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EWSN 2006: Early Registration Deadline Approaching
by info＠ewsn.org 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

Early Registration Deadline: Jan 15, 2006! ********************************************************************* * EWSN 2006 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * * * 3rd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN) * * * * ETH Zurich, Switzerland * * February 13 - 15, 2006 * * * * http://www.ewsn.org * ********************************************************************* Wireless sensor networks (WSN) - networks of tiny, autonomous sensor devices equipped with wireless communication - are a topic of active research in a number of different research communities, ranging from hardware to applications. You are cordially invited to participate in EWSN 2006 - the third of a series of annual meetings focusing on the latest research in this rapidly growing research area. This year's conference features: - 21 full papers (abstracts available online), selected from over 130 submissions; - a keynote by Karl Aberer, EPFL, director of NCCR-MICS (www.mics.ch), the major Swiss research initiative on ad hoc wireless sensor networks; - two half-day tutorials by leading experts in their fields: * Data Management in Sensor Networks by Samuel Madden, MIT, and * Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks by Roger Wattenhofer, ETH Zurich; - poster and demonstration session with 30 contributions; - a special session on European research initiatives dedicated to wireless sensor networks; and - a special session on the "Sentient Future Competition", where the best ideas about applications of sensor networks in ten years from now will be introduced and awarded. Program details and online registration are now available at http://www.ewsn.org. The early registration deadline is January 15, 2006. Best regards, EWSN 2006 organizers.

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Special Issue on Dependable Wireless Sensor Networks (ScienceDirect Alert: Computer Communications, Vol. 29, Iss. 2, 2006)
by M. Eltoweissy 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

***Apoligies for duplicates***** New Volume/Issue is now available on ScienceDirect! * Computer Communications Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 149-278 (10 January 2006) Dependable Wireless Sensor Networks Edited by M. Eltoweissy and M. Younis http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5624-2006-999709997-614630 NOTE: If the URLs in this email are not active hyperlinks, copy and paste the URL into the address/location box in your browser. ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) IFC Editorial Board Page CO2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 2) Dependable Wireless Sensor Networks Pages 149-150 Mohamed Eltoweissy and Mohamed Younis http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 3) Efficient and robust geocasting protocols for sensor networks Pages 151-161 Karim Seada and Ahmed Helmy http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 4) An integrated energy aware wireless transmission system for QoS provisioning in wireless sensor network Pages 162-172 Yong Yuan, Zongkai Yang, Zhihai He and Jianhua He http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 5) How many sensors for an acceptable breach detection probability? Pages 173-182 Ertan Onur, Cem Ersoy and Hakan Deliç http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 6) Transformations for write-all-with-collision model Pages 183-199 Sandeep S. Kulkarni and Mahesh Arumugam http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 7) Secret instantiation in ad-hoc networks Pages 200-215 Sandeep S. Kulkarni, Mohamed G. Gouda and Anish Arora http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 8) INSENS: Intrusion-tolerant routing for wireless sensor networks Pages 216-230 Jing Deng, Richard Han and Shivakant Mishra http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 9) Energy-efficient differentiated directed diffusion (EDDD) in wireless sensor networks Pages 231-245 Min Chen, Taekyoung Kwon and Yanghee Choi http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 10) Achieving dependability in sensor networks through automated requirements-based programming Pages 246-256 Michael G. Hinchey, James L. Rash, Christopher A. Rouff and Denis Gračanin http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… ================================================================================ Regular Research Papers ================================================================================ 11) A broadcasting scheme with supporting VCR functions for near video-on-demand systems Pages 257-267 Yu-Wei Chen and Yi-Ta Lee http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 12) Protection of a mobile agent with a reference clone Pages 268-278 Lotfi Benachenhou and Samuel Pierre http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… 13) OBC - Contents Page CO4 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&… ================================================================================ Send my e-mails in Formatted text (HTML). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/account If you would like to modify or remove your alerts, click on the link below http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/alerts If you have questions about this or other features of ScienceDirect, please access the ScienceDirect Info Site at http://www.info.sciencedirect.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been sent to you by ScienceDirect, a division of Elsevier B.V., Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tel. +31 20 485 3911. ScienceDirect respects your privacy and does not disclose, rent or sell your personal information to any non-affiliated third parties without your consent, except as may be stated in the ScienceDirect online privacy policy. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/privacy By using email or alert services, you are agreeing to abide by the ScienceDirect Terms and Conditions. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/termsandcond To unsubscribe to alert services, please go to the Alerts page. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/alerts Copyright (C) 2006 ScienceDirect. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or transfer of this message or its contents, in any medium, is strictly prohibited. ScienceDirect(R) is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. Delivery Job ID: 1927:001:039391763:<!-- deliveryIDTag -

