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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation
and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2003)
http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/
October 23-25, 2003
Delft, The Netherlands
in conjunction with 15th European Simulation Symposium (ESS 2003)
http://www.scs-europe.org/conf/ess2003/
October 26-29, 2003
Delft, The Netherlands
Hosted by the Delft University of Technology
Early registration deadline 25th September 2003
http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
Additional information (registration, travel details, hotel information...)
is available via the DS-RT 2003 website
http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2003/
(Early registration: September 25, 2003)
Keynote speakers
Stewart Robinson (Warwick Business School)
"Distributed Simulation and Simulation Practice"
Paul Sharkey (University of Reading)
"Distributed Stiffness"
Panel
Chair: Agostino G. Bruzzone, MISS DIP University of Genoa
"Critical Issues on Distributed Simulation Project Management"
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TECHNICAL PROGRAM
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Wednesday 22nd October 2003
16:00-17:30 Registration and Reception
Day 1 (Thursday 23rd October 2003)
08:45-09:00 Welcome
09:00-10:00 Session 1
Session Chair: Simon. J. E. Taylor (Brunel University)
Keynote speaker: Stewart Robinson (Warwick Business School)
"Distributed Simulation and Simulation Practice"
10:30-12:30 Session 2: HLA and Grid Issues
Session Chair: Simon. J. E. Taylor (Brunel University)
Zajac, K., Bubak, M., Malawski, M. and Sloot, P.
"Towards a Grid Management System for HLA-based Interactive Simulations"
Yuan, Z., Cai, W. and Low, M.Y.H.
"A Framework for Executing Parallel Simulation using RTI"
Wang, L., Turner, S.J. and Wang, F.
"Interest Management in Agent-based Distributed Simulations"
Reynolds, R.A.
"Architectures for the Simulation of the Natural Environment"
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Session 3: Real Time Systems
Session Chair: Wentong Cai (Nanyang Technological University)
Moen, D.M. and Pullen, J.M.
"Enabling Real-Time Distributed Virtual Simulation over the Internet
Using Host-based Overlay Multicast"
Mathuré, M.A., Jonnalagadda, V. and Zalewski, J.
"A Heterogeneous Architecture and Testbed for Simulation of Large-Scale
Real-Time Systems"
Kim, J. and Lee B.
"Adaptive scheduling techniques for multimedia computing in hard
real-time systems"
Ferscha, A. and Keller M.
"Collaborative Real Time Inspection of Hidden Worlds"
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:30 Session 4: Model Composition
Session Chair: Stephen J Turner (Nanyang Technical University)
Hu, Y., Tan, G.S.H. and Moradi, F.
"Automatic SOM Compatibility Check and FOM Development"
Simon, R., Pullen, J.M. and Chang, W.S.
"An Agent Architecture for Network Support of Distributed Simulation
Systems"
Canonico, R., Emma, D. and Ventre, G.
"An XML Description Language for Web-based Network Simulation"
17:15 Close
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Day 2 (Friday 24th October 2003)
09:00-10:30 Session 5: Quality of Service and Multimedia
Session Chair: A Santoro (University of Rome)
Scherpe, C., Wolfinger, B.E. and Salzmann, I.
"Model Based Network Emulation to Study the Behavior and Quality of
Real-Time Application"
Bouras, C. Kapoulas, V. and Primpas, D.
"Performance Evaluation of the Managed Bandwidth Service with QoS
guarantees"
El Saddik, A. and Dufour, A.
"Peer-to-Peer Suitability for Collaborative Multiplayer Games"
11:00-12:30 Session 6: Parallel and Distributed Simulation
Session Chair: Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Kelly IV, C. and Manohar, R.
"An Event-Synchronization Protocol for Parallel Simulation of
Large-Scale
Wireless Networks"
Santoro, A. and Quaglia, F.
"PCI-DMA/CPU Handoff for Increased Effectiveness of Checkpointing
Functionalities in CCL"
Iskra, K. A., van Albada, G. D. and Sloot, P. M. A.
"Time Warp Cancellation Optimisations on High Latency Networks"
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Session 7: Methodology and Web-based Simulation
Session Chair: Mark Pullen (George Mason University)
Anagnostopoulos, D. and Nikolaidou, M.
"Executing a Minimum Number of Replications to Support the Reliability
of
FRTS Predictions"
Biles, W.E. and Kleijnen, J.P.C.
"Statistical Methodology for Web-Based Simulation"
Wang, Y.-H. and Liao, Y.-C.
"Implementation of A Collaborative Web-based Simulation Modeling
Environment"
Igbe, D., Kalantery, N. Ijaha, S. and Winter, S.
"An Open Interface for Parallelization of Traffic Simulation"
16:00-17:30 Session 8: Panel Discussion
"Distributed Simulation Project Management"
Panel Chair: Agostino Bruzzone (University of Genoa)
17:30 Close
19:30 Conference Banquet (TBA)
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Day 3 (Saturday 25th October 2003)
09:00-10:00 Session 9: Keynote Speaker
Session Chair: Azzedine Boukerche (University of North Texas)
Keynote speaker: Paul Sharkey (University of Reading)
"Distributed Stiffness"
10:30-12:30 Session 10: Haptic Audio Visual Collaborative Virtual
Environments and Applications
Session Chair: Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa)
Linebarger, L.M., Janneck, C.D. and Kessler, G.D.
