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Call for Papers - COMSWARE 2006
by Marco Conti 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this document) CALL FOR PAPERS *************** The First International Conference on Communication Systems Software and Middleware January 8 - 12, 2006 New Delhi, India http://www.comsware.org ----------------------- Sponsored by: CreateNet, ICST, IBM, Nokia Technical Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society (pending) The convergence of the telecommunications, information technologies and the Internet has ushered in a revolution in the way people communicate with each other. The key enabler for this convergence has been the advancement of software technology in various communication sectors, as evident by the high levels of activity in the industry, academia, and standards bodies, coupled with the increasing dependence of this convergence to sustain and improve growth rates in many countries around the world. This new international conference will provide a forum to exchange ideas, techniques, and applications, discuss best practices and challenging issues, raise awareness and share experiences among researchers, practitioners, standard developers and policy makers in the field of software techniques in telecommunications. The conference will bring leading researchers and practitioners in areas ranging from communications software and software engineering aspects of communications software, to middleware and networking protocols. The conference will be organized to provide for a high degree of collaboration, participation and discussions of the various topics among multi-national participants from the industrial, governmental and academic sectors. COMSWARE will include a regular paper track and an industry track. The paper track will include a highly selective technical program. The conference solicits original, previously unpublished research work, experimental efforts, and practical experiences for the technical program. COMSWARE will also feature panel discussions from experts in academia and industry, workshops and tutorials featuring the state-of-the-art in various telecommunication software-related areas. There will be demos and exhibits that will expose the delegates to exciting products and software solutions from industry and academia. The top papers accepted to the conference will be published in a journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: · Communications Software · Reconfigurable Software Stacks · Software Engineering Aspects of Communications Software · Context-Based and Implicit Computing · Telecommunications Services and QoS · Software for Billing and Pricing · User Interfaces and Interaction Models · Multi-Agent Systems · Client-Server Applications · Mobile and Intermittently Connected Applications · Mobile Data Management · Middleware Services and Agent Technologies · Middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks · Middleware for P2P Systems · Middleware for Future Communication Networks · Information Infrastructure and Security · Security and Privacy Issues of Pervasive Computing Systems · Network Processors · Network Operations and Management · Policy and Workflow-based Network Operations · Reliability Support Software · Resource Management in Pervasive Computing Platforms · Management Software for Optical Networks · Network Monitoring Software · Internet and IP based Services · Dynamic Service Composition and Deployment · Service Discovery Mechanisms · Wireless/Mobile Service Management and Delivery · Ad hoc Networking Protocols and Service Discovery · Mobile / Wireless Computing Systems and Services · Performance Evaluation Techniques · Location Determination · Positioning and Tracking Technologies Intelligent Environments · Wearable Computers · Smart Devices and Smart Spaces · Enterprise Networking · Access and Home Networks · Personal Area Networks · Integration of Wired and Wireless Networks · Next Generation Networks and Services Deadlines ********* Paper Submission: May 2, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: September 5, 2005 Camera-ready due: September 26, 2005 Conference Organizing Committee ******************************* General Chairs: Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research, USA Bijendra Nath Jain, IIT, Delhi, India Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA Alfred Spector, IBM Research, USA Steering Committee: Imrich Chlamtac, University of Trento, Italy Rajeev Shorey, IBM Research, India Prasant Mohapatra, University of California, Davis, USA Program Chairs: Sanjoy Paul, Lucent Technologies, USA G. Venkatesh, SASKEN Technologies, India Jim Woodcock, University of York, UK Tutorial Chair: Archan Misra, IBM Research, USA Workshop Chairs: Ashwin Gumaste, Fujitsu Research, USA Gaurav Sharma, University of Rochester, USA Demos/Exhibit Chairs: Huzur Saran, IIT, Delhi, India Jaijit Bhattacharya, Oracle, India Publicity Chairs: Thyaga Nandagopal, Lucent Technologies, USA Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Marco Conti, IIT, Pisa, Italy Ben Lancini, LinLan, Brisbane, Australia Prashant Pradhan, IBM Research, USA Hemant Chaskar, Airtight Networks, India

