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Dear Colleague:
We are writing to inform you about the progress of the open-access,
online journal "Logical Methods in Computer Science," which has recently
benefited from a freshly designed web site, see:
http://www.lmcs-online.org
In the first year of its existence, the journal received 75 submissions:
21 were accepted and 22 declined (the rest are still in the editorial
process). The first issue is complete, and we anticipate
that will be three in all by the end of the calendar year. Our eventual
aim is to publish four issues per year. We also publish Special Issues:
to date, three are in progress, devoted to selected papers from LICS
2004, CAV 2005 and LICS 2005.
The average turn-around from submission to publication has been
7 months. This comprises a thorough refereeing and revision process:
every submission is refereed in the normal way by two or more
referees, who apply high standards of quality.
We would encourage you to submit your best papers to Logical Methods in
Computer Science, and to encourage your colleagues to do so too.
There is a flier and a leaflet containing basic information about the
new journal on the homepage; we would appreciate your posting
and distributing them, or otherwise publicising the journal. We would
also appreciate any suggestions you may have on how we may improve the
journal.
Yours Sincerely,
Dana S. Scott (editor-in-chief)
Gordon D. Plotkin and Moshe Y. Vardi (managing editors)
Jiri Adamek (executive editor)
Dear Colleague,
As coordinator of the Embedded WiSeNts Coordination Action -
"Cooperating Embedded Systems for Exploration and Control featuring
Wireless Sensor Networks", funded by the EC/IST/FP6 at the objective of
"Embedded Systems" I would like to invite you to participate at the:
"The Sentient Future Competition"
Please have a look at:
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for the announcement and rules
"The Sentient Future Competition" is created to generate "Visions for
Innovative Applications" in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks and
Cooperating Objects - ten years from now - Scenarios somewhere near
science fiction are very welcome!
Cash prizes up to 6.000 EUR are advertised.
We would appreciate if you would actively participate as well as
further distribute this call.
With kind regards
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adam Wolisz
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Telecommunication Networks Group (TKN); Ph.: ++49.30.314-23819
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Otto
What we need to calculate is the NET cost to IFIP ie what the WG pays
less the royalty to IFIP.
How IFIP splits the money internally between TCs & WGs and IFIP's
central costs is an IFIP issue not a matter for the publisher.
It appears to me
Route A (IFIP LNCS)
5850 - 1444 = 4406
Route B (Standard LNCS)
4242 - 0 = 4242
Route C (IFIP main series)
4759 - 3000 = 1759 (maximum)
(No royalty on bulk sale and 12% on sale price of full price if/when all
sold)
Otto - if your figures are correct and I do not have the information to
hand this means that after 500 euros of royalties the IFIP main series
is cheapest for the IFIP "family".
If this is correct then we have to find a way of funnelling more of the
royalty back to the TC/WGs to reduce conference costs. For example in
the above example why not give 10% of the royalty to the TC/WG that
earns it. In most cases (except where full price sales are very low -
which is very unusual) the overall cost to the TC/WG would be less than
any LNCS price.
PROPOSAL -
Royalties come in to IFIP as the books sell. An increased proportion
should be given to TC/WGs. Once a steady state is reached, TCs could
subsidise future events with royalties from past events. Everybody wins.
Note - Assuming these figures are correct, the most expensive route is
IFIP/LNCS - which looks to be a rip-off. Basically rather than sharing
profits with IFIP for offering the publisher a series to publish with
the reduction of office work and marketing etc. involved in that, LNCS
add a surcharge and pass it back to IFIP less a handling charge of 10%!
Good wishes
Roger
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Dr Roger Johnson
Dean, Faculty of Social Science &
Honorary Secretary, International Federation for Information Processing
Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX UK.
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IFIP: http://www.ifip.or.at/
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-----Original Message-----
From: Otto Spaniol [mailto:spaniol@informatik.rwth-aachen.de]
Sent: 21 October 2005 13:08
To: Spaniol; Eduard Dundler; Roger Johnson; Klaus Brunnstein;
turner(a)cs.clemson.edu; Amy.Brais(a)springer.com;
Ifip-Tc6Linformatik.Rwth-Aachen.De
Subject: LNCS Prices once again
Dear all,
there was another mistake, sor for that ("Ifip regular" was meant to be
""standard LNCS").
