Dear TC6 delegates,
Here is some information for Saariselkä:
1) The meeting room is equipped with data projector
and there is ethernet connection available in the hotel.
The hotel is equipped with Meridian PBX.
2) The weather is -2..+10 centigrade at noon, and maybe even -20
centigrade at midnight. Days are hopefully sunny but snow is also
possible. If you want to do outdoor activities, please, take your
sunclasses with you. The Saariselkä village is ok for any city
clothing and shoes, suitable for those daily temperatures.
All equipment that is needed for skiing can be rented there, also
skidoos and corresponding clothing (it is still high season for skiing,
there is 100 km wilderness to each direction and there is also
downhill area close by).
3) If we are lucky, there may be northern lights (aurora borealis) at night.
4) There is regular bus connection between Ivalo airport and
Saariselkä hotels. Taxis are also available.
Shopping can be done in Saariselkä village.
Looking forward to meeting you in Saariselkä!
Best regards,
Olli
>
>Dear Olli and Jenni:
>
>What is the weather like in Saariselka around the time of the upcoming TC 6
>meeting? What are the average high and low temperatures? Will snow be
>covering the ground, and should I bring snow shoes or boots?
>
>Best Regards,
>Arun
>
>Dear Olli,
>
>I will be giving a presentation during the upcoming TC meeting. I am
>planing to make a powerpoint presentation. Is the meeting room equiped
>with a data projector?
>
>Best regards,
>Raouf
>
Dear friends,
I tried very hard to make the time for the meeting available. However, I
will again not make it this time. Please take my apologies and accept
Herbert Leitold as my proxy for the meeting.
I wish you a fruitfull meeting. I will try not to fail next time,
however this problem comes with the task of a CIO for the federal
government of Austria which I have accepted.
Best regards
Reinhard
Dear TC6 members,
The present attendance list is attached to this mail. Am I missing anyone
who is going to attend?
May I kindly ask the TC6 members whose names are not in the list to send me
a message indicating its intention regarding meeting attendance? Thank you.
Best regards
Augusto Casaca
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On
Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov
Sent: quarta-feira, 20 de Marco de 2002 09:58
To: all
Subject: [IFIP] Project President: Poirot Investigates+Spring Lottery
Importance: High
From Hercule Poirot's Diary:
One sunny day in early March 1994, two men in Brussels entered the NATO
Headquarters to meet with the NATO top brass for science and research. One
man was from a NATO member country while the other one was from a country 5
years previously considered by NATO as a potential adversary. Both men were
there to investigate whether the "peace dividend" could be extended to
support participants in IFIP events. The previous day, the same two men met
representatives of the European Commission. That meeting with the
Commission of the European Communities resulted into a contract which made
it possible for 34 participants from Central and Eastern Europe to be
financially supported so as to attend the 14th IFIP World Computer
Congress' 94 in Germany. [Another significant contract followed in 1995 for
INTERACT].
Both meetings were arranged from the IFIP Member Society which employed at
that time the IFIP Contracts Officer. One of the two men was the 10th IFIP
President, from 1992 to 1995. He must have really impressed his predecessor
who had responded to Isaac Auerbach in 1989 that he already had an idea who
his successor would be.
As part of PROJECT PRESIDENT we are happy to announce that the interview
with the 10th President is now available at
http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/presidentday.htm -- when there, click the
link under the 10th President and enjoy.
The Delivery Co.
P.S. We now invite everyone to take part in our SPECIAL
SPRING-is-in-the-air LOTTERY
All who respond correctly to at least three of the five questions below
will enter a draw and two names will be selected. If one of them has a
larger number of correct answer s/he will be the winner. If both have the
same number of correct answers then a final draw will be conducted just
between the two finalists.
1. Who were the two men?
2. On the photo at http://www.ifip.or.at/image/open5.gif the two men appear
to be involved in a ceremony. What was the special occasion? [You can find
the answer on the IFIP Secretariat pages]
3. From which IFIP Member society were the meetings of the two men arranged
in Brussels?
