March 2006 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

ACM REALWSN'06: Deadline extended
by Thiemo Voigt 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Dear colleagues, note that the deadline for the ACM Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN'06) held in Uppsala, Sweden, June 19, in conjunction with ACM MobiSys has been extended to March 30, 9 AM (local Swedish time, MEST). Please find attached the call for papers. On behalf of the REALWSN'06 organizers Thiemo Voigt CALL FOR PAPERS ACM Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks REALWSN'06 http://www.sics.se/realwsn06 June 19, 2006 Uppsala, Sweden In conjunction with ACM MobiSys 2006 Sponsored by ACM, ACM SIGMOBILE, VINNOVA, SICS and E-NEXT The purpose of the second Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the area of sensor networks, with focus on real-world experiments or deployments of wireless sensor networks. When working with real-world experiments or deployments, many new issues arise: the network environment may be composed of a variety of different technologies, leading to very heterogeneous network structures; software development for large scale networks poses new types of problems; prototype networks may differ significantly from the deployed system; actual sensor network deployments may need a complex combination of autonomous and manual configuration. Authors are invited to submit papers (5 pages, double column) for presentation at the workshop. Papers will be selected based on originality, technical merit and relevance. All topics pertaining to real-world wireless sensor networks are of interest, including but not limited to: * Experiences with real-world deployments * Self-organization and self-management * Debugging, testing, and management * Deployment and configuration * Applications in medicine, industry, science, environmental monitoring, etc. * Security and trust * Scalability in practice * Development and prototyping platforms * Operating systems and programmability * Sensor network programming paradigms and languages * Middleware for heterogeneous networks * Real-time and dependability issues * Hardware support for real-world sensor networks * Robustness at all levels: communication, software, hardware * Energy efficient protocols * Methods for measuring and assessing energy consumption Important dates: Submission deadline (extended): March 30, 2006, 9 AM (local Swedish time,MEST) Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2006 Camera-ready copy due: May 1, 2006 Workshop: June 19, 2006 Workshop Chair: Bengt Ahlgren, Swedish Institute of Computer Science Technical program committee chairs: Pedro José Marron, University of Stuttgart, Germany Thiemo Voigt, Swedish Institute of Computer Science Local organization: Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden Technical program committee: Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Muneeb Ali, LUMS, Pakistan Leif Axelsson, Ericsson Microwave Systems, Sweden Sebnem Baydere, Yeditepe University, Turkey Zinaida Benenson, Uppsala University, Sweden Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Mats Björkman, Mälardalen University, Sweden Jerker Delsing, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Adam Dunkels, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University, Sweden Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Chenyang Lu, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Fergus O'Reilly, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Hartmut Ritter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden Kay Römer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Umar Saif, MIT, USA Jochen Schiller, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Aruna Seneviratne, NICTA, Australia Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada Andras Veres, Ericsson Research, Hungary

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Call for Submissions || ICISP 2006 and ICDT 2006
by Damien Magoni 19 Mar '06

19 Mar '06

***Apologies if you receive multiple copies*** ====ICISP 2006 ======================================== SECOND Call for Submissions International Conference on Internet Surveillance and Protection, ICISP 2006 Côte d'Azur, France, August 27 - August 29, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICISP 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICISP.htm and click Submit a paper Important deadlines: Full paper submission: April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: TRASI 2006: Internet traffic surveillance and interception IPERF 2006: Internet performance RTSEC 2006: Security for Internet-based real-time systems SYNEV 2006: Systems and networks vulnerabilities DISAS 2006: Disaster prevention and recovery EMERG 2006: Networks and applications emergency services MONIT 2006: End-to-end sampling, measurement, and monitoring REPORT 2006: Experiences & lessons learnt in securing networks and applications USSAF 2006: User safety, privacy, and protection over Internet ==== ICDT 2006 ========================== SECOND Call for Submissions International Conference on Digital Telecommunications, ICDT 2006 Côte d'Azur, France, August 30 - September 2, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICDT 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICDT.htm and click Submit a paper. Important deadlines: Full paper submission: April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: MULTE 2006: Multimedia Telecommunications SIGNAL 2006: Signal processing in telecommunications DATA 2006: Data processing AUDIO 2006: Audio transmission and reception systems VOICE 2006: Voice over packet networks VIDEO 2006: Video, conferencing, telephony IMAGE 2006: Image producing, sending, and mining SPEECH 2006: Speech producing and processing IPTV 2006: IP/Mobile TV MULTI 2006: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play CONTENT 2006: Production, distribution HXSIP 2006: H-series towards SIP MEDMAN 2006: Control and management of multimedia telecommunications =====================================================

