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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: The Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009)]
by Lars Wolf 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: The Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009) Datum: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:08:20 +0800 (HKT) Von: GU Zonghua <zgu(a)cse.ust.hk> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu CALL FOR PAPERS The Second International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009) --- in conjunction with ICDCS 2009, June 22, 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Workshop site: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/Confs/WCPS2009/ Conference site: http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/icdcs2009/ICDCS_2009.html Important Dates: Paper submission: December 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: Feb. 11, 2009 Camera ready papers: March 13, 2009 We are currently witnessing the emergence an infrastructure for a technical, economic and social revolution that is enabled by Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Cyber-physical systems are physical and engineered systems whose operations are integrated, monitored, and controlled by a computational core. The integration of computational and physical processes exhibit complicated behavior that can not be analyzed by the computational or physical sciences alone. These systems also transcend traditional computer-controlled systems because of their scale, dependence on man-machine interaction and their rich communication infrastructure that is enabled by the Internet. Some of the most challenging R&D software problems for cyber-physical systems are those associated with producing distributed, real-time, and embedded platforms and applications, and where computers control physical, chemical, or biological processes or devices. Examples of such systems include airplanes and air traffic control systems, automobiles, power grids, oil refineries, and patient monitoring systems. Despite advances in standards-based commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies, key challenges must be addressed before COTS software can be used to build mission-critical distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems effectively and productively. Furthermore, there are existing critical infrastructures that oversee the operations of everything from nuclear power plants to traffic lights and yet they may not even be able to accept static upgrades, or patches, or any dynamic change of behavior, but they will remain with us for quite some time. Dynamically retrofitting these systems while maintaining their stability within a cyber environment is a significant challenge yet to be overcome. The International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (WCPS2009) is an international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of CPS, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future of CPS. The technical program of WCPS2009 will consist of invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. Topics of Interest In summary, the main topics of interest are on grand challenges, requirements, architectures, innovations and abstractions for Cyber-Physical Systems as well as technical challenges to interface and manipulate the Physical World. In particular, we are seeking papers in, but not limited to, the following main areas: [Architecture and infrastructure] Current architectures for cyber physical systems tend to be based on layers of network, OS, and middleware that have evolved over decades in the context of general-purpose computing systems. One goal of this topic area is to seek architectural abstractions, mechanisms, and formalisms that are better suited to the needs of cyber-physical systems. Some example topics include: approaches for refactoring the technology base to collapse/remove layers; techniques for managing QoS properties top-to-bottom; and end-to-end in ultra-large-scale cyber-physical systems. [Fundamental system services] Decades of experience with enterprise systems have yielded reasonably good abstractions and technologies for developing reusable services, such as transactions, discovery, naming, and event notification. There is much less consensus and experience, however, on the appropriate abstractions and technologies for fundamental system services in cyber-physical systems. Some example topics include 'multi-ility' services, such as security, reliable, and predictable replica-based fault detection and isolation frameworks that can operate in resource-constrained safety- and mission-critical CPS environments. [Service composition/synthesis] This area involves rigorous, evidence-producing composition (and composites) of system services, often using novel languages and models of computation. Some example topics include "type systems for QoS contracts" or "checkable properties of dynamic event structures" or "synthesis of mixed-criticality RTOS tailored for domain X". The time and scheduling, behavioral interaction, and partitioning/isolation will be central cross-cutting issues. [Interaction and coordination] A single critical infrastructure facility can have thousands of devices, such as in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, that spread over hundreds of miles. The devices themselves are typically in a physically protected environment; yet the interactions among them, on the other hand, go through the cyber space which poses a challenge to us and calls for a paradigm that is interaction and coordination centric. [Integration] CPS research is fundamentally different from prior computer controlled research. One aspect of the difference lies in the tighter integration and co-design of the cyber and the