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Call for papers Colloquium CIGRE D2 2005
by Javier Meneses Ruiz 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute to interested people. Sorry for any duplicates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** International Colloquium on Telecommunications and Informatics for the Power Industry An event by CIGRE's Study Committee D2 (Information Systems and Telecommunications) FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS June 8 to 10, 2005 Cuernavaca, Morelos, MEXICO http://www.cigre-sc35.org/administration/index.html *********************************************************************** The CIGRE´s Study Committee D2 (Information Systems and Telecomunications) is pleased to announce the International Colloquium of Telecommunications and Informatics for the Power Industry. The main aim of this Colloquium is to provide an international forum for the different players of the power industry: public and private power utilities, product and service providers, consulting firms, research and technology development centers, universities, etc., to share their experiences in the use of new telecommunications and informatics technologies, to meet the demanding needs of power utilities, concerning: planning, operation, automation, maintenance, training, strategic management, etc. Main Topics: **************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 1. The power utility as a player in the telecommunications market. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Experiences in commercial use of power utility telecommunications and power networks infrastructures to provide telecommunications services. Opportunities and threats for power utilities entering the telecommunications market. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 2. Novel telecommunications solutions for metropolitan area networks to support electric utility operations in large cities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Last mile solutions to access the power utility premises as well as the consumer or final client premises in large urban areas with dense, tall building distributions. Telecommunications solutions for the monitoring and automation of substations in metropolitan areas. Mobile wireless solutions to support the power utility operations in large urban and suburban areas. Experiences, solutions and proposals of Virtual Private Networks deployment as a tool for IP services provision. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 3. Information technologies to support power utility operations in today's increasingly competitive environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Information technologies to support energy market operations. Information systems for power utilities operation and strategic management. Advanced computer and Web based training systems. Abstract and Paper Submission *************************************** The abstracts written in PDF format must be 200 to 500 words. They should be submitted by e-mail simultaneously to the Chairman of CIGRE's Study Committee D2: Dr. Fernando Gonzalo (ENDITEL) Ed. Expo. Isla de la Cartuja, s/n 41092 Sevilla, Spain e-mail: fgonzalo(a)enditel.es And to the event's local coordinator, SC D2 member, Dr. Salvador Gonzalez (IIE) e-mail: sgc(a)iie.org.mx The abstracts should arrive at the above mentioned e-mail addresses no later than December 3, 2004. They should be accompanied by the following information. For each author: name, position and company. Additionally, for the main author: full postal address, e-mail and fax. The abstracts should explicitly indicate which of the Colloquium's three main topics is addressed (1 to 3). The notification of acceptance will be sent to the main author no later than January 31,2005. The full papers in PDF format should arrive at the same e-mail addresses as the abstracts, no later than March 18, 2005. The full papers should be single-spaced, use letter-size paper and 10 point Times New Roman font. The official languages of the event are English and Spanish. Both abstracts and full papers must be written in English. Participants will be allowed to present their papers in English or Spanish. Simultaneous translation English-Spanish-English will be available. Important dates: ******************** Deadline for submission of abstracts December 3, 2004. Deadline for notification of acceptance January 31, 2005. Deadline for submission of full paper March 18, 2005. For additional information, please contact: Event's Local coordinator Dr. Salvador Gonzalez (IIE) email: sgc(a)iie.org.mx Technical Program Dr. Gustavo Arroyo (IIE) email: garroyo(a)iie.org.mx Or visit the website. http://www.cigre-sc35.org/administration/index.html See: Events and Meetings *********************** -- Regards, Javier Meneses Ruiz Secretary of Mexico´s CIGRE's Study Committee D2: Tel: (777) 362-38-11 ext 7362 email: jmeneses(a)iie.org.mx http://www.iie.org.mx

