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CFP - SensorWare 2006 (deadline extended)
by Boon Sain Yeo 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

(My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) *********************************************************** 1st International Workshop on Software for Sensor Networks (SensorWare) - CFP *********************************************************** Welcome to the 1st International Workshop on Software for Sensor Networks (SensorWare) to be held on the 8 January 2006. The workshop is held in conjunction with COMSWARE 2006 in the beautiful and historical city of New Delhi. Advances in technology have made deployment of miniature sensors a realistic proposition. These sensors are low-power, inexpensive, smart devices with multiple on-board sensors, and are connected through wireless links, so as to form a collaborative sensor network to perform a specific task. As a result, it opens up a new paradigm of ubiquitous computing and enables a range of applications that are previously unrealizable or too costly to be realized. However, given the limitation of on-board hardware, one of the key areas towards achieving superior performance is through the software implementation. The workshop is intended for the presentation and discussion of novel algorithms and software implementation for sensor networks. This workshop, intends to bring together engineering experts and academicians to discuss the current status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issues, and future services and applications in the form of panels and technical presentation. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Operating System Efficient algorithms Protocol design Performance analysis Performance related issues Sensor applications Deployment issues and scenarios Middleware Sensor security Sensor network design and modeling Workshop co-chairs: Nirmala Shenoy (ns(a)rit.edu), RIT, USA Boon Sain Yeo (boonyeo(a)ieee.org), Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore TPC Members: Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany, Ling-Jyh Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada, Daeyoung Kim, ICU, Korea Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan, Wei-Peng, Fujitsu Labs of America, USA Jason Redi, BBN Technologies, USA Biao Chen, Syracuse University, USA Hairong Qi, University of Tennessee, USA Xiaojun Cao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Xin Wang, University of Buffalo, USA James Minseok Kwon, RIT, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Fei Hu, RIT, USA Robin Chellappa, Deakin Univeristy, Australia Technical Papers has to be submitted to the co-chairs at boonyeo(a)ieee.org. Papers should be written in English and should preferably follow the instructions in template.pdf. Preferred maximum paper length is 6 printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 14 October 2005 Notification Acceptance/Rejection: 14 November 2005 Final Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 2 December 2005 Please visit the workshop website at http://www.sensorware.org for more info. We look forward to seeing you at SensorWare. Many thanks Best regards, Boon and Nirmala Workshop co-chairs

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Results from the LAW Project
by Research information 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Labour and Welfare in a European Knowledge-based Society The LAW project is funded by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme to look at the implications for welfare systems in Europe of the restructuring of labour markets, taking place in the transition to a knowledge-based economy. The results of this research will be launched at an international conference "ICTs, Social Inclusion and Welfare in Europe: showcasing good practice", to be held in Rome, at the Congress Centre "Centro Congressi Conte di Cavour", on 4 - 5 November 2005. The conference is free but places are limited so please register early to assure a place. Please go to www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Events/Final_Conference/info.php to register or to see the draft conference programme For further information about the project go to: www.law-project.org Two important reports are already available free online from the project. Labour Markets and Welfare Perspectives in Europe: a review of the evidence, can be downloaded from http://www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Results_and_Reports/Labour_Changes_and_W… The challenges confronting welfare systems in Europe and how ICTs can help solve them can be downloaded from http://www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Results_and_Reports/ICT_Development_and_… D2.2 for site.pdf You can also download the first LAW Policy Briefing - e-Government - ICTs Improving Welfare Delivery in Europe from http://www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Results_and_Reports/Welfare_Strategies_w… This email is sent to you as someone who has expressed interest in the LAW project or related research or policy questions in the past. Apologies for cross-posting. The LAW consortium

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Results from the LAW Project
by Research information 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Labour and Welfare in a European Knowledge-based Society The LAW project is funded by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme to look at the implications for welfare systems in Europe of the restructuring of labour markets, taking place in the transition to a knowledge-based economy. The results of this research will be launched at an international conference "ICTs, Social Inclusion and Welfare in Europe: showcasing good practice", to be held in Rome, at the Congress Centre "Centro Congressi Conte di Cavour", on 4 - 5 November 2005. The conference is free but places are limited so please register early to assure a place. Please go to www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Events/Final_Conference/info.php to register or to see the draft conference programme For further information about the project go to: www.law-project.org Two important reports are already available free online from the project. Labour Markets and Welfare Perspectives in Europe: a review of the evidence, can be downloaded from http://www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Results_and_Reports/Labour_Changes_and_W… The challenges confronting welfare systems in Europe and how ICTs can help solve them can be downloaded from http://www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Results_and_Reports/ICT_Development_and_… D2.2 for site.pdf You can also download the first LAW Policy Briefing - e-Government - ICTs Improving Welfare Delivery in Europe from http://www.law-project.org/Phase_2/Results_and_Reports/Welfare_Strategies_w… This email is sent to you as someone who has expressed interest in the LAW project or related research or policy questions in the past. Apologies for cross-posting. The LAW consortium

