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Fwd: CFP: IEEE International Workshop on Management Issues and Challenges in Mobile Computing (MICMC 2005)
by Frank Strauß 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: Hanan Lutfiyya <hanan(a)csd.uwo.ca> > Date: 03. Februar 2005 0:52:43 Uhr MEZ > To: im2005tpc(a)comsoc.org > Subject: CFP: IEEE International Workshop on Management Issues and > Challenges in Mobile Computing (MICMC 2005) > > We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this > CFP > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Call for Papers > > > IEEE International Workshop on Management Issues and Challenges in > Mobile Computing (MICMC 2005) > http://www.csd.uwo.ca/MICMC2005 > > co-located with IM 2005 > http://www.im2005/org > > > Nice, France, May 15 2005 > > > Program Co-chairs > ------------------ > Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada > (hanan(a)csd.uwo.ca) > Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada (hossam(a)cs.queensu.ca) > > Scope > ----- > We are seeing an increased demand for mobilility which is seen as a way > to enhance the reach of networked services e.g., allowing mobile users > to connect to an application, enhance networked applications e.g., > using > the user's location with a resource discovery protocol to discover the > "nearest" service with respect to the user's location, and > develop new applications e.g., using mobile ad-hoc networks to exchange > information between emergency teams in disaster recovery. Providing a > management infrastructure in an environment > where increasingly the computing environments incorporate > wireless and wired components such that the distinctions are fuzzy > and that provides information not only "anytime anywhere" but > also "all the time everywhere" in a timely and seamless fashion > presents > many challenging research problems. > > > The goal of this workshop is to gather people with different > backgrounds > to analyze and discuss challenges and possible solutions in providing a > management infrastructures for mobile computing environments. Areas of > interest include location management, Quality of Service (QoS) > management, > security management, management of of handoffs among content > providers, and managing adaptive offloading. > > Topics of interest to this workshop include, but are not limited to, > the > following: > > -managing the organization of MANETs and sensor networks > -adaptive offloading > -managing location and other context information > -QoS management > -resource management > -energy-aware network management > -management issues in heterogeneous networks > -policies for vertical handoff > -load balancing > -service discovery > -managing distributed commuting in mobile environments > -intrusion detection in wireless and mobile networks > > The structure of this workshop will encourage discussions and foster > future > collaborations. Attendance will be limited to 50 participants. > Authors should > submit 4-page position papers to hanan(a)csd.uwo.ca in PDF format. > Selected > papers will be available on the workshop website (no transfer of > copyright). > > > > Important Dates > ---------------- > > Submission deadline: February 15, 2005 > Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2005 > Final paper due: April 15, 2005 > >

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[Fwd: CFP: First International Workshop on Convergence of HeterogeneousWireless Networks (ConWiN 2005)]
by Lars Wolf 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: First International Workshop on Convergence of HeterogeneousWireless Networks (ConWiN 2005) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:38:15 -0500 (EST) From: Linda Jiang Xie <jxie1(a)uncc.edu> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************** ******** ConWiN 2005 ******** ****** ****** **** First International Workshop on **** ** Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks ** * * * July 10, 2005 in Budapest, Hungary * * in Conjunction with WICON 2005 * * * * http://www.ConWiN.org * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * ********************************************************************** Scope of ConWiN 2005: ===================== The advances in the wireless communication technologies have enabled the realization of wide range of heterogeneous wireless networks from wireless local area networks (WLANs), several generations (2G/3G) of wireless cellular networks to mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) and wireless sensor networks (WSN). This technological evolution is further inspiring researchers to envision the next generation wireless networking architectures and even the space Internet. Next Generation Wireless Internet (NGWI) will be the convergence of these heterogeneous wireless networks and the next generation Internet to provide mobile users with a wide range of high resource demanding services such as high speed reliable data and real-time multimedia delivery. While the unique characteristics of each of these wireless networks pose diverse set of challenges, their integration severely expands the set of open research problems for seamless, efficient, and reliable communication. Therefore, there exists an urgent need for a significant research effort to focus on solving these new challenges posed by the integration and the convergence of these wireless heterogeneous networks. The objective of ConWiN 2005 is to provide a research platform where researchers bring their contributions to light by presenting their technical papers on the issues regarding the integration and the convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks. Papers solicited in ConWiN 2005 spans a wide range of areas of interest including but not limited to: - Physical layer issues for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless communication technologies - Novel and adaptive communication protocols at all layers, i.e., MAC layer problems, routing, reliable and multimedia transport, for integration of diverse wireless systems such as WLANs, 3G, and WSNs - Novel and practical communication architectures for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks - Efficient mobility/handoff management protocols for seamless roaming within the converged communication architecture - Killer applications/services for the convergence towards the NGWI - Security, authentication, and billing solutions for the converged architecture Important Dates: ================ Submission deadline : February 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance : May 1, 2005 Camera-ready version : May 15, 2005 Workshop Date : July 10, 2005 Submission Details: =================== 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. Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of no more than 12 pages of IEEE double column format. Manuscript submission should be done electronically via e-mail by sending a pdf version of the manuscript to conwin(a)eee.metu.edu.tr Papers of particular merit will also be published in Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier). Organization Committee : ======================= Workshop Chair: -------------- Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY TPC Co-Chairs: -------------- Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Publicity Chair: ---------------- Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA For more information about the workshop, see http://www.conwin.org/

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[Fwd: [Tccc] ACM MONET Special Issue on SOFT RADIO-ENABLED HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS]
