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Message from IFIP president
by Otto Spaniol 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Dear all, here comes a very helpful message from our president (Klaus Brunnstein); see below. In principle we could say now: "Roma locuta, causa finita". Nevertheless, we will discuss about that in Bangkok. By the way: Klaus told me that the official IFIP publisher (new Springer) allows the authors to use their material for other purposes. It is possible for example to put the paper on the own homepage; such activities are of course needed for the authors in order to promote their career plans. Best regards Otto cc.: Klaus Brunnstein -------------------- Dear Prof. Spaniol, thank you very much for sending the draft agreement of WG 6.6 and WG 6.10 concerning planned events. In both cases, I refer to the publication contract according to which IFIP publications for events after January 1, 2005 must be published with Springer Science and Business Media (SSBM). Even in exceptional cases where such a publication is not possible, the copyright cannot be outsourced to another sponsor, but the copyright MUST remain with IFIP. Concerning WG 6.6 event on "Integrated Management", this belongs to a series which TC-6 established several years ago. Both brand name and copyright belong to TC-6. While some parts of the very detailed draft contract may be acceptable, the exclusion of IFIPs copyright is NOT. Concerning WG 6.10 event on "Optical Networks", this belongs to a series which TC-6 established 10 years ago. Both brand name and copyright belong to TC-6. Outsourcing of this event under the conditions as described by WG 6.10 chair is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Final remark: while IEEE CS is a member of IFIP, it behaves in these 2 cases as IFIP competitor. Interestingly, IEEE CS was - despite Proper information - not interested to submit a bid for IFIP publications. Any attempt from IEEE CS to outsource sucessful TC events and publications is NOT ACCEPTABLE, even at the price that some members of a Working Group may leave (or threaten to do so) - although we would really regret such steps. Best wishes: Klaus Brunnstein (November 12, 2004)

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FYI: Open Access to publications
by Guy Leduc 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Dear all, As these publication/copyright issues are central to our discussion, let me just draw your attention to the "Open access initiative" against the lobbys of publishers. For those who don't know, this initiative is based on the observation that scientists do everything for free (paper writing, formatting, reviewing) while the publishers do very little for a lot of money. Then scientists have to pay huge amounts of money to get access to public scientific knowledge of theirs. This publication business model is more and more questioned by the scientists. See http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html Many big institutions (e.g. Cornell university and many others) have not renewed their membership to big digital libraries like Elsevier, or have reduced them drastically. This may be a concern for Springer too, or even IEEE and ACM at some point (though these are much cheaper, especially ACM). The document below shows that in other fields (natural science, medicine), this philosophy is gaining strength, as some government-funded research now start to require that papers be available for free to the scientific community. In our field, how would this impact the transfer of copyrights to IFIP (which actually means being bound to New Springer)? Many authors have already complained about this copyrights transfer, as they want to put a copy of their papers on their personal web page (and consequently on citeseer too...). Best regards, Guy >------------- >Dear Open Access Supporter, > >On September 3, 2004 the NIH posted for comment an "Enhanced Public >Access Policy." This policy would require the >recipients of NIH research grants to provide to >the National Library of Medicine a digital copy >of the final accepted manuscript (or the >published version itself) of every published >report resulting from NIH-funded research, so >that the research results can be made freely >available to scientists and the public through >PubMed Central within six months of publication. > >We are writing now to urge you to submit a >comment in support of this proposal right away. >The deadline for comments is just a few days >away - November 16th. > >The text of the proposal is available at: >http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html > >You can post comments here: >http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/public_access/add.htm > >A powerful lobby of publishers and scientific societies is trying to >block this plan. They claim that this is an unwarranted government >intrusion on their business practices. In fact, >the NIH policy has no authority over publishers >- its rules apply only to the scientists who >voluntarily accept grants