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[Fwd: [MM-INTEREST] International Workshop on Multimedia Research in a Serious Game Context (2009) - Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 16 Dec '08

16 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [MM-INTEREST] International Workshop on Multimedia Research in a Serious Game Context (2009) - Call for Papers Datum: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:09 +0100 Von: Wegmann, Iris <iris.wegmann(a)H-DA.DE> Antwort an: Wegmann, Iris <iris.wegmann(a)H-DA.DE> An: MM-INTEREST(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG (apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP) ========================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Workshop on Multimedia Research in a Serious Game Context (2009) in concjunction with IEEE ICME July 3, 2009 Cancun, Mexico *** Submission Deadline: February 1, 2009 *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION --------------------- Serious Games is an emerging topic. More and More fields in research and industry discover the great possibilities Serious Games provide for various subjects as employee training, education, sports, medical science, fire brigade, tourism, society, aviation, military training etc. Although Serious Games is circulating in broad and heterogeneous fields it has not reached the multimedia community yet. The aim of this workshop should be the initiation of a Serious Game forum within multimedia. The concept of Serious Games offer immense opportunity to change education and game area but there is still a lot of room for improvement in gameplay, user experience, communication of learning content. We will assemble all disciplines in Multimedia to discuss how multimedia can be enrichment for Serious Games – which prospects provide Multimedia in connection with Serious Games. We will converse questions such as how alternate input and out devices are able to improve the gameplay, how innovations in communications of Multiplayer games can increase learning success and user experience, do game engines have the power to ease the production of Serious Games, how can augmented and virtual reality effect gameplay and user experience,… TARGET AUDIENCE ------------------ The target audience is researchers and practitioners in the field of Computer/Serious Games and its related areas. These include Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Simulation, Speech Recognition, Mimic Recognition, Gesture Control, Alternate Input and Output Devices, Game Engines / Technology Platforms, Audio, Smart User Interfaces, Innovative User Interfaces, Multimodal Interaction, etc. We recommend having previous experience in this or related fields to be able to contribute on a high scientific level. Multidisciplinary contributions coming from artistic and human-machine-interface as well as case studies, artistic installations, user experience evaluations are highly welcome which are affecting the development of Serious Game as new form of Computer Game / Media. Authors should submit a four-page manuscript in double-column format including authors' names, affiliations, and a short abstract. Only electronic submission will be accepted. Please visit the ICME 2009 website, www.icme09.org <http://www.icme09.org/paperkit.html#FileFormat> for the instructions to submit papers. Topics covered include but are not limited to: Multimedia systems and components for - dynamic generation of multimedial (AV) output - direct interaction on multimedial (AV) output - Interpretation and comparison/grading of medial input - Speech and mimic analysis for computer based Language Games - AV-Communication in (Serious) Multiplayer Games - Serious Games in Museum / Public Multimedia Installations - Game Engines for Educational Games IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------- * February 1, 2009: Paper Submission Deadline * March 10, 2009: Notification of Acceptance * March 31, 2009: Camera Ready Submissions * July 3, 2009: Workshop COMMITTEE: ------------ Workshop Chairs: * Arnd Steinmetz, igdv – Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany * Iris Wegmann, igdv – Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany * Stefan Goebel, ZGDV - Center for Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany * Gearoid O'Suilleabhain, CIT - Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland Program Committee: * Oliver Schneider, igdv - Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany * Gunter Sterr, igdv - Center for Advanced Learning, Media and Simulation, University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Germany * Torsten Racky, rocketscience games development GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany * Jens Keil, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Darmstadt, Germany FURTHER INFORMATION: -------------------- Please visit the workshop website: http://workshops.igdv.h-da.de/organization.html

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[Mycolleagues] Call for Papers: WEEDEV 2009 (SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED)
by Carlos Jesús Bernardos Cano 16 Dec '08

16 Dec '08

