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PM2HW2N 2008 CFP
by pm2hw2n08 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

############################################################################ We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ############################################################################ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd ACM International Workshop on Performance Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks (PM2HW2N 2008) http://www.pm2hw2n.acca-group.info/ October 27 - 31, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada To be held in conjunction with 11th ACM MSWiM 2008 *ACM pending upon Approval ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE and OVERVIEW: Wireless networks, including WLAN, WiMax, wireless personal networks, ad hoc, sensor, along with pervasive networks, have witnessed their fastest growth period over the last few years and have become increasingly complex. Nonetheless, performance evaluation and analysis of wireless networks have been conducted mostly through software simulations (e.g., using ns-2 or OPNET tools). Recently, research efforts have been directed towards measuring real-world commercial and experimental networks; constructing models based on real-world data and using prototypes to evaluate solutions more realistically and comprehensively and to validate assumptions and conclusions that are reached via simulation experiments. Performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks pose a new set of unique challenges due to the particular inherent properties of these systems and due to the characteristics of the wireless transmission medium. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners in order to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of performance measurements, monitoring, and evaluation of heterogeneous wired and wireless mobile networks, including, wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks. TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: .- Performance measurement, monitoring, and evaluation tools for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks .- Performance tools for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Tracing and trace analysis .- Discrete and continuous models .- Measurement architectures and systems .- Measurement-based performance comparison .- QoS monitoring and sampling .- Measurement-based optimisation of for heterogeneous wireless and wired networks .- Novel measurement tools of wireless networks .- Performance measurements of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Performance analysis and evaluation of mobile services .- Software tools for wireless network performance and evaluation .- Automatic performance analysis .- Performance of wireless and sensor devices .- Mobility modeling and management .- Traffic modelling and engineering .- Prototype implementation of wireless/mobile networks and systems .- Techniques for prototyping wireless networks .- Validation through measurement and prototyping .- Software technologies and systems for rapid prototyping and measurement of wireless networks .- Predictive performance models of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Improvement in network performance through prototyping .- Performance and security issues in ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Performance and power management control .- Case studies demonstrating the role of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation in the design of ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks .- Applications of performance monitoring, measurement, and evaluation as a feedback to improve network QoS Mobile and Wireless Networking ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. The length of the papers should not exceed 10 single-spaced pages, formatted using the double column and ACM style. LaTex2e and MS Word templates can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, published by ACM. At least one author of accepted papers is expected to attend the workshop to present its contribution. The proceedings of the workshop will be published separately by ACM. Paper submission must be done electronically through the OpenConf system at http://www.pm2hw2n08.acca-group.info/openconf. For any question or problem related to PM2HW2N 2008 submission, please contact pm2hw2n08(a)dsi.uclm.es with e-mail Subject:"PM2HW2N 2008 submission problem". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: 1st June 2008 Author Notification: 19th July 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTES: GENERAL CHAIR: Blanca CAMINERO, UCLM, Spain (blanca(a)dsi.uclm.es) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Francisco Manuel DELICADO, UCLM, Spain (Francisco.Delicado(a)uclm.es) Richard W. PAZZI, University of Ottawa, Canada (rwerner(a)site.uottawa.ca) TPC MEMBERS: http://www.pm2hw2n08.acca-group.info/comittes.php Francisco M. Delicado Technical Program Co-Chair PM2HW2N 2008 e-mail: pm2hw2n08(a)dsi.uclm.es

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Fwd: IEEE CommMag -- Consumer Communiations & Networking Series CFP
by Xiaoyuan Gu 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

