Dear Otto,
As another year draws to a close, I have pleasure in recollecting how much we have appreciated working with you over the past years. Now I can still vividly recall the impressive scenes all the TC6 members spent together, especially the TC6 meeting hold in Beijing in 2000.
As you know, I am working for 40 hours a week in Tsinghua Dascom company and write 1-2 books for Tsinghua University Press each year, which means a severe strain on a 70 years old person's intellectuall & physical resources, So I decide to retire totally.
Now I take great pleasure in introducing to you Mr.Lin, professor of Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, who is well on his way to establishing an equally high reputation, I think he is the right person to take over my responsibility in IFIP-TC6. Attached is his resume. IFIP CHINA will write formal recommendation letter to IFIP Committee.
With the coming new year, I would like to wish you & all the TC6 members a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Best regards,
Hu Daoyuan
** Apologies for multiple copies of this message **
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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PERFORMANCE 2005
The 24th IFIP WG 7.3 International Symposium on Computer
Performance Modeling, Measurement and Evaluation
October 3-7, 2005
Juan-les-Pins, France
http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/
Sponsored by IFIP WG 7.3, the Computer Performance Foundation
and INRIA
The PERFORMANCE 2005 conference solicits papers on the
development and application of state-of-the-art analytic,
simulation, and measurement-based performance evaluation
techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:
* Performance-oriented design and evaluation of:
communication networks, mobile and wireless systems,
Internet servers and E-commerce systems, Web services,
Web architectures, peer-to-peer systems, grid computing,
computer architectures, database systems, operating
systems, software systems, distributed systems,
multimedia systems, file and I/O systems, memory
systems, real-time systems, and fault-tolerant systems.
* Techniques and algorithms: analytic modeling, performance
optimization, queueing analysis, stochastic scheduling,
model verification and validation, power analysis, hybrid
models, experimental design, system or network measurement
and monitoring, workload characterization, simulation,
and statistical analysis.
** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES **
PAPERS: Papers should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages
including figures, tables and references. A limited number
of submitted papers will be accepted for a poster session.
Submissions must be made electronically as Postscript or
Adobe PDF files through the Conference Web site
(http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/).
In case of problems, please send papers by email to
papers.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr
Papers will be selected on the basis of their originality,
technical standards, relevance and clarity.
Full papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal
Performance Evaluation (Elsevier) available at the conference.
TUTORIAL SESSIONS: Tutorial proposals, not exceeding 3 pages,
have to include title, abstract, duration (1H30 or 3H),
intended audience, assumed background of attendees, name,
affiliation and a biographical sketch of the instructors.
Proposals should be sent to the tutorials co-chairs
(tutorials.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr).
HOT/CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC SESSIONS: Proposals are solicited for
a hot topic session, in which a group of speakers will present
and discuss their recent results in an area. Send proposals to
the program co-chairs, identifying the organizer of the session,
the session title, three to five speakers, the titles of their
talks, and a short abstract of each talk.
** IMPORTANT DATES **
FEBRUARY 22, 2005 Title, abstract and author affiliation due.
MARCH 1, 2005 Submission of papers, hot topic proposals
and tutorial proposals.
JUNE 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance.
JULY 1, 2005 Camera ready copy due.
For Further Information:
info.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr
http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/
** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE **
GENERAL CHAIR:
Philippe Nain, INRIA, France
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS:
Cheng-Shang Chang, National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan
Daniel A. Menasce, George Mason U., USA
TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS:
Eitan Altman, INRIA, France
Zhen Liu, IBM T. J.Watson Reseach Center, USA
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS:
Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA, France
Ephie Deriche, INRIA, France
FINANCE CHAIR: Dany Sergeant, INRIA, France
PUBLICITY CHAIR: Sara Alouf, INRIA, France
PROCEEDINGS CHAIR:
Rudesindo Núñez Queija, CWI, The Netherlands
** PROGRAM COMMITTEE **
Almeida, Virgilio UFMG, Brazil
Baccelli, Francois ENS, France
Bonald, Thomas France Telecom, France
Borst, Sem CWI, the Netherlands
Calzarossa, Mariacarla U. Pavia, Italy
de Souza e Silva, Edmundo UFRJ, Brazil
Duffield, Nick AT&T Research, USA
Eager, Derek U. Saskatchewan, Canada
Gelenbe, Erol Imperial College, UK
Golubchik, Leana USC, USA
Harchol-Balter, Mor Carnegie Mellon U., USA
Haring, Guenter U. Wien, Austria
Harrison, Pete Imperial College, UK
Haverkort, Boudewijn U. Twente, the Netherlands