4. Which city was the venue of IFIP Congress 94?
5. Which city will be the venue of IFIP Congress 2004?
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS to <bb(a)ifip.or.at> Deadline for submissions: 29
March 2002
There is 1 Prize consisting of an autographed SPECIAL hard copy publication
containing the interviews with the 12 IFIP Presidents. We can assure you
this publication will be a Collector's Item so don't miss your chance to
have one of less than 20 Vintage Hard Copies the WORLD will (n)ever see!
[There will also be one special SURPRISE prize for 5 correct answers -
winner to be selected in a draw between the first 3 persons to submit 5
correct answers]
GOOD LUCK!
--------------------------------
Plamen Nedkov
Executive Director, IFIP
Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169
http://www.ifip.org/
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On
Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov
Sent: segunda-feira, 18 de Marco de 2002 14:52
To: all
Subject: [IFIP] Council 2002 Highlights: A foregone conclusion :-)
Dear All,
The Slovenian Society Informatika, host of IFIP's March Council meeting in
Bled, 4-7 March, gave an excellent example of how to market the IFIP brand
in Slovenia and at the same time to promote its activities in IFIP. On 5
March, during a unique session dedicated to ICT in Slovenia three
distinguished professors briefed Council participants on recent
developments. That evening, the Deputy Minister for the Information Society
hosted a reception and at the Council Opening ceremony next morning, Dr.
Pavel GANTAR, Minister of the Information Society, cordially welcomed
Council participants and highlighted the achievements and challenges of his
Ministry in paving the road towards the Information Society.
The natural beauty of the Bled region also helped our hosts market their
country. Our hotel offered excellent conference and recreation facilities
and all participants had A ROOM WITH A VIEW overlooking the crystal clear
waters of the lake, with the island and its church, cuddled in the midst of
snowcapped mountains. The email and Internet access in Bled were superb and
the people so friendly that it was hard even for the most capricious IFIP
participants to find an excuse to complain.
IFIP conducted its Council and related meetings on such a marvelous
intellectual and natural backdrop and we are happy to report the highlights
in telegraphic style. There are good news and not so good news:
1. Auerbach Award: EB selected the 5th Auerbach award recipient but s/he is
not to be disclosed until August 2002 so as to add an element of surprise
during our Congress in Montreal. [To whet your appetite here is a tiny leak
for your guesswork: the recipient years ago served as an IPC chair of an
IFIP congress, is a shooting star in the theoretical field and sports the
most impeccably groomed hair we have seen :-)]
2. Events http://www.ifip.or.at/cal_even.htm#act : Despite the declining
2001 numbers of conference attendees reported by other organizations, IFIP
did quite well during 2001 and was involved in 64 events. IFIP conference
proceeds had increased by so 60% compared to the year 2000. The excellent
work of the IFIP Event facilitator certainly contributed to this result.
Council decided to update the Event guidelines and forms related to
sponsorship and in particular to convert the sponsorship fee which was
previously calculated in CHF into EUR. The new levels are 4 EUR per
participant per day for working conferences and 8 EUR for open conferences.
The updated guidelines and forms are already uploaded at
http://www.ifip.or.at/events/evforms.htm for TCs, WGs and IFIP event
organizers to take note of and use.
The Congress in Montreal will be the premium IFIP event in 2002. There are
good news with regard to tutorials, workshops and the various elements that
will need to be integrated into the program. The not-so-good news is that
the number of paper submissions are not as high as expected - just over 400
papers - but there will be no compromise with regard to the stringent
review and selection procedures. The IPC and OC hope to compensate the low
numbers with a high quality program. 2 Keynote speakers were reported: Dr.
Abdul Waheed Khan [IN], Assistant Director General of UNESCO and Dr. Keiji
Tachikawa [JP], President of NTT DoCoMo and soon after Council one more
keynoter, Mr. Mike Lazaridis of RIM [CA], joined their company.
