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[Fwd: Call for Contributions: UbiComp 2006]
by Lars Wolf 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Contributions: UbiComp 2006 Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:39:44 +0100 From: Matthias Kranz <matthias(a)hcilab.org> To: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ====================== UbiComp 2006 - The Eigth International Conference on Ubiquituous Computing http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2006/ Conference Date: 17. - 21.09.2006 Conference Venue: Marriott Newport Beach, Orange County, California Hosted by: Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences University of California, Irvine Overview: ========= Ubicomp is the premier international forum for research in ubiquitous computing, bringing together designers, computer scientists, social scientists, and artists, to discuss recent developments and future advance. Orange County is located in coastal Southern California, south of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. Typical September weather is sunny and dry with temperatures around 25C. We invite you to submit original, high-quality research contributions in all program categories, including full papers, demonstrations, posters, videos, and the doctoral colloquium. Contributions on all topics related to ubiquitous computing are welcome, including: * tools and techniques for designing, implementing, & evaluating ubiquitous computing systems * mobile, wireless, and ad hoc networking infrastructures for ubiquitous computing * laboratory and in situ studies of ubiquitous computing technologies in use * location-aware and context-based systems for ubiquitous computing * privacy, security, and trust in ubiquitous and pervasive systems. The UbiComp conference has traditionally had a strong workshop program. Workshops allow small groups to gather for intensive discussion around focused topics of interest. The goal of workshops is to share understandings and experiences, to foster research communities, to learn from each other and to envision future directions. NOTE: Ubicomp 2006 will have two days for workshops. Important Dates and Deadlines: ============================== 03/31/2006: Paper and workshop proposals 06/16/2006: Demos and videos 08/18/2006: Early registration 09/17-21/2006: Conference Call for Papers: ================ Ubicomp 2006 welcomes original, high-quality research contributions in the area of ubiquitous, pervasive and handheld computing systems and their applications. This conference seeks to present novel research results impacting the design and usage of ubiquitous computing technology that migrates beyond the desktop. Submissions should report original research that contributes to our understanding of ubiquitous computing and help advance the state of the art. Examples of appropriate areas of inquiry include: Improving natural interaction (e.g. applied sensing, fusion and reasoning, AI and speech technologies for Ubicomp, increasing machine understanding of human action & vice versa) Constructing ubicomp systems (e.g., systems and toolkit support for constructing, maintaining and deploying and prototyping Ubicomp environments) Embedding computation (e.g. novel user interfaces, computational and sensing/ actuator platforms, assistive technolgies, applied to Ubicomp) Understanding ubicomp and its consequences (e.g. conceptual models, lessons learnt, user studies and results from Ubicomp experiments) Deploying ubicomp technologies (e.g. privacy, security, and trust, real-world and deployment experiences, studies of ubicomp settings) Ubicomp 2006 seeks papers that reflect the full breadth and scope of ubiquitous computing research, including conceptual development, empirical investigations, technological advances, application experiences, and more. Authors should write for the broader Ubicomp audience, however, and make clear how their work contributes to the whole. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of originality, significance of the contribution to the field, technical correctness and presentation. Papers submitted must not have been previously published or be under simultaneous review for any other conference, journal, workshop or other publication. We solicit papers up to 18 pages but explicitly welcome shorter papers. All paper submissions will be treated as full papers, but it is important that their length is appropriate for their content. Papers should be formatted according to the Springer Verlag LNCS format. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer-Verlag as Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Authors are required to attend the conference to present their work. Paper submissions must be anonymized to facilitate blind review. Authors are encouraged to take care throughout the entire document to minimize references that may reveal the identity of the authors or their institutions. Relevant references to an author's previous research should not be suppressed but instead referenced in a neutral way. All paper submissions will be handled electronically by the EDAS system. Note that submission is a two-stage process - authors need to register their paper first and then submit the final manuscript. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF format and conform to the guidelines specified in the call for papers. Authors without EDAS user names will be required to register with the system using the same link as above. Reviewers will be instructed to maintain the confidentiality of all materials for submitted papers throughout the entire reviewing process. Submissions should contain no information that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication. Contacts: ========= General Chair: Crista Lopes, University of California, Irvine, USA Technical Program Committee Chairs: Paul Dourish, University of California, Irvine, USA Adrian Friday, Lancaster University, UK For additional information regarding UbiComp 2006, please visit http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2006/

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[Fwd: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting (New Year's 2006)]
