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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Sensors Journal- SI: Sensor Technologies for Connected Cars: Devices, Systems and Modelling
by Lars Wolf 13 Aug '17

13 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Sensors Journal- SI: Sensor Technologies for Connected Cars: Devices, Systems and Modelling Datum: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 17:23:10 +0200 Von: CFP- Special Issue <cfp.iot(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: CFP- Special Issue <cfp.iot(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Professors, Researchers, Fellows, Seniors, Engineers, The following CfP in the area of "*Connect Cars*" in IEEE Sensors Journal might be in interest of you. Thank you. Regards R. Malekian Lead Guest Editor ------------------------- Reza Malekian, CEng, Associate Professor, Research Group Head: Advanced Sensor Networks Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa Email: r <reza.malekian(a)up.ac.za>eza.malekian(a)ieee.org WWW: http://www.up.ac.za/en/eece/article/1952661/prof-r-malekian-reza CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Sensor Technologies for Connected Cars: Devices, Systems and Modelling** *IEEE Sensors Journal* *Submission Deadline: September 10, 2017* *http://ieee-sensors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_03_21_IEEE_SI_on_connected_cars_CfP_GG-Extended-deadline.pdf <http://ieee-sensors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_03_21_IEEE_SI_on_co…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Scope:** Vehicular accidents are a major global problem, leading to human injury or death, damages to property, with financial and other impact on the general public. In most cases, vehicular accidents are caused by avoidable human error and improper driving practices. With recent advances in sensing technologies, self-driving, connected cars and autonomous vehicles are becoming more and more practicable. The sensor data contribution to the peer to peer (P2P) vehicle sharing system reduces occurrences of road accidents by the use of vehicle to vehicle (V2V) interaction, along with use of sensors for maintaining safe driving distances and pre-empting accidents. Sensor technology in connected cars also improves the overall driving experience by using vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) interaction. This enables warnings and precautions from a network of roadside units, functioning as stationary waypoints and relay warnings, precautions and information regarding availability of crucial services. Such information is particularly beneficial to users in remote areas where it cannot be obtained reliably through conventional communication channels. This Special Issue is focused on sensors and sensor systems for connected vehicles with emphasis on the whole range between modelling and applications. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Sensors for connected cars and autonomous vehicles • Emerging sensor technology for driverless cars • Sensors for Wireless On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) fleet management • Accurate Vehicle Location System Using Wireless Sensor Networks • Intra-Car Wireless Sensor Networks • Sensor interfaces for Peer to Peer (P2P) vehicle sensor data sharing • Sensor Interfaces for Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) information exchange • Sensor interface compliance to communications protocols and standards, authentication and security requirements • Testing, evaluation and verification of sensor systems for connected cars • Safe, Secure and Infotainment Connected Cars • Anti-collision and alarming sensors, • Traffic regulation and transaction sensors • Sensor Data Processing • On-road video contents streaming delivery and traffic sensor management **Schedule** • *Submission deadline: July 15, 2017*, September 10, 2017 • Author notifications: October 20, 2017, December 15, 2017 • Final manuscripts due: December 15, 2017, January 20, 2017 • Publication: February 28, 2018 **Manuscript Submission** Manuscripts must be submitted electronically at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sensors by selecting "Sensor Technologies for Connected Cars: Devices, Systems and Modelling". For additional details about this CfP or author guidelines, please refer to the following link: *http://ieee-sensors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_03_21_IEEE_SI_on_connected_cars_CfP_GG-Extended-deadline.pdf <http://ieee-sensors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_03_21_IEEE_SI_on_co…>* Guest Editors: Reza Malekian [Lead Guest Editor], University of Pretoria, South Africa; Christian Fischer Pedersen, Aarhus University, Denmark; Kevin Curran, Ulster University, Northern Ireland; Bin Cao, ChongQing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China; Xuewei Qi, University of California Riverside, USA; ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, SS on Fog Computing for Industrial Applications, Deadline 30 Nov. 2017
by Lars Wolf 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, SS on Fog Computing for Industrial Applications, Deadline 30 Nov. 2017 Datum: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:42:53 +0000 Von: Mithun Mukherjee <mithun.mukherjee(a)OUTLOOK.COM> Antwort an: Mithun Mukherjee <mithun.mukherjee(a)OUTLOOK.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics CALL FOR PAPERS for Special Section on "Fog Computing for Industrial Applications" The Theme: Due to the increased number of connected things in industrial applications, the growing volume and velocity of Internet of Things (IoT) data exchange urge for more and more communication resources, leading to the bottleneck in terms of data processing, data latency, and traffic overhead. Fog computing emerges, as an alternative for traditional cloud computing to support geographically distributed, latency sensitive, and QoS-aware IoT applications while reducing the burden of data centers in traditional cloud computing. In particular, fog computing with the features (e.g., low latency, location awareness, and capacity of processing large number of nodes with wireless access) to support heterogeneity and real-time applications is an attractive solution to delay- and resource-constraint large scale industrial applications. However, with the benefits of fog computing, the research challenges arise regarding fog computing for industrial applications. For instance, how to handle different protocols and data format from highly dissimilar data sources in fog layer? How to determine which data should be processed in cloud or be processed in fog layer? How to achieve real-time responses and simultaneous data collection from large heterogeneous sources in industrial applications? Motivated by the above issues, this special section solicits original research and practical contributions which advance the use of fog computing in industries. Results obtained by simulations must be validated in bounds by experiments or analytical results. Surveys and state-of-the-art tutorials are also considered. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following research topics and technologies: * Architecture features and evolution for fog computing in industries * Content and service distribution models for fog computing in industries * Caching, replication and relaying models for fog computing in industries * Real-time communication interfaces and protocols for fog computing in industries * Energy aware load balancing and scheduling on servers for fog computing in industries * Orchestration across computation, storage and communication resources for fog computing in industries * Theoretical and experimental evaluation of information-centric networks for fog computing in industries * Security and privacy challenges for fog computing in industries * Testing and evaluation tools for fog computing in industries * Fog computing for real-time monitoring in industries * The future for fog computing in industries: challenges and open issues Manuscript Preparation and Submission Follow the guidelines in “Information for Authors” in the IEEE- IES website: http://www.ieee-ies.org/pubs/transactions on-industrial-informatics . Please submit your manuscript in electronic form through Manuscript Central web site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tii . On the submitting page #1 in popup menu of manuscript type, select: SS on Fog Computing for Industrial Applications. Submissions to this Special Section must represent original material that has been neither submitted to, nor published in, any other journal. Regular manuscript length is 8 pages, additional 4 pages may be allowed for a fee. Note: The recommended papers for the section are subject to final approval by the Editor-in-Chief. Some papers may be published outside the special section, at the EIC discretion. Timetable: Deadline for manuscript submissions: November 30, 2017 Expected publication date (tentative): May 2018 Guest Editors: Prof. Lei Shu, Guangdong Uni. of Petrochemical Technology, China, Uni. of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK, lei.shu(a)ieee.org Prof. Gerhard Hancke, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, g.hancke(a)ieee.org Prof. Der-Jiunn Deng, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan, derjiunn.deng(a)gmail.com Dr. Chunsheng Zhu, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, cszhu(a)ece.ubc.ca Dr. Mithun Mukherjee, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, China, m.mukherjee(a)ieee.org Editor-in-Chief: Prof.Dr.-Ing; RenC.Luo tii(a)ira.ee.ntu.edu.tw ______________________________________________________________ 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 Dependability Competition 2018: Call for Competitors
by Lars Wolf 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: EWSN Dependability Competition 2018: Call for Competitors Datum: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:43:27 +0200 Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)tugraz.at> Antwort an: iti.announcement(a)mlist.tugraz.at An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Competitors 3rd Dependability Competition at the Intl. Conf. on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) February 14-16, 2018 - Madrid, Spain https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the success of the 2016 and 2017 editions, the Intl. Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) will host also this year a competition to compare the performance of WSN and IoT communication protocols in harsh RF environments. FORMAT: This year's dependability competition will have a new format compared to the past two editions, the most prominent changes being that it will take place remotely over a longer time window, and that it will involve the reporting of multiple events from several nodes. Interested participants should first submit an abstract describing their approach by the competition entry deadline. Accepted contestants will obtain the credentials to remotely access the competition infrastructure and enter the preparation phase, after which each team needs to provide one binary that will be used for the final evaluation. A poster session entirely dedicated to the dependability competition will take place during the evening of the first conference day. All competing teams must present their solution in the poster session and will have the possibility to engage in lively discussions with the other conference attendees. The winners of the competition will be awarded during a dedicated plenary session on the second conference day and will hold a 10-minutes talk preseting their solution, followed by a short discussion. COMPETITION SCENARIO AND EVALUATION PROCEDURE: The competition scenario emulates the operation of a sensor and actuator network monitoring discrete events in an industrial setting where several co-existing wireless devices are crowding the RF spectrum. A complete description of the competition scenario and evaluation procedure can be found at: https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html ELIGIBILITY Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. All wireless communication protocols used in low-power wireless sensor networks are welcome, and there is no restriction on the operating system used to program the sensor nodes. The competition will take place if at least 5 teams respond to this preliminary call for competitors. Depending on the nature and number of submissions, multiple categories may be defined. The winning teams in each category will receive cash awards and present their approach at EWSN in a 10-minutes plenary talk. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Interested participants should first submit a two-page abstract describing their approach by the competition entry deadline, following the formatting requirements described on the competition Webpage. The abstracts will be used to pre-select the participants to the competition. Accepted contestants will have the chance to edit their abstract and submit a camera-ready version by the end of the competition's preparation phase. Accepted abstracts will appear in the ACM Digital Library, unless authors explicitly mark their submission as confidential. IMPORTANT DATES: Competition entry deadline (Abtract submission): Oct. 11, 2017 Notification of acceptance: Oct. 18, 2017 Camera-ready abstract submission: Jan. 7, 2018 Competition's preparation phase: From mid-Nov. 2017 until Jan. 7, 2018 Submission of final software: Jan. 7, 2018 Competition's evaluation phase: From mid-Jan. until Feb. 7, 2018 Competition panel and poster session: Feb.y 14, 2018 Competition awards and winners' presentations: Feb. 15, 2018 ORGANIZERS: Carlo Alberto Boano, TU Graz Markus Schuss, TU Graz --------------------------------------------------------------------- Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of the call --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ................................................. Ass.Prof. Boano Carlo Alberto Graz University of Technology Institute for Technical Informatics Inffeldgasse 16, Room: IE01144 / E.2.12 A-8010 Graz, Austria Tel: +43 (0) 316 873-6413 Fax: +43 (0) 316 / 873 - 6903 E-Mail: cboano(a)tugraz.at http://www.carloalbertoboano.com .................................................