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Call for papers Colloquium CIGRE D2 2005
by Javier Meneses Ruiz 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute to interested people. Sorry for any duplicates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** International Colloquium on Telecommunications and Informatics for the Power Industry An event by CIGRE's Study Committee D2 (Information Systems and Telecommunications) FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS June 8 to 10, 2005 Cuernavaca, Morelos, MEXICO http://www.cigre-sc35.org/administration/index.html *********************************************************************** The CIGRE´s Study Committee D2 (Information Systems and Telecomunications) is pleased to announce the International Colloquium of Telecommunications and Informatics for the Power Industry. The main aim of this Colloquium is to provide an international forum for the different players of the power industry: public and private power utilities, product and service providers, consulting firms, research and technology development centers, universities, etc., to share their experiences in the use of new telecommunications and informatics technologies, to meet the demanding needs of power utilities, concerning: planning, operation, automation, maintenance, training, strategic management, etc. Main Topics: **************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 1. The power utility as a player in the telecommunications market. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Experiences in commercial use of power utility telecommunications and power networks infrastructures to provide telecommunications services. Opportunities and threats for power utilities entering the telecommunications market. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 2. Novel telecommunications solutions for metropolitan area networks to support electric utility operations in large cities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Last mile solutions to access the power utility premises as well as the consumer or final client premises in large urban areas with dense, tall building distributions. Telecommunications solutions for the monitoring and automation of substations in metropolitan areas. Mobile wireless solutions to support the power utility operations in large urban and suburban areas. Experiences, solutions and proposals of Virtual Private Networks deployment as a tool for IP services provision. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 3. Information technologies to support power utility operations in today's increasingly competitive environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Information technologies to support energy market operations. Information systems for power utilities operation and strategic management. Advanced computer and Web based training systems. Abstract and Paper Submission *************************************** The abstracts written in PDF format must be 200 to 500 words. They should be submitted by e-mail simultaneously to the Chairman of CIGRE's Study Committee D2: Dr. Fernando Gonzalo (ENDITEL) Ed. Expo. Isla de la Cartuja, s/n 41092 Sevilla, Spain e-mail: fgonzalo(a)enditel.es And to the event's local coordinator, SC D2 member, Dr. Salvador Gonzalez (IIE) e-mail: sgc(a)iie.org.mx The abstracts should arrive at the above mentioned e-mail addresses no later than December 3, 2004. They should be accompanied by the following information. For each author: name, position and company. Additionally, for the main author: full postal address, e-mail and fax. The abstracts should explicitly indicate which of the Colloquium's three main topics is addressed (1 to 3). The notification of acceptance will be sent to the main author no later than January 31,2005. The full papers in PDF format should arrive at the same e-mail addresses as the abstracts, no later than March 18, 2005. The full papers should be single-spaced, use letter-size paper and 10 point Times New Roman font. The official languages of the event are English and Spanish. Both abstracts and full papers must be written in English. Participants will be allowed to present their papers in English or Spanish. Simultaneous translation English-Spanish-English will be available. Important dates: ******************** Deadline for submission of abstracts December 3, 2004. Deadline for notification of acceptance January 31, 2005. Deadline for submission of full paper March 18, 2005. For additional information, please contact: Event's Local coordinator Dr. Salvador Gonzalez (IIE) email: sgc(a)iie.org.mx Technical Program Dr. Gustavo Arroyo (IIE) email: garroyo(a)iie.org.mx Or visit the website. http://www.cigre-sc35.org/administration/index.html See: Events and Meetings *********************** -- Saludos, Javier Meneses Ruiz Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas Tel: (777) 362-38-11 ext 7362 email: jmeneses(a)iie.org.mx http://www.iie.org.mx

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IFIP/IEEE IM'2005 : Submission Deadline Extension
by Olivier Festor 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