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting (New Year's 2006) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 11:16:26 -0800 From: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> Reply-To: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> To: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting (New Year's 2006) ____________________________________________________________ Contents 1. Announcements SPW 2006 2006-01-13 http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~strrjh/SP2006/ USENIX 2006 2006-01-17 http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix06/index.html SIGCOMM 2006 2006-02-03 http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2006/ * SelfMan 2006 2006-02-08 http://research.ihost.com/selfman2006/ NOSSDAV 2006 2006-02-08 http://www.nossdav.org/2006/cfp.html EmNets 2006 2006-02-27 http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/emnets/ SysML 2006 2006-03-03 http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/sysml/ * QEST 2006 2006-03-20 http://www.qest.org * NetEcon 2006-03-27 http://issg.cs.duke.edu/netecon06/ (* = new this month) 2. About this list How to subscribe, unsubscribe, and submit requests for announcements. More information about SIGOPS can be found at the SIGOPS webpage: http://www.acm.org/sigops To view the HTML version of this page, go to: http://www.acm.org/sigops/announce/current.html ____________________________________________________________ Announcements SPW 2006 Title: 14th International Workshop on Security Protocols Deadline: 2006-01-13 Webpage: http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~strrjh/SP2006/ Conference: March 27/28/29 2006 Contact: J.M.Hunt AT herts.ac.uk Location: Cambridge, England Synopsis: The theme of this year's workshop is "putting the human back in the protocol". The trend over the last 30 years has been to regard humans as the least reliable (and least secure) parts of the system, but the human is often the only part of the system which is directly aware of the security requirement. Our intention is to stimulate discussion, not merely to consider finished work. As with previous years, attendance is by invitation only; to be invited you must submit a position paper. You are therefore encouraged to submit such a paper (see web site). ____________________________________________________________ USENIX 2006 Title: 2006 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX'06) Deadline: 2006-01-17 Webpage: http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix06/index.html Conference: May 30 - June 3, 2006 Contact: usenix06chairs(a)usenix.org Location: Boston, MA, USA Synopsis: The Program Committee for the Systems Practice & Experience Track (formerly the the Refereed Papers General Track) is seeking your participation. Please note that the submissions deadline is January 17, 2006. Authors are invited to submit original and innovative papers that further the knowledge and understanding of modern computing systems, with an emphasis on practical implementations and experimental results. We encourage papers that break new ground or present insightful results based on experience with computer systems. The USENIX conference has a broad scope, and we encourage papers in a wide range of topics in systems. ____________________________________________________________ SIGCOMM 2006 Title: ACM SIGCOMM 2006 Abstract: 2006-02-03 Deadline: 2006-02-10 Webpage: http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2006/ Conference: September 11-15, 2006 Contact: Location: Pisa, Italy Synopsis: The SIGCOMM 2006 conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. We invite submissions on network architecture, design, implementation, operations, analysis, measurement, and simulation. SIGCOMM is a selective conference where full papers typically report novel results firmly substantiated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! SelfMan 2006 Title: 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Self-Managed Networks, Systems & Services Deadline: 2006-02-08 Webpage: http://research.ihost.com/selfman2006/ Conference: June 16, 2006 Contact: selfman2006(a)gmail.com Location: Dublin, Ireland Synopsis: As the networks, systems and services that sustain our day-to-day IT and communication infrastructures become increasingly complex, traditional solutions to manage and control them seem to have reached their limits. Researchers are thus testing alternate paradigms to organize these infrastructures. In recent years, self-* principles have raised much interest in integrated management, networking, distributed systems and software engineering. During this workshop, we wish to gather people with different backgrounds to analyze and discuss the potential of self-* technologies for managing and controlling networks, systems and services. Areas of interest include self-management, self-organization, self-adaptability, self- monitoring, self-tuning, self-repair and self-configuration. ____________________________________________________________ NOSSDAV 2006 Title: The 16th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video Abstract: 2006-02-08 Deadline: 2006-02-15 Webpage: http://www.nossdav.org/2006/cfp.html Conference: May, 22-23, 2006 Contact: brian(a)cs.umass.edu, claypool(a)cs.wpi.edu Location: Newport, Rhone Island, USA Synopsis: NOSSDAV fosters cutting-edge, state-of-the-art research in multimedia and newly emerging areas. The workshop environment encourages lively discussion among participants and invites strong feedback for work in progress. NOSSDAV invites submissions on all areas of multimedia computing and networking. Papers grounded in experimental research based on prototype and real systems are highly valued. Papers proposing new directions for research or calling into question existing conventional wisdom are welcomed. NOSSDAV will give extra consideration to papers where the source code to experimental or real systems is released and to papers that aim to comprehensively validate previous work in some topic within multimedia. ____________________________________________________________ EmNets 2006 Title: 3rd IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets'06) Deadline: 2006-02-27 Webpage: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/emnets/ Conference: May 30-31, 2006 Contact: emnets(a)eecs.harvard.edu Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Synopsis: The Third Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets 2006) will focus on groundbreaking research in wireless sensor systems with an emphasis on three topic areas: (1) Emerging research directions for sensor networks; (2) Application experiences; and (3) Early results from new research efforts. In keeping with the focused workshop format, EmNets encourages submissions that present exciting new work, challenge conventional ideas, propose new research directions, evaluate real-world applications and deployments, and generate controversy. We especially welcome papers reporting on highly original or risky research, position papers, and reports on application experiences and deployments. ____________________________________________________________ SysML 2006 Title: First Workshop on Tackling Computer Systems Problems with Machine Learning Techniques Deadline: 2006-03-03 Webpage: http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/sysml/ Conference: June 27, 2006 Contact: emrek(a)microsoft.com Location: Saint-Malo, France Synopsis: More and more researchers are borrowing machine learning techniques to attack a wide-range of systems problems, from reliability and performance in large-scale systems and networks to power efficiency in sensor networks and self-configuration in complicated systems. Regardless of the domain, applying machine learning techniques requires us to deal with many similar issues, from scalably collecting training data to interpreting and responding to algorithm results. We invite submissions of short position papers or reports of early work, and especially encourage reports of experiences with real-world systems and lessons likely to be applicable across a variety of computer systems. