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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Special Issue on "Time-Critical Wireless Networks for Industrial Systems and Mobile Robotics"
by Lars Wolf 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Special Issue on "Time-Critical Wireless Networks for Industrial Systems and Mobile Robotics" Datum: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 20:19:25 +0000 Von: Andreas Willig <andreas.willig(a)CANTERBURY.AC.NZ> Antwort an: Andreas Willig <andreas.willig(a)CANTERBURY.AC.NZ> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear colleagues, please consider the submission to the following Special Issue which will be published on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing international journal, which is a joint Wiley & Hindawi publication (IF 1.9). Also, feel free to broadcast/recirculate this notice to your colleagues and research network. The CfP is attached to this email, and more details can be found at https://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcmc/si/691674/cfp/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for PAPERS Special Issue on "Time-Critical Wireless Networks for Industrial Systems and Mobile Robotics" Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Wiley & Hindawi) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Submission deadline: March 23, 2018 Publication date: August 20, 2018 Submission via: https://mts.hindawi.com/login/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Recently, there has been increasing interest in areas like smart factories, process control, robotics, smart energy grids, etc. These entities can be regarded as complex real–life systems, composed of several collaborating computational agents surrounded by a suitable ICT infrastructure to effectively control time-critical physical processes. In particular, such a structure focuses on the intersection between the physical process and computation, where the former provides a feedback loop to the computational side, and vice versa. This kind of systems are often identified with the term Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). To support this framework, the underlying communication infrastructure is required to provide definite and trustworthy performance, strong reliability and bounded latencies, while supporting self- healing and flexible network deployment. It is collectively recognized that high–performance wireless protocols will represent a breakthrough in future CPS, enabling the exploitation of an ad–hoc, rapid and adaptive connectivity while ensuring the required performance. Unfortunately, wireless communications are prone to disturbances and external interferences, and are often affected by non-negligible packet loss rates, random delays and jitter. Indeed, their actual low penetration in industry-grade control scenarios is mostly due to these long-existing challenges to meet the specific time-critical applications’ constraints reliably. A broad range of high–performance applications may benefit from the adoption of time–critical wireless communications, such as: industrial control and factory automation systems, mobile and cooperative robotics (e.g. robotic manipulation, vision), coordination and control of mobile computing agents (e.g. smart drones). In all these applications, the underlying communication network has to be able to steadily sustain a high sampling rate of the physical environment, a requirement that current wireless systems might not be able to meet. In the context of this special issue, several research areas reveals of paramount interest. Interoperability among heterogeneous systems and cost issues push toward the adoption of widespread commercial wireless solutions, such as IEEE 802.11-based ones, which are not specifically designed to support time-critical control applications. Efforts are hence imperative to dramatically enhance the communication performance of wireless systems in order to boost the actual sampling times in critical scenarios. This entails the design and exploitation of new protocols, architectures and algorithms to enable cooperation and control over wireless lossy channels. The development of effective real–time scheduling techniques are also envisaged for an efficient traffic management. Moreover, fields like coordination and vision over wireless are significantly impacted by these types of networks, and activities are required in this field to match the required and the available performance. The main aim of this special issue is to attract high-quality research papers addressing the most recent advances in all the highlighted fields. Also, we encourage submissions of survey papers summarizing the state of the art in any of the related research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: * Algorithms, architectures, protocols, and standardization issues of wireless communications in time-critical scenarios * Modelling and simulations techniques in time-critical wireless systems * Cooperative networking * Medium access control, error control and channel resource management in wireless systems * Ultra-reliable and low-latency wireless systems in distributed CPS * High mobility, energy efficient and self-powered wireless systems in distributed CPS * Full duplex wireless and millimeter wave technologies for real-time communications * New advancement of 5G for critical control systems * Wireless communication issues in digital smart grids, intelligent transportation and critical healthcare systems * Networking issues of cooperative and autonomous robots. * Basics, prospects, and trends in future networked wireless mobile robots * Telerobotics and teleoperation for semi-autonomous robots * Wireless networks for telepresence robots * Coordination and vision over wireless Papers are published upon acceptance, regardless of the Special Issue publication date. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lead Guest Editor Federico Tramarin National Research Council of Italy, Padua, Italy federico.tramarin(a)ieiit.cnr.it<mailto:federico.tramarin@ieiit.cnr.it> Guest Editors Andreas Willig University of Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand andreas.willig(a)canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:andreas.willig@canterbury.ac.nz> Zhibo Pang ABB Corporate Research, Vasteras, Sweden pang.zhibo(a)se.abb.com<mailto:pang.zhibo@se.abb.com> Stefano Ghidoni University of Padua, Padua, Italy stefano.ghidoni(a)unipd.it<mailto:stefano.ghidoni@unipd.it> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ______________________________________________________________ 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] DCOSS 2018 - Abstract Registration Deadline on January 2017