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - 5th International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications (CASPer 2018)
by Lars Wolf 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP - 5th International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications (CASPer 2018) Datum: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 07:45:55 -0400 Von: Waldir Moreira <waldir.junior(a)FRAUNHOFER.PT> Antwort an: Waldir Moreira <waldir.junior(a)FRAUNHOFER.PT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ******************************************************************** 5th International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications (CASPer 2018) http://casper2018.uns.ac.rs in conjunction with The 16th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2018) ******************************************************************** Call for Papers With smart-phones in their pockets, more than 1 billion people now have access to sensing, computation, and connectivity, making it possible to harness the power of the crowd to collect and share data about their surroundings and experiences on a massive scale. Crowdsensing/crowdsourcing is a novel data collection paradigm that leverages this vast mobile sensor network, making it possible to expand the scope of research endeavors and address civic issues without requiring the purchase of specialized sensors or the installation and maintenance of network infrastructure. Data collected using such applications may come from unexpected yet interesting and valuable sources and may allow for collecting data in previously inaccessible locations and contexts. This new data collection paradigm introduces several research challenges. Privacy is a primary concern for users who contribute sensitive or personally identifiable information (PII). Incentive mechanisms for participation may be needed to encourage people to volunteer their resources to collect data. Methods are needed for processing large-scale, user-generated data sets into meaningful information, and for assessing and understanding the quality of information to help guide decision-making. Approaches which involve the crowd in such data analysis tasks, with humans serving as a source of semantic information, interpretation, and evaluation of crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data, can also help to build an understanding of the physical, computational, and socio-technical environment. The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussion, debate, and collaboration focused on ideas, trends, techniques, and recent advances in crowdsensing and crowdsourcing. We invite original research contributions that advance the state of the art as well as position papers that pose a new direction or present a controversial point of view. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Algorithms to handle, process, and visualize large-scale crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data sets • Data integrity, security, privacy, and provenance for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data • Trust and reputation systems for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications • Determining and assessing Quality of Information for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data • Crowd-assisted (human-in-the-loop) approaches to analyzing crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data • Context modeling and reasoning in crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications • Incentive mechanisms for participation in crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications • Supporting crowdsensing/crowdsourcing in heterogeneous networks • Crowd assisted pervasive systems and communications • Novel use of sensors for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications • Energy-efficient mechanisms for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications • Programming abstractions and middleware for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications • Novel large-scale crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications Paper Submission Submitted papers must be original contributions that are unpublished and are not currently under consideration for publication by other venues. Submissions are limited to a maximum length of 6 pages and must adhere to IEEE format (2 column, 10 pt font). Papers can be submitted via the EDAS submission portal for CASPer 2018 (will be available soon). Templates are available via the workshop website. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore). Note, that each accepted workshop paper requires a full PerCom registration (no registration is available for workshops only). Important Dates • Submission deadline: November 11, 2017 • Author Notification: December 23, 2017 • Camera ready due: January 12, 2018 (FIRM) Committee General Chairs Yu Wang, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Imre Lendak, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Programme Chairs Salil Kanhere, The University of New South Wales, Australia Raghu Ganti, IBM - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Publicity Chair Waldir Moreira, Fraunhofer AICOS, Portugal Steeing Committee Károly Farkas (Chair), Budapest University of Technology and Economics / NETvisor Information and Communication Ltd., Hungary Luke Dickens, University College London, UK Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida, USA Emil Lupu, Imperial College London, UK Jamie Payton, Temple University, USA Thomas Silverston, The University of Tokyo, Japan / JFLI CNRS UMI 3527 Technical Programme Committee Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy Luke Dickens, University College London, UK Karoly Farkas, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Jonathan Fürst, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Avik Ghose, Tata Consultancy Services, India Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida, USA Qinghua Li, University of Arkansas, USA Seng Loke, Deakin University, Australia Tony Luo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK Paulo Mendes, COPELABS / University Lusofona, Portugal Swati Rallapalli, IBM Research, USA Theofanis Raptis, National Research Council, Italy Thomas Silverston, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan Dragan Stojanovic, University of Nis, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Serbia Umair ul Hassan, Insight Centre of Data Analytics, Ireland Alexander Zipf, University of Heidelberg, Germany ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 2nd CFP: IEEE PerCom 2018