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! QEST 2006 Title: 3rd International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems Abstract: 2006-03-20 Deadline: 2006-03-27 Webpage: http://www.qest.org Conference: September 11-14, 2006 Contact: Alma.Riska(a)seagate.com Location: Riverside, CA, USA Synopsis: The International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST) is the leading forum on evaluation and verification of computer systems and networks, through stochastic models and measurements, possibly incorporating non-deterministic behavior. Quantitative properties of interest include performance, reliability, availability, safety, security, survivability, correctness, timeliness, and efficiency. In short, QEST aims to create a sound methodological basis for assessing and designing trustworthy computing systems and networks. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! NetEcon Title: Workshop on the Economics of Networked Systems Deadline: 2006-03-27 Webpage: http://issg.cs.duke.edu/netecon06/ Conference: June 11, 2006 Contact: chase(a)cs.duke.edu Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Synopsis: NetEcon merges two workshops held in previous years: P2PEcon (Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems) and PINS (Practice and Theory of Incentives in Networked Systems). The workshop solicits 6-page position papers that will promote a cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas on the role of incentives and game-theoretic or economic principles in the design and analysis of networked systems. Contexts of particular interest for this workshop include Internet routing and traffic control, peer-to-peer services, distributed hosting platforms (utilities or grids), and wireless mesh networks. ____________________________________________________________ About SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE The SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE mailing list is intended to provide a low-volume channel that provides operating systems researchers and practitioners with information about upcoming events or other important announcements. In general, a message containing a group of such announcements will be sent about once per month with the subject line "SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting". On rare occasions, announcements of particular interest or urgency will be sent out with a different subject line, starting with "SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting" (for readers who wish to use mail filtering programs.) Finally, this mailing list is made available for use by publicity chairs of SIGOPS-sponsored conferences and the SIGOPS officers. To subscribe, send mail to LISTSERV(a)ACM.ORG with the following command (paste it!) in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE To unsubscribe, send mail to LISTSERV(a)ACM.ORG with the following command in the body of the message: UNSUBSCRIBE SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE To get more information about manipulating your subscription to this list, go to http://www.acm.org/infodir/services/listserv/doc.html To contact the owner of the list or to report a problem with the list, email SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE-request(a)ACM.ORG To request that an announcement be included in these mailings, go to http://sysnet.ucsd.edu/sigops/acm.html ____________________________________________________________ Geoff Voelker, SIGOPS Information Director

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Deadline Extended: Wiley IJCS Special Issue on Energy-Efficient Network Protocols and Algorithms on Wireless Sensor Networks]
by Lars Wolf 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Deadline Extended: Wiley IJCS Special Issue on Energy-Efficient Network Protocols and Algorithms on Wireless Sensor Networks Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:38:08 -0500 (EST) From: Jun Zheng <vjzheng(a)site.uottawa.ca> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ========================================================== * Call for Papers * * * * A Special Issue * * of * * Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems * * on * * Energy-Efficient Network Protocols and Algorithms * * for Wireless Sensor Netowrks * * * ========================================================== Extended Deadline: January 20, 2006 Wireless sensor networking is an emerging technology that promises a wide range of potential applications in both civilian and military areas, and has therefore received tremendous attention from both academia and industry in recent years. A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of a large number of inexpensive and small nodes with sensing, data processing, and communication capabilities, which are densely deployed in a region of interest and collaborate to accomplish a common task, such as environmental monitoring, military surveillance, and industry process control. Distinguished from traditional wireless networks and ad hoc networks, WSNs are characterized of dense node deployment, unreliable sensor node, frequent topology change, and severe power, computation, and memory constraints. These unique characteristics and constraints present many new challenges to practical realization of WSNs, such as energy conservation, self-organization, fault tolerance, etc. In particular, sensor nodes are usually battery-powered and should operate without attendance for a relatively long period of time. In most cases, it is very difficult and even impossible to change or recharge batteries for these sensor nodes. For this reason, energy efficiency is of primary importance for the operational lifetime of a sensor network. To prolong the lifetime of a sensor network, energy efficiency must be considered in almost every aspect of sensor network design, not only at the physical layer but also at the link layer and the network layer. From the networking perspective, energy efficiency