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ICDT 2006 || ICISP 2006 CALL FOR SUBMISSION || Cote d'Azur, France
by invitation＠iaria.org 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Apologies if you receive multiple copies ============================== SECOND Call for Submissions International Conference on Digital Telecommunications, ICDT 2006 Côte d?Azur, France, August 30-31, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICDT 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICDT.htm and click Submit a paper. Important deadlines: Full paper submission April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: MULTE 2006: Multimedia Telecommunications SIGNAL 2006: Signal processing in telecommunications DATA 2006: Data processing AUDIO 2006: Audio transmission and reception systems VOICE 2006: Voice over packet networks VIDEO 2006: Video, conferencing, telephony IMAGE 2006: Image producing, sending, and mining SPEECH 2006: Speech producing and processing IPTV 2006: IP/Mobile TV MULTI 2006: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play CONTENT 2006: Production, distribution HXSIP 2006: H-series towards SIP MEDMAN 2006: Control and management of multimedia telecommunications ============================================================== SECOND Call for Submissions International Conference on Internet Surveillance and Protection, ICISP 2006 Côte d?Azur, France, August 27- September 2, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICISP 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICISP.htm and click Submit a paper Important deadlines: Full paper submission April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: TRASI 2006: Internet traffic surveillance and interception IPERF 2006: Internet performance RTSEC 2006: Security for Internet-based real-time systems SYNEV 2006: Systems and networks vulnerabilities DISAS 2006: Disaster prevention and recovery EMERG 2006: Networks and applications emergency services MONIT 2006: End-to-end sampling, measurement, and monitoring REPORT 2006: Experiences & lessons learnt in securing networks and applications USSAF 2006: User safety, privacy, and protection over Internet ===================================================== To be removed from this announcement list, please reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

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Deadline fast approaching for IEEE MASS 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Deadline for paper submissions is fast approaching. Please find below the CFP for the conference. All the best, -- Pedro M. Ruiz http://ants.dif.um.es/staff/pedrom/ -- Call for Papers The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2006) October 9 - 12, 2006 Vancouver, Canada http://www.ieee-mass.org Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE TC on Distributed Processing and TC on Simulation OVERVIEW Earlier research in wireless networks and mobile computing has concentrated on single-hop networks, where network nodes communicate directly with a fixed infrastructure, such as cellular or satellite systems. More recently, interest in multi-hop networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks, has stimulated a significant amount of scientific research. In particular, wireless mesh networking (a new community network architecture) has been proposed as an alternative for providing Internet access to business and residential customers. This conference focuses on multi-hop ad hoc and sensor networks systems, covering topics ranging from physical issues to applications. TOPICS Manuscripts that focus on analytical modeling, protocol/algorithm design, and/or experimental studies of the following topics of interest are sought: - Channel behavior modeling and its impact on design of higher-layer protocols - Directional and smart antennas for ad hoc networks - MAC protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Provisioning of wireless QoS; e.g., bandwidth and delay assurance - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) and routing metrics - Data transport in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks - Power-aware and energy-efficient design - Topology construction and maintenance of coverage - Cross-layer design and optimization - Incentives and game theoretic approaches in wireless ad hoc networks - Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor - Reliability, security, and trustworthiness in ad hoc and sensor networks - Operating system and middleware support - Applications of multi-hop technology SUBMISSION Technical papers: All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2006, and must not exceed 10 single-spaced, two-column pages using at least 11 point size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. Detailed submission instructions will be published in due time on the conference website http://www.ieee-mass.org together with format files. Workshops: Proposals for full day workshops are solicited. Selections will be made considering the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers and the relevance of the topic to the central theme of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including a 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Workshops Chair, Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer (ebelding(a)cs.ucsb.edu ) by March 31, 2006. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2006 Acceptance Notification: June 30 2006 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2006 Conference: Octorber 9-12, 2006 COMMITTEE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Charles E. Perkins Nokia Research Center Jie Wu Florida Atlantic University PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Zygmunt J. Haas Cornell University Jennifer Hou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PROGRAM VICE CO-CHAIRS Ben Liang University of Toronto Mingyan Liu University of Michigan WORKSHOPS CHAIR Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer University of California, Santa Barbara PROGRAM COMMITTEE check http://www.ieee-mass.org

