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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] One day left: Special Issue on Recent Advances in Connected and Autonomous Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicles
by Lars Wolf 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] One day left: Special Issue on Recent Advances in Connected and Autonomous Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicles Datum: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:53:05 +0100 Von: Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache <ch.kerrache(a)LAGH-UNIV.DZ> Antwort an: Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache <ch.kerrache(a)LAGH-UNIV.DZ> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Special Issue on Recent Advances in Connected and Autonomous Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicles, Elsevier Computer Networks (Q1, IF:3.111) Submission deadline December 15th, 2020 Connected and autonomous unmanned vehicles are considered as a promising technology solution for numerous applications, ranging from civilian to military settings, including shipment of goods, home package delivery, crop monitoring, agricultural surveillance, and emergency rescue operations in those regions where the access is difficult or dangerous for human beings. Connected and autonomous unmanned vehicles comprise of unmanned aerial/ground vehicles (UAVs/UGVs) that distinguish by means of different characteristics. While UAVs can search a wide range of targets, their height and speed results in a limited target positioning estimation; on the other side, UGVs can have accurate locations of a target on the ground. Also, UGVs move slowly and can be easily obscured by obstacles. To overcome such limitations, UAVs and UGVs should work cooperatively and collaborate with each other in *ad hoc *manner through Line-of-Sight (LoS) links to exchange data packets. Of course, UAVs can also communicate with fixed ground stations, with an air traffic controller, or through a Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) link with a satellite-aided controller, generally based on preloaded tasks. Besides the dissimilar communication technologies, various problems appear in these inter-UAVs/UGVs communications including energy management, lack of security and the unreliability of wireless communication links, and handover from LoS to NLoS, and vice versa. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Mobility, traffic models and network management for UAVs/UGVs · Energy efficiency in UAVs/UGVs · Inter-UAVs/UGVs and UAVs/UGVs-assisted routing · Security, privacy, and trust in UAVs/UGVs · UAVs/UGVs-assisted applications · Spectrum management for UAVs/UGVs · Mobile edge computing in UAVs/UGVs · Beyond 5G technologies for UAVs/UGVs · Performance, scalability, reliability and efficiency of Inter- UAVs/UGVs and UAVs/UGVs-to-X communications · Modeling and theoretical proofs of communications in UAVs/UGVs · Inter-UAVs/UGVs communications over future internet architectures · UAVs/UGVs clouds · Testbeds and validation. Guest Editors Anna Maria Vegni, Roma Tre University, Italy (annamaria.vegni(a)uniroma3.it) Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache, University of Ghardaïa, Algeria ( kr.abdelaziz(a)gmail.com) Waleed Ejaz, Thompson Rivers University, Canada (waleed.ejaz(a)ieee.org) Enrico Natalizio, LORIA, Université de Lorraine, France ( enrico.natalizio(a)loria.fr) Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China (cjm(a)zju.edu.cn) Houbing Song, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA ( houbing.song(a)erau.edu) For more information please visit: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/call-for-papers/connect… ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Network SI on Ubiquitous IoT with integrated Space, Air, Ground, and Ocean Networks
by Lars Wolf 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Network SI on Ubiquitous IoT with integrated Space, Air, Ground, and Ocean Networks Datum: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:01:44 +0800 Von: Peng Yu <yupeng.bupt(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Peng Yu <yupeng.bupt(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited to submit your latest research results to the IEEE Network Special Issue on Ubiquitous IoT with integrated Space, Air, Ground, and Ocean Networks As IoT applications and services reach almost every corner of our life, there is a growing demand for global connections to anyone and anything. Terrestrial networks alone cannot meet these needs, and thus there comes the emerging concept of the integration of other dimensions, such as space, airborne, and ocean communication infrastructures. However, the future integrated platform is not a simple combination of heterogeneous network segments and domains. This is expected to be the largest-ever geographical scale, which makes it very challenging to manage the full potential of heterogeneity and hybridity. Recent breakthroughs in network communication technology (i.e., 5G and 6G) and artificial intelligence provide us with the opportunity to overcome those challenges. Modern microelectronics manufacturing can significantly improve the computing capability per unit area of chips with reduced cost. With the rapid progress of hardware production, SDN/NFV-based network virtualization makes the coordination of heterogeneity and hybridity more effective and efficient by unifying high-level behaviors. At the same time, deep machine learning provides novel structural models to accumulate the knowledge of designated networks and apply quality of experience. The design of a practical ubiquitous IoT system, however, is still quite an open challenge in the real-world. The difficulties mainly come from the lack of experience and knowledge of operating and managing such an integrated network with multi-dimensional heterogeneity. In addition, high spatial-temporal dynamics are another hurdle, especially when considering the super large geographical coverage and related enormous complexity. Introducing holistic features into the ubiquitous IoT system design seems a promising direction. However, there is still no clear roadmap to apply such a multidisciplinary approach to