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SECON 2007: 3 days to paper registration deadline!
by Vijay Raghunathan 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

**************** 3 DAYS TO PAPER REGISTRATION DEADLINE!! *************** ======================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE SECON 2007 The Fourth IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks http://www.ieee-secon.org/2007/ Merged with IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc & Sensor Networks (IWWAN) San Diego, California, USA June 18-21, 2007 ======================================================================== The fourth annual IEEE SECON conference will provide a unique forum to exchange ideas, techniques, and applications, discuss best practices, raise awareness, and share experiences among researchers, practitioners, standard developers and policy makers in the field of sensor, ad-hoc, and mesh networks and systems. IEEE SECON grew out of IEEE INFOCOM in 2004, in order to create an event that focused on the important and exciting topics of sensor, mesh and ad-hoc communications and networks. This year, SECON has been merged with the IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (IWWAN). Original technical papers that address the communications, networking, applications, systems and algorithmic aspects of mesh and sensor networks, as well as those that describe practical deployment and implementation experiences are solicited for presentation at the conference and publication in the conference proceedings. Papers presenting novel contributions in such disciplines as communications, networking protocols and architectures, algorithms, embedded systems, middleware and information management, and novel applications are solicited. PAPERS: Full papers describing original, previously unpublished research work, experimental efforts, practical experiences, and industrial and commercial developments in sensor, ad-hoc, and mesh communications and networks are solicited. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit papers that have a deep focus on a specific discipline, are stimulated by the synergistic interaction of diverse disciplines, or describe practical application of technology to real-world problems. Submitted papers should not be concurrently under review at any another workshop, symposium, conference, or journal. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Architectures and protocols to support wireless communication, localization, time synchronization, routing, data dissemination, and other distributed services in heterogeneous, large-scale, distributed mesh and sensor networks. * Algorithms and theories for management, supervisory control, and monitoring of distributed ad-hoc networks, and techniques for the interpretation and use of sensor data in decision-making processes. * Theories and models on fundamental information and communication aspects of wireless mesh and sensor networks. * Mechanisms for authenticated, secure communication and data dissemination in sensor and mesh networks. * Algorithms and protocols to support quality of service in mesh and sensor networks, including admission control, resource allocation and fairness, and capacity planning. * Performance measurement and modeling techniques for large-scale distributed ad-hoc and sensor networks and their evaluation. * Integration of sensors into engineered systems, including techniques for exploiting on-sensor renewable power sources, mechanisms for online self-calibration and self-testing, and schemes to maximize accuracy and minimize false alarms. * Hardware platforms and testbeds incorporating multiple sensors, embedded processors, actuators, and wireless interfaces. * Software architectures, middleware, and tools for mesh and sensor network applications development, deployment, and management. * Practical implementations, case-studies, and real-world experiences in designing and deploying large scale ad-hoc, mesh, and sensor network applications. POSTERS, DEMOS, AND EXHIBITS: SECON will also include poster/demo sessions that provide an interactive forum to present work in progress, showcase real system implementations, highlight industrial/commercial developments, and discuss key research challenges in the fields of sensor, mesh, and ad-hoc networks. Details about the poster and demo submission procedure will soon be available on the conference web site. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Paper submissions will be handled electronically through the EDAS web based system. Details about the submission process including formatting instructions and templates are available at the conference website located at http://www.ieee-secon.org/2007/. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be archived on IEEE Xplore. IEEE Communications Society policy mandates that all accepted SECON 2007 papers must have at least one associated registration at the regular rate. For authors co-authoring multiple papers, one regular registration is valid for up to three papers. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration: November 30, 2006 (by 11:59pm PST) Full paper submission: December 7, 2006 (by 11:59pm PST) Decision notification: February 26, 2007 Camera ready paper due: March 22, 2007 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITEE: GENERAL CHAIR: Rene Cruz, UC San Diego (cruz(a)ece.ucsd.edu) VICE-CHAIR: Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester (wheinzel(a)ece.rochester.edu) TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Kevin Almeroth, UC Santa Barbara (almeroth(a)cs.ucsb.edu) Robin Kravets, UIUC (rhk(a)cs.uiuc.edu) PANELS CO-CHAIRS: Wenye Wang, NC State University Al Harris, University of Padova POSTERS/DEMOs CO-CHAIRS: Mingyan Liu, University of Michigan Jie Liu, Microsoft Research WORKSHOP CHAIR: Rajeev Shorey, GM Research PUBLICITY CHAIR: Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue University LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR: Curt Schurgers, UC San Diego EXHIBITS CHAIR: Cedric Westphal, Nokia TRAVEL AWARDS CHAIR: Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, University of Arizona WEB CHAIR: Navid Ehsan, UC San Diego STANDING COMMITTEE: Fred Bauer, PacketHop (fred(a)fredbauer.com) - Chair Hamid Aghvami, King's College London Mischa Dohler, France Telecom Harvey Freeman, Booz Allen Hamilton Sung-Ju Lee, HP Labs Prasant Mohapatra, University of California, Davis Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland, Baltimore County TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Available on the conference webpage ========================================================================

