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ICC 2012 CONWIRE Workshop - Deadline Extended to Dec. 20
by Periklis Chatzimisios 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C A L L F O R P A P E R S ----------------------------- 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Systems (CON-WIRE 2012) (http://conwire.it.teithe.gr June 11-15, 2012, Ottawa, Canada organized in association with the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012) Overview Future Internet envisions the synergy among heterogeneous wireless communications will co-exist providing the end user the "flexibility and choice", to improve his/her quality of life. The integration of heterogeneous networks in multi-access and multi-operator environment is revolutionizing the ICT area, introducing new opportunities, better communication channels and an enhanced quality of provided applications and services. In this environment, a user is able to connect to a number of heterogeneous RATs (Radio Access Technologies), either covering the same, or complementing geographical areas. These networks can be macro-cellular, WLANs, femto-cellular or even ad-hoc. In this environment, seamless mobility is coupled according to user preferences, enabling mobile users to be "Always Best Connected" (ABC) so that Quality of Experience is optimized and maintained. Topics CONWIRE 2012 will collect latest research ideas and issues on the convergence among heterogeneous wireless systems in Future Internet. We solicit papers that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to: * Wireless Network Architectures * Middleware for wireless converged networks. * Wireless Convergence in Future Internet Initiatives (e.g. FIRE, GENI etc) * IP-based Mobility Management * Efficient Handover Algorithms and RRM in heterogeneous wireless networks * Cross-Layer Schemes * Modeling, performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization techniques * Wireless network testbeds and applications * QoE in wireless converged networks Contribution format The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Paper submission can be found in: http://edas.info/N11447 Schedule * Full Paper Submission: Dec. 20, 2011 (extended) * Notification of Acceptance: Jan. 23, 2012 * Camera-ready version: TBA Workshop co-Chairs Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Tasos Dagiuklas, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece Jonathan Rodriguez, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal Andreas Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden

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Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE ICC 2012 WS-CONWIRE Deadline Extension
by Lars Wolf 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] IEEE ICC 2012 WS-CONWIRE Deadline Extension Datum: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:06:03 +0200 Von: Tasos Dagiuklas <ntan(a)teimes.gr> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C A L L F O R P A P E R S ----------------------------- 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Systems (CON-WIRE 2012) (http://conwire.it.teithe.gr <http://conwire.it.teithe.gr/>) June 11-15, 2012, Ottawa, Canada organized in association with the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012) Overview Future Internet envisions the synergy among heterogeneous wireless communications will co-exist providing the end user the ³flexibility and choice², to improve his/her quality of life. The integration of heterogeneous networks in multi-access and multi-operator environment is revolutionizing the ICT area, introducing new opportunities, better communication channels and an enhanced quality of provided applications and services. In this environment, a user is able to connect to a number of heterogeneous RATs (Radio Access Technologies), either covering the same, or complementing geographical areas. These networks can be macro-cellular, WLANs, femto-cellular or even ad-hoc. In this environment, seamless mobility is coupled according to user preferences, enabling mobile users to be ³Always Best Connected² (ABC) so that Quality of Experience is optimised and maintained. Topics CONWIRE 2012 will collect latest research ideas and issues on the convergence among heterogeneous wireless systems in Future Internet. We solicit papers that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to: * Wireless Network Architectures * Middleware for wireless converged networks. * Wireless Convergence in Future Internet Initiatives (e.g. FIRE, GENI etc) * IP-based Mobility Management * Efficient Handover Algorithms and RRM in heterogeneous wireless networks * Cross-Layer Schemes * Modeling, performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization techniques * Wireless network testbeds and applications * QoE in wireless converged networks Contribution format The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Paper submission can be found in: http://edas.info/N11447 Schedule * Full Paper Submission: Dec. 20, 2011 * Notification of Acceptance: Jan. 23, 2012 * Camera-ready version + Author Registration: Apr. 1, 2012 Workshop co-Chairs Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Tasos Dagiuklas, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece Jonathan Rodriguez, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal Andreas Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN 2012-Spring)
by Lars Wolf 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

