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[Tccc] CFP - SPECIAL ISSUE - International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology
by Anagnostopoulos Ioannis 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology (IJIPT) Special Issue on Intelligent Internet-based Systems: Emerging Technologies and Programming Techniques We are currently witnessing the remarkable impact of Internet on our society. The Internet is revolutionizing the way we extract, process, use, and disseminate information. Internet also redefines many aspects of our life such as communication, commerce, education, and entertainment. Parallel to the growth of the Internet, sophisticated techniques are emerging to bring intelligence to the Internet and its protocols. Many technologies and techniques offer the use of intelligence in Internet-based recommendation systems, interactive IP-based multimedia systems, Internet/Web agents, softbots and other Internet-based systems. Although individual methods and programming techniques are constantly being deployed, advanced issues and concepts still need to be developed and studied in the context of applied Internet Intelligence. In this context, researchers need to explore and study the plethora of challenges that emergent intelligent technologies and programming techniques bring to the Internet. This special issue aims to increase the awareness of researchers in the area of Intelligent Internet-based systems, and will provide an in-depth investigation on various research and deployment issues, regarding the impact of intelligent methods and programming techniques on Internet-based Systems. In addition, this special issue will examine the performance characteristics of various approaches in Internet-based systems, and will also focus on the development of intelligent programming techniques among different IP-based domains. We invite researchers from both academia and industry to submit papers addressing the topics covered by this special issue including: * Intelligent Internet Systems: Internet-based Recommendation Systems, Internet Classification/Information Retrieval Systems * Intelligent Sensor-based Systems: Data Transmission and Monitoring over the Internet * Internet Technologies: Intelligence in Multicast/Anycast Protocols, Intelligence and IPv6 * Interactive Multimedia Systems over IP networks: Multimedia Content Distribution and Management, Content Personalization in Internet-based Applications, Internet Television(IPTV), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) * Internet Agents/Softbots: Distributed Computing and Resource Allocation, Adaptive Agent Systems, Agent Communication and Multi-Agent Systems. * Emerging Intelligent Internet applications in: Electronic Commerce, Conferencing, Healthcare, Education, Auction systems, E-government, Entertainment, Home Networking. Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: January 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2008 Submission of revised paper: April 7, 2008 Expected publication date: Summer 2008 Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All submitted papers for this special issue will be peer-reviewed. A guide for authors, sample copies, and other relevant information for submitting papers are available at the publishers web page (Author Guidelines) at http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31#guidelines <http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31#guidelines> Manuscripts should be emailed as pdf, or word format to the corresponding editor. Guest Editors: Ioannis Anagnostopoulos (Corresponding Editor), Department of Information and Communications Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Karlovasi, Samos, Greece, e-mail: janag(a)aegean.gr <mailto:janag@aegean.gr> John W.T. Lee Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, e-mail: john.lee(a)polyu.edu.hk <mailto:john.lee@polyu.edu.hk> _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[ieeeacig] ATC-08 submission deadline extended
by ATC-08 Program Chair 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Submission deadline extended to Januray 19th! ##################### ATC-08 Call For Papers ###################### The 5th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing - Bring Safe, Self-x and Organic Computing Systems into Reality - http://www.ux.uis.no/atc08/ Organized by University of Stavanger and Oslo University College, Norway Technical Sponsorship by the IEEE Task Force on Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing Oslo, Norway, June 23-25, 2008 ################################################################### Computing systems including hardware, software, communication and networks are growing dramatically in both scale and heterogeneity, becoming overly complex. Such complexity is getting even more critical with the ubiquitous permeation of embedded devices and other pervasive systems. To cope with the growing and ubiquitous complexity, Autonomic Computing (AC) focuses on self-manageable computing and communication systems that exhibit self-awareness, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, self-protection and other self-x operations to the maximum extent possible without human intervention or guidance. Organic Computing (OC) additionally emphasizes natural-analogue concepts like self-organization and controlled emergence. Any autonomic or organic system must be trustworthy to avoid the risk of losing control and retain confidence that the system will not fail. Trust and/or distrust relationships in the Internet and in pervasive infrastructures are key factors to enable dynamic interaction and cooperation of various users, systems and services. Trusted/Trustworthy Computing (TC) aims at making computing and communication systems as well as services available, predictable, traceable, controllable, assessable, sustainable, dependable, persist-able, security/privacy protect-able, etc. A series of grand challenges exist to achieve practical self-manageable autonomic systems with truly trustworthy services. ATC-08 addresses the most innovative research and development in these challenging areas and includes all technical aspects related to autonomic/organic computing (AC/OC) and trusted computing (TC). ATC-08 is a successor of the First Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Ubiquitous and Embedded Systems (TAUES-05, Japan), the Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Computing Systems (TACS-06, Austria), the 3rd