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CfP: 28th LCN, October 20-24, 2003 in Bonn, Germany
by Burkhard Stiller 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute to interested people. Sorry for any duplicates. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers LCN 2003 The 28th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) Bonn/Königswinter, Germany October 20-24, 2003 URL: http://www.ieeelcn.org The IEEE LCN conference serves as the premier conference on leading edge and practical computer networking. This approach stimulates a highly interactive environment and enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among local network researchers, developers, and users. During the 27 years of this conference, major advancements have been achieved in local computer networks driven by application demands associated of the global Internet, the Web, etc. This year we are targeting the realm of embedded networks, wireless networks, high-speed networks, ubiquitous computing, and security as well as management aspects surrounding them. Papers covering these areas are explicitly sought and will be given preference. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions. Paper topics include but are not limited to: - Personal-Area Networks - Sensor Networks - Wearable Networks - High-Speed Networks - Wireless Networks - Network Management - Mobility Management - Network Security - Location-Dependent Services - Network Reliability - Local-Area Networks - Network to the Home - Home Networks - Quality-of-Service/Congestion Control - Small-Office Networks - Adaptive Applications - Embedded Networks - Performance Evaluation/Measurements - Storage-Area Networks - Network Traffic Characterizations - Optical Networks - Overlay Networks Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 10 camera-ready pages) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. A best paper will be selected based on the quality of research and results, as well as on the quality of presentation by the primary author. Several student travel scholarships may be available courtesy of the LCN corporate supporters. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission deadline: April 27, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 27, 2003 Camera-ready paper due: July 25, 2003 Author registration deadline: July 25, 2003 Paper submission: Papers must be submitted electronically. Manuscript submission instructions will be posted at the LCN web page at http://www.ieeelcn.org. In case of questions, please contact the program chairs: Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller University of Federal Armed Forces Munich Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39 D-85579 Neubiberg, Germany E-mail: stiller(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch Prof. Dr. Alan D. George University of Florida, ECE Department 216 Larsen Hall, POB 116200 Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A 32611 E-mail: george(a)hcs.ufl.edu Organizing Committee General Chair: T. Strayer, BBN Finance Chair: F. Hübner, AT&T Labs Local Arrangements Chair: P. Martini, Univ. of Bonn Workshop Chair: K. Christensen, Univ. of South Florida Webmaster: G. Kessler, Champlain College Overseas Advisors: S. Jha, Univ. of New South Wales, (Asia/Pacific) H. Hassanein, Queens Univ. (North America) Standing Committee: J. Bumblis, Purdue Univ. G. Kessler, Champlain College M. McKee, Univ. of Minnesota, Rochester E. Nolley, Strategic Growth H. Salwen, Audeon Networks -------------------------------------------------------------------

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FW: CFP *FINAL*: SIGCOMM 2003, Karlsruhe Germany, 25--29 August
by Augusto Casaca 15 Jan '03

