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CfP IWAN 2006 - extended deadline
by Guy Leduc 02 May '06

02 May '06

Please note that the IWAN 2006 CfP has been extended to May 21st. Call for Papers: IWAN 2006 Eighth Annual IFIP TC6 Working Conference on Active and Programmable Networks September 25-29, 2006 Paris, France http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/Iwan.htm Co-located with SMARTNET'06 - INTELLCOMM'06 - WAC'06 as part of Autonomic Networking 2006 IWAN06 will be part of the "Autonomic Networking" conference, which is the first international conference on all aspects of autonomic networking (architecture, services, tools, security, communications, ...). This conference groups four past events: SMARTNET on tools for autonomic networking (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/SMARTNET.htm); INTELLCOMM on autonomic management and services (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/Intellcomm.htm); WAC on autonomic communications (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/WAC.htm ) and IWAN on active networks (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/IWAN.htm) Active and programmable networking has, over the past several years, laid the foundations of providing easy, but robust, introduction of new network services to devices such as routers and switches by adding dynamic programmability to network equipment. Network programmability and service deployment architectures can bring the right services to the customer at the right time and location. The methods and technologies explored in active and programmable networking research have helped realise the trend towards ad-hoc networks, autonomic computing and communications, sensor networks and content-aware distribution. Also, active and programmable networks will continue to play an important role in future network architectures where the Quality of Service aspects of performance, security and resilience are crucial. IWAN06 brings together members of various communities using active and programmable network techniques to address the above challenges, and it provides a forum for discussion and collaboration involving researchers, developers, service providers and potential users. We encourage the submission of papers that cover all aspects of active network based communication, including foundations of robust languages and security mechanisms, active transport, active services and service deployment, active terminals, and active management. In addition, the meeting will focus on relating active techniques to customer needs and services. It is expected that most submissions will include proofs of concept and/or quantitative results. However, we welcome high quality descriptive contributions where the ideas are particularly novel or where the concepts introduced are likely to influence the work of others. Authors are invited to submit papers addressing, but not limited to, the following active and programmable networking topics: * Architectures and new concepts for programmability and flexibility in networks * Standardization of frameworks * Secure and robust network operation * Formal descriptions, analysis, and methodologies * Self-organizing and self-managing networks * Cognitive networks * Design and development methodologies and tools * Overlay networks * Storage in networking * Active and programmable technologies for Grids * Security within programmable and active frameworks * Applications and experiments * Service creation, deployment, and management * Programmable network elements and devices * Network processor platforms * Hardware and software platforms for autonomous infrastructures * Mobile and ad-hoc networking; mobile platforms * Programmability and software radios * Content- and context-aware distribution * Autonomic programmable networking * Building complex systems Information for Authors: Submissions should describe original work (not submitted or published elsewhere) and be 10 single-spaced pages (5,000 words) or less in length. Submissions should include: title, authors, affiliations, 150 word abstract, and list of keywords. Identify the author responsible for correspondence, including the author's name, position, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically through the EDAS web site (http://edas.info/). The post-conference proceedings are expected to be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series. The best papers are expected to be published in the open access IFIP TC6 Journal on Networking available free of charge in the IFIP Digital Library. Important Dates: Submission deadline for papers: May 21, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2006 Final Manuscript due: June 30, 2006 IWAN06 Meeting date: during the week of September 25-29, 2006 IWAN is sponsored by IFIP TC6/WG6.2 (Network and Internetwork Architectures), WG6.6 (Management of Networks and Distributed Systems) and WG6.7 (Smart Networks) General Chairs: R. Kung (France Telecom, FR) and H. Zimmermann (Ginkgo-Networks, FR) Steering Committee: David Hutchison (Lancaster University, GB) Laurent Lefevre (INRIA, FR) Bernhard Plattner (ETH Zuerich, CH) James P.G. Sterbenz (University of Kansas, US, and Lancaster University, GB) Technical Programme Committee: Co-Chairs: G. Leduc (University of Liege, BE) K. Calvert (University of Kentucky, US) Members: Alessandro Bassi (Hitachi Europe, FR) Bobby Bhattacharjee (University of Maryland, US) Matthias Bossardt (KPMG, Zuerich, CH) Robin Braun (University of Technology of Sydney, AU) Marcus Brunner (NEC, DE) Hermann DeMeer (University of Passau, DE) Spyros Denazis (Hitachi Europe, FR, and University of Patras, GR) Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London, GB) Jim Griffioen (University of Kentucky, US) Robert Haas (IBM Zuerich, CH) Gisli Hjalmtysson (Reykjavik University, IS) David Hutchison (Lancaster University, GB) Laurent Lefevre (INRIA, FR) Dave Lewis (Trinity College of Dublin, IE) John Lockwood (Washington University, US) Eckhard Moeller (Fraunhofer Fokus, DE) Scott Nettles (University of Texas, Austin, US) Danny Raz (Technion, IL) Joan Serrat (UPC, Barcelona, ES) James Sterbenz (University of Kansas, USA, and Lancaster University, GB) Toshiaki Suzuki (Hitachi Ltd, JP) Christian Tschudin (University of Basel, CH) Tilman Wolf (University of Massachusetts, US) Martina Zitterbart (University of Karlsruhe, DE)

