November 2004 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

New WG6.1 chair/vice-chair + WG6.9 chair
by Otto Spaniol 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear all, two working group have organised an election procedure for a new chairperson: WG 6.1 (since the second term of Guy leduc ends at the end of 2004) WG 6.9 (since Ramon Puigjaner has too many other obligations; among others he is GA representative from Spain; Ramon will stay active as Spanish TC6 delegate and he will contribute furtheron to WG 6.9 activities). The request for candidates had the following input: 1. Two candidate teams for WG 6.1 (i.e. teams of collaborating candidates which appears to be meaningful since WG 6.1 is by far the biggest working group of TC6): Team 1: Elie Najm and John Derrick. Team 2: Kurt Geihs and Hartmut Koenig. 2. Two candidates for WG 6.9: Ana Pont Villy Baek Iversen. The outcome of the voting is reasonably clear (see below). Thus we should appoint Elie Najm and John Derrick as well as Ana Pont at the occasion of our meeting in Bangkok. I would also invite the newly elected chairpersons to attend the meeting; at least Ana Pont will be in Bangkok. Should you have some objections then please tell me. Best regards Otto ------------------------------------------------- Message from Guy Leduc (WG 6.1 chair): >Dear WG6.1 colleagues, > >I am happy to let you know that 33 WG members >have voted (= participation of 77%). > >The result is: > > Elie Najm and John Derrick: 20 votes (= 60.6 %) > Kurt Geihs and Hartmut Koenig: 13 votes (= 39.4 %) > >Therefore Elie will be the new chairman and John >the new vice-chairman, starting on January 1st, >2005, for a period of 3 years, renewable once. > >Congratulations to them! > >On January 1st 2005, I will also step down from all steering committees. > >Their new composition will be as follows: > >1. Elie Najm will be the IFIP representative in >the Middleware Steering Committee. > >2. New FORTE Steering Committee: > Gregor v. Bochman, CA (bochmann(a)site.uottawa.ca) > Tommaso Bolognesi, IT (t.bolognesi(a)isti.cnr.it) > John Derrick, GB (J.Derrick(a)kent.ac.uk), chair > Ken Turner, UK (k.j.turner(a)cs.stir.ac.uk) > >3. New TESTCOM Steering Committee: > Ana Cavalli, FR (Ana.Cavalli(a)int-evry.fr) > John Derrick, GB (J.Derrick(a)kent.ac.uk), chair > Roland Groz, FR (roland.groz(a)imag.fr) > Alex Petrenko, CA (petrenko(a)crim.ca) > >4. New DAIS Steering Committee: > Kurt Geihs, DE (geihs(a)ivs.tu-berlin.de) > Hartmut König, DE (koenig(a)Informatik.TU-Cottbus.DE) > Elie Najm, FR (Elie.Najm(a)enst.fr), chair > + New member > > Based on the results of the previous election, it would seem > logical to me to nominate Lea Kutvonen (FI) as new DAIS SC member. > As a reminder here are the DAIS steering >committee results (April 2004): > > Lea Kutvonen was 4th with: Yes [15] No [3] Abstain [13] > Krzysztof Zielinski was 5th with: Yes [8] No [3] Abstain [20] > >5. New FMOODS Steering Committee: > John Derrick, GB (J.Derrick(a)kent.ac.uk), chair > Roberto Gorrieri, IT (gorrieri(a)cs.unibo.it) > Elie Najm, FR (Elie.Najm(a)enst.fr) > + new member > > Here we had no other candidates in 2004. > We'll have to call for candidates. > ------------ Message from Ramon Puigjaner: Dear friends, The results of the voting process for a new chairperson of our working group gave the following result: Votes for Ana Pont: 8 Votes for Villy Baek Iversen: 2 No answers from: 7 Total 17 Otto Spaniol, the chairman of the TC6 has been informed of this result and I expect he will appoint Ana Pont as new chairwoman in the next TC6 meeting that will be held next November 21-22 in Bangkok. While this appointment is not effective, I will keep you informed. Best regards Ramon ========================================================================= Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica 07122 PALMA (Spain) Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es =========================================================================

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New delegate from India
by Otto Spaniol 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear all, Computer Society of India has nominated Prof. S V Raghavan as new Indian delegate. See below. This is very good news. Of course I have confirmed that (and addad Raghavan to the email exploder). Best regards Otto ------------------- 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

