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WirelessCom 2005
by Safwat, Ahmed M. 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Dear Colleagues: Attached, please find the CFP for WirelessCom 2005. WirelessCom 2005 is the World's Premier International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications, and Mobile Computing. WirelessCom 2005 covers timely as well as emerging topics pertaining to wireless networks, communications, and mobile computing. Join this cutting-edge event and contribute to shaping the future of wireless networks, communications, and mobile computing! Original papers are solicited and must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference or journal. All papers are limited to 6 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column format. All submissions will be handled electronically: msrcmt.research.microsoft.com/WirelessCom2005. Since we anticipate a very large number of submissions, it is highly recommended that you submit your paper ASAP to avoid potential server problems on, or very close to, the due date. WirelessCom 2005 will be held in the spectacular Sheraton Maui Resort, Maui, Hawaii, June 13-16, 2005. Maui has been voted 11 times in a row as the "Best Island in the World". The spectacular Sheraton Maui Resort with its 23 oceanfront acres is a favorite tourist, family, and honeymoon attraction. Please check out the Sheraton Maui Resort's live Web cam at http://hawaiilive.sheraton-hawaii.com/sm-cam.cfm In addition to the attached CFP, further details about WirelessCom 2005 are found at: http://www.ece.queensu.ca/hpages/faculty/safwat/wirelesscom/05/. We look forward to meeting you in Maui. Best regards, Ahmed M. Safwat

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Call For Papers: 30 Joint Conferences in Computer Science & Engineering+ Las Vegas, USA, June 2005
by hra＠cs.uga.edu 12 Feb '05

12 Feb '05

Submission Deadline: Feb. 16, 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing (composed of 14 Joint Conferences) June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA & The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (composed of 16 Joint Conferences) June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA Dear Colleagues: The world's largest gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing will be held in June 2005. You are invited to submit a paper to one of the 30 research conferences listed below. The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing is composed of the following 14 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates June 20-23, 2005, Las Vegas, USA): 1. The 2005 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'05) 2. The 2005 International Conference on e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, e-Government, and Outsourcing (EEE'05) 3. The 2005 International Conference on Biometric Authentication (BIOAU'05) 4. The 2005 International Conference on Computers for People with Special Needs (CPSN'05) 5. The 2005 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'05) 6. The 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI'05) 7. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Vision (VISION'05) 8. The 2005 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'05) 9. The 2005 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'05) 10. The 2005 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'05) 11. The 2005 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS'05) 12. The 2005 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'05) 13. The 2005 International Conference on Data Fusion - From Multi-Source Data to Information (FUS'05) 14. The 2005 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'05) The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering is composed of the following 16 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 27-30, 2005, Las Vegas, USA): 1. The 2005 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'05) 2. The 2005 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) 3. The 2005 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'05) 4. The 2005 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'05) 5. The 2005 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'05) 6. The 2005 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'05) 7. The 2005 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'05) 8. The 2005 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'05) 9. The 2005 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology: Computer Graphics (CISST'05) 10. The 2005 International Symposium on Web Services and Applications (ISWS'05) 11. The 2005 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing (PSC'05) 12. The 2005 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'05) 13. The 2005 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'05) 14. The 2005 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'05) 15. The 2005 International Conference on Programming Languages and Compilers (PLC'05) 16. The 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'05) A link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org GENERAL CHAIR AND COORDINATOR: H. R. Arabnia, PhD The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A. Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra(a)cs.uga.edu SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Please regard this as General Guidelines. Prospective authors are invited to submit their full papers (about 5 to 12 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 16, 2005. E-mail submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also acceptable.) The chair may be forwarding the papers to respective conference chairs/committees/Task Forces. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) double-column pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, & Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated and fully refereed for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The revised papers will be reviewed by one person. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra(a)cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 16, 2005: Submission of papers March 21, 2005: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2005: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 20-23, 2005: The 2005 World Congress in Applied Computing (WCAC'05) - 14 Joint Conferences. June 27-30, 2005: The 2005 International MultiConference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (IMCSE'05) - 16 Joint Conferences.

