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Call for Papers AD HOC NOW 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Please, find below a call for papers that may be of your interest. All the best, --Pedro M. Ruiz http://ants.dif.um.es/staff/pedrom/ We apologize if you receive this CFP more than once. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS - AD HOC NOW 2006 5th International Conference on Ad hoc Networks and Wireless Ottawa, August 17-19, 2006 http://kunz-pc.sce.carleton.ca/AdHocNow2006/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Abstract Submission: February 24, 2006 Paper Submission : March 3, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: May 3, 2006 Camera-ready versions due: June 7, 2006 Demo proposals due: May 1, 2006 SCOPE ----- We are interested in work in progress, experimental and theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad-Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. Of interest, but not limited to, are research papers in any of the following areas: * Access Control * Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems * Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation * Application for Ad Hoc Networks * Architectures of Ad-Hoc Networks * Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks * Location Discovery and Management * Low Power and Energy-Efficient Designs * Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms, Systems and Testbeds * Quality-of-Service * Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) * Secure Services and Protocols * Sensor Networks * Self-Configuration * Service Discovery * Timing Synchronization * Wireless Internet KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ---------------- We will have to keynote talks by Prof. Mani Srivastava from the Univ. of California at Los Angeles, USA and Prof. Victor Leung from the Univ. of British Columbia, Canada PROCEEDINGS ----------- As in the past years, proceedings of Adhoc Now 2006 will be published by Springer-Verlag, as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ---------------------------- Authors are strongly encouraged to (but not required to) submit a 150 word abstract of their paper along with three keywords by the abstract submission deadline (February 24, 2006). Acceptable formats for the abstracts are plain text, postscript (PS) and portable document format (PDF). Submissions should not exceed 14 pages (including a 150 word abstract, all figures, tables and references) in Springer Verlag LNCS format. Acceptable formats for papers are PS and PDF. Submissions which are not in the appropriate format will be rejected without review. All papers will be reviewed for technical merit. Each accepted paper will be published in the conference proceedings, provided at least one author of the paper registers to present the paper at the conference. All abstract and paper submissions will be handled electronically at the already available submission website: http://www.confhost.net/conf.php?confId=1 SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS --------------------- Proposals for system demonstrations related to wireless networks are also solicited. Proposals should not exceed 3 pages in LNCS format and should include a description of the demo and the equipment to be used. Potential demonstrators are requested to submit a proposal in PS or PDF format to one of the Co-Chairs of the Technical Program Committee (Thomas Kunz -- tkunz(a)sce.carleton.ca or S. S. Ravi -- ravi(a)cs.albany.edu) by May 1, 2006. Please include contact information (postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers) in the submission. Accepted proposals for system demonstrations will be allotted three pages in the proceedings, provided at least one author registers to present the demo at the conference. TECHNICAL COMMITTEES -------------------- Program Committee Co-Chairs: Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Steering Committee: Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Ioanis Nikolaidis, Univ. of Alberta, Canada Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State Univ., USA Publicity Committee: Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Technical Program Committee: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, SUNY Binghamton, USA Eitan Altman, INRIA, France Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada Rida Bazzi, Arizona State Univ., USA Prosenjit Bose, Carleton University, Canada Torsten Brown, Univ. Berne, Switzerland Gruia Calinescu, Illinois Inst. of Tech., USA Edgar Chavez, Univ. Michoacana, Mexico Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Taiwan Jorge Cobb, UT Dallas, USA Pilu Crescenzi, Univ. Florence, Italy Mieso Denko, Univ. of Guelph, Canada Stefan Dobrev, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada Mischa Dohler, King's College, London, UK Andras Farago, UT Dallas, USA Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Stefan Fischer, Univ. Luebeck, Germany Antonio Gomez-Skarmeta, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Alex Hall, ETH, Zurich Admela Jukan, Georgia Tech, USA Valerie King, Univ. Victoria, Canada Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Danny Krizanc, Wesleyan University, USA Sven Krumke, Univ. Kaiseslautern, Germany Thomas Kunz, Carleton Univ., Canada Louise Lamont, Communications Research Center, Canada Errol Lloyd, Univ. Delaware, USA Angela Mielke, Los Alamos National Labs, USA Jelena Misic, Univ. Manitoba, Canada Pat Morin, Carleton University, Canada Lata Narayanan, Concordia Univ, Canada Ioanis Nikolaidis, U. Alberta, Canada J. Opatrny, Concordia Univ., Canada Marina Papatriantafilou, Chalmers Univ., Sweden Paolo Penna, Univ. Salerno, Italy Cristina Pinotti, Univ. Perugia, Italy Guy Pujolle, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France Ravi Prakash, Univ. Texas at Dallas, USA Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM, Mexico S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Jean-Marc Robert, Alcatel, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Christian Schindelhauer, Univ. Paderborn, Germany Andrew Scott, Lancaster Univ., UK Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research LLC and Clemson Univ., USA Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. Ottawa, Canada Ravi Sundaram, Northeastern University, USA Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State Univ., USA Damla Turgut, Univ. of Florida, USA Anil Kumar Vullikanti, Virginia Tech., USA Paul Ward, Univ. Waterloo, Canada Gergely Zaruba, Univ. Texas at Arlington, USA Jerry Zhao, ICSI-Berkeley, USA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------- For questions regarding obtaining visas, accommodation, etc, please contact Thomas Kunz (mailto:tkunz@sce.carleton.ca). Questions regarding paper submissions should be addressed to S. S. Ravi (mailto:ravi@cs.albany.edu).