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IEEE SECON 2006 Call for Posters and Demos
by Wendi Heinzelman 01 May '06

01 May '06

(Apologies if you receive this call multiple times.) *********************************************************************** CALL FOR POSTERS and DEMOS *Deadline: June 30, 2006, 5 pm EDT* IEEE SECON 2006 The Third IEEE International Conference on Sensors, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks http://www.ieee-secon.org/2006/ Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society (www.comsoc.org) Technically Co-Sponsored by AFCEA (www.afcea.org) September 25-28, 2006 Reston, Virginia, USA (Near Washington DC's Dulles airport) ************************************************************************ To provide a forum for discussion and personal interaction between presenter and participants, IEEE SECON 2006 will include poster and demonstration sessions: works in progress, industry demonstrations of new applications and techniques, practical implementations, military, industrial and commercial developments, research testbeds and demonstrations, recent research/implementation results, upcoming research challenges, future directions, and novel approaches in the fields of sensor, mesh and ad hoc communications and networks. One of the key goals of this conference is to foster collaboration between industry, government agencies and academia. Hence, participation of researchers/developers from industry or governement agencies and posters/demonstrations reporting joint work are especially encouraged. Topics considered for posters and demo are, but not limited to: * New architectures and protocols to support communication, localization, time synchronization, routing, data dissemination, and other distributed services in heterogeneous, large-scale distributed, mesh networks and sensor networks * Novel 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 * Modeling and performance evaluation of large-scale distributed ad hoc and sensor networks, practical implementations and deployments, and real-world experiences * 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 * Integration of sensors into engineered systems, including novel techniques for on-sensor renewable power sources, mechanisms for on-sensor self-calibration and self-testing, and efficient schemes to maximize accuracy and minimize false alarms * Hardware platforms incorporating multiple sensors, computation, actuation, and wireless interfaces * Software platforms, middleware, and tools for mesh and sensor network applications development, deployment, and management Submissions should be in the form of a proposal describing the main contributions of the poster/demo and the merits of the proposed ideas. If available, preliminary results can also be included. Proposals will be evaluated mainly based on their potential to stimulate interesting discussions, exchange of ideas and promote collaborations. A prize will be awarded to the best demo by a jury composed of academic and/or venture capital participants. Submissions should not be more than three pages (preferably IEEE conference format, 2-column) in length. Demonstration submissions should include the space requirements and/or any other equipment-specific requirements. The documents must contain the authors' names, affiliations, and contact information and the designated corresponding author. Accepted authors of posters/demos will have a space in the poster/demo session room to display their posters or exhibit their demos and describe their work in discussions with interested attendees. IEEE Communications Society policy states that all accepted SECON 2006 posters/demos must have at least one registration at the regular rate. For authors co-authoring multiple posters/demos, one regular registration is valid for up to three presentations. Submission will be accepted until Friday, June 30th, 5 pm EDT for demos and for posters. Please send the submission material to the poster/demo chairs in pdf format, and make sure to include the first author name and either POSTER or DEMO in the name of the pdf file: Stefano Basagni Cedric Westphal Northeastern University Nokia basagni(a)ece.neu.edu cedric.westphal(a)nokia.com Notification of Poster/Demo decisions: July 21, 2006. Accepted Poster/Demo Presenters MUST register by August 31, 2006. ************************************************************************