by Lars Wolf 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] ACM MONET Special Issue on SOFT RADIO-ENABLED HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:09:49 -0600 (CST) From: Dr. Hongyi Wu <wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ============================================================== ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Special Issue On SOFT RADIO-ENABLED HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS =============================================================== ********** Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2005 ********** With Guest Editors Dr. Guohong Cao Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University TEL: 814-863-1241 FAX: 814-865-3176 E-mail: gcao(a)cse.psu.edu Dr. Dapeng Wu Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Florida TEL: 352-392-4954 FAX: 352-392-0044 E-mail: wu(a)ece.ufl.edu Dr. Hongyi Wu (contact) The Center for Advanced Computer Studies University of Louisiana at Lafayette TEL: 337-482-5779 FAX: 337-482-5791 E-mail: wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu Dr. Junshan Zhang Department of Electrical Engineering Arizona State University TEL: 480-727-7389 FAX: 480-965-8325 E-mail: Junshan.Zhang(a)asu.edu With various network characteristics, a number of wireless systems have been developed over past years, targeting at different applications. While most of these wireless technologies are deployed independently for now, the service providers surely intend to own and operate overlaid heterogeneous wireless systems, which integrate multiple wireless technologies with partially overlapped coverage areas and provide ubiquitous network service to mobile users. Recent advances in reconfigurable computing have greatly advanced the design of soft radios, which enable the communication with many different radios with only a reconfiguration in software parameters. The maturation of soft radio technology is becoming one of the most important milestones for seamless integration of the heterogeneous wireless network. Serving as the "glue", the soft radio technology has its niche in in two folds: (1) the network infrastructure can be built upon soft radio, where the base stations are tunable to different frequency bands and serve as general access points for various mobile hosts (MHs), e.g., cellular handsets, laptops, and PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants); and (2) the MHs may employ soft radio, and accordingly, get access to various wireless systems (such as wireless LAN, cellular, IEEE 802.20, and IEEE 802.16), providing ubiquitous service for mobile users. An important design issue is to capitalize on the recent achievement in soft radio technology for providing improved and more efficient connectivity and service in heterogeneous wireless networks. With this special issue we aim at bringing together state-of-the-art contributions in this emerging area of soft radio-enabled heterogeneous wireless networks. We are seeking for papers reporting novel research or commercial/industrial experiences. These papers should be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by other conference, workshop, or journal. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - System optimization - Efficient spectrum allocation and management - Dynamic network topology discovery and optimization - Smart handoff and inter-system signaling - Quality of service in the heterogeneous networks - Routing and load balancing - Mobility management - System modeling and performance evaluation - Cognitive radio and testbed design * PUBLICATION SCHEDULE: o MANUSCRIPT DUE: March 1, 2005 o ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: May 31, 2005 o FINAL MANUSCRIPT DUE: July 1, 2005 o EXPECTED PUBLICATION DATE: First Quarter, 2006 * SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Authors should email an electronic (Postscript or PDF) copy of their papers to Dr. Hongyi Wu, wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu, by March 1, 2005. Submissions should be limited to 20 double space pages excluding figures, graphs and illustrations. If email submission is impossible then six (6) copies of the paper (double-sided if possible) should be sent by the due date to: Dr. Hongyi Wu The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) University of Louisiana at Lafayette P.O. Box 44330 Lafayette, LA 70504-4330 Tel: 337-482-5779 All submissions will be reviewed following the standard procedure. --Hongyi ======================================================================== Dr. Hongyi Wu, Assistant Professor The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette P.O. Box 44330, Lafayette, LA 70504-4330, U.S.A. Tel: 337-482-5779, Fax: 337-482-5791 E-mail: wu(a)cacs.louisiana.edu http://www.cacs.louisiana.edu/~wu ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ manet mailing list manet(a)ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/manet _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: MOBIQUITOUS 2005 DEADLINE EXTENDED - Feb. 23]
by Lars Wolf 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MOBIQUITOUS 2005 DEADLINE EXTENDED - Feb. 23 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:50:15 -0500 From: Mobiquitous Organizers <mbq(a)cs.yale.edu> To: multicomm(a)comsoc.org Dear Colleague, The deadline for Mobiquitous 2005 (ACM and IEEE Sponsorship Pending) abstract registration and full paper submission deadline has now been extended. Abstract registration is now due on Feb. 16 and full paper submission is due on Feb 23. The updated Call for Papers for the Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services, to be held in San Diego, California from July 17-21, 2005. We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. For complete information about the upcoming conference, please visit: http://www.mobiquitous.org/ A printer friendly version of this CFP is available at: http://www.mobiquitous.org/MQ2005-CFP.pdf (PDF) We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested. Best regards, Mobiquitous 2005 Organizing Committee *********************************************************************** MobiQuitous 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS The Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services http://www.mobiquitous.org July 17-21, 2005, San Diego, California ABSTRACT REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 16, 2005 FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 23, 2005 Sponsored by: CreateNet (www.create-net.it) and ICST Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (Pending) Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society (Pending) In Cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE (Pending) Technically Co-Sponsored by AAAI (Pending) Proceedings to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and to be made available on IEEE Explore **************************************** The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services. The second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking and services (Mobiquitous-05) will cover all these aspects, representing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include: applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, knowledge management and databases. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure and services. Technical works clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Ubiquitous architectures and systems * Wearable computing and personal area network * Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi) * Incentive-based deployment of ad hoc networks * Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless network * Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms * Wireless/mobile service management and delivery * Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems * Peer-to-peer knowledge management * Emerging industrial/business scenarios * Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) * Smart spaces * Ad hoc and sensor networking * Localization and tracking * Context and location aware application * Multimedia encoding and transcoding * Middleware services * Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, andmobile systems * Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds * User interfaces * Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing * Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or postscript version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. The deadline for registering the title and the abstract of the paper with our electronic submission system is February 2, 2005. The deadline for submitting the actual paper is February 9, 2005. All deadlines are 11:59PM PST. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by technical program committee members. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in a ACM/Kluwer MONET special issue. WORKSHOPS: Proposals for one-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include the workshop name, its scope and a list of topic of interests. Proposals should be submitted to both the Workshop co-Chairs by December 17 2004. DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include a description of the demo and needed resources from the conference organizers. Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Ramiro Liscano (Demo Chair) rliscano(a)ieee.org by May 29th, 2005. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: February 16, 2005 Full paper submission deadline: February 23, 2005 Notification of acceptance: April 29, 2005 Camera-ready version due: May 15, 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Ramesh Rao (Univ. of California, San Diego) General Co-Vice-Chairs: Chiara Petrioli (Universit di Roma La Sapienza) Krishna Sivalingam (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Networking: Suresh Singh (Portland State University) Philippe Bonnet (University of Copenhagen) Services/Knowledge Management: Anupam Joshi (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Ryusuke Masuoka (Fujitsu Labs of America) Publicity Co-Chairs: Andreas Savvides (Yale University) and Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Panels Chairs: TBA Workshop Chairs: Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University) Prithwish Basu (BBN Technologies) Demos Chair: Ramiro Liscano (University of Ottawa) Publications Chair: Antonis Kalis (Athens Information Technology) Local Arrangements Chair: Kang Wang, Qualcomm Inc. Finance Chair: Karen Decker (ICST Texas,USA) Accommodations Chair: Kathy Kunz (ICST California,USA) Registration Chair: Vishal Anand, SUNY College at Brockport Steering Committee: Imrich Chlamtac (CreateNet, Inc.), Chair Michele Zorzi (Universita di Padova)

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Fwd: Mobile Gaming 2005
by Frank Strauß 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Harry Grant" <harry.grant(a)visiongaingroup.com> > Date: 1. Februar 2005 16:42:06 MEZ > To: <harry.grant(a)visiongaingroup.com> > Subject: Mobile Gaming 2005 > Reply-To: <harry.grant(a)visiongaingroup.com> > > ================================================= > MOBILE GAMING 2005 > Date: 2nd & 3rd March 2005, London > Pre-conference interactive workshop: 1st March > Marriott Kensington, London, UK > ================================================= > > ++The agenda is now complete - Request your PDF copy of the brochure > TODAY++ > > SPEAKERS & PRESENTATIONS LISTED BELOW > > Mobile gaming is finally beginning to come of age in 2004. Advances in > handset technology, such as large colour screens, larger memory > capacity and > compact physical size as well as the developments in Java, BREW and 3G > mean > that the market can now realise the potential of mobile handsets as > fully-fledged gaming devices. This conference will cover the current > key > gaming issues and include case studies from all players of the value > chain. > > Key themes include: > +Mobile gaming from an operator's perspective - creating > interoperability > +Handset manufacturers and 3D gaming: Attracting new customers > +Case studies from game developers and publishers on established > brands and > original content > +Generating revenue with successful business models > +Success and profitability of multiplayer and 3D gaming - transforming > mobile games to a new level with Java and BREW software > +Adapting to customer's requirements for real-time, connected and > community > based gaming > +Billing issues - challenges and opportunities > +Mobile branding from a publisher's perspective > +Dedicated mobile gaming devices: Creating new technology for an > established > market > +Mobile gambling: Alternative ways for attracting the adult consumer > > KEY SPEAKERS > +Tim Harrison, Head of Games, Vodafone Group Services Ltd > +Steve Glagow, Director of Orange Partner, Orange Group Business > +Development and Partnerships, Orange > +Davide Pisano, Mobile Consumer Marketing, Wind > +Jukka Helin, Head of MediaLab, TeliaSonera > +Rick Gawdat, Director of Games, Multimedia APAC, Nokia > +Paul Maglione, Senior Vice President, Digital Bridges > +Kristian Segerstrle, Head of Products and Services, Macrospace > +Mark Lefour, EVP Player Services, IN-FUSIO > +Juan Montes, Managing Director, Jamdat Europe > +Paul Hilton, Head of Games, Gizmondo > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > This event will also feature: Pre-conference Interactive Workshops > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > What is required to ensure mobile games have a valid entertainment > value (Is > it fun?) > Led by: Tom Kelly, Founder, PurpleWisdom Consultants > > **SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES** > > This event will provide unrivalled opportunities to promote your brand > to an > audience of senior level delegates. Decision makers from all aspects > of the > wireless, content & gaming markets will be in attendance, what better > way to > elevate your product? We are continually recognised for providing > innovative > and effective means to support your marketing requirements through > sponsorship and exhibitions at our leading events. Options include: > > **Full Conference Sponsorship > **Exhibition Stands & Booths > **Cocktail Reception Sponsorship > **Promotional Inserts in Delegate Folders > **Conference Bag Sponsorship > > --------------------- > DELEGATE REGISTRATION > --------------------- > > Places at this event are strictly limited so BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW. > To make a booking on this event, please contact me via phone or email. > Book > early to secure a place. > > - PRICING - > > Attend the: > 2 Day conference with interactive workshop - ONLY GBP1600 plus VAT > 2 Day conference - ONLY GBP1299 plus VAT > Workshop only - ONLY GBP650 plus VAT > > - BOOKINGS - > > Booking is easy, simply contact Harry Grant on: > > Telephone: +44 (0)20 8767 6711 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8767 5001 > Terms and conditions apply - see below > Email: mailto:harry.grant@visiongain.com > > ========= > AGENDA > ========= > PRE-CONFERENCE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP > Tuesday 1 st March 2005 > > Morning Session: What is required to ensure mobile games have a valid > entertainment value > Led by: Tom Kelly, Founder, PurpleWisdom Consultants > > Afternoon Session: Mobile gaming viewed from the mobile perspective: > Lessons learned from 10 years of mobile services > Led by: Han Weegink, Global Market Development Manager, LogicaCMG > Wireless > Networks > > DAY ONE Wednesday 2nd March 2005 > > Conference Chair Day One > Claudia Pöpperl, Head of Business Development Europe, ucp morgen > & Board Member, Mobile Entertainment Forum > > 08:30 Registration and coffee > > 09:00 Opening remarks from the chair: > General overview of the mobile entertainment market > > MOBILE GAMING FROM AN OPERATOR'S PERSPECTIVE > > KEYNOTE > 09:15 Vodafone live!(tm) with 3G - taking mobile games to the next > level > * Vodafone live!(tm)- a brief history live!(tm) with 3G: case study > * The VFX games engine - standards-based innovation > * What 3G really means to the customer - and how providers > should respond > * The future landscape - what's coming next > Tim Harrison > Head of Games, Vodafone Group Services Ltd > > 10:00 CASE STUDY: Orange's alliances with game developers > * Analysing why games developers are important to Orange > * Examples of how Orange supports the developers to roll out the > latest mobile games > * How can developers turn their creation into value with us? > * Overview of the Orange gaming platform and API's > * What are the 3G opportunities for games developers > * Recent launch titles and successful case studies > Steve Glagow > Director of Orange Partner, Orange Group Business Development > and Partnerships, Orange > > 10:40 Coffee and discussion > 11:00 The role of mobile gaming in TeliaSonera's content > enabling strategy > * The value chain for mobile gaming and operators' role in it > * How can a mobile operator act as an enabler for content > providers and game developers? > * Overcoming platform challenges for distributing downloadable > games in a multi-device environment > * TeliaSonera's eDome portal for broadband and mobile gaming > * TeliaSonera's revenue sharing model for distributing, billing, and > marketing mobile games > Jukka Helin > Head of MediaLab, TeliaSonera > > CASE STUDIES FROM GAMES DEVELOPERS AND PUBLISHERS > 11:40 Will the player become more important than the games? > * Analysing why most operators' games portal organisation > should change > * Examine the early signs of this market change > * Overview of the implications of such changes > * Will operators leave publishers having access to the end users? > * How publishers will have to manage players' community rather > than offering (good) games (only) > Mark Lefour > EVP Player Services, IN-FUSIO > > 12:10 CASE STUDY: UNITY - Interactive content server platform > * Analysis of how the platform generates, delivers and monitors > usage of multi-device, multi-user and multi-language > entertainment content > * How has our alliance with Electronic Arts brought additional > opportunities for mobile gaming? > * Case studies: EA SPORTS(tm) and FIFA Football: How to form > strategic alliances with major media and entertainment publishers > to create globally recognised mobile entertainment > Paul Maglione, Senior Vice President , Digital Bridges > > 12:40 Networking lunch > > 13:40 CASE STUDY: ProvisionX(tm) - A cost-effective mobile gaming > solution > * Why it makes sense to consider outsourcing mobile gaming to a > specialist service provider > * The benefits for operators, publishers and media partners from a > complete end-to-end solution > * Retaining control of both customer and brand: > - Operator case studies: DiGi (Malaysia) & Sunrise (Switzerland) > - Media case studies: Cartoon Network Mobile Who Wants To Be > A Millionaire? > Kristian Segerstrle > Head of Products and Services, Macrospace > > INTERNET PORTALS AND MOBILE GAMING > > 14:10 How online portals can drive mobile gaming > * Opportunities for portals entering the mobile content market > * Yahoo's market entry strategy for mobile gaming > * Strategies for maximizing revenue from mobile gaming > * Trends and opportunities in mobile entertainment > Saurav Chopra > Business Development Manager, Mobile Services > Yahoo! Mobile, Europe > > MULTIPLAYER GAMING AND BILLING ISSUES > > 14:40 Assessing and meeting the demand for multiplayer and 3D > games > * Analyse issues with the multiplayer business model > * Managing the communities (who? how?) > * Technologies involved (off the shelf, custom built) > * Deploying the type of content that would be appropriate > * Comparison of the European and the US mobile markets from > a content provider's view > Juan Montes > Managing Director, Jamdat Europe > > 15:10 Coffee and discussion > > 15:30 Changing dynamics: The rise of the off-portal market > * Analysis of the market conditions today > * Pros and cons, making money from mobile > * Looking ahead, simplifying business models > * The power of brands, going direct to consumers > Luca Franchi, Business Manager, Southern Europe, Simpay > > 16:00 Analysing the profitability of multiplayer games > John Chasey, Director - Games Development, IOMO > > 16:30 CASE STUDY: Terraplay MOVE - Generating revenue using a > carrier grade network solution for multiplay gaming > services > * Ensuring interoperability: How the solution supports all download > enable phones > * Utilising a scaleable and cost-effective turnkey platform to provide > a multiplayer online gaming service > * How the system removes the need for content servers for almost > all games > * Enabling a high degree of service control by delivery usage > statistics > Stefan Vlachos, Sales and Marketing Director, Terraplay Systems > > 17:00 The argument for a universal Java games delivery platform > Optimising the user experience using Java > Achieving good economies of scale across multiple devices from a > single platform > Benefits of working to open industry standards > A complete and consistent Java environment avoids costly > fragmentation > Performance without penalties > Andy Bush, Director of Business Development, > SavaJe Technologies > > 17:30 Close of day one > > DAY 2 Thursday 3rd March 2005 > > Conference Chair Day Two > Claudia Pöpperl, Head of Business Development Europe, ucp morgen > & Board Member, Mobile Entertainment Forum > > 08:30 Registration and coffee > > 09:00 Opening remarks from the chair > > MOBILE GAMING FROM A HANDSET MANUFACTURER'S > PERSPECTIVE > > 09:05 Wireless mobile multiplayer gaming over GPRS > * Cross-platform gaming: How Nokia are using Symbian > platform downloadable games > * Ensuring interoperability - Rollout of games for use on the > N-Gage or PC > * Case study: Piloting of an online gaming service for Java > format games > * Enhancing the mobile entertainment experience with > successsful games: > - Pocket Kingdom and Pathway to Glory using Arena > Rick Gawdat, Director of Games > Multimedia APAC, Nokia > > TRANSFERRING BRANDS INTO MOBILE GAMING > > 09:40 Mobile games: Branded versus unbranded > * How to deploy branded games in the content service > value chain > * Role of unbranded games in an operator's games portfolio > * J2ME games: Analysing marketing strategies > * Case study: Branded versus Unbranded: Wind's experience > Davide Pisano > Mobile Consumer Marketing, Wind > > 10:20 Coffee and discussion > > 10:40 Maximising revenue on brand in the wireless space > * How can you generate revenue from single play > downloads? > * Importance of collaboration with operators and vendors > - faster time-to-market > - raising standards > * Case studies and demos: Tetris, Monopoly > * Future outlook from a publisher's perspective > Morgan O'Rahilly, CEO, i-fone > > 11:15 Managing the advancement of mobile gaming > * How to resolve complexity challenges inherent in multiplayer > gaming > * Advice on implementing enhanced branding and personalisation of > gaming content > * Strategies to resolve gaming access and policy management issues > * How to target the campaign and promotion of games, > ensuring consistent look and feel of games across > all devices > David Leichner, VP Marketing, Unipier (formerly Cash-U) > > 11:50 Disney's Approach to Mobile Content > * How to distribute content through multiple channels > * Mobile content overview > * Introduction of Starwave Mobile > Sunil Gunderia, General Manager of Mobile, Europe, > Walt Disney Internet Group > > 12:35 Networking lunch > > TV AND MOBILE GAMING > > 13:50 How fixed mobile convergence enters TV gaming - > A case study on large screen games > * Multiplayer gaming solution for TV or any other screen in > public location > * How to deploy 3D action games with real-time interaction > * Utilising large screens for shopping malls, stadiums, concert halls, > and cinemas > * Why large screen games are an added value for customers > Juan Carlos Sanchez, > Director Strategy & Business Consulting > Alcatel Mobile Communications Group > > DEDICATED MOBILE GAMING DEVICES > > 14:25 CASE STUDY: Gizmondo - next generation mobile > entertainment device > * Launch of cutting-edge gaming with nVidia > * How the Gizmondo differs to other mobile gaming > consoles: Innovative form factor and strong feature set > * Deploying an innovative device to include MP3 music > player; Mpeg4 more playing capacity; digital camera; GPRS > network link to allow wide-area network gaming > * Alliance with Microsoft Game Studios for new > software titles > * Building a releases schedule for a new handheld > * Deploying GPS gaming > * Understanding the future of handheld gaming > Paul Hilton > Head of Games, Gizmondo > TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS > > 15:00 Java and Brew games: Enhancing the mobile gaming > experience > * Analysis of Gameloft's wide portfolio for Java and Brew games > * How each mobile game can be adapted to specific features of > various devices > * Launch of portal with KDDI - Japanese mobile operator: > - Transition to a three-quarters overhead viewpoint > - New cursor-based interface > Xavier Mas Kaupp, European Manager, Gameloft > > 15:35 Coffee and discussion > > 15:50 Attracting the business customer with an interoperable > technology solution > * How (M)FORM has successfully deployed (M)Server in tier I, II and > III mobile operators, ISPs, mobile portals and media owners > * Benefits of a scaleable, fully redundant entertainment content > platform > * Strategies to ensure flexible deployment with a fully managed > turnkey solution > * How to enhance data revenues with tailored entertainment > services and content offering > * How we have increased subscriber retention with multiplayer > gaming > Dr Eric Bilange, CTO, MFORMA > > 16:25 Wireless gaming on Palm powered devices > * Overview and trends in the mobile gaming market: > Activity on Palm OS > * Analysis of advanced