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Second Call for Submissions || ICNS 2006 || ICAS 2006 || WSTC 2006 || Silicon Valley, July 16-23, 2006
by invitation＠iaria.org 20 Jan '06

20 Jan '06

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Second CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS We are pleased to announce a group of 3 outstanding scientific and industrial events scheduled in Silicon Valley, mid-July 2006. Submission deadline: February 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 5, 2006 Camera-ready: March 20, 2006 (workshops: special deadlines) Submissions could cover any of the tracks listed along with each conference. We stress out the third event which is an open contest on the topics listed on the web site. Substantial prizes will be offered. Submissions to the contest are separate from submissions to the collocated conferences. Three specialized workshops are also planned. ICNS'06, International Conference on Networking and Services July 16-18, 2006, Silicon Valley, USA http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICNS06.html ENCOT 2006: Emerging Network Communications and Technologies COMAN 2006: Network Control and Management SERVI 2006: Multi-technology service deployment and assurance NGNUS 2006: Next Generation Networks and Ubiquitous Services MPQSI 2006: Multi Provider QoS/SLA Internetworking GRID 2006: Grid Networks and Services EDNA 2006: Emergency Services and Disaster Recovery of Networks and Applications includes: IPv6DFI Workshop, IPv6 - Deploying the Future Infrastructure IPDy Workshop, Internet Packet Dynamics ICAS'06, International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems July 19-21, 2006, Silicon Valley, USA http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICSA06.html SYSAT 2006: Advances in system automation AUTSY 2006: Theory and practice of autonomous systems AWARE 2006: Design and deployment of context-awareness networks, services and applications AUTONOMIC 2006: Autonomic computing: design and management of self-behavioral networks and services MCMAC 2006: Monitoring, control, and management of autonomous Self-aware CASES 2006: Automation in specialized mobile environments ALCOC 2006: Algorithms and theory for control and computation MODEL 2006: Modeling, virtualization, any-on-demand, MDA, SOA includes SELF Workshop, Self-adaptability and self-management of context-aware systems Summer Contest: WCTS'06, World Class Technology Summit July 16-23, 2006, Silicon Valley, USA http://www.iaria.org/conferences/SummerContest06.html Looking forward for your contribution, On behalf of the organizers and the advisory committees Details: petre(a)iaria.org, lorenz(a)ieee.org ============================================= To be removed from this announcement list, please reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

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DCOSS '06 Call for Papers-- Feb. 8 abstract submission deadline
by Wendi Heinzelman 19 Jan '06

19 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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Call for Posters/Demos-MEDHOCNET2006: 5th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop
by Ozgur B. Akan 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

We apologize in advance for the multiple copies of this CFP. ************************************************************ CALL FOR POSTERS/DEMOS 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 ************************************************************ Med-Hoc-Net 2006 will include Poster/Demo sessions, whose aim will be to present and discuss works in progress, preliminary results of novel research, demos of new applications and techniques, and research testbeds. The scope of the Poster/Demo sessions is defined by the topics listed in the Call for Papers of the Workshop. POSTERS: The Poster session will provide researchers with an excellent opportunity to obtain early feedback of their ongoing research. Posters presenting preliminary results of research on ad hoc networks are solicited. Poster descriptions of no more than 3 pages in length and in PDF format should be submitted to the Poster/Demo Co-Chairs before April 7th, 2006. Each poster will be allocated 3 pages in the conference proceedings. Submissions will be evaluated based not only on their technical contribution but also on their potential to stimulate interesting discussions exchange of ideas, and new collaborations. DEMOS: The Demo session will allow researchers to showcase their prototypes to the research community. Technical demonstrations of ad hoc networks testbed implementations are solicited. Demo description of no more than 3 pages in length and in PDF format should be submitted to the Poster/Demo Co-Chairs before April 7th, 2006. The submission should describe the architecture of the system that will be shown, discuss the main technical challenges that have been addressed in building the prototype, and include any other kind of information that might be useful in the evaluation of the proposal. The submission should explicitly list and describe in sufficient detail any type of hardware equipment required to the organizers. Demonstrators are encouraged to bring and use their own equipment. Poster/Demo acceptance notification will be sent by May 9th, 2006. For the Poster/Demo descriptions to be included in the Conference Proceedings, at least one of the authors must register to the conference by May 22nd, 2006. Please feel free to contact one of the Poster/Demo Co-chairs if you need additional information. POSTERS and DEMOS CO-CHAIRS Marco Sgroi, (sgroi(a)docomolab-euro.com) NTT-DoCoMo Euro-Labs Stavros Toumpis, (toumpis(a)ucy.ac.cy) University of Cyprus IMPORTANT DATES Poster/Demo Description Submission: April 7, 2006 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: May 9, 2006 Registration deadline for Posters/Demos: May 22, 2006 Conference dates: June 14-17, 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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CFP: Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (MobiMedia 2006)
by Ozgur B. Akan 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