by Lars Wolf 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] DCOSS 2018 - Abstract Registration Deadline on January 2017 Datum: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 17:06:08 +0100 Von: Aline Carneiro Viana <aline.viana(a)INRIA.FR> Antwort an: Aline Carneiro Viana <aline.viana(a)INRIA.FR> Organisation: INRIA An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers (CFP).] *********************************************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS DCOSS 2018 The 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) New York, U.S.A. June 18 - 20, 2018 ************************************************************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Registration Deadline: 23:59:59 EDT on January 17, 2018 Paper Submission Deadline: 23:59:59 EDT on January 24, 2018 Acceptance Notification: March 28, 2018 Camera Ready Deadline: April 11, 2018 SCOPE Distributed sensor systems today are increasingly ubiquitous, producing information-rich massive data about the physical world. Due to the potential of impacting an entire host of application areas, distributed sensor systems have become a highly visible research area. The International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) focuses on distributed computing issues in 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 Systems and Applications, Algorithms and Protocols, and Signal and Information Processing. Potential authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following aspects: ˙ Computation and programming models from sensor to cloud ˙ Energy models, minimization, awareness ˙ Sensor data storage, retrieval, and processing ˙ Distributed collaborative information processing ˙ Machine learning techniques for sensor data analytics ˙ Abstractions for modular design ˙ Communication and networking primitives and protocols ˙ Task allocation, reprogramming, and reconfiguration ˙ Sensor network management, diagnosis, and fault tolerance ˙ Security and privacy issues ˙ Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation ˙ Closed-loop control for sensing and actuation ˙ Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability ˙ Mobile and human-centered sensing ˙ Sensing for the Internet of Things ˙ Crowd sensing and social sensing techniques, applications, and systems ˙ Sensing for smart grid systems, green networks, and sustainability In addition to DCOSS?s traditional focus, DCOSS 2018 will include a ?track of the year?: Massive Sensing for the Industrial IoT. Topics of interests include but are not limited to: ˙ Dependable, safe, secure networked sensing and control ˙ Cloud-based big sensor data management ˙ Real-time sensor data analytics ˙ Data intensive applications and algorithms, e.g. VR/AR for industry ˙ Industrial diagnosis and fault analysis based on sensing systems ˙ Networking and communication in the industrial environments ˙ Location and time management for industrial processes ˙ Heterogeneity and interoperability of sensor systems ˙ Service description and discovery ˙ Digital twins and simulation of physical processes ˙ Industrial applications such as predictive maintenance, smart factories, smart products, ... PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on distributed sensor systems related to DCOSS topics of interest. Papers must be submitted electronically via HotCRP system: https://dcoss18.hotcrp.com/. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum of eight (8) printed pages including figures. Authors may add at most two (2) pages, but only for an appendix, i.e. these two pages contain supplementary material only. The additional two pages will incur overlength charges at $100/page. Please read http://www.dcoss.org/submission.html for more details. *********************************************************************************** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE HONORARY GENERAL CHAIRS Frank Hsu (Fordham University, USA) Sethuraman Panchanathan (Arizona State University, USA) GENERAL CHAIRS Habib M. Ammari, (Fordham University, USA) David Wei, (Fordham University, USA) Gary M. Weiss (Fordham University, USA) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS Yuan He (Tsinghua University, China) Guevara Noubir (Northeastern University, USA) Kay Romer (Graz University of Technology, Austria) WORKSHOPS CHAIR Jiannong Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) Alberto Garcia-Ortiz University of Bremen, Germany) POSTER & DEMO CHAIR Ulf Kulau (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany) Damian Lyons (Fordham University, USA) Lars Wolf (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany) Ph.D. FORUM CHAIRS Pierre Leone (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Utz Roedig (Lancaster University, UK) Xiaolan Zhang (Fordham University, USA) PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA) Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan (Fordham University, USA) Flavia Delicato (Federal Univesity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Jing Liang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China) Aline Carneiro Viana (Inria, France) **************************************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________ 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: [Kuvs-elg] Aufruf zu Beiträgen zum Fachgespräch "Fog Computing"
by Lars Wolf 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Kuvs-elg] Aufruf zu Beiträgen zum Fachgespräch "Fog Computing" Datum: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:25:09 +0100 Von: Andreas Reinhardt <reinhardt(a)ieee.org> An: kuvs-elg(a)lists.gi.de, kuvs-l(a)lists.gi.de Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich möchte auch auf der "neuen" GI-Mailingliste noch einmal kurz an das neue GI/ITG Fachgespräch zum Thema "Fog Computing" erinnern, das im März 2018 erstmalig stattfinden soll. Die Webseite zur Veranstaltung finden Sie unter https://sites.google.com/view/fachgespraechfog HINWEIS: Einreichungsfrist für Beiträge ist der 15. Dezember 2017 Die folgend genannten Themen sind von besonderem Interesse, Einreichungen aus anderen (Fog-verwandten) Themengebieten aber natürlich ebenfalls gerne gesehen: - Kommunikationsnetze zur Schaffung der Infrastruktur für Fog Computing - Protokolle und Algorithmen für verteilte Fog Computing-Anwendungen - Cloud Computing - Methodische Vorgehensweisen des Software Engineering für Fog Computing - Cyber-Physische Systeme und eingebettete Systeme für Fog Computing - Zuverlässigkeit, Robustheit und Resilienz im Fog Computing - Mechanismen für IT-Sicherheit und Schutz der Privatheit im Fog Computing Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen von 2-4seitigen Extended Abstracts per https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ffc2018 Und natürlich auch über eine rege Teilnahme am Fachgespräch Fog Computing am 8./9. März 2018 an der TU Darmstadt. Es grüßen herzlich die Organisatoren des Fachgesprächs Fog Computing, Stefan Schulte (TU Wien), Andreas Reinhardt (TU Clausthal), Boris Koldehofe (TU Darmstadt) _______________________________________________ KUVS-ELG mailing list -- kuvs-elg(a)lists.gi.de To unsubscribe send an email to kuvs-elg-leave(a)lists.gi.de