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WIRELESSCOM 2006, Toronto, Canada CFP
by Safwat, Ahmed M. 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Dear Colleagues: WIRELESSCOM is the World's Premier International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications, and Mobile Computing. WIRELESSCOM 2006 covers timely as well as emerging and futuristic topics pertaining to wireless networks, communications, and mobile computing. Join this cutting-edge event and contribute to shaping the future of wireless networks, communications, and mobile computing! Original papers are solicited and must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference or journal. All papers are limited to 6 pages and must be in double-column format. All submissions will be handled electronically. WIRELESSCOM 2006 features many symposia complementing the topics covered by the General Conference. More information about the WIRELESSCOM 2006 call for papers are found at: http://www.wirelesscom2006.org/cfp.htm WIRELESSCOM 2006 will be held in Toronto, Canada, the most vibrant and exquisite metropolis in the World! Besides a wealthy and affluent technical program, you will enjoy the Toronto Beaches, Niagara Falls, exceptional dinning, and world-class shopping. With over 1000 festivals each year and so much to discover, Toronto is fun for all ages and for the whole family. For more information about the venue, please visit: http://www.wirelesscom2006.org/venue.htm Further details about WIRELESSCOM 2006 are found at: http://www.wirelesscom2006.org/ Regards, Ahmed M. Safwat WIRELESSCOM 2006 General Chair

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CFP: IEEE Workshop on Dependability and Security in Sensor Networks and Systems
by Moustafa Youssef 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) ------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Second IEEE Workshop on Dependability and Security in Sensor Networks and Systems (DSSNS'2006) http://www.dssns.org In conjunction with 2nd NASA/IEEE Systems and Software Week 30th NASA/IEEE Software Engineering Workshop (SEW'2006) Columbia, Maryland, USA ~ April 24-28, 2006 Recently, there has been a growing interest in the potential use of networked sensors in applications such as smart environments, disaster management, combat field reconnaissance, and security surveillance. While the initial view of the community was that networked sensors will play a complementary role that enhances the quality of these applications, recent research results have encouraged practitioners to envision an increased reliance on sensor networks and systems (SN&S) in such critical and sensitive applications. Therefore to realize their potential, necessary dependability and security (D&S) measures have to be incorporated in the design and during the operation of SN&S. Dependability is usually specified using attributes like reliability, survivability, safety, maintainability, and availability in presence of failure, while security is specified by attributes like integrity, authenticity, confidentiality, and availability in presence of attacks. D&S services accomplish tasks for attack and failure prevention, detection and response. The scope of D&S services may span the deployed sensors to command nodes and likely beyond. It also involves D&S support at, and cross-cutting, the protocol stack layers from physical to application. Achieving dependability and security in SN&S will require non-conventional mechanisms due to many factors including: (1) sensors are significantly constrained in the amount of available resources such as energy, storage and computation; (2) sensors are expected to be deployed in very large numbers in normal as well as harsh/hostile environments; (3) sensor networks suffer from structural weakness and limited physical protection, and (4) localization of impact is complicated due to the un-tethered nature of SN&S and of the potential attackers. In addition, D&S requirements may vary according to mission defined over a multi-dimensional context, such as field of deployment (e.g., hostile versus friendly), type of application (e.g., monitoring, tracking, data collection), mode of operation (e.g., normal, exception, post-event recovery), and time. This workshop will foster a forum for discussing and presenting recent research results on dependability and security in SN&S. Topics of interest include, although not limited to, the following: - Fault and intrusion-tolerant architectures, middleware and operational models - Robust routing, storage, and processing of sensed data - D&S architectures, protocols and tools - Vulnerabilities, attacks and countermeasures - Monitoring and evaluation techniques - Robust clustering techniques - Self-awareness and context-awareness - Resilient virtual infrastructures - Autonomic and adaptive D&S support. - Formal representation and verification of D&S properties - Network inference support for D&S - Quality of service provisioning - Models, metrics, and measurements for D&S - Privacy-aware D&S services - Testbeds, simulation and visualization - Agent-based D&S management - SN&S support for D&S in larger information grids - SN&S application development environments Submission Guidelines --------------------- For guidelines regarding paper submission, please refer to the workshops website (http://www.dssns.org). Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. The manuscript should not exceed 20 single-column double-space pages in PDF format, font size 11 or larger. The first page should include title, authors' contact information, abstract and five keywords. Important Dates ---------------- Submission deadline: November 7, 2005 Decision notification: December 20, 2005 Final manuscript due: January 20, 2006 The accepted papers will appear in a proceedings published by IEEE. The best paper will be recognized and selected papers will be invited to a Special Issue of the Journal of Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks. Workshop Co-Chairs ------------------- Mohamed Eltoweissy Virginia Tech, USA E-mail: toweissy(a)vt.edu Mohamed Younis University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA E-mail: younis(a)csee.umbc.edu Publicity Co-Chairs -------------------- Denis Gracanin Virginia Tech, USA E-mail: gracanin(a)vt.edu Moustafa Youssef University of Maryland at College Park, USA E-mail: moustafa(a)cs.umd.edu Program Committee ------------------ Farooq Anjum, Telcordia & U. of Penn, USA David Carman, Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab, USA Ing-Ray Chen, Virginia Tech, USA M. Nazih Elderini, Alexandria U., Egypt Deborah Frincke, Pacific Northwest National Lab and U. of Idaho, USA Ahmed Helmy, University of Southern California, USA Sushil Jajodia, George Mason U., USA Shivakant Mishra, U. of Colorado, USA Peng Ning, North Carolina State U., USA Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue U., USA Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion U., USA David Simplot-Ryl, U. Lille, INRIA Futurs, France Mani B. Srivastava, U. of California Los Angeles, USA John A. Stankovic, U. of Virginia, USA Ivan Stojmenovic, U. of Ottawa, Canada Gene Tsudik, U. of California-Irvine, USA Cliff Wang, Army Research Office, USA Stephen D. Wolthusen, Fraunhofer-IGD, Germany Albert Zomaya, U. of Sydney, Australia