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Call dor Participation - , Networking2006
by Jorge Sa Silva 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

3rd International WORKSHOP on 'Next Generation Networking Middleware' (NGNM06) in the scope of Networking 2006 5th IFIP - TC6 Networking Conference (http://www.ifip-networking.org <http://www.ifip-networking.org/> ) Date: May, 19 2006 Venue: University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal NGNM04 held on May 2004, in conjunction with Networking 2004 conference in Athens, Greece, constituted a forum for the discussion of innovations and recent advances in the design and construction of Internet middleware. Both the requirements and expectations from various perspectives (i.e., networking, middleware and application level) were presented and analyzed. NGNM05 held on May 2005, in conjunction with Networking 2005 conference in Waterloo, Canada, focused on the identification of composite business services running on an Internet middleware platform that allows enterprises/networking actors to publish the services they provide, use services available globally in a secure manner and automatically compile the various services descriptions into executable processes. The special issue on "Emerging Middleware for Next Generation Networks" of Computer Communications journal complemented the success of NGNM04 and NGNM05. NGNM06 targets to address the challenges of middleware platforms required for new generation mobile/wireless heterogeneous radio networks and services. Mobile/Wireless middleware is anticipated to increase the performance of applications running across potentially mixed wireless networks, to support multiple mobile/wireless devices, to provide continuous wireless access to content and services, to ensure end-to-end QoS and secure content and services delivery and to offer cross-system and cross-layer optimization taking into account issues related to usage behavior, mobility patterns, traffic profiling, network selection and relevant horizontal/vertical handovers. * Middleware support for micro/macro/multi-domain mobility * Emerging Information Models and Frameworks (i.e., MPEG-21) * Specification and enforcement of QoS * Interworking between Heterogeneous Middleware Technologies * Self-managing networks (self-healing, self-optimizing, self-protecting and self-configuring) * Programmable, Active and Adaptive Networks * Wireless Grids Middleware * Grid-enabled Networking Middleware * Performance evaluation and modeling in Wireless/Mobile Middleware * Middleware support for cross-system and cross-layer optimization * Middleware security, including authentication and authorization

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Call dor Participation - , Networking2006
by Jorge Sa Silva 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 2006 International Workshop "Towards the QoS Internet", To-QoS'2006 University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, May 19, 2006 To be held in conjunction with "2006 IFIP Networking Conference" http://networking2006.dei.uc.pt/workshops.htm =========================== Workshop Purpose ================ Providing Quality of Service (QoS) into the Internet requires implementation at the network level a variety of mechanisms and algorithms dealing with the call and packet handling, network resource managing etc. In addition, they should operate at different time scales, from the time scale of milliseconds for handling packets in the routers up till the longer time scale, say hours, for performing some actions to manage network resources in an optimum way. Furthermore, a signalling system is extremely required to inform the network about the user-application needs. As a consequence, enhanced QoS-oriented architectures mainly based on DiffServ concept are currently investigated and tested in research networks. Anyway, to provide QoS we need to make an essential update of current Internet infrastructure. The workshop is aimed at presenting and discussing current activities in this area, including the results coming from running research projects. Detailed Scope ============== * Architectures for assuring QoS in the Internet * QoS aware applications * Enhanced Transport Protocols * QoS routing * QoS mechanisms in access and core networks * Inter-domain aspects * Classes of service * Admission Control * PHB mechanisms * Monitoring and measurement systems * Scalability * End-to-end QoS * Signaling systems Workshop Organizer ================== Wojciech Burakowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Technical Program Committee =========================== Christof Brandauer, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria Torsten Braun, Technical University of Bern, Switzerland Jose Brazio, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal Franco Davoli, CNIT, Italy Michel Diaz, LAAS, France Michael Ditze, University of Padeborn, Germany Olivier Dugeon, FTRD, France Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden Jose Enriquez Gabeiras, Telefonica I+D, Spain Udo Krieger, Otto-Friedrich Universitat Bamberg, Germany Michael Menth, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Michaela Meo, Politecnico Torino, Italy Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Andrzej Pach, AGH, Cracow, Poland Martin Potts, Martel, Switzerland George Prezerakos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Stefano Salsano, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Halina Tarasiuk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Armando Ferro Vázquez, E.T.S.I. de Bilbao, Spain Giorgio Ventre, Universita di Napoli, Italy Manuel Villen, Telefonica I+D, Spain Sabine Wittevrongel, Ghent University, Belgium

