Dear all,
two working group have organised an election procedure for a
new chairperson:
WG 6.1 (since the second term of Guy leduc ends at the end of 2004)
WG 6.9 (since Ramon Puigjaner has too many other obligations;
among others he is GA representative from Spain;
Ramon will stay active as Spanish TC6 delegate and he will
contribute furtheron to WG 6.9 activities).
The request for candidates had the following input:
1. Two candidate teams for WG 6.1
(i.e. teams of collaborating candidates which appears to be meaningful
since
WG 6.1 is by far the biggest working group of TC6):
Team 1: Elie Najm and John Derrick.
Team 2: Kurt Geihs and Hartmut Koenig.
2. Two candidates for WG 6.9:
Ana Pont
Villy Baek Iversen.
The outcome of the voting is reasonably clear (see below).
Thus we should appoint Elie Najm and John Derrick
as well as Ana Pont at the occasion of our meeting in Bangkok.
I would also invite the newly elected chairpersons to
attend the meeting; at least Ana Pont will be in Bangkok.
Should you have some objections then please tell me.
Best regards
Otto
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Message from Guy Leduc (WG 6.1 chair):
>Dear WG6.1 colleagues,
>
>I am happy to let you know that 33 WG members
>have voted (= participation of 77%).
>
>The result is:
>
> Elie Najm and John Derrick: 20 votes (= 60.6 %)
> Kurt Geihs and Hartmut Koenig: 13 votes (= 39.4 %)
>
>Therefore Elie will be the new chairman and John
>the new vice-chairman, starting on January 1st,
>2005, for a period of 3 years, renewable once.
>
>Congratulations to them!
>
>On January 1st 2005, I will also step down from all steering committees.
>
>Their new composition will be as follows:
>
>1. Elie Najm will be the IFIP representative in
>the Middleware Steering Committee.
>
>2. New FORTE Steering Committee:
> Gregor v. Bochman, CA (bochmann(a)site.uottawa.ca)
> Tommaso Bolognesi, IT (t.bolognesi(a)isti.cnr.it)
> John Derrick, GB (J.Derrick(a)kent.ac.uk), chair
> Ken Turner, UK (k.j.turner(a)cs.stir.ac.uk)
>
>3. New TESTCOM Steering Committee:
> Ana Cavalli, FR (Ana.Cavalli(a)int-evry.fr)
> John Derrick, GB (J.Derrick(a)kent.ac.uk), chair
> Roland Groz, FR (roland.groz(a)imag.fr)
> Alex Petrenko, CA (petrenko(a)crim.ca)
>
>4. New DAIS Steering Committee:
> Kurt Geihs, DE (geihs(a)ivs.tu-berlin.de)
> Hartmut König, DE (koenig(a)Informatik.TU-Cottbus.DE)
> Elie Najm, FR (Elie.Najm(a)enst.fr), chair
> + New member
>
> Based on the results of the previous election, it would seem
> logical to me to nominate Lea Kutvonen (FI) as new DAIS SC member.
> As a reminder here are the DAIS steering
>committee results (April 2004):
>
> Lea Kutvonen was 4th with: Yes [15] No [3] Abstain [13]
> Krzysztof Zielinski was 5th with: Yes [8] No [3] Abstain [20]
>
>5. New FMOODS Steering Committee:
> John Derrick, GB (J.Derrick(a)kent.ac.uk), chair
> Roberto Gorrieri, IT (gorrieri(a)cs.unibo.it)
> Elie Najm, FR (Elie.Najm(a)enst.fr)
> + new member
>
> Here we had no other candidates in 2004.
> We'll have to call for candidates.
>
------------
Message from Ramon Puigjaner:
Dear friends,
The results of the voting process for a new chairperson of our working
group gave the following result:
Votes for Ana Pont: 8
Votes for Villy Baek Iversen: 2
No answers from: 7
Total 17
Otto Spaniol, the chairman of the TC6 has been informed of this result and
I expect he will appoint Ana Pont as new chairwoman in the next TC6 meeting
that will be held next November 21-22 in Bangkok.
While this appointment is not effective, I will keep you informed.