technologies to enrich the mobile gaming > user experience > - Wireless: BT, WiFi, GSM, CDMA > - High quality HVGA displays > - High performance 2D & 3D graphics > - Enhanced navigation systems > - Improved battery technologies > * Demo: Multiplayer via cellular network on Palm powered > smartphone > Larry Berkin, Director of Developer Marketing, PalmSource > > 17:00 Enabling multitasking on mobile devices > * Analysis of the technology that enables multitasking > (concurrent MIDlets) > * How to increase entertainment value for games with multitasking > * Deploying new multitasking games / applications > * Business and revenue opportunities > Simon Filipiak, VP Product Management, Esmertec > > 17:35 Chair's summation and close of conference > > Terms & Conditions > NB - Due to high demand, we do not 'reserve' or 'hold' places - a > request > for an invoice to be raised will be treated as an official booking and > will > be subject to the cancellation policy as outlined below. > Cancellations/substitutions and name changes: All bookings carry a 50% > liability after the booking has been made, by post fax, email or web. > There > will be no refunds for cancellations received on or after one month > before > the start of the conference (e.g. cancellation on or after 20th > January for > a conference starting on 20th February). 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[Fwd: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting (02/01/2005)]
by Lars Wolf 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting (02/01/2005) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:21:12 -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 (02/01/2005) ____________________________________________________________ Contents 1. Announcements SIGCOMM 2005 2005-01-30 http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/sigcomm2005/ * SRMPDS '05 2005-02-01 http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~kettimut/srmpds PODC 2005 2005-02-07 http://www.podc.org/podc2005/ SCAC 2005 2005-02-07 http://research.microsoft.com/ero/scat/cfpapers.aspx * NOSSDAV 2005 2005-02-21 http://www.nossdav.org/2005 * EESR 2005 2005-02-22 http://www.usenix.org/events/mobisys05/eesr05/cfp * HotDep 2005-03-01 http://hotdep.stanford.edu/ iWCW05 2005-03-08 http://2005.iwcw.org/ SOSP 2005 2005-03-25 http://www.sosp-20.com * HOT Chips 17 2005-03-25 http://www.hotchips.org * QEST 2005 2005-03-28 http://www.qest.org * NSDI Poster Session 2005-03-29 http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi05/cfp/#poster SRUTI 2005 2005-03-30 http://www.research.att.com/~bala/sruti * MIDDLEWARE 2005 2005-03-30 http://middleware05.objectweb.org/ FGCS 2005-04-01 http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/staff/lars/fgcs/cfp.htm DOA 2005 2005-05-24 http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf (* = new this month) 2. Special Announcements SIGOPS European Chapter and Systems Conference Operating Systems Review Online Submission 3. 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 SIGCOMM 2005 Title: ACM SIGCOMM 2005 Abstract: 2005-01-30 Deadline: 2005-02-06 Webpage: http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/sigcomm2005/ Conference: August 20-26, 2005 Contact: ramesh(a)usc.edu Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Synopsis: The SIGCOMM 2005 Conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. SIGCOMM is a selective conference where papers discuss novel results, designs, or architectural paradigms typically substantiated by implementation, experimentation, analysis or simulation. As in previous years, SIGCOMM 2005 will have a poster session and a student travel grant program. SIGCOMM 2005 will also feature tutorials and workshops for which it is soliciting proposals. Details will be posted on the conference web site as they become available. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! SRMPDS '05 Title: Workshop on Scheduling and Resource Management for Parallel and Distributed Systems (SRMPDS'05) Abstract: 2005-02-01 Deadline: 2005-02-16 Webpage: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~kettimut/srmpds Conference: June 27 - 30, 2005 Contact: srmpds(a)mcs.anl.gov Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Synopsis: This workshop aims to bring together those working in the areas of resource scheduling and management to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of scheduling and resource management in parallel and distributed systems. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Including, but not limited to: Resource allocation and management Advance resource reservation and scheduling Load sharing and Load balancing techniques Network resource allocation Fault-tolerant resource management approaches Data access and management Scheduling on heterogeneous nodes Time slicing, gang, or co-scheduling Fairness, priorities, and accounting Issues Performance implications of scheduling strategies Performance metrics to compare scheduling schemes ____________________________________________________________ PODC 2005 Title: Twenty-Fourth Annual ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC 2005) Deadline: 2005-02-07 Webpage: http://www.podc.org/podc2005/ Conference: July 17-20, 2005 Contact: aspnes(a)cs.yale.edu Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Synopsis: PODC continues to broaden the conference, and solicits papers on all areas of distributed systems. We encourage submissions dealing with any aspect of distributed computing, including theory and practice, systems, design, specification, verification, implementation, application, and properties of distributed systems. The common goal is to shed light on the principles of distributed computing. ____________________________________________________________ SCAC 2005 Title: International Forum on "Less is more - Simple Computing in an Age of Complexity" Deadline: 2005-02-07 Webpage: http://research.microsoft.com/ero/scat/cfpapers.aspx Conference: April 26-28, 2005 Contact: camlim(a)microsoft.com Location: Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK Synopsis: Computers continue to become smaller, cheaper, more powerful, ubiquitous and more diverse and yet for many computing is still associated with the desktop device. As a consequence, the potential of computing to shape, improve and change the social, cultural and creative fabric of society is limited. This Forum seeks to understand how computing will be able to affect the way we all live, work, learn and play. By thinking about computing for all rather than some, the Forum hopes to help define how computing and computers could become a "natural resource."for any and all, wherever they and whatever they do. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! NOSSDAV 2005 Title: 15th ACM International Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video Abstract: 2005-02-21 Deadline: 2005-02-28 Webpage: http://www.nossdav.org/2005 Conference: June 12-14, 2005 Contact: kmp(a)cs.unc.edu Location: Skamania, Washington (near Portland) Synopsis: NOSSDAV invites submissions on all areas of multimedia computing and networking and strongly encourages work in progress in emerging areas. The workshop environment encourages lively discussion among participants and invites strong feedback for work in progress. For 2005, NOSSDAV will take place in Skamania, Washington. Located along the beautiful Columbia River about 30 miles east of Portland, Oregon, Skamania offers a variety of outdoor activities including golf, river rafting, kayaking, hiking, and quaint riverfront towns steeped in Lewis-and-Clark-era history. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! EESR 2005 Title: Workshop on End-to-End, Sense-and-Respond Systems, Applications, and Services (EESR'05) Deadline: 2005-02-22 Webpage: http://www.usenix.org/events/mobisys05/eesr05/cfp Conference: June 5, 2005 Contact: eesr05chairs(a)usenix.org Location: Seattle, WA, USA Synopsis: Intelligent sense-and-respond (S&R) systems will enable existing end-to-end applications and service offerings to become more efficient, nimble, and capable of reacting to new situations dynamically, and, furthermore, will result in a new generation of applications and services not previously imagined. S&R systems will impact applications and services used by a multitude of organizations and professions, with the objectives of improving their operations, reducing costs, providing better customer service, and increasing yield. This one-day workshop brings together researchers, professionals, and practitioners to expose, formalize, discuss, and address the challenges pertinent to developing and deploying end-to-end S&R applications and services. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! HotDep Title: Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability Deadline: 2005-03-01 Webpage: http://hotdep.stanford.edu/ Conference: June 30, 2005 Contact: hotdep-chairs(a)lists.stanford.edu Location: Yokohama, Japan Synopsis: The HotDep workshop aims to identify cutting-edge research ideas in dependable systems. The program will focus on critical components of the infrastructures touching our everyday lives: operating systems, networking, security, wide-area and enterprise-scale distributed systems, mobile computing, compilers, and language design. We seek 5-page position papers that describe a novel approach to an old problem, debunk an entrenched perspective on dependability, articulate a brand new perspective on existing problems in dependability, or describe a new problem (and possible solution) that should be addressed by the dependable systems research community. We favor papers that are likely to generate healthy debate. ____________________________________________________________ iWCW05 Title: 10th International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution Abstract: 2005-03-08 Deadline: 2005-03-15 Webpage: http://2005.iwcw.org/ Conference: September, 12-14, 2005 Contact: iwcw05(a)eurecom.fr Location: Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera Synopsis: The International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution (WCW) serves as the premiere meeting for researchers and practitioners to exchange results and visions on all aspects of content distribution. Building on the success of the previous WCW meetings, WCW10 plans to form a strong technical program that covers the newest and most interesting areas relating to content delivery. We encourage submissions in all caching and content distribution areas, including P2P content distribution, web caching, wireless content delivery, CDNs, multimedia content distribution, etc. Accepted papers will be either published in the LNCS Series of Springer-Verlag or as IEEE Proceedings. ____________________________________________________________ SOSP 2005 Title: 20th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP'05) Deadline: 2005-03-25 Webpage: http://www.sosp-20.com Conference: October 23-26, 2005 Contact: program(a)sosp-20.com Location: The Grand Hotel, Brighton, United Kingdom Synopsis: Authors are invited to submit papers to the 20th SOSP reporting on original research related to the design, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and deployment of operating systems. We seek submissions of high quality that significantly further the knowledge and understanding of the systems community. In keeping with SOSP tradition, we will favor work that explores new territory, continues a significant research dialog, or reflects on experience with practical applications of the community's knowledge. Papers of particular merit will be forwarded to ACM Transactions on Computer Systems for possible publication in a special issue. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! HOT Chips 17 Title: HOT Chips Symposium on High-Performance Chips (HOT Chips 17) Deadline: 2005-03-25 Webpage: http://www.hotchips.org Conference: August 14-16, 2005 Contact: hotpcchairs(a)atlas.cs.berkeley.edu Location: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA Synopsis: Since it started in 1989, HOT Chips has been known as one of the semiconductor industry's leading conference on high-performance microprocessors and related integrated circuits. The conference is held once a year in August on the Stanford University campus in the center of the world's capital of electronics activity, Silicon Valley. The conference emphasis this year, as in previous years, is on real products and realizable technology. Submissions are evaluated by the Program Committee on the basis of performance of the device(s), degree of innovation, use of advanced technology, potential market significance, and anticipated interest to the audience. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! QEST 2005 Title: 2nd International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST 2005) Deadline: 2005-03-28 Webpage: http://www.qest.org Conference: September, 19-22, 2005 Contact: qest05-publicity(a)di.unito.it Location: Torino, Italy Synopsis: The International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST) is a major forum for contributions on evaluation and verification of computer and communication systems, through measurements and stochastic models, possibly incorporating non-deterministic behavior. It combines three events that have discovered an increasing convergence in their interests and in their communities of researchers: the International Conference on Modeling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation (TOOLS), the International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models (PNPM), and the Joint International Workshop on Process Algebras and Performance Modeling and Probabilistic Methods In Verification (PAPM-ProbMIV). ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! NSDI Poster Session Title: Poster Session: 2nd Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation Deadline: 2005-03-29 Webpage: http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi05/cfp/#poster Conference: May 2-4, 2005 Contact: nsdi05posters(a)usenix.org Location: Boston, MA, USA Synopsis: Do you have interesting work in progress you would like to share? The NSDI poster session is for you! Poster sessions introduce new or ongoing work, and the NSDI audience provides valuable discussion and feedback from researchers from across the networking and systems community--including computer networking, distributed systems, and operating systems. The NSDI symposium focuses on the design principles of large-scale networks and distributed systems and seeks to foster cross-disciplinary approaches to addressing shared research challenges. We are particularly interested in presentations of student work. To submit a poster, please send a proposal, one page or less, by March 29, 2005, to nsdi05posters(a)usenix.org. ____________________________________________________________ SRUTI 2005 Title: Steps to Reducing Unwanted Traffic on the Internet (SRUTI) Workshop Deadline: 2005-03-30 Webpage: http://www.research.att.com/~bala/sruti Conference: July 7-8, 2005 Contact: dk(a)mit.edu, bala(a)research.att.com Location: MIT, Stata Center, Cambridge, MA, USA Synopsis: The Internet is under increasing attacks with unwanted traffic in the form of spam, distributed denial of service, virus, worms, etc. Unwanted traffic on the Internet has manifested itself as attacks on many protocols (IP, TCP, DNS, BGP, and HTTP) and popular applications (e.g., Email, Web). SRUTI seeks research on the unwanted traffic problem that looks across the protocol stack, examines attack commonalities, and investigates how various solutions interact and whether they can be combined to increase security. We look for ideas in networking and systems, and insights from other areas such as databases, data mining, and economics. ____________________________________________________________ * NEW THIS MONTH! MIDDLEWARE 2005 Title: ACM/IFIP/USENIX 6th International Middleware Conference (MIDDLEWARE 2005) Deadline: 2005-03-30 Webpage: http://middleware05.objectweb.org/ Conference: November 28th - December 2nd, 2005 Contact: Gilles.Muller(a)emn.fr Location: Grenoble, France Synopsis: The Middleware conference is a forum for the discussion of important innovations and recent advances in the design and construction of middleware. Middleware is systems software that resides between the applications and the underlying operating systems, network protocol stacks, and hardware. Following the success of past conferences in this series, the 6th International Middleware Conference will be the premier event for middleware research and technology in 2005. The scope of the conference is the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed system platforms and architectures for future computing and communication