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Call for Papers ACC 2006
by Alessandro Puiatti 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

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. 10, 2006 Notification of acceptance ------------ Feb. 22, 2006 Camera-ready papers due --------------- Mar. 17, 2006 TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE F. Bellifemine TILAB, Italy 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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WEA 06: 1st Call for Papers
by Ioannis Chatzigiannakis 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

CALL FOR PAPERS WEA 2006 Fifth International Workshop on Experimental Algorithms May 24-27, 2006 Menorca Island, Spain http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~wea/ SCOPE: The WEA Workshops are intended to be an international forum for researchers in the area of design, analysis, and experimental evaluation and engineering of algorithms, as well as in various aspects of computational optimization and its applications. The preceding Workshops were held in Riga, Monte Verita, Rio de Janeiro and Santorini. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: Algorithm Engineering Algorithmic Mechanism Design Analysis of Algorithms Approximation Techniques Branch and Bound Algorithms Combinatorial Structures and Graphs Combinatorial and Irregular Problems Communication Networks Complex Networks Computational Learning Theory Computational Optimization Computer Systems Cryptography and Security Data Structures Distributed Algorithms Evaluation of Algorithms for Realistic Environments Graph Drawing Heuristics for Combinatorial Optimization Implementation, Testing, Evaluation and Fine-tuning Information Retrieval Integer Programming Logistics and Operations Management Machine Learning and Data Mining Mathematical Programming Metaheuristic Methodologies Network Analysis Novel Applications of Algorithms in Other Disciplines On-line Problems Parallel Algorithms and Computing Railway Optimization using Algorithmic Methods Randomized Techniques Robotics Semidefinite Programming Simulation Software Repositories and Platforms for using Algorithms Telecommunications and Networking World Wide Web Algorithms PAPER SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit a draft of a full paper describing original, unpublished research with at most 12 pages (in LNCS style or similar). Proofs omitted due to space constraints must be put into an appendix to be read by the program committee members at their discretion. Electronic submissions should be formatted in postscript or pdf. The proceedings will be published in Springer's LNCS series. Simultaneous submission to other conferences or workshops with published proceedings is not allowed. See the conference website at http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~wea/ for details on how to submit or contact the workshop organizers at wea(a)lsi.upc.edu for further information. IMPORTANT DATES: Submissions Due: January 20, 2006 Notification: March 7, 2006 Final Papers Due: March 17, 2006 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mark de Berg, T.U. Eindhoven, NL Christian Blum , T.U. of Catalonia, ES Aaron Clauset, Univ. of New Mexico, US Camil Demetrescu, Univ. of Rome "La Sapienza", IT Thomas Erlebach, Univ. of Leicester, UK Catherine McGeoch, Amherst College, US Ulrich Meyer, MPI fur Informatik, DE Ian Munro, University of Waterloo, CA Stefan Naher, Universitat Trier, DE Gonzalo Navarro, Universidad de Chile, CL Panos M. Pardalos, Univ. of Florida, US Jose Rolim, University of Geneva, CH Adi Rosen, Technion, IL Peter Sanders, Universitat Karlsruhe, DE Guilhem Semerjian, Univ. of Rome "La Sapienza", IT Maria Serna, chair, T.U. of Catalonia, ES Paul Spirakis, Univ. of Patras and CTI, GR Osamu Watanabe, Tokyo Inst. Technology, JP Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, CH STEERING COMMITTEE Edoardo Amaldi, Politecnico di Milano, IT David A. Bader, Georgia Institute of Technology, US Josep Diaz, T.U. of Catalonia, ES Giuseppe Italiano, UniversitΓ di Roma "Tor Vergata", IT David Johnson, AT&T Labs, US Klaus Jansen, Universitat Kiel, DE Kurt Mehlhorn, Max-Plack-Institut fur Informatik, DE Ian Munro, University of Waterloo, CA Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, GR JosΓ© Rolim (chair), University of Geneva, CH Paul Spirakis, University of Patras and CTI, GR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Carme Alvarez Maria Blesa Amalia Duch Leonor Frias Helena Nesetrilova Maria Serna (Chair) CONTACT INFORMATION Maria Serna Dept. Llenguatges i Sistemes Informtics Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, 235 Campus Nord E-08034 Barcelona, Spain Tel.: (+34) 93 4137850, Fax: (+34) 93 4137787 http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~wea wea(a)lsi.upc.edu

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CFP: 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2006)
