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Autonomic Networking conference
by Guy Pujolle 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Dear TC6 member, We would like to invite you to participate in the Autonomic Networking Conference, 27-29 September 2006, Paris, France. We are expecting a very great event with top-level keynote speakers and an outstanding program. Please visit http://www.autonomic-net.org for more info. The IFIP TC6 meeting will be held on the 29 and 30 of September. Best regards, Guy. _____________________________________ Guy Pujolle Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr Université Pierre et Marie Curie 8 rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015 Paris, France Assistante: Laetitia Jacquey, Laetitia.jacquey(a)lip6.fr tel: +33 1 44 27 87 74 fax +33 1 44 27 87 83

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CFP - Sensorware 2007
by Nirmala Shenoy 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International Workshop on Software for Sensor Networks (SensorWare) To be held with Comsware 2007 ([ http://www.comsware.org ]www.comsware.org) 8th January 2007, CityBangalore country-regionplaceIndia www.sensorware.org Advances in technology have made deployment of miniature sensors a realistic proposition. Low-power, inexpensive smart devices with multiple on-board sensors are connected through wireless links so as to form a collaborative sensor network to perform a specific task. As a result, it opens up a new paradigm of ubiquitous computing and enables a range of applications that are previously unrealizable or too costly to be realized. However, given the limitation of on-board hardware, one of the key areas towards achieving superior performance is through software implementation. The workshop is intended to bring together industry experts and researchers to share novel techniques, algorithms and software implementation for sensor networks, and to discuss the current status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issues, and future services and applications in the form of panels and technical presentation. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: 1. Operating System 2. Efficient algorithms 3. Protocol design considerations 4. Performance analysis 5. Performance related issues 6. Cross-layered design considerations 7. Sensor applications and their impact on sensor network architectures 8. Deployment issues and scenarios 9. Middleware 10. Sensor network security 11. Sensor network design and modeling Workshop co-chairs: Nirmala Shenoy ([ mailto:ns@rit.edu ]ns(a)rit.edu), Rochester Institute of Technology, placecountry-regionUSA Paul Chou, ([ mailto:pchou@us.ibm.com ]pchou(a)us.ibm.com), placeCityIBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, country-regionUSA Workshop technical co-chairs: Naoki Wakamiya, ([ mailto:Wakamiya@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp ]Wakamiya(a)ist.osaka-u.ac.jp), CityplaceOsaka University, country-regionJapan Falko Dressler, (dressler(a)informatik.uni-erlangen.de), CityplaceUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, country-regionGermany Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 30th August 2006 Notification Acceptance/Rejection: 20th November 2006 Final Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 30th November 2006 **************************************************************************** Nirmala Shenoy PhD, Associate Professor Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, 102 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York 14623 585-475-4887 585-475-2181 Fax ns(a)it.rit.edu www.it.rit.edu/~ns ****************************************************************************

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[Researchers] SSI'2006 - 8th International Symposium on System and Information Security
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS SSI´2006 8th International Symposium on System and Information Security Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil November 08-10, 2006 THESIS AND DISSERTATIONS AWARD Summary-Paper Submission Deadline: September 11, 2006 http://www.ssi.org.br/english/ Organized by Technological Institute of Aeronautics - ITA Department of Computer Science and Casimiro Montenegro Filho Foundation ------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION The International Symposium on System and Information Security (SSI) is organized by Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) and is the foremost event of its kind in Latin America. Each year, researchers, students, and practitioners from academia, industry, and government organizations convene in Sao Jose' dos Campos, Brazil, to present and discuss the latest research and developments in the area. SSI'2006 is selecting the best works in System and Information Security area, finished, defended and approved from Jan 01, 2006 to Jul 31, 2006, in the following categories: . Under graduation conclusion works; . Master dissertation; and . PhD thesis. The award objective is to promote and disseminate the work of young researchers and stimulate the Brazilian and Latin-American students that finished their phd, master and under graduation studies to take part at SSI'2006. For the