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IWSSIP 2007 and EC-SIPMCS 2007 call for papers
by EC2007 conference team 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

14th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP 2007 and 6th EURASIP Conference Focused on Speech and Image Processing, Multimedia Communications and Services EC-SIPMCS 2007 June 27 - 30, Maribor, Slovenia CALL FOR PAPERS [Please download call for papers in pdf form from http://ec2007.feri.uni-mb.si/files/call_for_papers.pdf] IWSSIP is an International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing which brings together researchers and developers from both academia and industry to report on the latest scientific and theoretical advances, to discuss and debate major issues and to demonstrate state of-the-art systems. The EURASIP conference is initiated by the European Association for Speech, Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP) that is focused on Speech and Image Processing, Multimedia Communications and Services (EC-SIPMCS). The goal of EC-SIPMCS is to promote the interface researchers involved in the development and applications of methods and techniques within the framework of speech/image processing, multimedia communications and services. Topics of Interest The program includes keynote and invited lectures by eminent international experts, peer reviewed contributed papers, posters, invited sessions on the same or related topics, industrial presentations and exhibitions around but not limited to the following topics for IWSSIP and EC-SIPMCS conferences: . Signal Processing and Systems . Artificial Intelligence Technologies . ICT in E-learning/Consulting . Standards and Related Issues . Image Scanning, Display and Printing . Video Streaming and Videoconferencing . Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) . Watermarking and Encryption . Implementation Technologies . Applications Areas . Speech and Audio Processing . Image and Video Processing and Coding . Audio, Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval . Multimedia Signal Processing . Multimedia Databases . Multimedia and DTV Technologies . Multimedia Communications, Networking, Services and Applications . Multimedia Human-Machine Interface and Interaction . Multimedia Content Processing and Content Description . Multimedia Data Compression . Multimedia Systems Keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Kamisety R. Rao, IEEE Fellow, University of Texas Arlington, USA Prof. Dr. Markus Rupp, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Prof. Dr. Levent Onural, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Submission of Regular Papers Papers must be submitted electronically by March 18, 2007. Each paper will be evaluated by at least two independent reviewers, and will be accepted based on its originality, significance and clarity. Publications All accepted papers will be published in CD Proceedings that will be available at the Conference. Abstracts of accepted papers will be printed and included in the INSPEC database. Selected papers will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals. Tutorial and Special Sessions Those willing to prepare a tutorial course and those willing to organize special session during EC-SIPMCS 2007 and IWSSIP 2007 Conference should contact dr. Peter Planinšič at ec2007<at>uni-mb.si. Important Dates Paper and Poster Submissions: March 18, 2007 Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2007 Camera ready copy due: May 6, 2007 Author Registration: May 6, 2007 Contact Information: Fax: +386 2 220 7272 E-mail: ec2007(a)uni-mb.si Web: http://ec2007.feri.uni-mb.si Žarko Čučej, General Chair University of Maribor, Slovenia Peter Planinšič, Program Chair University of Maribor, Slovenia **If You do not want to receive announcement about this conference any more, please reply to above email address with [REMOVE] in subject line**

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TC6 Election
by Radford, Peter 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

