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[MediaWiN 2008] - Deadline is today!
by Periklis Chatzimisios 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Third Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2008) (http://mediaWiN.it.teithe.gr) July 6th, 2008 Marrakech, Morocco organized in association with the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008) (http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008) Scope Fortified by the success of the previous experience, the third edition of the MediaWiN Workshop will be again organized in association with the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008). MediaWiN 2008 is an open forum, which aims at promoting interaction and discussion between the Workshop contributors. The event offers the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals, and academics around the world to meet, present their work, and discuss the latest advances in multimedia systems, services, and applications over wireless networks. Topics of Interest Starting with a rigorous review process in which each submitted paper will receive at least three independent peer reviews, including one from a TPC member, we expect the Workshop to provide relevant and knowledgeable feedback that will assist all authors to significantly enhance the quality of their work. The focal topics of the Workshop include: Multimedia Services Design and Characterization - Cooperative multimedia services - Health care, safety and emergency oriented multimedia services - Emerging and visionary multimedia applications for wireless networks Mathematical Models for Multimedia Applications - Mathematical models for multimedia traffic sources - Mathematical quality metrics for multimedia services - Models and tools for the simulation of multimedia traffic sources Experimentation: Testbeds, Field Trials and Empirical Results - Design and implementation of testbeds for multimedia over wireless - Filed trials, experimental measurements and results - Measurements-based models for multimedia over wireless - Testing of protocols and standards for multimedia over wireless Multimedia Services over Resource-constrained Wireless Networks (WSN, WPAN) - Energy efficiency issues in protocols for multimedia over wireless sensor networks - Scheduling and link adaptation techniques - Resilience to node failures and network topology variations - Low complexity cross layer techniques for multimedia over WSN or WPAN Multimedia Services over Wireless LAN, WAN and Ad-hoc Networks - Car-to-car and road-to-car multimedia communications in vehicular networks - Protocols for multimedia support and provisioning over mesh and heterogeneous networks - Context aware techniques for enhancing multimedia service support - Design and improvements of MAC service differentiation solutions - Mobility and handoff management - Security issues in wireless multimedia applications - Multimedia traffic charging and accounting techniques Emerging Standards and Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications - Recent work in standardization fora, including IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, 802.21 - New network architectures for wireless communications (IEEE 802.11v, CAPWAP) - Compression techniques, standards and evaluation Important Dates Submission of research papers due: *March 2*, 2008 Notification of paper acceptance: March 30, 2008 Submission of camera-ready papers due: April 12, 2008 Workshop date: July 6, 2008 Paper submission Papers should contain original material and not be previously published,or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE proceedings style and must be submitted by March 2, 2008. Accepted papers up to 6 pages in the IEEE double-column proceedings format will be published with no additional charge. To submit a paper, please follow the instructions on the Workshop web site; submission will be based on the EDAS conference management system (http://edas.info/). The Workshop Proceedings will be part of the ISCC 2008 Proceedings and will be available on IEEE Xplore. Organizing Committee Workshop Co-Chairs: Kostas Pentikousis, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Co-Chairs: Andrea Zanella, University of Padova, Italy Ilenia Tinnirello, University of Palermo, Italy Vasileios Vitsas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee Rui Aguiar ( University of Aveiro, Portugal) Leonardo Badia (IMT Lucca, Italy) Hussein Badr (Stony Brook University, USA) Albert Banchs (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) Paolo Bellavista (University og Bologna, Italy) Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) Luciano Bononi (University of Bologna, Italy) Anthony Boucouvalas (University of Peloponnese, Greece) Christos Bouras (University of Patras and RACTI, Greece) Raffaele Bruno (Institute for Informatics & Telematics, Italy) Hind Castel (Inst. National des Télécommunications, France) Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, Korea) Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Ehab Elmallah (University of Alberta, Canada) Ladan Gharai (USC Information Sciences Institute, USA) Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy) Ibrahim Habib (City University of New York, USA) Stathes Hadjiefthymiades (University of Athens, Greece) George Karetsos (CTR of Thessaly, Greece) Ferhat Khendek (Concordia University, Canada) Adlen Ksentini (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France) Lambros Lambrinos (Cyprus Univ. of Technology, Cyprus) Michael Logothetis (University of Patras, Greece) Stefan Mangold (Swisscom, Switzerland) Ioannis Mavridis (University of Macedonia, Greece) Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece) Roberto Riggio (University of Trento, Italy) Michele Rossi (University of Padova, Italy) Susana Sargento (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Luca Scalia (University of Palermo, Italy) Antonio Servetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Pietro Zanuttigh (University of Padova, Italy) Gil Zussman (Columbia University, USA) Web Chair: Vasileios Lourdas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Researcher in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki GR-57400, Thessaloniki (GREECE) Phone: +30 2310-791604 Fax: +30 2310-791290 Email: peris(a)it.teithe.gr, pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org Web: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~peris ------------------------------------------------ PIMRC 2008: http://www.pimrc2008.org MediaWiN 2008: http://mediawin.it.teithe.gr CSNDSP 2008: http://www.csndsp.com

