December 2002 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
by Kiril Boyanov 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Dear Friends, I wish to all of you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I wish to all your family health, happiness and luck in all their activities We have spent nice time all these years and I hope that at the 40th anniversary we will be so young as ever and we will win the events of the year as now. Best regards Kiril======================================= Prof. Kiril Boyanov BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing (CLLP) Sofia 1113, acad.G.Bonchev str.Bl.25A phone (+359 2) 703260 fax (+359 2) 707273 E-Mail boyanov(a)acad.bg =======================================

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TC6 is the winner!!!!
by Otto Spaniol 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Dear all, we are the winners (even with large majority!) !!!! Hurrah! Three cheers to IFIP TC6!!! See below. Best wishes and thank your for your participation in the voting Otto (I promise to pay a beer - at least - to every delegate who shows up at the nxt meeting - and who is allowed to drink beer; for the others we will find another small gift) -------------------------------- Message received by Plamen nedkov: Dear All, We are impressed by all the support we received in selecting the IFIP Event of the Year 2002. From the email IDs and sign. lines of the participants we can say that they come from 27 [TWENTY SEVEN] countries -- Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany [very active participation!!], Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Rep. of Korea, Thailand, UK and USA. WOW, thank you very much!!! Just for comparison, at the end of 2001 participants from 13 countries chose "The IFIP-UNESCO Summit meeting" as the IFIP event of 2001. This year's ballot was called on the basis of 7 nominations [ref. http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00204.html ]. The large majority of participants expressed its preference for ***30th Anniversary of TC 6*** which is hereby DECLARED as the IFIP Event of 2002. [Our report on the 30th Anniversary of TC 6 is posted at http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/tc6.pdf ] CONGRATULATIONS to TC 6 - IFIP's Sailboat in the Wind! We wish them further inspiration so as to continue their remarkable activity in future. ***The IFIP-UNESCO partnership*** is the runner-up and ***The 17th World Computer Congress in Montreal*** is third. The Delivery Co. Fun zone - joke lovers only! We continue our end-of-year selection with another Special. If you wish to find what would have happened if it had been the 3 Wise Women instead of the 3 Wise Men click here >>> http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/jokeimages/3wisewomen.pps -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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FW: [IFIP] TC Visions - TC8/Dewald Roode
by Augusto Casaca 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quinta-feira, 5 de Dezembro de 2002 08:49 To: All Subject: [IFIP] TC Visions - TC8/Dewald Roode Dear All, We continue Project "Visions from the IT Engine Room" with Professor Dewald Roode, Chairman of IFIP TC 8 on Information Systems. Dewald should know the nuclear capability of South Africa since he worked for the South African Atomic Energy Board as early as the late 60-ties. In 1981 he became the first Executive Director of the Computer Users Council of South Africa. In 1995 he was appointed Director, Information Technology at the University of Pretoria and in 1998 he became the first Director of the new School of Information Technology at the University a position he retained until his early retirement at the end of 2001. Currently he maintains a busy schedule as owner of an information management consultancy firm and continues to supervise a number of doctoral students as extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria. Asked about activities which could have a significant impact in future, Dewald opines: "In spite of the recent floundering of dot com companies, and a world-wide slump in IT, it remains a fact that the world, and specifically the organizational world, is becoming more and more dependent on IT and Information Systems. In such a business climate it is to be expected that suppliers will always come forward with new solutions to existing problems (and will sometimes even create new problems for which they have the solutions!) that promise to once and for all solve an organization's headaches. This is simply the way a free market operates. It is our duty to shed light on and work towards greater understanding of the inherent complexity of information systems in organizational context. More importantly, this understanding should diffuse into the organizational world, and should not remain encapsulated in academic circles. " For an exclusive interview with Dewald Roode click here -> http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/tcvisions.htm and then follow the link under his photo. Enjoy, The Delivery Co. Fun zone - joke lovers only! So as to probe whether information systems are almighty in the business environment here is a sketch for Dewald to tackle ;-)) Boss of a multinational telecom: "Who says that you should work less after I tried to kiss you during the Christmas party?" Secretary: "My lawyer!" -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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FW: [IFIP] TC Visions - TC 10/Franz Rammig
by Augusto Casaca 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: terca-feira, 10 de Dezembro de 2002 08:18 To: All Subject: [IFIP] TC Visions - TC 10/Franz Rammig Dear All, We are continue Project "Visions from the IT Engine Room" with Professor Dr. Franz J. Rammig, Chairman of IFIP TC 10 on Computer Systems Technology. Franz Rammig teaches Practical Informatics at the University of Paderborn, the University of the Information Society. His current research areas are design techniques for embedded real-time systems, ranging from abstract specifications (especially using Abstract State Machines) via modeling, analysis, software synthesis (with special emphasis on real-time operating and communications systems) to hardware synthesis (especially using reconfigurable devices). He is the chairman of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and one of the two directors of C-LAB. Asked about TC 10 activities with a serious socioeconomic impact, Franz responds: "We need more powerful design technology, we need new computing paradigms (concurrently acting, intelligent, and self-adapting peer-to-peer systems?), and we must be able to build safe systems, systems that do not harm mankind and the environment. I think that TC10 is attacking these challenges, however from a technology driven point of view." For an exclusive interview with Franz Rammig click here -> http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/tcvisions.htm and then follow the link under his photo. Enjoy, The Delivery Co. -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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Last day for voting
by Otto Spaniol 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