Herzog, Ulrich Friedrich Alexander U., Germany
Hou, Jennifer U. Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA
Hsu, Yarsun National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan
Iazeolla, Giuseppe U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
Jean-Marie, Alain U. Montpellier & INRIA, France
Kumar, Anurag IISc, India
Kurose, Jim U. Massachusetts, USA
Le Boudec, Jean-Yves EPFL, Switzerland
Lee, Duan-Shin National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan
Liebeherr, Jorg U. Virginia, USA
Lindemann, Christoph U. Dortmund, Germany
Lui, John Chinese U. of Hong Kong, China
Marsan, Marco A. Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Mazumdar, Ravi U. Waterloo, Canada
Merchant, Arif HP Labs, USA
Misra, Vishal Columbia U., USA
Mitra, Debasis Bell Laboratories, USA
Muntz, Richard R. UCLA, USA
Nicol, David U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Perros, Harry North Carolina State U., USA
Sanders, William U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Serazzi, Giuseppe Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Setia, Sanjeev George Mason University, USA
Smirni, Evgenia College of William and Mary, USA
Squillante, Mark IBM Research, USA
Stewart, William North Carolina State U., USA
Thomasian, Alexander NJIT, USA
Trivedi, Kishor Duke U., USA
Tucci, Salvatore U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
Vernon, Mary U. Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Verscheure, Olivier IBM Research, USA
Williamson, Carey U. Calgary, Canada
Woodside, C. Murray Carleton U., Canada
Xia, Cathy IBM Research, USA
Yao, David Columbia U., USA
Zhang, Zhi-Li U. Minnesota, USA
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Sara Alouf
Publicity Chair
Call for Papers
Second IFIP International Conference on
Wireless and Optical Communications Networks
WOCN 2005
http://WWW.WOCN2005.org
March 6 - 8, 2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE
Paper Submission Deadline: December 31, 2004
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE
Publication on IEEE XploreTM and selected journals
Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE ComSoc, IFIP, IFIPTC6
And American University in Dubai
Call for Papers for:
The Second IEEE Workshop On Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-II)
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~emnet/
May 30th-31st 2005, Sydney, Australia
The Second IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNetS-II) will
bring together researchers working in the broad area of embedded,
networked sensors. The goal of the workshop is to promote community-wide
discussion of ideas that will influence and foster continued research in
the field. The workshop will provide a venue for researchers to present
new ideas that have the potential to significantly impact the community in
the long term, especially those exploring how practical considerations or
novel application scenarios and requirements shape the design of these
embedded and sensor networks.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Validation or new architectural approaches for sensor networks
* Tradeoffs between application specific, and modular approaches based
on prototyping and implementation
* Software and architectures for sensor network programmability
* Approaches to ease deployment and improve manageability of embedded
and sensor networks
* Experimental and measurement tools for sensor networks
* Reliability and fault-tolerance, debugging and troubleshooting for
sensor networks
* Novel applications for embedded and sensor networks
* Sensor network security, vulnerabilities and defenses
* Algorithms, protocols and systems for communication, coordination,
data dissemination and storage, sensor tasking and control/actuation
* Operational experiences from deployed sensor networks and prototypes
* EmNetS-II solicits papers (8 pages or less) about new work in these areas.
Papers will be selected based on their originality, technical merit and
topical relevance. Extended abstract of 2 pages that highlights recent
and on-going research work of 2 pages may be submitted for poster
session. The poster session can offer an excellent opportunity for
feedback from conferences attendees. Areas of interest are the same as
listed in the call for papers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions due:
Feb 15th, 2005
Notification of acceptance:
Mar 30th, 2005
Camera-ready copy due:
April 21st, 2005
Workshop:
May 30th-31st, 2005
ORGANIZERS
General chair:
Sanjay Jha, U. New South Wales and NICTA
TPC co-chairs:
John Heidemann, USC/ISI
Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Intel Research
Poster Session Chair:
Dr Deepak Ganesan, UMASS
TPC committee:
Anish Arora, Ohio State University
Philippe Bonnet, (DIKU)
Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University
Wei Hong, Intel Corporation
Koen Langendoen, Technical University of Delft
Adrian Perrig,Carnegie Mellon University
Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan
Rajeev Shorey, IBM Corporation
Pavan Sikka, CSIRO
Mani Srivastava, UCLA
Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University
Jay Warrior, Agilent
SPONSORS
UNSW/IEEE Computer Society (pending)
SUPPORTERS
Intel
CSIRO
Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor
Networks and Information Processing (ARC)
Dear potential Speaker:
On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a cordial invitation for you to attend one or both of the upcoming IPSI BgD multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary conferences.
