3rd IST-Anwire Workshop on Adaptable Service Provision

To be held in conjunction with the DAIS-FMOODS conferences 18 November 2003 - Paris

Regarding the IST-ANWIRE project, see: http://portal.anwire.org Regarding the DAIS FMOODS conferences, see: http://www.infres.enst.fr/fedconf/index.html

ANWIRE Workshop on Adaptable service provison is the 3rd workshop organised by ANWIRE. It aims at investigating new developments in providing mobile communications users with services adaptable to changes in their preference, their location, their operating context, the network infrastructure and the terminal used , etc. The 1-day workshop will feature presentations of invited and regular papers from manufacturers, academia, operators and services providers. Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of technical papers on both theoretical and practical aspects of the focus of the workshop. Tutorial proposals are also requested.

Topics ======

Specific areas of interest in Reconfigurability include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

- Context and location Awareness, - Adaptability policies, - Open APIs for adaptability triggering and management, - Flexible QoS and security schemes, - Enabling Technologies and Architectures for service adaptability, - Flexible Service Creation and Discovery, - Middleware for Reconfigurable platforms, component-based platforms, - Shaping and filtering of multimedia data, - Service composition and web services, - Reconfigurable Intermediaries, - Adapatability and Security

Papers ======

Prospective authors are invited to submit for review, abstracts of papers that have not been previously published. Priority will be given to original contributions describing recent and innovative research results or developments in the scope of the workshop. Extended abstracts must be written in English, using font no smaller than 10 points and not exceed 5 pages. Only PDF and PostScript formats will be accepted, and all submissions will be handled electronically. Submissions must be sent to:

Dct Isabelle Demeure Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications INFRES Department 46, rue Barrault - 75634 Paris Cedex 13 - France Fax 00 33 1 45 81 31 19 Email: isabelle.demeure@enst.fr

Tutorials =========

Proposals for tutorials including content description and CV of the presenter should be sent to:

Dct Isabelle Demeure Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications INFRES Department 46, rue Barrault - 75634 Paris Cedex 13 - France Fax 00 33 1 45 81 31 19 Email: isabelle.demeure@enst.fr

Publications ============

Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings.

Important Deadlines ===================

Extended Abstract: October 8, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: October 20 2003 Camera Ready: November 5, 2003

Organization ============

The workshop will be held at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, France, in cunjunction with the DAIS-FMOODS conferences, with the support of ANWIRE partners.

Program committee =================

- Nancy Alonistioti, University of Athens, Greece - Luis M. Correia, IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal - Isabelle Demeure, ENST, France - Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus - Stefan Gessler, NEC Europe Ltd, Germany - Antonio Liotta, University of Surrey, UK - Kimmo Raatikainen, University of Helsinki, Finland - Michel Riguidel, ENST, France - Tomas Robles Valladares, ETSI Telecomunicacion, Spain