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

WG 6.8 and 6.9
by Augusto Casaca 09 Mar '02

09 Mar '02

Dear TC6 members, I just returned from the IFIP Council in Bled, Slovenia. In this mail I only wish to report that the new name, aims and scope of WG 6.8 were approved in the Technical Assembly. WG6.9 was also approved but we should still modify the aims and scope to show better that we are not interfering with other TCs. I will bring a proposal to our TC6 meeting. Best regards Augusto Casaca

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Event Request Forms
by Augusto Casaca 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

Dear WG chairmen, We have no news about ERFs for the following 2002 events: Latin America Networking (WG6.9) Electronic Publishing (WG 6.11) Forte (WG 6.1) [waiting for the risk loan agreement] Active Networks (WG 6.7). All the others have been submitted or are being signed. Could the respective WG chairmen please try to get the ones mentioned above from the organisers? Thank you Augusto

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FW: [WWW2002-ANNOUNCE:8] WWW2002 Early Bird Registration Extended!
by Augusto Casaca 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-www2002-announce(a)hawaii.edu [mailto:owner-www2002-announce@hawaii.edu]On Behalf Of WWW2002 Announcements Sent: quarta-feira, 6 de Marco de 2002 06:30 To: WWW2002 in Hawaii 7-11 May Subject: [WWW2002-ANNOUNCE:8] WWW2002 Early Bird Registration Extended! For friends of the International WWW Conference Series, we want to let you know that early bird registration rates have been extended until March 15. So there's still time to get the best price for WWW2002 registration! Check it out at: http://www2002.org For budget travellers, the Sheraton-Waikiki conference hotel tells us that the least expensive rooms are just about gone so don't forget to make your hotel reservations early as well! We're sending each of you for whom we have a postal mailing address a copy of our paper brochure. Pass it around the office or show it to your boss! And let us know at info(a)www2002.org if you need more copies. A quick reminder that WWW2002 is shaping up to be the best yet in this outstanding conference series. With a great set of Tutorials & Workshops, an exemplary core technical program and the signature WWW Developers Day to top off the week you'll find WWW2002 to be a great value. Our Featured Speakers will include: Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, W3C Director and... Richard DeMillo, VP and CTO of Hewlett-Packard and ... Ian Foster, Leader and Innovator in Grid Computing and... Pam Samuelson, McArthur Fellow and... Alfred Spector, IBM Research VP and... Read more about them at: http://www2002.org/speakers.html While much of the program is set, you can still propose BoFs at: http://www2002.org/bofs.html You can still propose sessions for what's shaping up to be a great Developers Day including Tim Berners-Lee by checking out: http://www2002.org/devday.html and sending email to the track chairs or devday(a)www2002.org And the Vendors Track is just about to close up shop, but you can still submit (quickly) at: http://www2002.org/cfp-vendors.html And there are still sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available -- see the conference web page for contact information. Looking forward to see you you in Hawaii! The WWW2002 Conference Team ************************************************************************** The WWW2002-Announce mailing list is used to notify all interested individuals or groups of the latest information on the upcoming Eleventh International World Wide Web Conference, WWW2002, formerly referred to as WWW11. This email list will be used to send you updates and periodic reminders about the WWW2002 conference that will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on 7-11 May 2002. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message to: removal(a)www2002.org and type the following into the body of your message: UNSUBSCRIBE WWW2002-ANNOUNCE This is an announcements-only email list. Messages can only posted by the list administrator. Any questions or comments about the conference or this list can be sent to info(a)www2002.org **************************************************************************

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CfP: HICSS-36 Minitrack on Mobile Distributed Information Systems
by Andreas Meissner 04 Mar '02