[We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================= 2nd Workshop on Experimental Evaluation and Deployment Experiences on Vehicular networks (WEEDEV 2009) April 6, 2009, Washington DC, USA (in conjunction with TRIDENTCOM 2009) The 2nd Workshop on Experimental Evaluation and Deployment Experiences on Vehicular networks (WEEDEV 2009) http://www.weedev.org/ will be held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom 2009), on April 6th ~ 8th, 2009, in Washington DC, USA. http://www.tridentcom.org/. WEEDEV 2009 focuses on experimental and deployment experiences in vehicular networks. Nowadays, vehicular networks technology is entering a critical phase where academia, industry and governments worldwide are investing significant time and resources on the large-scale deployment of these networks so that their benefits in the road safety and improvement of traffic flow could be leveraged. Still, a number of technical challenges need to be resolved in order that these networks could be widely deployed and used in our daily life. This motivates the need for real tests, field trials, and experimental evaluations for the different technological solutions and aspects in such networks. This workshop aims to present and discuss the recent advances and experimental evaluation in the development of vehicular networks and ITS application, and to disseminate the most advanced ideas and solutions in the field. Submitted papers should have practical evaluation and/or deployment experiences as their main subject or they should use experiments to validate their modeling/analysis results. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) * Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) for ITS * Heterogeneous wireless technologies in vehicular networks * Mobility management in vehicular networks and NEMO * Ad hoc and mesh routing for vehicular networks * IPv6 Address configuration for vehicular networks * Security in vehicular communication (authentication, access control, confidentiality, services' authorization, ..) * QoS in vehicular networks * Geographic routing and addressing * Sensor networks and technologies for vehicular networks * Smart antenna in vehicular networks * Digital maps and location technologies * Data collection and cooperation between vehicles Accepted papers will be included in the TridentCom09 conference proceedings and the IEEE Xplore digital library and will be indexed by EI. Best papers of the workshop will be considered for further publication in a forthcoming Special issue (4th quarter 2009) of the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology. https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=144 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submitted papers must be no longer than 8 double-column pages, including references, figures and tables, formatted according to the IEEE 8.5" x 11" proceedings format. WORKSHOP COMMITTEE: General Chair: Dr. Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs) - France E-mail: hassnaa.moustafa(a)orange-ftgroup.com TPC Chair: Dr. Carlos J. Bernardos, University of Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) - Spain E-mail: cjbc(a)it.uc3m.es Technical Program Committee: Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra - Portugal Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory - Norway Maria Calderon, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Spain Carlos J. Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Spain Hassnaa Moustafa, Orange Labs - France Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia - USA Thierry Ernst, INRIA - France Xiuzhen (Susan) Cheng, The George Washington University - USA Roberto Baldessari, NEC Laboratories Europe - Germany Carolina Pinart, Telefónica I+D - Spain Andreas Festag, NEC Laboratories Europe - Germany Massimiliano Lenardi, Hitachi Europe - France Manuel Fernandez Veiga, Universidad de Vigo - Spain Ignacio Soto, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Spain Nader Moayeri, National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) - USA Sidi-Mohamed Senouci, Orange Labs - France Weidong Xiang, University of Michigan - USA Tamer Nadeem, Siemens Research Corporate - USA Wassim Haddad, Qualcomm - USA Pablo Vidales, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories - Germany Yi Qian, National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST)- USA Houda Labiod, Telecom ParisTech - France David Cottingham, University of Cambridge - UK Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: January 12, 2009. Papers Notification: February 5, 2009. Submission of Camera-ready papers: February 15, 2009. Workshop date: April 6, 2009. _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Weedev 2009: Deadline Extended]
by Lars Wolf 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Weedev 2009: Deadline Extended Datum: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:32:35 +0800 Von: Tuanche Chen <brad(a)wire.cs.nthu.edu.tw> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Workshop on Experimental Evaluation and Deployment Experiences on Vehicular networks (WEEDEV 2009) April 6, 2009, Washington DC, USA (in conjunction with TRIDENTCOM 2009) The 2nd Workshop on Experimental Evaluation and Deployment Experiences on Vehicular networks (WEEDEV 2009) http://www.weedev.org/ will be held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom 2009), on April 6th ~ 8th, 2009, in Washington DC, USA. http://www.tridentcom.org/. WEEDEV 2009 focuses on experimental and deployment experiences in vehicular networks. Nowadays, vehicular networks technology is entering a critical phase where academia, industry and governments worldwide are investing significant time and resources on the large-scale deployment of these networks so that their benefits in the road safety and improvement of traffic flow could be leveraged. Still, a number of technical challenges need to be resolved in order that these networks could be widely deployed and used in our daily life. This motivates the need for real tests, field trials, and experimental evaluations for the different technological solutions and aspects in such networks. This workshop aims to present and discuss the recent advances and experimental evaluation in the development of vehicular networks and ITS application, and to disseminate the most advanced ideas and solutions in the field. Submitted papers should have practical evaluation and/or deployment experiences as their main subject or they should use experiments to validate their modeling/analysis results. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) * Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) for ITS * Heterogeneous wireless technologies in vehicular networks * Mobility management in vehicular networks and NEMO * Ad hoc and mesh routing for vehicular networks * IPv6 Address configuration for vehicular networks * Security in vehicular communication (authentication, access control, confidentiality, services' authorization, ..) * QoS in vehicular networks * Geographic routing and addressing * Sensor networks and technologies for vehicular networks * Smart antenna in vehicular networks * Digital maps and location technologies * Data collection and cooperation between vehicles Accepted papers will be included in the TridentCom09 conference proceedings and the IEEE Xplore digital library and will be indexed by EI. Best papers of the workshop will be considered for further publication in a forthcoming Special issue (4th quarter 2009) of the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology. https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=144 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submitted papers must be no longer than 8 double-column pages, including references, figures and tables, formatted according to the IEEE 8.5" x 11" proceedings format. WORKSHOP COMMITTEE: General Chair: Dr. Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs) - France E-mail: hassnaa.moustafa(a)orange-ftgroup.com TPC Chair: Dr. Carlos J. Bernardos, University of Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) - Spain E-mail: cjbc(a)it.uc3m.es Technical Program Committee: Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra - Portugal Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory - Norway Maria Calderon, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Spain Carlos J. Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Spain Hassnaa Moustafa, Orange Labs - France Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia - USA Thierry Ernst, INRIA - France Xiuzhen (Susan) Cheng, The George Washington University - USA Roberto Baldessari, NEC Laboratories Europe - Germany Carolina Pinart, Telef髇ica I+D - Spain Andreas Festag, NEC Laboratories Europe - Germany Massimiliano Lenardi, Hitachi Europe - France Manuel Fernandez Veiga, Universidad de Vigo - Spain Ignacio Soto, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Spain Nader Moayeri, National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) - USA Sidi-Mohamed Senouci, Orange Labs - France Weidong Xiang, University of Michigan - USA Tamer Nadeem, Siemens Research Corporate - USA Wassim Haddad, Qualcomm - USA Pablo Vidales, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories - Germany Yi Qian, National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) - USA Houda Labiod, Telecom ParisTech - France David Cottingham, University of Cambridge - UK Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: January 12, 2009. Papers Notification: February 5, 2009. Submission of Camera-ready papers: February 15, 2009. Workshop date: April 6th 2009. _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Mycolleagues] Deadline Extension: ACM MONET SI on Wireless Heterogeneous Networks and Next Generation Internet]
by Lars Wolf 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] Deadline Extension: ACM MONET SI on Wireless Heterogeneous Networks and Next Generation Internet Datum: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:30:40 -0600 Von: M. Can Vuran <mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu> An: mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Special Issue on WIRELESS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS AND NEXT GENERATION INTERNET Extended Deadline: December 31st, 2008. The recent advances in wireless access technologies as well as the increasing number of mobile applications have made Wireless Internet a reality. A wide variety of bandwidth demanding services including high speed data delivery and multimedia communication have been materialized through the convergence of the next generation Internet and heterogeneous wireless networks. However, providing even higher bandwidth and richer applications necessitates a fundamental understanding of wireless Internet architecture and the interactions between heterogeneous users. Consequently, fundamental advances in many concepts of the wireless Internet are required for the ultimate goal of communication anytime anywhere. This special issue is dedicated to recent advances in the area of wireless Internet. Papers describing applications, protocols, models, evaluation methods, and experimental studies of Wireless Internet are solicited for this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks - Mobile P2P networking, systems, and applications - Next generation Internet services and applications - Cross-layer Design and Optimization - Wireless Access Technologies (WLANs, WiMAX, satellite, 3G and Beyond) - QoS management and traffic modeling - Multi-hop Wireless Networks (Wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and wireless mesh networks) - Algorithm design and performance analysis - Emerging Technologies and Applications including: -- Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) -- Cognitive radio networks -- Bio-inspired networks -- Context-aware mobile networking -- Wireless body area networks (WBANs) - Network Security - Wireless Internet Platforms, Testbeds, and Software Submission Instructions: ----------------------------------- Authors should follow the MONET Journal manuscript format described below at the journal site: http://www.springerlink.com/content/101750/. Submissions should be limited to 25 double space pages including figures, graphs, illustrations, and references, and use at least 11pt fonts. Manuscripts should be submitted on line through http://www.editorialmanager.com/mone/. A copy of the manuscript should also be emailed to the guest editors (ekici(a)ece.osu.edu or mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu) as pdf files. This special issue additionally collects best papers from the ICST Fourth International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2008), (http://www.wicon.org/), Maui, Hawaii, November 17-19 2008. Important Dates: ------------------------ Submission Deadline: December 31, 2008 (EXTENDED) Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2009 Final Versions Due: May 1, 2009 Journal Publication Date: 3rd or 4th Quarter 2009 (Tentative) Guest Editors: Eylem EKICI Ohio State University ekici(a)ece.osu.edu Mehmet Can VURAN University of Nebraska-Lincoln mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu -- -- M. Can Vuran, Ph. D. Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 Office: 109 Schorr Center Phone: (402) 472-5019 Fax: (402) 472-7767 mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu http://www.cse.unl.edu/~mcvuran _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Mycolleagues] Deadline Extended: The Sixth Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN2009) - in conjunction with ICDCS'09 - January 10, 2009
by Ammari, Habib M 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. CALL FOR PAPERS The Sixth Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks WWASN 2009 - in conjunction with The International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2009), June 22-26, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada This workshop covers the area of ad hoc networking, from physical issues up to application aspects. In particular, it will cover physical, data link, network and transport layers, as well as applications, security, simulation and power management issues in sensor, local area, personal, and mobile ad hoc networks. It is the goal of this workshop to review ad hoc protocols and models and to reflect the latest in the state of the art in ad hoc networks. It seeks to provide up to date information on research and development activities in the rapidly growing area of ad hoc networks. The workshop will also address the rapidly growing field of sensor networks, including the issues related to their topology, routing, performance, data gathering and filtering, energy efficiency, and mobility. Topics of interest include (but no limited to): * Applications and history of ad hoc networks * Physical layer of ad hoc networks * Pervasive and wearable computing * Opportunistic spectrum access in ad hoc networks * IEEE 801.11x, 802.15.x and other types of medium access control * Methods and tools for ad hoc networks simulation * Analytical, mobility and validation models for ad hoc networks * Hybrid networks and wireless internet * Security in ad hoc and sensor networks * Data management issues, query processing, and data delivery in sensor networks * Routing, broadcasting and multicasting in ad hoc networks * Energy-efficient protocols for ad hoc networks * Quality of service in medium access control and routing * Topology construction and maintenance * Information processing in sensor networks and systems Selected best papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks journal. Submission details Papers should be submitted via email (glxing(a)cse.msu.edu and vmisic(a)cs.umanitoba.ca). Papers should be submitted as PDF files, using either the IEEE Computer Society proceedings format (two column, 10 point, single-spaced, US Letter, all margins no smaller than one inch). Include an abstract, five to ten keywords, the technical area(s) most relevant to your paper, and the corresponding author's e-mail address. Number each page in the manuscript. While there are no page length restrictions on the length of submitted papers, please note that the paper length for accepted papers will be limited to six (6) pages with up to two (2) additional pages at $150 per page. IMPORTANT: For each accepted paper, authors are required to submit at least one full registration for the ICDCS2009 conference. Accepted papers supported by at least one full registration will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press as part of the proceedings of ICDCS'2009 workshops. Timetable Manuscript Submission: January 10, 2009 Acceptance Notification: February 10, 2009 Final Manuscript Due at IEEE: March 13, 2009 General Chairs Ivan Stojmenovic SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~ivan/ David Simplot-Ryl IRCICA/LIFL, Univ. Lille 1, France http://www.lifl.fr/~simplot/ Program Co-Chairs Vojislav B. Misic' University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~vmisic/ Guoliang Xing Michigan State University, USA http://www.cse.msu.edu/~glxing/ Program committee See the full list at http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~softart/WWASN2009.html _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Tccc] CFP - ICOST'09 (Paris, 1-3 July, 2009)
