[Sincere apologies for possible multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================= Call For Participation: MASS 2004 http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~cdmc/mass/ October 24-27, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation Organizing Committee General Chair: D. P. Agarwal Program Co-Chairs: M. Gerla and J. Wu Program Vice Chairs: M. Conti, P. Mohapatra, Y. -C. Tseng, and I. Stojmenovic Tutorial Chair: S. Olariu ------------------------------------------ Program Highlights Three keynotes Prof. Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech, "Wireless Actorand Sensor Networks: Research Challenges" Dr. Sri Kumar, DARPA, "Integrated Wireless Micro-Sensor Networks: Challenges and Applications" Dr. Charles E. Perkins, Nokia, "Convergence between Ad Hoc Network Protocols" NSF NeTS program Prof. Joseph B. Evans, NSF One panel, one best paper session, eight technical sessions, four half-day tuturials, and one poster session ============================================ The Program is now online Sunday, October 24: Four half-day tutorials ------------------------------------------- Monday, October 25: MASS Technical Sessions ------------------------------------------- 8:30-9:00 Welcome and Best Paper Award 9:00-10:00 Session 1: Keynote: Prof. Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech, "Wireless Actorand Sensor Networks: Research Challenges" 10:00-10:30 Break 10:30- 12:30 Session 2A: Backbone Selective Backbone Construction for Topology Control H. Liu, R. Gupta Efficient Computation of Maximal Independent Sets in Unstructured Multi-Hop Radio Networks F. Kuhn, T. Moscibroda, R. Wattenhofer A Reliable Virtual Backbone Scheme in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks M. Min, D. Du A Performance Comparison of Protocols for Clustering and Backbone Formation in Large Scale Ad Hoc Networks S. Basagni, M. Mastrogiovanni, C. Petrioli Session 2B: MAC TCP Friendly Medium Access Control for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks: Alleviating Self Contention D. Berger, Z. Ye, P. Sinha, S. Krishnamurthy, M. Faloutsos, S. Tripathi Link Layer Measurements in Sensor Networks N. Reijers, G. Halkes, K. Langendoen Adaptation of Multiple Access Parameters in Time Hopping UWB Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Networks I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, S. Gezici Packet Fragmentation in Wi-Fi Ad Hoc Networks with Correlated Channel Failures A. Lyakhov 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00- 16:00 Session 3A: Multicast/Topology Localized Topology Control for Heterogeneous Wireless Ad-hoc Networks X.-Y. Li, W.-Z. Song, Y. Wang On the Construction of Virtual Multicast Backbone for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Y. Wu, Y. Xu, G. Chen, K. Wang Efficient and Robust Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks R. Vaishampayan, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves Shortest Multipath Routing using Labeled Distances C. Balasubramanian, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves Session 3B: Overlay/Pervasive Networks SOLONet: Sub-Optimal Location-Aided Overlay Network for MANETs A. Patil, Y. Liu, L. Xiao, A. -H. Esfahanian, L. Ni Stable Group Model in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming System G. -T. Xue, M. -L. Li, Q. -N. Deng pREST: A REST-based Protocol for Pervasive Systems W. Drytiewicz, I. Radusch, S. Arbanowski, R. Popescu-Zeletin An RFID Based Framework for Object Distribution, Tracking and Recalls in Pervasive Transaction Environments P. De, K. Basu, S. Das 16:00-16:30 Break 16:30-18:00 Session 4: Panel 18:00-18:30 Break 18:30-20:30 Reception / Poster Session ================================================================================ Tuesday, October 26: MASS Technical Sessions -------------------------------------------- 8:30-9:30 Session 5: Keynote: Dr. Sri Kumar, DARPA, "Integrated Wireless Micro-Sensor Networks: Challenges and Applications" 9:30-10:00 Break 10:00- 12:00 Session 6: Best Paper Candidates (one of them will be selected) Offered Load Control in IEEE 802.11 Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks P. C. Ng, S. C. Liew Performance Comparison of Cache Invalidation Strategies for Internet-based Mobile Ad Hoc Networks S. Lim, W.