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Call for Papers IEEE MASS 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Please find below the following call for papers for the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Please note that submission deadline (March 31) is fast approaching. All the best, --Pedro -- Pedro M. Ruiz Publicity co-chair IEEE MASS 2006 http://ants.dif.um.es/staff/pedrom/ -- Call for Papers The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2006) October 9 - 12, 2006 Vancouver, Canada http://www.ieee-mass.org Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE TC on Distributed Processing and TC on Simulation OVERVIEW Earlier research in wireless networks and mobile computing has concentrated on single-hop networks, where network nodes communicate directly with a fixed infrastructure, such as cellular or satellite systems. More recently, interest in multi-hop networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks, has stimulated a significant amount of scientific research. In particular, wireless mesh networking (a new community network architecture) has been proposed as an alternative for providing Internet access to business and residential customers. This conference focuses on multi-hop ad hoc and sensor networks systems, covering topics ranging from physical issues to applications. TOPICS Manuscripts that focus on analytical modeling, protocol/algorithm design, and/or experimental studies of the following topics of interest are sought: - Channel behavior modeling and its impact on design of higher-layer protocols - Directional and smart antennas for ad hoc networks - MAC protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Provisioning of wireless QoS; e.g., 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 maintenance of coverage - 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 in ad hoc and sensor networks - Operating system and middleware support - Applications of multi-hop technology SUBMISSION Technical papers: All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2006, 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.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, Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer (ebelding(a)cs.ucsb.edu ) by March 31, 2006. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2006 Acceptance Notification: June 30 2006 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2006 Conference: Octorber 9-12, 2006 COMMITTEE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Charles E. Perkins Nokia Research Center Jie Wu Florida Atlantic University PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Zygmunt J. Haas Cornell University Jennifer Hou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PROGRAM VICE CO-CHAIRS Ben Liang University of Toronto Mingyan Liu University of Michigan WORKSHOPS CHAIR Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer University of California, Santa Barbara PROGRAM COMMITTEE check http://www.ieee-mass.org

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WRS06 2nd call for paper
by wrs06＠redstar.cs.pdx.edu 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WRS06 The Sixth International Workshop on Reduction Strategies in Rewriting and Programming http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~antoy/wrs06/ The Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Seattle, Washington, August 11, 2006 Scope The workshop intends to promote and stimulate international research and collaboration in the area of evaluation strategies. It encourages the presentation of new directions,developments and results as well as surveys and tutorials on existing knowledge in this area. Reduction strategies study which subexpression(s) of an expression should be selected for evaluation and which rule(s) should be applied. These choices affect fundamental properties of a computation such as laziness, strictness, completeness and need to name a few. For this reason some programming languages, e.g., Elan, Maude, *OBJ* and Stratego, allow the explicit definition of the evaluation strategy, whereas other languages,e.g., Clean, Curry, and Haskell, allow its modification. Strategies pose challenging theoretical problems and play an important role in practical tools such as theorem provers, model checkers and programming languages. In implementations of languages, strategies bridge the gap between operational principles, e.g., graph and term rewriting,narrowing and lambda-calculus, and semantics, e.g., normalization, computation of values and head-normalization. The previous editions of the workshop were: WRS 2001 (Utrecht, The Netherlands),WRS 2002 (Copenhagen, Denmark), WRS 2003 (Valencia, Spain), WRS 2004 (Aachen, Germany), and WRS 2005 (Nara, Japan). See also the WRS permanent page at http://www.dsic.upv.es/~wrs/ Important Dates Abstract Submission: May 8, 2006 Paper Submission: May 15, 2006 Author Notification: June 12, 2006 Camera-Ready: July 10, 2006 Conference: Aug 11, 2006 Program Committee Sergio Antoy, (chair) Portland State University Santiago Escobar, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Juergen Giesl, RWTH Aachen Bernhard Gramlich, Technische Universitat Wien Ralf Laemmel, Microsoft Corp. Salvador Lucas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Narciso Marti-Oliet, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Mizuhito Ogawa, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Jaco van de Pol, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica Manfred Schmidt-Schauss, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Topics Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: * theoretical foundations for the definition and semantic description of reduction strategies * strategies in different frameworks such as term rewriting, graph rewriting, infinitary rewriting, lambda calculi, higher order rewriting, conditional rewriting, rewriting with built-ins, narrowing, constraint solving, etc. * application of strategies to equational, functional, functional-logic programming languages * properties of reduction strategies and corresponding computations, e.g., completeness, computability, decidability, complexity, optimality, normalization, cofinality, fairness, perpetuality, context-freedom, need, laziness, eagerness, strictness * interrelations, combinations and applications of reduction under different strategies, e.g., evaluation mechanisms in programming languages, equivalence conditions for fundamental properties like termination and confluence, applications in modularity analysis, connections between strategies of different frameworks,etc. * program analysis and other semantics-based optimization techniques dealing with reduction strategies * rewrite systems, tools, implementations with flexible or programmable strategies as an essential concept or ingredient * specification of reduction strategies in real languages strategies suitable to software engineering problems and applications tutorials and systems related to evaluation strategies Submissions Submissions must be original and not submitted for publication elsewhere. The page limit for regular papers is 13 pages in Springer Verlag LNCS style. Surveys and tutorials maybe longer. Use the WRS06 submission page, handled by the EasyChair conference system, to submit abstracts, papers and to update a previous submission. Publication Informal proceedings of accepted contributions will be available on-line. A hard copy will be distributed at the workshop to registered participants. Authors of selected contributions will be invited to submit a revised version, after the workshop, for inclusion in a collection. We anticipate the publication of formal proceedings in the Elsevier ENTCS series. Invited Speakers Talks will be given at joint sessions with RULE by: * Dick Kieburtz, OHSU/OGI School of Science & Engineering * Claude Kirchner, INRIA & LORIA Contact Sergio Antoy, antoy(a)cs.pdx.edu.