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[CFP] SSS 2006 --- First Call for Papers
by fclaerho＠irisa.fr 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.] Eighth International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (formerly Symposium on Self-stabilizing Systems) (SSS 2006) November 17th-19th, 2006, Dallas, Texas, USA http://www.irisa.fr/sss/2006/ ============================================================================== Important Dates Paper Submission: July 7th, 2006 Notification to Authors: August 21st, 2006 Camera-ready: August 31st, 2006 Symposium: November 17th-19th, 2006 ============================================================================= The Symposium is a prestigious international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of fault-tolerant distributed systems with self-* properties, such as self-stabilizing, self-configuring, self-organizing, self-managing, self-repairing, self-healing, self-optimizing, self-adaptive, and self-protecting. The theory of self-stabilization has been enriched in the last 25 years by high quality research contributions in the areas of algorithmic techniques, formal methodologies, model theoretic issues, and composition techniques. All these areas are essential to the understanding and maintenance of self-* properties in fault-tolerant distributed systems. Research in distributed systems is now at a crucial point in its evolution, marked by the importance of dynamic systems such as peer-to-peer networks, large-scale wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, robotic networks, etc. Moreover, new applications such as grid and web services, banking and e-commerce, e-health and robotics, aerospace and avionics, automotive, industrial process control, etc. have joined the traditional applications of distributed systems. Now, more than ever, the theory of self-stabilization has tremendous impact in these areas. Therefore, this year, we are extending the scope of the symposium to cover all safety and security related aspects of self-* systems. The title of the conference has been changed to reflect this expansion. There will be three tracks: networking, safety and security, and self-* properties in static and dynamic systems. The symposium solicits contributions on all aspects of self-stabilization, safety and security, recovery oriented systems and programing, from theoretical contributions, to reports of the actual experience of applying the principles of self-stabilization to static and dynamic systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Stabilization: - self-stabilizing systems - self-managed, self-assembling, autonomic and adaptive systems - self-optimizing and self-protecting systems - self-* abstractions for implementing fundamental services in static and dynamic distributed systems - impossibility results and lower bounds for self-* systems - application of stabilizing algorithms and techniques in dynamic distributed systems - data and code stabilization - algorithms for self-* error detection/correction Safety: - safety critical systems - trust models and specifications - semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk and reputation - trust-related security and privacy - reliable and dependable systems - fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery Security: - security of network protocols - security of sensor and mobile networks protocols - secure architectures, frameworks, policy, intrusion detection/awareness - proactive security - self-* properties and their relation with classical fault-tolerance and security - security protocols for self-* systems Networks and Applications: - models of fault-tolerant communication - stochastic, physical, and biological models to analyze self-* properties - communication complexity - data structures for efficient communication - self-stabilizing hardware, software, and middleware - algorithms for high-speed networks, sensors, wireless and robots networks - mobile agents - peer-to-peer networks, sensor networks, MANETs, and wireless mesh networks - network topologies, overlays, and protocols - protocols for secure and reliable data transport and search in wireless mesh networks - information storage and sharing in wireless mesh networks Contributors are invited to submit a PDF file of their paper. Submissions should be no longer than 4800 words and should not exceed 12 pages on letter-size paper using at least 11 point font and reasonable margins (the page limit includes all figures, tables, and graphs). Submissions should include a cover page (that does not count towards the 12 page limit) that includes paper title, authors and affiliations, contact author's e-mail address, an abstract of the work in a few lines, and a few keywords. Submitted papers may have appendices beyond the 12 page limit, but reviewers are free to disregard any material beyond the 12 page limit. A paper submitted to SSS 2006 is expected to be original research not previously published; a submission may not be concurrently submitted or to any other conference, workshop, or journal. The proceedings of the conference are expected to be published in the Springer Verlag LNCS series. Selected papers will appear in a special issue of a high quality journal devoted to SSS 2006.