must be considered in the design of various network protocols and algorithms, including those for topology discovery, self-organization, medium access control, routing, data aggregation, fault-tolerance, etc. An energy-efficient network protocol or algorithm can provide significant power savings in individual sensor nodes and thus prolong the lifetime of the entire network. However, most existing network protocols and algorithms for traditional wireless ad hoc networks cannot effectively address the power constraint and other constraints of sensor networks. To realize the vision of sensor networks, it is imperative to develop various energy-efficient network protocols and algorithms in order to efficiently use the limited power in each sensor node and prolong the lifetime of the network. The aim of this special issue is to present a collection of high-quality research papers that focus on energy-efficient network protocols and algorithms for WSNs. We are soliciting original contributions that were previously unpublished and are currently not under consideration by any other journal. As applicable to this theme, topics of interests include but are not limited to: - Topology discovery and self-organization - Medium access control (MAC) - Routing and data dissemination - Multicasting, geocasting, and broadcasting - Quality of service routing - Energy and resource management - Query processing and data aggregation - Localization and time synchronization - Fault-tolerance and self-healing - Performance modeling and analysis Prospective authors should prepare their manuscript in accordance with the publication format described in the Instructions to Authors (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/5996/ForAuthors.html). There will be only one round of technical reviews and acceptance will be limited to papers requiring only minor to moderate revisions. Authors should submit a PDF version of their complete manuscripts (which should be compressed if the file size exceeds 1 MB) to jzheng at ieee.org according to the following timetable: Manuscript Submission: January 20, 2006 (Extended Deadline) Acceptance notification: May 1, 2006 Final manuscript due: July 1, 2006 Tentative publication date: Late 2006 Guest Editors Dr. Jun Zheng School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa 800 King Edward Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada Tel: (613)562-5800x6243 Fax: (613)562-5664 Email: jzheng at ieee.org Dr. Petre Dini Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706, USA Tel: (408) 853-4050 Fax: (408) 527-6351 Email: pdini at cisco.com Prof. Abbas Jamalipour School of Electrical & Information Eng. University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006, Australia Phone: +61 2 9351 2843 Fax: +61 2 9351 3847 Email: a.jamalipour at ieee.org Prof. Pascal Lorenz University of Haute Alsace IUT, 34 rue du Grillenbreit Colmar, 68008, France Tel: 33 (0)6 3263-0204 Fax: +61 2 9351 3847 Email: lorenz at ieee.org Prof. Dr. Do van Thanh Wireless Communications Telenor R&D Norwegian University of Science & Technology Snarøyveien 30 1331 Fornebu, Norway Tel: +47 909 77 102 Fax: +47 962 10 492 Email: thanh-van.do at telenor.com _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [ISCC06] CFP: Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2006)]
by Lars Wolf 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ISCC06] CFP: Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2006) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:23:52 +0200 From: Periklis Chatzimisios <peris(a)it.teithe.gr> To: Chatzimisios Periklis <pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org> (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= 1st Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2006) April 2, 2006 Athens, Greece In conjunction with 12th European Wireless Conference (EW 2006) (http://www.telecom.ece.ntua.gr/EW2006) Scope The purpose of the MediaWiN 2006 Workshop is to provide a forum for presenting and discussing recent advances in multimedia systems, services and applications over wireless networks. In particular, the Workshop will bring together leading researchers, industry professionals and academics from companies, governmental agencies, and universities around the world to exchange information and new findings as well as to study the special problems and challenges of the multimedia mobile and wireless environments. Topics of Interest The workshop will only accept for review original papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by another conference or journal. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to the following: Quality and Reliability of Wireless Multimedia * Providing QoS over wireless networks (Scheduling, Call admission Control and Rate control,packetization schemes, prioritization schemes) * Cross-Layer techniques for multimedia communications over wireless networks * Provisioning, monitoring, and management of IP services for WPANs/WLANs * Traffic charging and accounting of integrated systems and services * Multimedia support over multi-hop wireless networks (mesh, ad-hoc, sensor networks) Performance Modeling and Analysis of High-speed Wireless PANs and LANs * Performance evaluation of multimedia services via analysis, simulation and experiments (voice, video, interactive gaming) * Design, implementation and testbed/experimental results for wireless multimedia systems * Energy efficiency in wireless multimedia protocols Emerging Standards and Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications * Performance of VoIP, VoD services and related protocols (IPv4, IPv6, H.323, SIP,RTP,RTCP) * Standardization activities in emerging standards: IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16 * New network architectures and management solutions for WLANs (IEEE 802.11v,CAPWAP) * Emerging and visionary multimedia applications for wireless mobile networks * Authentication and security issues in wireless multimedia systems Important dates Submission of research papers: February 5, 2006 Notification of paper acceptance: February 25, 2006 Submission of camera-ready papers: March 6, 2006 Workshop date: April 2, 2006 Submission Guidelines We encourage submission of high-quality technical papers reporting original work and previously unpublished research in the above theoretical and experimental research areas. Submitted papers must be submitted to any of the Chairs as a .PDF file and must not exceed 7 A4 pages, double columned, single-spaced format, using 12-point font size. All submissions must also contain full contact information of the authors along with an abstract no more than 150 words describing the presented research content. Organizing Committee Workshop Co-Chairs Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Vasileios