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WEA 2005: 2nd Call for Papers
by Ioannis Chatzigiannakis 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

[Apologies for multiple copies] SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS WEA 2005 4th International Workshop on Efficient and Experimental Algorithms Santorini Island, Greece May 10 to 13, 2005 http://ru1.cti.gr/wea05/ The WEA Workshops are intended to be an international forum for researchers in the area of design, analysis, and experimental evaluation and engineering of algorithms, as well as in various aspects of computational optimization and its applications. The three preceding Workshops in this series were held in Riga (2001), Monte Verita (2003, http://www.idsia.ch/wea2003/) and Rio de Janeiro (2004, http://wea2004.inf.puc-rio.br/). The WEA 2005 Workshop is sponsored by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the EU IST/FET R&D Projects FLAGS ("Foundational Aspects of Global Computing Systems") and DELIS ("Dynamically Evolving Large-scale Information Systems") and the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (RACTI). TOPICS Original research contributions are solicited covering a variety of topics including but not limited to: - Algorithm Engineering - Algorithmic Mechanism Design - Analysis of Algorithms - Approximation Techniques - Branch and Bound Algorithms - Combinatorial Structures and Graphs - Combinatorial and Irregular Problems - Communication Networks - Computational Learning Theory - Computational Optimization - Computer Systems - Cryptography and Security - Data Structures - Distributed Algorithms - Evaluation of Algorithms for Realistic Environments - Graph Drawing - Heuristics for Combinatorial Optimization - Implementation, Testing, Evaluation and Fine-tuning of Algorithms - Information Retrieval - Integer Programming - Logistics and Operations Management - Machine Learning and Data Mining - Mathematical Programming - Metaheuristic Methodologies - Network Analysis - Novel Applications of Algorithms in Other Disciplines - On-line Problems - Parallel Algorithms and Computing - Railway Optimization using Algorithmic Methods - Randomized Techniques - Robotics - Semidefinite Programming - Simulation - Software Repositories and Platforms for using Algorithms - Telecommunications and Networking - World Wide Web Algorithms GENERAL and PC CHAIR Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Edoardo Amaldi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Evripidis Bampis, University d'Evry, France - David A. Bader, University of New Mexico, USA - Cynthia Barnhart, MIT, USA - Azzedine Boukerche, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada - Gerth Brodal, University of Aarhus, Denmark - Rainer Burkard, Graz University of Technology, Austria - Giuseppe Di Battista, Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy - Rudolf Fleischer, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.C. - Pierre Fraigniaud, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, France - Mark Goldberg, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA - Juraj Hromkovic, ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Giuseppe Italiano, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy - Christos Kaklamanis, University of Patras and CTI, Greece - Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Ludek Kucera, Charles University, Czech Republic - Shay Kutten, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel - Catherine McGeoch, Amherst College, USA - Simone Martins, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil - Bernard Moret, University of New Mexico, USA - Ian Munro, University of Waterloo, Canada - Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece (Chair) - Andrea Pietracaprina, University of Padova, Italy - Tomasz Radzik, King's College London, UK - Rajeev Raman, University of Leicester, UK - Mauricio Resende, AT&T Labs Research, USA - Maria Serna, T.U. of Catalonia, Spain - Paul Spirakis, University of Patras and CTI, Greece - Eric Taillard, EIVD, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland - Dorothea Wagner, University Karlsruhe, Germany - Stefan Voss, University of Hamburg, Germany - Christos Zaroliagis, University of Patras and CTI, Greece INVITED SPEAKERS: - Christos Papadimitriou, University of California at Berkeley, USA - Celso Ribeiro, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - David A. Bader, University of New Mexico, USA STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS - Klaus Jansen, University of Kiel, Germany - Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland PROCEEDINGS AND JEA SPECIAL ISSUE The Proceedings of WEA 2005 will be published in the Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), by Springer Verlag. Selected papers from WEA 2005 will be considered for a Special Issue of the ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA, http://www.jea.acm.org/). SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the Workshop. Simultaneous submission to conferences with published proceedings is not allowed. Papers should not exceed twelve (12) SINGLE-spaced pages of text, using at least 11 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, including references, figures, tables, etc. It is highly recommended to use the Springer LNCS LATEX style format (www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Additional material may be added at a clearly marked Appendix to be read at the discretion of the Program Committee Members. Authors must submit their papers electronically via EDAS (http://edas.info/) All papers will be peer reviewed and comments will be provided to the authors. Authors need to make sure that for each accepted paper at least one author will attend the Workshop. IMPORTANT DATES: - Submission Deadline: January 17, 2005, 11pm GMT - Author Notification: February 28, 2005 - Final Manuscript Due: March 14, 2005 LOCAL AND HOTEL INFORMATION Useful hotel and local information can be found at the following site: http://wea2005.conferences.gr ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: - Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, CTI, Greece (Co-Chair) - Rozina Efstathiadou, CTI, Greece, (Co-chair) - Athanassios Kinalis, CTI and U. of Patras, Greece, Webmaster - Lena Gourdoupi, CTI, Greece, Registration and Hotel - TBA, Proceedings and Systems

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Fwd: AW: IFIP publications in LNCS