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MobiCom 2005 Call for Papers-- February 22 paper registration deadline
by Wendi Heinzelman 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

******************************************************************* Call for Papers 11th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2005) August 28 - September 2, 2005 InterContinental Cologne Cologne, Germany http://www.cologne.intercontinental.com/ http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/ ******************************************************************* 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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CMSB 2005: Second Announcement
by Gordon Plotkin 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

This is a second announcement for Computational Methods in Systems Biology 2005 The Invited Speakers are: Hamid Bolouri, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle (US) Drew Endy, MIT Biological Engineering (US) Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College (UK) Vincent Schachter, Genoscope, Evry (FR) Christophe Soulé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (FR) Titles and abstracts of their talks, as well as those of the contributed papers and the posters can all be found at the meeting web site: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/v1bklin/cmsb05/ Early registration is advised, particularly as accommodation can become scarce. I apologise for multiple announcements. Gordon Plotkin (Chair, CMSB 2005)

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WiOpt
by Otto Spaniol 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Dear all, here comes a call for participation for WiOpt 05. It is listed in our conference calendar as: ----- WiOpt'05; Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad-hoc and Wireless Networks; April 4-6, 2005; Trento (Italy). WG 6.3; Email contact: Eitan Altman URL: http://www.wiopt.org/ ----- But here it is only mentioned near the very end as number 10 of 10 sponsors. We loose our terrain more and more. Best regards Otto ********************************************************** First Call for Participation *** WiOpt'05 *** The 3rd International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt05) Riva del Garda, Trentino, Italy, April 3-7, 2005 http://www.wiopt.org IMPORTANT DATES Early registration deadline: ** March 3, 2005 ** SCOPE OF THE SYMPOSIUM ---------------------- Wireless, mobile, and ad hoc networks still represent a scientific and technological challenge that is not easily mastered. To fully harness the potential of these systems, pivotal characteristics have to be captured in appropriate models to understand the mechanics of the solutions and interdependencies between system assumptions and given solutions. Such models and such understanding open the way for an optimization of a solution by properly tuning parameters but also by looking for entirely new approaches and ideas. The goal of this symposium is to create a forum for presenting new results and exchanging ideas in this flourishing field. By bringing together academia and industry we hope to stimulate new opportunities for collaborations. We are fortunate to have a distinguished scientist as plenary speaker. Professor Anurag Kumar of the Indian Institute of Science is a renowned researcher in networking and was instrumental in his leadership in engineering the early internet infrastructure in India during the early 90's. To give proper consideration to new topics in this rapidly developing field, for the first time this year we included four adjunct workshops into the WiOpt symposium format. They are dedicated to Measurements in Wireless Networks (WiNMee), Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks (RAWNET), Spatial Stochastic Model for Wireless Networks (SPASWIN), and Network Coding, Theory, and Applications (NETCOD). We hope that you have a chance to visit these workshops as well. Please find enclosed information concerning registration, and the preliminary WiOpt 2005 technical program. We look forward to hosting you in Trentino! The WiOpt 2005 Chairs =============================== PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM =============================== Session: Performance Modeling and Optimization (I) ================================================== "Closed and Open Loop Optimal Control of Buffer and Energy of a Wireless Device", V. S. Borkar, A. A. Kherani, and B. J. Prabhu "On the Transport Capacity of Gaussian Multiple Access and Broadcast Channels", G. A. Gupta, S. Toumpis, J. Sayir, and R. R. Müller "The Effect of Retransmitted Packet Size Preservation Property on TCP Goodput over Links with Bernoulli Bit-Errors", T. Ikegawa and Y. Takahashi Session: Security and Cooperation Issues ======================================== "Transmission Costs, Selfish Nodes, and Protocol Design", P. Marbach and R. Pang Analysis of a Reputation System for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks with Liars", J. Mundinger and J.