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ATC-07 submission deadline extended to 31 Jan. 2007
by Xiaoyuan Gu 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

******************* ATC-07 Call For Papers********************** The 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-07) - Bring Safe, Self-x and Organic Computing Systems into Reality - http://www.atc-conference.org/2007/ http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~atc07/ Organized by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China In Cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Hong Kong, China, July 11-13, 2007 ************************************************************* Computing systems including hardware, software, communication and networks are growing towards an ever increasing scale and heterogeneity, becoming overly complex. Such complexity is getting even more critical with the ubiquitous permeation of embedded devices and other pervasive systems. To cope with the growing and ubiquitous complexity, Autonomic Computing (AC) focuses on self-manageable computing and communication systems that exhibit self-awareness, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, self-protection and other self-x operations to the maximum extent possible without human intervention or guidance. Organic Computing (OC) additionally emphasizes natural-analogue concepts like self-organization and controlled emergence. Any autonomic or organic system must be trustworthy to avoid the risk of losing control and retain confidence that the system will not fail. Trust and/or distrust relationships in the Internet and in pervasive infrastructures are key factors to enable dynamic interaction and cooperation of various users, systems and services. Trusted/Trustworthy Computing (TC) aims at making computing and communication systems as well as services available, predictable, traceable, controllable, assessable, sustainable, dependable, persist-able, security/privacy protect-able, etc. A series of grand challenges exist to achieve practical self-manageable autonomic systems with truly trustworthy services. ATC-07 addresses the most innovative research and development in these challenging areas and includes all technical aspects related to autonomic/organic computing (AC/OC) and trusted computing (TC). ATC-07 is a successor of the First Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Ubiquitous and Embedded Systems (TAUES-05, Japan, Dec.), the Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Computing Systems (TACS-06, Austria, Apr.), and the 3rd International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-06, Three Gorges, China, Sep.). Topics include but are not limited to the following: -AC/OC Theory and Models * Nervous/organic models, negotiation, cooperation, competition, self-organization, emergence, etc. -AC/OC Architectures and Systems * Autonomic elements & their relationship, frameworks, middleware, observer/controller architectures, etc. -AC/OC Components and Modules * Memory, storage, database, device, server, proxy, software, OS, I/O, etc. -AC/OC Communication and Services * Networks, self-organized net, web service, grid, P2P, semantics, agent, transaction, etc. -AC/OC Tools and Interfaces * Tools/interfaces for AC/OC system development, test, monitoring, assessment, supervision, etc. -Trust Models and Specifications * Models and semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk, reputation, reliability, etc. -Trust-related Security and Privacy * Trust-related secure architecture, framework, policy, intrusion detection/awareness, protocols, etc. -Trusted Reliable and Dependable Systems * Fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery, etc. -Trustworthy Services and Applications * Trustworthy Internet/web/grid/P2P e-services, secure mobile services, novel applications, etc. -Trust Standards and Non-Technical Issues * Trust standards and issues related to personality, ethics, sociology, culture, psychology, economy, etc. ==IMPORTANT DATES== Submission Deadline: January 31, 2007 Authors Notification: March 15, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: April 15, 2007 ==ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION== Prepare your paper with free styles not more than 15 pages in PDF file. Submit your paper(s) at the ATC-07 submission site: http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~atc07/sub/ ==PAPER PUBLICATION== Accepted papers will be published by Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS). Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing (JoATC), and the International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN). A set of high quality papers of the conference, after further revisions, also will be published in an edited book published by Springer, Germany. ==Organizing Committees== General Chairs Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Christian Muller-Schloer, University of Hannover, Germany Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Mazin Yousif, Intel, USA Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK Bin Xiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Program Vice Chairs Xiaobo Zhou, Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA Wolfgang Reif, University of Augsburg, Germany Dimitris Nikolopoulos, Virginia Tech, USA Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science, Switzerland Steering Committee Jianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair) , St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany International Advisory Committee Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan Zhong Chen, Peking University, China Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, USA Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan David Ogle, IBM, USA Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Franz J. Rammig, University of Paderborn, Germany Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China Publicity Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Xinwen Fu, Dakota State University, USA Xiaoyuan Gu, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China Noria Foukia, Otago University of Otago, New Zealand International Liaison Chairs Benno Overeinder, Vrije University, The Netherlands Jean-Marc Seigneur, University of Geneva, Switzerland Yuanshun Dai, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA Noriaki Yoshikai, Nihon University, Japan Publication Chairs Tony Li Xu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Xiaolin (Andy) Li, Oklahoma State University, USA Award Chairs Yi Mu, University of Wollongong, Australia Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway Panel Chairs Huaglory Tianfield, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Zhen Liu, IBM Research Center, USA Financial Chair Lin Chen, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Web Administration Chair Tony Li Xu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Local Arrangement Chairs Zhijun Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Zili Shao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Kang Ying Allan Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., HK Program Committee See ATC-07 web site: http://www.atc-conference.org/2007/ or http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~atc07/ Further questions, please contact with ATC07 Secretariat <atc07(a)googlegroups.com> ============ End of ATC-07 CFP ================

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ATC-07 submission deadline extended to 31 Jan. 2007