15 Jan '03

-----Original Message----- From: SIGCOMM 2003 [mailto:jpgs@acm.org] Sent: quarta-feira, 15 de Janeiro de 2003 00:02 To: Augusto.Casaca(a)inesc.pt Cc: James P.G. Sterbenz Subject: CFP *FINAL*: SIGCOMM 2003, Karlsruhe Germany, 25--29 August FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (New this Year: a Broader Vision) ACM SIGCOMM 2003 -- A Data Communication Festival 25 - 29 August 2003 Karlsruhe, Germany www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003 DEADLINES Registration of paper: 31 January 2003 (firm) Submission of full paper: 5 February 2003 (firm) Submission of posters: tentatively June 2003 We invite papers that are about communications systems, whether imagined, architected, built, measured, analyzed, or simulated and comprehended. We have no preferred topics within the broad range of potential topics from policy and operations through information coding and transmission. Papers might be a detailed exploration of a well travelled path, or shed light on the boundary between two or more areas. Papers might present cross-cutting design principles, report on practice, or prove new properties for networked systems. Papers on infrastructures or methods that enable new research are also welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: Operations Resource Management Distributed Applications Security Protocols Systems Transmission Network Architecture We invite full papers that present original, reproducible results (14 pages) and position papers that present preliminary work rich in implications for future research (8 pages). Both types of papers will be presented and appear in the conference proceedings. Detailed paper submission guidelines is now available at http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/submission.html. Guidance on position paper content is now available at http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/position-papers.html. In addition, SIGCOMM 2003 is open to proposals for panel discussions on timely and controversial topics. Panel proposals should include the topic and motivation for the panel, the names of the panel chair and panelists, and an outline of the format of the panel discussion. NEW THIS YEAR: SIGCOMM 2003 will dramatically broaden the vision of the annual SIGCOMM conference. We seek to expand the intellectual diversity of the papers, modify the program to be more receptive to new ideas and community-driven initiatives, and expand the intellectual agenda to include papers from a broader set of topics and recognize the wider range of methodologies that constitute data communications research. More details are available at http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/SIGCOMM-FUTURE.pdf. We are also inviting new communities to hold workshops in conjunction with the SIGCOMM conference and will provide them with the necessary support to make those workshops a success. Three of these will be Future Directions in Network Architecture Network--I/O Convergence: Experience, Lessons, Implications Education Workshop following on the heels of the successful 2002 event More details will be available on the Web page soon. TUTORIALS SIGCOMM 2003 will feature tutorials to be announced at a later date. STUDENT PAPER AWARD Papers submitted by students may be considered for a student paper award. To be eligible, a student or group of students must be primary contributors to the paper. Such papers should be indicated as such on the paper submission web page. SIGCOMM AWARD SIGCOMM 2003 will begin with a keynote by the 2003 winner of the ACM SIGCOMM Award for lifetime contributions to the field of computer communication. Procedures for nominating candidates for the SIGCOMM Award can be obtained from Karen Sollins <sollins(a)lcs.mit.edu>. As in previous years, SIGCOMM 2003 will have a poster session and student travel grant program. Visit the conference web site for details as they become available. FOR MORE INFORMATION: General Conference Chairs: Anja Feldmann <anja(a)in.tum.de> (TU Munich) Martina Zitterbart <zit(a)tm.uka.de> (University of Karlsruhe) Program Chairs: Jon Crowcroft <jon.crowcroft(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> (University of Cambridge) David Wetherall <djw(a)cs.washington.edu> (University of Washington) Publicity Chair: James P.G. Sterbenz <jpgs(a)acm.org> (BBN Technologies) Tutorial Chair: Burkhard Stiller <stiller(a)informatik.unibw-muenchen.de> (UniBw, Munich) Workshop Chair: Craig Partridge <craig(a)bbn.com> (BBN Technologies) Poster Chair: Karen Sollins: <sollins(a)lcs.mit.edu> (MIT) Treasurer: Thomas Fuhrmann <fuhrmann(a)tm.uka.de> (University of Karlsruhe) Local Organization: Steffen Blödt <bloedt(a)tm.uka.de> (University of Karlsruhe) Marcus Schöller <marcus.schoeller(a)tm.uka.de> (University of Karlsruhe)

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FW: [Ifip_nm] IM 2003 Significant Savings (Jan 31)!
by Augusto Casaca 14 Jan '03

14 Jan '03

-----Original Message----- From: ifip_nm-admin(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca [mailto:ifip_nm-admin@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca]On Behalf Of IFIP_ADMIN Sent: terca-feira, 14 de Janeiro de 2003 16:13 To: ifip_nm(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Subject: [Ifip_nm] IM 2003 Significant Savings (Jan 31)! The 8th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2003: Managing it All, wants you to be where the world networks to Manage it All! 24-28 March 2003 - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA An outstanding program will thrill you, set in an outstanding venue, The Broadmoor Hotel. The Broadmoor provides an environment of unparalleled beauty and luxury, conducive to the finest conference experience. To insure your attendance, * We have established significant discounts for early registration o Register by February 28, 2003 for significant savings o Register now, by January 31, 2003, for even more savings * And, because we truly believe that having all conferees on the property will significantly enhance the conference experience, we have LOWERED THE ROOM RATE for all IM 2003 attendees to $149 per night, an outstanding value. Right now, go to http://www.im2003.org and register. Book your room through the conference web site for this terrific deal. Imagine being on site, at a 5 star resort property, where all of the IM 2003 action is, for this recently lowered room rate. We want you to be at IM 2003 where the world networks to Manage it All! _______________________________________________ IFIP_NM mailing list IFIP_NM(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/ifip_nm