by Otto Spaniol 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Dear all, a question concerning LNCS publication was directed by Guy Leduc (thank you very much, Guy, for that) to Alfred Hofmann from Springer. Even if this quzestion was only for WG 6.1 I think that it is valid also for all other WG's and for TC6 as a whole. Best regards Otto ---------------- Anfang Weiterleitung ---------------- Betreff: AW: IFIP publications in LNCS Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 2004 17:55 Uhr Von: Alfred.Hofmann(a)springer-sbm.com An: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be Kopie: spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de , Alfred.Hofmann(a)springer-sbm.com Dear Guy Leduc: Thank you very much for your mail regarding publication of the proceedings resulting from IFIP WG 6.1 conferences/workshops in LNCS, now under the IFIP-LNCS clauses of the IFIP-Springer contract. I am well aware of your role for IFIP WG 6.1 and of your scientific work generally; indeed, I had been knocking at your office door when I visitied Andre Danthine at Liege (now quite some time ago). Your analysis of what out of the WG 6.1 activities had been published so far in LNCS is accurate and in accordance with my understanding. I also would take this opportunity to express my thanks to IFIP WG 6.1 and you personally for publishing in LNCS at time when this still was not officially agreed upon. As to your question about the status of the six 2005 events listed in your mail regarding publication in LNCS, I do not see any problem: some/most of these six meetings are accepted (at least in principle), and given the previous publication record of these meeting in LNCS, evaluation of the inquires in discussion with the LNCS series editors is rather a matter of formality. So, please take it from this message that all six meeting can and will be published in LNCS also in 2005. There is other new inquireis refering to the IFIP Springer/LNCS Agreement which do casue more problems (due to the less technical orientation of some of them). Below, I attach the general terms for IFIP-LNCS publication. Roughly speaking, compared to standard (non-IFIP) LNCS, a list price mark-up of around 30 % is applied in order to compensate for the publication fee we have to pay IFIP for these proceedings. Regarding complimentary copies and discsounts for buying conference copies the same terms are applied like for standard LNCS; no mimimum underwriting guarantee is imposed to workshop/conference organizers for buying a certain number of their books, small workshops in principle can do with the 50 free copies alone. If you have further questions I would be happy to talk to you on the phone; I am sure we will have an opportunity to meet in person at some conference (somewhere/somewhen). I look forward to cooperating with you and the organizers of IFIP WG 6.1 events for publication of these proceedings in LNCS. Best regards, Alfred --- Alfred Hofmann Springer Editorial Director Computer Science --- Tiergartenstrasse 17 | 69121 Heidelberg | Germany tel +49 (0) 6221 / 487-85 99 fax +49 (0) 6221 / 487-85 88 <mailto:alfred.hofmann@springer-sbm.com> alfred.hofmann(a)springer-sbm.com <http://www.springeronline.com/lncs> www.springeronline.com/lncs --- ************************************ As to the financial side, no royalties are paid for editing LNCS Proceedings, however a standard number of 50 free copies of the book are given to the editor(s). Additional copies needed for distribution at the meeting or to contributing authors etc. can be bought at a discount of (at least) 45 % off the list price; this discount is increased to 47.5 % or 50 %, etc. if at least 100 copies or at least 200 copies, etc. are bought (respectively). For proceedings with more than some 750 pages, the aforementioned discounts can be (slightly) improved as well as the number of free copies. The list price of an IFIP-LNCS Proceedings essentially depends on the number of pages needed, as shown in the 2004 IFIP-LNCS Proceedings Price List below. Please note that, besides the cost for the books also the transportation cost has to be covered. Please note that, besides the costs for the books, the transportation costs also have to be covered and that there might be a slight price increase for 2005. 2004 IFIP-LNCS Price List ********************************************************* NET LIST PRICES FOR LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE published in cooperation with IFIP (effective: February 1, 2004) NUMBER of PAGES EUR up to 250 58.00 251-300 63.00 301-350 68.00 351-400 73.00 401-450 78.00 451-500 83.00 501-550 88.00 551-600 93.00 601-650 98.00 651-700 103.00 701-750 108.00 751-800 113.00 The page number ranges refer to the total number of pages needed (i.e. Roman numbered front matter pages plus Arabic page count). This list gives the full EUR list prices. For bulk orders of conference proceedings a discount off these list prices is granted; this discount depends on the number of copies bought. In addition to the cost for books shiped to conferences, the transportation cost has to be covered. The list prices of volumes with more than 800 pages are calculated individually. As a rough approximation, EUR 4.00 are to be added for each additional 50 pages needed beyond 800 pages; there are (slight) reductions for high printrun titles or two-volume proceedings. _____ Von: Guy Leduc [mailto:Guy.Leduc@ulg.ac.be] Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. November 2004 14:01 An: Hofmann, Alfred, SV Cc: Otto Spaniol Betreff: IFIP publications in LNCS Dear Mr. Hofmann, I've been the chairman of IFIP WG6.1 since April 1998. Our Working Group has been the sponsor (or sometimes co-sponsor) of several conferences and the following proceedings have already been published in LNCS: Middleware (IFIP is main sponsor, ACM and USENIX are co-sponsor) Middleware 5 Lake District UK 1998 Middleware 6 New York USA 2000 Middleware 7 Heidelberg Germany 2001 Middleware 8 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2003 Middleware 9 Toronto Canada 2004 IWQoS (IFIP is co-sponsor with IEEE Communication Society) IWQOS 9 Karlsruhe Germany 2001 IWQOS 11 Monterey, CA USA 2003 FORTE (IFIP is full sponsor) FORTE 22 Houston (Texas) USA 2002 FORTE 23 Berlin Germany 2003 FORTE 24 Madrid Spain 2004 TESTCOM (IFIP is full sponsor) Testcom 15 Sophia Antipolis France 2003 Testcom 16 Oxford UK 2004 FMOODS (IFIP is full sponsor) FMOODS 6 Paris France 2003 DAIS (IFIP is full sponsor) DAIS 4 Paris France 2003 As WG chair I always advised our conference organizers to publish the proceedings in LNCS (despite the fact that the IFIP official publisher was KAP). Now, the new contract between IFIP and Springer Science + Business Media, and in particular its article 38, specifies explicitely that IFIP proceedings can be published in IFIP LNCS, and I am strongly in favour of this. For 2005 you've probably been already sollicited by several organisers of our events. Otherwise, I'd like to inform you that we would like to publish the following proceedings in IFIP LNCS: Middleware 10 Grenoble France 2005 FORTE 25 Taipei Taiwan 2005 Testcom 17 Montreal Canada 2005 FMOODS 7 Athens Greece 2005 DAIS 5 Athens Greece 2005 IWQOS 13 Passau Germany 2005 Could you let me know if you agree? Note in particular that IWQOS has been mostly published by IEEE (the co-sponsor) so far, but some organizers sometimes prefer LNCS. In 2005, they are contemplating the possiblity to publish in LNCS again, and I would like to confirm that this is indeed possible. In particular, I would appreciate receiving the data concerning the bulk price of LNCS volumes for organizers. I'm looking forward to reading you. Guy Leduc IFIP WG6.1 chair -- ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Phone : +32 4 366 26 98 Université de Liège Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Réseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Email: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be EECS Department, Institut Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/People/GuyLeduc/ ----------------- Ende Weiterleitung -----------------