by Xiaoyuan Gu 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

******************* ATC-07 Call For Papers********************** The 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-07) - Bring Safe, Self-x and Organic Computing Systems into Reality - http://www.atc-conference.org/2007/ http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~atc07/ Organized by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China In Cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Hong Kong, China, July 11-13, 2007 ************************************************************* Computing systems including hardware, software, communication and networks are growing towards an ever increasing scale and heterogeneity, becoming overly complex. Such complexity is getting even more critical with the ubiquitous permeation of embedded devices and other pervasive systems. To cope with the growing and ubiquitous complexity, Autonomic Computing (AC) focuses on self-manageable computing and communication systems that exhibit self-awareness, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, self-protection and other self-x operations to the maximum extent possible without human intervention or guidance. Organic Computing (OC) additionally emphasizes natural-analogue concepts like self-organization and controlled emergence. Any autonomic or organic system must be trustworthy to avoid the risk of losing control and retain confidence that the system will not fail. Trust and/or distrust relationships in the Internet and in pervasive infrastructures are key factors to enable dynamic interaction and cooperation of various users, systems and services. Trusted/Trustworthy Computing (TC) aims at making computing and communication systems as well as services available, predictable, traceable, controllable, assessable, sustainable, dependable, persist-able, security/privacy protect-able, etc. A series of grand challenges exist to achieve practical self-manageable autonomic systems with truly trustworthy services. ATC-07 addresses the most innovative research and development in these challenging areas and includes all technical aspects related to autonomic/organic computing (AC/OC) and trusted computing (TC). ATC-07 is a successor of the First Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Ubiquitous and Embedded Systems (TAUES-05, Japan, Dec.), the Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Computing Systems (TACS-06, Austria, Apr.), and the 3rd International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-06, Three Gorges, China, Sep.). Topics include but are not limited to the following: -AC/OC Theory and Models * Nervous/organic models, negotiation, cooperation, competition, self-organization, emergence, etc. -AC/OC Architectures and Systems * Autonomic elements & their relationship, frameworks, middleware, observer/controller architectures, etc. -AC/OC Components and Modules * Memory, storage, database, device, server, proxy, software, OS, I/O, etc. -AC/OC Communication and Services * Networks, self-organized net, web service, grid, P2P, semantics, agent, transaction, etc. -AC/OC Tools and Interfaces * Tools/interfaces for AC/OC system development, test, monitoring, assessment, supervision, etc. -Trust Models and Specifications * Models and semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk, reputation, reliability, etc. -Trust-related Security and Privacy * Trust-related secure architecture, framework, policy, intrusion detection/awareness, protocols, etc. -Trusted Reliable and Dependable Systems * Fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery, etc. -Trustworthy Services and Applications * Trustworthy Internet/web/grid/P2P e-services, secure mobile services, novel applications, etc. -Trust Standards and Non-Technical Issues * Trust standards and issues related to personality, ethics, sociology, culture, psychology, economy, etc. ==IMPORTANT DATES== Submission Deadline: January 31, 2007 Authors Notification: March 15, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: April 15, 2007 ==ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION== Prepare your paper with free styles not more than 15 pages in PDF file. Submit your paper(s) at the ATC-07 submission site: http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~atc07/sub/ ==PAPER PUBLICATION== Accepted papers will be published by Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS). Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing (JoATC), and the International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN). A set of high quality papers of the conference, after further revisions, also will be published in an edited book published by Springer, Germany. ==Organizing Committees== General Chairs Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Christian Muller-Schloer, University of Hannover, Germany Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Mazin Yousif, Intel, USA Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK Bin Xiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Program Vice Chairs Xiaobo Zhou, Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA Wolfgang Reif, University of Augsburg, Germany Dimitris Nikolopoulos, Virginia Tech, USA Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science, Switzerland Steering Committee Jianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair) , St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany International Advisory Committee Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan Zhong Chen, Peking University, China Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, USA Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan David Ogle, IBM, USA Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Franz J. Rammig, University of Paderborn, Germany Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China Publicity Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Xinwen Fu, Dakota State University, USA Xiaoyuan Gu, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China Noria Foukia, Otago University of Otago, New Zealand International Liaison Chairs Benno Overeinder, Vrije University, The Netherlands Jean-Marc Seigneur, University