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*** IDMS 2001: Call for Participation ***
by Doug Shepherd 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

--> We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this. <-- [Please feel free to distribute a copy of this call to those who might be interested.] *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** and *** Call for Demonstrations and Poster session *** IDMS 2001 8th International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems September 4-7, 2001, Lancaster, UK http://www.idms2001.org in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGMM Sponsors: Agilent Laboratories BTexact Technologies Hewlett Packard Laboratories Microsoft Research Orange Sony Electronics The aim of the IDMS series of workshops is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry to provide a forum for discussion, presentation and exploration of technologies and advances in the broad field of interactive distributed multimedia systems. IDMS 2001 has a balanced programme with - one day of tutorials on * IP telephony by Ralf Steinmetz and Ralf Ackermann, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany * IPv6 trials (deployment and transitioning) by, among others, speakers from the IPv6 Forum, BT, Cisco and academia * Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems (IDMS) for Consumer Electronics by Andras Montvay, Peter van der Stock and Rob Udink Philips Research Laboratories (Germany and The Netherlands) * Mobile IPv6 by Joe Finney, Lancaster University, UK and Greg O'Shea, Microsoft Research, UK followed by two and a half days of technical sessions, comprising - 3 invited talks: * QoS for Multimedia -- What is going to make it pay? by Dr. Derek McAuley, Marconi Labs, UK * Enabling the Internet to provide Multimedia Services by Dr. Markus Hofmann, Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA * MPEG-21 Standard: Why an Open Multimedia Framework? by Prof. Fernando Pereira, IST, Portugal and sessions on * Media Distribution * QoS Issues in Multimedia * Multimedia Middleware * Congestion Control and Adaptation * Control of Multimedia Networks * 2 short/position paper sessions without forgetting a complete social programme designed for maximum interaction amongst participants, including * the workshop Banquet in Leighton Hall, a somptuous historic stately house and gardens, set in the majestic Northwestern English hills * organised lunches and evening meals * organised accomodation We are also interested in receiving information about proto- type multimedia systems relevant to IDMS which could be demonstrated at the workshop. Furthermore, poster sessions will also be organised to allow delegates to disseminate their research ideas and results in a more interactive way. For more information or to submit a demonstration or poster proposal, please contact, as soon as possible, the local organising committee at local(a)idms2001.org. Detailed information of the workshop, including programme, registration and accommodation, is available at: http://www.idms2001.org The workshop is being organised by the Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK. Prof. Doug Shepherd, Programme Chair

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Call for Papers - [JCN]
by Youngsuk Wi 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Journal of Communications and Networks

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[Fwd: Strategic Partnerships]
by Augusto Casaca 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

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[Fwd: Call for Participation - Middleware 2001]
by Augusto Casaca 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

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CIC 2001-Call for Papers
by Jae Choon Park 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

FINAL CALL FOR PAPER CIC 2001 The 6th CDMA International Conference -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2001, Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel & Towers, Seoul, Korea http://www.cic2001.com In the spirit of the commemoration of the successful CDMA cellular and PCS system deployment in 1996, CIC (CDMA International Conference) has been organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of mobile communications. CIC serves as a forum for the dissemination of the state-of-the-art research, development, and implementations of broadband multimedia mobile communication systems, technologies, and applications. This conference will also present the latest development in the 4th generation broadband communication systems. Seamless services and applications via different access systems will be the driving forces for the future development. The 6th CIC will provide three-day presentations of invited and regular papers from manufacturers, academia, and service providers, and one-day tutorials by distinguished lecturers. Authors are invited to submit full technical papers on both theoretical and practical aspects of CDMA systems and technologies. AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: · Cellular Mobile Communications · Personal Communications · Smart Antenna · CDMA Technology · Resource Management · Antenna and Propagation · CDMA Mobile Phone Technology · Call Admission Control · Ad Hoc Networks · Spread Spectrum Technology · Mobility Management · Modulation & Coding · Acquisition & Tracking · Handoff Algorithms · Satellite Communications · Wireless Multimedia Services · Wireless Local Loop (WLL) · MMIC Implementation · Multiple Access Technology · Diversity Technique · RF Technology · Interference Rejection Technology · Teletraffic Modeling · Software Defined Radio (SDR) · Power Control · Security in Mobile Network · Wireless IP (All IP) · 4G Mobile System and Technology · VLSI Implementation · IMT-2000 System INSTRUCTION FOR SUBMISSION: Prospective authors are invited to submit electronic mail describing original works in English, no more than 3000 words, with a cover page to the e-mail address shown below. The cover page must include: title of paper, authors’ names and affiliations, contact author’s name and address (both postal and electronic), and submission area (from the list of relevant areas of interest). Accepted formats include Microsoft Word, PostScript, and PDF. CIC 2001 Secretariat The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS) Hyundai Kirim Officetel #1504, 1330-18 Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-858, Korea E-mail : jcpark(a)kics.or.kr Tel : + 82 2 3453 5555 Fax : + 82 2 539 5588 IMPORTANT DATES: Full Paper Submission: July 15, 2001 Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2001 Camera Ready Paper: September 15, 2001 ACCOMMODATING SELECTED PAPERS OF CIC TO JCN: Authors of best-quality papers will be invited to submit full-length papers for possible publication in a special section of the Journal of Communication and Networks (JCN) in 2002. COMMITTEES: General Chair: International Advisory Committee Chair: Ui-Seok Hong Gil Rok Oh President, KICS / Professor, Kwangwoon University President, ETRI ushong(a)daisy.kwangwoon.ac.kr groh(a)etri.re.kr Organizing Committee Chair: Technical Program Committee Chair: Chu-Hwan Yim Daehyoung Hong Vice President, KICS / Secretary General, TTA Professor, Sogang University chyim(a)tta.or.kr dhong(a)sogang.ac.kr Hosted by MIC (Ministry of Information & Communication) Organized by KICS (The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences) ------------------------------------------------------------ CIC 2001 Secretariat The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences(KICS) Hyndai Kirim Officetel #1054, 1330-18 Seochodong, Seochogu Seoul 137-070, Korea (Tel) +82-2-3453-5555 (Fax) +82-2-539-5588 (E-mail) jcpark(a)kics.or.kr (Homepage) www.cic2001.com -----------------------------------------------------------

