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Worldcomp'07: Call For Papers/Sessions - conferences in computer science and engineering, USA
by Hamid R. Arabnia 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

I would be most grateful if you would share the announcement below with those who may be interested. The Academic Sponsors of these conferences include research labs/centers at Harvard University, MIT, University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, University of Iowa, Russian Academy of Sciences, and others. Thank you in advance, Hamid R. Arabnia, PhD. Professor, Computer Science General Chair, WORLDCOMP'07 Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) ----- Call For Papers and Call For Session Proposals The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing WORLDCOMP'07 (composed of 24 Joint Conferences) June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a draft/full paper and/or a proposal to organize a session/workshop. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. The Academic Co-sponsors of WORLDCOMP'07 include: MIT Media Lab, MIT; Harvard University's Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Lab; Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin; Statistical and Computational Intelligence Lab of Purdue University; University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab., and Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. A more complete list of sponsors can be found below. The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07) is composed of the following 24 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 25-28, 2007, USA). o The 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Multimedia Systems and Applications (MSA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'07) o The 2007 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'7) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07) General Chair: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Professor, Computer Science Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA email: hra(a)cs.uga.edu Purpose / History: This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Many of the 24 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective fields. Most of these conferences have been evaluated and determined to be top tier research conferences (see http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/index.html for an example). We anticipate to have 2000 or more attendees from over 75 countries participating in the 2007 joint conferences. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the conferences. Proposal for Organizing Sessions/Workshops: Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). E-mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above). We would like to receive the proposals by December 29, 2006. Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft/full paper (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 20, 2007. E-mail submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, email address, and telephone number for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be stated on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of the track that the paper has been submitted to. The chair will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. Members of Program and Organizing Committees: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being compiled. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra(a)cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. Location of Conferences: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), nightly shows, snack bars, many restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (major shopping areas, night clubs, free street shows, Golf courses, ...). Co-Sponsors (this is a partial list): Academic Co-Sponsors of WORLDCOMP'07 include: - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory, MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Department of Statistics, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) - Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory of Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) - University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab (Iowa City, Iowa) - Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia); Other Co-sponsors include: - HPCwire - GRIDtoday - STEM Education Society - HPCSoft, HPC Software Inc. - International Technology Institute (ITI) - H2cM - Hodges' Health, UK Important Dates: Dec. 29, 2006: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions Feb. 20, 2007: Submission of full/draft papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 20, 2007: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2007: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due June 25-28, 2007: The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07 - 24 joint conferences)

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CALL FOR PAPERS -T R I D E N T C O M 2 0 0 7
by info＠icstconferences.org 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