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NSF Networks of Sensor Systems Informational Meeting
by Matt Welsh 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

National Science Foundation Networking of Sensor Systems (NOSS) Informational Meeting October 18, 2005 Harvard University The goal of the Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program at the National Science Foundation is to sustain the science and technology needed to fulfill our vision for next-generation networks and to address the limitations of existing networks. One focus area within NeTS is the Networking of Sensor Systems (NOSS). The NOSS Informational Meeting will be held on October 18, 2005, at Harvard University's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The purpose of this informational meeting is to share the goals and scope of the NOSS focus area with those who hope to be funded by the NOSS program. By including presentations from researchers, vendors, and applications experts, this meeting will enable attendees to get a sense of the state of the art in sensor networks, and the key challenges facing the focus area and sub-areas thereof. The meeting will also provide a venue for NSF to discuss logistics for the focus area and for the overall networking program, and to answer questions from the community. The informational meeting is open to all interested members of the scientific community. Please note that space is limited to 150 attendees, so please register as soon as possible. Registration deadline: October 10, 2005 For more information and registration, please see: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/noss If you have any questions, please contact the meeting organizers at noss(a)eecs.harvard.edu. Hope to see you in October! Matt Welsh Assistant Professor of Computer Science Harvard University (617) 495-3311

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[Researchers] I2TS'2005 - 4th International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium
by Profa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. --------------------------------------------------- I2TS'2005 - 4th International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium UFSC - Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Island, Brazil, December 14-16, 2005 The International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium (I2TS'2005) will take place at Federal University of Santa Catarina, in the beautiful city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Island, Brazil. I2TS'2005 serves as an international forum for people from academia, industry and research labs, for presenting recent results in information and telecommunication technologies research and applications. I2TS'2005 includes Technical Sessions, Tool Sessions, Poster Sessions, Tutorials and Workshops. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is welcome. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following: TELECOMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS NETWORKS - Wireless Sensor Networks - Mobile Ad Hoc Networks - MANETs - Wireless Multimedia - Telecommunication Technology - Optical Networks and Switching - Wireless WANs, LANs and PANs (Personal Area Networks) - Quality of Service - Mobile wireless network Planning, Management, Control and Monitoring - Security and Privacy - Applications and Case Studies COMPUTER NETWORKS, REAL TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS - Real-Time and Multimedia Systems - Parallel and Distributed Systems - Distributed and Mobile Computing - Distributed Algorithms and Architectures - Distributed Operating Systems - Distributed Data Management - Computer Networks - P2P and Overlay networks - Quality of Service - Network Planning, Management, Control and Monitoring - Security and Privacy - Formal Methods - Applications and Case Studies DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS, UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Large Scale Distributed Interactive Simulation - Ubiquitous Computing (architectures, systems, human-computer interaction) - Context aware computing - Web-Based Systems (architectures, programming models, tools etc) - Semantic web and ontologies - Embedded Systems - Applications and Case Studies - Collaborative Virtual Environments (Synchronization, Extensibility, Persistency, Interoperability, Scalability, Adaptability, Security, etc.) Authors of regular papers should submit the papers to JEMS (earlier brazilian EDAS) at https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/i2ts2005. The papers should be submitted in electronic form (PDF only). Papers should be written in English (or in Portuguese) and should not exceed 8 pages (see Instruction for Authors in the web page). The English papers will be published in hard copy; and the full proceedings (with papers in Portuguese) will be published in CD-ROM - both with the same ISBN number. TOOL SESSIONS and POSTER SESSIONS Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable for on-line demonstration. Standard microcomputers will be available for tool sessions. The tool and poster papers (extended abstracts) will undergo a regular review process