by Joseph L Hellerstein 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2006) http://www.noms2006.org Call for Papers ?Management of Integrated End-to-end Communications and Services" The 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2006) will be held 3-7 April 2006 in the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center, Vancouver, Canada. Held in even-numbered years since 1988, NOMS 2006 will follow the 18 year tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary forum for technical exchange of the research, standards, development, systems integration, service provider, and user communities. NOMS 2006 will present up-to-date approaches and technical solutions for integrated systems and services including communication networks, host systems, enterprise applications, service oriented architectures, and delivery of management services. The conference provides a peer-reviewed program of technical sessions, application sessions, tutorials, posters, and panels as well as vendor exhibits. Integrated systems and services require considerations for today?s multi-service and multi-domain environment of heterogeneous technologies, service offerings, management strategies, and business models. NOMS 2006 focuses on integrated management that encompasses provisioning, operation, and maintenance. This broad scope also calls for an integrated approach to dependability, resilience, quality-of-service, mobility management, and services billing. In particular, these considerations include the combination of wireless and wired networks and the integration of all-IP communication systems. NOMS 2006 will offer five types of sessions: technical, application, poster, panel, and BoF. Technical sessions present high-quality papers on the latest research results in the network operations and management area. Application sessions present papers focusing on the experience of IT and telecommunications industries, such as service providers, OSS vendors, and equipment manufacturers. The scope here includes customer requirements, management system implementations, and business practices. Poster sessions provide an insight into work-in-progress. Panel sessions focus on business implications, market trends, and emerging applications with panelists who are technology and business leaders. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers that are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, or related topic areas: Management Paradigms, Models and Architectures * Self-managing networks (self-healing, self-optimizing, self-protecting and self-configuring) * Integrated control and management * Distributed and scalable management * Policy and role based management * Programmable, active, and adaptive mgmt * Resilience and survivability * "Plug-n-Play" component-based management * Customer controlled and managed networks * Proactive and reactive management Operation and Management Functions * Security management * Mobility management * End-to-end measurements * Network and systems monitoring * Alarm correlation and filtering * Customer care and workforce management * Process engineering for operators' service and network management * Performance and fault management * Configuration and accounting management * Integration and testing of commercial off-the-shelf products * Content hosting and delivery * Path Protection and Restoration * Internet service pricing, Bandwidth trading , Service Engineering and Operational Challenges * Next generation operation support systems * Service design and quality assurance * Resource inventory, planning, and allocation * Service discovery and service negotiation * SLAs and business process management * Quality-of-Service management * Service portability/mobility (VHE) * Transaction-oriented services and supply chain management * "Soft" networks (Soft-switch, Parlay, 3GPP OSA, JAIN) and service switching * Dynamic service requirements analysis * Charging and accounting of integrated systems and services Theories, Models, and Enabling Management Technologies * Theory (control, optimization, economic, games, chaos, graph) for management * Grid, middleware and peer-to-peer technologies * Information models and Internet technologies (Web, XML, DEN, CIM) * AI techniques (knowledge-based, intelligent agents, machine learning, neural networks,) * Data warehousing, ontology, mining and statistical methods in management * User interfaces and virtual reality in management * Management of Emerging Networks and Services * Converged networks and services * Peer-to-peer and community networks * Grids, grid services, and grid applications * Ad hoc and self-configurable networks * Multi-sensor and self-organizing networks * Overlay networks, virtual topologies and VPN services * Wireless broadband networks (2G, 2.5G, 3G, and beyond) * High speed access, Wireless Local (WLANs) and Personal Area Networks (PANs) * Optical networks (metropolitan, all optical, WDM, DWDM, optical IP) * Video and broadband cable networks * VoIP, VoD, FTTX networks, services, and protocols (IPv4, IPv6, H.323, SIP, RTP, RTCP, RTSP, MGCP, and QoS) * Storage Area Networks (SAN) and ASPs server farms * Web services and content delivery networks * Smart homes and networked haptics * Satellite and interplanetary networks * e-World (e-health, e-commerce, e-business, and e-government) Important Dates: * Deadline for Technical Session Papers: 1 August 2005 * Deadline for Application Session Papers: 15 September 2005 * Deadline for Tutorials, Panels and Posters: 15 September 2005 * Notification of Acceptance: 12 November 2005 * Final Camera Ready Papers Due: 1 February 2006 For more information on NOMS 2006, please contact one of the two Program Co-chairs: Joseph L. Hellerstein <hellers(a)us.ibm.com>, IBM, U.S.A. Burkhard