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Meeting 2004/1 invitation
by Otto Spaniol 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

To: TC6 national delegates; WG 6.xx chairpersons Dear all, hereby I invite you to IFIP TC 6 meeting 2004/1 in Athens, Greece (May 14+15, 2004). The meeting is held in conjunction with the TC6 conference Networking 2004 (also in Athens, May 9-13). Please check <http://www.ece.ntua.gr/ networking2004> for details about the conference. We hope that many delegates will attend both the conference and the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Old University building of the University of Athens in Plaka (Old Athens), below the Acropolis. Its address is: Tholou 5, Plaka, Athens. The meeting will probably start Friday morning at 9.30 a.m. and continue until 6.30 p.m. or so. We should try to finish Saturday at noon. Friday evening we will have the traditional TC6 dinner. Ioannis Stavrakakis <ioannis(a)di.uoa.gr> will provide information about meeting logistics. His first meesage dates march 11; please tellme whether you have received it. Moreover, he will write a formal invitation letter. If you need a paper/fax version of that letter or if you need special arrangements for your stay: please contact Ioannis. The preliminary agenda for the TC6 meeting will be sent by mid of April. Please communicate agenda topics to me before that date. Your participation at the meeting (and also at the conference) is very important. IFIP's rule is that a national delegate should automatically be expelled if he/she has failed to participate in three consecutive meetings. I look forward to seeing you in Greece. Please inform me (and Ioannis) about your attendance; see below. Best regards Otto Spaniol ------------------------------------------------------------ TC6 meeting 2004/1 in Athens (Greece); May 14+15, 2004 Name: O I'll attend O Sorry, I cannot be there (please tick one) ------------------------------------------------------------

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ATPN 2004 -- call for participation
by Roberto Gorrieri 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 25th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLICATION AND THEORY OF PETRI NETS Bologna, Italy, June 21-25, 2004 The registration page for ICATPN'04 is now open! You can register at the web page http://www.cs.unibo.it/atpn2004 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME -------------------- ICATPN 2004 will feature invited talks of G. Ciardo (University of California at Riverside), B. Sanders (University of Illinois), T. Henzinger (University of California at Berkeley), R. Gorrieri (University of Bologna), W. Penczek (Institute of Computer Science PAS of Warsaw), L. Pomello (University of Milano-Bicocca). See http://www.cs.unibo.it/atpn2004 for the programme of the conference. SATELLITE EVENTS: ---------------- June 21: - Workshop on Petri Nets and Coordination (PNC'04) - Advanced Tutorial by S.Miyano on "How to Model and Simulate Biological Pathway with Petri Nets" - Advanced Tutorial by R.Heckel on "What's new in UML 2?" - Introductory Tutorials - part I June 22: - Workshop on Token-based Computing (ToBaCo'04) - Advanced Tutorial by S.Lafrotune on "Discrete Event Simulation" - Introductory Tutorials - part II June 26: - Workshop on Security Issues with Petri Nets and Other Computational Models (WISP'04) - Workshop on Definition, Implementation and Application of a Standard Interchange Format for Petri Nets GRANTS ------ A limited amount of grants are available for NIS and INTAS participants who intend to attend, besides the main conference, also the satellite events WISP'04. The grant may cover fees, accommodation and travel expenses. Prospective applicants should fill in the form at the link GRANT on the conference homepage, by April 25, 2004 indicating also: - period of stay in Bologna - events of interest - declaration of the cost of the ticket(s) EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2004 --------------------------- HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE: May 10, 2004 --------------------------

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CFP: 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2004)
by Marco Conti 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