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ACM MobiHoc 2005 Call for Papers
by Marco Conti 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

[Sincere apologies for possible multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================= Call for Papers MobiHoc 2005 6th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing May 25-28, 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2005/ Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE ACM MobiHoc is the premier international meeting dedicated to addressing challenges emerging from wireless ad hoc networking and computing. Due to the growing interest in the field this year's symposium will have an expanded format that will include a highly selective, dual-track technical program for the first time, as well as hands-on research demonstrations, keynote, panel, and tutorials. We invite paper, poster, and demonstration submissions on mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, and ad hoc computing systems, with the focus being on issues at and above the MAC layer. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to · Applications, operating system, and middleware support · Analysis and design of transport, network and MAC protocols · Energy-efficient algorithms · Location discovery and management techniques · Network scaling and limits · Measurements and practical experience from experimental systems and testbeds · Cross layer design · Network resilience, fault-tolerance, and reliability · Security and defense issues · In-network processing, aggregation, and data dissemination · Distributed actuation, control, and coordination · Modeling, performance evaluation and QoS issues PAPERS: Papers must report new results substantiated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF format. Papers must not exceed 12 pages (US letter size, 8.5-11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers will be published in the symposium proceedings. All submitted papers are judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must not appear in the paper or in the PDF file. Submitted papers must not be currently under review for any other publication. Instructions on paper submission and formatting are available on the symposium webpage. Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs. POSTERS: Posters presenting early work and preliminary results are solicited. The poster session will provide an excellent opportunity for initial feedback on early research results. Poster descriptions of no more than 3 pages (US letter size 8.5x11 inches) using font size 10 should be submitted to the Poster Co-Chairs before April 1, 2005. Please include the words "Poster Abstract:" to precede the title on the cover page. A selected subset of the poster abstracts will be published in ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review. DEMOS: Technical demonstration of experimental ad hoc networking and computing systems are solicited. One-page demo descriptions, including a list of any required supporting equipment, should be sent to the Demo Chair before March 1, 2005. TUTORIALS: Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Co-Chairs before January 15, 2005. PANELS: Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 2 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the General Chair before December 15, 2004. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration: December 13, 2004 (5 PM US EST) Paper submission: December 20, 2004 (5 PM US EST) Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2005 Camera-ready version due: April 10, 2005 ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: General Chair ------------- P. R. Kumar Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign prkumar(a)uiuc.edu Program Co-Chairs ----------------- Andrew T. Campbell Columbia University campbell(a)comet.columbia.edu Roger Wattenhofer ETH Zurich wattenhofer(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch Steering Committee Chair ------------------------ Nitin Vaidya Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign nhv(a)uiuc.edu Poster Co-Chairs ---------------- Saswati Sarkar University of Pennsylvania swati(a)seas.upenn.edu Songwu Lu University of California, Los Angeles slu(a)cs.ucla.edu Demo Chair ---------- Scott Graham Air Force Institute of Technology scott.graham(a)afit.edu Tutorial Co-Chairs ------------------ Richard Hyong-Jun La University of Maryland hyongla(a)eng.umd.edu Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California bkrishna(a)usc.edu Publicity Chairs ---------------- Sunghyun Choi Seoul National University schoi(a)snu.ac.kr Marco Conti Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche marco.conti(a)iit.cnr.it Robin Kravets Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign rhk(a)cs.uiuc.edu Finance Co-Chairs ----------------- Srikanth Krishnamurthy University of California, Riverside krish(a)cs.ucr.edu Raghupathy Sivakumar Georgia Institute of Technology siva(a)ece.gatech.edu Registration Chair ------------------ Prasun Sinha Ohio State University sinha.43(a)osu.edu Web Chair --------- Junshan Zhang Arizona State University junshan.zhang(a)asu.edu Publication Chair ----------------- Yongguang Zhang HRL Labs ygz(a)hrl.com Local Arrangements Co-Chairs ---------------------------- Xiang-Yang Li Illinois Institute of Technology xli(a)babbage2.cs.iit.edu Haiyun Luo Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign haiyun(a)cs.uiuc.edu Wai Gen Yee Illinois Institute of Technology yee(a)iit.edu