During Council, a note was received from UNESCO confirming previous
arrangements for a joint IFIP-UNESCO team to work in preparing a
Declaration on Youth in the Infosociety: Roles, Needs, Aspirations and
relevant Policies. The draft declaration will be presented to a Congress
plenary for endorsement. GA immediately after Congress will have another
chance to review the document which, when agreed, will be a joint
IFIP-UNESCO contribution to the World Summit for the Information Society in
December 2003 in Geneva.
A joint IPC/OC meeting later in March in Montreal which will finalize the
program and arrangements and kick-start the final phase of intensive
Congress promotion. The IFIP Executive Director in cooperation with the
Congress OC and DCSC will work to put together a Congress participation
support plan for participants from developing countries based on the IFIP
Voucher scheme http://www.ifip.or.at/minutes/C99/C99_part6.htm#a1 , free
registrations and eventual financial support from other organizations.
Preparations for Congress 2004 are proceeding according to plans but are
not given high publicity so as to keep the IFIP community focused on the
Montreal Congress. There is a lot of backstage work and a representative
French delegation will be in Montreal to launch the publicity campaign of
IFIP's Congress in Toulouse.
Other major IFIP forthcoming events include:
The WITFOR Conference (World IT Forum) and GA in August 2003 in Vilnius,
Lithuania. Some 600 participants would be expected to be at WITFOR which is
supported by the government of Lithuania and hopefully will receive the
support of UNESCO, the World Bank and other organizations.
While significantly smaller in participation numbers (about 50 participants
are expected), the IFIP Conference on "Global IT Skills Needs - The Role of
IT Professionalism" will convene from 25 - 27 October 2002 in London and
promises to give IFIP a major presence in the debate on IT professionalism,
occupational skills framework and assessment of individual professional
skills.
The second IFIP TC6/TC8/TC11 I3E Conference [e-commerce, e-business &
e-government] - http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00117.html - will be held in
Lisbon, Portugal 7-9 October 2002. The first I3E conference was held in
Zurich in October 2001 and Council participants were very grateful to Prof.
Kurt Bauknecht who, despite the difficulties caused by the Swiss Air crisis
immediately before the conference opening, was able to ensure sufficient
sponsorship and good organization for a successful launching of this
important new conference series.
The Committee for Cooperation with Industry reported on an important
activity -- the forthcoming Workshop on Entertainment Computing
-http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00115.html - scheduled for 14-17 May 2002 in
Makuhary, Japan.
3. Publications http://www.ifip.or.at/public.htm : Publications under the
IFIP-Kluwer agreement continue on a high level though the performance is
somewhat reduced compared to the previous year. In 2001, 23 books were
published and a decrease in Kluwer revenues was reported. It was further
reported that 13 books were scheduled for publication with Kluwer in the
first half of 2002 and at least 12 other titles are expected to be
published in the second half of the year.
The essential elements of an eventual IFIP Digital Library (DL) were
discussed including a number of options for IFIP to consider. Arguments,
including issues related to costs, bring in the forefront of considerations
the possibility that the future IFIP publisher will also undertake the role
of DL service provider or that an IFIP member society running an
established DL will considered as a DL service provider. Council requested
the DL Task Force to continue with its investigations so as to have at GA
2002 a sound recommendation for GA decision.
4. Technical Assembly and Technical Committees
http://www.ifip.or.at//tcs.htm : A new group -- WG 6.9 on "Communication
Systems in Developing Countries" -- was tentatively approved pending a
redefinition of its Aims and scope to explicitly focus on technical
aspects. All TC reports will be provided on-line along with the Council
Minutes and our member societies are encouraged to constantly review their
representation.
5. Finances: It was reported that IFIP's performance with regard to income
from conferences and publications during 2001 was better than the previous
year. At the same time, the 2001 expenses which were tightly monitored were
slightly lower than those in 2000. In general the financial performance
during 2001 was quite satisfactory and IFIP had continued the established
tradition of sound performance since 1995.
The only disturbing factor is that the IFIP Portfolio investment produced a
loss of 85 K EUR. Optically, this is a considerate sum for the IFIP economy
and both the Treasurer and FC Chair assured Council that the financial loss
of 4.2% is lower than the US and European market indexes whose depreciation
in 2001 was -6% (Dow Jones) and -16,5% (DAX). Besides, it was a "paper
value" loss which could be compensated by an improved portfolio performance
in future.
