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WCIT06 Call for papers
by Ramon Puigjaner 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

For your information and diffusion Regards Ramon ========================================================================= Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica 07122 PALMA (Spain) Phone: +34-971173288 Fax: +34-971173003 e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es =========================================================================

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Call For Papers: Wireless Mesh Networks
by Xudong Wang 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies] ==================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAl ISSUE ON WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/ Guest editors: Xudong Wang, Kiyon, Inc. Edward Knightly, Rice University Marco Conti, National Research Council, Italy Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless mesh networks consist of mesh clients and mesh routers. Mesh routers form a wireless backbone via multi-hop ad-hoc networking but with minimal-mobility. The mesh backbone provides network access for both wired and wireless clients including mesh clients, and enables the integration of various wired and wireless networks. Mesh clients can run as a mobile ad hoc network. However, in order to achieve much better network performance, it is always preferable for them to work under the coordination of mesh routers. Due to the existence of a mesh backbone, wireless mesh networks possess many advantages over other wireless networks, and are expected to be one of the most promising wireless networking technologies. Despite recent progresses in wireless mesh networks, many research issues still remain. This special issue is dedicated to state-of-the-art research achievements in the area of wireless mesh networking. The papers must focus on research problems that are specific to wireless mesh networking, rather than on generic topics of ad-hoc or multi-hop networking. This special issue will cover all aspects of wireless mesh networking. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Mesh network architecture and performance analysis Mesh network capacity Scalability issues and solutions Medium access control and routing protocols Protocol design for MIMO, adaptive antenna, reconfigurable radios, software radios, and cognitive radios Cross-layer design and optimization QoS and multimedia traffic over wireless mesh networks Topology, power, and mobility management Interworking between heterogeneous networks and adaptive protocols Network self-organization and self-configuration Trustworthy networks and security algorithms Incentives, cooperation, and reputation systems Testbed, deployment, and application practice Authors must submit their manuscripts through Elsevier Editorial System at http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/, and must choose article type as Special Issue-Wireless Mesh Networks. For detailed formatting instructions, please refer to the guidelines available at the AD HOC Networks journal web site, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc/. The review process will be based on a pre-review phase for screening papers out of the scope of this special issue, and a single round of technical reviews. Acceptance will be limited to those papers requiring only minor revisions. The key dates are listed as follows: Manuscript Submission Due Date: March 15, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2006 Final Camera-Ready Submission: September 1, 2006 On-line Publication Date: November 1, 2006 Publication Date: November 2007 ===================================================================

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CFP-MEDHOCNET2006: 5th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop
by Ozgur B. Akan 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

We apologize in advance for the multiple copies of this CFP. 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: Friday February 24, 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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IFIP Networking 2006 - CFP Workshop
by Jorge Sá Silva 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Please apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message =========================== CALL FOR PAPERS 2006 International Workshop "Towards the QoS Internet", To-QoS'2006 http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/to-qos2006 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 signaling 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 Important dates =============== Full Paper Due: March 1, 2006 Notification of Acceptance Due: March 17, 2006 Camera-ready Paper Due: April 1, 2006 Paper submission ================ The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing original research as well as results of laboratory and real network trials. All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, published by the 2006 IFIP Networking Conference organizers. The best papers of Workshop Sessions will also be considered for a limited Book and/or Special Issue Edition. Papers must be submitted electronically. For the submitted paper please use the Springer-Verlag instructions for authors at: www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. The maximum size of papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures, according to the formatting standard for a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and postal address. Paper submissions can be made using the following link: http://www.webchairing.com/networking2006/submission/ ================ For more information please see the workshop site http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/to-qos2006 or http://networking2006.dei.uc.pt/workshops.htm or contact the Workshop Organizer: Wojciech Burakowski Institute of Telecommunications Warsaw University of Technology Ul. Nowowiejska 15/19 00-665 Warsaw, Poland Phone: (+48 22) 660 77 16 Fax: (+48 22) 660 75 64 E-mail: wojtek(a)tele.pw.edu.pl -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22-07-2005

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DCOSS '06 Call for Papers-- REMINDER: Feb. 8 abstract submission deadline
by Wendi Heinzelman 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

