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IEEE The Institute: Information Free-for-All?
by Guy Leduc 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

FYI, Guy >1. Information Free-for-All? >If open access -- a movement gaining momentum in academic publishing >circles that proposes journal articles be made available online to all >readers for free -- becomes a reality, the results could dramatically >reshape the activities of all scholarly publishers, including the IEEE. >Read more at >http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/openacc7d/04264354 -- ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Phone : +32 4 366 26 98 Université de Liège Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Réseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Email: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be EECS Department, Institut Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/People/GuyLeduc/ CoNEXT 2005 - The E-NEXT NoE conference - http://www.co-next.net/

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9th IEEE/ACM DS-RT'2005 - Call for Papers - Montreal 10-12/10/2005
by Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 11 Mar '05

11 Mar '05

Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers DS-RT 2005 9th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 10-12, 2005 Hyatt Regency Montréal, Montreal, Canada. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2005/ In Conjunction with the 8th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. *IEEE/ACM Approval Pending ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Deadline: May 23, 2005 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope In its nineth year, the 2005 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2005) will take place at Hyatt Regency Montreal, Canada, in conjunction with the the 8th ACM Int'l Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2005). This is an excellent opportunity to participate in two conferences covering a wide range of simulation research. Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2005 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2005 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2005 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Collaborative Virtual Environments, e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, human communication through immersive environments, shared object manipulation; o- Multi-sensory collaborative systems, e.g. collaborative future workspaces, psychological issues of collaborative VR; o- Interactive Simulation in Entertainment and Games; o- Applications of Distributed Simulation, e.g., Real Time, large distributed simulation systems; o- Agent Based Distributed Simulation, e.g., multi-agent based simulation, parallel and distibuted simulation of multi-agent systems; o- Real-Time application modeling for QoS evaluation; o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols, e.g., HLA, DIS, event synchronization, network time protocols; o- Data Distribution Management, Interest Management, Multi-resolution modeling and Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms; o- Current Critical Design Issues, e.g.: causality, simultaneous events, zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time; o- Methodology for Distributed and Parallel Simulation; o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modeling packages; o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security; o- Performance of Distributed Simulation, e.g., benchmark, theoretical, empirical, and HLA/RTI studies; o- Visual Interactive Simulation, e.g., generic animation, visual interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning; o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational Processes under Simulation; o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems; o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems, e.g., Java, and DCOM; o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems e.g., QoS requirements, multicast for distributed/real-time simulation; o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation, e.g. Modeling Global Internet; o- Integration of Distributed Simulation and HLA with Web Technologies; o- Large Scale Distributed Simulation on the Grid. o- Software Design Patterns and Real-Time Simulation Environments Important dates Submission Deadline: May 23, 2005 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: July 8, 2005 Camera Ready version due: July 31, 2005 Symposium presentation: October 10-12, 2005 in Montreal, Canada IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to http://sentosa.sas.ntu.edu.sg:8000/~dsrt2005/ by May 23, 2005. Questions from authors may be directed to: Program Co-Chairs: Georgios Theodoropoulos <gkt(a)cs.bham.ac.uk>, David Roberts <D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk>, or General Co-Chairs: Azzedine Boukerche <boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca> Stephen Turner (ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg). Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are required. Each submission, electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract a complete list of authors and their affiliations a contact person for correspondence postal and e-mail addresses. Please contact the above if you wish to do so. Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs Azzedine Boukerche SITE, University of Ottawa Ottawa, ONT K1N 6N5, Canada Stephen J. Turner School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Email: ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg Phone: +65-6790-4054. Fax : +65-6792-6559 Program Co-Chairs Georgios Theodoropoulos School of Computer Science University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK tel: +44 (0) 121-414 4780 fax: +44 (0) 121-414 4281 email: G.K.Theodoropoulos(a)cs.bham.ac.uk David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK Email: D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk Phone: +44-161-295-2926 Fax: +44-161-295-2925 Poster Chair A. El-Saddik, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy For local information on the beautiful city of Montreal URL: www.tourisme-montreal.org