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TC6 is nonpolitical but ....
by Otto Spaniol 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear all, even if IFIP (and TC6 in particular) is strongly nonpolitical I would like to give you the following statistics (see annex). Best regards Otto

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Re: Spread the word: 30% discount for all IFIP members
by Otto Spaniol 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

Dear all, Springer offers a special account for all backlist IFIP volumes from 2001 onwards. See below. Best regards Otto Spaniol ------------------------------------------ > > >Please spread the word: The IFIP Sale 2004* is running. >This sale offers a 15% savings on all backlist IFIP volumes >published since 2001 until December 31, 2004. > >Adding the usual 30% discount for IFIP members this >represents a savings of 45% off the list price! > >We would like to invite you today to benefit from our >special offer and to support the IFIP book series by >announcing the recent volumes to all individual members >of the IFIP. > >Sharing this great offer with all IFIP members within >your TC or Working Group is as simple as forwarding >this e-mail to them. > >Take a few moments and go to > >http://www.springeronline.com/alert/article?a=2_17werw_lw_4_1vzs > >to review the IFIP Sale brochure and don't forget >to spread the word. > >Sincerely, > >Annette Anlauf >Computer Science Marketing > >--------------------------- >Springer >Tiergartenstr. 17 >69121 Heidelberg >Germany > >Fax: +49 (0)6221 / 487-8331 >mailto: annette.anlauf(a)springer-sbm.com > > >* Sale not valid in North and South America > > >------------------------------------- >------------------------------------------ >Just click on http://www.springeronline.com >for easy and fast access to all Springer publications. > >If you would not like to receive further information on >Springer's publishing program in your interest field, >please send a reply-email to unsubscribe(a)springeronline.com using the >subject: unsubscribe id:36885703 > >(c) Copyright Springer 2004

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Call For Papers: 2005 Int'l MultiConference in CS & CE; June 2005, Las Vegas + World Congress in Applied Computing (30 Joint Conferences)
by Hamid Arabnia 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Call For Papers and Call For Technical Session Proposals The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (composed of 16 Joint Conferences) June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA & The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing (composed of 14 Joint Conferences) June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a draft paper (see instructions below) and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. The names of technical session/workshop organizers/chairs will appear on the cover of the proceedings/books as Associate Editors. The world's largest gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing will be held in June 2005. +++ The International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering is a major annual research event. It assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. See below for the list of 16 joint conferences that form the 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. (Date of event: June 27-30, 2005) +++ The World Congress in Applied Computing is an annual research gathering. The main goal of this event is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of fields that interact. See below for the list of 14 joint conferences that form the 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing. (Date of event: June 20-23, 2005) The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, Inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the conferences. The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering is composed of the following 16 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA): 1. The 2005 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'05) 2. The 2005 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) 3. The 2005 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'05) 4. The 2005 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'05) 5. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'05) 6. The 2005 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'05) 7. The 2005 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'05) 8. The 2005 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'05) 9. The 2005 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology: Computer Graphics (CISST'05) 10. The 2005 International Symposium on Web Services and Applications (ISWS'05) 11. The 2005 International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PCC'05) 12. The 2005 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'05) 13. The 2005 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'05) 14. The 2005 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'05) 15. The 2005 International Conference on Programming Languages and Compilers (PLC'05) 16. The 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'05) The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing is composed of the following 14 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA): 1. The 2005 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'05) 2. The 2005 International Conference on e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, e-Government, and Outsourcing (EEE'05) 3. The 2005 International Conference on Biometric Authentication (BIOAU'05) 4. The 2005 International Conference on Computers for People with Special Needs (CPSN'05) 5. The 2005 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'05) 6. The 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI'05) 7. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Vision (VISION'05) 8. The 2005 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'05) 9. The 2005 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'05) 10. The 2005 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'05) 11. The 2005 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS'05) 12. The 2005 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'05) 13. The 2005 International Conference on Data Fusion - From Multi-Source Data to Information (FUS'05) 14. The 2005 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'05) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org - currently under construction.) GENERAL CHAIR AND COORDINATOR: H. R. Arabnia, PhD The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A. Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra(a)cs.uga.edu PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations (from different authors). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above); E-mail submissions are preferred. We would like to receive the proposals by November 30, 2004. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Please regard this as General Guidelines. Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 16, 2005. E-mail submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also acceptable.) The chair may be forwarding the papers to respective conference chairs/committees/Task Forces. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, & Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra(a)cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day & most are suitable for families & children. The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining & night clubs, free street shows, ...). IMPORTANT DATES: Nov. 30, 2004: Proposals for technical sessions Feb. 16, 2005: Submission of papers (about 5 pages) March 21, 2005: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2005: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 20-23, 2005: The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing (WCAC'05) - 14 Joint Conferences. June 27-30, 2005: The 2005 International MultiConference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (IMCSCE'05) - 16 Joint Conferences. TOPICAL SCOPE FOR EACH CONFERENCE: To receive the complete list of topics for each of the 30 conferences, send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu or wait for the conferences' URL's to be constructed.