gain system-level autonomy. This Special Issue (SI) aims to foster the dissemination of high-quality research with emerging ideas, approaches, theories, frameworks, and practices to tackle the challenging issues related to Ubiquitous IoT with integrated Space, Air, Ground, and Ocean Networks. Solutions are welcomed to integrate industrial perspectives and academic cutting-edge models using real-time data and scenarios. Possible topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: New concepts, theory, models, and protocols for ubiquitous IoT Novel architectures, frameworks, and paradigms for ubiquitous IoT Cooperative communication and computing for ubiquitous IoT Information-centric networking in ubiquitous IoT Dynamic access control, mobility management and service migration in ubiquitous IoT QoS aware resource management for ubiquitous IoT Orchestration of computing, caching, and communications in ubiquitous IoT Self-organizing of ubiquitous IoT Applications of artificial intelligence, big data, and fog-cloud computing in ubiquitous IoT Security and privacy in ubiquitous IoT Use cases and field tests highlighting the potential of ubiquitous IoT Securing the infrastructure of ubiquitous IoT using federated learning Edge communication and intelligence to support sustainable ubiquitous IoT infrastructures. Submission Guidelines Manuscripts should conform to the standard format as indicated in the "Information for Authors" section of the Paper Submission Guidelines. All manuscripts to be considered for publication must be submitted by the deadline through Manuscript Central. Select "September 2021/Ubiquitous IoT with integrated Space, Air, Ground, and Ocean Networks" from the drop-down menu of Topic titles. Important Dates Manuscript Submission Due: 28 February 2021 Acceptance Notification: 31 April 2021 Final Revised Manuscript Due: 31 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 July 2021 Publication Date: September 2021 Guest Editors Michel Kadoch École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada Shuai Han Harbin Institute of Technology, China Jalel Ben-Othman CentraleSupelec, France Wenjing Li Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Bo Rong Communications Research Centre Canada Tianyang Bai Qualcomm Technologies, USA ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: 2021 WCNC Workshop on Intelligent Computing and Caching at the Network Edge (Deadline 15 Dec 2020)
by Lars Wolf 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: 2021 WCNC Workshop on Intelligent Computing and Caching at the Network Edge (Deadline 15 Dec 2020) Datum: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:21:20 +0000 Von: Chang, Zheng <zheng.chang(a)JYU.FI> Antwort an: Chang, Zheng <zheng.chang(a)JYU.FI> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies for cross-posting this invite: Dear colleagues: Call for Papers: 2021 WCNC Workshop on Intelligent Computing and Caching at the Network Edge, 29 Mar-1 April 2021, Nanjing, China, <http://users.jyu.fi/~zhchang/edge2020> https://wcnc2021.ieee-wcnc.org/authors/call-workshop-papers#ws5 With the explosive growth of smart devices and the advent of many new applications, mobile traffic volume has been growing exponentially. The myriad technological advances proposed for the 5G networks still mostly focus on capacity increase, which is constrained by the limited spectrum resources as well as the diminishing profits for operators and, therefore, will always lag behind the growth rate of mobile traffic. Therefore, novel distributed architectures, which bring network functions (such as computing and caching) and contents to the edge, emerges, i.e., mobile edge computing and caching, to confront the aforementioned challenges in the network development and many emerging applications, such as AR/VR, IoT, eHealth, autonomous driving , gaming etc. However, on the way towards efficient and intelligent network edge computing and caching, there are many open problems ahead. From the computing part, how to flexibly utilize the distributed computing resources at the network edge, such as mobile computing or fog computing is of significance. Moreover, what to be offloaded to the edge node and when to offload also call for research attentions. From the caching part, what, when, where and how to cache the contents to reduce the demand for radio resources are vital. Last but not the most, how to efficiently integrate computing and caching at the edge node and utilize the synergy of computing and caching also requires a breakthrough. This workshop aims to consolidate the timely and solid works of the current state-of-the art in terms of fundamental research ideas and network engineering geared towards exploiting intelligent caching and computing at the network edge. The topics of interests related to edge caching and computing include (but are not limited to): System modelling: Computation modelling, caching modelling, energy consumption modelling etc.; Enabling technologies: e.g., SDN, NFV, CRAN, D2D, cloud/fog computing and networking, etc.; Application areas: vehicular networking, IoT, smart grid etc; Novel network architecture: convergence of computing, communications and caching, content/information-centric network, cognitive computing and networking, big data analytic; Context-aware schemes: incentive mechanism for computing and caching, pricing, game theoretic approach, network economic etc, caching placement and delivery; Mobility management for mobile edge computing and proactive caching; Energy efficiency aspects: energy harvesting, energy storage, energy transfer, etc; Security and privacy issue; Prototyping, test-beds and field trials. Important Date Paper Submission Deadline: 15 December 2020 Notification of Acceptance: 20 Jan., 2021 Camera-Ready Submission: 15 Feb., 2021 Submission Guidelines Authors are invited to submit original papers of no more than 6 pages (standard IEEE proceedings, two-column, 10 pt font, etc.), including figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Papers should be submitted through EDAS: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27683&track=103187 Br, Zheng Chang Dr. Faculty of Information Technology University of Jyväskylä, Finland http://users.jyu.fi/~zhchang/ zheng.chang(a)jyu.fi <mailto:zheng.chang@jyu.fi> ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CfP: CPSS 21] 7th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop, (CPSS 2021)
