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From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of
Plamen Nedkov
Sent: quarta-feira, 12 de Fevereiro de 2003 10:11
To: All
Subject: [IFIP] Time for change:IFIP.org premiere
Our last web site design served IFIP faithfully for two years and attracted
many visitors. In January '03 we decided to give it a deserved rest and to
conceive something new. Our Designers Bureau was put to work and after
several drafts we proudly unveil
"The International Web sITe" > http://www.ifip.org
The Delivery Co.
Creators of Dreamboats and Web sites since 1995
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Plamen Nedkov
Executive Director, IFIP
Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169
http://www.ifip.org/
Dear Colleagues,
our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies!
The deadline for this year's IEEE TCGN Workshop on High-Speed Networking
(HSN 2003), to be held in conjunction with INFOCOM on March 30, San
Francisco, is approaching fast.
HSN 2003 provides a forum for presenting and discussing recent work in
high-speed networking in a timely manner.
Deadline for submitting one page abstracts: February 17, 2003
For more information about the workshop, please visit:
http://www.comsoc.org/tcgn/conference/hsn2003
Yours sincerely,
Georg Carle and Andrea Fumagalli
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Prof. Dr. Georg Carle
Chair for Computer Networks and Internet
Wilhelm-Schickard-Institute for Computer Science
University of Tuebingen Tel. +49-7071-29-70505
Sand 13 Fax +49-7071-29-5091
D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany carle(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
at Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS:
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 Tel.:+49-30 3463 7149
D-10589 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30 3463 8149
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Andrea Fumagalli, PhD
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department
Head, OpNeAR: Optical Networking Advanced Research Lab
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas
P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
Voice: (972) 883-6853 Fax: (972) 883-2710
E-mail: andreaf(a)utdallas.edu
http://www.utdallas.edu/~andreafhttp://opnear.utdallas.edu
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Call for Contributions
Workshop on High-Speed Networking 2003
in conjunction with INFOCOM 2003
30 March 2003 - San Francisco
Sponsored by the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking
Purpose and Format
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for presenting and
discussing very recent work in high-speed networking and to raise
relevant issues to the general networking community in a timely manner.
It will take place from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM with lunch provided. There
will be an open business meeting of the Technical Committee on Gigabit
Networking following the workshop at 5:00 PM.
The workshop will consist of a keynote speech, followed by a number of
short informal presentations grouped into topical sessions, followed by
a panel session.
All issues relating to high bandwidth networking are relevant, including
link layer protocols for optical and wireless networks, large fast
switch and router design, transport and higher layer protocols, host and
network interface architecture, operating systems, emerging services and
applications, testbeds and deployment, network control and management,
economic and regulatory issues, security and privacy, and other societal
impacts. We are particularly interested in issues related to networks
that can be scaled to a high (number of users) x (throughput per user)
product.
Sessions
Presentations are planned to be grouped into the following sessions:
o IP and Optical Networks
o Wireless and Satellite
o Switching, Routing, and Network Processors
o A User Prospective: Gigabit Applications, End-to-end Services,
Cost and Pricing
Submission Guidelines
Authors are encouraged to submit a one page abstract by February 17,
2003. It must be in plain text and sent by email to the program
chairs at andreaf(a)utdallas.edu and carle(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de .
Please include the text "HSN 2003 Submission" in the Subject: field. All
submissions will be quickly acknowledged (otherwise contact the program
chair to confirm receipt). Notification of the selected abstracts will
be made by February 26, 2003.
Submission of electronic versions of the presentation foils are due
March 14, 2003, to be included in the on-line proceedings prior to the
workshop.
Additionally, it is encouraged to provide by March 14, 2003 extended
versions of the abstract, following the IEEE INFOCOM formatting rules.
The templates for submitting the extended version of the abstract are
available at:
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/confpub/infocom03/authors/layout.htm
Dates
One Page Abstract Due: February 17, 2003
Notification of Acceptance: February 26, 2003
Slides and extended Abstracts due: March 14, 2003
Workshop Date: March 30, 2003
Registration
Registration for the workshop will be handled as part of INFOCOM 2003
registration; information is available on the web at
http://www.ieee-infocom.org/2003.
Web site
The HSN 2003 CFP and additional information on the workshop are
available on the web at http://www.comsoc.org/tcgn/conference/hsn2003 .
Abstracts and presentations will appear in the online proceedings of the
workshop, under URL http://www.comsoc.org/tcgn/conference/hsn2003 .
