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Call for Papers - MobiMedia 2006
by Dawn 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

CALL FOR PAPERS MobiMedia 2006 Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (formerly MSAN) September 18-20, 2006: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy http://www.mobimedia.org -------------------------------------- SCOPE -------------------------------------- The successful development of multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires adopting an interdisciplinary approach where both multimedia and networking issues are addressed jointly. Multimedia data characteristics, coding standards functionalities, as well as network protocols performance and channel behavior are some of the key aspects that need to be carefully examined when proposing new solutions. Many are the applications that are going to be enabled by the new standards for mobile networking, such as packet telephony, video mail, video streaming, audio conferencing, interactive gaming, conversational navigation services, digital television, infomobility, and immersive communications in virtual environments. Some of these novel networking protocols and technologies include IEEE 802.11 (infrastructured, mesh, and sensor networks), 802.15, 802.16, UWB, DVB-H, Bluetooth, Mobile IP and its variants. Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers working in multimedia and mobile networking fields to study new applications, solutions, and standards. Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications. TECHNICAL PROGRAMS -------------------------------------- The technical program features a key-note speech from Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society, EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision. The conference will also include invited panels, to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on emerging topics are invited. Please submit proposals to Technical Program Chairs and Workshop Chairs. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit extended summaries of not more than five pages including figures and references. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference web site. Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending). Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and considered for a special issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal. WORKSHOPS -------------------------------------- Proposals for one-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference are solicited. A maximum of 2 pages should be submitted which include the workshop name, its scope and a list of topic of interests. Proposals should be submitted to both the Workshop Chairs. STUDENT AWARD AND GRANTS -------------------------------------- A student prize of 1000Euros will be awarded to the best paper authored by a full time student as first author. Travel grants will be provided to students attending the conference. Additional information can be found at the conference website. IMPORTANT DEADLINES -------------------------------------- Workshop proposals: January 20, 2006 Special session proposals: March 15, 2006 Submission of extended summaries: April 30, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2006 Submission of camera-ready papers: July 10, 2006 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ----------------------------------------- General Co-Chairs: Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, ITA Ebroul Izquierdo, University of London, UK Steering Committee Chair: Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, ITA Technical Program Co-Chairs: Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, TUR Pascal Frossard, EPFL, SUI Publications Chair: Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Workshops Chair: Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Radha Poovendran, University of WA, USA Panels Chair: Daniele D. Giusto, University of Cagliari, ITA Local Chair: Giaime Ginesu, University of Cagliari, ITA Publicity Co-Chairs: Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Middle East Technical University, TUR Ali Bilgin, The University of Arizona, USA Conference Management: Anna Rieger, ICST, Europe

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International Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology
by Damien Magoni 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

=============== FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ========== (We apologize for multiple copies) Call for Submissions The Second International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications ICWMC 2006 Bucharest, Romania, July 29-31, 2006 Submission deadline: March 1, 2006 Notification: March 25, 2006 Camera ready: April 15, 2006 General: http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICW06.html Call for Submissions: http://www.iaria.org/conferences/CfPICW06.html ICWMC 2006 addresses wireless related topics (technologies, networking, applications) concerning integration of latest technological advances to realize mobile and ubiquitous service environments for advanced applications and services in wireless networks. Mobility and wireless, special services and lessons learnt from particular deployment complement the traditional wireless topics. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of topics, short papers on work in progress, workshops and panel proposals. We are inviting your contributions to the conference with some of the following: - Distribute the Call for Submissions - Submit contributions - Organize a special session - Propose a panel, a tutorial, or a workshop The following topics are suggested (but not limited to): Wireless communications basics Radio Interfaces and Systems Spectrum allocation and management Circuits for wireless communications Wireless and mobility Protocols for wireless and mobility Traffic and congestion control, QoS, resource management Wireless and mobile technologies Performance evaluation, simulation and modeling of wireless networks and systems Management of wireless and mobile networks Security in wireless and mobile environment Networks convergence and integration Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures Standardization and regulations Design and implementation Wireless and mobile network deployment The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and posted on the IEEE Xplore portal . Industry is welcome to participate with special contributions. For submissions, please go to the conference site and click "Submit a paper". We look forward to collaborate with you on making ICWMC 2006 a successful and enjoyable conference. On behalf of the Advisory Committee Petre Dini, pdini(a)cisco.com ICWMC 2006 TPC Chairs Christer Åhlund, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, christer.ahlund(a)ltu.se Nicolae Chiurtu, Stanford University, USA, nchiurtu(a)stanford.edu ========================================================= Message composé et expédié avec la version d'évaluation gratuite de Sarbacane2®, le logiciel d'e-mailing professionnel pour Windows de GOTO Software. Attention, GOTO n'est responsable ni du contenu de ce message ni du fait qu'il vous a été expédié. Pour toute question au sujet de ce message, merci de prendre contact avec l'expéditeur.

