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2009-01-31

[Mycolleagues] CFP: Int'l Workshop on Network Assurance & Security Services in Ubiquitous Environments (NASSUE-2009); Extended Deadline: Feb 19, 2009

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****** EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEB 19, 2009 *********

CALL FOR PAPERS
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2009 International Workshop on Network Assurance and Security Services in Ubiquitous Environments (NASSUE-2009)

http://www.sersc.org/NASSUE2009/

June 25-27, 2009
Seoul, Korea

in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Information Security and Assurance (ISA 2009)

Overview
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International Workshop on Network Assurance and Security Services in Ubiquitous Environments (NASSUE-2009) is focused on network assurance and security

measure, which has become an important research issue in ubiquitous environments. The objective of this workshop is to provide an effective forum for

original scientific and engineering advances in NAS issues in UE. It will highlight the various aspects of NAS - especially on the crucial linkage between

availability, compliance, and security.

NASSUE-2009 aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policy makers to share and exchange ideas and to learn about latest

developments, problems and solutions related to NAS issues in UE.

Topics (include but are not limited to the following):
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* Availability, dependability, survivability, & resilience issues in UE
* Authentication and identity management in UE
* Authorization and access-control in UE
* Risk assessment, and management in UE
* Redundancy, reliability models, and failure prevention of UCS
* Trust modeling and management in UE
* Fault-tolerant architectural and operational models in UE
* Network security issues and protocols in UCS
* Cryptographic protocols and key management in UCS
* Agent-based technologies for NAS.
* Cross-layer design for security mechanisms
* Real-time technology for NAS systems.
* QoS provisioning in UCS
* Network control technologies for NA.
* Novel threat, attacks, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures
* DoS attacks and mitigation
* Reverse engineering of malicious code
* Intrusion detection, IDS / IPS in UE
* Anonymity, user privacy, and location privacy in UE
* Content protection and DRM for UCS
* System/network management techniques and strategies in UE.
* Network forensics and fraud detection
* Surveillance and Privacy-enhancing technologies in UE
* Adaptive and Autonomic security for UCS
* Role of biometrics in UE
* NAS issues in e-commerce, e-government, e-health
* NAS implementation in P2P systems, vehicular system, web application, disaster relief etc
* Specification, design, development, and deployment of NAS mechanisms
* Models, architectures and protocols for NAS
* Standards, guidelines and certification for NAS in UE
* Metrics for measuring security, assurance and dependability
* Designing business models with NAS requirements
* Formal methods and software engineering for NAS
* Legal, ethical and policy issues related to NAS in UE
* Proactive approaches to NAS
* New ideas and paradigms for NAS in UE

Important dates
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- Full Paper Due: February 19, 2009
- Notification of Acceptance: March 19, 2009
- Final Camera-Ready Due: April 03, 2009

Paper Submission and Publication
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Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two PC members. Authors should submit paper with about 4 pages (short paper) or 6 pages (regular

paper) by using Online Systems for review. Please use IEEE CS paper format.

All accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS (indexed by EI). Outstanding papers accepted and presented in ISA-

2009 including NASSUE-2009 (ISA-09 workshop), after further revisions, will be published in Special Issues of International Journals (indexed by SCI/E):
* Computer Communications, Elsevier
* Journal of Supercomputing, Springer
* Journal of Internet Technology, MoE, Taiwan
* Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Elsevier
* Concurrency & Computation: Practice and Experience, Wiley

Steering Chair
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Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam Univ, Korea

Workshop Program Chairs
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- Binod Vaidya, GIST, Korea
- James B D Joshi, Univ of Pittsburgh, USA
- Joel Rodrigues, IT / Univ of Beira Interior, Portugal

International Advisory Board
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- Dimitrios Makrakis, Univ of Ottawa, Canada
- Elisa Bertino, Purdue Univ, USA
- Pascal Lorenz, Univ of Haute Alsace, France
- Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki Univ, Japan

Technical Program Committee
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- Abdelhamid Mellouk, Univ of Paris XII, France
- Antonio Nogueira, Univ of Aveiro, Portugal
- Bai Xiaoying, Tsinghua Univ, China
- Binod Vaidya, GIST, Korea
- Bo Zhu, Concordia Univ, Canada
- ByungRae Cha, Honam Univ, Korea
- Chae Hoon Lim, Sejong Univ, Korea
- Eul Gyu Im, Hanyang Univ, Korea
- Farid Farahmand, Central Connecticut State Univ, USA
- Gail-Joon Ahn, Arizona State Univ, USA
- Hiroshi Yoshiura, Univ of Electro-Communications, Japan
- James B D Joshi, Univ of Pittsburgh, USA
- Jiankun Hu, RMIT Univ, Australia
- Joel Rodrigues, IT / Univ of Beira Interior, Portugal
- Jorge Sa Silva, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal
- Jouni Ikonen, Lappeenranta Univ of Technology, Finland
- K. P. Chow, Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Katsikas Sokratis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece
- Khaled Salah, King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Mario Lemos Proenca, State Univ of Londrina, Brazil
- Masato Terada, Hitachi, Japan
- Min-Shiang Hwang, National Chung Hsing Univ, Taiwan
- Ning Zhang, Univ of Manchester, UK
- Niwat Thepvilojapanong, Tokyo Denki Univ, Japan
- Pascal Lorenz, Univ of Haute Alsace, France
- Paulo Salvador, Univ of Aveiro, Portugal
- Pavel Gladyshev, Univ College Dublin, Ireland
- Seungjoo Kim, Sungkyunkwan Univ, Korea
- Shiguo Lian, France Telecom R&D Beijing, China
- Surya Nepal, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
- Tapio Frantti, VTT, Finland
- Willy Susilo, Univ of Wollongong, Australia
- Yafei Yang, Qualcomm Inc., USA
- Yoshihiro Kawahara, Univ of Tokyo, Japan

Contact
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For further information regarding NASSUE-2009 and paper submission, please contact at nassue09@gmail.com

ICST - Call for Papers: Mobimedia 2009. CORRECTION

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
we make apology for the previous call for paper: the correct dates and location should be 7-9 September, London, UK.
Please, find the corrected call for paper below:

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP
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* PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS *
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* Mobimedia 2009 *
* 5th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference *
* 7-9th of September 2009, London, UK *
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* http://www.mobimedia.org/ *
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Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

SCOPE

The successful development of multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires adopting an interdisciplinary approach where multimedia, physical layer and networking issues are addressed jointly. Multimedia semantic characteristics, human interpretation of audiovisual information, extraction and usage of semantic information, coding standards and their interaction with transmission and networking aspects, mobility and security protocols are research challenges that need to be carefully examined when proposing new solutions. Many are the applications that will be enabled by the new standards for mobile networking, such as triple services for mobile networks, digital television in a converged environment, video streaming, interactive gaming, navigation services, context aware services, emergency and healthcare applications, and immersive communications in virtual environments. The efficient delivery of multimedia applications and services over emerging diver
se and heterogeneous wireless networks is a challenging research objective. The research effort for the 4G vision of interworking among heterogeneous technologies to achieve multimedia session continuity, retain multimedia QoS characteristics etc., amplifies the need to evaluate the conditions and restrictions under which the delivery of such services can be accomplished. Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers from industry and academia, working in multimedia coding, mobile communications and networking fields, to study new technologies, applications and standards.
Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications.

Technical program

The conference will also include invited panels to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on emerging topics are invited.

Important Dates

Proposals for Workshops and Special Sessions proposal deadline: Feb 20, 2009
Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2009
Submission of camera-ready papers: July 23, 2009

Students Award & Grants:

Student prizes will be awarded to the best papers authored by full time students as first author.

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Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs
* Maria G. Martini, Kingston University, UK
* Christos Politis, Kingston University, UK

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
* Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
* George Kormenzas, University of Aegean, GR

Steering Committee Chairs
* Luigi Atzori, DIEE-University of Cagliari, Italy
* Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy

EU Liaison Chair
* Bartolome Arroyo-Fernandez, European Commission

Workshops Chair
* Tasos Dagiuklas, TEI of Mesolonghi, GR

Special sessions Chair
* Pierluigi Dragotti, Imperial College, UK

Publications Chair
* Jyrki Huusko, VTT, Finland

Demo/Exhibition Chair
* Claudio Sacchi, University of Trento, IT

Industrial Liaisons
* Dorgham Sisalem, Tekelec, Germany
* Stavros Stavrou, Sigint Solutions, Cyprus

Publicity Chairs
* Moonseo Park, Yonsei University, Korea
* Jonathan Rodriguez, University of Aveiro, Portugal
* Dr Christos Verikoukis, CTTC, Barcelona, Spain

Local Arrangements Chair
* Bee-Lian Tang, Kingston University London, UK

Conference Coordinator
* Maria Morozova, ICST, Europe

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Venue

Kingston University, Wireless Multimedia Networking (WMN) Group Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics.
Kingston upon Thames, England, UK

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Call for Papers:ICCCI 2009

2009-01-30

ICST - MOBILWARE 2009 WORKSHOPS: CALL FOR PAPERS

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*** MOBILWARE 2009 WORKSHOPS: CALL FOR PAPERS ***

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MOBILWARE 2009 Workshops
Berlin, Germany
April 27, 2009

Co-located with the Second International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (MOBILWARE 2009)

http://www.mobilware.org/

MOBILWARE is a new conference series on emerging topics and challenges in software systems (operating systems, middleware, and applications) for mobile computing and communications.

The 2009 edition of MOBILWARE will be preceded by a day of high-quality workshops, addressing various crucial aspects of mobile and pervasive computing, in particular user modeling and interaction, middleware for sensor networks, deploying services across different types of pervasive computing environments, and business models. The objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers to timely disseminate and actively discuss new results.

The MOBILWARE Organizing Committee invites researchers from industry and academia to submit papers to the MOBILEWARE 2009 workshops:

** WORKSHOP ON USER-CENTRIC PERVASIVE ADAPTATION (UCPA 2009) **

Website: http://ucpa2009.pst.ifi.lmu.de

Workshop Organizers:
Nikola Serbedzija, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany Martin Wirsing, LMU Munich, Germany

** FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS ARCHITECTURES, SIMULATION, AND PROGRAMMING (WASP 2009) **

Website: http://www.arcos.inf.uc3m.es/~wsn/wasp09/

Workshop Organizers:
Soledad Escolar DÃƒÂaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain JesÃƒÂºs Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

** WORKSHOP ON INTERCONNECTING UBIQUITOUS ISLANDS USING MOBILE AND NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS (UBI-ISLANDS 2009) **

Website: http://www.uia.no/ubiislands2009

Workshop Organizers:
Frank Reichert, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway Andreas Fasbender, Ericsson GmbH, Herzogenrath, Germany Frank den Hartog, TNO, Delft, Netherlands Johan Hjelm, Nippon Ericsson KK, Tokyo, Japan

** FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BUSINESS MODELS FOR MOBILE PLATFORMS (BMMP 2009) **

Website: http://events.ibbt.be/mobilwareworkshop

Workshop Organizers:
Pieter Ballon, IBBT & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Harry Bouwman, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Timber Haaker, Telematica Institute, the Netherlands

** IMPORTANT DATES (ALL WORKSHOPS) **

Submission deadline: February 20, 2009
Notification of acceptance: March 6, 2009 Deadline for camera-ready copy: March 20, 2009

** INQUIRIES **

If you have any questions regarding the MOBILWARE 2009 Workshop Program, then please contact the workshop chair (Cristian Hesselman) at workshops2009@mobilware.org. Please send any workshop-specific questions directly to the organizers of that workshop.

[Mycolleagues] SEKE 2009 - Special Session: Interoperability and Semantic Web Technologies

My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP

CALL FOR PAPERS
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Interoperability and Semantic Web Technologies
Special Session in SEKE 2009

The 21st International Conference on Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'09)
Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA
(URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/seke09.html)

According to the IEEE, interoperability is the ability of two or more
systems or components to exchange information and to use this
information. Correctly performing these two actions, "exchange" and
"use", is one of the main challenges for the current and future Web in
order to be able not only to share information but also meaning.
Systems should be able to interchange the dynamic Web content in a
dynamic way, taking into account the influence of technical and
organizational issues in interoperability. Nevertheless,
interoperability is highly affected by heterogeneity, both at the
system and at the information level, and the open scenario of the Web
makes unfeasible to use common terminology or presentation languages.

The aim of this special session is to provide a forum for both
researchers and practitioners to discuss the most recent advances in
Semantic Web interoperability, from both a theoretical and a practical
perspective. The special session invites professionals from
universities and industry responsible for, involved in, or interested
in semantic interoperability to present and share new ideas,
innovations, trends, experiences, and concerns. Possible special
session topics include but are not limited to:

*Knowledge sharing in the Web
*Requirements for semantic interoperability
*Semantic infrastructure interoperability
*Semantic interoperability approaches
*Ontology-based interoperability
*Interoperability using Semantic Web Services
*Interoperability via information integration
*Interoperability with non-semantic data (databases, folksonomies)
*Interoperability and standards
*Interoperability use cases
*Interoperability evaluation and benchmarking

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

If you submit your paper(s) to the special session, please select the
"Garcia-Castro, Interoperability and Semantic Web technologies" in the
"Paper Type" menu appeared in the Paper Submission Form.
(http://conf.ksi.edu/seke09/submit/SubmitPaper.php).

TRACK ORGANIZERS

Raúl García-Castro, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Email address: rgarcia@fi.upm.es

If you have any questions regarding the special session or whether
your research fits into the focus of the special session, don't
hesitate to contact the organizer.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission due: March 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2009
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ICST - Mobimedia 2009: Call for Papers

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* PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS *
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* Mobimedia 2009 *
* 5th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference *
* August 26-28, 2009, Xi'an, China *
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* http://www.mobimedia.org/ *
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Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

SCOPE

Technical program

Important Dates

Proposals for Workshops and Special Sessions proposal deadline:
Feb 20, 2009
Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2009
Submission of camera-ready papers: July 23, 2009

Students Award & Grants:

Student prizes will be awarded to the best papers authored by full time students as first author.

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Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs
* Maria G. Martini, Kingston University, UK
* Christos Politis, Kingston University, UK

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
* Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
* George Kormenzas, University of Aegean, GR

Steering Committee Chairs
* Luigi Atzori, DIEE-University of Cagliari, Italy
* Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy

EU Liaison Chair
* Bartolome Arroyo-Fernandez, European Commission

Workshops Chair
* Tasos Dagiuklas, TEI of Mesolonghi, GR

Special sessions Chair
* Pierluigi Dragotti, Imperial College, UK

Publications Chair
* Jyrki Huusko, VTT, Finland

Demo/Exhibition Chair
* Claudio Sacchi, University of Trento, IT

Industrial Liaisons
* Dorgham Sisalem, Tekelec, Germany
* Stavros Stavrou, Sigint Solutions, Cyprus

Publicity Chairs
* Moonseo Park, Yonsei University, Korea
* Jonathan Rodriguez, University of Aveiro, Portugal
* Dr Christos Verikoukis, CTTC, Barcelona, Spain

Local Arrangements Chair
* Bee-Lian Tang, Kingston University London, UK

Conference Coordinator
* Maria Morozova, ICST, Europe

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Venue

Kingston University, Wireless Multimedia Networking (WMN) Group Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics.
Kingston upon Thames, England, UK

[Mycolleagues] CFP - 2nd extension: Specialized Ad Hoc Networks & Systems (SAHNS) workshop at ICDCS 2009

                       CALL FOR PAPERS

>>>>> Extended again - submission deadline: February 6, 2009 <<<<<
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                         SAHNS 2009
            The Second International Workshop on
           Specialized Ad Hoc Networks and Systems
               Montreal, Canada, June 26, 2009
         http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/SAHNS2009/

  In conjunction with the IEEE 29th International Conference
        on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2009)
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1. SCOPE

The Workshop provides a forum for engineers and scientists in
academia, industry and government to present their latest research
findings in specialized ad-hoc networks and systems.

As an alternative to one-size-fits-all general solutions in the area
of ad hoc networking and systems, we want to stimulate the
application-oriented divide-and-conquer approach to ad hoc network
and system research. The goal is to provide sound and efficient
specialized ad hoc networks and systems (SAHNS), suitable for
building solutions specific for well-defined classes of applications
or even individual applications.

We want to consider both specialized ad hoc networks and specialized
ad hoc systems. The latter can be built on top of specialized ad hoc
networks. Alternatively, they can be constructed independently of
specialized ad hoc networks, e.g., on top of general-purpose ad hoc
networks.

It should be emphasized that SAHNS is interested only in solutions
specific to specialized ad hoc networks and systems. The Workshop is
not interested in broad general-purpose solutions for all ad hoc
networks and systems, or in generic solutions for extremely broad
subclasses of ad hoc networks and systems. For example, the Workshop
is not interested in general-purpose solutions for all sensornets or
all P2P systems but is instead interested in specialized solutions
for their application-oriented subclasses.

One example of SAHNS targeted by this workshop are Incident Area
Networks (IANs), dedicated to single incidents or events. An IAN can
be pre-deployed for a planned event, such as a sporting or
"nationally significant" event, or can be dynamically deployed for
an unplanned incident, such as a local law enforcement situation or
a natural disaster. Another example are opportunistic resource
utilization networks (e.g., oppnets), in which the network reacts to
a lack of resources by finding and incorporating "helpers" that have
needed resources or services.

Areas and topics of particular interest include, but are not limited
to:

a) Design issues for SAHNS:
   o Novel network and system architectures
   o Economically-based models and solutions
   o Operating systems and middleware
   o Customized network protocols (incl. cross-layer protocols)
   o Resource management solutions (incl. resource discovery)
   o Algorithms and models for localization and mobility management
   o Privacy, security, and trust
   o Reliability and dependability
   o Novel hardware platforms

b) Development issues for SAHNS:
   o Development methodologies, models and tools
   o Analytical and validation models
   o Performance evaluation and modeling (incl. simulation tools)

c) Operation and management issues for SAHNS:
   o Topology control and management
   o Energy control and management
   o Resource and service discovery and control
   o QoS provisioning and management
   o Data management, data aggregation, data dissemination, and
     query processing
   o Assuring survivability and reliability
   o Controls for privacy, security, and trust management

d) Application issues for SAHNS:
   o Best current and future applications for SAHNS
   o Experience with SAHNS deployments and products
   o Social and business impacts of SAHNS-based applications

2. PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers must be submitted in the PDF format, with numbered pages.
They should have no more than 6 pages following the IEEE Computer
Society proceedings format (8.5 by 11 inch sheets, double-column, 10
point or larger font, single-spaced).

The following information must be provided on the first page:
   o Paper title
   o Full names, affiliations and email addresses of all authors
   o An abstract (up to 150 words)
   o Five to ten keywords/phrases
   o A footnote with the indication of the corresponding author,
     plus the complete address, phone and fax numbers of the
     corresponding author

Papers should be submitted by emailing them to:
                     llilien@cs.wmich.edu
Each received submission will be confirmed, usually within two
workdays.

3. PAPER REVIEW AND PUBLISHING

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers and their
comments will be provided to the authors.

If accepted, the paper will be published in the workshop proceedings
by the IEEE Computer Society Press, provided that at least one of
its authors registers for ICDCS (which includes SAHNS) by the early
registration deadline.

As all conferences published by the IEEE Computer Society's
Conference Publishing Services (CPS), ICDCS proceedings will be
indexed through INSPEC, the leading English-language bibliographic
information service for scientific and technical literature. ICDCS
proceedings will also be submitted for indexing to EI's Engineering
Information Index, Compendex, ISI Thomson's Scientific and
Technical Proceedings, ISTP/ISI Proceedings, and Current Contents
on Diskette (ISI Thomson).

We plan a special issue of an international journal with extended
versions of the selected SAHNS papers.

4. IMPORTANT DEADLINES - *** EXTENDED AGAIN ***

Paper submission     - February 6, 2009 (Friday)
Author notification - February 20, 2009 (Friday)
Final manuscript due - March 13, 2009 (Friday)

5. COMMITTEES

--------- Steering Committee ---------
Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA
Mohsen Guizani, Western Michigan University, USA
Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan University, USA
Leszek Lilien (Workshop Chair), Western Michigan University, USA
Mark Linderman, Air Force Research Lab, USA
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece

--------- Organizing Committee ---------
International Publicity Co-Chairs:
- At-large: Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA
- Africa, Europe and Middle East: Athanasios Vasilakos, University of
  Western Macedonia, Greece
- Asia and Australia: Mamata Jenamani, Indian Institute of Technology,
  Kharagpur, India
- Central and South America: Ruy de Oliveira, Centro Federal de
  Educação Técnológica de Mato Grosso, Brazil
- North America: Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA

Publications Chair: James Yang, Western Michigan University, USA

--------- Technical Program Committee ---------
Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA
Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA
Tom Altman, University of Colorado at Denver, USA
Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA
Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy
Michel Banâtre, IRISA-Rennes, France
Vijay Bhuse, Parametric Technology, USA
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada
Gang Ding, Olympus Communication Technology of America, USA
Huirong Fu, Oakland University, USA
Leszek Gasieniec, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Jeong-Heon Hwang, University at Albany - State University of New York, USA
Ireneusz Józwiak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Jacek Kitowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dionysios Kountanis, Western Michigan University, USA
Sandeep Kulkarni, Michigan State University, USA
Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University, Republic of China
Sanjay Madria, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Kami Makki, Lamar University, USA
John Matyjas, Air Force Research Lab, USA
Patrick Mitran, University of Waterloo, Canada
Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan
Ruy de Oliveira, Centro Federal de Educação Técnológica de Mato Grosso,
Brazil
Leonardo Querzoni, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy
S.S. Ravi, University at Albany - State University of New York, USA
Peter Reiher, UCLA, USA
Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain
Vahid Tarokh, Harvard University, USA
Dirk Timmermann, University of Rostock, Germany
Shambhu Upadhyaya, University at Buffalo, The State University of New
York, USA
Weichao Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Edward Wantuch, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA
   (More members might be added as invitation responses are received.)

6. FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information please visit the SAHNS 2009 web pages at:
       http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/SAHNS2009/
or contact Leszek T. Lilien, Workshop Chair (llilien@cs.wmich.edu).

[Mycolleagues] Call for Papers: The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'09), USA, July 13-16, 2009

C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology
BIOCOMP'09
Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA

http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/biocomp09
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org

You are invited to submit a paper. All accepted papers will be published
in the BIOCOMP conference proceedings (both, in printed proceedings/book as
well as online).

The sponsors of the congress include (this is a partial list but it also
includes the 2008 sponsors pending their final approval for 2009),
Academic Sponsors: Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility (of Argonne
National Lab); United States Military Academy Network Science Center (NSC);
SECLAB, Unina/Italy; Computational Biology & Functional Genomics Lab.,
Harvard U.; Int'l. Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; Horvath Lab.,
UCLA; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute; Functional Genomics Lab.,
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging
Lab., Georgia Institute of Tech. and Emory U.; Intelligent Data Exploration
and Analysis Lab., U. of Texas at Austin; Biomedical Cybernetics Lab., HST
of Harvard U. & MIT; Center for the Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics,
Georgia Institute of Tech.; Harvard Statistical Genomics & Computational
Lab., Harvard U.; Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Program, George
Mason U.; Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, U. of Iowa; Medical Image HPC &
Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), U. of Iowa; U. of North Dakota; PSU of Saudi;
and NEMO/European Union. Corporate Sponsors include: Google, Inc.; Salford
Systems; Synplicity, Inc.; Supermicro, Inc.; NIIT Technologies.

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

O Gene regulation
O Gene expression databases
O Gene pattern discovery and identification
O Genetic network modeling and inference
O Gene expression analysis
O RNA and DNA structure and sequencing
O Biomedical engineering
O Microarrays
O Molecular sequence and structure databases
O Molecular dynamics and simulation
O Molecular sequence classification, alignment and assembly
O Image processing in medicine and biological sciences
O Sequence analysis and alignment
O Informatics and Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research
O Software tools for computational biology and bioinformatics
O Comparative genomics
O Protein modeling
O Molecular interactions
O Metabolic modeling and pathways
O Evolution and phylogenetics
O Macromolecular structure prediction
O Proteomics
O Protein folding and fold recognition
O Medical informatics
O Epidemic models
O Biological data mining and knowledge discovery
O Pattern classification and recognition
O Structural and functional genomics
O Amino acid sequencing
O Stochastic modeling
O Cheminformatics
O Bio-ontologies + semantics
O Computational drug discovery
O Graph theory and bioinformatics
O Biological databases and information retrieval
O Biological data integration and visualization
O Evolution of regulatory genomic sequences
O Experimental studies and results
O Application of computational intelligence in medicine and
biological sciences (artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic,
evolutionary computing, and simulated annealing).
O High-performance computing as applied to natural and medical sciences
O Computer-based medical systems (automation in medicine, ...)
O Other aspects and applications relating to technological
advancements in medicine and biological sciences.
O Novel applications

Web links:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/biocomp09
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

COORDINATOR:

H. R. Arabnia, PhD
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Boyd Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA
Tel: (706) 542-3480
email: hra@cs.uga.edu

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by
uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ .
Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in
either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space,
font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are
acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to
follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for
publication.)