by Ismail Khalil 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th International Conference On Smart homes and health Telematics (ICOST2009) Theme: "Ambient assistive health and wellness management in the heart of the city". 1-3 July, 2009 - Paris, France www.icost-conference.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES - All submissions (papers/demos): 24 January, 2009 - Author notification : 2 March, 2009 - Camera-ready copy : 5 April, 2009 Organizer: Institut TELECOM / TELECOM SudParis Publication: Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag as a volume in LNCS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current advances in enabling technologies coupled with evolving care paradigms allow us to foresee novel applications and services for improving the quality of life for ageing and disabled people, both inside and outside of their homes. ICOST intends to present the latest approaches and technical solutions in the area of Smart Homes, Health Telematics, and emerging enabling technologies. Specifically we wish to provide the opportunity to present the latest results in the successes of real deployment of systems and services. This addresses technical and social solutions beyond the home environment and covers the use of assistive technologies in the heart of the community. Technical topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent Environments with emphasis on Smart Homes - Personal Medical Data Collection and Processing (Health Vaults) - Devices, Systems and Algorithms for Vision/Hearing/Cognitive/ Communication Impairments - Home Networks and Residential Gateways - Human-Machine Interface and Ambient Intelligence - Home Health Monitoring and Intervention - Wearable Sensors / Integrated Micro/Nano Systems - Tele-Assistance and Tele-Rehabilitation - Assistive and Rehabilative Robotics and Smart Wheelchairs - Social/Privacy/Security Issues - Context Awareness / Autonomous Computing - Middleware Support for Smart Home and Health Telematic Services - Modelling of Physical and Conceptual Information in Intelligent Environments - Real World Deployments and Experiences in Smart Homes, Hospitals, and Living Communities - Elder Perspectives on Smart Home Technologies - Assistive Technology to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults and their Caregivers - Gerontechnology, Social Science and Health Care Technology ICOST2009 will have the focus on the deployment of technology and usage with the involvement of both industrials and end users. Demonstration sessions and brainstorming sessions with users will be organised in addition to regular paper and poster presentation sessions. SUBMISSION There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers, posters and technology demonstrations. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentation in any of the areas of interest for this conference. The initial submission for evaluation should be in the form of a 4-8 page paper outline. Authors are strongly recommended to submit the full 8-page English language version. Springer LNCS format should be used for submission. GENERAL CHAIRS - Mounir Mokhtari, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France - Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France - Chris Nugent, University of Ulster, United Kingdom SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Z. Zenn Bien, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea - Keith Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ, Hong Kong - Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University, USA - Sylvain Giroux, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada - Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA - Mounir Mokhtari, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France - Chris Nugent, University of Ulster, United Kingdom - Toshiyo Tamura, Chiba University, Japan - Tatsuya Yamazaki, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan - Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China - Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France PROGRAM CHAIR - Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University, Austria PUBLICITY CHAIRS - Sergio Guillen, ITACA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain - Shiuh-Jeng Wang, Central Police University, Taiwan - Bessam AbdulRazak, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada INDUSTRY LIAISON CHAIRS - Daby Sow, IBM Watson Lab, USA - Mahmoud Ghorbel, Alcatel-Lucent, France LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR - Jérémy Bauchet, Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, France =================================================================== Ismail Khalil Tel: +43 732 2468 9888 Institute of Telecooperation Mobile: +43 680 125 9331 Johannes Kepler University Linz Fax: +43 732 2468 9829 Altenberger Strasse 69 email: ismail(a)tk.uni-linz.ac.at A-4040 Linz, Austria http://www.iiwas.org/ismail/ ==================================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[IFIP-EC-NEWS] Special issue Design for Social Interaction through Physical Play in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
by Rauterberg, G.W.M. 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

** IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING NEWS SERVICE ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** Send all news to: icec(a)listserver.tue.nl **************************************************** ** NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ** not this IFIP EC News Service **************************************************** CFP: Special issue on Design for Social Interaction through Physical Play in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal Advancements in technology influence several trends in today's society that pose serious threats to social interaction. Increasing number of people interact through media and less in a face-to-face manner. Elderly tend to get lonely when socializing becomes more difficult because of their age. Children spend an increasing amount of time behind their computer playing games on their own and adults also tend to live a less active life. Due to various reasons the number of people with social impairments (autism spectrum disorders) has noticeably grown during the last decades. Another related trend is that people lead less active