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP 3rd Content Caching and Delivery in Wireless Networks Workshop (CCDWN 2018)
by Lars Wolf 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP 3rd Content Caching and Delivery in Wireless Networks Workshop (CCDWN 2018) Datum: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 12:02:03 +0200 Von: Vasilis Sourlas <v.sourlas(a)UCL.AC.UK> Antwort an: Vasilis Sourlas <v.sourlas(a)UCL.AC.UK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************** Call for Papers 3rd Content Caching and Delivery in Wireless Networks Workshop (CCDWN 2018) co-located with WiOpt 2018 Shanghai, China, May 7, 2018 http://www.wi-opt.org/ccdwn.html ************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************** Future and emerging wireless networks will pose extreme communication requirements such as very high throughput rates and very low latency, particularly in QoE sensitive applications such as multimedia content delivery. Currently, operators are striving to reduce the investment and maintenance costs for cellular systems. In this context, caching has been proposed as a technique that has the potential to reduce backhaul network traffic and improve content latency for the wireless user. Especially in 5G, caching is poised as one of the most promising new technologies. The "Content Caching and Delivery in Wireless Networks" (CCDWN) workshop focuses on techniques that aim to achieve efficient content delivery to the end user in order to meet the stringent quality requirements of 5G wireless. The idea is to bring together experts in the field and discuss ways in which content caching, sharing and prefetching can play a leading role in future wireless networks. Indicative research topics of high interest include but are not limited to: - Caching architectures e.g. Femto-Caching - Memory management, content prefetching and recommendation - Content placement, replication and delivery - Big Data Caching Analytics and Machine Learning - Caching in the datacentre - Coded Caching and related Information Theory aspects - 5G and Caching (IoT, D2D, edge computing) - Network economics caching issues - Interplay of Caching with wireless communications (PHY and MAC) - Green Caching - Content Delivery Networks and ICN - Stochastic cache models, scaling laws - Distributed and adaptive algorithms in CDNs/ICNs This workshop aims to bring together people from different communities, including networking, communications, computer science, operation research, machine learning, and information theory to shed light on the latest developments in the field. To maximize interaction and visibility, CCDWN ‘18 will be co-located with WiOpt 2018 and will take place on May 7 or 11, 2018, in Shanghai, China. The workshop is considered an integral part of the WiOpt 2018 symposium. All CCDWN papers will be published in the same set of proceedings as the main conference and will be made available on the IEEE Xplore. Publication at this workshop is not intended to preclude later publication of an extended version of the paper. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to present his/her paper at the workshop. **SUBMISSION GUIDELINES A submission must be no greater than 6 pages in length including all figures, tables, references, appendices, etc., and must be a PDF file of less than 10MB in size. The review process is single-blind. Follow the same formatting guidelines as the WiOpt symposium. See the Information for Authors page (http://www.wi-opt.org/informationforauthors.html). Submissions that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected without consideration. Use the paper submission site (EDAS link to be added) to submit your paper by 23:59 pm Central European Time (CET), January 31, 2018. **IMPORTANT DATES Paper submissions: January 31, 2018 Paper acceptance notifications: March 15, 2018 Camera-ready deadline: March 30, 2018 Workshop Date: May 7 0r 11, 2018 ** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Meixia Tao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Edmund Yeh (Northeastern University, USA) **TPC CHAIRS - ORGANIZERS Anastasios Giovanidis (CNRS, France) Stratis Ioannidis (Northeastern University, USA) Vasilis Sourlas (ICCS-NTUA, Greece) **STEERING COMMITTEE Georgios Paschos (Huawei Technologies, France Research Center) Leandros Tassiulas (Yale University, USA) Spyros Vassilaras (Huawei Technologies, France Research Center) **TPC MEMBERS Onur Ascigil (University College London, UK) Konstantin Avrachenkov (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France) Ejder Bastug (MIT & CentralSupŽlec, France) Giovanna Carofiglio (Cisco Systems, France) Ying Cui (Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China) Mostafa Dehghan (Univ. Massachusetts Amherst, USA) Alexandros Dimakis (Univ. Texas at Austin, USA) Petros Elia (EURECOM, France) Nicolas Gast (INRIA Grenoble, France) Deniz Gunduz (Imperial College London, UK) Longbo Huang (Tsinghua Univ., China) George Iosifidis (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Emilio Leonardi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Jian Li (Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali (Nokia Bell Labs, USA) Derya Malak (MIT, USA) Daniel Menasche (Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Giovanni Neglia (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France) Urs Niesen (Qualcomm Research, USA) Georgios Paschos (Huawei Technologies, France) Konstantinos Poularakis (Yale Univ., USA) Ioannis Psaras (University College London, UK) Philippe Robert (INRIA Paris, France) Theodoros Salonidis (IBM Research, USA) Srinivas Shakkottai (Texas A&M Univ., USA) Ramesh Sitaraman (Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (EURECOM, France) Spyridon Vassilaras (Huawei Technologies, France) Cedric Westphal (Huawei Innovation Center & Univ. California Santa Cruz, USA) ************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************** TPC co-chair Dr. Vasilis Sourlas, University College London, UK v.sourlas(a)ucl.ac.uk ______________________________________________________________ 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: EWSN 2018 Posters and Demos - DEADLINE EXTENDED