by Lars Wolf 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 2nd CFP: IEEE PerCom 2018 Datum: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:09:33 +0000 Von: Sarah Clinch <sarah.clinch(a)MANCHESTER.AC.UK> Antwort an: Sarah Clinch <sarah.clinch(a)MANCHESTER.AC.UK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG =============================================================================== The Sixteenth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications PerCom 2018 (http://www.percom.org/) =============================================================================== Athens, Greece, March 19-23, 2018<http://airmail.calendar/2018-03-19%2012:00:00%20GMT> =============================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE PerCom, now in its sixteenth year, is established as the premier annual scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Pervasive computing and communications have evolved into highly active areas of research; they have found their way into many current commercial systems due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, ambient intelligence, and smart devices. PerCom 2018 will be held in Athens, the capital city of Greece and one of the most historic cities in Europe. PerCom 2018 will provide a leading edge scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and communications. The conference will feature a diverse mixture of interactive forums: core technical sessions of high-quality cutting-edge research articles; targeted workshops on exciting topics; live demonstrations of pervasive computing in action; insightful keynote speeches; panel discussions from domain experts; and posters of emerging ideas. Research contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to pervasive computing and communications, including: * Advances in pervasive systems and infrastructures: middleware systems and services; large-scale data management for pervasive computing; clouds, cloudlets, and fog computing; integrations of smartphones in pervasive experiences; applications of device-to-device coordination. * Theories, models, and algorithms: context modeling and reasoning; adaptive and context-aware computing; activity recognition; programing paradigms; applied machine learning; cognitive computing techniques. * Domain-specific challenges and novel applications: urban/mobile crowdsensing & intelligence; pervasive technologies for healthcare; cyber-physical pervasive computing; innovative pervasive computing applications. * Intersections of pervasive computing with: social networks; opportunistic networks; Internet of things; sensor networks; RFID systems; big data. * New techniques for user-level concerns : participatory and social sensing; trust, security, and privacy; user interface, interaction, and persuasion; social networking and pervasive computing. * Technological innovations: architectures, protocols, and technologies for pervasive communications; mobile and wearable computing systems and services; smart devices and intelligent environments; positioning and tracking technologies. Contributions can be analytical, empirical, technological, methodological, or a combination of these. Papers reporting strong systems engineering contributions backed by solid and appropriate evaluations are strongly encouraged. The impact of the contributions should be demonstrated in the context of pervasive computing and communications. Papers applying known techniques from other fields must clearly demonstrate substantial novelty or pervasive computing impact. ================================= Workshops and Affiliated Events ================================= A number of workshops will be held in conjunction with the main conference. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore) along with papers from the main conference. As in the past, PerCom 2018 will also feature a PhD Forum, Work-in-Progress Posters, and Live Demonstrations. Please visit the conference website for details. ================================= Best paper award ================================= The best paper will receive the prestigious Mark Weiser Best Paper Award. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC). ================================= Important Dates ================================= Paper Registration: September 15, 2017<http://airmail.calendar/2017-09-15%2012:00:00%20BST> Paper submission: September 22, 2017<http://airmail.calendar/2017-09-22%2012:00:00%20BST> Notification: December 12, 2017<http://airmail.calendar/2017-12-12%2012:00:00%20GMT> Camera Ready: January 12, 2018<http://airmail.calendar/2018-01-12%2012:00:00%20GMT> ================================= Submission Guidelines ================================= Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. Also, they must show a significant relevance to pervasive computing and communications. Guidelines for preparing and submitting the manuscript will be made available on the conference website. Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous review process handled by the Technical Program Committee. ================================= Organizing Committee ================================= General Co-Chairs George Roussos, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Achilles Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Greece Program Chair Gergely Záruba, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Vice Program Co-Chairs Brent Lagesse, University of Washington, Bothell, USA Flora Salim, RMIT University, Australia Gregor Schiele, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany Workshops Co-Chairs Petteri Nurmi, University of Helsinki, Finland Daniele Riboni, University of Cagliari, Italy ================================= Additional Information ================================= Web: www.percom.org<http://www.percom.org/>(http://www.percom.org/) Email (TPC Chair): percom2018(a)gmail.com<mailto:percom2018@gmail.com>(mailto:percom2018@gmail.com) Social Media: www.facebook.com/percom<http://www.facebook.com/percom>(http://www.facebook.com/percom) twitter.com/ieeepercom<http://twitter.com/ieeepercom>(http://twitter.com/ieeepercom) ______________________________________________________________ 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 VNC 2017] Deadline extended to Aug 28
