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[Fwd: CFP, deadline approaching - Special Issue on Cooperation in Wireless Networks - Springer, Wireless Personal Communications]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP, deadline approaching - Special Issue on Cooperation in Wireless Networks - Springer, Wireless Personal Communications Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:37:43 +0200 From: Antonella Molinaro <molinaro(a)deis.unical.it> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org [Apologies for multiple copies] This is a reminder that the submission deadline for the Special Issue on "Cooperation in Wireless Networks" Springer, Wireless Personal Communications, is rapidly approaching (*October 1st*). The call for papers can be found at _http://kom.aau.dk/~ff/CfPCoNet.html _SCOPE OF SPECIAL ISSUE Cooperation between devices in wireless networks has been identified as one of the key technology enablers required to facilitate next generation wireless communication systems. Much of the existing research in wireless networking assumes a communication between one sender and one or multiple receiver(s). For reasons of self-interest, users may however allow terminals to engage in cooperative behavior, resulting in improved overall network performance. For cooperation, terminals will connect to each other using a short range communication link and simultaneously being connected to the centralized access point. This configuration allows many forms of cooperation. For this special issue, we distinguish between altruism and cooperation by requiring that cooperation benefit each entity involved. From this perspective, pure relaying is an example of altruism and not cooperation. Cooperation is not limited to a single ISO/OSI protocol layer, but can be addressed across multiple protocol layers. The focus of this call is to solicit novel papers addressing cooperation over all protocol layers from physical to application layer. SUBMISSION AND IMPORTANT DATES Papers should follow the Springer format (11pt, single column, double spaced) and not exceed twenty pages including figures and tables. Original papers should be send by submission deadline to *cooperation(a)kom.aau.dk *Submission deadline 1st October 2005 Notification 15th January 2006 Final version 15th February 2006 Planed Issue 2nd half 2006 TOPICS OF INTEREST Original papers are invited in the area of cooperation in wireless networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas of cooperative wireless networks: Architectural Principles Multi–Access Capability Network Coding Radio Access Technologies Cooperative Processing Resource Management Distributed Radio Cooperative Channel Coding Heterogenous Networks Terminal design Self–organizing networks Cognitive Networks Middle-Ware Grid–Computing Source coding for cooperation Cooperating Services GUEST EDITORS Frank H.P. Fitzek, Aalborg University, Denmark, ff(a)kom.aau.dk Mischa Dohler, France Telecom R&D, mischa.dohler(a)francetelecom.com Ian Opperman, CWC, Oulu, Finland, ian(a)ee.oulu.fi Antonella Molinaro, University ”Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Italy, antmolin(a)ing.unirc.it Marcos Katz, SAMSUNG, Korea, marcos.katz(a)samsung.com Christian Bettstetter, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany, bettstetter(a)docomolab-euro.com

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[Fwd: [Tccc] JSAC Sampling the Internet: deadline approaching]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] JSAC Sampling the Internet: deadline approaching Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:28:49 +0100 From: Iannaccone, Gianluca <gianluca.iannaccone(a)intel.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> This is a reminder that the submission deadline for the IEEE JSAC Special Issue on "Sampling the Internet: Techniques and Applications" is rapidly approaching (October 1st). The call for papers can be found at http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/sampling_internet.html Submission can be done online at the following website: http://como.intel-research.net/jsac Submission must be in PDF. You may use the JSAC submission style (see http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Guidelines/info.html) or the JSAC camera ready style (IEEE Transactions style, two column, single spaced, 10pt font, 13 pages max including figures and tables). Please forward this email to your colleagues and students working on related topics. We look forward to your submission. Guest Editors Chadi Barakat Gianluca Iannaccone Jim Kurose Darryl Veitch _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Call for papers fo a workshop on security and privacy]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Call for papers fo a workshop on security and privacy Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:37:02 +0300 From: Christos Douligeris <cdoulig(a)unipi.gr> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> Attach pls find a call for papers for a workshop on research challenges for security and privacy in mobile and wireless networks (which we're shortening to WSPWN 06 for most purposes). Thanks Christos Douligeris _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CfP ACM Transactions on Internet Technology: Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing]