Vitsas, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Co-Chairs Ilenia Tinnirello, University of Palermo, Italy Andrea Zanella, University of Padova, Italy Technical Program Committee Dimitrios Amanatiadis (TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece) Leonardo Badia (University of Ferrara, Italy) Frank Ball (Bournemouth University, UK) Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) Anthony Boucouvalas (Bournemouth University, UK) David Everitt (University of Sydney, Australia) Fary Z. Ghassemlooy (Northumbria University, UK) Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy) Ibrahim Habib (City University of New York, USA) Pi Huang (Bournemouth University, UK) Christos Ilioudis (TEI of Larissa, Greece) Alexandros Kaloxylos (University of Peloponnese, Greece) Michael Logothetis (University of Patras, Greece) Vasileios Lourdas (TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece) Stefan Mangold (Swisscom Innovations, Switzerland) Ioannis Mavridis (University of Macedonia, Greece) Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece) Kostas Pentikousis (VTT Tech. Research Centre, Finland) Luca Scalia (University of Palermo, Italy) Antonio Servetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Yang Xiao (University of Memphis, USA) Michele Zorzi (University of Padova, Italy) -- Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios Researcher in Wireless Communications & Multimedia Networks Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki, GR-574 00 Thessaloniki, Greece E-mail: pchatzimisios(a)ieee.org URL: http://decweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/staff/pchatzimisios Tel: +30 2310-791604 Fax: +30 2310-791290 _______________________________________________ Iscc2005 mailing list Iscc2005(a)mail.ing.unibo.it http://calvin.ing.unibo.it/mailman/listinfo/iscc2005

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Extended deadline: Jan 15, 2006 for IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Mobile Service Platforms]
by Lars Wolf 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Extended deadline: Jan 15, 2006 for IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Mobile Service Platforms Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:32:56 +0100 From: Kellerer, Wolfgang <kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <p2prg(a)irtf.org>, <all(a)ist-mobilife.org>, <spice-all(a)eurescom.de>, <wg2(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <wg3(a)wireless-world-research.org> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended deadline for manuscript submission: January 15, 2006 !!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE Communications Magazine Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems Call for Papers http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/cfpcommag906.htm Background Mobile communications has evolved to an integral component in our everyday life providing a growing variety of services. Traditional cellular technologies have been enhanced by Internet technologies in order to repeat the enormous success of the Internet also for mobile environments. In addition, the trend of ubiquitous computing introduces large-scale interaction with the environment based on sensors and actuators. Industry is pushing new standards that allow high data rate mobile multimedia applications as well as seamless communication across heterogeneous access and networking technologies. In such a diverse world, the success of the next generation mobile communication systems will depend on services and applications that will be provided. Future service platforms are expected to integrate those different paradigms providing open interfaces to service and application providers taking new software technologies into account. New paradigms are emerging that need to be supported. For example, the customer acceptance is considered to be widely increased by tailoring services and applications to actual user needs, their preferences and the context a user is in. Another example is peer-to-peer services, where (mobile) users directly interact with each other without central control. A well engineered next generation service platform should provide all means to allow innovative services to be created, deployed, and managed addressing customer and provider needs. For example, third party interfaces will allow chaining of expertise in service provisioning. In addition, semantic technologies may help to structure contextual knowledge about the userís environment. Scope of Contributions The papers of this feature topic will focus on advanced concepts for next generation mobile service platforms. We solicit papers covering a variety of topics that include, but are not limited to the following aspects: - Open service architectures (open interfaces, transition of OSA/Parlay/IMS towards B3G/4G) - Advanced IP-based service signaling architectures and protocols (including session mobility) - Concepts and realization of emerging features for B3G/4G mobile service platforms (context awareness, personalization, agents, service adaptation) - Decentralized, self-organized service platforms (e.g., peer-to-peer systems) - Ubiquitous service platforms (smart cards, sensor networks) and their integration with mobile systems service platforms (service gateways) - Service discovery and service composition, including the application of semantic information Papers should be of tutorial in nature and authors must follow the IEEE Communications Magazine guidelines for preparation of the manuscript. For further detail please refer to 'Information for Authors' on the IEEE Communications Magazine web site at http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/sub_guidelines.html. Manuscripts should be submitted through Manuscript Central at http://commag-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/ by December 31, 2005. Please select 'September 2006/Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems' in the drop down menu. Schedule of Submissions Manuscript submission: January 15, 2006 --- EXTENDED DEADLINE! Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2006 Final manuscripts due: June 15, 2006 Publication date: September 2006 Guest Editors Wolfgang Kellerer DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe Landsberger Str. 312 80687 Munich, Germany Tel: +49-89-56824-222 Email: kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com Stefan Arbanowski Fraunhofer FOKUS Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 10589 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-30-3463-8197 Email: arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de ------------------------------------------ Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kellerer Manager Ubiquitous Services Platforms Future Networking Lab DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH Landsberger Str. 312 80687 Munich, Germany Tel. +49-89-56824-222 Fax. +49-89-56824-300 E-mail: kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com i-mode: kellerer(a)imail.de http://www.docomolab-euro.com ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] 5th International Conference on Ad hoc Networks and Wireless (Adhoc-Now 2006)]