The first one will be in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro:
IPSI-2005 BELGRADE
University of Belgrade (arrival: 2 June 05 / departure: 5 June 05)
Deadlines: 1 March 05 (abstract) & 15 April 05 (full paper)
The second one will be in Massachusetts, USA :
IPSI-2005 USA
Hotel@MIT, Cambridge (arrival: 7 July 05 / departure: 10 July 05)
Deadlines: 20 February 05 (abstract) / 20 March 05 (full paper)
All IPSI BgD conferences are non-profit. They bring together the elite of the world of science; so far, we have had seven Nobel Laureates speaking at the opening ceremonies. The conferences always take place in some of the most attractive places of the world. All those who come to IPSI conferences once, always love to come back (because of the unique professional quality and the extremely creative atmosphere); lists of past participants are on the web, as well as details of future conferences.
These conferences are in line with the newest recommendations of the US National Science Foundation and of the EU research sponsoring agencies, to stress multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research (M.I.T. research). The speakers and activities at the conferences truly support this type of scientific interaction.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Internet
* Computer Science and Engineering
* Mobile Communications/Computing for Science and Business
* Management and Business Administration
* Education
* e-Medicine
* e-Oriented Bio Engineering/Science and Molecular Engineering/Science
* Environmental Protection
* e-Economy
* e-Law
* Technology Based Art and Art to Inspire Technology Developments
* Internet Psychology
If you would like more information on either conference, please reply to this e-mail message.
If you plan to submit an abstract and paper, please let us know immediately for planning purposes.
Sincerely Yours,
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******** ConWiN 2005 ********
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**** First International Workshop on ****
** Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks **
* *
* July 10, 2005 in Budapest, Hungary *
* in Conjunction with WICON 2005 *
* *
* http://www.ConWin.org *
* *
* CALL FOR PAPERS *
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Scope of ConWiN 2005:
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The advances in the wireless communication technologies have enabled
the realization of wide range of heterogeneous wireless networks from
wireless local area networks (WLANs), several generations (2G/3G) of
wireless cellular networks to mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) and
wireless sensor networks (WSN). This technological evolution is
further inspiring researchers to envision the next generation wireless
networking architectures and even the space Internet.
Next Generation Wireless Internet (NGWI) will be the convergence of
these heterogeneous wireless networks and the next generation Internet
to provide mobile users with a wide range of high resource demanding
services such as high speed reliable data and real-time multimedia
delivery. While the unique characteristics of each of these wireless
networks pose diverse set of challenges, their integration severely
expands the set of open research problems for seamless, efficient, and
reliable communication. Therefore, there exists an urgent need for a
significant research effort to focus on solving these new challenges
posed by the integration and the convergence of these wireless
heterogeneous networks.
The objective of ConWiN 2005 is to provide a research platform where
researchers bring their contributions to light by presenting their
technical papers on the issues regarding the integration and the
convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks. Papers solicited in
ConWiN 2005 spans a wide range of areas of interest including but
not limited to:
- Physical layer issues for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless
communication technologies
- Novel and adaptive communication protocols at all layers, i.e.,
MAC layer problems, routing, reliable and multimedia transport, for
integration of diverse wireless systems such as WLANs, 3G, and WSNs
- Novel and practical communication architectures for the convergence
of heterogeneous wireless networks
- Efficient mobility/handoff management protocols for seamless roaming
within the converged communication architecture
- Killer applications/services for the convergence towards the NGWI
- Security, authentication, and billing solutions for the converged
architecture
Important Dates:
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Submission deadline : February 25, 2005
Notification of acceptance : May 1, 2005
Camera-ready version : May 15, 2005
Workshop Date : July 10, 2005
Submission Details:
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The workshop will only accept for review original papers that have not
been previously published and are not currently under review by
another conference or journal.
All paper submissions should be done through the WICON conference
website. Paper formats must conform with regular conference format.
For further details, please see WICON website at http://www.wicon.org
Papers of particular merit will also be published in Computer Networks
Journal (Elsevier).
Organization Committee :
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Workshop Chair:
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Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY
TPC Co-Chairs:
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Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA
Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA
Publicity Chair:
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Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
For more information about the workshop, see http://www.conwin.org/.
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Call for Papers
11th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
(ACM MobiCom 2005)
August 28 - September 2, 2005
Cologne, Germany
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/
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ACM MobiCom 2005 is the eleventh in a series of annual conferences
sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the challenges in
the areas of mobile computing and networking. This highly selective,
single-track conference serves as the premier international forum
addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that
support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks.
Papers
Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research
related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and networking
with respect to topics above the physical layer. All submissions must
describe original results that are not published nor currently under
review by another conference or journal. Areas of interest include,
but are not limited to:
* Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with
mobility, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity
* Applications and services for mobile users
* Distributed systems aspects of mobile computing
* Mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks
* Performance of mobile and wireless networks and systems
* Wireless multimedia systems
* Algorithms and protocols for power management and control
* Implementations and experimental mobile systems
* Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks
* Modeling and simulation aspects of mobile networks
* Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and
networking
* Security, privacy, and fault-tolerance of mobile/wireless systems
* Service creation and management environments for mobile/wireless
systems
* Database and data management issues in mobile computing
The program committee will referee all papers. Accepted papers will be
published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit
will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks
(WINET) journal.