========================================= IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems June 18 - 20, 2006 San Francisco, California, USA ========================================= WWW.DCOSS.ORG The 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '06) will take place in San Francisco during June 18 - 20, 2006. DCOSS '06 will represent a merger of the DCOSS conference series and the IEEE International Workshops on Algorithms for Wireless, Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (WMAN). The first DCOSS conference, held at Marina del Rey on June 30-July 1, 2005, featured high quality research papers and interesting invited and contributed poster/presentation sessions. DCOSS '06 is intended to cover several aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. The conference will be co-located with several closely related workshops, and will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects of distributed sensor systems. In addition to contributed papers, the meeting will also include keynote addresses by leading researchers, a panel discussion, and a poster/presentation session. SPONSORED BY IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH ACM SIGBED European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) IFIP WG 10.3 MEETING INFORMATION The advance program will be available in April 2006. Check http://www.dcoss.org/ for updated information. IMPORTANT DATES (firm deadlines) February 08, 2006 Paper Abstract Submission Due February 15, 2006 Paper Submission Due March 15, 2006 Poster Abstract Submission Due April 01, 2006 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection April 16, 2006 Camera-Ready Paper Due ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ============================== CALL FOR PAPERS Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. Such systems allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, which makes them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. While much ongoing research has addressed networking, communication and low-level self-configuration issues in such systems, there are also significant challenges pertaining to systematic design, algorithm development and analysis, and abstract modeling in order to achieve efficient and robust realizations of large-scale distributed sensor systems. The large number of sensor devices involved, severe power, computational and memory limitations, resource heterogeneity, dense deployment and frequent failures pose novel challenges to design, algorithms, analysis and implementation. The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, applications, and systematic design techniques and tools), but networking-related contributions that support high level abstractions are also welcome. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability, fault-tolerance - Abstractions for modular design - Languages, operating systems - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments PAPER SUBMISSION Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 12 single-spaced pages using 12-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages, including figures and tables. References may be included in addition to the 12 pages. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another conference or a journal. Submission procedures will be available via Web access at http://www.dcoss.org/ All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by February 15, 2006, by 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific Coast Time. This is a final deadline; to ensure fairness, no extensions will be given. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by April 1, 2006. Camera-ready papers will be due April 16, 2006. DCOSS '06 Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. PROGRAM CHAIR Phil Gibbons Intel Research / Carnegie Mellon University USA PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Algorithms: James Aspnes, Yale University, USA Applications: Ramesh Rao, UCSD/Calit2, USA Systems: Tarek Abdelzaher, UIUC, USA POSTER/PRESENTATION SESSION The conference will include a poster session for researchers and practitioners to present novel on-going work-in-progress and to obtain feedback from conference attendees in an informal setting. Authors of accepted posters will have an opportunity to briefly present their work in this session. A 2-page extended abstract will also appear in the conference proceedings. Select invited presentations and posters from industry and academia will also be included in this session. Poster abstracts must be received by March 15, 2006. Submission details will be available at the DCOSS website. POSTER CHAIR Jim Reich Palo Alto Research Center USA BEST PAPER AWARDS Awards will be given for one best paper in each of the three conference technical tracks: algorithms, applications, and systems. ================================= DCOSS '06 ORGANIZATION ================================= GENERAL CHAIR Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California USA VICE GENERAL CHAIR Jie Wu Florida Atlantic University USA PROGRAM CHAIR Phil Gibbons Intel Research / Carnegie Mellon University USA WORKSHOPS CHAIR Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and CTI Greece POSTER CHAIR Jim Reich Palo Alto Research Center USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Yang Yu Motorola Labs USA STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS CHAIR Loren Schweibert Wayne State University USA PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Wendi Heinzelman University of Rochester USA Amol Bakshi University of Southern California USA FINANCE CHAIR Germaine Gusthiot University of Geneva Switzerland PROGRAM COMMITTEE Algorithms: Costas Busch, RPI Bogdan Chlebus, CU Denver Shlomi Dolev, Ben-Gurion U. Jennifer Hou, UIUC Dariusz Kowalski, U. Liverpool Rajeev Motwani, Stanford Sotiris Nikoletseas, U. Patras Boaz Patt-Shamir, Tel-Aviv U. Pino Persiano, Salerno U. Andrea Richa, Arizona State U. Christian Scheideler, TU Munich Maria Jose Serna, UPC Barcelona Devavrat Shah, MIT Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich Yinyu Ye, Stanford Applications: Edgar Chavez, U. Michoacana, Mexico Alfredo Ferro, U. Catania Stefan Fischer, U. Luebeck Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State U. Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC Julia Liu, PARC Chenyang Lu, Washington U. in St. Louis C. Siva Ram Murthy, IIT Madras, India Andreas Savvides, Yale Vikram Srinivasan, NUS Ivan Stojmenovic, U. Ottawa Gaurav Sukhatme, USC Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State U. Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UC Irvine Systems: Mohamed Gouda, U. Texas Tian He, U. Minnesota Wendi Heinzelman, U. Rochester Phil Levis, Stanford Jie Liu, Microsoft Research Haiyun Luo, UIUC Radhika Nagpal, Harvard Suman Nath, Microsoft Research John Regehr, U. Utah Kurt Rothermel, Stuttgart Mani Srivastava, UCLA Jack Stankovic, U. Virginia Chieh-Yih Wan, Intel Stephen Wicker, Cornell Ying Zhang, PARC STEERING COMMITTEE Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Josep Diaz, UPC Barcelona, Spain Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Phil Gibbons, Intel Research, Pittsburgh, USA Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley, USA Kris Pister, University of California, Berkeley, and Dust, Inc., USA Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland (CHAIR)