physi-cal subsystems. In the past the stability theory in engineering concerns about the suppression of various kind of errors -- uncertainties in the model, disturbance from environment, noise in sensing and errors in actuators -- except that bugs in at the heart of the control process: the complex software that controls the plant. On the other hand, main stream software fault tolerance techniques such as primary-and-standby do not take advantage of the fact that the physical plants must obey laws of nature; This opens new insights for the integration of cyberand physical systems. [Proactive monitoring] There are numerous existing systems, such as chemical plants, oil refiners, power grids, that have been in existence and correctly functioning for many years, and until now were not considered vulnerable because these systems were not envisioned to run in the cyber environment which has become today's reality. Theses systems face the high risk of being a terrorist target though cyber invasions. On the other side, it is out of the question that we re-build or prescribe a complete upgrade of all these systems. Worse yet, it may even be too expensive to take the mentality of ``dispatch-and- then-patch''. Therefore, external, lightweight and proactive monitoring of the systems is essential in building or retrofitting CPS. [Applications and experiences] New CPS applications and experiences, such as Tele-Physical Services, Smart Transportation, etc. We learn from our past experiences: through our encounters with real-life applications and experiences with new technologies, we develop the skill set and tools to perform better in the future. Paper Submission The workshop solicits original and previously unpublished papers reporting results from research and/or industrial experience as well as discussion of grand challenges and requirements. Submit a full paper of 6 pages (IEEE Computer Society proceedings Manuscripts: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 font size, and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society proceedings Manuscripts at the following web page. URL: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm. Contact author must input the following information at the WCPS2009 web site: paper title, authors' names, affiliations, postal address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the author, about 150-250 word abstract, and keywords. Prepare your paper in PDF file (Adobe format), and send it through the following web site. The submission web site is: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcps09 Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present the paper in the workshop. Each accepted paper must have a full registration in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. Organization Committee General Co-Chairs: Lui Sha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Xue Liu, McGill University, Canada Shangping Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Furong Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Steering Committee: Helen Gill, National Science Foundation, USA Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Aloysius K. Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA Raj Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Publicity Co-Chairs: Zonghua Gu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK, China Guoliang Xing, Michigan State University, USA Program Committee Please see the complete PC list at the workshop website: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/Confs/WCPS2009/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] DEADLINE Extension - International Workshop on Mobile Urban Sensing (MobiUS09)
by Ling-Jyh Chen 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers ================================================================== Call for Papers The First International Workshop on Mobile Urban Sensing (MobiUS09) May 18-21, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan http://nrl.iis.sinica.edu.tw/MobiUS09/ To be held in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Mobile Data Management: Systems, Services and Middleware (MDM 2009) ================================================================== With wireless networking technologies permeating nearly every aspect of our working and living environments, WSN applications are going mobile, people-centric, pervasive, and ubiquitous. Aggregating mobile and wireless sensors into sophisticated sensing, computational, and communication infrastructures will have a significant impact on a wide array of applications ranging from military, to scientific, industrial, health-care and domestic, establishing ubiquitous computing that will pervade society redefining the way in which we live and work. The goal of this workshop is to present and discuss recent advances in the development of mobile urban sensing technologies. This is a very challenging task, as it involves several technical issues (e.g., data mining, machine learning, software design, mobility management, performance modeling, resource control, and security), as well as the socio-economic issues (e.g., business model, cyber-physical interaction, human-machine interaction and social networking). The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from the industry and academia. Original papers addressing applications and architecture, systems and protocols design, and development and analysis, in all areas related to Mobile Urban Sensing are solicited. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Submissions and Proceedings ------------------------------ Authors are invited to submit an electronic version of original, unpublished manuscripts via the website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobius09 The manuscript should be written in English and follow IEEE two-column format with single-spaced, ten-point font in the text. The maximum manuscript length is six (6) pages including figures and references. All submitted papers will be refereed by reviewers in terms of correctness, originality, technical strength, significance and quality of presentation. The proceedings will be a single CD-ROM combining the proceedings of the main conference and the workshops, and will be archieved in IEEE Xplore and IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. Important Dates --------------- Submission deadline: Dec. 8, 2008 Notification of acceptance: Feb. 01, 2009 Camera-ready version: Mar. 15, 2009 General Co-Chairs Mario Gerla, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Mycolleagues] CfP SCENES - Deadline Extension]