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FW: [IFIP] Good Vibrations
by Augusto Casaca 14 Jan '03

14 Jan '03

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: terca-feira, 14 de Janeiro de 2003 09:31 To: All Subject: [IFIP] Good Vibrations Dear All, Our Thursday's announcement of the IFIP - UNESCO grant scheme of EUR 30,000 [ ref. http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00213.html ] created a lot of good vibrations across the IFIP network. There are many positive comments and inquiries for which we are grateful. Here are two of them: "Having spent a lot of time and effort during my active IFIP days on the huge problem of getting the developing countries up to speed, I applaud the creative thinking, as well as the "action, not just words", behind this program. Congratulations." Dick Tanaka. IFIP Honorary Member, Past President of IFIP [US] "Great initiative!" Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Director, Center for Web Research,Computer Science Dept., Universidad de Chile [CL], CLEI President The network buzz continues. ---- We are now pleased to announce another fellowship scheme. While this is not an IFIP initiative our members from developing countries could benefit from it. It has to do with the World Summit of the Information Society and PrepCom2, of which we kept you well- informed throughout 2002. Here are the details: Subject: WSIS - CSD Communique 13 Jan 2003 Civil Society Facilitation Fund Request for Fellowship - Civil Society Entities Conference: PrepCom2 Dates: 17-28 February 2003 Location: Geneva, Switzerland To facilitate the participation of developing countries at PrepCom2, we are pleased to announce that a limited number of fellowships will be available to participants from developing countries, with priority being given to participants from Least Developed Countries. I. Candidates may apply from the following categories: The academic and professional environment The scientific and technological community The media The creators and active promoters of culture Cities and local authorities Trade Unions Parliamentarians NGOs including social groups with special needs: Youth, Women, Indigenous people, Disabled people, etc. Social movements Multi-stakeholder partnerships II. Selection Criteria: 2.1. Applicants must register to the conference on http://www.geneva2003.org . Please find the fellowship's application form on the website. http://www.geneva2003.org/home/info/Fellowship.doc http://www.geneva2003.org/home/info/Fellowship.pdf 2.2 Their recommendation will be made to ensure the balance between: a) Participants of developing countries, especially Least Developed Countries b) Role of the participant (they must bring an active contribution to the conference) c) Candidates must have requested accreditation d) Gender e) The Diversity of the stakeholders f) The thematic perspectives g) Country representation 2.3 Your role in your home country must fall into the following categories: Decision-makers, opinion leader, researchers, practitioners, content developers that promote action in the field of Information Society at a national and regional level. III. Selection Process A selection panel composed of members of the Civil Society will review the nominations forms and will make the final choice of candidates to receive fellowships. Successful candidates will be informed by email. VI. Entitlements of selected participants - Round trip international air travel to Geneva via the most direct and economical route; - Accommodation facilitated by the Civil Society Division for the duration of the meeting; - Daily allowance for meals, hotel and miscellaneous expenses; V. Obligations of fellowship participants - To participate in WSIS PrepCom2 in accordance with instructions issued by Fellowships Service. - To conduct themselves at all times in a manner compatible with their responsibility as holders of WSIS fellowship holders - To refrain from engaging in political, commercial and any other activities incompatible with the WSIS PrepCom2 during the period of award. - It is essential that participants awarded a fellowship be present from the first day and participate the entire duration of the PrepCom2. Please check the links and apply directly. Greetings from Laxenburg, The Delivery Co. -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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FW: IFIP-UNESCO grant scheme
