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Last Call For Papers: 18 Joint Conferences in CS & CE - USA, June 21-24, 2004
by Hamid Arabnia 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Extended deadline: Feb. 29, 2004 Extended deadline: Feb. 29, 2004 Call For Papers The 2004 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (18 Joint Conferences) http://www.world-academy-of-science.org Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA June 21-24, 2004 Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a draft paper. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. Any help in distributing this announcement would be most appreciated. The International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering is a major annual research event. It assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer science and computer engineering. We expect to have over 2,000 attendees. The 2004 event is composed of the following 18 conferences: 1. The 2004 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'04) 2. The 2004 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'04) 3. The 2004 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'04) 4. The 2004 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'04) 5. The 2004 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'04) 6. The 2004 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'04) 7. The 2004 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'04) 8. The 2004 International Conference on Internet Computing (IC'04) 9. The 2004 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'04) 10. The 2004 International Symposium on Web Services and Applications (ISWS'04) 11. The 2004 International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PCC'04) 12. The 2004 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'04) 13. The 2004 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS'04) 14. The 2004 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'04) 15. The 2004 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'04) 16. The 2004 International Conference on VLSI (VLSI'04) 17. The 2004 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'04) 18. The 2004 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'04) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org ) You are requested to send your submission to the Multiconference chair whose address appears below (The chair may be forwarding the papers to respective conference chairs/committees). MultiConference Chair: 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: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 29, 2004. E-mail submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax submissions are also acceptable.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, 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) & a maximum of 5 keywords. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities & over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to & from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day & most are suitable for families & children. The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining & night clubs, free street shows, ...). IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 29, 2004: Extended Deadline; Draft papers (about 5 pages) March 22, 2004: Notification of acceptance April 21, 2004: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 21-24, 2004: 2004 Int'l Multiconference in CS & CE

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[Fwd: CFP for Net-Con'2004]
by Ramon Puigjaner 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Dear friends, Please find attached the call for papers of Net-Con 2004. Please distribute it in your country. thank you in advance. Best regards Ramon -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP for Net-Con'2004 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:39:15 +0100 From: Sebastià Galmés <dmisgo0(a)uib.es> To: "A. Al-Naamany" <naamany(a)squ.edu.om>, Abdelmalec Benzekri <benzekri(a)irit.fr>, Augusto Casaca <augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt>, Bartomeu Serra <tomeu.serra(a)uib.es>, Chris Blondia <chris.blondia(a)ua.ac.be>, "D-Y. Hu" <hdy(a)tsinghua.edu.cn>, "F. Arve Aagesen" <finnarve(a)item.ntnu.no>, "Fouad A. Tobagi" <tobagi(a)stanford.edu>, Francisco José Quiles Flor <Francisco.Quiles(a)uclm.es>, Franco Davoli <franco.davoli(a)cnit.it>, "G. Omidyar" <omidyar(a)erols.com>, Giovanni Pacifici <giovanni(a)us.ibm.com>, Giuseppe Bianchi <bianchi(a)elet.polimi.it>, Guenter Haring <Guenter.Haring(a)univie.ac.at>, Guy Leduc <Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be>, Guy Pujolle <guy.pujolle(a)lip6.fr>, Harry Perros <hp(a)csc.ncsu.edu>, "J. Escobar" <jescobar(a)centauritech.com>, "J. Slavik" <SLAVIK(a)mailserv.testcom.cz>, Jordi Domingo <jordi.domingo(a)ac.upc.es>, Llorenç Huguet <dmilhr0(a)clust.uib.es>, Luigi Fratta <luigi.fratta(a)polimi.it>, Omar Cherkaoui <Cherkaoui_o(a)dinfo.uqam.ca>, Otto Duarte <otto(a)gta.ufrj.br>, Otto Spaniol <spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de>, "R. Boutaba" <rboutaba(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>, "T. Saito" <saito(a)jp.toyota-itc.com>, Ulf Koerner <ulfk(a)tts.lth.se>, Villy Baek Iversen <vbi(a)com.dtu.dk>, Walid Dabbous <Walid.Dabbous(a)sophia.inria.fr>, "Y. Stavrakakis" <ioannis(a)di.uoa.gr>, Yutaka Takahashi <takahashi(a)i.kyoto-u.ac.jp> CC: putxi(a)uib.es, tomeu.serra(a)uib.es, Dominique.gaiti(a)utt.fr, dijjfg(a)tomir.es, magdalena.payeras(a)uib.es, miquela.vanrell(a)uib.es Dear Members of the TPC for Net-Con'2004, first of all thank you very much for your collaboration! Please find attached the Call for Papers document for the Conference. As a member of the TPC, we would appreciate your contribution to spread it through your e-mail lists, as well as to generally promote Net-Con'2004. Of course, we also encourage you to participate in the Conference by submitting a paper and/or a tutorial. Again thank you very much! Best regards, Dominique Gaïti, Sebastià Galmés -- __________________________________________________ Sebastià Galmés Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciències Matemàtiques i Informàtica 07122 Palma, Spain Telf.: +34-971172989 Fax: +34-971173003 E-mail: dmisgo0(a)uib.es __________________________________________________ -- ========================================================================= 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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CfP: ICQT'04 - October 1, 2004, Barcelona, Spain
by Burkhard Stiller 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Apologies for multiple copies. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Call for Papers Fourth International Workshop on Advanced Internet Charging and QoS Technologies (ICQT’04) "QoS has its Price" co-located with the Fifth International Workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (QofIS’04) September 29 - October 1, 2004 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain ICQT’04 URL: http://www.ftw.at/icqt Scope ^^^^^ The current shift of Internet communications towards differentiated services enables and supports a huge variety of prosperous business models. The resulting combination of support service issues with technological and economic perspectives drives many relevant and interesting research topics for application developers, business architects, network providers, service providers, and customers. Especially the identification of novel Internet charging solutions, the investigation and evaluation of their technical feasibility, and the consolidation of technical and economic mechanisms for enabling a fast, guaranteed, and efficient charging of communications services is of fundamental importance for the future evolution of the Internet, and as such the central focus of the international ICQT workshop series. ICQT’04 is the fourth event in this series, following the highly successful workshops ICQT’01 in Vienna (Austria), ICQT’02 in Zurich (Switzerland) and ICQT’03 in Munich (Germany). The focus of this year’s workshop is on the economics of Internet services, pricing for Quality-of-Service (QoS), and the required technology in support of charging. Besides charging technology in terms of monitoring, accounting, and security mechanisms, also pricing and charging models for peer-to-peer applications, multicast, wireless, and QoS services are of importance. Therefore, authors are invited to submit work on issues related to, but not limited by, the following list of topics: o Network economics and economic models for the Internet o Internet pricing, tariffing, and billing o Internet charging technologies o Monitoring, measuring, and accounting o ISP cost and business models o Charging for QoS, services, and content o Pricing mobile and wireless services o Application service provider models o Security mechanisms for charging o Management of Service Level Agreements Papers and Submissions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Papers are solicited as full papers (in English), of no more than 10 single-spaced pages, each of which will be subject to a full review process. Submissions should already follow the author guidelines as specified below and must include: title, authors, affiliations, 100-word abstract, and a list of at most five keywords. The corresponding author should be identified clearly, including name, position, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. An electronic, PDF-based submission of papers is mandatory, please check the URL http://www.ftw.at/icqt for further submission instructions or contact icqt04(a)ftw.at for additional information. The conference proceedings are being published as hard-copy and electronically by Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series and will be available during the event. Authors are obliged to follow the LNCS’s guidelines (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) in preparing their manuscript. Author guidelines with respect to the final camera ready paper formats are to be strictly followed without exception, including the 10 page