of Geneva, Switzerland Yuanshun Dai, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA Noriaki Yoshikai, Nihon University, Japan Publication Chairs Tony Li Xu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Xiaolin (Andy) Li, Oklahoma State University, USA Award Chairs Yi Mu, University of Wollongong, Australia Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway Panel Chairs Huaglory Tianfield, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Zhen Liu, IBM Research Center, USA Financial Chair Lin Chen, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Web Administration Chair Tony Li Xu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Local Arrangement Chairs Zhijun Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Zili Shao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Kang Ying Allan Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., HK Program Committee See ATC-07 web site: http://www.atc-conference.org/2007/ or http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~atc07/ Further questions, please contact with ATC07 Secretariat <atc07(a)googlegroups.com> ============ End of ATC-07 CFP ================

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Call for Papers
by saltmail＠salt.org 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Washington 2007 Interactive Technologies Conference Sheraton Crystal City Hotel Arlington, Virginia August 22nd thru August 24th, 2007 Call for Papers Submit by: March 1st, 2007 Abstracts for presentations from professionals in industry, government, military, and academia are solicited to provide a comprehensive program on training and learning technologies currently being implemented as well as those in development for future application. Attendees are particularly interested in presentations of case studies which identify the training or learning challenge and then describe the use of specific technology or technological approaches to resolve the problem. Other preferred presentations are those which involve clients or customers who have been involved in the needs and analysis and "solution implementation". Participants at SALT conferences are interested in how these new and developing technologies can help them assess and improve performance. Additionally, these managers and senior professionals are concerned about controlling costs and demonstrating a return on investment (ROI). To download a PDF of the Call for Papers, go to http://www.salt.org/docs/call.pdf The five conference tracks are outlined below, with examples of possible presentation subject matter. Instructional Systems Design Design of Web-based Instruction Impact of Rapid-Prototyping Design Performance Improvement Needs Assessment System Installation, Maintenance & Assessment Security Issues ROI: Instructional Design Strategies and Approaches which Positively Impact Cost ISD as it relates to Performance Support Learner Styles and how ISD utilizes technology to address them Virtual Classrooms Synchronous Training Web conferencing E-Learning Adapted Content Agent-Generated Content Business-Based Learning Competency-Based Learning Scenario-Based Learning RSS in e-Learning Use of Video and Streaming Technologies Using Effective e-Learning and engaging Distance Learning for the enterprise Mobile Computing How mobile managed services can increase operational efficiencies Wikis and other Collaborative Online Resources Virtualization, Process Migration, Thin-client Computing, Network Mobility Utilization of Mobile Enterprise Servers Mobile Computing´s Impact on Workforce Productivity Mobile Enterprise Asset Management Systems Distributed Systems Aspects of Mobile Computing Pervasive computing devices and other ubiquitous computing technologies Laptops Tablet PCs PDAs Smartphones Learning Management Systems Knowledge Management vs Learning Management E-Learning, LMS or LCMS? Developing and Implementing an LMS Strategy Implementing an LMS: Best Practices Implementing an LMS from the Client Perspective Assessing LMS Vendors How to Select an LMS Identifying Vendors (What to look for) Business Relationship Requirements Learner Requirements Content Creation and Development LMS vs LCMS Outsourcing LMS Functions Pros and Cons Cost Benefits Identifying an Application Service Provider (ASP) Internet-Based LMS SCORM Compliant LMS Considerations Gaming and Simulation for Training & Performance Improvement Military Applications Agent-Based gaming, Avatars, and Distributed environments Game-based Learning Simulations and Games for Strategy and Policy Planning Business Gaming Using Expert Systems Simulations Utilizing Problem Solving Tools Customizable, Computer-based Interactive Simulations Simulation gaming for Management Training Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) Massively Multiplayer Simulation (MMP) Attendees and speakers would include, but not be limited to, the following: Industrial and Military Trainers Instructional Systems Developers Federal Managers Applications Developers Distance Learning/Blended Learning/e-Learning Design Professionals Technology-based Systems Manufacturers and Integrators Consultants University and Community College Professionals State and Local Education Professionals Abstracts Please submit abstract(s) of your proposed presentation(s) of up to 100 words per topic proposed. Abstracts will be considered for an individual presentation, or as a participant in a panel discussion. We are also seeking proposals for ½ day pre-conference tutorials. A proceedings will be prepared and you should indicate whether you will provide a paper prior to the conference which will be included in the proceedings. Submissions should be received by March 1, 2007. Be sure to include the author´s name, title, organization, address, phone number, previous experience giving presentations, and email address. If you have additional questions or would like to discuss your ideas, please call John Fox at (540) 347-0055. Submit on-line at http://www.salt.org/index.htm?salt.asp?pn=call or send to SALT®, 50 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, VA 20186. Phone: 540-347-0055 / Fax: 540-349-3169 / email: abstract(a)salt.org The program schedule will consist of pre-conference tutorials on Tuesday, August 21st, and the main conference presentation sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 22nd, August 23rd, and August 24th, 2007. You are receiving this because SALT believes that you will benefit from this information. If you want to be removed from this list send an email to Unsubscribe(a)salt.org. If you are sending from a different email address be sure to reference the email address that you would like to have us unsubscribe. To send us comments please go to our web site, http://www.salt.org. For other questions, contact SALT at 50 Culpeper Street, Warrenton VA 20186. SALT can be reached by telephone at (540) 347-0055.