by Augusto Casaca 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quinta-feira, 9 de Janeiro de 2003 08:12 To: GA&MS&WG Subject: IFIP-UNESCO grant scheme Importance: High To: IFIP National GA representatives and TC Chairs cc. Full Member Societies, WG chairs From: P. Nedkov, IFIP-UNESCO Liaison Officer Subject: 30,000 EURO available for IFIP-UNESCO grant scheme Dear All, Following an application under UNESCO's Participation program IFIP was granted 15,000 USD in support of an "IFIP-UNESCO Project to Assist the participation of IT Professionals from Developing and Central and Eastern European Countries in International ICT activities". In consultation with the DCSC Chair and the IFIP Treasurer I am pleased to inform you that a match-up sum of 15,000 EURO would be provided from DCSC thereby making available a total amount of 30,000 EURO for the execution of this project. Experience shows that DC participants do not have the means to take part in key ICT meetings and conferences mainly due to lack of travel support. Such meetings usually outline the state-of the-art and the future development in the field and benefit specialists who can afford the cost of travel and participation. In order to give an chance to ICT specialists from developing countries IFIP proposes this grant scheme to enable DC professionals to take part in IFIP events held in industrially developed countries and to assist and promote participation of key lecturers in IFIP events in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. The key objectives of this project are to assist the participation of specialists and institutions from less advantaged countries in international ICT events, initiatives and projects by providing travel grants for IFIP conferences and supporting IFIP lecturers in developing countries [the lecturers' local living costs should be expected by the recipient organization]. Grant recipients and lecturers would be requested to deliver reports after the event describing their participation and experience and possible implications of the conference themes to research and applications in the country and region. The project applies for activities from 1 April to 30 November 2003. A list of IFIP conferences for which applications could be considered is available at http://www.ifip.or.at/cal_even.htm#act All applications need to be submitted by the respective national GA representative or TC Chair to the DCSC Chair, Anselmo del Moral <adelmoral(a)eside.deusto.es> with a cc. to me at <nedkov(a)ifip.or.at>. ONLY applications submitted by GA representatives and TC Chairs as focal points of this scheme would be considered. GA reps and TC Chairs are kindly requested to make this clear to their societies and working groups in order to avoid misunderstandings. The deadline for submission of applications is 15 February 2003. After that date no further submissions would be taken into account. A maximum of 3 applications per country or per Technical Committee could be considered. The maximum amount allocated for a single application should not exceed 1,000 EURO for participation within a given region and 1,500 EURO for participation involving travel to another region. The grants are intended to assist travel and living expenses and conference registration fees. Eligible for this scheme are societies and individuals from developing and Central and Eastern European Countries. During the forthcoming IFIP Council meeting, the IFIP Developing Countries Support Committee together with IFIP's TC Chairs, the Treasurer and the IFIP-UNESCO Liaison Officer will review all applications and will select according to the merits and the available funds. All applications need to contain the following information: 1. Applicant Society or TC and priority of application from 1 to 3. 2. For what purpose is the grant requested: [i.e. which IFIP conference] 3. Additional contribution from Society (additional financial support), Technical Committee (TC Fund) and event organizer (such as waiving of conference fee). 4. Beneficiary; name and address of individual or organization who would directly benefit from the grant 5. Expected result (what benefits are expected from eventual participation) 6. Bank account (with complete bank details to which the sum, if approved, should be transferred). The respective GA reps and TC Chairs would be informed of the approval status soon after the IFIP Council meeting in Bilbao, 2-6 March 2002. A one page report including financial statement and supporting receipts should be submitted after the event. For any further questions please contact me or the DCSC Chair. Best regards, Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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FW: [Ifip_nm] DSOM' 03
by Augusto Casaca 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