04 Mar '02

[Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP] ===================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS HICSS-36 Minitrack on MOBILE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/mobile/hicss Part of the Software Technology Track Thirty-sixth Annual HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES January 6 - 9, 2003, Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii --------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstracts due: March 31, 2002 Full Papers due: June 1, 2002 ===================================================================== In today's mobile society, access to relevant information and to context-specific services "anytime, anywhere" is becoming increasingly important. Mobile users are often particularly interested in information about and services in their immediate vicinity, thus Mobile Distributed Information Systems must address location-dependent distribution of and access to services and information from mobile devices. The user's topological and geographical location becomes relevant for the semantics of communication, and such communication has to remain seamless even in foreign environments, with little or no need for manual reconfiguration. Frequently, in addition to his location, the user's current situation determines his information and service requirements. With mobile devices becoming more and more powerful, mobile users themselves may offer information and services to peers in an ad-hoc manner. Consequently, the long-established distinction between clients and servers is blurred, which calls for an extension of the architecture paradigm towards peer and/or alternating roles. This Minitrack will address current topics in the field of Mobile Distributed Information Systems, such as: Location and Situation aware Information Services Network Support for Mobile Access to Services and Information Ad hoc Networking Quality of Service for Mobile Information Access Directory Services, Service Discovery, Service Brokers Service Interoperability, Service Distribution, Service Management Self-/Zero-/Auto-Configuration, Dynamic Configuration for Mobile Users Distributed Databases and Data Management for Mobile Access Modeling a User's Situation Mobile Devices: GUIs and Usability Management of Groups of Mobile Users Location Tracking Technologies Fundamentals of location-based Information and Service Distribution Architectures for Mobile Computing and Peer Service Provision Security Aspects of Mobile Distributed Information Systems Charging Models for Mobile Information and Service Access Business Opportunities and M-Commerce Potential of Mobile Distributed Information Systems Mobile Service and Information Provision in the Tourism Industry Case Studies of Mobile Distributed Information Systems MINITRACK CHAIRS Andreas Meissner Wolfgang Schönfeld Lars Wolf Fraunhofer IPSI Fraunhofer IPSI University of Karlsruhe Dolivostrasse 15 Dolivostrasse 15 Zirkel 2 64293 Darmstadt 64293 Darmstadt 76128 Karlsruhe Germany Germany Germany Tel: +49-6151-869-847 Fax: +49-6151-869-6847 {Andreas.Meissner, Wolfgang.Schoenfeld}(a)ipsi.fhg.de Lars.Wolf(a)uni-karlsruhe.de The Minitrack Website is http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/mobile/hicss Please email general inquiries to hicss(a)ipsi.fraunhofer.de MINITRACK PROGRAM COMMITTEE Heribert Baldus, Philips Research Labs, Germany Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia Univ, USA Maria Francesca Costabile, Univ Bari, Italy Carsten Griwodz, Univ Oslo, Norway Pål Halvorsen, Univ Oslo, Norway Haiming Huang, Broadstorm, USA David Hutchison, Univ Lancaster, UK Bruce McDonald, Northeastern Univ, USA Andreas Meissner, FhG IPSI, Germany Jochen Schiller, Freie Univ Berlin, Germany Jens Schmitt, Tech Univ Darmstadt, Germany Wolfgang Schönfeld, FhG IPSI, Germany Lars Wolf, Tech Univ Karlsruhe, Germany IMPORTANT DEADLINES March 31, 2002 Abstracts submitted to hicss(a)ipsi.fraunhofer.de for guidance and indication of appropriate content. June 1, 2002 Full papers submitted to hicss(a)ipsi.fraunhofer.de August 31, 2002 Notice of acceptance or rejections of papers sent to Authors by Minitrack Chairs. October 1, 2002 Accepted manuscripts submitted electronically to the publisher of the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to attend the conference by this date. Registration cancellations after this date may result in the paper being pulled from the Proceedings prior to printing. See conference web site for registration fee refund policy. NOTE: Because HICSS is a nonprofit activity funded entirely by registration fees, all participants and speakers are expected to have their university/organization bear the costs of their expenses and registration. HICSS is not able to subsidize registrations or offer reduced fees. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION 1. Abstracts and full papers may be submitted by email to hicss(a)ipsi.fraunhofer.de as PDF, Postscript, or RTF documents. Abstracts may also be sent in ASCII format and are expected to be 300-500 words. Full papers should consist of 22-26 double-spaced pages, including diagrams. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual or descriptive in nature. (NOTE: The final paper will be 10 pages, double-column, single-spaced.) 2. Do not submit the manuscript to individual Minitrack Chairs - use the above alias instead. Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. 3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper, full name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es). 4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and a 300-word abstract of the paper. TRACKS AT HICSS-36 Collaboration Systems; Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; Email: nunamaker(a)bpa.arizona.edu; Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; Email: bbriggs(a)GroupSystems.com Complex Systems; Chair: Robert Thomas; Email: rjt1(a)cornell.edu Decision Tech. for Management; Chair: Dan Dolk; Email: dolker(a)redshift.com Digital Documents and Media; Chair: Michael Shepherd; Email: shepherd(a)cs.dal.ca Emerging Technologies; Co-Chair: Ralph H. Sprague; Email: sprague(a)hawaii.edu; Co-Chair: Hesham El-Rewini; Email: rewini(a)engr.smu.edu Information Technology in Health Care; Chair: William Chismar; Email: chismar(a)cba.hawaii.edu Internet & the Digital Economy; Co-Chair: David King; Email: dave(a)comshare.com; Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; Email: ardennis(a)indiana.edu Organizational Systems & Tech.; Chair: Hugh Watson; Email: hwatson(a)uga.edu Software Technology; Chair: Hesham El-Rewini; Email: rewini(a)engr.smu.edu HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings (IEEE). Submissions must not have been previously published. For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION: Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair Email: sprague(a)hawaii.edu Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator Email: eidennis(a)indiana.edu Tel: 1-812-331-0551 Fax: 1-812-331-0564 Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator Email: hicss(a)hawaii.edu Tel: 1-808-956-3251 Fax: 1-808-956-5759 2003 HICSS-36 CONFERENCE VENUE: Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii 425 Waikoloa Beach Drive Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738 Tel: 1-808-886-1234 Fax: 1-808-886-2900 www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com

