engineering, educators, mathematicians, medical, and specialists in areas related to BAN. We invite researchers from academia, industry, and government to discuss challenging ideas, novel research contributions, demonstration results, and standardization efforts on the BAN and related areas. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: Body Area Networks ------------------------------ Context and situation awareness Sensory augmentation Motion detection and activity recognition E-Health systems and electronic medical records Hardware architecture and implementation Medical imaging and patient diagnostic systems Human body communication International standards and regulatory matters Physiological parameters, measurements Communication Architecture of BANs (Intra-BAN, Inter-BAN, Beyond-BAN) BAN addressing and routing protocols MAC Layer protocols for BANs Cross layer routing protocols for BANs Radio technologies for BANs, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Ultra-wideband, etc. Radio coexistence and robustness Various kinds of BANs Signal/information processing and communication models for BANs BAN architectures and protocols Power-efficient communications Wireless energy transfer Sensing and actuation in BANs Software engineering and systems engineering for BANs Modeling, simulations and empirical experiments Design and performance issues Tools, testbeds and deployment issues Standardization of BANs Delay-tolerance, fault-tolerance and reliability in BANs Body Area Networks Applications ------------------------------------------------ Pervasive health care and patient monitoring Ambient assisted living Tele-medicine systems Wearable health monitoring Aiding professional and amateur sports training New medical diagnostics and treatments Real time streaming Entertainment applications Emergency (non-medical) Cloud Computing and BANs ---------------------------------------- Cloud-based BAN healthcare solutions Healthcare based cloud deployment models Offloading and networking in healthcare using cloud Cloud governance in health environments Tools and technologies in BANs, pervasive and sensor technologies that make use of cloud facilities Cloud-based usage analytics /event management Mobility challenges in implementing BAN integrated mobile cloud systems Image Processing techniques to securely transmit the BAN data to cloud Encrypted storage of healthcare related BAN data in cloud Access controls, roles, and application-based access to cloud specific records Standardizations Security and Privacy for BANs -------------------------------------------- Security and trust establishment for BANs Lightweight privacy preserving protocol design for data sensing, transmission and processing Physical layer security in BANs Cross layer design for security, privacy and trust in BANs Biometrics security for BANs Security threats/ attacks and their mitigations in BAN Theoretical security design using game theory or information theory Body Area Nano Networks (BANNs) Intra-body channel modeling and capacity analysis Modulation and channel coding Routing and MAC Protocols for BANNs Mathematical modeling of biochemical, and/or electrochemical processes Neuronal communication network analysis Noise analysis in action potential propagation Computer simulation of neuronal networks Nanoscale neuronal interfaces Nano-device and nano-antennas design for BANNs Nanomaterial- and metamaterial-based nano-antennas for BANNs Nano-antenna arrays for BANNs Signal generators & detectors for BANNs Modulators & demodulators for BANNs Nano-processors and nano-memories, filters & amplifiers for BANNs Nano-batteries and energy harvesting Nano-sensors and electromagnetic nanoparticles Applications of BANNs Nano-sensing for health monitoring Human life enhancement Electromagnetic interference (EMI) analysis for BANNs Application case studies and testbeds BAN integrated Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNTs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Molecular communication enabled BAN integrated IoBNTs Channel modeling for molecular communication, including open and fluidic environments and intra-/inter-cellular propagation Information theory for nanoscale communication networks of BAN integrated IoBNTs Communication theoretical approaches for BAN integrated IoBNTs Deployment and topology management in BAN integrated IoBNTs Network architecture and protocols for BAN integrated IoBNTs Experiments, implementation, and testbeds for BAN integrated IoBNTs Interfaces among BAN integrated nanoscale communication networks Energy efficiency in BAN integrated nanoscale communication networks Nano-computing paradigms, including neuromorphic computing, DNA and molecular computing, membrane computing and quantum computing Security and trust establishment for BAN integrated IoBNTs GUEST EDITORS OF THE SPECIAL SECTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Associate Editor and Lead Guest Editor COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Email: mshrehmani(a)gmail.com * Ejaz Ahmed University of Malaya, Malaysia Email: imejaz(a)gmail.com * Samee U. Khan North Dakota State University, USA Email: samee.khan(a)ndsu.edu * Milena Radenkovic University of Nottingham, UK Email: milena.radenkovic(a)nottingham.ac.uk IEEE Access Editor in Chief: Michael Pecht, Professor and Director, CALCE, University of Maryland SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------------- Submit manuscript to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ieee-access We also highly recommend the submission of multimedia with each article as it significantly increases the visibility and usage of articles. For information regarding IEEE Access including its publication policy and fees, please visit the website http://www.ieee.org/ieee-access ABOUT IEEE ACCESS ---------------------------------- IEEE Access is a multidisciplinary, applications-oriented, all-electronic archival journal continuously presenting the results of original research or development across all of IEEE's fields of interest. Supported by author publication fees, its hallmarks are a rapid peer review and publication process with open access to all readers. For information regarding IEEE Access including its publication policy and fees, please visit the website https://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/ieee_access.html ================================================= Mubashir Husain Rehmani Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine Associate Editor, IEEE Access Associate Editor, Elsevier CAEE and JNCA Journals Associate Editor, Springer Wireless Networks Associate Editor, AHSWN Journal and JCN Journal Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Pakistan Tel: +92-333-3052764 https://sites.google.com/site/mshrehmani/ ================================================= ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP ACM MobiCom 2016
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP ACM MobiCom 2016 Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:42:31 +0100 Von: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> Antwort an: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ACM MobiCom 2016 Call for Papers http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2016/ As the premier conference on mobile computing and wireless networking, MobiCom 2016 solicits full papers (limited to 12 pages excluding references) that focus on the theory, system, practice, and challenge of providing users with an enriched and ubiquitous mobile or wireless experience. At its core, we solicit papers that address important challenges in access/communication, energy, computing, security and user experience as it applies to wireless networking and mobile computing. We strongly encourage papers on emerging mobile/wireless topics including but not limited to next generation (5G) mobile networks, Internet of things, machine-to-machine communications, visible light communication, novel access paradigms/modalities, smart devices, wearable computing, and mobile data science/analysis. We also invite papers that integrate mobile/wireless research with innovations in cloud computing and software defined networking. Successful papers will address real research challenges through theoretical analysis, novel system design, and/or real-world measurement and deployment of mobile networks, systems and applications. The program committee will evaluate each paper using metrics that are appropriate for the topic area. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. In addition to regular, full research papers, the conference also invites submission in the following categories: Experience Papers The conference invites submission of short papers (limited to 8 pages excluding references) that present extensive experiences with implementation, deployment, and operations of mobile systems and wireless networks. Desirable papers are expected to contain real data as well as description of the practical lessons learned. The experiences papers will be evaluated by the MobiCom technical program committee, primarily for (i) the richness of their data or experiences, (ii) inferences drawn or lessons learned, (iii) discovery of new problems, and (iv) their impact on current and future mobile systems and wireless networks as well as on the society. Note that a paper that builds a system and presents a limited experimental evaluation is not suitable as an experience paper. The selected experience papers will be a part of the MobiCom technical program and will be published in the conference proceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the f! ull papers. The title of these papers must have the prefix "Experience:". Challenge Papers The conference also invites submission of short papers (limited to 8 pages excluding references) that present revolutionary new ideas or that challenge existing assumptions prevalent among the wireless research community. These "challenges papers" should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues and/or influence the direction of future research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenges papers will be reviewed by the MobiCom technical program committee and will be part of the technical program and published in the MobiCom proceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must have the prefix "Challenge:". Paper Submission Instructions All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their full paper. Any papers that do not adhere to the following guidelines will be immediately rejected: • Full papers - Maximum of 12 pages excluding references (i.e. submissions may include as many additional pages as needed for references) • Experience/Challenge Papers - Maximum of 8 pages excluding references • Font size no smaller than 10 points • Double column format with each column having dimensions 9.25 inches x 3.33 inches, a space of 0.33 inches between the two columns, and with no more than 55 lines of text per column • Fit properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5 inches x 11 inches) • Authors' names must not appear anywhere in the paper or in the PDF file. The PDF file must also not contain any hyper-links. All submitted papers would be evaluated through a double-blind reviewing process, with the identities of the authors withheld from the reviewers. Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs (at mobicom2016 "dot" tpcchairs "at" gmail "dot" com). Awards All accepted regular papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The program committee will select a number of candidates for the award among accepted regular papers. The winner will be selected at the conference, taking into consideration both the paper and the presentation. We will also have an award called the Best Community Paper Award. Among all accepted regular papers, the program committee will select one that contributes the most to the broader research community in terms of real data or new software/hardware or artifacts. Video Presentation The authors of each accepted paper will be asked to submit a short 1-minute video to introduce the research presented in their paper to the general public. These videos will be placed on the conference website up to two weeks before the conference, and will be played during the conference. A selected set will be featured by the social media channels related to the conference. A Best Video Award will be given at the conference. Important Dates Abstracts submission due: 5PM EST, March 8, 2016 Paper submissions due: 5PM EDT, March 15, 2016 (Note the switch to daylight savings time on Mar 13 in the US) Notification of acceptance: June 13, 2016 Camera-ready due: July 15, 2016 Video submission due: Aug 26, 2016 Proceedings publication date: October 3, 2016 Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs: Yingying Chen (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) Marco Gruteser (Rutgers University, USA) TPC Co-Chairs: Y. Charlie Hu (Purdue University, USA) Karthik Sundaresan (NEC Labs Princeton, USA) Steering Committee: Victor Bahl (Chair) (Microsoft Research, USA) Suman Benerjee (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Ramesh Govindan (University of Southern California, USA) David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA) Kang Shin (University of Michigan, USA) -- Prof. Dr. Falko Dressler Distributed Embedded Systems University of Paderborn, Germany http://www.ccs-labs.org/~dressler/ ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN '16 Call for Demos and Posters
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN '16 Call for Demos and Posters Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 20:22:43 +0800 Von: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> Antwort an: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2016) draws upon many disciplines including networking, signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases, information management, distributed algorithms, embedded systems, wireless communications, and machine learning. In addition to full-length technical papers, IPSN welcomes exciting demonstrations of novel sensor network technology, applications, and hardware as well as posters showing promising early work. IPSN seeks 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. 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. ________________________________ Posters 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. If you have any questions, please contact the poster co-chairs: Lu Su (SUNY Buffalo) and Tian He (University of Minnesota) ________________________________ Demos 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). The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract. The videos will be linked from the conference program on the IPSN 2015 home page. If you have any questions, please contact the demo co-chairs: Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang (Columbia University) and Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and SICS, Sweden) ________________________________ Formatting Guideline Poster and demonstration abstracts should be submitted as PDF files and be formatted using ACM SIG Proceedings Tighter Alternate Style. Poster and demonstration abstracts are at most 2 pages, including figures, tables, and references. Poster abstracts should follow the same format but should include a thumbnail of the planned poster as a third page. If a demonstration requires special arrangements, please describe them clearly in your submission using a separate third page. (This third page is not part of the technical content of the abstract and can be formatted at discretion of the authors). Abstracts need not be anonymous. Please make sure you use the latest version of the templates to prepare your submissions. Due to the short interval between the notification of acceptance and the camera-ready deadline, we strongly encourage authors to follow the camera-ready formatting guidelines as close as possible even for the initial abstract submission. ________________________________ Important Dates Poster and Demo Submission: February 7, 2016 (11.59 PM, US PDT) Notification of Acceptance: February 12, 2016 Camera-Ready Abstracts Due: February 25, 2016 ________________________________ Poster/Demo Submissions http://ipsn.acm.org/2016/posters.html?v=1 ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP special issue in Mobile Information Systems