-----Original Message----- From: ifip_nm-admin(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca [mailto:ifip_nm-admin@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca]On Behalf Of IFIP_ADMIN Sent: quinta-feira, 9 de Janeiro de 2003 19:30 To: ifip_nm(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Subject: [Ifip_nm] DSOM' 03 _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ 14th IFIP/IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON _/ DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS: OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT (DSOM'03) _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS _/ October 20-22, 2003 _/ Heidelberg, Germany _/ http://www.dsom2003.org _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ "SELF-MANAGING SYSTEMS" The fourteenth IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations & Management will be held October 20-22, 2003 in Heidelberg, Germany. The workshop is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Network Management for Communication Networks with technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Communications Society, Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). The Workshop location is the European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications (EURESCOM), beautifully situated above the romantic city of Heidelberg with its unique blend of river landscape, historic town, and hillside castle. WORKSHOP SCOPE The scope of this workshop will be on the operations and management of distributed systems, networks, application software, and services and the impact of advanced computing and network technologies on management. The theme of this workshop will be "Self-Managing Systems". Recent activities in distributed processing and network management aim at building self-managing and self-organizing computing systems and networks whose purpose is to automate some or all of the tasks typically carried out by an administrator or management system. This concept takes the distributed management paradigm one step further by providing managed resources with a very high degree of autonomy. Self-managing systems will be able to detect failures or performance degradations, initiate diagnostic procedures and carry out corrective actions on their own. Their ability to discover changes in the environment will enable Self-managing Systems to adapt and optimize their behavior. Self-management is particularly important for mobile systems, since mobile environments are highly dynamic and consist of a very large number of managed systems. The workshop will explore infrastructures, techniques, and methods that can be used to design and implement such self-managing systems, as well as research results on other topics related to distributed management. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: * Frameworks and Platforms for Self-managing Systems * Case Studies and Experiences with Self-managing Systems * Self-healing Systems and Networks * Using Peer-to-peer Technologies for Management * Management Issues in Grid Computing and Grid-based Management Systems * Application of Service oriented Architectures (Web Services, Open Grid Services Architecture) to Self-managing Systems * Implementation and Integration of Self-managing Systems with standardized frameworks, management architectures and APIs (OSI/TMN, SNMP, CORBA, WBEM/CIM, JMX) * Experiences with Distributed Management of Systems, Applications and Services * End-to-end Service Provisioning * Monitoring, Event and Fault Handling * QoS Management in Distributed Systems and Networks * Transaction Monitoring and Management * Automated Instrumentation of Distributed Applications * Management Information Models * Inter-Domain Management * Adaptive Services and Applications * Active Technologies for Management * Policy-based Management * Configuration Management and Self-Configuration * Security and Trust Issues in Distributed Management * Mobility Management WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION The workshop is an effort to bring together people actively working in the management area. This international workshop is the 14th in a series of highly successful annual workshops on "Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM)". Recent DSOM workshops were held in Zurich (1999), Austin (2000), Nancy (2001), and Montreal (2002). Selection of contributions will be based on reviews of the papers submitted. We also plan to hold a work-in-progress session where early work will be presented. PAPER SUBMISSION Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged to be submitted to DSOM 2003. *** Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to DSOM 2003 *** Authors are requested to submit: - Long papers (up to 12 single-spaced single-column pages) or - Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 2 pages) in PDF or Postscript format. Detailed Author Instructions are available from the Workshop web site http://www.dsom2003.org/. The Proceedings of the Workshop, comprising both the accepted long and short papers will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series. If accepted, the camera-ready copy of each paper will have to comply with the instructions available from the Springer web site at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Note that a paper does not have to follow this style for submission; however, being aware of the LNCS requirements may help save extra work later. A Best Paper Award will be presented. Candidates for the award will be identified during the regular review process; an independent awards committee will evaluate the candidate papers together with their presentations and select the best paper. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Receipt of Full Papers: April 18, 2003 Notification of acceptance mailed: June 30, 2003 Author Registration and Final Camera Ready Papers Due: July 31, 2003 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Marcus Brunner Alexander Keller NEC Europe Ltd. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Kurfuersten-Anlage 34 P.O. Box 704 D-69115 Heidelberg Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Germany USA Email: brunner(a)ccrle.nec.de Email: alexk(a)us.ibm.com TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Sebastian Abeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Nikos Anerousis, Voicemate, USA Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Mark Burgess, Oslo University College, Norway Omar Cherkaoui, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada Alexander Clemm, Cisco Systems, USA Alva Couch, Tufts University, USA Gabi Dreo-Rodosek, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany Metin Feridun, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Olivier Festor, LORIA/INRIA, France Kurt Geihs, Technical University Berlin, Germany German Goldszmidt, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Heinz-Gerd Hegering, University of Munich, Germany Joseph Hellerstein, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Gabriel Jakobson, Smart Solutions Consulting, USA Gautam Kar, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Ryotaro Kawamura, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan Yoshiaki Kiriha, NEC, Japan Lundy Lewis, Lundy Lewis Associates, USA Antonio Liotta, University of Surrey, UK Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, CERN, Switzerland Subrata Mazumdar, Avaya, USA Jose Marcos Nogueira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands Danny Raz, Technion, Israel Akhil Sahai, HP Laboratories, USA Juergen Schoenwaelder, University of Osnabrueck, Germany Adarshpal Sethi, University of Delaware, USA Morris Sloman, Imperial College, UK Rolf Stadler, KTH Stockholm, Sweden Radu State, LORIA/INRIA, France Burkhard Stiller, UniBw Munich, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland Kurt Tutschku, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Carlos B. Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil GENERAL INFORMATION For tourist information on Heidelberg and directions to the workshop location, please visit the following web sites: Heidelberg Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.cvb-heidelberg.de EURESCOM (workshop location): http://www.eurescom.de Heidelberg City Information: http://www.heidelberg.de _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _______________________________________________ IFIP_NM mailing list IFIP_NM(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/ifip_nm