limit. Important Dates ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Deadline for submissions: May 2, 2004 Notification of acceptance: July 2, 2004 Camera ready version: July 25, 2004 Workshop date: October 1, 2004 General Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The final program will be run as a full day on October 1, 2004, preceded by QofIS’04 on September 29-30, 2004, http://www.qofis.org. The registration fee for this event will include the attendance of both ICQT’04 and QoFIS’04. For more information please visit http://www.ftw.at/icqt or contact icqt04(a)ftw.at. Program Co-Chairs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Burkhard Stiller UniBw Munich, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland Peter Reichl FTW Vienna, Austria Richard Gibbens Cambridge University, U.K. Program Committee ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Joern Altmann University of Berkeley, U.S.A. Ragnar Andreassen Telenor, Norway Sandford Bessler FTW Vienna, Austria Torsten Braun University of Bern, Switzerland Bob Briscoe BT exact Technologies, U.K. Roland Bueschkes T-Mobile International, Germany Costas Courcoubetis Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Chris Edwards Lancaster University, U.K. Martin Karsten University of Waterloo, Canada Peter Key Microsoft Research Cambridge, U.K. Claudia Linnhoff-Popien LMU Munich, Germany Simon Leinen SWITCH Zuerich, Switzerland Peter Marbach University of Toronto, Canada Robin Mason University of Southampton, U.K. Lee McKnight Syracuse University, U.S.A. Andrew Odlyzko University of Minnesota, U.S.A. Huw Oliver Consultant, U.K. Maximilian Ott Semandex Networks, U.S.A. Kihong Park Purdue University, U.S.A. Guido Petit Alcatel, Belgium Douglas Reeves North Carolina State University, U.S.A. Bjoern Rupp Arthur D. Little, Germany Jens Schmitt Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany Vasilios Siris ICS Forth, Greece Otto Spaniol RWTH Aachen, Germany Bruno Tuffin INRIA Rennes, France +--------------------------------------------------------------------+

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CFP - WOCN 2004 on Wireless and Optical Comm Networks, Muscat Oman
by guy omidyar 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

CALL FOR PAPER http://wocn2004.tjer.net/ First IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks WOCN 2004 June 7-10, 2004, Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman The First IEEE and IFIP International Conference on wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2004) invites high-quality recent research results in the areas of Mobile and Wireless Communications, optical communications and networking, architectures, protocols, planning and design, management and operation. The main goal of the conference is to bring together scientists and engineers who work on wireless and optical communications networks. The First IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications and Optical communications Networks (WOCN 2004) will be held in Muscat, Oman 2004. WOCN 2004 is the first conference in its series aimed at stimulating technical exchange in the emerging and important field of mobile, wireless and Optical communications networks. WOCN 2004 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state of the art research and work in the wireless and Optical industries. The scope of the conference includes a wide range of technical challenges in view of the growing interest for wireless access to Internet and the evolution of third generation cellular systems included ITU IMT/UMTS. The conference also accepts progress on IST European Commission funded research projects. The Authors can present their finding on wireless quality of service, resource management, Ad Hoc and sensor networks. Radio interface design, adaptive antennas and arrays and indoor propagation, measurement and predictions also will be considered. A growing number of digital devices inside homes and the application of Ultra Wide Band (UWB), as well as Spectrum efficiency and low power consumption including low cost and secure wireless personal access are some of the areas to be considered in this conference. Optical communications networks are becoming increasingly important as the demand for high capacity links are required. Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) is widely deployed at the core networks to accommodate high capacity transport systems. Optical components, such as optical amplifier, tunable filters, transceivers, termination devices and add-drop multi-plexers are becoming more affordable and reliable. Access and metropolitan area networks are increasingly built with optical technologies to overcome the electronic bottleneck at network edges. New components and subsystems for very high speed optical networks offer new design options. The objective of this event is therefore to foster the exchange of information among researchers in this fast-moving field. The authors can present their finding on new Fibers, optical fiber gratings and devices, optical amplifiers, optical sensing and medical application of fiber optics and opto-electronics. Important Dates Paper Submissions Deadline: March 20, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2004 Camera Ready Versions Due: April 30, 2004 Organizing Committee: General Chair: C. Guy. Omidyar, I2R, Singapore General co-chair: Hadj Bourdoucen, SQU General Vice Chair: Ali Al Lawati, SQU Program Chairs and Co-chairs: Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia Ahmed Al Naamany, SQU Maurice Gagnaire, ENST, France Adel Gastli, SQU Tutorials Chairs: Farid Touati and Tariq Jamil, SQU Treasurer: Masoud Al Hinai, SQU Advisory and Steering Committee: Amer Al-Rawas (SQU) Amer Al-Rawas (Omantel) Ahmed Al-Theeb (PEIE) Mohamed Al-Lawati (PDO) Matar Al-Maamari (Royal Office) Ibtisam Al-Riyami (PDO) Hilal Al-Habsi (Oman Refinery) Mohammed Al Theeb (Oman Fiber) Scientific Technical Program Committee: Adam Wolisz, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany Adolf Finger, Technical University of Dresden, Germany Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University, USA Ayman Naguib, Qualcomm, USA Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Branimir Vojcic, George Ashington University, USA Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Elena Pagani, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy Elisabeth Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara Farouk Kamoun, ENSI, Tunisia Francois Chin, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Geraldo Robson Mateus, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Guillaume Vivier, Motorola Labs, France Guy Omidyar, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6, France Hamid Aghvami, Kings College of London, UK Hossam Afifi, INT, France Jan Slavik, TESTCOM, Czech Republic Kassem Saleh, American Uni of Sharjah, UAE Kaveh Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Khaldoun Al Agha, LRI, University of Paris XI, France Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University, HK Khaled Elsayed, Cairo University, Egypt Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK Lila Boukhatem, LRI, University of Paris XI, France Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Marie-Jose Montpetit, Nokia, USA Martin Haardt, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany Parviz Kermani, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Pascal Lorenz, Universite de Haute Alsace, France Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark Serge Fdida, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6, France Sergio Palazzo, University of Catania, Italy Theo Kanter, Ericsson Research, Sweden Witold Krzymien, University of Alberta, Canada Xavier Lagrange, ENST Bretagne, France Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA W. D. Zhong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore N. Le Binh, Monash University, Australia K. Kitayama, Osaka University, Japan R. Jain, Nayna Networks, USA Y. Nakano, University of Tokyo, Japan F. Neri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy H. Ghafouri-Shiraz, University of Birmingham, UK A. Xu, Peking University, People's Republic of China D. Datta, IIT Kharagpur, India Mehmet Ulema, Manhanttan College, USA Sirisena, Harsha, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Asrar U. H. Sheikh, KFU, Saudi Arabia The TCP members will be updated every month Information for Contributors Contributions are invited on all topics concerning wireless and optical communications networks and components. We are soliciting original papers describing the state-of-the-art research and development in the areas of wireless and Optical Communication and Networks, including, but not limited to the following topics: 1.Optical Networking Technologies Optical network planning, design and modelling Optical access/metro networks IP over optical networks Network protection/restoration Generalised multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS) Planning and design tools for optical networks QoS issues in optical networks Routing and wavelength assignment Multiple access technique and fairness control in optical LANs and MANs 2.Optical Switching and Network Elements Photonic switching system architectures Optical cross-connects and add-drop multiplexers Optical IP routers Photonic packet switching Network signalling and monitoring techniques Optical signal processing Wavelength conversion techniques 3.Optical Transmission Technologies WDM Ultra-long haul transmission systems OTDM transmission systems Soliton transmission systems Transmission system experiments Radio over fibre-optics Optical interconnections Optical interfaces and terminals 4.Optical Passive Components Fiber-Bragg-grating-based devices Fiber-grating dispersion compensators Optical circulators and isolators Optical waveguide-based devices Fiber and waveguide filters Microstructured waveguides and devices Arrayed waveguide devices Optical splitting and directional couplers 5.Optical Active Components and Modules Optical modulators and switches Semiconductor optical