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WIRELESSCOM 2005 -- DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2005
by Safwat, Ahmed M. 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues: This is a reminder that the WIRELESSCOM 2005 paper submission deadline is fast approaching (MARCH 15, 2005; 11:59 p.m. EST). Since we anticipate a very large number of submissions, it is highly recommended that you submit your paper ASAP to avoid potential server problems on the due date. WIRELESSCOM 2005 is the World's Premier International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications, and Mobile Computing. WIRELESSCOM 2005 covers timely as well as emerging topics pertaining to wireless networks, communications, and mobile computing. Join this cutting-edge event and contribute to shaping the future of wireless networks, communications, and mobile computing! WIRELESSCOM 2005 will be held in the spectacular Sheraton Maui Resort, Maui, Hawaii, June 13-16, 2005. Maui has been voted 11 times in a row as the "Best Island in the World". The spectacular Sheraton Maui Resort with its 23 oceanfront acres is a favorite tourist, family, and honeymoon attraction. Very special nightly rates are available for WIRELESSCOM 2005. Please check out the Sheraton Maui Resort's live Web cam at http://hawaiilive.sheraton-hawaii.com/sm-cam.cfm Further details about WIRELESSCOM 2005 are found at: http://www.ece.queensu.ca/hpages/faculty/safwat/wirelesscom/05/ or http://sa1.sice.umkc.edu/wc05/. We look forward to meeting you in Maui. Best regards, Ahmed M. Safwat and Mohsen Guizani

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[ deadline: March 15 ] Call For Papers: Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks (IEEE WirelessCom 2005)
by Marco Zuniga 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues, This is the Call For Papers for the Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks to be held at Sheraton Maui Resort, Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA in conjunction with IEEE WirelessCom 2005, June 13-16, 2005. http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/WirelessComm05/WSNsymposium/ We apologize if you have received multiple copies of this CFP. Scope Wireless Sensor Networks have received tremendous attention over the past few years. These systems can potentially benefit a variety of scientific, military and commercial applications. Recent years have seen tremendous advancement to this vision and have offered the ability to deploy networks of densely deployed, inexpensive sensor nodes. The vast potential for this research area has been demonstrated by numerous scientific and commercial applications that have emerged in recent years, as well as by the number of industrial and research institutions working in this area. Sensor networks combine distributed sensing, computation, storage, and wireless multi hop communication. Many challenges need to be overcome in this research area to realize its potential. Original papers are invited on a broad range of research topics relating to wireless sensor networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Communication techniques and protocols * Scalable architectures and programming models * Energy and resource management * In-network processing and data aggregation * Distributed query processing and data storage * Applications of wireless sensor networks * Localization, time-synchronization and calibration * Simulation tools, operating systems and middleware * Collaborative signal processing * Distributed control and actuation * Security * Cross-layer design and optimization Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: May 1, 2005 Submissions should be uploaded via the WirelessCom05 site : https://msrcmt.research.microsoft.com/WirelessCom2005/CallForPapers.aspx Committee: * Co-Chairs Rajgopal Kannan, LSU, rkannan(a)bit.csc.lsu.edu Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC, bkrishna(a)usc.edu Yi Pan, Georgia State University, cscyip(a)techie.cs.gsu.edu Pingzhi Fan, Southwest Jiaotong University, p.fan(a)ieee.org * Vice Chairs Deepak Ganesan, U Mass Amherst, dganesan(a)cs.umass.edu Chiti Francesco, Universit di Firenze, chiti(a)lenst.det.unifi.it Narayanan Sadagopan, USC, narayans(a)usc.edu * Publicity Chairs Shuangqing Wei, LSU, swei(a)ece.lsu.edu Marco Zuniga, USC, marcozun(a)usc.edu * Program Commitee Richard Brooks Clemson University Erdal Cayirci Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Xuming Fang SWJTU, China Sanjay K. Jha NICTA, Australia Xiaohua Jia City University of Hong Kong Holger Karl Paderborn University, Germany Vijay Kumar UM Kansas City Baltasar Beferul-Lozano EPFL, Switzerland Hui Liu Georgia State University Chenyang Lu Washington University-St. Louis Asis Nasipuri University of North Carolina-Charlotte Konstantinos Psounis University of Southern California Nicholas Riley Hull University, U.K Biplab Sikdar Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ananthram Swami ARL-Army Research Laboratory Srikanta Tirthapura Iowa State University Wenye Wang North Carolina State University Junshan Zhang Arizona State University More details can be found at: http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/WirelessComm05/WSNsymposium/ Regards, Organizing Committee (Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks)