by Lars Wolf 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] 5th International Conference on Ad hoc Networks and Wireless (Adhoc-Now 2006) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:34:38 -0500 (EST) From: Mieso Denko <denko(a)cis.uoguelph.ca> To: <manet(a)ietf.org>, <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org>, <agents(a)cs.umbc.edu>, <admin(a)ai-gakkai.org.jp>, <conf(a)takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp>, <amlist(a)takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp>, <discuss(a)ieeetcsc.org> [We apologize if you receive this CFP more than once]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS - AD HOC NOW 2006 5th International Conference on Ad hoc Networks and Wireless Ottawa, August 17-19, 2006 http://kunz-pc.sce.carleton.ca/AdHocNow2006/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Abstract Submission: February 24, 2006 Paper Submission : March 3, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: May 3, 2006 Camera-ready versions due: June 7, 2006 Demo proposals due: May 1, 2006 SCOPE ------ We are interested in work in progress, experimental and theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad-Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. Of interest, but not limited to, are research papers in any of the following areas: * Access Control * Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems * Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation * Application for Ad Hoc Networks * Architectures of Ad-Hoc Networks * Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks * Location Discovery and Management * Low Power and Energy-Efficient Designs * Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms, Systems and Testbeds * Quality-of-Service * Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) * Secure Services and Protocols * Sensor Networks * Self-Configuration * Service Discovery * Timing Synchronization * Wireless Internet PROCEEDINGS ----------- As in the past years, we plan to have the proceedings of Adhoc Now 2006 published by Springer-Verlag, as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------------ Authors are strongly encouraged to (but not required to) submit a 150 word abstract of their paper along with three keywords by the abstract submission deadline (February 24, 2006). Acceptable formats for the abstracts are plain text, postscript (PS) and portable document format (PDF). Submissions should not exceed 14 pages (including a 150 word abstract, all figures, tables and references) in Springer Verlag LNCS format. Acceptable formats for papers are PS and PDF. Submissions which are not in the appropriate format will be rejected without review. All papers will be reviewed for technical merit. Each accepted paper will be published in the conference proceedings, provided at least one author of the paper registers to present the paper at the conference. All abstract and paper submissions will be handled electronically at the conference website. SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS --------------------- Proposals for system demonstrations related to wireless networks are also solicited. Proposals should not exceed 3 pages in LNCS format and should include a description of the demo and the equipment to be used. Potential demonstrators are requested to submit a proposal in PS or PDF format to one of the Co-Chairs of the Technical Program Committee (Thomas Kunz -- tkunz(a)sce.carleton.ca or S. S. Ravi -- ravi(a)cs.albany.edu) by May 1, 2006. Please include contact information (postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers) in the submission. Accepted proposals for system demonstrations will be allotted three pages in the proceedings, provided at least one author registers to present the demo at the conference. TECHNICAL COMMITTEES -------------------- Program Committee Co-Chairs: Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Steering Committee: Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Ioanis Nikolaidis, Univ. of Alberta, Canada Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State Univ., USA Publicity Committee: Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Technical Program Committee: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, SUNY Binghamton, USA Eitan Altman, INRIA, France Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada Rida Bazzi, Arizona State Univ., USA Prosenjit Bose, Carleton University, Canada Torsten Brown, Univ. Berne, Switzerland Gruia Calinescu, Illinois Inst. of Tech., USA Edgar Chavez, Univ. Michoacana, Mexico Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Taiwan Jorge Cobb, Univ. Texas Dallas, USA Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Pilu Crescenzi, Univ. Florence, Italy Mieso Denko, Univ. of Guelph, Canada Stefan Dobrev, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada Mischa Dohler, King's College, London, UK Andras Farago, UT Dallas, USA Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Stefan Fischer, Univ. Luebeck, Germany Antonio Gomez-Skarmeta, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Alex Hall, ETH, Zurich Admela Jukan, Georgia Tech, USA Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Valerie King, Univ. Victoria, Canada Danny Krizanc, Wesleyan University, USA Sven Krumke, Univ. Kaiseslautern, Germany Thomas Kunz, Carleton Univ., Canada Louise Lamont, Communications Research Center, Canada Errol Lloyd, Univ. Delaware, USA Angela Mielke, Los Alamos National Labs, USA Jelena Misic, Univ. Manitoba, Canada Pat Morin, Carleton University, Canada Lata Narayanan, Concordia Univ, Canada Ioanis Nikolaidis, Univ. Alberta, Canada J. Opatrny, Concordia Univ., Canada Marina Papatriantafilou, Chalmers Univ., Sweden Paolo Penna, Univ. Salerno, Italy Cristina Pinotti, Univ. Perugia, Italy Guy Pujolle, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France Ravi Prakash, Univ. Texas at Dallas, USA Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM, Mexico S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Jean-Marc Robert, Alcatel, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Christian Schindelhauer, Univ. Paderborn, Germany Andrew Scott, Lancaster Univ., UK Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research LLC and Clemson Univ., USA Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. Ottawa, Canada Ravi Sundaram, Northeastern University, USA Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State Univ., USA Damla Turgut, Univ. of Florida, USA Anil Kumar Vullikanti, Virginia Tech., USA Paul Ward, Univ. Waterloo, Canada Gergely Zaruba, Univ. Texas at Arlington, USA Jerry Zhao, ICSI-Berkeley, USA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------- For questions regarding obtaining visas, accommodation, etc, please contact Thomas Kunz (mailto:tkunz@sce.carleton.ca). Questions regarding paper submissions should be addressed to S. S. Ravi (mailto:ravi@cs.albany.edu). _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: CFP: ACM SenSys 2006]