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Call for Participation - Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, Networking2006
by Jorge Sa Silva 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Call for Participation -------------------------------------------------- Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, a Workshop at the 2006 IFIP Networking Conference. -------------------------------------------------- Networking 2006 will take place at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, between May 15 and May 19. Detailed information ==================== http://networking2006.dei.uc.pt/workshops.htm Goal and Overview ================== The Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop will be a full-day, peer-reviewed workshop on Friday, May 19, 2006. The aim of the workshop is to bring together professionals from academia and industry to discuss performance issues in wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks are currently the subject of intense research and many prototype installations are currently investigated. These existing sensor network installations have in common that they are not considered time critical. No immediate action has to be undertaken as a response to the received data. However, many future application areas of wireless sensor networks such as plant automation and control, traffic management or medical applications require this feature. In such environments, data has to be transported reliable and in time through the sensor network. In other words, performance guarantees regarding a variety of network parameters are required. Due to the lack of appropriate models, components and protocols it is currently very difficult to construct and operate a wireless sensor network with a controlled performance. Thus, the commercial success of wireless sensor networks in many application areas is unsure unless this particular problem is understood and solved. Topics of Interest Include: =========================== This workshop intends to bring together researchers and practitioners, working on performance issues within wireless sensor networks. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Models: Traffic models, channel models, mathematical models to balance performance parameters in the network. * MAC protocols: MAC protocols with deterministic behaviour, MAC protocols to balance forwarding performance and energy consumption. * Routing and topology control: Methods to stabilize network topology, topology robustness. * Data transport: Control of data transport delay and reliability, methods to improve data forwarding performance in sensor networks. * Operating systems: Performance optimization and control of sensor network operating systems. * Middleware and frameworks: Middleware/frameworks providing performance guarantees for sensor network applications. * Security: The impact of security features on network performance.

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FMICS'06: Call for Papers
by Martin Leucker 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

FMICS 2006 - CALL FOR PAPERS Please visit: http://fmics06.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/ ************************************************** * 11th International Workshop on * * Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems * * FMICS 2006 * * 26th-27th of August 2006, Bonn, Germany * ************************************************** FMICS 2006 is co-located with Concur 2006. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Abstract: 26th of May 2006 Full Paper: 2nd of June 2006 Notification of Acceptance: 10th of July 2006 Final version due: 25th of July 2006 SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP --------------------- The aim of the FMICS workshops is to provide a forum for researchers who are interested in the development and application of formal methods in industry. In particular, these workshops should bring together scientists that are active in the area of formal methods and interested in exchanging their experiences in the industrial usage of these methods. They also aim at the promotion of research and development for the improvement of formal methods and tools for industrial applications. INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------- Anna Slobodova, Intel Edward A. Lee, Berkeley PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ------------------- Lubos Brim (Masaryk Univ., Czech Republic) Co-Chair Rance Cleaveland (University of Maryland, USA) Wan Fokkink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & CWI, The Netherlands) Stefania Gnesi (ISTI-CNR, Italy) Susanne Graf (VERIMAG, France) David Harel (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) Klaus Havelund (Kestrel Technology, USA) Thomas A. Henzinger (EPFL, Switzerland) Leszek Holenderski (Philips Research, The Netherlands) Stefan Kowalewski (RWTH Aachen, Germany) Marta Kwiatkowska (University of Birmingham, UK) Salvatore La Torre (Universita' degli Studi di Salerno, Italy) Martin Leucker (TU München, Germany) Co-Chair Tiziana Margaria (University of Göttingen, Germany) Radu Mateescu (INRIA Rhône-Alpes and ENS Lyon, France) Doron Peled (University of Warwick, UK) Ernesto Pimentel (University of Malaga, Spain) Andreas Podelski (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany) Don Sannella (University of Edinburgh, UK) Joseph Sifakis (VERIMAG, France) PAPER SUBMISSIONS ----------------- Submissions must be made electronically through the FMICS Web site. There are two categories of submissions: A. Regular papers: Papers should be up to 16 pages in LNCS format, with a clear abstract. Additional details may be included in a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the program committee. All submissions must report on original research. Submitted papers must not have previously appeared in a journal or conference with published proceedings and must not be concurrently submitted to any other conference. Any partial overlap with any such published or concurrently submitted paper must be clearly indicated. B. Tool presentations: Submissions, not exceeding 4 pages using LNCS format, should describe the implemented tool and its novel features. A demonstration is expected to accompany a tool presentation. PUBLICATION ----------- Accepted regular and tool papers will be published after the meeting jointly with accepted papers from PDMC'06 in an LNCS volume. As last year, the European Association of Software Science and Technology will be offering an award to the best FMICS paper.