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Scientific publishers and open-access
by Guy Leduc 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

FYI, a group of big scientific publishers has hired the pit bull to take on the free-information movement: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070122/full/445347a.html Best regards, Guy -- ________________________________________________________________________ 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/ Interested in an open source toolbox for network traffic engineering? Try TOTEM: http://totem.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/

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[mycolleagues] IMUx 2007 - Final call for papers - Deadline extended to February 5, 2007
by Petteri Nurmi 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

[apologies for cross postings] Due to numerous requests, the submission deadline for the International Workshop on Improved Mobile User Experience (IMUx) has been extended to February 5, 2007 (11:59PM EST) ======================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Improved Mobile User Experience (IMUx 2007) http://www.hiit.fi/imux In conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2007) Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 13, 2007 ======================================================================== Current interfaces of mobile devices are rather limited when adaptability, context-awareness and proactiveness are considered. For example, they do not utilize the context of the interaction, nor the environmental changes in the user's proximity or the capabilities of the device. This context can include information about the situation and the user preferences, longer or shorter time usage histories, etc. To improve usability and to provide a better user experience, the interfaces of the devices should become more intelligent and require less intentional user inputs. In order to achieve this goal, novel interaction methods need to be developed and combined with statistical models of the user that capture, for example, her behavior, personal preferences and goals. Furthermore, the developed solutions need to be evaluated via extensive user tests to guarantee they are valuable to the users. To improve the dialogue between the different research topics and their practitioners, the workshop aims at bringing together researchers from the fields of user modeling, user interaction and user experience, with developers of mobile and ubiquitous applications. The ultimate goal of the workshop is to provide a common forum for exchanging ideas between these domains. Submissions to the workshop should combine at least two of the following aspects: - User modeling - User interaction - User experience Example topics include, but are not limited to, - adaptive context-aware user interfaces - adaptive mobile computing applications - considerate computing - context-aware information retrieval - embedded solutions for machine learning - large scale data gathering and its challenges - large scale user studies - minimal/implicit/reduced user interaction MANUSCRIPT FORMAT The workshop welcomes scientific papers, demonstrations and videos. The manuscripts should be prepared according to the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science guidelines (http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0). The maximum length of submissions is 10 pages for research papers and 6 pages for videos and demonstrations. We plan to publish the proceedings of the workshop as a post-proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES February 5, 2007: Submission deadline March 2, 2007: Notification of acceptance/rejection March 12, 2007: Camera-ready paper submission deadline May 13, 2007: Workshop SUBMITTING PAPERS Paper submissions are being handled by the EDAS system. You need an EDAS account in order to be able to submit your paper. 1. If you do not have an EDAS account, visit http://edas.info/newPerson.php?noauth=1 to create one. 2. Log into http://edas.info. 3. Click on the 'submit paper' link at the top left of the page and either locate 'IMUx 2007' from the list of conferences accepting submissions and click on the 'new paper icon' or go to http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=5175&submit=0& to go directly to paper submissions. 4. Paper submission is two phase. You need first to register your paper (title, authors, abstract and select categories that best reflect the content of the paper). We ask you to complete the entire form as the keywords will help us in assigning reviewers with the most appropriate expertise to review your work. Once you hit 'submit' you are able to add your co-authors. 5. You can click on the 'manuscript' icon to upload the PDF version of your paper. You can continue to upload revised versions until the submission deadline February 5, 2007 (by 11:59PM EST). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Peter Boda, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, CA Petteri Nurmi, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland Patrik Floreen, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland Greger Linden, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mark Adler, Nokia Research Center, Cambridge, MA Heikki Ailisto, VTT, Oulu, Finland Peter Boda, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, CA Wray Buntine, NICTA, Canberra, Australia Patrik Floreen, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA Pertti Huuskonen, Nokia Research Center, Tampere, Finland Esko Kurvinen, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland James A. Landay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Petri Myllymäki, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland Petteri Nurmi, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland Massimo Paolucci, DoCoMo Eurolabs, Munich, Germany Sharon Oviatt, Natural Interaction Systems, Seattle, WA David Racz, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, CA Jukka Riekki, University of Oulu, Finland Akos Vetek, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland CONTACT INFORMATION For more information, please contact the IMUx organizing committee imux(a)HIIT.FI -- Petteri Nurmi - Researcher, M.Sc. ptnurmi(a)cs.helsinki.fi, http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ptnurmi/ Helsinki Institute for Information Technology - Basic Research Unit P.O.Box 68 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2b), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Phone: +358-9-191 51179 Fax: +358-9-191 51120 _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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Extended Deadline: [IEEE WoWMoM'07] CFP Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC), Workshop (Deadline: February 11, 2007)