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LAST CALL FOR PAPERS - DAIS'06
by DAIS'06 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST CALL FOR PAPERS 6th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems DAIS 2006 "From service-oriented architectures to self-managing applications" Bologna, Italy June 13-16, 2006 http://www.discotec06.cs.unibo.it/DAIS06/ To be held in conjunction with FMOODS 2006 and Coordination 2006 http://discotec06.cs.unibo.it ******** NEW ********** Abstract and paper submission is now open: http://conferences.cs.unibo.it/DAIS06 Invited speakers now ready http://discotec06.cs.unibo.it/invited.htm ABOUT THE CONFERENCE In recent years, distributed applications have indeed gained a practical and widely-known footing in everyday computing. Use of new communication technologies have brought up divergent application areas, including mobile computing, inter-enterprise collaborations, and ubiquitous services, just to name a few. New challenges include the need for service-oriented archi- tectures, autonomous and self-managing systems, peer-to-peer systems, grid computing, sensor networks, semantic enhancements, and adaptivity and dyna- micity of distribution constellations. The DAIS conference series addresses all aspects of distributed applications, including their design, implementation and operation, the supporting middleware, appropriate software engineering methodologies and tools, as well as experi- mental studies and practice reports. This time we welcome in particular contri- butions on architectures, models, technologies and platforms for interoperable, scalable and adaptable systems that are related to the latest trends towards service orientation and self-* properties. DAIS'06 is the sixth event in a series of successful international conferences which started in 1997. It will provide a forum for researchers, application and platform service vendors and users, to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, trends, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. Due to the success of the predecessor conferences and the emergence of many interesting and relevant new topics, DAIS has recently switched to a one-year-rhythm. CONFERENCE THEMES DAIS'06 solicits high quality papers reporting research results and/or experience reports. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. DAIS'06 especially encourages submissions addressing the following topics: - novel and innovative applications in the areas of * enterprise computing * peer-to-peer systems and platforms * mobile computing * ubiquitous and pervasive computing * sensor networks - distributed application infrastructures * service-oriented frameworks, SOA, Web Services * component frameworks, such as CORBA Components, J2EE, .NET * peer-to-peer computing * mobile and wireless computing * Grid computing - software architectures supporting * autonomous systems * context-awareness * reconfiguration and adaptation * self-management * dependability - application integration and interoperability * enterprise-wide and inter-enterprise integration * integration vs. interoperability * semantic interoperability and semantic web services - life-cycle of distributed applications * modelling, specifying, monitoring and management * model-driven development and testing * tuning and re-engineering - dependability of distributed applications * trust and security * safety * fault-tolerance * dependability coordination in SOA SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions must be done electronically as postscript or PDF, using the Springer LNCS style. DAIS'06 seeks: - Full technical papers in no more than 14 pages, - Work-in-progress papers, describing on-going work and interim results, in no more than 6 pages. Both categories of papers will be reviewed thoroughly by the DAIS'06 Program Committee. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by Springer Verlag in the LNCS series. More specific guidelines on the preparation of papers can be found on the conference website. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission January 10, 2006 Full paper submission: January 17, 2006 Work-in-progress papers: January 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 7, 2006 Camera ready version: March 28, 2006 Workshop dates: June 13, 2006 Conference dates: June 14-16, 2006 VENUE & EVENT DAIS'06 will be held in the beautiful city of Bologna, Italy, colocated with the 8th IFIP Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems (FMOODS'06) and Coordination'06. Attendants of DAIS'06 will have the opportunity to attend the sessions of the two colocated conferences. Bologna, a historical capital of culture, was founded by the Etruscans in the VI century B.C. Bologna sits in the southern part of the historically and gastronomically famous Po River plain, a natural crossroads in northern Italy. Bologna's location was important not only for the trading of goods but also for the exchanging of ideas and the disseminating of culture. The Università di Bologna, founded in 1088 is the oldest university in the western world. Bologna is famous for its porticoes. Dating back to the 12th century the porticoes were used to enlarge houses to support the growing University community. Today 350,000 people call Bologna their home, of which 100,000 are students. Bologna, Italy's culinary capital, is also famous for its food. Furthermore, Bologna is surrounded by the famous food/wine regions of Parma, Modena, and Tuscany. Bologna is very accessible, being served by an international airport and one of the main hubs of the Italian railway system. Within easy access is Florence (1 hour), Milan (1.5 hours), Venice (1.5 hours), Rome (2.4 hours) and the ubiquitous Italian countryside of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany. ORGANISERS General chair: Gianluigi Zavattaro, University of Bologna, Italy Steering committee: Lea Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany Elie Najm, ENST, Paris, France PC Chairs: Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway Alberto Montresor, University of Trento, Italy Publicity chair: Ketil Lund, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Program committee: N. Alonistioti, University of Athens, Greece D. Bakken, Washington State University, USA A. Bartoli, University of Trieste, Italy Y. Berbers, Yolande, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium A. Beugnard, ENST-Bretagne, France G. Blair, Lancaster University, UK A. Corsaro, Alenia Marconi System, Italy I. Demeure, ENST, France F. Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway P. Felber, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, K. Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany K. M. Goschka, Technical University of Vienna, Austria S. Graupner, HP Labs, USA R. Grønmo, SINTEF ICT, Norway D. Hagimont, INP Toulouse, France S. Hallsteinsen, SINTEF ICT, Norway S. Haridi, SICS, Sweden J. Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia E. Jul, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK A. Keller, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA H. Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany R. Kroeger, Univeristy of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, Germany H. Krumm, University of Dortmund, Germany L. Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland W. Lamersdorf, University of Hamburg, Germany C. Linnhof-Popien, University of Munich, Germany K. Lund, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway R. Meier, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland A. Montresor, University of Trento, Italy E. Najm, ENST, France R. Oliveira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal K. Raymond, University of Queensland, Australia R. Schantz, BBN Technologies, USA A. Romanovsky, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK W. Schreiner, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria T. Senivongse, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand K. Sere, Åbo Akademi University, Finland J.-B. Stefani, INRIA, France N. Wang, Tech-X Corporation, USA -- Ketil Lund Publicity chair DAIS'06