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP special issue in Mobile Information Systems Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 18:27:09 +0100 Von: Daniel Gutiérrez Reina <d.gutierrez.reina(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Daniel Gutiérrez Reina <d.gutierrez.reina(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Application of UAVs in Mobile and Wireless NetworksCall for Papers The increasing developments in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have raised a wide range of possible applications, many of which take advantage of their communication capabilities with wireless and mobile devices. Today UAVs are equipped with many onboard sensors such as instrument measurement units (IMUs), global positioning systems (GPS), lasers, and cameras. Using this information, UAVs can work cooperatively in groups or swarms through a wide variety of scenarios, raising important challenges in their cooperative decision making and control. However, the collected context information from these sensors can also be transmitted and shared via wireless multihop communications with not only other UAVs, but also ground control stations and people on the ground. The new generation of smartphones and tablets is capable of establishing wireless communications and sensing a huge number of context variables. Thus, it is possible to plan cooperative missions that comprise both UAVs and other unmanned or manned ground devices, including tablets and smartphones. The cooperation of UAVs with the citizens carrying the portable devices will lead to a plethora of novel applications related to, for example, public protection, aerial monitoring, and transportation of goods. The purpose of this special issue is to publish high quality research papers related to novel applications of UAVs and mobile and wireless networks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: - Cooperative tactical movements, mobility models, and decision making of UAVs in monitoring applications - Collision and obstacle avoidance using context information - Wireless communication technologies for UAV based applications - Data processing and fusion from UAVs, including artificial intelligence and data mining based strategies - Novel cooperative decisions and control systems, including formation reconfiguration - Communications protocols for UAVs: routing, broadcasting, and data dissemination - Integration and interoperability of wireless UAVs with other wireless multihop ad hoc networks such as MANETs, VANETs, and DTNs - Application of UAVs in disaster scenarios - Multiple UAVs path planning with collision avoidance - UAV-WSN cooperative localization - Context-aware information systems using UAVs - Monitoring applications (aerial photography and video) using UAVs - Simulation, prototypes, and real experimentation of UAV based applications Authors can submit their manuscripts via the Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/misy/auav/. Manuscript DueFriday, 3 June 2016First Round of ReviewsFriday, 26 August 2016Publication DateFriday, 21 October 2016 Lead Guest Editor - Sergio Toral <storal(a)us.es>, University of Seville, Seville, Spain Guest Editors - Daniel G. Reina <dgutierrezreina(a)us.es>, University of Seville, Seville, Spain - Tracy Camp <tcamp(a)mines.edu>, School of Mines, Colorado, USA - Nik Bessis <nik.bessis(a)edgehill.ac.uk>, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK -- Cordiales Saludos / Best Regards, D. G. Reina, PhD. http://investigacion.us.es/sisius/sis_showpub.php?idpers=15653 https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=-BCyV50AAAAJ&hl=en ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 11:59:28 -0500 Von: Annalisa Socievole <socievolea(a)DIMES.UNICAL.IT> Antwort an: Annalisa Socievole <socievolea(a)DIMES.UNICAL.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *** Our Sincere Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message *** DEADLINE EXTENSION: ___________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier - Computer Networks Journal Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ The pervasive presence of mobile personal devices with communication and computation capabilities together with the massive use of online social network systems (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, etc.) are increasingly creating a cyber-physical space where users can interact exploiting and generating information. Enriched with several sensing capabilities and networking interfaces, today’s portable devices are enabling new ways of communication including Mobile Networking in Proximity (MNP). This network mode complements the classic scenario with Internet coverage enlarging the range of functionalities of these devices through short-range communications (e.g., Bluetooth, WiFi Direct, etc.) in situations where Internet may not be available. When two devices are in proximity, they could still share information without the need of continual Internet connectivity just exploiting the meeting opportunities and activating an opportunistic hop-by-hop forwarding towa! rds the destination. In this view, the social-aware or social-inspired mobile networking research is increasingly underlining the benefits and the need of having knowledge of the social behavior of users for the MNP design. On one hand, the social behavior of mobile nodes can be extracted from mobility. On the other hand, also online social network interactions may provide information about user’s social behavior. As such, the convergence between the two worlds, the physical offline one made by mobile devices and the cyber online one made by the online social networks is getting more and more important, opening a novel and interesting research field with many challenging issues. The goal of this Computer Networks Special Issue is to solicit the research closely related to the mobile and social networking reporting advances on approaches, methods, and applications envisioning and addressing the challenges in this field. Topics of Interest __________________ * Social-aware modeling, design and development of routing algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Trust, security and privacy, incentive mechanisms, reputation systems and key management algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Social metrics for network operation * Participatory mobile sensing, crowd sourcing and social media mining integration algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Application of mixed physical and online social network sensing * Comparison of human social behavior in online and offline social networks over MNP and its evolution over time * Impact of online social behavior on MNP algorithms * Design of cyber-physical applications for MNP based on behavioral models * Graph analysis applied to cyber-physical MNP * Novel distributed solutions for designing, supporting and operating cyber-physical MNP * Real experiences and experiments with cyber-physical MNP Submission Details __________________ Submissions will be judged based on their originality, novelty, and quality. Submissions must not substantially overlap with papers that have been previously published or are currently submitted for publication. The submission must be clearly written and in excellent English, with a maximum page limit of 20 pages. All received submissions within the scope of the issue will be sent out for peer review by three experts in the field and will be evaluated with respect to the relevance to this special issue, level of innovation, depth of contribution, and quality of presentation. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ Manuscripts should be submitted on line through http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ with Cyber-physical MNP selected as the article type. Important Dates _______________ Paper Submission Due: January 15, 2016 Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2016 Revised Papers Due: June 15, 2016 Final Author Notification:July 15, 2016 Publication Target Date: September 2016 Guest Editors _____________ * Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy (derango(a)dimes.unical.it) * Annalisa Socievole, University of Calabria, Italy (a.socievole(a)dimes.unical.it) * Athanasios Vasilakos, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (athanasios.vasilakos(a)ltu.se) * Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, United Kingdom, (eiko.yoneki(a)cl.cam.ac.uk) * Artur Ziviani, National Laboratory for Scientific Computing, Brazil, (ziviani(a)lncc.br) ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special session on "Industrial Wireless Networking" at IEEE INDIN 2016.