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Re: [ifip-tc6] Call for Participation of Infoscale 2006
by Jinli Cao 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Call for Participation First International Conference on Scalable Information Systems (INFOSCALE) 30 May - 1 Jun 2006, Hong Kong http://www.cs.hku.hk/infoscale06/ The final program can be found from: http://www.cs.hku.hk/infoscale06/techprog.html Two workshops in conjunction with INFOSCALE 2006: 1. International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Information Management (P2PIM06): http://p2p-im.org/ 2. Infoscale Work in Progress Workshop (I-WIPW): http://www.i-wipw.org/ For the main conference, there will be 14 sessions spanning 2.5 days (May 30 - June 1) and featuring 45 presentations. In the afternoon of June 1, participants are invited to join a guided local tour of the city free of charge. =============== INFOSCALE 2006 First International Conference on Scalable Information Systems 30 May - 1 Jun 2006, Hong Kong http://www.cs.hku.hk/infoscale06/ As the data volumes continue to increase and the ways of information dispersion across the globe continue to diversify, new scalable methods and structures are needed for efficiently processing those distributed and autonomous data. Grid computing, P2P technology, distributed information retrieval technology, and networking technology all must be merged to address the scalability concern. This forum focuses on this key merged domain and looks for new integrated solutions for this diversifying world of information. Conference Scope =============== * Parallel Information Retrieval * Scalable Distributed Information Retrieval * Scalable Grid Information Systems * P2P Systems * Scalable Mobile/Sensor DB Systems * Index Compression Methods * Architectures for Scalability * Networking for Scalable Information Systems * Scalable Information System Applications (medicine, biology, military, etc.) * Evaluation Metrics for Scalability * VLDB * Data Mining * Information Security Publications Original and previously unpublished technical papers are solicited for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings. Selected papers will be published in The International Journal of Grid Computing: Theory, Methods and Applications (http://ees.elsevier.com/fgcs/). General Chair Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong (jia(a)cs.cityu.edu.hk) PC Chairs Abdur Chowdhury, AOL (cabdur(a)aol.com) Francis Lau, The University of Hong Kong (fcmlau(a)cs.hku.hk) Frank Zhigang Wang, Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facilities (f.wang(a)cranfield.ac.uk) Steering Committee Chairs Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium, Chair Ophir Frieder, Illinois Institute of Technology, Co-chair Publicity Chair Jinli Cao, La Trobe University Publications Chair Scott Huang, City University of Hong Kong Workshops Chair Niki Pissinou, Florida International University, Chair Tirthankar Ghosh, Vice Chair Hao Zhu, Vice Chair Local Arrangement Chair Victor Lee, City University of Hong Kong