by Lars Wolf 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] CfP SCENES - Deadline Extension Datum: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:01:45 +0100 Von: Nils Aschenbruck <aschenbruck(a)cs.uni-bonn.de> An: mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br ***************** *Extended Deadline - Nov. 28* ****************** ================================================================= Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers ================================================================= The First Workshop on Scenarios for Network Evaluation Studies (SCENES 2009) http://www.scenes-workshop.org Rome, Italy March 6th, 2009 to be held in conjunction with SIMUTools 2009. CALL FOR PAPERS For the reliable performance evaluation of wireless networks, realistic models and credible simulation scenarios are crucial. Recently, in the area of wireless networks, it has been shown that simplistic models for mobility, traffic, and signal propagation yield results that are too optimistic. In order to provide more credible models, traces from specific scenarios need to be acquired and then realistic scenario models need to be developed and validated. We solicit papers on mobility, traffic, propagation, and scenario modelling for various wireless networks including MANETs, DTNs and vehicular networks. Papers on trace measurement architectures and trace characterizations of wireless networks are also welcome. The main purpose of this workshop is to promote further research interests and activities on scenario modelling of wireless networks. It is also aimed at increasing the synergy between academic and industrial researchers working in this area. We are interested in experimental, systems-related, theoretical, and work-in-progress papers in all aspects of wireless network scenarios. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Classification of scenarios * Challenges in trace acquisition * Tools for mobility, traffic and propagation modelling * Methods in localization and tracking to acquire accurate movement traces * Movement trace measurement architectures * Characterization of movement traces * Mobility modelling * Validation of mobility models * Traffic measurement, traffic characterization, traffic modelling * Combined mobility and traffic modelling * Characterization of signal propagation * Propagation modelling * Impact of mobility on radio characterization * Impact of scenario modelling on performance Authors are invited to submit full papers and work-in-progress papers for presentation at the workshop. Papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages in ACM conference proceedings format) should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. For detailed submission instructions, together with format files, see the SCENES website. All submissions will be handled via EDAS: http://edas.info/7006 IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: Nov. 28, 2008 Notification of acceptance: Jan. 6, 2009 Camera-ready paper due: Jan. 25, 2009 COMMITTEE: Program Chairs: Nils Aschenbruck, University of Bonn, Germany Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA Technical Program Committee: Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Christian Bettstetter, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Marco Conti, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Pisa, Italy Mario Gerla, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, USA Tristan Henderson, University of St Andrews, Scotland Edward Knightly, Rice University, USA Robin Kravets, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Christoph Lindemann, University of Leipzig, Germany Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK Mirco Musolesi, University of Cambridge, UK Matthias Paetzold, University in Agder, Norway Maria Papadopouli, University of Crete, Greece Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland, New Zealand _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Preliminary CFP: ICCCN 2009 - 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (http://icccn.org/icccn09/)]
by Lars Wolf 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Preliminary CFP: ICCCN 2009 - 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (http://icccn.org/icccn09/) Datum: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:25:46 -0500 Von: striegel(a)nd.edu An: Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu *Apologies if you receive multiple copies* ICCCN 2009 - 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks Preliminary Call for Papers August 2-6, 2009 -- San Francisco, CA http://icccn.org/icccn09/ ICCCN is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel ideas and fundamental advances in the fields of computer communications and networks. ICCCN serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners with a common interest in improving communications and networking through scientific and technological innovation. Scope: The primary focus of the conference is on new and original research results in the areas of