Otto
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Proceedings publication example:
Assumptions: 250 pages; 151 copies taken by the organisor;
estimated 400 copies produced in total (out of which are 50
complimentary
copies if IFIP LNCS is used).
A1. Total cost for the organisor with "IFIP LNCS":
Organisor pays 101 copies, gets 50 for free.
Total price: 101 x 58 = 5,858 EURO
A2: Royalties to IFIP with "IFIP LNCS":
10 percent of estimated 350 books: 0.10 x 350 x 58 = 2,030.20 EURO
10 percent of estimated 249 books: 0.10 x 249 x 58 = 1,444.20 EURO
The second line would be valid if no royalties would be paid for the
bulk
copies; which line is the correct one?
B1. Total cost for the organisor with "Standard LNCS":
Organisor pays 101 copies, gets 50 for free.
Total price: 101 x 42 = 4,242.00 EURO
B2: Royalties to IFIP with "Standard LNCS":
None at all.
C1. Total cost for the organisor with "Regular IFIP series":
Total price: 151 x 31.52 = 4,759.52 EURO
C2: Royalties to IFIP with "Regular IFIP series":
12 percent of 400 books (list price!): 0.12 x 400 x 100 EURO =
4,800.00 EURO
12 percent of 400 books (bulk price!): 0.12 x 400 x 31.52 EURO =
1,512.96 EURO
Is has been assumed here that all of the 400 produced copies would be
sold.
I assume that royalty paid would be a mixture of price for bulk sales
and for books sold on the free market (whose number could be very
near
to zero
since the normal list price is 125 USD, i.e. approx. 100 EURO, which
is
outrageously high) and that no rroyalties will be paid for books
which
have been produced but can nver be sold due to high prices.
This needs explanation.
Please distribute this call and apologize if multiple copies
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CALL FOR PAPERS
NETWORKING 2006
IFIP International Conference on Networking
May 15-19, 2006
Coimbra, Portugal
www.IFIP-Networking.org
Full Paper Due: November 20, 2005
Notification: February 1, 2006
Edmundo Monteiro
General Chair
Networking 2006
Dear Amy (and all others),
thank you so much for you long awaited information concerning the
publication prices.
I have somme coments, questions and an example (in order to see whether I
understood it). When producing such an example, one sees that the
conditions depend on
page number, bulk sales number etc. for the three variants of publication.
Comment: The list prices for "Regular IFIP are outrageously high". (125
USD for
a book of 250 pages; instead as of 31,52 EURO if you take a bulk sale of
151 copies).
Under such conditions, nobody will buy such a book "on the free market".
Concerning Royalties:
Question 1: Is the calculation based on the list prices or on the bulk
sales price?
Question 2: In the case of IFIP LNCS: Are royalties paid even for the 50
complimentary copies (probably not).
Question 3: In the case of IFIP LNCS: Are royalties paid for the bulk sale?
The answer to these questons has some impact on my example (which comes
below).
Best regards and thank you very much for the information
Otto Spaniol
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Proceedings publication example:
Assumptions: 250 pages; 151 copies taken by the organisor;
estimated 400 copies produced in total (out of which are 50 complimentary
copies if IFIP LNCS is used).
A1. Total cost for the organisor with "IFIP LNCS":
Organisor pays 101 copies, gets 50 for free.
Total price: 101 x 58 = 5,858 EURO
A2: Royalties to IFIP with "IFIP LNCS":
10 percent of estimated 350 books: 0.10 x 350 x 58 = 2,030.20 EURO
10 percent of estimated 249 books: 0.10 x 249 x 58 = 1,444.20 EURO
The second line would be valid if no royalties would be paid for the bulk
copies; which line is the correct one?
B1. Total cost for the organisor with "IFIP Regular":
Total price: 151 x 42 = 6,342.00 EURO
B2: Royalties to IFIP with "IFIP Regular":
None at all.
C1. Total cost for the organisor with "Regular IFIP series":
Total price: 151 x 31.52 = 4,759.52 EURO
C2: Royalties to IFIP with "Regular IFIP series":
12 percent of 400 books (list price!): 0.12 x 400 x 100 EURO =
4,800.00 EURO
12 percent of 400 books (bulk price!): 0.12 x 400 x 31.52 EURO =
1,512.96 EURO
Is has been assumed here that all of the 400 produced copies would be
sold.