xu li <easylix(a)yahoo.ca> schrieb: _____________________________________________ Call for Papers The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN 2012-Spring) http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/WiSARN2012Spring/ To be held in conjunction with The 8th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS'12) May 18-20, Hangzhou, China. Wireless sensor and actor networks (WSANs) are the confluence point where the traditional fields of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), robot networks and control theory meet. In WSAN, nodes collaborate to accomplish distributed sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by the control and mobility of actors, the networking process and applications embrace a whole new set of possibilities. Actors may deploy, repair and relocate sensors to improve coverage, build routes and fix network partition to ensure data communication, change network topology to shape routing patterns and balance energy consumption, and respond to reported events in a timely and effective manner. The benefits are limited only by imagination. As an emerging field, WSANs are in need of new networking techniques, by which they can fully exploit their particularities and potentials. WiSARN aims to bring together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for current and future applications of WSAN. Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in ALL aspects of WSANs, WSNs, robot networks, and robotics and automation. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Autonomous sensor networks * Emergent behavior in WSAN * Modeling and simulation of WSAN * WSAN architectural and operational models * Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication * Sensor-actor (robot) and actor-actor coordination * Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols * Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication protocols * Distributed control and management in WSAN * Neighborhood discovery and mobility management * Communication protocols for swarms of mobile actors (robots) * Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots * Actor (robot) task assignment * Biologically inspired communication * Ecological systems * Architectures and topology control * Localization in WSAN * Probabilistic integration in WSAN * Quality of service, security and robustness issues * Applications and prototypes * Hybrid networks and wireless Internet * Data management, gathering, aggregation and query processing Papers must not exceed 6 single-spaced and two-column pages using at least 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages, and must be formatted in strict accordance with the IEEE author guidelines. Submissions are being considered with the understanding that they describe original research, neither published nor under review elsewhere. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Digital Library after the conference and included in DCOSS 2012 proceedings. Selected best papers will be invited to a special issue of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: an international journal (SCIE). Important dates Paper submission: Feb. 20, 2012 Author notification: Mar. 20, 2012 Camera ready: Apr. 02, 2012 Workshop date: May 20, 2012 General Chair Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Co-Chairs: Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China Carlo Fischione, KTH, Sweden Xu Li, Inria Lille - Nord Europe, France Publicity Co-Chairs: Xianghui Cao, Zhejiang University, China Hannes Frey, University of Paderborn, Germany Enrico Natalizio, INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France Cheng Wang, University of Ottawa, Canada Submission Chair: Rafael Falcon, University of Ottawa, Canada For further information, please refer to the above WiSARN 2012 website, or contact the program co-chairs: Dr. Jiming Chen at jmchen.zju (at) gmail.com Dr. Carlo Fischione at carlofi (at) kth.se Dr. Xu Li at xu.li (at) inria.fr _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: MobiSys 2012 - Deadline approaching
by Lars Wolf 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Christos Efstratiou <Christos.Efstratiou(a)CL.CAM.AC.UK> schrieb: The deadline for MobiSys 2012 is approaching. *** Important dates **** Abstract registration: Friday, December 9, 2011 (9:00 PM PST) Submission deadline: Friday, December 16, 2011 (9:00 PM PST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 10th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys 2012) Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE and in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 26th - 29th, 2012 Low Wood Bay, The Lake District, UK http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2012/ MobiSys 2012 will continue the tradition of publishing top-notch research papers dealing with all aspects of mobile systems. MobiSys seeks original papers that take a broad systems perspective rather than focus narrowly on low-level components. The conference values results and insights obtained from working implementations more highly than those obtained solely from simulations. If you have any questions regarding relevance or other submission-related issues, please contact the program chairs at mobisys_pcchairs12(a)acm.org Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Experience with mobile applications, networks and systems • Innovative mobile and mobile sensing applications • Tools for building and measuring mobile systems • Software architectures for mobile devices • Infrastructure support for node mobility • System-level energy management for mobile devices • Data management for mobile applications • Operating systems for mobile devices • Support for mobile social networking and mobile Web • Security and privacy in mobile systems • Wearable computing and innovative mobile devices • Systems for location and context sensing and awareness • Mobile computing support for pervasive computing • Vehicular wireless systems • User interfaces and usability for mobile applications and systems • Personal-area networks and systems • Cyber foraging and resource discovery for mobile systems Papers on work that is currently under review, whether in shorter, longer, or the same form, must not be submitted to MobiSys. Submission of a longer version of a published, not just accepted, workshop paper is encouraged if it includes significant new contributions. However, the authors must cite their workshop paper. Papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. As is customary with the scientific peer review process, submissions will be handled as confidential material during the review process. ***Selected outstanding papers may be fast-tracked as a special section of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.