and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tool and poster sessions, respectively. Tool and Poster papers should be sent to mirela(a)barddal.br. MINI-COURSES Proposals for half-day or full-day MiniCourses are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas. The proposal must include description and biographies. The proposals should be sent to mirela(a)barddal.br. IMPORTANT DATES Full Paper Submission Deadline (English and Portuguese): October 7th, 2005 Poster Submission Deadline: October 7th, 2005 Tool Paper Submission Deadline: October 7th, 2005 MiniCourses Submission Deadline: October 7th, 2005 Papers Notification: November 8th, 2005 Camera Ready: November 18th, 2005 GENERAL CHAIRS João Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC, Brazil Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Antonio Alfredo F. Loureiro, UFMG, Brazil Edson dos Santos Moreira, ICMC/USP, Brazil Regina Borges de Araujo, UFSCar, Brazil PROGRAM COMMITTEE Abbas, Claudia Barenco - UnB - Brazil Almulla, Mohammed - Kuwait University - Kuwait Araujo, Regina Borges - UFSCar - Brazil Benyoucef, Morad - University of Ottawa - Canada Bononi, Luciano - University of Bologna - Italy Boukerche, Azzedine - University of Ottawa - Canada Calamoneri, Tiziana - University of Rome La Sapienza- Italy Camargo, João Batista - USP - Brazil Castro, Julio Cesar Hernández - Universidad Carlos III - Spain Correa, Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti - USP - Brazil Cruz, Fernando Augusto - UFSC - Brazil Dantas, Mario - UFSC - Brazil Dovich, João Cândido - UFSC - Braszil Fernandes, Lincoln - Barddal - Brazil Furtado, Olinto José Varela - UFSC Falqueto, Jovelino - UFSC - Brazil Fortes, Renata Pontin M. - ICMC/USP - Brazil Gondim, Paulo Roberto de Lira - UnB - Brazil Greve, Fabíola Gonçalves Pereira - UFBA - Brazil Guardia, Hélio Crestana - UFSCar - Brazil Jardini, José Antonio - USP - Brazil Karatza, Helen - University of Thessaloniki - Greece Kurt, Akif - Istanbul University - Turkey Loureiro, Antonio Alfredo F. - DCC/UFMG - Brazil Martinez, Jeimy José Cano - Uniandes - Colômbia Mateus, Geraldo Robson - DCC/UFMG - Brazil Melo, Alba Cristina Magalhães Alves - UnB Brazil Min, Geyong - University of Bradford - UK Moiseichyk, Ana Elizabeth - Barddal - Brazil Moreira, Edson dos Santos - ICMC/USP - Brazil Narasimhan, Lakshmi - University of Newcastle - Australia Nikoleletseas, Sotiris E. - Computer Technology Institute - Greece Notare, Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni - Barddal University - Brazil Ould-Khaoua, Mohamed M. - University of Glasgow - UK Paris, Jehan-François - University of Houston - USA Pizzolato, Ednaldo Briganti - UFSCar - Brazil Puttini, Ricardo Staciarini - UnB - Brazil Siqueira, Frank Augusto - UFSC - Brazil Sobral, João Bosco Mangueira - UFSC - Brazil Souza Jr., Rafael Timóteo - UnB - Brazil Todesco, José Leomar - UFSC - Brazil Trevelin, Luis Carlos - USCar - Brazil Villalba, Luis Javier García - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Spain Wangham, Michelle - Barddal - Brazil Zomaya, Albert - University of Sydney - Australia STEERING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa Antonio Alfredo F. Loureiro, UFMG Bernardo Gonçalves Riso, UFSC João Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, PUC-PR TOOLS CO-CHAIRS Kathia Jucá - NPD/UFSC Mauricio Fiorese, Barddal Renato Bobson Machado, UNIOESTE/PR MINI-COURSES AND TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS John Cleber Jaraceski - PGCC/UFSC Marcos Henrique dos Santos - CASIN/UFSC POSTER CO-CHAIRS Jerusa Marchi, Barddal Valter Monteiro Oliveira Junior, Barddal FINANCE CO-CHAIRS Joao Bosco Mangueira Sobral - UFSC Jovelino Falqueto - UFSC PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS Rogério dos Santos Silva - Barddal Sinara de Oliveira Branco - Barddal REGISTRATION COMMITTEE Clythia Higa Tamashiro - PPGCC/UFSC Eder Contri - PPGCC/UFSC Igor Vinicius Mussoi de Lima - CESUFOZ/UNIAMERICA/PR Nicolás Curti Chiribao, CASIN/UFSC Saulo Popov Zambiasi, Barddal PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Carla Adriana Barvinski Zanchett, UNIPAR/PR Flavio Arnaldo Braga Da Silva, UEM/PR Francisco Tadeu Negreiros, Barddal José Washington de Medeiros, Itaipu/Foz do Iguaçu Vera Lúcia Lorenset Benedetti - SETREM/RGS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT Departamento de Computação - UFSCar Departamento de Informática e Estatística - INE/UFSC Fundação Barddal de Educação e Cultura - BARDDAL Fundação de Ensino e Engenharia em Santa Catarina - FEESC Centro Tecnológico da UFSC - CTC/UFSC Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação - PPGCC/UFSC Centro Acadêmico do Curso de Sistemas de Informação (CASIN/UFSC) FURTHER INFORMATION For additional information, please send an e-mail to Prof.Mirela Secchi Annoni Notare (mirela(a)barddal.br) or Prof. Regina Borges Araujo (regina(a)dc.ufscar.br) Updated conference announcement and information are accessible at the symposium home page at www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2005 _______________________________________________ Researchers mailing list Researchers(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/researchers