Dear all, there is a last day for voting (deadline = December 10). For those of you who haven't done it yet. Please send an email to <vote(a)ifip.or.at> with the text which is appended below. Best wishes Otto ----------------------------------------------------- IFIP event of the year 2002: I vote for ***30th Anniversary of TC 6***

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FW: [IFIP] On-line Forum for WSIS
by Augusto Casaca 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: sexta-feira, 6 de Dezembro de 2002 10:04 To: All Subject: [IFIP] On-line Forum for WSIS To: IFIP Member societies, GA, TC and WG Chairs Further to our mail of 29 November http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00203.html please find below a press release from UNESCO re. the on-line discussion forum as input to WSIS. Have a nice weekend, The Delivery Co. -------------------------------------- For immediate release UNESCO, 5/12/2002 Online Forum for Civil Society's Preparation of World Summit on the Information Society An online discussion forum for non-governmental organizations and civil society to discuss their input in the Final Declarations of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS; Geneva 2003, Tunis 2005) will be held on UNESCO's website at http://wsisforum.unesco.org from 9 December 2002 to 15 January 2003. The Forum that will be chaired by Monique Fouilhoux, President of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, will discuss eight themes: General Discussion, Access, Development and Empowerment, Content Issues, Education, Training and Research, Rights, Future Developments of Information Technologies, Civil Society in WSIS and Beyond. The forum is open for all members of non-governmental organizations and civil society. Proposals to be included in the drafts of the WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action that result from the Forum will be transmitted to the WSIS Executive Secretariat for submission at Prepcom II (17-28 February 2003). The decision to organize the Forum was taken by representatives of non-governmental organizations and civil society at a preparatory meeting at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, on 27 and 28 November 2002. At the meeting, Adama Samassékou, President of the WSIS Preparatory Committee, highlighted the essential contributions that non-governmental organizations and civil society can make to the Summit and its follow-up. Speaking at the Opening of the meeting, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said that UNESCO is well-positioned to bring quite diverse constituencies into the Summit process and, indeed, to act as a bridge linking civil society, governments, professional groups and users. UNESCO, he stated, wishes to ensure that the Summit addresses questions that go beyond 'access' in technical or infrastructural terms: "After all, the access in question is really about full access to society; more than this, it is about the capacity to influence the kind of society being generated by large-scale technological and economic forces". The desire to enlarge the Summit's agenda to take account of important issues of intellectual and ethical debate is something that UNESCO shares with civil society. "The narrowing of cultural as well as technological divides is something we must all strive for", said the Director-General. Related Links * World Summit on the Information Society http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.htm * UNESCO and the World Summit on the Information Society <http://www.unesco.org/wsis> Contact: Jean Gabriel Mastrangelo, UNESCO, Information Society Division, Tel: +33 1.45.68.44.13 E-mail: jg.mastrangelo(a)unesco.org -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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EURASIP conference in Zagreb, Croatia, www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003
by EC-VIP-MC 2003 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Apologies for any duplication of this announcement CALL FOR PAPERS: EC-VIP-MC 2003 ---> PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 17, 2003 !!! CALL FOR PAPERS 4th EURASIP Conference focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/ 2-4 July 2003 Zagreb, Croatia The 4th EURASIP Conference focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications (EC-VIP-MC) will be held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia, during 2-4 July 2003. The European Association for Speech, Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP) initiated this type of conference, in order to start a new tradition of conferences, each devoted to a specific area of discipline. The 2003 EURASIP Conference is the fourth biennial conference promoted by EURASIP and organised by Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia. The first conference was organised in Prague, Czech Republic (1997), second in Krakow, Poland (1999), third in Budapest Hungary (2001). The aim of the EC-VIP-MC is to promote the interface of researchers involved in the development and application of methods and techniques within the framework of video/image processing and multimedia communications. The scientific program includes keynote and invited lectures by eminent international experts and contributed papers. Papers accepted by two independent reviewers will be published in Conference Proceedings available at the Conference and abstracted in the INSPEC database. TOPICS * Image and Video Processing * Image and Video Coding * Image Scanning, Display and Printing * Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval * Speech and Audio Processing * Watermarking and Encryption * Digital Signal Processing (DSP) * Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) * Video Streaming and Videoconferencing * Multimedia Signal Processing * Multimedia Databases * Multimedia and DTV Technologies * Multimedia Communications and Networking * Multimedia Human-Machine Interface and Interaction * Multimedia Applications * Standards and Related Issues KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Touradj Ebrahimi, EPFL, Switzerland: Novel Frontiers in Multimedia Communications - New Media and Interfaces Professor Anthony G. Constantinides, Imperial College London, UK: On Contours, Corners and Cats: The Human Visual System and Image Processing Professor K. R. Rao, University of Texas at Arlington, USA: H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding INVITED LECTURE Professor Jiri Jan, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic: Signal and Image Data Processing in Ultrasonic Imaging SUBMISSION To submit a proposal, prepare a full camera-ready paper on six pages. "Instructions for Authors" are available on our web-site. Please send your submission electronically in PDF format to our e-mail address: vip(a)fer.hr IMPORTANT DATES Full camera-ready paper to be received by: January 17, 2003 Notification of acceptance mailed out by: February 07, 2003 Preliminary program available on the web-site by: February 17, 2003 Registration deadline: March 21, 2003 SOCIAL EVENTS (included in the registration fee!) * conference dinner * visit to national park "Plitvice Lakes" * Zagreb sightseeing SPONSORED BY EURASIP CO-SPONSORED BY IEEE Region 8 IEEE Croatia Section University of Zagreb GENERAL CHAIR Branka Zovko-Cihlar, University of Zagreb, Croatia PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Sonja Grgic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Mislav Grgic, University of Zagreb, Croatia INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE List of the IPC members is available on the web. CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. Mislav Grgic EC-VIP-MC 2003 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA Telephone: + 385 1 6129 851 Facsimile: + 385 1 6129 717 E-mail: vip(a)fer.hr URL: http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/ PS: Feel free to distribute!