The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited
to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The
first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper,
name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author.
The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author
and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the
content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (BIOCOMP)
must be mentioned on the first page.

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts
in the field who are independent of the conference program committee.
The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of
the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-chairs.
The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready
papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'09)

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
of Science (chapters: bioinformatics, computational biology;
supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science;
databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems;
internet and web technologies; communications; and computer security.)
The Program Committee for BIOCOMP is currently being formed. Those
interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof. Arabnia
(hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation
and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short
biography together with research interests and the name of the
conference (BIOCOMP) offering to help with.
Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks
are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and
practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research
laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, deans and provosts.

PURPOSE / HISTORY:

BIOCOMP'09 is one of the premier research conferences in bioinformatics
and computational biology. It is being held jointly (same location
and dates) with a number of other research conferences (WORLDCOMP'09).
WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer
science, computer engineering and applied computing.

The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research
topics into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at
a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of
ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used
facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world
in different fields of bioinformatics, computational biology, computer
science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward
research and outward research will be covered during BIOCOMP'09.

BIOCOMP'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations,
keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions,
and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial
speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California,
Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland
(U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe
(MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley);
Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X
Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and
many other distinguished speakers.

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is
a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000
rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle
service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy
River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows,
a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for
conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within
walking distance from most other attractions (recreational
destinations, Golf courses, ...)

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[Mycolleagues] Call for Papers & Sessions: The 2009 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'09), USA, July 13-16, 2009

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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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The 5th International Conference on Data Mining 2009
DMIN'09
www.dmin--2009.com

part of
The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
(WORLDCOMP'09)

Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA

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You are invited to submit a full paper, and/or a proposal to
organize a special session, workshop or tutorial at the 2009
International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'09), part of the
22 conferences held simultaneously from 13-16 July 2009 at the
2009 WORLDCOMP conference, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA. All accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings (ISI referenced).

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

+ Data Mining Tasks
- Regression/Classification
- Time series forecasting
- Segmentation/Clustering/Association
- Deviation and outlier detection
- Explorative and visual data mining
- Web mining
- Mining text and semi-structured data
- Temporal and spatial data mining
- Multimedia mining (audio/video)
- Others

+ Data Mining Algorithms
- Artificial neural networks
- Fuzzy logic and rough sets
- Decision trees/rule learners
- Support vector machines
- Evolutionary computation/meta heuristics
- Statistical methods
- Collaborative filtering
- Case based reasoning
- Link and sequence analysis
- Ensembles/committee approaches
- Others

+ Data Mining Integration
- Mining large scale data
- Distributed and grid based data mining
- Data and knowledge representation
- Data warehousing and OLAP integration
- Integration of prior/domain knowledge
- Metadata and ontologies
- Agent technologies for data mining
- Legal and social aspects of data mining
- Others

+ Data Mining Process
- Data cleaning and preparation
- Feature selection and transformation
- Attribute discretisation and encoding
- Sampling and rebalancing
- Missing value imputation
- Model selection/assessment and comparison
- Induction principles
- Model interpretation
- Others

+ Data Mining Applications
- Bioinformatics/Medicine
- Business/Industrial
- Engineering
- Military/Security
- Social science
- Others

+ Data Mining Software
We particularly encourage submissions of industrial applications and
case studies from practitioners. These will not be evaluated using
solely theoretical research criteria, but will take general interest
and presentation stringer into consideration.

+ Alternative and additional examples of possible topics include:
Data Mining for Business Intelligence; Emerging technologies in data
mining; Computational performance issues in data mining; Data mining
in usability; Advanced prediction modelling using data mining; Data
mining and national security; Data mining tools; Data analysis;
Data preparation techniques (selection, transformation, and
preprocessing); Information extraction methodologies; Clustering
algorithms used in data mining; Genetic algorithms and categorization
techniques used in data mining; Data and information integration;
Microarray design and analysis; Privacy-preserving data mining; Active
data mining; Statistical methods used in data mining; Multidimensional
data; Automatic data cleaning; Data visualization; Theory and practice
(knowledge representation and discovery); Knowledge Discovery in
Databases (KDD); Uncertainty management; Data reduction methods; Data
engineering; Content mining; Indexing schemes; Information retrieval;
Metadata use and management; Multidimensional query languages and
query; Multimedia information systems; Search engine query processing;
Pattern mining; Applications (examples: data mining in education,
marketing, finance and financial services, business applications,
medicine, bioinformatics, biological sciences, science and technology,
industry and government, ...).

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit a draft paper in PDF format
(up to 7 pages, standard double column IEEE style, single spaced,
10 pt font size, margins left/right/bottom/top 0.75" (19 mm), first page
top margin 1" (25 mm)), to the DMIN'09 online paper submission system
by Feb. 25, 2009. The link to the online submission system will be
available on the DMIN'09 website (www.dmin--2009.com).

The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to
7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published
or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of
the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation,
postal address, and email address of each author as well as the name
of the conference the paper is being submitted to (i.e., DMIN'09).
The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author
and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the
content of the paper.

To reflect upon feedback from last year we will extend the feedback
given within the review in aligning them with the IEEE guidelines
for IJCNN and WCCI. In particular, we aim at a fair, objective and
transparent review process. Therefore, we are publishing the review
criteria to further support the reviews provided (see
www.dmin--2009.com).
Papers will be evaluated for relevance to DMIN, originality,
significance, information content, clarity, and soundness on an
international level. Each aspect will be evaluated on a scale of
1 (bad - reject) to 10 (excellent - accept) or 10%-100%. Papers
need to achieve at least 50% overall score to be accepted without
mandatory revisions. Each paper will be refereed by at least two
researchers in the topical area, and all reviews are being considered
for the acceptance/rejection decision. Each reviewer can indicate
their expertise and therefore their relative confidence in a
particular recommendation. The camera-ready papers will be reviewed
by one person.

We particularly encourage submissions of industrial applications and
case studies from practitioners. To reflect the requirements of an
application or project centric case study presentation, these will
be subject to different review criteria. In particular, they will
not be evaluated using predominantly theoretical research criteria
of originality etc., but will take general interest and presentation
stronger into consideration. The camera-ready papers will be reviewed
by one person.

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

The list of co-sponsors of DMIN'09 will soon be finalized which
will include research laboratories and centers affiliated with major
institutions. The reputation and caliber of the co-sponsors of the
2009 WORLDCOMP conference will be comparable to the 2008 conference
which included:

Past Academic Co-sponsors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Media Lab., MIT + Computational Biology and Functional Genomics Lab.,
Harvard University + Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology
Lab., Dept. of Statistics, Harvard University + Biomedical Cybernetics
Lab., Harvard University + Texas Advanced Computing Center, University
of Texas at Austin + Statistical and Computational Intelligence Lab.,
Purdue University + Center for Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics, Indiana University and Purdue University Indianapolis
(IUPUI) + University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab. + BioMedical
Informatics and Bio-Imaging Lab. of Georgia Institute of Technology
and Emory University + Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Lab.,
University of Texas at Austin + Statistical Genetics Research Group
of Columbia University, New York + Institute for Informatics Problems
of the Russian Academy of Sciences + University of North Dakota
(Grand Forks, North Dakota).

Past Corporate Co-sponsors: Google, Intel, and Salford Systems.
Other Co-sponsors: Int'l Technology Inst. (ITI), GridToday, HPCwire,
HPC Software Inc., STEM Education Society, and Hodges' Health.

MEMBERS OF PROGRAMME AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

The programme committee includes members of the chapters of World
Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing;
AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications;
computer security; and bioinformatics.) The names of the members
of the programme committee will soon be posted on the web site.
Those interested in joining the programme committee should email
the following information to the programme chair Dr. Sven F. Crone
(eMail programme-chair@dmin--2009.com): Name,affiliation and position,
complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, and a short
biography with research interests and a list of ISI references papers.

For the list of the members of programme committee of DMIN'08, refer to:
http://www.dmin-2008.com/programme_committe.htm
Many members of the programme committee include renowned leaders,
scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks;
many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies,
heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts.

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 7, 2009: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops
February 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Data Mining
(DMIN'09)

URL WORLDCOMP: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws
URL DMIN'09: http://www.dmin--2009.com

CONTACT INFORMATION

General Enquiries: Robert Stahlbock
General Conference Chair
conference-chair@dmin--2009.com

Programme Committee: Sven F. Crone
Conference Programme Co-Chair
programme-chair@dmin--2009.com

Student Funding Enquiries: Stefan Lessmann
Student Chair & Conference Programm Co-Chair
student-chair@dmin--2009.com

Tutorials Session Proposals: Philippe Lenca
Tutorial Chair
tutorial-chair@dmin--2009.com

Special Session Proposals: Gary M. Weiss
Special Session Chair
special-session-chair@dmin--2009.com

Exhibitors & Corporate Sponsors : Wolfram Lippe
Exhibit Chair
exhibits-chair@dmin--2009.com

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ICST - MobiSec 2009 - Call for Papers * Extended Submission Deadline -- February 16 *

(Apologies if You receive multiple copies of this Call)

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The First International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy
in Mobile Information and Communication Systems
(MobiSec 2009)
June 3-5, 2009,Turin, Italy
http://www.mobisec.org

Sponsored by ICST
Technically Sponsored by Create-NET

*** Extended Submission Deadline -- February 16, 2009 ****
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SCOPE

The convergence of information and communication technology is most
palpable in the form of intelligent mobile devices, accompanied by the
advent of converged, and next-generation, communication networks. As
mobile communication and information processing becomes a commodity,
economy and society require protection of this precious resource.
MobiSec brings together leading-edge researchers from academia and
industry in the field of mobile systems security and privacy, as well
as practitioners, standards developers and policymakers.
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PAPERS

Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research,
not currently under review by another conference or journal, are
solicited. MobiSec solicits original, high-quality research
contributions in the form of full papers. The focus is on the security
of information and communication systems including mobile networks,
devices and applications. Papers from other areas, e.g., formal methods,
cryptography, database security, operating system security, will be
considered if a clear connection to one of the topics below is
demonstrated.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following focus
areas, as applied to mobile ICT:
* Security architectures for next-generation, new-generation, and
converged communication networks
* Trusted mobile devices, hardware security
* Network resilience
* Threat analyses for mobile systems
* Multi-hop authentication and trust
* Non-repudiation of communication
* Context-aware and data-centric security
* Protection and safety of distributed mobile data
* Mobile application security
* Security for voice and multimedia communication
* Machine-to-machine communication security
* Trust in autonomic and opportunistic communication
* Location based applications security and privacy
* Security for the networked home environment
* Security and privacy for mobile communities
* Mobile emergency communication, public safety
* Lawful interception and mandatory data retention
* Security of mobile agents and code
* Idenity management
* Embedded security
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PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare
an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. All submitted papers
will be subject to a rigorous peer-review. Papers must be formatted
using Springer LNICST Authors' Kit
(http://www.springer.com/computer?SGWID=0-146-6-564009-0) and submitted
only through the ASSYST conference management system
(http://assyst-online.org/). See the instructions at
http://assyst-online.org/submission/assyst_ug.pdf

Papers must not exceed the limit of 12 pages including text, figures
and references. The font size must be at least 10 points.
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PUBLICATIONS

Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the MobiSec Conference
Proceedings, in the Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences,
Social-Informatics and Tele-communications Engineering (LNICST) series.
The proceedings will be available both as paper-based copies and via
Springerlink, Springer's digital library. In addition, the content of
the proceedings will be reviewed by various indexing services such as
the DBLP database, ZBlMath/CompuServe, MATHSCINET, EI-INSPEC, IET, RPS,
Computer Science Bibliography Administrator, Elsevier Bibliographic
Databases Source Management, ULRICH, CSA, ProQuest.

Special Issues
Selected high-quality papers will be invited to a Special Issue in
the Journal â€šSecurity and Communication Networksâ€™ (SCN, Wiley)
and the International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia
Communications (IJMCMC, IGI Global)
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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers due: ==> February 16, 2009 (extended)
Notification of acceptance: ==> March 16, 2009
Camera Ready papers due: ==> April 1, 2009
Conference Date: ==> June 3-5, 2009
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CONFERENCE VENUE

Star Hotels Majestic Turin

The hotel is located in downtown Turin, just a short distance from the
historical center of town, from the famous shopping streets and opposite
the Railway Station of Porta Nuova. Turin was built in a baroque, Liberty
and quite seducive style, perfectly interpreted by the elegant 4 stars
hotel, which was just recently renovated. Ideal for meetings and events,
it offers 10 rooms with a maximum capacity of 484 delegates.
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TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Selim Aissi Intel, USA
Mahbubul Alam Cisco, USA
Francesco Bergadano UniversitÃ degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Inhyok Cha InterDigital Communications, USA
Rocky K. C. Chang Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Shin-Ming Chen National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Tassos Dimitriou AIT, Greece
LoÃ¯c Duflot SGDN/DCSSI, France
Ashutosh Dutta Telcordia, USA
Stefanos Gritzalis University of the Aegean, Greece
Markus Gueller Infineon, Germany
Rajesh Gupta University of California San Diego, USA
Marco Hauri ASCOM, Switzerland
Mario Hoffmann Fraunhofer SIT, Germany
Jiankun Hu RMIT University, Australia
Kazukuni Kobara AIST, Japan
Geir Myrdahl Koien Telenor, Norway
Shiguo Lian France Telecom R&D, Beijing, China
Flaminia Luccio UniversitÃ Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy
Fabio Martinelli IIT and CNR, Pisa, Italy
Hassnaa Moustafa France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs), France
Valtteri Niemi Nokia, Finland
Vladimir Oleshchuk UIA, Norway
Max Ott NICTA, Australia
Jong Hyuk Park Kyungnam University, Korea
Christos Politis University of Kingston, UK
Anand Prasad NEC Research Laboratories, Japan
Yi Qian NIST, USA
Reijo Savola VTT, Finland
Georg Schaathun Surrey University, UK
Jean-Pierre Seifert Samsung, USA
Yogendra Shah InterDigital Communications, USA
Chris Swan Credit Suisse IT R&D, UK
Krzysztof Szczypiorski Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Allan Tomlinson Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Janne Uusilehto Nokia, Finland
Anna Vaccarelli IIT and CNR, Pisa, Italy
Xin Wang ContentGuard Inc., USA
Zheng Yan Nokia Research Center, Finland

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ORGANISING AND STEERING COMMITTEES

General Chair
Andreas U. Schmidt CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Neeli R. Prasad Aalborg University, Denmark
Antonio Lioy Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs
Daniele Mazzochi Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Turin, Italy
Flaminia Luccio University Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy

Workshops Co-Chairs
RÃ¼diger Grimm University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Shiguo Lian France Telecom R&D, Beijing, China

Panels Chair
Seung-Woo Seo Seoul National University, Korea

Web Chair
Nicolai Kuntze Fraunhofer SIT, Darmstadt, Germany

Conference Coordinator
Gergely Nagy ICST

Steering Committee Chair
Imrich Chlamtac President, CREATE-NET Research Consortium, Trento, Italy

Steering Committee Members
Andreas U. Schmidt Fraunhofer SIT, Darmstadt, Germany
Tibor Kovacs Director of Business and Technology Affairs, ICST

CGVR 09 CfP: Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Workshop

[We apologize for multiple copies received]
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Call for papers for CGVR 09 Workshop

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND VIRTUAL REALITY 2009

- CGVR 2009 -

that will be held during:

The 2009 International Conference on Computational
Science and its Applications
ICCSA 2009

Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea

29 June - 2 July, 2009

Workshop site:

http://ogervasi.unipg.it/CGVR

INTRODUCTION
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The CGVR Workshop is the result of the merging of the Virtual Reality in Scientific Applications
and Learning (VRSAL) and the Technical Session on Computer Graphics (TSCG) Workshop series
organized since 2004 during the ICCSA Conference series.
Nowadays, Computer Graphics and Geometrical Modeling are recognized as important and challenging
areas of Computer Science.
Furthermore, the usage of Virtual Reality (VR) techniques in scientific applications and
learning has significantly increased during recent years.
The development of Web based tools and Grid middleware and infrastructures allows the exploration
of new approaches in designing scientific applications and increase the level of interaction
between the user and the learning environment.

The workshop will represent a great opportunity for the scientists to exchange ideas and progresses
made in such field, as occurred in the past editions of TSCG and VRSAL of 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
and 2004.

We invite you to submit a paper (between 5 and 11 pages long) to be published by IEEE Computer Society.
For formatting instructios, please visit the "Authors' Instructions" section of the ICCSA 2009 web
site: http://www.iccsa.org/authors-instructions

The submission of the paper represents for the author an implicit expression of intention to
register to ICCSA 2009 Conference and to participate to the related workshops sessions.

Submitted papers have to be original, containing new unpublished results.

WORKSHOP THEMES
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1. Geometric Modeling
2. 3D Geometric Processing
3. CAGD, CAD/CAM/CAE
4. Solid Modeling
5. Physically Based Modeling
6. Surface Reconstruction
7. Geometric Processing
8. Volume Visualization
9. Autonomous Agents
10. Computer Animation
11. Computer Graphics in Art, Education, Engineering
12. Entertainment and Medicine Rendering Techniques
13. Non Photo-Realistic Rendering
14. Illumination Models
15. Texture Models
16. Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics
17. Computer Graphics Software
18. Computer Graphics Hardware
19. Computer Graphics Applications
20. Computer Graphics Education
21. Industrial Applications of Computer Graphics
22. New directions in Computer Graphics
23. Virtual Reality based scientific visualization
24. Learning and assessment based on Virtual Reality approaches
25. Molecular Virtual Reality techniques
26. Computational Science Education
27. Distributed learning environments
28. Virtual classes and practice
29. Virtual Reality on Grid environments
30. Virtual Laboratories
31. Virtual Reality applied to the Cultural Heritage
32. Virtual Reality languages (X3D, VRML, Collada, Ajax3D, Java3D, OpenGL)
33. Immersive Virtual Reality (Digital Gloves, Motion Trackers, HMDs)
34. Distributed Collaborative environments
35. Virtual and Augmented Reality
36. Educational games
37. Virtual Reality applied to Cultural Heritage
38. VR Systems for telecare and disabilities treatements

PAPER SUBMISSION
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Participants wishing to present a communication at the workshop should register to the ICCSA 2009
Electronic Paper Submission system (http://cyb09.iccsa.org)
and then perform the submission procedure.
Please take care of select the: "Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality - CGVR 09" Session during
the submission of the Abstract and then of the Paper.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Please pay attention to the following dates:

February 23rd, 2009: Electronic paper submission ends
March 24th, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 11th, 2009: Deadline for the Camera-Ready submission and Early Registration
June 29th - July 2nd, 2009: CGVR 2009 Workshop and ICCSA 2009 Conference in Kyung Hee University
Yongin, Korea

PROCEEDINGS
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The proceedings of the Workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society.

For formatting instructios, please visit the "Author Instructions" section of the ICCSA 2009 web site:
http://www.iccsa.org/authors-instructions

The submission of the paper represents for the author an implicit expression of intention
to register to ICCSA 2009 Conference and to participate to the related workshops session.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
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Please Contact:

Osvaldo Gervasi
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia
Via Vanvitelli 1, 06123 Perugia (Italy)

E-mail address: osvaldo@unipg.it
Phone: +39 075 5855048
Fax: +39 075 5855024

Andres Iglesias Prieto
Dpt. of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
University of Cantabria
E.T.S.I. de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Avda. de los Castros, s/n
Santander, C.P. 39005 (Spain)

E-mail address: iglesias@unican.es
Phone: +34 942 202062
Fax: +34 942 201703

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2009-01-29

NCM2009: Call for Workshops, Invited Sessions and Papers

Second Call for Papers

ICCCI 2009

1st International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence:
Semantic Web, Social Networks & Multiagent Systems

http://isccci.org/iccci-09/
5-7 Oct., 2009 Wroclaw (Poland)

Organized in cooperation with: Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan).

Computational Collective Intelligence (CCI) is most often understood as an AI sub-field dealing with soft computing methods which enable making group decisions or processing knowledge among autonomous units acting in distributed environments. Web-based systems, social networks and multi-agent systems very often need these tools for working out consistent knowledge states, resolving conflicts and making decisions. The aim of this conference is to provide an internationally respected forum for scientific research in the computer-based methods of collective intelligence and their applications in (but not limited to) such fields as semantic web, social networks and multi-agent systems.

Conference Scope:

SEMANTIC WEB: semantic annotation of Web data resources; Web services (service description, discovery, composition); ontology management (mediation and reconciliation, creation, evaluation, merging, alignment, evolution, linking); automatic metadata generation; (semi-) automatic ontology creation; semantic web inference schemes; reasoning in the semantic web; knowledge portals; information discovery and retrieval in semantic web; etc.

SOCIAL NETWORKS: computational technologies in social networks creation and support; advanced groupware and social networks; models for social network emergence and growth; ontology development in social networks; advanced analysis for social networks dynamics; social networks and semantic communication.

MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS: cooperative distributed problem solving. Task and resource allocation. Mechanism design, auctions, and game theory. Modeling other agents and self. Multi-agent planning. Negotiation protocols. Multi-agent learning. Conflict resolution. Trust and reputation management. Privacy, safety and security. Scalability, robustness and dependability. Social and organizational structures. Verification and validation. Novel computing paradigms (autonomic, grid, P2P, ubiquitous computing). Brokering and matchmaking. Agent-oriented software engineering, including implementation languages and frameworks. Mobile agents. Performance, scalability, robustness, and dependability. Verification and validation. E-business agents. Pervasive computing. Privacy, safety, and security.

Proceedings:

The proceedings of ICCCI 2009 will be published as a volume in series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence of Springer. Authors are invited to submit original papers in LNAI style, up to 12 pages (regular papers) or 8 pages (short papers). For the post-conference publication several special issues in ISI/SCI journals are planed.

Important dates:

          Invited session and workshop proposals: 28 Feb. 2009
          Submission of full papers: 31 Mar. 2009
          Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2009
          Final papers to be received: 30 June 2009
          Author registration: 7 July 2009

General Chair of ICCCI 2009
Ngoc Thanh Nguyen
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Email: thanh@pwr.wroc.pl

Program Chairs:
Ryszard Kowalczyk
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Shyi-Ming Chen,

National Taiwan University of Science
and Technology, Taiwan

5^th NCM2009: Call for Workshops, Invited Sessions and Papers
* 5^th NCM2009, (August 25-27, 2009, Seoul, Korea) * http://www.aicit.org/ncm * Proceeding will be published by IEEE CS series * All papers accepted will be included in IEEE Xplore, indexed by EI and etc.
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Call for workshops
We are inviting proposals to organize a workshop for NCM 2009: Now submission is available!!
NCM09 workshops will provide the participants with opportunities to discuss and explore areas related to the Theory, Development, Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation of Networked/Ubiquitous Computing, Advanced Information Management, Digital Content and Multimedia Technologies with fellow students, researchers, and practitioners. Workshops may concern any topic within the conference scope. The goals of the workshops are to establish a common understanding of a certain aspect, to share experiences, to foster research communities, to learn from each other, to identify open problems and/or to explore future directions of research. Workshops will be held in parallel with the main conference.
For details see http://www.aicit.org/ncm/call_workshops.html
Call for Invited Sessions
We are inviting proposals to organize a invited session for NCM 2009: Now submission is available!!
Following the tradition, NCM2009 invited sessions will provide the participants with opportunities to discuss and explore emerging areas of Networked Computing, Advanced Information Management, Digital Content and Multimedia Technologies with fellow students, researchers, and practitioners in special area.
For details see http://www.aicit.org/ncm/call_invsessions.html
Call for Papers
Deadline for Extended Abstract (or paper) submission (General Session): April 30 2009. Acceptance notification: May 26 - 31 2009.
NCM2009, the Fifth International Joint Conference on INC, IMS and IDC will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The conference proceeding will be published by IEEE CS Series. Selected papers will be included as revised monographs in the international journals. For more details, visit the conference web site at http://www.aicit.org/ncm. This premium international conference provides a forum in which to present research results in all areas related to the Theory, Development, Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation of Networked/Ubiquitous Computing, Advanced Information Management, Digital Content and Multimedia Technologies. NCM2009 builds on the success of previous international conferences and workshops in this series (NMS: Networked Media and Services, HiNMS: High Performance NMS) held in Singapore, in Poland, in China, and in Korea.
Scope and Topics: http://www.aicit.org/ncm/scope.html
Track 1: Research Issues and Technical/ Industrial Application results on Networked Computing (INC2009) Track 2: Research Issues and Technical/ Industrial Application results on Advanced Information Management and Service (IMS2009) Track 3: Research Issues and Technical/ Industrial Application results on Digital Content, Multimedia Technology and its Applications (IDC2009)
Paper/ Presentation Types and Paper Format: http://www.aicit.org/ncm/paper_type_format.html
Paper Types for Submission (and review): Extended Abstract (2 pages)
* Full or Short format papers are also available
Presentation Types: Oral / Poster / UCC Oral
Thank you in advance and wish great achievement in your research, NCM2009: International Joint Conference on INC2009, IMS2009 and IDC2009 Official Web Site: http://www.aicit.org/ncm New Contact & Q&A board: http://www.aicit.org/ncm/help/help.html

[IREHSS 2009] [IREHSS 2009] CFP: "1st IEEE WoWMoM International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research on E-Health Services and Systems"

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            IREHSS 2009

First IEEE WoWMoM International Workshop on
Interdisciplinary Research on E-Health Services and Systems
June 15 2009, Kos Island, Greece

http://www.irehss.org

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OVERVIEW:
The use of advanced telecommunication technologies for the support of health monitoring, healthcare delivery, and education (commonly referred to as E-Health) is one of the most rapidly growing areas in health research today.