Stiller <stiller(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch>, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Switzerland Poster Sessions --------------- In addition to regular papers presented in technical sessions, NOMS 2006 also offers poster sessions for more informal interactions and presenting work in progress. Short papers (4 pages long) can be submitted for consideration as poster presentations. Posters will be selected from these short papers and regular papers. You can submit your work selecting "Poster session" in the NOMS 2006 submission system (JEMS) at https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/noms2006. Further questions related to posters must be addressed to the poster co-chairs: Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville <granville(a)inf.ufrgs.br>, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Nikos Anerousis <nikos(a)us.ibm.com>, IBM, USA Kyung-Hyu Lee <khyulee(a)etri.re.kr>, ETRI, Korea Application Sessions -------------------- The NOMS2006 Application Session submissions aim to encourage discussions concerning experience, lessons-learned, business cases, implementation examples, new applications, innovative enterprises, and organizational impacts, in any of the detailed topics found at http://www.noms2006.org. Papers for the Application Sessions should be written in English. The paper format should have a visual in the upper half of a page and the explanatory text in the lower half (annotated visuals). Paper submissions should consist of no more than 15 annotated visuals in PDF only. Detailed author instructions are available on the author information page on the conference web site. Further questions related to posters must be addressed to the application sessions co-chairs: Joseph Betser <Joseph.Betser(a)aero.org>, Aerospace, USA Prosper Chemouil <prosper.chemouil(a)francetelecom.com>, France Telecom, France Yoshiaki Kiriha <y-kiriha(a)ay.jp.nec.com>, NEC, Japan NOMS 2006 Workshops ------------------- Workshops on specialized topics will be held on the days before and after the NOMS technical program. Contributions to these workshops will be solicited and reviewed separately from those for NOMS. A proposal to organize a half-day or full-day workshop should contain the following information * A draft of the CFP (includes Title, description, topics and dates) * Why is the topic area important? * Likely contributors and target audience * Organizing committee * Plan for workshop advertising and publicity * Biography of the main organizer (100-200 words) For a point of reference, see the workshops held in conjunction with IM 2005 at http://www.ieee-im.org/workshops.html. Workshop proposals should be sent to one of the tutorial co-chairs: Ehab Al-Shaer <ehab(a)cs.depaul.edu>, De Paul University, USA Rolf Stadler <stadler(a)imit.kth.se>, KTH, Sweden

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Re: [ifip-tc6] ATC-06 CFP
by Silvia Giordano 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Apologies for multiple copies received. Please, distribute it to interested colleagues and students ********************* ATC-06 ************************* The 3rd International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-06) http://grid.hust.edu.cn/atc06 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 ****************************************************** Computing systems including hardware, software, communication and networks are growing with ever increasing scale and heterogeneity, and becoming overly complex. Such the complexity is getting more critical along with ubiquitous permeation of embedded devices and other pervasive systems. To cope with the growing and ubiquitous complexity, autonomic computing focuses on self-manageable computing and communication systems that perform self-awareness, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, self-protection and other self-ware operations to the maximum extent possible without human intervention or guidance. Any autonomic system must be trustworthy to avoid the risk of losing control and retain confidence that the system will not fail. Trust and/or distrust relationships in the Internet and pervasive infrastructure based global computing exist universally in the course of dynamic interaction and cooperation of various users, systems and services. Trusted computing targets computing and communication systems as well as services that are available, predictable, traceable, controllable, assessable, sustainable, dependable, persist-able, security/privacy protect-able, etc. A series of grand challenges exist to achieve practical self-manageable autonomic systems with truly trustworthy services. ATC-06 addresses the most innovative research and development in these challenging areas and includes all technical aspects related to autonomic and trusted computing and communication. ATC-06 as a conference comes out of the First Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Ubiquitous and Embedded Systems (TAUES-05, Japan, Dec.), and the Int'l Workshop on Trusted and Autonomic Computing Systems (TACS-06, Austria, April). Topics include but are not limited to the following: Autonomic Computing Theory and Models * Nervous/organic model, reaction, pro-action, control, persistence, negotiation, cooperation, etc. Autonomic Computing Architectures and