May 2003 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

FW: Forthcoming IFIP TC 6 Meeting
by Augusto Casaca 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

-----Original Message----- From: Gabriella Batai (ETH) [mailto:Gabriella.Batai@eth.ericsson.se] Sent: quarta-feira, 14 de Maio de 2003 13:50 To: 'andre.danthine(a)ulg.ac.be'; 'boyanov(a)acad.bg'; 'elgmason(a)ntu.edu.sg'; 'slavik(a)mailserv.testcom.cz'; 'spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de'; 'saito(a)jp.toyota-itc.com'; 'i.niemegeers(a)its.tudelft.nl'; 'aagesen(a)item.ntnu.no'; 'naamany(a)squ.edu.om'; 'grzech(a)ists.pwr.wroc.pl'; 'augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt'; 'putxi(a)uib.es'; 'dipak.khakhar(a)ics.lu.se'; 'hrudin(a)smile.ch'; 'radfordp(a)logica.com'; 'lyman(a)acm.org'; 'aruni(a)watson.ibm.com'; 'guy.leduc(a)ulg.ac.be'; 'rboutaba(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca'; 'dominique.Gaiti(a)utt.fr'; 'Harmen.R.van-As(a)tuwien.ac.at' Cc: Sarolta Dibuz (ETH); Gabriella Batai (ETH) Subject: Forthcoming IFIP TC 6 Meeting Dear Our Guests, The venue of the next TC6 meeting will be Ericsson's premises in Budapest, Hungary. Address: Budapest, Irínyi József u. 4-20. , XI. district The meeting room is on the ground floor (for English people first floor) close to the reception. As you have probably known on Sunday evening there will be a boat trip on the River Danube. Please indicate whether you have an accompaning person with you who will also take part in this evening program. I kindly ask you to let me know if you have special food request (vegetarian or other). If you have not reserved your hotel room yet, please do it. Most of you will stay at Hotel Korona. (If you choose Hotel Korona please indicate that you come to Ericsson, to the IFIP TC6 meeting, because the 88 EUs price is a special Ericsson rate). You can find the requested information about the hotels below. If you need help with the hotel booking or any other matters please do not hesitate to contact me. We are looking forward to meeting you in Budapest! Best regards Gabriella ---------------------- Gabriella Bátai Assistant Research Laboratory Ericsson Hungary Ltd. H-1117 Budapest Irinyi J. u. 4-20. Tel: +36 1 437 7701 Fax:+36 1 437 7672 E-mail: Gabriella.Batai(a)eth.ericsson.se HOTEL MERCURE KORONA Highly recommended. To reach Ericsson Hungary at Science Park: - 15 minutes by public transport one stop by metro line 3 to Ferenc körút, than change tram 4 or 6 towards Buda side - three stops. - 10 minutes by car / taxi Location of Hotel In the heart of the City of Budapest, opposite the National Museum. Strolling in the City you can reach the bank of the Danube within 5 minutes. Room rate: 88 EUR/ night Access >From the airport: The main road to the City leads straight to the hotel. Distance approx. 18 km. >From railway stations: >From Déli (Southern) and Keleti (Eastern) railway stations by metro line 2 (red), change at Deák tér for line 3 (blue line) to Kálvin tér. By car: >From Vienna or Lake Balaton along motorways M1 and M7, respectively, crossing the Danube via Elisabeth Bridge. By public transport: Tramways 47, 49, bus 15 and metro line 3, Kálvin tér station. Address of Hotel: H-1053 Budapest, Kecskeméti u. 14. Telephone: (36-1) 317-4111 Fax: (36-1) 318-3867 More information on the Hotel Mercure Corona webpage: http://www.mercure-korona.hu/koronaangol/ HOTEL MERCURE DUNA Highly recommended. To reach Ericsson Hungary at Science Park: - 5 minutes by public transport : one stop by tram 4 or 6 towards Buda side - 3 minutes by car / taxi - 10 minutes of walk over a long bridge (Petofi bridge) Location of Hotel Situated very near to the city centre, the Mercure Budapest Duna's traditional "Mercure comfort" and truly friendly atmosphere provides a much more comfortable stay. Room rate: 75 EUR / night >From the Airport: On the way to the city centre on Üll?i út turn left to the Haller utca. The distance from the Airport is approximately 16 Km. >From the railway stations: The metro line 2 from the Déli (Southern) railway station to the Kossuth tér, than change to tram No 2 towards the south and alight at Boráros tér. The same metro can also be used from the Keleti (Eastern) railway station to Blaha Lujza tér, than change to tram No 4 or 6. From the Nyugati (Western) railway station the tram No 4 or 6 leads straight to the Boráros tér. By car: The highways M1 and M7 from Vienna and Lake Balaton lead you to the Pet?fi híd from where you can see the hotel to the right. From the M0 across the Lágymányosi híd, than turn left. From Szeged on M5 highway drive to the Könyves Kálmán körút, than turn to the Soroksári út. By public transport: The trams No. 2, 4, 6 and buses No. 23, 54, 15 and 12 stop at a walking distances from the hotel. The metro line 3 (Ferenc körút station) is 5 minutes walk from the hotel Address of the hotel: H-1095 Budapest, Soroksári út 12. Telephone: (36-1) 455-8300 Fax: (36-1) 455-8385 e-mail: h2025(a)accor-hotels.com More information on the Hotel Mercure webpage: http://www.mercure-duna.hu Other possibilities: http://inside.ericsson.se/hotelguide Budape