André Danthine's deadline for casting votes has now passed. Brigitte and I believe we have received votes from those listed below. If you had voted and are not on the list, please let us know as soon as possible. (There were three examples of votes being received by only one of us!) Regards Peter Peter Radford UK Representative to TC6 E: Peter.Radford(a)LogicaCMG.com T: +44 (0) 7770 395506 (M) T: +44 (0) 20 7446 4248 (O) T: +44 (0) 1245 262328 (H) - Finn Aagesen - Raouf Boutaba - Kiril Boyanov - Georg Carle - Augusto Casaca - Wojciech Cellary - Lyman Chapin - Pedro Cuenca - Sarolta Dibuz - Karol Fabian - Dominique Gaiti - Adam Grzech - Gueuter Haring - Arun Iyengar - Dipak Khakhar - Koos Koen - Guy Leduc - Olli Martikainen - Lorne Mason - Elie Najm - Ahmed AL Naamany - Jose Neuman de Sousa - José Piquer - Ana Pont-Sanjuán - Ramon Puigjaner - Guy Pujolle - Peter Radford - S.V. Raghavan - Harry Rudin - Marina Ruggieri - Tadao Saito - Jan Slavik - Otto Spaniol - Ioannis Stavrakakis - Ionnis Tomkos This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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Springer Proposal
by Otto Spaniol 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

Hello Guy, Harry, Peter and other TC6 delegates, this message was sent to Joe Turner and the others of IFIP publication committee. I repeat it here for you since I wouldn't like that IFIP PucComm sees to whom our information is directed. Best regards Otto ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ Dear Joe and others, please find below some comments on the SSBM proposal. Personally I think that without inclusion of IFIP-LNCS this proposal cannot be accepted at all. But there are more points which need discussion (see below). Best regards Otto ----------------------------------------- 1. Such DL will likely bind IFIP to SSBM in the long run, even after the current agreement. The next bid from SSBM to remain IFIP's publisher will not be easy to circumvent if SSBM "owns" our DL. And SSBM can of course exploit that to propose a less competitive proposal with maybe higher cost for IFIP. 2. It is stated that this proposal is a one-year trial! Nobody knows how SSBM will change the rules later. 3. If this proposal is accepted, it would be wise to set up a procedure that makes sure IFIP can get back its publications (IFIP actually holds the copyrights, not SSBM) if SSBM ceases to be IFIP's publisher. 4. IFIP should keep the copyrights of anything published by SSBM (open access or not). 5. The IFIP-LNCS series is as important as the IFIP series, while the SSBM proposal leaves IFIP-LNCS completely out, for unknown reasons. I'd advise to include IFIP-LNCS in this agreement. Note that IFIP-LNCS proceedings are already more expensive than standard LNCS. If they become open access, their price may increase even more. To complensate, we may suppress printed copies, which are useless and on which IFIP gets almost no royalties anyway. 6. Electronic-only (E-only) publications will be the usual scenario for all conferences, not only for the small ones. Therefore, the proposal should extend E-only publications to all our conferences. Moreover, conference organizers should be allowed to prepare a local CD-ROM with the proceedings to be given to the participants (under IFIP copyrights). Note however that IFIP is presently bound to the agreement requesting at least 22 titles (with > 50 copies and > 200 pages) per year, but this should not be accepted in the future. 7. On page 8, we find "conference organizers will receive both the print and the electronic product". What does it mean? Will Springer prepare CD- ROMs for conference organizers? Any associated extra cost? 8. Budget-wise, this proposal costs a lot. But I'm not sure it's possible to find another less costly solution. IFIP should request funding from UNESCO to support its open access DL (at least partly). 9. TC6 is one of the more important TC6s when it comes to publishing (and therefore IFIP revenue) but we are not being given reasonable time to consider proposals such as Springer's, proposals which could have a fundamental effect on the way we operate. 10. If we go to Springer (or any publishing house), we have to make sure that we don't suffer in the same way as happened when Chapman & Hall got taken over and servers were arbitrarily shut down. (Going out of business is one thing, changing policy is another) 11. Springer say that they will have to modify the framework to include Open Access - in other words: it doesn't include it now!

