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

Recommendation
by hdy 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Dear Otto, As another year draws to a close, I have pleasure in recollecting how much we have appreciated working with you over the past years. Now I can still vividly recall the impressive scenes all the TC6 members spent together, especially the TC6 meeting hold in Beijing in 2000. As you know, I am working for 40 hours a week in Tsinghua Dascom company and write 1-2 books for Tsinghua University Press each year, which means a severe strain on a 70 years old person's intellectuall & physical resources, So I decide to retire totally. Now I take great pleasure in introducing to you Mr.Lin, professor of Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, who is well on his way to establishing an equally high reputation, I think he is the right person to take over my responsibility in IFIP-TC6. Attached is his resume. IFIP CHINA will write formal recommendation letter to IFIP Committee. With the coming new year, I would like to wish you & all the TC6 members a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Best regards, Hu Daoyuan

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Performance 2005: Call for Papers
by Sara Alouf 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

** Apologies for multiple copies of this message ** *************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************** PERFORMANCE 2005 The 24th IFIP WG 7.3 International Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement and Evaluation October 3-7, 2005 Juan-les-Pins, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ Sponsored by IFIP WG 7.3, the Computer Performance Foundation and INRIA The PERFORMANCE 2005 conference solicits papers on the development and application of state-of-the-art analytic, simulation, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Performance-oriented design and evaluation of: communication networks, mobile and wireless systems, Internet servers and E-commerce systems, Web services, Web architectures, peer-to-peer systems, grid computing, computer architectures, database systems, operating systems, software systems, distributed systems, multimedia systems, file and I/O systems, memory systems, real-time systems, and fault-tolerant systems. * Techniques and algorithms: analytic modeling, performance optimization, queueing analysis, stochastic scheduling, model verification and validation, power analysis, hybrid models, experimental design, system or network measurement and monitoring, workload characterization, simulation, and statistical analysis. ** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ** PAPERS: Papers should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages including figures, tables and references. A limited number of submitted papers will be accepted for a poster session. Submissions must be made electronically as Postscript or Adobe PDF files through the Conference Web site (http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/). In case of problems, please send papers by email to papers.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr Papers will be selected on the basis of their originality, technical standards, relevance and clarity. Full papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal Performance Evaluation (Elsevier) available at the conference. TUTORIAL SESSIONS: Tutorial proposals, not exceeding 3 pages, have to include title, abstract, duration (1H30 or 3H), intended audience, assumed background of attendees, name, affiliation and a biographical sketch of the instructors. Proposals should be sent to the tutorials co-chairs (tutorials.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr). HOT/CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC SESSIONS: Proposals are solicited for a hot topic session, in which a group of speakers will present and discuss their recent results in an area. Send proposals to the program co-chairs, identifying the organizer of the session, the session title, three to five speakers, the titles of their talks, and a short abstract of each talk. ** IMPORTANT DATES ** FEBRUARY 22, 2005 Title, abstract and author affiliation due. MARCH 1, 2005 Submission of papers, hot topic proposals and tutorial proposals. JUNE 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance. JULY 1, 2005 Camera ready copy due. For Further Information: info.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ ** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ** GENERAL CHAIR: Philippe Nain, INRIA, France PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Cheng-Shang Chang, National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Daniel A. Menasce, George Mason U., USA TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS: Eitan Altman, INRIA, France Zhen Liu, IBM T. J.Watson Reseach Center, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS: Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA, France Ephie Deriche, INRIA, France FINANCE CHAIR: Dany Sergeant, INRIA, France PUBLICITY CHAIR: Sara Alouf, INRIA, France PROCEEDINGS CHAIR: Rudesindo Núñez Queija, CWI, The Netherlands ** PROGRAM COMMITTEE ** Almeida, Virgilio UFMG, Brazil Baccelli, Francois ENS, France Bonald, Thomas France Telecom, France Borst, Sem CWI, the Netherlands Calzarossa, Mariacarla U. Pavia, Italy de Souza e Silva, Edmundo UFRJ, Brazil Duffield, Nick AT&T Research, USA Eager, Derek U. Saskatchewan, Canada Gelenbe, Erol Imperial College, UK Golubchik, Leana USC, USA Harchol-Balter, Mor Carnegie Mellon U., USA Haring, Guenter U. Wien, Austria Harrison, Pete Imperial College, UK Haverkort, Boudewijn U. Twente, the Netherlands Herzog, Ulrich Friedrich Alexander U., Germany Hou, Jennifer U. Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA Hsu, Yarsun National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Iazeolla, Giuseppe U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Jean-Marie, Alain U. Montpellier & INRIA, France Kumar, Anurag IISc, India Kurose, Jim U. Massachusetts, USA Le Boudec, Jean-Yves EPFL, Switzerland Lee, Duan-Shin National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Liebeherr, Jorg U. Virginia, USA Lindemann, Christoph U. Dortmund, Germany Lui, John Chinese U. of Hong Kong, China Marsan, Marco A. Politecnico di Torino, Italy Mazumdar, Ravi U. Waterloo, Canada Merchant, Arif HP Labs, USA Misra, Vishal Columbia U., USA Mitra, Debasis Bell Laboratories, USA Muntz, Richard R. UCLA, USA Nicol, David U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Perros, Harry North Carolina State U., USA Sanders, William U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Serazzi, Giuseppe Politecnico di Milano, Italy Setia, Sanjeev George Mason University, USA Smirni, Evgenia College of William and Mary, USA Squillante, Mark IBM Research, USA Stewart, William North Carolina State U., USA Thomasian, Alexander NJIT, USA Trivedi, Kishor Duke U., USA Tucci, Salvatore U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Vernon, Mary U. Wisconsin-Madison, USA Verscheure, Olivier IBM Research, USA Williamson, Carey U. Calgary, Canada Woodside, C. Murray Carleton U., Canada Xia, Cathy IBM Research, USA Yao, David Columbia U., USA Zhang, Zhi-Li U. Minnesota, USA -- Sara Alouf Publicity Chair

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WOCN2005 CFP - Second IFIP International conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks
by Guy Omidyar 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

Call for Papers Second IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks WOCN 2005 http://WWW.WOCN2005.org March 6 - 8, 2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE Paper Submission Deadline: December 31, 2004 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE Publication on IEEE XploreTM and selected journals Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE ComSoc, IFIP, IFIPTC6 And American University in Dubai

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Call for papers: EmNetS-II, Sydney, 30-31 May 2005, Embedded Networked Sensors
by Geoffrey.James＠tip.CSIRO.AU 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Call for Papers for: The Second IEEE Workshop On Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-II) http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~emnet/ May 30th-31st 2005, Sydney, Australia The Second IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-II) will bring together researchers working in the broad area of embedded, networked sensors. The goal of the workshop is to promote community-wide discussion of ideas that will influence and foster continued research in the field. The workshop will provide a venue for researchers to present new ideas that have the potential to significantly impact the community in the long term, especially those exploring how practical considerations or novel application scenarios and requirements shape the design of these embedded and sensor networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Validation or new architectural approaches for sensor networks * Tradeoffs between application specific, and modular approaches based on prototyping and implementation * Software and architectures for sensor network programmability * Approaches to ease deployment and improve manageability of embedded and sensor networks * Experimental and measurement tools for sensor networks * Reliability and fault-tolerance, debugging and troubleshooting for sensor networks * Novel applications for embedded and sensor networks * Sensor network security, vulnerabilities and defenses * Algorithms, protocols and systems for communication, coordination, data dissemination and storage, sensor tasking and control/actuation * Operational experiences from deployed sensor networks and prototypes * EmNetS-II solicits papers (8 pages or less) about new work in these areas. Papers will be selected based on their originality, technical merit and topical relevance. Extended abstract of 2 pages that highlights recent and on-going research work of 2 pages may be submitted for poster session. The poster session can offer an excellent opportunity for feedback from conferences attendees. Areas of interest are the same as listed in the call for papers. IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: Feb 15th, 2005 Notification of acceptance: Mar 30th, 2005 Camera-ready copy due: April 21st, 2005 Workshop: May 30th-31st, 2005 ORGANIZERS General chair: Sanjay Jha, U. New South Wales and NICTA TPC co-chairs: John Heidemann, USC/ISI Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Intel Research Poster Session Chair: Dr Deepak Ganesan, UMASS TPC committee: Anish Arora, Ohio State University Philippe Bonnet, (DIKU) Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University Wei Hong, Intel Corporation Koen Langendoen, Technical University of Delft Adrian Perrig,Carnegie Mellon University Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan Rajeev Shorey, IBM Corporation Pavan Sikka, CSIRO Mani Srivastava, UCLA Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University Jay Warrior, Agilent SPONSORS UNSW/IEEE Computer Society (pending) SUPPORTERS Intel CSIRO Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ARC)

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Invitation to MIT and Belgrade 2005, c/ba