[ We apologize in advance for the multiple copies of this CFP. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 Euros 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 -- 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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CFP: Special Issue on Mobile Video - Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal (Elsevier)
by Ozgur B. Akan 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Please accept our apologies for the multiple copies of this CFP. ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS SIGNAL PROCESSING: IMAGE COMMUNICATION JOURNAL (ELSEVIER) Special Issue on MOBILE VIDEO http://www.MobiMedia.org/MobileVideo ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* Video communication over wireless networks is destined to become pervasive in daily life and a pillar for key emerging telecommunication services. The success of advanced services in mobile environments requires integrative approaches embracing video signal processing and networking technology. The interlinking of these research fields is fostering the development of underlying technology and workflows for mobile video. These technologies, generally hidden to the user, will be pre-requisite to allow for efficient multimedia support of digital communication and leisure time over wireless channels. This special issue will report the results of latest research efforts on video communication in mobile environments. The main goal of this special issue is to collate and disseminate the most relevant achievements of researchers working on video signal processing and communication for mobile applications. High quality contributions addressing related theoretical and practical aspects are solicited. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Low-bit rate video coding * Scalable video coding for wireless communication channels * Error control resilience and concealment * Multiple video descriptions for wireless communications * Video transcoding for heterogeneous wireless channels interoperability * Video streaming over wireless channels * Video communication in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks * Mobile video multicast * Quality measurement for mobile video * Mobile video testbeds and applications Submission Procedure -------------------- Prospective contributors are invited to submit papers according to the instructions in the ''Information for Authors'' on the back cover of a recent issue of the Signal Processing: Image Communication Journal. Authors should submit their manuscripts in PDF format through the COCUS Conference Management System. If you are not a COCUS user yet, you need to register at first. Then, select SPIC-MobileVideo from the ''Events' list'' page and follow the instructions to submit your manuscript. Selected papers on mobile video submitted to MobiMedia 2006 (www.MobiMedia.org) will also be considered for publication in this special issue. Important Dates --------------- Deadline for Manuscript Submission: May 12, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2006 Camera-Ready Papers Due: September 15, 2006 Publication Date: January 2007 Guest Editors ------------- Luigi Atzori (l.atzori(a)diee.unica.it) DIEE, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy Ebroul Izquierdo (ebroul.izquierdo(a)elec.qmul.ac.uk) Multimedia and Vision Lab, Queen Mary, University of London London, UK Pascal Frossard (pascal.frossard(a)epfl.ch) EPFL, Signal Processing Institute Lausanne, Switzerland Ozgur B. Akan (akan(a)eee.metu.edu.tr) Dept. of Electrical Eng. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey -- 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 Strategy
by Otto Spaniol 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Dear all, here is a paper on "IFIP strategy" (outcome of a meeting in London which was held December 10+11, 2006). This meeting followed a Digital Library task force meeting (December 9, 2006) whose documents cannoit yet be distributed since several issues must be discussed first with Springer SSBM. For the present paper it is said that: ------- Could you please forward it to all your working groups and SIGs and ask them to consider this and submit their input. Also on a TC level the input is requested. ------- Thus please send me your comments. The condensed version of that should be available before mid February, in order to draft a summary for discussion at Council / TA early March. Best regards Otto