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Call For Papers: Applied Computing, Computer Science and Eng. Conferences: June 26-29, 2006, USA - WORLDCOMP'06
by hra＠cs.uga.edu 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

I would be most grateful if you would consider sharing this announcement (Conference Call For Papers) with your contacts. Thank you, H. R. Arabnia, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) University of Georgia, Dept. of Computer Science, Georgia, USA ---------- Call For Papers WORLDCOMP'06 The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (composed of 28 Joint Conferences) June 26-29, 2006, Las Vegas, USA http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp06/ws This is anticipated to be the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Featured events include: keynote by Prof. Barry Vercoe (founding member of MIT Media Lab); tutorial by Prof. H. J. Siegel (Director, Colorado State University, ISTeC Center); discussion session with Jim Gettys (primary developer of X Window System, xhost, ...) and others. You are invited to submit a paper for consideration (refer to the submission information below.) All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings (proceedings will be sent to DBLP, Ei, Thomson Scientific, IEE INSPEC, DoPP, and others, for indexing procedures.) The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06) is composed of the following 28 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 26-29, 2006, USA). o The 2006 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Programming Languages and Compilers (PLC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing (PSC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Games Development (CGD'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, e-Government, and Outsourcing (EEE'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computing in Nanotechnology (CNAN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'6) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp06/ws currently under construction.) General Chair/Coordinator: H. R. Arabnia, PhD The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra(a)cs.uga.edu Purpose / History: This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Many of the 28 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective fields. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. 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. Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 20, 2006. email submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) 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, email address, telephone number, and 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 field. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. Members of Program and 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.) 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 and 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 and most are suitable for families and 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, street shows, ...) Important Dates: Feb. 20, 2006: Submission of papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 20, 2006: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2006: Camera-Ready papers and Prereg. due June 26-29, 2006: The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06 - 28 joint conferences) Topical Scope For Each Conference: To receive the complete list of topics for each of the 28 conferences, send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu. Future Announcements: If you do not wish to receive future announcements about this event, please send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu.