The field of E-Health will permit a fundamental redesign of healthcare processes based on the use and integration of electronic communication at all levels. Therefore, the actors involved in the e-health process are not only the doctors and the patients, as in the past, but also communication scientists and engineers. Hot discussion topics include the use of mobile technologies in healthcare, home automation technologies, telemedicine applications, bioinformatics, and the use of the Internet in healthcare.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the fields of networking, information systems, sensor technology, as well as individuals working across these various fields (for instance, specialists of Body Area Networks or wearable system design). The main objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and the discussion of solutions in order to share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers from both industry and academia.

Original papers describing completed work or work in progress in the field of E-Health are solicited.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Wearable systems and sensors
• Body Area Networks
• Non implantable sensors for human physiological and vital parameters
• Sensor-based systems and applications for E-Health
• Power Management and energy-efficient design in Wireless Body Area Networks
• Communication systems architecture for E-Health
• Home automation system for E-Health
• Middleware and software tools for e-health
• Networking architectures and protocols for e-health
• Medical data analysis and management
• Data gathering, aggregation and dissemination
• Security, Privacy and Trust in E-health
• Modeling and performance evaluation
• Measurements
• Semantic Web in Healthcare
• Contex and activitiy recognition
• User and usability studies
• Experience reports from real life deployment

PAPER REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION:
To register and submit a paper, please use the EDAS submission server at the link http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7211&
Authors should prepare a PDF file following the IEEE single-space, two-column format using at least 10 point size type. Please use only standard fonts such as Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica. The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as related information, can be found at the IEEE Computer Society website
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/index.jsp

Papers should describe original work and should be no more than 6 pages, double column, IEEE style including tables, figures and references.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION AND PAPER PUBLICATION:
In line with previous editions, there will be NO workshop-only registration. Conference registration includes attendance to all WoWMoM associated workshops, CD proceedings, lunches etc. Moreover, each workshop paper will need to have at least one author register at the FULL conference rate. The workshop papers will be included in the main WoWMoM proceedings and published by the IEEE.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper registration due          February 10, 2009
Paper submission due            February 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance      March 15, 2009
Final manuscripts due           April 18, 2009

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Bert Arnrich ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
Paul Lukowicz University of Passau, Passau, Germany
Oscar Mayora CREATE-NET, Trento, Italy
Alessandro Puiatti University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland

[Mycolleagues] CFP: DS-RT 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS – DS-RT 2009

*** Deadline – May 11, 2009 ***

13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on

Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications

(DS-RT 2009)

http://www.cs.unibo.it/ds-rt2009/

October 25-28, 2009

Singapore

DS-RT is intended to provide an international forum for the discussion

and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by

researchers, students, and systems developers on issues and challenges

related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are

encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of

significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable.

The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

* Paradigms, Methodology and Software Architectures for Large Scale

Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (e.g. Parallel and Distributed

Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web and

Grid based Simulation);

* Paradigms, Modeling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale

Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with Hard and Soft Real-Time

Constraints;

* Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time

Systems (e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability,

Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS);

* Theoretical Foundations of Large Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models

(e.g. Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time,

Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination);

* Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (e.g. Industrial,

Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy,

Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Systems);

* Performance and Validation of Large Scale and Distributed Simulations

(e.g., Benchmarking and Analytical Results, Empirical Studies;

DIS, HLA/RTI Studies);

* Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces,

Network Protocols and Model Repositories that address Very Large

Simulations;

* Data Distribution Management, Interest Management, Multi-resolution

Modeling and Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms;

* Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications

that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints;

* Simulation based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems

(e.g. Interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through

Immersive Environments);

* Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Telepresence Systems

and Shared Workspaces, Shared Interaction Spaces, Shared Object

Manipulation;

* Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (e.g., Generic Animation,

Visual Interactive Modeling, Interactive Computer Based Training and

Learning; Scientific Visualization; High-End Computer Graphics);

* Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Computer Interaction Issues

raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems;

* Media Convergence (e.g. New Technologies, Media Theory, Real-Time

considerations of Multi Modality, etc.);

* Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems

(e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible

Interaction, Embedded Interaction, etc.);

* Environmental and Emerging Simulation Challenges (e.g. Growth of

Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems,

Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility,

Air Traffic, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities,

Global Wireless Communication, Privacy Preserving Access, etc.).

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Deadline: May 11, 2009

Notification of Acceptance: June 22, 2009

Camera Ready Version: July 20, 2009

Conference Dates: October 25-28, 2009

Submission:

High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished

and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be

reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active

in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference.

Attendance by at least one author of accepted papers is mandatory.

Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages

(single-spaced) or 18 pages (double-spaced). No paper templates are

provided in this phase and your own template may be used. Authors are

encouraged to submit papers in electronic form, postscript, pdf, or

Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only.

General Co-Chairs:

Stephen John Turner

Parallel and Distributed Computing Centre,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

David Roberts

Centre for Virtual Environments,

University of Salford, UK

Program Co-Chairs:

Wentong Cai

Parallel and Distributed Computing Centre,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

School of Information Technology and Engineering,

University of Ottawa, Canada

Steering Committee Chair:

Azzedine Boukerche,

University of Ottawa, Canada

Poster Chair:

Emiliano Casalicchio,

University of Roma, Italy

Demo Chair:

Damla Turgut,

University of Central Florida, USA

Registration Chair:

Malcolm Low Yoke Hean

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Webmaster and System Co-Chairs:

Marco Di Felice

University of Bologna, Italy

Luciano Bononi

University of Bologna, Italy

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Emiliano Casalicchio, PhD
Dipartimento di Informatica Sistemi e Produzione
Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Tel. +390672597732
Mob. +393204269517
Fax. +390672597460

2009-01-28

[Mycolleagues] Deadline Extension: First International Workshop on Quality of Context (QuaCon '09)

Apologies for cross-postings.

*********************** NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE ************************

The submission deadline of QuaCon 2009 has been extended until

February 10, 2009

**************************** Call for Papers ***************************
First International Workshop on Quality of Context (QuaCon '09)
http://www.quacon09.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de/

25 - 26 June, 2009
Stuttgart, Germany
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Advances in sensor technology, wireless communication, and mobile
devices lead to the proliferation of sensors in our physical
environment. At the same time detailed digital models of buildings,
towns, or even the globe become widely available. Integrating the
huge amount of available sensor data into spatial models results in
highly dynamic models of the real world, often called context models.

A wide range of applications can substantially benefit from common
context models. However, context data is inherently associated with
uncertainty, which has to be taken into account by both context
management systems and applications. Appropriate ontologies, models,
and metrics are needed to specify the quality of context data,
including aspects of degradation, consistency, and trust. Those
concepts are needed on different levels of abstraction, including the
raw sensor data, observable context, as well as the high-level context
derived from other context information by means of reasoning
techniques. In addition, methods and calculi are required to assess
the quality of context data on various levels.

For an integrated context-management approach a framework is needed
that defines the appropriate abstraction levels and that provides
quality mappings between these layers. Other important issues are
application-specific quality concepts and methods to handle uncertain
context data. If context data is to be presented to human users,
appropriate visualizing techniques are required to present the data
together with its quality assessments. On the other hand, if
applications specify what level of degradation they accept, this
information can be used to optimize context management by means of
suitable relaxation techniques.

Research in context management and in particular context quality
requires an interdisciplinary approach. Therefore, the QuaCon Workshop
aims to bring together researchers from various fields to discuss
approaches to context quality and to make a consolidated contribution
towards an integrated way of treating context quality. Topics covered
by the workshop include the following:

- Models for degradation and consistency of context data
- Degradation, spatial ontologies and spatial data mining
- Trust in context data
- Methods and calculi for context quality assessment
- Frameworks and metrics for context quality
- Uncertainty in sensor data processing
- Quality-aware algorithms for context management
- Quality-aware event and stream processing
- Uncertainty in reasoning on context data
- Application-specific context quality and case studies
- Visualization of context quality

Submitted papers must not have been previously published or currently
submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by
the program committee, and accepted papers will be published in the
post-workshop proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS) Series. All paper submissions will be handled
electronically. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format
(PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 10
pages and be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines [1]. Papers
not adhering to these guidelines or the page limit are subject to
rejection without review. The deadline for submitting the paper is
February 10, 2009.

For detailed submission instructions and further details please visit
the QuaCon '09 website at http://www.quacon09.nexus.uni-stuttgart.de.

Important Dates
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February 10, 2009 Submission of Papers
March 10, 2009 Notification of Authors
April 10, 2009 Camera-Ready Copies Due
June 25 - 26, 2009 Workshop

QuaCon '09 Organizing and Program Committees
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General chairs:
Dieter Fritsch, Kurt Rothermel
Collaborative Research Center Nexus, University of Stuttgart

Program Committee:
Reynold Cheng, University of Hongkong
Alois Ferscha, University of Linz
Christian Freksa, University of Bremen
Andrew U. Frank, Technical University of Vienna
Johann-Christoph Freytag, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Hans Gellersen, University of Lancaster
Christopher Gold, University of Glamorgan
Michael F. Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara
Christian S. Jensen, Aalborg University
Bernhard Mitschang, University of Stuttgart
Max Muehlhaeuser, Technical University Darmstadt
Paddy Nixon, University College Dublin
Sunil K. Prabhakar, Purdue University
Kishore Ramachandran, Georgia Institute of Technology

[1] http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0

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[ICUFN 2009] CFP with Extended Deadlines

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Due to many requests, we extended the deadline.
Please see the updated CFP below.

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This is the Call For Papers for the ICUFN 2009.

Extended paper registration due: February 15, 2009
Extended paper submissions due: February 22, 2009

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CALL FOR PAPERS
ICUFN 2009
The First International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks June 7-9, 2009, Hong Kong, China http://www.icufn.org

GENERAL INFORMATION
During the last decade, we have witnessed fast developments of various networking technologies, and many forms of networking are core parts of our daily lives now. With the proliferation of future wireless technologies and electronic devices, there is a fast growing interest in ubiquitous and future networks. In the days to come, we expect that the ubiquitous communication and networking technologies will become ubiquitous along with the emergence of many future networking technologies. The ubiquitous and future network will offer multiservice, multimedia services convergence, mobility, service ubiquity and context awareness, fixed-mobile convergence, quality of service, variable connectivity, spontaneous networking, autonomic networking and other capabilities as the norm. The first International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN) aims at addressing advances in research on ubiquitous and future networks, covering topics ranging from technology issues to app!
lications and test-bed developments.
ICUFN 2009 solicits original, unpublished contributions in all aspects of ubiquitous and future networking. Submitted articles must not be concurrently considered elsewhere for publication.
ICUFN 2009 is sponsored by KICS and IEEE (pending).

TOPICS
- Ubiquitous computing and networking
- Cross layer design and optimization
- Ad-hoc and wireless mesh networking
- Modeling and performance evaluation
- Cooperative communication and networks
- Resource allocation and management
- Cellular & broadband wireless networks
- MAC/routing/channel assignment protocols
- Pervasive computing
- Network management
- Ambient networks
- Emerging applications including IPTV and VoIP
- Contents networking
- IMT-Advanced Networks
- RFID and wireless sensor networks
- Nano networks
- Body area networks
- Bio networks
- Vehicular networks
- QoS/QoE and security issues
- Future network architecture
- Case studies: design and implementation

SUBMISSION GUILDELINES
All submissions must be submitted electronically, in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS. The direct link for paper submission is http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6473&.
There are two options for the submissions either a full paper or an extended abstract. We decided to allow the submission of extended abstracts in order to accommodate the most recent research outcomes.
The submissions should be formatted with single-spaced, double-column pages using at least 10 pt (or higher) size fonts on A4 or letter pages in IEEE style format. The maximum page numbers are 6 for full papers and 2 for extended abstracts, respectively. The camera-ready version for an accepted paper cannot exceed 6 pages. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available on the conference web site (http://www.icufn.org).

IMPORTANT DATES
- Abstracts Due: February 15, 2009
- Manuscripts(Extended Abstract or Full Paper) Due: February 22, 2009
- Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2009
- Camera-ready Submission: May 1, 2009

International Advisory Committee
- Chul Hee Kang, Korea Univ., Korea
- Kyung Sup Kwak, Inha Univ., Korea
- Byeong Gi Lee, SNU, Korea
- Chuwhan Yim, Klabs, Korea
- Victor O. K. Li, Univ. of Hong Kong, China
- Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell Univ., USA

Steering Committee
- Victor O. K. Li, Univ. of Hong Kong, China
- Jinwoo Park, Korea Univ., Korea
- Sungchang Lee, Hanggong Univ., Korea
- Ilyoung Chong, HUFS, Korea
- Jaeyong Lee, Yonsei Univ., Korea
- Chi Deuk Ahn, ETRI, Korea
- Dong Ho Cho, KAIST, Korea
- Yeong Min Jang, Kookmin Univ., Korea
- C. K. Toh, Univ. of Hong Kong, China
- Sang Hong Lee, KT, Korea

Organizing Committee
General Co-Chairs
- Yeong Min Jang, Kookmin Univ., Korea
- C. K. Toh, Univ. of Hong Kong, China

TPC Co-Chairs
- Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National Univ., Korea
- Wanjiun Liao, National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan

Publication Co-Chairs
- Sang-Jo Yoo, Inha Univ., Korea
- Ki-Hyung Kim, Ajou Univ., Korea

Publicity Co-Chairs
- Dongkyun Kim, KNU, Korea
- Wonjun Lee, Korea Univ., Korea
- Lin Zhang, Tsinghua Univ., China

Registration Co-Chairs
- Myungsik Yoo, Soongsil Univ., Korea
- Meejeong Lee, Ewha Woman Univ., Korea

Finance Co-Chairs
- YoungRo Lee, NIA, Korea
- Hanuk Chung, KT, Korea

Local Arragement Co-Chairs
- Paul Kwok, Open Univ. of Hong Kong, China
- K C Leung, Univ. of Hong Kong, China
- Yonghoon Choi, Kwangwoon Univ., Korea
- Sangheon Pack, Korea Univ., Korea

Web Co-Chairs
- Sunwoong Choi, Kookmin Univ., Korea
- Bongkyo Moon, Dongguk Univ., Korea

Coordinator
- Sanghwan Lee, Kookmin Univ., Korea

[Mycolleagues] CFP: 1 week from WiOpt'09 Deadline

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                         WiOpt'09
The 7th international Symposium on Modeling and Optimization
         in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks

                http://www.wiopt.org

         June 23-27, 2009, Seoul, Korea

         (Co-located with IEEE ISIT 2009)

Technically sponsored by the IEEE Information Theory Society

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Scope
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This symposium intends to bring together researchers and practitioners working
on modeling and optimization of wireless network design and operations.
It welcomes original, high-quality works on different perspectives, including
performance analysis and simulation, algorithms and protocol design,
optimization theory and application, information theoretic analysis including
capacity scaling, for all forms of wireless networks: cellular, metropolitan,
ad hoc, delay-tolerant, mesh, sensor networks as well as any combination of
these.

Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research,
not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited.

Topics of relevance include, but are not limited to, the following ones:

Modeling, simulations and performance analysis
Optimization of network design
Optimal control of network operations
Network protocols design
Mobility modeling and management
Scalability and manageability of network architectures
Pricing and incentives
Opportunistic and cooperative communications
Network and multi-user information theory
Asymptotic system properties (capacity, connectivity, coverage, delay)
Energy efficiency
Cognitive radio

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Adjunct Workshops
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Five one-day workshops will accompany the main WiOpt symposium:

RAWNET/WNC^3 2009 : Resource Allocation, Cooperation and Competition in Wireless Networks
PHYSCOMNET 2009 : Physics-inspired Paradigms for Wireless Communications and Networks
SPASWIN 2009: Spatial Stochastic Models for Wireless Networks
WiNMee 2009 : International Workshop On Wireless Network Measurement
ConCom 2009 : Control over Communication Channels
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Important Dates
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Main symposium: June 23-25, 2009
adjunct workshops: June 26-27, 2009
Submission deadline: February 5, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2009

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Submission Instructions
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The submission format for the papers is an extended abstract, up to eight pages
long. Please use the IEEE Transactions format, 11 pt character size, one column
text, one-and-a-half line spacing, letter paper. This page budget should contain
all figures, tables, references, etc. The extended abstract should also include
a brief abstract of up to 150 words. The submission will be handled via the EDAS
system (http://edas.info). Only PDF files are acceptable; please make sure that
the paper prints without problems (take care to embed all required fonts, etc.).

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Journal Issues
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* A small number of accepted papers from both the main symposium and the adjunct
workshops will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Mobile
Networks and Applications Journal
(http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11036)
* We have reserved 2-3 slots in an upcoming special issue on "Ad Hoc Networks
and Pervasive Computing" of Wiley's Journal on Security and Communication Networks
(http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114299116/home), for the most
outstanding papers dealing with security aspects of wireless networks and
appearing in either the main symposium or the adjunct workshops.

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Steering Committee
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Imrich Chlamtac, CREATE-NET, Italy
Eitan Altman, INRIA, France
Tamer Basar, UIUC, USA
Jon Crowcroft, Cambridge University, UK
Anthony Ephremide, University of Maryland, USA
Daniele Miorandi, CREATE-NET, Italy

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Organizing Committee
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General Chair:
Song Chong, KAIST, Korea

General Vice Chair:
Stavros Toumpis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Technical Program Chairs:
Muriel Medard, MIT, USA
Daniele Miorandi, CREATE-NET, Italy
Sae-Young Chung, KAIST, Korea

Local Arrangements Chair:
Yung Yi, KAIST, Korea

Workshops Chair:
Jeonghoon Mo, Yonsei Univ., Korea

Publication Chair:
Wan Choi, ICU, Korea

Publicity Chairs:
Wing-Cheong Lau, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Dimitris Toumpakaris, University of Patras, Greece
Chan-Soo Hwang, Samsung, Korea

Conference Coordinator:
Gergely Nagy, ICST

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TPC Members
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Imad Aad (DOCOMO Labs. Europe)
Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Giuseppa Alfano (Politecnico di Torino)
Sara Alouf (INRIA, Sophia Antipolis)
Tansu Alpcan (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories)
Jeffrey Andrews (The University of Texas at Austin)
Erdal Arikan (Bilkent University)
Francois Baccelli (INRIA-ENS)
Joao Barros (University of Porto)
Tamer Basar (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Randall Berry (Northwestern University)
Christian Bettstetter (University of Klagenfurt)
Sem Borst (Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs)
Dah Ming Chiu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University)
Reuven Cohen (Technion)
Francesco De Pellegrini (CREATE-NET)
Gustavo de Veciana (The University of Texas at Austin)
Merouane Debbah (Supelec)
Olivier Dousse (Nokia Research Center)
Hesham El Gamal (Ohio State University)
Atilla Eryilmaz (Ohio State University)
Raul Etkin (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories)
Massimo Franceschetti (University of California at San Diego)
Andrey Garnaev (St. Petersburg State University)
James Gross (RWTH Aachen University)
Piyush Gupta (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent)
Martin Haenggi (University of Notre Dame)
Stephen Hanly (The University of Melbourne)
Takahiro Hara (Osaka University)
Mike Honig (Northwestern University)
Takashi Ikegawa (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
Tara Javidi (University of California, San Diego)
Holger Karl (University of Paderborn)
Arzad Kherani (IIT Dehli)
Seong-Lyun Kim (Yonsei University)
Ioannis Kontoyiannis (Athens Univ Econ & Business)
Ioannis Koukoutsidis (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Iordanis Koutsopoulos (UTH)
Bhaskar Krishnamachari (University of Southern California)
Samson Lasaulce (CNRS - Supelec)
Jang-Won Lee (Yonsei University)
Olivier Leveque (EPFL)
Jie Li (University of Tsukuba)
Upamanyu Madhow (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Sean Meyn (UIUC)
Jeonghoon Mo (Yonsei University)
Michael Neely (University of Southern California)
Giovanni Neglia (INRIA Sophia Antipolis)
Ozgur Oyman (Intel Corporation)
Daniel Palomar (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Balakrishna Prabhu (Laas-CNRS)
Bozidar Radunovic (Microsoft Research Cambridge)
Catherine Rosenberg (University of Waterloo)
Michele Rossi (University of Padova)
Aline Roumy (INRIA Rennes)
Joachim Sachs (Ericsson Research, Aachen, Germany)
Devavrat Shah (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Shlomo Shamai (The Technion)
Eilon Solan (Tel Aviv University)
R. Srikant (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Youngchul Sung (KAIST)
Xueyan Tang (Nanyang Technological University)
Danny H. K. Tsang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Toshinori Tsuboi (Tokyo University of Technology)
Amy Yuexuan Wang (Tsinghua University)
Phil Whiting (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies)
Andreas Willig (Technical University of Berlin)
Wing Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Yu Yang (GainSpan Inc.)
Edmund Yeh (Yale University)
Chih-Wei Yi (National Chiao Tung University)
Yung Yi (KAIST)
Wuyi Yue (Konan University)
Gil Zussman (Columbia University)

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[Mycolleagues] UPGRADE-CN workshop at HPDC 2009

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Dear Colleagues:

Please find below the Call for papers for UPGRADE-CN 2009 workshop with
HPDC 2009 (*Submission deadline: February 20, 2009*). Please be informed
that UPGRADE-CN 2009 papers will be published by ACM and selected papers
will be invited to extend for possible publication in an International
Journal. Please consider submitting a paper in UPGRADE-CN 2009.

For more information, please visit: http://2009.upgrade-cn.org/

Best Regards,
Mukaddim

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Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Room # 5.30a, ICT Building, 111 Barry Street
Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia.
Contact: +61-3-8344 1355 (Lab); +61-433349410 (Cell)
URL: http://www.csse.unimelb.edu.au/~apathan
E-mail: apathan@csse.unimelb.edu.au

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 4th UPGRADE-CN Workshop on Content Management and Delivery in
Large-Scale Networks
to take place during
ACM/IEEE HPDC (High Performance Distributed Computing)
June 10, 2009, Munich, Germany

Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) have emerged to improve the
efficiency of static, time-dependent and rich media content delivery
atop large-scale IP-based networks. The main objective of current CDNs
is the efficient delivery and increased availability of content to the
consumers. However, modern applications do not just perform retrieval or
access operation on content but also create, modify and manage content,
and actively place content at appropriate locations. To deal with such
new requirements, more general Content Networks (CNs) are being
introduced. Design and implementation of robust and efficient CNs in
large-scale computing environments demand for emerging paradigms and
software technologies. Agent, P2P and Grid computing paradigms have
already demonstrated their suitability in supporting the development of
high-performance systems over large-scale, dynamic and heterogeneous
environments. Therefore their use, which accounts for dynamism (P2P),
robustness (Grid), and intelligence (Agents), can augment the
effectiveness and boost the efficiency of future content distribution
infrastructures. Moreover new interesting distributed computing
paradigms such as Service-Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing can be
used for effectively supporting CNs.

Areas of interest
-----------------
In this workshop we are interested in the exploitation of P2P, Grid, and
Agent paradigms and technologies as well as service-oriented and cloud
computing to support the effective design and efficient implementation
of high-performance Content Networks. In particular, the areas of
interest are the following (although this list should not be treated as
exclusive):
* Architectures for general-purpose content networks
* Architectures for streaming content distribution networks
* Architectures for mobile dynamic CDNs
* Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based CDNs
* Grid/P2P/Agent-based content delivery and management
* Novel architectural models for Cloud Computing
* Content Delivery Networks using Storage Clouds
* Protocols and mechanisms for content management, delivery, discovery
and distribution
* Platforms and tools for content production
* Mechanisms for content-based request redirection
* Mechanisms for cooperative caching
* Frameworks and toolkits for the development of CNs
* Economics-oriented modelling in CDNs
* Novel applications based on CNs
* CDN pricing and support for market aware CDN services
* Experience with research content network test-beds
* Novel applications of cloud computing
* CNs for bio-informatics
* CNs for scientific computing

Program Chairs
--------------
Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy, g.fortino@unical.it
Carlo Mastroianni, ICAR/CNR, Italy, mastroianni@icar.cnr.it
Mukaddim Pathan, University of Melbourne, Australia,
apathan@csse.unimelb.edu.au
Athena Vakali, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, avakali@csd.auth.gr

International Program Committee
-------------------------------
Jemal H. Abbawajy, Deakin University, Australia
Cyril Briquet, University of Liege, Belgium
James Broberg, University of Melbourne, Australia
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Vitalian Danciu, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK
Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Kolja Eger, Siemens, Germany
Zongming Fei, University of Kentucky, USA
Alfredo Garro, Università della Calabria, Italy
Dimitris Katsaros, University of Thessaly, Greece
Jaime Lloret, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Carlos Palau, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Wilma Russo, Università della Calabria, Italy
Giandomenico Spezzano, ICAR/CNR, Italy
Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA
Michael Schiffers, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Ian Taylor, University of Cardiff, UK
Rainer Unland, University of Essen, Germany
Eugenio Zimeo, Universit… del Sannio, Italy

Web Site and contact email for inquiries
----------------------------------------
http://2009.upgrade-cn.org/
email: info@upgrade-cn.org

Submission Guidelines
---------------------
Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas will be
considered. Please submit full papers: 10 pages maximum in ACM SIGS
publication style. Please follow this link to submit your paper:
http://www.lrz.de/hpdc2009/. Each submission will be reviewed by at
least three members of the International Program Committee.