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: EWSN 2018 Posters and Demos - DEADLINE EXTENDED Datum: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:55:33 +0100 Von: Karin Anna Hummel <karin_anna.hummel(a)JKU.AT> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EWSN 2018 - Call for Posters and Demos *** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: December 6, 2017 (AoE) *** *** Pls. register your submission as soon as possible *** EWSN 2018 - International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks February 14-16, 2018 Madrid, Spain https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- CALL FOR POSTERS & DEMOS --- 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 Cities, and Connected Cars. In addition to full research papers, EWSN solicits submissions of poster and demo abstracts. The poster session at EWSN will provide a forum for researchers to present their work in progress and to receive early feedback from leading experts attending the conference. In parallel to the poster session, the demo session will offer a unique opportunity to showcase real prototypes, tools, and systems to the conference attendees. --- TOPICS OF INTEREST --- The areas of interest for both poster and demo abstracts are the same as for full research papers: - Embedded wireless networking, from physical to application layers - Dependability (real-time, reliability, availability, safety) - Sustainability (low-power operation, energy management, energy harvesting) - Wireless embedded computing platforms - Operating systems, middleware, and services - Programming paradigms, languages, and tools - Distributed and embedded computing for networked systems - Applications, deployment, and management - Security - Sensing, actuation, and control - Networked embedded sensing in robots and drones - Mobility, localization, tracking - Embedded data management and processing - Human-machine interaction - Cloud, back-end integration, and analytics Please ask the poster and demo co-chairs if you are uncertain if your topic fits. --- SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS --- Each submission will be reviewed by members of the poster and demo committee and evaluated based on its quality and potential to stimulate lively discussions during the conference. Accepted poster and demo abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be available in the ACM Digital Library. We adopt a single-blind review process for poster and demo abstracts. Please do not anonymize your submission and include name, affiliation, and contact information of all authors on the first page. A short abstract must be provided on the first page before the main body of the paper. Submission titles must start with "Poster: ..." or "Demo: ...", depending on the type of submission. Poster and demo abstracts must be submitted as a single PDF containing no more than 2 pages, including figures, tables, and references. Demos must include one additional page describing the setup of the demo (hardware used, space needed, special equipment, etc.). Pages must have 8.5" x 11" (letter) two-column format, using 10-point font on a minimum 11-point interline spacing. All text must be kept within a print area of at most 7" wide by 9" high, with an intercolumn spacing of 0.25". Authors are recommended to use the LaTeX template provided at https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/ewsn-template.zip. Submissions that do not meet these formatting requirements may not be reviewed. Poster or demo contributions to EWSN 2018 must be submitted via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ewsn2018. We particularly encourage and welcome contributions from students submitting first results and early stage work. --- IMPORTANT DATES --- Submission deadline (extended): December 6, 2017 (AoE) Acceptance notifications: December 20, 2017 Camera-ready paper submission: January 8, 2018 (AoE) --- ORGANIZATION --- Poster and demo co-chairs: Karin Anna Hummel (JKU Linz, Austria) Andreas Reinhardt (TU Clausthal, Germany) TPC: Ana Aguiar (University of Porto, Portugal) Brad Campbell (University of Virginia, USA) Octav Chipara (University of Iowa, USA) Wan Du (University of California Merced, USA) Oezlem Dumaz Incel (Galasataray University, Turkey) Oana Iova (INSA Lyon, INRIA, France) Ulf Kulau (TU Braunschweig, Germany) H.T. Kung (Harvard University, USA) Daniele Puccinelli (SUPSI, Switzerland) Rajib Rana (Universtiy of Southern Queensland, Australia) Utz Roedig (Lancaster University, UK) Christian Rohner (Uppsala University, Sweden) Christoph Sommer (University of Paderborn, Germany) Waitao Xu (UNSW Sidney, Australia) Marco Zimmerling (TU Dresden, Germany)

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP: The 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2018), Vienna. Austria, July 2-6, 2018
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Stefan Schulte <s.schulte(a)INFOSYS.TUWIEN.AC.AT> Gesendet: 30. November 2017 09:40:45 MEZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP: The 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2018), Vienna. Austria, July 2-6, 2018 The annual IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) http://icdcs2018.ocg.at is the premier international forum for researchers, developers and users to present, discuss and exchange the ideas and R&D results on topics related to the cutting-edge technologies of distributed computing systems. We invite you to submit your original contributions to ICDCS. ICDCS will take place in Vienna, Austria, July 2-6, 2018. ###TOPICS OF INTEREST### ICDCS 2018 seeks original, high-quality papers related to all aspects of distributed computing systems. ICDCS 2018 solicits new research papers in 11 focused research tracks. In addition, ICDCS 2018 features three special tracks for Industry and Experimentation, Application and Experiences, and Vision papers. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: * Big Data Systems and Distributed Data Management & Analytics * Cloud Computing and Data Center Systems * Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware * Distributed Algorithms and Theory * Distributed Fault Tolerance and Dependability * Security, Privacy, Trust in Distributed Systems * Distributed Green Computing and Energy Management * Mobile and Wireless Computing * Edge Computing * Internet of Things, Smart Cities, and Cyber-Physical Systems * Social Networks and Crowdsourcing ###SUBMISSIONS### Original papers, not submitted for publication elsewhere, can be submitted via Easychair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdcs2018. All submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5'' x 11'' two-column format. Each submission can have up to 10 pages without references. Papers exceeding this length limit or with smaller fonts will be rejected without review. If the submission is accepted for publication, up to 2 over-length pages may be purchased for the final camera-ready version. Submissions should NOT be blinded for review. ###IMPORTANT DATES### Research Tracks * Abstract Submission: December 5, 2017 * Paper Submission: December 12, 2017 * Author Notification: March 28, 2018 * Camera-Ready Paper: May 3, 2018 Special Tracks * Paper Submission: February 12, 2018 * Author Notification: April 4, 2018 * Camera-Ready Paper: May 3, 2018 ###ORGANIZATION### General Chair: A Min Tjoa, TU Wien, Austria Program Chair: Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College London, UK Steering Committee Chair: Xiaodong Zhang, Ohio State University, USA Workshop and Tutorial Chair: Qin Feng, Ohio State University, USA Panel Chair: Erich Neuhold, TU Darmstadt, Germany & University of Vienna, Austria Local Arrangements: Christine Haas, Sandra Pillis, Johann Stockinger, OCG, Austria Steering Committee Chair: Xiaodong Zhang, Ohio State University, USA Publicity Chair: Stefan Schulte, TU Wien, Austria Program Vice Chairs: * Aruna Balasubramanian, Stony Brook University, USA * Roger Barga, Amazon Web Services, USA * Pramod Bhatotia, University of Edinburgh, UK * Herbert Bos, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands * Angela Demke Brown, University of Toronto, Canada * Marco Canini, KAUST, SA * Keren Censor-Hillel, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel * Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota, USA * Lydia Y Chen, IBM Research, Switzerland * Mathias Payer, Purdue University, USA * Gregory Chockler, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK * Erik Elmroth, Umea University and Elastisys, Sweden * Christof Fetzer, TU Dresden, Germany * Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada * Nadeem Jamali, University of Saskatchewan, Canada * Degan Kostic, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden * Ilias Leontiadis, Telefonica Research, Spain * Dushyanth Narayanan, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK * Joerg Ott, TU Munich, Germany * Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy * Guillaume Pierre, University of Rennes, France * Calton Pu, Georgia Tech, USA * Daniele Quercia, Bell Labs, UK * Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA * Sangeetha Seshadri, IBM Research Almaden, USA * Maarten van Steen, University of Twente, Netherlands * Vladimir Vlassov, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden * Di Wang, Microsoft Research, 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: IEEE WoWMoM 2018 -- 19th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
by Lars Wolf 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE WoWMoM 2018 -- 19th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks Datum: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:04:43 +0000 Von: Koutsonikolas, Dimitrios <dimitrio(a)BUFFALO.EDU> Antwort an: Koutsonikolas, Dimitrios <dimitrio(a)BUFFALO.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE WoWMoM 2018 19th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks http://it.murdoch.edu.au/wowmom2018/ sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Missouri University of Science and Technology, IEEE Computer Society TC on Computer Communications (TCCC) June 12-15, 2018 Chania, Crete, Greece ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract submission due (extended): December 18, 2017 Full manuscript due (extended): December 18, 2017 Acceptance notification: March 15, 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE WoWMoM 2018 is soliciting original and previously unpublished papers addressing research challenges and advances in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems. The evolution of wireless networking technologies and their key role in future Internet scenarios offer an increasing wealth of opportunities for distributing multimedia contents over wireless networks, enabling dissemination of professional contents to mobile users as well as sharing user-generated contents among them. Users will be able to retrieve, publish, and manage information, communicate with other users or devices, access and author services, and create and exploit context-awareness. Papers that present original work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis, are solicited. Practical experiences and experimental efforts from both industry and academia, duly documenting the lessons learned from testbeds, field-trials, or real deployments, are also welcome. Papers are invited which address new and previously unpublished results in the areas: – Ad-hoc, sensor, mesh and vehicular wireless networks – Content-centric architectures for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Context-awareness in wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Cognitive communications and networking – Dependability and survivability issues for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Energy-efficiency for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Internet/Web of Things – Localisation, tracking, and mobility management and services – Middleware services for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Mobile applications and services over 5G networks – Mobile big data networking and services – Mobile cloud computing – Mobile applications and services over 5G networks – Mobile edge computing – Mobile health networking – Mobile network traffic characterization and measurements – Mobile social networks – Modelling, analysis, and performance evaluation - Network virutalisation and software-defined wireless networks – Opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks – Participatory, mobile and urban sensing – Resource management for QoS/QoE provisioning – RFID, NFC, and Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications – Satellite and space networking – Seamless inter-networking and self-organisation – Security, trust and privacy issues for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – System prototypes, measurements, real-world deployment, and experiences – Underwater wireless, mobile and multimedia networks – Virtual mobile infrastructure – Wireless BAN, PAN, LAN, MAN and WAN – Wireless multimedia systems, services and applications - Wearable Computing PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. Papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS, using the link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23975 Authors can submit papers falling into two distinct paper categories (please select the appropriate one when submitting): Regular Papers Regular papers submissions may be up to 9 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size 10 points or greater. For the camera ready, authors can buy one additional page up to 10 pages. Work in Progress papers Work-in-progress papers provide a peer-reviewed forum for late-breaking or preliminary research results, giving an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal setting. Work-in-progress papers submissions may be up to 3 pages in length (including figures and references), with the option of purchasing one extra page upon acceptance (up to 4 pages). ********************************************************************************* For accepted papers, attendance and presentation by one of the authors is mandatory. Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to attend the conference and present the paper. Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of IEEE WoWMoM 2018 and submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore. All conference proceedings must meet IEEEÆs quality standards, and IEEE reserves the right not to publish any proceedings that do not meet these standards. WoWMoM organizers reserve 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. Selected Papers will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) ********************************************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Abstract submission deadline (extended): December 18, 2017 * Full manuscript deadline (extended): December 18, 2017 * Acceptance notification: March 15, 2018 * Camera-Ready version due: April 22, 2018 * Conference Dates: June 12-15, 2018 WORKSHOPS AND AFFILIATED EVENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WoWMoM 2018 will offer a four-day technical program including keynote speeches, hot-topic panel sessions, tutorials, demonstrations, and PhD forum. Several workshops will be held in conjunction with the symposium. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE Digital Library (IEEE Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE WoWMoM. The conference also provides a high quality social events program, including a welcome reception and a gala dinner. DEMOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technical demonstrations in the areas of wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking as well as ubiquitous and pervasive systems are solicited. Instructions for submitting a demo proposal will be posted in due time on the conference website. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL CHAIR Polychronis Koutsakis, Murdoch University, Australia TPC CHAIRS Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia Vasilios Siris, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece STEERING COMMITTEE Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA WORKSHOPS CHAIRS Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany Petros Spachos, University of Guelph, Canada PUBLICATION CHAIRS Victoria Manfredi, Wesleyan University, USA Rita Tse, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China DEMONSTRATION CHAIRS Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy Stefanos Papadakis, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIRS Ana Aguiar, University of Porto, Portugal Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, University of Buffalo, USA Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Switzerland Suranga Seneviratne, University of Sydney, Australia PANEL CHAIRS Yue Gao, Queen Mary University of London, UK Mario Papadopouli, University of Crete, Greece PHD FORUM CHAIRS Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal Angelos Marnerides, Lancaster University, UK FINANCE & REGISTRATION CHAIR Yonghe Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS Spyros Psychis, Technical University of Crete, Greece Marios Kastrinakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece WEB CHAIR David Murray, Murdoch University, Australia TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ana Aguiar, University of Porto, Portugal Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, Italy Albert Banchs, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, USA Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Luca Bedogni, University of Bologna, Italy Boris Bellalta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Brahim Bensaou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Giuseppe Bianchi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Manoj BS, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India Eyuphan Bulut, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Rachel Cardell-Oliver, The University of Western Australia, Australia Yawen Chen, University of Otago, New Zealand Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Claudio Cicconetti, MBI, Italy Vania Conan, Thales Communications and Security, France Igor Curcio, Nokia, Finland Debraj De, Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA Swades De, Indian Institute of Technology, India Alessandra De Paola, University of Palermo, Italy Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy Mario Di Francesco, Aalto University, Finland Roberto Di Pietro, Bell Labs, France Robin Doss, Deakin University, Australia Ozgur Ercetin, Sabanci University, Turkey Serge Fdida, UPMC, France Marco Fiore, IEIIT-CNR, Italy Emma Fitzgerald, Lund University, Sweden Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy James Gross, KTH, Sweden Raouf Hamzaoui, De Montfort University, UK Mahbub Hassan, UNSW Sydney, Australia Matthias Hollick, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Peizhao Hu, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Wen Hu, UNSW Sydney, Australia Pan Hui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Raja Jurdak, Data61-CSIRO, Australia Karl Holger, University of Paderborn, Germany Andreas J. Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, University at Buffalo, USA Kun-chan Lan, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Adrian Loch, IMDEA Networks, Spain Tony Luo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Huadong Ma, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Petri Mähönen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Angelos Marnerides, Lancaster University, UK Constandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Daniele Miorandi, Create-Net, Italy Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal David Murray, Murdoch University, Australia Matt Mutka, Michigan State University, USA Vinayak Naik, IIIT Delhi, India Elena Pagani, University of Milano, Italy George Parisis, University of Sussex, UK Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Paul Patras, University of Edinburgh, UK George Polyzos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece James Pope, University of Bristol, UK Ioannis Psaras, University College London, UK Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland Daji Qiao, Iowa State University, USA Jason Quinlan, University College Cork, Ireland Damith Ranasinghe, University of Adelaide, Australia Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany Francesco Restuccia, Northeastern University, USA Jorge Sa Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA Winston Seah, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Anand Seetharam, SUNY Binghamton, USA Shamik Sengupta, University of Nevada, USA Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Bo Sheng, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Simone Silvestri, University of Kentucky, USA Krishna Sivalingam, IIT Madras, India Petros Spachos, University of Guelph, Canada Ioannis Stavrakakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Thorsten Strufe, TU Dresden, Germany Chen-Khong Tham, National University Singapore, Singapore Kanchana Thilakarathna, Data61-CSIRO, Australia Christian Timmerer, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa, Italy Dan Wang, Wichita State University, USA Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Joerg Widmer, IMDEA Networks, Spain Andreas Willig, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Hongyi Wu, Old Dominion University, USA Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan Lina Yao, UNSW Sydney, Australia Ruiyun Yu, Northeastern University, China Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA Wensheng Zhang, Iowa State University, USA Zimu Zhou, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Cliff Zou, University of Central Florida, USA Moshe Zukerman, City University of Hong Kong, China? ______________________________________________________________ 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: IFIP Networking 2018 - Deadline Extension
by Lars Wolf 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: CfP: IFIP Networking 2018 - Deadline Extension Datum: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:20:24 +0100 Von: Burkhard Stiller <stiller(a)IFI.UZH.CH> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organisation: University of Zurich, CSG@IFI An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE [Apologies for cross and multiple postings] *** PLEASE NOTE THE NEW, FINAL DEADLINES *** ------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers - IFIP Networking 2018 http://networking.ifip.org/2018 The IFIP Networking 2018 Conference (NETWORKING 2018), to be held in Zurich, Switzerland, is the 17th event of the series, sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC6). Accepted papers will be published in the IFIP Digital Library and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The main objective of Networking 2018 is to bring together members of the networking community, from both academia and industry, to discuss recent advances in the broad and quickly-evolving fields of computer and communication networks, to highlight key issues, identify trends, and develop a vision for future Internet technology, operation, and use. The technical sessions will be structured around, but are not limited to, the following areas: Network Architectures, Applications and Services ************************************************ Software-defined networking, network (functions) virtualization, data center networking, cloud/fog computing, information-centric networking, content distribution, tactile internet, cyber-physical systems, Internet-of-Things, optical networks, web architectures and protocols, overlay and P2P networks, evolution of IP network architectures and protocols, green networking, resilient networks, network management, traffic engineering, Quality-of-Service, emerging value-added services and applications. Network Modeling and Analysis ***************************** Topology characterization, performance measurements, traffic monitoring and analysis, use behavior modeling, Quality-of- Experience, data-driven design, user profiling and tracking, complex and dynamic networks, analysis of participatory networks, social networks, socio-economic aspects of networks, pricing and billing. Network Security and Privacy **************************** Network security protocols, trust and privacy, anomaly and malware detection, denial-of-service detection and mitigation, network forensics, authentication, applications of privacy-preserving computation in networks, anonymization, dependability, situational awareness, threat intelligence, blockchains and their applications. Wireless Networking ******************* 5G access networks, long-range communication, ad-hoc and mesh networks, mobile networks, self-organizing networks, wireless sensor networks, visible light communication, localization, delay/disruption tolerant networks, opportunistic networks, wireless power transfer networks, device-to-device communication, vehicular networks. Submission Guidelines ********************* Only full papers (not under submission elsewhere) are considered, with a total length of not exceeding 9 pages (IEEE two-column format, 10 pt). Papers must be submitted electronically via EDAS. Important Dates *************** Abstract registration: January 2, 2018 (anywhere on earth) Full paper submission: January 7, 2018 (final) Acceptance notification: March 5, 2018 Camera-ready paper: March 23, 2018 Conference: May 14-16, 2018 Organizing Committee ******************** General Chair Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Switzerland Technical Program Committee Chairs Claudio Casetti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Fernando Kuipers, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands James Sterbenz, The University of Kansas, U.S.A. Steering Committee Jordi Domingo-Pascual, UPC (Chair), Spain Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, U.S.A. Jozef Wozniak, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Publications Chair Christian Doerr, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands Local Arrangements Chair Barbara Jost, University of Zurich, Switzerland Web Chair Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Switzerland For further information please refer to: http://networking.ifip.org/2018