environments. ____________________________________________________________ FGCS Title: FGCS, Intl. Journal of Grid Computing, Special Issue on Fault Tolerance and Failure Recovery Deadline: 2005-04-01 Webpage: http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/staff/lars/fgcs/cfp.htm Conference: April 1, 2005 Contact: baron(a)cs.tu-berlin.de Location: Synopsis: In order to develop a service-oriented, reliable platform, Grid research needs to tackle the problem of failure detection and recovery which affects the applications running on the Grid as well as any component of the Grid management. Even the underlying resource infrastructure of the Grid may change dynamically during the run-time of an application. Even if the other resources work correctly, network outages may occur and obstruct the execution of a distributed application. In this special issue, we encourage the submission of papers dealing with any aspect of failure detection, propagation, recovery, and fault tolerance strategies for the Grid. ____________________________________________________________ DOA 2005 Title: International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications Abstract: 2005-05-24 Deadline: 2005-05-31 Webpage: http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf Conference: October 31- November 4, 2005 Contact: fedconf(a)cs.rmit.edu.au Location: Agia Napa, Cyprus Synopsis: If you are a researcher or practitioner who is building innovative distributed object systems or applications, consider contributing a practice report or research paper to this event. Existing distributed object systems such as COM, CORBA, and EJB have been generally successful, but we're still evolving them, and applying lessons learned into areas such as Web Services, CORBA Components, J2EE, and .NET. All these approaches aim to provide openness, reliability, scalability, distribution transparency, security, ease of development, and support for heterogeneity between applications and platforms. Significant research and development is required to continue to broaden the applicability of distributed object systems. ____________________________________________________________ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Title: SIGOPS European Chapter and Systems Conference Summary: This message is to keep you informed of progress towards the foundation of a European chapter of SIGOPS and starting a new Systems conference located in Europe. A group of people met at OSDI and started the formal process of establishing a chapter. The full minutes of the meeting are available at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~smh22/sigops-ec-osdi-minutes.txt. The proposed bylaws are http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~smh22/sigops-ec-bylaws.pdf. The following interim officers were chosen (while awaiting elections, to be held by June 2005): Treasurer: Yolande Berbers (http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~yolande/) Secretary: Anne-Marie Kermarrec (http://www.irisa.fr/paris/pages-perso/Anne-Marie-Kermarrec/welcome.htm) Vice-Chair: Hermann Härtig (http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~haertig/) Chair: Marc Shapiro (http://www-sor.inria.fr/~shapiro/) The new conference is tentatively named International Computer Systems Conference. Papers will be solicited and accepted on the basis of quality first. The CFP will solict and accept first-class papers from everywhere, addressing a diversity of topics beyond core OS and "hot stuff." The PC chair will be Willy Zwaenepoel. We plan to hold the conference in the spring or early summer 2006. If you want to host the conference please contact one of the officers, or the conference chair. Other activities will be planned. For instance we discussed holding a by-invitation workshop sometime in the middle of 2005. Marc ____________________________________________________________ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Title: Operating Systems Review Online Submission Summary: Submissions to Operating Systems Review (OSR) are now electronic as PDF attachments to electronic mail. Submit to the editor William M. Waite at "William.Waite(a)colorado.edu". The format should be single spaced, without a separate title page. Text and diagrams must be contained within a 6.5 inch wide by 8.5 inch high (165mm by 216mm) area with at least one inch (25mm) top and side margins, and 1.5 inch (38mm) bottom margin. Except for editorial items, all sources of material appearing in Operating Systems Review will be clearly identified. Items attributed to individuals will ordinarily be interpreted as personal rather than organizational opinions. The technical material in this newsletter is not refereed. Deadlines for submitting material are the 15th of February, May, August, and November. ____________________________________________________________ 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://ramp.ucsd.edu/sigops/acm.html ____________________________________________________________ Geoff Voelker, SIGOPS Information Director

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[Fwd: Workshop on End-to-End Sense-and-Respond Systems, Applications, and Services]
by Lars Wolf 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Workshop on End-to-End Sense-and-Respond Systems, Applications, and Services Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:08:31 -0500 From: Erich Nahum <nahum(a)turing.acm.org> Reply-To: Erich Nahum <nahum(a)turing.acm.org> To: SIGCOMM-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG ============================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP ON END-TO-END, SENSE-AND-RESPOND SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AND SERVICES in conjunction with the MobiSys`05 Conference June 5, 2005, Seattle, WA, USA http://www.usenix.org/events/mobisys05/eesr05/cfp ============================================================================= Topics of Interest: - Architectures and technologies for next-generation/emerging end-to-end S&R middleware, applications and services - Dealing with heterogeneity of sensor, control, and actuator technologies - Effective naming and device/service discovery in end-to-end S&R systems - Event models, propagation and representation for S&R systems - Incorporating S&R systems into existing/legacy infrastructures - Interoperability of end-to-end systems (sensors data ? applications ? actuators) - Lifecycle management tools for development, debugging and deploying of S&R application and services - Light-weight agent middleware, and event-correlation services for S&R systems - Programming models/abstractions and information schemas for S&R systems - Real-life S&R applications and services: experience and assessment - Sensor data services and sensor data providers: brokering, advertisement, and access Important dates: Paper submissions due: February 22, 2005 Notification of acceptance: April 8, 2005 Camera-ready final paper due: May 6, 2005 For more information, please see the attached detailed CfP or visit the Workshop's Web-site. Sincerely, The Workshop Co-Chairs Ron Ambrosio Chatschik Bisdikian

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[Fwd: Call for Submissions: NSDI 2005 Poster Session]
by Lars Wolf 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Submissions: NSDI 2005 Poster Session Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:46:10 -0500 From: Erich Nahum <nahum(a)turing.acm.org> Reply-To: Erich Nahum <nahum(a)turing.acm.org> To: SIGCOMM-MEMBERS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Call for Submissions: NSDI Poster Session Deadline: March 29, 2005 Details: http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi05/cfp/#poster Do you have interesting work in progress you would like to share? The NSDI poster session is for you! Poster sessions introduce new or ongoing work, and the NSDI audience provides valuable discussion and feedback from researchers from across the networking and systems community--including computer networking, distributed systems, and operating systems. The NSDI symposium focuses on the design principles of large-scale networks and distributed systems and seeks to foster cross-disciplinary approaches to addressing shared research challenges. We are particularly interested in presentations of student work. To submit a poster, please send a proposal, one page or less, by March 29, 2005, to nsdi05posters(a)usenix.org.