design, implementation, and applications of computer communications and networks. Authors are invited to submit papers that present original research to one of the following tracks: * Track on Emerging Wireless Technologies and Platforms (EWTP) * Track on Internet Services, Systems and Applications (ISSA) * Track on Multimedia and QoS (MQoS) * Track on Network Architecture and Protocols (NAP) * Track on Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation (NAPE) * Track on Network Security and Privacy (NSP) * Track on Optical Networking (ON) * Track on Peer-to-peer Networking (P2PN) * Track on Pervasive Computing and Grid Networking (PCGN) * Track on Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (WASN) * Track on Wireless Communication and Signal Processing (WCSP) Instructions for Authors: Submitted manuscripts must be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) and must be submitted via EDAS (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6903&) as PDF files (formatted for letter (8.5x11-inch) paper). The manuscripts should be no longer than 6 pages. Up to two additional pages are permitted if the authors are willing to pay an over-length charge at the time of publication (manuscripts may not exceed 8 pages). Submitted papers may not have been previously published in or be under consideration for publication in another journal or conference. The Program Committee reserves the right to not review papers that either exceed the length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include a title, abstract, keywords, author(s) and affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), fax/phone number(s), and postal address(es). Please indicate the corresponding author. Note: A new requirement for this years conference is that a paper abstract must be registered on EDAS by the deadline indicated below. Review and Publication of Manuscripts: All submitted papers will be reviewed the respective track TPC and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. An accepted paper must be presented at the conference venue by one of the authors registered at the full registration rate. Each full registration covers up to two papers by an author. Accepted papers will be published in proceedings that will be available through IEEE Xplore (pending IEEE approval). **************************************************************** Important Dates: * February 20, 2009: Abstract registration deadline * February 27, 2009: Paper submission deadline * May 1, 2009: Author Notification * May 15, 2009: Camera-ready papers due **************************************************************** Workshops: ICCCN 2009 will feature satellite workshops. Workshop proposals should be submitted to the TPC Vice Chair for Workshops, Xiaobo Zhou (zbo(a)cs.uccs.edu). The details on the call for workshop proposals can be found on the conference web site. For additional information on track TPCs, student travel grants, best paper award, and other information see the conference web page or contact the general or TPC co-chairs. Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs * Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA * Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Northwestern University, USA TPC Co-Chairs * Song Ci, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA * Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA TPC Vice Chairs * Lavy Libman, NICTA Sydney, Australia * Sergey Gorinsky, Washington University in St. Louis, USA * Yang Yang, University College London, UK * Xiaobo Zhou, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA Workshop Co-Chairs * Andy Li, Oklahoma State University, USA * Xiaobo Zhou, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA Tutorial Chair * Chia-Chin Chong, Docomo USA Labs, USA Local Arrangements Chair * Ismail Guvenc, Docomo USA Labs, USA Publicity Chair * Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA * Antonios Argyriou, Philips Research, Netherlands * Hideki Tode, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan * Zhao-yang Zhang, Zhejiang University, China Registration Chair * Kartik Gopalan, SUNY Binghamton, USA Student Travel Grant Chair * Yan Luo, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Industry Liaison Chair * Mei Wang, Cisco, USA Steering Committee Liaison * Haohong Wang, Marvell Semiconductor, USA Web Chair * Danai Chasaki, University of Massachusetts, USA Track Chairs * Track on Emerging Wireless Technologies and Platforms (EWTP) o Fei Tong, Motorola UK o Jiangzhou Wang, University of Kent, UK * Track on Internet Services, Systems and Applications (ISSA) o Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Northwestern University, USA o George Rouskas, North Carolina State University, USA * Track on Multimedia and QoS (MQoS) o Fernando Kuipers, TU Delft, Netherlands o Jörg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland * Track on Network Architecture and Protocols (NAP) o Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia o Joe Touch, University of Southern California, USA * Track on Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation (NAPE) o Alex Sprintson, Texas A&M University, USA o Adam Wierman, Cal Tech, USA o Guoliang (Larry) Xue, Arizona State University, USA * Track on Network Security and Privacy (NSP) o Wenjing Lou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA o Wade Trappe, Rutgers University, USA * Track on Optical Networking (ON) o Xavier Masip, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain o Eiji Oki, University of Electro-Communications, Japan * Track on Peer-to-peer Networking (P2PN) o Yi Cui, Vanderbilt University, USA o Arnaud Legout, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France * Track on Pervasive Computing and Grid Networking (PCGN) o Pavan Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory, USA o Li Xiao, Michigan State University, USA * Track on Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (WASN) o Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA o Radu Stoleru, Texas A&M University, USA * Track on Wireless Communication and Signal Processing (WCSP) o Bala Natarajan, Kansas State, USA o Fu-Chun Zheng, University of Reading, UK _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] WoWMoM 2009 - new deadline]