"Shared Simple Virtual Environment: An Object-Oriented Framework for
Highly-Interactive Group Collaboration"
Souayed, R.T., Yu, W. , Gu, Q., Gaiti, D., Pujolle, G. and Marshall, A.
"Haptic Virtual Environment Performance Over IP Networks: A case study"
Laberge, D., Lapointe, J.-F. and Petriu, E.M.
"An Auto-Calibrated Laser-Pointing Interface for Large Screen Displays"
Otto, O and Roberts, D.
"Importance of Communication Influences on a Highly Collaborative Task"
12:30 Closing Remarks
Afternoon: XMSF/CSPIF workshop
Notes: all DS-RT Participants are welcome to attend
the workshop free of charge.
For more information, please contact Dr. Simon. J.E.
Taylor
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IEEE DS-RT 2003 SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS
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General Chair
Stephen J. Turner (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Program Chair
Simon J. E. Taylor (Brunel University, UK)
Local Arrangements/European Simulation Symposium Liaison
Alexander Verbraeck (Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands)
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FORTE 2003
Application of Formal Description Techniques
in Internet and Communication Domains
IFIP TC 6 / WG 6.1
The 23rd IFIP International Conference
on
Formal Techniques for Networked and Distributed Systems
September 29th - October 2nd, 2003
Berlin, Germany
http://www.forte2003.de.vu
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Dear colleague,
enclosed please find the Call for Participation for Forte 2003,September
29th - October 2nd, 2003, Berlin, Germany organized by by BTU Cottbus,
the Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, and Technical
University of Berlin.
You can find more information on how to register at our web site:
http://www.forte2003de.vu (Conference Programme and Registration/Hotels)
Forte 2003 features are:
* Invited Talks by Manfred Broy (Germany), Jonathan Billington
(Australia),Jean-Pierre Courtiat (France)
* a Keynote by Andy Gurd, Telelogic
* 3 Tutorials on SDL Pattern, UML, and Diagnosises in Discrete Event
Systems
* 24 full and 5 work-in-progress papers covering aspects such as
Application of FDTs, Verification and Testing of Protocols and
Distributed Systems, Timed Automata, and Security Protocols
* a Working Session on the practicability of formal description
techniques.
Looking forward meeting you at Forte 2003,
Hartmut Koenig, Monika Heiner, and Adam Wolisz and Ina Schieferdecker.
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koenig(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Fax: +49 355 69 21 27
BTU Cottbus
LS Rechnernetze und Kommunikationssysteme
PF 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany
http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de
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Dear Colleagues,
Sorry if you receive this message more than once. This is an invitation to participate to the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS 2003) to be held at Belfast (North Ireland) from 7th to 10th September 2003. The researchers along with a veriety of experts in the field of network and service Management promise to provide a stimulating and informative meeting. So let's us this conference opportunity to share knowledge, discuss with researchers and with end users representatives, create collaborations, and improve our research activity and strategy to best fit the needs of next generation Internet.
You are invited to visit our web site to look at the proposed high quality technical program, and proceed with registration and accomodation :
http://ee-server.ee.qub.ac.uk/dsp/mmns2003/
Looking forward to welcome you in Belfast.
Ahmed Mehaoua
MMNS 2003 Publicity co-chair
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MMNS 2003
6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services
7th - 10th September 2003, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Multimedia services over IP networks are proliferating at an enormous speed. There is also increasing demand for solutions which provide assured levels of service quality. All of these require novel paradigms, models and architectures for realising integrated end-to-end service management rather than managing network elements in isolation. Providing scalable Quality of Service (QoS) while maintaining fairness, along with secure and optimal network resource management are key challenges for the future Internet. These challenges apply to both fixed and wireless networks.
The IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services will hold its sixth annual meeting from September 7th to September 10th, 2003 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. MMNS provides an intimate setting for discussion and debate. In just 6 years, MMNS has established itself as one of the premier conferences with a focus on the management of multimedia networks and services. The conference objective is to bring together researchers working in all facets of network and service management as applied to broadband networks and multimedia services. MMNS deals with all aspects of designing, developing and deploying networked multimedia systems and it serves as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research and development results.
MMNS 2003 will also include panel sessions in which experts offer their observations and opinions about current hot topics. The keynote speaker will be Professor Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology who will present a vision of future interplanetary network architectures. Professor Derek McAuley, head of Intel's recently formed laboratory at Cambridge, UK, will describe some of the new research being undertaken on global overlay networks and applications.
The program committee is soliciting original papers describing research in the area of management of multimedia networks and services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
a.. Active multimedia network management
b.. Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks
c.. Augmented and Virtual Reality Networks
d.. Billing and Accounting
e.. Cable multimedia network management
f.. Content distribution internetworking
g.. Deployment of multimedia services
h.. Distributed multimedia service management
i.. End-to-end IP multimedia network and service management
j.. IP Video, streaming, interactive video service management
k.. Middleware support for management
l.. Multimedia network traffic engineering and optimization
m.. Multimedia traffic management
n.. Multimedia content protection
o.. Multimedia session management
p.. Multi-point, multicast services management
q.. Network management models and architectures
r.. Network programmability for multimedia services
s.. Optical multimedia network management
t.. Policy-based management for multi-media services
u.. Provisioning of multimedia networks and services
v.. QoS in WLANs
w.. QoS management
x.. Resource, performance and fault management
y.. Security and Authentication
z.. VoIP service management
aa.. Web Services
ab.. Wireless and mobile multimedia network management