FYI Begin forwarded message: > > Call for Papers > > IEEE Communications Magazine > > Consumer Communications and Networking Series > > A recent trend in consumer networking is that consumers are both > creators and producers of content (albeit of varying quality!) and > peer distribution is the natural model. This is one of the emerging > trends that impact how consumers can use devices to create, > manipulate, store, and access content — and is surely a much > different view compared to only five years ago where most experts > still viewed the world in terms of servers and clients, producers > and consumers as distinct and separate entities….indeed, there are > still dinosaur organizations out there today who are fighting a > rearguard action to protect their dwindling revenue streams because > they haven’t been brave enough to embrace this new model. Trends > like this are ones that papers for the consumer communications and > networking series should address. > > We have also seen the technological reach of existing solutions > being applied in unconventional ways where all aspects of our > digital lives are being consumed to provide novel platforms where > interoperation between disparate technologies is now possible. For > example, the automotive industry is now producing cars that include > ad hoc networks designed to provide multimedia solutions as well as > links to wide area communications via satellite networks. Using > these networking capabilities and interfaces such as USB we see > automobile functionality being extended. In this sense the > boundaries between the car and conventional consumer devices are > beginning to blur. > > Perhaps the sole technology responsible for the many technological > advances we see today is communications where in recent years, we > have seen the emergence of 3G and 4G, WiFi and WiMax, Bluetooth, > Zigbee and Wibree, Ultrawideband and TV-band, and Powerline and Free > space optical. Applications of these technologies include personal > and body area networking, home networking, game networking, ad-hoc > networking, and sensor networking. These networks may be connected > through networking layers that are cognitive, peer-to-peer enabled, > and have the properties of self organisation and management. These > networks will become key enablers where we are already seeing > ubiquitous content distribution models, for example, television can > now be viewed wherever we are and on any devices capable of > connecting to one of the many networking paradigms defined above. > Given such networks we will see a platform for true innovation where > content distribution will overlay these networks using compression, > rights management, delivery, and appropriate quality of service > mechanisms that can be seamlessly moved over these next generation > networks. All of this is made possible by networking, software and > middleware that present to the service designer the tools to provide > ease of use, security, and stunning interactivity to the end consumer. > > With this in mind the IEEE Communications Magazine is seeking papers > that emphasize consumer networking in whatever physical environment > it finds itself. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to > the following: > > Scope of Contributions: > > · Wireless Multimedia Networks > > · Body and Personal Area Networks > > · Mobile Networks and Multimedia > > · Emerging Wireless Technologies (Ultra Wideband, OFDM, > RFID, Zigbee, etc.) > > · Distributed Network Protocols for Multimedia High > Definition Audio/Video Networking > > · Networked Appliances > > · Entertainment Networks > > · P2P Algorithms and Architectures for Consumer Electronics > Peer Streaming, Networking and Applications > > · Home Networking and Automation > > · Next Generation Networks > > · Pervasive Computing and Contextual Systems > > · Middleware for Networked Consumer Devices > > · Media and Device Adaptation > > · Architecture, Platforms and Protocols for Networked Games > and Virtual Worlds. > > · Social Networking and Home Entertainment > > · Music and Movie Distribution Models > > · Augmented Reality > > · Task Computing and the Home > > · Home Sensor Networks > > · Autonomic Home Networking > > · Zero Configuration Networking > > · Digital Rights Management > > · Trust in Social Networks > > · Voice/Video of IP > > Submission > > Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience > being all members of the communications technology and spectrum > policy communities. They should be written in a style comprehensible > to readers outside the specialty of the article. Articles should not > exceed 4500 words. Figures and tables should be limited to a > combined total of six. Complete guidelines for prospective authors > can be found at: http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/ > sub_guidelines.html. Please submit a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD > formatted paper by May 1, 2008 via Manuscript Central (http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com > ). Register or log in, and go to the Author Center. Follow the > instructions there. Select the topic "December 2008/Consumer > Communications and Networking Series." > > Schedule for Submissions: > Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 > Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2008 > Final Manuscript Due: September 15, 2008 > Publication Date: December 1, 2008 > Series Editors: > Professor Madjid Merabti > Liverpool John Moores University > Liverpool, England > L3 3AF > M.Merabti(a)ljmu.ac.uk > Stanley Moyer > Telcordia Technologies > One Telcordia Dr. > Piscataway, NJ 08854 > USA > stanm(a)research.telcordia.com > Dr. Mario Kolberg > Stirling University > Stirling, Scotland > mko(a)cs.stir.ac.uk > > > > >

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[KuVS ELG] CfP: 1st International Workshop on Ad hoc Ambient Computing at AdHoc-NOW 2008
by Kurt Geihs 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