CALL FOR PAPERS *************** T R I D E N T C O M 2 0 0 7 **************** 2007 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities May 21-23, 2007, Grosvenor Resort, Orlando, Florida USA http://www.tridentcom.org ------------------------------------------------------------- ******************* IMPORTANT DEADLINES ********************* ------------------------------------------------------------- Full papers due (to be received by): December 31, 2006 Demo proposals due: December 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2007 Submission of camera-ready papers: March 31, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE ------------------------------------------------------------- Telecommunication infrastructures play a vital role in modern society. Advances in the range of network service offerings, performance, quality of service, security, and ubiquity continue to flourish, despite global economy fluctuations. Access to experimental infrastructures for real-life applications by specific user communities benefits all of the stakeholders involved: the end users, because of the first-hand evaluation of the provided services, the researchers and infrastructure experimenters, because of the knowledge gained from hands-on study and analysis, and the service providers, because of the business exploitation of the network. The goal of TridentCom is to create a forum where telecommunication networks researchers, vendors, providers and users can exchange ideas on past experience, requirements, needs, and visions for future establishment of such infrastructures. It showcases experimental activities, such as testing, verification, integration, measurement, and deployment, which are pivotal to achieving next generation communications. PAPER SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality papers as well as demonstration proposals reporting on all aspects of testbed and research infrastructure operation and management, including, but not limited to: * Next Generation Internet Testbeds * Next Generation Wireless Network Testbeds * Next Generation Optical Network Testbeds * Ubiquitous Network Testbeds * Wireless Sensor Testbeds * Testbed Operation & Management for User Communities * Testbed Operation & Management for Research Communities * Testbed Cooperation & Integration * Innovative Measurements Methodologies & Tools * Traffic Measurements Testbeds * Software Tools to Support Distributed Testbeds / Virtual Laboratories * Management of Massive Databases of Experimental Data * Knowledge & Technology Transfer Procedures * Security (AAA) Testing on Open Testbeds * Social Impacts of Infrastructures * Infrastructures for Real-Life Applications * Business Models for Infrastructure Budgeting & Planning * Infrastructure Renting & Pricing Policies * Vendors & Providers Partnerships Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages, including references, figures and tables, formatted according to the IEEE 8.5" x 11" proceedings format. Submission instructions are available on the website: www.tridentcom.org. Special Session ------------------------------------------------------------- Testbed and trials for Governmental, Military and other Special Purpose networks DEMOS ------------------------------------------------------------ Demo proposals should consist of the following: * title and description of the demo, * picture of demo setup and/or screenshots of demo GUIs * infrastructure requirements, and * biographical sketch of the presenter(s). Demo proposals should be sent to Miguel Ponce de Leon, Demo Co-Chair at (miguelpdl at tssg.org). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------ General Chair Csaba A. Szabo, BUTE, Hungary Vice General Chair Janise McNair, University of Florida, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs Thomas Woo, Bell-Labs, USA Tereza Carvalho, Univ. Sao Paulo, Brazil Miguel Ángel Lagunas, CTTC - UPC, Spain Local Arrangements Chair Damla Turgut, Univ. Central Florida, USA Demo Co-Chairs Miguel Ponce de Leon, Waterford Inst. Technology, Ireland Raheem Beyah, Georgia State University Panel Co-Chairs Diego Bartolome, CTTC, Spain Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University Publicity Co-Chairs Frank Steuer, TU Berlin, Germany Nirmala Shenoy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Web Chair: Sungrae Cho, Georgia Southern University STEERING COMMITTEE -------------------------------------------------------- Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Univ. Trento, Italy Albert Sitja, CTTC, Spain Brian Bigalke, IEEE COMSOC Csaba A. Szabo, BUTE, Hungary -------------------------------------------------- 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/cmc/unsubscribe.php?p=vgqqzsxdex and enter your email address.

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CFP: The 2007 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2007)
by Agustinus Borgy Waluyo 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

EUC2007 CALL FOR PAPERS The 2007 IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2007) Taipei, Taiwan, December 17-20, 2007 http://csie.ntu.edu.tw/~euc07 =============================================================== Embedded and ubiquitous computing is an exciting new paradigm that provides computing and communication services all the time and everywhere. Its systems are now affecting every aspect of our life to the point that they are hidden inside various appliances. This emergence is a natural outcome of research and technological advances in embedded systems, pervasive computing and communications, wireless networks, mobile computing, distributed computing and agent technologies, etc. The EUC 2007 conference provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government to address all resulting profound challenges including technical, safety, social, legal, political, and economic issues, and to present and discuss their ideas, results, work in progress and experience on all aspects of embedded and ubiquitous computing. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: * Embedded Computing Track: -Embedded System Software & -Optimization -Embedded System Architectures -Hardware/Software Co-design & Design -Automation -Real-time & Operating Systems -Application-specific Processors and Devices -Power-aware Computing -Sensor Networks -System/Network-on-Chip -Reconfigurable Computing -Applications -Others and emerging new topics * Ubiquitous Computing Track: -Pervasive Computing & Communications -Middleware and Peer-to-Peer Computing -Internet Computing and Applications -Multimedia and Data Management -Human-computer Interaction -Network Protocols -Wireless Communication & Networks -Mobile Computing -Agents and Distributed Computing -Security and Fault Tolerance -Applications [SUBMISSION GUIDELINES] Submissions should include abstract, 5-10 keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author, and must not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures, with PDF format. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the conference to present the work in order that the accepted papers can be put into digital library and indexed by SCI. The final version of an accepted paper will be restricted to be around 10 pages with Springer's Lecture Note format. [IMPORTANT DATES] Workshop Proposal: 15 March 2007 Paper submission due: 17 May 2007 Acceptance notification: 6 August 2007 Camera-ready due: 4 September 2007 Author registration: 4 September 2007 Conference: 17-20 December 2007 [PUBLICATIONS] The accepted papers have to be presented orally at the conference and will be published in proceedings of the EUC 2007 conference by Springer's Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS) (subject to Approval). The selected best papers will be published in special issues of journals. [CONFERENCE COMMITTEES] GENERAL CHAIR Edwin Sha, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA PROGRAM CHAIR Tei-Wei Kuo, Nat'l Taiwan Univ, Taiwan STEERING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Minyi Guo, Univ. of Aizu, Japan, Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada LOCAL ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIRS Chia-Lin Yang, Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan Chih-Wen Hsueh, Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan REGISTRATION and FINANCE CO-CHAIRS Tai-Yi Huang, Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan Shih-Hao Hung, Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan Shi-Wu Lo, Nat'l Chung-Cheng Univ., Taiwan WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Mieso Denko, Univ. of Guelph, Canada Chi-Sheng Shih, Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan PANEL CHAIR Ted Chang, Quanta Computer Inc., Taiwan PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Morris Chang, Iowa State Univ., USA Zhen Liu, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Japan Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash Univ., Australia PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS Zili Shao, Hong Kong Polytech Univ., Hong Kong Chi-Sheng Shih, Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan PROGRAM VICE-CHAIRS Real-Time/Embedded Operating Systems Li-Pin Chang, Nat'l Chiao-Tung Univ., Taiwan Power-Aware Computing X. Sharon Hu, Univ. of Notre Dame, USA Embedded System Software & Optimization Jinsoo Kim, KAIST, Korea Embedded System Architectures Dongsheng Wang, Tsinghua Univ., China Embedded and Reconfigurable Hardware Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Nagoya Univ., Japan HW/SW Co-design and Design Automation Samarjit Chakraborty, Nat'l Univ. of Singapore, Singapore Sensor Networks Yu-Chee Tseng, Nat'l Chiao-Tung Univ., Taiwan Mobile Computing Nicolas Navet, INRIA Lorraine, France Agent and Distributed Computing I-Ling Yen, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA Middleware & P2P Cho-Li Wang, Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Wireless Networks Mohan Kumar, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA, Network Protocol Ai-Chung Pang, Nat'l Taiwan Univ., Taiwan Multimedia, Human-Computer Interface and Data Management Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist Univ., Hong Kong Security & Fault Tolerance Jiman Hong, Kwangwoon Univ., Korea

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[pimrc07] CFP: IEEE PIMRC 2007, Athens, Greece
by PIMRC 2007 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ======================================================== Call For Papers IEEE PIMRC 2007 18th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, September, 3-6, 2007, Athens, Greece http://www.pimrc2007.org ======================================================== Conference Main Theme: Wireless Entropy Overview PIMRC 2007 provides a global forum for presenting the most recent advances, the future technical challenges and business opportunities that comprise the contemporary landscape in wireless communications. The organizers endeavour to attract contributions covering not only conventional areas of wireless communications (e.g., physical layer), but also emerging areas with high potential for essential scientific and societal impact such as wireless sensors for biomedical applications and non-trivial pervasive computing services. The latter areas are expected to facilitate the development of a broad vision of innovative future applications in wireless communications. The high quality IEEE endorsed technical programme, will also include tutorials, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and keynote presentations from leading experts coming from the academic community, industry, as well as regulatory and standardisation bodies. PIMRC 2007 will be held in Athens, Greece, September 3-6, 2007 i.e. one week following the peak of Greece's beautiful summer season. Call for Papers Authors are invited to submit high-quality papers describing original and previously unpublished contributions in a wide range of topics in wireless communications. These topics are clustered into the following three major categories: 1) Physical Layer and MAC 2) Mobile and Wireless Networks 3) Applications, Services and Business Models Papers should be in English, strictly not exceeding 5 double-column pages (3,000 words), in Adobe PDF format (which is the only accepted format for PIMRC 2007). Authors should use the relevant IEEE template, ensuring an IEEE Xplore compatible PDF-format. To access the full list of topics, submission guidelines, as well as venue and travel information please visit: www.pimrc2007.org Important Dates Full papers due: March 3rd, 2007 Acceptance notice: May 31st, 2007 Final manuscript due: June 16th, 2007 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2007 _______________________________________________ pimrc07 mailing list pimrc07(a)telecom.ntua.gr http://www.telecom.ntua.gr/mailman/listinfo/pimrc07

