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[Mycolleagues] CFP: The First ACM International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and , Tracking in GPS-less Environments (MELT 2008)
by Ying Zhang 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

CALL FOR PAPERS *********************************************************************** The First ACM International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments (MELT 2008) URL: http://www.parc.com/MELT08 San Francisco, California, September 19, 2008, co-located with ACM MobiCom08 *********************************************************************** Location-awareness is a key component for achieving context-awareness. Recent years have witnessed an increasing trend of location-based services and applications. In most cases, however, location information is limited by the accessibility to GPS, which is unavailable for indoor or underground facilities and unreliable in urban environments. Much research has been done, in both the sensor network community and the ubiquitous computing community, to provide techniques for localization and tracking in GPS-less environments. Novel applications based on ad-hoc localization and real-time tracking of mobile entities are growing as a result of these technologies. It is time to bring leaders from both the academic and industry research communities to discuss challenging and open problems, to evaluate pros and cons of various approaches, to bridge the gap between theory and applications, and to envision new research opportunities in MELT. The workshop seeks to provide a forum for the state-of-the-art technologies in mobile localization and tracking and novel applications of location-based services. The one-day workshop will have a combination of invited talks, technical presentations and discussions. Possible topics of interests include, but are not limited to: Technology topics: * Algorithms for Localization and Tracking * Opportunistic Localization (using existing signals in the environment) * Environment Mapping and Map Representations * Dynamic/ad-hoc Mapping of Environments * Cheap and Accurate Sensing for MELT (RF, Ultrasound, IR, UWB, RFID etc.) * Collaborative Localization and Data Fusion * Combined Camera/Sensor Localization and Tracking * Hybrid Location-Determination (e.g., RF+vision) * Secure and Robust Localization Application topics: * Search and Rescue Operations * Asset Tracking/Yard Management * Material/In-process flow control * Inventory Tracking + Location * Vehicular Tracking in Intelligent Transportation Systems * Sports and Entertainment * Indoor Navigators/Activity Recommenders * Automatic/Robotic Warehouses/Factories *********************************************************************** Important Dates Submission deadline: May 16, 2008 Acceptance notification: June 23, 2008 Camera-ready version: July 7, 2008 Workshop date: September 19, 2008 *********************************************************************** Submission Details The workshop seeks papers on preliminary technique results, novel application concepts, software and hardware research toolkits, statements of open challenging problems, mathematical formalization and solutions. Selected papers will be grouped, presented and discussed at the workshop. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 6 pages, in font size no smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper (8.5 W 11 inches). All paper submission Margins must be of 1 inch on all edges (top, bottom, left, and right) of each page. Papers must be submitted electronically through the EDAS system (http://edas.info). The submission process is the same as the MobiCom08: http://www.sheridanprinting.com/typedept/mobicom.htm. Papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published by published by ACM Press and distributed at the workshop; copies of the Proceedings will also be available for sale from ACM after the workshop. *********************************************************************** Organization Committee General Co-Chairs: Dr. Ying Zhang (Palo Alto Research Center) Prof. Yinyu Ye (Stanford University) Technical Program Committee Maurice Chu: Palo Alto Research Center Richard Fuller: Geotrax Protection Ismail Guvenc: DoCoMo USA Communications Laboratories Tian He: Univ. Univ. of Minnesota Qingfeng Huang: Palo Alto Research Center Kris Kolodziej: Spime Inc. Juan Liu: Palo Alto Research Center Nissanka (Bodhi) Priyantha: Microsoft Research Zafer Sahinoglu: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Michael Saunders: Stanford University Radu Stoleru: Texas A&M Univ. _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Call for Papers: LOCAN 2008 (Submission Deadline April 30, 2008)]
by Lars Wolf 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] Call for Papers: LOCAN 2008 (Submission Deadline April 30, 2008) Datum: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:09:58 +0200 Von: Hannes Frey <hannes.frey(a)uni-paderborn.de> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive duplicates of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *********************************************************************** * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * LOCAN 2008 * * * * The 4th International Workshop on Localized Communication * * and Topology Protocols for Ad hoc Networks * * http://ants.dif.um.es/locan2008 * * * * In conjunction with the 5th IEEE International Conference on * * Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems, MASS 2008 * * http://www.cse.psu.edu/IEEEMASS08 * * Atlanta, Georgia, September 29 - October 02 2008 * *********************************************************************** SUBJECT AND SCOPE ----------------- This workshop covers comprehensively the algorithmic issues in the hot area of ad hoc and sensor networking. In particular, sensor networks are currently recognized as one of the priority research areas and research activities are booming recently. This workshop concentrates on network layer problems like data communication (routing, QoS-routing, geocasting, multicasting, broadcasting, etc.) and