by Lars Wolf 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] WoWMoM 2009 - new deadline Datum: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:25:52 +0100 Von: Alessio Vecchio <a.vecchio(a)iet.unipi.it> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu ***************************************************************** WoWMoM 2009 New Deadline!!! Papers Due: December 8, 2008 ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** WoWMoM 2009 10th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks 15-19 June 2009, Kos, Greece http://www.ieee-wowmom.org ***************************************************************** Call for Papers IEEE WoWMoM 2009 is soliciting original and previously unpublished papers addressing research challenges and advances towards a world of wireless, mobile, and multimedia pervasive communications. The evolution of wireless networking technologies offers an increasing wealth of opportunities for distributing multimedia contents over wireless networks, enabling dissemination of professional contents to mobile users as well as sharing user-generated contents among them. Users will be able to retrieve, publish, and manage information, communicate with other users or devices, access and author services, create and exploit context-awareness and so on. Papers that present work, validated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis, are solicited. Practical experiences and experimental efforts from both industry and academy, duly documenting the lessons learned from test-beds, field-trial, or real deployments, are also welcome. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the EDAS system. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - System prototypes and experiences - QoS for voice and video in wireless networks - Middleware support for QoS provision - Differentiated services for wireless multimedia - IP-based wireless multimedia services - Networking services for pervasive systems - Multicasting and broadcasting issues - Handoff and mobility management - Seamless internetworking - Energy-efficient protocols and power management - Network management and troubleshooting - IP-based mobile networks - Context-aware wireless multimedia applications - Location mechanism and services - Wireless BAN, PAN, LAN, and MAN - Ad hoc and sensor networks - Wireless mesh networks - Vehicular wireless networks - Third and fourth generation systems - Wireless security and dependability - Content Management and Distribution - Modeling and Performance evaluation The WoWMoM 2009 technical program will also include two-days workshops on hot topics on wireless, mobile and multimedia networks. General Chairs: Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Vasilios Siris, FORTH-ICS, Greece TPC Chairs: Prasant Mohapatra, Univ. California, Davis USA Jörg Ott, Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Finland Workshops Chairs: Enzo Mingozzi, Univ. Of Pisa, Italy George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Industrial Chair: Igor Curcio, Nokia, Finland Kumar Ramaswamy, Thomson, USA Sponsorship Chair: Vincent Stanford, NIST, USA Finance & Registration Chair: Yonghe Liu, Univ. Texas at Arlington, USA Local Organizing Committee Chair: Ioannis Askoxylakis, FORTH-ICS, Greece Publicity Chairs: Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA Song Chong, KAIST, Korea Alessio Vecchio, Univ. Of Pisa, Italy George Xylomenos, AUEB, Greece Steering Committee: Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Sajal K. Das, Univ. Texas at Arlington, USA (chair) Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Rutgers Univ., USA Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo, USA -- ====================================================== Alessio Vecchio Pervasive Computing & Networking Lab. (PerLab) Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione - Univ. of Pisa Via Diotisalvi, 2 - 56122 Pisa - Italy Voice: +39 050 2217463 Fax: +39 050 2217600 http://vecchio.iet.unipi.it/~vecchio/ ====================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: NOSSDAV 2009]
by Lars Wolf 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: NOSSDAV 2009 Datum: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:29:56 -0800 Von: Kuan-Ta Chen <cychen(a)iis.sinica.edu.tw> Antwort an: cychen(a)iis.sinica.edu.tw Organisation: Academia Sinica An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu [Apologies if you receive this more than once] === [ ACM NOSSDAV 2009 ] === The 19th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video Williamsburg, Virginia June 3-5, 2009 http://www.nossdav.org/2009/ * Important Dates Paper Deadline: 9 February, 2009 Notification: 23 March, 2009 Camera Ready: 13 April, 2009 * About NOSSDAV NOSSDAV 2009 will continue the workshop's long tradition of focusing on emerging topics, controversial ideas, and future research directions in the area of multimedia systems research, held in a setting that stimulates lively discussions among the senior and junior participants. It is also an established practice for NOSSDAV to encourage experimental research based on real systems and data sets. Public availability of source code and data sets is highly encouraged. The scope of NOSSDAV has evolved over the years. For NOSSDAV 2009, we would like especially highlight two new topics of interest: unconventional use of GPU for multimedia and multi-core processors support for multimedia. NOSSDAV 2009 continues to welcome submissions in the traditional topics of networked multimedia systems, operating system support for multimedia, and multimedia security and rights management. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * OS, middleware and network support for multimedia * Overlay networks for multimedia * Media streaming, distribution and storage * Web 2.0 systems and social networks for multimedia * Wireless and mobile multimedia systems * Media sensor and ad hoc networks * Grid/cloud computing support for multimedia * Embedded systems for multimedia * Multicore architecture support for multimedia * GPU for multimedia * Network processor support for multimedia * Tele-immersion and mixed-reality systems * Networked graphics and virtual environments * Networked games * Multimedia communications and system security * Digital rights management A broad view will be taken in deciding what topics are within scope. Please contact the workshop co-chairs if you are unsure and wish to check if a particular topic is within the scope of NOSSDAV. Submissions should be at most SIX pages in length using standard ACM proceedings style. We expect these submissions to be the kernel of what will eventually lead to full-length papers at high-quality conferences or journals. Authors of selected, high quality papers from NOSSDAV 2009 will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers to a special issue of ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal (MMSJ). ----------------------------- Co-Chairs: Dongyan Xu, Purdue University Wei Tsang Ooi, National University of Singapore Local Arrangement: Ketan Mayer-Patel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Publicity: Tristan Henderson, University of St. Andrews, UK Kang Li, University of Georgia, USA Kuan-Ta Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Technical Program Committee: Kevin Almeroth, UC Santa Barbara, USA Grenville Armitage , Swinburne U. of Tech, Australia Ernst Biersack , Institute Eurecom, France Surendar Chandra, University of Notre Dame, USA Kuan-Ta Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Songqing Chen, George Mason University, USA Mark Claypool, WPI, USA Wu-chang Feng, Portland State University, USA Wu-chi Feng, Portland State University, USA Romulus Grigoras, IRIT-Toulouse, France Carsten Griwodz , University of Oslo, Norway Pal Halvorsen, University of Oslo, Norway JongWon Kim, GIST, Korea Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada Kang Li, University of Georgia, USA Yong Liu, Polytechnic University, USA Andreas Mauthe, Lancaster University, UK Klara Nahrstedt, UIUC, USA Ketan Mayer-Patel, UNC Chapel Hill, USA Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University, USA Sanjay Rao, Purdue University, USA Reza Rejaie, University of Oregon, USA Karsten Schwan, Georgia Tech, USA Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA Prashant Shenoy, UMass, Amherst, USA Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, Canada Ralf Steinmetz, TU Darmstadt, Germany Lars Wolf, TU Braunschweig, Germany Roger Zimmermann, National University of Singapore _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP--SPECTS 2009
by Essia Hamouda 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ========================================================================== 2009 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems July 13-16, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2009/ This annual international conference is a forum for professionals involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks has progressed rapidly in the past decade and has begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. =========================================================================== Deadlines Special sessions proposals: January 31, 2009 Submission of papers (and tutorials proposals): February 23, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: April 24, 2009 Final Camera-Ready Submission Due: May 22, 2009 http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2008/ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CfP SCENES - Deadline Extension
by Nils Aschenbruck 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

***************** *Extended Deadline - Nov. 28* ****************** ================================================================= Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers ================================================================= The First Workshop on Scenarios for Network Evaluation Studies (SCENES 2009) http://www.scenes-workshop.org Rome, Italy March 6th, 2009 to be held in conjunction with SIMUTools 2009. CALL FOR PAPERS For the reliable performance evaluation of wireless networks, realistic models and credible simulation scenarios are crucial. Recently, in the area of wireless networks, it has been shown that simplistic models for mobility, traffic, and signal propagation yield results that are too optimistic. In order to provide more credible models, traces from specific scenarios need to be acquired and then realistic scenario models need to be developed and validated. We solicit papers on mobility, traffic, propagation, and scenario modelling for various wireless networks including MANETs, DTNs and vehicular networks. Papers on trace measurement architectures and trace characterizations of wireless networks are also welcome. The main purpose of this workshop is to promote further research interests and activities on scenario modelling of wireless networks. It is also aimed at increasing the synergy between academic and industrial researchers working in this area. We are interested in experimental, systems-related, theoretical, and work-in-progress papers in all aspects of wireless network scenarios. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Classification of scenarios * Challenges in trace acquisition * Tools for mobility, traffic and propagation modelling * Methods in localization and tracking to acquire accurate movement traces * Movement trace measurement architectures * Characterization of movement traces * Mobility modelling * Validation of mobility models * Traffic measurement, traffic characterization, traffic modelling * Combined mobility and traffic modelling * Characterization of signal propagation * Propagation modelling * Impact of mobility on radio characterization * Impact of scenario modelling on performance Authors are invited to submit full papers and work-in-progress papers for presentation at the workshop. Papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages in ACM conference proceedings format) should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. For detailed submission instructions, together with format files, see the SCENES website. All submissions will be handled via EDAS: http://edas.info/7006 IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: Nov. 28, 2008 Notification of acceptance: Jan. 6, 2009 Camera-ready paper due: Jan. 25, 2009 COMMITTEE: Program Chairs: Nils Aschenbruck, University of Bonn, Germany Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA Technical Program Committee: Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Christian Bettstetter, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Marco Conti, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Pisa, Italy Mario Gerla, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, USA Tristan Henderson, University of St Andrews, Scotland Edward Knightly, Rice University, USA Robin Kravets, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Christoph Lindemann, University of Leipzig, Germany Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK Mirco Musolesi, University of Cambridge, UK Matthias Paetzold, University in Agder, Norway Maria Papadopouli, University of Crete, Greece Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland, New Zealand _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Deadline Extension - IEEE Network- SI on Multi-Hop Cognitive Networks
by Matteo Cesana 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Due to numerous requests the deadline of the following IEEE Network special issue has been extended to December, 2 Our apologies in case of multiple receptions IEEE Network Special Issue on Networking over Multi-Hop Cognitive Networks Schedule for Submission New Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2008 December 2, 2008 Feedback to Authors: February, 15 2009 Publication of the Special Issue: Second Half of 2009 Background In recent years, the exponential growth of unlicensed band usage has prompted possible wireless spectrum shortage. Moreover, today's wireless networks are characterized by fixed spectrum assignment policies, which often lead to wasting large spectrum portions due to sporadic utilization of the licensed users (according to FCC, only 15% to 85% of the licensed spectrum is utilized on the average). This situation has motivated and pushed forward the development of novel low-power wireless Cognitive Radio transceivers with the capability of changing their transmitter parameters (operating spectrum, modulation, transmission power and communication technology) based on interaction with the surrounding environment. Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs) based on nodes equipped with cognitive transceivers have consequently emerged as viable architectural solutions to solve current wireless network problems resulting from the limited available spectrum and the inefficiency in the spectrum usage by exploiting the existing wireless spectrum opportunistically. Scope and Contributions This special issue aims to consolidate and disseminate the latest developments and advances in the emerging area of Multi-hop CRNs, which is defined as a collection of cognitive transceiver-equipped nodes forming a multi-hop communication network. The main focus of this special issue is on networking aspects of multi-hop CRNs where the information needs to be relayed over multiple wireless links. Multi-hop CRNs responsibility is not only limited to the discovery and allocation of wireless resources while avoiding service disruption for primary users. Additional tasks must be accomplished to sustain end-to-end communication, including identification of sets of relay nodes, ensuring that required bandwidth is available over all necessary links, and regulating resource sharing among all flows in the network. Most importantly, these goals must be achieved while coping with negative effects of frequent link outages due to primary user access. Preferably, the multi-hop CRN must also ensure that flow requirements, such as bandwidth, delay, and jitter bounds, are met. This special issue provides opportunities for the research community, the standardization bodies, and the industry to showcase the-state-of-the-art of the research on networking aspects of Multi-hop CRNs, implementation studies, and feasibility analyses. Moreover, since the success of CRN also depends on spectrum regulatory aspect, we also solicit critical contributions addressing the problem of managing the competition in spectrum access under regulated, partially regulated or unregulated Multi-hop CRN architectures. While the nature of the multi-hop CRNs necessitates high levels of interaction and dependency between the physical layer and protocols and solutions at MAC layer and above, the main focus of this special issue is the networking aspects of multi-hop CRNs. Therefore, the design of cognitive transceivers and hardware, signal processing techniques, modulation and coding methods, physical layer channel