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Request for WG 6.9 by Ana Pont Sanjuan
by Otto Spaniol 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Dear all, Ana Pont Sanjuan (WG 6.9 chair) requests 3.000 EURO from the IFIP TC6 funds for 2006 in order to support a workshop "women and ICT" which would be held in conjunction with WCC 2006 in Santiago de Chile. See below. I wait for your comments on this request until the end of this week, i.e. until January 20, 2006). Best regards Otto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email from Ana Pont Sanjuan: Dear Otto, As I informed you in some previous e-mails Klaus Brunnstein and other people from WCC suggested me to organize an event jointly the WCC2006 about "Women and ICT: Education and Employment Issues & Opportunities in Developing Countries". I personally think that it is a good idea that can perfectly fit in WG 6.9, for many different reasons: This event is proposed as a part of the WCC 2006 that is mainly sponsored and organized by IFIP 1. Despite Chile probably will leave the group of developing countries in a near future still we can consider it into this group. 2. The event is proposed in two parts: - Women and ICT (conference) - Women and ICT: Education and Employment Issues & Opportunities in Developing Countries (panel discussion) 3. TC6 can obtain wide visibility not only related to the scientific and technique topics it covers but also in all the areas participating in WCC. <> And considering that: - Practically all the countries in Latin America (were the WCC is hold) are developing countries - Women's activities are a big contribution in the economy of D.C. - ICT are a fantastic opportunity for Women employment in all countries because they permit e-work and reconcile the professional activity with the family <> I would like to organize this event under the sponsorship of 6.9. The economical support of HP has been required since they have sponsored similar events in other countries. <> We will also need some financial support form TC6 in order to invite significant women that can give some conferences or participate in a panel. A budget of 3000 € will be very useful to help in the organization. <> Would you be so kind to take into account this proposal and distribute it in the TC6 list if you considered it convenient? Best regards and all the best for 2006 Ana

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CFP: Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks, " Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal
by Eylem Ekici 14 Jan '06

14 Jan '06

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

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CFP-MEDHOCNET2006: 5th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop
by Ozgur B. Akan 14 Jan '06

14 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. 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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Call for Papers ACC 2006 - deadline extention
by Alessandro Puiatti 13 Jan '06

13 Jan '06

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers ACC 2006 2nd IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic Communications and Computing Niagara-Falls, Buffalo-NY, June 2006 in conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM 2006 http://www.autonomic-communication.org/acc/index.html Sponsored by IEEE WoWMoM Ubiquitous and self-organized Internet, ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks are expected to be some of the basic building blocks of pervasive computing environments. However, the promise of pervasive computing environments will not be realized unless these systems can effectively "disappear". In order to do that they need to become autonomous by managing their own evolution and configuration changes without explicit user or administrator action. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum between the autonomic computing and autonommic communication communities to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia. Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic communications and computing are solicited. Papers describing prototype implementations and deployment are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Architecture and models for autonomic communication and computing systems - Tools and techniques for designing, analyzing and building autonomic systems and networks - Adaptive security for self protection of systems and networks - Economic, biological and social models used for autonomic communications - Novel management techniques for autonomic communication and computing systems - Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing systems and networks - Languages, development and securely programmable environments for autonomic communications systems - Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic communication and computing systems - Autonomic communication and computing testbeds and measurements SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts must be limited to 5 pages in IEEE 8.5x11 conference format, and formatted in strict accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines. All submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF file and submit it to acc2006(a)autonomic-communication.org. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the combined WoWMoM 2006 workshop proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES: Papers due -------------------------- Jan. 17, 2006 Notification of acceptance ------------ Mar. 01, 2006 Camera-ready papers due --------------- Mar. 17, 2006 TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE F. Bellifemine TILAB, Italy C. Bisdikian IBM Research, USA M. Brunner NEC Lab., Germany L. Chapin ACM, USA M. Conti IIT CNR, Italy S. Das The University of Texas at Arlington, USA S. Denazis Hitachi, France C. Diot Thomson, France S. Dobson UCD, Ireland J. Dowling Trinity College Dublin, Ireland S. Fdida UPMC, France L. Gambardella IDSIA, Switzerland X. Gu U. Braunschweig, Germany P. Gunningberg Upsala University, Sweden H.-G. Hegering Munich University, Germany D. Hutchison ULanc, UK A. Keller IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA M. Iqbal Monash University, Australia D. Lewis Trinity College Dublin, Ireland M. May ETH, Switzerland R. Molva Eurécom, France G. Pavlou University of Surrey, UK G. Pujolle UPMC, France A. Sahai HP Labs, USA J. Schönwälder University Bremen, Germany A. Seneviratne UNSW, Australia F. Sestini FET, CEC R. Stadler KTH , Sweden I. Stavrakakis UOA, Greece J. Strassner MDAPCE, USA C. Tschudin University of Basel, Switzerland J. Vicente Intel, USA L.-T. Yang St. Francis Xavier University, Canada For more information, please contact the workshop co-organizer, or consult the workshop webpage.

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