Systems * Autonomic elements, relationship, architecture, framework, middleware, prototype, system, etc. Autonomic Computing Components and Modules * Autonomic component/module such as memory, storage, database, device, server, proxy, OS, etc. Autonomic Communication and Services * Autonomic network, ad hoc/sensor net, grid, P2P, web service, semantics, agent, transaction, etc. Autonomic System Tools and Interfaces * Tool/interface for autonomic system development, test, monitoring, assessment, supervision, etc. Trust Models and Specifications * Models and semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk, reputation, reliability, etc. Trust-related Security and Privacy * Trust-related secure architecture, framework, policy, intrusion detection/awareness, protocols, etc. Trusted Reliable and Dependable Systems * Fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery, etc. Trustworthy Services and Applications * Trustworthy Internet/web/grid/P2P e-services, mobile/ pervasive services, novel applications, etc. Trust Standards and Non-Technical Issues * Trust standards and issues related to personality, ethics, sociology, culture, psychology, economy, etc. ==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 ATC-06 web site: http://grid.hust.edu.cn/atc06 ==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 Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing (JoATC), and the International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN). ==Organizing Committees== Honorary Chairs Yunhe Pan, Zhejiang University, China Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA General Chairs Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China David Ogle, IBM, USA Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany Program Committee Chairs Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada International Advisory Committee Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Steering Committee Chairs Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Vice Chairs Xiaolin (Andy) Li, Oklahoma State University, USA Michael Smirnov, Fraunhofer Inst. FOKUS, Germany Bin Xiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Publicity Chairs Emmanuelle Anceaume, IRISA, France Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Science, Switzerland Xiaobo Zhou, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA International Liaison Chairs Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA Publication Chairs Yuanshun Dai, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA M. S. P.-Hernandez, University Politecnicade Madrid, Spain Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Award Chairs Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan Antonino Mazzeo, Second University of Naples, Italy Mazin Yousif, Intel Corporation, USA Panel Chair Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK Financial Chair Xin Li, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Web Administration Chair Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Local Arrangement Chair Xia Xie, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Program Committee See ATC-06 web site: http://grid.hust.edu.cn/atc06 Further questions, please contact with ATC06 Secretariat: <atc06(a)hust.edu.cn> Or Chairs Prof. Hai Jin <hjin(a)hust.edu.cn> Prof. Laurence T. Yang <lyang(a)stfx.ca> Prof. Manish Parashar <parashar(a)caip.rutgers.edu> Prof. Kouichi Sakurai <sakurai(a)csce.kyushu-u.ac.jp> ============ End of ATC-06 CFP ================ Silvia Giordano University of Applied Science - SUPSI Galleria 2 - Via Cantonale 6928 Manno - Switzerland silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Call for Papers MASS 2006
by Pedro M. Ruiz 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Please find below the CFP for the upcoming MASS-2006 conference. All the best, --Pedro M. Ruiz 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 Communications 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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Preliminary CFP AD HOC NOW 2005
by Pedro M. Ruiz 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Please, find below the AD HOC NOW 2006 preliminary CFP. 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 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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ICNS 2006 || ICAS 2006 || WSTC 2006 || Call for Submissions, Silicon Valley, July 16-23, 2006
by invitation＠iaria.org 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Apologies if you receive multiple copies. INVITATION Call for Submissions We are pleased to announce a group of 3 outstanding scientific events scheduled in Silicon Valley, mid-July 2006 Submissions could cover any of the tracks listed along with each conference. We stress out the third event which is an open context on the topics listed on the web site. Substantial prizes will be offered. Submisisons to the contest are separate from submissions to the collocated conferences. 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 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-behavioural 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 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 Publicity Board: Dumitru Roman, Joel Rodriques, Damien Magoni Details: petre(a)iaria.org, lorenz(a)ieee.org