[Our apologies for possible duplicates of this message] Due to a number of requests for extensions, the submission deadline for IM'2005 has been extended by 2 weeks. The new and final submission deadline is SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2004, 12PM GMT CALL FOR PAPERS WITH DEADLINE EXTENSION ********************************************************************** - DEADLINE EXTENSION - DEADLINE EXTENSION - DEADLINE EXTENSION - ********************************************************************** 9th IFIP/IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED NETWORK MANAGEMENT (IM'05) 15-19 May, 2005 Nice, France http://www.im2005.org/ ********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES SUBMISSION : SEPTEMBER 7, 2004, 12PM GMT Notification : November 26, 2004 Camera Ready : January 15, 2005 ********************************************************************** "Managing New Networked Worlds" The Ninth IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2005) will be held 16-19 May 2005 in Nice, France. IM 2005 will present the latest technical advances in the area of management, operations and control of networks, networking services, networked applications, and distributed systems. Held in odd-numbered years since 1989 and taking turns with its sibling conference NOMS, IM 2005 will build on the successes of its predecessors and serve as the primary forum for technical exchange among the research, standards, vendor and user communities in the network management field. The symposium is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Management of Networks and Distributed Systems, and by the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). We are witnessing the dawn of a new era in networking. New networked worlds emerge in which connectivity becomes increasingly ubiquitous and the infrastructure blends in seamlessly with business functions, applications, and the supported environment. These new worlds are no longer only characterized by the increasing heterogeneity and number of devices, but also by properties such as convergence, context awareness, accelerated service lifecycles, virtualization of resources, massive P2P infrastructures, unprecedented security challenges, and much more. Further, new types of networks are emerging such as sensor networks, agent networks, storage-area networks, and grid-based networks. All of this incurs new challenges and opportunities for network management and the ways in which it is approached, requiring management technology to evolve as rapidly as the new networked worlds. IM 2005 will be organized into technical sessions, panels, and tutorials. In addition, it will feature application sessions focusing on practical lessons learned by the user and vendor communities, posters, birds-of-a-feather sessions, and vendor exhibits. In the tradition of previous events, we strive to make the IM 2005 Symposium the highest quality professional event of the year. Paper submissions will undergo a stringent review process implemented by the Technical Program Committee which includes many of the most respected experts in the field. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL PROGRAM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal, as well as proposals for tutorials, panel discussions, poster demonstrations, or birds-of-a-feather sessions. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: (-) Management paradigms, models, and algorithms * Integrating control and management, cooperative control * Self management and management automation * Policy and role based management * Advanced management instrumentation * Adaptive and programmable management * Information modeling * Management ontologies (-) Management functions and operational challenges * Security management, defense against security threats * Network and service monitoring, event correlation, filtering * Network and service diagnostics, proactive management * Business and operational processes * Traffic engineering and measurement * Service creation, deployment, and provisioning * Accounting, charging and billing * Service portability and mobility * SLAs, service level monitoring, QoS management * Managed services management * Scalability, resilience and survivability (-) Management standards, platforms and technologies * Next-generation Operations Support Systems * Internet management standards and technologies * Open source software and their application to management * Management and the Web * Component based management and management plug&play * Case studies & integration experiences with management platforms and COTS (-) Management of new networked worlds * Wireless sensor networks and RFID-enabled networks * Overlay networks, virtual topologies, VPN services * Virtualized resources * Context and subscriber aware networks, mobile computing * Ad hoc and self organizing networks * Smart homes, Piconets, PANs * Storage Area Networks and ASP server farms * Web services, content hosting, switching, delivery * Resource-aware applications, power constrained resources * Converged networks and services * IPv4/v6 networks and services, VoIP, video distribution * Powerline Internet, optical networks, metro Ethernet, WLANs * Grid, peer-to-peer networks and services --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Papers Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal. Authors are requested to submit long papers (up to 14 single-spaced single-column pages) in PDF or Postscript format. Detailed Author Instructions are available from the Conference web site. SUBMISSION : SEPTEMBER 7, 2004, 12PM Notification : November 26, 2004 Camera Ready : January 15, 2005 Application Sessions Papers for the Application Sessions should be written in English. The paper format should have a visual in the upper half of a page and the explanatory text in the lower half. Paper submissions should consist of no more than 15 visuals in PDF or PowerPoint. Detailed Author Instructions are available from the Conference web site. Authors are also invited to contact the Application Sessions Chair, Joseph Betser (betser(a)aero.org). SUBMISSION : SEPTEMBER 7, 2004, 12PM Notification : November 26, 2004 Camera Ready : January 15, 2005 Posters The symposium also offers poster sessions for more informal interactions and presenting work in progress. Extended abstracts can be submitted for consideration as poster presentations. Posters will be selected from these extended abstracts and regular papers. Posters proposals should be submitted to the Technical Program Co-Chairs (im2005tpcchairs(a)loria.fr): SUBMISSION : SEPTEMBER 7, 2004, 12PM Notification : November 26, 2004 Camera Ready : January 15, 2005 Tutorials The symposium includes tutorials on the days before and after the technical program. A proposal to present a tutorial should contain the following information: Tutorial Title, Full Name of the Instructor Biography of the Instructor (100-200 words) Outline and Extended Abstract (500-1000 words) If the tutorial or its earlier version has been given before, please indicate the events, dates and contents. Tutorial proposals should be sent to the Tutorial Chair, Masum Hasan (masum(a)cisco.com). Submission : September 30, 2004 Panels We will also consider proposals for Panels. Proposals should include the following information : Panel Title, Names of the Organizer and Panelists, Abstract (200-300 words) Proposals should be submitted to the Panels Chair, Gautam Kar (gkar(a)us.ibm.com). Submission : September 30, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL CHAIR --------------------------------------------------------------------- Seraphin Calo IBM Research, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS (im2005tpcchairs(a)loria.fr) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Clemm Olivier Festor Aiko Pras Cisco Systems INRIA CTIT, U. of Twente USA France The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE & OC MEMBERS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sebastian Abeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Nazim Agoulmine, University of Evry Val d'Essonne, France Kevin Almeroth, UCSB, USA Ehab Al-Shaer, DePaul University, Chicago, USA Nikos Anerousis, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Finn Arve Aagesen, NTNU, Norway Joseph Betser, The Aerospace Corporation, USA Prakash Bettadapur, Cisco Systems, USA Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Nevil Brownlee, The University of Auckland, CAIDA, New Zealand Marcus Brunner, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany Mark Burgess, Oslo University College, Norway Seraphin Calo, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Tom Chen, SMU, USA Omar Cherkaoui, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada Alexander Clemm, Cisco Systems, USA Alva Couch, Tufts University, USA Marc Dacier, Eurecom, France Markus Debusman, FH Wiesbaden Luca Deri, NETikos S.p.A., Italy Petre Dini, Cisco, USA William Donnelly, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany Masayoshi Ejiri, Fujitsu, Japan Metin Feridun, IBM Research, Switzerland Olivier Festor, LORIA-INRIA, France Nobuo Fujii, NTT laboratories, Japan Kurt Geihs, Technical University Berlin, Germany German Goldszmidt , IBM USA Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Heinz-Gerd Hegering, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany Takeo Hamada, Fujitsu Labs of America, USA Masum Z. Hasan, Cisco Systems, USA Peer Hasselmeyer, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany Joseph Hellerstein, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea Cynthia Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Gabriel Jakobson, Altusys, USA Gautam Kar, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Martin Karsten, University of Waterloo, Canada Alexander Keller, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Yoshiaki Kiriha, NEC, Japan Lundy Lewis, Southern New Hampshire University, USA Antonio Liotta, University of Surrey, UK Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada Alan Marshal, The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland Ian W. Marshall, University of Kent, UK Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, CERN, Switzerland Subrata Mazumdar, Avaya Labs Research, USA Jose Marcos Nogueira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Philippe Owesarski, LAAS-CNRS, France George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands Guy Pujolle, LIP6 University of Paris 6, France Jurgen Quittek, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany Christian Rad, USA Danny Raz, Technion, Israel Enrico Ronco, Telecom Italia, Italy Lionel Sacks, University College London, UK Akhil Sahai, HP Laboratories, USA Jürgen Schönwälder , International University Bremen, Germany Joan Serrat, University Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Adarsh Sethi, University of Delaware, USA Michelle Sibilla, University Paul Sabatier, France Morris Sloman, Imperial College London, UK Rolf Stadler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Radu State, LORIA-INRIA, France John Strassner, Intelliden, USA Frank Strauss, TU Braunschweig, Germany Burkhard Stiller, UniBw Munich, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland Joe Sventek, University of Glasgow, UK Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA Marten van Sinderen, University of Twente, The Netherlands John Vicente, Intel, USA Vincent P. Wade, Trinity College Dublin,Ireland Robert Weihmayer, Verizon, USA Andrea Westerinen, Cisco Systems, USA Bert Wijnen, Lucent, USA Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Felix Wu, University of California at Davis, USA Makoto Yoshida, The University of Tokyo, Japan Douglas Zuckerman, Telcordia Technologies, USA