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FW: IFIP WG 6.8 Conference on Personal Wireless Communications
by Augusto Casaca 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-itc(a)www.i-teletraffic.org [mailto:owner-itc@www.i-teletraffic.org]On Behalf Of Raffaele Bruno Sent: terca-feira, 3 de Dezembro de 2002 10:56 To: Raffaele Bruno Subject: CFP:IFIP WG 6.8 Conference on Personal Wireless Communications [Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================================= Conference Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers PWC 2003 The Eighth International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications Sponsored by the IFIP WG 6.8 - Mobile and Wireless Communications http://www.iit.cnr.it/pwc2003 September 23-25, 2003 Telecom Italia Future Centre - Venice, Italy http://www.futurecentre.telecomitalia.it/eng/ PWC is the premier international forum for discussions between researchers, practitioners and students interested in the symbiosis of mobile computing and wireless networks. PWC 2003 is the eight conference of this series and is sposored by IFIP WG 6.8 The PWC 2003 technical program committee is soliciting papers describing original, previously unpublished, completed or on-going research, on topics. including, but not limited to, the following: - Mobile Web Access - Mobile and Wireless Applications - Pervasive computing - Mobile and Wireless Networking - IP-based Mobile Networks - Mobility Management - QoS in the Mobile and Wireless Networks - Real-time voice/video over mobile and wireless networks - Multicasting in Wireless Services - Analysis, Simulation and Measurement of wireless and mobile systems - Mobile ad hoc networks - Wireless BAN, PAN and LAN - Wi-Fi - Third and Fourth Generation Systems - 3G/WLAN internetworking - Energy-efficient Protocols and Power Management This year conference includes two special tracks to address hot topic issues: sensor networks and wireless security. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ================================= Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. For paper submission, please follow the submission instructions at: http://www.iit.cnr.it/pwc2003 All papers will be reviewed by the program committee members. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full papers due: February 10, 2003 Notification: May 10, 2003 Camera Ready due: June 10, 2003 GENERAL Chair: Enrico Gregori, IIT - CNR, Italy GENERAL Vice-Chair: Fabrizio Davide, Telecom Italia, Italy TECHNICAL PROGRAM Chair: Marco Conti, IIT - CNR, Italy SPECIAL TRACKs PROGRAM Chair: Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland PUBLICITY chair: Raffaele Bruno, IIT CNR, Italy STEERING COMMITTEE Members: Imrich Chlamtac, University of Trento, Italy (Chair) Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland, USA Guy Omidyar, National University of Singapore, Singapore Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin, Germany TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Members: TBD -- Raffaele Bruno ======================================= Publicity chair PWC 2003 Ph.D. Student Italian National Research Council - IIT Institute Via G. Moruzzi,1 - 56100 Pisa, ITLAY ======================================= phone: +39 050 3153078 fax: +39 050 3152593 email: raffaele.bruno(a)iit.cnr.it =======================================