The 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2004) October 25-27, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~cdmc/mass Sponsored by IEEE TC on Distributed Processing and IEEE TC on Simulation Researches on wireless networks and mobile computing research has until recently concentrated on single-hop networks (network nodes communicating directly to a fixed infrastructure), such as cellular or satellite systems. Ad-hoc and sensor networks cover multi-hop scenarios (network nodes communicating via other network nodes) such as conference, hospital, battlefield, rescue, and monitoring scenarios. This conference covers the area of ad-hoc and sensor systems, from physical issues up to applications aspects. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - MAC protocols for ad-hoc and sensor networks (801.11, Bluetooth, etc) - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast, etc) - Power-aware and energy-efficient design - QoS, security, and fault-tolerant issues - Location and mobility management - Topology construction and coverage maintenance - Distributed Algorithms (self-configuration, scheduling, synchronization, etc) - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination - Operating system and middleware support - Complexity analysis of algorithms - Analytical, mobility, and validation models - Applications of ad-hoc and sensor networks Paper submission All submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF of their full papers. Papers must not exceed 10 single-spaced and two-column pages using at least 11 point size type on 8.5 * 11 inches pages. Electronic submission instructions will be published on the website http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~cdmc/mass together with style files. Tutorials Proposals for half and full days tutorials are solicited. The selection criteria include the expertise and experience of the instructors and relevance to the central themes of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Tutorial Chair, Stephan Olariu (olariu(a)cs.odu.edu), by April 30, 2004. Important dates Manuscript Submission due: April 15, 2004 Acceptance Notification due: July 20, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: August 30, 2004 GENERAL CHAIR Dharma P. Agrawal University of Cincinnati PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angles Jie Wu Florida Atlantic University PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Marco Conti (MAC layer and lower layers) CNR-IIT, Italy Prasant Mohapatra (Network layer) University of California, Davis Ivan Stojmonvic (Algorithms and topology) University of Ottawa, Canada Yu-Chee Tseng (Applications) National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan TUTORIAL CHAIR Stephan Olariu Old Dominion University PUBLICITY CHAIRS Jean-Pierre Hubaux EPFL, Switzerland Kia Makki / Chi Zhou Florida International University Tom La Porta Pennsylvania State University LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Mihaela Cardei Florida Atlantic University FINANCE CHAIR Anup Kumar University of Louisville PUBLICATION CHAIR Xiuzhen Cheng George Washington University REGISTRATION CHAIR Hong-Yi Wu University of Louisiana INDUSTRY LIAISON Bob O'Dea Motorola IEEE TC CHAIRS Chita Das (Distributed Processing) Anup Kumar (Simulation)

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RE: [ifip-tc6] Meeting 2004/1 invitation
by Niemegeers, I.G.M.M. 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Dear all, I plan to attend the TC6 meeting, Ignas Niemegeers -----Original Message----- From: Otto Spaniol [mailto:spaniol@informatik.rwth-aachen.de] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 17:18 To: ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: [ifip-tc6] Meeting 2004/1 invitation To: TC6 national delegates; WG 6.xx chairpersons Dear all, hereby I invite you to IFIP TC 6 meeting 2004/1 in Athens, Greece (May 14+15, 2004). The meeting is held in conjunction with the TC6 conference Networking 2004 (also in Athens, May 9-13). Please check <http://www.ece.ntua.gr/ networking2004> for details about the conference. We hope that many delegates will attend both the conference and the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Old University building of the University of Athens in Plaka (Old Athens), below the Acropolis. Its address is: Tholou 5, Plaka, Athens. The meeting will probably start Friday morning at 9.30 a.m. and continue until 6.30 p.m. or so. We should try to finish Saturday at noon. Friday evening we will have the traditional TC6 dinner. Ioannis Stavrakakis <ioannis(a)di.uoa.gr> will provide information about meeting logistics. His first meesage dates march 11; please tellme whether you have received it. Moreover, he will write a formal invitation letter. If you need a paper/fax version of that letter or if you need special arrangements for your stay: please contact Ioannis. The preliminary agenda for the TC6 meeting will be sent by mid of April. Please communicate agenda topics to me before that date. Your participation at the meeting (and also at the conference) is very important. IFIP's rule is that a national delegate should automatically be expelled if he/she has failed to participate in three consecutive meetings. I look forward to seeing you in Greece. Please inform me (and Ioannis) about your attendance; see below. Best regards Otto Spaniol ------------------------------------------------------------ TC6 meeting 2004/1 in Athens (Greece); May 14+15, 2004 Name: O I'll attend O Sorry, I cannot be there (please tick one) ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ifip-tc6 mailing list ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6