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RAID 2006 Announcement to Mailing Lists
by Robert K. Cunningham 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Colleagues and friends, I am writing to inform you of the upcoming Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection Conference, to be held in Hamburg, Germany between Sept. 20-22nd of 2006. Important dates for the conference are: Deadline for paper submission: March 31, 2006 Deadline for panel submission: April 30, 2006 Notification of acceptance or rejection: June 9th, 2006 Final paper camera ready copy: July 2nd, 2006 Deadline for poster abstract submission: July 7th, 2006 Notification for poster acceptance: August 4th, 2006 A one-page call for papers suitable for printing out and hanging on a department poster-board is attached below. More information can be viewed at the conference web site, which is located here: http:// www.raid06.tu-harburg.de/ Hope to see you there, Rob ___________________________________________________________ Dr. Robert K. Cunningham Associate Leader Information Systems Technology Group MIT Lincoln Laboratory e-mail: rkc - at - ll.mit.edu 244 Wood Street www: http://www.ll.mit.edu/IST/ Lexington, MA 02420-9185

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Fwd: RE: DL task force report
by Otto Spaniol 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Dear all, I have forwarded Lyman Chapin's comments regarding the IFIP digital library (in particular the idea whether TC6 could or should do something for itself if necessary) to the members of the task force. Roger Johnson had a spontaneous reaction (see below). What are your reactions about that? Best regards Otto ---------------- Anfang Weiterleitung ---------------- Von: Roger Johnson <rgj(a)dcs.bbk.ac.uk> An: Otto Spaniol <spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Dear Otto Would an IFIP badged clone of the BCS electronic Workshop series be attractive to your colleagues? This has run for some years on a small scale and could be purchased as a service by IFIP. See http://ewic.bcs.org Roger ******************************************** Dr Roger Johnson Dean, Faculty of Social Science & Honorary Secretary, International Federation for Information Processing Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX UK. Telephone: (+44) 20 7631 6709 FAX: (+44) 20 7631 6727 URL: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~rgj College location: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=wc1e7hx&Z=1 IFIP: http://www.ifip.or.at/ ********************************************

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Call for papers : 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'06)
by ISWCS 2006 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

