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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Deadline Extended to November 1, 2014: IEEE IoT Journal SI on "Mobile Crowd Sensing for IoT".
by Lars Wolf 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP Deadline Extended to November 1, 2014: IEEE IoT Journal SI on "Mobile Crowd Sensing for IoT". Datum: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 02:49:03 -0400 Von: Shusen Yang <s.yang09(a)IMPERIAL.AC.UK> Antwort an: Shusen Yang <s.yang09(a)IMPERIAL.AC.UK> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------- -IEEE Internet of Things Journal Special Issues on "Mobile Crowd Sensing for IoT -Submission deadline extended to November 1, 2014 AIMS AND SCOPE -------------------------------- The ubiquitous sensor-rich mobile devices (smartphones, wearable devices, smart vehicles) have been playing an increasing important role in the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoTs), which bridge the digital space and physical world at a societal scale. Their powerful computing/communication capacities, huge population, and inherent mobility makes mobile-device networks a much more flexible and cost-effective IoT solution than static sensor networks. This promotes the emergence of a fast-growing consumer-centric sensing paradigm, the Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS). As an evolution of participatory sensing, MCS has two unique features: (1) it involves both implicit and explicit participation; (2) MCS collects data from two user-participant data sources: mobile social networks and mobile sensing. Various categories of knowledge (e.g. location, personal and social context, user feelings/opinions, traffic conditions, and pollution) reported by smart device users, are shared w! ithin the social sphere, practitioners, health care providers, and utility providers, enabling a broad range of applications and services such as urban dynamic mining, public safety, and environment monitoring. Numerous research challenges arise from the MCS paradigm including participatory and opportunistic data collection, incentive mechanism design, transient networking, quality of user-contributed data, privacy concerns, and big data processing and analytics. This special issue provides the opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and application developers to review and discuss the state-of-the-art and trends of MCS techniques and applications or propose new solutions. In particular, we solicit high-quality original research papers on MCS, including but not limited to the following topics: - IoT Architecture/Framework for MCS - Optimized Data Collection Task Allocation - Communication in Transient Networking Environments - Crowdsourced Data Processing and Urban/Social Context Mining - Incentive Mechanisms for Participatory Sensing - Heterogeneous Crowdsourced Data Fusion - Dealing with Low Quality Data in MCS - Trust and Privacy Issues in MCS - MCS for Social Networking - Hybrid Human-Machine Intelligence in MCS - Emerging/Novel MCS Apps and Systems (environment monitoring, public safety, traffic planning, etc.) IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- - Submissions Deadline: November 1, 2014 - First Reviews Due: February 1, 2015 - Revision Due: March 1, 2015 - Second Reviews Due/Acceptance letters: April 15, 2015 - Final Manuscript Due: May 1, 2015 - Publication Date: June, 2015 SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES ----------------------------------- The special issue seeks submission of papers that present novel original results and findings on MCS for IoT. Solicited original submission must not be currently under consideration for publication in other venues. Author guidelines and submission information can be found at http://iot.ieee.org/journal. All manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iot GUEST EDITORS ----------------------------------- Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ. email: guobin.keio(a)gmail.com Shusen Yang, Imperial College London email: s.yang09(a)imperial.ac.uk Janne Lindqvist, Rutgers University email: janne(a)winlab.rutgers.edu Xing Xie, Microsoft Research email: xing.xie(a)microsoft.com Raghu K. Ganti, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center email: rganti(a)us.ibm.com SI Publicity Chair: Dr. Hong Lu, Intel Labs, USA, email: hong.lu.mail(a)gmail.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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CFP: ACM e-Energy 2015
by vincenzo mancuso 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

CALL FOR PAPERS ACM e-Energy 2015 The Sixth International Conference on Future Energy Systems July 14-17, 2015, Bangalore, India http://conferences.sigcomm.org/eenergy/2015/ Computing and communication technologies impact energy systems in two distinct ways. The exponential growth in deployment of these technologies has made them large-scale energy consumers. Therefore, new architectures, technologies and systems are being developed and deployed to make computing and networked system more energy efficient. Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, these technologies are at the center of the on-going revolution in next generation “smart” and sustainable energy systems. They measure, monitor and control energy systems such as the smart grid; inform and shape human demand; aid in the prediction, deployment, storage and control of energy resources; and determine how utilities, generators, regulators, and consumers measure, analyze, and collectively control system elements. The sixth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy), to be held in Bangalore, India in July 2015 aims to be the premier venue for researchers working in the broad areas of computing and communication for smart energy systems (including the smart grid), and in energy-efficient computing and communication systems. By bringing together researchers in a high-quality single-track conference with significant opportunities for individual and small group interactions, it will serve as a major forum for presentations and discussions that will shape the future of this area. We solicit high-quality papers in the area of computing and communication for the Smart Grid and energy-efficient computing and communications. We welcome submissions describing theoretical advances as well as system design, implementation and experimentation. ACM eEnergy is committed to a fair, timely, and thorough review process providing authors of submitted papers with sound and detailed feedback. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to the following: - Advances in monitoring and control of smart homes and buildings - Sensing, monitoring, control, and management of energy systems - Energy-efficient computing and communication, including energy-efficient data centers - The impact of storage integration on the smart grid - Electric Vehicle monitoring and control - Distribution and transmission network control techniques - Microgrid and distributed generation management and control - Modeling, control, and architectures for renewable energy generation resources - Smart grid communication architectures and protocols - Privacy and security of smart grid infrastructure - Innovative pricing and incentives for demand-side management - Novel technologies to enhance reliability and robustness of energy systems - HCI for energy monitoring, management, and awareness - User studies and behavioral change enabled by computing and communication technologies - Data analytics for the smart grid and energy-efficient systems - Modeling, management and control of variability and uncertainty in energy supply and demand Submissions Three types of contributions are solicited: - Regular papers, up to 10 pages in ACM double-column format, should present original theoretical and/or experimental research in any of the areas listed above that has not been previously published, accepted for publication, or is not currently under review by another conference or journal. Regular papers are intended to describe high quality research work based on novel ideas that have been thoroughly evaluated. The 10 pages limit is intended to be an upper bound and we encourage the authors to take fewer pages if appropriate. The review process for regular papers will include a thorough evaluation by the program committee, opportunity for authors to respond to reviews, and a shepherding process to ensure compliance with review comments before the paper acceptance is finalized. - Challenge Papers, up to 6 pages in ACM double-column format, should present revolutionary new ideas that challenge existing assumptions prevalent among the e-Energy research community. Challenge papers should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues and/or influence the direction of future research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight into and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenges papers will be reviewed by the program committee and will be part of the technical program and published in the proceedings. The title of these papers must start with the prefix "Challenge:" i.e., "Challenge: Rest of the Title." - Poster and Demo Abstracts, up to 2 pages in ACM double-column format showcasing works-in-progress; accepted posters/demos will be presented at the conference. Topics of interest are the same as research topics listed above. Preference will be given to posters/demos where the primary contribution is from one or more students. Additionally, the demo abstracts should be accompanied by a third page (which will not be published) describing the script of the demo to be presented as well as any special resource requirements (space, networking, electricity etc.). The title for the abstracts must have the prefix “Poster Abstract:” or “Demo Abstract:” as appropriate. The submission must be in PDF format with all fonts embedded, and be formatted according to the official ACM Proceedings format. Papers that do not meet the size and formatting requirements will not be reviewed. Word and LaTeX templates are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. Please note that you must use the “Strict Adherence to SIGS style” template option. Submissions are to be made via the Easychair website at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eenergy2015 Important Dates Abstract Registration (Regular Papers): January 5, 2015 Manuscript Submission (Regular Papers): January 12, 2015 Manuscript Submission (Challenge Papers): January 31, 2015 Author Rebuttals Solicited (Regular Papers): February 20, 2015 Author Rebuttals Due (Regular Papers): March 1, 2015 Decision Notification (Regular Papers): April 1, 2015 Manuscript Submission (Poster/Demo): April 10, 2015 Decision Notification (Poster/Demo): April 30, 2015 ACM e-Energy conference, Bangalore, India: July 14-17, 2015 Organizing Committee General Chairs - Shivkumar Kalyanaraman - IBM, Australia - Deva P. Seetharam - Independent Researcher, India - Rajeev Shorey - IT Research Academy, DEITY, India TPC Chairs - Mani Srivastava - UCLA, USA - Sarvapali D. (Gopal) Ramchurn - University of Southampton, UK Poster/Demo Track Chairs - Matteo Vasirani - EPFL, Switzerland - Sid Chi-Kin Chau - Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Niranth Amogh - Huawei, India For more details, please check the e-Energy 2015 website (http://conferences.sigcomm.org/eenergy/2015). -- Dr. Vincenzo Mancuso PhD in Electronics, Computer Science and Telecommunications Research Assistant Professor at IMDEA Networks Institute Avenida del Mar Mediterraneo, 22 28918 Leganes (Madrid) SPAIN

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[CFP]: The 11st Information Security Practice and Experience Conference (ISPEC 2015)
by Cristina Alcaraz 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

*** Apologies for multiple copies *** C a l l F o r P a p e r s The 11st Information Security Practice and Experience Conference (ISPEC 2015) 5-8 May 2015, Beijing, China http://icsd.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/ispec2015/ Conference Outline: ISPEC is an annual conference that brings together researchers and practitioners to provide a confluence of new information security technologies, their applications and their integration with IT systems in various vertical sectors. The previous ISPEC conference series were successfully held in Singapore, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Sydney, Xi’an, Seoul, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Lanzhou and Fuzhou. The eleventh ISPEC will be held in Beijing, China, 5-8 May 2015. ISPEC 2015 will be hosted by Beihang University, China. Conference Topics: • Access control • Network security • Applied cryptography • Privacy and anonymity • Availability, resilience, and usability • Risk evaluation and security certification • Big data and Cloud security • Security for cyber-physical systems • Cryptanalysis • Security of smart cards and RFID systems • Embedded system security • Security policy • Database security • Security protocols • Digital Forensics • Security systems • Digital rights management • Smart Grid Security • Information security in vertical applications • Smartphone Security • Intrusion detection • Trust model and management • Multimedia security • Trusted computing Instructions for authors: Authors are invited to submit original papers which are not previously published nor submitted in parallel for publication to any other conference, workshop or journal. All submitted papers must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references. Submissions must be in English and in PDF format. The final camera ready version of an accepted paper will be at most 15 pages in the LNCS style. The manuscript submitted should correspond to what the authors expect to be published without modification. We therefore strongly recommend that authors check whether their paper will fit within the above LNCS space constraints. Submitted papers may risk being rejected directly without consideration of their merits if they do not follow the above submission instructions. The proceedings will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, and will be available at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper should register and give presentation at the conference. The URL for online submission is available @ http://icsd.