by Lars Wolf 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CfP: CPSS 21] 7th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop, (CPSS 2021) Datum: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 04:11:09 -0500 Von: Alessandro Brighente <brighent(a)DEI.UNIPD.IT> Antwort an: Alessandro Brighente <brighent(a)DEI.UNIPD.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *7th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (CPSS 2021)* held in conjunction with ACM AsiaCCS'21 Hong Kong, China, 7 June 2021 https://spritz.math.unipd.it/events/2021/CPSS *Important Dates* Submissions Due: January 27, 2021 AoE Notification: February 26, 2021 Camera-ready Due: March 15, 2021 The 7th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop will take place together with the 16th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM ASIACCS 2021). It will be held on June 7th, 2021. For more information: ACM ASIACCS 2021 https://asiaccs2021.comp.polyu.edu.hk *Call for Papers* Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) of interest to this workshop consist of large-scale interconnected systems of heterogeneous components interacting with their physical environments. There exist a multitude of CPS devices and applications deployed to serve critical functions in our lives thus making security an important non-functional attribute of such systems. This workshop will provide a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss novel ways to address the ever-present security challenges facing CPS. We seek submissions describing theoretical and practical solutions to security challenges in CPS. Submissions pertinent to the security of embedded systems, IoT, SCADA, smart grid, and other critical infrastructure are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Attack detection for CPS Authentication and access control for CPS Autonomous vehicle security Availability and auditing for CPS Blockchain for CPS security Data security and privacy for CPS Digital twins for CPS Embedded systems security Formal methods in CPS Industrial control system security IoT security Legacy CPS system protection Lightweight crypto and security Maritime cyber security Recovery from cyber attacks Security and risk assessment for CPS Security architectures for CPS Security by design for CPS Smart grid security Threat modeling for CPS Transportation system security Vulnerability analysis for CPS Wireless sensor network security *Submission and Final Preparation Instructions* Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal, workshop, or conference with proceedings. The review process is single-blinded, i.e., the papers should not be anonymized. Submissions must be in double-column ACM SIG Proceedings format <http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates>, and should not exceed 12 pages. We also welcome position papers describing work in progress, Systematization of Knowledge papers (distinguished with "SOK:" in the title), and papers describing novel testbeds. 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. *Program Chairs* Mauro Conti (University of Padua, Italy) Nils Ole Tippenhauer (CISPA, Germany) *Web Chair* Federico Turrin (University of Padua, Italy) * Publication Chair* Alessandro Brighente (University of Padua, Italy) *Program Committee* Ali Abbasi (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, Spain) Lejla Batina (Radboud University, Netherlands) Federica Battisti (University of Padua, Italy) Xiuzhen Cheng (George Washington University, USA) Yanick Fratantonio (CISCO Talos, Austria) Sokratis Katsikas (NTNU, Norway) Marina Krotofil (ABB, UK) Nicola Laurenti (University of Padua, Italy) Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain) Mihalis Maniatakos (New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE) Daisuke Mashima (Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore) Aditya Mathur (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore) Martín Ochoa (AppGate Inc., Colombia) Federica Pascucci (Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy) Radha Poovendra (University of Washington, USA) Xi Qin (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA) Awais Rashid (University of Bristol, UK) Rodrigo Roman (University of Malaga, Spain) Martin Strohmeier (University of Oxford, UK) Johanna Ullrich (SBA Research, Austria) Chia-Mu Yu (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan) Indrakshi Ray (Colorado State University, USA) Stefano Zanero (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Sencun Zhu (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) Saman Zonouz (Rutgers University, USA) *Contact* Website: https://spritz.math.unipd.it/events/2021/CPSS E-mail: cpss21(a)easychair.org CPSS Home: http://jianying.space/cpss/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [EWSN 2021] Call for PhD Forum Contributions -- Extended Deadline: Dec 13, 2020
by Lars Wolf 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [EWSN 2021] Call for PhD Forum Contributions -- Extended Deadline: Dec 13, 2020 Datum: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 11:01:42 -0500 Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <000001f9fb5aae12-dmarc-request(a)COMSOC-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)TUGRAZ.AT> An: tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN'21) https://ewsn2021.ewi.tudelft.nl/ Delft, The Netherlands. February 17-19, 2021 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Call for PhD Forum Contributions *** The International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) is a highly selective single-track international conference focusing on premier research results at the intersection of embedded systems and wireless networking - an area of highest relevance for visionary technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems as well as applications such as Industry 4.0, Smart Production, Smart Agriculture, Smart Cities, and Connected Cars. As part of the conference program, the PhD forum at EWSN 2021 provides an opportunity for PhD students to present their work-in-progress