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CFP-WICON2007: The Third Annual International Wireless Internet Conference
by info＠icstconferences.org 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************** ***** WICON 2007 ***** The Third Annual International Wireless Internet Conference October 22-24, 2007 Austin, Texas, USA http://www.wicon.org ********************************************************************** Wireless Internet is quickly becoming a reality thanks to fast evolution of various wireless access technologies. Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks, enabled by interworking and wireless mesh networking technologies, further brings wireless Internet into various application scenarios. On the other hand, new wireless Internet architectures, services, and solutions are still desired in order to achieve the ultimate goal of wireless Internet access anytime anywhere. The Wireless Internet Conference (WICON) will continue to provide a premier international forum to discuss novel research results related to the emerging Wireless Internet. The focus of WICON 2007 will be on advanced wireless access technologies, wireless mesh networks, interworking of heterogeneous networks, next generation wireless Internet, and industrial practice methodology. Given the existence of many other conferences on mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks, papers that are oriented to these networks are discouraged unless they directly focus on the conference theme of the Wireless Internet. WICON 2007 is soliciting both academic research and industry practice papers. Industry practice papers must have at least one author from industry and should describe interesting technical aspects of industrial applications, prototypes, experiences, and standards; performance and design details are encouraged, whereas papers focused on marketing or product information will not be accepted. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Wireless access technologies: ============================= * Wireless LANs, WiMedia, WiMAX, Bluetooth * 3G and 4G cellular networks Wireless multi-hop mesh networks: ================================= * New mesh network architecture * WiFi, UWB, Bluetooth wireless mesh networks * Scalable MAC and routing protocols * Multi-radio and multi-channel mesh networks * QoS, security, and mobility management Convergence of various wireless technologies: ============================================= * Roaming, Interworking, and UMA * Cognitive radios and programmable radios for wireless Internet * Adaptive transport layer protocols Testbed and measurements: ========================= * Protocol design, implementation, and testbed setup of wireless Internet * Measurement of wireless Internet and performance analysis Next generation wireless Internet: ================================== * Novel wireless Internet architecture * New services and applications * New algorithms for scalable, reliable, and high speed wireless Internet SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: ======================== Papers will be submitted by electronic submission through COCUS system: http://cocus.create-net.it. The page limit is 10 pages in IEEE double column format with fonts not smaller than 10 points. IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Submission deadline : May 30, 2007 Notification of acceptance : July 22, 2007 Camera-ready version : September 1, 2007 Selected papers will be published on a special issue of ACM Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET). WORKSHOPS: =========== Proposals for workshops should be submitted to the Workshop Chair directly at yry(a)cs.yale.edu. Evaluation of workshop proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. PANELS: ======= Proposals for panel discussions that focus on the next generation wireless Internet are encouraged. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal to the Panel Chair directly at sujata.banerjee(a)hp.com. Posters/Demos: ============== The conference will include a poster/demo session that highlights experiments and testbeds that demonstrate the successful implementation of recent or on-going research work. Please contact Poster/Demo Chair directly at shakkott(a)ece.utexas.edu Organization Committee: ======================= General Co-Chairs: ------------------ Lili Qiu University of Texas-Austin, USA Andras Valko Ericsson Research, Hungary Technical Program Co-Chairs: ---------------------------- Xudong Wang Kiyon, Inc, USA Karoly Farkas ETH Zurich, Switzerland Steering Committee Chair: ------------------------- Imrich Chlamtac Create-Net, Italy Panel Chair: ------------ Sujata Banerjee HP Labs, USA Publicity Chair: ---------------- Linda Xie UNC-Charlotte, USA Workshop Chair: --------------- Richard Yang Yale University Local Arrangement Chair: ------------------------ Sriram Vishwanath University of Texas-Austin, USA Publication Chair: ------------------ Xin Liu University of California-Davis, USA Poster/Demo Chair: ------------------ Sanjay Shakkottai University of Texas-Austin, USA Conference Chair: ----------------- Kitti H. Kovacs ICST For more information about the conference, see http://www.wicon.org/ -------------------------------------------------- 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/cmc/unsubscribe.php?p=vgqqzsxdex and enter your email address.