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Last Call For Papers: conferences on computer science, engineering, applied computing: June 26-29, 2006, USA
by hra＠cs.uga.edu 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

I would be most grateful if you would consider sharing this announcement (Conference Call For Papers) with your contacts. The extended deadline for submission of papers is March 7, 2006. With kind regards, H. R. Arabnia, PhD. Coordinator, worldcomp'06 Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) ---------- Last Call For Papers Extended Paper Submission Deadline: March 7, 2006 WORLDCOMP'06 The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing June 26-29, 2006, Las Vegas, USA http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp06/ws You are invited to submit a paper for consideration (refer to the submission information below.) All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings (proceedings will be sent to DBLP, Ei, Thomson Scientific, IEE INSPEC, DoPP, and others, for indexing procedures.) Featured events include: keynote by Prof. Barry Vercoe (founding member of MIT Media Lab); tutorial by Prof. H. J. Siegel (Director, Colorado State University, ISTeC Center); discussion session with Jim Gettys (primary developer of X Window System, xhost, ...), keynote by Dr. Chris Rowen (CEO of Tensilica, Inc.) and others. The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06) is composed of the following tracks (will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 26-29, 2006, USA). o The 2006 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Programming Languages and Compilers (PLC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing (PSC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Games Development (CGD'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, e-Government, and Outsourcing (EEE'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computing in Nanotechnology (CNAN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'6) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp06/ws under construction.) General Chair/Coordinator: Prof. H. R. Arabnia The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA E-mail: 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. There will be a number of workshops, tutorials, and discussion sessions. 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 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. Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by March 7, 2006. email 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, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in field. 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 and kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of 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, recreational destinations, fine dining, street shows, ...) Important Dates: March 7, 2006: Extended deadline: Submission of papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 31, 2006: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2006: Camera-Ready papers and Prereg. due June 26-29, 2006: The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06) Future Announcements: If you do not wish to receive future announcements about this event, please send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu.