by IPSI-2005 MIT and Belgrade 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Dear potential Speaker: On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a cordial invitation for you to attend one or both of the upcoming IPSI BgD multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary conferences. The first one will be in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro: IPSI-2005 BELGRADE University of Belgrade (arrival: 2 June 05 / departure: 5 June 05) Deadlines: 1 March 05 (abstract) & 15 April 05 (full paper) The second one will be in Massachusetts, USA : IPSI-2005 USA Hotel@MIT, Cambridge (arrival: 7 July 05 / departure: 10 July 05) Deadlines: 20 February 05 (abstract) / 20 March 05 (full paper) All IPSI BgD conferences are non-profit. They bring together the elite of the world of science; so far, we have had seven Nobel Laureates speaking at the opening ceremonies. The conferences always take place in some of the most attractive places of the world. All those who come to IPSI conferences once, always love to come back (because of the unique professional quality and the extremely creative atmosphere); lists of past participants are on the web, as well as details of future conferences. These conferences are in line with the newest recommendations of the US National Science Foundation and of the EU research sponsoring agencies, to stress multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research (M.I.T. research). The speakers and activities at the conferences truly support this type of scientific interaction. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Internet * Computer Science and Engineering * Mobile Communications/Computing for Science and Business * Management and Business Administration * Education * e-Medicine * e-Oriented Bio Engineering/Science and Molecular Engineering/Science * Environmental Protection * e-Economy * e-Law * Technology Based Art and Art to Inspire Technology Developments * Internet Psychology If you would like more information on either conference, please reply to this e-mail message. If you plan to submit an abstract and paper, please let us know immediately for planning purposes. Sincerely Yours, Prof. V. Milutinovic, Chairman IPSI BgD Conferences * * * CONTROLLING OUR E-MAILS TO YOU * * * If you would like to continue to be informed about future IPSI BgD conferences, please reply to this e-mail message with a subject line of SUBSCRIBE. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please reply to this e-mail message with a subject line of REMOVE.

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Call for Papers: ConWiN 2005
by Linda Jiang Xie 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************** ******** ConWiN 2005 ******** ****** ****** **** First International Workshop on **** ** Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks ** * * * July 10, 2005 in Budapest, Hungary * * in Conjunction with WICON 2005 * * * * http://www.ConWin.org * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * ********************************************************************** Scope of ConWiN 2005: ===================== The advances in the wireless communication technologies have enabled the realization of wide range of heterogeneous wireless networks from wireless local area networks (WLANs), several generations (2G/3G) of wireless cellular networks to mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) and wireless sensor networks (WSN). This technological evolution is further inspiring researchers to envision the next generation wireless networking architectures and even the space Internet. Next Generation Wireless Internet (NGWI) will be the convergence of these heterogeneous wireless networks and the next generation Internet to provide mobile users with a wide range of high resource demanding services such as high speed reliable data and real-time multimedia delivery. While the unique characteristics of each of these wireless networks pose diverse set of challenges, their integration severely expands the set of open research problems for seamless, efficient, and reliable communication. Therefore, there exists an urgent need for a significant research effort to focus on solving these new challenges posed by the integration and the convergence of these wireless heterogeneous networks. The objective of ConWiN 2005 is to provide a research platform where researchers bring their contributions to light by presenting their technical papers on the issues regarding the integration and the convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks. Papers solicited in ConWiN 2005 spans a wide range of areas of interest including but not limited to: - Physical layer issues for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless communication technologies - Novel and adaptive communication protocols at all layers, i.e., MAC layer problems, routing, reliable and multimedia transport, for integration of diverse wireless systems such as WLANs, 3G, and WSNs - Novel and practical communication architectures for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks - Efficient mobility/handoff management protocols for seamless roaming within the converged communication architecture - Killer applications/services for the convergence towards the NGWI - Security, authentication, and billing solutions for the converged architecture Important Dates: ================ Submission deadline : February 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance : May 1, 2005 Camera-ready version : May 15, 2005 Workshop Date : July 10, 2005 Submission Details: =================== The workshop will only accept for review original papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by another conference or journal. All paper submissions should be done through the WICON conference website. Paper formats must conform with regular conference format. For further details, please see WICON website at http://www.wicon.org Papers of particular merit will also be published in Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier). Organization Committee : ======================= Workshop Chair: -------------- Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY TPC Co-Chairs: -------------- Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Publicity Chair: ---------------- Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA For more information about the workshop, see http://www.conwin.org/.