by Lars Wolf 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CfP ACM Transactions on Internet Technology: Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:47:31 +0200 From: Peter Langendoerfer <langendoerfer(a)ihp-microelectronics.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <p2prg(a)irtf.org>, <wg2(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <wg3(a)wireless-world-research.org> References: <28F05C819859B042BBF585C4997D5A476828C2(a)deex.docomolab-euro.com> Please apologize cross/multiple posting, and please feel free to distribute this CfP further ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Call for Papers ACM Transactions on Internet Technology Special Issue on Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing Middleware is a distributed software layer that sits above the network operating system and below the application layer and abstracts the heterogeneity of the underlying environment. It provides an integrated distributed environment whose objective is to simplify the task of programming and managing distributed applications, and to provide value-added services such as naming and transactions to enable easier development and integration of applications and services. Middleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The role of middleware will continue to become increasingly important especially in emerging technologies such as mobile- and service-oriented computing and web services, where the integration of different applications and services from different wired and wireless businesses and service providers become increasingly important. Service-oriented computing is based on the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), which is an architectural style for building software applications that use services available in a network such as the web. It promotes loose coupling between software components so that they can be reused. Applications in SOA are built based on services, which is an implementation of a well-define business functionality, and such services can be consumed by clients in different applications or business processes. SOA provides a level of flexibility that was not possible before in the sense that services are software components with well-defined interfaces that are implementation independent, that services can be dynamically discovered, and composite services can be built from aggregates of other services. Especially applications running on mobile devices can benefit from the flexibility which is provided by SOA. All those benefits, however, raise challenges that need to be addressed by middleware. Middleware will play an essential role in managing and provisioning service-oriented applications. As a result, middleware will be everywhere! The aim of this special issue is be to present most recent research findings on "middleware for service-oriented computing". We are seeking papers that are original, unpublished and not currently under review by workshops, conferences, or other journals. Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following: - Middleware for selection and interaction among services - Middleware for dynamic selection and composition of services/applications - Middleware for dynamic coordination of services/applications - Middleware for context-aware services/applications - Middleware for managing services/applications - Middleware for provisioning QoS-enabled services/applications - Middleware for interoperable services - Performance evaluation of middleware for service-oriented computing Submission Guidelines All papers must be submitted by the midnight (EST) of December 1, 2005. The page limit is 50 double-spaced pages, with a 12pt font size. Please email your paper in PDF format to papers(a)cis.uoguelph.ca . Important Dates Papers are due: December 1, 2005 Notifications: March 1, 2006 Revised papers: May 1, 2006 Notifications of final acceptance based on Editor-in-Chief' comments: July 1, 2006 Final papers: September 1, 2006 Publication: First available issue (possibly third or fourth quarter of 2007) Guest Editors Qusay H. Mahmoud Dept. of Computing & Information Science University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1 Canada qmahmoud(a)cis.uoguelph.ca http://snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca/~qmahmoud Peter Langendoerfer IHP-Microelectronics Frankfurt (Oder), Germany langendoerfer(a)ihp-microelectronics.com http://www.ihp-microelectronics.com/~langend/home.html _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: ARCS'06 CFP] - Deadline Extended!