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DCOSS 2007 - Call for Papers
by Prof. Dr. Christian Schindelhauer 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

========================================= IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems June 18 - 20, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA ========================================= WWW.DCOSS.ORG The 2007 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '07) will take place in Santa Fe during June 18 - 20, 2007. The first and second DCOSS conferences, held at Marina Del Rey and San Francisco respectively, featured high quality research papers and interesting invited and contributed poster/presentation sessions. DCOSS '07 is intended to cover several aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. The conference will be co- located with several closely related workshops, and will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects of distributed sensor systems. In addition to contributed papers, the meeting will also include keynote addresses by leading researchers, a panel discussion, and a poster/presentation session. SPONSORED BY IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH ACM SIGBED European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) IFIP WG 10.3 MEETING INFORMATION The advance program will be available in April 2007. Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information. IMPORTANT DATES Monday February 5, 2007 Paper Submission Due Monday April 2, 2007 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection Monday April 16, 2007 Camera-Ready Paper Due ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ============================== CALL FOR PAPERS Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. Such systems allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, which makes them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. While much ongoing research has addressed networking, communication and low-level self-configuration issues in such systems, there are also significant challenges pertaining to systematic design, algorithm development and analysis, and abstract modeling in order to achieve efficient and robust realizations of large-scale distributed sensor systems. The large number of sensor devices involved, severe power, computational and memory limitations, resource heterogeneity, dense deployment and frequent failures pose novel challenges to design, algorithms, analysis and implementation. The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, applications, and systematic design techniques and tools), but networking-related contributions that support high level abstractions are also welcome. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability, fault-tolerance - Abstractions for modular design - Languages, operating systems - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments PAPER SUBMISSION Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 12 single-spaced pages using 12- point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages, including figures and tables. References may be included in addition to the 12 pages. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Submission procedures will be available via Web access at http:// www.dcoss.org/ All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by February 5, 2007, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by April 2, 2007. Camera-ready papers will be due April 16, 2007. DCOSS '07 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. PROGRAM CHAIR James Aspnes Yale University USA PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Algorithms: Christian Scheideler, TU Munich, Germany Applications: Anish Arora, Ohio State Univ., USA Systems: Samuel Madden, MIT, USA PROGRAM COMMITEE Algorithms Bogdan Chlebus, University of Colorado at Denver Andras Farago, University of Texas at Dallas Sandor Fekete, Braunschweig University of Technology Thomas Fuhrmann, University of Karlsruhe Jie Gao, Stony Brook University David Kempe, University of Southern California Xiang-Yang Li, Illinois Institute of Technology Alessandro Panconesi, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Rajmohan Rajaraman, Northeastern University Andrea Richa, Arizona State University Christian Scheideler, Technical University of Munich Subhash Suri, University of California at Santa Barbara Peter Widmayer, ETH Zόrich Lisa Zhang, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Applications Uday Desai, IIT Bombay Tom Henderson, University of Utah Ted Herman, University of Iowa Teruo Higashino, Osaka University S. Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University Vinayak Naik, The Ohio State University Joe Paradiso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kay Roemer, ETH Zόrich Jack Stankovic, University of Virginia Gaurav Sukhatme, University of Southern California Andreas Terzis, Johns Hopkins University Yu-Chee Tseng, Natinal Chiao Tung University Hongwei Zhang, Wayne State University Systems Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Philippe Bonnet, University of Copenhagen Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy Amol Deshpande, University of Maryland, College Park Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles David Gay, Intel Research, Berkeley Ramesh Govindan, University of Southern California Bill Kaiser, University of California, Los Angeles Eddie Kohler, University of California, Los Angeles Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California Alex Labrinidis, University of Pittsburgh Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine Suman Nath, Microsoft Research Jim Reich, Xerox Parc Matt Welsh, Harvard University Wei Ye, USC Information Sciences Institute POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION The conference will include a poster session for researchers and practitioners to present novel on-going work-in-progress and to obtain feedback from conference attendees in an informal setting. Authors of accepted posters will have an opportunity to briefly present their work in this session. Select invited presentations and posters from industry and academia may