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Second Call for Participation: ACM Sigcomm 2001 Conference
by Dilip D Kandlur 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

Note that the deadline for advance registration is August 3rd. Call for Participation ACM SIGCOMM 2001 Conference August 27 - August 31, 2001 University of California, San Diego, CA USA http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2001 Deadlines: Proposals for student travel grant: June 15, 2001 Proposals for student poster session: June 17, 2001 Advance registration ends: August 3, 2001 Hotel registration deadline: July 23, 2001 ACM SIGCOMM 2001 is the annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), a single-track, highly selective conference with a technical program of 23 papers, tutorials by noted instructors on the two days prior, and a panel discussion. Early registration for SIGCOMM 2001 will soon be available. Registration details, as well as information on student travel grants and requests for proposals for the work-in-progress poster session are available at the SIGCOMM website above. Social Events The reception will be at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The Aquarium is situated on a hilltop site that provides a spectacular view on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus, northern La Jolla, and the Pacific Ocean. Conference attendees will have full access to the aquarium exhibits during the reception. The reception is included in registration fee for attendees and their guests. No reservations necessary. The SIGCOMM 2001 Banquet will be held in the Main Ballroom of the Hotel Del Coronado, situated on picturesque Coronado Island. Over 112 years old, it is a National Historic Landmark renowned for its magnificent architecture and legendary guests. The banquet is included in the registration fee for attendees. There will be a $75 charge for each guest. SIGCOMM Award The SIGCOMM Award is given annually to a person whose career and technical achievements demonstrate a long-term commitment to the field of data communications. ACM SIGCOMM is pleased to announce that the 2001 SIGCOMM Award is being given to Van Jacobson of Packet Design, Inc. Van Jacobson will receive the award and give the conference keynote address in the opening session on Wednesday. Tutorials SIGCOMM 2001 begins with two days of full- and half-day tutorials covering single topics in detail at both the introductory and advanced level. Tutorials offered this year are: - Wireless Data Phil Karn, Qualcomm, Inc. - Traffic Measurement for IP Operations Matt Grossglauser and Jennifer Rexford, AT&T - Interdomain Routing and BGP Timothy G. Griffin, AT&T - Equilibrium and Dynamics of TCP Prof. Steven H. Low, California Inst. of Technology - Algorithms for Networks: Some Techniques for Design and Analysis Ashish Goel, University of Southern California Nick McKeown and Balaji Prabhakar, Stanford University Outrageous Opinions Session The Outrageous Opinions Session provides an opportunity for sharing entertaining, provocative, and otherwise enriching ideas and suggestions in their early stages. The session will be held Thursday evening. Poster Session - Work in Progress The Poster Session is aimed at showcasing the "work-in-progress" of students attending the conference. Poster proposals should be sent by email to Hari Balakrishnan (hari(a)lcs.mit.edu) by June 17 (no extensions). Please see the conference website for details regarding the submission format. Student Travel Awards The purpose of the student travel program is to encourage graduate student participation at the conference by partially or fully funding the travel costs of students who would otherwise be unable to attend. SIGCOMM 2001 thanks Cisco and SIGCOMM for funding the program this year. See the website for eligibility criteria and application procedures. General Co-Chairs Rene Cruz, UC San Diego, USA (cruz(a)ece.ucsd.edu) George Varghese, UC San Diego, USA (varghese(a)ece.ucsd.edu) Program Co-Chairs Roch Guerin, U. Pennsylvania, USA (guerin(a)ee.upenn.edu) Derek McAuley, Marconi Research Center, UK (derek.mcauley(a)marconi.com) Publicity Chair Dilip Kandlur, IBM TJ Watson Research Ctr, USA (kandlur(a)us.ibm.com) Tutorials Chair Chuck Kalmanek, AT&T Research, USA (crk(a)research.att.com) Local Arrangements Co-Chairs Geoff Voelker, UC San Diego, USA (voelker(a)cs.ucsd.edu) Finance Chair Joe Touch, UCS/ISI, USA (touch(a)isi.edu) Publication Chair Ramesh Govindan, USC/ISI, USA (govindan(a)isi.edu) Student Travel Award Chair Christos Papadopoulos, U. Southern California (christos(a)usc.edu) Student Poster Chair Hari Balakrishnan, MIT, USA (hari(a)lcs.mit.edu) Support from Cisco, IBM, Deloitte and Touche, PMC-Sierra, Marconi, Procket Networks, Agilent Technologies, Microsoft Research, and USC/ISI is gratefully acknowledged.