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Call for papers: INTELLCOMM'04
by Finn Arve Aagesen 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Dear TC 6 friends (and working group Chairs). Can you please distribute this CFP further. Best regards from Finn Arve =================================== ** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. ===================== FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ===================== INTELLCOMM'04 The 2004 IFIP International Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems 23 - 26 November 2004, Bangkok, Thailand http://intellcomm2004.ait.ac.th Main classes of topics: ----------------------- - Architectures for Adaptable Networks and Services - Semantic Web and Web Service Technologies - Applications, Information Management and Security - Intelligent Service Application Interface and Intelligent Human Interaction The Conference Proceedings will be published in the LNCS series, Springer Verlag. Selected INTELLCOMM'04 papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in Computer Networks Journal, A Special Issues on Intelligence in Communication Systems by Elsevier or in Journal on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. ======================================================= Background ---------- The Internet and Web provide more connection facilities, hence the interactions between man-man, man-machine and machine-machine will increase and communication will have an important role in modern systems. In order to obtain effective and efficient communication, artistic, social and technical issues have to be tackled in a holistic and integrated manner. Unfortunately, communication techniques, concepts and solutions which have been developed so far treat these issues separately, so that there arises a need for communication researchers and practitioners in different fields (engineering, science and arts) to meet, share their experience and explore all possibilities of developing integrated and advanced solutions which incorporate ideas from such disciplines as communication arts, art design, linguistics, Web technologies, telecommunications, computer science and artificial intelligence. Call for Papers --------------- The 2004 IFIP conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems (INTELLCOMM '04) is jointly sponsored by IFIP WG 6.7: Smart Networks and WG 6.4: Internet Applications Engineering. The conference will be held at Shinawatra University, Bangkok, Thailand during 23-27 November 2004. Its main objective is to provide an international forum which brings academia, researchers, practitioners and service providers together. The discussion areas will cover the latest research topics and advanced technological solutions in the area of Intelligent Communication Systems, ranging from Architectures for Adaptable Networks and Services and Semantic Web and Web Service Technologies to Applications, Information Management, and Security and Intelligent Service Application Interface and Intelligent Human Interaction. The topics include, but are not limited to: Architectures for Adaptable Networks and Services - Ad hoc Networks - Programmable and Active Networks - Hybrid Networks - Personal, Terminal and Node mobility - Mobile Agents - Location- and Context aware Services - Adaptive Architectures and Protocols - Adaptability and security - Flexible Service Specification, Validation, Creation, Deployment and Discovery - Service composition and WEB services - Open APIs for adaptability triggering and management - Flexible QoS schemes and QoS management - Software Downloading, Plug-and-play and Service Scalability - Configuration Management Semantic Web and Web Service Technologies - Knowledge Representation Languages, Tools and Methodologies for Semantic Annotations of Web Data - Ontologies (creation, integration, linking and reconciliation) - Large Scale Knowledge Management - Knowledge Portals - Tools and Methodologies for Multi-Agent Software Systems - Semantic Brokering - Semantic Interoperability - Semantic Web Mining - Semantic/Intelligent Web Services (service description, discovery, invocation, composition and execution) - Semantic Web Trust, Privacy, Security and Intellectual Property Rights - Semantic Web for e-Business and e-Learning - Searching and Querying Applications, Information Management and Security - Mobile E-Commerce and Ubiquitous Electronic Markets - Architectures for Procurement, Bidding, Auctions - Information & Communication Platforms for E-commerce, Mobile Agents, Unified Messaging - Multimedia applications - XML Document and Semi-Structured Data Modeling - Query Processing and Optimization of XML Documents and Semi-Structured Data - Data Warehouses - Data Mining - Security, Privacy, and Consumer Protection - Trust and Confidence in Digital Signatures and Certificates - XML Access Control - XML Digital Signature Intelligent Service Application Interface and Intelligent Human Interaction - Intelligent Communication Systems with Dialogue and Natural Language