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Re: re:[ifip-tc6] Ramon is WCC 2006 IPC chair
by Ramon Puigjaner 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear FinnArve, As we discussed in Bangkok, IPC means International Program Committee and it has as main duty to prepare the program of the WCC (World computer Congress). Best regards Ramon > Dear Ramon > What is an IPC? > finn arve... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ramon Puigjaner" <putxi(a)uib.es> > To: "Otto Spaniol" <spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de> > Cc: <brunnstein(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de>; > <ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de>; <eduard.dundler(a)ifip.or.at> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:46 AM > Subject: re:[ifip-tc6] Ramon is WCC 2006 IPC chair > > > > Dear Otto and all the TC6, > > Otto, thank you very much for your encouraging words and by your own > > commitment. > > Like you I expect the support of all the TC6 members that promised some > > kind of help in Bangkok and the positive critiques of those that think, > > for different reasons, that I have taken the wrong decision. > > I am intending the create the IPC in which there will be the TPC chairs of > > all the conferences that will run in parallel in Santiago. So, as soon as > > you can, indicate the names of these persons. > > Best regards > > Ramon > > > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> as you have already heard by himself, Ramon has finally accepted > >> to serve as IPC chair for WCC 2006 in Santiago de Chile. > >> This was a very difficult decision for him but we knew (at least some of > > us > >> knew) that he was extremely interested in this "burden" since his > >> heart beats first in Spain but secondly and not less strongly in Latin > >> America. > >> The topic was thoroughly discussed in Bangkok and TC6 promised to arrange > >> events for Santiago: > >> - tutorials > >> - conferences (Netcon, MWCN,...) > >> - LANC 2006 > >> - and, last but not least, meeting 2006/2. > >> Now we will have to satisfy these promises. I'll do my very best for that > >> and I hope that also the critical voices will contribute to a success. > >> Of course it will be allowed to give hints to the Chilean organisors > >> in order to present a realistic budget, hold the conference in decent > >> university rooms > >> which may be available for free (instead as in schickimicki and awfully > >> expensive > >> conference centers). By doing so it can be almost guaranteed that the > >> conference > >> cannot run into a deficit from a financial point of view. > >> > >> Please support Ramon in the preparation of WCC 2006. I believe that this > >> can be a > >> very good story also for TC6. > >> > >> Please find enclose the message of Klaus Brunnstein to the TC chairs > >> where he announces the positive devision of Ramon. > >> > >> Best regards > >> Otto Spaniol > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> > >> Message from Klaus Brunnstein: > >> > >> > >> Dear TC chairs, > >> > >> it is my pleasure and privilege to inform you that Prof. Ramon Puigjaner > >> of University of Mallorca (more exactly: Universitat de les Illes > >> Balears) > >> has accepted my invitation to act as IPC chair for IFIP World Computer > >> Congress 2006 in Santiago de Chile. Ramon has excellent contacts to > >> South and Middle (aka Latin) America where he organized several events > >> and > >> has been an invited speaker at several CLEI conference. He has worked > >> very > >> actively in IFIP for long years, both in major events such as WCC-1992 > >> in > >> Madrid (where he was a member of IPC) as in TC-6 and its WGs. Ramon is > >> the > >> Spanish representative in IFIP General Assembly and he serves as TC-6 > >> vice chair. > >> > >> Here are Ramon´s contact data: > >> Prof. Dr. Ramon Puigjaner > >> Universitat de les Illes Balears > >> Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica > >> 07122 PALMA (Spain) > >> Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 > >> e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es > >> > >> At this time, I wish to thank Prof. van Solms who despite his health > >> problems worked hard in preparing IPC work and esp. in convincing > >> several TCs to actively contribute to this event. Our best wishes to > >> Basie for soon and complete recovery. > >> > >> Following Basie´s engagement, I am glad to notify that the following > >> TCs have agreed to organise some event within IFIP WCC-2006: > >> > >> TC-2, TC3, TC-6, TC-8, TC-11, TC-12 and TC13. > >> > >> There are good chances that TC-10 will hold its 30-year > >> anniversary conference within WCC-2006, and we also > >> hope that TC-1 will join. At this time, TCs 5, 7 and 9 > >> as well as SG-14 have not reacted positively and > >> are likely to be missing. > >> > >> Concerning procedure of forming IPC, may I suggest that TC chairs > >> inform Ramon about a member representing their TC in IPC. Ramon (as > >> IPC chair) and Mauricio (as OC chair) intend to distribute a first > >> Call for Paper early 2005, so soon information would be welcomed. > >> > >> My best wishes for a active support of TCs to make IFIPs first > >> World Computer Congress in Latin America a success. > >> Klaus Brunnstein (November 29, 2004) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ifip-tc6 mailing list > >> ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > >> http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 > >> > > > > ========================================================================= > > Ramon Puigjaner > > Universitat de les Illes Balears > > Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica > > 07122 PALMA (Spain) > > Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 > > e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es > > ========================================================================= > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ifip-tc6 mailing list > > ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > > http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 > > > ========================================================================= Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica 07122 PALMA (Spain) Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es =========================================================================