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International Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology
by Damien Magoni 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

=============== FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ========== (We apologize for multiple copies) Call for Submissions International Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology - Challenges for the Next Generation of IT&C - ICCGI 2006 Bucharest, Romania, August 1-3, 2006 Submission deadline: March 1, 2006 Notification: March 25, 2006 Camera ready: April 15, 2006 General: http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICCGI06.html Call for Submissions: http://www.iaria.org/conferences/CfPICCGI06.html Includes: Workshop IPv6 - Technology and Deployment http://www.iaria.org/conferences/IPV6TD06.html This conference intends to expose the scientists to the latest developments covering a variety of complementary topics, aiming to enhance one's understanding of the overall picture of computing in the global information technology. We are inviting your contributions to the conference with some of the following: - Distribute the Call for Submissions - Submit contributions - Organize a special session - Propose a panel, a tutorial, or a workshop The following tracks are suggested (but not limited to): Track 1: Industrial systems Track 2: Evolutionary computation Track 3: Autonomic and autonomous systems Track 4: Bio-technologies Track 5: Knowledge data systems Track 6: Mobile and distance education Track 7: Intelligent techniques, logics, and systems Track 8: Knowledge processing Track 9: Information technologies Track 10: Internet and web technologies Track 11: Digital information processing Track 12: Cognitive science and knowledge agent-based systems Track 13: Mobility and multimedia systems Track 14: Systems performance Track 15: Networking and telecommunications Track 16: Software development and deployment Track 17: Knowledge virtualization Track 18: Systems and networks on the chip Track 19: Context-aware systems Track 20: Networking technologies Track 21: Security in network, systems, and applications Track 22: Knowledge for global defense The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and posted on the IEEE Xplore portal. Industry is welcome to participate with special contributions. For submissions, please go to the conference site and click "Submit a paper". We look forward to collaborate with you on making ICCGI 2006 a successful and enjoyable conference. On behalf of the Advisory Committee Petre Dini, pdini(a)cisco.com ========================================================= Message composé et expédié avec la version d'évaluation gratuite de Sarbacane2®, le logiciel d'e-mailing professionnel pour Windows de GOTO Software. Attention, GOTO n'est responsable ni du contenu de ce message ni du fait qu'il vous a été expédié. Pour toute question au sujet de ce message, merci de prendre contact avec l'expéditeur.

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Call for Papers IEEE MASS 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