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Hotel registration
by Augusto Casaca 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Dear TC6 members, The deadline for hotel registration in Libon ended yesterday. I managed to get an extension of that deadline until September 13th. Please remember that the hotel cannot guarantee rooms after that date. I would thank also that those of you who come to the Lisbon meeting, but are not staying in the Melia Hotel, please let me know. Best regards Augusto

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[Fwd: The "Villa" will open]
by Augusto Casaca 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

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CFP IEEE/IFIP Intern. Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks & Services 2003
by Ahmed Mehaoua 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Dear Colleagues, Apologize for any duplicates; ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute to interested people to encourage contributions ans submissions to the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services : 7th - 10th September 2003, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland http://www.ee.qub.ac.uk/mmns2003 . ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note the extension to the deadline for submission of papers to MMNS2003 is 18th April 2003. Please circulate to your colleagues to ensure a good turnout. For further information about the conference please see the web site at http://ee-server.ee.qub.ac.uk/dsp/mmns2003/ Best Regards, Ahmed Mehaoua (Publicity chair) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MMNS 2003 6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services 7th - 10th September 2003, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland http://www.ee.qub.ac.uk/mmns2003 Second Call For Papers Multimedia services over IP networks are proliferating at an enormous speed. There is also increasing demand for solutions which provide assured levels of service quality. All of these require novel paradigms, models and architectures for realising integrated end-to-end service management rather than managing network elements in isolation. Providing scalable Quality of Service (QoS) while maintaining fairness, along with secure and optimal network resource management are key challenges for the future Internet. These challenges apply to both fixed and wireless networks. The IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services will hold its sixth annual meeting from September 7th to September 10th, 2003 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. MMNS provides an intimate setting for discussion and debate. In just 6 years, MMNS has established itself as one of the premier conferences with a focus on the management of multimedia networks and services. The conference objective is to bring together researchers working in all facets of network and service management as applied to broadband networks and multimedia services. MMNS deals with all aspects of designing, developing and deploying networked multimedia systems and it serves as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research and development results. MMNS 2003 will also include panel sessions in which experts offer their observations and opinions about current hot topics. The keynote speaker will be Professor Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology who will present a vision of future interplanetary network architectures. Professor Derek McAuley, head of Intel's recently formed laboratory at Cambridge, UK, will describe some of the new research being undertaken on global overlay networks and applications. The program committee is soliciting original papers describing research in the area of management of multimedia networks and services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Active multimedia network management * Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks * Augmented and Virtual Reality Networks * Billing and Accounting * Cable multimedia network management * Content distribution internetworking * Deployment of multimedia services * Distributed multimedia service management * End-to-end IP multimedia network and service management * IP Video, streaming, interactive video service management * Middleware support for management * Multimedia network traffic engineering and optimization * Multimedia traffic management * Multimedia content protection * Multimedia session management * Multi-point, multicast services management * Network management models and architectures * Network programmability for multimedia services * Optical multimedia network management * Policy-based management for multi-media services * Provisioning of multimedia networks and services * QoS in WLANs * QoS management * Resource, performance and fault management * Security and Authentication * VoIP service management * Web Services * Wireless and mobile multimedia network management Papers must be submitted electronically in postscript or PDF format. Detailed instructions are provided on the conference web site, http://www.ee.qub.ac.uk/mmns2003. Submission date: 18th April 2003 Notification of acceptance: 6th June 2003 Final version: 4th July 2003 Conference Chairs: Professor Alan Marshall, a.marshall(a)ee.qub.ac.uk, Queen's University of Belfast, UK Professor Nazim Agoulmine, nazim(a)rp.lip6.fr, University of Evry, France Qiang Gu Advanced Telecommunication Systems Laboratory School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast Northern Ireland. BT9 5AH Email: qiang.gu(a)ee.qub.ac.uk Telephone: +44 -2890-274142 Fax: +44 -2890-274417 --------------------------------------------------------- Ahmed Mehaoua University of Versailles - CNRS PRISM Lab. 45 av. des etats unis 78000 Versailles - France Email : mea(a)prism.uvsq.fr Tel : +33 1 39 25 40 45