I assume that royalty paid would be a mixture of price for bulk sales
and for books sold on the free market (whose number could be very
near to zero
since the normal list price is 125 USD, i.e. approx. 100 EURO, which is
outrageously high) and that no rroyalties will be paid for books which
have been produced but can nver be sold due to high prices.
This needs explanation.
Dear TC6 friends,
As you know, the internet is not for everyone, but only for those who can write their name in english.
For promoting multilingualism in the internet, I am collecting as many possible statements in native languages, provided that they use at least some non ascii characters.
The statement should read, in each language:
"Internet for everyone = internet in your own native language"
or something close to it.
Due to predictable problems with fonts available on each machine, it is highly desirable to get those statements in pdf or gif (or even jpg).
Please don't forget to add (in english) the *name of the language* used.
To everyone of you taking the time for this task, THANK YOU.
Last Call for Papers
International Conference Distance Education
ICODE 2006
http://www.Icode-oman.com
March 27-29, 2006
Conference Location
Muscat, Oman
Paper Submission Deadline Extended
Dear all,
in order to prepare yourself for the price discussion debate
here comes some very recent information (finally!) concerning the
book prices of IFIP publications (together with an explaining message
from Springer and a question made by Eduard Dundler, IFIP secretariat).
As far as I can see, the second attachment is a subset of the third one.
Thus number 1 and number 3 are of main importance.
My interpretation is that "IFIP LNCS" is indeed more expensive than
"Regular LNCS".
However we habe to compare that price difference with the royalties and with
the 50 complimentary copies (which are independent of an bulk sale size!). If
we include the 50 copies then the prices are to my opinion comparable to each
other (I will have to check that more in detail!).
"IFIP series" (i.e. former Kluwer) is even a little cheaper than "Regular
LNCS"
and this price would be further reduced if a higher bulk size is ordered
(e.g. from 40 USD to 21.01 USD for a 256 page book if you order 501 books
instead as of just 75; the first line in the "number of copies" is
superfluous since you have to order a mimimum of 75 copies).
See you in Wroclaw
Otto
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Dear All,
For my understanding:
Does this mean that books in the IFIP main series are at nearly the same
level as "normal LNCS books" and IFIP LNCS is between 35% and 40 % higher
than "normal LNCS"?
Best regards
Eduard
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From: Brais, Amy [mailto:Amy.Brais@springer.com]
Sent: Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2005 20:01
To: spaniol(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de; brunnstein(a)informatik.uni-
hamburg.de; turner(a)cs.clemson.edu; rgj(a)dcs.bbk.ac.uk; Eduard Dundler
Cc: Evans, Jennifer, Springer US; Brais, Amy
Subject: IFIP Publications Committee Meeting Follow-Up
Dear All,
Jennifer Evans is at a conference this week in Beijing, so I am sending
the following information in her absence. I apologize for the delay in my
response. Attached, please find three charts.
The first attachment is the IFIP Bulk Sale grid (Eur), with list prices
at the bottom (USD), as stipulated by the 2005 contract with IFIP. The
second attachment is a comparison of LNCS to IFIP-LNCS list prices,
depicted in Euros. The third attachment is an attempt to combine the
information in the two previous charts. I have used the bulk sale price
for the lowest number of copies from the IFIP grid, in order to get a
sense of comparative conference costs. This comparison is imperfect at
best, in that the sales of each are handled differently, and the page
count brackets to determine price are slightly different for each series.
Please feel free to consider the information in the way that seems the
most accessible and productive to you.
Please keep the following in mind when reviewing this information:
1. IFIP royalties are 12% on all copies sold.
2. IFIP-LNCS royalties are 10% of the estimated total sales of the
volume. This is a one-time advance publication royalty.
3. IFIP-LNCS provides 50 complimentary copies with any conference order.
After that, conference bulk sales cost 40% off the list price.
4. In the third chart, the IFIP bulk sale prices assume the smallest bulk
sale order and are therefore the highest price for that page count
bracket. For larger bulk orders, the price per copy decreases significantly.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can provide you with
any additional information. Jennifer will be back in the office next week
and will have the rationale for the pricing of the respective series to
you by November 1.