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ELMAR-2006: Call for Papers
by Mislav Grgic 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

48th International Symposium ELMAR-2006 focused on Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications 07-10 June 2006 Zadar, Croatia http://www.elmar-zadar.org/ Submission deadline: February 08, 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS The 48th International Symposium ELMAR-2006 focused on Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications will be held in the beautiful old town Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast. While the scientific program is expected to create stimulating professional interaction, the crystal clear Adriatic Sea, warm June atmosphere and wealth of historic monuments promise a pleasant and memorable stay. The aim of the symposium is to promote the interface of researchers involved in the development, design and application of methods and techniques within the framework of multimedia signal processing and communications, multimedia applications, image and video processing, digital video broadcasting (DVB), navigation systems, marine electronics, etc. The scientific program includes keynote (plenary) lectures by eminent international experts and contributed papers. Papers accepted by two independent reviewers will be published in symposium proceedings available at the symposium and abstracted in the INSPEC and IEEExplore database (IEEE Conference Publication Program). ELMAR-2006 symposium is sponsored by the Croatian Society Electronics in Marine (ELMAR), technically co-sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Region 8 and IEEE Croatia Section, and in coopearation with EURASIP (European Association for Signal, Speech and Image Processing). TOPICS MULTIMEDIA * Multimedia Signal Processing * Multimedia Communications * Multimedia Systems and Technologies * Multimedia Applications * Image and Video Processing * Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) * Mobile Technologies and Services * Speech and Audio Processing * Face Recognition and Analysis ELECTRONICS IN MARINE * Navigation Systems * Ship Electronic Systems * Power Electronics and Automation * Radiocommunications * Antennas and Propagation * Sound and Vibration * Remote Sensing / Monitoring * Meteorology * Sea Ecology SUBMISSION "Author's Kit" is available here: http://www.elmar-zadar.org/ IMPORTANT: Web-based paper submission of papers in PDF format is required for all authors. No e-mail, fax, or postal submissions will be accepted. Authors should prepare their papers according to ELMAR-2006 paper sample, convert them to PDF using IEEE PDF eXpress(TM) tool and submit them using web-based submission system by February 08, 2006. PLENARY TALKS * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Sikora, GERMANY * Prof. Demetrios G. Lainiotis, GREECE SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of full papers: February 08, 2006 Notification of acceptance mailed out by: March 31, 2006 Deadline for submission of camera-ready papers: April 07, 2006 Preliminary program available on the web-site by: April 28, 2006 Registration deadline: May 05, 2006 Mini-exhibition facilities will be available for companies wishing to display their products, services, hardware & software and literature relating to the symposium topics. The companies wishing to participate in the exhibition are kindly requested to contact Asst.Prof. Mislav Grgic (ELMAR-2006 Program Chair) by e-mail: elmar2006(a)fer.hr ORGANIZING SPONSOR Croatian Society Electronics in Marine - ELMAR TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS IEEE Signal Processing Society IEEE Region 8 IEEE Croatia Section IN COOPERATION WITH EURASIP GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Ive Mustac Tankerska plovidba, Zadar, Croatia Branka Zovko-Cihlar University of Zagreb, Croatia PROGRAM CHAIR Mislav Grgic University of Zagreb, Croatia INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Juraj Bartolic, Croatia David Broughton, United Kingdom Pavel Cukrov, Croatia Zarko Cucej, Slovenia Marek Domanski, Poland Kalman Fazekas, Hungary Janusz Filipiak, Poland Renato Filjar, Croatia Borko Furht, USA Joze Furlan, Slovenia Mislav Grgic, Croatia Sonja Grgic, Croatia B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, Austria Tomislav Kos, Croatia Andy Kucar, Canada Boris Kviz, Croatia Rastislav Lukac, Canada Gabor Matay, Hungary Borivoj Modlic, Croatia Pavol Podhradsky, Slovak Republic K. R. Rao, USA Marian S. Stachowicz, USA Christel Stakkestad, Sweden Rajko Svecko, Slovenia Csaba Szabo, Hungary Jan Turan, Slovakia Frantisek Vejrazka, Czech Republic Nick Ward, United Kingdom Krzysztof Wayda, Poland Branka Zovko-Cihlar, Croatia CONTACT INFORMATION Asst.Prof. Mislav Grgic ELMAR-2006 FER, Unska 3 / XII HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA Telephone: + 385 1 6129 851 Fax: + 385 1 6129 568 E-mail: elmar2006(a)fer.hr Please visit ELMAR-2006 web-site: http://www.elmar-zadar.org/

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Happy New Year
by koos＠bsoe.co.za 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

May you all have a GREAT 2006. Until we meet again. Regards. Koos Koen South Africa.

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ACM SIGCOMM 2006 CFP
by Brad Karp 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