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ESORICS 2007- Call for Papers
by Jan-Hendrik Lochner 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

CALL FOR PAPERS ESORICS 2007 12TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON RESEARCH IN COMPUTER SECURITY Dresden, Germany - September 24-26, 2007 http://esorics2007.inf.tu-dresden.de/ ********************************************************************* SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: MARCH 30, 2007 ********************************************************************* Papers offering novel research contributions on any aspect of computer security are solicited for submission to the Twelfth European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2007). Organized in a series of European countries, ESORICS is confirmed as the European research event in computer security. The symposium started in 1990 and has been held on alternate years in different European countries and attracts an international audience from both the academic and industrial communities. >From 2002 it has been held yearly. ESORICS has established itself as one of the premiere international gatherings on information assurance. Papers may present theory, mechanisms, applications, or practical experience on all traditional or emerging topics relevant for security in computing systems. For example, the submissions might treat any innovative aspects of one or several topics listed in the following: - security architecture and secure components (trusted computing modules, smartcards, personal computing devices, networks, information systems, applications, peer-to-peer connections, language-based security, ... ) - access control (authorization, privileges, delegation, revocation, credentials, authentication, accountability, safety analysis, ... ) - information control (data flows, information flows, inferences, covert channel analysis, ... ) - applied cryptography (protocol design, protocol verification, authentication protocols, identity management, key distribution, ... ) - tolerance and survivability (attack models, vulnerability analysis, intrusion detection, malware collection and analysis, ... ) - security management (requirements engineering, policy specification, trust evaluation, policy enforcement, ... ) - secure electronic commerce, administration, and government (digital rights management, intellectual property protection, privacy-enhancing technologies, e-voting, ... ) - formal methods in security (security models, security verification, ... ) The primary focus is on high-quality original unpublished research, case studies and implementation experiences. We encourage submissions of papers discussing industrial research and development. Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The symposium will be accompanied by a series of workshops. A call for workshop proposals will be published on the conference website. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 15 pages excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices (using 11-point font), and at most 20 pages total. Committee members are not required to read the appendices, and so the paper should be intelligible without them. Authors are encouraged to follow the Information for LNCS Authors provided by Springer (www.springer.com/lncs) already when preparing their submission. The procedure for submitting papers will be announced at the conference website. Submissions must be received by March 30, 2007 in order to be considered. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to authors not later than June 1, 2007. Authors of accepted papers must be prepared to sign a copyright statement and must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. Authors of accepted papers must follow the guidelines in the Information for LNCS Authors for the preparation of the manuscript and use the templates provided there. Papers included in the conference proceedings must be typeset in LaTeX. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: March 30, 2007 Notification: June 1, 2007 Final papers due: June 29, 2007 GENERAL CHAIR Andreas Pfitzmann, Dresden University of Technology, Germany PROGRAM CHAIR Joachim Biskup, University of Dortmund, Germany PROGRAM CO-CHAIR Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain WORKSHOP CHAIR Sandra Steinbrecher, Dresden University of Technology, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE Anas Abou el Kalam, ENSIB, France Ross Anderson, Cambridge University, UK Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University, USA Michael Backes, Saarbrücken University, Germany Joan Borrell, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain Gilles Barthe, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France David Basin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA David Chadwick, University of Kent, UK Bruno Crispo, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands Frederic Cuppens, ENST Bretagne, France Marc Dacier, Institut Eurécom, France Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, University of Milan, Italy Robert Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Pieter Hartel, Twente University, Netherlands Audun Josang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Christopher Kruegel, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Michiharu Kudo, IBM Tokyo Research, Japan Helmut Kurth, ATSEC, Germany, Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Kwok-Yan Lam, Tsinghua University, China Heiko Mantel, RWTH Aachen, Germany Fabio Martinelli, CNR Pisa, Italy Fabio Massacci, University of Trento, Italy Catherine Meadows, Naval Research, USA Naftaly Minsky, Rutgers University, USA David Naumann, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Flemming Nielson, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Martin Olivier, University of Pretoria, South Africa Jose A. Onieva, University of Malaga, Spain Bart Preneel, Catholic University Leuven/Louvain, Belgium Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Catholic University Leuven/Louvain, Belgium Peter Ryan, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Pierangela Samarati, University of Milan, Italy Shiuhpyng Shieh, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Vitaly Shmatikov, University of Texas, USA Einar Snekkenes, University of Gjovik, Norway Michael Waidner, IBM Zurich Research, Switzerland Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA Marianne Winslett, University of Illinois, USA Avishai Wool, Tel Aviv University, Israel Jianying Zhou, I2R, Singapore