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/ispec2015/submission Important Dates: Submission Due: 14 December 2014 Notification to Authors: 8 February 2015 Camera-ready Copy Due: 23 February 2015 Conference dates: 5-8 May 2015 Conference Organization: Honorary Chairs • Feng Bao (Huawei, Singapore) • Weifeng LV (Beihang University, China) General Chairs • Qinghua Cao (Beihang University, China) • Robert Deng (Singapore Management Univ., Singapore) Program Chairs • Zhoujun Li (Beihang University, China) • Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain) • Yongdong Wu (Inst. for Infocomm Research, Singapore) Publicity Chairs: • Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, Spain) Program Committee: Joonsang Baek, KUSTAR, UAE Zhenfu Cao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China David Chadwick, University of Kent, UK Aldar Chun-fai Chan, Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, HK Binbin Chen, ADSC, Singapore Liqun Chen, HP Labs, UK Cheng-Kang Chu, Huawei, Singapore Xuhua Ding, SMU, Singapore Roberto Di Pietro, Università di Roma Tre, Italy Haixin Duan, Tsinghua University, China Juan Estevez-Tapiador, UC3M, Spain Sara Foresti, University of Milan, Italy Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Felix Gomez Marmol, NEC Labs, Germany Dimitris Gritzalis, AUEB, Greece Stefanos Gritzalis, University of Aegean, Greece Xinyi Huang, Fujian Normal University, China Alejandro Hevia, University of Chile, Chile Lucas Hui, Hong Kong University, HK Sokratis Katsikas, University of Piraeus, Greece Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Jiguo Li, Hohai University, China Jinming Li, Huawei, China Tieyan Li, Huawei, Singapore Yingjiu Li, SMU, Singapore Joseph Kai Sui Liu, I2R, Singapore Di Ma, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Jianfeng Ma, Xidian University, China Masahiro Mambo, Kanazawa University, Japan Kostas Markantonakis, Royal Holloway, UK Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Sjouke Mauw, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Catherine Meadows, NRL, USA David Nacacche, ENS, France Eiji Okamoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Rene Peralta, NIST, USA Pedro Peris, UC3M, Spain Raphael C.-W. Phan, Multimedia University, Malaysia Mark Ryan, University of Birmingham, UK Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Pierangela Samarati, University of Milan, Italy Wenchang Shi, Renmin University of China, China Miguel Soriano, UPC, Spain Chunhua Su, JAIST, Japan Vivy Suhendra, I2R, Singapore Hung-Min Sun, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Shaohua Tang, South China University of Technology, China Cong Wang, City University of Hong Kong, HK Lingyu Wang, Concordia University, Canada Guilin Wang, Huawei, Singapore Huaxiong Wang, NTU, Singapore Jian Weng, Jinan University, China Zhuo Wei, SMU, Singapore Qianhong Wu, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia Rui Xue, CAS, China Jeff Yan, Newcastle University, UK Yanjiang Yang, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Futai Zhang, Nanjing Normal University, China Rui Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Contact Information: For further information regarding to the conference, please send email to ispec2015(a)easychair.org or contact the chairs directly.

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Fwd: [tciin] CFPs Security and Privacy for Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems (SPIC 2015)
by Lars Wolf 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [tciin] CFPs Security and Privacy for Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems (SPIC 2015) Datum: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 11:44:19 +0300 Von: Anastasios A. Economides <economid(a)uom.gr> An: tciin.isat(a)u-bourgogne.fr http://conta.uom.gr/SPIC2015/ <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fconta.uom.gr%2FSPIC2015%2F&h=5AQ…> The First IEEE International Workshop on Security and Privacy for Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems (SPIC 2015) Organized in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2015) <http://icc2015.ieee-icc.org/> 8-12 June 2015, London, UK (CFP in PDF Format) <http://conta.uom.gr/SPIC2015/images/SPIC2015_CFP.pdf> SCOPE Recent advances in networking, communications, computation, software, and hardware technologies have revolutionized the way humans, smart things, and engineered systems interact and exchange information. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), which are the major contributors to this area, will fuel the realization of this new, globally interconnected cyber-world. Yet, the success, prosperity, and advancement of IoT and CPS systems strongly depend on the security, privacy and trust of the IoT and cyber-physical devices as well as the sensitive data being exchanged. While these technologies offer a lot of new possibilities, the increasing complexity of hardware and software as well as the worldwide access increase the vulnerability to security attacks. Successful attacks targeted to IoT devices and CPS systems have in common that not only a single computer is affected, but also interconnected technical systems allowing interaction with the physical world are influenced leading to malfunction of devices and control systems with severe financial, environmental and health losses. This fact highlights the need to develop novel tools that will constitute the heart of a much-needed science of security for IoT and CPS. The goal of the SPIC workshop is to bring together internationally leading academic and industrial researchers in an effort to identify and discuss the major technical challenges and recent results aimed at addressing all aspects of security and privacy for IoT and CPS. TOPICS OF INTEREST To ensure complete coverage of the advances in this field, the SPIC Workshop solicits original contributions in, but not limited to, the following topical areas: o Security, Privacy and Trust for IoT and CPS Systems o Secure IoT and CPS architectures o Security vulnerabilities in IoT and CPS systems o Detecting and preventing attacks in IoT devices and CPS systems o Evaluation of the Threats, Attacks and Risks in IoT and