Best regards
Ramon
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Ramon Puigjaner
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica
07122 PALMA (Spain)
Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003
e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es
=========================================================================
Dear all,
Computer Society of India has nominated Prof. S V Raghavan
as new Indian delegate. See below.
This is very good news.
Of course I have confirmed that (and addad Raghavan to the email exploder).
Best regards
Otto
-------------------
Dear Dr. Spaniol,
We are pleased to nominate Prof. S.V. Raghavan,
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Indian
Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India as the
the Computer Society of India representative to the
IFIP Technical Committee TC-6.
You will soon be receiving a communication in this
regard, also from our Immediate Past President Mr.
Anand K Pathak who will now be the IFIP representative
of Computer society of India in place of Prof.
C.R.Muthukrishnan.
I shall be grateful if you can kindly confirm your
acceptance of this representation at the earliest. I
have marked a copy of this mail to Prof. Raghavan
also.
With kind and warm regards
mlravi
President
Computer Society of India
[Sincere apologies for possible multiple copies of this message]
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Call for Papers
MobiHoc 2005
6th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
May 25-28, 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2005/
Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE
ACM MobiHoc is the premier international meeting dedicated to addressing
challenges emerging from wireless ad hoc networking and computing. Due to
the growing interest in the field this year's symposium will have an
expanded format that will include a highly selective, dual-track technical
program for the first time, as well as hands-on research demonstrations,
keynote, panel, and tutorials.
We invite paper, poster, and demonstration submissions on mobile ad hoc
networks, wireless sensor networks, and ad hoc computing systems, with the
focus being on issues at and above the MAC layer. Areas of interest
include, but are not limited to
· Applications, operating system, and middleware support
· Analysis and design of transport, network and MAC protocols
· Energy-efficient algorithms
· Location discovery and management techniques
· Network scaling and limits
· Measurements and practical experience from
experimental systems and testbeds
· Cross layer design
· Network resilience, fault-tolerance, and reliability
· Security and defense issues
· In-network processing, aggregation, and data dissemination
· Distributed actuation, control, and coordination
· Modeling, performance evaluation and QoS issues
PAPERS: Papers must report new results substantiated by experimentation,
simulation, or analysis. All submissions will be handled electronically
and must be in PDF format. Papers must not exceed 12 pages (US letter
size, 8.5-11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size
must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers will be published in the
symposium proceedings. All submitted papers are judged based on their
quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the
authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must not appear in
the paper or in the PDF file. Submitted papers must not be currently under
review for any other publication. Instructions on paper submission and
formatting are available on the symposium webpage. Please direct any
questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs.
POSTERS: Posters presenting early work and preliminary results are
solicited. The poster session will provide an excellent opportunity for
initial feedback on early research results. Poster descriptions of no more
than 3 pages (US letter size 8.5x11 inches) using font size 10 should be
submitted to the Poster Co-Chairs before April 1, 2005. Please include the
words "Poster Abstract:" to precede the title on the cover page.
A selected subset of the poster abstracts will be published in
ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review.
DEMOS: Technical demonstration of experimental ad hoc networking and
computing systems are solicited. One-page demo descriptions, including a
list of any required supporting equipment, should be sent to the Demo
Chair before March 1, 2005.
TUTORIALS: Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of proposals
will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on
the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested
to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical
sketch, to the Tutorial Co-Chairs before January 15, 2005.
PANELS: Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or
otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not
exceed 2 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists.
Potential panel organizers should contact the General Chair before
December 15, 2004.
IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration: December 13, 2004 (5 PM US EST)
Paper submission: December 20, 2004 (5 PM US EST)
Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2005
Camera-ready version due: April 10, 2005
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
General Chair
-------------
P. R. Kumar
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
prkumar(a)uiuc.edu
Program Co-Chairs
-----------------
Andrew T. Campbell
Columbia University
campbell(a)comet.columbia.edu
Roger Wattenhofer
ETH Zurich
wattenhofer(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch
Steering Committee Chair
------------------------
Nitin Vaidya
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
nhv(a)uiuc.edu
Poster Co-Chairs
----------------
Saswati Sarkar
University of Pennsylvania
swati(a)seas.upenn.edu
Songwu Lu
University of California, Los Angeles
slu(a)cs.ucla.edu
Demo Chair
----------
Scott Graham
Air Force Institute of Technology
scott.graham(a)afit.edu
Tutorial Co-Chairs
------------------
Richard Hyong-Jun La
University of Maryland
hyongla(a)eng.umd.edu
Bhaskar Krishnamachari
University of Southern California
bkrishna(a)usc.edu
Publicity Chairs
----------------
Sunghyun Choi
Seoul National University
schoi(a)snu.ac.kr
Marco Conti
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
marco.conti(a)iit.cnr.it
Robin Kravets
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
rhk(a)cs.uiuc.edu
Finance Co-Chairs
-----------------
Srikanth Krishnamurthy
University of California, Riverside
krish(a)cs.ucr.edu
Raghupathy Sivakumar
Georgia Institute of Technology
siva(a)ece.gatech.edu
Registration Chair
------------------
Prasun Sinha
Ohio State University
sinha.43(a)osu.edu
Web Chair
---------
Junshan Zhang
Arizona State University
junshan.zhang(a)asu.edu
Publication Chair
-----------------
Yongguang Zhang
HRL Labs
ygz(a)hrl.com
Local Arrangements Co-Chairs
----------------------------
Xiang-Yang Li
Illinois Institute of Technology
xli(a)babbage2.cs.iit.edu
Haiyun Luo
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
haiyun(a)cs.uiuc.edu
Wai Gen Yee
Illinois Institute of Technology
yee(a)iit.edu
Dear all,
even if IFIP (and TC6 in particular) is strongly nonpolitical
I would like to give you the following statistics (see annex).
Best regards
Otto
Dear all,
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Best regards
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>(c) Copyright Springer 2004
Call For Papers
and
Call For Technical Session Proposals
The 2005 International Multiconference in
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
(composed of 16 Joint Conferences)
June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA
&
The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing
(composed of 14 Joint Conferences)
June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA
Dear Colleagues:
You are invited to submit a draft paper (see instructions below)
and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop.
All accepted papers will be published in the respective
conference proceedings. The names of technical session/workshop
organizers/chairs will appear on the cover of the
proceedings/books as Associate Editors.
The world's largest gathering of researchers in computer
science, computer engineering and applied computing will be
held in June 2005.
+++ The International Multiconference in Computer Science
and Computer Engineering is a major annual research
event. It assembles a spectrum of affiliated research
conferences into a coordinated research meeting held
in a common place at a common time. See below for the
list of 16 joint conferences that form the 2005
International Multiconference in Computer Science and
Computer Engineering. (Date of event: June 27-30, 2005)
+++ The World Congress in Applied Computing is an annual
research gathering. The main goal of this event is to
provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of
fields that interact. See below for the list of 14
joint conferences that form the 2005 World Congress in
Applied Computing. (Date of event: June 20-23, 2005)
The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates
communication among researchers in different fields of
computer science, computer engineering and applied computing.
Both inward research (core areas of computer science and
engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary,
Inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during
the conferences.