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CFP: (Submission Deadline: May 1, 2006) Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks, " Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal
by Eylem Ekici 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies] ================================================== = Call for Papers = = = = AD HOC NETWORKS (ELSEVIER) JOURNAL = = = = Special Issue on = = = = "RECENT ADVANCES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS" = = = = http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/ = ================================================== Guest Editors: Eylem EKICI, Ohio State University Leonard KLEINROCK, UCLA Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are proposed to observe remote and inhospitable areas at close range. In recent years, WSN applications based on simple sense-and-send type operations are replaced by more sophisticated applications that require guarantees from WSNs in communication and information processing. While service guarantees in wireless ad hoc networks have been researched in the past, these solutions cannot be directly applied to WSNs due to limited resource environment and large scale of WSNs. Solutions developed for WSNs must not only cater to the requirements of applications, but also conserve valuable energy resources of sensor nodes, be adaptive to unexpected changes, and operate in loose coordination with the rest of the network. These requirements also highlight the need for cross-layer design and interactions between sensor hardware, protocol layers, and application middleware. This special issue is dedicated to recent advances in the area of wireless sensor networks. Papers describing protocols, models, evaluation methods, and experimental studies of WSNs are solicited for this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - WSN cross-layer protocol suites - Real-time communication in WSNs - Protocols for application-level service guarantees for WSNs - WSN capacity modeling and analysis - Application modeling for WSNs - Application admission methods for WSNs - Joint data processing and communication solutions for WSNs - Fault-tolerant communication and data processing in WSNs - Topology control and network reconfiguration - Localization, synchronization, and mobility - Security issues, solutions, and models - Novel WSN architectures and applications - Experimental and testbed studies of WSNs Submission Instructions: ------------------------ Full papers must be submitted in PDF format by e-mail to ekici(a)ece.osu.edu. Papers must be formatted in single-column format, double-spaced, and use at least 11pt fonts. Papers must not exceed 25 pages including references. Important Dates: ---------------- Submission Deadline: May 1, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2006 Camera-Ready Papers Due: February 15, 2007 Online Publication Date: April 2007 Journal Publication Date: September 2007 -- Eylem Ekici Assistant Professor Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng. Phone: (614) 292-0495 The Ohio State University Fax: (614) 292-7596 http://www.ece.osu.edu/~ekici E-mail: ekici(a)ece.osu.edu