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Fwd: SSBM open access proposal
by Otto Spaniol 24 Nov '06

24 Nov '06

Dear all, please study the open access proposal made by Springer SSBM and comment on it. Best regards Otto ---------------- Anfang Weiterleitung ---------------- Betreff: SSBM open access proposal Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. November 2006 18:14 Uhr Von: Joe Turner <turner(a)cs.clemson.edu> An: Arrigo Frisiani <arrigo.frisiani(a)unige.it> , Eduard Dundler <eduard.dundler(a)ifip.or.at> , Jerry Engel <g.engel(a)computer.org> , Jan Wibe <jan.wibe(a)plu.ntnu.no> , R. Meersman <meersman(a)vub.ac.be> , Roger Johnson <rgj(a)dcs.bbk.ac.uk> , Otto Spaniol <spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de> , Ron Waxman <ron.waxman(a)computer.org> To IFIP Publications Committee: Attached is a proposal from SSBM for a method of addressing IFIP's wishes for an open access repository for electronic documents. I also have attached my initial analysis of this proposal. The Publications Committee has been asked to review the proposal and to make a recommendation regarding the proposal to the IFIP Executive Board. Our recommendation should assess the strengths and weaknesses of the proposal. We should not try to say whether the proposal should be accepted or rejected until we have a clearer picture of the alternatives, although we could potentially say that it should be rejected if we find it unacceptable. We also could recommend further negotiation to improve parts of the proposal that we find objectionable. Keep in mind that we have two possible alternatives at this time: the BCS proposal and providing in-house facilities to implement a version of the prototype that was done by Dipak. However, we do not have the level of analysis and detail that is provided in the SSBM proposal for the other two possibilities, although the BCS proposal is so straightforward that there may be no need for additional detail. A good way of proceeding at this point would be for us to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the SSBM proposal, keeping in mind the other two proposals (as well as the possibility of additional options) but not trying to do much comparison. If we can reach a decision on the viability of the SSBM proposal and its points that should be improved if possible, then that would be a very useful result to present to the EB. Please study the SSBM proposal and send your comments and questions to the PC members. Please also include any comments on my analysis. It is my hope that my analysis can be used as the first draft of our report, adding our summary analysis and recommendation(s) at the end, but if it cannot be easily modified to reflect our opinion then we can create another document. The EB will meet in December, but the agenda is essentially full and it is unlikely that they will have enough time to consider the proposal then. Klaus has requested that we send our recommendation as soon as possible, hopefully within a few weeks, so he can decide what further action is needed. So please try to send your comments to the group by November 24, and we can have a discussion of the proposal and the comments by email. Joe ----------------- Ende Weiterleitung -----------------

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CFP: PCAC-07 (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
by Agustinus Borgy Waluyo 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