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FW: NET-CON'2003 conference/ updated link
by Augusto Casaca 13 Jan '03

13 Jan '03

-----Original Message----- From: Hadj [mailto:hadj@squ.edu.om] Sent: sabado, 11 de Janeiro de 2003 12:11 To: naamany(a)squ.edu.om Subject: NET-CON'2003 conference/ updated link X-Sender: hadj(a)mail.squ.edu.om X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:03:58 +0400 To: hadj@squ.edu.om,naamany@squ.edu.om From: Hadj <hadj(a)squ.edu.om> Subject: X-RCPT-TO: <hadj(a)squ.edu.om> ------ Please accept apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call ------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Organizing Committee of Net-Con'2003 on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility, We are pleased to invite you to participate in this conference which will be held on 13-15 October 2003, at Muscat, OMAN. The tutorials will be on October 11-12, 2003. Attached below is the first call for papers and more details can be found at the conference home page: http://www.squ.edu.om/eng/ie/net-con2003/index.html We are looking forward to meeting you in Muscat, Oman. Sincerely, Dr Hadj Bourdoucen and Dr Ahmed Al Naamany, Conference co-Chairs, Information Eng. Dept at Sulatn Qaboos University POBox 33, Al Khodh, 123 Muscat, OMAN Tel: 968 515 330 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 1st CALL FOR PAPERS AND TUTORIALS Net-Con2003 Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility IFIP and IEEE Conference, Muscat, OMAN Conference: October 1315, 2003 Tutorials: October 11-12, 2003 Jointly Organized by Information Engineering Department at Sultan Qaboos University, Communication Research Center and IFIP TC6 (WG 6.2, WG 6.6 and WG 6.7) The intention of the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and findings in a wide range of areas related to network control and network engineering. Suggested topics for papers included, but are not limited to, the following topics: Quality of Service Policy-based management architecture Programmable network and Active networks Intelligent agent QoS Control and QoS Engineering Traffic measurements and monitoring, Traffic engineering in converging networks Traffic modeling and simulation Quality of Service provisioning, Network planning and optimization Process, methodologies, and tools for network control Policy models for system management, Provisioning of policies Policy frameworks for active networks, mobile systems, e-commerce Integrating policies into existing systems and environments Business rules and organizational control Extensions and refinements to policy standards Distributed game control Case studies of applying policy-based technologies Mobility Mobility control and mobility engineering Policy models for mobility Virtual Home Environment (VHE) Pervasive/ubiquitous/wearable mobile systems Security and privacy issues for mobile and wireless systems Mobility and QoS management Control schemes in ad-hoc networks Personal area networks QoS and security IEEE 802.11 engineering Smart devices Smart cards, security and mobility Security Security control and Security engineering Configurable security policies Cryptography protocols Policy models for security Distributed trusted infrastructure Water marking for flow control International Chairs Prof. G. Pujolle, LIP 6 France Prof. I. Zaabalawi, University of Sharjah UAE Prof. Nauro Oliviera , CEEFET Brazil Prof. A. Casaca , INESC Portugal Prof. O. Spaniol, Aachen University Germany Prof. D. Gaiti, UTT France Important Deadlines April 30th, 2003 Papers due May 2nd, 2003 Tutorials, panel proposals due June 1st, 2003 Authors notified of acceptance July 1st, 2003 Final papers due Submission Authors are requested to submit their paper up to 15 pages, written in English and formatted as indicated in the Net-Con'2003 website: http://www.squ.edu.om/eng/ie/net-con2003/index.html . Submission of papers must be in electronic format (e-mail) to Dr. Lazhar Khriji (lazhar(a)squ.edu.om) Proposals of Tutorial sessions should be submitted by e-mail to Dr. Ali Al-Lawati (lawati(a)squ.edu.om). Information If you have any comments or requests, please feel free to submit them to: naamany(a)squ.edu.om or lazhar(a)squ.edu.om