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IFIP I3E-conference Preliminary Programme
by Volker Tschammer 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

(apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement) Dear colleagues from the TCs engaged in this conference - please help us in increasing the publicity of our conference by distributing the call and inlcuding it in the websites of your TC, WGs etc. Best regards, Volker Tschammer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The First IFIP Conference on e-Commerce, e-Business e-Government 3-5 October 2001 in Zurich , Switzerland FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION and PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Scope This is the first IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) conference on e-commerce, e-business, and e-government. It is being hosted by the three technical committees TC6, TC8, and TC11 with the intention of providing a forum for users, engineers, and scientists in academia, industry, and government to present their latest findings in applications and underlying technologies supporting the applications. Committees General Chair K. Bauknecht, Univ. Zürich, CH Program Chairs B. Schmid, Univ. St. Gallen, CH V. Tschammer, GMD FOKUS, D Sponsors Credit Suisse SolCon GmbH The Zurich Network TKS-Teknosoft SA Winterthur Versicherungen Program Overview _____ Wednesday 3 October _____ Tutorial 1 Y. Pigneur -- E-Business Models Tutorial 2 A. Göldi -- Peer-to-Peer Tutorial 3 H. Ludwig -- E-Contracting _____ Thursday 4 October _____ Opening Invited Talk: Peter C. Rudin Business Models for the E-Society ----- break ----- Session: Security and Trust I Session: Interorganisational Transactions Minitrack: E-Models I Minitrack: E-Government I ----- lunch ----- Session: Security and Trust II Session: Virtual Enterprises Minitrack: E-Models II Minitrack: E-Government II ----- break ----- Session: Security and Trust III Session: Online Communities Minitrack: E-Commerce-Induced Reengineering Minitrack: E-Government III ----- ***Social Event*** ----- _____ Friday 5 October _____ Invited Talk: TBA ----- break ----- Session: Strategies/ Business Models I Session: Customer Relationships Minitrack: M-Commerce I Minitrack: E-Democracy I ----- lunch ----- Session: Strategies/ Business Models II Session: Negotiations Minitrack: M-Commerce II Minitrack: E-Democracy II ----- break ----- Session: Strategies/ Business Models III IndustryTrack: TBA Panel: M-Commerce IndustryTrack: TBA Closing and Farewell For more Information and Registration please visit the Web site at www.ifi.unizh.ch/I3E-conference. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[itc] Preliminary List of Conferences
by Guy Leduc 06 Jul '01

06 Jul '01

Dear all, A web page with a list of networking conferences, and statistics thereof, is being established and maintained by Kevin Almeroth. See email below. May I advise every TC6/WG chairman to collect statistics about his WG conferences and send the information to Kevin. IFIP conferences should appear in this list too ... All the best, Guy -------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:13:22 -0700 (PDT) From: almeroth(a)cs.ucsb.edu (Kevin C. Almeroth) To: itc(a)ieee.org Subject: [itc] Preliminary List of Conferences Just wanted to point everyone to: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~almeroth/conf/stats/ I wanted to start keeping track of submission rates, accept rates, percentages, and other misc information. If you have information to fill in the gaps, I would appreciate it. Also, if you have other conferences you'd like tracked, let me know, and I'll add them... of course, they only get added if I have data to fill in. -Kevin -- ComSoc Internet TC list. Use http://www.comsoc.org/~itc to change your entry or unsubscribe. ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Tel : +32 4 366 26 98 Universite de Liege Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Reseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) leduc(a)montefiore.ulg.ac.be Institut d'Electricite Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www-run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/users/leduc.html