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Call For Papers: Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks (IEEE WirelessCom 2005) [ deadline: March 15 ]
by Marco Zuniga 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Dear Colleagues, This is the Call For Papers for the Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks to be held at Sheraton Maui Resort, Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA in conjunction with IEEE WirelessCom 2005, June 13-16, 2005. http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/WirelessComm05/WSNsymposium/ We apologize if you have received multiple copies of this CFP. Scope Wireless Sensor Networks have received tremendous attention over the past few years. These systems can potentially benefit a variety of scientific, military and commercial applications. Recent years have seen tremendous advancement to this vision and have offered the ability to deploy networks of densely deployed, inexpensive sensor nodes. The vast potential for this research area has been demonstrated by numerous scientific and commercial applications that have emerged in recent years, as well as by the number of industrial and research institutions working in this area. Sensor networks combine distributed sensing, computation, storage, and wireless multi hop communication. Many challenges need to be overcome in this research area to realize its potential. Original papers are invited on a broad range of research topics relating to wireless sensor networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Communication techniques and protocols * Scalable architectures and programming models * Energy and resource management * In-network processing and data aggregation * Distributed query processing and data storage * Applications of wireless sensor networks * Localization, time-synchronization and calibration * Simulation tools, operating systems and middleware * Collaborative signal processing * Distributed control and actuation * Security * Cross-layer design and optimization Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: May 1, 2005 Submissions should be uploaded via the WirelessCom05 site : https://msrcmt.research.microsoft.com/WirelessCom2005/CallForPapers.aspx Committee: * Co-Chairs Rajgopal Kannan, LSU, rkannan(a)bit.csc.lsu.edu Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC, bkrishna(a)usc.edu Yi Pan, Georgia State University, cscyip(a)techie.cs.gsu.edu Pingzhi Fan, Southwest Jiaotong University, p.fan(a)ieee.org * Vice Chairs Deepak Ganesan, U Mass Amherst, dganesan(a)cs.umass.edu Chiti Francesco, Universit di Firenze, chiti(a)lenst.det.unifi.it Narayanan Sadagopan, USC, narayans(a)usc.edu * Publicity Chairs Shuangqing Wei, LSU, swei(a)ece.lsu.edu Marco Zuniga, USC, marcozun(a)usc.edu * Program Commitee Richard Brooks Clemson University Erdal Cayirci Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Xuming Fang SWJTU, China Sanjay K. Jha NICTA, Australia Xiaohua Jia City University of Hong Kong Holger Karl Paderborn University, Germany Vijay Kumar UM Kansas City Baltasar Beferul-Lozano EPFL, Switzerland Hui Liu Georgia State University Chenyang Lu Washington University-St. Louis Asis Nasipuri University of North Carolina-Charlotte Konstantinos Psounis University of Southern California Nicholas Riley Hull University, U.K Biplab Sikdar Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ananthram Swami ARL-Army Research Laboratory Srikanta Tirthapura Iowa State University Wenye Wang North Carolina State University Junshan Zhang Arizona State University More details can be found at: http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/WirelessComm05/WSNsymposium/ Regards, Organizing Committee (Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks)