cyber-physical devices o Data Security and Privacy in the IoT o Game theory for IoT and CPS security o Security and Privacy in IoT applications and services (health care, smart cities, smart grid, safety and surveillance systems, etc.) o Security and Privacy for RFID, sensors, actuator technologies o Security in Smart Grids and Smart Spaces o Network-distributed signal processing for security solutions in CPS o Joint security and privacy aware protocol design o Test-bed and performance metrics of security solutions in CPS o Deployment and performance studies of secure CPS o Secure network control systems for CPS applications o Secure implementation of cyber-physical systems o Architectures for secure hardware/software CPS systems SUBMISSION PROCEDURE The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers. Papers should be written in English with a standard length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with extra charge if accepted). You may use the standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found *here <http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html>*. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at the following URL:*http://www.ieee-icc.org/2015/authguide.html*. Only PDF files are accepted for paper review. The edas link for paper submission is: *https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18701&track=66317* IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: *8 December, 2014* Author Notification: *12 January, 2015* Camera Ready Manuscript: *23 February, 2015* Workshop Date: *8 or 12 June, 2015* * * Prof. Anastasios A. Economides, Director CONTA (Computer Networks & Telematics Applications) Lab, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, HELLAS (GREECE) economid(a)uom.gr <mailto:economid@uom.gr> http://users.uom.gr/~economid/ http://conta.uom.gr/conta/uk/publications-en.htm http://conta.uom.gr/conta/uk/personnel.htm http://conta.uom.gr/conta/uk/index.htm http://mis.uom.gr/?lang=en tel.#: +30-2310-891799

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP IEEE INFOCOM Workshop SmartCities 2015
by Lars Wolf 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP IEEE INFOCOM Workshop SmartCities 2015 Datum: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 13:39:10 +0200 Von: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> Antwort an: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Please consider to contribute. Best regards, Falko Call for Papers The First International Workshop on Smart Cities and Urban Informatics (in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2015) http://user.it.uu.se/~eding810/SmartCity2015/ Scope and Topics of Interest Cities around the world are currently under quick transition towards a low carbon environment, high quality of living, and resource efficient economy. Urban performance depends not only on the city's endowment of hard infrastructure, but also on the availability and quality of knowledge communication and social infrastructure. There is a growing importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), social and environmental capital in profiling the competitiveness of cities. Information and communication systems play a critical role in building smart cities and supporting comprehensive urban informatics. Extensive research is taking place on a wide range of enabling information and communication technologies, including cloud and network infrastructure, wireless and sensing technologies, mobile crowdsourcing, social networking, and big data analytics for smart cities. This brings together citizens and integrates technologies and services such as transportation, broadband communications, buildings, healthcare, and other utilities. Advanced communication and computing techniques can facilitate a participatory approach for achieving integrated solutions and creating novel applications to improve urban life and build a sustainable society. The main purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers/academics/industries in the field of system, networking and communication to discuss major challenges, research problems, and potential applications to support smart cities and urban informatics. We are expected to share new findings, exchange ideas, discuss research challenges and report latest research efforts that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to · Application, deployment, testbed, and experiment experiences in smart cities · Big data for urban informatics · Cloud computing and network infrastructure that supports smart cities · Cellular networking in smart cities · Delay tolerant networks and systems for urban data collection · E-health systems · Environment and urban monitoring · Enabling wireless and mobile technologies for smart cities · Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability in smart systems · Green networking and energy efficiency · Human mobility modeling and analytics · Mobile crowdsourcing for urban analytics · QoS and QoE of smart city systems, applications, and services · Sensing and IoT for smart cities · Social computing and networks · Smart grid · Smart transportation · Smart buildings · Safety, security, and privacy for smart cities · Smartphone and mobile systems and applications · Vehicular networks Submission Instruction We call for original and unpublished papers with no longer than 6 pages. The reviews will be single-blind. The manuscripts should be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF files (formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper). Submission URL will be advised once it is available. General Co-chairs Falko Dressler, University of Paderborn, Germany Jiangchuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Canada Technical Program Co-chairs Mo Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Edith Ngai, Uppsala University, Sweden Important Dates Submission Deadline: January 1, 2015 Authors Notification: February 15, 2015 Final Manuscript Due: February 28, 2015 -- Prof. Dr. Falko Dressler Distributed Embedded Systems Group University of Paderborn, Germany http://www.ccs-labs.org/~dressler/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN 2015 -- ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Networks, approaching deadline