*** Submissions should be full papers, up to 14 single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures, tables, and references, in two-column format, using 10-point type on 12-point and single-spaced. Submissions may use the ACM SIG Proceedings Template with proper modifications in order to meet the formatting guideline specified above. Please, check the conference web site for detailed submission instructions. The first page of each paper should include the names and affiliations of the authors, i.e., the submissions should not be anonymous. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and technical correctness. Papers may be conditionally accepted and shepherded by a member of the program committee, with final acceptance determined by consent of the shepherd. Important Dates --------------------------------------------------------------- - Abstract registration: Friday, December 9, 2011 (9:00 PM PST) - Submission deadline: Friday, December 16, 2011 (9:00 PM PST) - Notification of acceptance: March 5th, 2012 - Camera-ready version due: TBD --------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: These are hard deadlines. No extensions will be granted. General Chair Nigel Davies (Lancaster University, UK) Steering Committee Chair Victor Bahl (Microsoft Research, USA) Technical Program Co-Chair Srinivasan Seshan (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Lin Zhong (Rice University, USA) Program Committee: -------------------------- Sharad Agarwal, Microsoft Research, USA Rajesh Krishna Balan, Singapore Management University, SG Lujo Bauer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington, USA Kameswari Chebrolu, IIT-Bombay, India Landon Cox, Duke University, USA David Culler, UC Berkeley, USA Prabal Dutta, University of Michigan, USA Maria Ebling, IBM Research, USA Marco Gruteser, WINLAB / Rutgers University, USA Urs Hengartner, University of Waterloo, Canada Yih-chun Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Monica Lam, Stanford University, USA Anthony LaMarca, Intel Labs, USA Yang Li, Google, USA Z. Morley Mao, University of Michigan, USA Patrick McDaniel, Penn State University, USA Jeffrey Pang, AT&T Labs, USA Li-Shiuan Peh, MIT, USA Pablo Rodriguez, Telefonica, Spain Romit Roy Choudhury, Duke University, USA Mirjana Spasojevic, Nokia Research, USA Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, New York University, USA Doug Terry, Microsoft Research, USA Alexander Varshavsky, AT&T Labs, USA Arun Venkataramani, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Matt Welsh, Google, USA Guoliang Xing, Michigan State University, USA Dr Christos Efstratiou Senior Research Associate Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 0FD +44 (0)1223 763694 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ce291/ christos.efstratiou(a)cl.cam.ac.uk _____________________________________________ To be removed from the SIGMOBILE-Members list, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. Association for Computing Machinery Advancing Computing as a Science and Profession (c) 2011 ACM, Inc. All rights reserved _____________________________________________

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Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline extension: 1st IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Communications and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems: Green Networking and Smart Grids (CFP)
by Lars Wolf 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Deadline extension: 1st IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Communications and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems: Green Networking and Smart Grids (CFP) Datum: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 12:12:24 +1100 Von: Lachlan Andrew <lachlan.andrew(a)gmail.com> An: TCCC List <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Greetings all, The deadline for submission to the IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Communications and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems: Green Networking and Smart Grids has been EXTENDED TO Monday 12 December, 2011. I hope the late announcement of this extension has not caused inconvenience. Cheers, Lachlan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 1st IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Communications and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems: Green Networking and Smart Grids http://csl.illinois.edu/smart-grid Call for papers: As concerns about climate change, rising fossil fuel prices and energy security increase, companies and governments around the world are committing great efforts toward developing new technologies for green strategies lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and reducing total energy consumption. For these efforts to be sustainable, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector must overcome a number of challenges, such as: reducing the life-cycle resource consumption of the exploding market in mobile devices; using as little electricity from non-renewable sources as possible; improving efficiency of the individual devices; and managing complex interconnected systems, communication products and services. Conversely, the ICT can improve the sustainability of activities in the physical world and lower GHG emissions in other industries, notably electric power generation and distribution. Advanced communications and networking technologies are