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ALGOSENSORS 06/Extended Submission Deadline: May 2
by Ioannis Chatzigiannakis 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Due to many requests, the submission deadline is extended to May 2, 2006. ------------- Final CFP follows -------- ALGOSENSORS 06: International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks July 15 2006, Venice, Italy To be held in conjunction with ICALP 2006 http://ru1.cti.gr/algosensors06/ SCOPE Wireless ad-hoc sensor networks have recently become a very active research subject due to their high potential of providing diverse services to numerous important applications, including remote monitoring and tracking in environmental applications and low maintenance ambient intelligence in everyday life. The effective and efficient realization of such large scale, complex ad-hoc networking environments requires intensive, coordinated technical research and development efforts, especially in power aware, scalable, robust wireless distributed protocols, due to the unusual application requirements and the severe resource constraints of the sensor devices. On the other hand, a solid foundational background seems necessary for sensor networks to achieve their full potential. It is a challenge for abstract modelling, algorithmic design and analysis to achieve provably efficient, scalable and fault-tolerant realizations of such huge, highly-dynamic, complex, non-conventional networks. Features including the extremely large number of sensor devices in the network, the severe power, computating and memory limitations, their dense, random deployment and frequent failures, pose new interesting abstract modeling, algorithmic design, analysis and implementation challenges. This Workshop aims to bring together research contributions related to diverse algorithmic aspects of wireless sensor networks. TOPICS Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics including (but not limited to): * Models of sensor networks * Methods for ad hoc deployment/topology control * Energy management * Data propagation and routing * Localization * Tracking * Data aggregation/data compression * Obstacle avoidance * Power saving schemes * Communication protocols * Medium access control * Security and trust * Distributed computing issues KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: - Prof. P. R. Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Sotiris Nikoletseas, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece Jose Rolim, U. of Geneva, Switzerland PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA - Azzedine Boukerche, U. of Ottawa, Canada - Costas Busch, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA - Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece - Andrea Clementi, U. of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy - Josep Diaz, T.U. of Catalonia, Spain - Tassos Dimitriou, Athens Information Technology, Greece - Shlomi Dolev, Ben-Gurion U., Israel - Deborah Estrin, UCLA, USA - Alfredo Ferro, U. of Catania, Italy - Stefan Fischer, U. of Luebeck, Germany - Pierre Fraigniaud, CNRS, U. Paris-Sud, France - Jorge Garcia-Vidal, T.U. of Catalonia, Spain - Chalermek Intanagonwiwat, Chulalongkorn U., Thailand - Christos Kaklamanis, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece - Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland - Jan van Leeuwen, U. of Utrecht, The Netherlands - Alberto Marchetti Spaccamela, U. of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy - Sotiris Nikoletseas (Co-Chair), U. of Patras and CTI, Greece - Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA - Pekka Orponen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland - Pino Persiano, U. of Salerno, Italy - Jose Rolim (Co-Chair), U. of Geneva, Switzerland - Christian Schindelhauer, U. of Paderborn, Germany - Paul Spirakis, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece - Philippas Tsigas, Chalmers U., Sweden - Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Jiri Wiedermann, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic - Manos Varvarigos, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Chair, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece Athanasios Kinalis, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece Giorgos Mylonas, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece PROCEEDINGS Accepted papers will be published in a hardcopy Proceedings Volume by the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series of Springer Verlag. The Volume will be pubished as a Post-Proceedings: authors will have the opportunity to take advantage of the discussion at the event and revise/finalize their papers before submitting camera ready versions. TCS JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE Selected high quality papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks of the Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) Journal. PAPER SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research in the topics related to the workshop. Papers should not exceed twelve (12) pages of text using at least 11 point size type, including references, figures, tables, etc. Additional material may be added at a clearly marked Appendix to be read at the discretion of the Program Committee Members. Authors must submit their papers electronically via EDAS (http://edas.info/). All papers will be peer reviewed and comments will be provided to the authors. Authors need to make sure that for each accepted paper at least one author will attend the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES: - Submission Deadline: May 2, 2006 - Author Notification: May 30, 2006 - Camera Ready Manuscript Due: July 27, 2006 SPONSORS - The Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (CTI), Greece (www.cti.gr) - The TCSensor Lab of the University of Geneva, Switzerland (http://tcs.unige.ch/) - Athens Information Technology (http://www.ait.gr/) - INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS (www.intracom.com) - The EU-FET R&D Project "Algorithmic Principles for Building Efficient Overlay Computers (AEOLUS)" (http://www.ceid.upatras.gr/aeolus/) - Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, www.springe.com/lncs)

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Panel on Broadband Access at Networking 2006 in Coimbra
by André Danthine 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Dear TC6 member, If you intend to attend Networking 2006 in Coimbra, I want to let you know that I will chair a panel on Broadband Access. Please let me know if you would be interesed to participate and on what aspects in particular. I intend also to hold a small meeting of the participants to the panel on Wednesday after the end of the conference. Will you be free to attend this meeting ? I look forward to hear from you Andre ------------------ A one one-hour panel at Networking in Coimbra on Thursday May 18th at 16:10. Trends and Research Issues in Broadband Access For residential users, SMEs and teleworkers, the broadband access to the Internet is through ADSL. It allows best effort access to the Internet and in many cases, VoIP services. The trends to the triple play with broadcast TV and Video on Demand require more bandwidth and better QoS. Which solutions will prevail ? FTTH, FTTC, . ? PON or Active Ethernet ? Ethernet Transport or Ethernet Service ? Cable operators or legacy operators migrating to IP/MPLS ? Will Broadband Access Operators also provide Contents ? Will Broadband Access Providers charge Contents Providers ? Chair : A. Danthine, ULg, Belgium -- -------------- ANDRE DANTHINE andre.danthine(a)ulg.ac.be + 32 4 383 75 42 25, rue Henri Fays B-4160 Anthisnes (Belgium)

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