1st International Workshop on Ad hoc Ambient Computing September 13, 2008, Sophia Antipolis, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/mascotte/adhocnow/AC/index.html In conjunction with AD HOC-NOW, The 7th International Conference on AD-HOC Networks and Wireless, September 10-12, 2008, Sophia Antipolis, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/mascotte/adhocnow/index.html CALL FOR PAPERS Ambient, pervasive, and ubiquitous computing are seen as a drastic shift for computing systems. Indeed, networked computing resources shall become invisible to users and cooperatively provide them with the right services at the right time. At the same time, ad hoc networks are wireless infrastructureless systems dynamically formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other. As such, they appear as an attractive networking paradigm for ambient computing. The aim of the workshop is to investigate the contribution of ad hoc networks to the realization of the ambient computing vision, from supporting algorithms and protocols to emerging computing paradigms and software system architectures. Topics for the workshop include but are not limited to: - Ambient peer to peer networks - Context awareness using sensor networks - Cross-layer design and optimization in ad hoc networks - Dependability in ad hoc networks - Engineering ambient computing systems - Middleware for ambient computing - Mobile data management in ad hoc networks - Next generation networks for ambient computing - Opportunistic networking for ambient computing - Quality of service in ambient computing - Scalability in ambient ad hoc networks - Security, privacy & trust in ambient computing - Service oriented ambient computing - Situation awareness in ambient computing - Social groups in ad hoc networks - System architectures for ambient computing - User-centered ambient systems The overall goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on the numerous topics related to ad hoc ambient computing, aiming to provide an environment for sharing experiences and initiating collaborations. Proceedings: ------------ The workshop proceedings will be published by HAL (http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/), a tool intended to promote the best possible dissemination of research work. Post-publication of best papers in a special journal issue is further investigated. Paper Submission: ----------------- Papers should be submitted using the EasyChair conference management system, http://www.easychair.org/. Papers should be written in English and should be prepared according to the formatting instructions on the LNCS website (http://www.springeronline.com/lncs), which provides general formatting instructions and templates/style files for many commonly used word processors (LaTeX, Word, Framemaker, etc.). The manuscript should not exceed 10 LNCS pages (including text, figures and references). Authors should submit a PDF version of their papers. Please prepare your submission to include the topic, three keywords and the name of a contact person with e-mail address. All papers will be reviewed for technical merit. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, provided at least one author of the paper registers to present the paper at the workshop. Papers must not be/have been submitted elsewhere. Important Dates: ---------------- Papers due: 23 May 2008 Notification of acceptance: 11 July 2008 Camera-ready papers due: 25 August 2008 Organizing Committee, Program Co-chairs: ---------------------------------------- Nikolaos Georgantas, INRIA, France Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France Program Commitee: ----------------- To be completed Yolande Berbers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, France Licia Capra, University College London, UK Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Paul Couderc, INRIA Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique, France Joelle Coutaz, Joseph Fourier University, France Jacqueline Floch, SINTEF, Norway Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Harmke de Groot, Microsoft, Germany Michael Hellenschmidt, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany Peter Leijdekkers, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Amy L. Murphy, FBK-IRST, Italy Mirco Musolesi, Dartmouth College, USA Jamie Payton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Fano Ramparany, Orange, France Francoise Sailhan, University of Franche Comte, France Gaogang Xie, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Apostolos Zarras, University of Ioannina, Greece -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Prof.Dr. Kurt Geihs T. +49 561 804-6275 F. +49 561 804-6277 -- Univ. Kassel, FB 16, Wilhelmshöher Allee 73, D-34121 Kassel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Konferenz KiVS'09 in Kassel 02.-06.03.2009 http://www.kivs09.de ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ELG mailing list ELG(a)nets.rwth-aachen.de http://mail-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mailman/listinfo/elg