expected to play a vital role in future power systems and smart grid infrastructures. They will provide a two-way information flow to enable more efficient monitoring, control, and optimization of different grid functionalities, including two-way energy flow between smart power devices. The Workshop on Communications and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems: Green Networking and Smart Grids is intended to provide a forum for discussion on all these most recent developments and bring together industry and academia, engineers and researchers. The workshop is in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2012 conference (http://www.ieee-infocom.org/) and it is organized in two tracks: one focused on Designing Sustainable ICT, and the other one devoted to Smart Grid Systems. While the two tracks have different foci and have separate program committees (but a common steering committee), the workshop will provide a unique occasion for two communities with complementary interests and common goals to meet and share ideas and visions. Topics of Interest: Track 1: Designing Sustainable ICT -Trends and challenges of achieving low energy consumption and low GHG emission -Working towards net-zero emission networks and data centers -Operating ICT from intermittent renewable energy -Application of delay-tolerant networking to networks powered by renewables -Energy harvesting in "mainstream" (non-sensor) networks -Lifecycle analysis of ICT -Jevons' paradox / the "rebound effect" of increased efficiency in ICT -Energy efficiency and GHG emission metrics and measurements in communication networks -Energy efficient hardware, devices and designs -Coordinated power and GHG emission control for network-wide optimization -MAC, routing and transport protocols for green communication networks -Cross-layer optimization of green communication networks -End-to-end modeling and performance of green communication networks -Pricing and billing for green communication devices and services -Security of green communication networks -Signal processing for green communication networks -Information theory for green communication networks -Cooperative theory, game theory and causal reasoning for green communication networks -Interdisciplinary research for green communication networks -Standards, policy and regulation for green communication networks -Experimental test-beds and results Track 2: Smart Grid Systems -Communication architectures and protocols for smart grids -Advanced control of micro-grid distribution networks -Smart grids for green communications and green computing -Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies -Distributed generation and storage systems -Wide-area measurement and monitoring systems -Demand response management and load shaping -Power line communications and physical layer design for smart grid communications -Integration of green and renewable (wind, solar, geothermal, etc.) energy sources -Smart grid cyber security, intrusion detection, false data injection attacks -Sensor and actuator networks for smart grid -Dynamic pricing for networked constrained electricity markets and deregulation -Consumer privacy protection and load altering attacks -Vehicle-to-grid networks and interconnection of electric vehicles -Distributed fault detection and communication-based robust control of smart grid -Home-area energy automation networks, ZigBEE and home-plug solutions -Cognitive radio and applications in smart grid communications -Time synchronization protocols for real-time smart grid operation -Transmission switching and routing technologies for smart grid -Quality-of-Service and service differentiation on power networks -Smart grid communications standardization, regulation, and interoperability -Test-beds and field trials for smart grid communications and networking Steering Committee -Lachlan Andrew (Swinburne Univ. of Technology, Australia) -Tamer Başar (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) -H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University, USA) -Peter W. Sauer (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) General Chairs -Victor C.M. Leung (University of British Columbia, Canada) -Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA) -Xi Zhang (Texas A&M University, USA) TPC Chairs Track 1 -Michela Meo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) -F. Richard Yu (Carleton University, Canada) TPC Chairs Track 2 -Merouane Debbah (SUPELEC, France) -Walid Saad (University of Miami, USA) -Quanyan Zhu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) TPC Members Kamran Arshad (University of Surrey, UK) Raffaele Bolla (University of Genova, Italy) Raouf Boutaba (University of Waterloo) Jun Cai (University of Manitoba, Canada) Ranveer Chandra (Microsoft Research, USA) Jichuan Chang (HP Labs) Peter Chong (Nanyang Technological University) Alberto Conte (Alcatel, France) Paul Cotae (Univ. of the District of Columbia, USA) Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Oliver Holland (King’s College London, UK) Ekram Hossain (University of Manitoba, Canada) Daniel Kilper (Alcatel‐Lucent, USA) Christoph Lange (Deutsche Telekom, Germany) Hai Jiang (University of Alberta, Canada) Karl Johansson (KTH, Sweden) Aman Kansal (Microsoft Research) Ghassan Karame (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Himanshu Khurana (Honeywell, USA) Yevgeni Koucheryavy (Tampere Univ. of Tech.) Lutz Lampe (University of British Columbia) Jean‐Yves Le Boudec (EPFL, Switzerland) Long Le (MIT, USA) Laurent Lefevre (ENS-Lyon, France) Husheng Li (University of Tennessee, USA) Marco Listanti (University of Rome La Sapienza) Wayne Manges (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Ian Marshall (Lancaster University) Ibrahim Matta (Boston University, USA) Miles McQueen (Idaho National Laboratory) Marco Mellia (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Lamine Mili (Virginia