Dear Colleague, We would like to encourage you to submit research papers to SIGCOMM 2006--the premier conference on networking and computer communications--which will be held in Pisa, Italy on September 11th-15th. The CFP is attached below. Our intent is for SIGCOMM 2006 to be very broad, inclusive of work across the entire spectrum of networking research, including wireless, network security, sensor networks, overlay, and peer-to-peer systems, in addition to more traditional SIGCOMM topics. To help encourage that breadth, we intend to accept approximately 50% more papers than in previous years. With your help, we believe this will lead to three very full, but also very interesting, days at the conference. Further, we note that throughout the network research community, there is renewed interest in network architecture, and what the future Internet might be in 15-20 years. Fundamental "clean slate" approaches and radical new ideas are definitely encouraged. We look forward to reading your submissions and to seeing you in Pisa in September. Regards, Tom Anderson & Nick McKeown PC Chairs, SIGCOMM 2006 --- CALL FOR PAPERS ACM SIGCOMM 2006 Conference Pisa, Italy September 11th-15th, 2006 IMPORTANT DATES Workshop/Tutorial Proposals: November 15th, 2005 Paper registration/abstract: February 3rd, 2006 (required, hard deadline) Paper submission: February 10th, 2006 (hard deadline) Paper notification: May 1st, 2006 Camera-ready papers: June 21st, 2006 Please note that notifications to authors will occur in "rolling" fashion; that is, authors may receive decisions anytime between the submission deadline and notification date. The SIGCOMM 2006 conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. We invite submissions on network architecture, design, implementation, operations, analysis, measurement, and simulation. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Analysis and design of network architectures and algorithms * Experimental and measurement results from operational networks * Fundamental insights into network and traffic characteristics * Network fault-tolerance and reliability, debugging, and troubleshooting * Network management and traffic engineering * Network security, vulnerability, and defenses * Network, transport, and application-layer protocols * Networking issues for Web, multimedia, and gaming applications * Operating system and other host support for networking * Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution networks * Resource management, quality of service, and signaling * Routing, switching, and addressing * Tools and techniques for network measurement and simulation * Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, and sensor networks SIGCOMM 2006 solicits full papers up to 12 pages in length, in two-column ACM conference format. SIGCOMM is a selective conference where full papers typically report novel results firmly substantiated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. We intend to publish public reviews of each accepted paper, to be written by the program committee. We also plan to host an open web discussion board for accepted papers prior to the conference. As in previous years, SIGCOMM 2006 will have tutorials, workshops, a poster session, a student travel grant program, and a Student Paper Award. Details will be posted as they become available on the conference web site: http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2006/ The conference will begin with a keynote by the 2006 winner of the ACM SIGCOMM Award for lifetime contributions to the field of computer communication. Procedures for nominating candidates for the SIGCOMM Award can be obtained from Jennifer Rexford, jrex at cs.princeton.edu. ORGANIZATION General Chair: Luigi Rizzo, Universita di Pisa Program Chairs: Tom Anderson, University of Washington Nick McKeown, Stanford University Conference Coordinator: Joe Touch, USC/Information Sciences Institute Local Organization Chair: Giovanni Stea, Universita di Pisa Treasurer: Gianluca Iannaccone, Intel Research Cambridge Publicity Chair: Brad Karp, University College London Workshop Chairs: Christophe Diot, Thomson, Paris Serge Fdida, University Paris 6, France Tutorial Chair: Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Pisa

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Happy New Year for all you
by André Danthine 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

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Re: [ifip-tc6] TOP500 XMAS-card from Otto Spaniol
by koos＠bsoe.co.za 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

Greetings to all from a sunny holiday in Goa, India. May you all have a great 2006. Koos Koen South Africa.