Workshop Co-chairs:
Andrea Fumagalli, University of Texas at Dallas
Georg Carle, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Technical Program Committee Members (Preliminary)
Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland
José Brustoloni, University of Pittsburgh
Georg Carle, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Joe Evans, University of Kansas - Lawrence.
Yuguang Michael Fang, University of Florida - Gainesville
Andrea Fumagalli, University of Texas at Dallas
Bryan Lyles
Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California - Davis
Chunming Qiao, State University of New York - Buffalo
Dick Skillen, SE Communications
Patricia Sagmeister, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
James Sterbenz, BBN Technologies
Joe Touch, USC/ISI, USA
Jonathan Turner, Washington University - St. Louis
Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On
Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov
Sent: sexta-feira, 7 de Fevereiro de 2003 08:52
To: All
Subject: [IFIP] TC Visions - TC 6/Augusto Casaca
Dear All,
This time our guest for Project "Visions from the IT Engine Room" is
Augusto Casaca, Chairman of IFIP TC 6 on Communication Systems.
Augusto is a professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon,
Portugal and leader of the Research Group on Network Architecture at
INESC. He has worked on Digital Systems Design and Computer Architecture
and was involved in international research projects on networking and
standardization activities.
He loves music and sport. "After playing basketball for about 15 years"
says Augusto, "I convinced myself that my height was not the most
appropriate to have a huge success in that sport and I moved into tennis
and golf".
With this introduction may we invite you to click here ->
http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/tcvisions.htm and follow the link under
Augusto's photo.
We strongly recommend this interview to all communication gurus and to
everyone who wishes to know more about IFIP TC 6 whose 30th Anniversary
[ref. http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/tc6.pdf ] was selected as the IFIP
2002 Event of the Year.
Enjoy,
The Delivery Co.
Fun zone - joke lovers only!
And here is a nice one for a chuckle and to wish you a great weekend :-)
On a rural road a policeman pulled a farmer over and said, "Sir, do you
realize your wife fell out of the car several miles back?"
To which the farmer replied, "Thank God, I thought I had gone deaf!"
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Plamen Nedkov
Executive Director, IFIP
Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169
http://www.ifip.org/
Dear TC6 members,
Please take attention to the message on DCSC grants which was sent in a
separate mail. The deadline for application is on February 15th.
Best regards
Augusto
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On
Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov
Sent: quinta-feira, 6 de Fevereiro de 2003 14:56
To: GA&MS&WG
Subject: Reminder: IFIP-UNESCO grant scheme
Importance: High
To: IFIP National GA representatives and TC Chairs
cc. Full Member Societies, WG chairs
Dear All,
Please be reminded that the deadline for submitting requests under this
scheme is 15 February. For your convenience, the procedure and details are
posted at http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00213.html
I should also like to inform you that in future DCSC grants would be
considered once a year, during the IFIP March Council meetings, following a
procedure similar to the current one. A Call would be issued in early
January. DCSC in consultation with the IFIP TC Chairs would review all
submitted applications and would report the results to Council. The
approved grants would be announced after Council.
Best regards,
Plamen Nedkov
Executive Director, IFIP
Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169
http://www.ifip.org/
First Call for Papers:
3rd Int'l Workshop on Formal Approaches to Testing of Software
(FATES 2003, http://www.crim.ca/fates/)
In affiliation with the
18th IEEE Int'l Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2003)
Montreal, Canada, October 6th, 2003
Objective and Scope
The aim of the workshop is to be a forum for researchers, developers, and
testers to discuss latest ideas about the use of formal methods in software
testing. The topics of interest include:
* Different techniques in testing: combined verification and testing
approaches, analysis techniques that support testing, black-box
testing, integration testing, etc.
* Different aspects of testing: test derivation, test selection, test
implementation and execution, test result analysis, test stop
criteria, etc.
* Different types of testing: functional, interoperability, performance,
security, robustness, etc.
* Different formal models: automata, logical, process algebra, algebraic
data types, etc.
* Different modeling languages: UML, SDL, MSC, LOTOS, Z, VDM, TTCN-3,
etc.
* Different application areas: communication systems, control systems,
embedded software, Web-based systems, etc.