by Luciana Pelusi 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ******************************************************************** *CALL FOR PAPERS* First IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on *** AUTONOMIC and OPPORTUNISTIC COMMUNICATIONS - AOC 2007 *** June 18, 2007 - Helsinki, Finland http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2007/ organized by *ANA and HAGGLE projects* funded by the FET-IST Programme in the area Situated and Autonomic Communications (SAC) **** *EXTENDED Deadline --- February 11, 2007* **** Fast Track on Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc ******************************************************************** We are faced with an era where the widespread use of small portable wireless devices and wireless technologies are building the pervasive vision. This pervaded world has generated new communication paradigms: autonomic and opportunistic communications. Communication among devices in a pervasive environment can happen if the devices can communicate autonomously, and manage their own evolution and configuration changes in the network, without explicit user or administrator action. In a pervasive world, even in the absence of any connectivity infrastructure mobile devices can communicate using the connection "opportunities" that arise due to mobility. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum between the autonomic and opportunistic communication communities to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic communications and computing are solicited. Papers describing prototype implementations and deployment are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Architecture and models for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building autonomic and opportunistic networks * Adaptive security for self protection of networks * Economic, biological and social models used for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Mobility models for opportunistic networking * Novel management techniques for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing networks * Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic and opportunistic communications * Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and measurements PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ================================= Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Guidelines on paper submission and formatting are available at http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2007/. Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE. Extended versions of workshop selected papers will be considered for possible fast track publication on the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (Elsevier). IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full papers due : *February 11, 2007 (Extended)* Notification : March 15, 2007 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== WORKSHOP Chairs: Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, Greece PUBLICITY Chair: Luciana Pelusi, IIT-CNR, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Edoardo Biagioni, University of Hawaii, USA Levente Buttyan, BUTE, Hungary Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA Augustin Chaintreau, Thomson, France Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Murat Demirbas, SUNY Buffalo, USA Spyros Denazis, Hitachi Europe, France & University of Patras, Greece Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech., USA Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University, Sweden Vincent Lenders, ETH, Switzerland Cecilia Mascolo, UCL, UK Martin May, ETH, Switzerland Daniele Miorandi, Create-net, Italy Refik Molva, Eurécom, France Konstantinos Oikonomou, Ionian University, Greece Joerg Ott, HUT, Finland Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Kaustubh Phanse, Uppsala University, Sweden George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo, USA Kave Salamatian, EPFL, Switzerland Fabrizio Sestini, FET, European Commission Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA John Vicente, Intel, USA Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana, USA Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena-Reggio, Italy Ellen W. Zegura, Georgia Tech, USA -- --------------------------------------------------- Luciana Pelusi Ph.D. Student Pervasive Computing & Networking Lab. (PerLab) www.perlab.it Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) Italian National Research Council (CNR) Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy phone: + 39 050 315 3059 (direct) ---------------------------------------------------

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Extended Deadline: [IEEE WoWMoM'07] CFP Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC), Workshop (Deadline: February 11, 2007)
by Luciana Pelusi 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ******************************************************************** *CALL FOR PAPERS* First IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on *** AUTONOMIC and OPPORTUNISTIC COMMUNICATIONS - AOC 2007 *** June 18, 2007 - Helsinki, Finland http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2007/ organized by *ANA and HAGGLE projects* funded by the FET-IST Programme in the area Situated and Autonomic Communications (SAC) **** *EXTENDED Deadline --- February 11, 2007* **** Fast Track on Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc ******************************************************************** We are faced with an era where the widespread use of small portable wireless devices and wireless technologies are building the pervasive vision. This pervaded world has generated new communication paradigms: autonomic and opportunistic communications. Communication among devices in a pervasive environment can happen if the devices can communicate autonomously, and manage their own evolution and configuration changes in the network, without explicit user or administrator action. In a pervasive world, even in the absence of any connectivity infrastructure mobile devices can communicate using the connection "opportunities" that arise due to mobility. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum between the autonomic and opportunistic communication communities to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic communications and computing are solicited. Papers describing prototype implementations and deployment are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Architecture and models for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building autonomic and opportunistic networks * Adaptive security for self protection of networks * Economic, biological and social models used for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Mobility models for opportunistic networking * Novel management techniques for autonomic and opportunistic communications * Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing networks * Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic and opportunistic communications * Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and measurements PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ================================= Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Guidelines on paper submission and formatting are available at http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2007/. Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE. Extended versions of workshop selected papers will be considered for possible fast track publication on the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (Elsevier). IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full papers due : *February 11, 2007 (Extended)* Notification : March 15, 2007 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== WORKSHOP Chairs: Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, Greece PUBLICITY Chair: Luciana Pelusi, IIT-CNR, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Edoardo Biagioni, University of Hawaii, USA Levente Buttyan, BUTE, Hungary Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA Augustin Chaintreau, Thomson, France Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Murat Demirbas, SUNY Buffalo, USA Spyros Denazis, Hitachi Europe, France & University of Patras, Greece Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech., USA Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Per Gunningberg, Uppsala University, Sweden Vincent Lenders, ETH, Switzerland Cecilia Mascolo, UCL, UK Martin May, ETH, Switzerland Daniele Miorandi, Create-net, Italy Refik Molva, Eurécom, France Konstantinos Oikonomou, Ionian University, Greece Joerg Ott, HUT, Finland Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Kaustubh Phanse, Uppsala University, Sweden George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo, USA Kave Salamatian, EPFL, Switzerland Fabrizio Sestini, FET, European Commission Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA John Vicente, Intel, USA Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana, USA Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena-Reggio, Italy Ellen W. Zegura, Georgia Tech, USA -- --------------------------------------------------- Luciana Pelusi Ph.D. Student Pervasive Computing & Networking Lab. (PerLab) www.perlab.it Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) Italian National Research Council (CNR) Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy phone: + 39 050 315 3059 (direct) ---------------------------------------------------

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ICST - Broadnets 2007: Deadline approaching
by info＠icstconferences.org 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP, please feel free to distribute -- thanks!] CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================================= BROADNETS 2007 Fourth International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and CreateNet ================================================================= September 10-13, 2007 (tentative), Raleigh, NC, USA http://www.broadnets.org/2007 BROADNETS 2007 is an international conference focusing on broadband communications, networks, and systems and covers the entire gamut of next generation networks, communications systems, applications and services. The conference will consist of three symposia: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Covers Mobility, Routing for multihop, Architecture and topology design, Hybrid networks, Multimedia QoS and traffic management, Cross-layer optimization, MAC and emerging physical layer technologies (UWB, MIMO) for high-speed wireless networking ----------------------------------------------------------------- Optical Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Covers WDM technologies, Ethernet and MPLS integration into the optical layer, Next-Generation SONET/SDH, Optical and WDM communications systems, Cross-layer design, SAN extensions, Optical grids, Techno-economic aspects of optical networks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Technologies Symposium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Theory and practice of Internet technologies covering a broad range of topics including, but not limited to: Routing, Scheduling, Congestion control, Traffic engineering, Network modeling, Network measurement, Network management, Network QoS, Network security, Overlay networks, Peer-to-peer networks, Content distribution networks, Web technologies, Media technologies (VoIP, IPTV, video streaming), Location-based services; "Clean-slate" Internet architectures, algorithms, protocols, and services. =============== Important Dates =============== - COCUS Online Paper Registration: January 28, 2007 - Final Paper Upload: January 31, 2007 - Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2007 - Final Manuscript Due: May 15, 2007 ======================= Submission Instructions ======================= Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in two-column, no less than 10pt font, IEEE conference proceedings format. Papers should be submitted in PDF format to the respective symposium through the COCUS system at http://cocus.create-net.org/cocus/welcome.do Authors of accepted papers are required to register at regular registration rates in order for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings and on IEEE Xplore digital library. ============================== Conference Executive Committee ============================== General Chairs George Rouskas, North Carolina State University rouskas(a)ncsu.edu Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Institute of Technology, itom(a)ait.edu.gr Technical Program Chairs Wireless Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University wwang(a)eos.ncsu.edu Optical Communications, Networks and Systemps Symposium Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York habib(a)ccny.cuny.edu Mario Pickavet, Ghent University - IBBT mario.pickavet(a)intec.ugent.be Internet Technologies Symposium Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University fahmy(a)cs.purdue.edu G. Manimaran, Iowa State University gmani(a)iastate.edu Workshops Chair Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, U. Arizona srini(a)ece.arizona.edu Panels Chair Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC gigi(a)mcnc.org Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST karen(a)icst.org Publications Chair Shiwen Mao, Auburn University smao(a)ieee.org Publicity Chair Arunita Jaekel, University of Windsor arunita(a)uwindsor.ca Corporate Sponsorships Chair Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University dutta(a)csc.ncsu.edu ================== Steering Committee ================== Imrich Chlamtac, Chair, CreateNet, Italy chlamtac(a)create-net.it Krishna Sivalingam, Co-Chair, U. of Maryland, Baltimore County krishna(a)umbc.edu Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech thou(a)vt.edu Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology itom(a)ait.edu.gr Brain J. Bigalke (Staff Liaison), IEEE Communications Society -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=vgqqzsxdex and enter your email address.