from the NIH. The >publishers remain free to operate their >businesses as they always have and to compete in >the free market to provide the best service and >value to their authors and readers. But the >publishers are wrong in arguing that they are >entitled to monopoly control over access to the >results of research that American taxpayers have >paid for. On the contrary, the taxpayers who >fund the research, and the scientists who carry >it out, have every right to ask the grant >recipients to provide open access to the >published results. >And they have every right to expect that the >benefits of the research will be amplified by >making it freely and widely available for others >to use and to build on. > >Let the NIH know that you support this policy proposal. Even better >would be to tell the NIH that you would prefer >an even stronger policy that requires full and >immediate open access to all papers resulting >from NIH-funded research. It is important that >the NIH and other policymakers understand that >this is not (as some publishers would have them >believe) a radical proposal destined to destroy >scientific publishing, but a thoughtful >compromise that balances the desire for better >access with the commercial interests of >scientific publishers. > >More information about the policy is available at >http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm >http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ > > >Notable statements of support for the plan include: > >An open letter to the US Congress signed by 25 Nobel Laureates: >http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/bof.html > >The Council of the National Academy of Sciences: >http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/s09162004?OpenDocument > >Please let us know if you have any questions. > >Harold Varmus >Patrick Brown >Michael Eisen -- ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Phone : +32 4 366 26 98 Université de Liège Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Réseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Email: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be EECS Department, Institut Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/People/GuyLeduc/

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Re: [ifip-tc6] Meeting 2004/2 agenda
by Sarolta Dibuz (AS/EAB) 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Dear all, I share the view of Arun that WG chairs should have enough weight in decisions concerning the conferences of their WG. Otherwise they cannot take real responsibility for the WG's success and activities. Especially when the WG chair has a long experience as a chair in IFIP. On the other hand the concerns Otto has regarding IFIP and IEEE are certainly relevant and it must be problem in other TCs. IFIP should address it when working on the directions and policies for the future. TC6 can bring very valuable views and experiences to IFIP in this issue. I hope the discussion on the next TC6 meeting can support our TC6 chairman in delivering TC6's input to higher levels of IFIP. Have a successful meeting in Bangkok! Sarolta

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TC6 meeting location
by Otto Spaniol 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Dear all, some of you asked about possible hotels and meeting location. A map of the area is enclosed. From downtown area (Silom Road) where my hotel is situated you can reach the place as follows (information by Chutiporn Anutariya <chutiporn(a)shinawatra.ac.th> who can be contacted for further details): --- From Silom, you can either take a SkyTrain or a subway to a station close to the conference venue: SkyTrain: - Take a skytrain from Sala Daeng Station to Mo Chit Station. Then, take a taxi. Subway: - Take a subway from Silom Station to Phahon Yothin Station and exit at gate 1. From there, it is possible to walk but I'd suggest you to take a taxi (at least on the first day). I think in total, it could take around 40 minutes for either way. Taking a taxi directly from Silom may take longer time (up to an hour or more) as the traffic in Bangkok is always bad especially on week days. ---- Hotels: Please check the INTELLCOMM pages <http://intellcomm2004.ait.ac.th/>. Three hotels are recommended: - Sogitel Central Plaza - Rama Gardens Hotel - Chaophya Park Hotel (they are relatively near to the meeting and to the conference location but rather far from the real city centre where I prefer to stay). Best regards Otto

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Re: [ifip-tc6] Meeting 2004/2 agenda