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ICNS 2006 || ICAS 2006 || WSTC 2006 || Call for Submissions, Silicon Valley, July 16-23, 2006
by magoni＠dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Call for Submissions We are pleased to announce a group of 3 ourstanding scientific events scheduled in Sillicon Valey, mid-July 2006 Submissions could cover any of the tracks listed along with each conference. We stress out the third event which is an open context 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. 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 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-behavioural 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 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 IARIA Publicity Board: Dumitru Roman, Joel Rodriques, Damien Magoni Details: petre(a)iaria.org, lorenz(a)ieee.org ============================================= 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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CFP: The 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-06)
by Mieso Denko 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '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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ACM/SIGMOBILE MobiHoc 2006, Call for Papers
by ACM MobiHoc 2006 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

(Apologies if you receive this call multiple times.) *** Paper registration is in 10 days! *** ************************************************************ PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS ACM/SIGMOBILE MobiHoc 2006 The Seventh ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2006/ May 22-25 2006 Florence, Italy ************************************************************ ACM MobiHoc is the premier international meeting dedicated to addressing challenges emerging from wireless ad hoc networking and computing. This year's symposium will include a highly selective technical program, as well as hands-on research demonstrations, keynote, panel, and tutorials. We invite paper, poster, and demonstration submissions on mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh networks, and ad hoc computing systems, with the focus being on issues at and above the MAC layer. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following: * Applications, operating system, and middleware support * Transport, network, and MAC protocols * Energy-efficient algorithms * Quality of Service issues * Location discovery techniques * Network scaling and limits * Cross layer design * Network resilience, fault-tolerance, and reliability * Trust, security and privacy * Distributed sensing, actuation, control, and coordination * Measurements and practical experience from experimental systems and testbeds * Modeling and performance evaluation PAPERS: Papers must report new results substantiated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF format. Papers must not exceed 12 pages (US letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers will be published in the symposium proceedings. All submitted papers would be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must NOT appear in the paper or in the PDF file. Submitted papers must not be currently under review for any other publication. Instructions on paper submission and formatting are available on the symposium webpage. Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs Marco Conti (marco.conti(a)iit.cnr.it) and Raghupathy Sivakumar (siva(a)ece.gatech.edu). POSTERS: Posters presenting early work and preliminary results are solicited. The poster session will provide an excellent opportunity for initial feedback on early research results. Poster descriptions of no more than 3 pages (US letter size 8.5 x 11 inches) using font size 10 should be submitted to the Poster Co-Chairs Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (chiasserini(a)polito.it) and Wendi B. Heinzelman (wheinzel(a)ece.rochester.edu) before March 15, 2006. Please include the words "Poster Abstract:" to precede the title on the cover page. A selected subset of poster abstracts will be published in ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review. DEMOS: Technical demonstration of experimental ad hoc networking and computing systems are solicited. One-page demo descriptions, including a list of any required supporting equipment, should be sent to the Demo Co-Chairs Srdan Capkun (capkun(a)ucla.edu) and Xudong Wang (wxudong(a)ieee.org) before March 15, 2006. TUTORIALS: Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Co-Chairs Doug Blough (doug.blough(a)ece.gatech.edu) and Silvia Giordano (silvia.giordano(a)supsi.ch) before January 15, 2006. PANELS: Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 2 pages, including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should contact the General Chair Sergio Palazzo (sergio.palazzo(a)diit.unict.it) before Dec. 15, 2005. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration: December 2, 2005 (5 PM US EST) Paper submission: December 9, 2005 (5 PM US EST) Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2006 Camera-ready version due: April 10, 2006 For more information contact the General Chair Sergio Palazzo (sergio.palazzo(a)diit.unict.it) or consult the MobiHoc 2006 webpage at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2006/.

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