International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-06, China), and the 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-07, Hong Kong). Topics include but are not limited to the following: - AC/OC Theory and Models Nervous/organic models, negotiation, cooperation, competition, self-organization, emergence, etc. - AC/OC Architectures and Systems Autonomic elements & their relationship, frameworks, middleware, observer/controller architectures, etc. - AC/OC Components and Modules Memory, storage, database, device, server, proxy, software, OS, I/O, etc. - AC/OC Communication and Services Networks, self-organized net, web service, grid, P2P, semantics, agent, transaction, etc. - AC/OC Tools and Interfaces Tools/interfaces for AC/OC system development, test, monitoring, assessment, supervision, etc. - Trust Models and Specifications Models and semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk, reputation, reliability, etc. - Trust-related Security and Privacy Trust-related secure architecture, framework, policy, intrusion detection/awareness, protocols, etc. - Trusted Reliable and Dependable Systems Fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery, etc. - Trustworthy Services and Applications Trustworthy Internet/web/grid/P2P e-services, secured mobile services, novel applications, etc. - Trust Standards and Non-Technical Issues Trust standards and issues related to personality, ethics, sociology, culture, psychology, economy, etc. == IMPORTANT DATES == Submission Deadline: January 19, 2008 (extended!) Authors Notification: March 05, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: April 05, 2008 == ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION == Prepare your paper according to the LNCS style (maximum 15 pages). Submit your paper(s) in PDF format at the ATC-08 submission site: http://www.ux.uis.no/atc08/sub/ == PAPER PUBLICATION == Accepted papers will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), EI indexing (pending). The page limit of the final camera-ready paper will be announced in the paper acceptance notification. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise the paper will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing (JoATC), the International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN), and the International Journal on Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS). == INDUSTRIAL TRACK == Please go to http://www.ux.uis.no/atc08/industrial.html for Industrial Track's Call for Presentations == Organizing Committees == General Chairs Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway Jianying Zhou, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway Program Chairs Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway Xiaolin (Andy) Li, Oklahoma State University, USA Geng Yang, Nanjing University of Post & Telecommunications, China Program Vice Chairs Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Hein Meling, University of Stavanger, Norway Jean-Marc Seigneur, University of Geneva, Switzerland Stephen R. Tate, University of North Texas, USA Honorary Chairs Christian Muller-Schloer, University of Hannover, Germany Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Steering Committee Jianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany International Advisory Committee Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan Zhong Chen, Peking University, China Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, USA Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Victor C.M. Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada David Ogle, IBM, USA Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Franz J. Rammig, University of Paderborn, Germany Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Hartmut Schmeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Mazin Yousif, Intel, USA Award Chairs Bjarne E. Helvik, Norwegian University of Science & Technology Bin Xiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Panel Chair Erik HjelmÃ¥s, GjÃ¸vik University College, Norway Publicity Chairs Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Ting-Wei Hou, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Jan Newmarch, Monash University, Australia Fangguo Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China International Liaison Chairs Ho-Fung Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Yi Mu, University of Wollongong, Australia Benno Overeinder, Vrije University, The Netherlands Nguyen Huu Thanh, Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam Huaglory Tianfield, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK George Yee, National Research Council, Canada Industrial Track Chairs Leif Nilsen, Thales Norway Josef Noll, Unik/Movation, Norway Publication Chairs Tony Li Xu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Son Thanh Nguyen, University of Stavanger, Norway Financial Chair Kari Anne Haaland, University of Stavanger, Norway Web Administration Chairs Son Thanh Nguyen, University of Stavanger, Norway Program Committee See ATC-08 web site: http://www.ux.uis.no/atc08/ If you have any further questions, please contact the ATC08 Secretariat <atc08(a)ux.uis.no> ============ End of ATC-08 CFP ================ -- !! 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CFP: Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" in CSNDSP 2008
by Periklis Chatzimisios 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" organized in association with the Sixth Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2008) 23-25 July 2008, Graz, Austria Important Dates: ================ Full Paper due: January 27, 2008 Notification of acceptance by: April 1, 2008 Camera ready paper due: May 5, 2008 Scope: ====== CSNDSP 2008 is organizing a Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" aiming to offer the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals and academics around the world to meet, present latest research results and discuss future directions. Topics of Interest: =================== All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers, including a TPC member. Papers are solicited from, but not limited to the following topics: - QoS in the Internet - QoS and Routing (MPLS, Multicast Service) - QoS Network Architectures and Network services - Standardization Aspects of QoS and Reliability - Traffic Modelling, Control and characterization - Performance Modelling - Queuing Theory - Network Design - Simulation and Measurements techniques - Tools and software for Performance Evaluation - Envisaged performance studies on Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Paper submission: ================= Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Please visit http://www.csndsp08.tugraz.at/ for submission guidelines. It would be helpful if authors mention the Special Session when submitting their papers. Further inquiries could also be directed to the Special Session organizers. All accepted papers will be available on IEEE Xplore. Special Session organizers: =========================== Hind Castel, Institut National des Telecommunications, France Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee: =========================== Gennaro Boggia (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Tijani Chahed (Institut National des Telecommunications, France) Thomas Lagkas (Aristotle University, Greece) Ian Marsh (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden) Lynda Mokdad (University of Paris-Dauphine, France) Jalel Ben-Othman (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, France) Nihal Pekergin (University of Paris12, Creteil, France) Rouzbeh Razavi (University of Essex, UK) Luca Vollero (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy) Theodore Zahariadis (TEI of Chalkida, 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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[Tccc] CFP: Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" in CSNDSP 2008
by Periklis Chatzimisios 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" organized in association with the Sixth Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2008) 23-25 July 2008, Graz, Austria Important Dates: ================ Full Paper due: January 27, 2008 Notification of acceptance by: April 1, 2008 Camera ready paper due: May 5, 2008 Scope: ====== CSNDSP 2008 is organizing a Special Session on "QoS, Reliability and Performance Modelling" aiming to offer the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals and academics around the world to meet, present latest research results and discuss future directions. Topics of Interest: =================== All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers, including a TPC member. Papers are solicited from, but not limited to the following topics: - QoS in the Internet - QoS and Routing (MPLS, Multicast Service) - QoS Network Architectures and Network services - Standardization Aspects of QoS and Reliability - Traffic Modelling, Control and characterization - Performance Modelling - Queuing Theory - Network Design - Simulation and Measurements techniques - Tools and software for Performance Evaluation - Envisaged performance studies on Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Paper submission: ================= Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Please visit http://www.csndsp08.tugraz.at/ for submission guidelines. It would be helpful if authors mention the Special Session when submitting their papers. Further inquiries could also be directed to the Special Session organizers. All accepted papers will be available on IEEE Xplore. Special Session organizers: =========================== Hind Castel, Institut National des Telecommunications, France Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Technical Program Committee: =========================== Gennaro Boggia (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) Tijani Chahed (Institut National des Telecommunications, France) Thomas Lagkas (Aristotle University, Greece) Ian Marsh (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden) Lynda Mokdad (University of Paris-Dauphine, France) Jalel Ben-Othman (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, France) Nihal Pekergin (University of Paris12, Creteil, France) Rouzbeh Razavi (University of Essex, UK) Luca Vollero (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy) Theodore Zahariadis (TEI of Chalkida, 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 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] CFP: PRESTO'08 - ACM SIGCOMM workshop
by Kobus van der Merwe 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Apologies for cross-postings. =================================================== Call for Papers PRESTO'08: Workshop on Programmable Routers for Extensible Services of TOmorrow August 22, 2008 Co-located with ACM SIGCOMM 2008 in Seattle, WA, USA. http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/workshops/presto/ Recently, there has been renewed interest in the networking research community in re-architecting the distribution of functions in an IP network. These efforts can be described as a dis-aggregation of router functionality into various components and well-defined interfaces, to enable deployment of richer services and easier management of the network. In addition, researchers and practitioners in industry have been exploring the notion of open routers, which allows new functionality to be easily added into routers, as well as exploring router virtualization as a way to support a diverse set of applications and users. These efforts span the range from building open-source routing software, to making routers third-party-developer friendly by exposing router APIs, as recent industry announcements indicate. Programmable network elements hold the promise of accelerating innovation and service deployment. At the same time programmability could exacerbate already challenging network management tasks. This workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between researchers and industry practitioners with a goal of driving service innovation in IP networks using novel extensible router architectures. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Architectures for open/programmable network elements, including transport, wireless and packet forwarding devices. - Abstractions for open/programmable network elements. (Programmability versus extendible configuration. Is programmability really needed? How close to the 'metal' should programmability be? E.g., do-it-yourself versus open APIs. ) - Efficient and flexible data plane programmability. (E.g., firmware versus multi-core platforms.) - Cross-layer aware programmability. - Network element virtualization. - Network composition, configuration and provisioning in virtualized environments. - Architectures, services and/or service features enabled by programmability. - The impact of programmability on network management and operations. The workshop solicits original papers on completed work, position papers, and/or work-in-progress papers on the challenges raised above. Papers that bring out new and interesting approaches at an early stage of their development are very welcome. Instructions for Authors Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages in length, must be a PDF file and must follow the SIGCOMM Workshop formatting guidelines. Submissions that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected without consideration. Paper submission details TBD. Important Dates Abstract Submission: February 29, 2008 Paper Submission: March 7, 2008 Acceptance Notification: April 17, 2008 Camera Ready Due: May 9, 2008 Workshop: August 22, 2008 Program Committee PC Chairs T.V. Lakshman (Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs) Jennifer Rexford (Princeton University) Kobus Van der Merwe (AT&T Labs - Research) PC Members Fred Baker,(Cisco Systems) Bob Briscoe,(BT) Jon Crowcroft,(University of Cambridge) Patrick Crowley,(Washington University) Nick Feamster,(Georgia Tech) Tim Griffin,(University of Cambridge) David Maltz,(Microsoft Research) David McDysan,(Verizon) Nick McKeown,(Stanford University) Eugene Ng,(Rice University) Sylvia Ratnasamy,(Intel Research) Dipankar Raychaudhuri, (Rutgers University) John Scudder,(Juniper Networks) Lixia Zhang,(UCLA) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Tccc] Final CFP Reminder - WWIC 2008
by vsiris＠ieee.org 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

My best wishes for a healthy and successful New Year! Apologies if you receive this CFP reminder multiple times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WWIC 2008 6th International Conference on Wired / Wireless Internet Communications May 28-30, 2008 Tampere, Finland http://wwic2008.cs.tut.fi/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Extended submission deadline: January 4, 2008 *** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS Next generation mobile networks will be based on Internet core networks and wireless access networks. The need for efficient merging of the wired and wireless infrastructure as well as the new multimedia services and applications of next generation networks call for novel network architectures, protocols and traffic-related mechanisms. WWIC addresses research topics such as the design and evaluation of protocols, the dynamics of the integration, the performance tradeoffs, the need for new performance metrics, and cross-layer interactions. The goal of the conference is to present high-quality results in the field, and to provide a framework for research collaboration through focused discussions that will designate future research efforts and directions. In this context, the program committee will accept only a limited number of papers that meet the criteria of originality, presentation quality and topic relevance. WWIC is a single-track conference which has reached, within 5 years, the highest level of quality, which is reflected both in the level of participation as well as the acceptance ratio and the amount and quality of submitted papers. CONFERENCE TOPICS The conference objectives will be pursued through highly technical sessions organized thematically and keynote talks offered by recognized experts. Topics of interest to WWIC 2008 include (but are not limited to) the following: - AAA in mobile environments - Ambient networks - Ad-hoc mobile networks - Blended network configurations - Beyond 3G networks technologies - Cross layer interactions - Economical issues of wireless networks - End-to-end Quality of Service support - Handover techniques - Heterogeneous wireless access networks - Hybrid wired / wireless environments - Integration of wired and wireless networks - Mobile service level agreements / specification - Mobility management - Network design and network planning - Network mobility - Network coding in mobile networks - Network security in mobile environments - Performance evaluation of wireless systems - Pricing, charging and accounting in wireless networks - QoS routing in mobile networks - QoS signalling in mobile environments - Resource management and admission control - Service creation and management for wireless - Simulation for next generation mobile networks - Traffic characterisation and modelling - Traffic engineering - Transport protocols and congestion control - Wireless mesh networks - Wireless multi-hop networks - Wireless multimedia systems - Wireless network monitoring - Wireless sensor networks PROCEEDINGS The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and data communications. All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Papers must be submitted electronically in the conference site. The maximum size of papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures. Please adhere to the formatting standard for a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address. There will be a Best Paper Award. GENERAL CHAIRS: Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Peter Langendoerfer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany TPC CHAIRS: Vasilios Siris, University of Crete / FORTH-ICS, Greece Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, The Netherlands LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Bilhanan Silverajan, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jakub Jakubiak, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Saara Kallio, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Heikki Vatiainen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Sari Kinnari, Tampere University of Technology, Finland PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Sonia Aissa, Universite du Quebec, Canada Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Khalid Al-Begain, University of Glamorgan, UK Manuel Alvarez-Campana, Univ. Polit. de Madrid, Spain Leonardo Badia, IMT Lucca, Italy Mortaza Bargh, Telematics Institute, Netherlands Carlos Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Thomas Michael Bohnert, Siemens CT, Germany Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Rafaelle Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Wojciech Burakowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Maria Calderon, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Xiuzhen Cheng, George Washington University, USA Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, France Adam Dunkels, SICS, Sweden Magda El Zarki, University of California, Irvine, USA Peder Emstad, Norwegian Univ. of Sc. & Tech., Norway Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Sonia Heemstra de Groot, WMC / TU Delft, The Netherlands Markus