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DISC 2006 Call for Papers
by dolev 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

The 20th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2006), will be held on September 18-20, 2006, in Stockholm, Sweden. Submission deadline is Monday May 1st 2006. More details and a call for papers appears at http://www.sics.se/disc2006 Shlomi Dolev DISC 2006 PC Chair

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DISC 2006 Call for Papers
by dolev 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

The 20th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2006), will be held on September 18-20, 2006, in Stockholm, Sweden. Submission deadline is Monday May 1st 2006. More details and a call for papers appears at http://www.sics.se/disc2006 Shlomi Dolev DISC 2006 PC Chair

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Fwd: INTRANET-DIVERS: publication
by André Danthine 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

I do not resist to forward to TC6 members the copy of an email dixtributed in the academic circles of Belgium. BR Andre >Begin forwarded message: > > >From: "Dumont Jacques E." <jedumont(a)ulb.ac.be> >Date: March 10, 2006 4:36:11 PM GMT+01:00 > >We, scientists, create, provide and judge the science presented to >journals. While we are not paid by the publishers, we pay to get >access to this science. > >Publishers who concentrate more and more journals within a few >companies use their oligopoly to charge more and more and earn >tremendous amounts of money. They use a snobbism about impact >factors and the tyranny this exerts on the career of young >scientists. > > We can dilute this power in a simple way. Open access is the only >answer. Whenever I have to choose one reference out of several, I >shall from now on choose a reference to a paper that I and my >readers can access freely on the Internet PubMed. If we all do >that, we shall push the impact factor of those journals (printed or >not) which do not grudge us. > >If you agree with this message diffuse it. > >Yours, > >Jacques E. Dumont > >Pr Jacques E. DUMONT, >Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (IRIBHM), >Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Faculte de Medecine, >Campus Erasme, Bldg C, (CP 602), >Route de Lennik, 808 >1070 Bruxelles, Belgique. >tel : 32 (0)2 555 41 34 >fax : 32 (0)2 555 46 55 >email: jedumont(a)ulb.ac.be >http://www.ulb.ac.be/medecine/iribhm/ > >_______________________________________________ >Biochemistry mailing list >Biochemistry(a)icp.ucl.ac.be >http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/mailman/listinfo/biochemistry -- -------------- ANDRE DANTHINE andre.danthine(a)ulg.ac.be + 32 4 383 75 42 25, rue Henri Fays B-4160 Anthisnes (Belgium)