CFP : 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2006 ) Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2006 6 - 8 September 2006, Valencia (Spain) www.iswcs.org/iswcs2006 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Wireless Communications are at the centre of a new and passionate era for telecommunications characterised by the convergence of systems and technologies, a transition towards all-IP networks, and the development of technologies with a user-centred focus. In this context, the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS) is positioning itself as a recognised and dynamic forum for researchers and technologists to present and discuss original ideas and contributions in all fields related to mobile wireless communication systems. The 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems intends to bring together leading wireless communication researchers and technologists willing to identify and discuss the most recent advances, the future technical challenges and business opportunities arising in the path towards the realisation of ambient wireless communication networks. Together with the technical sessions, the symposium will feature panel discussions and keynote presentations from leading wireless communication experts from industry, academia regulatory and standardisation bodies. To realise its objectives, the organising and technical committees of the symposium are seeking original contributions in the areas of, but not limited to: - IMT-2000 systems - Beyond 3G and 4G systems - Innovative concepts for future mobile and wireless communication systems - Fixed and nomadic wireless access - Relaying and user cooperation - Spectrum sharing and coexistence - Radio resource management and allocation - Wireless access techniques - Cross-layer design and optimisation - experimental systems and field trials - Heterogeneous wireless networking - Convergence of networks - End-to-End QoS provision - Wireless network architectures and deployments - Ultra-wideband communications - Wireless LAN and PAN - Wireless and Mobile IP - Wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks - Digital audio and video broadcasting - Novel wireless switching and routing techniques - Mobility management - Traffic control and engineering - Modelling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems - Innovative services and applications - Service and middleware platforms - Location based services and positioning - Security and privacy - Software radio and re-configurability - Satellite communications and High Altitude Platforms - Coding, modulation and equalization - Wireless propagation and channel modelling - MIMO techniques and smart adaptive antennas - Space-time coding and diversity - Signal processing for wireless systems SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (full papers will not be accepted) of about 1500 words (two pages in the standard IEEE conference format) together with a short summary (approx. 150 words). Authors are requested to indicate their paper's technical area when submitting their contribution. Proposals for Tutorial are also being solicited and should be sent, together with a one page summary and the presenter's biography, to the Tutorial Chair. Detailed submission guidelines and manuscript templates will be published on the conference's website. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline: March 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 2, 2006 Tutorials proposals deadline: June 9, 2006 Final paper due: July 1, 2006 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair: Narcís Cardona Technical University of Valencia, Spain Technical Program Chair: Luis Correia IST/IT - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal General Co-Chairs: Boon Sain Yeo (1) and Javier Gozalvez (2) 1. Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore 2. University Miguel Hernández, Spain Technical Program co-Chair: Alberto González Technical University of Valencia, Spain Panel/Speaker Chair: Jorge Pereira European Commission, Belgium Tutorial Chair: Oriol Sallent Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Special Sessions and Invited Papers Chair: Roberto Verdone University of Bologna, Italia Publication Chair: James Irvine University of Strathclyde, UK Publicity Chair: Óscar Lázaro Innovalia Association, Spain Local Organizing Chair: David Argilés Technical University of Valencia, Spain STEERING COMMITTEE Narcís Cardona, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Luis Correia, IST/IT - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Javier Gozálvez, University Miguel Hernández, Spain Alberto González,Technical University of Valencia, Spain James Irvine,University of Strathclyde, UK Oscar Lazaro,Innovalia Association, Spain The 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems will take place in Valencia (Spain) from the 6th to the 8th of September 2006. Valencia is a beautiful and warm Mediterranean city worldwide recognised for its history and quality of life, and the acclaimed Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences. Valencia is also hosting the 32nd America's Cup, the most prestigious international sailing competition and the oldest sports trophy in the world. For more information and a detailed conference's social program, please visit the symposium's web site: www.iswcs.org/iswcs2006 Interested researchers are also encouraged to register in the conference's mailing list to receive updates on the Symposium. Last updated: 27 January 2006

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Call For Papers: June 26-29, WORLDCOMP'06 (28 joint conferences in CS, CE, and applied computing), USA
by hra＠cs.uga.edu 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Call For Papers WORLDCOMP'06 The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (composed of 28 Joint Conferences) June 26-29, 2006, Las Vegas, USA Dear Colleagues: This is anticipated to be the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. You are invited to submit a draft paper. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings (included in major Science Citation Indexes). The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06) is composed of the following 28 conferences (all 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 currently under construction.) GENERAL CHAIR/COORDINATOR: H. R. Arabnia, PhD The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 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. Many of the 28 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective fields. 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 Feb. 20, 2006. E-mail submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail 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 the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM and ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra(a)cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). The Monte Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools 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 and night clubs, free street shows, ...). IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 20, 2006: Submission of papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 20, 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 - 28 joint conferences) TOPICAL SCOPE FOR EACH CONFERENCE: To receive the complete list of topics for each of the 28 conferences, send an email to hra(a)cs.uga.edu. 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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IFIP web site + conf. announcement
by Otto Spaniol 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Dear all, here is some new information (from the IFIP secretariat) concerning the advertisement of new events. Please ensure that the new facilities (we have waited so long for them) will be intensively and extensively used. Best regards Otto ------------------------------------------ Dear IFIP members, The IFIP Secretariat offers you a new service at the IFIP web site. All "Call for papers" of forthcoming events should be listed centrally. Please follow this link: http://www.ifip.org/Cfp/Call-for-Papers.htm The page will be updated as soon as you send a CfP to the Secretariat. Once a week we will send you the above mentioned link (, if a new CfP has been added). As a first kick off I put in the CfPs I received within the last two weeks. If you want to have your CfPs in this register (and have them announced within the community), please send the CfPs in electronic format to the Secretariat. May I ask you to check this page and send your comments? Best regards Eduard Dundler =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Head of IFIP Secretariat International Federation for Information Processing Hofstrasse3 , A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel.: +43 (0) 2236 73 616 Fax: +43 (0) 2236 73 616 9 e-mail: eduard.dundler(a)ifip.org URL: http://www.ifip.org =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

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