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2nd Call for Papers-- IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
by Wendi Heinzelman 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ========================================= IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems June 30 - July 1, 2005 Marina del Rey, California, USA ========================================= WWW.DCOSS.ORG The 2005 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '05) will take place in Marina del Rey during June 30 - July 1, 2005. DCOSS is motivated by the successful ALGOSENSORS '04 (Algorithmic aspects of wireless sensor networks) workshop, which was co-located with ICALP and LICS in Finland on 16 July, 2004. While the scope of ALGOSENSORS was focused on algorithms for wireless sensor networks, DCOSS '05 is intended to cover several aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. The conference will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects of distributed sensor systems. In addition to contributed papers, the meeting will also include keynote addresses by leading researchers, a panel discussion, and a poster/presentation session. Located in Marina del Rey, a beach side community that is the home of the world's largest man-made harbor, the meeting venue can be easily reached from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Most of the world famous attractions of the greater Los Angeles area - including the Santa Monica mountains, the Getty Center, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Disneyland, and Universal Studios can be easily reached from the Marina. SPONSORED BY IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH ACM SIGBED European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) IFIP WG 10.3 MEETING INFORMATION The advance program will be available in April 2005. Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information. IMPORTANT DATES January 10, 2005 Conference Submission Due March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Paper Due ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ============================== CALL FOR PAPERS Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. Such systems allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, which makes them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. While much ongoing research has addressed networking, communication and low-level self-configuration issues in such systems, there are also significant challenges pertaining to systematic design, algorithm development and analysis, and abstract modeling in order to achieve efficient and robust realizations of large-scale distributed sensor systems. The large number of sensor devices involved, severe power, computational and memory limitations, resource heterogeneity, dense deployment and frequent failures pose novel challenges to design, algorithms, analysis and implementation. The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, applications, and systematic design techniques and tools), but networking-related contributions that support high level abstractions are also welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability, fault-tolerance - Abstractions for modular design - Languages, operating systems - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 14 single-spaced pages using 12-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages, including figures and tables. References may be included in addition to the 14 pages. Authors need to make sure that the electronically submitted files are formatted for 8.5x11 inch paper. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Submission procedures are available via Web access at http://www.dcoss.org/ All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by January 10, 2005, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by March 15, 2005. Camera-ready papers will be due April 15, 2005. DCOSS '05 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. PROGRAM CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Algorithms: Paul Spirakis, CTI and University of Patras, Greece Applications: Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA Systems: Matt Welsh, Harvard University, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Virginia, USA Micah Adler, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA James Aspnes, Yale University, USA N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Richard Brooks, Clemson University, USA John Byers, Boston University, USA Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke University, USA David Culler, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kevin A. Delin, NASA/JPL, USA Josep Diaz, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Jeremy Elson, Microsoft Research, USA Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Deepak Ganesan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Ashish Goel, Stanford University, USA Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA Jennifer Hou, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA R. Kannan, Louisiana State University, USA Elias Koutsoupias, University of Athens, Greece Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada P. R. Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University, USA Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University, USA Badri Nath, Rutgers University, USA Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel S. Phoha, Pennsylvania State University, USA Cristina Pinotti, University of Trento, Italy Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA S. V. N. Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA Satish Rao, University of California, Berkeley, USA Jim Reich, Palo Alto Research Center, USA Shivakumar Sastry, University of Akron, USA Christian Scheideler, Johns Hopkins University, USA John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University, USA Bhavani Thuraisingham, National Science Foundation, USA Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Jay Warrior, Agilent Labs, USA Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research, USA POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION The conference will also include a special plenary session with select presentations and posters from industry and academia. The focus of this session will be on practical applications of sensor systems and experience with real deployments. This will include a short overview talk, followed by audience interactions with the speakers in a "walk-up-and-talk" setting. Participation in this session is primarily by invitation, but interested parties are encouraged to contact the poster/presentation chair. ================================= DCOSS '05 ORGANIZATION ================================= GENERAL CHAIR Jose Rolim University of Geneva Switzerland VICE GENERAL CHAIR Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and CTI Greece PROGRAM CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA POSTER/PRESENTATION CHAIR Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Pierre Leone EIG Switzerland STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS CHAIR Loren Schwiebert Wayne State University USA PUBLICITY CHAIR Wendi Heinzelman University of Rochester USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Erdal Cayirci Yeditepe University and Istanbul Technical University Turkey Sanjay Jha University of New South Wales Australia FINANCE CHAIR Germaine Gusthiot University of Geneva Switzerland STEERING COMMITTEE Josep Diaz, UPC Barcelona, Spain Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland (CHAIR) ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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Call for Paper DAIS'05
by Hartmut König 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Please excuse if you received that Call for Papers several times. ===================================================================== ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS DAIS 2005 5th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems Athens, Greece June 15-17, 2005 http://www.di.uoa.gr/dais-fmoods-2005/ To be held in conjunction with FMOODS2005 (Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems) ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The emergence of 4th generation communication systems, the evolution of the Internet technologies, the convergence of the telecom and datacom, wireless and fixed communication systems and applications pave the path for ubiquitous service and application provision. Innovative solutions are required for the development, implementation and operation of distributed applications in complex IT environments full of diversity and heterogeneity. Today, systematic application development support is lacking for the emerging wide spectrum of distributed systems ranging from ambient intelligence to global computing scenarios. Following the evolution of the field, DAIS'05 will focus on models, technologies and platforms for interoperable, scalable and adaptable distributed applications within all kinds of computing environments. DAIS'05 is the fifth event in a series of successful international conferences, which started in 1997. DAIS'05 will provide a forum for researchers, application and platform service vendors and users, to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. DAIS'05 will include talks by invited speakers, full technical paper sessions, and work-in-progress presentations. CONFERENCE THEMES In keeping with the focus on models, technologies and platforms for interoperable, scalable and adaptable distributed applications, and in addition to its traditional themes, DAIS'05 especially encourages original unpublished papers addressing the following topics: - software architectures and frameworks for application reconfiguration and adaptation, - component frameworks (e.g. CORBA Components, EJB,.NET), - autonomous systems and architectures, - modelling, specifying, monitoring and management of context-aware and adaptive applications, - support for self-organisation and autonomic behaviour in distribution platforms, - application infrastructures for Service-oriented Architectures and Web Services, - application environments for specific technologies (e.g. GRID computing, mobile and wireless), - issues in enterprise-wide and large-scale application integration, model-driven development and testing, - application management and tuning, - development methodologies for ambient intelligence and sensor net applications, - semantic interoperability and semantic web services. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES DAIS'2005 seeks submissions for: - Full technical papers in no more than 12 pages (about 6000 words); - Work-in-progress papers, describing on-going work and interim results in no more than 5 pages. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simulta- neously for publication elsewhere. They will be refereed by the Pro- gram Committee. Accepted full papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. Submission format: PDF using the Springer LNCS style. IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission: February 1, 2005 Work-in-progress papers: February 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2005 Camera ready version: April 7, 2005 Conference dates: June 15-17, 2005 VENUE & EVENT DAIS'05, organized by the Communications Network Laboratory of the University of Athens, will be held in Athens, Greece, colocated with the 7th IFIP Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems (FMOODS'05). The accompanying programme of shared satellite workshops -- a call for workshop proposals is issued separately -- will in particular include a Ph.D workshop giving young researchers an international platform to present their results. ORGANISERS General chair: Lazaros Merakos, CNL, University of Athens, Greece Steering committee: Guy Leduc, University de Liège, Belgium Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Elie Najm, ENST, Paris, France PC Chairs: Nancy Alonistioti, CNL, University of Athens, Greece Lea Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Publicity chair: Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany Local arrangements: Communications Network Laboratory of the University of Athens ________________________________________________________________________ Hartmut König Tel: +49 355 69 22 36 koenig(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Fax: +49 355 69 21 27 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus LS Rechnernetze und Kommunikationssysteme PF 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de ________________________________________________________________________ -- ________________________________________________________________________ Hartmut König Tel: +49 355 69 22 36 koenig(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Fax: +49 355 69 21 27 BTU Cottbus LS Rechnernetze und Kommunikationssysteme PF 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de ________________________________________________________________________