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Performance 2002, 22 - 27 Sept 2002, Rome
by Otto Spaniol 04 Mar '02

04 Mar '02

Performance 2002 IFIP WG 7.3 International Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement and Evaluation September 22 - 27, 2002 Rome, Italy Call for Papers The Performance2002 conference solicits superior papers on the development and application of state-of-the-art analytic, simulation, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques. Of particular interest this year is work that derives new methodologies or creatively applies existing methods to model, design, evaluate, and optimize performance trade-offs/issues in areas such as: Internet and Web performance, content distribution networks, network and server quality of service (QoS), active networks, and security. Papers that advance the state-of-the-art in formal evaluation methods or that creatively apply evaluation methods to computer/communication system design trade-offs/issues are also solicited. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: * Performance-oriented design and evaluation studies of: Internet servers, Web architectures, communication networks, computer architectures, database systems, operating systems, Web server software, distributed systems, multimedia systems, mobile and wireless systems, file and I/O systems, memory systems, real-time systems, and fault-tolerant systems. * Techniques and algorithms for: analytic modeling, performance optimization, queueing analysis, stochastic modeling, model verification and validation, power analysis, hybrid models, experimental design, system measurement and monitoring, reliability analysis, workload characterization, simulation, and statistical analysis. Program Paper/Poster Sessions: Full papers should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages including figures, tables and references. A limited number of submitted papers will be accepted for a poster session. Authors wishing to have their work considered for the poster session may submit a short paper not exceeding 5 double-spaced pages. Submissions must be made electronically as Postscript or Adobe PDF files through the Conference Web site (http://perf2002.uniroma2.it). In case of problems, send papers by email to papers(a)perf2002.uniroma2.it. Papers will be selected on the basis of their originality, relevance and clarity. Full papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal Performance Evaluation (Elsevier) available at the conference. Tutorial Sessions: Tutorial proposals, not exceeding 5 pages, have to include title, abstract, duration, intended audience, assumed background of attendees, name, affiliation and a biographical sketch of the instructors. Proposals should be sent to tutorials(a)perf2002.uniroma2.it. Evaluation of proposals will be based on instructor expertise, and on the relevance of the subject matter. A book of survey papers on the tutorial topics will be published. Publisher is under negotiation. Hot/Controversial Topic Sessions: Proposals are solicited for sessions in which a group of speakers will present and discuss ideas on recent results in a hot or controversial area. Send proposals for these sessions to proposals(a)perf2002.uniroma2.it, specifying the name, affiliation and a brief biography of organizer(s) of the session, the session title, and a list of possible speakers. The submission should also indicate whether any published material is required for the session. Awards: The Scientific Committee will assign the "Best Paper" and the "Best Student Paper" awards. Papers eligible for the student award must have a full-time student as the first author. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of full papers and Proposals for special sessions: March 24, 2002 Notification of acceptance: May 25, 2002 Camera-Ready papers: June 20, 2002 For Further Information: info(a)perf2002.uniroma2.it http://perf2002.uniroma2.it

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