by Lars Wolf 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special session on "Industrial Wireless Networking" at IEEE INDIN 2016. Datum: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:47:01 +0000 Von: Gidlund Mikael <mikael.gidlund(a)MIUN.SE> Antwort an: Gidlund Mikael <mikael.gidlund(a)MIUN.SE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics INDIN'16, 18-20 July 2016, Poitiers, France Special Session on "Industrial Wireless Networking" organized by Prof Mikael Gidlund, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Dr Johan Åkerberg, ABB Corporate Research, Sweden Call for Papers Theme: Wireless communication is very appealing for a broad range of automation applications, including industrial process monitoring and control, home and factory automation, environmental, building and structural monitoring and energy management. Wireless communications in the automation domain impose a number of research challenges, such as communication reliability, bandwidth management, latency issues and energy efficiency. In dynamic environments, very challenging research issues arrive when non-functional properties, such as real-time behavior and adaptability, must be enforced. We solicit technical papers describing original ideas, theory, methodology and experiences from the design, implementation and deployment of wireless systems for industrial automation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Advanced network architectures and standards for industrial sensor and actuator networks · Protocols for reliable and real-time wireless communication · Integration and coexistence of heterogeneous wireless networks · Wireless sensor and actuator networks performance, simulation, RF measurements, modeling and case studies · Control over wireless networks · Security and safety issues in industrial wireless networks · Emerging wireless concepts, such as related to Internet-of-Things, for industrial applications Submissions Procedure: All the instructions for paper submission are included in the conference website : http://ieee-indin2016.sciencesconf.org/. A good quality paper may be considered for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics subjects to further rounds of review Reception of full paper: 15 February, 2016 Paper acceptance notification: 10 April, 2016 Camera ready paper reception: 1 May, 2016 ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities – Deadline: 29th February 2016
by Lars Wolf 24 Dec '15

24 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities – Deadline: 29th February 2016 Datum: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 04:13:35 -0500 Von: Ejaz Ahmed <imejaz(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Ejaz Ahmed <imejaz(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Please find below information related to our feature topic ''Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities” in the IEEE Communications Magazine. Kindly consider submitting your relevant work to this feature topic. Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement due to cross posting. Information related to this feature topic is given below. FEATURE TOPIC: ENABLING MOBILE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART CITIES URL: http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/enabling-mobile-and-wireless-technologies-… CALL FOR PAPERS Due to advancements in communication and computing technologies, smart cities have become main innovation agenda of research organizations, technology vendors, and governments. To make a city smart, a strong communication infrastructure is required for connecting smart objects, people, and sensors together. Smart city communication involves multiple aggregation and access networks that can be either public or private. The rapid progress in smart cities research is posing enormous challenges in terms of significance, scope, and problem domain. Smart cities rely on wireless and mobile technologies for providing services such as healthcare assistance, security and safety, real-time traffic monitoring, and managing the environment, to name a few. Such applications have been a main driving force in development of smart cities. These mobile and wireless technologies enable several new services that result into better decision making and actions made by enterprises and governments.! Without the appropriate communication networks, it is really difficult for a city to facilitate its citizens in sustainable, efficient, and safer manner/environment. Considering the significance of mobile and wireless technologies for realizing the vision of smart cities, there is a need for conducting research to further investigate the standardization efforts and explore different issues/challenges in the wireless technologies, mobile computing and smart environments. This FT focuses on the crossroads between scientists, industry practitioners, and researchers from different domains in the wireless technologies, mobile computing and smart environments. We envision to provide a platform for researchers to further explore the domain and explore the challenges. In this FT, we invite researchers from academia, industry, and government to discuss challenging ideas, novel research contributions, demonstration results, and standardization efforts on enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities. FOCUS FOR THE FT In this FT we would like to try to answer some (or all) of the following questions: How mobile and wireless technologies can improve the performance and services provided by smart cities? How to evaluate the impact of mobile and wireless technologies on smart cities services? What are the key mobile and wireless technological challenges that hinder the development of smart cities? How to standardize the wireless interfaces of devices for communication in smart cities? Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Resource and network management in smart cities • Quality of Service mechanisms for wireless networks in smart cities • Integration and co-existence of technologies and networks for smart cities • Interoperability between heterogeneous networks of smart cities • Topology and mobility management in smart cities • Energy-aware wireless protocols and algorithms for smart cities • Sensing technologies and applications for smart cities • Wireless networks for smart city surveillance and management • Experimental network measurements and characterization for smart cities data traffic • Security and privacy concerns in smart cities SUBMISSIONS Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the global communications technology community. They should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations may be allowed). In general, however, mathematics should be avoided; instead, references to papers containing the relevant mathematics should be provided. Articles should not exceed 4500 words (from introduction through conclusions, excluding figures, tables and captions). Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of references is recommended not to exceed 15. Complete guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts are posted at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please send a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or lo! g in, and go to Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select "December 2016/Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities" as the Feature Topic category for your submission. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission: 29th February 2016 Decision Notification: 30th June 2016 Final Manuscript Submission: 15th September 2016 Expected Publication Date: December 2016 GUEST EDITORS Ejaz Ahmed University of Malaya, Malaysia imejaz(a)gmail.com Muhammad Imran King Saud University, Saudi Arabia dr.m.imran(a)ieee.org Mohsen Guizani Qatar University, Qatar mguizani(a)ieee.org Ammar Rayes Cisco Systems, USA rayes(a)cisco.com Jaime Lloret Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es Guangjie Han Hohai University, China hanguangjie(a)ieee.org Wael Guibene Intel Labs, Ireland wael.guibene(a)intel.com Kind Regards, Ejaz Ahmed Senior Researcher, High Impact Research Project, Centre for Mobile Cloud Computing Research (C4MCCR), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email IDs: imejaz(a)gmail.com, ejazahmed(a)ieee.org Personal Website: www.ejazahmed.com Official Website: http://mobcc.fsktm.um.edu.my/index.php/Ejaz_Ahmed ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Impact of Next-Generation Mobile Technologies on IoT-Cloud Convergence