Publication
-----------
The workshop proceedings will be published by ACM and distributed at the
conference.

Journal Special Issue
---------------------
As for the past three editions, selected papers will be invited to a
special issue of an international journal. The special issue of the 1st
edition was published in FGCS (Elsevier), the special issue of the 2nd
edition is going to be published in MAGS (IOS Press), and the special
issue of the 3rd edition will be published in JNCA (Elsevier).

Important Dates
---------------
February 20, 2009: Submission of Papers
March 20, 2009: Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection
April 10, 2009: Submission of Camera-Ready Copies
June 10, 2009: Workshop Takes Place

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ICST - CrownCom 2009: Call for Papers

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### CROWNCOM 2009
4th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications
June 22nd - 24th 2009, Hannover, Germany

http://www.crowncom2009.org/
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CALL FOR PAPERS

### Brief description
The owned spectrum allocation model in use today is believed to be obsolete. Firstly due to its intrinsic principle of fixed resource allocation that leads to a supposed spectrum scarcity, later revealed to be a question of non-efficient utilization. Secondly comes into play the need of introducing new wireless applications and services, which have experienced a huge growth in the last couple of decades, and are now supposed to cope with a multitude of already deployed standards. Both scenarios motivate the use of dynamic spectrum access in order to turn primary licensed networks into dynamic spectrum access networks (DSANs). This lends itself to cognitive radio, an enabling technology that will benefit several types of players and help to implement a more efficient approach regarding spectrum requirements in the future.

The aim of this conference is to bring together the state of the art research contributions that address the various aspects of cognitive wireless systems and technologies, including a broad range of communications, networking and implementation issues. We seek original and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal, magazine or conference.

### Topics of interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Track 1. New Trends
- Regulations, standardization and implementation for Cognitive Radio
- Dynamic spectrum access networks (DSANs):
o Secondary markets
o Business models
o Industrial role
- Trust and security mechanisms

Track 2. Interference and Coexistence Analysis
- Interference metric modeling
- Beamforming, MIMO and anti-jamming channel coding as interference avoidance strategies
- Radio resource management and dynamic spectrum sharing
- Spectrum sensing mechanisms and protocol support
- Wireless network co-existence
- Ultra-Wideband cognitive radio systems

Track 3. Networks
- Novel adaptation and optimization algorithms suitable for Cognitive Radios and Cognitive Radio Networks
- Analysis of performance and performance enhancement methods of CRs, including methods for network management and QoS-provisioning.
- Self-organizing mesh networks and autonomic communications
- Applications of cognitive networks (e.g. emergent and public safety networks)
- New architectures and platforms for cognitive radio & software defined radio
- Radio access protocols and algorithms for the PHY, MAC, and Network layers
- Cross-layer cognitive algorithms

Track 4. Research Projects
- Large on-going Cognitive Radio & Networks related research projects in Europe, USA and Asia are encouraged to submit their latest results to CrownCom 2009.

### Co-Sponsors
Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany
Institute of Communications Technology, LUH, Germany
Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST)

### Technical Co-Sponsors
The European Association for Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP)
Center for Research and Telecommunication Experimentation for Networked Communities (CREATE-NET)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)
Intel Corporation, USA

### Important Dates
Manuscript submission deadline: February 23, 2009
Tutorial proposals deadline: February 23, 2009
Special session proposals deadline: November 3, 2008
Notification of decision: April 20, 2009
Camera-ready deadline: May 4, 2009

### Steering Committee:
Chair:
Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy

### Organizing Committee:
General Chairs:
* Thomas Kaiser, Leibniz University Hannover(LUH), Germany
* Markus Fidler, TU Darmstadt, Germany

General Vice-Chair:
* Andreas Wilzeck, LUH, Germany

Program Chair:
* Maria D. PÃ©rez-Guirao, LUH, Germany

TPC Chairs:
* Carlos Cordeiro, Intel Corporation, USA
* Luiz A. DaSilva, Virgina Tech, USA
* Aarne MÃ¤mmelÃ¤, VTT, Finland
* Lars Berlemann , Dt. Telekom AG, Germany

Panel Chairs:
* Petri Mahonen, RWTH Aachen, Germany
* Christophe Le Martret, THALES Land and Joint Systems, France

Special Session Chair:
* Sven Zeisberg, HTW Dresden, Germany

Tutorial Chairs:
* Klaus Moessner, University of Surrey, UK
* Maurice Bellanger, CNAM, France

Sponsorship Chair:
* Feng Zheng, LUH, Germany

Web & Publication Chairs:
* Souhir Daoud, LUH, Germany
* JoÃ£o Paulo Miranda, LUH, Germany

Local Arrangement Chairs:
* Kim Bartke, LUH, Germany
* Henrik Schumacher, LUH, Germany
* Eva-Maria SchrÃ¶der, LUH, Germany

Financial Chair:
* Barbara Adler, LUH, Germany

Conference Consultant:
* Maria Morosova, ICST, Belgium
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[Mycolleagues] NetEval 2009 Workshop, co-located with IEEE ISPASS'09 at Boston MA USA

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CALL FOR PAPERS

NetEval 2009 – The First Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Next-
Generation Networks

April 26, 2009
Boston, MA, USA
http://cans.uml.edu/neteval2009.html

Co-located with IEEE ISPASS'09
http://www.ispass.org/ispass2009/

The design and prototyping of the next-generation Internet has been
an active research area in the networking community. Significant
efforts have been devoted to revise many aspects of current network
design including network architecture, network protocols, security
and privacy, and service abstractions. The development of
experimental network testbeds (e.g. PlanetLab, Emulab, GENI, etc.)
has allowed researchers to evaluate and verify innovative designs
through realistic experiments at a global scale.

The design of the next-generation Internet also draws a great deal of
interest from the computer architecture research community. The
introduction of virtualization and programmability in router systems
requires high performance embedded processing elements. Network
processors, FPGAs, and multi-core processors play important roles in
modern routers and switches.

The expanding functionality of the next-generation Internet and the
increasing complexity of its router systems pose a novel challenge
for performance evaluation. Researchers and developers involved in
designing and implementing new network architectures, router systems,
and network applications need the ability to thoroughly evaluate and
quantitatively compare the performance of these systems. Currently,
there are no established evaluation methodologies, benchmark network
topologies, or application workloads to guide the performance
evaluation process in next-generation networks.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners from the networking, computer architecture, and
performance evaluation communities to describe, discuss, and advance
the state of the art in performance evaluation of next-generation
networks. The workshop solicits papers that cover analytic,
simulation-based, and measurement-based performance evaluation topics
in this area. Since this workshop focuses on next-generation
networks, we envision that papers relate to either

1. performance evaluation techniques in next-generation networks or

2. specific performance evaluation studies of next-generation
networks and their systems.

*** Topics ***

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

* Performance evaluation techniques for next-generation networks.
* Active and passive measurement in next-generation networks.
* Design and prototypes of network measurement systems and tools.
* Performance metrics, analysis, and optimization for next-
generation networks.
* Performance evaluation of network processing systems based on
network processors, FPGAs, or multi-core processors.
* Performance studies of high performance and programmable routers
* Benchmarks of next-generation network applications
* Performance techniques and studies related to network
virtualization.
* Performance techniques and studies related to network security.
* Performance techniques and studies related to cross-layer
optimization.
* Performance evaluation related to GENI and other next-
generation network testbeds.
* Prototypes and techniques for network trace collection and
analysis in next-generation networks

*** Submission Instructions ***

The workshop welcomes original papers from academia and industry on
work related to the above topics. Position papers are welcome and
should be identified as such in the title. Submissions must not
exceed 6 pages in length, must follow the IEEE conference paper
formatting guidelines for US letter page size (http://www.ieee.org/
web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/
conferenceTemplates.html), and must be submitted as PDF file.
Submissions that do not follow these guidelines may be rejected
without consideration. Authors of accepted papers are expected to
present their papers at the workshop. Submissions must be original
work not under review at any other workshop, conference, or journal.
Papers can be submitted through the EDAS submission site at http://
www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=7336& .

*** Important Dates ***

Abstract submissions due
Friday, Feb 27, 2009

Paper submissions due
Friday, Mar 6, 2009

Notification of acceptance
Monday, Mar 30, 2009

Camera ready version due
Friday, Apr 10, 2009

Workshop date
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009

*** Workshop Organizers ***

Yan Luo, UMass Lowell
Tilman Wolf, UMass Amherst

*** Program Committee ***

Paul Barford, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laxmi Bhuyan, UC Riverside
Mark Crovella, Boston University
James Griffioen, University of Kentucky
Yu Gu, NEC Laboratories America
Gianluca Iannacone, Intel Research Berkeley
Raj Jain, Washington University in St. Louis
Srihari Makineni, Intel Corporation
Ning Weng, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Li Zhao, Intel Corporation

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ICST - Intetain 2009: Call for Papers

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Intetain 2009, Amsterdam, 22-24th June 2009
Third International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for
Interactive Entertainment

http://intetain.org/

intetain@ewi.utwente.nl
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Sponsor: ICST

Technical Sponsor:
CREATE-NET
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Call for Papers

==================
==== OVERVIEW ====
==================
The Human Media Interaction (HMI) department of the University of Twente in the Netherlands and the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST) are pleased to announce the Third International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment to be held on June 22-24, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

INTETAIN 09 intends to stimulate interaction among academic researchers and commercial developers of interactive entertainment systems. We are seeking long (full) and short (poster) papers as well as proposals for interactive demos. In addition, the conference organisation aims at an interactive hands-on session along the lines of the Design Garage that was held at INTETAIN 2005. Individuals who want to organise special sessions during INTETAIN 09 may contact the General Chair, Anton Nijholt (a.nijholt@ewi.utwente.nl).

The global theme of this third edition of the international conference is â€œPlayful interaction, with others and with the environmentâ€.

Contributions may, for example, contribute to this theme by focusing on the Supporting Device Technologies underlying interactive systems (mobile devices, home entertainment centers, haptic devices, wall screen displays, information kiosks, holographic displays, fog screens, distributed smart sensors, immersive screens and wearable devices), on the Intelligent Computational Technologies used to build the interactive systems, or by discussing the Interactive Applications for Entertainment themselves.

==== Journal Special Issue ====

We have secured a special issue of a journal devoted to Intetain 2009, which will publish a selection of the best papers. More information will follow.

==== Topics ====

We seek novel, revolutionary, and exciting work in areas including but not limited to:

== Supporting Technology ==
* New hardware technology for interaction and entertainment
* Novel sensors and displays
* Haptic devices
* Wearable devices

== Intelligent Computational Technologies ==
* Animation and Virtual Characters
* Holographic Interfaces
* Adaptive Multimodal Presentations
* Creative language environments
* Affective User Interfaces
* Intelligent Speech Interfaces
* Tele-presence in Entertainment
* (Collaborative) User Models and Group Behavior
* Collaborative and virtual Environments
* Brain Computer Interaction
* Cross Domain User Models
* Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality
* Computer Graphics & Multimedia
* Pervasive Multimedia
* Robots
* Computational humor

== Interactive Applications for Entertainment ==
* Intelligent Interactive Games
* Emergent games
* Human Music Interaction
* Interactive Cinema
* Edutainment
* Urban Gaming
* Interactive Art
* Interactive Museum Guides
* Evaluation
* City and Tourism Explorers Assistants
* Shopping Assistants
* Interactive Real TV
* Interactive Social Networks
* Interactive Story Telling
* Personal Diaries, Websites and Blogs
* Comprehensive assisting environments for special populations
(handicapped, children, elderly)
* Exertion games

== Long papers ==
Submissions of a maximum of 12 pages that describe original research work not submitted or published elsewhere. Long papers will be orally presented at the conference.

== Short papers ==
Submissions of a maximum of 6 pages that describe original research work not submitted or published elsewhere. Short papers will be presented with a poster during the demo and poster session at the conference.

== Demos ==
Researchers are invited to submit proposals for demonstrations to be held during a special demo and poster session at the INTETAIN 09. For more information, see the separate Call for Demos.

=========================
==== IMPORTANT DATES ====
=========================
Submission deadline:
Monday, Februari 16, 2009

Notification:
Monday, March 16, 2009

Camera ready submission deadline:
Monday, March 30, 2009

Late demo submission deadline (extended abstract only!):
Monday, March 30, 2009

Conference:
June 22-24, 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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==== COMMITTEE ====
===================
General Program Chair:
Anton Nijholt, Human Media Interaction, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Local Chair:
Dennis Reidsma, Human Media Interaction, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Web Master and Publication Chair:
Hendri Hondorp, Human Media Interaction, University of Twente, the Netherlands

ICST Conference Coordinator:
Maria Morozova, ICST

Steering Committee Chair:
Imrich Chlamtac, CREATE-NET

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==== PROGRAM COMMITTEE ====
============================
Stefan Agamanolis, Distance Lab, Forres, UK
Elisabeth AndrÃ©, Augsburg University, Germany
Lora Aroyo, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tilde Bekker, University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Regina Bernhaupt, University of Salzburg, Austria
Mark Billinghurst, HIT Lab, New Zealand
Kim Binsted , University of Hawai, USA
Tony Brooks, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
Andreas Butz, University of Munich, Germany
Yang Cai, Visual Intelligence Studio, CYLAB, Carnegie Mellon, USA
Antonio Camurri, University of Genoa, Italy
Marc Cavazza, University of Teesside, UK
Tat-Jen Cham Nanyang, Technological University, Singapore
Keith Cheverst, University of Lancaster, UK
Drew Davidson, CMU, Pittsburgh, USA
Berry Eggen, University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Arjan Egges, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
Anton Eliens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Steven Feiner, Columbia University, New York
Alois Ferscha, University of Linz, Austria
Matthew Flagg, Georgia Tech, USA
Jaap van den Herik, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands
Dirk Heylen, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Catholijn Jonker, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Frank Kresin, Waag Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Antonio Krueger, University of Muenster, Germany
Tsvi Kuflik, University of Haifa, Israel
Markus LÃ¶ckelt, DFKI SaarbrÃ¼cken, Germany
Evert van Loenen, Philips, Netherlands
Henry Lowood, University of Stanford, USA
Maic Masuch, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany
Mark Maybury, MITRE, Boston, USA
Oscar Mayora, Create-Net Research Consortium, Italy
John-Jules Meijer, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
Louis-Philippe Morency, Institute for Creative Technologies, USC, USA
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, University of Melbourne, Australia
Patrick Olivier, University of Newcastle, UK
Paolo Petta, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Fabio Pianesi, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy
Helmut Prendinger, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
Matthias Rauterberg, University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Charles Rich, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Mark Riedl, Institute for Creative Technologies, USC, USA
Isaac Rudomin, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico
Ulrike Spierling, FH/University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Pieter Spronck, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands
Oliviero Stock, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy
Carlo Strapparava, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy
Bill Swartout, Institute for Creative Technologies, USC, USA
Mariet Theune, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Thanos Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Sean White, Columbia University, USA
Woontack Woo Gwangju, Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Wijnand IJsselstein, University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Massimo Zancanaro, ITC-irst, Trento, Italy

[Mycolleagues] INDS'09: Call for papers

** High Priority **

**** all the accepted papers will be published with the IEEE Conference
Publications Program through IEEE Xplore® digital library********
===============================================================================
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND
SYNCHRONIZATION
INDS'09
J U L Y 20 - 21, 2 0 0 9 ( K L A G E N F U R T , A U S T R I A )
http://inds09.uni-klu.ac.at
================================================================================

The Second International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and
Synchronization (INDS'09) is a two-day international workshop bringing
together international researchers, developers and practitioners from
different horizons to discuss the latest advances in nonlinear dynamics
and synchronization. INDS'09 will serve as a forum to present current
and future works as well as to exchange research ideas pertaining to
various aspects in the field of nonlinear dynamic systems and
synchronization. INDS'09 will feature contributed as well as 6 key
note speeches and will include poster and demo sessions. (P.S.:
according to participant's feedback, INDS'08 has been a great
success. IND'09 should be as well !)

The major focus of this inter-disciplinary workshop lies on the
following areas:
**Theoretical fundamentals of synchronization
**Nonlinear systems and synchronization
**Experiments of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization
**Simulation of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization
**Applications of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization:
*Self-organized traffic management systems
*Self-organized intelligent supply chains and logistics systems
*Cybernetics
*Systems control
*Robotics
*Self organized transportation systems (logistics, supply chains,
traffic management)
*Pattern recognition
*Computational intelligence models (Soft computing and machine
learning)
*Cellular neural networks and applications
*Image processing (incl. scene analysis)
*Signal processing (incl. speech processing and recognition)
*Self-reconfigurable systems
*Self-healing systems
*Self-testing systems
*Coupled oscillatory systems
*Chaos control
*Communication (wired and wireless), networking and sensor networks
*Cryptography and security
*Social sciences, psychology, business and management

Camera-ready full papers will be included in the workshop proceedings,
which will be published either by "Shaker Verlag" (Germany) or World
Scientific Publisher and distributed to the participants at the
workshop. Accepted papers will be published with the IEEE Conference
Publications Program through IEEE Xplore® digital library..

Post-Conference publications: The best contributions, based upon the
quality, novelty and relevance, will be invited to submit a longer paper
(15 pages). After undergoing a thorough review process selected
high-quality papers will be published in a special book (by SPRINGER)
and in a journal special issue.
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Key Dates -- Submission Deadlines
Extended abstract submission: 06.03.2009
Acceptance letter: 15.04.2009
Full paper submission: 30.04.2009
=============================================================

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Klagenfurt University, Transport Informatics Group
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[Mycolleagues] 2nd CfP: ICDT 2009 | July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar, France

INVITATION

=================
Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups
the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results.
=================

============== ICDT 2009 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICDT 2009, The Fourth International Conference on Digital Telecommunications
July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar/Alsace, France

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/ICDT09.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPICDT09.html

Submission deadline: February 20, 2009

Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE France Section
Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org
Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE
Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals:
http://www.iariajournals.org
Please note the Poster Forum and the Work in Progress track.

ICDT 2009 Special Areas (more details in the CfP on site):

MULTE: Multimedia Telecommunications
SIGNAL: Signal processing in telecommunications
DATA: Data processing
AUDIO: Audio transmission and reception systems
VOICE: Voice over packet networks
VIDEO: Video, conferencing, telephony
IMAGE: Image producing, sending, and mining
SPEECH: Speech producing and processing
IPTV: IP/Mobile TV
MULTI: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play
CONTENT: Production, distribution
HXSIP: H-series towards SIP
MEDMAN: Control and management of multimedia telecommunication
SARP: Software architecture research and practice
STREAM: Data stream processing
TRACK: Tracking computing technologies

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ICDT Advisory Chairs
Tulin Atmaca, IT/Telecom&Management SudParis, France
Claus Bauer, Dolby Systems, USA
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA / Concordia University, Canada
Reda Reda, ICTMC, Austria

ICDT 2009 General Chair
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

ICDT 2009 Industry Research Chairs
Bilal Al Momani, Cisco Systems, Ireland
Yuri Ivanov, Movidia Ltd. – Dublin, Ireland
Adrian Conway, Verizon Laboratories, - Waltham, USA

ICDT 2009 Technical Program Committee Chairs
Michael Grottke, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Pubudu Pathirana, Deakin University, Australia

ICDT 2009 Organizing Committee
Abdelhafid Abouaissa, University of Haute Alsace, France
Herve Boeglen, University of Haute Alsace, France
Marc Gilg, University of Haute Alsace, France
Benoit Hilt, University of Haute Alsace, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
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[Mycolleagues] IEEE CAMAD 2009 Second CFP: Extended Deadline

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IEEE CAMAD 2009 / Call for Papers

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PISA, Italy - June 12th 2009

2009-01-27

[Mycolleagues] Fifth CSIIRW 2009 Deadline Extended to March 1

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

CSIIRW-09

http://www.csiir.ornl.gov/csiirw

April 13-15, 2009

Fifth Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Sponsored by:

Federal Business Council, Inc.

University of Tennessee, Department of EECS

National Science Foundation (pending)

In cooperation with ACM and EUROSIS

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IMPORTANT DATES in 2009:

Mar 01 (firm, was Feb 1) Extended abstracts (up to 4 pages) submitted

Mar 20 Author notification

Mar 27 Visitation requests submitted by all attendees (HARD deadline)

Apr 10 Submission of presentation slides (up to 10pg 2 slides/pg) and final

revised extended abstracts

May 29 Publication of CSIIR Workshop Proceedings in ACM Digital

Library (including extended abstracts and presentations)

Jun 15 Submission deadline of full papers (optional) to HICSS

Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Minitrack

Preliminary CSIIRM CFP

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SYNOPSIS:

As our dependence on the cyber infrastructure grows ever larger, more complex

and more distributed, the systems that compose it become more prone to failures

and/or exploitation. Intelligence is information valued for its currency and relevance

rather than its detail or accuracy. Information explosion describes the pervasive

abundance of (public/private) information and the effects of such. Gathering,

analyzing, and making use of information constitutes a business- / sociopolitical-

/ military-intelligence activity and ultimately poses significant advantages and

liabilities to the survivability of "our" society. The combination of increased

vulnerability, increased stakes and increased threats make cyber security and

information intelligence (CSII) one of the most important emerging challenges

in the evolution of modern cyberspace "mechanization."

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IMPORTANT GOALS:

The aim of this workshop is to discuss (and publish) novel theoretical and empirical

research focused on (the many) different aspects of software security/dependability,

because as we know, the heart of the cyber infrastructure is software. The scope of

the workshop covers a wide range of methodologies, techniques, and tools (i.e.,

applications) to (1) assure, measure, estimate and predict software security/

dependability and (2) analyze and evaluate the impact of such applications on

software security/dependability.

We encourage researchers and practitioners from a wide swath of professional

areas (not only the programmers, designers, testers, and methodologists but also

the users and risk managers) to participate so that we can better understand the

needs (requirements), stakes and the context of the ever evolving cyber world;

where software forms the core and security/dependability are crucial properties

that must be built-in or baked on and maintained. Secure systems must be

dependable and dependable systems fail if they are not secure. We look to

software engineering to help provide us the products and methods to accomplish

these goals.

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NON-EXCLUSIVE TOPICS

We aim to challenge, establish and debate a far-reaching agenda that broadly

and comprehensively outlines a strategy for cyber security and information

intelligence that is founded on sound principles and technologies, including

and not limited to:

+ Scalable trustworthy systems (including system architectures and requisite

development methodologies)

+ Enterprise-level metrics (including measures of overall system trustworthiness)

+ Life-cycle of System Evaluation methodologies (including approaches for

attaining sufficient assurance)

+ Coping with insider threats

+ Coping with malware

+ Global identity management

+ System survivability

+ Situational awareness and attack attribution

+ Data provenance and integrity (relating to information, systems, and hardware)

+ Privacy-aware security and usable security

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

+ Douglas Maughan, Cyber Security Research Lead, DHS S&T (CID)

+ Eric Cole, Lockheed Martin Fellow

+ Sal Stolfo, Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

+ Dawn Song, Computer Science Professor, UC Berkley

+ Bhavani Thuaisingham, Director for Cyber Security Research Center,

Professor of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas

+ Tiffany Jones, Director, North and Latin American Government Relations at

Symantec Corporation

+ Mike Hinchey, Co-Director, Lero –Irish Software Engineering Research Centre,

Former Director Software Engineering Laboratory, NASA GSFC

+ Keynote Panel Tentative Invitations:

Melissa Hathaway, Sr. Advisor to Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Participants are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more than four pages

(single-spaced) by February 1.

Read the full instructions: http://www.ioc.ornl.gov/csiirw/ACM-SubmGuidelines.htm

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ORGANZATION:

General Chair:

+ Frederick T. Sheldon, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Program Co-Chairs:

+ Itamar Arel, Department of EECS

University of Tennessee

+ Ali Mili, College of Computing Science

New Jersey Institute of Technology

+ Axel Krings, Computer Science Department

University of Idaho

[Mycolleagues] Pervasive 2009 DEMO, LBR, VIDEO, DC

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this invitation]

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Pervasive 2009 - Late Breaking Results & Posters
Demonstration, Doctoral Colloquium, and Video
The Seventh International Conference on Pervasive Computing

Nara, Japan
May 11-14, 2009
http://pervasive2009.org/
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+ Critical Dates (EXTENDED)

* February 4, 2009: Submission deadline
* March 1, 2009: Author notification
* March 20, 2009: Camera-ready paper deadline

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Late Breaking Results & Posters
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+ Call for Contributions

Pervasive 2009 Late Breaking Results and Posters offer a con-
cise format for authors to contribute novel ideas and recent research
findings in pervasive computing technologies, systems, and appli-
cations. Appropriate topics for Pervasive Late Breaking Results
and Posters include, but are not limited to:

* New technologies and devices for pervasive computing
* New applications of pervasive computing technologies
* New interfaces and modes of interactions between people and
pervasive computing devices, applications or environments
* New tools, infrastructures, architectures and techniques
for designing, implementing & deploying pervasive computing
applications
* Evaluations and evaluation methods, for assessing the impact
of pervasive computing devices, applications or environments
* Privacy, security, trust & social issues and implications of
pervasive computing

Accepted papers will be presented as posters in the main
conference area throughout the program. There will also be a special
reception dedicated to the presentation of posters and
demos. Furthermore, authors will have the opportunity to briefly
introduce their work in a single plenary session that occurs sometime
before the reception.