Interfaces - Language Processing in Internet Applications - Multimedia Information Retrieval - Computer Animation - Computer-Based Art and Entertainment - Human Computer Interaction - Information Visualization - Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments The conference will involve the three distinct meetings: tutorial, technical and poster sessions. The first will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of selected topics, the second will present papers on the latest research results highlighting the state of the art in all aspects of intelligent communication systems, the third will outline research plans and proposals. Paper Submission and Reviewing Process -------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers dealing with original work which, at the time of submission, is not under review or has not been published or accepted for publication in a Journal or by another conference. Papers must be written in English, not exceed 16 pages and conform to the formatting instructions of LNCS, Springer Verlag (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Only electronic submission (PDF format) is accepted via the conference Web site: http://intellcomm2004.ait.ac.th Each paper will be submitted to at least three reviewers. Based on their recommendations, the paper will be classified into: full paper, short paper and poster. Full and short paper will appear in the main proceedings in LNCS: Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html). Posters will be published in separate proceedings. Best paper awards will also be conferred on the authors of the best papers at the conference. Selected INTELLCOMM'04 papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in Computer Networks Journal (http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/comnet), Special Issues on Intelligence in Communication Systems by Elsevier or in Journal on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (http://www.worldscinet.com/ijcpol/ijcpol.shtml). Student Traveling Support ------------------------- INTELLCOMM'04 provides also traveling support for students to participate in the conference. Venue ----- - Shinawatra University, Bangkok, Thailand Conference Organizers --------------------- - Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand (http://www.ait.ac.th) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway (http://www.ntnu.no) - Shinawatra University, Thailand (http://www.shinawatra.ac.th) Program Committee Co-Chair -------------------------- - Finn Arve Aagesen (NTNU, Norway) - Chutiporn Anutariya (Shinawatra University, Thailand) - Vilas Wuwongse (AIT, Thailand) Program Committee ----------------- - Sebastian Abeck (University Karlsruhe, Germany) - Kiyoshi Akama (Hokkaido University, Japan) - Harold Boley (National Research Council of Canada, Canada) - Raouf Boutaba (Waterloo University, Canada) - Tru Hoang Cao (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam) - Nigel Collier (National Institue of Informatics, Japan) - Phan Minh Dung (AIT, Thailand) - Tapio Erke (AIT, Thailand) - Dieter Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria) - Dominique Gaiti (University of Tech. Troyes, France) - Arun Iyengar (IBM Research) - Lorne G. Mason (McGill University) - Olli Martikainen (University of Oulu, Finland) - Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan) - Elie Najm (ENST, Paris, France) - Ekawit Nantajeewarawat (Thamasat University, Thailand) - Bernhard Plattner (ETH Zurich) - Ana Pont-Sanjuan (Polytechnic University of Valencia) - Aiko Pras (University of Twente, Netherlands) - Guy Pujolle (Laboratoire LIP6, France) - Reda Reda (Siemens, Germany) - R. Sadananda (AIT, Thailand) - Tadao Saito (University of Tokyo, Japan) - A. B. Sharma (AIT, Thailand) - Marcin Solarski (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany) - Virach Sornlertlamvanich (NECTEC, Thailand) - Otto Spaniol (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) - James P. G. Sterbenz (BBN Technologies, USA) - Do van Thanh (NTNU, Norway) - Samir Tohme (ENST Paris, France) - Naoki Wakamiya (Osaka University, Japan) Organizing Committee Chair -------------------------- - Manoo Ordeedolchest (Software Industry Promotion Agency, Thailand) Organizing Committee -------------------- - Chindakorn Tuchinda (Ericsson, Thailand) - Pojanan Ratanajaipan (Shinawatra University, Thailand) - Rachanee Ungrangsi (Shinawatra University, Thailand) Important Dates --------------- - 15 April 04 Deadline for paper submission - 30 June 04 Notification of acceptance - 31 July 04 Camera-ready paper due - 23 November 04 Conference tutorials and workshops - 24-26 November 04 Conference Workshops and Tutorials ----------------------- The INTELLCOMM'04 Program Committee invites proposals for the Workshop and Tutorial Program to be held on 23 November 2004, immediately preceding the main conference. We invite proposals for four (half-day) or eight hour (full-day) workshops/tutorials on topics related to the main topics of the conference.