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[Researchers] 12th IEEE/ACM DS-RT´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 27-29/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

======================================================== Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers DS-RT 2008 12th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2008/ October 27-29, 2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada * IEEE/ACM pending upon Approval ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** Scope In its twelth anniversary, the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2008) will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in conjunction with the 11th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2008). **** Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2008 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2008 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments, pervasive and ubiquitous application scenarios, motor-, controller-, sensor- and actuator systems. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2008 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. **** Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Paradigms, Methodology and Software Architectures for Large Scale Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (like e.g. Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web and Grid based Simulation) o- Paradigms, Modelling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with hard and soft Real-Time Contstraints o- Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Systems (like e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS) o- Theoretical Foundations of Large Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models (Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time, Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination) o- Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (like e.g. Industrial, Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Systems) o- Performance and Validation of Large Scale and Distributed Simulations (like e.g., benchmarking and analytical results, empirical studies; DIS, HLA/RTI studies; o- Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces, Network Protocols and Model Repositiories that address Very Large Simulations o- Data Management and Distribution Issues, Interest Management, Semantic Modeling, Multi-resolution Modeling, Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms o- Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints o- Simulation based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems (like e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through Immersive Environments, Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Telepresence Systems and Shared Workspaces, Shared Interaction Spaces, Shared Object Manipulation) o- Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (like e.g., Generic Animation, Visual Interactive Modeling, Interactive Computer Based Training and Learning; Scientific Visualization; High-End Computer Graphics; o- Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Comuter Interaction Issues raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems o- Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems (like e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible Interaction, Embedded Interaction, o- Emerging Simulation Challenges (like e.g. Growth of Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility, Airtraffic, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities, Global Wireless Communication, Privacy Preserving Access, etc.) **** Important dates Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2008 Camera Ready version due: August 1, 2008 Symposium presentation: October 27-29, 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY **** Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Genaral information regarding submission can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2008/ Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE press. Questions from authors may be directed to the General Chair or one of the PC Co-Chairs. **** Organizing Committee General Chair: David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK Program Co-Chairs: Alois Ferscha Johannes Kepler University at Linz, Austria Abdulmotaleb El Saddik School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Canada Demo Chair Emiliano Casalicchio, University of Roma, Italy Poster Chair Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Steering Committee Chair Azzedine Boukerche, University of ottawa, Canada Webmaster and System co-Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

============================================================================= CALL-FOR-PAPERS IEEE Globecom 2008: Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking Symposium www.ieee-globecom.org/2008 November 30th- December 4th, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Deadline: March 15th, 2008 ============================================================================= TPC Co-Chairs: Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Prof. Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, rboutaba(a)uwaterloo.ca Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nirwan.Ansari(a)njit.edu Prof. Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca SCOPE Multi-hop wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that form temporary networks. Ad hoc wireless networks allow anywhere, anytime network connectivity with complete lack of control, ownership, and regulatory influence. The last few years have witnessed a wealth of research ideas on ad hoc and sensor networks that are moving rapidly into commercialization and standardization. Such networks can be randomly and rapidly deployed and reconfigured and easily tailored to specific applications including entertainment, civilian, military, etc. Moreover, an ad hoc architecture is highly robust to node failure and can provide a high-level of fault tolerance due to nodal redundancy and its distributed nature. Furthermore, energy efficiency can be achieved through multi-hop routing communication. Bandwidth reuse can also benefit from dividing the single long range hop to multiple short hops with each hop having a shorter range. Several challenges face are standing in the way to achieving ubiquitous deployment of ad hoc and sensor networks. These include variable topology, device heterogeneity, limited power supply and the lack of effective energy-efficient design, lack of QoS and application support, etc. This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page). Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html. Alternatively you can follow the sample instructions in template.pdf at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2008/downloads/template.pdf Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all submissions must be done through EDAS at http://edas.info/ Topics of Interest You are invited to submit original technical papers covering but not limited to the following topics. . Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Autonomic Networking . Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices . Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms . Topology Control and Management . Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management . Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing . MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems . New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems . Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols . Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing . Cryptography and Security Issues in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Distributed Algorithms . Pricing Modeling and Solutions . Pervasive and Wearable Computing . Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks . Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks . Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks . Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks . Cross-layer Design and Interactions . Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks . Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks . Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks . Security and Privacy Issues for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Researchers] 11th ACM/IEE MSWiM´2008 - Vancouver, Canada - 26-30/10/2008
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

****************************************************************************** We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th ACM/IEEE* MSWiM 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The 11th ACM/IEEE* International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada October 26 - 30, 2008 http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 * ACM and IEEE pending upon Approval -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 25, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A special issue With Internaltional Journal - Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2008 is the Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. MSWiM is an international forum dedicated to high level discussion of Wireless and Mobile systems, networks, algorithms and applications, with an emphasis on rigorous performance evaluation. MSWiM is a highly selective conference that is recognized as one of the most prestigious sources of innovative ideas and breakthroughs in the field. MSWiM 2008 will be held October 27-31, 2008, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of all aspects of modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of Interest: Papers related to wireless and mobile network Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Simulation are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics in mobile and wireless systems: - Performance evaluation and modeling - Analytical models - Simulation languages and tools for wireless systems - Wireless measurements tools and experiences - Formal methods for analysis of wireless systems - Correctness, survivability and reliability evaluation - Mobility modeling and management - Capacity, coverage and connectivity modeling and analysis - Wireless network algorithms and protocols - Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs - Wireless Mesh networks, Mobile Ad hoc networks, VANET - Wireless Communication - Sensor and actuator networks - Integration of wired and wireless systems - Pervasive computing and emerging models - Wireless multimedia systems - QoS provisioning in wireless and mobile networks - Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems - Algorithms and protocols for energy efficient operation and power control - Mobile applications, system software and algorithms - RF channel modeling and analysis - Design methodologies - Tools, prototype and testbeds - Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless systems Submission instructions can be found at http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2008 Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM press. Note: A special issue With Elsevier, Computer Networks is planned for extended versions of the best papers from MSWiM 2008 as well as additional papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper submission deadline April 25, 2008 Notification of acceptance July 8, 2008 Tutorial submission deadline June 5, 2008 Poster/Demos/Tools Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2008 Workshop submission deadline March 30, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair: Sotiris Nikoletseas, CTI/University of Patras, Greece General Vice Chair: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Program Committee Co-Chairs: Brahim Bensaou, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Tutorial Co-Chairs: Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Bjorn Landfeldt, University of Sydney, Australia Workshop Chair: Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, SQU and University of Glasgow, UK Poster Co-Chairs: Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Demo/Tools Co-Chairs: Kemal E. Tepe, University of Windsor, Canada David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh, USA Web/Master Co-Chairs: Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy MarcoDi-Felici, University of Bologna, Italy Registration Chair Khalil El-Khatib, UOIT, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil Steering Committee Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Committee: http://www.cs.unibo.it/projects/mswim2008/committee.htm -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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[Tccc] MobiQuitous 2008 - One week to paper registration, two weeks to submission
by Cristian Borcea 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) July 21-25, 2008, Dublin, Ireland http://www.mobiquitous.org Sponsored by ICST Technically-sponsored by Create-Net and ACM-SIGMOBILE IMPORTANT DATES Workshop proposals: March 1, 2008 Paper registration: March 8, 2008 Paper submission: March 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2008 Camera-ready version: May 18, 2008 THEME Combinations of mobile and ubiquitous computing are becoming increasingly present in our daily life. Through the use of mobile devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment, users can be provided with transparent computing and communication services at all times and in all places. The complexity of providing such services stems from the fact that the communication devices and the objects with which they interact may both be mobile. Their implementation requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services, and an understanding of the cross-layer interactions between all of these components. The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) will provide a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact and exchange experiences needed to build successful ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include systems, applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing. TOPICS OF INTEREST Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. Technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working system are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Ubiquitous architectures, systems and applications - Wearable computing and personal area networks - Wireless technologies (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi, WiMAX) - Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems - Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous computing - Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless networks - Wireless/mobile service management and delivery - Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems - Service and knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms - Location-based services and tracking in ubiquitous environments - Context- and location-aware applications - Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems - Context modeling, services and frameworks - Toolkits, testbeds, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing - Rapid prototyping of ubiquitous applications - Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing - Mobile and ubiquitous data management and processing - Data replication, migration and dissemination in ubiquitous environments - Queries, transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous environments - Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Paper submission will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). 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. PUBLICATION All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal. WORKSHOPS Several workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. The purpose of these workshops is to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related to mobile and ubiquitous systems. Proposals for workshops should be at most four pages in length and should be submitted to the workshop co-chairs by March 1, 2008. ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Vinny Cahill, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net Program Chair Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University, USA Workshop Co-Chairs Christian Becker, Universitat Mannheim, Germany Fabian E. Bustamante, Northwestern University, USA Posters Chair Dean Eckles, Nokia Research, USA Demonstrations Co-Chairs Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan Alan Messer, Samsung Electronics, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Cristian Borcea, NJIT, USA Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jean Bacon, University of Cambridge, UK Christian Becker, Universitat Mannheim, Germany Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guohong Cao, Penn State University Dean Eckles, Nokia Research, USA Jonathan Engelsma, Motorola, Inc. Joseph B. Evans, University of Kansas, USA Tao Gu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Jonna Hakkila, Nokia Research, Finland Y. Charlie Hu, Purdue University Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland Sharad Mehrotra, University of California at Irvine Alan Messer, Samsung Electronics, USA Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech Daniel Mosse', University of Pittsburgh Matt Mutka, Michigan State University Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan Jason Nieh, Columbia University Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea Kishore Ramachandran, Georgia Tech Tinku Rasheed, Create-Net Stefan Saroiu, University of Toronto, Canada Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky Anand Tripathi, University of Minnesota _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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DeLFI 2008: Beitragseinreichung noch bis 15.03.