Thank you,
Amy
Amy Brais
Springer
Editorial Assistant to Jennifer Evans
Email: amy.brais(a)springer.com
Phone: (781) 681-0607
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The 5th International Conference on Networking, ICN'06
April 23-26, 2006 Mauritius
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*** Extended Submission date: October 24, 2005 ***
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Camera ready: December 15, 2005
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Track 4: Network control and signalling
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Communication theory
Communications switching and routing
Communications modelling
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Computer communications
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Signal processing in communications
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Wireless communications (satellite, WLL, 4G, Ad Hoc, sensor networks)
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For more information please contact: conf(a)iaria.org, petre(a)iaria.org
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Proposals for half of full day tutorials are due by October 10, 2005.
Please submit proposals to petre(a)iaria.org.
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International Conference on Systems, ICONS'06
April 27-29, 2006 Mauritius
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*** Extended Submission date: October 24, 2005
Notification date: November 20, 2005
Camera ready: December 15, 2005
The ICONS 2006 comprises the following tracks:
Track 1: Systems theory and practice
Track 2: System engineering
Track 3: Systems instrumentation
Track 4: Embedded systems and systems-on-the-chip
Track 5: Target-oriented systems
Track 6: Specialized systems
Track 7: Validation systems
Track 8: Security and protection systems
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We are inviting your contributions to the conference with some of the following:
- Submit papers
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- Propose a panel or tutorial
Submit: http://www.iaria.org/conferences/SubmitICONS06.html
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Industry is also welcome to participate with special contributions.
We look forward to collaborate with you on making "ICONS 2006" a successful and
enjoyable conference.
ICONS 2006
Topics suggested (but not limited to):
Track 1: Systems Theory and Practice
Systems design methodologies and techniques
Formal methods to specify systems behavior
Online and offline systems
Open and closed systems
Centralized and distributed systems
Proactive and reactive systems
System robustness
Systems scalability
Fault-tolerant systems
Feedback systems
High-speed systems
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Systems requirements
Systems modeling
Systems development lifecycle
System-of-systems
Systems ergonomics
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Metering embedded sensors
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Smart sensor-based systems
Calibration and self-calibration systems
Instrumentation for prediction systems
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Real-time embedded systems
Programming embedded systems
Controlling embedded systems
High speed embedded systems
Designing methodologies for embedded systems
Performance on embedded systems
Updating embedded systems
Wireless/wired design of systems-on-the-chip
Testing embedded systems
Technologies for systems processors
Migration to single-chip systems
Track 5: Target-oriented systems
Information systems
Real-time systems
Software systems
Hardware systems
Emulation systems
Simulation systems
Prediction systems
Track 6: Specialized systems
Sensor-based systems
Biometrics systems
Mobile and fixed systems
Ubiquitous systems
Nano-technology-based systems
Multimedia systems
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Test systems
Validation systems
Performance measurement systems
Maintenance systems
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Security systems
Vulnerability detecting systems
Intrusion detection systems
Intrusion avoidance systems
Presence detection systems
Monitoring systems
Management systems
Alert systems
Defense systems
Emergency systems
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Web-cashing systems
Content-distributed systems
Accounting and billing systems
E-Health systems
E-Commerce systems
Radar systems
Navigation systems
Systems for measuring physical quantities
Earthquake detection and ranking systems
Financial systems
Robotics systems
Vehicular systems
Entertainment systems
Gaming systems
Speech recognition systems
Track 10: Advanced systems
Interactive systems
On-demand systems
GRID systems
Autonomic systems
Autonomous systems
Computing systems
Mission critical systems
Expert systems
Tutoring systems
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Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission.
All received papers will be acknowledged via the EDAS system.
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an author needs to follow to submit the final version.
The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance.
Technical marketing/business/positioning presentations
The conference initiates a series of business, technical marketing,
and positioning presentations on the same topics.
Speakers must submit a 10-12 slide deck presentations with substantial
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Proposals can be for half or full day tutorials.
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dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms.
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Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their
background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel,
as well as short biographies.
For more information, petre(a)iaria.org.
ICONS Advisory Committee
José Neuman De Souza, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
Do van Thanh, Telenor R&D, Norway
Voicu Groza, University of Ottawa, Canada
Kazuo Iwano, IBM, Japan
Gerard Parr, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
Alex Keller, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Manu Malek, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Andreas Hanemann, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany
Markus Kampmann, Ericsson GmBH, Germany
Sakir Sezer, Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland, UK
Yours sincerely,
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- Damien Magoni, Louis Pasteur University, France, magoni(a)dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr
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