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EDOC2005 workshops call
by Lea Kutvonen 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Due to requests for extensions to the deadline for submissions, the deadline has been extended to 18 March, 2005. -------- Ninth International IEEE EDOC Conference (EDOC 2005) "The Enterprise Computing Conference" 19-23 September 2005, Enschede, The Netherlands http://www.edocconference.org Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (approval pending), IEEE Communications Society (approval pending) University of Twente / Centre for Telematics and Information Technology Telematica Instituut ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The EDOC Conference is the primary annual event focusing on the convergence of the paradigms, technologies and methods involved in enterprise computing. EDOC 2005 is the ninth event in the successful series of conferences, which since 1997 has brought together leading researchers, architects and practitioners from both academia and industry to discuss enterprise computing challenges and solutions. Today the creation, operation and evolution of enterprise computing systems raise concerns that range from high-level requirements and policy modelling through to the deployment of specific implementation technologies and paradigms, and involve a wide (and ever growing) range of methods, tools and technologies. They also cover a broad spectrum of vertical domains and industry segments, from electronic and mobile commerce to real-time applications for the extended enterprise, e.g., business activity monitoring. The EDOC Conference emphasises the integration of enterprise computing research and development results, fostering an enterprise engineering approach that can address and relate business, application and middleware levels. The themes of openness and distributed computing, based on services, components and objects, provide a useful and unifying conceptual thread for this purpose. EDOC 2005 Workshops will provide a collaborative forum for a group of participants (typically 15 to 30) to exchange recent or preliminary results, to conduct intensive discussions on a particular topic, or to coordinate efforts between representatives of a technical community. The duration of these workshops is one day and they will be held on the 20th and 21st of September 2005. TOPICS The EDOC conference seeks workshop proposals addressing the domains, the life-cycle issues and the realization technologies involved in building, deploying and operating enterprise computing systems. Each workshop should provide a balanced distribution of its time for both presentation of papers, thus favouring the attendance of researchers, and discussion. We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit proposals for highly-interactive workshops focusing either on in-depth analysis of, or broad-ranging approaches to, areas related to all aspects of distributed enterprise computing. Topics from research, applications or both are equally welcome. Suggested areas include, but are not limited to: * Enterprise computing - support for business processes * Modelling for enterprise computing, integration and management, and relating business models to system specifications * Enterprise computing concepts for specific domains, including o Electronic and mobile commerce o Real-time applications for the extended enterprise, e.g. Business activity monitoring o Vertical domains such as finance, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, command & control and healthcare * Enterprise requirements engineering and modelling * Enterprise architecture design and modelling * Design and modelling paradigms for enterprise computing, including o Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and other model-driven approaches o Service- and component-oriented development and architecture o Collaborative development and cooperative engineering * IT aspects of inter-enterprise collaboration and virtual enterprises * Integration of (legacy) enterprise applications and information * Trust, security, privacy and QoS issues in enterprise computing * Quality-assurance of enterprise computing systems * Evolution and management of enterprise computing systems * Integration of sensing and tracking technologies in enterprise systems * Interoperability models, platforms, and techniques * Realization technologies for