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FW: IFIP TC6 delegate
by Augusto Casaca 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

-----Original Message----- From: Dong Yoon Kim [mailto:dykim@ajou.ac.kr] Sent: sexta-feira, 9 de Maio de 2003 08:04 To: augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt Subject: Re: IFIP TC6 delegate Dear Dr. Casaca Thank you for your e-mail. I'll try to find someone in a mean time. I have a request for you. Please notice following visiting offer to your TC if possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- There is an opening for the visiting professorship at the Department of Computer Science, Ajou University, Korea. This position is supported by Korean government for the collaboration between Korean and foreign scholars beginning end of August, 2003. We are looking for the foreign professors (whose nationality is not Korea) who can teach computer science courses in English. Candidates in all areas of Computer Science or Computer Engineering are encouraged to apply, especially those in wireless internet area. The annual salary (12 month) will be upto $80,000, and tax could be exempted. Housing, the expense of relocation (around $4,000 for 1 year stay ), and air-fare will be provided. Grant for research can be available, too. (Teaching load will be 2 courses per year for reserch professor) Please feel free to contact Prof. Dong-Yoon Kim (dykim(a)ajou.ac.kr) regarding to this position. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Best regards Dong Yoon Kim, Ph.D. Professor, College of Information and Communication Ajou University, Suwon, Korea 442-749 (Phone) +82-31-219-2632 (Fax) +82-31-219-1614 (MP) +82-16-668-2632

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IFIP Publisher
by Augusto Casaca 03 Jun '03

03 Jun '03

Dear TC6 members, Please send me your views on the mail sent by Roger Johnson on the different possibilities for the choice of a new IFIP publisher. I sent you that mail last week and I need to know your opinion up to this coming Monday. Best regards Augusto

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RE: [ifip-tc6] IFIP Publisher
by Radford, Peter 02 Jun '03

02 Jun '03

Augusto I too support Otto's view but Guy's comments and questions ought also to be relayed to Roger Johnson. I'm sure the publications committee are looking for alternative publishers but if anyone has any ideas, they ought to pass them on to Roger. Two questions: Has anyone had any experience with "print on demand" book publishers? Have our contacts with electronic publishing come up with anything useful? Regards Peter Peter Radford UK Representative to IFIP Technical Committee 6 T: +44(0)20 7446 1281 E: Peter.Radford(a)LogicaCMG.com -----Original Message----- From: Augusto Casaca [mailto:augusto.casaca@inesc.pt] Sent: 29 May 2003 19:21 To: TC6 Subject: [ifip-tc6] IFIP Publisher Dear TC6 members, Please send me your views on the mail sent by Roger Johnson on the different possibilities for the choice of a new IFIP publisher. I sent you that mail last week and I need to know your opinion up to this coming Monday. Best regards Augusto _______________________________________________ ifip-tc6 mailing list ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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FW: Plamen Nedkov
by Augusto Casaca 30 May '03

30 May '03

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Renaldas.Gudauskas(a)kf.vu.lt Sent: sexta-feira, 30 de Maio de 2003 10:05 To: ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at Cc: ifip(a)ifip.or.at Subject: Plamen Nedkov Dear Prof. Brunnstein and IFIP GA Members, Last week I was travelling and could not respond earlier to the message Prof. Brunnstein wrote to GA on 20.5., in particular: >Fourth: PN had NO duties regarding WITFOR. It was his task as UNESCO >relations officer to acquire related funds but there was NO >justification that he intervened (yes, he intervened!) into >operations which Peter Bollerslev and Dipak Khakhar were >responsible for. His role as co-chair also gave him no right >for intervening with duties of those responsible (Peter >Bollerslev, Renaldas Gudauskas, Dipak Khakhar, Dewald Roode, Leon Strous). As IFIP GA representative, Chairman of the WITFOR National Organizing Commitee and member of the Steering Committee I would like to assure you that Plamen Nedkov as IFIP Executive Director and WITFOR Commission Co-Chair has very successfully contributed to the WITFOR program and organization at all stages. He helped raise significant UNESCO funds for the conference and to create useful connections. We have all relied on his tactful advice and efficient contributions at all times. I am personally very grateful to Plamen for his contributions both on WITFOR matters and in my work as Lithuanian GA representative to IFIP. Sincerely yours, Prof. Renaldas Gudauskas …………………………………. Advisor to Prime Minister of Lithuania; Chairman of WITFOR National Organizing Committee Representative of Lithuanian Computer Society to IFIP Ph. +3705 2663828 Fax. +3705 2663847 Mob. +3706 9842304 ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/