Hofmann, Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent, USA Andreas Kassler, Karlstads University, Sweden Ibrahim Khalil, RMIT University, Australia Byung Kim, University of Mass. Lowell, USA Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland Rolf Kraemer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany Peter Kropf, University of Neuch?tel, Switzerland Leszek Lilien, Western Michigan University, USA Remco Litjens, TNO ICT, The Netherlands Hai Liu, University of Ottawa, Canada Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Qusay Mahmoud, University of Guelph, Canada Christian Maih?fer, Daimler AG, Germany Lefteris Mamatas, Demokritos University, Greece Saverio Mascolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Paulo Mendes, INESC Porto, Portugal Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Dmitri Moltchanov, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Liam Murphy, University College Dublin, Ireland Marc Necker, Universit?t Stuttgart, Germany Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA Evgeny Osipov, Lule? University of Technology, Sweden Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS, France George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Aleksi Penttinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Anand Prasad, DoCoMo Comm. Labs Europe, Germany Utz Roedig, Lancaster University, UK Theodoros Salonidis, Thomson - Paris Research Labs, France Guenter Schaefer, TU Ilmenau, Germany Jochen Schiller, Free University Berlin, Germany Arunabha Sen, Arizona State University, USA Patrick S?nac, ISAE, France Dimitrios Serpanos, University of Patras, Greece Dirk Staehle, University of W?rzburg, Germany Burkhard Stiller, Univ. of Zurich / ETH Zurich, Switzerland Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Demokritos University, Greece Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Hans van den Berg, TNO ICT / Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands Thiemo Voigt, SICS, Sweden Miki Yamamoto, Kansai University, Japan Chi Zhang, Juniper Networks, USA Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany IMPORTANT DATES Extended submission deadline:................January 4, 2008 Notification of acceptance (extended):.....February 28, 2008 Camera ready papers (extended):...............March 12, 2008 For more information please see the conference site wwic2008.cs.tut.fi or contact the Conference Secretariat at wwic2008(a)cs.tut.fi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by COST 290 Sponsored by ERCIM Organized by Tampere University of Technology, Finland _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: 3rd IEEE Workshop on advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks & systems --- EXPONWIRELESS 2008]
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP: 3rd IEEE Workshop on advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks & systems --- EXPONWIRELESS 2008 Datum: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 07:21:04 -0600 Von: Yonghe Liu <yonghe(a)cse.uta.edu> An: <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu> CC: yonghe(a)uta.edu [Apologies for multiple posting] 3rd IEEE Workshop on advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks & systems --- EXPONWIRELESS 2008 http://nrl.iis.sinica.edu.tw/EXPONWIRELESS08 23 June, Newport Beach, CA, USA in conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM 2008 (http://wowmom08.ics.uci.edu/) CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- Wireless networks represent a challenging and ever growing research area. In these systems the interactions among the different network layers are very complex and their effects on the overall performance are not easy to accurately identify. Additionally, many simplifying assumptions considered in analytical studies do not hold in practise. Experimental activities involving the development of systems and device prototypes and the collection and analysis of measurements from actual networks can provide insight on the behaviour of such systems in realistic environments, which can be beneficial for understanding how cross-layer interactions impact in practise the overall performance, for deriving realistic simulation models, for analyzing particular phenomena and evaluating algorithms and protocols, and for exploring the design choices in building actual wireless networks. Such activities are pivotal for researchers, developers, service managers and providers, as well as for end users involved in the evolution of these networks. After successful events in the last years, EXPONWIRELESS 2008 aims to again bring together all the aspects related to experimental activities on wireless networks, creating a forum where researchers, vendors, providers and users can exchange ideas on past experience, current requirements, and future visions, that are important for the development of new protocols, algorithms, devices and systems. High quality papers discussing original and innovative experimental activities on wireless networks are solicited for submission. The main topics of the workshop are (but are not limited to): * Algorithms for self-configuration and self-management of beyond-3G systems * Deployment and experience with multi-radio multi-channel wireless mesh networks * Device prototypes for wireless BANs, PANs, LANs, and MANs * Differentiated services in wireless multimedia networks * Energy-efficient protocols and power management algorithms * Experiences/lessons from recent wireless testbed deployments * Handoff and mobility management in beyond-3G systems * Location-aware services * Middleware platforms for wireless/mobile environments * Mobility models of wireless/mobile networks and systems * Positioning and tracking technologies * Power control and channel assignment * Prototype implementation of wireless/mobile networks and systems * QoS for real-time voice/video in wireless networks * Seamless internetworking and architectures for beyond 3G systems * Systems and methods for collecting and analyzing measurements in wireless networks * Security and privacy issues in wireless networks * Wireless/Mobile applications and services (e.g., vehicular networks, underwater networks, opportunistic networks, etc.) PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Submitted manuscripts should adhere to the IEEE double-column standard format with 10pt font size for texts. Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or equivalent. The maximum length of the manuscript is 5 pages. This limit includes figures, appendix, bibliography, etc. Papers significantly exceeding this limit will be automatically rejected. All papers must be submitted in PDF format using the ISAS Conference Manager http://nrl.iis.sinica.edu.tw/EXPONWIRELESS08/ISAS/ . Any question can be submitted to exponwireless08(a)iis.sinica.edu.tw. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE in the combined WoWMoM 2008 workshop proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- - Submission Deadline: January 28, 2008 - Acceptance Notification: March 08, 2008 - Camera-ready Papers Due: April 4, 2008 WORKSHOP CO-ORGANIZERS ---------------------- Ling-Jyh Chen, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Rosario G. Garroppo, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy Yonghe Liu, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Cost290] Final CFP Reminder - WWIC 2008]