by Lars Wolf 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Impact of Next-Generation Mobile Technologies on IoT-Cloud Convergence Datum: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:36:25 +0600 Von: Al-Sakib Khan Pathan <sakib.pathan(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Al-Sakib Khan Pathan <sakib.pathan(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *CALL FOR PAPERS* *IEEE Communications Magazine* Feature Topic: *Impact of Next-Generation Mobile Technologies on IoT-Cloud Convergence* *URL: * http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/impact-next-generation-mobile-technologies… In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought the vision of a more connected world into reality with emerging volume of data and numerous services that are delivered via heterogeneous access networks. At the same time, Cloud Computing came into play to offer enormous storage, computing facilities and data sharing opportunities. However, the convergence of IoT and Cloud can provide new opportunities for both technologies. It can open a new horizon of ubiquitous sensing, interconnection of devices, service sharing, and provisioning to support better communication and collaboration among people and things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. It can also support powerful processing and storage facilities of huge IoT data streams (big data) beyond the capability of individual “things”, as well as to provide automated decision making in real time. Thus, such convergence can enable the development of new innovative applications in various emerging areas such as smart cities, smart grids, smart healthcare and others to improve all aspects of life. While researchers have been making advances in the study of IoT and cloud convergence, very little attention has been given to the impact of next generation mobile and wireless networking technologies such as 5G wireless networks, software-defined networking (SDN), and cloud radio access networks (Cloud RAN) on this convergence paradigm. The next generation networking technologies will be the success factor for realizing this convergence since they will contribute to facilitate resource constrained devices to communicate efficiently with faster data generation and processing as well as improve QoS/QoE in data transmission. In addition, it can pave the way for a new form of interaction between IoT and Cloud by supporting better spectral efficiency, network capacity, mobility and coverage. This FT (Feature Topic) targets a mixed audience of researchers and investigators from several communities and research fields, including those from communications, networks, IoT, multimedia signal processing, distributed and cloud computing as well as other related disciplines to share and exchange new concepts, ideas, principles, and methodologies, aiming to advance the convergence paradigm. We seek high quality papers, which, have not been published elsewhere and have scientific value relevant to topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following: - Next generation wireless communication architectures and protocols for IoT- Cloud - Resource allocation, management and configurations for IoT-Cloud over 5G - IoT big data storage, processing, analysis in Cloud over 5G - Cloud-based IoT mobility management and QoE/QoS enhancement - Cloud RAN and spectrum management for IoT - Cloud-centric software defined wireless networking architecture for IoT - Test bed and experimental platforms of IoT deployed in Cloud environment over 5G - Cloud computing and virtualization for IoT networking infrastructure supporting 5G - 5G-supported wireless network test-beds, simulators, open-source codes, and tools for IoT - Data security, privacy and reliability scheme for the combined IoT- Cloud - Innovative applications and communication protocols for the combination of IoT and Cloud in various fields (e.g., health, multimedia bigdata and so forth) *SUBMISSIONS* Articles should be tutorial in nature and written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Authors must follow IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts. Complete guidelines for prospective authors are found at: http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines It is important to note that IEEE Communications Magazine strongly limits mathematical content, and the number of figures and tables. Paper length (introduction through conclusions) should not exceed 4,500 words. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee) by the deadline. *IMPORTANT DATES* Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 15, 2016 Decision Notification: August 15, 2016 Final Manuscript Due Date: October 15, 2016 FT Publication Date: January 2017 *GUEST EDITORS* *M. Shamim Hossain* King Saud University, KSA mshossain(a)ksu.edu.sa *Changsheng Xu* Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China csxu(a)nlpr.ia.ac.cn *Ying Li* IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA yingli(a)us.ibm.com *Al-Sakib Khan Pathan* UAP and SEU, Bangladesh/ Islamic University in Madinah, KSA spathan(a)ieee.org *Josu Bilbao* IK4-IKERLAN, Spain JBilbao(a)ikerlan.es *Wenjun Zeng* Microsoft Research, Asia wezeng(a)microsoft.com *Abdulmotaleb El Saddik* University of Ottawa Canada elsaddik(a)uottawa.ca ========================================================== -- *Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Ph.D., SMIEEE* Adjunct Faculty (Associate Prof. level), Southeast University, Bangladesh Visiting Faculty (Fall-2015), University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh *Also, affiliated with (as a Faculty member):* Faculty of Computer and Information Systems Islamic University in Madinah, Madinah al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: spathan(a)ieee.org, sakib.pathan(a)gmail.com URL: https://sites.google.com/site/spathansite/ ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [15th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless AdHoc-Now from July 4th to 6th 2016 in Lille France] Call For Papers
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [15th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless AdHoc-Now from July 4th to 6th 2016 in Lille France] Call For Papers Datum: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:21:36 +0100 Von: Abdoul Aziz Mbacke <aziz.mbacke(a)INRIA.FR> Antwort an: Abdoul Aziz Mbacke <aziz.mbacke(a)INRIA.FR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS ADHOC NOW 2016 The 15 th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc Now) 2016, Lille, France Wireless Networks are becoming a necessity covering a wide range of application domains which include smart environments, health care, industry, precision agriculture, multimedia applications and intelligent transport systems, etc. This advancement in wireless and mobile technologies introduces new challenging issues. Since its creation in 2002, the International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now) has become a well‐established and well known event dedicated to wireless and mobile computing. It serves as a forum for interesting discussions on ongoing research and new contributions. The conference addresses both experimental and theoretical research in the areas of ad hoc networks, sensor networks, mesh networks and vehicular networks. It focuses on all issues from link layer up to the application layer. The fifteenth (15 th ) edition of ADHOC‐NOW will be organized from July 4 th to 6 th 2016 in Lille, France . We seek original contributions as work in progress, experimental and theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad‐Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. * The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) . * Submission deadline : February 07 th , 2016 * Author notification : March 07 th , 2016 * Camera ready paper submission and registration : April 22 nd , 2016 * Conference date : July 4 th – 6 th , 2016 * Conference venue : Lille, France Submissions must not be published or under review for another conference or journal. We are interested, but not limited to, research papers in any of the following areas: * Access Control * Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems * Algorithmic Issues * Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation * Ad Hoc Network Applications and Architectures * Delay-Tolerant Networking * Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks * Energy Efficiency * Geometric Graphs * Location Discovery and Management * Mobility Handling and Utilization * Wireless Mesh Networks * Big Data Inspired Data Sensing * Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms * Systems and Testbeds * Mobile Social Networking * Quality-of-Service * Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) * Secure Services and Protocols * Sensor Networks * Self-Configuration * Service Discovery * Timing Synchronization * Vehicular Networks * Wireless Internet * Processing and Networking Technologies Complexity and Computational Issues * Prototype systems and real-world deployment experiences For further information please visit: https://project.inria.fr/AdHocNow2016 ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid special section on "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security"