submission, the candidates must send papers that are summaries of their academic final works. These papers must be 10 to 20 pages long, including eventual figures, tables and references. In order to distinguish from regular papers, these works are here called of "summary-papers". SSI'2006 aims at providing a larger dissemination of the high quality material generated by the symposium due the publication of the accepted papers in the Electronic Proceedings at conference site. ------------------------------------------------------------- THE AWARD It will be chosen one paper in each category among the summary-papers submitted that conforms the established requirements. The certificates will be given in the SSI'2006 award ceremony. All the awarded authors will receive Certificate proving the SSI'2006 award, and informing the category. Moreover, depending of the finance availability, the winner of each category, if Brazilians, will receive 100% of the tickets (from home to SSI), plus hotel and SSI'2006 fees. ------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATION OF FINISHED AND APPROVED WORK The candidates must send the official CONCLUSION CERTIFICATE to the Award Coordinator - SSI'2006 CTD A/C Profa. Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare by fax - number (48)3234-2344. In the case of PhD thesis or master dissertation, the certification must inform: the title of the defended and approved work, the defense date, the adviser and co-adviser names, and the signature of the program coordinator. In the case of under graduate conclusion works, the certification must inform: the title of the work, the month and year of the conclusion, the name of the adviser and co-adviser,and the signature of the program coordinator. ------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT The works will be judge by a committee coordinated by Profa. Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare (Barddal Fundation, Brazil). The committee member names will be available at the conference site, as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS The summary-papers must include or be related to one or more of the following topics: . Artificial Intelligence methods in system security . Authentication, access control and auditing . Computer forensics . Cryptography . Database security . Dependability . Digital certificates and Public Key Infrastructure - PKI . Digital Rights Management . E-commerce security . Firewalls and other security tools . Formal methods in system security . Internet/Web security . Intrusion detection and prevention . Management of enterprise security . Mobile code and agent security . Network security . New security paradigms . Operating systems security . Risk/vulnerability analysis, assessment and management . Security in electronic voting systems . Security of distributed systems . Security of emerging technologies . Security policies . Secure programming . Security in P2P and Grid computing . Threats and information warfare . Trust management . User privacy and anonymity . Viruses and other malicious code . Wireless and ubiquitous computing security ------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Summary-papers submission: 11/09/2006 Acceptance Notification: 02/10/2006 Camera-ready version: 13/10/2006 ------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUTHORS The summary-papers can be in Portuguese or in English, and must be in the format .pdf (or .ps). The submission is in electronic form only. Summary-papers should be submitted by the deadline to: https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/ssi2006 following the link ssi2006TD The summary-papers follow the same format of the regular papers. Papers must use 10-point Times New Roman font and have at most twenty (20) A4 (not Letter) single-spaced, two-column, unnumbered pages. The page limit include all figures, tables, and references. Margins should be: left 3 cm, and bottom, top and right 2 cm. The space between columns should be 1 cm. Title in font size 10, bold, caps and centered. Differently of the regular papers,the summary-papers must include the author identification, affiliation, lab and involved projects. The summary-papers must have the following organizational structure: . Introduction; . Declaration of the problem/research object; . Description of the previous and related works, showing why the problem is not yet well solved; . Hypothesis and research questions [optional]; . Proposed solution; . Method used to solve the problem; . Research contribution; . Research results; . Conclusion; . References. Templates to write the papers are available at http://www.ssi.org.br (link "authors"). The available formats are: Latex Unix, Latex Windows, Star Office e MS Word (.rtf). The template aims at facilitating formatting the summary-paper in the required format. ------------------------------------------------------------- ACCESS TO THE FULL TEXTS OF THESIS, DISSERTATIONS AND UNDER GRADUATION CONCLUSION WORKS The candidates can make available in the web (via URL or FTP) their full works, in .pdf format, for the more detailed reading and evaluation by the committee - just in case some committee member consider that relevant. (these addresses should be informed during the