models, as well as networking issues primarily concerning single-hop CRNs fall outside the scope of the special issue. In addition to original research articles, we also solicit survey and position articles in the area of networking aspects of multi-hop CRNs. These topics include, but are not limited to: o Medium access control for multi-hop CRNs o Routing solutions for multi-hop CRNs o Real-time communication protocols for multi-hop CRNs o Cross-layer design of communication protocols for multi-hop CRNs o Centralized and distributed dynamic spectrum management and spectrum leasing o Performance evaluation and modeling of multi-hop CRNs o Regulatory Aspects and CRN Architectures Schedule for Submission Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2008 December 2, 2008 Feedback to Authors: February, 15 2009 Publication of the Special Issue: Second Half of 2009 Authors must follow the IEEE Network Magazine guidelines regarding the manuscript and its format. For details, please refer to the "Author Guidelines" at the IEEE Network Magazine Web site at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html. The manuscripts must be written in English and submitted electronically in PDF format with a separate cover letter, which contains the paper title, authors, affiliations, contact information, a 250-word abstract and 3-5 keywords, via email to ieee-network-si(a)ece.osu.edu before the deadline (November 15th 2008). Accepted papers will also be included in Network Interactive (NI) the online version of Network Magazine. Guest Editors Prof. Matteo Cesana Dip. di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy cesana(a)elet.polimi.it Prof. Eylem Ekici Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Ohio State University , US ekici(a)ece.osu.edu Prof. Yeheskel Bar-Ness Center for Communications and Signal Processing Research New Jersey Institute of Technology, US barness(a)yegal.njit.edu <mailto:barness%20(at)%20yegal%20(dot)%20njit%20(dot)%20edu> _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS , Delay Tolerant Networks: Protocols and Applications]
by Lars Wolf 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS , Delay Tolerant Networks: Protocols and Applications Datum: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:46:22 +0200 Von: Thanos Vasilakos <vasilako(a)ath.forthnet.gr> An: <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com>, <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu>, <tccn(a)comsoc.org> Call for Book Chapter Title: Delay Tolerant Networks: Protocols and Applications (to be published by <http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/> Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor&Francis Group) Introduction Delay Tolerant Networks (DTN) arises primarily as a result of various forms of host and router mobility, but may also come into being as a result of disconnection due to power management or interference. Examples of such networks include: * Terrestrial Mobile Networks: In many cases, these networks may become un-expectedly partitioned due to node mobility or RF interference. In other cases, the network may never have an end to end path and may be expected to be partitioned in a periodic and predictable manner. * Exotic Media Networks: Exotic communication media includes near-Earth satel-lite communications, very long-distance radio links (e.g. deep space RF communications with light propagation delays in the seconds or minutes), communication using acoustic modulation in air or water, and some free-space optical communications. These systems may be subject to high latencies with predictable interruption (e.g. due to planetary dy-namics or the passing of a scheduled ship), may suffer outage due to environmental conditions (e.g. weather), or may provide a predictably available store-and-forward network service that is only occasionally available (e.g. low-earth orbiting satellites that "pass" by one or more times each day). * Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks: These networks are frequently characterized by extremely limited end-node power, memory, and CPU capability. Recommended Topics (not limited to) * Routing, broadcast, multicast * Medium Access Control * Self-x properties, i.e. self-organization, self-management, self-healing and self-protection * Economic approaches and social model * Learning techniques * Design, analysis and simulation * Network coding * P2p * Mobility * Robustness and stability * Security, immunity and resilience * Auto-configuration, authentication and trust management * Bio-computing inspired approaches * Generic network-level service composition at run-time * Context Transparency and Awareness * Sensor networks-based DTN * Ambient, invisible, implicit, and adaptive computing * Context-aware computing and location-based services and applications * Testbed, prototype and experiment * Challenges, visions and roadmap Important Dates You are invited to submit a 1-2 pages proposal discribing the topic of your chapter. The proposal should include the chapter summary, table of content, and contact authors. Estimatedly, each chapter should has about 35 pages with 12 font size, double-space format. Proposal Deadline: 31 December 2008 Notification of proposal acceptance: 31 Jan. 2009 Full chapter submission: 30 April 2009 Note: each lead chapter author will get a free copy of the book. Contact Please make correspondence and chapter submissions to: Dr. Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Email: vasilako[AT]ath.forthnet.gr Dr. Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Email: yanzhang[AT]ieee.org Dr. Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos ETH Zurich, Switzerland Email: spyropoulos[AT]tik.ee.ethz.ch _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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