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CFP - Workshop IFIP Networking2006
by Jorge Sá Silva 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

3rd International WORKSHOP on Next Generation Networking Middleware (NGNM06) in the scope of Networking 2006 5th IFIP TC6 Networking Conference (HYPERLINK "http://www.ifip-networking.org/"http://www.ifip-networking.org) Date: May, 19 2006 Venue: University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal IMPORTANT DATES - Submission of papers: March 20, 2006 - Notification of acceptance: April 3, 2006 - Camera-ready due: April 10, 2006 NGNM04 held on May 2004, in conjunction with Networking 2004 conference in Athens, Greece, constituted a forum for the discussion of innovations and recent advances in the design and construction of Internet middleware. Both the requirements and expectations from various perspectives (i.e., networking, middleware and application level) were presented and analyzed. NGNM05 held on May 2005, in conjunction with Networking 2005 conference in Waterloo, Canada, focused on the identification of composite business services running on an Internet middleware platform that allows enterprises/networking actors to publish the services they provide, use services available globally in a secure manner and automatically compile the various services descriptions into executable processes. The special issue on Emerging Middleware for Next Generation Networks of Computer Communications journal complemented the success of NGNM04 and NGNM05. NGNM06 targets to address the challenges of middleware platforms required for new generation mobile/wireless heterogeneous radio networks and services. Mobile/Wireless middleware is anticipated to increase the performance of applications running across potentially mixed wireless networks, to support multiple mobile/wireless devices, to provide continuous wireless access to content and services, to ensure end-to-end QoS and secure content and services delivery and to offer cross-system and cross-layer optimization taking into account issues related to usage behavior, mobility patterns, traffic profiling, network selection and relevant horizontal/vertical handovers. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished works as well as works on progress in the following, but not limited to, topic areas: * Middleware support for micro/macro/multi-domain mobility * Emerging Information Models and Frameworks (i.e., MPEG-21) * Specification and enforcement of QoS * Interworking between Heterogeneous Middleware Technologies * Self-managing networks (self-healing, self-optimizing, self-protecting and self-configuring) * Programmable, Active and Adaptive Networks * Wireless Grids Middleware * Grid-enabled Networking Middleware * Performance evaluation and modeling in Wireless/Mobile Middleware * Middleware support for cross-system and cross-layer optimization * Middleware security, including authentication and authorization Submissions The workshop welcomes original and review papers from academic and industry contributors dealing with the above or related issues. All submissions will be subjected to review by two reviewers. Papers should be up to 6000 words in English, including bibliography and well-marked appendices. To submit a paper, send an email to Prof. George Kormentzas (gkorm(a)aegean.gr), containing the title, the authors' names, e-mail and post addresses, phone and fax numbers, identification of the contact author, and attach to the same message your paper in DOC format. The paper must start with a title, a short abstract, and a list of keywords. All the accepted papers will be published in the workshops proceedings. Furthermore, as it happened with NGNM04 and NGNM05, some selected papers will be extended in order to be considered for publication in a forthcoming special issue of a journal related to the workshops goals. NGNM Co-founders Nikos Anerousis, IBM, USA George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean, Greece NGNM06 Co-Chairs George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean, Greece Atílio Gameiro, Instituto Telecomunicações, Portugal NGNM06 TPC Co-Chairs Maria Teresa Andrade, INESC Porto, Portugal Jonathan Rodriguez, Instituto Telecomunicações, Portugal NGNM06 Publicity Chair Hamid Asgari, TRT, UK Programme Committee Toufik Ahmed, University of Bordeaux, France Eugen Borcoci, Transilvania University, Romania Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Dhmhtra Kaklamanh, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Alexander Keller, IBM, USA Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo Europe, Germany Alexander Konstantinou, IBM, USA Maria Koutsopoulou, University of Athens, Greece Marc Lacoste, FT, France Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Ilias Maglogiannis, University of the Aegean, Greece Alan Marshall, Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland Ahmed Mehaoua, University of Versailles, France Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Evaggelos Pallis, University of Crete, Greece Dimitris Pendarakis, IBM, USA Christos Politis, University of Surrey, UK George Prezerakos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Martin Stiemerling, NEC Europe Ltd, Germany John Soldatos, AIT, Greece Rolf Stadler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Gosia Steinder, IBM, USA Evaggelos Vayias, Intracom, Greece Iakovos Venieris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Michael Welzl, University of Innsburg, Austria -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22-07-2005

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[IPSN 2006] Call for Participation and Registration Info
by ipsn2006＠cs.virginia.edu 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