by Lars Wolf 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid special section on "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security" Datum: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:26:49 +0100 Von: cfp 2015 <sgcps2015(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: cfp 2015 <sgcps2015(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call for Papers IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid special section on "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security" Smart grid proactively uses state-of-the-art information technologies in communications, computing, and control to improve efficiency, sustainability, stability, and security of the electrical grid. It is a complex and mission-critical network where real-time intelligence enhances performance in aspects encompassing power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption. Integration of advanced communications and control into the physical grid, unfortunately, may create vulnerabilities that can be readily exploited by adversaries to compromise the grid’s safety, through attacks such as data manipulation and false data injection. It is therefore imperative to understand the fundamentals and engineering aspects of cyber-physical mechanisms that can lead to critical failures. Based on this understanding, system designers and operators may implement robust defenses for attack detection, mitigation, and forensics to improve the grid’s reliability and resilience. At the same time, real-time and fine-grained sensing of information raises privacy concerns that must be addressed. We plan this special section to address the critical areas of cyber-physical security and privacy for smart grid. We welcome important research advances in both basic science and applied engineering. Survey papers on important topics that unify or significantly improve our understanding of complex and seemingly disparate nodes of knowledge, as well as real-world case studies and field experience of major practical value, are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Methodologies for modeling and assessment of smart grid cyber-physical security and privacy • Privacy protection and trust management • Intrusion detection and system integrity • Sensing and control for attack detection and mitigation • Secure and trustworthy demand-response management • SCADA and industrial control system (ICS) system security • Cyber-physical security of vehicle-to-grid systems • Cyber-physical security of energy storage and management systems • Cyber-physical security of distributed energy resources (DER) systems • Cyber-physical security of renewable energy systems (e.g., large-scale PV and wind farms) • Cyber-physical security of micro-grids and DC grids • Cyber-physical emergency and security control/management • Game theoretic, big data, and machine learning approaches for smart grid security • Economics and incentives for smart grid security and privacy • Authentication, key management, and access control This special issue solicits original work that is not under consideration for publication in other venues. Short papers of up to four pages are requested for the first round of reviews. Authors of selected short papers will be invited to submit full papers, of up to eight pages, in a second round of reviews. Prospective authors should refer to http://www.ieee-pes.org/publications/information-for-authors for guidelines on content and formatting of submissions. Please submit a PDF version of the short paper, including a cover letter with the authors' contact information, via e-mail to yanzhang(a)ieee.org by the deadline. Full papers should be submitted to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tsg-pes Important Dates • Feb 28th, 2016 Deadline for submission of short papers • Mar 30th, 2016 Completion of first-round of reviews • Aug 31st, 2016 Deadline for submission of full papers • Mar 31st, 2017 Notification of final decisions • Apr 15th, 2017 Publication materials are due Guest Editorial Board • Dr. Yan Zhang (Guest Editor-in-Chief), Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway. Email: yanzhang(a)ieee.org • Dr. David Yau, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. Email: david_yau(a)sutd.edu.sg • Dr. Saman Zonouz, Rutgers University, USA. Email: saman.zonouz(a)rutgers.edu • Dr. Dong (Kevin) Jin, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. Email: dong.jin(a)iit.edu • Dr. Meikang Qiu, Pace University, USA. Email: mqiu(a)pace.edu • Dr. Melike Erol-Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA. Email: merolkan(a)clarkson.edu Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Dr. Jianhui Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 2nd IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Computing 2016
by Lars Wolf 20 Dec '15

20 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 2nd IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Computing 2016 Datum: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 03:48:00 +0000 Von: Du Wan (Dr) <DuWan(a)NTU.EDU.SG> Antwort an: Du Wan (Dr) <DuWan(a)NTU.EDU.SG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG We apology for possible cross posting, and thank you for distributing this CFP (Call for Papers). The Second IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Computing (http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/wands/smartcity/) in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2016 (http://infocom2016.ieee-infocom.org/) (San Francisco, USA | 11 April, 2016) Scope of workshop: Urban computing is the communication and computation process to understand and coordinate the environment, systems, people and things in the city. Smart city infrastructures and systems as well as intelligent urban computing will help the city administrators better understand and react to the metropolitan needs and challenges, and will improve the operation of urban infrastructural systems. Information and communication systems will play a critical role in building smart cities and supporting comprehensive urban computing. There is a growing importance of ICT, social and environmental capital in profiling the competitiveness of cities . The main purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from both academia and industry in the field of systems, networking and communication to discuss major challenges, research problems, and potential applications to support smart cities and urban computing. It will provide an opportunity to share new findings, exchange ideas, discuss research challenges and report latest research efforts that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to * Application, deployment, testbed, and experiment experiences in smart cities * Network and system infrastructures that support smart cities * Sensing and Internet-of-Things (IoT) for smart cities and urban computing * Big data analytics for urban computing * Urban cyber physical systems * Delay tolerant networks and systems for urban data collection * E-health systems * Environment and urban monitoring * Enabling wireless and mobile technologies for smart cities * Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability in smart systems * Green systems and energy efficiency * Human behavior analysis and interaction with the urban systems * Mobile crowdsourcing for urban analytics * QoS and QoE of smart city systems, applications, and services * Social computing and networks * Smart grid * Smart transportation * Smart buildings * Safety, security, and privacy for smart cities * Smartphone and mobile systems and applications * Vehicular networks Publication Opportunity in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Selected high-quality papers may be invited to be fast-tracked for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics - Special Issue on “Internet-of-Things for Smart Cities and Urban Computing.” Submission Instruction We call for original and unpublished/unsubmitted papers no longer than 6 pages. 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 review process will be single blind (i.e., the authors’ identities will be known to the reviewers). Submission link: EDAS https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21743 Important Dates * Submission deadline: 8 Jan 2016 * Review deadline: 10 Feb 2016 * Notification: 15 Feb 2016 * Camera ready: 28 Feb 2016 General co-chairs: * Mo Li (Nanyang Technological University) * Mario Gerla (UCLA) TPC co-chairs: * Yanmin Zhu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) * Michele Zorzi (University of Padova) Best regards, Wan ------------------------------------------------------- Wan DU / 杜万 Research Fellow School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Net: http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/wands/dwan/ ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you. ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers : IEEE ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy. Submission Deadline 21 Jan 2016