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FW: Message from R. Johnson re. Publications
by Augusto Casaca 30 May '03

30 May '03

Dear TC6 members, Please give your best attention to this message of Roger Johnson and send me your comments. It would be good that you send your comments with cc to TC6. Best regards Augusto -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Hayden [mailto:dh@ifip.or.at] Sent: quarta-feira, 21 de Maio de 2003 15:59 To: TC 1 Chair; TC 2 Acting-Chair; TC 3 Chair; TC 5 Chair; TC 6 Chair; TC 7 Chair; TC 8 Chair; TC 9 Chair; TC10 Chair; TC11 Chair; TC12 Chair; TC13 Chair Cc: Basie von Solms (E-mail); Roger Johnson; dh(a)ifip.or.at Subject: Fwd: Message from R. Johnson re. Publications Dear All, Please find below a message from the Secretary. Kind regards, Dorothy ************** >Subject: Very Important - Publications >Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 15:47:42 +0100 >X-MS-Has-Attach: yes >Thread-Topic: Very Important - Publications >thread-index: AcMfeyIZLe44nvAYRmuRr3yOFVbh6g== >From: "Roger Johnson" <rgj(a)dcs.bbk.ac.uk> >To: <dh(a)ifip.or.at> >Cc: "Basie von Solms (E-mail)" <basie(a)rkw.rau.ac.za> > > >Dear Colleagues > >I have been asked to circulate this email quickly by the members of EB to >get you reactions to the position in which IFIP finds itself. Please could >you reply by the morning of Monday June 9th. > >As I suggested (previously to EB) Springer has been acquired by Candover & >Cinven and will be merged with KAP and will operate under the name of >Springer. I attach the press release from the new owners. > >It was widely rumoured that Springer was not making a profit and hence the >wish by Bertelsmann to sell it. C&C are buyout specialists.I understand a >number of KAP people are involved in the acquisition. My conclusion is >that "new" Springer is much more likely to have policies similar to KAP >and not the reverse since C&C have announced that their plan is to sell >the company in 5-6 years. > >The dilemma for IFIP is as follows: >1. At the last re-tendering the only credible alternative was Springer. >That option has disappeared. >2. Last time ACM were only interested in handling the printing and >distribution of books. No marketing with a consequent loss of IFIP >visibility. All advertising (in ACM jouranls etc) at IFIP's expense. >3. IEEE-CS have expressed interest this time (last time they did not). ACM >were certainly interested last year when Klaus and I visited in the >possibility of providing a similar service. However, the deal may well be >similar to (2) above. >4. Our analysis last time was that there would be very little income to >IFIP from a deal with ACM and I believe that it would probably be true of >IEEE-CS offering as well. >5. There is some reason to think that another automatic renewal of the KAP >contract could be agreed with existing royalties and a separate new >agreement on electronic distribution. Such a deal would preserve our >present royalty income of USD 87K. As an incentive to accept such a deal >(because it would save them time and money etc) KAP might be expected to >offer IFIP only around 10% royalty if we go to tender. > >I think there are three real options (and a fourth hope): >1. Go out to tender and sign with national society such as IEEE-CS or ACM. >We would have cheap books, a loss of nearly 87K USD in the IFIP income to >be recovered from elsewhere (I guess from conferences, is there anything >else??). We would have to do all our own marketing. >2. Go out to tender and sign with KAP/Springer on reduced royalty. We >would lose only 30-40K USD which would have to come be recovered as in >option 1. >3. Allow KAP contract to renew with high book prices etc. but with >continued income stream to IFIP. >4. Hope there is someone else out there when we go to tender. I regard >this as most unlikely and probably no better than option 2 with all the >hassle of changing publisher. > >What should we do? I believe that we should put the above to the TC chairs >and seek their input by the morning of Monday June 9th. Please send >responses to me and copy them to Basie as Chairman of TA. > >Good wishes > >Roger <<Springer acquisition-merger.doc>> >******************************************** >Dr Roger Johnson >Dean, Faculty of Social Science & >Honorary Secretary, International Federation for Information Processing >Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX UK. >Telephone: (+44) 20 7631 6709 >FAX: (+44) 20 7631 6727 >URL: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~rgj >College location: >http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=wc1e7hx&Z=1 >IFIP: http://www.ifip.or.at/ >******************************************** >