by info＠delfi2008.de 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

======================================================================= DeLFI 2008 Die 6. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik Lübeck, 7.-10. September 2008 http://www.delfi2008.de/ ======================================================================= _ E i n r e i c h u n g s f r i s t _ _ v e r l ä n g e r t _ Die Frist zur Einreichung von Beiträgen zur DeLFI 2008 wurde verlängert bis zum 15. März 2008 Uns erreichten viele Anfragen für eine Verlängerung, da mehrere Deadlines für Veranstaltungen und Förderprogramme gleichzeitig enden. Darüber hinaus gab es leider technische Probleme auf Seiten des Providers für unsere Domain delfi2008.de -- viele Emails an die Tagungsleitung konnten nicht termingerecht zugestellt werden. Wir bitten dies zu entschuldigen! Die Einreichung ist weiterhin online über die Website der Tagung möglich. Bereits registrierte Beiträge können Sie bis zum Ablauf der verlängerten Frist editieren bzw. Dateien neu hochladen. Die Einreichungsrichtlinien sowie weitere Details zum CfP finden Sie auf der Website der Tagung. Die Frist zur Einreichung von Workshop Proposals ist von der Verlängerung nicht betroffen. ------- Kontakt ------- Prof. Dr. Stefan Fischer (Universität zu Lübeck) Prof. Dr. Silke Seehusen (Fachhochschule Lübeck) Dr. Ulrike Lucke (Universität Rostock) -- Program Co-Chairs -- Email: info(a)delfi2008.de Web: http://www.delfi2008.de/ Skype: delfi2008 =======================================================================

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[Tccc] [CAMPUS08] 2nd Call for papers
by Hassine Moungla 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International DisCoTec Workshop on Context-aware Adaptation Mechanisms for Pervasive and Ubiquitous Services Tuesday 3rd June 2008 Oslo, Norway http://discotec08.ifi.uio.no/Campus08 Overview. There is a huge market potential for mobile applications in Europe today. Most people already carry a mobile device of some sort wherever they go, and an increasingly diverse set of devices (PDAs, smart phones, GPS, etc.) are becoming widely available. Recently, service- orientations (e.g., OSGi) have evolved to address these highly dynamic environments. However, it is still technically difficult, using existing method and tool supports, to create such services-oriented applications. For example, the very large range of devices, types of infrastructure, ways in which it can change, situations in which users can find themselves, and the functions they want, introduce great complexity and pose considerable technical challenges. To overcome these difficulties, and promote the development and widespread deployment of innovative mobile applications, more and more projects are addressing the development of context-aware adaptation mechanisms for leveraging the development of mobile applications. These projects aims at providing simple but powerful integrated approaches to support the development of applications interacting in pervasive and ubiquitous environments. Thus, the CAMPUS workshop will focus on the promising approaches in the domain of context-aware adaptation mechanisms supporting the dynamic evolution of the execution context (e.g., network/device/service failures). Research Topics The workshop will address an extensive set of topics related to adaptation mechanisms for context-aware services. The following contributions will be particularly welcome:- Context-awareness mechanisms for distributed systems: - How to capture the relevant contextual properties of a distributed system? - How to support the distribution of the context information in an efficient manner? - How to enforce the security and privacy issues for context data? - How to describe ontologies for context management? - How to map context-awareness to situation-awareness using context reasoning? - Adaptation mechanisms for distributed systems: - How to represent the adaptation knowledge of a distributed system? - How to reason about pieces of software that need to be adapted in a distributed manner? - How to reconfigure a distributed system with respect to the dynamic nature of the environment? - How to deal with anticipated versus unanticipated adaptation? - How to integrate human/computer interaction issues in adaptive systems? - How to ensure robustness and transactional adaptations? - Innovative applications of context-awareness and adaptation mechanisms: - Experiences in developing context-aware and adaptive applications and services, - Testing and validation of adaptive applications and services, - Development methodology for adaptive applications and services, - Tool support for context-aware adaptation mechanisms and adaptive services, - Design of platforms and infrastructures supporting context-aware adaptation mechanisms, - New domains of applications for context-aware and adaptive applications and services. Important dates Paper Submission: March 20, 2008 Paper Notification: May 01, 2008 Camera Ready: May 15, 2008 Workshop: June 03, 2008 Workshop Format The workshop will be organised as a one-day event, consisting of a series of sessions, each devoted to the presentation of papers belonging to a common domain. Each session will end with a mini-panel between the presenters, led by the session chair or a pre-selected devilâEUR^(TM)s advocate. This format has been found to lead to lively and productive discussions. The workshop will include a special session for the presentation of posters and demos of ongoing research efforts and software prototypes. The workshop will conclude with a panel, moderated by one of the organizers, to discuss open issues and future trends in the field, with the aim of wrapping up the overall contributions of the event. Submission & Publication Selection of workshop participants will be based on the submission of a paper, poster or demo. Moreover, other participants may be invited by the organizing committee. Thus, the CAMPUS program committee seeks: - Technical papers, describing concrete results achieved, in no more than 12 pages (EASST style), - Position papers, describing on-going work and interim results, in no more than 6 pages (EASST style). Papers will be peer-reviewed, and selected based on their originality, technical strenght and topical relevance. All workshop papers will be published in a special issue of Electronic Communications of the EASST. Paper submission must be electronically