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MobiCom 2005 Call for Papers
by Wendi Heinzelman 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

******************************************************************* Call for Papers 11th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2005) August 28 - September 2, 2005 Cologne, Germany http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/ ******************************************************************* ACM MobiCom 2005 is the eleventh in a series of annual conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and networking. This highly selective, single-track conference serves as the premier international forum addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks. Papers Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and networking with respect to topics above the physical layer. All submissions must describe original results that are not published nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity * Applications and services for mobile users * Distributed systems aspects of mobile computing * Mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks * Performance of mobile and wireless networks and systems * Wireless multimedia systems * Algorithms and protocols for power management and control * Implementations and experimental mobile systems * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Modeling and simulation aspects of mobile networks * Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking * Security, privacy, and fault-tolerance of mobile/wireless systems * Service creation and management environments for mobile/wireless systems * Database and data management issues in mobile computing The program committee will referee all papers. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks (WINET) journal. Challenges Papers The conference strongly encourages the submission of short papers that challenge the research community with revolutionary new approaches, technologies, or applications in the field of mobile computing and wireless networking. These "challenge papers" should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues of far-reaching future research. Descriptions of new products or simple evolution of existing work are not appropriate. Challenges Papers will be reviewed and should be submitted using the same submission procedure as full papers. The title of such papers must start with the word "Challenges," i.e., "Challenges: `rest of the title'." Submission Instructions Papers must be no longer than 15 pages (5 pages for Challenges Papers), font size not smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on U.S. "letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches) with reasonable margins. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF or PostScript version. Detailed instructions for the paper submission procedure and format will be available on the conference web pages. The deadline for registering the title and the abstract of the paper with our electronic submission system is February 22, 2005, and the deadline for submitting the actual paper is March 1, 2005. All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through a double-blind review process, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors should not be identifiable by any means from the paper or from the PDF or the Postscript file. Guidelines for preparing the paper for blind reviewing, as well as electronic paper submission instructions, will be available on the conference web pages. Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be currently under review for any other publication. Please direct any questions regarding paper submission to the Program Co-Chairs, Elizabeth Belding-Royer and Songwu Lu at mobicom_pcchairs @ acm.org. Tutorials Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of tutorial 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 Chair Luca Salgarelli (luca.salgarelli at ing.unibs.it). The deadline for tutorial proposals is March 8, 2005. Panels Panel proposals are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 3 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the Panel Co-Chairs, Mario Gerla (gerla at cs.ucla.edu) and Jean-Pierre Hubaux (jean- pierre.hubaux at epfl.ch). The deadline for panel proposals is March 25, 2005. Research Demonstrations and Exhibits Proposals for research demos are strongly solicited. They should include a 3-page description of the demo and equipment to be used. Send proposals to the Research Demo Chair Dirk Westhoff (dirk.westhoff at netlab.nec.de) by June 13, 2005. We are also planning an Expo featuring exhibits of the latest mobile computing products and services. Student Poster Session Student posters are solicited that present recent and on-going research by students on mobile computing and mobile wireless networking. The poster submissions should include a 2-page description of the student's research. See above for paper formatting requirements. Accepted posters will be put on the conference web page; however, they will not be printed in the conference proceedings. Please send submissions to the Student Poster Chair Haiyun Luo (haiyun at cs.uiuc.edu). The deadline is June 20, 2005. Best Student Paper Award Papers with a student as a primary author will be considered for the Best Student Paper Award, with a cash award of 1000 US$. Students must indicate with their submission that they would like to be considered for this award. The student author of the awarded paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Important Dates All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST. These are *firm* deadlines. Paper registration deadline: February 22, 2005 Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2005 Tutorial proposals due: March 8, 2005 Panel proposals due: March 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2005 Camera-ready versions due: June 24, 2005 Demo proposals due: June 13, 2005 Student poster submissions due: June 20, 2005 For More Information For questions about the paper submission and review process, please contact the Program Co-Chairs at mobicom_pcchairs @ acm.org. For other questions or comments about the conference or for more information, please send email to mobicom_chairs @ acm.org. Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA Christoph Lindemann, University of Dortmund, Germany Program Co-Chairs Elizabeth Belding-Royer, UC, Santa Barbara, USA Songwu Lu, UCLA, USA Industrial Liaison Co-Chairs Volker Gruhn, University of Leipzig, Germany Venkat Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research, USA Finance Chair Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA Registration Chair Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Christian Bettstetter, NTT DoCoMo, Germany Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA Workshop Co-Chairs Suman Banerjee, University of Wisconsin, USA Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Tutorial Chair Luca Salgarelli, University of Brescia, Italy Panels Co-Chairs Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL, Switzerland Research Demos Chair Dirk Westhoff, NEC Research Europe, Germany Student Poster Session Chair Haiyun Luo, U. of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA Local Arrangement Chair Oliver Waldhorst, University of Dortmund, Germany Web Chair Lars Littig, University of Dortmund, Germany Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium, University of Trento, Italy University of Texas at Dallas, USA ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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2nd Annual Neurodegenerative Disorders 2005
by Andrew Oliver 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

============================================= 2nd Annual Neurodegenerative Disorders 2005 16th - 17th February Marriott Kensington, London ============================================= **** CONFERENCE BROCHURE AVAILABLE NOW - REQUEST YOURS TODAY **** 2nd Annual Neurodegenerative Disorders 2005 will explore the current unmet needs and highlight opportunities in the market by pinpointing potential therapeutic targets. In this conference, pioneering experts will share their concepts and current findings in novel therapeutic targets and treatments, to expose new pathways into drug developments. In addition, experts from pharmaceutical organization will demonstrate methods to maximize your R&D profit by strategic marketing and building cooperative platform to accelerate drug launches. THEMES WILL INCLUDE: **Profit from emerging trends in ND therapeutics **New approaches to improve clinical development for your organization **Learn from the best practice case studies such as: Aventis, Wyeth, Eli Lilly and Roche **Examine areas shaping the future of ND therapies: disease modification, proteomic, phamacogenetics and stem cell therapies **Pinpoint where opportunities lie: explore alliances and collaborations **Advancements in medical technologies **Streamline product launches by integrating business strategies in R&D KEY SPEAKERS **Dr. Steve Offord, Head, New Products CNS/Thrombosis, Global Marketing & Medical, Aventis **Dr. Menelas Pangalos, Vice President, Neuroscience Research, Wyeth **Dr. Christian Czech, Senior Research Scientist, CNS Research, Pharmaceutical Division, Roche **Dr. Michel Dib, Medical Director for CNS Department, Aventis **Dr. Michael O'Neill, Team & Project Leader, Discovery Neuroscience, Eli Lilly **Dr. Brian Dickie, Director, Research, Motor Neuron Disease Association **Dr. David Burn, Consultant Neurologist & Reader in Movement Disorder Neurology, Newcastle General Hospital **Dr. Ana Martinez, Director, R&D, Neuropharma **Dr. Jette Bisgaard Boll, Department of Molecular Disease Biology, Lundbeck **Dr. Karoly Nikolich, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, AGY Therapeutics **Dr. Johan Häggblad, Head, Business Development, NeuroNova **Dr. Grant Krafft, Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, Acumen Pharmaceuticals ------------------ WHO SHOULD ATTEND ------------------ **Director, CNS Clinical Discovery & Human Pharmacology **Director, R&D **Project Leader, Neurology Project Management Group **Vice President, Drug Development **Chief Scientific Officer **Chief Operating Officer **Clinical Pharmacologist **Managing Director **General Counsel **Medical Director, Internal Medicines **Medical Manager --------------------- DELEGATE REGISTRATION --------------------- Places at this event are strictly limited so BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW. To make a booking on this event, please contact me via phone or email. Book early to secure a place. - PRICING - Attend the: 2 Day conference - ONLY GBP1299 plus VAT - BOOKINGS - Booking is easy, simply contact me: Joe Stone Account Manager - Conference Division Visiongain B2B Conferences Tel. +44(0)20 8767 6711 Fax. +44(0)20 8767 5001 mailto:joe.stone@visiongain.com www.b2b-conferences.com B2B Conferences is part of the Visiongain Group **** FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA BELOW **** ======================================================================= PRE-CONFERENCE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Tuesday 15th February 2005 Strategies for Pricing and Market Access of New Neurodegenerative Drugs Led by: Ulf Munack, Director, Simon-Kucher & Partners ======================================================================= Workshop