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7th IEEE DS-RT - Call for Papers
by Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 29 May '03

29 May '03

==================================================================== Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. Call for Papers DS-RT 2003 Seventh IEEE* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 23-25, 2003, Delft, The Netherlands. http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/ In conjunction with 15th European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2003) October 26-29, 2003, Delft, The Netherlands Hosted by the Delft University of Technology *IEEE Approval Pending SCOPE In its seventh year, the 2003 International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2003) will take place at the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, just before the European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2003). This is an excellent opportunity to participate in two conferences covering a wide range of simulation research. SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES DS-RT 2003 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2003 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2003 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. CALL FOR PAPERS DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Interactive Virtual Reality, Multi-User Virtual Reality, Interactive Simulation in Entertainment; o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols (e.g., HLA, DIS); o- Implementation issues; (e.g., general purpose distributed simulation); o- Algorithms and Methods for Distributed Interactive Simulation (e.g.,event synchronization, network time protocols); o- Applications of Distributed Simulation (e.g., Real Time DS, large distributed simulation systems); o- Distributed Models and Simulation for Analysis; o- Data Distribution Management and Interest Management; o- Multi-resolution modeling; o- Current Critical Design Issues (e.g.: causality, simultaneous events, zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time); o- Methodology for Distributed/Parallel Simulation; o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modelling packages; o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security; o- Performance of Distributed Simulation; (e.g., benchmark, theoretical, empirical, and HLA/RTI studies); o- Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms; o- Visual Interactive Simulation (e.g., generic animation, visual interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning); o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational Process under Simulation; o- Language and Modeling Issues; o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems; o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems (such as Java, and DCOM) on DIS; o- Interoperable Communication Networks; o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems (QoS requirements and their realization, multicast for distributed/ real-time simulation systems); o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation (e.g. Modeling Global Internet); o- Integration of DIS and HLA with Web Technologies. IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: June 1, 2003 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2003 Camera Ready version due: August 15, 2003 Symposium presentation: October 23-25, 2003 in Delft, The Netherlands IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 20 pages. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to http://sentosa.sas.ntu.edu.sg:8000/~dsrt2003/ by June 1, 2003. Questions from authors may be directed to Simon Taylor (simon.taylor(a)brunel.ac.uk), or Stephen Turner (ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg). Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are required. Each submission, electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract a complete list of authors and their affiliations a contact person for correspondence postal and e-mail addresses. Please contact the above if you wish to do so. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Stephen J. Turner School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Email: ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg Phone: +65-6790-4054. Fax : +65-6792-6559 Program Chair Simon J. E. Taylor Department of Information Systems and Computing Brunel University Uxbridge, Middx, UB8 3PH Email: simon.taylor(a)brunel.ac.uk Phone: +44-1895-203389 Fax: +44-1895-251686 Publicity Co-Chairs Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Mirela M. S. A. Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Program Committee Lee Belfore, Old Dominion University, USA Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA Alexander Verbraeck, TU Delft Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University Judith Dahmann, MITRE Corporation, USA Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University at Linz Robert Fransechini, SAIC, USA Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology Katherine Morse, SAIC, USA Anand Natrajan, University of Virginia Mikel Petty, Old Dominion University Mark Pullen, George Mason University Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia Doug Schmidt, DARPA, and University of California at Irvine Roger Smith, Model Benders Corp., USA Gary Tan, National University of Singapore Simon Taylor, Brunel University, UK Stephen Turner, Nanyang Technological University Richard Weatherly, MITRE Corp., USA Philip Wilsey, University of Cincinnati Steering Committee Azzedine Boukerche (Chair), University of North Texas Sajal K. Das, University of Texas at Arlington Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia Stephen J. Turner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia Advisory Board Committee Jean-Loup Baer, University of Washington Jason Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas K. M. Chandy, California Institute of Technology, USA Sajal K. Das, University of North Texas Lorenzo Donatiello, University of Bologna, Italy Doug DeGroot, Texas Instruments, USA Tuncer Oren, University of Ottawa, Canada Paul Reynolds, University of Virginia Gabriel Silberman, IBM Research, USA Stephen J. Turner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore G. Zobrist, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA Local Arrangement Chair: Alexander Verbraeck, Systems Engineering, TU Delft Delft, The Netherlands Registration Chair Susan Standing, Brunel University, UK Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy For local information on the beautiful city of Delft see www.delft.nl! ====================================================================

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