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Collect more votes
by Otto Spaniol 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

Dear all, in particular WG chairpersons, since everybody can vote for the IFIP event of the year.... please distribute the request to your colleagues, friends, WG members etc. Ask them to vote for 30th Anniversary of TC 6 via the address <vote(a)ifip.or.at>. Best regards Otto

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FW: [IFIP] Vote: IFIP Event of the Year 2002
by Augusto Casaca 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: segunda-feira, 2 de Dezembro de 2002 09:46 To: All Subject: [IFIP] Vote: IFIP Event of the Year 2002 Importance: High Dear All SUBJECT: Choose one of the seven events listed below and send to <vote(a)ifip.or.at> DEADLINE for voting: 10 December 2002 It's time to vote for the IFIP Event of the Year, for the IFIP activity, project or conference which impressed you most during the course of 2002. Below is a list which we compiled on the basis of nominations. The list contains some key words and links which hopefully would help in making your choice. Here is the list: 1. ***30th Anniversary of TC 6*** http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00176.html, http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00182.html and http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00185.html - the 30th Anniversary of TC 6 is no doubt a key IFIP event which marks an important anniversary of one of the most active IFIP technical committees. It also highlights IFIP's role in one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. 2. ***Project "The Day of the President"*** http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/presidentday.htm , labelled "Le Must", kept the IFIP community focused on the interviews of past presidents. The project spins a tale of major IFIP accomplishments and offers visions for the future. 3. ***17th World Computer Congress 2002 in Montreal*** http://www.wcc2002.org - A flagship event which kept nearly all of IFIP's TCs involved in the program. 4. ***The IFIP-UNESCO Partnership*** On the basis of an evaluation IFIP was recognized as an "essential partner" and the formal consultative relations between the two organizations were renewed for another 6 years. The UNESCO-IFIP WCC 2002 Declaration of ICT and Youth, now available in English, French and Spanish - http://www.ifip.or.at/minutes/ga2002/youth_declaration.pdf - is an important contribution to WSIS. UNESCO provided its auspices to WITFOR. The two organizations worked closely for a mutually beneficial partnership. 5. ***Establishment of a Specialist Group (SG) on Entertainment Computing*** http://www.ifip.or.at/minutes/ga2002/sg_ec.pdf -- For more than a decade IFIP has hesitated to establish a SG with the potential to grow into a Technical Committee. This newly established SG is promising and provides a forum for an active involvement of Industry in IFIP. 6. ***IT STAR*** http://www.ifip.or.at/it-star - This regional initiative helped recruit a new IFIP member society and has the potential to attract at least 2 more IFIP members in 2003. It launched an IT STAR Newsletter, published national reports on ICT in the region and is working on a project for an IT Pool of Experts which could have a spin-off effect to other world regions for the benefit of other IFIP member societies. 7. ***SEC III Conference in Dortmund, DE*** http://seciii.cs.uni-dortmund.de/index_html -- this World Conference on "Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT" held on 22-26 July 2002, was a major event in the TC 3 program of activities. Everyone, irrespective of his IFIP affiliation, is eligible to vote! Please select ONE of the seven activities and send your choice to <vote(a)ifip.or.at> by 10 Dec latest. Your submission would not only help us select the IFIP Event of the Year but, most importantly, would give as an indication of your preference which you would wish to encourage in future. Thank you and best regards, The Delivery Co. -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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