Tech, USA) Jelena Misic (Ryerson University, Canada) Jean-Marc Pierson (IRIT, France) Mario Pickavet (Gent University, Belgium) Dusit Niyato (Nanyang Technological University) Kevin (Qixiang) Pang (General Dynamics, Canada) Yi Qian (University of Nebraska, USA) Balaji Rengarajan (Institute IMDEA Networks) Craig Rieger (Idaho National Laboratory) Gianluca Rizzo (Institute IMDEA Networks, Spain) Catherine Rosenberg (University of Waterloo) Dario Rossi (Telecom Paris Tech, France) Hamed Mohsenian-Rad (Texas Tech University) Md. Mostafizur Rahman (Univ. of Manitoba) Xuemin (Sherman) Shen (University of Waterloo) Lei Shu (Osaka University, Japan) Wei Song (University of California, Berkeley) Helen Tang (DRDC‐Ottawa, Canada) Joseph Teo (Institute for InfoComm Research) Tuan Trinh (Budapest Unversity of Technology and Economics) Ping Wang (Nanyang Technological University) Adam Wierman (Caltech, USA) Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin, Germany) Vincent Wong (University of British Columbia) Yang Xiao (University of Alabama) Qin Xin (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway) Lisa Zhang (Agilent-Lucent Bell Labs) Yan Zhang (Simula, Norway) Important Dates: Submission Deadline: Dec. 1, 2011 Author Notification: Jan. 2, 2012 Camera-Ready Deadline: Jan 15, 2012 Workshop Date: March 30, 2012 Submission Guidelines: The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Submissions longer than 6 pages will not be considered. -- Lachlan Andrew Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures (CAIA) Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia <http://caia.swin.edu.au/cv/landrew> Ph +61 3 9214 4837 _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP Special Issue on “Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet”
by Lars Wolf 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP Special Issue on “Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet” Datum: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:35:48 +0100 Von: Andreas Kassler <andreas.kassler(a)kau.se> Antwort an: andreas.kassler(a)kau.se Organisation: Karlstad University An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Wireless Personal Communications Journal (Springer) - Special Issue on “Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet” Future Internet envisions the synergy among heterogeneous wireless communications will co-exist providing the end user the “flexibility and choice”, to improve his/her quality of life. The integration of heterogeneous networks in multiaccess and multi-operator environment is revolutionizing the ICT area, introducing new opportunities, better communication channels and an enhanced quality of provided applications and services. In this environment, a user is able to connect to a number of heterogeneous RATs (Radio Access Technologies), either covering the same, or complementing geographical areas. These networks can be macro-cellular, WLANs, femto-cellular or even ad-hoc. In this environment, seamless mobility is coupled according to user preferences, enabling mobile users to be “Always Best Connected” (ABC) so that Quality of Experience is optimised and maintained. Topics of interest: The proposed Special Issue will report the results of latest research efforts on convergence among heterogeneous wireless systems in Future Internet. We solicit papers that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to:  Wireless Network Architectures  Middleware for Wireless Converged Networks.  Wireless Convergence in Future Internet Initiatives (e.g. FIRE, GENI etc)  IP-based Mobility Management  Efficient Handover Algorithms and RRM in heterogeneous wireless networks  Cross-Layer Schemes  Modeling, performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization techniques  Wireless network testbeds and applications  QoE in wireless converged networks Submission Procedure: Authors should follow the Wireless Personal Communications Journal manuscript format described bellow at the journal site: http://www.editorialmanager.com/wire Important Dates: Paper submission due: December 31, 2011 Author notification: April 30, 2012 Camera-ready due: End of 2012 Guest Editors: Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios, Department of Informatics, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece (pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org) Prof. Tasos Dagiuklas, Dept. of Telecommunication Systems and Networks, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece (ntan(a)teimes.gr) Prof. Edmundo Monteiro, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal (edmundo(a)dei.uc.pt) Prof. Andreas J. Kassler, Department of Computer Science, Karlstad University, Sweden (kassler(a)ieee.org) _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE ICC 2012 Workshop on Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks (WiSAAN) - Deadline Extended to Dec 20, 2012
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

nauman aslam <nauman.aslam(a)gmail.com> schrieb: _____________________________________________ Call for Papers_____________________________________________ International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks (WiSAAN) Held in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012, June 10 -15, Ottawa, ON, Canada http://sites.google.com/site/wisaan12/ _____________________________________________ In recent years wireless sensor networks have witnessed a paradigm shift from traditional homogeneous to heterogeneous deployments containing a mix of resource constrained sensor nodes and powerful nodes known as actors. The capabilities of actor nodes include enhanced processing ability, powerful wireless transmission, large battery and mobility. Actor nodes can leverage their capabilities to facilitate better coverage, connectivity and energy efficient operation. Such capabilities offer unprecedented opportunities to serve a diverse range of applications. For