amplifiers Semiconductor lasers and detectors Fibre amplifiers and lasers Raman and Brillouin amplifiers Automatic gain control of optical amplifiers Optical MEMS Photonic integrated circuits/modules Optical tunable filters Optical logics and memories Mobile and Wireless Communications topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: 1. Management Resource and Information Management Pricing and Billing Issues 2. Architecture Convergence of Fixed and Mobile Hybrid Communications System 3. Devices Low-Power End-Devices and Wireless Communications 4. Security Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks 5. QoS Adaptive Quality of Service Provisioning End-to-end Quality of Service 6. Mobility Support Handoff Algorithms IP and Mobility Mobility and Connection Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Policy-based Mobility Management 7. Applications Personal Communications Location and Context Management Smart Media Mobile Code Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Applications 8. Access Wireless IP Wireless Multimedia Services Wireless Local Loop (WLL) Multiple Access Technology Broadband Wireless Access 9. Networking Wireless Personal Area Networks Wireless Local Area Networks Mobility and Nomadic Computing Analysis and Simulation of Mobile Network Protocols Home Networking Mobile Ad-hoc Networks and the Internet Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking Routing Satellite Networks Guidelines for Submission Authors are requested to submit electronically a PDF or Word file with a maximum of 4 pages including figures in 10 pt fonts to Dr. Guy Omidyar at guy.omidyar(a)squ.edu.om. The 4-page paper must be written on 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. or A4-size white bond paper, typed single spaced and double-columned within 17 cm x 24 cm. The title of the paper, author's name, affiliation, complete return address, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address should appear at the top of the first page, followed by an abstract with a maximum of 100 words. Clear tables, line drawings, and photographs can be included anywhere in the 4-page paper. Characters and illustrations exceeding the 17 cm x 24 cm area limit on each page may not be printed in the conference proceedings. Authors must state that their paper has neither been published before nor currently being submitted elsewhere. The language of the conference is English and papers must be in this language. Accepted papers will be published on the conference's proceedings and/or CD-ROMs. Selected papers will also be published in the IJWOC http://www.worldscinet.com/ijwoc/ijwoc.shtml * Please note that final submission of accepted papers must be in accordance to selected publisher's formatting standard which will be updated shortly. For additional information concerning paper submission, please contact: guy.omidyar(a)squ.edu.om For information on submitting proposals for panels and tutorials, please contact: guy.omidyar(a)squ.edu.om

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CFP: 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2004)
by Marco Conti 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '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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Good news from Finland
by Otto Spaniol 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Dear all, I received the following news from Reino Kurki-Suonio (the "ex" IFIP national representative from Finland). It states that Olli Martikainen who is well known to most of us has been (re-)nominated as TC6 national delegate from Finland and that I'm allowed to appoint him - what I do with greatest pleasure. Olli: welcome back to the TC6 club!!! Please send me your full coordinates (phone, mobile, fax,..etc.). For other members: The email address of Olli is Olli.Martikainen(a)etla.fi Best wishes Otto --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Otto, Good to hear from you. I'm glad you are taking the responsibility for TC6 again. In fact I am no longer a member of the council, and also my successor to the GA has been appointed already, but my relationship with IFIP still continues with WCC2004. I'm happy to tell you that Olli Martikainen has already been chosen as the new TC6 representative from Finland. A letter about new nominations should havebeen sent recently to IFIP headquarters. (Formally it is the TC Chair who appoints TC members, so you can now appoint him!). With best regards, Reino

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PDMC'04 - 1st CfP
by Martin Leucker 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