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[mycolleagues] IFIP/IEEE DSOM 2007 - Preliminary CfP
by Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18th IFIP/IEEE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS: OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT (DSOM 2007)| | *** MANAGING VIRTUALIZATION OF NETWORKS AND SERVICES *** | | | | October 29-31, 2007 - Silicon Valley, CA | | http://dsom.manweek.org/2007 | | | | PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM) is the premier annual workshop in the general area of network and services management. It has built up its strong reputation over a period of almost two decades. The workshop is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Management of Networks and Distributed Systems, with technical co- sponsorship by the IEEE Communications Society, Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). In its 18th edition, DSOM 2007 will be held October 29-31, 2007 in Silicon Valley, California, as part of the 3rd International Week on Management of Networks and Services (Manweek 2007). THEME AND TOPICS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The primary theme of DSOM 2007 will be "Managing Virtualization of Networks and Services." Virtualization, in which properties of a service are decoupled from its physical realization over networking and IT infrastructure, is capturing the imagination of the industry and the research community alike. The goal of DSOM 2007 is to shed light on related research issues, investigating questions such as: what is different about virtualization in 2007 compared to the mainframe era, what advances in network control and self-management may advance virtualization, what new problems we will incur when managing virtualized networks and services, and how management itself may benefit from virtualization. Submissions on topics related to managing virtualization of networks and services are hence particularly encouraged. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Virtualization of networks and services - Management implications of virtualization - Managing security in a virtual environment - Self-management and virtualization - Troubleshooting virtualized networks and services - Performance and QoS management in virtualized environments - Management patterns and algorithms for scalable management - Controlling the tradeoffs between overhead, accuracy, robustness, and security - Distributed, decentralized, and peer-to-peer management - Management of next generation service networks - Monitoring and measurements - Anomaly detection and data mining for management - Fault management and event correlation - Management and operations of massively redundant data centers - Semantic Web techniques for management - Instrumentation and embedded management - Implementation, deployment, and operations experiences PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is planned to publish DSOM 2007 proceedings in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to DSOM 2007. Authors are requested to submit either long or short papers, strictly in LNCS format: - Long papers (up to 12 single-spaced single-column pages) - Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 4 pages) Submissions exceeding the above mentioned page limits will not be reviewed. Papers must be submitted electronically through the JEMS conference management system at https://jems.sbc.org.br/dsom2007 (only PDF files are permitted). IMPORTANT DATES (PRELIMINARY) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Submission: May 13, 2007 (GMT) - Notification: July 6, 2007 - Camera ready: August 2, 2007 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Clemm Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville Rolf Stadler -Cisco, USA- -UFRGS, Brazil- -KTH, Sweden- alex(a)cisco.com granville(a)inf.ufrgs.br stadler(a)ee.kth.se _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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CFP of NPC2007
by npc2007 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Apologies for multiple copies received. Please, distribute it to interested colleagues and students. Lots of thanks for your help! Best regards, NPC 2007 Secretariat CALL FOR PAPERS The goal of IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2007) is to establish an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present their excellent ideas and experiences in all system fields of network and parallel computing. NPC 2007 will be held in Dalian, China. You can find more information from the conference homepage (http://www.dlmu.edu.cn/npc2007/). PAPER Submission Guidelines Papers are solicited reporting original results and experience. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures, with PDF, PostScript, or MS Word format, and the work must not be published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Detailed submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. It is planned that the conference proceedings of NPC 2007 will be published in English by LNCS (approval pending), which is indexed by SCI and extended versions of some selected papers are to be published in a special issue of international journals (International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (IJPEDS), International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN), International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES)). For more information, please contact the program co-chair Dr. Keqiu Li (Professor, College of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, China) by email at keqiu(a)dlmu.edu.cn or npc2007(a)dlmu.edu.cn.. IMPORTANT Dates Submission deadline: March 31, 2007 Author notification: May 26, 2007 Camera-ready version due: June 16, 2007 Conference: September 18-21, 2007 TOPICS of Interest include the following tracks, but are not limited to: Track I: Network applications Peer-to-peer computing Cluster and Grid computing Wireless computing Ubiquitous computing Internet Computing Optical networks Multimedia services and applications Track II: Network technologies Communication technology Web technology Network storage Network reliability, security, and dependability Network algorithms Scheduling and load balancing Track III: Network and parallel architectures Shared and distributed memory Nontraditional processor technologies Network and interconnect architecture Parallel I/O and storage systems System design issues for low power and energy efficiency Performance modeling and evaluation Multicore design issues OS support in hardware Track IV: Parallel and distributed software Parallel programming models, languages and compilers Runtime systems Operating systems Resource management Middleware Data mining Programming environments and tools BEST Paper Award The NPC 2007 program committee will select one winner for the Best Paper Award and two winners for the Excellent Paper Award (all regular papers are eligible), one winner for the Best Student Paper Award and two winners for the Excellent Student Paper Award (only the regular