-Y. Le Boudec "Secure Comparison of Encrypted Data in Wireless Sensor Networks", M. Acharya, J. Girao, and D. Westhoff "A Game-Theoretic Analysis on the Conditions of Cooperation in a Wireless Ad Hoc Network", Se. Bandyopadhyay and Su. Bandyopadhyay "Preventing Impersonation Attacks in MANET with Multi-factor Authentication", D. Glynos, P. Kotzanikolaou, and C. Douligeris Session: Power Control and Resource Management (I) ================================================== "Minimum Energy Transmission Scheduling Subject to Deadline Constraints", A. Tarello, J. Sun, M. Zafer, and E. Modiano "Distributed Power Allocation and Scheduling for Parallel Channel Wireless Networks", X. Qin and R. Berry "Power Control and Multiuser Diversity in Multiple Access Channels with Two Time-Scale Fading", A. S. C. Leong, J. S. Evans, and S. Dey "Distributed Fair Resource Allocation in Cellular Networks in the Presence of Heterogeneous Delays", L. Ying, R. Srikant, A. Eryilmaz, and G. E. Dullerud Session: Infrastructure WLANs ============================= "Using the 802.11e EDCF to Achieve TCP Upload Fairness over WLAN Links", D. J. Leith and P. Clifford "A Novel Call Admission Control in Multi-service Wireless LANs", D. Chen, A. K. Elhakeem, and X. Wang "Performance Measurements of the Saturation Throughput in IEEE 802.11 Access Points", E. Pelletta and H. Velayos "A Novel Framework for Radio Resource Management in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs", M. Davis and T. Raimondi Keynote ======= "Analysis and Optimisation of IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks", Anurag Kumar, Department of Electrical Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Session: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks =================================== "Distributed Topology Control of Wireless Networks", V. S. Borkar and D. Manjunath "Modular Analytical Performance Models for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks", F. L. Dotti, P. Fernandes, A. Sales, and O. M. dos Santos "Interference Power Sum with Log-Normal Components in Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks", R. Hekmat and P. Van Mieghem "A Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Sensor Network Design", F. Y. S. Lin and P. L. Chiu "On Range Matrices and Wireless Networks in d Dimensions", M. Desai and D. Manjunath "A New Relaying Scheme for Cheap Wireless Relay Nodes", R. Khalili and K. Salamatian Session: Routing and Mobility ============================= "On the Predictability of Link Lifetimes in Urban MANETs", S. Bohacek, A. Ilic, and V. Sridhara "An Interactive Transparent Protocol for Connection Oriented Mobility- Performance Analysis with Voice Traffic", R. Y. Zaghal, S. Davu, and J. I. Khan "Optimal Controlled Flooding Search in a Large Wireless Network", N. B. Chang and M. Liu "Mobility Prediction's Influence on QoS in Wireless Networks: A Study on a Call Admission Algorithm", J.-M. François and G. Leduc "Securing Route Optimisation in NEMO", M. Calderón, C. J. Bernardos, M. Bagnulo, and I. Soto Panel Session: "Autonomic and Situated Communications" ============== Organizer: Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens Session: Routing ================ "NEURAL: A Self-Organizing Routing Algorithm for Ad Hoc Networks", V. E. Mujica V., D. Sisalem, and R. Popescu-Zeletin "Towards an Understanding of EASE and Its Properties", S. Ioannidis and P. Marbach "Analysis of a Distributed Algorithm to Determine Multiple Routes with Path Diversity in Ad Hoc Networks", S. Mueller and D. Ghosal "A Practical Approach to QoS Routing for Wireless Networks", T. Tung, Z. Jia, and J. Walrand "Modeling and Analysis of Opportunistic Routing in Low Traffic Scenarios", R. C. Shah, S. Wiethölter, A. Wolisz, and J. M. Rabaey "Energy Saving Dynamic Source Routing