submission) Important to emphasize that the committee member is not imposed to read the full texts - but read the summary-papers only. ------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR Jose M. Parente de Oliveira - ITA, Brazil TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Carlos Becker Westphall - Federal Univ. Santa Catarina, Brazil José Carlos Brustoloni - University of Pittsburgh, USA THESIS AND DISSERTATION AWARD CHAIR Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare - Fac. Barddal/SC ------------------------------------------------------------- FURTHER INFORMATION Conference announcements and updated information will be available at: http://www.ssi.org.br For other information, please send email to the general chair, Jose M. Parente de Oliveira (dir(a)ssi.org.br). ITA - Technological Institute of Aeronautics Computer Science Division A/C Prof. Jose' M. Parente de Oliveira [General Chair] Praca Mal. Eduardo Gomes, 50 - Vila das Acacias 12228-901 Sao Jose dos Campos-SP - BRAZIL Phone +55(12) 3947-6869 [Secretary] Fax +55(12) 3947-5989 -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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CFP: Workshop on Location Based Services for Health Care (LOCARE'06)
by Carlos Lisboa Bento 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

============================================================================ With apologies for multiple postings/Please forward to interested colleagues ============================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS First Workshop on Location Based Services for Health Care http://www.locare.org <http://www.locare.org/> part of the Pervasive Healthcare Conference 2006 Innsbruck, Austria 28th November, 2006 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Location is an important contextual dimension for ubiquitous computing, and it is central to the development of many ubiquitous systems. The problem of location in opened places is well addressed by Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies, while inference of places from locations is an opened issue with various interesting approaches being developed. Indoor location is also a demanding problem and various approaches are being studied nowadays. Development of solutions for these issues, showing good precision, accuracy, and adequacy is of central interest for Location Based Services (LBS). The area of Health Care is a main target for progress in this area. This workshop will bring an exciting environment for discussion and presentation of late breaking developments on all these subjects with emphasis on Health Care applications. It will comprise the presentations and discussion of scientific papers, a keynote speech, and a panel session. Original contributions are solicited in all areas related to LBS and Healthcare, including but not limited to: * Technologies and infrastructures for location. * Inference of place from position. * Design, implementation and evaluation of location based services. * Location based services for Health Care scenarios * Privacy, security and trust issues. SUBMISSION DETAILS Ten to fifteen participants will be invited based on a position paper submitted prior to the workshop. Each position paper should be two to five pages in length and consist of the author's current research on location systems and/or location based services for healthcare. Paper submissions should attach a short text on author's current research activities, expectations towards the workshop, and a short bio. Position papers should follow IEEE's conference style two-column format including figures and references. CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT TOOL: http://cocus.create-net.it:8080/confsys Important Dates Papers due: July 21, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: August 25, 2006 Camera-ready Manuscripts due: September 14, 2006 Workshop Date: November 28, 2006 CONFERENCE DETAILS The workshop is part of the Pervasive Healthcare Conference 2006, the website for which is here: http://www.pervasivehealth.org/ WORKSHOP ORGANISERS Carlos Bento (University of Coimbra, Portugal) [bento [at] dei.uc.pt] Francisco C. Pereira (University of Coimbra, Portugal) [camara [at] dei.uc.pt] Jorge Miranda Dias (Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, ISR, Portugal) [jorge [at] isr.uc.pt] WORKSHOP PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Aaron Quigley, (UCD, Ireland) Anthony LaMarca (Intel Research, Seattle, USA) Axel Kueper (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany) Bill Karakostas (City University London, UK) Christian Becker (IPDS, University of Stuttgart, Germany) Christos Panayiotou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Jadwiga Indulska, (University of Queensland, Australia) Jeffrey Hightower (Intel Research, Seattle, USA) John Flannagan (Nokia Research, Finland) Paulo Carvalho (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) Rui José (Universidade do Minho, Portugal) ============================================================================

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SSS 2006 ---- Deadline extended to July 12