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EWSN2005-CFP: 2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks
by Ozgur Baris Akan 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************* * EWSN 2005 * * * * 2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN) * * * * Istanbul, Turkey * * January 31 - February 2, 2005 * * * * http://www.ewsn.org * * * * Call For Papers * ********************************************************************* Scope of EWSN 2005: =================== Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are fast emerging as a new sensing paradigm based on the collaborative effort of large number of sensors deployed close to or inside the phenomenon to be observed, and have the potential of providing diverse services to numerous applications. The realization of WSNs require intensive technical research efforts especially on energy efficient scalable wireless ad hoc communication protocols due to their unusual application requirements and unique constraints. Additionally, WSNs are further evolving from simple data transportation networks to functionally rich distributed systems such that the tasks of event sensing and acting upon the phenomenon can be collectively realized in an autonomous manner by sensor and actuator nodes. The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from different backgrounds ranging 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. We encourage contributions describing innovative work on WSN. Areas of interest include, but are 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 For further information, please contact the co-chairs via: info(a)ewsn2005.org Important Dates: ================ Submission deadline: September 3, 2004 Notification of acceptance: December 6, 2004 Camera-ready version: December 24, 2004 EWSN 2005 Conference: January 31 - February 2, 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 submissions will be handled electronically via EDAS: http://edas.info 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 12 pages, including text, figures and references. All submissions must be in PDF or PostScript format. Use of LATEX for typesetting is strongly recommended. General Chair: ======================= Erdal Cayirci, Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY TPC Co-Chairs: ======================= Sebnem Baydere, Yeditepe University, TURKEY Paul Havinga, University of Twente, NETHERLAND Tutorial Co-Chairs: ======================= Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA Giacomo Morabito, University of Catania, ITALY Publicity Co-Chairs: ======================= Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA -- Ozgur B. Akan Assistant Professor Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Email:akan@eee.metu.edu.tr