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RE: [ifip-tc6] WCC 2006 responses
by Radford, Peter 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Otto I'm happy with your summary and your e-mail Regards Peter Peter Radford UK Representative to IFIP TC6 T: +44 20 7446 1281 M: Peter.Radford(a)LogicaCMG.com <mailto:Peter.Radford@LogicaCMG.com> -----Original Message----- From: Otto Spaniol [mailto:spaniol@informatik.rwth-aachen.de] Sent: 02 April 2004 08:06 To: ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: [ifip-tc6] WCC 2006 responses Dear all, the picture of responses concerning a possible participation of TC6 at the World Computer Congress is similar but not uniform. Almost all responses said that they do not believe that it is worthwhile for TC6 to participate in any WCC, regardless of its location. This is in some cases also supported by personal experience with WCC (e.g. expressed by Lyman Chapin). Another problem is the political situation in the area and (sometimes serious) concerns about that are expressed by many. A third problem is that we don't have a TC6 delegate from Israel since 1986(!) and this would make the organisation quite complicated - even if that could be done in theory also by somebody who is not the Israelian TC6 delegate. On the other hand, a few delegates would be willing to cooperate if a workshop of our successful series would be colocated to WCC 2006 in Jerusalem. Having checked our calendar of events and the titles of our conferences I might see one possible candidate for such a colocation, namely MedHoc 2006. This would fit to the region (Mediterranean Sea) and probably to the topics of interest for the region (Ad Hoc Networking). But it will not be easy to go forward with such an idea since - MedHoc 2006 might already been allocated to another country - We would need a bid for that from a group of experts of Israel. Nevertheless that is the only more or less concrete "offer" which could be made by TC6 and it is not very likely that it could be realised. I've sent a corresponding message to Moshe Gotlieb (see below). Please send me a note if you disagree. Best regards Otto --------------- My message to Moshe Gotlieb (basically a reformulation of mmy above message): Dear Moshe, we have now a more complete picture about the "feelings" of IFIP TC6 delegates concerning a possible participation of TC6 in Jerusalem. The vast majority of those who responded said that TC6 should not play an active role at WCC **irrespective of the location**. Nevertheless even some of those who expressed this statement said that this must not necessarily preclude some of our running events to be colocated with WCC. The question is how we could arrange such a colocation early enough and concretely enough. A possible candidate which comes to my mind for several reasons would be our MedHoc series (MedHoc = Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking). The former events of this series have been held in Italy and in Tunisia, the next one will be in summer 2004 in Turkey; please contact Ian Akyildiz (ian(a)ece.gatech.edu) for that. If it would be intended to have MedHoc 2006 in Israel - possibly as part of the WCC - then some members from the Israelian AdHoc networking scene (there are plenty of them) should attend MedHoc 2004 and make a bid to have the event two years later in Israel. A similar strategy might be tried if another of our running event series should be colocated with WCC. Nevertheless, it will not be easy to succeed with such a colocation attempt since many delegates consider the positical situation as too unstable. Whereas we sincerely hope that this will not any more the case in 2006 (but who knows?) there are many delegates who would not take the risk which according to their belief is incorporated with a travel to Jerusalem. For the organisation of an event in Israel we would need a trustworthy person or society. This person is normally the countries delegate to TC6 but as I told you there is no such person since 1986. In principle the organisation could also be done by another local representative but then the organisation would not be easier. In summary, TC6 has the following concerns about a participation at WCC 2006 in Jerusalem: 1. Most delegates feel that TC6 should not participate at a WCC irrespective of the location since they beleive that WCC's are outdated. 2. We don't have an Israelian delegate to TC6 since a long time but we would need such a person for the organisation. 3. The political situation is considered by many delegates as too unstable and as too unpredictable. Consequently, TC6 is - for the moment being - unable to propose a concrete contribution for WCC 2006 in Jerusalem. We might think about a colocation of an event but this is very very speculative. Best regards Otto _______________________________________________ ifip-tc6 mailing list ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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WCC 2006 responses