enterprise computing, including o Ontologies and Semantic Web support o Middleware standards and systems, such as CORBA, WS, J2EE and .NET o Modelling and description languages, such as XML, RDF, OWL and UML * Enterprise computing tools and tool chains * Organization and principles of software factories * Case studies Workshop proceedings will be published on the conference CD-ROM. WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Proposals are invited for workshops to be held on the 19th and 20th of September 2004. Workshops provide organizers and participants an opportunity to discuss current topics enterprise distributed object computing in a small and interactive atmosphere. Workshops may concentrate in-depth on research topics, or may also be devoted to application issues. Proposals should include the workshop title, a brief (200 word) biography for each organizer and a summary of the workshop contents (approximately 1-2 pages, i.e., 500-1000 words). Proposals should be submitted in electronic form. Postscript or PDF formats are preferred. Proposals should be sent by email to the Workshop Chair at bryan.wood(a)open-it.co.uk. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop proposal due: 18 March 2005 Acceptance notification: 1 April 2005 Workshop papers due: 13 June 2005 Author notification: 11 July 2005 Workshop dates: 19-20 September 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General chairs Marten J. van Sinderen (Univ. of Twente, Netherlands) Maarten W.A. Steen (Telematica Instituut, Netherlands) Marc M. Lankhorst (Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands) Program chairs Markus Aleksy (Univ. of Mannheim, Germany) Patrick C. K. Hung (Univ. of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada) Workshop chair Bryan Wood (Open-IT, UK) Publicity chair Lea Kutvonen (Univ. of Helsinki, Finland) LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS João Paulo A. Almeida, Patrícia Dockhorn Costa, Remco M. Dijkman, Annelies Klos (University of Twente, The Netherlands) CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE Colin Atkinson, Chair (University of Mannheim, Germany) Keith Duddy (DSTC, Australia) Zoran Milosevic (DSTC, Australia) Sanya Uehara (Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan) Guijun Wang (Boeing, USA) Alain Wegmann (EPFL, Switzerland) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jan-Øyvind Aagedal (SINTEF, Norway) David Akehurst (University of Kent, UK) Mikio Aoyama (Nanzan University, Japan) Jean Bézivin (Université de Nantes, France) Chris Bussler(Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland) Chia-Chu Chiang (Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA) Geoff Coulson (University of Lancaster, UK) Fred Cummins (EDS, USA) Wolfgang Emmerich (Zuhlke Engineering, UK) Tracy Gardner (IBM Hursley, UK) Kurt Geihs (University of Kassel, Germany) Claude Godart (University Henri Poincaré, Nancy and INRIA, France) Aniruddha Gokhale (Vanderbilt University, USA) Jun Han (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) Jan Hausmann (University of Paderborn, Germany) Yigal Hoffner (IBM Research Lab, Switzerland) Henry Kim (York University, Canada) Thomas Kühne (Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Germany) Lea Kutvonen (University of Helsinki, Finland) Peter F. Linington (University of Kent, UK) Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (Munich University, Germany) Elie Najm (ENST, France) Francois Pacull (Xerox Research Europe, France) George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Luis Ferreira Pires (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Frantisek Plasil (Charles University, Czech Republic) Thomas Preuss (Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Germany) Rajeev Raje (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ Indianapolis, USA) Kerry Raymond (DSTC, Australia) Tom Ritter (Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany) Richard Mark Soley (OMG, USA) Don Sparrow (MITRE Corporation, USA) Jonathan Sprinkle (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Susanne Strahringer (European Business School, Germany) Kerry Taylor (CSIRO, Australia) Sandy Tyndale-Biscoe (Open-IT, UK) Antonio Vallecillo (University of Malaga, Spain) Andrew Watson (OMG, USA) Edward Willink (Thales Research and Technology, UK) Bryan Wood (Open-IT, UK) Christian Zeidler (ABB Corporate Research, Germany)