Online registration for IPSN 2006 is now available at http://ipsn2006.regmaster2.com/ Please join us at the Music City and enjoy the natural beauty of the Tennessee hillsides. Earl-Bird registration by 15 March 2006 saves! ********************************************************** * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * The Fifth International Conference on * * Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'06) * * * * * * April 19-21, 2006 - Nashville, TN, USA * * http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ipsn06/ * * * ********************************************************** The Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2006) will continue the success of the previous four symposia to bring together researchers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss recent work in this emerging field. IPSN draws upon many disciplines including signal and image processing, information and coding theory, networking and protocols, distributed algorithms, wireless communications, machine learning, embedded systems design, and data bases and information management. Topics covered in technical sessions include: * Distributed & collaborative signal processing * Network protocols for sensor networks * Coding, compression & Information theory * Distributed query processing * Detection, classification, estimation, tracking * Sensor tasking and control * Networked sensing and control * In-network processing and aggregation * Distributed control & actuation * Distributed inference & fusion * Fault tolerance * Network coverage, connectivity & longevity * Data storage in sensor networks * Location and time service * Energy and resource management * Programming models and languages * Real-time scheduling * Security * Applications & demonstrations of sensor networks

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ACM REALWSN 06: Call for Papers
by Thiemo Voigt 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Dear colleague, we are pleased to inform you that the ACM Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN 06) will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, June 19, in conjunction with ACM Mobisys. Please find attached the call for papers. On behalf of the REALWSN 06 organizers Thiemo Voigt CALL FOR PAPERS ACM Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks REALWSN'06 http://www.sics.se/realwsn06 June 19, 2006 Uppsala, Sweden In conjunction with ACM Mobisys 2006 Sponsored by ACM, ACM Sigmobile, SICS and VINNOVA The purpose of the second Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the area of sensor networks, with focus on real-world experiments or deployments of wireless sensor networks. When working with real-world experiments or deployments, many new issues arise: the network environment may be composed of a variety of different technologies, leading to very heterogeneous network structures; software development for large scale networks poses new types of problems; prototype networks may differ significantly from the deployed system; actual sensor network deployments may need a complex combination of autonomous and manual configuration. Authors are invited to submit papers (5 pages, double column) for presentation at the workshop. Papers will be selected based on originality, technical merit and relevance. All topics pertaining to real-world wireless sensor networks are of interest, including but not limited to: * Experiences with real-world deployments * Self-organization and self-management * Debugging, testing, and management * Deployment and configuration * Applications in medicine, industry, science, environmental monitoring, etc. * Security and trust * Scalability in practice * Development and prototyping platforms * Operating systems and programmability * Sensor network programming paradigms and languages * Middleware for heterogeneous networks * Real-time and dependability issues * Hardware support for real-world sensor networks * Robustness at all levels: communication, software, hardware * Energy efficient protocols * Methods for measuring and assessing energy consumption Important dates: Electronic submissions due: March 22, 2006 Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2006 Camera-ready copy due: May 1, 2006 Workshop: 19 June 2006 Workshop Chair: Bengt Ahlgren, Swedish Institute of Computer Science Technical program committee chairs: Pedro José Marron, University of Stuttgart, Germany Thiemo Voigt, Swedish Institute of Computer Science Local organization: Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden Technical program committee (to be extended): Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Muneeb Ali, LUMS, Pakistan Leif Axelsson, Ericsson Microwave Systems, Sweden Sebnem Baydere, Yeditepe University, Turkey Zinaida Benenson, Uppsala University, Sweden Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Mats Björkman, Mälardalen University, Sweden Jerker Delsing, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Adam Dunkels, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University, Sweden Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Chenyang Lu, Washington University in St. Louis, USA Fergus O'Reilly, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Hartmut Ritter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden Kay Römer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Umar Saif, MIT, USA Jochen Schiller, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Aruna Seneviratne, NICTA, Australia Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada Andras Veres, Ericsson Research, Hungary