by Otto Spaniol 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Dear Harry (R) and all others, >Otto, thanks for the agenda ---- even if it makes me sad that I will not >be there. Thanks a lot for your message. It was indeed intended to tell the missing delegates what they will be missing - in order that they attend the next meetings. You know about the meeting 205/1 in Waterloo (Canada) early May 2005. And meeting 2005/2 will be held (if the delegates follow the proposal) just after I3E (which is going to be held in Poznan 26-28 Oct. 2004) but the meeting will be held in Wroclaw juster after I3E. Thus participants can either directly go to Wroclaw or come by train from Poznan: two hours time. > >One additional topic for discussion is from the note that Harry Perros sent >on 10 October about joint IFIP/IEEE events. Harry wrote: > >"In my 6.10 report, as you will find out, I am >requesting that the 6.10 conference ONDM become a joint IFIP/IEEE >conference. You will find my reasoning and justifications in my report. >If ONDM becomes a IFIP/IEEE joint conference, FIP stands to loose income >from the publication of the ONDM proceedings, but on the other hand they >stand to gain money from a larger group of participants. (I am not sure >if this >will result to a positive or negative flow at the end!!) > >"My motivation for seeking this joint sponsorship comes from my desire >to launch a truly international conference on Optical Networks. >TC 6 has no criticial mass in optical networks (unlike for instance, >areas such as performance evaluation, or ATM networks back a few years >ago). IEEE's ONTC has a critical mass, but they do not have a conference >of their own... So, this marriage is likely to generate the correct >environment >within which a successful international conference can be born." > >Since I won't be at the meeting either, I would like to go on record >as supporting joint sponshorship for this event. I find Harry's >reasoning a good justification. I find joint sponsorship a good way >to make up for the ground we have lost in the optical networking >world in the past. > There are two sides of the coin: Firstly, I agree that a joint sponsorship would be good in order to make up for the ground we lost in Optical Networking. Now the idea of having IEEE in the boat is nice but it also a certain "cheap trick" and it shows some laziness by WG 6.10. Secondly, the cooperation with IEEE risks to be a killer of IFIP and in particular of TC6. IEEE insists of having the copyright for publication and this is not acceptable for us. If we would accept then we would be very soon in the same situation as ICCC which are fully bankrupt and which want to dissolve themselves. Thus my position here is clear: No joint event if we loose the copyright for publication! I know that it is already too late for that in the case of the IM (Integrated Management) conference series but we definitively will have to stop these IEEE crocodiles in the future. We will of course discuss that topic in Bangkok; Agenda topic 11, I'll rename it accordingly. Best regards Otto

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Re: [ifip-tc6] Meeting 2004/2 agenda
by Arun Iyengar 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Dear Otto, Harry, and others on IFIP TC6: I support Harry Perros and Harry Rudin's position on this issue and believe that there is a lot to be gained by joint cooperation between IFIP, the IEEE, or other member societies of IFIP. We must not lose site of the fact that there are significant reasons why a conference might want sponsorship by an organization like the IEEE. One reason is that the IEEE provides financial backing for a conference so that the organizers do not face grave financial consequences in the event that the event fails. This is something that it is critically important for many conference organizers. The IEEE also offers other services for helping out conferences which IFIP doesn't. Regarding publications, there are advantages to using the IEEE press since the proceedings will be widely available via the IEEE digital library. Several discussions we have had within TC6 have highlighted the continuing problems that IFIP publications have faced. Therefore, it should be clear why people prefer going with the IEEE press. It is also important for us to give significant weight to the views of people like Harry Perros in deciding what is best for their communities. Harry was unanimously endorsed as the WG6.10 Chair a few months ago by everyone on the TC6 mailing list who expressed an opinion, previously chaired WG6.3, and is quite senior in the networking research community. If he thinks that this kind of an agreement is best for ONDM, then I trust his judgement. If we simply reject agreements like this, one consequence could be that organizers of such conferences simply drop IFIP in which case IFIP gets nothing. It is a mistake to simply view IFIP as a competitor to the IEEE, ACM, or any other IFIP member societies. My understanding is that given the IFIP fee structure, the IEEE Computer Society pays one of the largest membership fees to IFIP of any organization. When the Chair of our TC refers to IEEE members as "crocodiles" and "scavengers", that sets the wrong tone for bringing about the cooperation which is needed for us to be the most effective. As an international organization, IFIP has a significant role to play in the computer science research community. Despite the fact that the IEEE and ACM have a large number of international members, many people still see them