instance, actors with mobility can be used to mend a partitioned network, set up new routes, facilitate energy efficient data collection and improve sensor coverage. Similarly, the some sensor nodes may also be equipped with actuation capability called actuators that perform actions to change the behaviour of environment or the physical system. Embedding actuation in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) opens a realm of opportunities for Wireless Sensor Actuator Network (WSAN) industrial applications requiring monitoring and control. While significant research progress have been made in networking and communication aspects of WSNs, new design paradigms are required for wireless sensor actor and actuator networks (WiSAANs). In particular new ideas are required to address the challenges resulting from introducing actors and actuators in the network. This workshop aims to bring the state-of-art research contributions in theory, design and implementation of communication protocols for WiSAANs. Another key objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from academia and industry to present their work and share their views. We expect the workshop to act as a leading forum for the WSN research community to discuss their ideas on addressing the most current challenges, potential solutions and future developments of WiSAANs. We encourage contributions describing original work in the realm of data collection, architecture, algorithms, communication protocols and implementations of WSANs. Topics of interest include but not limited to: - Architectural models for WiSAANs - Algorithms and communication protocols for WiSAANs - Service model for WiSAANs - Sensor-actor and sensor-actuator co-ordination - QoS models for WiSAANs - Energy efficient protocols for WiSAANs - Integration of real-time protocols with WiSAAN - Time modeling and synchronization in WiSAANs - WiSAAN current and future applications and implementations - Data processing and management in WiSAANs - Medium access protocols for WiSAANs - Routing Protocols for WiSAANs - Data gathering and data fusion models for improving real-time performance in WiSAANs ----------------- Important Dates ----------------- Submission deadline: 20 December 2011 (Extended Deadline) Authors Notification: 10 February 2012 Final Manuscript: 31 March 2012 Workshop Date: June 10 -15 2012 --------------- General Chairs --------------- Prof. Ivan Stojmenović, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada Prof. Zabih Ghassemlooy, CEIS, Northumbria University, UK -------------------- Workshop Organizers -------------------- Dr. Ramiro Liscano, UoIT, Canada, Dr. Nauman Aslam, Northumbria University, UK _____________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: 2nd Workshop on Multihop Wireless Network Testbeds and Experiments
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Marc St-Hilaire <marc.st-hilaire(a)polymtl.ca> schrieb: [Apologies if you receive multiple copies] [2 more weeks before paper submission deadline] _____________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd Workshop on Multihop Wireless Network Testbeds and Experiments in conjunction with IWCMC 2012 August 27, 2012, Cyprus http://kunz-pc.sce.carleton.ca/iwcmc2012/TestbedWorkshop.htm _____________________________________________ Scope: ====== This workshop, held in conjunction with the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (http://iwcmc.org/), August 27-31, 2012 in Cyprus intends to bring together researchers working in the broad area of experimental multihop wireless networking such as MANETs, WSN, VANETs, Wireless Mesh Networks, etc. While many conferences and workshops provide a venue to present and discuss protocols or system architectures in this space, most research work is typically done based on analytical models and/or extensive simulations. The focus of this workshop is to serve as a forum to share new ideas/experiences in all experimental aspects of multihop wireless networks and systems, and facilitate discussions of key unresolved challenges in this area. The workshop values results and insights obtained from working implementations more highly than those obtained solely from simulations, but papers explicitly comparing tested results and simulation results are highly solicited. Submitted papers should be original and previously unpublished. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: • Design & evaluation of wireless testbeds, prototypes and platforms • Validation of existing simulation models, and results across different testbeds/evaluation methodologies • Experiences/lessons from recent testbed deployments • Wireless testbed case studies • Industrial application and integrated innovation • The use of multihop wireless testbeds in teaching and research • Integration of diverse and distributed testbed infrastructures, testbed federations • Testbed management issues and monitoring support • Configurable hardware/software platforms for testbeds • Experimental evaluation of applications and protocols • Techniques for improving reproducibility of real-world testing • Integrated tools/toolkits to ease transition between simulation and deployment • New measurement methodologies and infrastructures • Measurement and characterization (modeling) of real-world aspects of multihop wireless networks such as usage patterns, traffic, mobility and channel characteristics • Innovative measurements methodologies & tools • Testbed tools for interoperability, benchmarking and traffic measurements Workshop Co-Chairs: =================== Thomas Kunz, Carleton University Marc St-Hilaire, Carleton University Submission Guidelines: ====================== Authors are invited to submit original papers of up to 6 pages including figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Submission implies that at least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the conference. Electronic submission is accepted through the EDAS. Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers—up to 6 pages of length, using the EDAS link: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=11197 for possible publication in the IWCMC 2012 Conference Proceedings, which will be included in IEEE Xplore. Selected papers will be further considered for possible publication in special issues in the following Journals: 1. Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC) http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/76507157/home 2. The International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet) http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijsnet 3. The International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS) www.inderscience.com/ijaacs 4. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems www.itiis.org 5. Peer-to-Peer Networking & Applications http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/12083 There will also be best paper awards, one best symposium award, and one best Workshop award. Important Dates: ================ Paper submission deadline: December 15, 2011 Paper acceptance notification: March 25, 2012 Camera-ready paper submissions: April 30, 2012 Author registration deadline: April 30, 2012 _____________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] Call for Paper for IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in Mobile & Wireless Networking (iCOST'2012)
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Anna Maria Vegni <avegni(a)uniroma3.it> schrieb: We apologize for multiple copies of this email. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUBMISSION DEADLINE February 15, 2012 IEEE iCOST'2012 International Conference on Selected Topics in Mobile & Wireless Networking 2 - 4 July 2012, Avignon, France <http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/icost2012>http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/icost2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Scope and Motivation* The ever increasing market penetration of smart-phones, tablets, and netbooks, along with the ubiquitous availability of wireless networks are deeply influencing the way people live, work, interact, and socialize. However, the broad popularity and diffusion of innovative services and applications tailored at mobile users is also raising challenging research issues that require us to rethink available mobile technology solutions to meet the emerging needs of a broader and ever growing user base. The goal of iCOST'2012 is to bring together researchers and scientists to present and discuss advances on selected topics in Mobile & Wireless Networking. The conference aims to address recent research results and to present their methodologies, models, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences. **Topics of Interest** The iCOST'2012 technical program will deliver high quality technical papers that will be reviewed and selected by an international program committee. Suggested topics include but are not restricted to: * Cloud computing support for mobile services and applications * Data center architectures and protocols * Green communications models, architectures, and networking solutions * Self-* networks, services and applications * Content distribution networks * Social networking solutions for pervasive and mobile environments * Vehicular communications and vehicular ad-hoc networks * Wireless-enabled Peer to Peer services and applications * Internet of Things * Machine type communications * Context-aware middleware design, services and applications * Long Term Evolution Engineering * Emerging topics in wireless and mobile computing and communications * Security, trust, and privacy in wireless/mobile communications * Communication networks and architectures for smart grids * Resource allocation and interference management in Smart Grid networks **Important Dates** Submission Deadline: February 15, 2012 Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2012 Camera ready manuscript: May 1, 2012 Conference dates: July 2-4, 2012 iCOST'2012 will be held in Avignon, France during July 2-4, 2012. This period coincides exactly with the famous international festival of Avignon. **Submission Guidelines** Authors are required to submit anonymous, fully formatted, original papers (PDF), through EDAS at <http://edas.info/>http://edas.info. Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format. The initial submission for review will be limited to 6 pages. The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 6 IEEE pages. Additional charges may apply for additional pages. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the co-authors or a third party. Please visit the iCOST2012 official website: <http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/icost2012%20%0b%0b%0b>http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/icost2012 **Steering Committee** Abderrahim BENSLIMANE - University of Avignon, France Ian F. AKYILDIZ - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Hsiao-Hwa CHEN - National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Mario GERLA - University of California, Los Angeles, USA Samuel PIERRE - Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada iCOST'2012 Publicity Co-Chair Anna Maria VEGNI - University of Roma TRE, Italy <mailto:amvegni@uniroma3.it>amvegni(a)uniroma3.it _____________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc>https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc ----- Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 2012.0.1873 / Database dei virus: 2102/4648 - Data di rilascio: 30/11/2011 _____________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline extended: IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Consumer Health Care Networks, Systems and Services (MobiCHeSS’12)