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Open Faculty position in EE at ULg
by Guy Leduc 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Open Faculty Position in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Liège The University of Liège (ULg) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty position in "Electrical and Electronic Engineering" in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Institut Montefiore), to be filled by October 1st, 2006. The University of Liège Founded in 1817, the <http://www.ulg.ac.be/>Université de Liège offers a complete range of university courses at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It is divided into eight faculties : Philosophy and Letters; Law and School of Criminology; Sciences; Medicine; Applied Sciences; Veterinary Medicine; Psychology and Educational Sciences; Economics, Management and Social Sciences. The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Institut Montefiore) Within the <http://www.ulg.ac.be/fac00.htm#appl>Faculté des Sciences appliquées (school of engineering), the <http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers several programs to undergraduate and graduate students. Teaching and research areas include electrical engineering, computer science and biomedical engineering. Duties The new faculty member will develop research in the broad area of analysis, modelling, design and control of electrical, electronic, electromechanical or electromagnetic systems and their applications in engineering and biomedical applications. He/she will also teach undergraduate/graduate courses in one or several of these fields. Qualifications 1. A Dr or PhD degree. 2. A high-level research experience in the area of electrical engineering or electronics. 3. A strong commitment to research and interest for teaching. 4. A working knowledge of the French language. Target starting date: October 1st, 2006 Application procedure For fullest consideration, applications should be sent to the Rector of the University of Liège (Place du 20-Août, 7, B-4000 Liège, Belgium), with reference "Charge à temps plein dans le domaine de l'analyse, la modélisation, la conception et la commande de systèmes électriques, électroniques, électromécaniques et électromagnétiques", by March 15th, 2006. However, the position will remain open until filled. A certified copy of diplomas should be included, as well as a resume, a complete list of publications with a copy of the five most significant ones, and the name and address of three international experts, not at the University of Liège, for reference. A copy of the application should also be sent to <http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~lwh/>Professor L. Wehenkel, at the Institut Montefiore, University of Liège, Sart Tilman B 28, B-4000 Liège, Belgium. Please contact him for further information. The selected candidate will be, 1. either appointed for a fixed period of 3 years, after which a tenured appointment will be possible; or 2. directly appointed with tenure.

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Call for papers: EmNets 2006
by Matt Welsh 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Call for Papers Third Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets 2006) http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/emnets/ May 30-31, 2006 Harvard University Cambridge, MA USA The Third Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets 2006) will focus on groundbreaking research in wireless sensor systems with an emphasis on three topic areas: (1) Emerging research directions for sensor networks; (2) Application experiences; and (3) Early results from new research efforts. In keeping with the focused workshop format, EmNets encourages submissions that present exciting new work, challenge conventional ideas, propose new research directions, evaluate real-world applications and deployments, and generate controversy. We especially welcome papers reporting on highly original or risky research, position papers, and reports on application experiences and deployments, which may not otherwise be published as full conference papers. We specifically discourage submissions that are short versions of papers that will be submitted to other conferences in the near future, since our goal is to engage the research community in a discussion of future challenges and issues for sensor networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * New application domains for sensor networks * Sensor network architecture and protocols * Applications, testbeds, and real-world deployment experiences * Distributed algorithms and computation * Operating systems and network programming paradigms * Management, debugging, troubleshooting, and measurement tools * Data storage issues * Transport and dissemination * Distributed actuation and control * Fault tolerance and reliability * Security, vulnerabilities, and defenses * Architectural insight, analysis and fundamental limits Submissions: Please submit position papers or short papers describing early research results. Submitted papers should be no longer than five two-column pages, including all figures and references, using 10-point fonts, standard spacing, and 1-inch margins. For detailed submission information see the workshop website. Important Dates: Submissions due: Feb 27, 2006 Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2006 Camera-ready copy due: May 15, 2006 --- Matt Welsh and Andrew Campbell Program Co-Chairs, EmNets 2006