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Re: [ifip-tc6] IFIP Digital Library
by Radford, Peter 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Otto Given your deadline the following comments have to be taken as "first pass"! I agree with Harry that the terms used are a little confusing; it would be better to say a "simplified digital library" or "basic digital library" rather than introduce an additional term like "electronic repository". There is an ambiguity in that "free" could mean either "at no cost" or "with no restriction". Which of these is meant in step 1.c should be made clear (or maybe it's both)! I'm not sure that I would want to commit to either of them for the future (see below). Similarly, there might be various interpretations of "when feasible". What makes it infeasible: lack of effort, lack of money or legal restrictions such as copyright. I'm not sure that "source versions of IFIP publications" is necessary. If the archive is to be useful, it should be possible to retrieve the contents at some time in the future. It would be better to have everything in one format, rather than having to use one of twenty versions (well, maybe not 20 but...) of Word, WordPerfect, Wordstar ... at some time in the future. Do the conversion NOW while we still have the programs. Equally, I'm not sure that "passwords" are the right mechanism to control access, if access is to be controlled. They can be passed around too easily and there are lots of problems with managing them. I think the statement on page should be technology neutral and we should not commit to passwords. Digital Rights Management or Content Management may come up with something or it may be better to use digital keys of some sort. Finally, money! Most of the paper seems to assume that no-one gets charged for accessing the material in the digital library but someone has to pay, at least for the cost of running the system, even if it doesn't make any money for IFIP. ("You have to make a profit to be pious".) My view is that IFIP should look at the options and the business models for pay to view (or even pay to submit) before it commits to a long-term digital library that makes no charges. It may be that someone like Google would be prepared to operate the digital library at no cost to IFIP because it (Google) believes it could make enough money from advertising (perhaps with adverts for related conferences, books, etc). IFIP ought to explore this - and I'd be interested in Guy Leduc's views on the question of charging. I hope this helps! Regards Peter PS I also agree with Harry that "the real work lies ahead" -----Original Message----- From: ifip-tc6-bounces(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE [mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Otto Spaniol Sent: 28 February 2006 10:30 To: Harry Rudin Cc: ifip Subject: Re: [ifip-tc6] IFIP Digital Library Hello Harry, > >One item should be clarified: the introductory paragraph refers to a >"digital library". In paragraph 1. apparently the terminology is >changed to an "electronic repository". The equivalence has to be >deduced. I see no reason why the term "digital library" cannot be used >throughout. > Thank you very much for your comments. My feeling is that by using the term "electronic repository" it was intended to denote a "simplified digital librar". This is expressed in page 3: "The digital library can be developed incrementally, beginning with a simple repository and later adding more capabilities". Thus we have three things: a. Electronic archive: For the past events. And also as a backup storage in case that there would be unforeseen problems with the digital library. b. Electronic Repository: A first step towards a *real* digital library. First with limited functionality such as paper abstracts and (whenever possible) extended abstracts. c. Digital library: The final step. The intermediate step b. is intended to speed up the process since we cannot wait four more years (until 2009) which is the validity of the actual Springer contract during which a DL has to be established by Springer. In clear text: Springer could theoretically wait for that until the end of the contract period. Best regards Otto _______________________________________________ ifip-tc6 mailing list ifip-tc6(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/ifip-tc6 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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IFIP Digital Library
by Otto Spaniol 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Dear all, here is the IFIP Digital Task Force Report which I have just received. Please teat it confidentially. If you have spontaneous comments then please send them to me but they would have to reach me today! Council begins tomorrow. Best regards Otto

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Call for paper: CFIP 2006
by hella kaffel ben ayed 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