Important dates
* Submission deadline: July 9, 2003
* Notification of Acceptance: August 22, 2003
* Camera ready copies: September 14, 2003
* Workshop: October 6, 2003
Program Committee Co-Chairs
* Alexandre Petrenko, Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM),
Canada; e-mail: petrenko(a)crim.ca, phone: +1 (514) 840 1290
* Andreas Ulrich, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany;
e-mail: andreas.ulrich(a)siemens.com, phone: +49 (89) 636 47018
Further information
http://www.crim.ca/fates/
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
The First ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
SenSys 2003
http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/
November 5-7, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sponsored by: ACM (Sigcomm, Sigmobile, Sigarch, Sigmetrics, Sigops), and NSF
SenSys 2003 introduces a high caliber forum for research on systems issues in the emerging area of
embedded, networked sensors. These distributed systems of numerous smart sensors and actuators
connecting computational capabilities to the physical world have the potential to revolutionize a
wide array of application areas by providing an unprecedented density and fidelity of
instrumentation. They also present a host of novel systems challenges because of resource
constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, and scale. SenSys design issues cut across multiple
fields, including wireless communication, networking, operating systems, architecture, low-power
circuits, distributed algorithms, data processing, scheduling, sensors, energy harvesting, and
signal processing, so a holistic approach is required. SenSys seeks to provide a cross-disciplinary
venue for researchers addressing the rich space of networked sensor system design issues to
interact and exchange recent results. It is the first of a planned series of annual meetings with
a single-track technical program and a hands-on research exhibition. This inaugural 2003 conference
shall take place in Los Angeles, CA.
PAPERS:
Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research are solicited. In general this
conference is interested in papers that address system issues in embedded networked systems. Specific
topics of interest include the following:
* Network protocols for sensor networks
* Operating system and middleware for sensor networks
* Distributed database processing in sensor networks
* Distributed algorithms for sensor networks
* Novel sensor node hardware and software platforms
* Sensor network planning and deployment
* Energy management in sensor networks
* Adaptive topology management
* In-network processing and aggregation
* Data storage in sensor networks
* Distributed and collaborative signal processing
* Distributed Actuation, Control, and Coordination
* Localization in time and space
* Distributed calibration in sensor networks
* Simulation and optimization tools
* Applications of distributed sensor networks
* Security and Robustness in sensor networks
* Sensor network testbed measurements and benchmarks
Please consult the program chairs at sensys03-pcchairs(a)cens.ucla.edu if you are uncertain whether your paper
is in the scope of the conference.
PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF or PostScript file format. Papers
must not exceed 15 pages (US "Letter" size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references
in single-column, single-space format. The font size must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceedings. We will adopt a double-blind process for paper
review, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names and
their affiliations must not be revealed or mentioned anywhere in the paper or in the postscript or
PDF file. Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for
any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. To submit
a paper, please refer to the paper submission link at the conference website,
http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the
Program Co-Chairs at <sensys03-pcchairs(a)cens.ucla.edu>. Selected papers from the conference will be
forwarded for fast-track publication as journal papers in ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking and
ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET).
RESEARCH EXHIBITS and POSTERS
There will be a research exhibition and poster session. Details will be provided in the final Call for Papers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Registration & Abstract: April 1, 2003
Paper Submission Deadline: April 8, 2003
Notification of Acceptance: June 27, 2003
Camera Ready Copy: August 1, 2003
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Co-Chairs: Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech.) Deborah Estrin (UCLA)
Program Co-Chairs: David Culler (UC Berkeley) Mani Srivastava (UCLA)
Demos & Exhibits Co-chairs: John Heidemann (USC/ISI) Fabio Silva (USC/ISI)
Publicity Co-chairs: Erdal Cayirci (ITU) Lynette Millett (NRC)
Student Posters Co-chairs: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC) Sylvia Ratnasamy (Intel)
Finance Chair: David Jaquez (UCLA)
Local Arrangements Chair: Bernie Dempsey (UCLA)
Registration Chair: Suresh Singh (Portland State)
Sponsorship Chair: Rajesh Gupta (UCSD)
Student Travel Awards: R. Sivakumar (Georgia Tech.)
Submission Process Chair: Dirk Grunwald (U. Colorado)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
A. Arora (Ohio State U.) H. Bakakrishnan (MIT) P. Bonnet (U. Copenhagen)
L. Clare (JPL) C. Enz (EPFL) R. Govindan (USC)
J. Hellerstein (UC Berkeley) L. Krishnamurthy (Intel) R. Martin (Rutgers)
M. Martonosi (Princeton) A. Perrig (CMU) S. Servetto (Conell)
M. Smith (HP) J. Stankovic (U. Virginia) G. Sukhatme (USC)
M. Vetterli (EPFL) F. Zhao (PARC)
STEERING COMMITTEE
Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech., Co-chair), Victor Bahl (Microsoft, Sigmobile Representative),
Deborah Estrin (UCLA, Co-chair), Craig Partridge (BBN, Sigcomm Representative), and
Taieb Znati (NSF)
Please visit the SenSys 2003 Home Page at http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/, or send email to
sensys03(a)cens.ucla.edu for more information about the conference.