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ICCS 2006 CFP, 30 Oct - 2 Nov 2006, Singapore
by Boon Sain Yeo 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2006 30 Oct - 2 Nov 2006, Singapore http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/iccs2006 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society co-organized by the IEEE Singapore Section, Singapore Communications Society Local Chapter, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore. The organising and technical committees of the symposium are seeking original contributions in the areas of, but not limited to: . Antennas, propagation and channel modeling . Cognitive radio . Communication software & electronics . Dynamic spectrum management . Grid networks . High speed networks . Information Theory . Microwave devices and systems . Mobile radio communication systems . Modulation and coding . Network architecture . Network Security . Optical communications and photonics . Optical networks . Resource allocation, mobility management and QoS provisioning . Satellite communications . Signal processing for communications . Space time processing & MIMO systems . Speech, video and image processing . Spread spectrum systems . Ultra wideband technology . Wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit full papers in PDF format with sufficient detail to permit reasonable evaluation. Detailed instructions can be found on the conference website: http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/iccs2006. The proposal for tutorial should include the title and clear explanation of the content of the proposed tutorial. Please include in the proposal (1) Organizer Name, (2) Name of proposed instructor, (3) Title of tutorial and detailed outline, (4) Qualifications of proposed instructor, (5) Full contact information: mailing address, telephone & fax number, and email address. Special Session Proposal The proposal should include the title of the proposed special session and brief description of the proposed session. Please include in the proposal (1) Full Organizer Name, (2) Short biography of proposed session organizer, (3) Complete mailing address, (4) Telephone, (5) Fax number, (6) Email address, and (7) Potential authors that could contribute to the session. Detailed submission guidelines and manuscript templates will be published on the conference's website. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline: May 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2006 Tutorials proposals deadline: August 31, 2006 Final paper due: July 1, 2006 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair: Lawrence Wong I2R, Singapore Organizing Chair: Yong Huat Chew I2R, Singapore Technical Program Co-Chairs: Tjeng Thiang Tjung I2R, Singapore Mehul Motani NUS, Singapore Mohan Gurusamy NUS, Singapore Ying Chang Liang I2R, Singapore Publication Chair: Nallanathan Arumugam NUS, Singapore Finance Chair: Michael Ong NUS, Singapore Publicity Chair: Boon Sain Yeo I2R, Singapore Local Arrangement Chair: Emily Hao Jianzhong I2R, Singapore Sponsorship Chair: Manjeet Singh I2R, Singapore Committee Members Zhining Chen I2R, Singapore Chen Khong Tham NUS, Singapore International Advisory Panel: Tjeng Thiang Tjung (Chair) I2R, Singapore Fumiyuki Adachi Tohoku University, Japan Vijay Bhargava University of British Columbia, Canada Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan. Kah Seng Chung Curtin University of Technology, Australia Lajos Hanzo University of Southampton, UK Paul K M Ho Simon Fraser University, Canada Chi Chung Ko NUS, Singapore Witold A. Krzymien University of Alberta, Canada Jon W. Mark University of Waterloo, Canada Kenneth K Mei City Uiniversity of Hong Kong, China Tung Sang Ng The University of Hong Kong, China Ramjee Prasad Aalborg University, Denmark Yoshihide Yamada National Defense Academy, Japan Kiyotoshi Yasumoto Kyushu University, Japan Susumu Yoshida Kyoto University, Japan Peter T S Yum Chinese University Hong Kong, China Keith Q T Zhang City University of Hong Kong, China

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by Prasun Sinha 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