The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science
and Computer Engineering is composed of the following
16 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same
location and dates: June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA):
1. The 2005 International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications
(PDPTA'05)
2. The 2005 International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (ICAI)
3. The 2005 International Conference on Software
Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'05)
4. The 2005 International Conference on Internet
Computing (ICOMP'05)
5. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Design
(CDES'05)
6. The 2005 International Conference on Wireless
Networks (ICWN'05)
7. The 2005 International Conference on Modeling,
Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'05)
8. The 2005 International Conference on Foundations
of Computer Science (FCS'05)
9. The 2005 International Conference on Imaging Science,
Systems, and Technology: Computer Graphics (CISST'05)
10. The 2005 International Symposium on Web Services and
Applications (ISWS'05)
11. The 2005 International Conference on Pervasive
Computing and Communications (PCC'05)
12. The 2005 International Conference on Machine Learning;
Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'05)
13. The 2005 International Conference on Communications
in Computing (CIC'05)
14. The 2005 International Conference on Engineering of
Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'05)
15. The 2005 International Conference on Programming
Languages and Compilers (PLC'05)
16. The 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems
and Applications (ESA'05)
The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing is composed
of the following 14 conferences (all will be held
simultaneously, same location and dates June 20-23, 2005,
Las Vegas, USA):
1. The 2005 International Conference on Grid Computing
and Applications (GCA'05)
2. The 2005 International Conference on e-Business,
Enterprise Information Systems, e-Government, and
Outsourcing (EEE'05)
3. The 2005 International Conference on Biometric
Authentication (BIOAU'05)
4. The 2005 International Conference on Computers for
People with Special Needs (CPSN'05)
5. The 2005 International Conference on Data Mining
(DMIN'05)
6. The 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI'05)
7. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Vision
(VISION'05)
8. The 2005 International Conference on Scientific
Computing (CSC'05)
9. The 2005 International Conference on Information and
Knowledge Engineering (IKE'05)
10. The 2005 International Conference on Security and
Management (SAM'05)
11. The 2005 International Conference on Mathematics and
Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological
Sciences (METMBS'05)
12. The 2005 International Conference on Algorithmic
Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'05)
13. The 2005 International Conference on Data Fusion -
From Multi-Source Data to Information (FUS'05)
14. The 2005 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
(FECS'05)
(a link to each conference's URL can be found at
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org - currently
under construction.)
GENERAL CHAIR AND COORDINATOR:
H. R. Arabnia, PhD
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Graduate Studies Research Center
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
E-mail: hra(a)cs.uga.edu
PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
Each technical session will have at least 6 paper
presentations (from different authors). The session
chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their
sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing,
selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear
as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and
on the cover of the books.
Proposals to organize technical sessions should include
the following information: name and address (+ E-mail)
of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of
the topic of the session, the name of the conference the
session is submitted for consideration, and a short
description on how the session will be advertised (in
most cases, session proposers solicit papers from
colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the
session proposer). Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia
(address is given above); E-mail submissions are preferred.
We would like to receive the proposals by November 30,
2004.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Please regard this as General Guidelines.
Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft
paper (about 5 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12)
to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 16, 2005. E-mail submissions in
MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal
submissions are also acceptable.)
The chair may be forwarding the papers to respective
conference chairs/committees/Task Forces.
The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will
be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have
been previously published or currently submitted for
publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper
should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation,
postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, &
Fax number for each author. The first page should also
include the name of the author who will be presenting
the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords.
Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being
submitted to must be mentioned on the first page.
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance,
clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by
two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready
papers will be reviewed by one person.
MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:
The Program Committee includes members of chapters
of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing;
scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging
science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies;
communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.)
The Program Committee for individual conferences is
currently being formed. Those interested in joining
the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia
(hra(a)cs.uga.edu) the following information:
Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address,
email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography
together with research interests and the name of the
conference offering to help with.
LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:
The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort
hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other
near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel
with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms.
The hotel is minutes from the airport with 24-hour
shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has
many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls,
spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River
water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis
courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool,
sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly
shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area,
bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a
day & most are suitable for families & children. The
negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very
reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from
most other attractions (major shopping areas, recreational
destinations, fine dining & night clubs, free street
shows, ...).
IMPORTANT DATES:
Nov. 30, 2004: Proposals for technical sessions
Feb. 16, 2005: Submission of papers (about 5 pages)
March 21, 2005: Notification of acceptance
April 20, 2005: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due
June 20-23, 2005: The 2005 World Congress in Applied
Computing (WCAC'05) - 14 Joint
Conferences.
June 27-30, 2005: The 2005 International MultiConference
in Computer Science and Computer
Engineering (IMCSCE'05) - 16 Joint
Conferences.
TOPICAL SCOPE FOR EACH CONFERENCE:
To receive the complete list of topics for each of the
30 conferences, send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu or
wait for the conferences' URL's to be constructed.