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Cost290] Final CFP Reminder - WWIC 2008 Datum: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:23:39 +0200 Von: Vasilios Siris <vsiris(a)ics.forth.gr> An: <cost290(a)cs.tut.fi> Dear COST 290 members, My best wishes for a healthy and successful New Year! Apologies if you receive this CFP reminder multiple times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WWIC 2008 6th International Conference on Wired / Wireless Internet Communications May 28-30, 2008 Tampere, Finland http://wwic2008.cs.tut.fi/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Extended submission deadline: January 4, 2008 *** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS Next generation mobile networks will be based on Internet core networks and wireless access networks. The need for efficient merging of the wired and wireless infrastructure as well as the new multimedia services and applications of next generation networks call for novel network architectures, protocols and traffic-related mechanisms. WWIC addresses research topics such as the design and evaluation of protocols, the dynamics of the integration, the performance tradeoffs, the need for new performance metrics, and cross-layer interactions. The goal of the conference is to present high-quality results in the field, and to provide a framework for research collaboration through focused discussions that will designate future research efforts and directions. In this context, the program committee will accept only a limited number of papers that meet the criteria of originality, presentation quality and topic relevance. WWIC is a single-track conference which has reached, within 5 years, the highest level of quality, which is reflected both in the level of participation as well as the acceptance ratio and the amount and quality of submitted papers. CONFERENCE TOPICS The conference objectives will be pursued through highly technical sessions organized thematically and keynote talks offered by recognized experts. Topics of interest to WWIC 2008 include (but are not limited to) the following: - AAA in mobile environments - Ambient networks - Ad-hoc mobile networks - Blended network configurations - Beyond 3G networks technologies - Cross layer interactions - Economical issues of wireless networks - End-to-end Quality of Service support - Handover techniques - Heterogeneous wireless access networks - Hybrid wired / wireless environments - Integration of wired and wireless networks - Mobile service level agreements / specification - Mobility management - Network design and network planning - Network mobility - Network coding in mobile networks - Network security in mobile environments - Performance evaluation of wireless systems - Pricing, charging and accounting in wireless networks - QoS routing in mobile networks - QoS signalling in mobile environments - Resource management and admission control - Service creation and management for wireless - Simulation for next generation mobile networks - Traffic characterisation and modelling - Traffic engineering - Transport protocols and congestion control - Wireless mesh networks - Wireless multi-hop networks - Wireless multimedia systems - Wireless network monitoring - Wireless sensor networks PROCEEDINGS The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and data communications. All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Papers must be submitted electronically in the conference site. The maximum size of papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures. Please adhere to the formatting standard for a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address. There will be a Best Paper Award. GENERAL CHAIRS: Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Peter Langendoerfer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany TPC CHAIRS: Vasilios Siris, University of Crete / FORTH-ICS, Greece Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, The Netherlands LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Bilhanan Silverajan, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jakub Jakubiak, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Saara Kallio, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Heikki Vatiainen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Sari Kinnari, Tampere University of Technology, Finland PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Sonia Aissa, Universite du Quebec, Canada Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Khalid Al-Begain, University of Glamorgan, UK Manuel Alvarez-Campana, Univ. Polit. de Madrid, Spain Leonardo Badia, IMT Lucca, Italy Mortaza Bargh, Telematics Institute, Netherlands Carlos Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal Thomas Michael Bohnert, Siemens CT, Germany Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Rafaelle Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Wojciech Burakowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Maria Calderon, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Xiuzhen Cheng, George Washington University, USA Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, France Adam Dunkels, SICS, Sweden Magda El Zarki, University of California, Irvine, USA Peder Emstad, Norwegian Univ. of Sc. & Tech., Norway Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Sonia Heemstra de Groot, WMC / TU Delft, The Netherlands Markus Hofmann, Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent, USA Andreas Kassler, Karlstads University, Sweden Ibrahim Khalil, RMIT University, Australia Byung Kim, University of Mass. Lowell, USA Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland Rolf Kraemer, IHP Microelectronics, Germany