by Otto Spaniol 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Dear all, the picture of responses concerning a possible participation of TC6 at the World Computer Congress is similar but not uniform. Almost all responses said that they do not believe that it is worthwhile for TC6 to participate in any WCC, regardless of its location. This is in some cases also supported by personal experience with WCC (e.g. expressed by Lyman Chapin). Another problem is the political situation in the area and (sometimes serious) concerns about that are expressed by many. A third problem is that we don't have a TC6 delegate from Israel since 1986(!) and this would make the organisation quite complicated - even if that could be done in theory also by somebody who is not the Israelian TC6 delegate. On the other hand, a few delegates would be willing to cooperate if a workshop of our successful series would be colocated to WCC 2006 in Jerusalem. Having checked our calendar of events and the titles of our conferences I might see one possible candidate for such a colocation, namely MedHoc 2006. This would fit to the region (Mediterranean Sea) and probably to the topics of interest for the region (Ad Hoc Networking). But it will not be easy to go forward with such an idea since - MedHoc 2006 might already been allocated to another country - We would need a bid for that from a group of experts of Israel. Nevertheless that is the only more or less concrete "offer" which could be made by TC6 and it is not very likely that it could be realised. I've sent a corresponding message to Moshe Gotlieb (see below). Please send me a note if you disagree. Best regards Otto --------------- My message to Moshe Gotlieb (basically a reformulation of mmy above message): Dear Moshe, we have now a more complete picture about the "feelings" of IFIP TC6 delegates concerning a possible participation of TC6 in Jerusalem. The vast majority of those who responded said that TC6 should not play an active role at WCC **irrespective of the location**. Nevertheless even some of those who expressed this statement said that this must not necessarily preclude some of our running events to be colocated with WCC. The question is how we could arrange such a colocation early enough and concretely enough. A possible candidate which comes to my mind for several reasons would be our MedHoc series (MedHoc = Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking). The former events of this series have been held in Italy and in Tunisia, the next one will be in summer 2004 in Turkey; please contact Ian Akyildiz (ian(a)ece.gatech.edu) for that. If it would be intended to have MedHoc 2006 in Israel - possibly as part of the WCC - then some members from the Israelian AdHoc networking scene (there are plenty of them) should attend MedHoc 2004 and make a bid to have the event two years later in Israel. A similar strategy might be tried if another of our running event series should be colocated with WCC. Nevertheless, it will not be easy to succeed with such a colocation attempt since many delegates consider the positical situation as too unstable. Whereas we sincerely hope that this will not any more the case in 2006 (but who knows?) there are many delegates who would not take the risk which according to their belief is incorporated with a travel to Jerusalem. For the organisation of an event in Israel we would need a trustworthy person or society. This person is normally the countries delegate to TC6 but as I told you there is no such person since 1986. In principle the organisation could also be done by another local representative but then the organisation would not be easier. In summary, TC6 has the following concerns about a participation at WCC 2006 in Jerusalem: 1. Most delegates feel that TC6 should not participate at a WCC irrespective of the location since they beleive that WCC's are outdated. 2. We don't have an Israelian delegate to TC6 since a long time but we would need such a person for the organisation. 3. The political situation is considered by many delegates as too unstable and as too unpredictable. Consequently, TC6 is - for the moment being - unable to propose a concrete contribution for WCC 2006 in Jerusalem. We might think about a colocation of an event but this is very very speculative. Best regards Otto

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CMS 2004
by Otto Spaniol 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

Dear all the call for papers for CMS 2004 closes in just under two weeks time. Can I ask you all to circulate the attached call for papers as far and wide as possible. Best regards Otto