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DAIS'2001 Call for Particip., grant opportunities information
by DAIS'2001 Conference 05 Jul '01

05 Jul '01

This is to inform you that the grants for reimbursement of DAIS'2001 conference participation costs are still available for participants up to the age of 35. Please check http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/grant.html for details. The deadline for grant applications is 19th July 2001. Call for Participation DAIS'2001 The Third IFIP WG 6.1 International Working Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems Krakow, Poland, 17 - 19 September 2001 http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE DAIS'2001 will provide a broad forum for researchers and developers from industry and academia, in particular for application and platform service vendors and users to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. DAIS'2001 will focus on integration and interoperability of different platforms, services and applications, infrastructure for e-business, internet charging, coordination, mobile agents, context-aware applications, as well as on scalability and management issues, and the growing importance of mobile and wireless protocols and applications. DAIS'2001 consists of one state-of-the-art tutorials day and two conference session days including two invited speeches and 26 technical papers. TUTORIALS (17 September) Morning Session Tutorial TA1: Steve Vinoski, IONA Technologies Web Services: Protocols and Applications Tutorial TB1: Frank Eliassen, Thomas Plagemann, University in Oslo Multimedia middleware Tutorial TC1: Ina Schieferdecker, GMD FOKUS, Jens Grabowski, Medical University of Luebeck Testing of Distributed Systems: TTCN-3 and its GraphicalFormat Afternoon Session Tutorial TA2: Sean Baker, IONA Technologies Diverse Middleware is the order of the day Tutorial TB2: Qusay H.Mahmoud, JavaCourses.com & Carleton University in Ottawa Wireless Software Design for Handheld Devices Tutorial TC2: Marek Gmyrek, ConSol GmbH J2EE for Enterprise-Wide Business Applications - A Case Study INVITED LECTURES I1: Liba Svobodova, IBM Zurich Research Lab (18 September) Intelligent Infrastructure for e-Business I2: Adam Wolisz, Technical University Berlin (19 September) Information access is fine but who is going to pay? Dual Approach to Internet Charging. TECHNICAL PAPERS SESSIONS 18-19 September selected session names: S1: Context-Aware Applications S2: Integration & Interoperability S4: Architectures, Services & Applications S5: Mobile Agents S6: Management & Monitoring Full Technical Program with abstracts is available at: http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/technical_program.html SOCIAL PROGRAM - Welcome Reception in the Krakow City Hall - Excursion to the famous Salt Mine in Wieliczka and Conference Dinner EUROPEAN COMMISSION GRANT DAIS'2001 is supported by the European Commission - DG Human Potential Programme - High-Level Scientific Conferences. Participants may apply for grants to cover up to 100% expenses - see details on http://www.ics.agh.edu.pl/dais/grant.html DEADLINES 17 July - registration with reduced fee 17 July - European Commission grant requests 3 August - notification of grant acceptance FEES early - 300 EUR (1100 PLN) if received before July 17, 2001 late - 380 EUR (1350 PLN) single tutorial - 150 EUR (500 PLN) two tutorials - 250 EUR (850 PLN) LOCATION DAIS'2001 will be held in Krakow, a beautiful, old city, the Poland's prime cultural and tourist attraction with hardly any equals in the entire Central Europe, nominated the Capital of the European Culture for the year 2000. The Old Town district is actually a medieval city with a well preserved original grid of streets. The huge central square, Europe's largest, seems the last stage in the perfection of the art of city planning in the Middle Ages. MORE INFO All information you need to learn and register for DAIS'2001: http://www.cs.agh.edu.pl/dais2001/ FURTHER INFORMATION DAIS'2001 Organizing Committee Academic Computer Center CYFRONET University of Mining and Metallurgy ul. Nawojki 11, P.O.Box 386 30-950 Krakow 61 Poland e-mail: dais2001-info(a)ics.agh.edu.pl fax: +48 12 6341084 phone: +48 12 6173982, ext. 22 +48 12 6341766 Conference Chairmen Krzysztof Zielinski (chair), UMM Krakow, Poland Kurt Geihs (co-chair), University of Frankfurt, Germany Organizing Committee Aleksander Laurentowski (chair), Elzbieta Alda, Zofia Mosurska, Radoslaw Ruchala, UMM Krakow, Poland We are looking forward to meeting you in Krakow, in September 2001!

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