Challenges Papers
The conference strongly encourages the submission of short papers that
challenge the research community with revolutionary new approaches,
technologies, or applications in the field of mobile computing and
wireless networking. These "challenge papers" should provide
stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues of
far-reaching future research. Descriptions of new products or simple
evolution of existing work are not appropriate. Challenges Papers will
be reviewed and should be submitted using the same submission
procedure as full papers. The title of such papers must start with the
word "Challenges," i.e., "Challenges: `rest of the title'."
Submission Instructions
Papers must be no longer than 15 pages (5 pages for Challenges
Papers), font size not smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly
on U.S. "letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches) with reasonable
margins. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors
should prepare a PDF or PostScript version. Detailed instructions for
the paper submission procedure and format will be available on the
conference web pages. The deadline for registering the title and the
abstract of the paper with our electronic submission system is
February 22, 2005, and the deadline for submitting the actual paper is
March 1, 2005. All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST. All submitted papers
will be judged based on their quality through a double-blind review
process, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the
reviewers. Authors should not be identifiable by any means from the
paper or from the PDF or the Postscript file. Guidelines for preparing
the paper for blind reviewing, as well as electronic paper submission
instructions, will be available on the conference web pages.
Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be currently under
review for any other publication. Please direct any questions
regarding paper submission to the Program Co-Chairs, Elizabeth
Belding-Royer and Songwu Lu at mobicom_pcchairs @ acm.org.
Tutorials
Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of tutorial
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 Chair Luca
Salgarelli (luca.salgarelli at ing.unibs.it). The deadline for
tutorial proposals is March 8, 2005.
Panels
Panel proposals are solicited that examine innovative, controversial,
or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should
not exceed 3 pages, including biographical sketches of the
panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the Panel
Co-Chairs, Mario Gerla (gerla at cs.ucla.edu) and Jean-Pierre Hubaux
(jean- pierre.hubaux at epfl.ch). The deadline for panel proposals is
March 25, 2005.
Research Demonstrations and Exhibits
Proposals for research demos are strongly solicited. They should
include a 3-page description of the demo and equipment to be
used. Send proposals to the Research Demo Chair Dirk Westhoff
(dirk.westhoff at netlab.nec.de) by June 13, 2005. We are also
planning an Expo featuring exhibits of the latest mobile computing
products and services.
Student Poster Session
Student posters are solicited that present recent and on-going
research by students on mobile computing and mobile wireless
networking. The poster submissions should include a 2-page description
of the student's research. See above for paper formatting
requirements. Accepted posters will be put on the conference web page;
however, they will not be printed in the conference
proceedings. Please send submissions to the Student Poster Chair
Haiyun Luo (haiyun at cs.uiuc.edu). The deadline is June 20, 2005.
Best Student Paper Award
Papers with a student as a primary author will be considered for the
Best Student Paper Award, with a cash award of 1000 US$. Students must
indicate with their submission that they would like to be considered
for this award. The student author of the awarded paper is expected to
present the paper at the conference.
Important Dates
All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST. These are *firm* deadlines.
Paper registration deadline: February 22, 2005
Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2005
Tutorial proposals due: March 8, 2005
Panel proposals due: March 25, 2005
Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2005
Camera-ready versions due: June 24, 2005
Demo proposals due: June 13, 2005
Student poster submissions due: June 20, 2005
For More Information
For questions about the paper submission and review process, please
contact the Program Co-Chairs at mobicom_pcchairs @ acm.org. For other
questions or comments about the conference or for more information,
please send email to mobicom_chairs @ acm.org.
Organizing Committee
General Co-Chairs
Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Christoph Lindemann, University of Dortmund, Germany
Program Co-Chairs
Elizabeth Belding-Royer, UC, Santa Barbara, USA
Songwu Lu, UCLA, USA
Industrial Liaison Co-Chairs
Volker Gruhn, University of Leipzig, Germany
Venkat Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research, USA
Finance Chair
Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Registration Chair
Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA
Publicity Co-Chairs
Christian Bettstetter, NTT DoCoMo, Germany
Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA
Workshop Co-Chairs
Suman Banerjee, University of Wisconsin, USA
Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Tutorial Chair
Luca Salgarelli, University of Brescia, Italy
Panels Co-Chairs
Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL, Switzerland
Research Demos Chair
Dirk Westhoff, NEC Research Europe, Germany
Student Poster Session Chair
Haiyun Luo, U. of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA
Local Arrangement Chair
Oliver Waldhorst, University of Dortmund, Germany
Web Chair
Lars Littig, University of Dortmund, Germany
Steering Committee Chair
Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium,
University of Trento, Italy
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
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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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2nd Annual Neurodegenerative Disorders 2005
16th - 17th February
Marriott Kensington, London
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**** CONFERENCE BROCHURE AVAILABLE NOW - REQUEST YOURS TODAY ****
2nd Annual Neurodegenerative Disorders 2005 will explore the current unmet
needs and highlight opportunities in the market by pinpointing potential
therapeutic targets. In this conference, pioneering experts will share their
concepts and current findings in novel therapeutic targets and treatments,
to expose new pathways into drug developments. In addition, experts from
pharmaceutical organization will demonstrate methods to maximize your R&D
profit by strategic marketing and building cooperative platform to
accelerate drug launches.