to the scientific community and to obtain feedback from leading researchers in the field. The PhD forum will be structured as a series of presentations by the students, followed by a discussion with experts in the field to obtain individual feedback and advice. In addition, a poster session will provide an opportunity for more technical, in-depth discussions. The expert panelists will also share their experience and advice on how to carry out a successful PhD and start a career as a researcher. Current PhD students in all stages of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-page abstract about their ongoing research to be considered for the PhD forum. The abstract shall also include a one-paragraph bio, along with brief information on how long the student has been enrolled in the PhD program and the expected time until graduation. The student should be the sole author, although contributions of the adviser and others should be acknowledged. Submissions will be reviewed by the PhD forum committee to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance to the forum. All accepted submissions will be published as part of the main conference proceedings. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in the forum on 17 February 2021 and to present a poster both at the forum and at the main conference. There will be no separate registration fee for the PhD forum; that is, participating students will only need to register to the main EWSN conference. For any questions, please contact the PhD forum co-chair Akshay Nambi (akshayn(a)microsoft.com) or Marco Zimmerling (marco.zimmerling(a)tu-dresden.de). *** Topics of Interest *** The areas of interest for the PhD forum are the same as for full research papers: - Communication and networking for wireless and embedded systems - Sensing, actuation, and control - Operating systems, middleware, and services - Processing, storage, and management of data - Programming paradigms, languages, and tools - Time and location management - Dependability (real-time, reliability, availability, safety) - Privacy and security in applications and systems - Human-machine interaction with wireless and embedded systems - Design and implementation of real-world applications and systems - Measurement studies and deployment experiences - Green IoT (low-power, harvesting, energy management) - Challenges of ultra-dense networks - Heterogeneous networks - Applications and problems from developing countries and emerging markets Feel free to ask the PhD forum co-chairs if you are uncertain about the fit of your topic. *** Submission Instructions *** Detailed instructions for the submission of PhD forum abstracts can be found at https://ewsn2021.ewi.tudelft.nl/calls-and-submissions/call-for-phd-forum. Accepted PhD forum abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be available in the ACM Digital Library. *** Important Dates *** Submission deadline [Extended]: December 13, 2020 Acceptance notifications: December 16, 2020 Camera-ready paper submission: December 22, 2020 Every deadline is 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE). *** PhD Forum Co-Chairs *** Akshay Nambi (Microsoft Research, India) Marco Zimmerling (TU Dresden, Germany) Best Regards, Carlo Alberto Boano, Shijia Pan, JeongGil Ko EWSN 2021 Publicity Chairs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of the call ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [CFP] IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS: WiSARN 2021: International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV Networks
by Lars Wolf 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [CFP] IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS: WiSARN 2021: International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV Networks Datum: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:29:22 +0100 Von: Angelo Trotta <angelo.trotta(a)IEEE.ORG> An: tciin(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies for cross and multiple postings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV Networks *IEEE WISARN 2021*, co-located with *IEEE INFOCOM 2021* conference Website: https://wisarn2021.nws.cs.unibo.it <https://wisarn2021.nws.cs.unibo.it> *May 10, 2021 Virtual Conference* Features: -*Best Paper Award (BPA) *sponsored by the*Technology Innovation Institute (TII) *with a cash prize of *1,000 Euro.* - Best-selected papers related to robotic sensors networks and 5G will be invited to submit an extended paper to the Special Issue on “*Internet of Things and Sensors Network in 5G Wireless Communications*”, MDPI Sensors journal - Best-selected papers related to robotic sensors networks and 5G will be invited to submit an extended paper to the Special Issue on “*Mobile Fog and Edge Computing in Drone Swarms*”, MDPI Drones journal Scope of the workshop ---------------------------------- Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV networks are characterized by the coordination and mobility of nodes that are able to accomplish distributed sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by the control and mobility of actors, the networking process and applications embrace a whole new set of possibilities. Specialized networked systems, made of intelligent devices (such as robots and UAVs), may deploy, repair and relocate sensors to improve coverage, build routes and fix network partition to ensure data communication, change network topology to shape routing patterns and balance energy consumption, and to respond to reported events in a timely and effective manner. Also, they might be able to integrate within existing and upcoming mobile infrastructures (e.g. the 5G), by enabling the sensing operations on complex and dynamic scenarios, and to process the data on the edge or to offload them toward existing cloud services. The benefits are limited only by imagination. As an emerging field, ground and aerial robotic systems are in need of new networking techniques as well as of novel cloud/edge architectures for data gathering and processing that might unlock the potentials of such systems. To this purpose, WiSARN aims at bringing together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for current and future applications of sensor robotic and aerial networks. IEEE WiSARN 2021 will serve as incubator for scientific communities that share a particular research agenda in the area of the workshop’s topics. Moreover, it will provide its participants with opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges of UAV/Robot networking as well as exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas related to their architecture, protocol, algorithm, and application design. Topics of interest ---------------------------------- Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in design, implementation and evaluation of wireless sensor, robot and UAV networks. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: - UAV-aided wireless sensor networks - Communication protocols and wireless technologies for robotic systems - UAV and robot networks in 5G systems - Emergent behavior in robotic systems - Cloud/fog/edge computing platforms in robotic systems - Data management, gathering and aggregation issues in robotic systems - Modeling and control of fleet of UAVs - Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication in Robot and UAV networks - Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols in Robot and UAV networks - Distributed control and management for Robot and UAV network deployments - Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots - Robot task assignment - Biologically inspired communication systems for Robot and UAV networks - Software-Defined Aerial Networks - Endurance Management - Context-awareness and decision making for UAV systems - Path planning, and target tracking in UAV networks - Quality of service, security and robustness issues - Robot advanced motion control - Optimal control of networked robots - Novel applications of Robot and UAV networks Committees ---------------------------------- General Chairs - Enrico Natalizio, University of Lorraine, France - Yannis Paschalidis, Boston University, USA Technical Program Chairs - Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy - Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France - Guan Zhangyu, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Web and Publicity Chairs - Angelo Trotta, University of Bologna, Italy Technical Program Committee - Fatemeh Afghah, Northern Arizona University, USA - Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada - Christian Bettstetter, University of Klagenfurt, Austria - Marcos Caetano, University of Brasilia, Brasil - Christelle Caillouet, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inria, France - Carlos Calafate, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain - Arnaud Casteigts, University of Bordeaux, France - Fabio D'Andreagiovanni, CNRS, Sorbonne University - UTC, France - Salvatore D'Oro, Northeastern University, USA - Giulia De Masi, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE - Saptarshi Debroy, City University of New York, USA - Isabelle Guérin Lassous, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - LIP, France - Francesca Guerriero, University of Calabria, Italy - Hongzhi Guo, Norfolk State University, USA - Karin Hummel, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria - Pedram Johari, Northeastern University, USA - Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada - Filippo Malandra, University at Buffalo, USA - Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain - Nicholas Mastronarde, University at Buffalo, USA - Jorge Ortín, Centro Universitario de la Defensa Zaragoza, Spain - Angelo Trotta, University of Bologna, Italy - Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA - Fabrice Valois, Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Inria, CITI, France - Christian Wietfeld, TU Dortmund University, Germany - Evsen Yanmaz, Ozyegin University, Turkey - Nicola Roberto Zema, Paris-Saclay University, France Submission Instructions ---------------------------------- To submit your paper, it is required that the manuscript follows the standard IEEE camera-ready format (double column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF file (formatted for 8.5-11 inch paper) as well as the requirement set by the EDAS paper submission system. Submitted paper must be original and unpublished papers with no more than 6 pages, including bibliography. All accepted papers of INFOCOM (main program and workshops), after being presented at the conference, will be included in the proceedings to be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore®. Submission link: https://edas.info/N27895 <https://edas.info/N27895> Deadlines: ------------------ Submission deadline: December 15, 2020 Notification: January 15, 2021 Camera-ready: February, 15, 2021 Workshop date: May 10, 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the tciin list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=tciin&A=1

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2021) 25-28 June 2021, Tokyo, Japan
by Lars Wolf 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2021) 25-28 June 2021, Tokyo, Japan Datum: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 13:39:51 -0800 Von: Wei Wang <wwang(a)SDSU.EDU> Antwort an: Wei Wang <wwang(a)SDSU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2021) 25-28 June 2021, Tokyo, Japan https://iwqos2020.ieee-iwqos.org/ Quality of Service (QoS) has long been the focus of communications and networking researchers worldwide. While traditional QoS research areas continue attracting much interest, recent exploration of Internet of things, data centers, virtualization, cloud and fog computing, green computing, and AI has motivated a new wave of research interest in service guarantees with QoS, and its related metrics of Quality of Experience (QoE), Quality of Protection (QoP), Software Quality, Data Quality, or, more broadly, Quality of Information Technology. For more than two decades, IWQoS has established itself as a highly reputable forum to present novel ideas on all QoS-related subjects. The 29th International Symposium on Quality of Service (IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2021) sets the goal to continuing to be a premier symposium and an international forum for presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research in the field. The scope of IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2021 