+ Submission and Review Process

Submissions must be no longer than 4 pages in OCG Format. A sketch
outlining the planned poster presentation may be attached as an
additional page. Authors should submit electronic versions (in PDF
format) of their papers to EDAS. Authors of LBR papers are requested
to follow the guidelines below.

* Do not put headers/footers
* Do not put page numbers
* Do not exceed 4 pages
* Format the papers in PDF

Submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted contributions will
be published in the Pervasive 2009 Adjunct Proceedings.

SUBMISSION SITE: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6683&

+ Late Breaking Results Chairs

Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, Japan
Susanna Pirttikangas, University of Oulu, Finland

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Doctoral Colloquium
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+ Call for Papers

PhD students and candidates are invited to present, discuss and
defend their work-in-progress or preliminary results in an
international and renowned audience of researchers and developers in
the ubiquitous computing field at PERVASIVE 2009. PhD students and
candidates at all stages in the process are invited to submit a thesis
position paper. Participants will be expected to give short, informal
presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a
discussion. The submission should clearly state:

* the original key idea / hypothesis of the thesis
* the problem domain and the specific problem addressed
* an overview of related work in the area of the PhD work
* methodological approach
* research carried out
* the contribution made in the field of ubiquitous computing
(for early work, state the expected contribution)

+ Submission and Review Process

Submissions (up to 8 pages) should be formatted according to the
guidelines of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science [LNCS
format] and should be submitted as PDF files through [EDAS
system]. The submissions will be reviewed and based on these reviews
approximately 8 participants for the doctoral colloquium will be
selected. The accepted thesis position papers will be published in the
adjunct proceedings of PERVASIVE 2009.

SUBMISSION SITE: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6683&

+ Critical Dates

* May 11, 2009 Doctoral Colloquium in Nara, Japan

+ Doctorial Colloquium Chairs

Jakob E. Bardram, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan

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Demonstration
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+ Call for Contributions

The category of research demonstrations offers a unique
opportunity to showcase research prototypes, and to discuss them with
an international audience of experts in pervasive computing. To
promote this, Pervasive 2009 is seeking interesting and engaging
demonstrations of pervasive computing technologies. Proposers are
invited to submit Research Demonstrations under the general topics of
the conference. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the
following :

* New technologies and devices for pervasive computing
* New interfaces and modes of interactions between humans and
pervasive computing devices, applications or environments
* New tools, architectures, middleware and operating systems for
designing, implementing & deploying pervasive computing
applications
* Industrial-strength use cases of pervasive technologies and
applications
* Evaluations, evaluation methods and tools, for assessing the
impact of pervasive computing devices, applications or
environments
* Applications and devices relatd to privacy, security, copyright,
trust and social issues and implications of pervasive computing
* New applications of pervasive computing technologies, which will
have impacts on society, businesses and our human lives.

+ Submission and Review Process

We encourage combining a research demonstration with a short paper
that describes the contribution and as an anchor point for future
reference. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF format, up to 4 pages in
length and conform to the Springer-Verlag LNCS style. All
demonstration submissions will be handled using an electronic
submission system. Please submit your demonstration paper to EDAS.

The authors should also provide a brief sketch of the planned
demonstration on an additional page. Specific requirements concerning
space, power, network, and security should be stated. It is planned
that wireless internet access will be provided. Accepted contributions
will be published in the adjunct proceedings of Pervasive 2009.

SUBMISSION SITE: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6683&

+ Demonstrations Chairs
Sadao Obana, ATR, Japan
Guido Stromberg, Infineon Technologies, Germany

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Video
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+ Call for Contributions

Videos are an effective tool to showcase research results, to
inspire other researchers, and to educate the general public about the
latest developments in Pervasive Computing. With the category of
Research Videos, Pervasive 2009 seeks research contributions, future
visions, project descriptions, and concepts of pervasive computing
technologies, systems and applications. The conference particularly
values practical experience with design, deployment and use of
pervasive systems and applications, and investigation of exciting and
inspiring ideas and technologies.

To be accepted, a video must be of an appropriate length for the
content. It must contain no material subject to copyright (i.e., that
the authors cannot grant Pervasive 2009 the right to redistribute
freely), and must be easily comprehensible to English
speakers. Finally, an accepted video must be standalone, i.e., the
video itself (with audio soundtrack) must describe the work
sufficiently, without requiring the viewer to read the
abstract. Videos will be judged primarily on their communication of
interesting research content (assuming appropriate technical quality).

Each research video must be accompanied by a short paper
describing the key research contribution. The paper should be written
in a way that it can be understood by readers who have not or will not
see the video.

+ Submission and Review Process

Authors MUST submit A URL TO THE VIDEO (NOT THE VIDEO ITSELF!) and
a PDF file of the accompanying short paper to pervasive2009video [AT]
digitalcity.gr.jp. Videos need to be submitted in mpeg (MPEG1/2) or
AVI (MPEG-4) as PAL or NTSC (The final camera-ready version must be
submitted as NTSC). The accompanying paper must be no longer than 4
pages in LNCS Format.

Accepted videos will be shown in a special video session at
Pervasive 2009. Accepted contributions (videos and accompanying short
papers) will be published in the Pervasive 2009 Adjunct Proceedings.
The copyright for videos remains with the authors. If authors have any
queries regarding potential submissions, contact the following video
chair.

+ Video Chairs

Takeshi Okadome, NTT, Japan <houmi@idea.brl.ntt.co.jp>
Akos Vetek, Nokia, Finland

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[Mycolleagues] CfP IE09 International Conference on Intelligent Environments - Special session on Pervasive Computing

The 5th International Conference on

Intelligent Environments

20-21 July, 2009

Technical University of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie09

The 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’09), will provide a leading edge forum for researchers and engineers from across the world to present their latest research and to discuss future directions in the area of Intelligent Environments. The conference will bring together researchers from both industry and academia from the various disciplines contributing to the area on Intelligent Environments.

Special Session on Pervasive Computing

Session Chairs:

Achilles Kameas, CTI, Hellas, kameas@cti.gr
Fahim Kawsar, Waseda University, Japan, fahim.

kawsar@gmail.com

Pervasive systems will be the premier contributor in achieving the vision of people-centric computing paradigm. Pervasive computing is a worldwide research focus and this specific session is expected to draw a significant amount of theoretical and applied research efforts in this area. The session also aims to provide a forum for constructive discussion, defining future research agendas and stimulating possible collaboration.

Pervasive Computing has emerged as one of the principal technologies to embrace the recent paradigm of people centric computing. It encompasses the research efforts towards the realization of distributed services that place human beings at the centre of future developments of the knowledge-based society, while technology recedes in the background of everyday activities. In ten years, seven trillion wireless devices and sensors will surround seven billion people and such forthcoming world will be largely defined by the pervasive computing systems. Pervasive systems will be synthesized, composed or orchestrated from the available services and adapted so as to support and enhance, pro-actively or reactively, different human activities. Such applications present an altogether new set of requirements: they are developed at the many layers of the physical world, that is they may be global, environmental, spatial, personal, handheld, wearable or embedded; they may be personal or social or adapting their status depending on context; they may be made up of any of a number of components coordinated centrally or built as a distributed and decentralized architecture, autonomous or un-affiliated; they may vary on their degree of physical integration as well as their integration with existing information infrastructures; they may show spontaneous behavior and they may learn to adapt it; they may create an ambient intelligence landscape; and last but not least they may be embedded, pervasive or mobile.

Possible application areas include but are not restricted to:

· Tools, Infrastructures and Architectures for Pervasive Computing

· User-Centric Design and Development Aspects for Pervasive Computing

· Devices and Enabling Technologies for Pervasive Computing

· Pervasive Computing Applications

· User Interfaces and Interaction Design Issues for Pervasive Computing Systems

· Privacy and Security Issues and implications of Pervasive Computing

· Social Issues and Implications of Pervasive Computing

· Evaluation Methods for Pervasive Computing devices, systems, and applications

The “Pervasive Computing” session will particularly welcome practical results, description and analysis of user experiments and demonstrations of working prototypes of pervasive computing applications.

Contact Persons:

Achilles Kameas, CTI, Hellas, kameas@cti.gr
Fahim Kawsar, Waseda University, Japan, fahim.

kawsar@gmail.com

Important Dates:

Deadline for Manuscript Submission: March 13, 2009
Acceptance Decisions: April 10, 2009
Final Accepted Manuscript: April 24, 2009

[Mycolleagues] CfP - COMPSAC 09 - Workshop on Software Technologies to Support Creativity

Call For Papers

1st IEEE International Workshop on Software Technologies to Support
Creativity (STSC 2009) in conjunction with the 33rd IEEE Computer
Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2009).

Seattle, Washington, July 20 - July 24, 2009

Website:
http://conferences.computer.org/compsac/2009/workshops/STSC2009.html

GOAL OF THE WORKSHOP:

Conceptual advances have always been the driving force behind progress.
This in turns relies on creativity and the ability to continue the
production of new insights and novel ideas. For example, in science we
can see many accounts of breakthroughs that dramatically affected our lives:

- Medical discoveries such as Fleming's Penicillin and Salk's Polio
vaccine;
- Chemical discoveries such as Mendeleev's formulation of the
Periodic Table of Elements;
- Cosmological discoveries such as Newton's formulation of the
General Law of Gravitation, and Einstein's Law of Relativity.

The Workshop aims at the development of new areas where digital
information and communication technologies were already having an
increasing impact, for example, leisure, arts, education and social
interactions. It covers a very wide cross-disciplinary range of subjects
from novel programming paradigms to investigations into the nature of
creativity. Subjects include, but not limited to, the arts, music, film
and games, with a special emphasis on appropriate computer technologies
to support and enhance their creativity.

SCOPE:

Given the importance of creativity and creative thinking, this workshop
addresses the important role of computer technology in assisting
creators and enhancing their creative processes. Because creativity, at
its core, is both subjective and domain-oriented render the engineering
of supporting and supportive technologies rather challenging. One of the
major outcomes of the workshop is to address all inter- and
multi-disciplinary issues in the engineering of creative technologies.
In doing so, we hope to shed some light on important questions. In
particular, is it possible

- to map Human Creativity, in a way similar to that of, for example,
the Human Genome?
- for the creative processes, behind a given discovery and within a
given discipline, to rely on mechanisms that are similar across
disciplines as diverse as art and science?
- to create optimal conditions in an (research) organisation with the
aim of enhancing the creativity of its staff? and
- to discover the effect of cooperation/collaboration on creativity

TOPICS:

Being an inter- and multi-disciplinary topic, we encourage papers from
various domains covering topics including but not limited to

- Models of Creativity and Processes
- Computational Thinking
- Music and sound Technologies
- Creative Writing tools
- Human Computer Interfaces and Interactions
- Creative Design
- Digital media
- Entertainment technologies
- The Engineering of creativity tools
- Gaming Technologies
- Virtual Reality and animation
- Multimedia Programming Paradigms
- Social Software and WEB2.0

PARTICIPANTS:

Researchers, practitioners, and professionals working in the field.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Ben Shneidermann, USA
Andrew Hugill, UK
Sue Thomas, UK
Klaus Bothe, Germany
Stanimir Stojnov, Bulgaria
Zoran Bodimac, Serbia
Stephen Brown, UK
Alex Chernikov, Russia
James Alpagini, USA
Jim Hendler, USA
Konstantine Demikhov, Russia
A. Senthil Rajan, India
Han van Triest, China
Rebeca Cortazar, Spain
Hayo Siemsen, Germany
Hongji Yang, UK
Astrid Ensslin, UK

IMPORTANT DATES:

March 1 2009 Workshop paper submission due
April 10, 2009 Decision notification (electronic)
April 30, 2009 All final manuscript and author pre-registration due

SUBMISSION:

Papers must be submitted electronically via the Electronic Submission
Page (http://rs.cs.iastate.edu/COMPSAC2009Workshops/STSC2009/). The
format of submitted papers should follow the guidelines for the IEEE
conference proceedings. All papers will be carefully reviewed by at
least two reviewers. Papers can be submitted as regular papers (six
pages), and the acceptance will depend on reviewer feedback. Accepted
papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of the 33rd IEEE
Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2009) by the IEEE
Computer Society Press, indexed through INSPEC and Elsevier's
Engineering Information Index (EI Index), and automatically included in
the IEEE Digital Library. At least one of the authors of each accepted
paper must register as a full participant of the conference to have the
paper published in the proceedings. Each accepted paper must be
presented in person by an author.
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[Mycolleagues] 2nd CfP: CTRQ 2009 | July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar, France

INVITATION

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the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results.
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============== CTRQ 2009 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

CTRQ 2009, The Second International Conference on Communication Theory,
Reliability, and Quality of Service
July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar/Alsace, France

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CTRQ09.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPCTRQ09.html
Submission deadline: February 20, 2009

CTRQ 2009 Special Areas (more details in the CfP on site):

>> Communication theory

Fundamentals in communication theory
Communications switching and routing
Communications modeling
Communications security
Autonomic communications
Performance in communications
Computer communications
Distributed communications
Wired and wireless communications
Signal processing in communications
Multimedia and multicast communications
High-speed communications
Delay-tolerant communications
Fault-tolerant networks
Reliable and safe communications

>> Reliability

Reliability modeling
Reliability stress analysis
Dependency-related reliability
Reliability prediction technologies
Reliability-aware topology control
Reliability in highly dynamic networks and distributed systems
Reliability in sensitive networks (ehealth, financial, etc.)
Service versus network reliability
Reliability and human-related risks
Software reliability
Software-based safety kernels
Reliability testing
Maintenance tools for system reliability
QoS-driven reliability

>> Quality of Service

QoS Design and architectures for networks and distributed systems
QoS modeling, adaptation and monitoring
QoS policy assessment
QoS metrics and measurement
QoS-based routing
QoS-aware applications and services
Provisioning and monitoring QoS constraints
QoS-based admission control
QoS negotiation and mediation
User-profile QoS-aware mechanisms
QoS-network device mechanisms (scheduling, queue management, traffic
engineering, etc.)
QoS and opportunistic scheduling
QoS-aware resource management
QoS in WLAN, WPAN, WMAN and WiMAX (IEEE 802.11/15/16/20)
QoS in wireless sensor and ad hoc networks
QoS support in wireless networks for MAC protocols
QoS and survivability in mobile environments

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CTRQ Advisory Chairs
Michel Diaz, LAAS, France
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA // Concordia University, Canada
Zary Segall, University of Maryland, USA

CTRQ 2009 General Chair
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

CTRQ Technical Program Committee Chairs
Eugen Borcoci, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest (UPB), Romania
Joel Rodriques, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

CTRQ 2009 Industry Research Chair
Ivan Gojmerac, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria

CTRQ 2009 Organizing Committee
Abdelhafid Abouaissa, University of Haute Alsace, France
Herve Boeglen, University of Haute Alsace, France
Marc Gilg, University of Haute Alsace, France
Benoit Hilt, University of Haute Alsace, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
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[Mycolleagues] 2nd CfP: SPACOMM 2009 | July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar, France

INVITATION

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the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results.
=================

=========== SPACOMM 2009 | Call for Papers =========

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

SPACOMM 2009, The First International Conference on Advances in Satellite
and Space Communications
July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar/Alsace, France

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/SPACOMM09.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPSPACOMM09.html

Submission deadline: February 20, 2009

SPACOMM 2009 Special Areas (more details in the CfP on site):

>> Signal processing in telecommunications //

Signal processing theory and practice; Advances in modulation and coding;
Image and multidimensional signal processing; Signal filter design and
structures; Multirate filtering, filter banks, and adaptive filters; Fast
signal processing algorithms; Nonlinear signals and systems; Nonuniform
transformation; 2D nonuniform DFT; Fast algorithm of NDFT; Advanced
image/video coding; Advanced prediction techniques; Signal detection and
reconstruction; Spectral estimation and time-frequency analysis; Higher
order spectrum analysis; Parameter estimation; Array signal processing;
Statistical signal analysis; Signal and system modeling; Cyclostationary
signal analysis; Active noise control, active noise reduction and echo
cancellation; Psychoacoustics and room acoustics; Signal processing for
music; Binaural systems and multidimensional signal systems; Geophysical
and seismic signal processing; Nonlinear interpolation/resampling;
Extensions to wavelet based coding (x-lets); Low complexity image/video
compression; Multiple resolution signal processing; New approach to
digital signal processing; Compression of random data; Recompression of
compressed data; 2D projection of 3D data; Stereo data matching; Emerging
applications requiring new compression tools; Unified compression and
recognition; H.264 and latest video coding standards; Latest audio coding
standards

>> Antenna/Radar signal processing //

Signal detection and estimation; RF engineering; Active filters; Analog
and digital filters; Oscillator circuit design; Circuit design for
high-speed frequency synthesis; Statistical and adaptive signal
processing; Computational electrodynamics; Signal processing for sensing
systems; RFID and MMIC design principles and applications; Microstrip
circuit design and applications; Design and analysis of microwave
radiometer systems; Modem microwave; System-in-package RF design and
applications

>> Satellite and space communications //

Hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks; Cross-layer air interface
design; Channel models; Navigation services; Reliable multicast protocols;
Transport protocol performance over satellite; IP over satellite
Routing protocols; Onboard switching and processing technologies; QoS and
performance; Call admission control schemes; Dynamic bandwidth allocation;
Security, privacy, and trust; Radio resource management; Standards
activities

>> Delay Tolerant Networking //

Use of DTN protocols in space missions; DTN for PI/instrument
connectivity; Routing for DTNs; Performance and reliability of DTN
protocols

>> Satellites and nano-satellites //

Satellite communications (hybrid satellites and terrestrial networks);
Special protocols for nano-satellites; Onboard processing technology;
Interplanetary communications (spatial mission analysis, in-flight
experiences, delay tolerant networking [DTN]); Nano satellites and
nano-rockets; Fundamental of nano-satellites communications; New
technologies specific for small satellites; Applications (earth
observation, science, telecommunications, navigation); New technologies

>> Geographic Information and applications //

Geographic information systems; Global positioning systems; Digital
terrain modeling; Principles of GNSS, inertial and multi-sensor integrated
navigation systems; GNSS applications; Spectrum systems for GNSS; GNSS
devices for weak signals; Wireless positioning technologies and
applications; Modern tracking systems; Satellite navigation (GPS, Galileo,
augmentation systems)

>> Satellite/space communications-based applications //

Satellite-based disaster recovery; Satellite-based large-scale
sensor-networks; Satellite-based power grids monitoring and control;
Satellite-based remote eHealth; Satellite based alarm systems;
Satellite-based sensing and data mining; Satellite-based weather forecast;
Satellite-based earthquake surveillance; Satellite-based environmental
surveillance

>> Radar systems //

Radar systems analysis and modeling; Radar and signal processing; Short
range FM radar; Millimeter-wave radar targets; Radar reflectivity (land
and sea); Radar system performance modeling; Interception and analysis of
radar signal

>> Antennas //

Antenna design and communications; Adaptive antenna and phased arrays for
radar and communications; Smart antennas; Radioware propagation and
antennas for personal communications; Dielectric resonator antennas;
Multiantenna wireless communications systems; Antennas and propagation for
body-centric wireless communications; Ultrawideband antennas; Mobile
antennas systems; Parasitic antennas for cellular communications

>> Radio //

Radio resource management and dynamic spectrum sharing; Platforms and
architectures for cognitive radio; Access schemes; Wireless network
co-existence; Ultra-Wideband cognitive radio system; Interference metric
modeling; Beamforming and MIMO for interference avoidance; Anti-jamming
channel coding; QoS provisioning and MAC protocols; Self-organizing mesh
networks and autonomic communications; Multi-resolution channel sensing
algorithms

>> Warfare //

Electronic warfare target location systems; Statistical
multisource-multitarget information fusion; Multisensor data fusion;
Multimodel surveillance; Military applications

>> Galaxy-scale satellite communications and exploration missions //

Planetary exploration management; Space astronomy advances;
Solar-terrestrial sciences; Space life sciences and mission monitoring;
Space physical sciences and satellite communications; Operational space
medicine; Human exploitation of space resources

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SPACOMM Advisory Chairs
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA // Concordia University, Canada
Stephen Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Gerard Parr, University of Ulster-Coleraine, UK

SPACOMM 2009 General Chair
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

SPACOMM 2009 Space Agency Liaison Chair
Haibin Liu, Aerospace Engineering Consultation Center - Beijing, China
Xavier Lobao, ESA - ESTEC (TIA-TP) – Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Sandro Scalise, DLR - German Aerospace Center-Weßling, Germany

SPACOMM 2009 Industry Chairs
Vittorio Dainelli, Rheinmetall Italia S.p.A.-Roma, Italy
Klaus-Peter Doerpelkus, Cisco Systems, Inc. / Space Initiatives Europe &
Emerging Markets, Germany

SPACOMM 2009 Publicity Chair
Cathryn Peoples, University of Ulster-Coleraine, UK

SPACOMM 2009 Technical Program Committee Chairs
Emmanuel Chaput, IRIT-CNRS, France
Laurent Franck, TELECOM Bretagne-Toulouse, France
Istvan Frigyes, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Massimiliano Laddomada, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, USA

SPACOMM 2009 Organizing Committee
Abdelhafid Abouaissa, University of Haute Alsace, France
Herve Boeglen, University of Haute Alsace, France
Marc Gilg, University of Haute Alsace, France
Benoit Hilt, University of Haute Alsace, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
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[Mycolleagues] Call for Papers: BROADNETS 2009 (Fifth International Conference onBroadband Communications, Networks, and Systems)

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BROADNETS 2009
Fifth International Conference on Broadband
Communications, Networks, and Systems

2009-01-26

[Mycolleagues] CFP - 2nd extension: Specialized Ad Hoc Networks & Systems (SAHNS) workshop at ICDCS 2009

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>>>>> Extended again - submission deadline: February 6, 2009 <<<<<
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                         SAHNS 2009
            The Second International Workshop on
           Specialized Ad Hoc Networks and Systems
               Montreal, Canada, June 26, 2009
         http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/SAHNS2009/

  In conjunction with the IEEE 29th International Conference
        on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2009)
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1. SCOPE

The Workshop provides a forum for engineers and scientists in
academia, industry and government to present their latest research
findings in specialized ad-hoc networks and systems.

As an alternative to one-size-fits-all general solutions in the area
of ad hoc networking and systems, we want to stimulate the
application-oriented divide-and-conquer approach to ad hoc network
and system research. The goal is to provide sound and efficient
specialized ad hoc networks and systems (SAHNS), suitable for
building solutions specific for well-defined classes of applications
or even individual applications.

We want to consider both specialized ad hoc networks and specialized
ad hoc systems. The latter can be built on top of specialized ad hoc
networks. Alternatively, they can be constructed independently of
specialized ad hoc networks, e.g., on top of general-purpose ad hoc
networks.

It should be emphasized that SAHNS is interested only in solutions
specific to specialized ad hoc networks and systems. The Workshop is
not interested in broad general-purpose solutions for all ad hoc
networks and systems, or in generic solutions for extremely broad
subclasses of ad hoc networks and systems. For example, the Workshop
is not interested in general-purpose solutions for all sensornets or
all P2P systems but is instead interested in specialized solutions
for their application-oriented subclasses.

One example of SAHNS targeted by this workshop are Incident Area
Networks (IANs), dedicated to single incidents or events. An IAN can
be pre-deployed for a planned event, such as a sporting or
"nationally significant" event, or can be dynamically deployed for
an unplanned incident, such as a local law enforcement situation or
a natural disaster. Another example are opportunistic resource
utilization networks (e.g., oppnets), in which the network reacts to
a lack of resources by finding and incorporating "helpers" that have
needed resources or services.