as being US-based. Therefore, having an endorsement from an organization from IFIP should be something that conferences naturally seek out for achieving international stature. If we focus on this aspect and work with all of the member societies to better publicize IFIP events in countries all over the world, then there would be significantly more conferences that would seek out our endorsement. Best Regards, Arun |---------+-------------------------------------> | | Otto Spaniol | | | <spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-a| | | achen.de> | | | Sent by: | | | ifip-tc6-bounces(a)lists.RWT| | | H-Aachen.DE | | | | | | | | | 11/11/2004 07:58 AM | | | | |---------+-------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Harry Perros <hp(a)csc.ncsu.edu>, ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de | | cc: | | Subject: Re: [ifip-tc6] Meeting 2004/2 agenda | | | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Dear Harry (P) and others, > >I don't know what you mean by "cheap trick" and laziness by WG 6.10. > >I have worked EXTREMELY hard since last May to rebuild the 6.10, which >WAS IN SHAMBLES !!! (PLEASE READ MY REPORT) > >I have invested a huge amount of time in negotiating this with ONTC, >because I believe that's the way to go. > >So, I don't expect to hear a thanks for all this.. but I don't think >your perception and characterization is appropriate. > >You are certainly entitled to your own opinion for joint conferences. >However, I hope that TC6 takes decisoin democratically and not be >decree from its Chairman. > >So, let's see what the popular vote is on this case. > >Harry the lazy > Certainly my wording was too hard and I apologize for that. You know me. But on the other hand it was also on purpose in order to awake the delegates whose number will be not so numerous at meeting 2004/2. Also for me the distance and cost for going to Thailand is significant and thus I'm somewhat diappointed to see so many apologies. The situation is really critical (at least as it looks to me): 1. Look at the proposal for the contract mdification in the IM case (made by Raouf Boutaba who will also not come). It is attached and there it is clearly written what those IEEE crocodiles (or should I name them scavengers) intend to do. Just check the changes which are mentioned in red colour: The sentence "IFIP will hold the copyright" has just been deleted! As a consolation it is mentioned: "Pay IFIP a sum equal to the royalties paid by the publisher for the 2003 IM event multiplied by the ratio of Full registrants to the 2003 IM event". This is just to make us sleeping. I guarantee to you that this will not be valid any more for IM 2007 and onwards when IEEE will have discovered that these royalties are higher than those paid by the new IFIP publisher. A prof for this speculation is already your ONDM 2005 approach; see below. And so it will go on with a full domino effect (at least we call it like this in German language and you will know what I mean). The IM contract is still pending but I would very much like to say no to it. Let's the IFIP publication committee decide upon it - but they also are very cautious and don't express themselves despite many promises made to Raouf; Joe Turner said he would "solve the problem" by October 7 but of course he didn't react until today. This makes me upset. 2. Now for the case of WG 6.10: I have also attached your proposal for all others. Here you said that IFIP organised ONDC but that the organisors now want a cooperation with IEEE from 2005 onwards. You mention the predecessor IM of such a cooperation (just another example of the domino effect!). But you already start (!!!) with the sentence "The copyright will be owned by IEEE" thus you do not fight but you give it away for free! Of course nothing is mentioned any more concerning any royalties; thus you are even faster than IM where we will loose the royalties only from 2007 onwards! In your WG 6.10 you state that "WG 6.10 has to go to bed with IEEE ONTC". Sorry, but that is prostitution! I'm extremely sorry but selling an event to IEEE is not to be considered (at least by me) as extremely hard work. Why can't we believe in our own strength? Is it absolutely necessary for becoming slaves of IEEE with minimum income and minimum influence? Sorry for these hard but maybe clear position. I invite all delegates to comment in order that we can have a substantial discussion in Bangkok even if many of you will not be present there. Best regards Otto _______________________________________________ ifip-tc6 mailing list ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 #### IFIPagreement1127(revised) 3.doc has been removed from this note on November 11, 2004 by Arun Iyengar #### IFIPIEEE.doc has been removed from this note on November 11, 2004 by Arun Iyengar #### Report2004(2) .doc has been removed from this note on November 11, 2004 by Arun Iyengar

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Meeting 2004/2 agenda