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[Tccc] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by iwoungan＠scs.ryerson.ca 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies if you received multiple copies of this posting. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Special issue on: Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com/framework_products/promis_misc/cfp367special.pdf Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research on wireless networks having attractive claims. Researchers are currently envisioning different attractive properties of wireless systems such as the ability to self-organize, self-configure, self-heal, self-manage and self-maintain. Different wireless networks having the potential to offer cost-effective home and enterprise access networking solutions are being researched. Technologies such as Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), WiFi, WiMax, Bluetooth, 802.20, 802.22 and software defined radio are gaining popularity. Even though these technologies hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. This Special Issue aims to publish high quality research papers relating to different emerging wireless network technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Broadband wireless access networks - Wireless Internet - Software defined radio - Bluetooth technology - Ultra-wide band radio - Emerging Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Wireless Mesh Networks - IEEE 802.11/802.20/802.22 - Emerging wireless network security issues - Wireless telemedicine and e-health - Emerging issues in 3G and 4G wireless networks - Emerging wireless network architecture - Multimedia over emerging wireless networks - Underwater sensor Networks - Supplying power to the distributed wireless sensors - Very low-powered sensors - Cooperative wireless communications - Multi-hop relay wireless communications Tutorial-type articles (but NOT a review of the literature) about the latest on an emerging wireless network topic (such as wireless sensors) are also of interest to this Special Issue. Guest Editor: Isaac Woungang Department of Computer Science Ryerson University, Toronto Ontario, CANADA E-mail: iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca Submission Details: Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences are sought. Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to iwoungan(a)scs.ryerson.ca. Please mention C&EE Special Issue Submission in the subject line of your e-mail. After sending your manuscript, if you do not get a confirmation of receipt of your submission within 2-3 business days, please resend your original e-mail again. A guide for authors for preparing their papers is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/367/authorinst… Contributing authors might be asked to review some of the papers submitted to this special issue. Important Dates: Manuscript Due: July 1, 2008. Acceptance Notification: November 1, 2008. Camera-Ready Final Manuscript Due: December 1, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: John Wiley Journal of “Security and Communication Networks” Special Issue on "Security in Wireless Sensor Networks"
by Nicopolitidis Petros 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers John Wiley Journal of “Security and Communication Networks” Special Issue on "Security in Wireless Sensor Networks" Recent development in wireless communication networks has enabled the large-scale deployment of low-cost, energy efficient and multi-purpose wireless sensor networks. A lot of real-world applications have been already deployed and many of them will be based on wireless sensor networks. These applications include geographical monitoring, medical care, manufacturing, transportation, military, and surveillance systems. Due to the nature of wireless communication networks, many security challenges are faced when dealing and working with such technologies including eavesdropping, man-in-the-middle, spoofing and DDoS. Security is the key issue for reliable critical applications in wireless sensor networks. Advances in design and prototype of security mechanisms in wireless sensor network systems for protecting the confidentiality, availability, and integrity are crucial for the success of sensor applications. Original contributions are solicited in all the relevant security issues in wireless sensor networks, including but not limited to: Protocols and architectures for wireless sensor networks Key distribution and key management Provably-secure cryptographic protocols Public-key and symmetric-key cryptosystems, block ciphers, and hash functions Network security protocols: DNS security, routing, naming, denial-of-service attacks, TCP/IP, secure multicast Anonymity techniques Trust mechanisms Privacy Security and usability Automated analysis of protocols Authentication mechanisms Biometric-based security schemes RFID Submitted paper should not be considered elsewhere for publication and the authors must follow the guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts. The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in one of the standard fonts, Times, Helvetica, or Courier is preferred. The paper length should not exceed 20 pages total including all figures and illustrations. It is not necessary for authors to double-line space their manuscript. Tables must be on separate pages after the reference list, and not be incorporated into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files. For manuscript submission authors should follow the guidelines described in Section “For Authors” at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/security. Prospective authors should submit their paperonline at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as “Special Issue”, enter the “Running Head” and the “Special Issue title” as “SCN-SI-005” and “Sensor Security”, respectively. Deadlines --------- Manuscript Submission Due: May 12, 2008 Acceptance Notification: September 22, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: November 22, 2008 Tentative Publication Date: Early 2009 Guest Editors -------------- Mohammad S. Obaidat Department of Computer Science Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ07764, USA e-mail: obaidat at monmouth.edu Jung-Shian Li Department of Electrical Engineering Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering National Cheng Kung University 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan E-Mail: jsli at mail.ncku.edu.tw Petros Nicopolitidis Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Box 888, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece e-mail: petros at csd.auth.gr _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] IEEE Policy 2008 Demo -- DEADLINE EXTENDED