covers both newest theoretical and experimental research papers. Topics of interest include (but not limited to) the following areas: ● Artificial Intelligence for QoS ● Data analytics for QoS ● QoS for data analytics and machine learning ● QoS in Internet of Things (IoT), cyber-physical networks ● QoS in cloud computing, fog computing and edge computing ● Blockchain for QoS ● Security, privacy, system dependability, resilience and robustness ● QoS in software-defined networking ● QoS in information-centric networking ● QoS in mobile and next generation cellular networks ● System dependability, availability, resilience and robustness to faults and security attacks ● Robustness against security vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures ● QoS-aware scheduling, resource management, queue management, admission control ● Traffic engineering approaches and tools for QoS provisioning and evaluation ● QoS evaluation metrics and methodologies ● Quality of software ● QoE in multimedia networks ● Measurement, evaluation, adaptation, and verification ● Network operations, network economics, pricing and billing ● Architectures and protocols for QoS, QoP or QoE support ● Energy awareness in communication and computing systems ● Design for future networks and computing systems with integrated QoS Paper Submission Guidelines: IEEE/ACM IWQoS invites submission of manuscripts with original research results that have not been previously published or that are not currently under review by another conference or journal. Submissions will be rigorously judged based on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. IWQoS aims at the rapid dissemination of research results. Regular paper submissions should be no longer than 10 single-spaced, double-column pages (including references) with a font-size of 10. Reviewing will be double-blind. Submissions must not reveal the authors’ names and their affiliations and avoid obvious self-references. Submissions not meeting these guidelines will be rejected without consideration of their merits. Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files. Please follow the submission link on https://iwqos2021.edas.info/ to submit your paper. Important Dates: Paper Registration Deadline: 15 February 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 22 February 2021 Notification of Acceptance: 23 April 2021 Camera-ready Deadline: 13 May 2021 General Chairs: Hitoshi Asaeda, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Program Committee Chairs: Ruidong Li, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan Wenjing Lou, Virginia Tech, USA *COVID-19 Statement: The IWQoS2021 organizing committee (OC) is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation that could impact in-person attendance and paper presentations. In case of travel restrictions, the OC is considering that remote presentations and participation will be considered. ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Preliminary CFP IEEE SECON 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking
by Lars Wolf 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Preliminary CFP IEEE SECON 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking Datum: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:47:47 +0100 Von: Kay Römer <00000023cf4c5fe0-dmarc-request(a)COMSOC-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Antwort an: Kay Römer <romer.kay(a)GOOGLEMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Preliminary Call for Papers IEEE SECON 2021 18th IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking Rome, Italy - July 2021 http://ieee-secon.org/ The 18th annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON) will provide a unique forum to exchange innovative research ideas, recent results, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in wireless and mobile communication networks. The conference aims to serve as the reference exhibit for state-of-the-art research supported by implementation and insights gained on all scales of experimental systems, network architectures, components, and protocols. Looking beyond current sensing, communication, and networking paradigms, IEEE SECON continues to emphasize pioneering cross-disciplinary work as its signature footprint in the contemporary research landscape. Towards that end, SECON encourages work that falls at the intersection of traditional sensing/networking and new disciplinary areas including (but not limited to) machine intelligence, data analytics, edge computing, social networks, rural connectivity, electromagnetic fields, to name a few, encompassing topics ranging from biological communication and computing networks to uncharted wireless bands, edge intelligence, social media data exploitation, mobile data analysis and beyond 5G networking/communications aspects. Papers describing original, previously unpublished research, experimental efforts, practical experiences, as well as visionary roadmaps, in all aspects of sensor networks, Internet of Things, mobile devices, and wireless communication are solicited. Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Machine intelligence for sensing, communication, and/or networking - In-network processing/fog/edge computing in wireless networks - Wearable computing and networking - Cyber-physical systems and wireless control systems - Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile, wireless and sensor systems - Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based sensing/communications/networking (low altitude platforms, high altitude platforms) - Wireless and mobile sensing systems in challenging media (e.g., underground, underwater, space) - Internet of Things, Nano-Things and Bio-Nano-Things - New communication paradigms, such as Terahertz communications and optical wireless communications - Intra-body networks and molecular communication networks - Sensing and dissemination based on social media - Beyond communications/networks (Terahertz communications, large intelligent surfaces, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces) - Next-generation applications enabled via wireless, such as virtual/augmented reality, autonomous driving, smart cities - Networking/communications solutions to face the connectivity divide in rural and low-income areas - Contact tracing, localization and sensing for combating the COVID-19 pandemic Radio-Frequency sensing to evaluate the exposure level from personal devices (e.g., smartphones) - ElectroMagnetic Field measurement and evaluation in 5G and beyond - Low-power and energy limited sensing and communications - Measurement of wireless and sensor systems, and novel experimental testbeds - Software-defined and programmable networks - Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access - Survivability and fault tolerance in disaster scenarios - Large scale analysis of mobile data - Application protocols and cross-layer design - Applications, platforms, and testing platforms for city-scale evaluation of new sensing systems - Submission instructions are found in the authors page. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE Abstract Registration: February 8th, 2021 Paper Submission: February 15th, 2021 Acceptance Notification: April 17th, 2021 Paper Final Version Due: April 30th, 2021 TPC CHAIRS Luca Chiaraviglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Kay Römer (TU Graz, Austria) GENERAL CHAIRS Carla Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Giuseppe Bianchi (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE INFOCOM 2021: Call for Demos and Posters
by Lars Wolf 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE INFOCOM 2021: Call for Demos and Posters Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 17:25:53 -0500 Von: Bo Ji <boji(a)VT.EDU> Antwort an: Bo Ji <boji(a)VT.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement.] IEEE INFOCOM 2021: Call for Demos and Posters The 40th Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications May 10-13, 2021, Virtual Conference https://infocom2021.ieee-infocom.org CALL FOR DEMOS and POSTERS Technical demonstrations and posters showing/presenting innovative and original research are solicited. In general IEEE INFOCOM is interested in demonstrations and posters of technology that validate important research issues or showcase realistic applications in the following topics of interest (but not limited to): • Big data and data processing for networks • Cellular networks • Cloud computing • Cognitive radio networks • Cooperative networking • Cross-layer optimization and control • Crowdsourcing • Cyber-physical systems • Datacenter networking • Delay tolerant networks • Energy efficiency • Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability • Flow and congestion control • Game theory in networks • Information security and privacy • Information centric networking • Interference management and mitigation • Internet of Things • Localization and location-based services • Medium access control • MIMO-based networking • Mobile cloud computing • Mobility management and models • Multimedia networking • Network calculus • Network coding • Network economics and pricing • Network management • Network measurement and analysis • Network security and privacy • Network virtualization • Optical networks • Overlay and peer-to-peer networks • Quality of Service and resource management • Router and switch design • Routing & Multicast • Scaling laws and fundamental limits • Scheduling and buffer management • Smart antenna based networking • Smart grid • Smartphone and mobile applications • Social computing and networks • Software defined networking • Tactile Internet • Vehicular networks • Web applications and content distribution • WLAN, WPAN, RFID, and NFC • Wireless security and privacy • Wireless sensor networks DEMO and POSTER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions should be a two-page abstract/proposal that follows the IEEE formatting guidelines: refer to the IEEE submission instructions for details. There is no need for double-blind submissions (names, affiliations, and email addresses are therefore required). Be as specific as possible in describing what you will demonstrate or display as poster or demo. In the submission, specify clearly whether you will be presenting a poster or a demo (the latter can be accompanied by a poster also). The demo/poster session will take place online. If a demonstration requires special arrangements or additional equipment, please detail it in the submission. All additional equipment/needs are subject to budget approval. Abstracts of accepted demos/posters will be included in the INFOCOM 2021 Proceedings. Accepted and presented abstracts will be submitted to IEEE Xplore®. Poster submissions should be made via EDAS using this link: https://edas.info/N28002 Demo submissions should be made via EDAS using this link: https://edas.info/N28001 IMPORTANT DATES Two-page demo (or poster) descriptions/proposal: 11:59 pm (EST), January 15th, 2021 Notification of acceptance: February 7, 2021 IEEE INFOCOM 2021 Conference dates: May 10-13, 2021 IEEE INFOCOM 2021 Demo/Posters Session Dates: to be announced IEEE INFOCOM 2021 Demo/Poster Co-Chairs: • Linke Guo (Clemson University, USA) – linkeg(a)clemson.edu • Bo Ji (Virginia Tech, USA) – boji(a)vt.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/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 4th Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking (EdgeSys'21) co-located with ACM EuroSys 2021
by Lars Wolf 07 Dec '20

07 Dec '20