also be included in this session. Submission details and deadlines will be available at the DCOSS website. POSTER CO-CHAIRS Wendi Heinzelman Univ. of Rochester USA Bhaskar Krishnamachari Univ. of Southern California USA BEST PAPER AWARDS Awards will be given for one best paper in each of the three conference technical tracks: algorithms, applications, and systems. ================================= DCOSS '07 ORGANIZATION ================================= GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and CTI Greece Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA VICE GENERAL CHAIR Azzedine Boukerche University of Ottawa Canada PROGRAM CHAIR James Aspnes Yale University USA WORKSHOPS CHAIR Jim Reich Palo Alto Research Center USA POSTER CO-CHAIRS Wendi Heinzelman University of Rochester USA Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Yang Yu Motorola Labs USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Amol Bakshi University of Southern California USA Sanjay Jha University of New South Wales Australia Christian Schindelhauer University of Freiburg Germany FINANCE CHAIR Germaine Gusthiot University of Geneva Switzerland STEERING COMMITTEE Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Josep Diaz, UPC Barcelona, Spain Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland (CHAIR) Prof. Christian Schindelhauer Computer Networks and Telematics University of Freiburg Georges-Köhler-Allee 51 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Tel: +49 761 203 8181 Fax: +49 761 203 8182 EMail: schindel a informatik . uni-freiburg . de http://cone.informatik.uni-freiburg.de

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[mycolleagues] CFP: 3rd Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems - CAPS 2007
by K.Moessner＠surrey.ac.uk 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

CAPS 2007 - Call for Papers Third Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems, Guildford, United Kingdom, 18-19 June 2007 http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/CCSR/CAPS2007/ Following CAPS 2005 and 2006, the third Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems will be held in June 2007 at the University of Surrey, UK. The workshop will provide a unique platform to discuss and exchange findings of research into proactive computing and communication systems. Their connection to the physical world is increasingly driven by sensors and actuators which are used to both measure and manipulate the physical environment. The environmental data gathered is one of the major influencing factors for proactive systems, the data acts as stimuli to which these systems respond. Such responses are mainly in terms of providing users with appropriate resources, information, and services. To achieve this, proactive systems need to be able to understand the different contexts that apply in and for any given user/communication situation. Such context awareness is based on inference of sensor data to achieve knowledge on a users' state, emotions, activities, goals, etc. and to proactively adjust the systems behaviour. Deploying proactive systems in the increasingly embedded and ubiquitous environments further raises the need to make them context-aware. Context awareness poses many challenges towards proactive systems. The main objective of the workshop is to study and explore these challenges and proposed ways of meeting them. This includes research on modelling and representing context in proactive computing systems, frameworks and architectures for context gathering, handling, sensor and actuator management, context reasoning, learning, and prediction as well as on modelling, recognising and fulfilling user demand. CAPS invites submissions on following topics (but not limited to): * Sensor and actuator management * Context modelling and representation * Context information gathering and data management * Frameworks and architectures for context-aware systems * Context learning and prediction techniques * Context reasoning * User demand recognition and modelling * Context-based resource, information, and service provisioning * Infrastructures for proactive systems SUBMISSION DETAILS ------------------------- The submission system is open now and will close on January 21st 2007. Papers should be a maximum of 10 pages (including figures and references) in LNCS camera ready style (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Full papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF format. Poster submissions should be a maximum of 5 pages (including figures and references). Poster papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF format. Software demonstration proposals should be a maximum of 2 pages describing the contents of the demonstration. Demonstration papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF format. All submissions will undergo a thorough review process and will be judged on quality, originality, clarity and topical content. Submitted papers should not have been previously published, in part or in full, or be under consideration of another conference or journal. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, selected papers will be published in a post-conference textbook. Please indicate whether you submit your paper as full-paper, poster or demonstration proposal. Submission is handled via trackchair: http://caps2007.trackchair.com/ DATES ----- Submission of full papers: 21 January 2007 Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2007 Camera Ready Papers: 04 March 2007 Workshop dates: 18-19 June 2007 ORGANISING COMMITTEE -------------------- Klaus Moessner, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Mirko Presser, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Anna V. Zhdanova, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Stephanie Evans, University of Surrey, United Kingdom TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE --------------------------- Heikki Ailisto, VTT, Finland Stefan Arbanowski, FOKUS, Germany Guy Bernard, Institut National des Telecommunications, France David Bonnefoy, Motorola, France Luis Campoy, Telefonica, Spain Francois Carrez, Alcatel, France Klaus