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DCOSS 2006 Student Travel Grants
by Wendi Heinzelman 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation **NEW** Student Travel Grants Available for I E E E D C O S S 2 0 0 6 June 18 - 20, 2006, San Fransisco, CA Hotel reservation deadline: May 19th Advance Registration deadline: May 15th http://www.dcoss.org/dcoss2006/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '06) announces the availability of student travel grants, funded by the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP). The grants will provide reimbursement of up to a maximum of $500. The reimbursement can be applied to airfare, up to 3 nights of hotel accommodations, transportation, and meals. Deadline for Applying: April 15th. Award Decisions: May 8th. Award Acceptance by: May 15th. Award conditions: ------------------ The following criteria will be considered in awarding the grants: Priority for travel grants will be given to students who are presenting a regular paper or a workshop paper, followed by students who otherwise would not be able to attend. In addition, preference will be given to students from under-represented groups in the broad field of Computer and Information Science and Engineering. Students from under-represented states and institutions are also encouraged to apply. How to apply: -------------- Please provide the following items in text or pdf format and email them to the Student Scholarships Chair, Loren Schwiebert, at loren(a)wayne.edu with the subject line "DCOSS STUDENT TRAVEL APPLICATION". The application must include the following items: 1. The title of the paper at DCOSS, if applicable. 2. The need for the travel grant (air fare and other anticipated costs). 3. Applicant's school and contact information. 4. A letter of recommendation from the student's advisor. Please note that conference registration fees are not covered by this grant, so the advisor's recommendation letter must clarify what other sources of funding are available to cover the registration and any other additional expenses. ---------------- Loren Schwiebert DCOSS Student Scholarships Chair

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News from IFIP council
by Otto Spaniol 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Dear all, > >I just received word that Springer has agreed to a trial with IFIP >publications. >The description of the program is described in the attachment. It even >works! > >I found registration a bit awkward for problems that I do not understand. >But after finally being registered, one has, at this point, access to some >twenty-three IFIP conference proceedings. I have successfully downloaded >a pdf version of one of our papers. > >I will append the text of the announcement at the end of this note. The >trial will last for one year. > >I have no idea how all of this happened. I am copying Otto; perhaps he >can explain. > Yes, this was discussed and presented at the publication committee meeting at the occasion of the IFIP council from where I'm just returning. I got a printed version of the advertising sheet but I attach it for everybody once more (see attachment). Nevertheless, things with Springer are far from being perfect (even if they are improving slightly). The way to IFIP DL was discussed in much detail. There are three steps planned: 1. An archive (to be maintained by IFIP itself as a collection of CD's or so; interestingly, Springer would be willing to do that; but IFIP secretariat believe that it can be done there practically without any cost - and of course with no particular service quality). 2. A basic digital library (renamed from the original wording "electronic repository" according to the suggestions made by TC6, particular thanks to Harry Rudin and to Peter Radford!). Interestingly enough, Springer is not at all interested in that. It was also unclear whether this basic digital library should also include some other material than the papers, e.g. conference announcements which would be deleted after the conference has happened. Nobody had the slightest idea about cost and how, when and where to make a bid for such a basic DL. Also copyright issues and linking to Springer (if somebody else operates the basic DL) were fully unsolved and unsolvable since of course Jennifer's mandate was only the mandate to stay negative if a critical issue comes up. So things ended once more without any concrete plan; IFIP is little more than a collection of low-qualified bureaucrats! But bureaucrats who cann at least appreciate the positive things of an excellent dinner - such a dinner was organised by our host Ramon Puigjaner who really did an absolutely great job!! 3. A "real" DL - which is of course even more in the nirwana than the basic DL. On the more positive side: The "sleeping pill" Jennifer Evans has been upgraded so much in the Springer hierarchy that she cannot do any further harm. The real business will be done from now on by Amy Brais <amy.brais(a)xn--springer-75a.com>. Please contact Amy whenever you have a publication problem. I'm confident that she will do a much better job. Finally (for Guy Pujolle and Harry Perros !!!): I tried to cut the Gordian knot concerning the "TC6 journal". Amy Brais told me that she waits desparately for a message from Guy and/or Harry. She said that she had send out such a inquiry but had never received an answer. What she would like to have are aims and scopes of the journal and maybe a concrete plan about how the journal might be installed. So this ball is now on our side (Springer is not guilty for themoment being). We have to plack the ball back. Guy and Harry: Please do it! Best regards Otto

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