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Logovoting
by Otto Spaniol 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Dear all, thank you for the extremely good participation at the voting for a new TC6 logo. Things are very very narrow: The numbers received thus far for the three logos are - in ascending order (i.e. not ordered by upper, middle, or low): 6 votes 8 votes 9 votes One delegate said that he doesn't like any one of the proposal. Maybe those of you who didn't vote thus far could contribute to the final decision til next Monday, March 22. best regards Otto

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And the winner...
by Otto Spaniol 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

.... of the contest for the new TC6 logo was not so easy to determine. 32 delegates have participated (the biggest number ever!) without counting me. Their voting: see annex. 8 for the upper 11 for the middle 11 for the lower 1 for another logo. In view of that, I have made a tie-break competition at my institute which ended up largely in favour of the middle proposal (the green one) and here I would like to follow André´s argument who preferred that one, too since "TC6 is clearly seen there". Thus I put my own voting for the middle one and the case was decided! Please find enclosed the new logo in different versions and formats and please use it for announcement of your events etc. In the near future I'll order some new pins which should be available for Networking 2005 and for later events. Of course I'll do that only if the cost for - say - 1.000 pins will be less than one student travel or one best paper award or something like that. Best wishes and thank you very much for your participation Otto

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CfP for DIN 2005: Workshop on Dynamic Interconnection of Networks
by Prehofer, Christian 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Please apologize multiple copies Call for Papers ACM DIN 2005 First International ACM* Workshop on Dynamic Interconnection of Networks http://www.docomoeurolabs.de/mobicom-2005-din-ws.html <http://www.docomoeurolabs.de/mobicom-2005-din-ws.html> , (In Conjunction with ACM MOBICOM'2005) September 2, 2005 Cologne, Germany Scope: A salient feature of future mobile networks will be support for flexible, dynamic inter-connection of networks. New kinds of mobile networks, such as Personal Area Networks (PANs), Body Area Networks (BANs), inter-vehicle networks, and sensor networks, arise and have to interconnect among themselves and with existing infrastructure. Such networks will integrate heterogeneous technologies, and their topologies are dynamic. Currently, inter-working in IP networks consists essentially of inter-domain routing. In the future, the control plane interconnection of these networks needs to enable e.g. seamless mobility, routing, QoS, multi-homed networks, charging, and security. For instance, mobility handling is different for a mobile phone, a train network or a BAN. Hence it needs to be negotiated which specific protocols to use and in which way. The owners of future mobile networks often are non-experts and hence auto-configuration is a major issue. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers working on interconnection of mobile networks and related topics to exchange their ideas. Topics of Interest: Original papers are invited in the area of dynamic interconnection of networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Topics of interest include: - Internetworking architectural principles - End-to-end control interconnection regarding e.g. Mobility management, routing, QoS provisioning, security, charging - Naming & addressing for inter-networking - Moving networks, ad-hoc networking and interconnection technology - Autoconfiguring networks - Self-organized internetworking Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: April 30th, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: June 15th, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: July 15th, 2005 Workshop Co-Chairs: Christian Prehofer (DoCoMo Euro-Labs) lastname at docomolab-euro.com Cornelia Kappler (Siemens, Germany) firstname.lastname at siemens.com Technical PC Members: Bengt Algren (SICS, Sweden) Jon Crowcroft (Cambridge, UK) A. Feldmann (TU München, Germany) James Kempf (DoCoMo US Labs) Holger Karl (U. Paderborn, Germany) Pekka Nikander (Ericsson, Finland) Jürgen Quittek (NEC Europe) Joe Touch (USC/ISI USA) Submission Guidelines: 5 pages in pdf format with font size not smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on A4 paper with reasonable margins. A link for paper submission will be provided by April on the Workshop Webpage http://www.docomoeurolabs.de/mobicom-2005-din-ws.html <http://www.docomoeurolabs.de/mobicom-2005-din-ws.html> , which is also accessible from the MobiCom 2005 webpage http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/ <http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/> *Sponsorship pending by ACM SIGMOBILE

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RE: [ifip-tc6] TC6-logo-4.bmp (a suggestion)
by Radford, Peter 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear all I like this one in principle but (on my laptop, at least) the colour rendering is very strange. (It looks rather spotty rather than being uniform.) Regards Peter -----Original Message----- From: ifip-tc6-bounces(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE [mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Louis Pouzin Sent: 21 March 2005 11:43 To: ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: [ifip-tc6] TC6-logo-4.bmp (a suggestion) Dear friends, Just another variant with the same components. I like the white separator between ifip and tc6, and the green. It comes out nicely in black & white Best regards This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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TC6-logo-4.bmp (a suggestion)
by Louis Pouzin 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear friends, Just another variant with the same components. I like the white separator between ifip and tc6, and the green. It comes out nicely in black & white Best regards