This message is cross-posted to several lists. Apologies for any duplicate postings. ============================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS ============================================================ The Second IEEE International Symposium on Pervasive Computing and Ad Hoc Communications (PCAC-07) to be held in conjunction with The IEEE 21th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-07),Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007 http://www.aina-conference.org/2007/ ***************************************************** DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 6, 2006 **************************************************** ============================================================ Aims and Scopes ------------------------- Pervasive computing has emerged as a new computing and communication environment with the aim of providing services anytime and anywhere for everyone. To facilitate resource sharing and support group communications, pervasive computing devices should be able to support ad hoc communications and networking. With ad hoc communications, seamless and transparent access to services and applications can be achieved while providing mechanisms for establishing spontaneous and interactive networking among communicating entities. Despite considerable progress in mobile computing and wireless communication technologies, new user demands and emerging applications introduce challenges in several areas including security, privacy, processing, auto configuration, scalability, software infrastructure, communication models and networking infrastructure. To support flexibility and unlimited mobility, services and applications should adapt to heterogeneous networking environment supporting multihop communication in hybrid wired/wireless environment. This symposium will bring together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia to present their current research results and discuss future trends in pervasive computing and ad hoc communications. Topics of Interest ------------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Pervasive computing architectures - Wearable computers - Smart devices and smart spaces - Location-dependent and personalized applications - Service discovery mechanisms - Agent technologies - Mobility management - Sensors and actuators - Resource management - Embedded systems - Device and service interaction - Location-aware services - Middleware for pervasive computing - Middleware fro ad hoc computing - Hardware, OS and convergence issues - Security and privacy issues for pervasive computing systems - Positioning and tracking technologies - Identification and authentication technologies - Social Issues and Implications of pervasive computing - Data management infrastructure and algorithms - Caching and prefetching strategies - Resource discovery - Ad hoc communication and networking - Group communication and management - Ad hoc computing - User interfaces and interaction models - Prototyping and performance evaluation - Personal Area networks - Integration of wired and wireless networks - Enabling technologies such as Bluetooth, 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, and 802.20 - Context based and implicit computing - Ad hoc networking protocols and service discovery - Wireless Mesh Network Submissions and Proceedings -------------------------------------------- The manuscript should follow IEEE two-column format with single-spaced, ten-point font in the text. The maximum manuscript length is eight (8) pages. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality,technical strength, significance and quality of presentation. The CD proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and available online through IEEE Xplore. Outstanding papers will be considered for a Special Issue in Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (JUCI) (http://www.aspbs.com/juci.html). PCAC-07 submission website: http://ehpclab.stfx.ca/~psc06/ Important Dates ------------------------ Submission Deadline: Nov. 22, 2006 (EXTENDED TO: DEC. 6, 2006) Authors Notification: Jan. 22, 2007 Authors Registration: Jan. 31, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: Feb. 19, 2007 Organising Committee -------------------------------- General Co-Chairs: Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Jian Ma, Nokia, China Steering Chair: Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Co-Chairs: Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Program Committee ---------------------------------- Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna, Italy) Pascal Chatonnay (NUMERICA/ISTI/LIFC , France) Yuh-Shyan Chen (National Taipei University, Taiwan) Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, South Korea) Chun Tung Chou (University of New South Wales, Australia) Tarik Cicic (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway) Felipe A. Cruz-Perez (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico) Fei Dai (North Dakota State University, USA) Falko Dressler (University of Erlangen, Germany) Paal E. Engelstad (Telenor R&D, Norway) Carles Gomez (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain) Peter C.J. Graham (University of Manitoba, Canada) Jadwiga Indulska (The University of Queensland, Australia) Susumu Ishihara (Shizuoka University, Japan) Andreas Kassler (Karlstad University, Sweden) Dimitrios Katsaros (Aristotle University, Greece) Guanling Lee (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan) Jie Li (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Leszek T. Lilien (Western Michigan University, USA) Jiangchuan Liu (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Luigi Logrippo (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada) Seng Wai Loke (Latrobe University, Australia) Cecilia Mascolo (University College London, UK) Chris McDonald (The University of Western Australia, Australia) Yongwan Park (Yeung Nam University, South Korea) Elhadi Shakshuki (Acadia University, Canada) Timothy K. Shih (Tamkang University, Taiwan) Tor Skeie (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway) Limin Sun (Institute of Software, China Academy of Science, China) Xueyan Tang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Torab Torabi (Latrobe University, Australia) Javier Garcia Villalba (Complutense Univ. of Madrid, Spain) Jianping Wang (University of Mississippi, USA) Tadeusz A. Wysocki (University of Wollongong, Australia) Yang Xiao (University Alabama, USA.) Yingqi Xu (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Boon Sain Yeo (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) Qing-An Zeng (University of Cincinnati, USA) Baoxian Zhang (Graduation University, China Academy of Science, China) Baihua Zheng (Singapore Management University, Singapore) Hao Zhu (Florida International University, USA)