THEMES WILL INCLUDE:
**Profit from emerging trends in ND therapeutics
**New approaches to improve clinical development for your organization
**Learn from the best practice case studies such as: Aventis, Wyeth, Eli
Lilly and Roche
**Examine areas shaping the future of ND therapies: disease modification,
proteomic, phamacogenetics and stem cell therapies
**Pinpoint where opportunities lie: explore alliances and collaborations
**Advancements in medical technologies
**Streamline product launches by integrating business strategies in R&D
KEY SPEAKERS
**Dr. Steve Offord, Head, New Products CNS/Thrombosis, Global Marketing &
Medical, Aventis
**Dr. Menelas Pangalos, Vice President, Neuroscience Research, Wyeth
**Dr. Christian Czech, Senior Research Scientist, CNS Research,
Pharmaceutical Division, Roche
**Dr. Michel Dib, Medical Director for CNS Department, Aventis
**Dr. Michael O'Neill, Team & Project Leader, Discovery Neuroscience, Eli
Lilly
**Dr. Brian Dickie, Director, Research, Motor Neuron Disease Association
**Dr. David Burn, Consultant Neurologist & Reader in Movement Disorder
Neurology, Newcastle General Hospital
**Dr. Ana Martinez, Director, R&D, Neuropharma
**Dr. Jette Bisgaard Boll, Department of Molecular Disease Biology, Lundbeck
**Dr. Karoly Nikolich, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, AGY Therapeutics
**Dr. Johan Häggblad, Head, Business Development, NeuroNova
**Dr. Grant Krafft, Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, Acumen
Pharmaceuticals
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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**Director, CNS Clinical Discovery & Human Pharmacology
**Director, R&D
**Project Leader, Neurology Project Management Group
**Vice President, Drug Development
**Chief Scientific Officer
**Chief Operating Officer
**Clinical Pharmacologist
**Managing Director
**General Counsel
**Medical Director, Internal Medicines
**Medical Manager
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PRE-CONFERENCE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Tuesday 15th February 2005
Strategies for Pricing and Market Access of New Neurodegenerative Drugs
Led by: Ulf Munack, Director, Simon-Kucher & Partners
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Workshop schedule
This workshop will give you the opportunity to engage in knowledge-sharing
with fellow professionals, which can result in
brainstorming and creating ideas which you can use back in your own
organisation. You can gain a greater understanding of the
pricing of neurodegenerative disorder drugs, have detailed discussions about
market access and new ventures.
It is of most use to those who are willing and prepared to engage in
meaningful discussions and network with others.
This 'facilitated open-space' provides you with ideas and time to explore
possible new tideas and benchmark them against other approaches.
Main topics of discussion:
. P&R environment for NDs products in 2005
. Critical success factors for market access in neurodegenerative disorder
. Examples of recent learning from new ND drug launches
. What it means for R&D
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Day One Wednesday 16th February 2005
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Conference Chair Day One
Dr. Michel Dib
Medical Director, CNS
Aventis
09:00 Registration and coffee
09:30 Opening remarks from the chair
GLOBAL MARKET TRENDS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
09:40 Focusing on Clinical NDs Drug Development
. What are the methodological issues in NDs clinical R&D?
- Human models, proof of concept & time of intervention
. Biomarkers in ND: from the diagnosis to the therapy
- What we can do? Methods to effectively utilise biomarkers
. What is the development plan for a new drug in the NDs?
. Can we speak about one neurodegenerative process in all
these diseases?
- Lessons from the past, consequences for the future
Dr. Michel Dib
Medical Director, CNS
Aventis
10:20 CASE STUDY: Glutamate Mechanisms - Promising
Therapeutic Target?
. Glutamate receptor subtypes: Review of biology &
pharmacology - What have we learnt so far?
. How to use glutamate pathways to search for effective
neuroprotection?
. Examine efficaious results of in vitro neuroprotective studies
. How to modulate glutamate to develop novel therapies?