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EDOC2005 call and deadline extension
by Lea Kutvonen 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Due to numerous requests for extensions to the deadline for submission, the submission deadline has been extended to 1 April 2005. Call for Papers =============== Ninth International IEEE EDOC Conference (EDOC 2005) "The Enterprise Computing Conference" 19-23 September 2005, Enschede, The Netherlands http://www.edocconference.org Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (approval pending), IEEE Communications Society (approval pending) University of Twente / Centre for Telematics and Information Technology Telematica Instituut ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The EDOC Conference is the primary annual event focusing on the convergence of the paradigms, technologies and methods involved in enterprise computing. EDOC 2005 is the ninth event in the successful series of conferences, which since 1997 has brought together leading researchers, architects and practitioners from both academia and industry to discuss enterprise computing challenges and solutions. Today the creation, operation and evolution of enterprise computing systems raise concerns that range from high-level requirements and policy modelling through to the deployment of specific implementation technologies and paradigms, and involve a wide (and ever growing) range of methods, tools and technologies. They also cover a broad spectrum of vertical domains and industry segments, from electronic and mobile commerce to real-time applications for the extended enterprise, e.g., business activity monitoring. The EDOC Conference emphasises the integration of enterprise computing research and development results, fostering an enterprise engineering approach that can address and relate business, application and middleware levels. The themes of openness and distributed computing, based on services, components and objects, provide a useful and unifying conceptual thread for this purpose. TOPICS The EDOC seeks high-quality papers addressing the domains, the life-cycle issues and the realization technologies involved in building, deploying and operating enterprise computing systems. Suggested areas include, but are not limited to: * Enterprise computing - support for business processes * Modelling for enterprise computing, integration and management, and relating business models to system specifications * Enterprise computing concepts for specific domains, including o Electronic and mobile commerce o Real-time applications for the extended enterprise, e.g. business activity monitoring o Vertical domains such as finance, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, command & control and healthcare * Enterprise requirements engineering and modelling * Enterprise architecture design and modelling * Design and modelling paradigms for enterprise computing, including o Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and other model-driven approaches o Service- and component-oriented development and architecture o Collaborative development and cooperative engineering * IT aspects of inter-enterprise collaboration and virtual enterprises * Integration of (legacy) enterprise applications and information * Trust, security, privacy and QoS issues in enterprise computing * Quality-assurance of enterprise computing systems * Evolution and management of enterprise computing systems * Integration of sensing and tracking technologies in enterprise systems * Interoperability models, platforms, and techniques * Realization technologies for enterprise computing, including o Ontologies and Semantic Web support o Middleware standards and systems, such as CORBA, WS, J2EE and .NET o Modelling and description languages, such as XML, RDF, OWL and UML * Enterprise computing tools and tool chains * Organization and principles of software factories * Case studies SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Two types of paper submissions will be accepted: research papers and experience reports. Research papers should describe original research results that have not been accepted or submitted for publication elsewhere. These papers will be evaluated for scientific or technical contribution, originality, appropriateness and significance. Submissions should not exceed 12 pages in the IEEE format. Experience reports should describe new insights gained from case studies or the application of EDOC technology in practice. These papers will be evaluated on their appropriateness, significance and clarity of expression. Submissions should contain at least 2,000 words and must not exceed 5,000 words. All papers will be refereed by at least 3 members of the international program committee, and at least two will be experts from industry in the case of experience reports. All submissions must be in English. Submissions should be made electronically in PDF (preferred) or PostScript format via the electronic submission system via the EDOC Conference Management system. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS The selected best research papers will be considered for a special issue of the International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS) to be published in 2006 (http://www.worldscinet.com/ijcis/ijcis.shtml). The selected best industry- and application-oriented papers will be considered for a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Part C: Applications & Reviews to be published in 2007 (http://www.ieee-smc.org/webpages/publications/submissioninfoC.htm). A post-conference article will be published on IEEE IT Professional in Nov-Dec 2005. The article will cover the important topics and issues discussed in the conference. Please visit the IEEE IT Professional Web site http://www.computer.org/itpro/ for IT Professional's plans for the year. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Prof. Dr. Frank Leymann Professor of computer science Director of the Institute of Architecture of Application Systems the University of Stuttgart, Germany More speakers will be announced soon. WORKSHOP PROPOSALS We are inviting proposals for one-day workshops to be held on the 19th and 20th of September 2005. Workshops provide organizers and participants with an opportunity to discuss current topics related to enterprise computing in a small and interactive atmosphere. Workshops can choose to concentrate in-depth on relevant research topics, on application issues or on a combination of the two. Proposals should include the workshop title, the names and a brief (200 word) biography for each organizer and a summary of the workshop contents (approximately 1-2 pages i.e. 500-1000 words). IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: 1 April 2005 Workshop proposals due: 18 March 2005 Acceptance notification: 16 May 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General chairs Marten J. van Sinderen (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Maarten W.A. Steen (Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands) Marc M. Lankhorst (Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands) Program chairs Markus Aleksy (University of Mannheim, Germany) Patrick C. K. Hung (University of Ontario Institute of Technology,Canada) Workshop chair Bryan Wood (Open-IT, UK) Publicity chair Lea Kutvonen (University of Helsinki, Finland) STEERING COMMITTEE Colin Atkinson, Chair (University of Mannheim, Germany) Keith Duddy (DSTC, Australia) Zoran Milosevic (DSTC, Australia) Guijun Wang ( Boeing, USA) Alain Wegmann (EPFL, Switzerland) Barrett Bryant (University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jan-Øyvind Aagedal (SINTEF, Norway) David Akehurst (University of Kent, UK) Mikio Aoyama (Nanzan University, Japan) Jean Bézivin (Université de Nantes, France) Chris Bussler (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland) Chia-Chu Chiang (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA) Geoff Coulson (University of Lancaster, UK) Fred Cummins (EDS, USA) Wolfgang Emmerich (Zuhlke Engineering, UK) Tracy Gardner (IBM Hursley, UK) Kurt Geihs (University of Kassel, Germany) Claude Godart (Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy and INRIA, France) Aniruddha Gokhale (Vanderbilt University, USA) Jun Han (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) Jan Hausmann (University of Paderborn, Germany) Yigal Hoffner (IBM Research Lab, Switzerland) Henry Kim (York University, Canada) Thomas Kühne (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany) Lea Kutvonen (University of Helsinki, Finland) Peter F. Linington (University of Kent, UK) Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (Munich University, Germany) Elie Najm (ENST, France) Francois Pacull (Xerox Research Europe, France) George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Luis Ferreira Pires (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Frantisek Plasil (Charles University, Czech) Thomas Preuss (Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Germany) Rajeev Raje (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, USA) Kerry Raymond (DSTC, Australia) Tom Ritter (Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany) Richard Mark Soley (OMG, USA) Don Sparrow (MITRE Corporation, USA) Jonathan Sprinkle (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Susanne Strahringer (European Business School, Germany) Kerry Taylor (CSIRO, Australia) Sandy Tyndale-Biscoe (Open-IT, UK) Antonio Vallecillo (University of Malaga, Spain) Andrew Watson (OMG, USA) Edward Willink (Thales Research and Technologies, UK) Bryan Wood (Open-IT, UK) Christian Zeidler (ABB Corporate Research, Germany) LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS João Paulo A. Almeida (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Patrícia Dockhorn Costa (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Remco M. Dijkman (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Annelies Klos (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Maria-Eugenia Iacob (Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands)