as postscript or PDF (via the Submission website: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=campus08). Organisation Committee Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo, Norway (Program chair) Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA, France (Publicity chair) Michael Wagner, University of Kassel, Germany (Publication chair) Steering Committee Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Svein Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway Geir Horn, SINTEF ICT, Norway ValÃ©rie Issarny, INRIA, France Program Committee Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK Mauro Caporuscio, INRIA, France Licia Capra, University College of London, UK Denis Conan, Intitut TELECOM, SudParis, France Vittorio Cortellessa, UDA, Italy Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University, UK Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Ioannis Fikouras, Ericsson, Germany Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Svein Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway Geir Horn, SINTEF ICT, Norway Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Per HÃ¥kon Merland, SINTEF ICT, Norway Hassine Moungla, INRIA, France Nearchos Paspallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Roland Reichle, University of Kassel, Germany Romain Rouvoy, University of Oslo, Norway Ulrich Scholz, EuropeanMedia Laboratory GmbH, Germany Lionel Seinturier, University of Lille 1, France Roberto Speicys-Cardoso, INRIA, France Giovanni Toffetti Carughi, USI, Switzerland Massimo Tivoli, UDA, Italy Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine Michael Wagner, University of Kassel, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Hassine Moungla ARLES Project INRIA Paris - Rocquencourt Domaine de Voluceau B.P. 105 78153 Le Chesnay FRANCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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CFP UNA'08
by Lars Wolf 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

1st Workshop on Urban Networks and Applications (UNA 08) Lakeshore Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 4-6, 2008 http://una.cs.ucc.ie held in conjunction with the 13th IEEE Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference http://www.ccrc.nthu.edu.tw/acsac2008 Urban settings are host of diverse networking technologies, from cellular and wired broadband to WiMAX, WiFi, Bluetooth and, more recently, mesh and sensor networks. While this rich environment offers opportunities for connectivity, inter-operability and sharing of services and resources, the co-existence of these heterogeneous technologies, competing for the same resources and offering similar services, poses difficult engineering and legal problems. For example, network planning is a major issue that can determine the effective use of each network and, when possible, inter-operability of the networks. Cities administrations are keen to deploy and take advantage of public service networks, whereas citizens are interested to use public or private services at home, at work or while driving or walking. Private initiatives may selectively focus on certain niche services. Overall, urban networks can increase the quality of life in cities and can make the distinction among cities. In achieving this goal, many technical challenges have to be tackled. This workshop will be a forum for discussion of new and interdisciplinary ideas on new architectures, paradigms, concepts, service models and novel applications for urban networks. The topics for submission include but are not limited to: cognitive radio technologies congestion control micro- and pico-cell control architecture hybrid cell configuration sensor networks in urban settings personal area networks vehicular networks mesh networks mobile ad hoc networks networks planning networks inter-operability data mining of a large volume of data in urban networks database support for urban networks network and service discovery mobility supporting services context awareness mobile middleware ubiquitous and urban computing urban network systems and applications locative media and applications access, security and privacy in urban networks Submissions Both research and industry papers are solicited. Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers reporting work in progress are welcome. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the workshop chair. All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by members of the international program committee. Accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings of ACSAC 2008, which is to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Papers are limited to 8 pages including figures and references and they must follow the IEEE 8.5"x11" two-column format guidelines described at http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format through https://www.softconf.com/starts/UNA2008 The publication of a paper requires at least one of the authors to register and be present at the conference. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. Important dates Paper submissions due: March 20, 2008 Acceptance notification: April 30 2008 Final camera-ready due: May 10, 2008 Workshop Chair Dan Grigoras University College Cork, Ireland d.grigoras(a)cs.ucc.ie Workshop Publicity Chair Daniel Doolan University College Cork, Ireland d.doolan(a)cs.ucc.ie Program Committee Jemal Abawajy Deakin University, Australia Onur Altintas Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Japan Akira Arutaki NEC Communication Systems, Japan Antonio Capone Politecnico di Milano, Italy Valentin Cristea Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania Lars Eggert Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angeles, USA Mads Haahr Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Max Lenardi Hitachi Europe, Sophia Antipolis, France Diego López de Ipiña Deusto University, Spain Seung Jin Lim Utah State University, USA Chun-Yuan Lin Chang Gung University, Taiwan Alex Nicolau University of California, Irvine, USA Joerg Ott Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland Giovanni Pau University of California, Los Angeles, USA Gregor Schiele Mannheim University, Germany Cormac Sreenan University College Cork, Ireland Lars Wolf Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

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[Fwd: Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration due in 8 days!]