. Explore NMDA, AMPA and mGlu receptors: Examples of in
vivo neuroprotection
. Evaluate current clinical data of neuroprotective properties
Dr. Michael O'Neill
Team & Project Leader, Discovery Neuroscience
Eli Lilly
11:00 Coffee
11:20 CASE STUDY: Novel Insights & Therapeutic Opportunities
. Human CNS disease - A global health concern
. Conceptual & technical approaches towards novel therapies
- Genomics and proteomics: how effective are they?
. Analyse AGY's approaches to CNS R&D development
- Focus on mechanistic pathways: Genomics & proteomics
. Explore novel mechanistic pathway involved in NDs
. Understand the underlying cause of the diseases
. Future outlook of NDs R&D: Pinpoint where opportunities lie
Dr. Karoly Nikolich
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
AGY Therapeutics
12:00 CASE STUDY: Targeting Stem Cell Therapies
. Focus on the underlying cause of neurodegeneration
. How to develop compounds to target stem cells?
. "Therapeutic Neurogenesis" - analyse the mechanism of action
. Examine clinical evidence of efficacious results
. Explore potential candidates - possible collaboration?
. The future prospects of stem cell therapies' clinical application?
- Discover where opportunities lie within stem cell therapies
- How can the technology be implemented into your R&D?
Dr. Johan Häggblad
Head, Business Development
NeuroNova
12:40 Lunch
14:00 Integrating Business Strategies into NDs R&D
. Methods to develop common mechanism platforms
. Cross-functional team - Enhance communication between
departments i.e. marketing vs scientists
- Feasibility, regulatory risks, unmet needs and market value
. How to shorten time of profit vacuum?
- Create commercial strategies at early stage
- Optimize scientific creativity
. Understanding the value of NDs drugs
Dr. Steve Offord
Head, New Products CNS/Thrombosis, Global Marketing & Medical
Aventis
ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE
14:40 Understanding PD Unmet Needs
. R&D advancements through the years:What have we learnt so far?
. Designing novel PD therapies - Multifactorial considerations
- Motor and non-motor complications
. Examine potential therapeutic targets
. Promising compounds in the pipeline
- Clinical evidence, trial data and safety assessment
. What do we hope for in the future
Dr. David Burn
Consultant Neurologist & Reader in Movement Disorder Neurology
Newcastle General Hospital
15:20 Afternoon Tea
15:40 CASE STUDY: Collaborated Approach to Novel Therapy
. Identify current problematic issues faced by physicians
- Transplantation of embryonic nigral tissues
- Poor survival of dopaminergic neurones
. CEP-1347 - mixed-lineage-kinase (MLK) inhibitor: Discover
mechanism of action and efficacious results
. The future of the compound - A collaborated effort
. The pros and cons of collaborated approaches - What to watch
for and ideas to resolve problematic issues
Dr. Jette Bisgaard Boll
Department of Molecular Disease Biology
Lundbeck
16:20 CASE STUDY: Advancements in Medical Technologies
. Symptomatic relief: dyskinetic movements
. Implantation procedures and mechanism of action
. Current success stories in surgical interventions
- Activa and N'Vision Programmer
. Areas of improvement: Where partnerships can be formed
. Positive clinical results of mid-brain stimulation on other
symptoms:Pinpoint areas of combination therapies
Dr. Abed Hammoud
Procedure Solution Manager, Neurological
Medtronic
NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
17:00 CASE STUDY: Anti-ADDL Therapeutics: Reversing Synaptic
Degeneration and LTP Deficits
. ADDLs, NOT fibrils, cause AD and MCI
. Evidence: ADDLs attack specific synapses to compromise LTP
. ADDL intervention strategies - treatment and prevention
. Explore anti-ADDL antibody therapeutics - What can you learn?
- Discovery of ADDL assembly blockers and receptor antagonists
. What are the future outlook of Anti-ADDL therapeutics?
Dr. Grant Krafft
Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer
Acumen Pharmaceuticals
17:40 Question and Discussion
18:00 Summation of Day One from Chairman
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Day Two Thursday 17th February 2005
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Conference Chair Day Two
Dr. Menelas Pangalos
Vice President, Neuroscience Research
Wyeth
09:00 Registration and coffee
09:30 Opening remarks from the chair
09:40 CASE STUDY: Challenges in CNS Drug Discovery
. Why is CNS drug discovery so important?
. Anaylse NDs prevalence statistics and unmet needs
. Problematic issues with long-winding drug discovery process
. Wyeth's AD drug discovery programmes
- Explore novel therapeutic targets
- How to expand R&D pipeline?
. Focus on advancement in clinical approaches and trends in
collaboration - What can you implement?
Dr. Menelas Pangalos
Vice President, Neuroscience Research
Wyeth
10:20 CASE STUDY: New Disease Modifying Approaches in AD
. Roche's approach to AD R&D -Disease modification therapies
- Target amyloid and APP to delay disease progression
- What can you implement in your pipeline?