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Fwd: Classic Computer Science texts
by Guy Leduc 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Dear all, Perhaps would you have candidate classic (and out of print) Computer Science (e.g. networking) books to suggest to Dave Patterson? Best regards, Guy >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:29:06 -0400 >Reply-To: classicbooks <classicbooks(a)HQ.ACM.ORG> >Sender: Classic Books List <classics(a)ACM.ORG> >From: classicbooks <classicbooks(a)HQ.ACM.ORG> >Subject: [CLASSICBOOKS] Classic Computer Science >texts - request from Dave Patterson for >suggestions >Comments: To: "classics(a)acm.org" <classics(a)acm.org> >To: classics(a)ACM.ORG > >Dear ACM Member, > >ACM is launching a new initiative to revive classic, out-of-print >computer science books, with the intent to make the full text available >online to members via the PDC/DL. I'm asking you to identify the >books you believe are "classics." The suggestions I've received so far >can be viewed at http://www.acm.org/csclassics/. > >You may also nominate classic computer manuals (for example, >IBM 360 Principles of Operation, and DEC PDP-11 Handbook). > >The book must be out of print to qualify. (A book is still considered >"in print" if its fourth edition is selling despite the first edition being >no longer available). > >Please submit your comments and candidates for CS classics by >Friday, October 7, including why you think your nomination(s) qualify >as classic(s), by filling out the form at www.acm.org/csclassicspoll . >After this date we will conduct a vote, resulting in the Top 20 classic >books. You will receive another email with instructions directing you >to the Web site with the online poll. > >Thanks in advance for your help. We believe this will be a great >service to our members! > >Dave Patterson, ACM President -- ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Phone : +32 4 366 26 98 Université de Liège Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Réseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Email: Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be EECS Department, Institut Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/People/GuyLeduc/ CoNEXT 2005 - The E-NEXT NoE conference - http://www.co-next.net/