by Lars Wolf 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN 2015 -- ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Networks, approaching deadline Datum: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 07:10:20 +0200 Von: Chiara Petrioli <petrioli(a)DI.UNIROMA1.IT> Antwort an: Chiara Petrioli <petrioli(a)DI.UNIROMA1.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Networks IPSN Call for Papers April 13-17, 2015, Seattle, WA, USA URL: http://ipsn.acm.org/2015/ The International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks ( IPSN) is a leading, single-track, annual forum on research in networked sensing and control, broadly defined. IPSN brings together researchers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Its scope includes signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases and information management, distributed algorithms, networks and protocols, wireless communications, collaborative objects and the Internet of Things, machine learning, mobile and social sensing, and embedded systems design. Of special interest are contributions at the confluence of a multiple of these areas. Measures taken by authors to facilitate replication, verification and comparison of their work by other researchers (such as providing additional technical details, proofs, datasets, source code, etc.) will be an explicit review criterion at IPSN 2015. In addition to regular research papers, in IPSN 2015, we also encourage submissions of Challenge Papers that lay out visions and future challenges in the field of information processing in sensor networks. Challenge papers are up to 6 page long and the title should start with "Challenge:" These submissions are reviewed based on the novelty of the concepts and potential of impacting the field. The conference features two submission focus areas: one on Information Processing (IP), and one on Sensor Platforms, Tools and Design Methods (SPOTS). The entire program committee is eligible to review both focus areas, but authors are encouraged to make indications in the submission site accordingly to aid in reviewer selection. The IP area focuses on algorithms, theory, and systems for information processing using networks of embedded, human-in-the-loop, or social sensors. Topics covered in the IP area include, but are not limited to: * Sensor data processing, mining, and machine learning * Data storage, management, and retrieval * Coding, compression and information theory * Detection, classification, tracking, reasoning, and decision making * Sensor tasking, control, and actuation * Theoretical foundation and fundamental bounds * Network and system architectures and protocols * Location, time, and other network services * Programming models and languages * Mobile, participatory, and social sensing * Innovative applications and deployment experiences The SPOTS area focuses on new hardware and software architectures, modeling, evaluation, deployment experiences, design methods, implementations, and tools for networked embedded sensor systems. Submissions are expected to refer to specific hardware, software, and implementations. Topics covered in SPOTS include, but are not limited to: * Novel components, devices and architectures for networked sensing * Innovative sensing and processing platforms including cloud,crowd, and Internet-of-Things * Embedded software for sensor networks * System modeling, simulation, measurements, and analysis * Design tools and methodologies for sensor networks * Network health monitoring and management * Operating systems and runtime environments * User interfaces for sensing applications and systems * Case studies highlighting experiences, challenges, and comparisons of platforms and tools Key Dates Abstract registration: October 13, 2014 Submission deadline: October 20, 2014 Paper notification: January 17, 2015 Organizers General Chair: Suman Nath, MSR TPC Co-Chair (IP): Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC TPC Co-Chair (SPOTS): Anthony Rowe, CMU Steering Committee Chair: Feng Zhao, MSR Asia -- Chiara Petrioli, Professor Director, SENSES lab Director, CIS Cyber Physical Systems lab Computer Science Department University of Rome La Sapienza E-mail: petrioli(a)di.uniroma1.it Web: senseslab.di.uniroma1.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: VTC2014-Spring (in Glasgow) CFP Extended
by Lars Wolf 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: VTC2014-Spring (in Glasgow) CFP Extended Datum: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:40:45 -0400 Von: IEEE Vehicular Technology Society <rckeele(a)ieee.org> An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Vehicular Technology Society header Join Our LinkedIn Group <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=54005070&m=7081098&u=IEEE_V…> Join Our LinkedIn Group <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=54005071&m=7081098&u=IEEE_V…> *Call for Papers extended to 13 October 2014* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2015-Spring)* *11-14 May 2015, Glasgow, Scotland* www.vtc2015spring.org <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=54005072&m=7081098&u=IEEE_V…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Call for Papers* The 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2015-Spring) will be conducted May 11-14, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will convene leading individuals from industry, government, and universities to share their perspectives, ideas and innovations in the fields of wireless and mobile communications and networks, and vehicular technology. VTC2015-Spring will be one of the leading 2015 technical events to discuss and design future 5G systems and technologies. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, visionary panel sessions, tutorials, oral and poster technical sessions, workshops, and exhibitions. *TECHNICAL PAPERS* The technical program committee invites the submission of original, unpublished technical papers in the following areas: 1. Antennas, Propagation and RF Design (Chairs: Buon Kiong Lau, Claude Oestges, Katsuhuki Haneda) 2. Transmission Technologies and Communication Theory (Chairs: Tim O'Farrell, Jose Monserrat) 3. Spectrum Efficient Management, Sensing and Cognitive Radio (Chairs: Oliver Holland, Periklis Chatzimisios) 4. Multiple Antenna Systems and Services (Chairs: Reiner Thomae, Ben Allen, Michail Matthaiou) 5. Cooperative Communications, Distributed MIMO and Relaying (Chairs: Simon Armour, Piya Patcharamaneepakorn, Riichi Kudo) 6. Wireless / Radio Access Technologies (Chairs: Graeme Woodward, Toktam Mahmoodi, Jordi Perez) 7. Mobile Network Applications and Services (Chairs: Vasilis Friderikos, Panagiotis Demestichas) 8. Ad-hoc, Mesh, Machine-to-Machine and Sensor Networks (Chairs: Kamya Y. Yazdandoost, Baobing Wang, Dritan Kaleshi) 9. Wireless Networks and Security (Chairs: Justin Coon, Mahesh Sooriyabandara, Marco Di Renzo) 10. Green Communications and Networks (Chairs: John Thompson, Haibin Zhang, Silvia Ruiz) 11. Satellite Networks, Positioning Technologies, Localization and Navigation (Chairs: Paul Mitchell, Giovanni Giambene) 12. Vehicular Communications, Networks and Transportation Systems (Chairs: Onur Altintas, Angela Doufexi, Miguel Sepulcre) 13. Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles, and Vehicular Electronics (Chairs: Derrick Holliday) 14. Future Trends and Emerging Technologies (Chair: Harald Haas) Prospective authors are encouraged to submit full papers through the conference web site. *Important dates for regular papers* * Submit papers for review by (*EXTENDED*): 13 October 2014 * Acceptance notices sent: 5 January 2015 * Final papers due: 16 February 2015 *Conference Committee* *General Co-Chairs:*James Irvine, University of Strathclyde, UK, and Javier Gozalvez, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain *TPC Co-Chairs: *Mark Beach, University of Bristol, UK, and Narcis Cardona Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain *Workshops Co-Chairs:*Klaus Moessner University of Surrey, UK, and Cheng-Xiang Wang Heriot-Watt University, UK *Panel Co-Chairs:*Oscar Lazaro, Innovalia Association, Spain, and Robert Atkinson, University of Strathclyde, UK *Speakers Chair:*Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK *Tutorials Chair:*Dave Laurenson, University of Edinburgh, UK *Publicity Co-Chairs:*Swee Keow Goo, University of Glasgow, UK, and Baldomero Coll-Perales, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain *Finance Chair:*J. R. Cruz, University of Oklahoma, USA *Conference Administrators:*Jim Budwey and R. Clint Keele, IEEE VTS, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ footer Spacer Spacer Copyright © 2011 IEEE To ensure delivery, please add info(a)ieee.org <mailto:info@ieee.org> to your email address book or Safe Sender List. If you are still having problems receiving our communications, see our white-listing page for more details <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=54005073&m=7081098&u=IEEE_V…>. If you no longer wish to receive this publication, please go here to unsubscribe <http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=661445230&sid=54005074&m=7081098&u=IEEE_V…>.

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS: ISCC 2015, July 6-9 2015, Larnaca, Cyprus
by Lars Wolf 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS: ISCC 2015, July 6-9 2015, Larnaca, Cyprus Datum: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 11:44:49 -0400 Von: Habib Ammari <hammari(a)UMICH.EDU> Antwort an: Habib Ammari <hammari(a)UMICH.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ISCC 2015 The Twentieth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications http://www.ieee-iscc.org/2015 July 6-9 2015, Larnaca, Cyprus ========================================================================= ISCC 2015, in its 20th anniversary, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2015 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in most state-of-the-art areas of computer and communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues and opportunities related to the computing, sensing and communication in the era of the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and Big Data. You are invited to submit a full paper or a proposal for a panel/invited session or a tutorial, related to the following topics of interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: -------------------------------------------------- • Access Networks • Digital Media Technologies • Bioinformatics and Medical informatics • Modeling and Simulation • Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications • Digital Satellite Communications Service • Network Design, Optimization, and Management • Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management • Distributed Systems Architecture and Management • Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience • Economic and Regulatory Issues • Optical Networking • E-Commerce and E-Services • Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery • Peer-to-Peer Computing • Real Time Communication Services • Grid, Cluster and Cloud Computing • Routing and Multicast • Human Language Technologies • Image Processing and Visualization • Security, Cryptography and Privacy • Software Engineering • Internet Services and Applications • Standards Evolution • Advances in Internet Protocols • Management of Telecommunications and Networks • Cognitive Radio Networking • Sensor Networks and Mobile Sensing • Distributed and Mobile Middleware • Overlay and Programmable Networks • Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures • Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications • Green Networking and Smart Grid • Cloud Computing • Internet of the Future • Bio-inspired Computing in Communications • Communications Services and Management • Internet of Things and Smart Cities • Artificial Intelligent Systems • Social Networks and Crowdsourcing • Services and Support for Smart Cities • Wireless body area network and wireless health Important dates: ---------------- Abstract Registration: January 19th, 2015 Submission deadline: January 26th, 2015 Acceptance Notification: March 27th, 2015 Camera Ready Paper: April 17th, 2015 Paper Submission ---------------- Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 8 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Extended versions of selected best papers will be recommended for publication in a Special Issue of a prestigious International Journal. Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, on-line via the EDAS system: http://edas.info/N18819 In the last years, the IEEE-ISCC Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore have been indexed by ISI, dblp, and Scopus. This makes the IEEE ISCC a publication venue with high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. Organizing Committee -------------------- General Co-Chairs ------------------ Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs ------------------ Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA Local Arrangement Co-Chairs ------------------ George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Finance and Registration Co-Chairs ------------------ Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Publication Co-Chairs ------------------ Josephine Antoniou, University of Central Lancanshire, Cyprus Nicos Komninos, City University London, UK Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs ------------------ Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Marios Lestas, Frederick University, Cyprus Workshop Co-Chairs ------------------ Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece Andreas Kamilaris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs ------------------ Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Frederick University, Cyprus Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash University, Australia Qing Yang, Montana State University, USA Web Chair ------------------ Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Steering Committee ------------------ Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please email the conference chairs or visit the ISCC website: http://www.ieee-iscc.org/2015 Best Regards, Habib M. Ammari -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Habib M. Ammari, Associate Professor Office: 129 CIS Building Founding Director, WiSeMAN Research Lab WiSeMAN: 132 CIS Building Department of Computer and Information Science Phone: (313) 593-5239 College of Engineering and Computer Science Fax: (313) 593-4256 University of Michigan-Dearborn Email: hammari(a)umd.umich.edu Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Home page: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ 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: SustainIT 2015 || April 14 - 15, 2015 - Madrid, Spain