David, University of Kassel, Germany Olaf Drögehorn, University of Kassel, Germany Frank Dürr, University of Stuttgart, Germany Stewart Fallis, BT, United Kingdom Dieter Fensel, DERI, Austria Patrik Floréen, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Finland Stefan Gessler, NEC, Germany Robert Hänsel, Deloitte, Germany Sandra Haseloff, University of Kassel, Germany Paul Havinga, University of Twente, Netherlands Heikki Helin, TeliaSonera, Finland Laurent Herault, CEA-LETI, France Theo Kanter, Ericsson, Sweden Ralf Kernchen, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Mika Klemettinen, Nokia, Finland Hong-Gee Kim, Seoul National University, Korea Herma van Kranenburg, Telematica, Netherlands Martti Mäntylä, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Finland Klaus Moessner, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Bernd Mrohs, FOKUS, Germany Christian Prehofer, Nokia, Finland Mirko Presser, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Kurt Rothermel, University of Stuttgart, Germany Vera Stavroulaki, University of Piraeus, Greece Thomas Strang, DERI, Austria Matthias Wagner, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany Dirk Westhoff, NEC, Germany Anna V. Zhdanova, University of Surrey, United Kingdom _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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[mycolleagues] CfP: MUCS2007: Management of Ubiquitous Communications and Services
by Tom Pfeifer 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Call for Papers +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 4th International Workshop on Management of Ubiquitous Communications and Services www.MUCS2007.org as part of the 10th IFIP/IEEE Symposium of Integrated Management, IM 2007 www.im2007.org Munich, Germany Submission: January 24th 2007 Workshop: May 25th 2007 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Scope of the MUCS Workshop Ubiquitous and Pervasive Communications, as evidenced in pervasive computing and smart space applications present significant management challenges for successful delivery of highly adaptive services across heterogeneous networks, middleware, applications and devices. Today's management systems are unable to cope with the complexity, heterogeneity and automation required by the pervasive computing vision. New paradigms, models and technology need to be developed to allow computer systems manage themselves in accordance with high-level guidance from humans. This workshop seeks to explore the theoretic, technological and organisational challenges in managing ubiquitous communications and application services. The workshop provides a single-track scientific programme containing a blend of keynote presentations from leaders in the research of communications and services management systems, peer-reviewed papers and a small selection of invited presentations. The goal of the workshop is to investigate the state of the art in managing ubiquitous communications and services from a broad perspective. Submissions are invited for original, and previously unpublished research in all aspects of management techniques in ubiquitous communications. Topics * Management of Smart Spaces and Applications (Smart Home/Office etc) * Context Aware Management and Configuration * Policy Based Management * Communication & Systems Management * Wireless and Fixed Network Integrated Management * Adaptive Service and Network Management * Security, Privacy, and Trust Management in Ubiquitous Communications * Management and Control of Mobile Ad-hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks * Content Oriented Network & Service Management * Distributed Management & Collaborative Governance * Context Identification, Retrieval, Prediction and Management * Service and Network Management for Optimised Personalisation * Managing Collaborative Ubicomp Applications * Provisioning and Maintenance of Quality of Service in Ubicomp environments * Knowledge Representation Techniques and Ontologies for Distributed Management Services * User Interaction with Managing UbiComp Systems * Bio-inspired management approach 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 MUCS 2007. Authors are requested to submit either long papers or short papers (work-in-progress reports), strictly in 10 point following IEEE conference style: * Long papers (up to 10 single-spaced two-column pages, including figures, tables, references and annexes) * Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 4 pages, including figures, tables, references and annexes) Submissions exceeding the above mentioned paper size will not be reviewed and returned to the authors. Please see the workshop website for detailed instructions on http://www.mucs2007.org/ Papers are to be submitted via the EDAS conference management system: http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=5092&submit=0& Proceedings The proceedings of MUCS 2007 will be published in the Multicon Lecture Notes with ISBN and the IEEE Explorer (confirmation pending). Important Deadlines * Submission: January 24th 2007 * Notification: March 26th 2007 * Camera ready: April 9th 2007 * Workshop: May 25th 2007 Committee Chair: Tom Pfeifer (WIT, Ireland) Programme Committee Chairs: John Strassner (Motorola Labs, USA) Simon Dobson (University College Dublin, Ireland) Steering Committee: Sven van der Meer (TSSG, Ireland) Vincent Wade (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Dirk Pesch (Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland) Publication Chair: Brendan Jennings (WIT, Ireland) Technical Programme Committee: Nazim Agoulmine, Université d'Evry-Val d'Essonne, France Mark Burgess, Oslo University College, Norway Owen Conlan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Lorcan Coyle, University College Dublin, Ireland Kieran Delaney, Tyndall Institute, Ireland Dominique Gaiti, Université de Technologies de Troyes, France Hani Hagras, University of Essex, UK Markus Huebscher, Imperial College London, UK Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Martin Klepal, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland David Lewis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Kevin Curran, University of Ulster, UK Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Fergus O'Reilly, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Declan O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Kay Uwe Römer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Albrecht Schmidt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Joan Serrat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster, UK Michael Smirnov, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, Institut d'Informatique d'Entreprise, France +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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SmarTel'07 Last Call For Papers