for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks", M. Tarique, K. E. Tepe, and M. Naserian Session: Minimum Energy Broadcasting ==================================== "Tighter Bounds for the Minimum Energy Broadcasting Problem", A. Navarra "Computing Optimal or Near-Optimal Trees for Minimum-Energy Broadcasting in Wireless Networks", D. Yuan "Iterated Local Optimization for Minimum Energy Broadcast", I. Kang and R. Poovendran Session: Performance Modeling and Optimization (II) =================================================== "k-Server Optimal Task Scheduling Problem with Convex Cost Function", M. Lin and Y. Ma "Finite State Markov Model for Effective Bandwidth Calculation in Wireless Packet Networks", S. R. Kundu, K. Basu, and S. K. Das "Minimizing Delay in Loss-Tolerant MAC Layer Multicast", P. Chaporkar and S. Sarkar "A New Hybrid Scheduling Framework for Asymmetric Wireless Environments with Request Repetition", N. Saxena, C. M. Pinotti, K. Basu, and S. K. Das Session: Power Control and Resource Management (II) =================================================== "Power Control for Multicell CDMA Wireless Networks: A Team Optimization Approach", T. Alpcan, X. Fan, T. Ba?ar, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen "Ordered Statistics Based Rate Allocation Scheme for Closed Loop MIMO-OFDM System", X. He, S. Wang, W. Zhang, and X. Gan "A Simulation Tool to Evaluate Radio Resource Management Algorithms for Enhanced UMTS", V. Vassiliou, J. Antoniou, G. Hadjipollas, and A. Pitsillides "An Optimization Framework for Radio Resource Management Based on Utility vs. Price Tradeoff in WCDMA Systems", L. Badia, C. Saturni, L. Brunetta, and M. Zorzi ============= SPONSORSHIP ============= WiOpt05 is sponsored by INRIA, Create-Net, ICST, Intel, Siemens mobile, and the euroNGI & E-NEXT Networks of Excellence; it is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Information Theory Society and organized in cooperation with ACM and IFIP, WG 6.3. ============ ORGANIZERS ============ General Chair ------------- E. Altman, INRIA Vice General Chair ------------------ H. Karl, U. of Paderborn Program Co-Chairs ----------------- R. R. Mazumdar, Purdue U. I. Stavrakakis, U. of Athens Steering Committee Chair ------------------------ I. Chlamtac, Create-Net Program Committee ----------------- E. Altman, INRIA V. Anantharam, UC Berkeley K. Avrachenkov, INRIA T. Basar, UIUC A. Campbell, Columbia U. X. Cao, Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology A. Chockalingam, Indian Institute of Science M. Conti, CNR-ITT J. Crowcroft, U. of Cambridge P. Dube, IBM Research A. Ephremides, U. of Maryland S. Giordano, SUSPI A. Jukan, NSF CISE Networking Research H. Karl, U. of Paderborn P. Key, Microsoft Research J-W. Lee, Princeton U. R. Malhame, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal P. Marbach, U. of Toronto D. Mcauley, Intel A. Misra, IBM Q. Ni, National U. of Ireland Y. Onozato, Guma University A. Orda, Technion A. Panagakis, U. of Athens R. Rao, UC San Diego A. Richa, Arizona State U. P. Rodriguez, Microsoft Research C. Rosenberg, Purdue U. V. Syrotiuk, Arizona State U. T. Turletti, INRIA J. Wieselthier, Naval Research Laboratory M. Zukerman, U. of Melbourne Workshops Chair --------------- C. Barakat, INRIA Local Arrangements Chair ------------------------ G. Boata, U. of Trento Publicity Chair --------------- T. Turletti, INRIA Publications Chair ------------------ E. Deriche, INRIA

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Call for Papers - BroadNets 2005 (Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium)
by Dawn 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

We apologize if you receive this announcement multiple times ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Second Annual International Conference on Broadband Networks (BROADNETS 2005) Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium October 3 - 7, 2005 Boston, Massachusetts, USA http://www.broadnets.org Submission Deadline Extended: February 25, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE ----- BroadNets 2005 is an international conference focusing on broadband networking and covers the entire gamut of next generation networks with high bandwidth available for both wireless and wireline networks. The conference will consist of the following three symposia: ** Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium: covers mobility, routing for