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We apologize for multiple copies. --------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - NTMS 2007 ---------------------------------- 1th International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS 2007) Technically co-sponsored by IFIP and IEEE France Computer Section April 30 to May 3, 2007 - Beirut, Lebanon http://www.ntms2007.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NTMS'2007 aims at fostering advances in the areas of New Technologies, Wireless Networks, Mobile Computing, Ad hoc and Ambient Networks, QoS, Network Security and E-commerce, to mention a few, and provides a dynamic forum for researchers, students and professionals to present their state-of-the-art research and development in these interesting areas. The event will be combined with tutorial sessions and workshops. Tutorials will precede the main program, aiming at the dissemination of mature knowledge and technology advances in the field. Two or more Workshops will immediately follow the main conference, offering the opportunity for a more focused exchange of ideas and presentation of on-going research relevant to selected topics. During NTMS'2007, demo areas will also be available to R&D labs and consortia to demonstrate their prototype implementations, or other prominent results. TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------------------- The organising and technical committees of the conference are seeking original contributions in the areas of, but not limited to: Analysis and design of network architectures and algorithms Network management and traffic engineering Network, transport, and application-layer protocols Resource management, quality of service, signalling & scheduling Routing, switching, and addressing Network fault-tolerance & reliability, debugging & troubleshooting Network security, vulnerability, authentication and access control Intrusion Detection, Prediction, and Countermeasures Smart Device, Identity, Privacy and Trust Privacy, contract agreements, and payment systems Public key infrastructure implementation Mobile code security & Security management E-business and E-commerce security Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution networks Optical networks and switching Wireless Mesh Networks & Metropolitan Area Networks (WiMAX, 802.16e) 3G & Wireless Personal Area Networks (Wimedia, UWB, Bluetooth, ...) Wireless Local Area Networks (Wi-Fi, ...) & Wireless Local Loop Ad hoc, Sensor Networks and Embedded Systems, Ambient Networks Mobility management and Handover Medium Access Control & Scheduling Techniques for Wireless Systems Cross-layer network design and optimization Pervasive, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing Agents and Middleware, Agent Computing and Agent Applications Grid and cluster computing & Context aware computing Adaptation software development Next generation systems & Service-oriented techniques Component based software engineering &Software verification & analysis Web Commerce & Services, Data models, Web searching & querying XML, Query Processing & Optimization, Storage Structures & Indexing Web Mining & Web Semantic SUBMISSION GUIDELINES -------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit complete and original papers. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, correctness, originality and relevance. Authors of accepted papers will be required to produce final versions of their papers in IEEE camera ready format (double column) according to IEEE Computer Society Press style guidelines Preferred maximum paper length is 5 printed pages (10-point font) including figures, graphics and tables. However, papers for review of up to 8 pages in length will also be accepted, although accepted papers exceeding 5 pages will be charged an overlength fee of $100 for the 6th page. NTMS'2007 is using the EDAS Conference Management System (http://edas.info) to manage paper submissions process. The proposal for tutorial should include the title and clear explanation of the content of the proposed tutorial. Please include in the proposal (1) Organizer Name, (2) Name of proposed instructor, (3) Title of tutorial and detailed outline, (4) Qualifications of proposed instructor, (5) Full contact information: mailing address, telephone & fax number, and email address. IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------ Draft papers should be submitted by December 20, 2006 Authors will receive the acceptance notification by February 20, 2007 Final papers for presentation should be sent before March 15, 2007 Tutorial Workshop (Instructor) Submission due : November 5, 2006 Deadline Notification of Tutorial & Workshop Acceptance : December 30, 2006 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES ----------------------------------------- ----- CONFERENCE PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Houda Labiod - General Chair (ENST Paris) - France Bassel Souleiman (ENST Bretagne) - France Bilal Chebaro (Lebanese University) - Lebanon ----- TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Houda Labiod - General Chair (ENST Paris) - France Stamatios Kartalopoulos, (University of Oklahoma), USA Pascal Lorenz (Université de Haute Alsace), France ----- TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Akmal Abdelfatah (American University of Sharjah), UAE Mohamed Achemlal (France Telecom R&D Caen), France Khaldoun Al Agha (University Paris-Sud), France Kablan Barbar (Lebanese University), Lebanon Carlo Blundo (Di Salerno University), Italy Raouf Boutaba (University of Waterloo), Canada Azzedine Boukerche (University of ottawa), Canada Rajkumar Buyya (University of Melbourne), Australia Jacques Demerjian (ESRGroups), France Mahmoud Doughan (Lebanese University), Lebanon Bertrand du Castel (Axalto), USA Khaled Fouad Elsayed (Cairo University), Egypt Stephan Flake (ORGA Systems), Germany Steve Furnell (University of Plymouth), United Kingdom Giulio Galante (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella), Italy Wassim Haddad (Ericsson Research), Canada James Hughes (Sun Microsystems), USA Bilel Jamoussi (Nortel - Northern Telecom), Canada Joe Khalife (Lebanese American University), Lebanon Yvon Kermarrec (ENST Bretagne), France Bo-Kyung Lee (Korea Polytechnic University), Korea Seng Loke (La Trobe University), Australia Maryline Maknavicius (INT Evry),France Imad Mougharbel (Lebanese University), Lebanon Chafik Moukbel (Balamand University), Lebanon Hasnaa Moustafa (France Telecom R&D Paris), France Elie Najm (ENST Paris), France Ahmad Nasri (American University of Beirut), Lebanon Jose Marcos Nogueira (Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais) , Brasil Alessandro Nordio (Polytechnico di Torino), Italy Pierre Paradinas (CNAM), France Guy Pujolle (Paris 6 Univeristy),France Francis Rousseaux (Université de Reims), France Pedro Ruiz (University of Murcia), Espagne Kassem Saleh (American University of Sharjah), UAE Yahya Sanadidi (University of California), USA Brunilde Sansò (École Polytechnique de Montréal), Canada Christian Schindelhauer (University of Paderborn), Germany David Simplot-Ryl (Université de Lille 1, LIFL & INRIA), France Otto Spaniol (RWTH Aachen University), Germany Steve Uhlig (Université catholique de Louvain), Belgium Pascal Urien (ENST Paris), France Sung-Ming Yen (National Central University), Taiwan Cui Yong (Tsinghua University), China Bin Zhu (Microsoft Research Asia),China ----- Steering Board Prof. Houda Labiod (ENST Paris), France Prof. Algirdas Pakstas (London Metropolitan University), England Prof. Stamatios Kartalopoulos (University of Oklahoma), USA Dr. Mohamad Badra (ENST Paris), France Dr. Jacques Demerjian (ESRGroups), France Mr. Samer El Sawda (ENST Paris), France Dr. Ibrahim Hajjeh (Acti Group), France Dr. Ouahiba Fouial (ESRGroups), France ----- WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS CHAIR Michel Riguidel (ENST Paris) - France Mohamad Badra (ENST Paris) - France CONTACT: -------------- Associate Prof. Labiod Houda INFRES Department - ENST Paris 46, rue barrault 75634 Paris Cedex 13 - France E-mail :labiod@enst.fr -- Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com --