topology control (neighbor discovery, power adjustment, neighbor elimination, etc.). The main paradigm shift is to apply localized (or greedy) schemes as opposed to existing protocols requiring global information. Localized algorithms are distributed algorithms where simple local node behavior achieves a desired global objective. Localized protocols provide scalable solutions, that is, solutions for wireless networks with an arbitrary number of nodes, which is the main goal of this plan. The objective of the workshop is to present state of the art research results on data communication and topology control in rapidly growing area of ad hoc and sensor networks, with emphasizes on localized techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Medium access control * Analytical, mobility and validation models * Hybrid networks and wireless Internet * Security in ad hoc networks * Data management, query processing, and data delivery in sensor networks * Unicast routing, multicasting, and broadcasting * Geocasting and anycasting * Energy-efficient and bandwidth-efficient protocols * Quality of service in medium access control and routing * Topology construction and maintenance * Neighborhood discovery and mobility management * Localized protocols for duty-cycled sensor networks * Auto-configuration and network formation protocols and algorithms * Relative positioning algorithms * Lower bounds on information exchange required for localized solutions * Network graph properties supporting localized protocols * Worst and average case analysis on the deviation from optimal solutions IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Manuscript Submission: April 30, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 15, 2008 Camera Ready Manuscript Due: July 15, 2008 PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Papers must not exceed 6 single-spaced and two-column pages using at least 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages. See style files, author guidelines and instructions at the conference website. Accepted papers will be included in the MASS main proceedings and will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the conference in order for that paper to appear in the proceedings and to be scheduled for presentation. Authors are requested to submit their papers (PDF format) through EDAS, following the link http://edas.info/6484. For submission-related questions, please contact pedrom(a)dif.um.es. GENERAL CO-CHAIRS ----------------- David Simplot-Ryl, University of Lille, France Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ----------------- Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain Hannes Frey, University of Paderborn, Germany SUBMISSION CHAIR ---------------- Stefan Rührup, University of Freiburg PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Will be announced on the workshop web site. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ---------------------- Additional information about the workshop will be continuously updated at the LOCAN 2007 website: http://ants.dif.um.es/locan2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Hannes Frey | E-mail: hannes.frey at uni-paderborn.de University of Paderborn | Phone: +49 5251 60-5380 Pohlweg 47-49 | Fax: +49 5251 60-5377 33098 Paderborn | WWW: http://homepages.uni-paderborn.de/drfrey ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] MOBICOM Workshop WiNTECH'08: call for papers/posters and demo contest!]
by Lars Wolf 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] MOBICOM Workshop WiNTECH'08: call for papers/posters and demo contest! Datum: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:25:48 +0200 Von: Thomas Huhn <thomas(a)net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------- The Third ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and Characterization (WiNTECH'08) (http://www.net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/WiNTECH08/) To be held in conjunction with ACM Mobicom 2008 (http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/index.html) September 14-19, 2008, San Francisco, CA ---------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS =============== This workshop intends to bring together researchers working in the broad area of experimental wireless networking. This workshop will serve as a forum to share new ideas/experiences in all experimental aspects of wireless networks and systems, and facilitate discussions of key unresolved challenges in this area. For more information on topics of interest and other details, please visit the workshop website http://www.net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/WiNTECH08 WiNCOOL DEMO CONTEST ==================== This year, we are challenging the community to show us their latest, coolest, chair-rocking and mind-blowing innovation in an operational demonstration. Go beyond the theoretical limitations and shed off the numerous assumptions about wireless system and present an operational prototype that has the potential to revolutionize wireless networking. Innovations can be at any layer, from physical to application. However, we particularly encourage innovations that span over multiple layers. The innovations must have wireless networking as its key topic. The demo must be presented live, i.e. a presentation of a demo (powerpoint, video, etc) only is not allowed. Also, we emphasize that the demo contest is not a forum to display commercial products. The demo contest will be judged by a panel from industry and academia based on their technical merit and relevance to the workshop. The winners will take home cash prices (details to follow) and bragging rights to award-winning research demonstrators. The extended abstract of the accepted demonstrations will be published in the workshop proceedings and will be available at the ACM digital library. CALL FOR POSTERS ================ WiNTECH 2008 is seeking proposals for posters describing novel work in wireless network testbeds, measurements and characterizations. The areas of interest are the same as those listed in the technical call for papers. The