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Fwd: MobiSys 2018 Calls for Papers and Workshops - DEADLINES APPROACHING
by Lars Wolf 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: MobiSys 2018 Calls for Papers and Workshops - DEADLINES APPROACHING Datum: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:56:42 +0100 Von: Karin Anna Hummel <karin_anna.hummel(a)JKU.AT> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE ====================================================== MobiSys 2018 - Open Calls: DEADLINES APPROACHING ! https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2018/ MobiSys 2018 - The 16th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services June 10-15, 2018 Munich, Germany ====================================================== === Call for Papers === Abstract Registration: December 1st, 2017, 11:00 PM PST (corresponds to Dec 2nd, 2017, 07:00 UTC) Paper Submission: December 8th, 2017, 11:00 PM PST (corresponds to Dec 9th, 2017, 07:00 UTC) MobiSys 2018 seeks to present innovative and significant research on all aspects of mobile systems, applications, and services. Selected outstanding papers may be fast-tracked as a special section of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. All papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. More information at https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2018/cfp/ === Call for Workshops=== Proposal Submission: December 16th, 2017, 11:59 PM PST (UTC-8:00) MobiSys is a premier venue for researchers working in the area of mobile and wireless systems, middleware, services, and applications. Workshop papers will be included with the MobiSys proceedings and published in the ACM Digital Library. We solicit workshop proposals on new and emerging topics in the general area of mobile and wireless systems, services, and applications. More information at https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2018/cfw/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE JSAC SI on Caching - Deadline Extension (December 10th)
by Lars Wolf 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IEEE JSAC SI on Caching - Deadline Extension (December 10th) Datum: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 06:26:16 -0500 Von: George Iosifidis <giosifid78(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: George Iosifidis <giosifid78(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, the submission deadline for this Issue has been extended to 10th of December. Best regards, GI ------------- JSAC Issue on Caching for Communication Systems and Networks. The ever-increasing volume of data traffic and the proliferation of services with stringent performance requirements constantly outpace the capacity upgrades in wired and wireless networks, and challenge their performance and their economic viability. At the same time, recent developments, such as the advent of SDN and NFV technologies, the deployment of multi-tier wireless systems, and the novel interplay of caching with physical layer techniques can create novel opportunities for reducing this demand-supply gap. In this new era, it is imperative to systematically revisit the role of caching for a variety of reasons: (i) storage becomes an increasingly low-cost resource, in stark contrast with other resources (e.g., spectrum), and can be embedded in equipment of various form factors in large amounts; (ii) novel network architectures emerge such as 5G+ systems and hybrid wired-wireless designs; (iii) new business models appear with Over-The-Top service providers deploying their own infrastructure or cooperating with network operators; (iv) the needs of users are rapidly changing, consuming huge amounts of content on their mobile devices and generating their own content; (v) social networking platforms are heavily affecting network operation creating additional value but also congestion. Storage and caching can play a fundamental role in this emerging era in communication systems and networks, by increasing the performance of the offered services, reducing operating and capital expenditures, and enabling innovative and game-changing business models. This special issue therefore invites submissions of high-quality original technical and survey papers exploring the role of caching in communication systems and networks, including the following non-exhaustive list of topics: Information-theoretic caching analysis: (i) Fundamental limits of caching; (ii) Coded caching design with practical constraints; (iii) Receiver and source memory-enhanced communications; (iv) Scaling laws of cache networks. Caching in next generation wireless systems: (i) HetNet and device-to-device caching; (ii) Edge caching, cooperation and femtocaching; (iii) Joint caching with scheduling, routing and utility maximisation; (iv) Secure caching, privacy preservation. Content caching and delivery: (i) Design of elastic CDNs; (ii) Algorithms for storage and content placement; (iii) Novel aspects of video caching and streaming; (iv) Caching economics; (v) Caching models for ICN. Data analytics for caching: (i) Analysis of request data, time-varying popularity models; (ii) Popularity estimation and prediction of viral content; (iii) Machine learning and optimisation for popularity incentives; (iv) Interplay of social networks and caching algorithms. ----------------- Authors should submit a PDF version of their manuscripts (30 double-spaced pages, single-column format) through EDAS, according to the following schedule: Initial Paper Submission: December 10, 2017 Acceptance notification: March 7, 2018 Final manuscript submission: April 1, 2018 Publication date: Second Quarter 2018 ---------------- Guest Editors Giuseppe Caire Technical University of Berlin, Germany George Iosifidis Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Georgios S. Paschos Huawei Technologies, France Meixia Tao Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Don Towsley University of Massachusetts, 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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