by Lars Wolf 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Malisa Vucinic <Malisa.Vucinic(a)IMAG.FR> Gesendet: 6. Oktober 2014 18:20:23 MESZ An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: SustainIT 2015 || April 14 - 15, 2015 - Madrid, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS SustainIT 2015 The Fourth IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability http://www.networks.imdea.org/sustainit2015 April 14-15, 2015 Madrid, Spain Sponsored by the IFIP TC6 WG 6.3, Performance of Communication Systems Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - Approval pending ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** Paper Registration Deadline --- DECEMBER 05, 2014 **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The best paper presented at the conference will receive a Best Paper Award. Authors of papers of particular merit will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to the Elsevier Computer Communications Journal (COMCOM). SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The evolving information and communications (ICT) technologies present a unique opportunity to effect the transformation needed to move us towards the goal of sustainability by helping to reduce our carbon footprint, mitigate and adapt ill effects of climate change, reduce and repair environmental damage, provide effective disaster response and recovery, creatively manage overstressed infrastructures in crowded urban systems, and enhance use of planet friendly materials and technologies. ICT is already being integrated into many areas of our lives, such as smart management of city services, transportation, energy distribution and management, health care, etc., and this integration is expected to expand deeper and wider in the coming years and decades. Unfortunately, this ICT proliferation brings in its own challenges of increased carbon footprint, accelerating obsolescence of electronic equipment and its disposal issues, increased use of precious natural resources such as wa! ter and materials, etc. These twin problems of reducing the environmental impact of ICT and exploiting ICT for a more sustainable world form the underlying theme for SustainIT since its inception in 2010. This year's SustainIT continues this theme by focusing on inter-disciplinary scientific challenges of enhancing the sustainability of ICT and via ICT. The goal of this conference is to bring together people from different research areas, and provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers from both industry and academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of sustainability of ICT (including smart energy management) and innovative use of ICT to enhance human and societal sustainability are solicited. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 1) Sustainable communication substrates: - Energy-efficient networking technologies and architectures - Energy-efficient wired and wireless communications protocols - Cross-layer optimizations for sustainable networking - Novel standards and metrics for green communications 2) Energy-efficient operation of computing infrastructure: - Energy-efficient management of computing, storage, and network resources - Managing carbon footprint of data centers and increasing its energy efficiency - Trade-offs between energy efficiency, Quality of Service, and reliability - Adaptation of computing and communications infrastructure to variable renewable energy supply - Emerging computing/storage technologies for energy efficient operation 3) Achieving sustainability through the application of ICT: - Application of ICT to increase the energy efficiency of smart homes, smart buildings, and smart cities - ICT for sustainable mobility, transport, and logistics - ICT for energy-efficient industrial environments and processes - ICT for smart power grids and novel data processing in smart energy systems - ICT for water distribution systems including leaks, theft, contamination, and attacks. - ICT for agriculture, food distribution/logistics, waste reduction, tracking/provenance, etc. - ICT for healthcare (health monitoring & healthy lifestyle support systems, disease detection/monitoring, assistive technologies, health care information systems, etc.) - ICT for underwater (e.g., oceanic) monitoring and communications - ICT for waste water and waste monitoring, handling and reduction - ICT in disaster monitoring, rescue and recovery, including emergency networking and exploitation of social media - ICT for monitoring and conservation of biodiversity - ICT for geohazard monitoring (e.g., landslides, earthquakes, etc.) - Crowdsourcing solutions for sustainability - Urban Sustainability 4) Practical issues in sustainable communication systems - Security and privacy in ICT applications for sustainability - Energy consumption measurements, models, and monitoring tools - Measurement and evaluation of the Internet's sustainability - Test-bed and prototype implementations of sustainable ICT systems 5) Science of Sustainability - Metrics for sustainability and their evaluation - Modeling of human behavior regarding sustainability choices (e.g., reduction in energy consumption, engagement of power management features, etc.) - Ecosystem modeling (perturbations and equilibria) PAPER SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. Manuscripts must be limited to 8 pages and must strictly adhere to the IEEE conference publication format (e.g., 10pt font, single spacing, double column) in US Letter size with all fonts embedded. Detailed instructions for manuscript preparation and submission are available on the conference website: <http://www.networks.imdea.org/sustainit2015/index.html> Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS at <http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18809&track=66807> Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register and attend the conference to present the paper. The organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Paper registration deadline: December 05, 2014 - Paper submission deadline: December 12, 2014 - Acceptance notification: February 27, 2015 - Camera-ready version due: March 15, 2015 - SustainIT 2015 conference: April 14-15, 2015 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Krishna Kant, Temple University, USA Domenico