by Maria Gradinariu 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.] Eighth International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (formerly Symposium on Self-stabilizing Systems) (SSS 2006) November 17th-19th, 2006 Dallas, Texas, USA http://www.irisa.fr/sss/2006/ ============================================================================== Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS). ============================================================================== ============================================================================== Important Dates Paper Submission: 4:59 PM Pacific Time, July 12, 2006 Notification to Authors: August 21st, 2006 Camera-ready: August 31st, 2006 Symposium: November 17th-19th, 2006 ============================================================================= The Symposium is a prestigious international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of fault-tolerant distributed systems with self-* properties, such as self-stabilizing, self-configuring, self-organizing, self-managing, self-repairing, self-healing, self-optimizing, self-adaptive, and self-protecting. The theory of self-stabilization has been enriched in the last 25 years by high quality research contributions in the areas of algorithmic techniques, formal methodologies, model theoretic issues, and composition techniques. All these areas are essential to the understanding and maintenance of self-* properties in fault-tolerant distributed systems. Research in distributed systems is now at a crucial point in its evolution, marked by the importance of dynamic systems such as peer-to-peer networks, large-scale wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, robotic networks, etc. Moreover, new applications such as grid and web services, banking and e-commerce, e-health and robotics, aerospace and avionics, automotive, industrial process control, etc. have joined the traditional applications of distributed systems. Now, more than ever, the theory of self-stabilization has tremendous impact in these areas. Therefore, this year, we are extending the scope of the symposium to cover all safety and security related aspects of self-* systems. The title of the conference has been changed to reflect this expansion. There will be three tracks: networking, safety and security, and self-* properties in static and dynamic systems. The symposium solicits contributions on all aspects of self-stabilization, safety and security, recovery oriented systems and programing, from theoretical contributions, to reports of the actual experience of applying the principles of self-stabilization to static and dynamic systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Stabilization: - self-stabilizing systems - self-managed, self-assembling, autonomic and adaptive systems - self-optimizing and self-protecting systems - self-* abstractions for implementing fundamental services in static and dynamic distributed systems - impossibility results and lower bounds for self-* systems - application of stabilizing algorithms and techniques in dynamic distributed systems - data and code stabilization - algorithms for self-* error detection/correction Safety: - safety critical systems - trust models and specifications - semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk and reputation - trust-related security and privacy - reliable and dependable systems - fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery Security: - security of network protocols - security of sensor and mobile networks protocols - secure architectures, frameworks, policy, intrusion detection/awareness - proactive security - self-* properties and their relation with classical fault-tolerance and security - security protocols for self-* systems Networks and Applications: - models of fault-tolerant communication - stochastic, physical, and biological models to analyze self-* properties - communication complexity - data structures for efficient communication - self-stabilizing hardware, software, and middleware - algorithms for high-speed networks, sensors, wireless and robots networks - mobile agents - peer-to-peer networks, sensor networks, MANETs, and wireless mesh networks - network topologies, overlays, and protocols - protocols for secure and reliable data transport and search in wireless mesh networks - information storage and sharing in wireless mesh networks Contributors are invited to submit a PDF file of their paper. Submissions should be no longer than 4800 words and should not exceed 12 pages on letter-size paper using at least 11 point font and reasonable margins (the page limit includes all figures, tables, and graphs). Submissions should include a cover page (that does not count towards the 12 page limit) that includes paper title, authors and affiliations, contact author's e-mail address, an abstract of the work in a few lines, and a few keywords. Submitted papers may have appendices beyond the 12 page limit, but reviewers are free to disregard any material beyond the 12 page limit. A paper submitted to SSS 2006 is expected to be original research not previously published; a submission may not be concurrently submitted or to any other conference, workshop, or journal. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS).

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