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A pattern for a Call for Paper
by Hartmut König 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Please excuse if you received that Call for Papers several times. ===================================================================== ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS DAIS 2005 5th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems Athens, Greece June 15-17, 2005 http://www.di.uoa.gr/dais-fmoods-2005/ To be held in conjunction with FMOODS2005 (Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems) ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The emergence of 4th generation communication systems, the evolution of the Internet technologies, the convergence of the telecom and datacom, wireless and fixed communication systems and applications pave the path for ubiquitous service and application provision. Innovative solutions are required for the development, implementation and operation of distributed applications in complex IT environments full of diversity and heterogeneity. Today, systematic application development support is lacking for the emerging wide spectrum of distributed systems ranging from ambient intelligence to global computing scenarios. Following the evolution of the field, DAIS'05 will focus on models, technologies and platforms for interoperable, scalable and adaptable distributed applications within all kinds of computing environments. DAIS'05 is the fifth event in a series of successful international conferences, which started in 1997. DAIS'05 will provide a forum for researchers, application and platform service vendors and users, to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. DAIS'05 will include talks by invited speakers, full technical paper sessions, and work-in-progress presentations. CONFERENCE THEMES In keeping with the focus on models, technologies and platforms for interoperable, scalable and adaptable distributed applications, and in addition to its traditional themes, DAIS'05 especially encourages original unpublished papers addressing the following topics: - software architectures and frameworks for application reconfiguration and adaptation, - component frameworks (e.g. CORBA Components, EJB,.NET), - autonomous systems and architectures, - modelling, specifying, monitoring and management of context-aware and adaptive applications, - support for self-organisation and autonomic behaviour in distribution platforms, - application infrastructures for Service-oriented Architectures and Web Services, - application environments for specific technologies (e.g. GRID computing, mobile and wireless), - issues in enterprise-wide and large-scale application integration, model-driven development and testing, - application management and tuning, - development methodologies for ambient intelligence and sensor net applications, - semantic interoperability and semantic web services. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES DAIS'2005 seeks submissions for: - Full technical papers in no more than 12 pages (about 6000 words); - Work-in-progress papers, describing on-going work and interim results in no more than 5 pages. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simulta- neously for publication elsewhere. They will be refereed by the Pro- gram Committee. Accepted full papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. Submission format: PDF using the Springer LNCS style. IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission: February 1, 2005 Work-in-progress papers: February 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2005 Camera ready version: April 7, 2005 Conference dates: June 15-17, 2005 VENUE & EVENT DAIS'05, organized by the Communications Network Laboratory of the University of Athens, will be held in Athens, Greece, colocated with the 7th IFIP Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems (FMOODS'05). The accompanying programme of shared satellite workshops -- a call for workshop proposals is issued separately -- will in particular include a Ph.D workshop giving young researchers an international platform to present their results. ORGANISERS General chair: Lazaros Merakos, CNL, University of Athens, Greece Steering committee: Guy Leduc, University de Liège, Belgium Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Elie Najm, ENST, Paris, France PC Chairs: Nancy Alonistioti, CNL, University of Athens, Greece Lea Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Publicity chair: Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany Local arrangements: Communications Network Laboratory of the University of Athens ________________________________________________________________________ Hartmut König Tel: +49 355 69 22 36 koenig(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Fax: +49 355 69 21 27 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus LS Rechnernetze und Kommunikationssysteme PF 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de ________________________________________________________________________ -- ________________________________________________________________________ Hartmut König Tel: +49 355 69 22 36 koenig(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Fax: +49 355 69 21 27 BTU Cottbus LS Rechnernetze und Kommunikationssysteme PF 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de ________________________________________________________________________

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re:[ifip-tc6] Ramon is WCC 2006 IPC chair
by Ramon Puigjaner 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear Otto and all the TC6, Otto, thank you very much for your encouraging words and by your own commitment. Like you I expect the support of all the TC6 members that promised some kind of help in Bangkok and the positive critiques of those that think, for different reasons, that I have taken the wrong decision. I am intending the create the IPC in which there will be the TPC chairs of all the conferences that will run in parallel in Santiago. So, as soon as you can, indicate the names of these persons. Best regards Ramon > Dear all, > > as you have already heard by himself, Ramon has finally accepted > to serve as IPC chair for WCC 2006 in Santiago de Chile. > This was a very difficult decision for him but we knew (at least some of us > knew) that he was extremely interested in this "burden" since his > heart beats first in Spain but secondly and not less strongly in Latin > America. > The topic was thoroughly discussed in Bangkok and TC6 promised to arrange > events for Santiago: > - tutorials > - conferences (Netcon, MWCN,...) > - LANC 2006 > - and, last but not least, meeting 2006/2. > Now we will have to satisfy these promises. I'll do my very best for that > and I hope that also the critical