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WCC participation
by Otto Spaniol 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Dear all, very few answers have been obtained concerning a particpation of TC6 in IFIP WCC's (World Computer Congress), in particular WCC 2006 in Jerusalem. In order to get a more complete picture and to facilitate an answer to Moshe Gotlieb (General Assembly member from Israel) I give a shortened version of the answers obtained thus far. If you agree or diagree then please tick one (or more) of the following list and send it back to me today (!). ------ Name: O TC6 should not participate in WCC's irrespective of the location O TC6 should not participate in WCC's in a country where we don't have a national delegate O TC6 should not participate in WCC 2006 due to the political risks O TC6 might organise a workshop or a working conference at WCC 2006 O Other arguments ______________________________________________ ------ Best regards Otto

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Call for Papers: BASENETS '04
by Holger Karl 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************** * * * 1st Workshop on Broadband Advanced Sensor Networks * * (co-located with BroadNets 04) * * San Jose, CA, October 2004 * * * * BASENETS 04 * * * ******************************************************** * * * http://www.basenets.org * * * ******************************************************** SCOPE The emergence and adoption of broadband wireless access standards, such as 802.16, 802.16a and 802.11a/g, offers exciting new possibilities for high-bandwidth data communication over the "last mile". A significant use of such high bandwidth may lie in the use of a variety of multimodal sensors for monitoring and control of diverse geographic areas. Such sensors may be used for remote video/audio surveillance and active monitoring of telemetry data in city blocks, highways, airports, hotels, campuses and a variety of other indoor and outdoor environments. This workshop is intended for the presentation and discussion of novel architectures, algorithms and applications of sensor networks based on the use of wireless broadband channels. Areas of interest include problems related to energy efficiency, dynamic control and reliability of such sensor network deployments, especially under the expected resource constraints on the sensor devices. Of particular interest are visions, practical case studies, demonstrations or pilots of innovative techniques for building sensor networks using either broadband local or metropolitan wireless networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Multimedia Interfaces for Wireless Sensors * Broadband vs. Narrowband Wireless Sensing * Video and Audio Sensing Applications over Broadband Networks * Distributed Multimedia Compression/Aggregation for Broadband Sensor Networks * Scalability and Performance Bottlenecks for Wide-Area Broadband Sensing * Adaptive Configuration of Broadband Sensor Networks * Power and Spectrum Management Issues for Broadband Sensing * Architectures for Broadband Sensor Networks * Applications of Wireless Broadband Sensor Networks * Security and Privacy for Broadband Sensor Networks * Broadband Sensor Networks with Mobile Nodes * Heterogeneous Wired-Wireless Broadband Sensor Networks SUBMISSION Papers should be written in English, should not exceed 20 double-spaced, single-column pages, including figures and references, and should include an abstract, not to exceed 250 words. Papers should be submitted in PDF format via the EDAS system (http://edas.info). All papers will be peer reviewed. The best papers of this workshop will be considered for possible publication in the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (http://www.acm.org/tosn/). IMPORTANT DATES Full paper due: June 1, 2004 Notification of acceptance: July 12, 2004 Camera-ready copy: Aug. 9, 2004 Workshop Chairs: W. Heinzelman (U. of Rochester) B. Krishnamachari (U. of Southern California) Program Committee: N. Abu-Ghazaleh (Binghamton U.) J. Apostolopoulos (HP Labs) A. Bestavros (Boston U.) A. Campbell (Columbia U.) M. El Zarki (U. of California at Irvine) W.-C. Feng (OGI) S. Gupta (Arizona State U.) R. Han (U. of Colorado at Boulder) A. Helmy (U. of Southern California) S. Jha (U. of New South Wales) H. Karl (TU Berlin) M. Liu (U. of Michigan) B. Nath (Rutgers U.) M. Papadopouli (U. of North Carolina) A. Safwat (Queens U.) I. Stojmenovic (U. of Ottawa) U. Tureli (Stevens U.) M. van der Schaar (U. of California at Davis) P. Varshney (Syracuse U.) Publicity Chair: R. Han (U. of Colorado at Boulder) H. Karl (Technical University Berlin) For more details, please visit http://www.basenets.org or contact basenets04-chairs(a)ece.rochester.edu

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