Dear all,
I got a Call for Papers of an "ACM/IFIP EuroPar" conference (see below).
Main topic is "Mobile Computing, wireless, mobile communication systems".
It appears that this is just one topic (number 15) out of a huge
number (19 in total) of areas. EuroPar has many parallel sessions,
thus the structure is maybe not liked by us but...
The CfP doesn't seem to contain a hint in which way IFIP is involved
(apart from the conference name).
To my opinion, the topic is strongly related to WG 6.8. sctivities.
Theremore my question (in particular to Augusto Casaca and to
Jan Slavik):
- Are we involved in that event?
- If not (yet): How to become involved?
I feel that such an activity would be very good for TC6.
Moreover: Which committee apart from TC6 might be involved?
Best regards
Otto
The CfP follows.
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Call for Papers
(Submission Deadline: February 9, 2003)
Euro-Par 2003 - Topic 15
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Klagenfurt, Austria
August 26-29, 2003
http://europar-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/
* Description
The development of small and powerful computing devices and,
simultaneously, of wireless, mobile communication systems
offers a great variety of new applications, summarized under the
name of Mobile Computing. The phenomenal growth of those mobile
computing devices, together with current trends in
embedded systems and software, real-time interaction and
omnipresent wireless networking fertilises the formation of a
Ubiquitous Computing landscape, in which digital environments are
aware of the presence of users, sensitive, adaptive and
responsive to the users needs, habits and emotions and
ubiquitously accessible for the user via natural interaction.
This topic solicits papers dealing with the following mobile and
ubiquitous computing elements: mobility, ubiquity,
awareness, intelligence, and natural interaction. Mobility
addresses solutions that help to make time, geographic, media and
service boundaries less and less important. Ubiquity
refers to a situation in which we are surrounded by a
multitude of interconnected embedded systems, which are
(mostly) invisible and moved into the background of our
surrounding (workplace, building, home, outdoor). Awareness
refers to the ability of the system to recognise and localise
objects as well as people and their intentions. Intelligence
refers to the fact that the digital surrounding is able to
adapt itself to the people that live in it, learn from their
behaviour, and possibly recognise as well as show emotion.
Natural interaction finally refers to advanced modalities like
natural speech- and gesture recognition, as well as speech-
synthesis, which will allow a much more human-like
communication with the digital environment than is possible today.
The aim of the topic is to bring together, at Euro-Par 2003,
computer scientists an engineers in the areas of wireless
networking, mobile computing, and ubiquitous computing in
order to present and share their ideas about the design and
analysis of ubiquitous computing environments and the
challenges imposed by the applications of mobile and
ubiquitous computing.
* Focus
Mobile/wireless computing infrastructure
Communication in mobile networks
Mobility and QoS management
Ad-hoc and personal area networks
Media access techniques and terminals
Ubiquitous/pervasive computing software architectures
Ubiquitous access and context computing
Smart devices and smart spaces
Intelligent environments
Sensors and actuators
Positioning/tracking/authentication systems and technologies
Mobile/ubiquitous/wearable computing scenarios
Location-dependent/personalized wireless applications
User interfaces and interaction models
* Chairs
Global Chair
Prof. Max Mühlhäuser
FG Telekooperation
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Email: max(a)informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
Vice Chairs
Prof. Azzedine Boukerche
Department of Computer Sciences
University of North Texas, USA
Email: boukerche(a)cs.unt.edu
Karin Anna Hummel
Institute for Computer Science and Business Informatics
University of Vienna, Austria
Email: karin.hummel(a)univie.ac.at
Local Chair
Prof. Alois Ferscha
Institute for Practical Computer Science, Software Group
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Email: ferscha(a)soft.uni-linz.ac.at
* Euro-Par Mission and Details
Euro-Par is well established as the premier annual European
conference on all aspects of parallel and distributed
computing. The conference normally attracts more than 300
participants coming from universities, research centres and
industry. Euro-Par 2003 will represent major themes in the
categories of hardware, software, algorithms and applications.
In common with previous years, Euro-Par 2003 will be organized as
a number of parallel sessions on 19 topics for which papers are
solicited.
* Submission Details
All accepted papers will be available at the conference in the
proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series.
* Submission Key Dates
Online submission site open: January 10, 2003
Final date for submission: February 9, 2003
Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2003
Camera ready version: May 25, 2003