posters may describe work in progress and offers an excellent opportunity for feedback and discussions on early research. All submissions will be reviewed by the technical program committee and will be judged by their technical merit and relevance to workshop. The extended abstract of the accepted posters will be published in the workshop proceedings and will be available at the ACM digital library. IMPORTANT DATES ============== Paper Submission: May 7, 2008, 23:59 EDT Poster/Demo Submission: Jun 4, 2008, 23:59 EDT Author Notification: Jun 23, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: Jul 7, 2008 Poster/Demo Notification: Jul 9, 2008 Workshop date: Sep 19, 2008 SUBMISSION ========== Authors are invited to submit their original research papers of maximum 8 pages in a two-column format using a 10pt font or greater and reasonable margins in pdf format. The papers are to be submitted via EDAS. Posters and demo submissions are limited to two pages in a two-column format using a 10pt font or greater in pdf format. Submissions are via email to: Roger Karrer (roger [dot] karrer [at] telekom [dot] de. Ashutosh Sabharwal, Conference Chair Roger Karrer, TPC Chair _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CfPs - RED
by Ismail Khalil Ibrahim 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

First International Workshop on REsource Discovery (RED) http://bioinformatics.eas.asu.edu/RED/red2008.html in conjunction with 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2008) A resource corresponds to an information source such as a data repository or database management system (e.g., a query form or a textual search engine), a link between resources (an index or hyperlink), or a service such as an application or tool. Resources are characterized by core information including a name, a description of its input and its output (parameters or format), its address, and various additional properties expressed as metadata. Resource discovery is the process of identifying and locating existing resources that have a particular property. Machine-based resource discovery relies on crawling, clustering, and classifying resources discovered on the Web automatically. Resources are organized with respect to metadata that characterize their content (for data sources), their semantics (in terms of ontological classes and relationships), their characteristics (syntactical properties), their performance (with metrics and benchmarks), their quality (curation, reliability, trust), etc. Resource discovery systems allow the expression of queries to identify and locate resources that implement specific tasks. The International Workshop on Resource Discovery aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to discuss research issues and experience in developing and deploying concepts, applications, and solutions addressing various issues related to resource discovery. Papers presenting either theoretical or applicative material are expected. Because of the dynamic research and development effort towards supporting resource discovery for the life sciences, we expect to receive many contributions in the scope of this very exciting application domain. However, we encourage the submission of generic solutions or the presentation of application experiences other than related to life sciences. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Service publication standards (UDDI, OWL-S, etc.) - Web services - BioMoby services - Resource semantics - Resource formats and metadata - Resource metadata for efficient execution - Data-centric Web services - Domain ontologies for resources - Metadata models for describing web resources - Automatic extraction of metadata in particular with Web 2.0 tools (wikis, blogs...) - Models for registration of resources - Automatic registration of resources - Resource indexing - Visualization of resource metadata - Query languages for resource discovery - user-friendly interface for resource discovery - Resource mining, discovering services on the Web - Mobile web services - Service discovery protocols - Identification protocols that can distinguish between resources and metadata - Interoperability-driven resource discovery - Discovery for integration, composition, workflow, dataflow - Metadata for resource mapping - Dynamic service composition - Service efficiency prediction - QoS-based service discovery - Resource relevance measures - Semantics-driven resource discovery - Discovery on the private (or invisible) web Workshop information -------------------- The workshop will take place in Linz, Austria from 24-26 November 2008. Please visit the conference website for more information: http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2008/ . Workshop key dates ------------------ Submission deadline: July 1st Acceptance notification: September 30th Camera ready: October 15th Maximum number of pages: 10 pages Publication ----------- The workshop proceedings will published by the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) books(a)ocg.at series. We expect to invite selected papers to be extended for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Web and Grid Services (IJWGS) (www.inderscience.com/) Workshop Chair -------------- Zoe Lacroix, Arizona State University and Translational Genomics Research Institute, USA Contact: zoe(a)iiwas.org Program committee ----------------- Bernd Amann, LIP6, UniversitÈ de Pierre et Marie Curie, France Marie-Dominique Devignes, INRIA Lorraine, LORIA, France Juliana Freire, University of Utah, USA Christine Froidevaux, LRI, Universite Paris-Sud (Orsay), France Carole Goble, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK Daniela Grigori, UniversitÈ de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France Cartik Kothari, University of British Columbia, Canada Phillip Lord, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK Bertram Ludascher, University of California, Davis, USA Herve Menager, Institut Pasteur, France Peter Mork, The MITRE Corporation, USA Patricia Rodriguez-Tome, Center for Advanced Studies, CRS4, Italy Malika Smail-Tabbone, LORIA and Universite Henri Poincare, France Pierre Tuffery, INSERM & Universite Diderot (Paris 7), France Maria-Esther Vidal, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [KuVS ELG] CfP: SSPIT'08]