We apologize if you receive this CFP more than once. Please, find below a call for papers that may be of your interest. All the best, Pedro M. Ruiz Publicity co-chair 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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Call for Papers Track on Intelligent Sensor Networks at ETFA 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Please, find below a call for papers that may be of your interest. All the best, --Pedro M. Ruiz http://ants.dif.um.es/staff/pedrom/ _____________________________________________________ ** CALL FOR PAPERS ** IEEE ETFA 2006 11th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation ** Track on Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks ** September 20-22, 2006; Prague, Czech Republic http://www.action-m.com/etfa2006 ________________________________________________ ================================================ Track on Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks ================================================ ----------- BACKGROUND: ----------- The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from the industry and academia and provide them with a platform to report on recent advances and developments in the newly emerging areas of technology, as well as actual and potential applications to industrial and factory automation. Solicited Papers: Research papers reporting on new developments in technological sciences. Industry and development papers reporting on actual developments of technology, products, systems and solutions. Tutorial and survey papers. Work-in-progress papers. In addition, ETFA 2006 solicits special session proposals to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme. Please consult the conference web page for more details. ------ SCOPE: ------ The track on **Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks** at ETFA 2006 addresses concepts, implementations and applications of sensor network systems from both hardware and software domain. Papers on any of the following and related topics will be considered for the track: - Wireless integrated networked sensors - Localized algorithms and protocols - Energy efficiency; hardware/software - Data integration and fusion algorithms - Topology control and area coverage algorithms - Wideband networked sensors - MEMS sensors - System architecture - Sensing, processing, and communicating on a chip - Power supplies - Positioning systems and algorithms - Communication protocols and algorithms - Communication-computation trade-offs - Design and implementation - Development environments and tools Please refer to the conference web page for topics of other ETFA tracks! ------------- TRACK CHAIRS: ------------- Matthias J. Handy University of Rostock, Germany matthias.handy(a)uni-rostock.de Pedro M. Ruiz Martinez University of Murcia, Spain pedrom(a)dif.um.es --------------------- SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: --------------------- The working language of the conference is English. Two types of submissions are solicited. Long Papers limited to 8 double column pages in a font no smaller than 10-points. Work-in-Progress and Industry practice limited to 4 double column pages in a font no smaller than 10-points. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in PDF format, according to the instructions contained in the conference web page. Best Paper Award: Best paper awards in Factory Automation and Emerging Technologies will be presented at the conference banquet dinner. Authors of outstanding papers will be invited to submit a revised version of their papers for publication in a special section in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. ---------------- IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------- Deadline for submission of long papers: March 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance of long papers: May 25, 2006 Deadline for submission of work-in-progress papers and Industry practice: June 1, 2006 Notification of acceptance of work-in-progress papers and Industry practice: July 1, 2006 Deadline for submission of final manuscripts: July 1, 2006 -------------------- FURTHER INFORMATION: -------------------- ETFA-06 Conference Secretariat: Czech Technical University in Prague, Zikova 4, 166 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic, Tel: +420-221500201, Email: etfa(a)labe.felk.cvut.cz, or Ms. Milena Zeithamlova Email: milena(a)action-m.com Paper Acceptance: Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. The final manuscript must be accompanied by a registration form and a registration fee payment proof. All conference attendees, including authors and session chairpersons, must pay the conference registration fee, and their travel expenses. -------------------- CONFERENCE WEB PAGE: -------------------- http://www.action-m.com/etfa2006

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Re: [ifip-tc6] [Ifip_tcchairs] FW: DL task force report
by Otto Spaniol 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Dear all, here is the draft of the report from the Digital Library meeting. See attachment + below the letter from Joe Turner. Please send me your comments until February 6 (the final version of our comments must be available by Feb. 12, 2006). Best regards Otto ----------------------- > >To IFIP TC Chairs: > > Attached is a draft of the report from the Digital Library Task >Force. The report is the result of decisions during a meeting of the >task force in December and followup revisions by email. > > Our plan is to submit the report to Council at its March meeting, but > >we first solicit your input on this document. Your input will be >considered by the task force in making final revisions to the document >before submitting it to the Council. > > Please send me any comments and suggested changes that you have to >the document by 12 February in order that the final document can be >available prior to the March meeting of the Council. > > Joe Turner > turner(a)cs.clemson.edu