. Analyse current promising compounds in Roche's AD pipeline
- Analyse efficacious clinical results and drug trials
. Focus on cost effective therapies to optimize market needs
- Novel methods to penetrate the market
. Future outlook on AD's clinical studies - identifying global
market trends
Dr. Christian Czech
Senior Research Scientist, CNS Research Pharmaceutical
Division
Roche
11:00 Morning Coffee
11:20 CASE STUDY: Neuropharma's Neuroprotective Project
. Identify new neuroprotective agents and neuroprotective
activity detection methods
. Systematic search for neuronal antioxidants & calcium
channel antagonists -Explore other new targets & candidates
. Current pipeline analysis: NP031112 non atp-competitive
GSK- 3ß enzyme inhibitor - Positive neuroprotectors
. Neuropharma's future approaches in AD R&D and novel
ideas on neuroprotective strategies
Dr. Ana Martinez
Director, R&D
Neuropharma
EMERGING TRENDS IN MOTOR NEURON DISEASE THERAPIES
12:00 Targeting Clinical R&D of Motor Neurone Disease
. Overview of MNDs and the importance of treatments
. Current clinical drug trials & explore promising compounds
. Forecast of what will cause an impact on MNDs therapies
- Examine mutant genes & protein aggregation in MND
- Implement new therapeutic targets to penetrate MNDs market
. What is HUGO and how will it impact MNDs R&D discoveries?
. Identify current unmet needs & unmet needs in the market
. How to improve overall treatments?
Dr. Brian Dickie
Director, Research
Motor Neuron Disease Association
12:40 Lunch
14:00 CASE STUDY: Explore Emerging Options in Multiple
Sclerosis Therapeutics
. Overview - Aetiology, pathophysiology and unmet needs
. The MS therapeutics pipeline - Multiple targeting strategies
. Immunopathological hypothesis - Targeting CNS inflammation
- Examine evidence of promising results
. Discover neuroprotection approaches - Targeting axonal loss
. BTG Ageing & Neuroscience's team focus on MS
- Novel concepts and therapeutic targets
. What is the future of MS therapies? Market trends and ways to
predict answers to global unmet needs
Dr. Russell Hagan
Head, Ageing and Neuroscience
BTG
14:40 CASE STUDY: Methods to Identify Biological Markers in
CNS Development
. Calpain inhibitors as "magic bullets" in the treatment
of CNS disorders - Examine evidence of efficacious results
. Discover the activation of calpain in neurodegeneration
- Mechanism of action and therapeutic properties
. Therapeutic approaches using calpain inhibitors in the
treatment of DMD, MS, hearing loss and retinal degeneration
- Methods to utilise calpain inhibitors in each treatment
. Positive result on delaying degeneration of ALS
Dr. Alfred Stracher
Distinguished Professor & Chair / President & CEO
State University of New York, CEPTOR Corp
15:20 Afternoon Tea
EXPLORE NEW SCIENCE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
15:40 CASE STUDY: Promising New Drug - Miraxion
. Etiology of Huntington's disease & global unmet needs
. Miraxion - Therapeutic target and mechanism of action
. Positive clinical trial results and recent multicentre studies data
- Near term focus and targeted developmental approach
. Estimated Miraxion global sales -How will it impact the market?
. Opportunities in terms of market space and development?
. What to expect in the coming years? Amarin's future
approach and ideas in Huntington's R&D
Rick Stewart
CEO
Amarin
16:20 CASE STUDY: Examine Possible Role of Chaperones in
Protein Aggregation
. Overview of Prion disease: Global prevalence & unmet needs
- What have we learnt about Prion & aberrant proteins?
. Current therapeutic treatments and targets in Prion R&D
. Examine chaperone-facilitator: an RNA and non-nucleic acid
serum component - Mechanism of action and efficacy studies
. Possible therapeutic targets against Prion and other protein
misfolding disease? Current evidence to show promising results
Dr. Abraham Grossman
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Q-RNA
17:00 Questions and Discussion
17:20 Summation of Conference from chairman
17:30 Close of Conference
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
3rd International Information and Telecommunication Technology Symposium
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Biblioteca Comunitária - BCo Auditorium
DECEMBER 6 to 9, 2004
http://www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2004/
We would like to invite you to participate in I2TS´2004.
I2TS'2004 serves as an international forum for people from academia,
industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in
Information Technology Applications, and Telecommunication Systems.
This year I2TS had 120 submitted papers (106 via EDAS and almost 20 sent to
us directly). 18 English papers and 10 Portuguese papers were accepted as
regular papers, what leads to an acceptance rate of about 22%.