Due to numerous requests, the submission due date to the IFIP Networking
Conference has been extended until November 15th 2004
IFIP NETWORKING 2005 -- CALL FOR PAPERS
University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario Canada May 2 - 6, 2005
Due date for submissions (Extended): November 15, 2004
Networking 2005 is the fourth event in the series of International
Conferences on Networking, organized by the IFIP Technical Committee on
Communication Systems (TC 6). Previous events were held in Paris
(France) in 2000, Pisa (Italy) in 2002, and Athens (Greece) in 2004.
Based on the success of this biannual event, IFIP TC 6 decided to hold
the Networking conference every year starting in 2005. Networking 2005
will take place between May 2 and 6, at the University of Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada. The conference is organized by the University of
Waterloo and sponsored by the IFIP working groups on Network and
Internetwork Architectures (WG 6.2), Performance of Communication
Systems (WG6.3), Wireless Communications (WG6.8), and Photonic
Networking (WG 6.10).
Networking 2005 will be structured along three tracks:
Networking Technologies, Services and Protocols
Performance of Computer and Communication Networks
Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems
For more information on topics of interest and submission guidelines,
Please visit the conference Web page at:
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/Networking2005/index.html
Due to numerous requests, the submission due date to the IFIP Networking
Conference has been extended until November 15th 2004
IFIP NETWORKING 2005 -- CALL FOR PAPERS
University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario Canada May 2 - 6, 2005
Due date for submissions (Extended): November 15, 2004
Networking 2005 is the fourth event in the series of International
Conferences on Networking, organized by the IFIP Technical Committee on
Communication Systems (TC 6). Previous events were held in Paris
(France) in 2000, Pisa (Italy) in 2002, and Athens (Greece) in 2004.
Based on the success of this biannual event, IFIP TC 6 decided to hold
the Networking conference every year starting in 2005. Networking 2005
will take place between May 2 and 6, at the University of Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada. The conference is organized by the University of
Waterloo and sponsored by the IFIP working groups on Network and
Internetwork Architectures (WG 6.2), Performance of Communication
Systems (WG6.3), Wireless Communications (WG6.8), and Photonic
Networking (WG 6.10).
Networking 2005 will be structured along three tracks:
Networking Technologies, Services and Protocols
Performance of Computer and Communication Networks
Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems
For more information on topics of interest and submission guidelines,
Please visit the conference Web page at:
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/Networking2005/index.html
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IEEE International Conference on
Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
June 30 - July 1, 2005
Marina del Rey, California, USA
=========================================
WWW.DCOSS.ORG
The 2005 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
(DCOSS '05) will take place in Marina del Rey during June 30 - July 1, 2005.
DCOSS is motivated by the successful ALGOSENSORS '04 (Algorithmic aspects of
wireless sensor networks) workshop, which was co-located with ICALP and LICS
in Finland on 16 July, 2004. While the scope of ALGOSENSORS was focused on
algorithms for wireless sensor networks, DCOSS '05 is intended to cover
several aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as
high level abstractions, computational models, systematic design
methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. The conference will
provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their
contributions related to the above high-level aspects of distributed sensor
systems. In addition to contributed papers, the meeting will also include
keynote addresses by leading researchers, a panel discussion, and a
poster/presentation session.
Located in Marina del Rey, a beach side community that is the home of the
world's largest man-made harbor, the meeting venue can be easily reached
from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Most of the world famous
attractions of the greater Los Angeles area - including the Santa Monica
mountains, the Getty Center, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Disneyland, and
Universal Studios can be easily reached from the Marina.
SPONSORED BY
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP)
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP)
Held in co-operation with
ACM SIGARCH
ACM SIGBED
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS)
IFIP WG 10.3
MEETING INFORMATION
The advance program will be available in April 2005.
Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 10, 2005 Conference Submission Due
March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Paper Due
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==============================
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
==============================
CALL FOR PAPERS
Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due
to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. Such systems
allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, which makes
them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. While much
ongoing research has addressed networking, communication and low-level
self-configuration issues in such systems, there are also significant
challenges pertaining to systematic design, algorithm development and
analysis, and abstract modeling in order to achieve efficient and robust
realizations of large-scale distributed sensor systems. The large number
of sensor devices involved, severe power, computational and memory
limitations, resource heterogeneity, dense deployment and frequent
failures pose novel challenges to design, algorithms, analysis and
implementation.