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Call for Papers AD HOC NOW 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Please, find below a call for papers that may be of your interest. All the best, --Pedro M. Ruiz http://ants.dif.um.es/staff/pedrom/ We apologize if you receive this CFP more than once. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS - AD HOC NOW 2006 5th International Conference on Ad hoc Networks and Wireless Ottawa, August 17-19, 2006 http://kunz-pc.sce.carleton.ca/AdHocNow2006/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Abstract Submission: February 24, 2006 Paper Submission : March 3, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: May 3, 2006 Camera-ready versions due: June 7, 2006 Demo proposals due: May 1, 2006 SCOPE ----- We are interested in work in progress, experimental and theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad-Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. Of interest, but not limited to, are research papers in any of the following areas: * Access Control * Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems * Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation * Application for Ad Hoc Networks * Architectures of Ad-Hoc Networks * Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks * Location Discovery and Management * Low Power and Energy-Efficient Designs * Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms, Systems and Testbeds * Quality-of-Service * Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) * Secure Services and Protocols * Sensor Networks * Self-Configuration * Service Discovery * Timing Synchronization * Wireless Internet PROCEEDINGS ----------- As in the past years, we plan to have the proceedings of Adhoc Now 2006 published by Springer-Verlag, as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ---------------------------- Authors are strongly encouraged to (but not required to) submit a 150 word abstract of their paper along with three keywords by the abstract submission deadline (February 24, 2006). Acceptable formats for the abstracts are plain text, postscript (PS) and portable document format (PDF). Submissions should not exceed 14 pages (including a 150 word abstract, all figures, tables and references) in Springer Verlag LNCS format. Acceptable formats for papers are PS and PDF. Submissions which are not in the appropriate format will be rejected without review. All papers will be reviewed for technical merit. Each accepted paper will be published in the conference proceedings, provided at least one author of the paper registers to present the paper at the conference. All abstract and paper submissions will be handled electronically at the conference website. SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS --------------------- Proposals for system demonstrations related to wireless networks are also solicited. Proposals should not exceed 3 pages in LNCS format and should include a description of the demo and the equipment to be used. Potential demonstrators are requested to submit a proposal in PS or PDF format to one of the Co-Chairs of the Technical Program Committee (Thomas Kunz -- tkunz(a)sce.carleton.ca or S. S. Ravi -- ravi(a)cs.albany.edu) by May 1, 2006. Please include contact information (postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers) in the submission. Accepted proposals for system demonstrations will be allotted three pages in the proceedings, provided at least one author registers to present the demo at the conference. TECHNICAL COMMITTEES -------------------- Program Committee Co-Chairs: Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Steering Committee: Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Ioanis Nikolaidis, Univ. of Alberta, Canada Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State Univ., USA Publicity Committee: Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Technical Program Committee: Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, SUNY Binghamton, USA Eitan Altman, INRIA, France Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada Rida Bazzi, Arizona State Univ., USA Prosenjit Bose, Carleton University, Canada Torsten Brown, Univ. Berne, Switzerland Gruia Calinescu, Illinois Inst. of Tech., USA Edgar Chavez, Univ. Michoacana, Mexico Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Taiwan Jorge Cobb, UT Dallas, USA Pilu Crescenzi, Univ. Florence, Italy Mieso Denko, Univ. of Guelph, Canada Stefan Dobrev, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada Mischa Dohler, King's College, London, UK Andras Farago, UT Dallas, USA Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Stefan Fischer, Univ. Luebeck, Germany Antonio Gomez-Skarmeta, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Alex Hall, ETH, Zurich Admela Jukan, Georgia Tech, USA Valerie King, Univ. Victoria, Canada Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Danny Krizanc, Wesleyan University, USA Sven Krumke, Univ. Kaiseslautern, Germany Thomas Kunz, Carleton Univ., Canada Louise Lamont, Communications Research Center, Canada Errol Lloyd, Univ. Delaware, USA Angela Mielke, Los Alamos National Labs, USA Jelena Misic, Univ. Manitoba, Canada Pat Morin, Carleton University, Canada Lata Narayanan, Concordia Univ, Canada Ioanis Nikolaidis, U. Alberta, Canada J. Opatrny, Concordia Univ., Canada Marina Papatriantafilou, Chalmers Univ., Sweden Paolo Penna, Univ. Salerno, Italy Cristina Pinotti, Univ. Perugia, Italy Guy Pujolle, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France Ravi Prakash, Univ. Texas at Dallas, USA Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM, Mexico S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA Jean-Marc Robert, Alcatel, Canada Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain Christian Schindelhauer, Univ. Paderborn, Germany Andrew Scott, Lancaster Univ., UK Martha Steenstrup, Stow Research LLC and Clemson Univ., USA Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. Ottawa, Canada Ravi Sundaram, Northeastern University, USA Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State Univ., USA Damla Turgut, Univ. of Florida, USA Anil Kumar Vullikanti, Virginia Tech., USA Paul Ward, Univ. Waterloo, Canada Gergely Zaruba, Univ. Texas at Arlington, USA Jerry Zhao, ICSI-Berkeley, USA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------- For questions regarding obtaining visas, accommodation, etc, please contact Thomas Kunz (mailto:tkunz@sce.carleton.ca). Questions regarding paper submissions should be addressed to S. S. Ravi (mailto:ravi@cs.albany.edu).