by Lars Wolf 20 Dec '15

20 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers : IEEE ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy. Submission Deadline 21 Jan 2016 Datum: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:30:42 -0500 Von: Habib M. Ammari <ammari.habib(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Habib M. Ammari <ammari.habib(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 21th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2016) 27-30 June 2016, University of Messina, Messina, Italy http://www.ieee-iscc.org *** Submission Deadline: January 21th, 2016 *** ISCC 2016, in its 21st year, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2016 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to all the opportunities of computing, sensing and communication in the era of the integration of Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Big Data. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a panel/invited session, or a tutorial, related to the following indicative topics of interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * 5th Generation Networks * Access Networks * Advances in Internet Protocols * Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications * Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications * Bio-inspired Computing in Communications * Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics * Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) * Cognitive Radio Networking * Communications Services and Management * Connected Vehicles * Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things * Digital Media Technologies * Digital Satellite Communications Service * Distributed and Mobile Middleware * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * E-Commerce and E-Services * Economic and Regulatory Issues * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Fog Computing * Green Networking and Smart Grid * Grid and Cluster Computing * Human Language Technologies * Image Processing and Visualization * Internet of the Future * Internet of Things and Smart Cities * Internet Services and Applications * Management of Telecommunications and Networks * Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking * Modeling and Simulation * Network Design, Optimisation and Management * Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience * Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management * Optical Networking * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Security, Cryptography and Privacy * Sensor Networks and Mobile Sensing * Services and Support for Smart Cities * Social Networks, Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing * Software Defined Datacenters * Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization * Software Defined Smart Objects * Software Engineering * Standards Evolution * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures * Wireless Body Area Network and Wireless Health * Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 8 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Extended versions of selected best papers will be recommended for publication in a Special Issue of a prestigious International Journal. Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, on-line via the EDAS system: http://edas.info/N21787 IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g. removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Accepted papers will be included in IEEE-ISCC Proceedings, to be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon proper formatting (IEEE Xplore compliant) and a satisfactory standard of English. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon: * One of the authors registers and one of the registered authors presents the paper. * Payment is made and online copyright transfer form is signed and uploaded. * The paper follows given format and the PDF file is IEEE Xplore compliant * The standard of English is satisfactory In the last years, the IEEE-ISCC Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore have been indexed by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the IEEE ISCC one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. If you have any questions, please contact the Technical Program committee at: iscc2016(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:iscc2016@googlegroups.com> Important Dates: * Paper Submission Deadline: January 21, 2016 * Notification of paper acceptance: March 15, 2016 * Submission of camera-ready papers due: March 31, 2016 General Co-Chairs: * Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy * Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Technical Program Co-Chairs: * Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy * Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy * Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: * Maurizio Giacobbe, University of Messina, Italy * Davide Mulfari, University of Messina, Italy * Alfonso Panarello, University of Messina, Italy * Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Finance and Registration Co-Chairs: * Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Publication Co-Chairs: * Periklis Chatzimisios, Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece * Tolga Soyata, University of Rochester, USA Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs: * Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA * Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Industrial Co-Chairs: * Roberto di Bernardo, Engineering SPA, Italy * Carlos Roberto De Rolt, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina and BRy, Brazil * Prasad Saripalli, Edifecs, USA Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs: * Maria Fazio, University of Messina, Italy * Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada * Luiz Angelo Steffenel, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France Publicity Co-Chairs: * Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn * Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy * Alex Galis, University College London, United Kingdom * Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia * Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil * Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash University, Australia * Qing Yang, Montana State University, USA Steering Committee: * Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA * Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy * Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece * Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA * Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada * Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA * Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Portugal * Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Fwd: CFP: OSPERT 2016
by Lars Wolf 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP: OSPERT 2016 Datum: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:27:57 +0100 (CET) Von: gi-mitglieder-info(a)gi-ev.de An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de *CFP: OSPERT 2016* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - OSPERT 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 12th Annual Workshop on Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time Applications (OSPERT 2016) July 5th, 2016 Toulouse, France co-located with ECRTS'16 http://www.cs.hs-rm.de/~kaiser/events/ospert16/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSPERT is a forum for researchers and engineers working on (and with) Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOSs) to present recent advances in RTOS technology, to promote new and existing initiatives and projects, and to identify and discuss the challenges that lie ahead. The workshop, now in its eleventh year, provides the RTOS community with an opportunity to meet, to exchange ideas, to network, and to discuss future directions. OSPERT’16 strives for an inclusive and diverse program and solicits a range of varied contributions. To this end, the following types of submissions are sought: 1. proposals for stand-alone presentations (including talks on open