Peter Kropf, University of Neuch?tel, Switzerland Leszek Lilien, Western Michigan University, USA Remco Litjens, TNO ICT, The Netherlands Hai Liu, University of Ottawa, Canada Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Qusay Mahmoud, University of Guelph, Canada Christian Maih?fer, Daimler AG, Germany Lefteris Mamatas, Demokritos University, Greece Saverio Mascolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Paulo Mendes, INESC Porto, Portugal Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Dmitri Moltchanov, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Liam Murphy, University College Dublin, Ireland Marc Necker, Universit?t Stuttgart, Germany Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA Evgeny Osipov, Lule? University of Technology, Sweden Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS, France George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Aleksi Penttinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Anand Prasad, DoCoMo Comm. Labs Europe, Germany Utz Roedig, Lancaster University, UK Theodoros Salonidis, Thomson - Paris Research Labs, France Guenter Schaefer, TU Ilmenau, Germany Jochen Schiller, Free University Berlin, Germany Arunabha Sen, Arizona State University, USA Patrick S?nac, ISAE, France Dimitrios Serpanos, University of Patras, Greece Dirk Staehle, University of W?rzburg, Germany Burkhard Stiller, Univ. of Zurich / ETH Zurich, Switzerland Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Demokritos University, Greece Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Hans van den Berg, TNO ICT / Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands Thiemo Voigt, SICS, Sweden Miki Yamamoto, Kansai University, Japan Chi Zhang, Juniper Networks, USA Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany IMPORTANT DATES Extended submission deadline:................January 4, 2008 Notification of acceptance (extended):.....February 28, 2008 Camera ready papers (extended):...............March 12, 2008 For more information please see the conference site wwic2008.cs.tut.fi or contact the Conference Secretariat at wwic2008(a)cs.tut.fi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by COST 290 Sponsored by ERCIM Organized by Tampere University of Technology, Finland - _______________________________________________ Cost290 mailing list Cost290(a)cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/cost290

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[Tccc] 1st CFP: FOWANC 2008
by Rong Zheng 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of the CFP. -------------------------------------------------------- The First ACM International Workshop on Foundations of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking and Computing (FOWANC 2008) In conjunction with ACM MobiHoc 2008 May 26 or 30, 2008 Hong Kong SAR, CHINA http://nrl.uncc.edu/FOWANC/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission of Papers: 10 February 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 18 March 2008 Final version: 28 March 2008 CONFERENCE THEME Recent research in a variety of wireless ad hoc networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless personal area networks, vehicular networks, RFID networks, and hybrid networks, raises a number of interesting, and difficult, theoretical and algorithmic issues. This workshop is devoted to distributed algorithms and theoretical methods in the context of mobile ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. The workshop is intended to foster cooperation among researchers in mobile ad hoc and sensor networking and theoreticians in algorithm and theory, and push the theoretical research forward for a deeper understanding about ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. This workshop covers the all areas of ad hoc and sensor networking and computing, from physical issues up to applications, with a focus of theoretical and algorithmic aspect. In particular, it will cover distributed algorithms, optimizations, analysis and modeling, randomized algorithms, mechanism design, and theoretical methods in ad hoc and sensor networking and computing. Typical topics include (but not limited to): Channel assignment and management Coding theory and network coding Cryptography, security and privacy Distributed algorithms Dynamic and random networks Dynamic graph algorithms Energy conservation methods and protocols Localization and location tracking Mechanism design and game theory Modeling and complexity analysis Routing, multicast and broadcast Scheduling Selfish behavior and cooperation Synchronization Protocol optimization SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOWANC 2008 will only accept electronic on-line submissions. Detailed instructions can be found in the workshop web page. Accepted papers will be published by ACM. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings are not allowed. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRs: Xiang-Yang Li, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA PUBLICITY CHAIR: Rong Zheng, University of Houston, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR: Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China -- Dr. Rong Zheng, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science 565 Philip G. Hoffman Hall University of Houston Houston, Texas 77204-3010 (713) 743-2663 (Voice) (713) 743-3335( Fax) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: CFP - Networks 2008]
by Lars Wolf 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP - Networks 2008 Datum: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:53:07 +0100 Von: Rolland Vida <vida(a)tmit.bme.hu> Organisation: bme An: 'Rolland Vida' <vida(a)tmit.bme.hu> Dear colleagues, Please consider the below CFP and forward it to your PhD students, research colleagues or appropriate project mailing lists. Best regards, Rolland Vida, Networks 2008 Publicity Chair ********************************************************************** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call ********************************************************************** Call For Papers Conference Title: NETWORKS 2008 - 13th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium "Convergence in Progress" Location & Date: Budapest, Hungary, Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2008 VENUE: Danubius Health Spa Resort Margitsziget Budapest, Hungary Host: Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics Budapest University of Technology and Economics Technical