by Alessandra Toninelli 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

[Please accept our apologies if you received multiple copies of this cfp] *** DEMO SUBMISSION EXTENDED to 15 March 2008 *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR DEMOS FOR POLICY 2008 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks 2-4 June 2008 Palisades, NY, USA http://www.policy-workshop.org/2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLICY 2008 is the 9th in a series of successful workshops which since 1999 have provided a forum for discussion and collaboration between researchers, developers and users of policy-based systems. This year, in addition to the latest research results from the communities working in any area of policy-based management and computing, we encourage contributions on policy-based techniques in support of management and security of all types of wireless networks: cellular, Wi-Fi, Mobile Ad Hoc, hybrids, etc. ------------------------------------------------ DEMO SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------ To be considered for a system demonstration, contributors are invited to submit a two page system description (not including references) following the IEEE Proceedings 2-column format (for more information, please see http://ieee-formats.notlong.com). Demo submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their technical merit and novelty. Of particular interest are systems that illustrate research contributions and innovative applications of policy based technologies. Those interested in demonstrating a system/application should submit a description following the instructions in the System Submission Section. Commercial products are eligible, but sales and marketing activities are not appropriate. Extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be included in the workshop proceedings. The proceedings of the workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society. If you have any questions about the suitability of your work for a demo submission, please feel free to contact the demo chair, Daniel Olmedilla, at olmedilla at L3S dot de --------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------- System demonstration submission deadline (EXTENDED): 15 March 2008 System demonstration notification: 22 March 2008 Camera ready copy for system demonstrations due: 1 April 2008 Workshop dates: 2-4 June 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ---------------------------------------------------------- General Chair * Dakshi Agrawal -- IBM Research, US Program Chairs * Ehab Al-Shaer -- DePaul University, US * Lalana Kagal -- MIT, US * Jorge Lobo -- IBM Research, US Finance Chair * Claudio Bartolini -- HP Labs, UK Publicity Chair * Alessandra Toninelli -- University of Bologna, Italy Publication Chair * Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville -- Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil System Demonstrations Chair * Daniel Olmedilla -- L3S Research Center and Hannover University, Germany _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: the 2nd Int. Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking, submission due extended
by Ming-Tuo Zhou 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

CFP: the 2nd Int. Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking (CONET 2008, London) Submission due extended: March 31 2008 [Apologies if you receive this more than once] ***************************************************************** The 2nd International Workshop on Cooperative Wireless Communications and Networking (CONET 2008), September 8th ~ 11th, 2008, London, UK http://home.simula.no/~yanzhang/CONET08/index.html in conjunction with BROADNETS 2008. http://www.broadnets.org/2008/ SCOPE & Topics =============== Cooperative wireless communications and networking is emerging as a promising technology to enhance system performance by sharing resources among wireless nodes. With cooperation at all layers of the protocol stack, the wireless network can achieve higher throughput, higher system reliability, higher energy efficiency, lower bit-error rate, and smaller packet loss rate. A variety of research in recent years have actively focused on design, simulation, modeling, and applying cooperative communications in wireless ad hoc, mesh, and sensor networks, etc. International standards organizations have been initialized various activities to apply cooperation mechanisms in the wireless LAN, PAN and MAN. For instance, the IEEE 802.16j working group is actively calling for contributions for relay metropolitan networks. The idea of cooperative wireless communications and networking can be tracked back to the work of the theoretic properties of relay channels. By sharing antennas in a multi-user environment, single-antenna wireless devices enable a virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that allows them to achieve transmit diversity, and hence obtain advantages of MIMO with reduced size, cost, and complexity of the hardware/software. Upon cooperation at physical, MAC, network, and application layer, various cooperative signaling methods are widely explored and many new mechanisms are under development with respects to routing, medium access, location management, scheduling, energy management, and so on. This workshop intends to bring together researchers, engineers, and students to present new results, describe work in progress, and explore relationships among their diverse approaches. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Cooperative diversity * Virtual MIMO * Channel capacity * Cooperative channel coding * Cognitive radio networks * Cooperating services * Grid computing * Middleware * Performance analysis, simulation and experiment * Services, applications and systems * Testbed, prototype, practical system and case studies * Resource management * Mobility management * Energy management * Security management * Cross-layer cooperation and optimization * Cooperative and distributed relaying * Relay networking * Regenerative cooperative systems * Protocols for relay and multi-hop channels * Distributed relay-assignment algorithm * Routing, packet forwarding, multicast * Cooperative scheduling * Cooperative MAC protocol * Power control * Network Coding * Security architecture and mechanisms * Services/applications over cooperative wireless networks * QoS provisioning * Topology control * Synchronization * Cooperative schemes in Wireless PAN, LAN, MAN * Cooperative schemes in B3G, 4G System * Cooperation in ad hoc networks * Cooperation in wireless mesh networks * Cooperation in wireless sensor networks * peer-to-peer networks * Cooperative schemes in IEEE 802.x families, e.g. 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.20 Publication of Proceedings: =========================== CONET 2008 accepted and registered paper will be published in the BROADNET 2008 proceedings and available through IEEE Xplore digital library. Important Dates: ================ Extended submission due: 31 March 2008 Acceptance notification: 15 May 2008 Camera-ready due: 30 May 2008 Conference date: 8-11 September 2008 Workshop Committee: ================== General Co-Chairs Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Geir Oien, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Technical Program Co-Chairs Kun Yang, University of Essex, UK Fleury Bernard, Aalborg University, Denmark Publicity Co-Chairs Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs), France Ming-Tuo Zhou, NICT (Japan) Singapore Office _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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ICST - CfP (Deadline Extended): International Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems (ISVCS) 2008: Dublin, Ireland
by info＠icstconferences.org 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

------------------------------------------------------------ -**********************************************************- -* *- -* International Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems *- -* ISVCS 2008 *- -* *- -* July 22-24, 2008 *- -* Trinity College Dublin, Ireland *- -* *- -* http://www.isvcs.eu/ *- -* *- -* Call for Papers *- -* *- -* *- -* Co-located with MobiQuitous 2008 *- -* *- -* Sponsored by ICST *- -* Technically-sponsored by Create-Net *- -* *- -**********************************************************- ------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES - EXTENDED Paper registration: March 22, 2008 (extended) Paper submission: March 29, 2008 (extended) Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2008 Camera-ready version due: May 18, 2008 THEME The ISVCS is an annual event that seeks to bring together people from academia, industry and government interested in building and using vehicular computing systems, middleware, protocols, services and applications. The symposium is primarily interested in papers reporting on innovative research resulting in real implementations and working prototypes. Work in progress and new ideas will also be accepted as well as presentations of new products. The program will consist of technical sessions, product/industrial presentations, a keynote, a demonstration session, a poster session and one panel, scheduled over 2.5 days. During the event, an industrial exhibition will be also organized. Short tutorials, especially in non-technical related areas, such as transportation policies and social aspects will also be organized, in order to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the field. The event is co-located with MobiQuitous 2008 (http://www.mobiquitous.org/), allowing researchers and practitioners from these related fields to meet and exchange their ideas and experiences. TOPICS OF INTEREST The symposium calls for three categories of contributions: research, position and product presentation papers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Design and implementation of computer systems for network-connected vehicles - Middleware and service architectures for safety, road sensing, route planning, in-car networking and other vehicle-centric applications - Protocols for data collection and dissemination over network-connected cars - Security and privacy issues in vehicular networks, systems, services and applications - Location-aware computing models for vehicular systems - Driver-to-computer interfaces - Data management systems for road sensing and traffic monitoring - Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication protocols - Inter-vehicle distributed systems for entertainment and gaming - Pervasive computing applications using vehicular networks - Tools and methodologies