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CFP: Next Generation Networks and Internet Symposium at IEEE GLOBECOM 2003
by Giovanni Pau 08 Jan '03

08 Jan '03

Dear Colleagues, Please find enclosed the CFP for Next Generation Networks and Internet Symposium at IEEE GLOBECOM 2003 Regards Giovanni Pau APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES *********************************************** * * **** C A L L F O R P A P E R S ***** * * *********************************************** IEEE 2003 Global Communications Conference 1 - 5 December 2003 San Francisco, CA, USA http://www.globecom2003.com/ Next Generation Networks and Internet Symposium Submission Deadline: ******************************** A Symposium on the Next Generation Networks and Internet (NGNI) will be held as part of IEEE GLOBECOM 2003. Attendees of the GLOBECOM 2003 will have full access to the symposium as well as other five symposia. Papers submitted for consideration to the Symposium should focus on topics related to the Next Generation Networks and Internet (i.e., issues and areas that will not be publicly deployed in the networks and the Internet in next at least 3 - 5 years). More details about the conference and paper submission instructions can be found at http://www.globecom2003.com/. Topics of interest include but not limited to: - NGNI Performance - Quality of Service in NGNI - Network Monitoring and Measurement - NGNI Operations & Management - NGNI Switching & Routing - NGNI Applications, Services and Service Management - NGNI Modeling and Simulation Tools - Wireless/Wired Networks Internetworking - Streaming Media - Voice over IP - NGNI Architecture and Medium - NGNI Protocols - Mobile and Ad hoc Networking in the NGNI - Internet Appliances - In-Home Networking Chair: G. S. Kuo (National Chengchi University, Taiwan) gskuo(a)ieee.org gskuo(a)ieee.org Vice-chair: X. Shen (University of Waterloo, Canada) xshen(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca xshen(a)bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Technical Program Committee: I. Blake (University of Toronto, Canada) R. Boutaba (University of Waterloo, Canada) H. Cam (Arizona State University, USA) S. H. Gary Chan (HKUST, Hong Kong) M. Cheung (Cisco, USA) J. H. Derby (IBM, USA) Y. Fang (University of Florida, USA) Z. Gajic (Rutgers University, USA) E. Hossain (University of Manitoba, Canada) T. Hou (Virginia Tech, USA) H. Kobayashi (Princeton University, USA) S. Kumar (University of Texas-Pan American) P. Langendoerfer (IHP, Germany) T. Le-Ngoc (McGill University, Canada) X. Li (Nortel, Canada) C. Lin (IBM, USA) B. Mark (George Mason University, USA) J. Misic (HKUST, Hong Kong) I. Nikolaidis (University of Alberta, Canada) A. Pakstas (London Metropolitan University, UK) J. Pan (Fujitsu, USA) G. Pau (UCLA, USA) A. Salkintzis (Motorola, USA) A. Soong (Ericsson, USA) T. Todd (McMaster University, Canada) V. Tsaoussidis (Northeastern University, USA) W. Zeng (Packet Video, USA) L. Zhang (IBM, USA) Q. Zhang (Microsoft Research, Asia) D. Zhao (McMaster University, Canada) W. Zhu (Microsoft, China) W. Zhuang (University of Waterloo, Canada) ----------- Giovanni Pau, PhD UCLA Computer Science Department BH 3803A - 420 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA - 90024 Tel: +1 310 206-3212 Fax: +1 825 7578 ----------------