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[Fwd: [itst2005] ITST2005: Deadline for abstract submission]
by Lars Wolf 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [itst2005] ITST2005: Deadline for abstract submission Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:10:37 +0100 From: nobody(a)enst-bretagne.fr Reply-To: com-itst2005(a)bscw.enst-bretagne.fr To: com-itst2005(a)bscw.enst-bretagne.fr */ Deadline for the 2-page summary submission: /_15 February, 2005 _* ********************************************************************************************************* *ITST 2005 * *The 5th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications * /" Telecommunications in a Futuristic Transport World" * in association with : IEEE, IEE, SEE, IEICE, IPSJ */ /Le Quartz/ Congress Center - Brest - FRANCE *27 - 28 - 29 June, 2005 http://conferences.enst-bretagne.fr/itst2005/ */ itst2005(a)enst-bretagne.fr* * /* ********************************************************************************************************* *Dear Colleague, You will find attached the Final Call for Papers of the 5th International Conference ITST 2005 on /Telecommunications in a Futuristic Transport World./ Please do not forget there are 2 weeks before the paper submission deadline so prospective authors are invited to submit a 2-page abstract on telecommunications and intelligent transport system applications before *February 15th, 2005*. I*MPORTANT DATES: *Notification of Acceptance: *March 31st, 2005 *4-page Camera Ready Paper: *April 30th, 2005 *We also would be happy to receive proposals from industrialists, suppliers or laboratories for exhibitions and demonstrations. You will find more details about exhibitions on the web site: http://conferences.enst-bretagne.fr/itst2005/infoscongres/exhibition.en.php We would appreciate if you could redirect this mail to anybody who you think would be interested. We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact: / itst2005(a)enst-bretagne.fr /or to have a look at the website: *http://conferences.enst-bretagne.fr/itst2005/ *_ _Sincerely On behalf the Organizing Committee Gabrielle Landrac and Yvon Le Roux

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Last CFP Special issue IEEE TPDS on 'Localized communication and topology protocols for ad hoc networks']
by Lars Wolf 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Last CFP Special issue IEEE TPDS on 'Localized communication and topology protocols for ad hoc networks' Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:25:24 +0100 From: David Simplot-Ryl <David.Simplot(a)lifl.fr> To: <manet(a)ietf.org>, <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu>, <seworld(a)cs.colorado.edu>, <tinyos(a)Millennium.Berkeley.EDU> CC: arp(a)cines.fr, alp-diffusion(a)univ-lille1.fr Please accept our apologies in case you receive this information from multiple sources. ================================================================== LAST CALL FOR PAPERS Localized communication and topology protocols for ad hoc networks IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Special Issue April Issue of 2006 IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks scheduled to appear in the April issue of 2006. This special issue covers comprehensively the algorithmic issues in the "hot" area of ad hoc and sensor networking. It concentrates on the network layer problems which can be divided into two groups: data communication, and topology control problems. In data communication problems, such as routing, quality-of-service routing, geocasting, multicasting, and broadcasting, the primary goal is to fulfill a given communication task successfully between nodes in ad hoc network. The secondary task is to minimize the communication overhead and power consumption by battery operated nodes. Topology control problems are further subdivided into neighbour discovery and network organization problems. In the neighbour discovery problem, the problem is to detect neighboring nodes located within transmission radius. In the network organization problem, each node should decide what communication links to establish with neighbouring nodes (an example is Bluetooth scatternet formation problem), and what power management schemes to adopt (examples are "sleep" period operations and adjusting transmission radii). Sensor networks are currently recognized as one of the priority research areas and research activities are booming recently. The applications of sensor networks are envisioned primarily for monitoring the environment (e.g. motion detection, chemicals, temperature) or as embedded systems (e.g. biomedical sensor engineering). This special issue will also review ongoing research on this "hot" topic, including problems such as: physical properties, sensor training, security through intelligent node cooperation, medium access, sensor area coverage with random and deterministic placement, object location, sensor position determination, energy efficient broadcasting and activity scheduling, routing, connectivity, data dissemination and gathering, sensor centric quality of routing, path exposure, tree reconfiguration, topology construction, and transport layer. The main paradigm shift is to apply localized schemes as opposed to existing protocols requiring global information. Localized algorithms are distributed algorithms where simple local node behaviour achieves a desired global objective. Localized protocols provide scalable solutions, that is, solutions for wireless networks with an arbitrary number of nodes, which is the main goal of this plan. Sensor and rooftop/mesh networks, for instance, have hundreds or thousands of nodes. Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. As an author, you are responsible for understanding and adhering to our submission guidelines. You can access them by clicking on http://www.computer.org/tpds/author_new.htm. Please thoroughly read these before submitting your manuscript. Please submit your paper to Manuscript Central at http://cs-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/. Please feel free to contact the Peer Review Supervisor, Suzanne Werner at swerner(a)computer.org or the guest editors. Important dates: Submission Deadline: February 15, 2005 Reviews Completed: March 29, 2005 Major Revisions Due (if Needed): May 30, 2005 Reviews of Revisions Completed (if Needed): July 14, 2005 Minor Revisions Due (if Needed): August 15, 2005 Notification of Final Acceptance: August 23, 2005 Publication Materials for Final Manuscripts Due: September 9, 2005 GUEST EDITORS Stephan Olariu Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA olariu(a)cs.odu.edu http://www.cs.odu.edu/~olariu David Simplot-Ryl IRCICA/LIFL, University of Lille, INRIA Futurs, France simplot(a)lifl.fr http://www.lifl.fr/~simplot Ivan Stojmenovic SITE, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada ivan(a)site.uottawa.ca http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~ivan _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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