********************************************************************** * CFIP`06 * * * * COLLOQUE FRANCOPHONE SUR * * L`INGÉNIERIE DES PROTOCOLES * * * * TOZEUR (TUNISIE), 30 OCTOBRE au 3 NOVEMBRE 2006 * * http://citi.insa-lyon.fr/cfip2006/ * * * * Conférence soutenue par le pôle ResCom du GDR ASR du CNRS * ********************************************************************** PRÉSENTATION : ************** CFIP est un lieu de rencontre et d`échanges entre scientifiques et chercheurs francophones venant du monde entier et qui s`intéressent aux problématiques des réseaux et protocoles de communication. CFIP n`a pas cessé de se confirmer et de s`améliorer au fil de ses éditions : BORDEAUX (1988), PAU (1991), MONTRÉAL (1993), RENNES (1995), RABAT (1996), LIÈGE (1997), NANCY (1999), TOULOUSE (2000), MONTRÉAL (2002), EVRY (2003) et BORDEAUX (2005). L`édition de 2006 se tiendra à Tozeur, du 30 OCTOBRE au 3 NOVEMBRE 2006. L`objectif prioritaire de CFIP est d`offrir, tous les 18 mois, l`opportunité à la communauté francophone des chercheurs, enseignants et industriels ayant un intérêt pour les domaines des réseaux informatiques, des réseaux de télécommunication, des applications et systèmes distribués, et plus particulièrement des protocoles de communication, de faire régulièrement le point des recherches et des prototypes en cours de développement. Les trois jours de conférence de CFIP`06 seront précédés d`une journée de tutoriels et seront suivis par une journée de mini conférences thématiques. Les membres du Comité de Programme, originaires d`une dizaine de pays (Allemagne, Belgique, Brésil, Canada, Espagne, États-Unis, France, Jordanie, Maroc, Pologne, Tunisie, Chili) sollicitent des communications qui traitent de tout sujet relatif au développement des protocoles de communication et des réseaux. Voici une liste non exhaustive de quelques thèmes sur lesquels des propositions d`articles sont sollicitées: - Applications distribuées, calculs répartis - Applications multimédia - Architecture MPLS et GMPLS - Conception et mise en oeuvre d`architectures de réseaux - Évaluations et mesures de performances des réseaux - Gestion et administration des réseaux - Ingénierie des protocoles de communication - Interactions entre applications et protocoles - Modèles, géométrie stochastique - Métrologie de graphes et réseaux - Planification, dimensionnement de réseaux, allocation de ressources - Qualité de service, temps réel - Réseaux Pair-à-Pair - Réseaux actifs, code mobile - Réseaux ad-hoc, réseaux de capteurs - Réseaux de mobiles, radio, et satellites - Réseaux à haut débit - Sécurité, coupe-feu - Validation, vérification et test (conformité, interopérabilité ...) A la fin du colloque un prix sera décerné à un jeune chercheur, dont l`article et la présentation auront été particulièrement remarqués par les membres du comité de programme. DATES IMPORTANTES : ******************* Date limite pour la soumission des articles : 18 Avril 2006 Acceptation des articles : 3 Juillet 2006 Date d`envoi des articles définitifs : 19 Juillet 2006 Journée de tutoriaux : 30 Octobre 2006 Journées du colloque : 31 Octobre au 2 Novembre 2006 Journée de workshops : 3 Novembre 2006 PROCÉDURE DE SOUMISSION DES ARTICLES : ************************************** Tout article devra être soumis sur le site : http://citi.insa-lyon.fr/cfip2006/ Les articles devront être soumis au format PDF, selon le style Hermès (http://www.hermes-science.com/fr) chez qui les actes seront publiés. Chaque article devra inclure : - le titre de l`article, - un texte de taille maximale de 12 pages, - les noms et prénoms des auteurs, - leurs adresses postales, - leurs adresses email, - un résumé de 150 mots , - une liste des mots clés. Présidents du colloque : ************************ Pr. Eric Fleury (eric.fleury(a)inria.fr) Pr. Farouk Kamoun (frk.kamoun(a)planet.tn) Comité d`organisation : *********************** Farouk Kamoun, Président Abdelfettah Belghith, Co-Président Hella Kaffel Ben Ayed Achraf Gazdar Houcine ElHdhili Abderrahmen Mtibaa Naouel Ben Ali Khadija Ramah COMITÉ DE PROGRAMME ******************* I. Aad M. Amorim N. Badache M. Barbeau D. Bartel A. Belghith A. Benkiran M. Bertier G. Bochmann O. Bonaventure A. Bouabdallah R. Boutaba R. Castanet A. Cavalli A. Chaintreau C. Chaudet G. Chelius P. Chemouil K. Chen L. Costa J.-P. Courtiat W. Dabbous M. Diaz R. Dssouli A. Duda T. Ernst S. Fdida O. Festor P. Grossetete R. Groz G. Hebuterne G. Leduc F. Lepage L. Mathy T. Noel P. Owezarski J.-J. Pansiot S. Pierre A. Pont P. Primet R. Puigjaner G. Pujolle D. Ryl K. Salamatian A. Schaff P. Senac B. Sericola S. Tabbane R. Teixeira S. Tohme L. Toutain H. Youssef A. Ziviani Cordialement, Pr. E. Fleury & Pr. F. Kamoun Présidents du comité de programme de CFIP 2006 __________________________________________________________________________ | | CFIP 2006 per