by Lars Wolf 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [KuVS ELG] CfP: SSPIT'08 Datum: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:48:36 +0200 Von: Claudia Linnhoff-Popien <linnhoff(a)ifi.lmu.de> Antwort an: linnhoff(a)ifi.lmu.de An: ELG KUVS <elg(a)kuvs.de>, kuvs(a)tm.uka.de, kuvs-lg(a)comsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de CfP: Call for Paper - Informatik 2008 Workshop: Software, Services und Plattformen für neue Infrastrukturen in der Telekommunikation http://www.ubicomp.net/sspit08/ Einreichung von Workshop-Beiträgen bis zum 28.04.2008 Motivation Telekommunikationssysteme haben sich in den letzten Jahren stark gewandelt. In immer größerem Maße wurden hardwarebasierte Mechanismen durch Softwaresysteme ersetzt. Durch die zunehmende Verschmelzung von Telekommunikationsinfrastrukturen für Sprach- und Datendienste sowie durch die Bereitstellung neuer Dienste entstehen hochkomplexe Systeme, welche schwierig zu beherrschen sind. In gleicher Weise nimmt die Komplexität innerhalb der Netzwerkinfrastrukturen für mobile Telekommunikationsnetze zu. Nutzer erwarten roaming zwischen verschiedenen Netztechnologien, garantierte Qualitätsparameter, und ubiquitäre Verfügbarkeit von verschiedensten Services und neue Anwendungen. Diese Entwicklungen erfordern neue Ansätze zum Entwurf von Telekommunikationsinfrastrukturen und deren Implementierung und Wartung. Der Umbau existierender Telekommunikationsinfrastrukturen, bei großen Telekommunikationsunternehmen wie auch innerhalb einzelner Unternehmen, stellt große Herausforderungen an die Informatik. Dieser Workshop soll dazu beitragen, wissenschaftliche und praktische Erfahrungen auszutauschen und gemeinsam nach neuen Wegen zu suchen, wie diese für uns alle kritischen Infrastrukturen durch Methoden und Werkzeuge der Informatik beherrschbar gemacht werden können. Themen Mögliche Themen für Workshopbeiträge könnten unter anderem sein: * Architekturen für integrierte Telekommunikationssysteme und Next-Generation-Networks (NGN) * Neue Methoden und Werkzeuge für den Entwurf und die Simulation von Telekommunikationssoftware * Technologien und Mechanismen zur Bereitstellung und Abrechnung von ubiquitären Services * Plattformen und Protokolle für orts- und kontextbezogene Systeme * Ansätze und Methoden zur Modellierung von komplexen Telekommunikationssystemen * Middleware-Lösungen und Softwarearchitekturen für mobile Netze * Kommunikationsmechanismen und Infrastrukturen für spezielle Anwendungen (z.B. Logistik, und Fahrzeuge) * Software- und Systemansätze für Sicherheit und Datenschutz in der Telekommunikation * Software and Services for Operations Support Systems / Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) * Management für Telekommunikationsplattformen * Flexible und skalierbare service-orientierte Architekturen für TelCos * Last-Mile Software Lösungen * Erfahrungsberichte über die Migration auf eine Service-Orientierte-Architektur in Telekommunikationssystemen Einreichungen Die Beiträge für den Workshop können in deutscher oder englischer Sprache verfasst werden und sollen eine Länge von sechs Seiten nicht überschreiten. Die Abgabefrist ist der 28.04.2008 und die Beiträge sind elektronisch als PDF-Datei über das Konferenzsystem einzureichen (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=informatik2008ws). Bitte wählen Sie bei der Abgaben der Track "Software, Services und Plattformen fuer neue Infrastrukturen in der Telekommunikation" aus. Die Formatierung der Beiträge sollte den LNI-Richtlinien genügen. Diese Richtlinien sowie Formatvorlagen für Word und Latex sind hier verfügbar. Da der Druck des Tagungsbandes in Schwarzweiß erfolgt, ist bei farbigen Grafiken darauf zu achten, dass diese auch bei Schwarzweiß-Ausgabe noch ausdruckfähig bleiben. Die eingereichten Beiträge werden von einem Programmkomitee begutachtet. Termine Einreichung von Workshop-Beiträgen: 28.04.2008 Mitteilung über Annahme/Ablehnung: 02.06.2008 Abgabe der fertigen Druckvorlagen: 01.07.2008 Konferenz Informatik 2008 in München: 8.-13.11.2008 Adressatenkreis Der Workshop richtet sich an Anwender, Entwickler, Entscheidungsträger und Wissenschaftler, die an neuen und innovativen Telekommunikationsinfrastrukturen Interesse haben. Es soll ein Forum für die Präsentation und Diskussion neuer Forschungsergebnisse und praktischer Erfahrungen geboten werden. Thematischer Schwerpunkt des Workshops sind Ansätze für beherrschbare Ansätze für Telekommunikationsinfrastrukturen, insbesondere aus Sicht der Softwaretechnik und der verteilten Systeme. Organisatoren Uwe Beyer, Fraunhofer IAIS Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, LMU München Albrecht Schmidt, Universität Duisburg-Essen Timo Steffens, Fraunhofer IAIS Matthias Wagner, DoCoMo Euro-Labs Programmkomitee Lothar Borrmann, Siemens Georg Carle, Universität Tübingen Christian Decker, Universität Karlsruhe Thomas Fuhrmann, Universität Karlsruhe Guenter Heinrichs, IFEN GmbH Robert Hirschfeld, HPI Potsdam Hans-Joachim Hof, Siemens Mario Jaritz, T-Mobile München Roland Kern, 5e Technologies Gabriele Kotsis, Universität Linz Axel Küpper, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München Heiko Lehmann, T-Labs Rainer Ruggaber, SAP AG Jochen Schiller, Freie Universität Berlin Stefan Schmid, NEC Europe Jochen Seitz, Technische Universität Ilmenau Jörg Stachowiak, Fraunhofer IAIS Thomas Strang, DLR und Universität Innsbruck Markus Strassberger, BMW München Martin Strohbach, NEC Europe Lars Wolf, Universität Braunschweig Martina Zitterbart, Universität Karlsruhe Tobias Zimmer, Particle Computer GmbH -- Prof. Dr. Claudia Linnhoff-Popien Lehrstuhl für Mobile und Verteilte Systeme Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 München Tel.: +49 - (0)89 - 2180 9149 Fax: -2180 9147 www.mobile.ifi.lmu.de _______________________________________________ ELG mailing list ELG(a)nets.rwth-aachen.de http://mail-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mailman/listinfo/elg