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2nd Call for Participation: IFM 2005
by Graeme Smith 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

2nd CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Fifth International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods (IFM) November 30 - December 2, 2005 Eindhoven, The Netherlands http://www.win.tue.nl/ifm/ INVITED SPEAKERS Patrice Godefroid - Software Model Checking: Searching for Computations in the Abstract or the Concrete David Parnas - A Family of Mathematical Methods for Professional Software Documentation Doron Peled - Generating Path Conditions for Timed Systems INVITED TUTORIAL Holger Hermanns - QoS Modelling and Analysis for Embedded Systems PROGRAM The program is now available on the IFM2005 web site. DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM PhD students are invited to submit a contribution on their current research in integrated formal methods. The symposium will take place in Eindhoven on November 29, right after the tutorial by Holger Hermanns, and one day before the main conference (Nov 30 - Dec 2). For details please check the IFM2005 web site: http://www.win.tue.nl/ifm/. VENUE IFM2005 is hosted by the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e). Eindhoven is the largest city of the southern Netherlands and the fifth largest in the Netherlands as a whole. It is a diverse city offering innovation and technology, as well as cultural activities (museums, theatre and music), and leading in sports such as swimming (Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband) and soccer (PSV). In the region of Eindhoven, well-known companies such as Philips, ASML and DAF, and dozens of other engineering companies are situated. Eindhoven and the TU/e campus are easily reachable by plane (Eindhoven Airport) and train (also from Schiphol Airport). REGISTRATION At the IFM web site, the registration page can be found. The early registration deadline is October 16th, 2005. The registration fee includes a copy of the proceedings, attendance of the tutorial and the main conference, lunches, refreshments in the coffee breaks, a welcome reception, an excursion and dinner banquet. PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Jaco van de Pol, CWI, The Netherlands Judi Romijn, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Graeme Smith, University of Queensland, Australia SPONSORS IFM2005 is sponsored by FME and BCS-FACS.

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Call For Papers: Workshop on emerging services delivery platforms and software models for Next Generation Network Services
by Joshy Joseph 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Apologies, if you receive multiple copies of this request. Call For Papers: Workshop on emerging services delivery platforms and software models for Next Generation Network Services (http://www.softplatforms.org) This workshop will be held in conjunction with the FIRST International Conference on COMmunication System softWAre and MiddlewaRE (COMSWARE 2006) at New Delhi, India (http://www.comsware.org/) from Jan 8-12 2006. The exact date of the workshop will be made available on the workshop's Web site http://www.softplatforms.org. Workshop Objectives: The next generation services networks deliver enhanced business capabilities such as data, video, messaging and business functions for wired and wireless consumers. These new sets of services enhance the business opportunities by integrating with core business services, including: supply chain management, customer management, and consumer applications. This workshop aims to discuss topics related to emerging next generation services and service delivery platforms to host/support such complex application environments. The workshop focuses on: * How next generation service delivery platforms deliver enhanced QoS management, operational efficiencies, flexible services composability, faster time-to-market, efficient trust models and flexible pricing models. * Technical and business factors influencing the services composability and network services delivery environments. The associated revenue and cost models for consumers, suppliers and application providers. * The influences of emerging distributed computing architecture styles (loosely-coupled, asynchronous, compos able, collaborative, decentralized and parallel services) related to service delivery models. * Emerging middleware platforms for network services, service composability, distributed architecture models and programming models. * New services models (communication services, presence-enabled services, content/media services and enterprise/legacy services) and value creation environments that represents new business opportunities for operators and providers. This workshop invites papers from research and business communities on the different aspects of service delivery platforms and emerging services models. The workshop will include papers that examine interesting practical problems, case studies, best practices, middleware platforms and innovative messaging architectures. Submission Guidelines: All papers are limited to 5 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column format. All submissions must be sent by email to the workshops co-chairs with the e-mail addresses given above. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: October 21, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: November 11, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: December 4, 2005 Contact and organization: For any questions regarding the workshop feel free to contact 1. Craig Fellenstein, IBM (cfellen(a)us.ibm.com) 2. Joshy Joseph, Microsoft (jojoseph(a)microsoft.com) Submission requirements: All papers are limited to 5 pages and must be in standard IEEE double-column format. All submissions must be sent by email to the workshops co-chairs.

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