by Lars Wolf 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: ACM SenSys 2006 Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:56:56 -0800 From: Wei Ye <weiye(a)ISI.EDU> To: tcgn(a)comsoc.org Our Apologies if you have received multiple copies of the CFP. Wei Ye and Cormac J. Sreenan SenSys'06 Publicity Co-Chairs --------- ACM SenSys 2006: Call for Papers The 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems November 1-3, 2006 Boulder, Colorado, USA http://www.isi.edu/sensys2006/ Sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, SIGARCH, SIGOPS, SIGMETRICS and SIGBED; with support from NSF. The 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the area of embedded, networked sensors. Distributed systems based on networked sensors and actuators with embedded computation capabilities allow for an instrumentation of the physical world at an unprecedented scale and density, thus enabling a new generation of monitoring and control applications. This conference provides an ideal venue to address the research challenges facing the design, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensor networks require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, distributed systems, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work. We seek technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research results. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, new research results in the following areas for sensor networks: -Sensor network architecture and protocols -Distributed coordination algorithms such as localization, time synchronization, clustering, and topology control -Failure resilience and fault isolation -Energy management -Operating systems -Data, information, and signal processing -Data storage and management -Distributed actuation and control -Programming methodology -Security and privacy -Sensor network planning, provisioning, calibration and deployment -Operational experience and testbeds -Experimental methodology, including measurement, simulation, and emulation infrastructure -Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits -Applications -Sensor networks in unusual environments -Integration with back-end systems such as web-based information systems, process control, and enterprise software Important dates: Paper Registration and Abstract: March 30, 2006, midnight US Eastern Time Paper Submission Deadline: April 6, 2006, midnight US Eastern Time Notification of Paper Acceptance: June 29, 2006 Camera Ready Paper Copy: August 22, 2006 All deadlines are firm; we will not honor extensions. Papers must be original, unpublished work not under consideration elsewhere. For submission details, see the conference web site. Selected papers from the conference will be forwarded to the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks for possible publication. For the first time SenSys 2006 will present a best paper/presentation award. Demos: Demonstrations showing innovative research and applications are solicited. SenSys is very interested in demonstrations of technology, platforms, and applications of wireless sensor networks. Abstracts of accepted demos will be published in the SenSys conference proceedings. Submissions from both industries and universities are encouraged. For the first time SenSys 2006 will present a best demo award for the best student demo. For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for demos with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Posters: Posters showing exiting early work on sensor networks are solicited. Areas of interest are the same as those listed in the technical call for papers. While the poster need not describe completed work, it should report on research for which at least preliminary results are available. We especially encourage submissions by students (that is, for which a student is the first author on the poster). For submission details, see the conference web site. A call for posters with submission dates, etc., will be posted at a later point. Committees: General Chair: Andrew T. Campbell, Dartmouth College Program Co-Chairs: Philippe Bonnet, DIKU; John Heidemann, USC/ISI Program Committee Members: Anish Arora, Ohio State Tucker Balch, GaTech Jan Beutel, ETHZ Nirupama Bulusu, Portland State U. Erdal Cayirci, Istambul Dave Culler, UCB Deepak Ganesan, UMass Phillip Gibbons, Intel Research Leonid Guibas, Stanford Sanjay Jha, UNSW Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt Phil Levis, Stanford Sam Madden, MIT Shivakant Mishra, U. Colorado Joe Paradiso, MIT Greg Pottie, UCLA Andreas Savvides, Yale Sergio Servetto, Cornell Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki U. Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research Local Arrangements Chair: Rick Han, U. Colorado Poster Co-Chairs: Henry Tirri, Nokia; Robert Szewczyk, Moteiv Demo Co-Chairs: Chieh Yih Wan, Intel; Jie Liu, Microsoft Publicity Co-Chairs: Wei Ye, USC/ISI; Cormac J. Sreenan, Cork Publications Chair: Sam Madden, MIT Web Chair: Mark Hansen, UCLA Registration Chair: Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt U. Finance Chair: Tarek Abdelzaher, UIUC Sponsorships Chair: Injong Rhee, NCSU Travel Awards: Haiyun Luo, UIUC Steering Committee: Anish Arora, Ohio State Victor Bahl, Microsoft Hari Balakrishnan, MIT David Culler, Berkeley Deborah Estrin, UCLA Ramesh Govindan, USC Craig Partridge, BBN Jason Redi, BBN Mani Srivastava, UCLA John Stankovic, U. Virgina Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research Taieb Znati, U. 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[Fwd: [Tccc] Ad Hoc Networks Journal Call For Papers: Wireless Mesh Networks]