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EURASIP conference in Zagreb, Croatia, http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/
by Branka Zovko-Cihlar 05 Jan '03

05 Jan '03

Apologies for any duplication of this announcement FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: EC-VIP-MC 2003 ---> PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 17, 2003 !!! FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 4th EURASIP Conference focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/ 2-4 July 2003 Zagreb, Croatia The 4th EURASIP Conference focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications (EC-VIP-MC) will be held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia, during 2-4 July 2003. The European Association for Speech, Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP) initiated this type of conference, in order to start a new tradition of conferences, each devoted to a specific area of discipline. The 2003 EURASIP Conference is the fourth biennial conference promoted by EURASIP and organised by Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia. The first conference was organised in Prague, Czech Republic (1997), second in Krakow, Poland (1999), third in Budapest Hungary (2001). The aim of the EC-VIP-MC is to promote the interface of researchers involved in the development and application of methods and techniques within the framework of video/image processing and multimedia communications. The scientific program includes keynote and invited lectures by eminent international experts and contributed papers. Papers accepted by two independent reviewers will be published in Conference Proceedings available at the Conference and abstracted in the INSPEC database. TOPICS * Image and Video Processing * Image and Video Coding * Image Scanning, Display and Printing * Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval * Speech and Audio Processing * Watermarking and Encryption * Digital Signal Processing (DSP) * Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) * Video Streaming and Videoconferencing * Multimedia Signal Processing * Multimedia Databases * Multimedia and DTV Technologies * Multimedia Communications and Networking * Multimedia Human-Machine Interface and Interaction * Multimedia Applications * Standards and Related Issues KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Touradj Ebrahimi, EPFL, Switzerland: Novel Frontiers in Multimedia Communications - New Media and Interfaces Professor Anthony G. Constantinides, Imperial College London, UK: On Contours, Corners and Cats: The Human Visual System and Image Processing Professor K. R. Rao, University of Texas at Arlington, USA: H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding INVITED LECTURE Professor Jiri Jan, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic: Signal and Image Data Processing in Ultrasonic Imaging SUBMISSION To submit a proposal, prepare a full camera-ready paper on six pages. "Instructions for Authors" are available on our web-site. Please send your submission electronically in PDF format to our e-mail address: vip(a)fer.hr IMPORTANT DATES Full camera-ready paper to be received by: January 17, 2003 Notification of acceptance mailed out by: February 07, 2003 Preliminary program available on the web-site by: February 17, 2003 Registration deadline: March 21, 2003 SOCIAL EVENTS (included in the registration fee!) * conference dinner * guided tour to National park "Plitvice Lakes" * guided Zagreb sightseeing SPONSORED BY EURASIP CO-SPONSORED BY IEEE Region 8 IEEE Croatia Section University of Zagreb GENERAL CHAIR Branka Zovko-Cihlar, University of Zagreb, Croatia PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Sonja Grgic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Mislav Grgic, University of Zagreb, Croatia INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE List of the IPC members is available on the web. CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. Mislav Grgic EC-VIP-MC 2003 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA Telephone: + 385 1 6129 851 Facsimile: + 385 1 6129 717 E-mail: vip(a)fer.hr URL: http://www.vcl.fer.hr/ec2003/ PS: Feel free to distribute!

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2003
by Farouk Kamoun 03 Jan '03

03 Jan '03

Dear TC6 Friends I whish you all a happy and peaceful new year 2003. I hope it will be full of joy for you and your families. Farouk Kamoun

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