[[ -- Apologies for multiple copies of this message -- ]] ============================================================================= Call for Papers 3rd International Workshop on PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED METHODS IN VERIFICATION (PDMC 2004) September 4, 2004, London, U.K. Workshop affiliated to CONCUR'04, 31 August - 3 September 2004. http://www.fi.muni.cz/~brim/PDMC04 ============================================================================= OBJECTIVES: The growing importance of automated formal verification in industry is driving a growing interest in those aspects which have a direct impact on its applicability to real world problems. One of the main technical challenges is in devising tools that allow to handle large state spaces. Over the last years numerous approaches have been developed. Recently, an increasing interest is in parallelizing and distributing of verification techniques. The aim of the PDMC workshop series is to cover all aspects of parallel and distributed methods and techniques for formal verification. Theoretical results, algorithms and case studies are equally welcome. After two successful meetings in 2002 and 2003 with primary focus on parallelization of model checking, the scope of the workshop have been extended to cover all approaches where parallel and distributed techniques can make the automated verification more effective and/or extend its applicability. This extension is also reflected in the new name of the workshop. The PDMC workshop aims to provide a working forum for presenting, sharing, and discussing recent achievements in the field of parallel and distributed verification. The workshop will consist of invited talks and a selection from submitted papers. SCOPE AND TOPICS: Papers describing recent work on all aspects of parallel and distributed verification are solicited as contributions to PDMC. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * parallel and distributed model checking * parallel and distributed equivalence checking * parallel and distributed satisfiability checking * slicing and distributing the state space * distributed theorem proving * distributed constraints solving * parallel methods in probabilistic model checking * file systems for distributed transitions systems * parallel methods in performance evaluation * tools and case studies * industrial applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: There are two categories of submissions: regular papers and presentations. * Manuscripts of regular papers are limited to a maximum of 10 pages (excluding bibliography and technical appendices) in postscript or PDF format (ENTCS style strongly recommended). * Presentations report on relevant results submitted to other forums or already published or on not yet finished work in progress. Presentations will appear in the workshop preliminary proceedings, but will not be considered for the final workshop proceedings. The space limit for presentations is 10 pages (excluding bibliography and technical appendices) in postscript or PDF format (ENTCS style strongly recommended). Submissions should be made electronically using PDMC'04 Submission Page. PROCEEDINGS: The preliminary workshop proceedings will be available as a Research Report of Imperial College London. The final proceedings appear as a volume of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. After the workshop, selected authors will be invited to submit full versions of their papers (regular papers or presentation results not submitted for journal publication) to a special section of a journal (under negotiation). IMPORTANT DATES: * May 29, 2004: Submission deadline for regular papers. * July 5, 2004: Notification of acceptance. * July 10, 2004: Deadline for presentations. * July 31, 2004: Camera ready copy for proceedings. INVITED SPEAKER: Boi B. Faltings (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * Howard Barringer (Manchester Univ., UK) * Lubos Brim (Masaryk Univ., CZ) - Co-chair * Gianpiero Cabodi (Torino, IT) * Wan Fokkink (CWI Amsterdam, NL) * Hubert Garavel (INRIA, FR) * Hanne Gottliebsen (Queen Mary Univ. of London, UK) * Orna Grumberg (Haifa, Israel) * Boudewijn R. Haverkort (Univ. of Twente, NL) * Michael Jones (Brigham Young Univ., USA) * Marta Kwiatkowska (Univ. of Birmingham, UK) * Martin Lange (LMU Muenchen, DE) * Martin Leucker (Uppsala Univ., SE) - Co-chair * Sharad Malik (Princeton Univ., USA) * Eric Mercer (Brigham Young Univ., USA) * Michel Rueher (Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis, FR) * Pascal Van Hentenryck (Brown University, USA) * Willem Visser (NASA Ames Research Center, USA) Lubos Brim & Martin Leucker workshop organizers

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Kein Betreff
by Otto Spaniol 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

Dear all, here comes (once again) the CfP of INTELLCOMM'04. Please distribute it as widely as possible. Note that meeting 2004/2 will be held prior to the conference, i.e. Nov. 21+22. Best regards Otto ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS INTELLCOMM'04 http://intellcomm2004.ait.ac.th/ IFIPs Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems 23 - 26 November 2004, Bangkok, Thailand 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, Springe Verlag. Selected INTELLCOMM'04 papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in Computer Networks Journal, Special Issue on Intelligence in Communication Systems by Elsevier.