6. Elections: At GA 2002 there will be elections for an IFIP President, at
least 2 IFIP Vice-Presidents and at least 2 Trustees. Calls for
nominations will be distributed in May 2002 and all pertinent details will
be provided. GA 2002 will elect a President for the outstanding partial 2
year period (2002 - 2004) vacated with the resignation of the13th elected
President]. At GA 2003, an IFIP President-Elect will be elected and that
person will assume the Presidentship in 2004 for a full 3 year
period which will hopefully return IFIP to the normal presidential pattern
of office.
7. CONCLUSION: see P.S. note below!
These are the main issues as we see them. The official record of Council's
deliberations will be provided in the Council 2002 Minutes. After the
Minutes are out we intend to focus on some of the issues that were raised
during Council and deserve further attention.
The Delivery Co.
P.S. FOREGONE CONCLUSION :-)
(A) The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than
the British or Americans.
(B) On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer
heart attacks than the British or Americans.
(C) The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks
than the British or Americans.
(D) The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer
heart attacks than the British or Americans.
(E) Conclusion: Eat & drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills
you!
------------------------------
Plamen Nedkov
Executive Director, IFIP
Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169
http://www.ifip.org/
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Volume 38, Nos.~4, published March 15, 2002
Editorial
p. 391.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128602001718
Wireless sensor networks: a survey
I.F. Akyildiz, W. Su, Y. Sankarasubramaniam and
E. Cayirci, p. 393.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601003024
Low-cost, delay-bounded point-to-multipoint communication to support
multicasting over WDM networks
Taieb F. Znati, Tawfig Alrabiah and Rami Melhem, p. 423.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002602
Optimal replication algorithms for hierarchical mobility management in PCS
networks
Qing Tian and Donald C. Cox, p. 447.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002614
Exploiting hierarchical terrestrial-satellite architectures to handle
voice, symmetric data, and asymmetric data connections
Antonio Iera, Antonella Molinaro and
Giuseppe Araniti, p. 461.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002638
Adaptive performance management for universal mobile telecommunications
system networks
Christoph Lindemann, Marco Lohmann and Axel Thummler, p. 477.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002651
The impact of mobility on UMTS network planning
Remco Litjens, p. 497.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002663
Design and evaluation of signaling protocols for mobility management in an
integrated IP environment
P.M.L. Chan, R.E. Sheriff, Y.F. Hu, P. Conforto and
C. Tocci, p. 517.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002675
Revealing the problems with 802.11 medium access control protocol in
multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks
Shugong Xu and Tarek Saadawi, p. 531.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S1389128601002730
Acknowledgement to reviewers
p. 549.
http://www.elsevier.com/PII/S138912860200172X
Dear Augusto,
I'll be attending.
Best regards,
Guy
A (At) 13:16 15/03/02, Augusto Casaca ecrivait (wrote):
>Dear TC6 members,
>
>Please indicate to me and to Olli Martikainen whether you will attend the
>TC6 meeting in Saariselka. We need this information to plan the meeting
>facilities.
>
>Best regards
>
>Augsuto
________________________________________________________________________
Prof. Guy Leduc Tel : +32 4 366 26 98
Universite de Liege Secr : +32 4 366 26 91
Reseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89
Research Unit in Networking (RUN) leduc(a)montefiore.ulg.ac.be
Institut d'Electricite Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM
http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/users/leduc.html
Dear TC6 members,
Please indicate to me and to Olli Martikainen whether you will attend the
TC6 meeting in Saariselka. We need this information to plan the meeting
facilities.
Best regards
Augsuto
Dear all,
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the next TC6 meeting in Finland as I have other commitments at that time.
Best wishes,
Lorne Mason
Prof. Lorne G. Mason
Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Information Communication Institute of Singapore
Blk S2, Level B3c-13
Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
Fax: +65 792 2971
Tel: +65 790 4363
email: elgmason(a)ntu.edu.sg