voices will contribute to a success. > Of course it will be allowed to give hints to the Chilean organisors > in order to present a realistic budget, hold the conference in decent > university rooms > which may be available for free (instead as in schickimicki and awfully > expensive > conference centers). By doing so it can be almost guaranteed that the > conference > cannot run into a deficit from a financial point of view. > > Please support Ramon in the preparation of WCC 2006. I believe that this > can be a > very good story also for TC6. > > Please find enclose the message of Klaus Brunnstein to the TC chairs > where he announces the positive devision of Ramon. > > Best regards > Otto Spaniol > > ------------------------------- > > Message from Klaus Brunnstein: > > > Dear TC chairs, > > it is my pleasure and privilege to inform you that Prof. Ramon Puigjaner > of University of Mallorca (more exactly: Universitat de les Illes > Balears) > has accepted my invitation to act as IPC chair for IFIP World Computer > Congress 2006 in Santiago de Chile. Ramon has excellent contacts to > South and Middle (aka Latin) America where he organized several events > and > has been an invited speaker at several CLEI conference. He has worked > very > actively in IFIP for long years, both in major events such as WCC-1992 > in > Madrid (where he was a member of IPC) as in TC-6 and its WGs. Ramon is > the > Spanish representative in IFIP General Assembly and he serves as TC-6 > vice chair. > > Here are Ramon´s contact data: > Prof. Dr. Ramon Puigjaner > Universitat de les Illes Balears > Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica > 07122 PALMA (Spain) > Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 > e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es > > At this time, I wish to thank Prof. van Solms who despite his health > problems worked hard in preparing IPC work and esp. in convincing > several TCs to actively contribute to this event. Our best wishes to > Basie for soon and complete recovery. > > Following Basie´s engagement, I am glad to notify that the following > TCs have agreed to organise some event within IFIP WCC-2006: > > TC-2, TC3, TC-6, TC-8, TC-11, TC-12 and TC13. > > There are good chances that TC-10 will hold its 30-year > anniversary conference within WCC-2006, and we also > hope that TC-1 will join. At this time, TCs 5, 7 and 9 > as well as SG-14 have not reacted positively and > are likely to be missing. > > Concerning procedure of forming IPC, may I suggest that TC chairs > inform Ramon about a member representing their TC in IPC. Ramon (as > IPC chair) and Mauricio (as OC chair) intend to distribute a first > Call for Paper early 2005, so soon information would be welcomed. > > My best wishes for a active support of TCs to make IFIPs first > World Computer Congress in Latin America a success. > Klaus Brunnstein (November 29, 2004) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ifip-tc6 mailing list > ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 > ========================================================================= Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica 07122 PALMA (Spain) Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es =========================================================================

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Ramon is WCC 2006 IPC chair
by Otto Spaniol 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear all, as you have already heard by himself, Ramon has finally accepted to serve as IPC chair for WCC 2006 in Santiago de Chile. This was a very difficult decision for him but we knew (at least some of us knew) that he was extremely interested in this "burden" since his heart beats first in Spain but secondly and not less strongly in Latin America. The topic was thoroughly discussed in Bangkok and TC6 promised to arrange events for Santiago: - tutorials - conferences (Netcon, MWCN,...) - LANC 2006 - and, last but not least, meeting 2006/2. Now we will have to satisfy these promises. I'll do my very best for that and I hope that also the critical voices will contribute to a success. Of course it will be allowed to give hints to the Chilean organisors in order to present a realistic budget, hold the conference in decent university rooms which may be available for free (instead as in schickimicki and awfully expensive conference centers). By doing so it can be almost guaranteed that the conference cannot run into a deficit from a financial point of view. Please support Ramon in the preparation of WCC 2006. I believe that this can be a very good story also for TC6. Please find enclose the message of Klaus Brunnstein to the TC chairs where he announces the positive devision of Ramon. Best regards Otto Spaniol ------------------------------- Message from Klaus Brunnstein: Dear TC chairs, it is my pleasure and privilege to inform you that Prof. Ramon Puigjaner of University of Mallorca (more exactly: Universitat de les Illes Balears) has accepted my invitation to act as IPC chair for IFIP World Computer Congress 2006 in Santiago de Chile. Ramon has excellent contacts to South and Middle (aka Latin) America where he organized several events and has been an invited speaker at several CLEI conference. He has worked very actively in IFIP for long years, both in major events such as WCC-1992 in Madrid (where he was a member of IPC) as in TC-6 and its WGs. Ramon is the Spanish representative in IFIP General Assembly and he serves as TC-6 vice chair. Here are Ramon´s contact data: Prof. Dr. Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica 07122 PALMA (Spain) Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es At this time, I wish to thank Prof. van Solms who despite his health problems worked hard in preparing IPC work and esp. in convincing several TCs to actively contribute to this event. Our best wishes to Basie for soon and complete recovery. Following Basie´s engagement, I am glad to notify that the following TCs have agreed to organise some event within IFIP WCC-2006: TC-2, TC3, TC-6, TC-8, TC-11, TC-12 and TC13. There are good chances that TC-10 will hold its 30-year anniversary conference within WCC-2006, and we also hope that TC-1 will join. At this time, TCs 5, 7 and 9 as well as SG-14 have not reacted positively and are likely to be missing. Concerning procedure of forming IPC, may I suggest that TC chairs inform Ramon about a member representing their TC in IPC. Ramon (as IPC chair) and Mauricio (as OC chair) intend to distribute a first Call for Paper early 2005, so soon information would be welcomed. My best wishes for a active support of TCs to make IFIPs first World Computer Congress in Latin America a success. Klaus Brunnstein (November 29, 2004)

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Asthma etc.