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by Radford, Peter 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Ladies and Gentlemen Please find attached [*] the minutes of the Wroclaw TC6 meeting. I must apologise for the delay in producing them, my feeble excuse is that I'm spending far too much of my time commuting to a office in Reading, which is West of London (and I live East of London). If anyone has any violent disagreement with the contents, and it cannot wait until our meeting in May, please let me know. Regards, and belated best wishes for the new year. Peter * - The attachment is in Microsoft Word 2003 format. I would have sent the document out in RTF but saving it in RTF with the new TC6 logo made it nearly 1.5Mbytes. If anyone wants it in RTF, please let me know, but also say whether you want it with or without the logo. Peter Radford UK Representative to TC6 E: Peter.Radford(a)LogicaCMG.com <mailto:Peter.Radford@LogicaCMG.com> T: +44 (0) 7770 395506 (M) T: +44 (0) 20 7446 1281 (O) T: +44 (0) 1245 262328 (H) 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 Networking 2006 - CFP Workshop
by Jorge Sá Silva 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

CALL FOR PAPERS Third International Workshop on Content Caching and Distribution Networks May 19th, 2006 In conjunction with IFIP Networking 2006 Coimbra, Portugal 15-19 May, 2006 Overview ----------- The workshop organizing committee is encouraging the submission of short papers (6 to 8 pages in the general conference format) preferably describing on going thesis or post doctoral research in the areas related to content caching and distribution networks. This Workshop is a forum for all graduate student from Europe and outside working in the field of content distribution networks to have the opportunity to interact with their peers and publicize and get feedback on their work, exchange experiences, make contact, and learn what other students are doing in the same field. Students not only will be able to learn about the work from other students but also interact with well established researchers in the field who will participate to the workshop. The workshop will be a day-long program organized in such a way to promote lively discussions. After two successful workshops organized at Sophia Antipolis by the E-Next Network of Excellence Working group on Content Distribution Networks, this third workshop held in conjunction with Networking 2006 is open to wider participation. A limited number of travel grants will be available. Areas of interest -------------------- The workshop solicits technical papers related to Internet content caching and replication, content delivery, and content services networking. Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Caching and edge services for the wireless Web Caching and replication for grid computing Overlay networks for content delivery Streaming media caching Content placement and request routing Memory and storage management for content caches In-stream content modification (e.g., transcoding, pluggable services) Experiences with deployed content delivery systems Content gathering Peer-to-peer caching and content delivery Geographical influences on caching and replication Network and infrastructure support for overlays PC Chairs -------------- Walid Dabbous, INRIA Lambros Lambrinos, University of Cyprus Program Committee ------------------ Ernst Biersack Eurecom, France Vania Conan Thales, France Walid Dabbous INRIA, France Carlos da Costa ADETTI/ISCTE, Protugal Wolfgang Effelsberg University of Mannheim, Germany Vera Goebel University of Oslo, Norway George Karetsos TEI LAR, Greece Lambros Lambrinos University of Cyprus, Cyprus Rui J. Lopez ADETTI/ISCTE, Portugal Laurent Mathy Lancaster University, UK Theodore Pagtzis Fujitsu Labs, UK Andreas Mauthe Lancaster University, UK Thomas Plagemann University of Oslo, Norway Paul Smith Lancaster University, UK Guillaume Urvoy-Keller Eurecom, France Guidelines to authors -------------------------- Student authors are asked to submit their papers electronically in PDF format before the deadline below through the submission form on the conference Website. Submissions will be reviewed by the workshop program committee. The workshop proceedings will be published. Authors of accepted papers will present their work in 15-minute talks at the workshop. Important Dates ---------------------------- March 1, 2006: Papers Submission Deadline March 20, 2006: Acceptance Notification April 5, 2006: Camera ready version May 19, 2006: Workshop Event -- 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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IFIP Networking 2006 - CFP Workshop
by Jorge Sá Silva 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

Call for Papers -------------------------------------------------- Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, a Workshop at the 2006 IFIP Networking Conference. -------------------------------------------------- Please apologise cross/multiple posting, and please feel free to distribute this CfP further. Networking 2006 will take place at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, between May 15 and May 19. Detailed information ==================== http://www.cs.ucc.ie/~ur1/networking2006/ http://networking2006.dei.uc.pt/workshops.htm Important Dates =============== March 17th, 2006 Papers due April 10th, 2006 Notification of acceptance April 17th, 2006 Camera ready papers due Goal and Overview ================== The Performance Control in WirelessSensor Networks Workshop will be a half-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. The focus of the workshop will be on work in progress. Call for Papers =============== 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 behavior, 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. Paper Submissions: ================== The paper can report on work in progress. The size of the paper should not exceed 8 pages (Please adhere to the formatting standard for a manuscript of the 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. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present the paper at the Workshop. Paper submission procedures will be announced on: http://www.cs.ucc.ie/~ur1/networking2006/ -- 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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