schedule This workshop will give you the opportunity to engage in knowledge-sharing with fellow professionals, which can result in brainstorming and creating ideas which you can use back in your own organisation. You can gain a greater understanding of the pricing of neurodegenerative disorder drugs, have detailed discussions about market access and new ventures. It is of most use to those who are willing and prepared to engage in meaningful discussions and network with others. This 'facilitated open-space' provides you with ideas and time to explore possible new tideas and benchmark them against other approaches. Main topics of discussion: . P&R environment for NDs products in 2005 . Critical success factors for market access in neurodegenerative disorder . Examples of recent learning from new ND drug launches . What it means for R&D ==================================== Day One Wednesday 16th February 2005 ==================================== Conference Chair Day One Dr. Michel Dib Medical Director, CNS Aventis 09:00 Registration and coffee 09:30 Opening remarks from the chair GLOBAL MARKET TRENDS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS 09:40 Focusing on Clinical NDs Drug Development . What are the methodological issues in NDs clinical R&D? - Human models, proof of concept & time of intervention . Biomarkers in ND: from the diagnosis to the therapy - What we can do? Methods to effectively utilise biomarkers . What is the development plan for a new drug in the NDs? . Can we speak about one neurodegenerative process in all these diseases? - Lessons from the past, consequences for the future Dr. Michel Dib Medical Director, CNS Aventis 10:20 CASE STUDY: Glutamate Mechanisms - Promising Therapeutic Target? . Glutamate receptor subtypes: Review of biology & pharmacology - What have we learnt so far? . How to use glutamate pathways to search for effective neuroprotection? . Examine efficaious results of in vitro neuroprotective studies . How to modulate glutamate to develop novel therapies? . Explore NMDA, AMPA and mGlu receptors: Examples of in vivo neuroprotection . Evaluate current clinical data of neuroprotective properties Dr. Michael O'Neill Team & Project Leader, Discovery Neuroscience Eli Lilly 11:00 Coffee 11:20 CASE STUDY: Novel Insights & Therapeutic Opportunities . Human CNS disease - A global health concern . Conceptual & technical approaches towards novel therapies - Genomics and proteomics: how effective are they? . Analyse AGY's approaches to CNS R&D development - Focus on mechanistic pathways: Genomics & proteomics . Explore novel mechanistic pathway involved in NDs . Understand the underlying cause of the diseases . Future outlook of NDs R&D: Pinpoint where opportunities lie Dr. Karoly Nikolich Founder & Chief Scientific Officer AGY Therapeutics 12:00 CASE STUDY: Targeting Stem Cell Therapies . Focus on the underlying cause of neurodegeneration . How to develop compounds to target stem cells? . "Therapeutic Neurogenesis" - analyse the mechanism of action . Examine clinical evidence of efficacious results . Explore potential candidates - possible collaboration? . The future prospects of stem cell therapies' clinical application? - Discover where opportunities lie within stem cell therapies - How can the technology be implemented into your R&D? Dr. Johan Häggblad Head, Business Development NeuroNova 12:40 Lunch 14:00 Integrating Business Strategies into NDs R&D . Methods to develop common mechanism platforms . Cross-functional team - Enhance communication between departments i.e. marketing vs scientists - Feasibility, regulatory risks, unmet needs and market value . How to shorten time of profit vacuum? - Create commercial strategies at early stage - Optimize scientific creativity . Understanding the value of NDs drugs Dr. Steve Offord Head, New Products CNS/Thrombosis, Global Marketing & Medical Aventis ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 14:40 Understanding PD Unmet Needs . R&D advancements through the years:What have we learnt so far? . Designing novel PD therapies - Multifactorial considerations - Motor and non-motor complications . Examine potential therapeutic targets . Promising compounds in the pipeline - Clinical evidence, trial data and safety assessment . What do we hope for in the future Dr. David Burn Consultant Neurologist & Reader in Movement Disorder Neurology Newcastle General Hospital 15:20 Afternoon Tea 15:40 CASE STUDY: Collaborated Approach to Novel Therapy . Identify current problematic issues faced by physicians - Transplantation of embryonic nigral tissues - Poor survival of dopaminergic neurones . CEP-1347 - mixed-lineage-kinase (MLK) inhibitor: Discover mechanism of action and efficacious results . The future of the compound - A collaborated effort . The pros and cons of collaborated approaches - What to watch for and ideas to resolve problematic issues Dr. Jette Bisgaard Boll Department of Molecular Disease Biology Lundbeck 16:20 CASE STUDY: Advancements in Medical Technologies . Symptomatic relief: dyskinetic movements . Implantation procedures and mechanism of action . Current success stories in surgical interventions - Activa and N'Vision Programmer . Areas of improvement: Where partnerships can be formed . Positive clinical results of mid-brain stimulation on other symptoms:Pinpoint areas of combination therapies Dr. Abed Hammoud Procedure Solution Manager, Neurological Medtronic NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 17:00 CASE STUDY: Anti-ADDL Therapeutics: Reversing Synaptic Degeneration and LTP Deficits . ADDLs, NOT fibrils, cause AD and MCI . Evidence: ADDLs attack specific synapses to compromise LTP . ADDL intervention strategies - treatment and prevention . Explore anti-ADDL antibody therapeutics - What can you learn? - Discovery of ADDL assembly blockers and receptor antagonists . What are the future outlook of Anti-ADDL therapeutics? Dr. Grant Krafft Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer Acumen Pharmaceuticals 17:40 Question and Discussion 18:00 Summation of Day One from Chairman =================================== Day Two Thursday 17th February 2005 =================================== Conference Chair Day Two Dr. Menelas Pangalos Vice President, Neuroscience Research Wyeth 09:00 Registration and coffee 09:30 Opening remarks from the chair 09:40 CASE STUDY: Challenges in CNS Drug Discovery . Why is CNS drug discovery so important? . Anaylse NDs prevalence statistics and unmet needs . Problematic issues with long-winding drug discovery process . Wyeth's AD drug discovery programmes - Explore novel therapeutic targets - How to expand R&D pipeline? . Focus on advancement in clinical approaches and trends in collaboration - What can you implement? Dr. Menelas Pangalos Vice President, Neuroscience Research Wyeth 10:20 CASE STUDY: New Disease Modifying Approaches in AD . Roche's approach to AD R&D -Disease modification therapies - Target amyloid and APP to delay disease progression - What can you implement in your pipeline? . Analyse current promising compounds in Roche's AD pipeline - Analyse efficacious clinical results and drug trials . Focus on cost effective therapies to optimize market needs - Novel methods to penetrate the market . Future outlook on AD's clinical studies - identifying global market trends Dr. Christian Czech Senior Research Scientist, CNS Research Pharmaceutical Division Roche 11:00 Morning Coffee 11:20 CASE STUDY: Neuropharma's Neuroprotective Project . Identify new neuroprotective agents and neuroprotective activity detection methods . Systematic search for neuronal antioxidants & calcium channel antagonists -Explore other new targets & candidates . Current pipeline analysis: NP031112 non atp-competitive GSK- 3ß enzyme inhibitor - Positive neuroprotectors . Neuropharma's future approaches in AD R&D and novel ideas on neuroprotective strategies Dr. Ana Martinez Director, R&D Neuropharma EMERGING TRENDS IN MOTOR NEURON DISEASE THERAPIES 12:00 Targeting Clinical R&D of Motor Neurone Disease . Overview of MNDs and the importance of treatments . Current clinical drug trials & explore promising compounds . Forecast of what will cause an impact on MNDs therapies - Examine mutant genes & protein aggregation in MND - Implement new therapeutic targets to penetrate MNDs market . What is HUGO and how will it impact MNDs R&D discoveries? . Identify current unmet needs & unmet needs in the market . How to improve overall treatments? Dr. Brian Dickie Director, Research Motor Neuron Disease Association 12:40 Lunch 14:00 CASE STUDY: Explore Emerging Options in Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics . Overview - Aetiology, pathophysiology and unmet needs . The MS therapeutics pipeline - Multiple targeting strategies . Immunopathological hypothesis - Targeting CNS inflammation - Examine evidence of promising results . Discover neuroprotection approaches - Targeting axonal loss . BTG Ageing & Neuroscience's team focus on MS - Novel concepts and therapeutic targets . What is the future of MS therapies? Market trends and ways to predict answers to global unmet needs Dr. Russell Hagan Head, Ageing and Neuroscience BTG 14:40 CASE STUDY: Methods to Identify Biological Markers in CNS Development . Calpain inhibitors as "magic bullets" in the treatment of CNS disorders - Examine evidence of efficacious results . Discover the activation of calpain in neurodegeneration - Mechanism of action and therapeutic properties . Therapeutic approaches using calpain inhibitors in the treatment of DMD, MS, hearing loss and retinal degeneration - Methods to utilise calpain inhibitors in each treatment . Positive result on delaying degeneration of ALS Dr. Alfred Stracher Distinguished Professor & Chair / President & CEO State University of New York, CEPTOR Corp 15:20 Afternoon Tea EXPLORE NEW SCIENCE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES 15:40 CASE STUDY: Promising New Drug - Miraxion . Etiology of Huntington's disease & global unmet needs . Miraxion - Therapeutic target and mechanism of action . Positive clinical trial results and recent multicentre studies data - Near term focus and targeted developmental approach . Estimated Miraxion global sales -How will it impact the market? . Opportunities in terms of market space and development? . What to expect in the coming years? Amarin's future approach and ideas in Huntington's R&D Rick Stewart CEO Amarin 16:20 CASE STUDY: Examine Possible Role of Chaperones in Protein Aggregation . Overview of Prion disease: Global prevalence & unmet needs - What have we learnt about Prion & aberrant proteins? . 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I2TS'2004
by Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