by Zhiwen Yu 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this)********************* SmarTel'07 Call For Papers *************************Due to several requests, the submission deadline is extended to December 15. Call for Papers (SmarTel'07) First International Workshop on Smart Homes for Tele-Health May 21, 2007, Niagara Falls, Canada Website - http://cs.acadiau.ca/~shussain/smartel SmarTel'07 is the First International Workshop on Smart Homes for Tele-Health, which is organized in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA?07, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007. ** Description ** Due to recent advancement in electronics industry, our homes can be equipped with smart devices that can monitor a patient's vital signs and other useful information. The patient information can be locally processed and automatically transmitted to the relevant health-care staff, or they can be handled locally in the homes. These smart devices can assist in knowledge extraction and filtering the unwanted data. The quality of current health care system can be significantly improved by using these smart devices. ** Topics ** The main themes include, but not limited to: - Smart home applications for tele-health - Ubiquitous and pervasive healthcare services - Privacy, trust, and security in tele-health - Sensor network management for tele-health - Body sensor networks - Energy efficient communication protocols - Energy efficient data management - Monitoring of vital signs - Monitoring of elderly and congestive heart failure patients - Monitoring of chronic medical conditions - Integration of smart applications in healthcare system - Intelligent agent architectures ** Important Dates ** Submission deadline December 15, 2006 Authors Notification January 22, 2007 Author Registration February 04, 2007 Final Manuscript February 19, 2007 Workshop date May 21, 2007 ** Paper Submission ** IEEE Computer Society format, 6 pages maximum, check the AINA?07 website for more details. The papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. ** Journal ** We plan to submit extended version of submitted papers for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (http://www.juci.org/). ** General Co-Chairs ** Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada lyang(a)stfx.ca Rasit Eskicioglu, University of Manitoba, Canada rasit(a)cs.umanitoba.ca ** Program Co-Chairs ** Sajid Hussain, Acadia University, Canada Sajid.Hussain(a)acadiau.ca Zhiwen Yu, Nagoya University, Japan zhiwen(a)itc.nagoya-u.ac.jp ** Program Committee (partial list) ** Raza Abidi, Dalhousie University, Canada Juan Carlos Augusto, University of Ulster, UK Abdelhamid Bouchachia, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Nauman Chaudhry, University of New Orleans, USA Hune Cho, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea Andrei Doncescu, LAAS CNRS, France Hakan Duman, Essex University, UK Sheng Fang, Shandong University of Science & Tech., China Jocelyne Fayn, INSERM ERM107, Lyon, France Javier Garcia-Villalba, University of Madrid, Spain Sylvain Giroux, Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada Peter Graham, University of Manitoba, Canada Mario Rosario Guarracino, National Research Council, Italy Hani Hagras, University of Essex, UK Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Tai-hoon Kim, SERSC, Korea Frederique Laforest, LIRIS Lab., Lyon, France Wenjun Li, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Artur R. Lugmayr, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Michael Marschollek, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany Paul McCullagh, University of Ulster, UK Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Tomasz Muldner, Acadia University, Canada Sotiris Nikoletseas, Patras University, Greece Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C Co., Ltd., Korea Golden G. Richard, University of New Orleans, USA Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China Evi Syukur, Monash University, Australia Zartash Uzmi, LUMS, Pakistan Christine Verdier, University of Grenoble, France Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia Guojun Wang, Central South University, China Yuni Xia, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, USA Naixue Xiong, JAIST, Japan Daqing Zhang, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China --------------------------- Dr. Zhiwen Yu Information Technology Center, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan Tel: (+81)052-789-5910 Mobile: (+81)090-9891-1552 Email: zhiwen(a)itc.nagoya-u.ac.jp http://www.ulan.jp/~zhiwen/ ---------------------------

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[mycolleagues] IEEE/IFIP BDIM 2007: Publicity for the BDIM workshop
by Carlos Becker Westphall 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Dear Colleague We would like to ask you to help in increasing awareness of the Second IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Business-driven IT Management to be held in Munich in May, 2007. Please use mailing lists that you believe can be fruitful, print the PDF flyer available from the workshop home page, etc. The home page for the workshop is located at: http://www.businessdrivenitmanagement.org/bdim2007/ Spread the word! Thank you. Akhil Sahai Claudio Bartolini Jacques Sauve (workshop co-chairs) Carlos Westphall (publicity chair) _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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