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: The 4th Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking (EdgeSys'21) co-located with ACM EuroSys 2021 Datum: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 15:20:09 +0000 Von: Matthew Danish <mrd45(a)CAM.AC.UK> Antwort an: Matthew Danish <mrd45(a)CAM.AC.UK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG (We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call.) ----------------------------------------------- The 4th International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking (EdgeSys'21) co-located with EuroSys 2021 26 April, 2021 | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK https://edge-sys.github.io/2021/ ----------------------------------------------- Given the growing demand for real-time gathering and processing of vast amount of data from data-intensive services such as autonomous driving and augmented reality (AR), we are witnessing a visible trend to push computing and data analytics closer to the edge of networks for benefits in low latency, reliability, throughput, security and privacy. Supported by lightweight virtualization technologies such as Docker Containers and Unikernels, the decentralized edge computing paradigm aims to offer efficient access to various geographically distributed computing resources. In this context, the EdgeSys workshop focuses on the confluence of edge computing, decentralized communication and distributed computing. For example, there are several industry-led edge computing and orchestration platforms such as KubeEdge, Firecracker, and Azure Sphere. In the decentralized communication space, systems such as Mastodon and Matrix have been developed. There are also lots of academic research activities on mobile data and computation offloading (e.g., Cloudlet, Talket, ThinkAir, MAUI, and MADNet) and systems that combine decentralization and computation/storage offloading together, such as IPFS. In addition, as data analytics and machine learning are increasingly offered as a service, the next phase of evolution is to extend the offerings beyond basic algorithms and push the analytics closer to the edge where the data from users and devices is first captured. In this regard, edge computing has the potential to enable a new class of real-time data analytics platforms and services. We expect such edge-driven data analytics will emerge and reshape the existing cloud-based data processing pipelines. The knowledge from this new edge pipeline can further power future cyber-physical and network services, such as cognitive assistance and proactive accident prevention for autonomous driving. The 4th International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking (EdgeSys'21), in conjunction with ACM EuroSys 2021, aims to bring together system researchers, data scientists, engineers and practitioners to identify open directions and discuss the latest research ideas and results on edge systems, analytics and networking, especially those related to novel and emerging technologies and use cases. The EdgeSys'21 workshop focuses on systems, analytics and networking aspects, covering system architecture, distributed ML algorithms, decentralized networking, distributed consensus and ledger techniques, edge services and data analysis. Over the past three years, EdgeSys has been gathering substantial community contributions in edge computing domain - especially with high quality TPC, keynotes, panel and technical papers from US, Europe, and Asia, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft Research, Intel, IBM, Nokia, Samsung, Toyota, Telefónica, MIT, Berkeley, Columbia, Yale, UCLA, Cambridge, Imperial, EPFL, TU Delft, MPI, TUM, Tsinghua, Peking and Fudan. The topics include but are not limited to the following: - System Architecture for Edge Computing - Serverless and In-network Computing (P4) - Edge Storage Systems - Edge-driven Data Analytics - Distributed Machine Learning for Edge Analytics and Services - Edge Security and Privacy - Lightweight Virtualization for Edge Computing - Distributed Consensus Algorithms and Ledger Technologies - Infrastructure and Toolkit for Edge Computing and Analytics - System Performance and Measurement - Edge Networking and IoT Communications - (Autonomous) Management for Edge Systems - Security and Trust Management Workshop & TPC Chairs: Aaron Ding (TU Delft, Netherlands) Richard Mortier (University of Cambridge, UK) Steering Committee: Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge, UK) Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia University, USA) Steve Uhlig (Queen Mary University of London, UK) Peter Pietzuch (Imperial College London, UK) Dieter Kranzlmüller (University of Munich / LRZ, Germany) Dirk Kutscher (Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany) Technical Program Committee: Antonio Barbalace (University of Edinburgh, UK) Claudio Cicconetti (IIT-CNR, Italy) Ferran Diego (Telefónica Research, Spain) Bryan Ford (EPFL, Switzerland) James Gross (KTH, Sweden) Paola Grosso (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Geert Heijenk (University of Twente, Netherlands) Junchen Jiang (University of Chicago, USA) Matthias Kovatsch (Huawei, Germany) Shen Li (Facebook, USA) Grace Liu (CMU, USA) Jonathan Mace (MPI, Germany) Iqbal Mohomed (Samsung AI, Canada) Roberto Morabito (Princeton University / Ericsson, USA) Jörg Ott (TUM, Germany) Pieter Simoens (imec - Ghent University, Belgium) Georgios Smaragdakis (TU Berlin, Germany) Nikolay Tcholtchev (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany) Shiqiang Wang (IBM, USA) Martijn Warnier (TU Delft, Netherlands) Chenren Xu (Peking University, China) Ennan Zhai (Alibaba, USA) Fusang Zhang (Chinese Academy of Science, China) Publicity Chair: Matthew Danish (University of Cambridge, UK) Web Chair: Wiebke Toussaint (TU Delft, Netherlands) Submission Guidelines: ------------ Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing original and unpublished research, not currently under review in other venues. In particular, innovative, early-stage ideas and preliminary results are welcome. Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files, formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper. The length of the paper must be no more than 6 pages in the ACM double-column format (10-pt font), including references and everything. The authors are suggested to use the ACM Master article template. The reviews will be single-blind. The first page must contain an abstract, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), as well as the corresponding contact information. Each submission will receive independent, blind peer reviews from the program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. At least one of the authors of every accepted paper must register and present the paper at the workshop. The program committee will select one paper for the Best Paper Award. Submission deadline: 26 February 2021 Acceptance notification: 26 March 2021 Camera-ready: 5 April 2021 Workshop date: 26 April 2021 Submission Link: https://edgesys21.hotcrp.com/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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