Giustiniano, IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Andreas Reinhardt, The University of New South Wales, Australia STEERING COMMITTEE Marco Conti (Chair), IIT-CNR, Italy Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Thierry Klein, Bell Labs, USA PHD FORUM & DEMO CHAIRS Karin Anna Hummel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland PANEL CHAIR Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy and IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain PUBLICITY CHAIR Malisa Vucinic, Grenoble Informatics Laboratory & STMicroelectronics, France Zhisheng Niu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China PUBLICATION CHAIR Christian Renner, University of Luebeck, Germany FINANCE AND REGISTRATION CHAIR Nicola Bui - IMDEA Networks Institute & University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Pablo Caballero - IMDEA Networks Institute & University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain Luca Cominardi - IMDEA Networks Institute & University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain WEBMANAGER Qing Wang - IMDEA Networks Institute & University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP COMCOM, Elsevier: Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Unified Communications: Challenges and Solutions, Manuscript Due October 31, 2014
by Lars Wolf 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP COMCOM, Elsevier: Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Unified Communications: Challenges and Solutions, Manuscript Due October 31, 2014 Datum: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 13:52:15 +0200 Von: Georgios Karopoulos <georgios.karopoulos(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Georgios Karopoulos <georgios.karopoulos(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ======================================================================== *Call for Papers* Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier (Current Impact Factor: 1.352) Special Issue on: Security and Privacy in Unified Communications: Challenges and Solutions Direct Link: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-communications/call-for-papers/sp… ======================================================================== Unified Communications (UC) merge different communication technologies, types of products, and services, from various manufacturers, operators, and countries, following diverse policies and standards. Specifically, in the context of UC, a range of communication tools are integrated in a way that both corporations and individuals are able to manage all their communications in one entity instead of doing it disjointly. It is therefore said that UC bridges the opening between the various computer related communication technologies and Voice over IP (VoIP). However, this high level of heterogeneity expands the risks related to security and privacy that stakeholders should deal with. To eliminate or even prevent the increasing threats to end-users and operators, it is important to explore this growing and timely research topic. This feature topic will benefit the research community towards identifying challenges and disseminating the latest methodologies and solutions to UC security and privacy issues. Its objective is to publish high-quality articles presenting open issues, algorithms, protocols, policies, frameworks, standards, and solutions for UC related to security and privacy. Only technical papers describing previously unpublished, original, state-of-the-art research, and not currently under review by a conference or a journal will be considered. Reviews and case studies which address state-of-art research and state-of-practice industry experiences are also welcomed. We solicit papers in a variety of topics related to unified communications security and privacy, including, but not limited to: - Authorization and access control for UC services - Denial of service prevention schemes for UC - Reliability and availability issues on UC - Penetration testing, intrusion detection and prevention - End-to-end security solutions - Cryptographic protocols for UC - Voice security - Signaling security and privacy - Multimedia application security and privacy analysis - Multimedia communication platforms vulnerabilities and attacks - Security and privacy in mobile communication services - Smartphone multimedia apps security and privacy - Social networking security and privacy - Testbed and case studies for secure and private UC services - Trust establishment in UC - IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) security - Privacy and identity management - Privacy enhancing technologies for UC - Privacy models for UC - Security and privacy assessment for UC - Security policies - Auditing, verification, and validation of UC services - Risk analysis and management - Cyber-security issues affecting UC - Protection of UC as a Critical Information Infrastructure - VoIP peering security issues All received submissions will be sent out for peer review by at least two experts in the field and evaluated with respect to relevance to the special issue, level of innovation, depth of contributions, and quality of presentation. Guest editors will make an initial determination of the suitability and scope of all submissions. Papers that either lack originality, clarity in presentation or fall outside the scope of the special issue will not be sent for review and the authors will be promptly informed in such cases. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. Schedule Manuscript submission deadline: October 31, 2014 Pre-notification (first round): January 30, 2015 Final-notification (second round): April 3, 2015 Publication of special issue: 2015 (Tentative) Submission Details Authors should follow the instructions available at http://ees.elsevier.com/comcom - kindly click the “Guide for Authors” link in the top box on the right side. When submitting the article, select “UC Security and Privacy” in the “Select an Article Type” box in the submission process. Guest Editors Georgios Karopoulos Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy e-mail: georgios.karopoulos(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu Georgios Portokalidis Stevens Institute of Technology, USA e-mail: gportoka(a)stevens.edu Josep Domingo-Ferrer Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia e-mail: josep.domingo(a)urv.cat Ying-Dar Lin National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan e-mail: ydlin(a)cs.nctu.edu.tw Dimitris Geneiatakis Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy e-mail: dimitrios.geneiatakis(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu Georgios Kambourakis University of the Aegean, Greece e-mail: gkamb(a)aegean.gr ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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