by Lars Wolf 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Deadline extended: IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Consumer Health Care Networks, Systems and Services (MobiCHeSS’12) Datum: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:27:38 +0000 Von: Dr Mario Kolberg <mko(a)cs.stir.ac.uk> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> Deadline extended to: 20 December 2011 IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Consumer Health Care Networks, Systems and Services (MobiCHeSS’12) 10th – 15th of June 2012, Ottawa, Canada Satellite Workshop of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2012) Goals and Topics Healthcare providers from around the globe are currently faced with significant challenges due to an exponential rise in costs, increased demand for services, and limited access to financial and human resources. This is directly linked to the fact that people are living longer with an expected 761 million of us being over the age of 65 by 2025. This will increase the risk of chronic disease and other co-morbidities amongst the elderly and estimates suggest that treating this particular group of people currently accounts for 78% of all healthcare expenditure (over a trillion US dollars per year) with spending expected to be $4.3 trillion in 2018 compared to $27.5 billion in 1960. Whilst increasing life expectancy is at an all-time high, it has become difficult to sustain. One suggestion is that quality of life and life expectancy can be increased through healthy aging and lifestyle choices. Positive behavioural changes will empower people and support the prevention of acute episodes, including the provision of provide better services that are tailored to people’s healthcare needs. This presents a unique opportunity were the use of information and communications technology could be used to support the delivery and management of healthcare services. Building on advances in Smartphone technologies and wireless communications it is possible to bridge the gap between people and medical facilities and transform healthcare services and clinical intervention within the community. These technologies, as well as allowing us to make a phone call, text a friend, or update our social networking site, provide access to vital data about a person that can be collected and analysed to support research, medical and healthcare education, and clinical practice with less reliance on secondary care (hospital admissions). Empowering people in the community, particularly the aging population, allows them to evaluate lifestyle choices and to take control of their own healthcare needs. Diseases, such as diabetes and obesity are often caused by an accumulation of unmonitored health-related choices, such as poor nutrition and lack of exercise, which occur over decades rather than weeks or months. Smartphones, body sensors, and wireless communications provide the necessary tools to host community healthcare services and applications capable of real-time monitoring and analysis of lifestyle choices. Using digital diaries, social networking, SMS, amongst other technologies, makes it possible to manage adherence and provide education about relevant medical conditions, such as cystic fibrosis, sexual health, poor nutrition and the lack of exercise. All this will have the ability to empower people and encourage personal consumer healthcare beyond what is currently possible. Nonetheless, due to the criticality of healthcare and the complex coordination and delivery of healthcare services it is not surprising that we have not seen widespread adoption of mobile ICT in health. The healthcare domain is sensitive to change and this will require new processes, methodologies and tools, and this comes at a time when sustainable health is becoming increasingly more difficult. From a technical perspective, a number of challenges still remain and form part of the topics under this call for papers. The workshop seeks workshop proposal submissions (consisting of a paper) on all theoretical and practical aspects of mobile consumer healthcare networks, services and applications, as well as experimental studies of fielded systems on topics including, but not limited to, those shown below: • Mobile applications for elderly healthcare • Mobile applications for adherence monitoring in aggressive treatment regimens • Mobile devices for healthcare • Scalability, performance and reliability of mobile healthcare apps • Mobile interfaces for data Visualization • Mobile devices for patient monitoring • Ad hoc and wireless sensor systems and networks • Mobile data management and processing • Mobile and wireless technologies for healthcare applications • Radio-Frequency (RFID) wireless technology in medical devices • Wireless Identification and Services Platform (WISP) for mobile healthcare • Medical Device Control via Wireless Technology • Safe, Effective, Secure and Reliable Use of Wireless Technology in healthcare • Wearable and implantable sensors • Sensor Networks for ubiquitous and pervasive healthcare • Health specific wireless communication protocols in healthcare (WMTS, IMS, MICS) • Wireless Body Area Networks • Consumer Healthcare (cHealth) • Stream reasoning algorithms for behaviour and activity monitoring Guidelines for Submission Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed five-page technical paper manuscript. The paper should be used as the basis for a 20 - 30 minute workshop presentation. Papers should be submitted in a .pdf or .ps format by selecting ICC'12 on the EDAS paper submission website and then selecting the workshop submission link. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). At least one author of accepted papers is required to register at the full registration rate. Important Dates Paper Submission: 20 December 2011 Camera-Ready Paper: 10 February 2012 Workshop co-Chairs Paul Fergus, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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