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CFP: The 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-06)
by Mieso Denko 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************* UIC-06 ************************* The 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-06) - Building Smart Worlds on Real and Cyber Spaces - http://grid.hust.edu.cn/uic06/ Organized by Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech. (HUST) Co-Sponsored by HUST, NSFC, 863, ChinaGrid, IFIP In Cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society (Applying) Wuhan and Three Gorges, China, September 3-6, 2006 ****************************************************** Following ubiquitous computers, networks, information, services, etc., is a road towards a smart world (SW) created on both real and cyber spaces. A SW is mainly characterized by ubiquitous intelligence (UI) or computational intelligence pervasive in the physical world, filled with ubiquitous intelligent or smart things, that are capable of computing, communicating, and behaving smartly with some intelligence. One of the profound implications of such ubiquitous smart things is that various kinds and levels of intelligence will exist ubiquitously in everyday objects, environments, systems and even ourselves, and possibly be extended from man-made to natural things. "Ubicomp" or "percomp" can be regarded as the computing of all these intelligent/smart things/u-things, that are essential elements and components of the SW. A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive, adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or thinking. Intelligent/smart things is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the ubiquitous world with universal services of any means/place/time to the SW of trustworthy services with the right means/place/time. UIC-06 is a successor of the 2nd Int'l Symposium on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart Worlds (UISW2005, Japan, Dec. 2005) which succeeds the 1st Int'l Workshop on Ubiquitous Smart Worlds (USW2005,Taipei, Mar. 2005). It offers a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments, and systems as well as discuss various personal/social/physical issues faced by UI and SWs. Topics include but are not limited to the following: 1. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects * Electronic Label, Card, E-Tag and RFID * Embedded Chips, Sensor & Actuator * MEMS, NEMS, Mote & Biometric Device * Everyday Good, Artifact, Robot, etc. * Smart Appliance and Wearable Device * Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc. * Emerging Intelligent/Smart Objects * Embedded Software and Agents 2. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Environments * Room, Home, Office, Laboratory, etc. * Building, Library, School, Campus, etc. * Shop, Clinic, Hospital and Health Care * Street, Yard, Park, Ground, City, etc. * Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation * Land, Pool, Space and Hyperspace * Learning, Sport, Entertainment, etc. * Novel Intelligent/Smart Applications 3. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Systems * Sensor, Ad Hoc & Intelligent Networks * Knowledge Representation and Ontology * Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems * OS, Middleware and Intelligent Association * Intelligent Service Architecture, Grid & Mesh * Massive Agents, Swarm/Amorphous Systems * Proactive, Autonomic and Organic Systems * Novel Intelligent/Smart Systems 4. Personal/Social/Physical Aspects * Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics * End-User Interface, Control & Programming * Social/Natural/Physical Model of UI & SW * User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition * Security, Privacy, Trust and Legal/Policy Issues * Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors * Implication and Impact of UI and SW * Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds ==IMPORTANT DATES== Submission Deadline: March 10, 2006 Authors Notification: May 10, 2006 Final Manuscript Due: June 10, 2006 ==ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION== Prepare your paper with free styles not more than 15 pages in PDF file. Submit your paper(s) at the UIC-06 web site: http://grid.hust.edu.cn/uic06 ==PAPER PUBLICATION== Accepted papers will be published by IEEE CS Proceedings to be indexed by SCI and EI. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the international Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (JUCI), and the International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC). ==Organizing Committees== Honorary Chairs Horio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan Yaoxue Zhang, Tsinghua University, China General Chairs Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Zhaohui Wu, Zhejiang University, China Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Program Committee Chairs Victor Callaghan, University of Essex, UK Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada International Advisory Committee Makoto Amamiya, Kyushu University, Japan Marios C. Angelides, Brunel University, UK Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University, USA Haruhisa Ichikawa, NTT Network Innovation Lab., Japan Moon Hae Kim, Konkuk University, Korea Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy Ivan Stojmenovic, Ottawa University, Canada Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Jhing-Fa Wang, Nat. Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Steering Committee Chairs Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Publicity Chairs Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Hani A. K. Hagras, University of Essex, UK Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan International Liaison Chairs Vipin Chaudhary, Wayne State University, USA Ismail K. Ibrahim, Johannes Kepler University, Austria Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Publication Chairs Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Thomas Noel, University Louis Pasteur, France Jon (Jong-Hoon) Youn, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Award Chairs Arjan Durresi, Louisiana State University, USA Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Panel Chair Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Financial Chair Xin Li, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Web Administration Chair Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Local Arrangement Chair Xia Xie, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Program Committee See UIC-06 web site: http://grid.hust.edu.cn/uic06/ Further questions, please contact with UIC06 Secretariat: <uic06(a)hust.edu.cn> Or PC Chairs Prof. Hai Jin <hjin(a)hust.edu.cn> Prof. Laurence T. Yang <lyang(a)stfx.ca> Prof. Victor Callaghan <vic(a)essex.ac.uk>

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Call For Papers: June 26-29, 2006, joint conferences in computer science, computer engineering & applied computing; USA
by hra＠cs.uga.edu 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

Call For Papers & Call For Session Proposals The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing WORLDCOMP'06 (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 (see instructions below) and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings (included in major Science Citation Indexes). The names of technical session/workshop organizers/chairs will appear on the cover of the proceedings as Associate Editors. 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 & Distributed Processing Techniques & Applications (PDPTA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Grid Computing & Applications (GCA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Security & Management (SAM'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies & Applications (MLMTA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Software Engineering Research & Practice (SERP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Programming Languages & Compilers (PLC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Semantic Web & Web Services (SWWS'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Real-Time Computing Systems & Applications (RTCOMP'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Embedded Systems & Applications (ESA'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Pervasive Systems & Computing (PSC'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition (IPCV'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Computer Graphics & Virtual Reality (CGVR'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation & 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 & 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, & Outsourcing (EEE'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Information & Knowledge Engineering (IKE'06) o The 2006 International Conference on Bioinformatics & 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 & 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 - 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. Each of the 28 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP is the premier conference 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. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations (from different authors). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above); E-mail submissions are preferred. We would like to receive the proposals by January 10, 2006. 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, & 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 & 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 & 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 & most are suitable for families & 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 & night clubs, free street shows, ...). IMPORTANT DATES: Jan. 10, 2006: (Extended deadline) Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions. Feb. 20, 2006: Submission of papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 20, 2006: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2006: Camera-Ready papers & 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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