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CFP-MEDHOCNET2006: DEADLINE EXTENDED to MARCH 12, 2006: 5th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop
by Ozgur B. Akan 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

We apologize in advance for the multiple copies of this CFP. ************************************************************ NEWS - Due to many requests MEDHOCNET SUBMISSION DEADLINE is *EXTENDED* to MARCH 12, 2006 !!! NEWS - Technical program will be organized so that papers from ICC 2006 presenters will be scheduled on JUNE 16 and 17. NEWS - Pictures from Lipari: http://www.medhoc.diit.unict.it/2006/pictures.html ************************************************************ PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS MED HOC NET 2006 The Fifth Annual MEDITERRANEAN AD HOC NETWORKING Workshop http://www.medhoc.diit.unict.it/2006/ June 14-17 2006 Lipari, Italy ************************************************************ Ad hoc networks have attracted the attention of the research community in the last several years. Now that some of the fundamental issues and challenges of ad hoc networking have been clearly assessed, the focus is partially shifting to new issues, which include application scenarios (road safety, disaster recovery, sensors and actuators, etc.), autonomous Organization and operation, optimization and control, service creation and support, middleware. Moreover, wireless MESH networking is emerging as an "ad hoc spin-off" aimed at extending and integrating the multi-hop paradigm with more traditional networking, which poses new and exciting technical challenges. Med-Hoc-Net 2006 is the major annual international workshop aiming to serve as a platform for researchers and visionaries from academia, research labs, and industry from all over the world. Sharing ideas, views, results, and experiences in the field of wireless multi-hop networking is what Med-Hoc-Net 2006 intends to be about. Anything from theoretical and experimental achievements, to innovative ad hoc systems, prototyping efforts, and case studies is of interest to the Med-Hoc-Net community. The papers solicited in Med-Hoc-Net 2006 cover a variety of topics related to ad hoc and MESH networks, including but not limited to: - Novel multi-hop wireless network architectures - Routing algorithms and protocols - MAC protocols, scheduling, power control and radio resource sharing - Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks - Middleware for ad hoc networks - Application driven architectures and protocols - Sensor network applications and protocols - Vehicular networks - Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks - Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes - Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.20, etc.) - Self organization and network reconfiguration - Optimization models and algorithms - Resource and service discovery - Call admission and traffic shaping policies for ad-hoc networks - Use of advanced antenna technologies (MIMO, beam forming, etc.) - QoS support - Security and privacy The members of program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be published in the Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks journal. Manuscripts must be formatted according to the IEEE double-column standard format, with the exception of the font size, which must be 11pt. Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or their equivalent. The maximum length of the manuscript is 8 pages, including figure, tables and references. Med-Hoc-Net will have a Poster/Demo Session as well. Authors that want to present their work in such format are solicited to submit a description of their contribution in no more than 3 pages by April 7, 2006. More details can be found in the web site. Papers should be submitted in pdf or ps format through EDAS system (http://edas.info) according to the timetable below. IMPORTANT DATES Full Paper Electronic Submission: Sunday MARCH 12, 2006 Tutorial proposal submission: Sunday April 23, 2006 Notification of acceptance/rejection: Tuesday May 2, 2006 Camera ready submission of full papers: Friday May 22, 2006 Tutorial date: June 14, 2006 Conference dates: June 15-17, 2006 -- Dr. Ozgur B. Akan Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey 06531 Tel: +90-312-210 2353 Fax: +90-312-210 1261 E-mail: akan(a)eee.metu.edu.tr http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~akan

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DCOSS 2006 Call for Posters and Notification of Workshops
by Wendi Heinzelman 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