multihop, multimedia QoS and traffic management, cross-layer optimization, MAC and emerging physical layer technologies (UWB, MIMO) for high-speed wireless networking. ** Broadband Optical Networking Symposium: covers WDM technologies, Ethernet and MPLS integration into the optical layer, Next- Generation SONET/SDH, as well as SAN extensions over DWDM/SONET/SDH. ** Broadband Applications/Services Symposium: covers middleware and service architectures for broadband applications, pervasive computing and ubiquitous communications, and universal broadband access for information services. BroadNets 2005 will thus offer a unique forum for researchers from academia, government and industry to share ideas and disseminate new results in these important areas. This Call for Papers describes the details for the Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium ONLY. (Refer to the www.broadnets.org website for the details of Broadband Optical Symposium and Broadband Applications/Services Symposium.) We are soliciting full papers in all research, development, and deployment areas on broadband wireless networking. Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following: - 3G/4G Systems - Fixed Broadband Wireless Access - Wireless Local Area Networks - Wireless Indoor & Home Networks - Wireless Mesh Networks - Wireless Sensor Networks - Ultra Wideband (UWB) Networks - Ad-hoc Networks - Wireless Personal Area Networks - Free-Space Optics - Internetworking Heterogeneous Wireless/Wireline Networks - Network Topology Management - Unicast and Multicast Routing - Resource Management - Neighbour Discovery - MAC Protocol Design and Analysis including IEEE 802.11/15/16 - Software-Defined Radio - Space-Time Processing, MIMO Systems - Joint Physical/MAC Design - Smart (directional) Antennas - Power Control - Mobility, Location and Handoff Management - Routing in Multihop, Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks - Multimedia QoS and Traffic Management - Security Techniques and Systems Conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society. A set of selected papers from the symposium will be published in a special issue of ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks (MONET) Journal. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Submission Deadline (Extended): February 25, 2005 Acceptance Notification: May 15, 2005 Final Manuscript Due: June 1, 2005 PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ----------------------------- Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in IEEE conference proceedings format. Papers should be submitted in PDF format to the respective symposium through the EDAS system at http://edas.info/Conference.cgi. CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------- General Chair: Dr. Arun Somani, Iowa State University, arun(a)iastate.edu General Vice Chair: Dr. Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech, thou(a)vt.edu Technical Program Chair- Wireless Networking Symposium: Dr. Sherman Shen, Univ. of Waterloo, xshen(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Technical Program Chairs - Optical Networking Symposium Dr. David Griffith, NIST, david.griffith(a)nist.gov Dr. Srini Ramasubramanian, Univ. of Arizona, srini(a)ece.arizona.edu Technical Program Chairs - Services and Applications Symposium Dr. Malathi Veeraraghavan, Univ. of Virginia, mv(a)cs.virginia.edu Dr. Admela Jukan, Georgia Tech, admela.jukan(a)ece.gatech.edu Workshops Chairs: Dr. Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, wheinzel(a)ece.rochester.edu Dr. Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, byrav(a)cse.unl.edu Dr. Behcet Sarikaya, University of Northern British Columbia, sarikaya(a)unbc.ca Tutorials Chair: Dr. Steven Low, CalTech., slow(a)caltech.edu Panels Chairs: Dr. Surendar Chandra, Univ. of Notre Dame, surendar(a)cse.nd.edu Dr. Rudra Dutta, NCSU, dutta(a)csc.ncsu.edu Publicity Chairs: Dr. Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC, bkrishna(a)usc.edu Dr. Takeo Hamada, Fujitsu Labs of America, thamada(a)fla.fujitsu.com Website/Information Systems Chair: Dr. Shiwen Mao, Virginia Tech, smao(a)vt.edu Local Arrangements Chairs: Dr. Aura Ganz, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, ganz(a)ecs.umass.edu Dr. Ling Li, CIENA, linlisu(a)hotmail.com Publications Chairs: Dr. Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University, kamal(a)iastate.edu Dr. Hui Zang, Sprint Adv. Tech. Labs, hzang(a)sprintlabs.com Exhibits and Sponsorships Chair: Dr. Sai Shankar N, Philips Research USA, sai.shankar(a)philips.com Finance Chair: Karen Decker, ICST, karen(a)icst.org Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Imrich Chlamtac, UT Dallas, chlamtac(a)utdallas.edu Dr. Krishna Sivalingam, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, krishna(a)umbc.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers - BroadNets 2005 (Broadband Optical Networking Symposium)