by Lars Wolf 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [IEEE VNC 2017] Deadline extended to Aug 28 Datum: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:38:19 +0000 Von: Ashwin Ashok <aashok(a)GSU.EDU> Antwort an: Ashwin Ashok <aashok(a)GSU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear All I would like to direct you to the Call for Submissions to the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) to be held in Torino, Italy from Nob 27-29, 2017. The submission is through the EDAS system. Please note that the deadline has been extended! We are looking to read about your interesting work! Register full/short papers, posters, demos by Aug 24 (5.59 PM EDT) and Submit by Aug 28 (5.59 PM EDT) NOTE: — Deadline for ALL submissions (papers, posters, demos) is the same — Selected papers will be considered for possible fast track publication in Elsevier Computer Communications journal!! Looking forward to your submissions!! Thanks, Ashwin Ashok VNC 2017 Publicity Chair Assistant Professor, Computer Science Georgia State University http://ashwinashok.com Office: 25 Park Place, Suite 734 Atlanta, GA 30303 ——————— 2017 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) November 27-29, 2017 — Torino, Italy Call for Submissions Connected vehicles are becoming a cornerstone of the increasingly connected world and the deployment phase of the first generation of vehicular networks is now closer than ever. As the applications for connected vehicles so does the demand for reliable networking. Large-scale testbeds are running or planned in different parts of the world, while multiple discussions are taking place at different levels and in different forums about the next generation of vehicular networks. The automated (and connected) vehicle will soon come into play and may significantly change the roots of vehicular networks. The 2017 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) seeks to bring together researchers, professionals, and practitioners to present and discuss recent developments and challenges in vehicular networking technologies, and their applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): • 5G technologies for connected vehicles • Communications and networking for automated and semi-automated vehicles • Congestion and awareness control in vehicular networks • Novel technologies for V2X (TVWS, LTE-D, VLC, etc.) • Safety and non-safety applications of vehicular networks, including ITS • V2V, V2I and V2X communications and networking protocols • Vehicular communications with VRUs (Vulnerable Road Users) e.g., with bicyclists, pedestrians, etc. • In-vehicle communications (wireless or wired) • Radio propagation and technologies for vehicular networks (propagation models, antennas, etc.) • Protocols for vehicular networking (radio resource management, link layer, routing, mobility management, dissemination, transport etc.) • Security, privacy, liability, and dependability in vehicular networks • Network and QoS management for vehicular networks • Simulation and performance evaluation techniques for vehicular networks • Results from experimental systems, testbeds, and pilot studies • Impact assessments of vehicular networks on safety, transportation efficiency, and the environment • Communications related to electric and hybrid vehicles • Heterogeneous networking approaches (multi-radio, multi-channel, multi-application, multi-technology) • Integration of V2V with on-board systems and networks • Vehicular networking architectures and system design • Applications and services to enhance driver experience, performance, and behavior Selected papers will be considered for possible fast track publication in Elsevier Computer Communications journal. Important Dates Full/short paper, demos, poster registration deadline: August 24, 2017 Submission deadline: August 28, 2017 Acceptance notification: October 2, 2017 Camera ready paper due: October 16, 2017 Conference: November 27-29, 2017 Manuscript submissions We will consider two different categories of papers: Full papers (8 pages) and Short papers (4 pages), in addition to Poster and Demo papers (2 pages). Papers submitted to a category will NOT be moved to a different category, e.g. full papers will not be "downgraded" to short papers. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings and will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Please note that for every accepted contribution, at least one person must register for the conference and present. EDAS Submission system: https://edas.info/ Full details are published on the conference web site: http://www.ieee-vnc.org/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IEEE PerCrowd 2018 (co-located with IEEE PerCom)
by Lars Wolf 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers: IEEE PerCrowd 2018 (co-located with IEEE PerCom) Datum: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:54:13 +0000 Von: Huber Flores <000000b88e64d002-dmarc-request(a)comsoc.org> Antwort an: Huber Flores <huberflo(a)CS.HELSINKI.FI> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ************************************* [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************* ______________________________________________________________________ IEEE PerCrowd 2018 – 1st International Workshop on Context-Awareness for Multi-Device Pervasive and Mobile Computing Co-located with IEEE PerCom 2018, March 19-23 March 19, 2018 Athens, Greece http://percrowd.