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Call for participation of ACM Sigcomm Asia Workshop
by Prof. Chuang Lin 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Dear colleagues, Please find your invitation to the ACM Sigcomm Asia Workshop. Best regards Chuang Lin Professor, Department Head Dept. of Computer Science & Technology Tsinghua University Beijing 100084, China Tel: 62783596, Fax: 62771138 E-mail:chlin@tsinghua.edu.cn WWW: http://qos.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/~clin/index_eng.htm ________________________ ifip-tc6 mailing list ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6

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9th IEEE/ACM DS-RT'2005 - Call for Papers - Montreal 10-12/10/2005
by Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 10 Mar '05

10 Mar '05

Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers DS-RT 2005 9th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, October 10-12, 2005 Hyatt Regency Montréal, Montreal, Canada. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2005/ In Conjunction with the 8th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. *IEEE/ACM Approval Pending ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Deadline: May 23, 2005 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope In its nineth year, the 2005 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2005) will take place at Hyatt Regency Montreal, Canada, in conjunction with the the 8th ACM Int'l Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2005). This is an excellent opportunity to participate in two conferences covering a wide range of simulation research. Symposium Objectives DS-RT 2005 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2005 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2005 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. Call for Papers DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: o- Collaborative Virtual Environments, e.g. interactive Virtual Reality, human communication through immersive environments, shared object manipulation; o- Multi-sensory collaborative systems, e.g. collaborative future workspaces, psychological issues of collaborative VR; o- Interactive Simulation in Entertainment and Games; o- Applications of Distributed Simulation, e.g., Real Time, large distributed simulation systems; o- Agent Based Distributed Simulation, e.g., multi-agent based simulation, parallel and distibuted simulation of multi-agent systems; o- Real-Time application modeling for QoS evaluation; o- Algorithms and Studies relating to existing protocols, e.g., HLA, DIS, event synchronization, network time protocols; o- Data Distribution Management, Interest Management, Multi-resolution modeling and Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms; o- Current Critical Design Issues, e.g.: causality, simultaneous events, zero look-ahead, compensation for slower than real time; o- Methodology for Distributed and Parallel Simulation; o- Approaches to interoperation of COTS simulation modeling packages; o- Interface Definition, Communication, Management, Security; o- Performance of Distributed Simulation, e.g., benchmark, theoretical, empirical, and HLA/RTI studies; o- Visual Interactive Simulation, e.g., generic animation, visual interactive modeling, interactive computer based learning; o- Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for Computational Processes under Simulation; o- Modeling and Simulation Environments for Real Time Concurrent Systems; o- Influence of Network-Centric Systems, e.g., Java, and DCOM; o- Network support for distributed simulation and real-time systems e.g., QoS requirements, multicast for distributed/real-time simulation; o- Applications of Web-Based Simulation, e.g. Modeling Global Internet; o- Integration of Distributed Simulation and HLA with Web Technologies; o- Large Scale Distributed Simulation on the Grid. o- Software Design Patterns and Real-Time Simulation Environments Important dates Submission Deadline: May 23, 2005 (hard copy or electronic paper submission) Notification of Acceptance: July 8, 2005 Camera Ready version due: July 31, 2005 Symposium presentation: October 10-12, 2005 in Montreal, Canada IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY Submission Guidelines Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages (single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript pdf, or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only. Please submit papers to http://sentosa.sas.ntu.edu.sg:8000/~dsrt2005/ by May 23, 2005. Questions from authors may be directed to: Program Co-Chairs: Georgios Theodoropoulos <gkt(a)cs.bham.ac.uk>, David Roberts <D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk>, or General Co-Chairs: Azzedine Boukerche <boukerch(a)site.uottawa.ca> Stephen Turner (ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg). Hardcopy papers also may be submitted, in which case four copies are required. Each submission, electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the following information: a short abstract a complete list of authors and their affiliations a contact person for correspondence postal and e-mail addresses. Please contact the above if you wish to do so. Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs Azzedine Boukerche SITE, University of Ottawa Ottawa, ONT K1N 6N5, Canada Stephen J. Turner School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Email: ASSJTurner(a)ntu.edu.sg Phone: +65-6790-4054. Fax : +65-6792-6559 Program Co-Chairs Georgios Theodoropoulos School of Computer Science University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK tel: +44 (0) 121-414 4780 fax: +44 (0) 121-414 4281 email: G.K.Theodoropoulos(a)cs.bham.ac.uk David J. Roberts Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University Road, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK Email: D.J.Roberts(a)salford.ac.uk Phone: +44-161-295-2926 Fax: +44-161-295-2925 Poster Chair A. El-Saddik, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil Webmaster and System Chair Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy For local information on the beautiful city of Montreal URL: www.tourisme-montreal.org

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Call for ICW 2005, Montreal 2005
by Pedro Angel Cuenca Castillo 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

========================================================= _Call for Submissions _The International Conference on Wireless Technologies (*ICW 2005*) and its joint conferences: *ICHSN 2005*: International Conference on High Speed Networks *ICMCS 2005*: International Conference on Multimedia Communications Systems *SENET 2005*: International Conference on Sensor Networks will take place in Montreal, Canada, August 14-19, 2005. For all the events, submissions could be regular papers, industrial positions, panels and tutorials. The submissions deadlines are: Paper submission March 30, 2005 Deadline for tutorial/panel April 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance April 30, 2005 Camera ready manuscript May 25, 2005 Conference dates August 14-19, 2005 Details on the conferences and submission instructions: http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICW05.html (turn around the displayed logos to visit the sites of all co-located conferences) Looking forward for your contributions, On behalf of the Chairs and the Organizing Committees: Said Soulhi, said.soulhi(a)ericsson.com Soumaya Cherkaoui, soumaya.cherkaoui(a)usherbrooke.ca Petre Dini, pdini(a)cisco.com ===================================================== -- ================================================================================== Pedro Angel Cuenca Castillo Tfno.: 967-599200 Ext:2492 Departamento de Informatica Tfno.: 967-599308 Escuela Politecnica Superior Fax: 967-599224 Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha e-mail: pedro.cuenca(a)uclm.es Campus Universitario s/n. Albacete. 02071. SPAIN. ==================================================================================

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