We also have received very good papers, which were accepted by the TPC as
good Short/Poster papers. We believe these papers will generate quite
interesting discussion among the participants.
Five tutorials will be offered:
Large Scale Distributed Simulation - Prof. Azzedine Boukerche-SITE/UOttawa
(in English)
Sensor Networks - Prof. Antonio Loureiro-DCC/UFMG (in Portuguese)
Grid Computing - Prof. Mario Dantas-INF/UFSC (in Portuguese)
Forensic Investigation of Jeopardized Sytems - Guilherme Venere-CAIS/RNP (in
Portuguese)
Aspects of Wireless Network Security - Adriano Cansian-ACME/UNESP (in
Portuguese)
Panel: Novel Applications over High Speed Networks - The Tidia Project
Workshop: Novel Applications over High Speed Networks (Kyatera and Tidia-AE)
See Technical Program at http://www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2004/
Registrations are active at http://www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2004/
General Chairs
Prof. Dr. Azzedine Boukerche - Canada Research Chair - SITE/UOttawa
Prof. Mirela S.M.A. Notare - Fundação Barddal
Prof. Regina B. Araujo - DC/UFSCar
We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.
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Due to many requests SUBMISSION DEADLINE is *EXTENDED* to
DECEMBER 6th, 2004 !!!
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EWSN 2005
2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks
Istanbul, Turkey
January 31 - February 2, 2005
http://www.ewsn.org/
CALL FOR POSTER PAPERS
OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP
After the successful completion of the 1^st European Workshop on
Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2004) in Berlin, Germany during Jan.
19-21, 2004, the 2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN
2005) will take place in Istanbul, Turkey during Jan. 31�Feb. 2, 2005.
The goal EWSN 2005 is to bring together researchers from different
backgrounds, from hardware to applications, to create a forum where
cross-layer integration, novel solutions for specific problems, and the
future development of WSN functionalities can be discussed.
POSTER SESSION
The poster session enables authors to present their recent and ongoing
research in an interactive environment where authors and session
participants will be able to discuss and exchange ideas on recent
research topics.
We encourage contributions to the poster session with papers describing
original work in the same interest areas of the workshop including (but
not limited to):
� Hardware for WSN: transceiver concepts, wakeup radio, antenna design,
system integration, process and cost of manufacturing, battery
technology, energy scavenging.
� Communication protocols: MAC and link layer problems, routing and
transport protocols tailored for WSN, redundancy, data aggregation, and
mobility support; gateways to fixed Internet; providing functionalities
like localization and synchronization.
� Source coding techniques appropriate for WSN to support data fusion.
� Middleware for WSN: Configuration and installation support, lookup of
available functionalities, group communication, distributed algorithms
in WSN, harmonizing node-centric and data-centric addressing,
integrating WSN in middleware architectures like .NET.
� Security: primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols, secure
system engineering.
� Applications of WSN: novel applications and their requirements such as
medicine, environment control, etc.; experiences with real-world
applications.
� What part will WSNs play in realizing the visions of ubiquitous
computing & communication and ambient Intelligence.
� Prototypes, field studies, and testbeds: novel sensor node prototypes,
measurements within sensor network testbeds.
� Modeling of WSN: models for WSN load/applications, mobility or channel
models.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
The submitted papers should be original papers on complete or ongoing
recent work that have not been previously published and are not
currently under review by another conference or journal. Manuscripts
must be formatted according to the IEEE single-space double-column
standard conference format, except the font size, which must be 11 pt.
The maximum length of the manuscript is 4 pages, including text, figures
and references. All submissions must be in PDF or PostScript format, and
they should be sent by e-mail to both poster session co-chairs. The
submission should also include contact information of the corresponding
author.
The poster papers will appear in the proceedings of the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline:
December 6, 2004 (final extended deadline)
Notification of acceptance:
December 20, 2005
Camera-ready papers:
January 7, 2005
EWSN 2005 Conference:
January 31 - February 2, 2005
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
General Chair:
Erdal Cayirci
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
TPC Co-Chairs:
Sebnem Baydere,
Yeditepe University, Turkey
Paul Havinga,
University of Twente, Netherlands
Poster Co-Chairs:
Ezhan Karasan,
Bilkent University, Turkey
Ibrahim Korpeoglu,
Bilkent University, Turkey
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For inquiries regarding poster sessions contact
Ezhan Karasan
(ezhan(a)ee.bilkent.edu.tr)
Ibrahim Korpeoglu
(korpe(a)cs.bilkent.edu.tr)
For general inquiries:
info(a)ewsn2005.org
Workshop website:
http://www.ewsn.org/
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Dr. Ozgur B. Akan
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey 06531
Tel: +90-312-210 2353 Fax: +90-312-210 1261
E-mail: akan(a)eee.metu.edu.tr
http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~akan