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Call for Papers: SenSys 2004
by Chenyang Lu 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS The Second ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2004) November 3-5, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (tentative) http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/sensys04 Sponsored by: ACM (SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, SIGARCH, SIGMETRICS, SIGOPS) and NSF SenSys 2004 introduces a high caliber forum for research on systems issues in the emerging area of embedded, networked sensors. These distributed systems of numerous smart sensors and actuators will revolutionize a wide array of application areas by providing an unprecedented density and fidelity of instrumentation. They also present novel systems challenges because of resource constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, and scale. SenSys design issues span multiple disciplines, including wireless communication, networking, operating systems, architecture, low-power circuits, distributed algorithms, data processing, scheduling, sensors, energy harvesting, and signal processing. SenSys seeks to provide a cross-disciplinary venue for researchers addressing these networked sensor system design issues. SenSys 2004 is the second in a series of annual meetings with a highly selective single-track technical program and a hands-on research exhibition. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research are solicited. In general this conference is interested in papers that address system issues in embedded networked systems. Specific topics of interest include the following: - Network protocols for sensor networks - Operating system and middleware for sensor networks - Applications of distributed sensor networks - Sensor network testbed measurements and benchmarks - Distributed database processing in sensor networks - Distributed algorithms for sensor networks - Novel sensor node hardware and software platforms - Sensor network planning and deployment - Energy management in sensor networks - Adaptive topology management - In-network processing and aggregation - Data storage in sensor networks - Distributed and collaborative signal processing - Distributed actuation, control, and coordination - Localization in time and space - Distributed calibration in sensor networks - Simulation and optimization tools - Security - Fundamental limits and tradeoffs - Robustness - Algorithms for self-configuration, maintenance, stabilization - Programming and validation methodology Please consult the program chairs at sensys04-pcchairs(a)enl.usc.edu for more information about the scope of the conference. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF or PostScript. Papers must not exceed 15 pages (US "Letter" size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references in single-column, single-space format. The font size must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. We will adopt a double-blind process for paper review, where the identities of the authors are withheld from reviewers. Authors' names and their affiliations must not be revealed or mentioned anywhere in the paper or in the Postscript or PDF file. Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the Program Co-Chairs at sensys04-pcchairs(a)enl.usc.edu. More detailed submission instructions will be available at the conference website soon. Selected papers from the conference will be fast-tracked to the new ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. RESEARCH EXHIBITS & POSTERS There will be a research exhibition and poster session. Submission details will be available on the website soon. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Registration & Abstract: April 2, 2004 Paper Submission Deadline: April 9, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: June 29, 2004 Camera Ready Copy: August 15, 2004 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair: John A. Stankovic (University of Virginia) Program Co-Chairs: Anish Arora (Ohio State Univ.) Ramesh Govindan (USC) Publicity Co-Chairs: Phillippe Bonnet (University of Copenhagen) Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis) Finance Chair: Sang Son (University of Virginia) Local Arrangements: Anupam Joshi (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County) Exhibits Co-Chairs: Akos Ledeczi (Vanderbilt) Mark Yarvis (Intel) Student Travel Awards: John Regehr (University of Utah) Sponsorships Chair: Badri Nath (Rutgers University) Posters Co-Chairs: Wendi Heinzelman (Univ. of Rochester) Sandeep Kulkarni (Mich. State) Program Committee: Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Virginia) Gul Agha (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign) Phillippe Bonnet (Univ. of Copenhagen) Gaetano Borriello (University of Washington) David Culler (University of California/Berkeley) Hugh Durrant-Whyte (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) Deborah Estrin (Univ.of California/Los Angeles) Mohamed Gouda (University of Texas, Austin) Rajesh Gupta (Univ. of California, San Diego) John Heidemann (USC/ISI) Lakshman Krishnamurthy (Intel) P.R. Kumar (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign) Koen Langendoen (Delft University of Technology) Mike Lemmon (Univ. of Notre Dame) Urbashi Mitra (USC) Ulrich Schmid (Technische Universität Wien) Dawn Song (Carnegie-Mellon University) Feng Zhao (PARC) STEERING COMMITTEE Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech., Co-chair) Deborah Estrin (UCLA, Co-chair), Victor Bahl (Microsoft, Sigmobile Representative) Craig Partridge (BBN, Sigcomm Representative) Taieb Znati (NSF)

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Responsibilities for National Representatives
by gjo＠daimlerchrysler.com 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

Dear Colleagues: Please find attached the updated description of responsibilities for National Representatives. As I mentioned to you earlier, I tried to keep the document as brief as possible. When I mailed my first draft on November 18, 2003, I included the input from TC3 and TC11. Since then, I included in this version, input from TC7 and additional information from TC5. Hopefully, I have captured everyone's ideas. Gus Olling TC5 Chair (See attached file: Responsibilties.doc)

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