**************************************************** IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) June 18 - June 20, 2006 San Francisco, California, USA www.dcoss.org POSTERS AND WORKSHOPS **************************************************** DCOSS '06 WORKSHOPS ------------------------------ The DCOSS conference will be co-located with the Euro-American Workshop on Middleware for Sensor Networks (EAWMS), and the Workshop on Mobility and Scalability in Wireless Sensor Networks (MSWSN). The goal of the workshops is to explore special topics and present work that is more preliminary and/or cutting-edge, or that has more practical/technological content than the research presented in the main conference. Both workshops will be held on Sunday June 18, 2006. Workshop papers will be published (full text) in a separate DCOSS 06 workshops proceedings volume, and will be presented during the workshop. Attendance at the DCOSS workshops is included in the registration fee for DCOSS. For more information on the workshops, including the web pages and calls for papers, visit the DCOSS '06 website at http://www.dcoss.org/ DCOSS '06 CALL FOR POSTERS -------------------------------------- The 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '06) will take place in San Francisco during June 18 - June 20, 2006. DCOSS '06 is intended to cover high-level aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high-level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. DCOSS '06 solicits posters that report on recent original results or ongoing research in the area of wireless sensor networks. 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 All posters will be reviewed and judged based on their originality, technical contribution and, particularly, their potential to generate interesting exchanges of ideas. Poster proposals must be submitted as a single pdf file not exceeding 6 single-spaced, single-column pages with a 12-point font. Proposals MUST be received by March 15, 2006. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made by April 1, 2006. The poster abstract will be included in the Springer Verlag/LNCS DCOSS '06 Proceedings. In addition, a separate hardcopy poster proceedings volume will be produced and distributed during the conference. For more information visit the DCOSS website at http://www.dcoss.org/

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[IPSN 2006] ACM/IEEE IPSN 2006, Call for Work-In-Progress
by ipsn2006＠cs.virginia.edu 25 Feb '06

25 Feb '06

(Apologies for multiple receptions of this CFP) ************************************************************ CALL FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS ACM/IEEE IPSN/SPOTS 2006 The Fifth ACM/IEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks April 19-21, 2006, Nashville, Tennessee http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ipsn06/ Sponsored by ACM SIGBED and IEEE-SPS ************************************************************ CALL FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS The Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2006) invites submissions of Work-In-Progress. The aim of the shorter, less formal WIP Abstract submission is to facilitate collaborations and to encourage new people to get into the ﬁeld. WIP has a later submission date to accommodate the latest results. The abstract should be two pages or less, and should be submitted via EDAS, under "IPSN'06 work-in-progress track". The format can be a text file, one-column pdf, or MS Word file. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract due date: March 3, 2006 11:59 pm EST Notification: March 13, 2006 Two-Page Web Abstracts: March 27, 2006

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Extended Submission Deadlines || ICAS 2006 | ICNS 2006 | ICWMC 2006 | ICCGI 206
by invitation＠iaria.org 25 Feb '06

25 Feb '06

Dear potential authors, We extended submission deadlines with the IEEE Computer Society Press (papers are indexed in SCI and EI as well). Please consider submissions for the conferences mentioned below and distribute the following CALLs as much as possible. Thanks, Petre petre(a)iaria.org ================================================= [Apologies if you receive multiple copies] Last Call for Submissions The Second International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems ICAS 2006, Silicon Valley, July 19-21, 2006 http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICSA06.html For submissions, go on the ICAS 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICSA06.html and click "Submit a paper". Important new dates: Submission deadline: March 5, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2006 Camera-ready: April 15, 2006 Last Call for Submissions The Second International Conference on Networking and Services ICNS 2006, Silicon Valley, July 16-18, 2006 http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICNS06.html For submissions, go on the ICNS 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICNS06.html and click "Submit a paper". Important dates: Submission deadline: March 5, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2006 Camera-ready: April 15, 2006 Second Call for Submissions The Second International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications ICWMC 2006, Bucharest, July 29-31 , 2006 http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICW06.html. For submissions, go on the ICWMC2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICW06.html and click "Submit a paper". Important dates: Submission deadline March 15, 2006 Notification April 5, 2006 Camera ready April 20, 2006 Second Call for Submissions The International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology ICCGI 2006, Bucharest, August 1-3, 2006 http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICCGI06.html For submissions, go on the ICCGI 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICCGI06.html and click "Submit a paper". Important dates: Submission deadline March 15, 2006 Notification April 5, 2006 Camera ready April 20, 2006 ============================================= To be removed from this announcement list, please reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

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