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Fwd: CFP - JCM Special Issue on Challenges in Future Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
by Xiaoyuan Gu 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

FYI. Begin forwarded message: > From: "jcm academypublisher" <jcm.academypublisher(a)gmail.com> > Date: April 4, 2008 6:56:31 AM GMT+02:00 > To: jcm(a)academypublisher.com > Subject: CFP - JCM Special Issue on Challenges in Future Vehicular > Ad Hoc Networks > > ******** Apologize if you receive multiple copies ********* > > =========================================================== > > CALL FOR PAPERS > Journal of Communications (JCM, ISSN 1796-2021) > http://www.academypublisher.com/jcm/ > > Special Issue on > Challenges in Future Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks > > =========================================================== > > Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETS) are non-infrastructure based > networks that do not rely on a central administration for > communication between vehicles. In a Vehicular Ad Hoc Network, the > overlapping transmission range of each vehicle ensures a unified and > common channel for communication between the vehicles. The > flexibility of VANETS widely opens the door to myriad applications > that contribute to the safety and comfort of the vehicle's > passengers. Unfortunately, this versatility does not come for free: > there is a large number of computer communication challenges that > are awaiting researches and engineers that are serious about the > implementations and deployments of VANETS. > > The goal of this special issue is to explore developments and > current/future challenges in the area of vehicular ad-hoc networks. > Enabled by short- to medium-range communication systems (vehicle- > vehicle or vehicle-roadside), the vision of vehicular networks > includes real-time and safety applications, sharing the wireless > channel with mobile applications from a large, decentralized array > of commercial service providers. Vehicular safety applications > include collision and other safety warnings. Non-safety applications > include real-time traffic congestion and routing information, high- > speed tolling, mobile infotainment, and many others. Creating high- > performance, highly scalable, robust and secure vehicular networking > technologies presents an extraordinary challenge to the wireless > research community. > > Topics include (but are not limited to) the following: > > * VANET Architecture > * Protocol design (low-power, multi-channel) > * Routing and MAC protocols > * Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Roadside > * Channel and traffic Modeling > * Security and privacy > * Collaboration and information sharing > * Cross-layer optimization techniques > * Safety and commercial applications > * Scalability > * Mobility management and handoffs > * Interoperability with other networks such as Sensor Networks, > MANETs, Cellular networks, etc. > * Tracking and data delivery > * Service Discovery techniques > > Prospective authors should follow the submission instructions > (see below) according to the following timetable: > > Manuscript Submission Due August 15, 2008 > Acceptance Notification October 25, 2008 > Final Manuscript Due November 25, 2008 > Tentative Publication Date February 1, 2009 > > Submitted papers must be original and not have been previously > published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. > Papers, which have appeared previously in proceedings of > conferences, could be submitted to this special issue if they are > substantially revised or improved from their earlier versions. > > All submitted papers will be refereed on the basis of technical > quality, significance, novelty, and clarity. The full paper should > ideally not exceed 14 single-space pages of A4, including > illustrations and tables. Submissions must be directly sent in PDF > format via email to Guest Editors: mw11(a)aub.edu.lb and > hs33(a)aub.edu.lb. Please identify your submission in the email > subject line "Submission - JCM Special Issue on VANETS". Complete > guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at http://www.academypublisher.com/forauthors.html > . > > Each submission should include, in addition to the paper, two > letters: 1) a cover letter that clearly state the title of the > paper, the names, addresses and affiliations of the all authors, and > the corresponding author; and 2) a letter that includes the names, > titles, affiliations, contact information of 2 to 4 potential > reviewers. Paper submissions are accepted only in PDF. > > Guest Editors > > Mohamed K. Watfa, Assistant Professor, Computer Science > Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon > Haidar Safa, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, > American University of Beirut, Lebanon

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Call for papers for CHANTS 2008 co-located with MOBICOM 2008
by Kostas Psounis 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of the CFP] [CFP also attached in pdf] Third Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2008) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ co-located with Mobicom 2008, 15 September 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA Workshop URL: http:// wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Submission Instructions: See Conference Web Page Abstract registration Deadline: 2 May 2008 Submission Deadline: 9 May 2008 Challenged networks are characterized by a heterogeneous mix of nodes and widely varying network conditions. Nodes in today’s challenged networks often include mobile nodes, space-based nodes, sensor/ actuator nodes and other devices. Performance of the network paths interconnecting such nodes can be highly varying in terms of bandwidth, latency, disruption characteristics and security requirements. Conventional Internet access in performance-limited environments such as developing countries can also be regarded as challenged networks as can be ad-hoc communication between personal