by Lars Wolf 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Mobicom'08 Call For Papers: Abstract Registration due in 8 days! Datum: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:06:42 -0800 Von: Cedric J A. Westphal <cwestphal(a)docomolabs-usa.com> An: <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> Dear MMC TC members: we wanted to remind you that the deadline for abstract registration for Mobicom’08 is quickly approaching. The important dates to keep in mind are: Abstracts submission due: March 7, 2008 Paper submissions due: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2008 Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 Mobicom’08 will be held in the scenic San Francisco Bay Area on September 14-19. All relevant information can be found at: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/ We include the official Call for Paper below. Please accept my apologies if you are inconvenienced by multiple messages similar to this one. Best regards, Cedric Westphal, Mischa Dohler, Ryuji Wakikawa, Mobicom’08 Publicity Chairs. CALL FOR PAPERS MobiCom 2008 The Fourteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking September 14-19, 2007 San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/ Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE ACM MobiCom is the premier international conference dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. It has served as an exciting international forum since 1995, addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks. This year, we will continue this tradition, but we especially encourage the submission of papers in the experimental systems area. This area has seen exciting developments in recent years and explicit efforts will be taken to represent it strongly at MobiCom this year. Authors are invited to submit full papers, challenges papers, student posters, and research demos and exhibits, presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and/or wireless and mobile networking. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking * Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, limited power and/or intermittent connectivity * Fundamental understanding of mobile computing and wireless networking * Wireless and mobile techniques for delay tolerant, mobile ad hoc, and wireless sensor networks * Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless systems * Wireless access technologies (e.g. mesh systems, PANs) * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Protocols exploiting novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO, directional antennas, and software radios * Techniques for dynamic spectrum use * Architectures, algorithms and protocols for cognitive wireless networks and their integration in the Internet * Modeling, measurement and simulation of mobile networks * Experimental test-beds for mobile/wireless networks * Performance evaluation of mobile and wireless networks, protocols, and systems * Next generation (beyond 802.11) wireless technologies and related systems and protocols Submission Instructions Detailed instructions on how and where to submit your paper can be found at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2008/cfp.pdf Important Dates Abstracts submission due: March 7, 2008 Paper submissions due: March 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2008 Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 General Chair - jj(a)soe.ucsc.edu: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UC Santa Cruz and PARC Technical Co-Chairs - mobicom08_pcchairs(a)acm.org: Raghupathy (Siva) Sivakumar, Georgia Tech Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact the General Chair or Program Co-Chairs for more information. For information on ACM SIGMOBILE and the MobiCom series of conferences, see http://www.sigmobile.org/ or contact mobicom_info(a)acm.org.

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[Mycolleagues] Call for papers: Special Issue on Emerging Wireless Networks, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
by Dr. Isaac Woungang 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

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/ authorinstructions 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 _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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