======================================================================================================== MOBIQUITOUS 2006 http://www.mobiquitous.org Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST The Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Service July 17 - 21, 2006 San Jose, California, USA In Cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE Pending Sponsorship: IEEE Computer Society ======================================================================================================== The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services. The Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking and services (Mobiquitous-06) will cover all these aspects, providing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure, data and services. Technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following feature topics: * Ubiquitous architectures and systems * Wearable computing and personal area networks * Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi) * Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems * Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless networks * Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms * Wireless/mobile service management and delivery * Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems * Peer-to-peer computing and networking * Emerging industrial/business/scientific scenarios * Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) * Smart spaces * Ad hoc and sensor networks * Location-based services and tracking * Context and location aware application * Multimedia encoding and transcoding * Middleware services * Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems * Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds * Context modeling, services and frameworks * Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing * Rapid prototyping of ubiquitous applications * Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing * Mobile and ubiquitous data management SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. The deadline for submitting the actual paper is March 6, 2006. All deadlines are 11:59PM PST. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal. WORKSHOPS: Four workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. Please see the web site for more information. DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A maximum of 3 pages should be submitted which include a description of the demo and needed equipment. Proposals should be submitted to the Demo Chair by May 1, 2006. General Co-Chairs Hamid Ahmadi, IBM, hahmadi(a)us.ibm.com Tom La Porta, Penn State, tlp(a)cse.psu.edu Program Co-Chairs Ravi Jain, Google, ravi.jain(a)acm.org Asim Smailagic, CMU, asim(a)cs.cmu.edu Arkady Zaslavsky, Monash Univ.,arkady.zaslavsky(a)csse.monash.edu.au Workshop Chair Kin Leung, Imperial College, kin.leung(a)imperial.ac.uk Demo Chair Sencun Zhu, Penn State, szhu(a)cse.psu.edu Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST, karen(a)icst.org Local Arrangements Chair Ulas Kozat, DoCoMo Labs, kozat(a)docomolabs-usa.com Publicity Chair Prasun Sinha, Ohio State University, prasun(a)cse.ohio-state.edu Web Chair Patrick Traynor, Penn State, traynor(a)cse.psu.edu Conference Coordinator Anna Rieger, ICST, anna.rieger(a)icst.org Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, imrich.chlamtac(a)create-net.it Important Dates Paper submission (NEW DEADLINE): March 6, 2006 (11:59pm PST) Notification of acceptance: April 21, 2006 Camera-ready version due: May 22, 2006

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MOBIQUITOUS 2006: EXTENDED DEADLINE: MARCH 6th
by Prasun Sinha 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

======================================================================================================== MOBIQUITOUS 2006 http://www.mobiquitous.org Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST The Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Service July 17 - 21, 2006 San Jose, California, USA In Cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE Pending Sponsorship: IEEE Computer Society ======================================================================================================== The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services. The Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking and services (Mobiquitous-06) will cover all these aspects, providing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure, data and services. Technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following feature topics: * Ubiquitous architectures and systems * Wearable computing and personal area networks * Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi) * Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems * Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless networks * Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms * Wireless/mobile service management and delivery * Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems * Peer-to-peer computing and networking * Emerging industrial/business/scientific scenarios * Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) * Smart spaces * Ad hoc and sensor networks * Location-based services and tracking * Context and location aware application * Multimedia encoding and transcoding * Middleware services * Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems * Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds * Context modeling, services and frameworks * Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing * Rapid prototyping of ubiquitous applications * Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing * Mobile and ubiquitous data management SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. The deadline for submitting the actual paper is February 20, 2006. All deadlines are 11:59PM PST. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal. WORKSHOPS: Four workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. Please see the web site for more information. DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A maximum of 3 pages should be submitted which include a description of the demo and needed equipment. Proposals should be submitted to the Demo Chair by May 1, 2006. General Co-Chairs Hamid Ahmadi, IBM, hahmadi(a)us.ibm.com Tom La Porta, Penn State, tlp(a)cse.psu.edu Program Co-Chairs Ravi Jain, Google, ravi.jain(a)acm.org Asim Smailagic, CMU, asim(a)cs.cmu.edu Arkady Zaslavsky, Monash Univ.,arkady.zaslavsky(a)csse.monash.edu.au Workshop Chair Kin Leung, Imperial College, kin.leung(a)imperial.ac.uk Demo Chair Sencun Zhu, Penn State, szhu(a)cse.psu.edu Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST, karen(a)icst.org Local Arrangements Chair Ulas Kozat, DoCoMo Labs, kozat(a)docomolabs-usa.com Publicity Chair Prasun Sinha, Ohio State University, prasun(a)cse.ohio-state.edu Web Chair Patrick Traynor, Penn State, traynor(a)cse.psu.edu Conference Coordinator Anna Rieger, ICST, anna.rieger(a)icst.org Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, imrich.chlamtac(a)create-net.it Important Dates Paper submission (NEW DEADLINE): March 6, 2006 Notification of acceptance: April 21, 2006 Camera-ready version due: May 22, 2006

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