by Lars Wolf 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Ad Hoc Networks Journal Call For Papers: Wireless Mesh Networks Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:21:42 -0500 (EST) From: Xudong Wang <wxudong(a)ece.gatech.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CC: Xudong Wang <wxudong(a)ieee.org>, Anthony Ephremides <etony(a)mintaka.isr.umd.edu>, Edward Knightly <knightly(a)ece.rice.edu> [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies] ==================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAl ISSUE ON WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/ Guest editors: Xudong Wang, Kiyon, Inc. Edward Knightly, Rice University Marco Conti, National Research Council, Italy Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless mesh networks consist of mesh clients and mesh routers. Mesh routers form a wireless backbone via multi-hop ad-hoc networking but with minimal-mobility. The mesh backbone provides network access for both wired and wireless clients including mesh clients, and enables the integration of various wired and wireless networks. Mesh clients can run as a mobile ad hoc network. However, in order to achieve much better network performance, it is always preferable for them to work under the coordination of mesh routers. Due to the existence of a mesh backbone, wireless mesh networks possess many advantages over other wireless networks, and are expected to be one of the most promising wireless networking technologies. Despite recent progresses in wireless mesh networks, many research issues still remain. This special issue is dedicated to state-of-the-art research achievements in the area of wireless mesh networking. The papers must focus on research problems that are specific to wireless mesh networking, rather than on generic topics of ad-hoc or multi-hop networking. This special issue will cover all aspects of wireless mesh networking. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Mesh network architecture and performance analysis Mesh network capacity Scalability issues and solutions Medium access control and routing protocols Protocol design for MIMO, adaptive antenna, reconfigurable radios, software radios, and cognitive radios Cross-layer design and optimization QoS and multimedia traffic over wireless mesh networks Topology, power, and mobility management Interworking between heterogeneous networks and adaptive protocols Network self-organization and self-configuration Trustworthy networks and security algorithms Incentives, cooperation, and reputation systems Testbed, deployment, and application practice Authors must submit their manuscripts through Elsevier Editorial System at http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/, and must choose article type as Special Issue-Wireless Mesh Networks. For detailed formatting instructions, please refer to the guidelines available at the AD HOC Networks journal web site, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/. The review process will be based on a pre-review phase for screening papers out of the scope of this special issue, and a single round of technical reviews. Acceptance will be limited to those papers requiring only minor revisions. The key dates are listed as follows: Manuscript Submission Due Date: March 15, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2006 Final Camera-Ready Submission: September 1, 2006 On-line Publication Date: November 1, 2006 Publication Date: November 2007 =================================================================== _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc

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cfp : 32nd Euromicro Conference
by khan＠ibr.cs.tu-bs.de 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

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[Fwd: CfP of IWSOS 2006 (International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems) - Passau, Germany]
by Lars Wolf 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CfP of IWSOS 2006 (International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems) - Passau, Germany Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:36:29 +0100 From: Amine Houyou <houyou(a)fmi.uni-passau.de> To: Amine M. Houyou <Amine.Houyou(a)Uni-Passau.De> Dear colleagues, please find attached the CfP of IWSOS 2006. Apologies for the multiple copies. Season's Greetings, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS New Trends in Network Architectures and Services: International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS 2006) September 18 - 20, 2006 University of Passau, Germany http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/iwsos Overview: The evolution of the Internet reveals surprising turns and obstacles. Centralized approaches of introducing new services and architectures consistently failed to materialize at large scale. Quality of Service, group communication, or mobility support are only some examples for the difficulty with orchestrated approaches. The success story of the Internet, on the other hand, is strongly linked to decentralization. Robustness to failures or flexibility in introducing new applications such as the World Wide Web or Peer-to-Peer systems have been key momentum to technological advancements and economics. Future networks are envisioned to be highly complex and difficult to manage due to heterogeneity of networks, spontaneous set-up of networks, and the envisioned number of interconnected devices, appliances, and artifacts. The question that poses itself is whether self-organization can be exploited to a larger scale for solving some of the pending problems for such future networks. Self-organization may even play a key architectural role of the future Internet for enhanced flexibility and evolvability. It is the goal of this workshop to bring together leading international and multi-disciplinary researchers to create a visionary forum for inves- tigating the potentials in self-organization and the means to achieve it. Key Note Speaker: * A Panel on "Would self-organized or self-managed networks lead to a better networking world?" * A Works in Progress Session focusing on emerging research * Industrial exhibitions and demonstrations Important Dates: * Paper abstract deadline: March 23rd 2006, 11:59pm CET * Paper submission deadline: April 1st 2006, 11:59pm CET * Notification of acceptance: May 15th 2006 * Camera-ready papers due: June 15th 2006, 11:59pm CET * Author registration deadline: June 15th 2006, 11:59 CET * Early registration deadline: August 1st, 2006 * Hotel reservation cut-off date: August 15th, 2006 * Workshop dates: September 18th - 20th 2006 * Workshop reception and welcome party: September 17th 2006 Steering Committee: * Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany * David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK * Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland * James Sterbenz, University of Kansas, USA Program Chairs: * Hermann De Meer University of Passau Passau, Germany * James Sterbenz University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, USA -- Contacts: Amine Houyou Richard Holzer University of Passau Germany

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