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Please treat it confidential
by Otto Spaniol 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Dear all, please treat the Springer document confidential. I got a message from the IFIP president (see below) + a corresponding (nevertheless freindly) phone from him. He said in his phone call - that he welocmes all TC6 activities with DL - and that he is concerned about the slow pace of the development. He would consider activities such as coming from Google as very positive. He invited us to study perhaps other possibilities (such as Wiki or Greenhouse, New Zealand). Hs concern is that Springer might create some trouble and some further blocking if it would become known that their proposal has been widely distributed and discussed within IFIP. Best regards Otto --------------------------------------- Message from Klaus Brunnstein: Dear Otto, I have been informed that you distributed internal details concerning a potential offer fo SSB to IFIP to TC-6. This document is even not IFIP-official as it was NOT sent to or received from IFIP EB and president. While I very much welcome any suggestions from TCs on related matters, and while GENERAL discussions about alternative solutions e.g. for DL are always welcome, the untimely disclosure of internal documents is not acceptable as this may significantly weaken IFIPs position in contractual discussions with SSBM esp. when competitors have been unduely informed. You may remember that the development of an IFIP DL is adressed (though deliberately vague) in the SSBM-IFIP contract. Hence, I ask you to inform TC-6 about the confidentiality of the related details of INTERNAL discussions in PC. Concerning "fallout" from related discussions in TC-6, please keep PC chair and Publications officer informed as IFIP must be aware of any unwished side-effects on contractual matters. Best wishes: Klaus (November 23, 2006)

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[mycolleagues] CFP: IEEE SOCA 2007
by George Ghinea 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

********************Apologies for cross posting**************************** Call for Papers IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA'07) June 19-20, 2007, Newport Beach, California http://linux.ece.uci.edu/soca07/ This conference provides a forum for researchers who are interested in the issues and practices related to the development of service-oriented computing, design and technology, including theoretical foundations, service infrastructures, and their applications and experiences. We welcome innovative service research from both academic and industry communities. Topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Service-Oriented Architecture Service-Oriented Software Engineering Service System Technology Service-Oriented Semantic Computing Service-Oriented Applications The proceedings of SOCA conference 2007 will be published by IEEE. The best papers from the proceedings will be selected for publication in the new Springer Journal on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA), to be inaugurated in March 2007, as well as special issues in many other journals. Important Dates: Paper submission: Dec 15, 2006 Paper decision: Mar 1, 2007 Final version: April 10, 2007 Conference date: June 19-20, 2007 _______________________________________________ mycolleagues mailing list mycolleagues(a)grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues

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TR: CFP - MASS 2007 - Pisa, Italy - October 2007
by Nathalie Mitton 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

This message is cross-posted to several lists. Apologies for any duplicate postings. IEEE MASS 2007 (http://www.ieee-mass.org <http://www.ieee-mass.org/> ) The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems Call For Papers Wireless multi-hop communication is envisioned in multiple scenarios where network nodes communicate via other network nodes: conferences, hospitals, battlefields, rescue operations, environment control, cars-to-cars, and monitoring scenarios. Wireless mesh networks have been applied as alternatives for providing Internet access in remote business and residential areas. Wireless sensor networks are being deployed for several industrial control processes and for monitoring environment. This conference aims to address multi-hop ad-hoc and sensor networks systems, covering topics ranging from technology issues up to the applications aspects. Original manuscripts that focus on the analytical modeling, protocol/algorithm design, and/or experimental studies of the following topics of interest are sought: * physical layer impact on higher level protocols * MAC protocols for ad-hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) Provisioning of wireless QoS in terms of bandwidth and delay assurance * Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) and routing metrics * Data transport in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks * Power-aware and energy-efficient design * Topology construction and coverage maintenance * Cross layer design and optimization * Incentives and game theoretic approaches in wireless ad-hoc networks * Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks * Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor * Reliability, security, and trustworthiness issues in ad hoc and sensor networks * Operating system and middleware support * Measurements and practical experience from experimental systems and test-beds * Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation * Mesh networking * Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking * Handoff and mobility management and seamless internetworking * Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution wireless ad hoc networks * Reliability, security, and trustworthiness issues in ad hoc and sensor networks Paper submission All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2007, and must not exceed 10 single-spaced, two-column pages using at least 11 point size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. Detailed submission instructions will be published in due time on the conference website <http://www.cse.fau.edu/mass2006/> http://www.ieee-mass.org together with format files. Workshops Proposals for full day workshops are solicited. Selections will be made considering the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers and the relevance of the topic to the central theme of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including a 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Workshops Chair by March 31, 2007 Demos Technical demonstration of experimental ad hoc networking and computing systems are solicited. To Instructions for submitting a demo proposal will be published in due time on the conference website. Important dates Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2007 Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2007

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