Areas and topics of particular interest include, but are not limited
to:

a) Design issues for SAHNS:
   o Novel network and system architectures
   o Economically-based models and solutions
   o Operating systems and middleware
   o Customized network protocols (incl. cross-layer protocols)
   o Resource management solutions (incl. resource discovery)
   o Algorithms and models for localization and mobility management
   o Privacy, security, and trust
   o Reliability and dependability
   o Novel hardware platforms

b) Development issues for SAHNS:
   o Development methodologies, models and tools
   o Analytical and validation models
   o Performance evaluation and modeling (incl. simulation tools)

c) Operation and management issues for SAHNS:
   o Topology control and management
   o Energy control and management
   o Resource and service discovery and control
   o QoS provisioning and management
   o Data management, data aggregation, data dissemination, and
     query processing
   o Assuring survivability and reliability
   o Controls for privacy, security, and trust management

d) Application issues for SAHNS:
   o Best current and future applications for SAHNS
   o Experience with SAHNS deployments and products
   o Social and business impacts of SAHNS-based applications

2. PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers must be submitted in the PDF format, with numbered pages.
They should have no more than 6 pages following the IEEE Computer
Society proceedings format (8.5 by 11 inch sheets, double-column, 10
point or larger font, single-spaced).

The following information must be provided on the first page:
   o Paper title
   o Full names, affiliations and email addresses of all authors
   o An abstract (up to 150 words)
   o Five to ten keywords/phrases
   o A footnote with the indication of the corresponding author,
     plus the complete address, phone and fax numbers of the
     corresponding author

Papers should be submitted by emailing them to:
                     llilien@cs.wmich.edu
Each received submission will be confirmed, usually within two
workdays.

3. PAPER REVIEW AND PUBLISHING

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers and their
comments will be provided to the authors.

If accepted, the paper will be published in the workshop proceedings
by the IEEE Computer Society Press, provided that at least one of
its authors registers for ICDCS (which includes SAHNS) by the early
registration deadline.

As all conferences published by the IEEE Computer Society's
Conference Publishing Services (CPS), ICDCS proceedings will be
indexed through INSPEC, the leading English-language bibliographic
information service for scientific and technical literature. ICDCS
proceedings will also be submitted for indexing to EI's Engineering
Information Index, Compendex, ISI Thomson's Scientific and
Technical Proceedings, ISTP/ISI Proceedings, and Current Contents
on Diskette (ISI Thomson).

We plan a special issue of an international journal with extended
versions of the selected SAHNS papers.

4. IMPORTANT DEADLINES - *** EXTENDED AGAIN ***

Paper submission     - February 6, 2009 (Friday)
Author notification - February 20, 2009 (Friday)
Final manuscript due - March 13, 2009 (Friday)

5. COMMITTEES

--------- Steering Committee ---------
Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA
Mohsen Guizani, Western Michigan University, USA
Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan University, USA
Leszek Lilien (Workshop Chair), Western Michigan University, USA
Mark Linderman, Air Force Research Lab, USA
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece

--------- Organizing Committee ---------
International Publicity Co-Chairs:
- At-large: Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA
- Africa, Europe and Middle East: Athanasios Vasilakos, University of
  Western Macedonia, Greece
- Asia and Australia: Mamata Jenamani, Indian Institute of Technology,
  Kharagpur, India
- Central and South America: Ruy de Oliveira, Centro Federal de
  Educação Técnológica de Mato Grosso, Brazil
- North America: Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA

Publications Chair: James Yang, Western Michigan University, USA

--------- Technical Program Committee ---------
Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA
Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA
Tom Altman, University of Colorado at Denver, USA
Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA
Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy
Michel Banâtre, IRISA-Rennes, France
Vijay Bhuse, Parametric Technology, USA
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada
Gang Ding, Olympus Communication Technology of America, USA
Huirong Fu, Oakland University, USA
Leszek Gasieniec, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Jeong-Heon Hwang, University at Albany - State University of New York, USA
Ireneusz Józwiak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Jacek Kitowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Dionysios Kountanis, Western Michigan University, USA
Sandeep Kulkarni, Michigan State University, USA
Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University, Republic of China
Sanjay Madria, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Kami Makki, Lamar University, USA
John Matyjas, Air Force Research Lab, USA
Patrick Mitran, University of Waterloo, Canada
Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan
Ruy de Oliveira, Centro Federal de Educação Técnológica de Mato Grosso,
Brazil
Leonardo Querzoni, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy
S.S. Ravi, University at Albany - State University of New York, USA
Peter Reiher, UCLA, USA
Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain
Vahid Tarokh, Harvard University, USA
Dirk Timmermann, University of Rostock, Germany
Shambhu Upadhyaya, University at Buffalo, The State University of New
York, USA
Weichao Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Edward Wantuch, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA
   (More members might be added as invitation responses are received.)

6. FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information please visit the SAHNS 2009 web pages at:
       http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/SAHNS2009/
or contact Leszek T. Lilien, Workshop Chair (llilien@cs.wmich.edu).

[Mycolleagues] SEKE 2009 - Special Session: Software Engineering with Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Software Engineering with Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning

Special Session in SEKE 2009

The 21st International Conference on Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'09)

Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA

(URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/seke09.html)

The constantly evolving technological infrastructure presents a
daunting challenge of the development and assurance of software
systems with increasing size and complexity. Software engineers and
project managers are striving to address various problems observed
during the different phases of the software development life cycle.
However, though related research has seen the development of some
important and useful software engineering paradigms, their
technology-transfer on a larger scale has been extremely gradual. The
recent emergence of computational intelligence techniques in software
engineering has opened doors for exploiting the currently developed
and mature techniques of fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks,
case-based reasoning, machine learning, knowledge-based systems,
evolutionary computing, and expert systems
(http://www.seciml.ualberta.ca).

This special session will focus on the current research trends in the
fusion of the computational intelligence, machine learning, and
software engineering domains. The topics of particular interest to the
session include but are not limited to:

Fuzzy Logic
Artificial Neural Networks
Case-Based Reasoning
Knowledge- and Rule-Based Systems
Evolutionary Computing
Hybrid Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Software Requirements and Specifications
Software Cost and Effort Estimation
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
Formal Methods
Software Measures and Soft Computing
Software Testing
Software Verification and Validation
Software Quality and Reliability Estimation
Quality of Software Measurement Data
Context-aware Software Systems
Autonomic Systems
Web-based Systems
Submitted papers must not be previously published or be under
consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors must adhere to all
submission procedures of the 21st SEKE'2009, including deadlines and
paper format. In addition to submitting papers via the 21st SEKE'2009
web site (see above for address), authors are required to submit a
copy of their paper(s) by email to Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar and Marek
Reformat on or before March 01, 2009 (the deadlines will follow any
changes in the SEKE deadlines).

All papers accepted for the session will be published in the
proceedings of the 21st SEKE'2009. The session papers are considered
as papers submitted to SEKE'2009, and they undergo the same review
process. A selection of the session papers will also appear in a
special issue of The International Journal of Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering
(http://www.worldscinet.com/ijseke/ijseke.shtml).
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

If you submit your paper(s) to the special session on Software
Measure, please select the "Reformat, Software Engineering with
Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning" in the "Paper Type"
menu appeared in the Paper Submission Form
(http://conf.ksi.edu/seke09/submit/SubmitPaper.php).
TRACK ORGANIZERS

Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar
Dept. of Computer Science and Eng.
Florida Atlantic University
777 West Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Tel: +1-(561) 297-3994
Fax: +1-(561) 297-2800
Email: taghi@cse.fau.edu

Marek Reformat
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng.
University of Alberta
9107-116 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2V4
Tel: +1-(780) 492-2848
Fax: +1-(780) 492-1811
Email: reform@ece.ualberta.ca

If you have any questions regarding the special session or whether
your research fits into the focus of the special session, don't
hesitate to contact the organizer.

IMPORTANT DATES

[Mycolleagues] SEKE 2009 - Special Session: Software Measurement

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Software Measurement

Special Session in SEKE 2009
The 21st International Conference on Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering

Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA
July 1 - July 3, 2009
(URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/seke09.html )

Software measurement has a predominant role in software engineering,
and improving its accuracy is the key to make significant advances in
the field. In a software process, each activity must be estimated
before acted upon, which implies a measurement, no matter to which
level of detail. Measurement is a key aspect to any major
decision-making process in the software life cycle, as it can inform
the involved project stakeholders about their project or processes as
well as products and outcomes. Without a proper quantitative
monitoring & control process, it's quite difficult to optimize and
improve the efficacy and efficiency of the whole organization, as in a
Balanced Scorecard approach.

The aim of this special session is to provide a forum for both
researchers and practitioners to discuss the most recent advances in
software process and product measurement from both a theoretical and a
practical perspective. The special session invites professionals from
universities and industry responsible for, involved in, or interested
in software measurement to present and share new ideas, innovations,
trends, experiences, and concerns in the software measurement.

Possible special session topics include but not limited to:

* Software measures

* Measures associated with specific software development methodologies
(Object Oriented, Aspect-oriented, etc.)

* Model measures

* Early measures

* Conversion between different measures

* Software measurement validation

* Software estimation

* Productivity analysis

* Software measurement programs

* Software measurement economics

* Software benchmarking

* ICT Balanced Scorecards

In particular, the special session targets two types of contributions:

* Research contributions: Case studies, empirical research results,
hypothesized models, and suggestions about how to improve the fit
between measurement processes and those larger software engineering
processes, which use management data.

* Experience contributions: Experiences, practiced solutions and
problem statements in designing and using measurement models as part
of larger processes.

The expected results from the synthesis of these contributions will be:

* Best Practices.

* Identification of open research questions and hypotheses as a basis
for further research.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
If you submit your paper(s) to the special session on Software
Measure, please select the "Cuadrado-Gallego, Service Oriented
Architecture" in the "Paper Type" menu appeared in the Paper
Submission Form (http://www.ksi.edu/seke/seke09.html ).

SESSION ORGANIZER AND CHAIR
Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

Email address: jjcg@uah.es

If you have any questions regarding the special session or whether
your research fits into the focus of the special session, don't
hesitate to contact the organizer.

Important Dates
Paper submission due: March 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2009
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[AOC 2009] CFP - Third IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Third IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on
Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2009)
June 15, 2009 - Island of Kos (Greece)
http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2009/

jointly organized by the

SOCIALNETS project
funded by the FET-IST Programme under the
FET proactive initiative on Pervisive Adaptation (PerAda)
http://www.social-nets.eu

ANA project
funded by the FET-SAC Programme in the area
Situated and Autonomic Communications (SAC)
http://www.ana-project.org/

Fast Track on Computer Communications Journal
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom

**** Submission Deadline --- 5 February 2009 ****
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The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum between
the autonomic and opportunistic communication communities
to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among
researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry
and academia.
The synergies between autonomic and opportunistic communications &
social networks studies and technologies are one of the primary interests
of this year's edition.
Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of
autonomic and opportunistic communications and are solicited.
Papers describing prototype implementations and deployments are welcome.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Architecture and models for autonomic and opportunistic communications
* Economic, biological and social models used for
autonomic and opportunistic communications
* Social networking technologies applied to autonomic and
opportunistic communications
* Tools and techniques for designing, analysing and building
autonomic and opportunistic networks
* Adaptive security for self protection of networks
* Mobility models for opportunistic networking
* Novel management techniques for autonomic and
opportunistic communications
* Sensing, monitoring and measurements for self-managing networks
* Advanced technologies for enabling autonomic and
opportunistic communications
* Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and measurements
* Algorithmic aspects associated with
autonomic communications environments and problems

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under
review by another conference or journal.
Guidelines on paper submission and formatting are available at
http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2009/.
Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE.
At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and
present their work at the workshop.
Extended versions of workshop selected papers will be considered for
possible fast track publication on the
Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier).

IMPORTANT DATES
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Full papers due: 5 February, 2009
Notification: 23 March, 2009

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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WORKSHOP Chairs
Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy
Konstantinos Oikonomou, Ionian University, Greece

STEERING Committee
Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy
Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland
Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, Greece

PUBLICITY Co-Chairs
Emilio Ancillotti, IIT-CNR, Italy
Nikolaos Laoutaris, Telefonica Research, Spain

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed)
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Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Eleonora Borgia, IIT-CNR, Italy
Levente Buttyan, BUTE, Hungary
Vania Conan, Thales, France
Franca Delmastro, IIT-CNR, Italy
Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Serge Fdida, UPCM Paris VI, France
Philip Ginzboorg, Nokia, Finland
Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Emmanouil V. Magkos, Ionian University, Greece
Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK
Martin May, Thomson, France
Daniele Miorandi, Create-net, Italy
Refik Molva, Eurécom, France
Joerg Ott, HUT, Finland
Antonios Panagakis, University of Athens, Greece
Symeon Papavassiliou, NTUA, Greece
Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA
Calicrates Policroniades, Telenor, Norway
George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece
Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California, USA
Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland
Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden
Fabrizio Sestini, EU Commission
Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Pablo Vidales, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany
Roger Whitaker, Cardiff University, UK
Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeous, Greece
Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge, UK
Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena-Reggio, Italy

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Andrea Passarella and Konstantinos Oikonomou
AOC 2009 Co-Chairs

[Wireless VITAE'09] [Wireless VITAE'09] Call for Papers

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Third Call for Papers
The first International Conference on
Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE)
17-20 May, 2009
Aalborg Congress and Culture Center, Denmark
www.wirelessvitae2009.org
organizers@wirelessvitae2009.org

Deadlines:
Proposals for workshops, panels, tutorials and special sessions: February 2, 2009
Submission of full papers: Febryary 2, 2009
Paper acceptance notiﬁcation: February 20, 2009
Camera ready paper submission: March 9, 2009

Wireless VITAE is the first international conference broadly addressing the wireless developments in the world by fusing the communities from four different IEEE societies. The theme of the first international Wireless VITAE conference is TERRA. Terra (earth) symbolises the trends and developments on seamless, secure, innovative, personalized technologies, supporting all areas of a wireless human life towards Tbit/s in wireless communications.

The overall purpose of the conference is to address the trends, challenges and future roadmaps within wireless technologies namely, WiMAX and related technologies, extended wireless (dot-to-dot communication), wireless sensor/actuator networks, dynamic spectrum access and cognitive radio, mobile Television, vehicular wireless networks, wireless connectivity for airplanes, personalized technologies and security, seamless mobility etc.

About the conference
5 parallel tracks divided into topic areas. Each session will include keynote presentations, technical presentations, panel sessions, open discussions sessions, specialised workshops and tutorials.

Manuscript submission
Contributors should submit a full paper for review of no more than 5 pages (A4) in length, either in MS Word or Adobe PDF. Accepted full papers will be published on the Conference proceedings CD-Rom.

The organizing committee for Wireless VITAE '09 invites you to submit full papers on the following topics (but not limited to) by electronic submission on:
http://www.edas.info/uploadPaper.php?m=822

Track 1 - Wireless Communications and Networking
Broadband wireless access
Next generation wireless networks
Cognitive Radio and Software
Deﬁned Radio
Wireless Cooperative
Communications
Diversity techniques
Cross-layer protocol design
Resource Allocation, scheduling and interference management
Wireless sensor networks
Integration of Heterogeneous
Wireless and Wireline Networks
Emerging wireless standards
Telehealth

Track 2 - Vehicular Technology
Mobility and Localization
Techniques
Intelligent transportation systems
Inter-vehicular communication
Positioning and localisation
Rail communication
Accident prevention

Track 3 - Information Theory
Source coding and error-control coding
Joint Source-channel Coding for Wireless Communications
Wireless network information theory
Multi-terminal information theory
Signal processing, detection and estimation
Cryptography and security

Track 4 - Aerospace Systems and
Technologies
Complex space systems and networks
Space routing
Novel constellations concepts
SDR/software driven satellite designs
Use of EHF bands for high data rate satellite communications
Hybrid terrestrial/satellite/ high altitude platforms networks
Integration of avionic/space layer into terrestrial Tbit/s network
Integrated satellite communication/navigation systems
Space technology challenges for wireless Tbit/s

Track 5 - Business models, regulations and policy
(which extends across all above-mentioned areas)
Applications and services
Usability and user requirements
Socio-economic impact
Techno-economics
Entertainment and gaming

Best regards and hope to see you in Aalborg, 17-20 May, 2009.

On behalf of the Wireless VITAE'09 Conference Chairs,

General Chair Wireless VITAE '09:
Ramjee Prasad, CTIF, Aalborg University, Denmark

General Co-Chair Wireless VITAE '09:
Knud Erik Skouby, CTIF-Copenhagen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Naoto Kadowaki, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Marina Ruggieri, CTIF-Italy, University of Roma, "Tor Vergata"
Sudir Dixit, Research in Motion, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs, America:
fred harris, San Diego State University, USA
Mary Ann Ingram, Georgia Tech, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs, Europe:
Neeli Rashmi Prasad, CTIF, Aalborg University
Ernestina Cianca, CTIF-Italy, University of Roma "Tor Vergata"

Technical Program Co-Chairs, Asia
K.C. Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Shinsuke Hara, Osaka City University, Japan

[Mycolleagues] 2nd CfP: SPACOMM 2009 | July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar, France

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CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

SPACOMM 2009, The First International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications

July 20-25, 2009 - Colmar, France

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/SPACOMM09.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPSPACOMM09.html

Submission deadline (full paper): February 20, 2009

Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE France Section

2009-01-25

[Mycolleagues] JISE Special Issue on V-Winets and V-ITSs

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Call For Papers
Journal of Information Science and Engineering (indexed by SCIE)
Special Issue on Vehicular Wireless Networks and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation Systems

Aim and Scope:
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With the rapid development of wireless technologies, the Vehicular
Wireless Networks (V-Winet) and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation
Systems (V-ITS) have recently received much attention. V-Winets and
V-ITS aim to ensure traffic safety for drivers, provide comfort for
passengers and reduce transportation time and fuel consumption with
many potential applications. For instance, vehicular safety applications
include automatic collision notification, heavy fog detection and
notification, remote diagnostics, emergency management, and other
assistances for safe driving. Non-safety applications include real-time
traffic congestion notification, location-based driver information services,
high-speed tolling, vehicle tracking, automobile high speed Internet access,
in-place traffic view, and many others. To facilitate these applications,
many different types of communications and networking would be involved,
including intra-vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle (V-to-V),
vehicle-to-roadside (V-to-R) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V-to-I)
communications for V-Winet and V-ITS to provide timely information or
Internet access to vehicles, drivers, and passengers. Consequently,
V-Winet and V-ITS need to integrate existing networking technologies,
such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11p, DSRC, 3G, IEEE 802.16, Bluetooth,
Sensor networks, and ZigBee for easy, accurate, effective and simple
communications among vehicles, users, and infrastructure networks.
This special issue aims to foster the dissemination of high-quality,
original, unpublished research covering all aspects of V-Winet and V-ITS
communications, networking, and applications. Topics of interest include,
but not limited to, the followings:

- Network Architecture of V-Winet/V-ITS
- V-Winet/V-ITS Services and Applications
- Cooperative Aspects of V-Winet/V-ITS
- Availability and Scalability Issues in V-Winet/V-ITS
- Mobility, Traffic Models and Network Management for V-Winet/V-ITS
- Cross-layer Optimization Techniques for V-Winet/V-ITS
- Modulation, Coding, and Channel Modeling for V-Winet/V-ITS
- Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Protocols
- Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication Protocols
- Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Protocols
- Simulation Framework and Real-World Testbeds for V-Winet/V-ITS
- Driving Safety and Related Applications and Services
- Green Technologies and V-Winet/V-ITS

Submission Guidelines
----------------------
Prospective authors are invited to submit research contributions representing
original, previously unpublished work. Submitted papers will be carefully
evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity
of exposition. Authors should follow the JISE (http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/)
manuscript format as described in the Instruction to Authors.
Manuscripts (pdf and source files) must be directly emailed to the Guest Editors,
Prof. Chih-Yung Chang, cychang@mail.tku.edu.tw , or Prof. Yu-Chee Tseng,
yctseng@cs.nctu.edu.tw, with clear indication that submission
is for the Special Issue on Vehicular Wireless Networks and Vehicular Intelligent
Transportation Systems, Journal of Information Science and Engineering.
All manuscripts should include a title page containing the title of the paper,
full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic addresses, phone and
fax numbers, an abstract, and some keywords. The contacting author should be clearly
identified.

Important Dates:
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Paper Submission Deadline: March 30, 2009
Acceptance Notification:   July 31, 2009
Final Manuscript Due:      August 31, 2009
Publication Date:          May, 2010 (Tentative)

Guest Editors
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Chih-Yung Chang,
Tamkang Univ., Taiwan,
cychang@mail.tku.edu.tw

Chien-Chung Shen,
University of Delaware, USA,
cshen@cis.udel.edu

Xuemin(Sherman) Shen,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca

Yu-Chee Tseng,
National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan,
yctseng@cs.nctu.edu.tw

[Mycolleagues] Final call for papers: HPCNCS-09

Final call for papers: HPCNCS-09

The 2009 International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions. The conference will take place at the same time and venue where several other international conferences are taking place. The other conferences include:

· International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09)

· International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09)

· International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09)

· International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09)

· International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09)

· International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09)

· International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09)

· International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09)

· International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09)

The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org contains more details.

Sincerely

John Edward

Publicity committee

[Mycolleagues] CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS - IEEE GLOBECOM 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS

IEEE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
(IEEE GLOBECOM 2009)

30 November - 4 December 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Premier Telecommunications Event for Industry Professionals and Academics
from Companies, Governmental Agencies, and Universities around the World.

Themed "Riding the Wave to Global Connectivity," IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 covers the
entire range of communications technologies, offering in-depth information on
the latest developments in voice, data, image, and multimedia.

IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 will feature a comprehensive technical program including
several Symposia and a number of Tutorials and Workshops; IEEE GLOBECOM 2009
will also include an attractive expo program including keynote speakers,
various Business, Technology and Industry fora, and vendor exhibits.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers for
presentation at the conference and publication in the Proceedings. Proposals
for Tutorials and Workshops are also invited. Visit the IEEE GLOBECOM 2009
website: http://www.ieee-globecom.org/2009 for details and submission
information.

IMPORTANT DATES

PAPER SUBMISSION
March 15, 2009
TUTORIAL PROPOSAL
March 15, 2009
WORKSHOP PROPOSAL
March 15, 2009
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
July 1, 2009
CAMERA-READY PAPERS
August 14, 2009

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[Mycolleagues] UIC-09 CFPs Extended paper submission deadline - 30 Jan. 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS
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The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and
Computing (UIC-09)
- Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces -

Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 July, 2009

http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09

Technically Sponsored by IEEE TF on Ubiquitous
Intelligence and Computing

Conference papers published by LNCS
Workshop papers published by IEEE

Co-located with the ATC'09 conference
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Conference important dates:

Paper Submission: January 19, 2009 --> January 31, 2009
Authors Notification: March 16, 2009
Final Manuscript Due: April 13, 2009

Workshops important dates:

Workshop Paper Submissions: 15 February
Workshop Authors Notifications: 25 March
Workshop camera-ready due: 10 April

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Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way
towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed
throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant
services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing
landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to
be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly
extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and
processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact
like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more
enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many
"smart things/u-things" to create smart environments.

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. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field
covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from
the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and
intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has
been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong and Oslo.
UIC-09 will include a highly selective program of technical papers,
accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches.
Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and
computing, UIC-09 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and
experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and
systems.

The UIC-09 topics include but are not limited to the following:
1. Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Systems
* Sensor, Ad Hoc & Mesh Networks
* Peer-to-peer Networks
* Mobile Social Networking
* Knowledge Representation and Ontology
* Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems
* Middleware and Intelligent Platforms
* Intelligent Services and Architectures
* Agents, Swarm/Amorphous Systems
* Context-aware Systems

2.Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Environments
* Smart Room, Home, Office, Laboratory
* Smart Building, Library, School, Campus
* Smart Shop, Hospital and City, etc.
* Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation
* Healthcare and Elder Care Services
* Pervasive Learning, Games, Entertainment
* Other Intelligent/Smart Applications

3.Personal/Social/Physical Aspects
* Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics
* User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition
* Adaptive User Interfaces
* Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal Issues
* Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors
* Implication and Impact of Ubiquitous Intelligence
* Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds

4. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects
* Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID
* Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators
* MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices
* Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices
* Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc.
* Embedded Software and Agents

== PAPER PUBLICATION ==
Accepted main conference papers will be published by Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted
paper is required to register and present their work at the conference,
otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Selected
papers, after extension and further revisions, will be published in special
issues of prestigious journals, including a special issue on "Multimedia
Intelligent Services and Technologies" of the ACM/Springer Multimedia
Systems Journal.
The length of submitted papers should not exceed 15 pages in the LNCS
format. The information on how to submit papers is provided on the
conference webpage: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/

=============================================================

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS

The UIC 2009 workshops provide vibrant opportunities for researchers and
industry practitioners to share their research experience, original research
results and practical development experiences on specific new challenges and
emerging issues. The following UIC'09 workshops are calling for paper
submissions:

WiMo-09 (The First International Workshop on Wireless & Mobile Networks)
Website: http://www.airccse.org/wimo.html
Organizer: Calvin D N, Wireilla Net Solutions, Chennai, India
Contact: cape_nemo@yahoo.com

PerMedia2009 (The International Workshop on Pervasive Media)
Website: http://malab.cis.k.hosei.ac.jp/permedia
Organizers: Dr. Lei Ye, Dr. Qiang Wu, Prof. Timothy K. Shih, Prof. Ismail
Khalil
Contact: lei@uow.edu.au

ICA-IN-WIRELESS 2009 (2009 International Workshop on Intelligence,
Context-Awareness and Autonomy in Wireless Networks)
Website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/icainwireless
Organizers:
Shivanajay Marwaha, The University of Queensland, Australia
Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Qiang Fu, Institute For Telecommunications Research, Australia
Marimuthu Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia
Contact: icainwireless@gmail.com

SS4SW-09 (2009 International workshop on Smart Services for Smart Worlds)
Website: http://www.ss4sw.org
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Dr. Julien Vayssière, Smart Services CRC, Sydney
Contact: max@informatik.tu-darmstadt.de;
Julien.Vayssiere@smartservicescrc.com.au

PCDUI'09 (2009 International Workshop on People centred design of Ubiquitous
Intelligence)
Website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~viller/pcdui09/
Organizer: Stephen Viller, The University of Queensland
Contact: viller@itee.uq.edu.au

Ufirst-09 (International Symposium on UbiCom Frontiers - Innovative
Research, Systems and Technologies)
Website: http://grid.chu.edu.tw/ufirst2009/
Organizers:
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada
Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Contact: mieso08@gmail.com; chh@chu.edu.tw

WATIL'09 (2009 International Workshop on Assistive Technologies and
Independent Living)
Website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/WATIL09
Organizers:
Neil Bergmann, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jeffrey Soar, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Contact: n.bergmann@itee.uq.edu.au

CPI-09 (The 1st International Symposium on Cyber-Physical Intelligence)
Website: http://www.sionworks.com/cpi-09/
Organizer: Justin Zhan, CMU
Contact: justinzh@andrew.cmu.edu; gary.blosser@gmail.com

More information about the UIC'09 workshops can be found at
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/workshops.html

== UIC-09 Organizing Committee ==

General Chairs

Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia
Chris Scott, NICTA, Australia
Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA

Program Chairs

Daqing Zhang, National Institute of Telecommunication, France
Marius Portmann, The University of Queensland, Australia
Ichiro Satoh, NII, Japan

Advisory Committee Chairs

Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA
Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan

Steering Committee

Jianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany

Program Vice Chairs

Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HongKong
Daniela Nicklas, Oldenburg University, Germany
Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan
Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada

Workshop Chairs

Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan, R.O.C.
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada

Publicity Chairs

Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom, France
Linda Jiang Xie, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Evi Syukur, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Sung-Bae Zho, Yonsei University, Korea
Wenbin Jiang, HUST, China
Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: SEKE 2009

[Apology for cross postings!]