-C. Lee, G. Cao, C. Das IEEE 802.11 Fragmentation-Aware Energy-Efficient Ad-Hoc Routing Protocols T. Nadeemr , A. Agrawala Model-based Resource Prediction for Multi-hop Wireless Networks Y. Sun, X. Gao, E. Belding-Royer, J. Kempf 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30- 15:30 Session 7A: Routing Hop count optimal position based packet routing algorithms for ad hoc wireless networks with a realistic physical layer J. Kuruvila, A. Nayak, I. Stojmenovic A mix route algorithm for mix-net in wireless ad hoc networks S. Jiang, N. Vaidya, W. Zhao Geograms versus Geocircuits: Virtual Circuit Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks (GCRP) S. Fotopoulou-Prigipa, B. McDonald A New Framework for Loop-Free On-Demand Routing Using Destination Sequence Numbers J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, H. Rangarajan Session 7B: Security/Reliability Locality Driven Key Management Architecture for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks G. Xu, L. Iftode Benchmarking Block Ciphers for Wireless Sensor Networks Y. W. Law*, J. Doumen, P. Hartel Reliable Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Based on Mobility Prediction J. Tang, G. Xue, W. Zhang Play Alone or Together - Truthful and Efficient Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks With Selfish Nodes J. Cai, U. Pooch 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00- 18:00 Session 8A: Localization Localization of Wireless Sensor Networks with a Mobile Beacon M. Sichitiu, V. Ramadurai Performance Tradeoffs of Localization Methods in Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks Y. Shang, H. Shi, A. Ahmed A Swarm-based Fuzzy Logic Control Mobile Sensor Network for Hazardous Contaminants Localization X. Cui,T. Hardin, R. Ragade, A. Elmaghraby Enhancing Location Service Scalability with HIGH-GRADE Y. Yu, G.-H. Lu, Z.-L. Zhang Session 8B: MAC/Timing Issues Joint Synchronization, Routing and Energy Saving in CSMA/CA Multi-Hop Hybrid Networks D. Jurca, J.-P. Hubaux Analysis and Implementation of Scalable Clock Synchronization Protocols in IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks D. Zhou Scheduled Persistence for Medium Access Control in Sensor Networks C. Colbourn, V. Syrotiuk Time Indexing in Sensor Networks R, Zheng, G. He, I. Gupta, J. Hou, L. Sha 18:00-19:00 Break 19:00-21:00 Banquet / NSF NeTS Program: Prof. Joseph B. Evans ================================================================================ Wednesday, October 27: MASS Technical Sessions ---------------------------------------------- 8:30-9:30 Session 9: Keynote: Dr. Charles E. Perkins, Nokia, "Convergence between Ad Hoc Network Protocols" 9:30-10:00 Break 10:00- 12:00 Session 10A: QoS Quality of Service Analysis and Control for Wireless Sensor Networks J. Kay, J. Frolik Improving Interactive Video in Ad-Hoc Networks Using Path Diversity Ahmed Abd El Al Throughput Guarantees for Multi-priority Traffic in Ad Hoc Networks Y. Yang, R. Kravets Use of Congestion-Aware Routing to Spatially Separate TCP Connections in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Z. Ye, S. Krishnamurthy, S. Tripathi Session 10B: Sensor Networks A Study of the Coverage of Large-scale Sensor Networks B. Liu, D. Towsley Semantic Internetworking of Sensor Systems K. Wang, S. A. Ayyash, T. Little Proxy-Based Sensor Deployment for Mobile Sensor Networks G. Wang, G. Cao, T. La Porta Trade-off Between Coverage and Data Reporting Latency for Energy-Conserving Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks W. Choi, S. Das 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30- 15:30 Session 11A: Aggregation/Dissemination Localized probabilistic and dominating set based algorithm for efficient information dissemination in ad hoc M. Hauspie, A. Panier, D. Simplot-Ryl Dynamic Proxy Tree-Based Data Dissemination Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks W. Zhang, G. Cao, T. La Porta Query Aggregation for Providing Efficient Data Services in Sensor Networks W. Yu, L. Thang, D. Xuan, W. Zhao Update-Linearizability: A Consistency Concept for the Chronological Ordering of Events in MANETs J. Haehner, K. Rothermel, C. Becker Session 11B: Coding/Compression RACE: Time Series Compression with Rate Adaptivity and Error Bound for Sensor Networks H. Chen, J. Li, P. Mohapatra Power Aware Coding for Spatio-Temporally Correlated Wireless Sensor Data C. Tang, C. Raghavendra, V. Prasanna A Path Compression Technique for On-demand Ad-hoc Routing Protocols V. Giruka, M. Singhal, S. P. Yarravarapu Optimizing a Class of In-network Processing Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks B. Hong, V. Prasanna