by Otto Spaniol 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dear all, I fell very sorry that messages such as on "Advances in Endocrine Therapies 2005" or about "Asthma Therapies 2004" have been forwarded to you via our exploder. But to moderate everything by myself is really too much work. On the other hand: even such seemingly useless information could be of a certain value for some - and it is quite easy to delete them without even opening the message. We try to limit such questionable messages. Best regards Otto

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Call for Papers: IEEE JSAC MRNM
by Fan Zhao 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications MOBILE ROUTERS AND NETWORK MOBILITY http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/mobile_routers.html Network mobility support is concerned with managing the mobility of an entire network that is changing its point of attachment to the Internet and thus its reachability in the Internet topology. If network mobility is not explicitly supported by some mechanisms, existing sessions break and connectivity to the global Internet is lost. A mobile network is composed of Mobile Router(s) (MR) and Mobile Network Nodes (MNN) that can be fixed or mobile. There has been rapid development in network mobility support, i.e., providing Internet connectivity to the networks that move using mobile routers since the inception of Mobile IPv4 in 1996. Seamless Internet access in public transportation such as in trains and busses can be possible if mobile routers are used. Cars with low-power sensors seamlessly connected to the Internet constitute yet another example of networks which move. To date, some airline companies announced Internet connectivity support during commercial flights and this trend is expected to accelerate and cover most if not all flights. This issue is focused on modeling, analysis, and simulation of network mobility support protocols. We solicit papers presenting original and unpublished work including, but not limited to the following topics: * Modeling and Analysis of Network Mobility o Modeling, analysis and simulation of mobile router o Protocols for route optimization o Mobility issues inside a mobile network o Mobile IPv6 extensions for route optimization o Nested mobile networks o Multihomed mobile networks o Operational issues to deploy mobile networks o Auto-configuration for mobile networks o Mobile router support on cellular phone platforms * Services in the Networks that Move o Service advertisement and discovery protocols in networks that move o Specifications nad models of services for network mobility o Encryption and authentication in service access for network mobility * Security Issues in Network Mobility o Security analysis of present network mobility support protocols o Applications of AAA and EAP to network mobility o Interaction with security-enhanced modules in other layers (vertically) or other middle boxes (horizontally) Prospective authors should follow the IEEE J-SAC manuscript format described in the Information for Authors. Authors MUST submit their draft manuscripts through the EDAS peer review website, together with a short abstract (approximately 150 words) in the EDAS website form. Please note potential authors should create their own accounts through the EDAS peer review website before submitting manuscript(s). EDAS will accept manuscripts in PDF format only. There will be one round of reviewers and acceptance will be limited to those papers requiring only moderate revisions. The following timetable applies: Manuscript Submission: JUNE 1, 2005 Acceptance Notification: December 1, 2005 Final Manuscript Due: March 1, 2006 Publication: 3rd Quarter 2006 Guest Editorial Board: Behcet Sarikaya Computer Science Dept Univ of Northern British Columbia Prince George, BC Canada V2N 4Z9 sarikaya(a)unbc.ca S. Felix Wu Dept of Computer Science Univ of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616 USA wu(a)cs.ucdavis.edu Gopal Dommety Cisco Systems, Inc 170 West Tasman Dr San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA gdommety(a)cisco.com Claude Castelluccia INRIA Rhône-Alpes ZIRST 655 Ave de l'Europe Montbonnot 38334 Saint Ismier cedex France claude.castelluccia(a)inria.fr Thierry Ernst Jun Murai Lab Keio Univ K-square Town Campus 1488-8 Ogura, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 212-0054 Japan ernst(a)sfc.wide.ad.jp Charles E. Perkins Communication Systems Lab Nokia Research Center 313 Fairchild Dr Mountain View, CA 94943 USA charliep(a)iprg.nokia.com

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