devices. The Internet protocol architecture suffers some problems when used in a challenged network setting. For example, when disconnection and reconnection is common or link performance is highly variable or extreme, one or more of the traditional Internet protocols do not work well. In this workshop following CHANTS 2007, CHANTS 2006 and WDTN 2005, we wish to explore ongoing efforts in dealing with physical networks that operate significantly differently from wired, connected networks and the protocol architectures and algorithms used to deal with such situations. Techniques for making applications tolerant to disruptions and/or high delays are also in scope. We are solictiting papers addressing aspects in challenged networks including (but not limited to): - Characterization of performance-challenged networks e.g. measurements, modelling - Networking systems operating over unusual/challenged networks - Protocol design and evaluation of operations over challenged networks - System architecture and design for challenged networks - Applications in challenged networks - Robust network application design and implementation techniques - Delay tolerant and disruption tolerant networks (DTN) - Configuration and management of challenged networks Submissions may include presentations of specific systems or performance measurements, as well as architectural papers addressing new concerns. Papers that bring out problems in the existing proposals for challenged networks or that report operational experience will be favored. Selected papers will be forward-looking, will describe their relationship to existing work, and will have impact and implications for ongoing or future research. We aim to to have a highly interactive workshop focusing on evolving this area of network research and continuing to build its community. Paper format and submission instructions: Submitted papers must be no more than 8 pages long, two columns, with no characters in smaller than 10 point fonts, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches). Margins must be of 1 inch on all edges (top, bottom, left, and right) of each page. For submission instructions please see the conference web page http:// wavedesk.usc.edu/chants/ Important Meeting Dates: - Abstract registration Deadline: 2 May 2008 - Submission Deadline: 9 May 2008 - Acceptance Notification: 15 June 2008 - Camera Ready Due: 29 June 2008 - Workshop Date: 15 September 2008 Organizers / TPC Chairs: - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California CHANTS Steering Committee: - Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara - Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology - Christophe Diot, Thomson Research, Paris, France - Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles - Kevin Fall, Intel Research Berkeley - Jörg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland - James Scott, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK Demo/Poster Chair: - Katia Obrackza, UCSC Technical Program Committee: - Kevin Almeroth, UCSB - Prithwish Basu, BBN Technologies - Scott Burleigh, NASA/JPL - Augustin Chaintreau, Thomson Labs, Paris - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University - Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge - Marco Conti, IIT-CNR - Mark Corner, UMass Amherst - Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin - Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science - SUPSI - Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida - Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University - Gunnar Karlsson, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology - Ed Knightly, Rice University - Rajesh Krishnan, BBN Technologies - Cecilia Mascolo, University College London - Jorg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology - Katia Obrackza, UCSC - Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR - Caulighi Raghavendra, USC - Injong Rhee, North Carolina State University - Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, ETH - Arun Venkataramani, UMass Amherst - Jie Wu, NSF - Wenrui Zhao, Google - Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology ----------------------------------------------------- To be removed from future issues of the SIGMOBILE-MEMBERS, please enter your email address wolf(a)IBR.CS.TU-BS.DE at http://optout.acm.org/listserv_index.cfm?ln=sigmobile-members and we'll remove you. 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[Tccc] Call for Papers: LOCALGOS 2008 (Deadline Extended to March 25, 2008)
by Hannes Frey 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive duplicates of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * LOCALGOS 2008 * * * * Second International Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols * * for Wireless Sensor Networks * * http://ants.dif.um.es/localgos08 * * * * In conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on * * Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2008) * * www.dcoss.org * * * * June 14, 2008 * * Santorini Island, Greece * * * * Submission Deadline (extended): April 15, 2008 * ************************************************************************ Future sensor networks may have hundreds or thousands of nodes, with limited energy supplies and communication capabilities. Thus, it is of paramount importance for the networking algorithms and protocols to be able to scale with a very large number of devices. The main paradigm shift to achieve those desirable properties is to apply localized (or greedy) schemes as opposed to existing protocols requiring global information. Localized algorithms are distributed algorithms where simple local node behavior achieves a desired global objective. Localized protocols provide scalable solutions, that is, solutions for wireless networks with an arbitrary number of nodes, which is the main goal of this plan. SCOPE ----- The main objective of the workshop is to present state of the art research results in the area of localized algorithms and protocols for wireless sensor networks. The workshop covers among others the following research topics (not limited to): - Unicast and multicast routing - Broadcasting - Energy-efficient and bandwidth-efficient communication - Security in wireless sensor networks - Data management, query processing and data delivery - Topology construction and maintenance in wireless sensor networks - Localized protocols for duty-cycled sensor networks - Geocasting techniques for wireless sensor networks - Auto-configuration and network formation protocols and algorithms - Relative positioning algorithms - Lower bounds on information exchange required for localized solutions - Network graph properties supporting localized protocols - Worst and average case analysis on the deviation from optimal solutions IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Manuscript Submission: Extended to April 15, 2008 Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2008 Camera Ready Manuscript Due: May 15, 2008 PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Submitted papers must use the familiar IEEE-Transactions style (http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html) formatted for A4 paper (use the a4paper option) using 10 point fonts, *without* page numbers, and not exceeding 8 pages. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the workshop attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Please submit papers via Easy Chair by using the following URL: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=localgos08. In case of trouble with the submission you may send your publication by email to both program co-chairs (pedrom at dif.um.es, hannes.frey at uni-paderborn.de). GENERAL CHAIR ------------- Ivan Stojmenovic, SITE, University of Ottawa PROGRAM CO-CHAIR ---------------- Pedro M. Ruiz Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Hannes Frey, IMADA, University of Paderborn, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- Announced on the workshop's web site: http://ants.dif.um.es/localgos08. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Hannes Frey E-mail: hannes.frey at uni-paderborn.de University of Paderborn Phone: +49 5251 60-5380 Pohlweg 47-49 Fax: +49 5251 60-5377 33098 Paderborn WWW: http://homepages.uni-paderborn.de/drfrey ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Q2SWinet 2008 - Call For Papers
by Matteo Cesana 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Please accept our apologies if you received multiple copies of this call for papers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- =========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th ACM Workshop on Quality of Service and Security in Wireless Mobile Networks Q2SWinet 2008 http://home.dei.polimi.it/cesana/ACM/Q2SWinet2008bis.htm Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 27-31 October (in conjunction with ACM MSWIM 2008 <http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/> ) =========================================================================== ================ Scope and Overview ================ Q2SWinet 2008 is the 4th Annual International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks. Q2SWinet will be a one-day workshop held in conjunction with the 11-th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008). The workshop will bring together networking researchers, engineers, and practitioners with participants from industry, academia, and government institutions. In recent years, wireless and mobile communication systems have become increasingly popular as inexpensive and promising architectures for ubiquitous communications. In this scenario, the provisioning of the required Quality of Service (QoS) to end users, as well as the management of network Security have become crucial tasks to determine the success of future generation wireless and mobile networking paradigms. This workshop calls for cutting-edge research achievements on the provisioning of QoS and Security in wireless and mobile networks. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new theoretical and/or practical research results in the field of Quality of Service (QoS) support and Security management in mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere, nor currently under review in other conferences or journals. ================ Topics at a Glance ================ Security in Wireless MANETs, VANETs, sensor, mesh and PCS networks Secure wireless access and secure routing Secure cooperation-based systems and services Secure wireless communication in multi-modal, multi-homed systems Intrusion detection in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks Peer-to-peer security Privacy, anonymity and authentication Trust management for cooperation-based systems and services QoS for wireless multimedia networks and systems QoS and wireless/wired systems integration QoS-based Wireless Network Services QoS and security in Wireless VoIP systems and services QoS provisioning in wireless multimedia systems QoS in the Wireless Internet QoS Routing in Wireless Systems Monitoring and control systems of wireless networks QoS Metrics for Wireless Systems Power and Energy Management in Wireless Systems Wireless Video Surveillance Networks Wireless Network Survivability Wireless Systems Reliability Field Operating Tests, Performance Modeling and Simulation Techniques Real-time and QoS-aware Wireless Networks Submission instructions can be found at http://home.dei.polimi.it/cesana/ACM/Q2SWinet2008bis.htm Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. The Organizing Committee is planning to have a special issue of a major international journal to host noteworthy papers accepted at the workshop (pending approval). ============== Important Dates: ============== Paper registration deadline: June 1, 2008 Paper submission deadline: June 5, 2008 Notification of acceptance: July 13, 2008 Camera Ready Submission: August 4, 2008 Workshop Date: October 27-31, 2008 ==================== Organizing Committee ==================== General Chair: Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Program Committee Chair: Matteo Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Program Committee: http://home.dei.polimi.it/cesana/ACM/committee.htm _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [MM-INTEREST] CFP ACM Multimedia 2008]