by Dawn 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

We apologize if you receive this announcement multiple times ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Second Annual International Conference on Broadband Networks (BROADNETS 2005) Broadband Optical Networking Symposium October 3 - 7, 2005 Boston, Massachusetts, USA http://www.broadnets.org Submission Deadline Extended: February 25, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE ----- BROADNETS 2005 is an international conference focusing on broadband networking and covers the entire gamut of next generation networks with high bandwidth available for both wireless and wireline networks. The conference will consist of the following three symposia: ** Broadband Optical Networking Symposium: covers WDM technologies, Ethernet and MPLS integration into the optical layer, Next-Generation SONET/SDH, as well as SAN extensions over DWDM/SONET/SDH. ** Broadband Wireless Networking Symposium: covers mobility, routing for multihop, multimedia QoS and traffic management, cross-layer optimization, MAC and emerging physical layer technologies (UWB, MIMO) for high-speed wireless networking. ** Broadband Applications/Services Symposium: covers middleware and service architectures for broadband applications, pervasive computing and ubiquitous communications, and universal broadband access for information services. BROADNETS 2005 will thus offer a unique forum for researchers from academia, government and industry to share ideas and disseminate new results in these important areas. This Call for Papers describes the details for the Broadband Optical Networking Symposium ONLY. (Refer to the www.broadnets.org website for the details of Broadband Wireless Symposium and Broadband Applications/Services Symposium.) We are soliciting full papers in all research, development, and deployment areas on broadband optical networking. Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following: - Wavelength-routed WDM networks - Integration of Ethernet and RPR into the optical layer - IP and MPLS over DWDM: integration and interworking - Next-generation SONET/SDH and MSPP - SAN over SONET/SDH and DWDM - Network control and management, GMPLS - Survivability in the data, TDM or optical layers - Optical packet switching and burst switching - High-speed switch and router architectures - Optical multicasting - Standards for multi-service networks - Long-haul optical transport networks - Metropolitan and regional optical networks - Access optical networks, PONs - Optical networking for video-on-demand - Trial implementations and test-beds - Multi-layer network design and optimization - Grid computing over optical networks - Optical technologies: switching, transmission and multiplexing Conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society. A set of selected papers from the symposium will be published in a special issue of Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking Journal. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Submission Deadline (Extended): February 25, 2005 Acceptance Notification: May 15, 2005 Final Manuscript Due: June 1, 2005 PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ----------------------------- Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in IEEE conference proceedings format. Papers should be submitted in PDF format to the respective symposium through the EDAS system at http://edas.info/Conference.cgi. CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------- General Chair: Dr. Arun Somani, Iowa State University, arun(a)iastate.edu General Vice Chair: Dr. Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech, thou(a)vt.edu Technical Program Chairs - Optical Networking Symposium Dr. David Griffith, NIST, david.griffith(a)nist.gov Dr. Srini Ramasubramanian, University of Arizona, srini(a)ece.arizona.edu Technical Program Chair- Wireless Networking Symposium: Dr. Sherman Shen, Univ. of Waterloo, xshen(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Technical Program Chairs - Services and Applications Symposium Dr. Malathi Veeraraghavan, Univ. of Virginia, mv(a)cs.virginia.edu Dr. Admela Jukan, Georgia Tech, admela.jukan(a)ece.gatech.edu Workshops Chairs: Dr. Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, wheinzel(a)ece.rochester.edu Dr. Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, byrav(a)cse.unl.edu Dr. Behcet Sarikaya, University of Northern British Columbia, sarikaya(a)unbc.ca Tutorials Chair: Dr. Steven Low, CalTech., slow(a)caltech.edu Panels Chairs: Dr. Surendar Chandra, Univ. of Notre Dame, surendar(a)cse.nd.edu Dr. Rudra Dutta, NCSU, dutta(a)csc.ncsu.edu Publicity Chairs: Dr. Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC, bkrishna(a)usc.edu Dr. Takeo Hamada, Fujitsu Labs of America, thamada(a)fla.fujitsu.com Website/Information Systems Chair: Dr. Shiwen Mao, Virginia Tech, smao(a)vt.edu Local Arrangements Chairs: Dr. Aura Ganz, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, ganz(a)ecs.umass.edu Dr. Ling Li, CIENA, linlisu(a)hotmail.com Publications Chairs: Dr. Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University, kamal(a)iastate.edu Dr. Hui Zang, Sprint Adv. Tech. Labs, hzang(a)sprintlabs.com Exhibits and Sponsorships Chair: Dr. Sai Shankar N, Philips Research USA, sai.shankar(a)philips.com Finance Chair: Karen Decker, ICST, karen(a)icst.org Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Imrich Chlamtac, UT Dallas, chlamtac(a)utdallas.edu Dr. Krishna Sivalingam, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, krishna(a)umbc.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Links with IFIP
by Kiril Boyanov 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Dear All, I am sending some thoughts which may be will put the beginning of the discussion. I forward the e-mail which I have already sent to Otto. Best regards Kiril Dear Otto, I think that your comments are very fruitful. I think that we can work by e-mail and to divide some activities as regional activities. For example several governors are responsible for some activities in Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia etc. Second, organizing conferences with some support (not financial) from the governors, I mean papers, tutorials by e-mail, for our countries slides from courses for students, referee etc. So, these acclivities we can put in the TC.6 calendar too. We also can use some of the governors as juries for example I am trying to organize international award on the name of JVA you know this. These is just some ideas. If you think that in them their is some rationality please, send me your opinion. Best regards Kiril ======================================= acad. Kiril Boyanov BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute for Parallel Processing Director Sofia 1113, acad.G.Bonchev str.Bl.25A phone (+359 2)9796617, (+359 2) 8708494 (secretary) fax (+359 2) 8707273 E-Mail boyanov(a)acad.bg =======================================

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Invitation to Italy and USA 2005; c/ba
by IPSI-2005 Italy and USA 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

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 take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: IPSI-2005 USA Hotel@MIT, Cambridge (arrival: 7 July 05 / departure: 10 July 05) New deadlines: 20 February 05 (abstract) / 15 April 05 (full paper) The second one will take place in Loreto Aprutino, Italy: IPSI-2005 ITALY Hotel Castello Chiola (arrival: 27 July 05 / departure: 1 August 05) New deadlines: 20 February 05 (abstract) / 15 April 05 (full paper) All IPSI BgD conferences are non-profit. They bring together the elite of the world 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. One of the main topics of this conference is "E-education and E-business with Special Emphasis on Semantic Web and Web Datamining" Other 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. Note that you can submit your paper also to the IPSI Transactions journal. Sincerely Yours, Prof. V. Milutinovic, Chairman, IPSI BgD Conferences * * * CONTROLLING OUR E-MAILS TO YOU * * * If you would like to continue to be informed about future IPSI BgD conferences, please reply to this e-mail message with a subject line of SUBSCRIBE. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please reply to this e-mail message with a subject line of REMOVE.