co-sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Communication Society URL: http://www.networks2008.org/ Contact: info(a)hte.hu ********************************************************************** Networks 2008 will focus on the challenges of planning networks to deliver on the promise of Convergence and NGN. The challenges are many - how to build high performance networks for converged services where every step is cost justified and drives profitable growth, where difficult issues of scalability, end-to-end network performance, network management, network and service control, reliability, security and interoperability are planned and then realized, and where flexibility is maintained to allow experimentation with new applications that can foster new and compelling revenue streams for operators. Unleashing the core value of convergence and the reduction in the number of network platforms requires innovation in network planning methods, scalable architectures, new optimization algorithms, and understanding the tradeoffs between different technology choices and migration paths. We are living in very interesting times right now. The revolution we had been hoping for is finally taking place. Mobile and fixed operators are moving to next generation networks. Hundreds of trials are underway. Many operators have made recent commitments, very significant investments towards their future vision, often reducing spending drastically on extensions to current infrastructures to allow spending on new platforms. At such times, industry professionals are on a high learning growth curve and there is an urgent need for forums where true learning can occur thru the exploration of diverse perspectives and opposing viewpoints, the presentation of leading-edge results in planning specific networks, and state-of-the art methods and tools. Networks 2008 provides such an opportunity. It is the 13th of such symposia, held every two years, and attracting participants from all over the world - from network operators, to systems and software companies, to researchers from universities and industry, to systems integrators. At Networks 2008, we will continue the tradition of state-of-the art papers, invited presentations, and panel sessions, as international experts present their latest findings and share experiences in network strategy, planning, operations, management, control and design. NETWORKS 2008 KEY THEMES: 1. Convergence at Different Domains a) Business strategy for convergence in competition b) Economies of scale at network, services, access, terminals and operation domains c) Triple play and Multiple play. Architectures and solutions d) Fixed-Mobile-Nomadic convergence e) Broadband Mobile-Broadcast/Multicast convergence f) IMS architecture and applications solutions g) Addressing and numbering issues h) Example cases on convergence 2. Migration to NGN and Mobile Broadband a) NGN and IMS architectures and solutions b) Migration steps to NGN based on economical evaluation and security c) New services driving evolution to NGN d) Migrating to multimedia/multiservice environment e) VoIP solutions: service, performance, cost and revenues impactsf) IPTV demand and design g) Migration alternatives from 2G to 3G and economical evaluation, Services driving 3G business h) Interoperation across multiple domains i) Regulation and interconnection issues in NGN, Network certification process 3. Routing, Traffic Flows and Optimization a) Multiservice traffic measurement, analysis, characterization and simulation at network level b) Multiservice flow matrix and aggregation methods c) New signaling and control in multimedia/multisystems d) P2P (peer-to-peer) traffic flows and implications on network demand e) Impact of GRID services f) Intra-Domain and Inter-Domain routing, TE (Traffic Engineering) and resilience g) Optimization process with technical and economic criteria h) Using Game Theory, Meta-heuristics and LP/ILP 4. Network Design and Planning Methods a) Network design methods for multimedia services b) Network topology design and optimization at different layers: physical, optical, media and control c) Quality of Service, Quality of Resilience, performance and SLA d) VPN design e) Ad-hoc networking f) Sensor networks and autonomic networks g) End-to-End service performance evaluation h) Network security i) Network resilience: survivability, protection, restoration and availability j) Cost modelling and pricing 5. Role of New Technologies, Developments and Standards a) Optical switching b) New generation SDH, OTN c) New generation internet and IPv6 d) Carrier Grade/Class Ethernet: 100GEth, VPLS, PBB, e) GMPLS, PCE f) Mobile 3.5 and 4G, LTE (Long Term Evolution) g) WiMax h) xDSL and FTTx, Power Line Communication (PLC) i) Broadcast/multicast systems. DVB-T/H 6. Network Planning Support Processes and Tools a) Multilayer planning process b) Business planning methods and tools c) Optical network design tools d) Access planning methods and tools e) NGN planning methods and tools f) 3G planning methods and tools g) OSS and BSS processes and tools h) Network Management support tools Important Dates: Submission of full papers: February 29, 2008 Tutorial Submission: April 11, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2008 Final Version of Accepted Papers and Copyright: August 1, 2008 Paper Submission Guidelines: Papers must be unpublished. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance. Authors of accepted papers must attend the conference to present their contributions. Papers must be submitted electronically through the EDAS system (details will be available at the www.networks2008.org). Each submission must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract (up to 300 words), a complete list of authors and their affiliations, a contact person for correspondence, postal and e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers. The total length of papers should be between 6 and 10 pages. Accepted papers will be published by the HTE and the IEEE. HTE will own the copyright transferred to them by the authors. Papers will also be available electronically from IEEE Xplore (ieeexplore.ieee.org), the digital library of the IEEE. Guidelines for formatting the paper can be obtained from http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/ The top 10% papers receiving highest reviewer score will be invited to related journals. Based on scores and the oral presentation, up to 3 papers will be chosen for the best paper award.

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