papers whose first author is a full-time student are eligible). The winner of each award will be presented at the conference with an award certificate, a cheque of US $200 and an invitation to submit an extended version of the award-winning paper for the consideration of publishing in an international journal. ORGANIZING Committees Honorary Chair Zuwen Wang, President, Dalian Maritime University (DLMU), China General Co-Chairs Jean-Luc Gaudiot, University of California, Irvine, USA Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Steering Committee Chair Kemal Ebcioglu, Global Supercomputing Corporation, USA Program Co-Chairs Chris Jesshope, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Keqiu Li, DLMU, China (keqiu(a)dlmu.edu.cn) Program Vice-Chairs Rudolf Eigenmann, Purdue University, USA Skevos Evripidou, the University of Cyprus, Cyprus Susumu Horiguchi, Tohoku University, Japan Publication Co-Chairs Minyi Guo, The University of Aizu, Japan Mingyu Lu, DLMU, China Publicity Co-Chairs Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Alex Shafarenko, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Organization Co-Chairs Zhan Yang, DLMU, China Weishi Zhang, DLMU, China Bo Jiang, DLMU, China Finance Chair Ruixue Xu, DLMU, China Registration Chair Zhenjun Du, DLMU, China Industry Sponsorship Co-Chairs Bo Jiang, DLMU, China Local Arrangement Chair Guanyu Li, DLMU, China Internet Chairs Zhihuai Li, DLMU, China Jianping Jiang, DLMU, China Conference Secretariat (npc2007(a)dlmu.edu.cn) Zhiying Cao, DLMU, China Hong Ye, DLMU, China Program Committee Members Ajith Abraham, Chun-Ang University, Korea Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Shoukat Ali, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA Makoto Amamiya, Kyushu University, Japan Ramon Beivide, University of Cantabria, Spain Jacir L. Bordim, University of Brasilia, Brazil Luc Bouge, IRISA/ENS Cachan, France Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Ralph Castain, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Rong Chen, DLMU, China Xueqi Cheng, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Zhongxian Chi, Dalian University of Technology, China Jong-Deok Choi, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Yeh-Ching Chung, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Alain Darte, LIP, France Xavier Defago, JAIST, Japan Chen Ding, University of Rochester, USA Xiaoyong Du, Renmin University of China, China Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College, UK Christine Eisenbeis, INRIA, France Jianping Fan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Dan Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Renato J. Figueiredo, University of Florida, USA Bjoern Franke, University of Edinburgh, UK Kei Hiraki, University of Tokyo, Japan Wen Gao, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Cecile Germain, University of Paris Sud, France Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chuang Hua University, Taiwan Zhiyi Huang, The University of Otago, New Zealand Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State University, USA Cruz Izu, Adelaide University, Austraia Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State Univeristy, USA Weijia Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Paul H. J. Kelly, Imperial College, UK Jin Suk Kim, University of Seoul, Korea Mario Koppen, Fraunhofer IPK, Germany Viktor Korneev, R&D Institute "Kvant", Russia Gabriele Kotsis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Ricky Kwok, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Francis Lau, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Deok-Gyu Lee, Soonchunhyang University, Korea Myungho Lee, Myongji University, Korea Deying Li, Renmin University of China, China Jianzhong Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Xingsi Li, Dalian University of Technology, China Xiuqi Li, Florida Atlantic University, USA Fangai Liu, Shan Dong Normal University, China Jianxun Liu, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Weijiang Liu, DLMU, China Junzhou Luo, Southeast University, China Geyong Min ,University of Bradford, UK Soo-Mook Moon, Seoul National University, Korea John Morris, Auckland University, New Zealand John Morrison, University College Cork, Ireland Yoichi Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan Jun Ni, The University of Iowa, USA Lionel Ni, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C Co., Ltd., Korea Andy Pimentel, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Depei Qian, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Wenyu Qu, University of Tokyo, Japan Felix Rauch, NICTA and University of New South Wales, Australia Wolfgang Rehm, TU Chemnitz, Germany Arnold Rosenberg, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA Ulrich Rude, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway Stanislav G. Sedukhin, University of Aizu, Japan Selvakennedy Selvadurai, University of Sydney, Australia Franciszek Seredynski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Xiaowei Shen, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Sven-bodo Sholz, Hertfordshire University, UK Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, Japan Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, France Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy Guozhen Tan, Dalian University of Technology, China David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Guoku Teng, DLMU, China Mitchell D. Theys, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Xinmin Tian, Intel Corporation, USA Theo Ungerer, University fo Augsberg, Germany Cho-Li Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Guojun Wang, Central South University, China Xiangyang Wang, Liaoning Normal University, China Xicheng Wang, Dalian University of Technology, China Xingwei Wang, Northeastern University, China Xingyuan Wang, Dalian University of Technology, China Ian Watson, Manchester University, UK Paul Werstein, The University of Otago, New Zealand Weng-Fai Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore Di Wu, Dalian University of Technology, China Nong Xiao, National University of Defense Technology, China Cheng-Zhong Xu, Wayne State University, USA Chao-Tung Yang, Tunghai University, Taiwan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Qing Yang, University of Rhode Island, USA Lixin Zhang, IBM Austin Research Laboratory, USA Zixiang Zhao, DLMU, China Weimin Zheng, Tsinghua University, China Si Qing Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Bing Bing Zhou, University of Sydney, Australia Hai Zhuge, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia ABOUT Dalian Dalian, a well-known city with a longstanding history and civilization, lies in the Northeast of China. Dalian, named as “Northern Hong Kong of China”, has a world-class reputation for its seafood, shopping, and sightseeing. September is the best season for tourism and enjoying seafood in one year. Dalian is also well connected to major cities in the world via air.

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