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [MM-INTEREST] CFP ACM Multimedia 2008 Datum: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:32:14 -0400 Von: A. El Saddik <abed(a)MCRLAB.UOTTAWA.CA> Antwort an: A. El Saddik <abed(a)MCRLAB.UOTTAWA.CA> An: MM-INTEREST(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Call for Papers *ACM International Conference on Multimedia* Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada October 27 – November 1, 2008 http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACM Multimedia 2008 invites your participation in the premier annual Multimedia conference, covering all aspects of multimedia computing: from underlying technologies to applications, theory to practice, and servers to networks to devices. The technical program will consist of plenary sessions and talks with topics of interest in: (a) Multimedia content analysis, processing, and retrieval; (b) Multimedia networking and systems support; (c) Multimedia tools, end-systems, and applications; and (d) Human-centered Multimedia. ACM Multimedia 2008 will be colocated with ACM International Conference on Multimedia Information Retrieval *ACM MIR 2008* <http://press.liacs.nl/mir2008/>, October 30-31, 2008 Vancouver, Canada. *Key Dates* ---------------- *April 11, 2008* Full Paper Registration (Abstract –Submission) *April 18, 2008* Full Paper/Panel/Workshop Submission Deadline *June 06, 2008 * Short Paper/Video Program/Interactive Art Program/ Short Paper/ Open Source/Doctor Program/Demo Proposal Submission *June 27, 2008* Notification of Acceptance ----------------------------- *Awards* will be given to the best paper and the best student paper as well as to the best demo, best art program paper, and the best-contributed open-source software. Extended version of the four candidate Best Papers (one from each of the four main tracks) will appear in a special section in the ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOM CCAP <http://tomccap.acm.org>). *Panels *will consist of discussions on timely and controversial topics. *Full Papers *will be high-quality original contributions that will be presented in the oral sessions. *Short Papers *will be presented in poster format and are an opportunity for researchers to present new work and ideas in an interactive setting. *State-of-the-Art Tutorials *lead by experts will precede the technical program. The full- and half-day offerings will span a wide variety of topics. *Brave New Topics *is a special session’s track containing papers, which establishes foundational areas and extend the boundaries of multimedia research. *Technical Demos *will include leading edge work in every area of multimedia technology and its application. *Video Demonstrations *allow researchers and artists to demonstrate their tool, system or application without having to bring the equipment for a “live” demo. *The Interactive Art Program *will include long and short papers describing interactive multimedia art works, tools, applications, and technical approaches for creative uses of multimedia content and technology. It will also include an art exhibition. (http://mmart.iat.sfu.ca/) *Workshops *on topics of current interest to members of the multimedia research community will follow the technical program. *Doctoral Symposium *is an opportunity for students involved in the preparation of a PhD to interactively discuss their research issues and ideas with senior researchers, and receive constructive feedback from members of the research community. *The Open-source Software Competition *is a recent addition to the ACM Multimedia program and 2008 will be our fourth year of running the competition. -- Organizing Committee -- *General Co-Chairs * Abdulmotaleb EL Saddik (Univ. of Ottawa) Son Vuong (Univ. of British Colombia) *Program Co-Chairs * Carsten Griwodz (Univ. of Oslo) Alberto Del Bimbo (Univ. degli Studi di Firenze) K. Selcuk Candan (Arizona State Univ.) Alejandro Jaimes (IDIAP Research Institute) *Short Paper Co-Chairs* Gopal S Pingali (IBM, Watson) Changsheng Xu (I2R, Singapore) Shervin Shirmohammadi (Univ. of Ottawa) *Workshop Co-Chairs *Max Mühlhäuser (TUD, Germany) Dulce Ponceleon (IBM, Almaden) *Tutorial Chair* Roger Zimmerman (NUS, Singapore) *Publicity Co-Chairs* Yong Rui (Microsoft, China) Markus Kampmann (Ericsson, Sweden) Jiebo Luo (Kodak Research Lab, USA) Wolfgang Effelsberg (Univ. of Mannheim) *Technical Demo Co-Chairs * Pål Halvorsen (Univ. of Oslo) Anup Basu (Univ. of Alberta) *Proceedings Chair * Balakrishnan Prabhakaran (Univ. of Texas at Dallas) *Panel Co-Chairs * Suzanne Boll (Univ. of Oldenburg) Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood (IBM, Almaden) *Finance Chair* Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa) *Doctorial Symposium Co-Chairs* Hari Sundaram (Arizona State Univ) Kiyoharu Aizawa (University of Tokyo) *Sponsoring Co-Chairs* Panos Nasiopoulos (Univ. of British Columbia) Victor Leung (Univ. of British Columbia) *Brave New Topics Co-Chairs* Ling Guan (Ryerson University) Zhengyou Zhang (Microsoft Research) *Travel Grant Co-Chairs* Christoph Rensing (HTTC) Shueng-Han Gary Chan (Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology) *Interactive Art Program Co-Chairs * Frank Nack (Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon) Andruid Kerne (Texas A & M University) Ron Wakarry (Simone Fraser University) *Web Chair* Atif Alamri (Univ. of Ottawa) Pradeep K. Atrey (Univ. of Ottawa) *Video Program Chair* Thomas Haenselmann (Univ. of Mannheim) *History Preservation Chair* Matthias Hollick (TU Darmstadt) *Open Source Competition Chair* Oliver Heckman (Google) Arnd Steinmetz (Fachhochschule Darmstadt) *Registration Chair* Rosa Iglesias (Ikerlan Research Centre) *Local Arrangement Co-Chairs* Charles Buck Krasic (Univ. of British Colombia) *SIG MM Chair * Klara Nahrstedt (Univ. of Illinois) *SIG MM Director of Conferences* Nevenka Dimitrova (Philips) -- Best regards -- Abed

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