by Otto Spaniol 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Dear all, please find enclosed the preliminary meeting agenda for meeting 2004/2 in Bangkok. Please send me a message if you want that additional topics should be treated. The timing is as follows: Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004: 9.30: Meeting begins. Location: Meeting Room #DLC1002, 10th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III, with standard meeting equipments (LCD, OHP, flip chart). However, since it is on Sunday there is no notebook or a PC in the room. Wireless Internet connection possible but not guaranteed. Lunch at 14th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III. 17.30: Transportation to Si Phraya for a dinner cruise by 2-3 vans 19.00 - 21.00: Dinner cruise on Chao Phraya River. Monday, Nov. 22, 2004: 9.00: Meeting begins (again): Location: Meeting Room #StudyRoom1, 15th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III with meeting equipments + a PC + wireless Internet connection. Lunch at 14th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III. Dinner: This is not yet finalized. If we can find a nice restaurant not far from Shin III, we can finish the meeting later than 16:30 (17:00 or 17:30 could be possible). Another option for the dinner is "Pueng Chom" at Soi Aree (Phaholyothin 5). INTELLCOMM will sponsor room rental fees, lunch and coffee breaks, transportation to dinner (by vans). Thanks a lot to INTELLCOMM! Dinners will be paid from TC6 fund. Thanks a lot to IFIP! The location of Shinawatra Tower III is found on the INTELLCOMM web pages. You can reach me in Bangkok (I arrive Saturday before the meeting) via mobile phone: +49 172 273 4814. My hotel is: Trinity Hotel Silom, 425/15 Soi Silom, Silom Rd. Tel.: +66 2 231 5416. Note that due to the varying equipment in the meeting rooms it is possible that agenda points are treated in a sequence which is different from the proposed one. Best regards Otto

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IEEE WMAN 05 -- 2nd Call for Papers
by Ioannis Chatzigiannakis 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

[Apologies for multiple postings] 2nd Call for Papers 5th IEEE International Workshop on Algorithms for Wireless, Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (IEEE WMAN 05) April 4-8, 2005, Denver, Colorado, USA (Omni Interlocken Resort) To be held in conjunction with IPDPS 2005 Supported by the IEEE Computer Society http://ru1.cti.gr/wman05/ SCOPE: The field of wireless and mobile computing is an important research challenging area, that emerges from the integration among personal computing distributed computing, cellular technology and the Web. This is possible due to the continuously increasing interaction between communication and computing, which is changing the information access from the current reactive ``anytime anywhere'' into the incoming proactive ``all the time everywhere'' approach. Nowadays, there is a large variety of networks spanning from the well-known cellular networks to non-infrastructured wireless networks such as mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks. This scenario raises a number of interesting, and difficult, algorithmic issues in diverse areas such as location management, resource allocation, ubiquitous information, network connectivity, reliability and security, and energy consumption. This workshop is intended to cover contributions in both the design and analysis of discrete algorithms and the system modelling in the context of mobile, wireless, ad-hoc, and sensor networks. In particular, it aims at bringing together the practitioners and theoreticians of the field. We are seeking for papers that are original, unpublished and not currently under review. The objective of this workshop is to bring together leading technologists and researchers in these ``critical areas'' of research in order to have a forum for discussing fundamental challenges, identifying future perspectives, and exchanging ideas about ongoing research. Authors are solicited to submit original unpublished manuscripts for this workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings (by IEEE CS Press) of the IPDPS workshops. TOPICS: The scope of this workshop includes, but is not limited, to: * frequency and channel assignment algorithms * cryptography and security * distributed algorithms * pricing modeling and solutions * algorithms for satellite communications * mechanisms design and cooperation enforcement * algorithms and modeling on satellite and radio networks * algorithms for resource management in mobile, wireless and ad-hoc networks * data management on mobile and wireless computing * algorithms for single-hop and multiple-hop packet radio networks * routing, and communication primitives in ad hoc and sensor networks * synchronization and scheduling issues in mobile and ad hoc networks * energy saving protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks * complexity analysis of algorithms for mobile environments * caching and prefetching for information access in wireless networks * algorithms and modeling for tracking and locating