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Invitation to Italy, Holland, and Montenegro 2005; c/ba
by IPSI-2005 Conferences 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear potential Speaker: On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a cordial invitation for you to attend one of the upcoming IPSI BgD multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary conferences. The first one will take place in Loreto Aprutino, Italy: IPSI-2005 ITALY Hotel Castello Chiola (arrival: 27 July 05 / departure: 1 August 05) New deadlines: 31 March 05 (abstract) / 30 April 05 (full paper) The second one will take place in Amsterdam, Holland: IPSI-2005 HOLLAND Hotel Okura (arrival: 1 September 05 / departure: 4 September 05) deadlines: 1 April 05 (abstract) / 1 June 05 (full paper) The third one will take place in Sveti Stefan, Montenegro: IPSI-2005 MONTENEGRO Hotel Sveti Stefan (arrival: 1 October 05 / departure: 8 October 05) Deadlines: 1 May 05 (abstract) / 1 July 05 (full paper) All IPSI BgD conferences are non-profit. They bring together the elite of the world 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. One of the main topics of this conference is "E-education and E-business with Special Emphasis on Semantic Web and Web Datamining" Other 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. Note that you can submit your paper also to the IPSI Transactions journal. 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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Quick voting desired
by Otto Spaniol 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Dear all, IFIP has a new logo. TC6 should have also a new one based on the official IFIP logo. I asked a designer student to present some proposals. She came with three ideas (see attachment). Please tell me your preference (until the end of this week). I would like to produce pins - like we did for Portugal - such that they would be ready for Networking 2005. Best regards Otto ------------------------------------- Name: I vote for: O the upper one (with the small white intersection between IFIP and TC6) O the middle one (green colour) O the lower one (blue colour) O I don't like any proposal; please present other ideas

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IFIP/IEEE IM'2005 : early bird registration deadline approaching
by Olivier Festor 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

9th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management 15-19 May, 2005, Nice-Acropolis, Exhibition Hall, Nice, France http://www.ieee-im.org/ Deadline for Early Bird registration: March 31, 2005 ______________________________________________________________________ Technical Sessions: - S1: Network Management - S2: Application Monitoring - S3: Traffic Monitoring - S4: Cluster & Server Control - S5: Topology Management - S6: Utility & SAN Management - S7: Dimensioning & Provisioning - S8: Pricing - S9: QoS composition and adaptation - S10: Policy Management - S11: Measurement - S12: Fault Management - S13: Internet Management - S14: Service Management - S15: OSS & Middleware - S16: Threshold Management Application Sessions: - S1: Security - S2: Business Cases and Surveys - S3: Policy, Ontology, and SNMP - S4: Service, Operations, and Topology - S5: Performance and Analysis Tutorials: - T1: Control Theory & Application to Network and Systems Management - T2: Peer-to-Peer Networking: Concepts, Applications and Management - T3: Internet Management: Status and Challenges - T4: Autonomic Networking - Theory and Practice - T5: Managing Network Security Policies: Firewall and IPSec/VPN - T6: Management of Wireless Sensor Networks - T7: MPLS Operations and Management - T8: Planning, Management and Auto-Tuning Techniques for UMTS and Heterogeneous Radio Access Networks - T9: Management of Enterprise Web Applications: Problems, Approaches, Solutions - T10: Integrated Management of Denial-of-Service Attacks - T11: Traffic Engineering and QoS Management for IP-based Next Generation Networks - T12: Grid Computing: Fundamentals and Management Challenges Associated Workshops: - E2EMon 2005: End-to-End Monitoring Techniques and Services - MICMC 2005: Management Issues and Challenges in Mobile Computing - SelfMan 2005: Self-Managed Systems & Services

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For the weekend
by Otto Spaniol 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Dear all, here is something less serious for the weekend: a. An instruction about how to insult a computer scientist: <http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/essay.criticize.html> b. A very nice complaint letter (see attachment) Have fun. Best regards Otto

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