for vehicular computing systems verification and evaluation - Fault-tolerance solutions for vehicular computing systems - Maintenance for vehicular computing software - Experience reports of testing vehicular computing systems on real-world conditions - Policies, laws and regulations for adopting vehicular computing technologies - Social and psychological implications of vehicular computing applications SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 10 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. Please visit the Submission page for detailed submission requirements and procedures. PUBLICATION All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please visit the Publications page for more information. SPECIAL ISSUE Best papers presented in ISVCS will be considered for publication in the Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal, Special Issue on Advances and Applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs Ren Meier, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net Program Co-Chairs Raj Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Raja Sengupta, UC Berkeley, USA Industry Chair Fan Bai, General Motors, USA Poster/Demo Chair Sam Reisenfeld, UTS, Australia Publicity Co-Chairs Alastair Beresford, University of Cambridge, UK Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST Conference Coordinator Dorothy Bany, ICST -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=ggjzadyfjh and enter your email address.

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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

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[Tccc] CFP: ACCESSNETS 2008
by Jun Zheng 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************************************** * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * ACCESSNETS 2008 * * Third International Conference on Access Networks * * October 15-17, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA * * http://www.accessnets.org * * * ************************************************************** ----- Paper submission deadline: April 1, 2008 ----- OVERVIEW: With the rapid growth of the Internet as well as the increasing demand for broadband services, access networks have been receiving growing investments in recent years. This has led to a massive network deployment with the goal of eliminating the bandwidth bottleneck between end-users and the network core. Today many diverse technologies are being used to provide broadband access to end users. The architecture and performance of the access segment (local loop, wired and wireless access networks, and even home networks) are getting increasing attention for ensuring quality of service of diverse broadband applications. Moreover, most access lines will no longer terminate on a single device, thus leading to the necessity of having a home network designed for applications that transcend simple Internet access sharing among multiple personal computers and enable multimedia support. Therefore, the access network and its home portion have become a hot investment pool from both a financial as well as a research perspective. The aim of the annual International Conference on Access Networks (AccessNets) is to provide a forum that brings together scientists and researchers from academia as well as managers and engineers from the industry and government organizations to meet and exchange ideas and recent work on all aspects of access networks and how they integrate with their in-home counterparts. AccessNets'08 is the third edition of this exciting event, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on Oct. 15-17 2008. The conference will consist of technical sessions, workshops, and panels. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops and panels will focus on development, application, and related business issues in this hot and exciting area. TOPICS: The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * FTTx and PON technologies * xDSL technology and DSM * Hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) technology * Cable-based access technology * Powerline communication technology * Digital satellite access technology * WiFi and WiMax networks * Wireless mesh networks * Integrated wired/wireless networks * Long reach Ethernet * Home networks * Networked appliances * Hybrid wired/wireless LANs * Municipal and community networks * Network architectures and protocols * Medium access control * Cross-layer design * OFDM, OFDMA, CDMA techniques * MIMO techniques * Service convergence * Quality of service provisioning * Network scalability and upgradeability * Network survivability and security * Deployment/standardization statuses PAPER SUBMISSION: Please visit the conference website (http://www.accessnets.org) for detailed instructions. Paper Publication: All submitted papers will go through a peer review process. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of AccessNets 2008. * Selected best papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue on Broadband Access Networks of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. * Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in Inderscience International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems. * Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in Inderscience International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission due April 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance June 15, 2008 Final manuscript due July 15, 2008 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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