==================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 3rd International Information and Telecommunication Technology Symposium Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar Biblioteca Comunitária - BCo Auditorium DECEMBER 6 to 9, 2004 http://www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2004/ We would like to invite you to participate in I2TS´2004. I2TS'2004 serves as an international forum for people from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Information Technology Applications, and Telecommunication Systems. This year I2TS had 120 submitted papers (106 via EDAS and almost 20 sent to us directly). 18 English papers and 10 Portuguese papers were accepted as regular papers, what leads to an acceptance rate of about 22%. We also have received very good papers, which were accepted by the TPC as good Short/Poster papers. We believe these papers will generate quite interesting discussion among the participants. Five tutorials will be offered: Large Scale Distributed Simulation - Prof. Azzedine Boukerche-SITE/UOttawa (in English) Sensor Networks - Prof. Antonio Loureiro-DCC/UFMG (in Portuguese) Grid Computing - Prof. Mario Dantas-INF/UFSC (in Portuguese) Forensic Investigation of Jeopardized Sytems - Guilherme Venere-CAIS/RNP (in Portuguese) Aspects of Wireless Network Security - Adriano Cansian-ACME/UNESP (in Portuguese) Panel: Novel Applications over High Speed Networks - The Tidia Project Workshop: Novel Applications over High Speed Networks (Kyatera and Tidia-AE) See Technical Program at http://www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2004/ Registrations are active at http://www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2004/ General Chairs Prof. Dr. Azzedine Boukerche - Canada Research Chair - SITE/UOttawa Prof. Mirela S.M.A. Notare - Fundação Barddal Prof. Regina B. Araujo - DC/UFSCar

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EWSN 2005 Call For Poster Papers: DEADLINE EXTENDED to December 6th, 2004
by Ozgur Baris Akan 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************* Due to many requests SUBMISSION DEADLINE is *EXTENDED* to DECEMBER 6th, 2004 !!! ********************************************************************* EWSN 2005 2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks Istanbul, Turkey January 31 - February 2, 2005 http://www.ewsn.org/ CALL FOR POSTER PAPERS OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP After the successful completion of the 1^st European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2004) in Berlin, Germany during Jan. 19-21, 2004, the 2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2005) will take place in Istanbul, Turkey during Jan. 31�Feb. 2, 2005. The goal EWSN 2005 is to bring together researchers from different backgrounds, from hardware to applications, to create a forum where cross-layer integration, novel solutions for specific problems, and the future development of WSN functionalities can be discussed. POSTER SESSION The poster session enables authors to present their recent and ongoing research in an interactive environment where authors and session participants will be able to discuss and exchange ideas on recent research topics. We encourage contributions to the poster session with papers describing original work in the same interest areas of the workshop including (but not limited to): � Hardware for WSN: transceiver concepts, wakeup radio, antenna design, system integration, process and cost of manufacturing, battery technology, energy scavenging. � Communication protocols: MAC and link layer problems, routing and transport protocols tailored for WSN, redundancy, data aggregation, and mobility support; gateways to fixed Internet; providing functionalities like localization and synchronization. � Source coding techniques appropriate for WSN to support data fusion. � Middleware for WSN: Configuration and installation support, lookup of available functionalities, group communication, distributed algorithms in WSN, harmonizing node-centric and data-centric addressing, integrating WSN in middleware architectures like .NET. � Security: primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols, secure system engineering. � Applications of WSN: novel applications and their requirements such as medicine, environment control, etc.; experiences with real-world applications. � What part will WSNs play in realizing the visions of ubiquitous computing & communication and ambient Intelligence. � Prototypes, field studies, and testbeds: novel sensor node prototypes, measurements within sensor network testbeds. � Modeling of WSN: models for WSN load/applications, mobility or channel models. SUBMISSION DETAILS The submitted papers should be original papers on complete or ongoing recent work that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by another conference or journal. Manuscripts must be formatted according to the IEEE single-space double-column standard conference format, except the font size, which must be 11 pt. The maximum length of the manuscript is 4 pages, including text, figures and references. All submissions must be in PDF or PostScript format, and they should be sent by e-mail to both poster session co-chairs. The submission should also include contact information of the corresponding author. The poster papers will appear in the proceedings of the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline: December 6, 2004 (final extended deadline) Notification of acceptance: December 20, 2005 Camera-ready papers: January 7, 2005 EWSN 2005 Conference: January 31 - February 2, 2005 ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE General Chair: Erdal Cayirci Istanbul Technical University, Turkey TPC Co-Chairs: Sebnem Baydere, Yeditepe University, Turkey Paul Havinga, University of Twente, Netherlands Poster Co-Chairs: Ezhan Karasan, Bilkent University, Turkey Ibrahim Korpeoglu, Bilkent University, Turkey FURTHER INFORMATION: For inquiries regarding poster sessions contact Ezhan Karasan (ezhan(a)ee.bilkent.edu.tr) Ibrahim Korpeoglu (korpe(a)cs.bilkent.edu.tr) For general inquiries: info(a)ewsn2005.org Workshop website: http://www.ewsn.org/ -- Dr. Ozgur B. Akan Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey 06531 Tel: +90-312-210 2353 Fax: +90-312-210 1261 E-mail: akan(a)eee.metu.edu.tr http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~akan

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