lifestyles. At the same time, new technologies provide novel entertainment and interaction opportunities. Paper should explore the opportunities that technology-driven physical play offers for enhancing and stimulating face-to-face social interaction (as opposed to virtual interaction through a computer). This can be beneficial for diverse reasons: For children to counter the trend of playing computer games and watching television on their own, for elderly to socialize more when making new contacts becomes more difficult and for autistic children because they particularly like technological toys. The main goal of the special issue is to share information and experiences among researchers in the area of social interaction through physical play. We invite papers addressing social and physical issues including (but not restricted to) the following fields: - Social robotics - Design for diverse user groups, such as children and elderly - Social games - Creative toolkits - Exertion interfaces - Pervasive and head-up games - Embodied facilitation - Spatial and tangible interaction It is expected that the special issue will include some articles extended from papers that were presented at the 2008 Fun and Games workshop on Design for social interaction through physical play (http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/m.m.bekker/WorkshopSPG.htm), but other original articles are also welcome. Complete articles should be submitted by the deadline of 15th February, 2009. Papers will be subject to a full review process with notification of acceptance by 30th March, 2009. Deadline for the submission of final papers is 30th April 2009. Please check the journal's website for information about the word template. http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/journal/779?detailsPage=de…. Paper length should be between 6000 and 8000 words. Editors: Tilde Bekker, Janienke Sturm and Emilia Barakova Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Design Email: m.m.bekker(a)tue.nl<mailto:m.m.bekker@tue.nl>, j.sturm(a)tue.nl<mailto:j.sturm@tue.nl>, e.i.barakova(a)tue.nl<mailto:e.i.barakova@tue.nl> Emilia I. Barakova, Ph.D. Book review editor, JIN, Faculty of ID, Eindhoven University of Technology P.O.Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands and Lab. for Dynamics of Emergent Intelligence RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan **************************************************** ** To send and receive IFIP-EC-NEWS, go to ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/icec ** and subscribe directly **************************************************** ** News archives: ** http://listserver.tue.nl/mailman/private/icec/ **************************************************** ** To join the IFIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING Group ** contact: g.w.m.rauterberg(a)tue.nl ****************************************************

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CfP: Intl. Workshop on Smart Services for Smart Worlds (SS4SW)
by Erwin Aitenbichler 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- C A L L F O R P A P E R S International Workshop on Smart Services for Smart Worlds (SS4SW) http://www.ss4sw.org/ "Explore new applications, business ideas and research challenges at the intersection of things and services." Held in conjunction with the IEEE 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-09) Brisbane, Australia, 7 - 10 July, 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AIM & SCOPE Services are the dominant type of economic activity in industrialized economies. The term Internet of Services relates to the representation and (partial) execution of services - in the economic sense - in the Internet. Many issues around the mapping between economic services and services in the IT sense are still unresolved. Additionally, only a small fraction of services are entirely dematerialized; the vast majority of services ultimately relate to things in the real world: to the Internet of Things. The Ubiquitous Computing community has already made considerable advances in closing the information gap between services and things. One well-known example is the use of RFID tags in logistics. Yet this is only the beginning, there still exists a largely untapped source of innovation at the junction of services and things. This workshop is about bringing together industry and academia to explore how advances in ubiquitous computing techniques can help improve existing economic services and create opportunities for new services. We are also interested in how services can add value to smart things. This is a forum for industry to learn about recent advances in both services and Ubicomp and also for researchers to learn about the problems faced by industry that may spark new research questions and the next wave of Ubicomp applications. We solicit a) technical papers with a proven original scientific contribution and b) systematic, well-founded experience reports and requirements / demands analyses. Core IT papers and papers at the boundary of technology and business or humanities are also invited. We also welcome contributions that address solely the topic of services, independently of ubiquitous computing, since we believe this also contributes to cross-fertilization of ideas in the context of UIC-09. Technical, business and legal aspects of services all have their place here. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * Identification of services in existing systems and business processes * Approaches for fostering the creation, use and re-use of services * Aggregation, brokerage and re-purposing of services * Personalisation of services to classes of users and individual users * Channels and technologies for accessing services * Service lifecycle management * Legal aspects of service ecosystems * New business models enabled by smart things * Doing business better, cheaper, faster, greener with smart things * Economics and sustainability of using smart things * Applications of things and services in media and advertisement * Applications of things and services to delivering healthcare and services to citizens * Applications of things and services to manufacturing and supply chain management * Lifecycle management of smart things * Discovering services through smart things * Discovering smart things using services * Machine-processable representations of services stored in smart things * Linking smart things to their related services * Representation of real world things in virtual worlds * Running services inside smart things * Privacy and security issues with things and services SUBMISSION & DISSEMINATION We invite all researchers to participate by submitting an original paper of up to 6 pages in IEEE CS style. Please see the workshop website for document templates and for details on the submission procedure (http://www.ss4sw.org/). Each paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the PC. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE in a single volume with proceedings from all UIC-09 workshops. Extended versions of the best papers may be invited for publication in a journal at a later stage. IMPORTANT DATES Feb. 15, 2009 Paper submission deadline Mar. 25, 2009 Authors notification Apr. 10, 2009 Camera-ready papers due WORKSHOP CHAIRS * Dr. Julien Vayssiere (Smart Services CRC, Australia) * Prof. Dr. Max Muhlhauser (TU Darmstadt, Germany) * Dr. Erwin Aitenbichler (TU Darmstadt, Germany) PROGRAM COMMITTEE (tentative; in alphabetical order) * Dr. Erwin Aitenbichler (TU Darmstadt, Germany) * Dr. Alistair Barros (SAP Research Brisbane, Australia) * Dr. Ross Brown (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) * Prof. Michael Fry (University of Sydney, Australia) * Dr. Tim Mansfield (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) * Prof. Dr. Max Muhlhauser (TU Darmstadt, Germany) * Prof. S. Panchanathan (Arizona State University, USA) * Prof. Michael Rosemann (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) * Dr. Rainer Ruggaber (SAP Research Karlsruhe, Germany) * Dr. Sharad Singhal (HP Labs Palo Alto, USA) * Dr. Julien Vayssiere (Smart Services CRC, Australia) * A/Prof. Wayne Wobcke (University of New South Wales, Australia) WORKSHOP WEBSITE http://www.ss4sw.org/

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[Tccc] [WiPH]CALL FOR PAPERS
by Lingyang Song 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

CALL FOR PAPERS (WiPH2009) ======================================================================= 2009 International Workshop on Wireless Pervasive Healthcare (WiPH 2009), March 31, 2009, London UK (http://www.wiph-workshop.org/) to be held in conjunction with 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2009, April 1-3, London UK (http://www.pervasivehealth.org/cfp.shtml) ======================================================================= ----------------- Aim of the workshop ----------------- Wireless access for pervasive healthcare is an emerging cross-disciplinary subject, focusing on the research and developments of pervasive and ubiquitous wireless technologies in order to improve the quality of healthcare and wellness. With the recent advances in hardware design and wireless communications, the evolution of new generations of embedded wireless devices, which facilitates reliable, comprehensive, and high-standard healthcare, has attracted intensive attention from both industries and academic institutes. Particularly, developments in wireless infrastructure, such as body-area networks or pervasive health-monitoring system, have proved beneficial to deliver telemedicine services regardless of a patient's physical location. However, there still exist many challenges to overcome before the real marketing stage due to requirements for reliable signal propagation characteristics, low network latency, low packet loss, robust data and image transmission, and the great need for safe, secure, and dependable operation. In addition, cost issue is another key concern for worldwide utilization of wireless devices for pervasive healthcare. The aim of the workshop is to bring together both the industry and academia to present and discuss the problems, challenges, directions, and state-of-art in the fields of wireless access for pervasive healthcare. The workshop will try to build a bridge between the industry and academic research so that future collaborations between two sectors can be identified. In addition, we welcome demos of state-of-the-art products. ----------------- Topics of interests (not limited to) ----------------- Topics of interest relating to wireless access techniques for healthcare are (but not limited to): · New network architectures · RF techniques · Propagation models, such as on-body/in-body propagation channel models · Transmission technologies and baseband signal processing · Health sensing techniques · Health imaging and localization by large bandwidth communications, for example UWB · Mobile, wearable and implantable sensor integration · Ambient and home based technologies · Sensors and mobile devices for continuous patient monitoring · Wireless sensor networks for hospitals, operating rooms, elderly monitoring, and other applications · Enabling technologies for future medical devices and systems · Embedded, real-time, networked system infrastructures · Robust, verifiable, fault-tolerant networking protocols · Real-time data acquisition, processing and analysis · QoS and resource management · Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum sharing techniques · Distributed control of wearable and implantable medical devices · Security and privacy issues · Testbeds, prototypes, and other novel applications · Electromagnetic interference by wireless devices on medical equipment · Interoperability and standardization ----------------- Submission Guidelines ----------------- WiPH2009 accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers in the area of wireless technologies for healthcare. Submissions can be a 2-page extended abstract including results. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. All accepted submissions will be published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Detailed instructions to authors can be found in: http://www.pervasivehealth.org/submission.shtml ----------------- Important Dates ----------------- Paper submission: January 31, 2009 Notification to Authors: February 20, 2009 Camera Ready: February 27, 2009 Workshop dates: March 31, 2009 ----------------- Local organizing committee ----------------- Lingyang Song, Philips Research, UK Rob Davies, Philips Research, UK David Walker, Philips Research, UK ----------------- Program committee ----------------- Thomas Falck, Philips Research, Netherlands Bert Gyselinckx, IMEC Eindhoven, Netherlands Joseph Paradiso, The Media Laboratory, MIT, US Alister Burr, University of York, UK Bingli Jiao, Beijing University, China Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Yuanting Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China Steffen Leonhardt, RWTH Aachen University, Germany William G. Scanlon, Queen's University, Belfast, UK Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College, UK ----------------- Contact Information ----------------- Dr. Lingyang Song Philips Research, 101 Cambridge Science park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0FY, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1223 427523 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 427550 Email: lingyang.song(a)philips.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline Extension: ACM MONET SI on Wireless Heterogeneous Networks and Next Generation Internet]
by Lars Wolf 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Deadline Extension: ACM MONET SI on Wireless Heterogeneous Networks and Next Generation Internet Datum: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:03:19 -0600 Von: M. Can Vuran <mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Special Issue on WIRELESS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS AND NEXT GENERATION INTERNET Extended Deadline: December 31st, 2008. The recent advances in wireless access technologies as well as the increasing number of mobile applications have made Wireless Internet a reality. A wide variety of bandwidth demanding services including high speed data delivery and multimedia communication have been materialized through the convergence of the next generation Internet and heterogeneous wireless networks. However, providing even higher bandwidth and richer applications necessitates a fundamental understanding of wireless Internet architecture and the interactions between heterogeneous users. Consequently, fundamental advances in many concepts of the wireless Internet are required for the ultimate goal of communication anytime anywhere. This special issue is dedicated to recent advances in the area of wireless Internet. Papers describing applications, protocols, models, evaluation methods, and experimental studies of Wireless Internet are solicited for this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks - Mobile P2P networking, systems, and applications - Next generation Internet services and applications - Cross-layer Design and Optimization - Wireless Access Technologies (WLANs, WiMAX, satellite, 3G and Beyond) - QoS management and traffic modeling - Multi-hop Wireless Networks (Wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and wireless mesh networks) - Algorithm design and performance analysis - Emerging Technologies and Applications including: -- Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) -- Cognitive radio networks -- Bio-inspired networks -- Context-aware mobile networking -- Wireless body area networks (WBANs) - Network Security - Wireless Internet Platforms, Testbeds, and Software Submission Instructions: ----------------------------------- Authors should follow the MONET Journal manuscript format described below at the journal site: http://www.springerlink.com/content/101750/. Submissions should be limited to 25 double space pages including figures, graphs, illustrations, and references, and use at least 11pt fonts. Manuscripts should be submitted on line through http://www.editorialmanager.com/mone/. A copy of the manuscript should also be emailed to the guest editors (ekici(a)ece.osu.edu or mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu) as pdf files. This special issue additionally collects best papers from the ICST Fourth International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2008), (http://www.wicon.org/), Maui, Hawaii, November 17-19 2008. Important Dates: ------------------------ Submission Deadline: December 31, 2008 (EXTENDED) Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2009 Final Versions Due: May 1, 2009 Journal Publication Date: 3rd or 4th Quarter 2009 (Tentative) Guest Editors: Eylem EKICI Ohio State University ekici(a)ece.osu.edu Mehmet Can VURAN University of Nebraska-Lincoln mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu -- -- M. Can Vuran, Ph. D. Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 Office: 109 Schorr Center Phone: (402) 472-5019 Fax: (402) 472-7767 mcvuran(a)cse.unl.edu http://www.cse.unl.edu/~mcvuran _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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