The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues in
large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, applications,
and systematic design techniques and tools), but networking-related
contributions that support high level abstractions are also welcome.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Computation and programming models
- Energy models, minimization, awareness
- Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing
- Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness,
scalability, fault-tolerance
- Abstractions for modular design
- Languages, operating systems
- Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration
- Dynamic resource management
- Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level)
- Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives
- Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment
and operation
- Design automation and application synthesis techniques
- Case studies: lessons from real world deployments
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that
demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed
sensor systems. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 14 single-spaced
pages using 12-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages, including figures
and tables. References may be included in addition to the 14 pages.
Authors need to make sure that the electronically submitted files are
formatted for 8.5x11 inch paper. Submissions will be judged on correctness,
originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and
interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers
may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference
or a journal.
Submission procedures are available via Web access at http://www.dcoss.org/
All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by
January 10, 2005, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time.
Notification of review decisions will be mailed by March 15, 2005.
Camera-ready papers will be due April 15, 2005.
DCOSS '05 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference.
PROGRAM CHAIR
Viktor K. Prasanna
University of Southern California
USA
PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS
Algorithms:
Paul Spirakis, CTI and University of Patras, Greece
Applications:
Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA
Systems:
Matt Welsh, Harvard University, USA
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Virginia, USA
Micah Adler, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA
James Aspnes, Yale University, USA
N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Richard Brooks, Clemson University, USA
John Byers, Boston University, USA
Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke University, USA
David Culler, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Kevin A. Delin, NASA/JPL, USA
Josep Diaz, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Jeremy Elson, Microsoft Research, USA
Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Deepak Ganesan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, USA
Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA
Ashish Goel, Stanford University, USA
Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA
Jennifer Hou, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA
R. Kannan, Louisiana State University, USA
Elias Koutsoupias, University of Athens, Greece
Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada
P. R. Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA
Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University, USA
Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University, USA
Badri Nath, Rutgers University, USA
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
S. Phoha, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Cristina Pinotti, University of Trento, Italy
Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA
S. V. N. Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA
Satish Rao, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Jim Reich, Palo Alto Research Center, USA
Shivakumar Sastry, University of Akron, USA
Christian Scheideler, Johns Hopkins University, USA
John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA
Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University, USA
Bhavani Thuraisingham, National Science Foundation, USA
Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Jay Warrior, Agilent Labs, USA
Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research, USA
POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION
The conference will also include a special plenary session with
select presentations and posters from industry and academia.
The focus of this session will be on practical applications of
sensor systems and experience with real deployments. This will
include a short overview talk, followed by audience interactions
with the speakers in a "walk-up-and-talk" setting. Participation
in this session is primarily by invitation, but interested
parties are encouraged to contact the poster/presentation
chair.
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DCOSS '05 ORGANIZATION
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GENERAL CHAIR
Jose Rolim
University of Geneva
Switzerland
VICE GENERAL CHAIR
Sotiris Nikoletseas
University of Patras and CTI
Greece
PROGRAM CHAIR
Viktor K. Prasanna
University of Southern California
USA
POSTER/PRESENTATION CHAIR
Bhaskar Krishnamachari
University of Southern California
USA
PROCEEDINGS CHAIR
Pierre Leone
EIG Switzerland
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS CHAIR
Loren Schwiebert
Wayne State University
USA
PUBLICITY CHAIR
Wendi Heinzelman
University of Rochester
USA
PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Erdal Cayirci
Yeditepe University and Istanbul Technical University
Turkey
Sanjay Jha
University of New South Wales
Australia
FINANCE CHAIR
Germaine Gusthiot
University of Geneva
Switzerland
STEERING COMMITTEE
Josep Diaz, UPC Barcelona, Spain
Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA
Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece
Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA
Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland (CHAIR)
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Wendi B. Heinzelman
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Rochester
P.O. Box 270126, Hopeman Building, Room 307
Rochester, NY 14627-0126
Phone: 585-275-4053
Fax: 585-273-4919
http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~wheinzel
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