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Sensor and actor networks
by Otto Spaniol 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Dear all, Ramon informed me that WG 6.3 is discussing a co-sponsorship of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, June 30 - July 1, 2005 in Marina del Rey, California, USA. The question is what TC6 can or should do in that respect. Sensor and Actor Networks are hot topics as well as ubiquitous networks or pervasive computing etc. Until now we have our MedHoc series (Mediterranean Adhoc Network series) but this may not be enough for the mass of newly emerging topics. For the international seminar institute in Dagstuhl we got not less than four (!) applications for respective seminars for the first half of 2005 with the following titles: - cognitive networks and radios - form and content in sensor networks - ad-hoc geosensor networks in traffic assessment - data always and everywhere - Management of Mobile, Ubiquitous, Pervasive, and sensor data. Several other proposals have been more or less related to these topics. What is your feeling? - Can we avoid to deal with these fields? (I don't think so). - Should we establish a larger specialized event? (One ore two particular sessions at the occasion of Networking 200x will probably not be enough). - Which working group should be responsible? Or: Should we organise the first event by TC6 and should we try to establish a WG 6.xx thereafter? Or: Would it be enough to distribute the new topics among existing WG's since obviously WG 6.1, 6.6, 6.8 and maybe others are involved? ** Please comment **. Of course, this topic will be on the agenda of meeting 2004/2. Best regards Otto

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DCSC requests (2005) for TC6
by Otto Spaniol 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Dear Dipak, I received until today (August 13, 2004) the following expressions of interest for DCSC funding in 2005: From: For: Remark: Kiril Boyanov MWCN'05; 750 EURO for Fall 2005; Vedrin Jeliaskov Marrakesh, Morocco Koos Koen Comm. Syst. Conf. Not yet specified in Abuja, Nigeria Guy Leduc Middleware 2005; 750 EURO for a November 05; participant from a Grenoble, France developing country Ramon Puigjaner IFIP/ACM Latin America Some delegates feel Networking Conference; that we should not Fall 05; Cali, Colombia sponsor events in Colombia due to the level of criminality (especially in Cali) Guy Pujolle Networking for MAN; March 05; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Remarks: - Colombia, Morocco, Nigeria, and Vietmnam are no members of IFIP (and are therefore not elegible for the moment being since DCSC funding is only for IFIP member countries; this might be changed, however, if the motion of Max Bramer for removing that restriction is accepted in Toulouse; on the other hand: if the condition is not any more valid: what might be the reason of a country for joining IFIP?). - The requests are necessarily inconcrete: It is impossible to ask for support of a speaker who has an accepted paper since sometimes we don't even have a Call for Paper. I feel that we will have to change the rules for DCSC funding. You might allocate a reasonable sum for each TC (maybe Proportional to the global TC fund) and that sum could be Discussed and distributed at the occasion of the TC meetings (in the case of TC6: at meetings 2004/2 and 2005/1). - A priority ranking cannot be made since: - I would have to ask the other delegates - the requests are not concrete enough (see above) I have ordered the requests alphabetically by the last name of the delegate who presented it. The request for Velin Jeliaskov is attached. Best wishes Otto Spaniol cc.: TC6 delegates p.s.: I will be out of the office for vacation during the next two weeks (and for that reason I can't attend GA in Toulouse; TC6 will be represented by Ramon)