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CFP: Global Internet 2005
by Ted Faber 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Hello. I'm pleased to announce the call for papers for the eighth IEEE Global Internet Symposium is available at http://www.postel.org/gi2005/cfp.html . A copy is also attached for your convenience. -- Ted Faber http://www.isi.edu/~faber PGP: http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkeys.asc Unexpected attachment on this mail? See http://www.isi.edu/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG

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IFIP Networking 2005: Paper submission deadline extended to November 15th 2004
by Raouf Boutaba 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Due to numerous requests, the submission due date to the IFIP Networking Conference has been extended until November 15th 2004 IFIP NETWORKING 2005 -- CALL FOR PAPERS University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario Canada May 2 - 6, 2005 Due date for submissions (Extended): November 15, 2004 Networking 2005 is the fourth event in the series of International Conferences on Networking, organized by the IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC 6). Previous events were held in Paris (France) in 2000, Pisa (Italy) in 2002, and Athens (Greece) in 2004. Based on the success of this biannual event, IFIP TC 6 decided to hold the Networking conference every year starting in 2005. Networking 2005 will take place between May 2 and 6, at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The conference is organized by the University of Waterloo and sponsored by the IFIP working groups on Network and Internetwork Architectures (WG 6.2), Performance of Communication Systems (WG6.3), Wireless Communications (WG6.8), and Photonic Networking (WG 6.10). Networking 2005 will be structured along three tracks: Networking Technologies, Services and Protocols Performance of Computer and Communication Networks Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems For more information on topics of interest and submission guidelines, Please visit the conference Web page at: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/Networking2005/index.html

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IFIP Networking 2005: Paper submission deadline extended to November 15th 2004
by Herman Li 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Due to numerous requests, the submission due date to the IFIP Networking Conference has been extended until November 15th 2004 IFIP NETWORKING 2005 -- CALL FOR PAPERS University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario Canada May 2 - 6, 2005 Due date for submissions (Extended): November 15, 2004 Networking 2005 is the fourth event in the series of International Conferences on Networking, organized by the IFIP Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC 6). Previous events were held in Paris (France) in 2000, Pisa (Italy) in 2002, and Athens (Greece) in 2004. Based on the success of this biannual event, IFIP TC 6 decided to hold the Networking conference every year starting in 2005. Networking 2005 will take place between May 2 and 6, at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The conference is organized by the University of Waterloo and sponsored by the IFIP working groups on Network and Internetwork Architectures (WG 6.2), Performance of Communication Systems (WG6.3), Wireless Communications (WG6.8), and Photonic Networking (WG 6.10). Networking 2005 will be structured along three tracks: Networking Technologies, Services and Protocols Performance of Computer and Communication Networks Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems For more information on topics of interest and submission guidelines, Please visit the conference Web page at: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/Networking2005/index.html

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Call for Papers-- IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
by Wendi Heinzelman 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