by Muhammad A Khan 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

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[Fwd: CFP, deadline approaching Journal JNSM special issue WAHN and WSN (fwd)]
by Lars Wolf 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP, deadline approaching Journal JNSM special issue WAHN and WSN (fwd) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:16:19 -0400 (WST) From: Carlos Becker Westphall <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org CALL FOR PAPERS- JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm/ Special Issue on Management of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless Sensor Networks A real revolution is taking place in wireless networking with fundamentally different architectures and services. Wireless Ad hoc networks (WAHNs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are two leaders in this paradigm shift where the "network" is autonomously formed among many nodes (PDAs, lap-tops, sensors, etc.) with varying functionalities and power levels. These networks will be the enablers for ubiquitous computing and communications, as well as they can perform significant functions during natural disasters where pre-existing communications infrastructures may be destroyed. An ad hoc network configures itself dynamically depending on the environment, requiring perhaps a management approach that also dynamically adapts itself. In a wireless sensor network, nodes are assumed to be discardable, requiring fault management to have a totally different approach than for a traditional wired network. Given that WSNs and WAHNs will be dominant networks in not so distant future, what are the challenges for managing these complex and dynamic environments? This special issue intends to include articles describing the results of the latest work in the management of WSNs and WAHNs. The focus of this special issue will include (not limited to) the following topics: · Management architectures for WAHNs and WSNs · Management protocols for WAHNs and WSNs · Security management for WAHNs and WSNs · Configuration and policy-based management for WAHNs and WSNs · Resource allocation and resource discovery for WAHNs and WSNs · Topology discovery for WAHNs and WSNs · Network auto-reconfiguration and self organization for WAHNs and WSNs · Scalability, reliability, and performance issues of WAHNs and WSNs · Call admission and traffic control policies for WAHNs and WSNs · Congestion control for WAHNs and WSNs · Fault management. fault tolerance and error recovery for WAHNs and WSNs · Power management and control algorithms for WAHNs and WSNs · Data management and representation for WAHNs and WSNs · Interoperability with overlay fixed and wireless networks · Applications and services specific network management approaches for WAHNs and WSNs · Service discovery and management for WAHNs and WSNs · Management issues in pilot projects, test beds, implementations for WAHNs and WSNs Instructions to Contributors: We invite prospective authors to submit high quality, unpublished papers in Word, PDF or PS via e-mail to one of the guest editors, depending on their geographic zone. Please prepare the manuscript in single-column, double-spaced format. Paper preparation instructions can be found in any copy of the Journal, or by visiting the JNSM Web site at http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm/. Guest Editors: Mehmet Ulema Barcin Kozbe José Marcos Nogueira Manhattan College Ericsson Inc, F. University of M. Gerais Riverdale, New York, Redmond, Washington Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil mehmet.ulema@manhattan.edu-barcin.kozbe@ericsson.com-jmarcos@dcc.ufmg.br Schedule: Manuscript due: September 30, 2005 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2006 Final manuscript due: March 31, 2006 Publication: 3rd Quarter 2006 On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Carlos Becker Westphall wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:58:56 -0300 > From: jmarcos <jmarcos(a)dcc.ufmg.br> > To: Carlos B.Westphall <westphal(a)lrg.ufsc.br>, > Jose Marcos Nogueira <jmarcos(a)dcc.ufmg.br> > Subject: CFP, deadline approaching Journal JNSM special issue WAHN and WSN > > Carlos, > > Could you please advertise the attached journal special issue CFP in > your lists? The deadline is approaching. > > Thank you in advance, > > Jose Marcos Nogueira > > *CALL FOR PAPERS* > > *JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT* > > */http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/jnsm//* > > *Special Issue on Management of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless > Sensor Networks* > > *Schedule:* > > Manuscript due: *September 30, 2005* > > Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2006 > > Final manuscript due: March 31, 2006 > > Publication: 3^rd Quarter 2006 > > -- The complete CFP is attached ---- > > _______________________________________________ > Lacomsoc mailing list > Lacomsoc(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br > http://orion.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/lacomsoc >

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[Fwd: CFP: Journal of Computer Communications Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)"]