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Final minutes and agenda 11
by Otto Spaniol 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Dear all, Guy Leduc wrote: --------------- Dear all, Given this agreement (enforcing the Springer DL), does it still make sense to address the following point raised at the last TC6 meeting : 11. Relations with IEEE and other organisations There were discussions of digital libraries in relation to the IEEE and the European Commission. Augusto Casaca and André Danthine suggested that there may be funding available from IFIP and/or UNESCO. Augusto Casaca also commented that a digital library would be much cheaper if it were not retrospective. A task force was proposed to look into this. Volunteers included André Danthine, Dominique Gaiti, Günter Haring, Arun Iyengar, Guy Leduc, Dipak Khakhar, and Guy Pujolle Action Point (AP62/07): The digital library task force: to decide who should act as chairman of the task force and to start work. Best regards, Guy PS: Do we have the final version of the minutes, taking corrections into account ? ---------------- Indeed, our possibilities appear to be more limited (which is not so bad per se) since we should prefer or use exclusiveley the Springer DL offers. Thus agenda point 11 appears to be less relevant when considering digital libraries. By the way: It has shown once again that it is almost impossible to start an initiative if no initiator is immediately fixed (the distributed election problem). Would you, Guy (Leduc) protest very much if we nominate you as the chairman of this task force group? There are more points to be discussed which are related to our cooperation with IEEE/ACM and other organisations. This concerns sponsorship questions, publication questions etc. We will do that at meeting 2004/2 in Bangkok - or before in the task group. Best regards Otto p.s.: A attach a modified version of the minutes where I tried to incorporate the corrections.

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Publications agreement
by Otto Spaniol 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Dear all, please find enclosed the publications agreement between IFIP and "Springer Science + Business media" together with the bulk price list. Leon Straus (the responsible from 's side wrote to the TC chairmen: ----------------- You can distribute this version (including the price lists) to your working group chairs for information. Please ask them to treat this in an appropriate way, I don´t think it is wise if our contract is floating around on the web or elsewhere (nb: this is my personal opinion and statement). ----------------- Thus, I ask you to treat the contract information "in an appropriate way". Best wishes Otto

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IT and Sports
by Otto Spaniol 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Please distribute this message as widely as you can. Call for Participation 1st IFIP International Working Conference on "IT and Sport" Cologne (Germany), September 15th - 17th, 2004. The conference is organized by the Institute of Training and Movement Science of the German Sport University, Cologne (Germany). Programme and other details: See <http://www.it-and-sport.de> Conference topics: - Data management and analysis - E-learning: concepts and experiences - E-learning projects: sustainability and developments - Modelling: mathematical approaches - Modelling: soft computing methods - Biomechanical modelling - IT tools and applications - Analysis and coaching in sport games - RoboCup Keynotes are given by: Prof. Dr. Brunnstein, University of Hamburg, Germany (IFIP president) Prof. Dr. Gelenbe, Imperial College, London, UK Prof. Dr. Perl, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany Prof. Dr. Mester, German Sport University Cologne, Germany Prof. Dr. Wiemeyer, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Dr. Christaller, Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems, St. Augustin, Germany Prof. Dr. Lames, University of Augsburg, Germany Early bird registration deadline is August 31, 2004. *** The registration fee is incredibly low: *** *** Just 90 EURO for early bird registration *** *** and this includes already *** *** - a copy of the proceedings *** *** - the coffee breaks *** *** - and even the banquet on Wednesday evening!!! *** *** For late or onsite registration the *** *** corresponding fee is a more than affordable 110 EURO ! *** We are looking forward to meeting you in Cologne. Please note also that Cologne can be reached from many towns in Europe by low fare airlines (offering flights from 20 EURO or so, if you book early). Prof. Dr. J. Mester (DSHS Cologne) Dr. F. Seifriz (DSHS Cologne) Prof. Dr. O. Spaniol (RWTH Aachen; IFIP TC6 chairman) Contact address: **************************************************************************** German Sport University Cologne Institute of Training and Movement Science Carl-Diem Weg 6 50933 Cologne - Germany Phone: +49 / (0)221-4982-4860 Fax: +49 / (0)221-4982-8180 e-Mail: info(a)it-and-sport.de **************************************************************************** or **************************************************************************** SPANIOL Otto, Prof. Dr. Tel.: +49-241-80 21400/401 RWTH Aachen University Home: +49-241-57 45 90 Computer Science Department FAX: +49-241-80 22220 D - 52056 Aachen Mobile: +49-172 273 4814 Office address: Email: Ahornstrasse 55 spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de D - 52074 Aachen http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de GERMANY

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CFP--CIC 2004 (Deadline Extension: Aug. 14. 2004)
by CIC2004 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

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