========================================= IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems June 30 - July 1, 2005 Marina del Rey, California, USA ========================================= WWW.DCOSS.ORG The 2005 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '05) will take place in Marina del Rey during June 30 - July 1, 2005. DCOSS is motivated by the successful ALGOSENSORS '04 (Algorithmic aspects of wireless sensor networks) workshop, which was co-located with ICALP and LICS in Finland on 16 July, 2004. While the scope of ALGOSENSORS was focused on algorithms for wireless sensor networks, DCOSS '05 is intended to cover several aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. The conference will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects of distributed sensor systems. In addition to contributed papers, the meeting will also include keynote addresses by leading researchers, a panel discussion, and a poster/presentation session. Located in Marina del Rey, a beach side community that is the home of the world's largest man-made harbor, the meeting venue can be easily reached from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Most of the world famous attractions of the greater Los Angeles area - including the Santa Monica mountains, the Getty Center, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Disneyland, and Universal Studios can be easily reached from the Marina. SPONSORED BY IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH ACM SIGBED European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) IFIP WG 10.3 MEETING INFORMATION The advance program will be available in April 2005. Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information. IMPORTANT DATES January 10, 2005 Conference Submission Due March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Paper Due ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ============================== CALL FOR PAPERS Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. Such systems allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, which makes them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. While much ongoing research has addressed networking, communication and low-level self-configuration issues in such systems, there are also significant challenges pertaining to systematic design, algorithm development and analysis, and abstract modeling in order to achieve efficient and robust realizations of large-scale distributed sensor systems. The large number of sensor devices involved, severe power, computational and memory limitations, resource heterogeneity, dense deployment and frequent failures pose novel challenges to design, algorithms, analysis and implementation. The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, applications, and systematic design techniques and tools), but networking-related contributions that support high level abstractions are also welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability, fault-tolerance - Abstractions for modular design - Languages, operating systems - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 14 single-spaced pages using 12-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages, including figures and tables. References may be included in addition to the 14 pages. Authors need to make sure that the electronically submitted files are formatted for 8.5x11 inch paper. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Submission procedures are available via Web access at http://www.dcoss.org/ All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by January 10, 2005, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by March 15, 2005. Camera-ready papers will be due April 15, 2005. DCOSS '05 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. PROGRAM CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Algorithms: Paul Spirakis, CTI and University of Patras, Greece Applications: Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA Systems: Matt Welsh, Harvard University, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Virginia, USA Micah Adler, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA James Aspnes, Yale University, USA N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Richard Brooks, Clemson University, USA John Byers, Boston University, USA Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke University, USA David Culler, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kevin A. Delin, NASA/JPL, USA Josep Diaz, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Jeremy Elson, Microsoft Research, USA Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Deepak Ganesan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Ashish Goel, Stanford University, USA Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA Jennifer Hou, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA R. Kannan, Louisiana State University, USA Elias Koutsoupias, University of Athens, Greece Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada P. R. Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University, USA Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University, USA Badri Nath, Rutgers University, USA Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel S. Phoha, Pennsylvania State University, USA Cristina Pinotti, University of Trento, Italy Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA S. V. N. Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA Satish Rao, University of California, Berkeley, USA Jim Reich, Palo Alto Research Center, USA Shivakumar Sastry, University of Akron, USA Christian Scheideler, Johns Hopkins University, USA John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University, USA Bhavani Thuraisingham, National Science Foundation, USA Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Jay Warrior, Agilent Labs, USA Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research, USA POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION The conference will also include a special plenary session with select presentations and posters from industry and academia. The focus of this session will be on practical applications of sensor systems and experience with real deployments. This will include a short overview talk, followed by audience interactions with the speakers in a "walk-up-and-talk" setting. Participation in this session is primarily by invitation, but interested parties are encouraged to contact the poster/presentation chair. ================================= DCOSS '05 ORGANIZATION ================================= GENERAL CHAIR Jose Rolim University of Geneva Switzerland VICE GENERAL CHAIR Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and CTI Greece PROGRAM CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA POSTER/PRESENTATION CHAIR Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Pierre Leone EIG Switzerland STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS CHAIR Loren Schwiebert Wayne State University USA PUBLICITY CHAIR Wendi Heinzelman University of Rochester USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Erdal Cayirci Yeditepe University and Istanbul Technical University Turkey Sanjay Jha University of New South Wales Australia FINANCE CHAIR Germaine Gusthiot University of Geneva Switzerland STEERING COMMITTEE Josep Diaz, UPC Barcelona, Spain Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland (CHAIR) ---------------------------------------------------------- Wendi B. Heinzelman Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester P.O. Box 270126, Hopeman Building, Room 307 Rochester, NY 14627-0126 Phone: 585-275-4053 Fax: 585-273-4919 http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~wheinzel ----------------------------------------------------------

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