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________________ SCOPE AND OVERVIEW __________________ Pervasive and mobile systems are constrained by energy and performance issues when they operate in isolation. Yet, several studies have shown that smart devices are frequently co-located in proximity to at least one other device throughout the day, suggesting that devices can potentially collaborate to reduce the effort of resource intensive tasks, e.g., sensing, offloading, networking, storage, etc. However, merging the resources of multiple devices to work together is a tough challenge as it requires a common understanding of the context of each device. In addition, since smart devices function in multiple roles, understanding what really constitutes context becomes difficult as different types of contexts need to be modeled depending on the type of task. Context information is critical in multi device setups, e.g., for the formation of collaboration groups, and for negotiating responsibilities between the devices. Any misunderstandings in context can thus be extremely counterproductive for the collaboration between devices. Consider, for example, a computational task, e.g., game puzzle, whose execution can be accelerated by dividing computations between two or more devices. To distribute the task, we first need to understand the processing capacity of each device to ensure devices with insufficient resources are not harnessed for this task as they would turn into bottleneck for execution. By detecting the context for harnessing collaborative and opportunistic resources in proximity, it is possible to reduce the cost of executing tasks in the constrained resources of smart devices, and to diffuse the presence of smart devices beyond their existing computing isolated behavior. The goal of PerCrowd 2018 is to explore the impact of context in collaborative and opportunistic computing. More in detail, the goal of this workshop is to explore the use and effect of contexts on multi-device settings, whose computational behavior can be propagated within a community of devices for optimizing their energy and performance. Original papers addressing theoretical, practical, and technical aspects of opportunistic and collaborative self-organization of devices are solicited. Papers describing prototype implementations and deployment of such applications and systems are particularly welcome. The submission of informative surveys of the state of the art as well as position papers on controversial issues is also encouraged. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Context-aware collaborative systems and applications - Resource extension of pervasive and mobile applications - Opportunistic context modeling - Pervasive computing applications harnessing multiple devices - Data-driven techniques for community formation - Self-organizing community construction and evolution - Crowdsensing and crowdsourcing models for data acquisition and fusion - Applications of crowdsensed models, e.g., incentive models, decision making models, and privacy models. - Infrastructure, architectures, and platforms for collaborative systems - Lessons and experiences of evaluating multi device context-aware systems and applications - Emerging applications for multi device environments. PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ________________________________________ Papers should contain original material and not be previously published or currently under consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts must be limited to 6 pages in IEEE 8.5x11 conference format, and formatted in accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the combined PerCom 2018 Workshop Proceedings and will appear on IEEE Xplore. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the workshop to present the paper. There is no workshop-only registration. An oral presentation at the workshop is strictly required. Failure to present the paper at the workshop will result in the withdrawal of the paper from the Proceedings as well as from the IEEE Xplore. IMPORTANT DATES _______________ Abstract Registration: October 21, 2017 Submission Deadline: October 29, 2017 Acceptance Notification: December 23, 2017 Camera Ready due: January 12, 2018 Workshop: March 19 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ____________________ Program Committee Chairs - Huber Flores (University of Helsinki, Finland) - Pan Hui (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) - Vassilis Kostakos (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Workshop Web Chair - Rajesh Sharma (Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia) Publicity Chairs - Aaron Yi Ding (Technical University of Munich, Germany) - Chu Luo (The University of Melbourne, Australia) For more information, please check out percrowd.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: ACM SenSys 2017 - Call for Posters and Demos
by Lars Wolf 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: ACM SenSys 2017 - Call for Posters and Demos Datum: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 18:07:07 +0200 Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)tugraz.at> Antwort an: iti.announcement(a)mlist.tugraz.at An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de ================================================================================ Call for Posters and Demos ACM SenSys 2017 http://sensys.acm.org/2017/ Delft, The Netherlands ================================================================================ SenSys 2017 solicits submissions of poster and demo abstracts reflecting on-going research progress and/or demonstrating working prototypes. We welcome submissions in broadly defined areas of interests (but not limited to): systems of smart sensors and actuators, brand-new applications of sensory devices, smart things, and smart infrastructure, and the underlying research challenges in communication, networking, energy and resources, data management, algorithms and machine intelligence, hardware designs, and deployment on real environments. Student participants will greatly benefit from the Posters and Demos session; it will be a lively forum to present their work and receive early feedback from international leading experts attending the conference. We explicitly encourage submissions of revolutionary concepts, path breaking ideas, and ongoing research prototypes. Major IT industry as well as emerging technology startups are also highly encouraged to participate. SenSys is an ideal venue to present brand-new products, early prototypes, new development platforms, or even ongoing crowdfunding projects of smart platforms and solutions that might catalyse future applications and/or disrupt today’s sensing and networking technologies. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated based on technical merit and innovation as well as their potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas. Authors of accepted abstracts will be given a one-minute slot in a “madness session” during the conference to present their work in front of the conference audience. As with previous editions of SenSys, the best poster and demo will receive an award. All abstracts shall be formatted according to the main conference paper layout. Accepted abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings and the ACM Digital Library. ## Submission Guidelines * Posters and Demos must be submitted as a single PDF containing no more than 2 pages. The submission should be self-contained ready for publication, including the title, authors, institutional affiliations and contact information, abstract, main body, and references. Please DO NOT anonymize your submission. Upon acceptance, instructions for the final camera-ready abstract will be provided.  * You may include links to additional online material such as videos. Links to videos showing the demonstration are especially encouraged. Videos of accepted posters/demos will be linked from the SenSys web pages and permanently included in the ACM Digital Library.  * To submit a demo abstract, please add “Demo Abstract:” at the beginning of the manuscript’s title.  * To submit a poster abstract, please add “Poster Abstract:” at the beginning of the manuscript’s title.  * Template link for MS Word and LaTeX. (If LaTeX is used, please use ‘Option 2’)  * Submissions for posters and demos can be done separately at the following URL: https://sensys17.hotcrp.com/  ## Important dates * Submission: August 16, 2017 * Notification of acceptance: August 25, 2017 * Camera-ready abstract: September 9, 2017 ## Co-chairs * Andrew Markham, University of Oxford * Marco Zuniga, Delft University of Technology ================================================================================ -- ................................................. Ass.Prof. Boano Carlo Alberto Graz University of Technology Institute for Technical Informatics Inffeldgasse 16, Room: IE01144 / E.2.12 A-8010 Graz, Austria Tel: +43 (0) 316 873-6413 Fax: +43 (0) 316 / 873 - 6903 E-Mail: cboano(a)tugraz.at http://www.carloalbertoboano.com .................................................

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [EWSN 2018] CALL FOR PAPERS
by Lars Wolf 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [EWSN 2018] CALL FOR PAPERS Datum: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 21:17:42 +0000 Von: Sun, Zhi <zhisun(a)BUFFALO.EDU> Antwort an: Sun, Zhi <zhisun(a)BUFFALO.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS EWSN 2018 International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org https://m.facebook.com/ewsn.org https://twitter.com/EWSN_conference in-cooperation with ACM SIG on Embedded Systems Best Paper Award sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (TCSIM) February 14-16, 2018 Madrid, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** PAPER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 ******* **** FULL MANUSCRIPT DUE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 ******* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. The featured topic of the 2018 edition of EWSN is "Sustainable Embedded Wireless Systems", with contributions that aim to contain the energy cost and the carbon footprint of embedded wireless systems. This builds on top of the successful EWSN 2016 and EWSN 2017 editions featuring the topic of "Dependability". Sustainable embedded wireless systems will operate on top of reliable, safe, and secure systems studied in past editions. Topics such as energy-efficient wireless networking tech- nologies and architectures, backscatter communication, adaptation of embedded systems supplied by variable renewable energy sources, wireless power transfer as well as application of embedded wireless systems to increase the energy efficiency of smart homes, smart buildings, and smart cities are welcome. Topics not related to "Sustainable Embedded Wireless Systems" are equally welcome as long as they fall into the scope of the conference, as described below. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Embedded wireless networking, from physical to application layers - Dependability (real-time, reliability, availability, safety) - Sustainability (low-power operation, energy management, energy har- vesting) - 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 AWARDS AND EDITORIAL FOLLOW-UP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Papers presented at the Conference will be considered for a Best Paper Award, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (TCSIM). Papers of particular merit will be selected to be fast-tracked to ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EWSN 2018 is a highly selective conference. We will only accept for review original papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by any other conference or journal. The conference solicits both full technical papers, and short papers describing validated early ideas. We will adopt a double-blind review process, where the names of authors and their affiliations are unknown to reviewers until the end of the review process. We will also provide authors the possibility of a rebuttal before final decisions are made. Authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions such that the author identities are not disclosed to the reviewers. You can find detailed submission instructions at: https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-papers.html ************************************************************************ *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 EWSN 2018 and indexed in the ACM digital library* ************************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Paper registration: September 6, 2017 - Paper submission: September 11, 2017 - Authors rebuttal deadline: November 13, 2017 - Notification of acceptance: December 1, 2017 WORKSHOPS AND AFFILIATED EVENTS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EWSN 2018 will host the MadCom and RED-IOT workshops, and also feature a sustainability competition, a poster and demo session, and one panel of renowned experts on "Testbeds and trials for 5G deployments". Please visit the conference website for further details. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL CHAIRS Domenico Giustiniano, IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain. Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA. VICE GENERAL CHAIR Albert Banchs, UC3M, Spain. TPC CHAIRS Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy. Kaushik Roy Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA. WORKSHOP CHAIRS David Malone, Hamilton Institute, Ireland. Cristina Cano, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain. Elias Tragos, NUI Galway, Ireland. George Oikonomou, University of Bristol, UK. POSTER & DEMO CHAIRS Karin Anna Hummel, JKU Linz, Austria. Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal, Germany. PANEL CHAIR Valerio Frascolla, Intel, Germany. COMPETITION CHAIRS Carlo Boano, TU Graz, Austria. Pablo Serrano, UC3M, Spain. Markus Schuss, TU Graz, Austria. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR Paolo Casari, IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain. REGISTRATION CHAIR Maurizio Rea, IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain. PUBLICITY CHAIRS Marco Cattani, TU Graz, Austria. Asun SantamarÌa, UPM, Spain. Zhi Sun, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA. Cong Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. PUBLICATIONS CHAIR Christian Renner, TUHH, Germany. WEB CHAIR Swetank Kumar Saha, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 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: ACM TOCHI Call for Papers: Special Issue on Human-Building Interaction
by Lars Wolf 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: ACM TOCHI Call for Papers: Special Issue on Human-Building Interaction Datum: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 13:00:00 -0400 (EDT) Von: Ken Hinckley <pubs(a)acm.org> An: wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE Call For Papers <http://www.acm.org/> *CALL FOR PAPERS* ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) /Special Issue on Human-Building Interaction/ Guest Editors *Hamed Alavi*, University of Fribourg and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) *Elizabeth Churchill*, Google, Mountain View *Mikael Wiberg*, Umea University *Denis Lalanne*, University of Fribourg *Peter Dalsgaard*, Aarhus University *Ava Fatah gen Schieck*, UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture *Yvonne Rodgers*, University College London & TOCHI Editorial Board ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Information for Contributors* Built environments increasingly incorporate interactivity and context-aware automation. Human-Building Interaction (HBI), as an emerging research field, seeks to develop an HCI lens to the vision of our interactive experiences with built environments. A special issue of TOCHI on Human-Building Interaction invites research contributions that examine the engagement of HCI in the evolution of buildings and urban spaces. In particular, we solicit articles that pursue the new coordinates that HCI should take into account when shifting attention and scale from "artefact" to "environment." For example, the investigations on the occupant comfort across multiple dimensions (e.g., thermal, visual, acoustic, respiratory), the discussions of the interplay between user agency and building automation, the reflections on the immersive and durable user experience design, and so forth. We seek contributions that address these and similar topics that embody the complexity of human's individual and collective experiences with and within the built environment. The invited topics include technological innovations, ethnographic studies, as well as conceptual and framing contributions. Between the lofty and mundane discourses of interactive architecture and connected products lies considerable space for grounded research and reflective discussion. This special issue invites attempts to capture, share, and expand what is already known, what is contested, and what are opportunities for a common scientific grounding for prospective dialogues and discourses in the area of Human-Building Interaction. It will serve both as a unifying stage for the existing voices that are centrally and peripherally working on HBI, and a platform for the research area to move forward. *The HBI special issue is interested in questions including (but not limited to) the following:* * How can HBI designers reconcile the complexity of human decisions with the efficiency that the automation systems promise? What services do we expect the building to provide seamlessly, and where do we want to retain the manipulation control, and through what interaction modalities? * What are the UX design challenges in creating buildings that can adapt to their occupants' contextualized needs and preferences? * Surveillance is increasingly common to provide security. How does the need for surveillance interplay with the privacy concerns which are especially elevated in inhabited environments? * What can we learn from the comfort literature in the scholarly domain of architecture, and how can an HCI perspective complement and (possibly) correct the current comfort discourses? * In what ways can built environments support and take advantage of social and cultural diversity? * Are architecture and interaction design methods and processes compatible? Concretely, how can a team of interaction designers bring their tools to an architectural project? *Submission Information* All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of TOCHI. Further information, including TOCHI submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing manuscripts, can be found at: *http://tochi.acm.org/authors* <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-16171x312a19x039…>. Manuscripts must be submitted via the ACM online manuscript system to: *http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi* <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-16171x312a1ax039…>. *Important Dates* * Pre-Submission Abstract Due: *Dec 8, 2017* (email to *HBI-TOCHI(a)unifr.ch* <mailto:HBI-TOCHI@unifr.ch>) * Full Manuscript Submission deadline: *Jan 12, 2018* (submit via *http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi*) * First-round Author Notifications: *April 15, 2018* * First-round Revisions due: *June 15, 2018* * Second-round (final) Author Notifications: *Sept 1, 2018* * Final Revisions Due: *Oct 10, 2018* * Publication Date: *February 2019* Please direct inquiries regarding the special issue to *HBI-TOCHI(a)unifr.ch* <mailto:HBI-TOCHI@unifr.ch>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNSUBSCRIBE <https://optout.acm.org/unsubscribe.cfm?re=wolf@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de&rl=CFP> to stop receiving emails about publishing in ACM journals. 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