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Re: Links with IFIP
by Otto Spaniol 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Dear Ramani, thank you very much for your prompt answer. I forward your message to the whole of IFIP TC6 in order to stimulate a discussion about a possible further cooperation. In the following I give only my first impressions and I wait for some more commetns by TC6 delegates (and hopefully by ICCC governors). > >Thanks for your emails about the link with IFIP. Every one shares your >feelings about the winding up of ICCC, but this had gradually become a >necessity. There was no way of postponing it. > >We need to think together about a possible link between the group of ICCC >Governors still interested in continuing some activity and the TC6. What are >the possible options? Is there a way of forming a Working Group? A narrow >focus does not seem possible because ICCC's interest was quite broad. >Looking closely at the societal applications of networks is getting close to >what TC9 does. A working group inside TC6 (we have already ten of such groups) will be difficult to achieve; such a working group must have a clear focus - and as you mentioned, societal aspects are more the business of TC9. > >Could the WG focus on multi-disciplinary issues in computer communications. >This might get close to the work of the TC that deals with human factors. Before we could envisage such a group we would need a description of Aims and Scopes and we would have to clarify and sort out possible overlaps with TC 13 (Human Computer Interaction). >There is also the focus on developing countries and that gets close WG9.5. > And to WG 6.9 (Data Communication for Developing Countries). Thus there is no need for an additional WG here. >If we resolve these issues, could we think of a WG that largely operates over the Internet and email? This is already largely the case by now for all WG's of TC6. >Can such a WG have 30 or 40 members? Yes. >I know that WG 9.5 had grown to be huge and had caused some worries, but I do think >ICCC is a special case, having carefully elected members with proven >accomplishments and multi-disciplinary interests. Not the size of a WG is a problem, but sometimes the activities of its members might be improved. > >I am sure that there are other ways of connecting up with IFIP, but I merely >wanted to start off the discussion that your email had stimulated. > >Regards, >S. Ramani Thanks a lot for these very stimulating contributions. I wait for more comments. best regards Otto > >-----Original Message----- >From: Otto Spaniol [mailto:spaniol@informatik.rwth-aachen.de] >Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:18 PM >To: ramani; ICCC Governors >Cc: augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt >Subject: Re: Links with IFIP > > >Dear Ramani, >> >>1. You may wish to pass on the following call for papers to someone >>interested. >> >>2. John McKendree has asked if any Governor would be interested in >>continuing his/her links with IFIP in some manner or another now, after we >>dissolved the ICCC (on Dec 31, 2004). I do not know if this is possible. >>Perhaps we can request Augusto, who has always been an active Governor, and >>an IFIP TC6 Chair, to advise us in this matter. >> >I'm chairman of IFIP TC6 (again) since January 2004 as >successor of Augusto Casaca. And I'm governor of ex-ICCC. >Of course, IFIP TC6 would like to continue links with >ex-ICCC. We will check how we can arrange this. >Personally, I was deeply shaken about the fate of ICCC. > >Comments on how to (re)-establish links between the >two communities will be more than welcome. > >Best regards >Otto > >*************************************************************** > >SPANIOL Otto, Prof. Dr. Tel.: +49-241-80 21400/401 >RWTH Aachen University Home: +49-241-57 45 90 >Computer Science Department FAX: +49-241-80 22220 >D - 52056 Aachen Mobile: +49-172 273 4814 >Office address: Email: >Ahornstrasse 55 spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de >D - 52074 Aachen http://www-i4.informatik. >GERMANY rwth-aachen.de > > > > > > > >

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