mobile users IMPORTANT DATES: Workshop Paper Due: November 20, 2004, 5pm EST Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: December 22, 2004 Camera-Ready Paper Due: January 15, 2004 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PUBLICATION: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the WMAN workshop. The length of the papers should be a maximum of 10 double-column single-spaced pages including figures and references on 8.5 by 11 inch paper using at least 10 point font (based upon IEEE Proceedings Style). Please remember that the final versions will be restricted to 8 pages. Authors must submit their papers electronically via EDAS (http://edas.info/) Note that once the paper gets accepted, it is MANDATORY that at least one author should attend the workshop and present the paper. The accepted papers will be published in the same printed abstract volume and CD-ROM proceedings as other workshops of the IPDPS 2005 conference by the IEEE Computer Society Press and IEEE online library. General Chair: Cristina M. Pinotti Dept. of Computer Sciences and Telecommunications University of Trento ITALY E-mail: pinotti(a)science.unitn.it Program Committee Co-Chairs: Azzedine Boukerche SITE University of Ottawa Canada E-mail: boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca Sotiris Nikoletseas Dept. of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, and Computer Technology Institute, Greece E-mail: nikole(a)cti.gr Publicity Chair: Ioannis Chatzigiannakis Dept. of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, and Computer Technology Institute, Greece E-mail: ichatz(a)cti.gr Steering Committee Sajal K. Das, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Mohan Kumar, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Program Committee (to be finalized): Azzedine Boukerche (Co-Chair), University of Ottawa, Canada Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Andrea Clementi, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Marco Conti, IIT - CNR, Italy Josep Diaz, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Shlomi Dolev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Magnus Halldorsson, University of Iceland, Iceland Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA Klaus Jansen, University of Kiel, Germany Elias Koutsoupias, University of Athens, Greece Mirek Kutylowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA Robert Leese, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Alessandro Mei, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Sotiris Nikoletseas (Co-Chair), University of Patras and CTI, Greece Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Roberto De Prisco, University of Salerno, Italy Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California, USA Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland Peter Sanders, Max Planck Institute for CS, Germany Mirela Sechi Moretti A.N., Barddal University, Brazil Alex Shvartsman, MIT, USA Peter Triantafilloy, University of Patras, Greece Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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New TC6 calendar
by Otto Spaniol 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear all, it was brought to my attention that our TC6 calendar is (was) somewhat outdated. This was true, unfortunately. Sorry! I've made some correction, the new calendar is attached. But!!! Please check it carefully and send my further corrections. In particular, I urge the chairpersons to do that. By the way: The reports from 6.7 and 6.11 for the Bangkok meeting are still missing. Best regards Otto

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New TC6 delegate from India
by Otto Spaniol 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear all, finally we have a new (old) TC6 delegate from India. It is our good friend S V Raghavan! See below. Congratulations to Raghavan! We look forward to meting you at meeting 2004/2 in Bangkok. Best regards Otto -------------------------------------------------------------- To: Dr. Spaniol Chairman TC-6 IFIP Dear Dr. Spaniol, We are pleased to nominate Prof. S.V. Raghavan, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India as the the Computer Society of India representative to the IFIP Technical Committee TC-6. You will soon be receiving a communication in this regard, also from our Immediate Past President Mr. Anand K Pathak who will now be the IFIP representative of Computer society of India in place of Prof. C.R.Muthukrishnan. I shall be grateful if you can kindly confirm your acceptance of this representation at the earliest. I have marked a copy of this mail to Prof. Raghavan also. With kind and warm regards mlravi President Computer Society of India ---------- Dear Mr. Otto Spaniol, I propose a name of Prof. S.V.Raghavan, HEAD-Dept. of CS, > IITM, Chennai as CSI representative for TC-6 at IFIP in place of Dr. N. Chandrashekhar. I request you to make necessary changes in your record. Thanks, A. K. Pathak CSI Representative in IFIP

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