by Lars Wolf 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: Journal of Computer Communications Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)" Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:04:18 -0400 From: Moustafa Youssef <moustafa(a)cs.umd.edu> To: <multicomm(a)comsoc.org> (Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) ------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Journal of Computer Communications (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom) Special Issue on "Sensor-Actuator Networks (SANETs)" Sensor-Actuator NETworks (SANETs) are comprised of networked sensor and actuator nodes that communicate among each other using wireless links to perform distributed sensing and actuation tasks. The recent few years have witnessed an increasing interest in the potential use of SANETs in many applications ranging from healthcare to warfare. In these applications, sensors are engaged in gathering information about the physical environment, while actuators are involved in taking decisions and then performing appropriate actions in the area of interest. This enables SANETs to provide remote sensing and actuation services to their users. SANETs are heterogeneous networks having widely differing sensor and actuator node characteristics; while sensor nodes are small, inexpensive, usually static devices with limited computation, communication and energy resources, actuator nodes are resource-rich and usually mobile. Also, the number of sensor nodes deployed may be in the order of hundreds or thousands. In contrast, actuator nodes are smaller in number due to the different coverage requirements and physical interaction methods of actuation. Typically, a deployed SANET is expected to operate autonomously in unattended environments. Operational requirements of SANETs may vary according to a network’s mission defined over a multi-dimensional context, such as field of deployment (e.g., hostile versus friendly), type of application (e.g., monitoring, tracking, intrusion detection and mitigation), mode of operation (e.g., normal, exception, post-event recovery), and time. In SANETs, depending on the application, there may be a need to rapidly respond to sensor input. Moreover, so as to provide right actions, sensor data must still be valid at the time of acting. Consequently, the issues of real-time communication and coordination are vital in SANETs. Finally, to realize their potential, dependable, secure, application-aware design and operation of SANETs have to be ensured. Apparently, research is needed to resolve the many complicating issues that may impede wide-scale SANET adoption. This special issue of the Journal of Computer Communications will be designated for reporting on recent research results on SANETs. It is expected that non-conventional techniques more suited to the characteristics of SANETs need to be employed. Also, in many cases trade-off would be necessary in order to ensure practicality by dynamically setting bounds on aspects such as dependability, security, and QoS. Papers presenting original and unpublished work are being solicited. Topics of interest include, although not limited to, the following: - Sensor-actuator coordination and communication - Architectural and operational models - Robust routing and MAC protocols - Fault and attack resilience middleware - Models, metrics and measurements - Self-aware and autonomous networks - Localization and mobility - Energy-efficient cross-layer protocols - Security, dependability, privacy and QoS issues - Network management - Formal representation and verification - Network inference (tomography, etc.) - Testbeds, simulation and visualization - Novel applications of sensor and actuator networks ** Submission deadline: February 15 , 2006 ** Decision notification: May 15, 2006 ** Final manuscript due: July 31, 2006 ** Publication date: 1st Quarter 2007 ** Submission instructions: Prospective authors should submit their paper and inquiries electronically to toweissy(a)vt.edu. The manuscript should not exceed 30 double-space pages in PDF. The manuscript should be in a single column font size 11 or larger format. The first page should include title, authors’ contact information, an abstract and five keywords. Authors should include the paper abstract in their message. ** Guest Editors: Mohamed Eltoweissy: The Bradley Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng., Virginia Tech, USA, toweissy(a)vt.edu Silvia Giordano: Dept. of Informatics & Electronics, Univ. of Applied Sci., Switzerland, silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch Stephan Olariu: Dept. of Computer Science, Old Dominion University, USA, olariu(a)cs.odu.edu David Simplot-Ryl: IRCICA/LIFL, University of Lille 1, INRIA Futurs, France, David.Simplot(a)lifl.fr

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[Fwd: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE IPCCC 2006-- 25th Anniversary]
by Lars Wolf 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] CFP: IEEE IPCCC 2006-- 25th Anniversary Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:21:35 -0400 From: Nidal Nasser <nasser(a)cis.uoguelph.ca> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP, but please forward to anyone you believe may be interested -- thanks] CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 25th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) April 10-12, 2006, Mesa Hilton Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona http://www.ipccc.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the past 25 years the International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) is a premiere IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of computer and communication systems. Over the years, IPCCC has been a research forum for academic, industrial, and government researchers. In 2006, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the IEEE IPCCC. We encourage you to submit high-quality papers reporting original work in both theoretical and experimental research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Wireless Sensor Network Wireless Resource Allocation Performance Evaluation Network Management and Control Quality of Service Switch, Router and Network Architecture Routing and Multicast Protocols Network Security High-Performance Computing Performance of Web Servers Power-Aware Design Grid Computing Embedded Systems Storage Systems Traffic Measurement, Analysis and Engineering Information Assurance Network Computing Optical Networks Network Pricing and Charging Network Processors Submitted manuscripts must not exceed 20 pages with 11-point font size. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via EDAS (http://edas.info/home.cgi?c=4597). In addition, proposals are solicited for the following: (Contact the program co-chairs listed at http://www.ipccc.org for details) Panel sessions on topics of timely importance. Student Poster sessions on current research. Important dates: Full papers are due Oct. 4, 2005. Panel proposals and Student Posters are due: Nov. 22, 2005 Notification of acceptance of conference papers: December 20, 2005 Camera-ready manuscripts and registrations due: Feb. 7, 2006 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Mobile Service Platforms - CFP]
by Lars Wolf 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on Mobile Service Platforms - CFP Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:43:01 +0200 From: Kellerer, Wolfgang <kellerer(a)docomolab-euro.com> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <p2prg(a)irtf.org>, <wg2(a)wireless-world-research.org>, <wg3(a)wireless-world-research.org> CC: arbanowski(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: December 31, 2005 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 ------------------------------------------ IEEE Communications Magazine Advances in Service Platform Technologies for Next Generation Mobile Systems Call for Papers 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: December 31, 2005 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 _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (OS Review Changes, CFP for PlanetLab special topics issue)]
by Lars Wolf 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (OS Review Changes, CFP for PlanetLab special topics issue) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:11:26 -0700 From: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> Reply-To: Geoff Voelker <voelker(a)CS.UCSD.EDU> To: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Operating Systems Review Starting with the January 2006 issue, the publication policy of the Operating System Review is changing. In particular, each issue will be organized around a theme and submissions will be solicited for that theme. Guest editors will often be chosen to solicit and review submissions for a special topics issue. We are interested in having a broad range of special topics reflecting both academic and industrial interests. Please send suggestions for special topics issues to the OSR editor, Jeanna Matthews (jnm(a)clarkson.edu). The first special topics issue will be related to PlanetLab and Marc Fiuczynski (mef(a)cs.princeton.edu) will the guest editor. For this issue, we seek submissions on all aspects related to PlanetLab. Topics of interest, but not limited to, include: - Mature long-running services currently operating on PlanetLab - Management tools that ease the deployment of PlanetLab slices - Network measurement tools - Infrastructure services - Debugging and monitoring related to PlanetLab - Resource management, discovery, etc. Papers will be evaluated by a review committee. The primary criteria for acceptance will be clarity of explanation and relationship to PlanetLab. This special issue does not have a predefined format or a target number of accepted papers, but there is a soft cap of roughly 84 pages of text devoted to papers. Papers should be double column including figures and tables in standard ACM format and submitted in printable postscript or pdf. If you are interested in submitting to this issue of OSR, please send email to mef(a)cs.princeton.edu with a brief description of your submission by November 1st 2005. The final submission will be due November 15 2005. Continuing the PlanetLab thread, the 2nd European PlanetLab meeting will be at EPFL in Lausanne, conveniently timed immediately after SOSP in Brighton: PlanetLab Everywhere - "PlanetLab - future directions" ====================================================== Call for participation in the 2nd European PlanetLab meeting hosted jointly by EPFL and the Evergrow EU project. Oct 27-28, 2005 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland Workshop website: http://lsirwww.epfl.ch/PlanetLabEverywhere Workshop outline: This workshop will explore several new directions to expand PlanetLab's user base to literally every researcher or student who wants to conduct a wide-area experiment and expand its hardware base to every machine on the planet. Topics at this workshop include merging clusters with PlanetLab, developments of private PlanetLab configurations, operating PlanetLab @ HOME via Xen/VMware/Intel-VT, and issues related to federating PlanetLab. The goal of this meeting is to bring together users, developers, and researches interested in these topics and develop plans to independently or collaboratively move forward with projects to develop working prototypes in each area. Further it is intended to let participants discuss technical problems and exchange their experiences to improve the quality of cooperation in the PlanetLab community. Workshop structure: We suggest a mix of talks, panel discussions, case study presentations, experience reports, demonstrators, and "bird-of-a-feather" sessions. Participants are invited to submit proposals until Oct 13, 2005 Please visit the workshop website (lsirwww.epfl.ch/PlanetLabEverywhere) for further information. ____________________________________________________________ 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. 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