problems, demos & tutorials, calls to action, etc.); 2. proposals for reports on empirical experiments (including replication studies, preliminary experiments preceding a full conference submission, and negative experience reports discussing failed approaches); and 3. technical papers (including short work-in-progress papers and full workshop papers). See http://www.cs.hs-rm.de/~kaiser/events/ospert16/formats.html for a detailed description of the different contribution formats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: April 28, 2016 Acceptance notification: May 27, 2016 Final manuscript deadline: June 10, 2016 Workshop: July 5, 2016 ECRTS'16: July 6-8, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND TOPICS OF INTEREST OSPERT'16 is open to all topics related to providing a reliable and efficient operating environment for real-time and embedded applications. Developers of embedded RTOSs are faced with many challenges arising from two opposite needs: on the one hand there is a need for extreme resource usage optimization (processor cycles, energy, network bandwidth, etc.), and an the other hand there are also increasing demands in terms of scalability, flexibility, isolation, adaptivity, reconfigurability, predictability, serviceability, and certifiability, to name a few. Further, while special-purpose RTOSs continue to be used for many embedded applications, real-time services are also increasingly introduced and used in general-purpose operating systems, and market pressures continue to blur the lines between the two formerly distinct classes of operating systems. Notable examples are the various flavors of real-time Linux that support time-sensitive applications, the emergence of commercial and open-source real-time hypervisors, as well as the growth in features and scope of embedded OS and middleware specifications such as AUTOSAR. OSPERT'16 is dedicated to the advances in RTOS technology required to address these trends. As such, areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics: - Case studies and experience reports - Certification and verification of RTOSs and middleware - Coordinated management of multiple resources - Dynamic reconfiguration and upgrading - Empirical comparisons and evaluations of RTOSs - Flexible processor, memory, and I/O scheduling - Interaction with reconfigurable hardware - Operating system standards (e.g., AUTOSAR, ARINC, POSIX, etc.) - Power and energy management - Quality of Service guarantees - Real-time Linux variants - Real-time virtualization and hypervisors - RTOSs for manycore platforms - Scalability, from very small scale embedded systems to full-fledged RTOSs - Security and fault tolerance for embedded real-time systems - Support for multiprocessor architectures - Support for component-based development -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION FORMATS - Stand-alone presentation proposals: abstract (~500 words). - Short WiP papers: up to three A4 pages, standard IEEE formatting. - Full workshop papers: up to six A4 pages, standard IEEE formatting. Visit http://www.cs.hs-rm.de/~kaiser/events/ospert16/ for further details. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CO-LOCATED WITH ECRTS'16 OSPERT 2016 is a satellite workshop of the 28th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2016), the premier European venue for presenting research into the broad area of real-time and embedded systems. See http://ecrts16.ecrts.org for further information on ECRTS'16. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM CHAIRS Robert Kaiser, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Marcus Völp, University of Luxembourg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE Adam Lackorzynski, Kernkonzept GmbH Andrea Bastoni, SYSGO AG Chanik Park, Pohang University of Science and Technology Daniel Lohmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Linh Thu Xuan Phan, University of Pennsylvania Michael Engel, Oracle Labs Paolo Gai, Evidence Srl Pavel Pisa, Czech Technical University Prague Rich West, Boston University Shinya Honda, Nagoya University Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) Wissenschaftszentrum Ahrstraße 45 53175 Bonn Tel +49-(0)228-302 145 Fax +49-(0)228-302 167 E-Mail info(a)gi.de Web www.gi.de

1 0

Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE DCOSS 2016: Call for Papers
by Lars Wolf 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE DCOSS 2016: Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:34:26 -0500 Von: Stefano Basagni <basagni(a)ECE.NEU.EDU> Antwort an: Stefano Basagni <basagni(a)ECE.NEU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies for multiple receptions of this Call for Papers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (IEEE DCOSS) Washington, DC, USA May 26-28, 2016 http://www.dcoss.org/ Call for Papers Due to their potential of impacting an entire host of application areas, distributed sensor systems have become a highly visible research area. The focus of IEEE DCOSS series of conferences is on distributed computing issues in large scale networked sensor systems (including, but not limited to, algorithms and applications, systems design techniques and tools, and in-network signal and information processing). The conference normally features three tracks on Algorithms, Applications and Systems, and a Signal Processing. In addition, a theme for the "Track of the Year" was introduced in recent years. This track is intended to focus on emerging topics in sensing. In DCOSS 2016, the focus topic is "Cloud Computing and its Applications to Sensing and Remote Sensing". Potential authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Social networks and applications - Sensors for smart grid systems, green networks and sustainability - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed collaborative information processing - Detection and tracking - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability - Abstractions for modular design - Fault tolerance and security - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Closed-loop control for sensing and actuation - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments - Network coding and compression * Important Dates Abstract Registration Deadline: January 31, 2016 (11:59 pm EST) Paper Submission Deadline: February 4, 2016 (11:59 pm EST) Acceptance Notification: March 25, 2016 Camera Ready Submission Deadline: April 8, 2016 (11:59pm EST) Early Registration Deadline: April 29, 2016 (11:59 pm EST) Paper submissions will be via EDAS. See http://www.dcoss.org for more information on the conference. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP). Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGMOBILE, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), and IFIP WG 10.3. ** Organizing Committee * General Chair Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) * Technical Program Chair Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) * TPC Track Chairs Algorithms and Performance Analysis: Benyuan Liu (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA) Applications, Systems, Real Deployments and Tools: Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) Signal Processing and Information Theory: Qilian Liang (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) Track of the Year "Cloud Computing and its Applications to Sensing and Remote Sensing": Murat Demirbas (SUNY Buffalo, USA) * Workshops Chair Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA) * Publicity Chairs Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA) Salil Kanhere (University of New South Wales, Australia) M. Elena Renda (Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Italy) Leandro Villas (Unicamp, Brazil) * Registration and Finance Chair Yonghe Liu (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) * Publication Chair Rafael Falcon (University of Ottawa, Canada) * Demo/Poster Chair Duc Tran (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) * PhD Fourm Chairs Tian He (University of Minnesota, USA) Hongwei Zhang (Wayne State University, USA) * Web Chair M. Yousof Naderi (Northeastern University, USA) * Local Organization Chair Azin Neishaboori (Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, USA) * Steering Committee Chair Jose Rolim (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Laetus deget cui licet in diem dixisse: Vixi. -- Stefano Basagni, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 Dana Research Center Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Tel. 617 373 3061, Fax 617 373 8970 E-mail: basagni(a)ece.neu.edu *** http://www.ece.neu.edu/faculty/basagni/ *** ______________________________________________________________ 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/

1 0