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Twenty-First International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'09) will be held at the Hyatt Harborside at Boston's Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA, July 1-3, 2009.

The conference aims at bringing together experts in software engineering and knowledge engineering to discuss on relevant results in either software engineering or knowledge engineering or both. Special emphasis will be put on the transference of methods between both domains.

TOPICS

Solicited topics include, but are not limited to:

Agent architectures, ontologies, languages and protocols

Multi-agent systems

Agent-based learning and knowledge discovery

Interface agents

Agent-based auctions and marketplaces

Artificial life and societies

Secure mobile and multi-agent systems

Mobile agents

Mobile Commerce Technology and Application Systems

Mobile Systems

Autonomic computing

Adaptive Systems

Integrity, Security, and Fault Tolerance

Reliability

Enterprise Software, Middleware, and Tools

Process and Workflow Management

E-Commerce Solutions and Applications

Industry System Experience and Report

Service-centric software engineering

Service oriented requirements engineering

Service oriented architectures

Middleware for service based systems

Service discovery and composition

Quality of services

Service level agreements (drafting, negotiation, monitoring and management)

Runtime service management

Semantic web

Requirements Engineering

Agent-based software engineering

Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Software Engineering

Component-Based Software Engineering

Automated Software Specification

Automated Software Design and Synthesis

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

Embedded and Ubiquitous Software Engineering

Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering

Reverse Engineering

Programming Languages and Software Engineering

Patterns and Frameworks

Reflection and Metadata Approaches

Program Understanding

Knowledge Acquisition

Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems

Knowledge Representation and Retrieval

Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques

Time and Knowledge Management Tools

Knowledge Visualization

Data visualization

Uncertainty Knowledge Management

Ontologies and Methodologies

Learning Software Organization

Tutoring, Documentation Systems

Human-Computer Interaction

Multimedia Applications, Frameworks, and Systems

Multimedia and Hypermedia Software Engineering

Smart Spaces

Pervasive Computing

Swarm intelligence

Soft Computing

Software Architecture

Software Assurance

Software Domain Modeling and Meta-Modeling

Software dependability

Software economics

Software Engineering Decision Support

Software Engineering Tools and Environments

Software Maintenance and Evolution

Software Process Modeling

Software product lines

Software Quality

Software Reuse

Software Safety

Software Security

Software Engineering Case Study and Experience Reports

Web and text mining

Web-Based Tools, Applications and Environment

Web-Based Knowledge Management

Web-Based Tools, Systems, and Environments

Web and Data Mining

As well as

System Applications and Experience

Validation and Verification

Formal Methods

preferrable in the context of the topics listed above.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/seke09/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references).

If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: seke09@ksi.edu.

SEKE 2009 Conference Secretariat

Knowledge Systems Institute

3420 Main Street

Skokie, IL 60076 USA

Tel: 847-679-3135

Fax: 847-679-3166

E-mail: seke@ksi.edu

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission due: March 1, 2009

Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009

Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2009

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Masoud Sadjadi, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Computing and Information Sciences

Florida International University

University Park, ECS 212C

11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33199

Email: sadjadi@cs.fiu.edu

Web: www.cs.fiu.edu/~sadjadi

Tel: 305-348-1835

Fax: 305-348-2336

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: ISPA-09, Chengdu and Jiuzhai, China

We apologize for multiples copies. Please circulate this CFP among your
colleagues and students.

====================
the 7th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed
Processing with Applications (ISPA-09)

Chengdu and Jiuzhai Valley, China, 10-12 August 2009
http://grid.hust.edu.cn/ISPA2009
====================

Introduction
======
Following the traditions of previous successful ISPA conferences,
ISPA-03 (Aizu, Japan), ISPA-04 (Hong Kong), ISPA-05 (Nanjing, China),
ISPA-06 (Sorrento, Italy), ISPA-07 (Niagara Falls, Canada) and ISPA-08
(Sydney, Australia), the objective of ISPA-09 is to provide a forum for
scientists and engineers in academia and industry to exchange and
discuss their experiences, new ideas, research results, and applications
about all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and networking.
It will feature session presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote
speeches. ISPA-09 is sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable
Computing (TCSC) and IEEE Computer Society.

Topics
======

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Virtualization techniques, tools, and applications
* Computer networks * Network routing and communication algorithms *
Parallel/distributed system architectures * Tools and environments for
software development * Parallel/distributed algorithms * Distributed
systems and applications * Wireless networks, mobile and pervasive
computing * Reliability, fault-tolerance, and security * Performance
evaluation and measurements * Grid and cluster computing * Internet
computing and web services
* Database applications and data mining * High-performance scientific
and engineering computing

Schedule
========

Workshop proposals due: Feb. 18 2009
Full paper due: March 16 2009 Notification of acceptance: April 27 2009
Camera-ready paper & early registration due: May 18 2009
Conference: August 10-12 2009

Submissions
===========

The conference and workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE CS
Press to be indexed by EI. Papers not exceed 15 pages with free layout
style should be submitted via http://cse.stfx.ca/~ispa09/sub/
And workshop submitted papers are within 6 pages. Submission of a paper
should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper be accepted, at
least one of the authors will register and attend the conference.
Otherwise papers will be removed from IEEE CS digital library. A
selection of the best papers will be published in special issues of some
SCIE/EI indexed journals.

Call for Workshops
===========

We encourage researches to submit their workshop proposals (according to
the guidelines available at ISPA-09 web site to Dr Guojun Wang
(csgjwang@gmail.com), Dr Jinjun Chen (jchen@swin.edu.au), or Dr Deqing
Zou (deqingzou@hust.edu.cn) with the subject "ISPA-09 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL".

Tour after conference
===========

After conference, we will set up a tour to Jiuzhai Valley, "kingdom of
fairy tale", for 3 days.

Awards
======

The organizing committee will offer best paper awards for the best
papers and the best presentations, which will be presented during the
banquet and at the close of the conference respectively.

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[Mycolleagues] CFP: 2009 International Conference on Multimedia Information NEtworking and Security (MINES 2009)

Call for Papers

The 2009 International Conference on Multimedia Information NEtworking
and Security (MINES 2009)

http://liss.whu.edu.cn/mines2009

18-20 November 2009 — Wuhan, China

INTRODUCTION
The 2009 International Conference on Multimedia Information NEtworking
& Security (MINES 2009) will be held on November 18–20, 2009 in Wuhan,
China. The conference aims to provide a platform for worldwide
researchers and engineers to exchange the latest research results on
multimedia information services, with the focuses on networking and
security.
Mines 2009 will be organized by Wuhan University, and technically
co-sponsored by IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical
Committee (pending) and the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on
Multimedia Communications (pending), and supported by the National
Science Foundation of China.

TOPICS
The manuscripts covering the novel algorithms, architectures,
implementations and experiences are welcome. The topics include but
are not limited to:

Track I: Multimedia computing and networking
Multimedia coding, Multimedia semantic analysis, Multimedia indexing
and retrieval, Multimedia data mining, Multimedia interaction,
Intelligent surveillance, Adaptive multimedia transmission, Multimedia
broadcasting, Wireless multimedia communication, Ubiquitous multimedia
computing, Multimedia sensor networks, Multimedia network convergence

Track II: Multimedia services
Internet based services, TV services (Digital TV, Internet TV, Mobile
TV), Mobile community, Short message service (SMS), Multimedia message
service (MMS), Ringtones, E-health, Smart home, Location based
services, User generated content, Media generation social networks,
Content sharing in social networks, Intelligent interaction, Services
based on network convergence, Broadband multimedia services

Track III: Multimedia security
Copyright protection, Copyright surveillance, Forgery detection, Copy
prevention, Conditional access, Digital rights management, Piracy
detection and tracing, Secure interaction, Biometric authentication,
Behaviour analysis based on multimedia, Security for web services,
Security in social networks

Track IV: Network security
Intrusion detection and prevention, Crime detection based on digital
forensics, Illegal content filtering, Privacy protection, Content
analysis for credibility evaluation, Object identification on the Web,
Forecasting Terrorism, Cryptography and security protocols,
Authentication and Identification, Mobile System Security, Ubiquitous
Computing Security, Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security,
Security for Grid Computing, Peer-to-Peer Security, Denial of Service
and other attacks

Track V: Trusted computing
Theory and Models of Trust, Trust Establishment, Trust Propagation and
Management, Trusted Software and Database, Trusted Computing Platform,
Trusted Operating System, Trusted Network Computing, Trusted Autonomic
Computing, Trusted Services and Applications, Trust in E-commerce,
Trust in E-government, Trust in Mobile Network, Trust in Wireless
Network, Trust-related Security and Privacy, Reliable and dependable
Systems

PUBLICATION
The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer
Society Press, available in the conference, and indexed by EI
Compendex and ISTP. High-quality Papers selected from the conference
will be published by several special issues in well-known
international journals:
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Information Systems Frontiers
Journal of Internet Technology
Electronic Commerce Research
(Several other special issues are pending)

IMPORTANT DATES
Workshop proposal due: February 20, 2009
Workshop notification: March 1, 2009
Special session proposal due: March 1, 2009
Special session notification: March 10, 2009
Manuscript Due: May 1, 2009
Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2009
Final Manuscript Due: August 1, 2009
Registration Due: August 10, 2009
Conference Date: November 18-20, 2009

General Chairs
Lina Wang, Wuhan University, China
Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece

General Co-Chairs
Zhiyong Peng, Wuhan University, China
Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Steering Commitee
Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Chang Wen Chen, University at Buffalo, USA
Shiguo Lian, Orange Labs Beijing, China
Xin Wang, ContentGuard, Inc., USA
Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Technical Committee Chairs
Chin-Chen Chang, Feng-Chia University, Taiwain
Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
Sergio Velastin, Kingston University London, UK

Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Robert Deng, Singapore Management University,SG (Trusted computing)
Husrev Taha SENCAR, TOBB Economy and Technology University, Turkey
(Multimedia security)
Zhu Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (Multimedia computing
and networking)
Dimitris Kanellopoulos, University of Patras, Greece (Multimedia service)
Jiankun Hu, RMIT University, Australia (Network security)
...

CONTACT
mines2009@gmail.com
http://liss.whu.edu.cn/mines2009
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ICST - CHINACOM 2009

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* CALL FOR PAPERS *
* *
* CHINACOM 2009 *
* Int'l Conference on Communications and Networking in China *
* August 26-28, 2009, Xi'an, China *
* *
* http://www.chinacom.org *
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Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

Technically Sponsored by

IEEE China Vehicular Technology Chapter (IEEE CVTC)

OVERVIEW:
The aim of CHINACOM is to bring together Chinese and International players in networking and communications under one roof, building a showcase in communications and networking research in China. Following the big successes of CHINACOM'06~'08, CHINACOM'09 will be held in Xi'an, China, one of the most ancient cities in China, on Aug. 26-28 2009. CHINACOM is being positioned as the premier international annual conference for the presentation of original and fundamental research advances in the field of communications, networks, and Internet applications. The conference will consist of technical symposia, panels, and workshops. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the panels and workshops will focus on development, application, and related business issues.

TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA:
Perspective authors are invited to submit original technical papers for the following symposia:

1. Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium
2. Optical Communications and Networking Symposium
3. Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium
4. Advances in Internet Symposium
5. Signal Processing for Communications Symposium
6. Information and Coding Theory Symposium
7. Network and Information Security Symposium
8. Multimedia Communications Symposium

PANELS/WORKSHOPS:
Proposals for panels/workshops are solicited. Potential organizers are welcome to submit a proposal to one of the panel/workshop Chairs. Please visit the conference website for details on submissions (http://www.chinacom.org).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper submission deadline: February 20, 2009
Acceptance notification date: April 30, 2009
Camera-ready due: May 30, 2009

Workshop proposal due: December 31, 2008
Notification date: January 15, 2009

Panel proposal due: March 31, 2009
Notification date: April 15, 2009

Conference dates: August 26-28, 2009

PUBLICATION:
All accepted and presented papers will be included in the CHINACOM 2009 Conference Proceedings, made available in IEEExplore Digital Library, and then indexed by Engineering Information (EI). Selected best and outstanding papers will be considered for international journal special issues.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Baoyan Duan, Xi'dian Univ.
Shihua Zhu, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.

GENERAL VICE CO-CHAIRS
Jianguo Deng, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.
Jiandong Li, Xi'dian Univ.

STEERING COMMITTEE
Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net
Yabin Ye, Huawei Europe
Zheng Zhou, BUPT
Bo Li, HKUST
Andreas F. Molisch, MERL /Lund Univ

TPC CO-CHAIRS
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, NCKU
Chonggang Wang, NEC Labs America

WORKSHOP CHAIR
Ying Wang, BUPT

PANEL CHAIR
Stanley Liu, National Cheng Kung Univ

TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
Zhifeng Tao, MERL
Peter Stavroulakis, Tech Univ. of Crete

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Qing Huang, China Mobile
Wei Wei, NEC Laboratories America

PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS
Zhongshan Zhang, Univ. of Alberta
Hailong Sun, Beihang Univ

INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR
Dorothy Bany, ICST

Industry Sponsorship Chair
Qian Wang, China Telecom

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CO-CHAIRS
Kechu Yi, Xi'dian University
Weiyi Yin, Xi'dian University

WEB CHAIR
Xiangqian Cheng, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS
1. Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium
Wei Kuang Lai, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Rittwik Jana, AT&T Labs Research
Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University

2. Optical Communications and Networking Symposium
Hamid Sharif, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kun Yang, University of Essex
Xiaowen Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University

3. Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium
Anwar Walid, Bell Labs Research
Zhifeng Zhao, Zhejiang University
Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory
Yinyi Ren, Xi'dian University

4. Advances in Internet Symposium
Alex Galis, University of College London
Nei KATO, Tohoku University
Guanhua Yan, Los Alamos National Laboratory

5. Information and Coding Theory Symposium
Mao Chao Lin, National Taiwan University
Ning Cai, Xi'dian University
Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland

6. Network and Information Security Symposium
Mooi-Choo Chuah, Lehigh University
Minho Jo, Korea University
Xiaodong Lin, Univ. Ontario Institute of Technology

7. Signal Processing for Communications Symposium
Chong-Yung Chi, National Tsinghua University
Chenyang Yang, Beihang University
Kehu Yang, Xi'dian University
Meixia Tao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

8. Multimedia Communications Symposium
Ray Y.M. Huang, National Cheng Kung University
Markos Anastasopoulos, National Technical Univ. of Athens
Bin Wei, AT&T Labs Research

STEERING COMMITTEE
Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net
Yabin Ye, Huawei Europe
Zheng Zhou, BUPT
Bo Li, HKUST
Andreas F. Molisch, MERL /Lund Univ

[Mycolleagues] CFP: HPCS 2009: International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation

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Call for Participation

The 2009 High Performance Computing & Simulation Conference
(HPCS'09)

In Conjunction With
The International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
(IWCMC 2009)

Leipzig, Germany
June 21-24, 2009

http://cisedu.us/cis/hpcs/09/main/callForPapers.jsp

Co-Sponsored by IEEE Germany, ASIM, EUROSIM, CASS, JSST, LSS, PTSK, TSS, The University of Leipzig
In Cooperation with the ACM, IEEE, IFIP (Pending)

(Submission Deadline: February 4, 2009)

You are cordially invited to participate in this conference through paper submission, a tutorial, an invited speech, a demo, a poster, a panel discussion, a workshop or a special session organization, whichever sounds more appropriate and convenient to you.

The conference will include invited presentations from experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work on the current state of research in high performance and large scale computing systems, their use in modeling and simulation, design and use, their impact, and all related issues.
Conference sponsorships are welcomed.

Workshops: (may have different deadlines)
Workshop on Security and High Performance Computing Systems
Workshop on Architecture-aware Simulation and Computing
Workshop on Optimization Issues in Grid and Parallel Computing Environments

Special Sessions: (may have different deadlines)
Special Session on Pattern Analysis and Recognition (PAR'2009)

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Important Dates:

Paper and Poster Submission Deadline -------------------- February 4, 2009
Workshop/Special Session Proposal Deadline ------------ January 9, 2009
Tutorial/Demo/Panel Proposal Deadline ------------------- February 4, 2009
Notification of Acceptance ------------------------------------ March 20, 2009
Registration & Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due ---------- April 17, 2009
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For further details and updates, please consult the conference web site at URL: http://cisedu.us/cis/hpcs/09/main/callForPapers.jsp, or contact one of the organizers.

Thank you very much.

Best Wishes and Regards.

HPCS 2009 Organizers

ICST - MOBILWARE 2009 WORKSHOPS: CALL FOR PAPERS

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*** MOBILWARE 2009 WORKSHOPS: CALL FOR PAPERS ***

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MOBILWARE 2009 Workshops
Berlin, Germany
April 27, 2009

Co-located with the Second International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (MOBILWARE 2009)

http://www.mobilware.org/

MOBILWARE is a new conference series on emerging topics and challenges in software systems (operating systems, middleware, and applications) for mobile computing and communications.

The MOBILWARE Organizing Committee invites researchers from industry and academia to submit papers to the MOBILEWARE 2009 workshops:

** WORKSHOP ON USER-CENTRIC PERVASIVE ADAPTATION (UCPA 2009) **

Website: http://ucpa2009.pst.ifi.lmu.de

Workshop Organizers:
Nikola Serbedzija, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany
Martin Wirsing, LMU Munich, Germany

** FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS ARCHITECTURES, SIMULATION, AND PROGRAMMING (WASP 2009) **

Website: http://www.arcos.inf.uc3m.es/~wsn/wasp09/

Workshop Organizers:
Soledad Escolar DÃaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
JesÃºs Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

** WORKSHOP ON INTERCONNECTING UBIQUITOUS ISLANDS USING MOBILE AND NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS (UBI-ISLANDS 2009) **

Website: http://www.uia.no/ubiislands2009

Workshop Organizers:
Frank Reichert, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Andreas Fasbender, Ericsson GmbH, Herzogenrath, Germany
Frank den Hartog, TNO, Delft, Netherlands
Johan Hjelm, Nippon Ericsson KK, Tokyo, Japan

** FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BUSINESS MODELS FOR MOBILE PLATFORMS (BMMP 2009) **

Website: http://events.ibbt.be/mobilwareworkshop

Workshop Organizers:
Pieter Ballon, IBBT & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Harry Bouwman, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Timber Haaker, Telematica Institute, the Netherlands

** IMPORTANT DATES (ALL WORKSHOPS) **

Submission deadline: February 20, 2009
Notification of acceptance: March 6, 2009
Deadline for camera-ready copy: March 20, 2009

** INQUIRIES **

[Mycolleagues] [Researchers] ISCC´2009 - Workshop on Performance Evaluation

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1st IEEE Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Communications in
Distributed Systems and Web based Service Architectures
Sousse, Tunisia, July 5 - 8, 2009
In conjunction with the 14th IEEE Symposium on Computers
and Communications (IEEE ISCC'09)
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*http://www.lamsade.dauphine.fr/WorkshopIscc09/*
*http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2009/*
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Paper submission deadline: *Febrary 1st, 2009*

*Scope*
Performance evaluation is still a topic that attains a lot of attention in
both distributed
and mobile systems as well as Web based services architectures.
Due to the recent advances in internet based applications as well as
distributed and
mobile communication systems, we are witnessing a variety of new
technologies.
However, these systems are becoming very large and complex at the same time.
Several challenges remain to be resolved before these systems become a
commodity.
Guaranteeing QoS and provisioning of web-based systems as well as
distributed
and mobile systems and evaluating their communication performance represent
among the challenging problem in the design of these systems.
Quantitative analysis can be very difficult and may be intractable because
of the state space explosion. New methods and tools have
recently emerged for these kinds of complex systems, such as
Stochastic Automata Networks, Stochastic bounds, PEPA, just to mention a
few.
This workshop focuses on the performance evaluation of both distributed
and mobile systems, as well as Web based services architectures using both
analytical methods and simulation studies.
Authors are encouraged to submit full papers presenting new
research related to QoS and communication performance evaluation of these
systems.
Submitted papers must not have been previously published elsewhere nor
currently
under review in any another conference or journal.

*Topics of interest include but are not limited to: *
· Communication performance evaluation of distributed and mobile systems
· Performance evaluation of distributed and web-based systems
· Measurement, analysis, modeling
· Tools and software for performance evaluation
· Simulation and measurements techniques
· QoS for Web services architectures
· Services Web composition
· Quantitative analysis
· Stochastic comparisons
· Network Protocols design for Web service devices
· Routing optimization
· Bandwidth management
This workshop focuses upon the QoS and communication performance analysis,
methods
and modeling of distributed systems and Web based services architectures.

*Workshop and Program Co-Chairs*

Prof. Lynda Mokdad
University of Paris-Dauphine, France

Prof. Veronique Veque
University of Paris-Sud, France

*Technical Program Committee*

K. Barkaoui, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
T. Bejaoui, University of Carthage, Tunisia
J. Ben-Othman, university of Versailles, France
B. Bérard, university of Paris 6, France
A. Djouama, university of Versailles, France
A. Boukerche, university of Ottawa, Canada
C. Boutros-Saab, university of Paris-Dauphine, France
H. Castel, Institut National de télécommunication, France
T. Czachorski, Institut de l'Académie des Sciences de Pologne, Polannd
J.M Fourneau, university of Versailles, France
H. Fouchal, university Antilles Guyane, Guadeloupe
G. Franceschinis, university Piémont Oriental, Alessandria, Italia
S. Haddad, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
W. Hamouda, university of Concordia, Canada
M. Hamdi, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
H. Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
L. Mokdad, university of Paris-Dauphine, France
N. Perkergin, university Paris 12, France
M. Sene, university cheikh Anta diop, Dakar, Senegal
D. Trugul, university of Orlando, Florida
V. Vèque, university of Orsay, France
S. Zertal, university of Versailles, France

*Important Dates*
Paper submission deadline: *Febrary 1st, 2009 *
Notification of acceptance: *March 1st, 2009*
Camera-ready paper due: *April 1st, 2009*

*Paper Submission*
High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished
and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere.
All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members
and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance
to the conference.
Paper can be sent directly to Prof. L. Mokdad at Lynda.MOKDAD@dauphine.fr

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[Mycolleagues] [Researchers] 14th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'09) July 5 - 8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia

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Due to numerous requests from several authors- the submission deadline has
been extended.
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Important Deadlines:
Full Paper Submission: Jan. 25th, 2009
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CALL-FOR-PAPERS
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14th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'09)
July 5 - 8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia
http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2009/
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Scope:
Continuing the tradition of this series of symposia, ISCC 2009 will provide
an
international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to
exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the areas listed
below.
This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to the
creation, management, dissemination, and communication of information.

Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Access Networks
- Green Networking
- Network Reliability and Quality of Service
- Network Design, Optimization, and Management
- Optical Networking
- Distributed Systems Architecture and Management
- Real Time Communication Services
- Digital Media Technologies
- Standards Evolution
- Modeling and Simulation
- Data Mining and Database Applications
- Bioinformatics
- Digital Satellite Communications Service
- Overlay and Programmable Networks
- Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery
- Peer-to-Peer Computing
- Grid and Cluster Computing
- Routing and Multicast
- Human Language Technologies
- Image Processing and Visualization
- Security and Cryptography
- Internet Services and Applications
- Internet Protocols
- Management of telecommunications
- Mobile Ad-hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks
- Web Services and Service Oriented
- Wireless and Mobile Communications
- Communications Services
- E-Commerce and E-Services
- Software Engineering
- Economic and Regulatory Issues

Submission Guidelines:

Papers should describe original work and should be no more than 7 pages,
double column, IEEE style including tables, figures and references.
Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages in the IEEE double-column
proceedings format will be published with no additional charge.
Submissions exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee.

To submit a paper, please use the EDAS submission server.
The direct link to submission is http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6692&

For additional information, please contact the
Program Co-Chairs A. Boukerche and/or Michela Meo

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Important Dates:

Full Paper submission: January 25th, 2009 (11:59pm)
Notification of acceptance February 28, 2009
Tutorial submission deadline January 25, 2008
Workshop submission deadline December 20, 2008
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Organizing Committee

General Chair: Sartaj Sahni
University of Florida, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs

Azzedine Boukerche
University of Ottawa, Canada,
Email: boukerch@site.uottawa.ca

Michela Meo
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Email: michela.meo@polito.it

Local Organizing Committe Co-Chairs
Jalel Ben-Othman
Universite de Versailles, France

Tarek Bejaoui
Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM)
University of Carthage, Tunisia, Tunisia

Finance and Registration Chair
Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA

Plenary Chair
Mahmoud Daneshmand, AT&T LabsResearch,USA

Publication Chair
Adel Elmaghraby, Univ. of Louisville, USA

Keynote Chair
Sanjay Ranka, University of Florida, USA

Tutorial Chair
Reza Peyrovian, AT&T Labs Research, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs
Periklis Chatzimisios, University of Macedonia, Greece
Mario Dantas, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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[Mycolleagues] CFP Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks

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The 2009 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and
Systems (CTS 2009)
May 18-22, 2009
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/09/main/callForPapers.jsp

2nd International Workshop on
Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks

Submission Deadline(extended): January 30, 2009

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

The 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors
Networks aims at providing opportunities to present the most recent
advances and future challenges in the field of distributed, wireless
and mobile communications in sensors networks, as they relate to
collaboration.

Wireless Sensors Networks constitute a significant current technology,
attracting considerable research interest from various disciplines.
Indeed, the wireless sensor technology is employed in emerging areas
with high potential for scientific research, being
used for biomedical,environmental or industrial applications. These
applications generally require intelligent dense environment monitoring
which generates important data volumes.
Data collection and analysis need to deal with cooperation and
coordination topics in order to prolong network lifetime and to provide
useful, synthesized information for automation, decision making and
support. Topology control, by means of clusters or groups, is another
applied technique to overcome these challenging problems.

The 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors
Networks will focus on the research of developing collaboration
infrastructures and solutions in the context of
wireless sensors networks, aiming to bring together researchers and
practitioners in these fields. In addition, the workshop will highlight
recent innovative research results which will
strengthen the formal foundation of this emerging area. This workshop
isto be held as part of the 2009 International Symposium on
Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS09).

Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to):

• Data and Resource Sharing in Sensors Networks
• Collaborative Data Management on Large Scale
• Distributed Sensors Architectures
• Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
• Interfacing with Wireless/Mobile Systems
• Routing and Data Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Group Collaboration in Sensor Networks
• Visualization Techniques and Visual Languages for Collaborative Sensor
Networks
• Multi-sensor Data Fusion
• Methods for Ad Hoc Deployment
• Algorithms for Sensor Localization and Tracking of Mobile Users
• Energy Issues and In-Situ Calibration Methods
• Performance Evaluation of Distributed Sensor Networks
• Trust and Security Issues in Distributed Collaborative Sensor Systems
• Intelligent Sensor Technologies and Applications
• Applications Enabled by Collaborative Sensor Network Architectures

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We invite papers reporting original and unpublished research work on
above and any other
related topics from researchers in academia and industry. Submission
should include a cover
page with authors' names, affiliations, addresses, fax and phone
numbers, and email
addresses. Include also an abstract of no more than 300 words along with
a short list of
keywords.

Please submit an electronic copy of your full draft manuscript (not
exceeding 10 pages in IEEE format, single-spaced, double-column,
including figures, tables and references).
Electronic submissions will be accepted only in PDF format, sent by
email to the organizers.
Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted
on the Symposium's web site later. Submission implies the willingness of
at least one of the authors to register and
present the paper, if accepted. All accepted papers are required to be
presented and will be included in the conference proceedings.

All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed by at least
three of the technical program committee members and the reviewers they
invite. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness,
significance, relevance, and clarity of
presentation. Initial selection will be based on full papers.

The selected papers will be published in the CTS 2009 proceedings which
is expected to be included in the IEEE Xplore.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

The technical program committee of DCSN 2009 is co-chaired by

Herve Guyennet
Email: herve dot guyennet at lifc dot univ-fcomte dot fr
LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France
Violeta Felea
Email: violeta dot felea at lifc dot univ-fcomte dot fr
LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France
David Martins
Email: david dot martins at lifc dot univ-fcomte dot fr
LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France

Technical Program Committee

• Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Huah Yong Chan, University Sains, Malaysia
• Patrice Clemente, ENSI Bourges, France
• Mohamed Essaaidi, University of Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
• Dan Grigoras, University College Cork, Ireland
• Jean-Christophe Lapayre, LIFC, Besançon, France
• Vincent Lecuire, CRAN Nancy, France
• Gianluca Moro, University of Bologna, Italy
• Vladimir Oleshchuk, Agder University College, Norway
• Congduc Pham, Pau University, France
• Thierry Villemur, LAAS, Toulouse, France

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline(extended) January 30, 2009

Notification of Acceptance February 15, 2009
Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due March 3, 2009

If you have questions regarding workshop paper submission or the
workshop content, please contact the workshop organizers.

For information or questions about the full Symposium's program,
tutorials, exhibits, demos, panel and special sessions organization,
please consult the conference web site at URL:
http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/09/ or contact the symposium co-chairs: Bill
McQuay at AFRL/IFSD,WPAFB (William dot McQuay at wpafb dot af dot mil)
or Waleed W. Smari at the Dept. of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton (Waleed dot
Smari at notes dot udayton dot edu).

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[Mycolleagues] IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2010 Preliminary Call for Papers

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PRELIMINATY CALL FOR PAPERS

12th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS 2010)

19-23 April, 2010 - Osaka, Japan
http://www.noms2010.org

The 12th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS
2010) will be held 19-23 April 2010 at Osaka, Japan. Held in even
numbered years since 1988, NOMS 2010 will follow the 22 years
tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary forum for technical exchange
on network management in terms of research, standards, development,
systems integration, service provider, and user communities. NOMS 2010
will present up-to-date approaches and technical solutions for new
management paradigms to deal with the new management issues in future
infrastructures such as Web 2.0 or beyond service environments, cloud
computing platforms or large-scale datacenters, and Future Internet,
as well as the conventional issues in large and complex services,
systems, and networks.

NOMS 2010 will offer four types of sessions: technical, application,
poster, and panel. 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.

*** TOPICS ***

Authors are invited to submit papers in the following or related
topical areas:

Network Management
. Ad-hoc networks
. Wireless & mobile networks
. IP networks
. LANs
. Optical networks
. Sensor networks
. Overlay networks
. Broadband access networks

Service Management
. Multimedia service management
. Data service management
. Hosting
. Grid
. Virtualization

Business Management
. Legal & ethical issues
. Process management

Functional Areas
. Fault management
. Configuration management
. Accounting management
. Performance management
. Security management
. SLA management
. Event management

Management Approaches
. Centralized management
. Distributed management
. Autonomic and self-management
. Policy-based management

Technologies
. Protocols
. Middleware
. Mobile agents
. Peer-to-peer
. Data, information, and semantic modeling

Methodologies for Network Management
. Control theories
. Optimization theories
. Economic theories
. Machine learning and genetic algorithms
. Logics
. Probabilistic, stochastic processes, queuing theory
. Simulation
. Experimental approach
. Design

*** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ***

Authors are invited to submit original contributions (written in
English) in PDF format through the NOMS 2010 web site. Only original
papers that have not been published or submitted for publication
elsewhere can be submitted. Each submission will be limited to 8 pages
(full papers) or 4 pages (short papers) in IEEE 2-column style. Papers
exceeding these limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized
papers will be rejected without further review.

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***

. Paper Registration & Submission: 1 September 2009
. Notification of Acceptance: 8 November 2009
. Final Camera Ready Papers Due: 15 January 2010

*** GENERAL CO-CHAIRS ***

. Nobuo Fujii, NTT-AT, Japan
. James Hong, POSTECH, Korea

*** TPC CO-CHAIRS ***

. Lisandro Granville, UFRGS, Brazil
. Yoshiaki Kiriha, NICT, Japan
. Deep Medhi, UMKC, USA

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[K-IDI 2009] Call for Papers - Innovations for Digital Inclusion - 2nd ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference - IEEEComSoc technical co-sponsor

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Call for Papers - Innovations for Digital Inclusion
Papers Submission Deadline - ***1 FEBRUARY 2009***
Second ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, 31 August - 1 September 2009, Mar del Plata, Argentina
http://itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009
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The standardization sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has issued a Call for Papers for its SECOND KALEIDOSCOPE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE, INNOVATIONS FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION, to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 August - 1 September 2009.

- This event will focus on how ICT standardization can promote digital inclusion, exploring how technology can turn "digital divide" into a "digital opportunity".

- This is a *peer-reviewed* academic conference, TECHNICALLY CO-SPONSORED BY THE IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY, that aim at increasing the dialogue between experts working on the standardization of information and communications technologies (ICT) and academia. No participation fee will be charged.

- This conference will focus on analyzing technologies, services and applications five years and beyond that will capitalize on NGN infrastructure and promote digital inclusion.

- Original papers are solicited from researchers in academia and R&D centers, academics, students, engineers, regulators and thinkers who can promote research that supports innovation in ICTs toward universal, sustainable, ubiquitous and affordable access by all.

- ACCEPTED PAPERS will be published in the proceedings, presented during the conference and made available in the IEEE Xplore online catalogue.

- CASH AWARDS of 5k, 3k and 2k USD will be granted to the best three papers, as judged by the organizing and programme committees.

- Authors presenting accepted papers who have not yet received a PhD title will also receive a YOUNG AUTHOR RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE.

- The DEADLINE for paper proposal submission is 1 February 2009. NOTIFICATION OF PAPER ACCEPTANCE will be made by 1 May 2009.

Complete information on the event (including paper proposal submission and the PDF version of the CfP) can be found in the conference website: http://itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009.

Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscope@itu.int.

***TRACK 1: ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION TO FOSTER DIGITAL INCLUSION***
- Evolution of NGN architecture to achieve digital inclusion
- Open-service interfaces, service interaction and interoperability in future scenarios
- Interworking of advanced services between legacy networks and NGN
- Seamless handover, multihoming and mobility
- Converged multimedia emergency communications
- Future packet-based, ultra-high-speed transport networks
- Advanced network security, network identification, biometrics, localization techniques and USN
- Digital rights management
- NGN and the next-generation Internet

***TRACK 2: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES IN THE INCLUSIVE UBIQUITOUS SOCIETY***
- Enhancing telecoms accessibility for all
- Broadcasting, multicasting, unicasting and peer-to-peer in NGN: IPTV, interactive TV, mobile TV, and others
- Guaranteed QoS in end-to-end, inter-provider real-time multimedia services
- Innovative multimedia applications and content delivery using all-IP converged fixed/mobile
- Future virtual communities and social networking services
- New programming models and service creation
- Creative combinations of web and network services
- Services and experiences using location, presence, context awareness and personalization
- Advanced smart terminals
- NGN-enabled public services, e.g. telemedicine and distance learning
- ICT recycling and waste reduction

***TRACK 3: SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLICY ISSUES TO ACHIEVE DIGITAL INCLUSION***
- How to turn the digital divide into digital opportunity
- ICTs as an enabling technology to mitigate climate change in all sectors
- New ICT technologies and their impact on GHG emissions in the sector
- Evolution of legislative and regulatory frameworks towards inclusive converged networks
- Security and ubiquity: what's the right balance?
- NGN standardization: stifling or encouraging innovation?
- Business models for the information society (including accounting, billing and charging)
- Analysis of NGN standardization processes
- Economics of NGN standardization
- Societal impact of NGN and of virtual, collaborative environments

***GENERAL CHAIR***
Yoichi Maeda (ITU-T; NTT, Japan)

***ORGANIZING COMMITTEE***
Tohru Asami (University of Tokyo, JP)
Jim Carlo (IEEE ComSoc, US)
Yoshikazu Ikeda (Otani University, JP)
Kai Jakobs (RWTH Aachen University, DE)
Chae-Sub Lee (ITU-T; ETRI, KR)
Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, JP)
Yushi Naito (ITU-T Mitsubishi Electric Corp., JP)
Helmut Schink (ITU-T, Nokia Siemens, DE)
Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, US)
María Victoria Sukenik (Secretaria de Comunicaciones, AR)
Alfredo Terzoli (Rhodes University, ZA)
John Visser (ITU-T; Nortel, CA)

***PROGRAMME COMMITTEE***
Chairman: Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, US)
V.Chair-Tk 1: Helmut Schink (ITU-T, Nokia Siemens, DE)
V.Chair-Tk 2: Alfredo Terzoli (Rhodes University, ZA)
V.Chair-Tk 3: Kai Jakobs (RWTH Aachen University, DE)
Rui Aguiar (Universidade de Aveiro, PT)
Eyhab Al-Masri (University of Guelph, CA)
Tohru Asami (University of Tokyo, JP)
Albert Banchs (Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES)
Benjamín Barán (Universidad Nacional de Asunción, PY)
Abbie Barbir (Nortel, CA)
Nestor Becerra Yoma (Universidad de Chile, CL)
Knut Blind (Fraunhofer ISI; TU Berlin, DE)
Dario Botazzi (University of Bologna, IT)
Michael Bove, Jr. (MIT, US)
Marco Carugi (ITU-T, Nortel, FR)
Vicente Casares Giner (Universitat Politècnica de València, ES)
Piero Castoldi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, IT)
Lyman Chapin (Interisle Consulting Group, LLC, US)
Jun-kyun Choi (Info. and Comms. University, KR)
Seong-gon Choi (Chungbuk National University, KR)
Ernesto Ciaramela (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, IT)
Antonio Corradi (University of Bologna, IT)
Noel Crespi (GET-INT, FR)
Amilton da Costa Lamas (CPqD, BR)
Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar (Universidade Federal de Campinha Grande, BR)
Marc De Leenheer (Ghent University, BE)
Giancarlo De Marchis (Tiscali, IT)
Mahmoud El-Hadidi (Cairo University, EG)
Khalil El-Khatib (UOIT, CA)
Tineke M. Egyedi (TU Delft, NL)
Luca Foschini (University of Bologna, IT)
Eduardo Gabelloni (UADE, AR)
Ranjan Gangopadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology, IN)
Wen Gao (Peking University, CN)
Carlo Giannelli (University of Bologna, IT)
Danielo Gomes (Federal University of Ceará (UFC), BR)
Anahita Gouya (INT, FR)
Adam Grzech (Politechnika Wrocławska, PL)
Chris Guy (University of Reading, UK)
Guenter Haring (University of Vienna, AT)
Yukio Hiramatsu (Osaka Institute of Technology, JP)
Doan Hoang (University of Technology, AU)
Yoshikazu Ikeda (Otani Univesity, JP)
Emmanuel Jaffrot (Universidad Nacional de S. Martin, AR)
T. Jayawardena (AT&T, US)
Carlos Juiz (University of the Balearic Islands, ES)
Tim Kelly (World Bank, US)
Nargis Khujanazarova (Tashkent University, UZ)
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter (Aarhus University, DK)
Masafumi Koga (Oita-University, JP)
Andrej Kos (University of Ljubljana, SI)
Ken Krechmer (University of Colorado at Boulder, US)
Rubén Kustra (ITBA, AR)
Claude Lamblin (France Telecom, FR)
Olivier Le Grand (France Telecom, FR)
Leo Lehmann (OFCOM, CH)
José G. López Perafán (University of Cauca, CO)
Lorne Mason (McGill University, CA)
Thomas Magedanz (TU Berlin / FhG FOKUS, DE)
Lorne Mason (McGill University, CA)
Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, JP)
Werner Mohr (Nokia-Siemens, DE)
Edson Moschim (UNICAMP, BR)
José Neuman de Souza (Federal University of Ceará, BR)
Sergio Ochoa (University of Chile, CL)
Máirtín O'Droma (University of Limerick, IR)
Fumitaka Ono (Tokyo Polytechnic University, JP)
Piotr Pacyna (Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, PL)
Yong-Jin Park (Hanyang Univiversity, KR)
Louis Pouzin (Eurolinc, FR)
Ramjee Prasad (Aalborg University, DK)
Pierre-André Probst (ITU-T; OFCOM, CH)
Ramón Puigjaner (Universitat de les Illes Balears, ES)
Peter Radford (LogicaCMG, UK)
Humberto Ribeiro (FUCAPI, BR)
Anna Riccioni (Università degli Studi di Bologna, IT)
Jungwoo Ryoo (Pennsylvania State University, US)
Felipe Rudge (UNICAMP, BR)
Anthony Rutkowski (Verizon, US)
Tarek Saadawi (City University of New York, US)
Susana Sargento (Universidade de Aveiro, PT)
Ulrich Schoen (Nokia, DE)
Kenzo Takahashi (University of Fukui, JP)
Klaus Turowski (University Augsburg, DE)
Hiromi Ueda (Tokyo University of Technology, JP)
Yoshiyori Urano (Waseda University, JP)
Luca Valcarenghi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, IT)
José L. Vázquez González (Universidad de las Américas, MX)
Jari Veijalainen (University of Jyvaskyla, FI)
Fábio Violaro (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, BR)
Klaus Wehrle (RWTH Aachen University, DE)
Rudi Westerveld (TU Delft, NL)
Wilson Yamaguti (National Institute for Space Research, BR)
Rachid Zagrouba (ENST Bretagne, FR)
Ahmad Zaki (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MY)

[Mycolleagues] Call for Papers: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing Conferences, July 13-16, 2009, USA, WORLDCOMP'09

Dear Colleagues:

I would appreciate if you would share the announcement below with
those who might be interested.

Best regards,

A. M. G. Solo
Publicity Chair, WORLDCOMP'09
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CALL FOR PAPERS

WORLDCOMP'09
The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org

You are invited to submit a paper. All accepted papers will be published
in the respective conference proceedings (both, in printed conference
proceedings/book as well as online).

The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,
and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'09) is composed of the following
22 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location
and dates: July 13-16, 2009, USA):

o BIOCOMP'09: The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology

o CDES'09: The 2009 International Conference on Computer Design

o CGVR'09: The 2009 International Conference on Computer Graphics
and Virtual Reality

o CSC'09: The 2009 International Conference on Scientific Computing

o DMIN'09: The 2009 International Conference on Data Mining

o EEE'09: The 2009 International Conference on e-Learning,
e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government

o ERSA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Engineering of
Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms

o ESA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Embedded Systems
and Applications

o FCS'09: The 2009 International Conference on Foundations of
Computer Science

o FECS'09: The 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering

o GCA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Grid Computing and
Applications

o GEM'09: The 2009 International Conference on Genetic and
Evolutionary Methods

o ICAI'09: The 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence

o ICOMP'09: The 2009 International Conference on Internet Computing

o ICWN'09: The 2009 International Conference on Wireless Networks

o IKE'09: The 2009 International Conference on Information and
Knowledge Engineering

o IPCV'09: The 2009 International Conference on Image Processing,
Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition

o MSV'09: The 2009 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation
and Visualization Methods

o PDPTA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications

o SAM'09: The 2009 International Conference on Security and Management

o SERP'09: The 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering
Research and Practice

o SWWS'09: The 2009 International Conference on Semantic Web and
Web Services

(a link to each conference's URL can be found at
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org )

COORDINATOR:

H. R. Arabnia, PhD
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC
Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Boyd Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA
Tel: (706) 542-3480
email: hra@cs.uga.edu

PURPOSE / HISTORY:

This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of
researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied
computing. Many of the joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the
premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective
fields. We anticipate to have 2,400 or more attendees from over 85
countries participating in the 2009 joint conferences.

The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research
conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common
place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for
exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The
model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication
among researchers from all over the world in different fields of
computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both
inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and
outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and
applications) will be covered during the conferences.

WORLCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations, keynote
lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and
poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers
included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California, Berkeley);
Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland
(U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe
(MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley);
Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X
Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and
many other distinguished speakers.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts
in the field who are independent of the conference program committee.
The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of
the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of
the track that the paper has been submitted to. The chair will make
the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed
by one member of the program committee.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
(WORLDCOMP'09 - 22 joint conferences)

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI;
imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications;
computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for
individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested
in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia
(hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation
and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short
biography together with research interests and the name of the
conference offering to help with.
Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks
are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and
practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research
laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, deans and provosts.

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

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2009-01-22

[Mycolleagues] JISE Special Issue on V-Winets and V-ITSs

Call For Papers
Journal of Information Science and Engineering (indexed by SCIE)
Special Issue on Vehicular Wireless Networks and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation Systems

Guest Editors
---------------
Chih-Yung Chang,
Tamkang Univ., Taiwan,
cychang@mail.tku.edu.tw

Chien-Chung Shen,
University of Delaware, USA,
cshen@cis.udel.edu

Xuemin(Sherman) Shen,
University of Waterloo, Canada,
xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca

Yu-Chee Tseng,
National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan,
yctseng@cs.nctu.edu.tw

[K-IDI 2009] [K-IDI 2009] Call for Papers - Innovations for Digital Inclusions - 2nd ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference - IEEEComSoc technical co-sponsor

[Our apologies for possible duplicates]
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Call for Papers - Innovations for Digital Inclusions
Papers Submission Deadline - ***1 FEBRUARY 2009***
Second ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, 31 August - 1 September 2009, Mar del Plata, Argentina
http://itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009
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- This event will focus on how ICT standardization can promote digital inclusion, exploring how technology can turn "digital divide" into a "digital opportunity".

- This conference will focus on analyzing technologies, services and applications five years and beyond that will capitalize on NGN infrastructure and promote digital inclusion.

- ACCEPTED PAPERS will be published in the proceedings, presented during the conference and made available in the IEEE Xplore online catalogue.

- The DEADLINE for paper proposal submission is 1 February 2009. NOTIFICATION OF PAPER ACCEPTANCE will be made by 1 May 2009.

Complete information on the event (including paper proposal submission and the PDF version of the CfP) can be found in the conference website:

http://itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009.

Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscope@itu.int.

[K-IDI 2009] [K-IDI 2009] Call for Papers - Innovations for Digital Inclusions - 2nd ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference - IEEEComSoc technical co-sponsor

- This event will focus on how ICT standardization can promote digital inclusion, exploring how technology can turn "digital divide" into a "digital opportunity".

- This conference will focus on analyzing technologies, services and applications five years and beyond that will capitalize on NGN infrastructure and promote digital inclusion.

- ACCEPTED PAPERS will be published in the proceedings, presented during the conference and made available in the IEEE Xplore online catalogue.

- The DEADLINE for paper proposal submission is 1 February 2009. NOTIFICATION OF PAPER ACCEPTANCE will be made by 1 May 2009.

Complete information on the event (including paper proposal submission and the PDF version of the CfP) can be found in the conference website:

http://itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009.

Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscope@itu.int.

[Mycolleagues] DMS 2009 - Special Session: Emergency Management and Security

My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP

CALL FOR PAPERS
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Emergency Management and Security

Special Session in DMS 2009

The 15th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS'09)

Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City, San Francisco Bay, USA, September 10 –
September 12, 2009

(URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms09.html)

Information systems and multimedia technologies provide a variety of
possibilities to support emergency management and security activities.
However, more research and report of practical experiences are needed
to achieve effective tools that can be applied to appropriate
applications to support strategic and operational decision makers
facing high workload and unpredictable events, which may have serious
consequences to the society. For this reason, the DMS´09 conference
calls for papers to intellectually stimulate work that contributes to
the field and which evolution lead to practical applications based on
rigorous scientific results. This session offers practitioners,
technology developers and researchers the opportunity to contribute to
the field of emergency management and security from a multimedia
viewpoint by introducing new technologies and discussions of technical
challenges encountered in development, implementations or deployment.

This session focuses on paper submissions on working as well as on
research technologies. Topics might include, but are not limited to,
technologies oriented toward support for particular multimedia needs,
such as:

Communication, collaboration, cooperation and partnering
Information management, analysis and visualization
Surveillance, monitoring, alerting and notification
Decision support
Command and Control (C2) systems, architectures and case related
simulation modelling
Human computer interaction
IT-security

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
If you submit your paper(s) to the special session on Emergency
Management and Security, please select the "Jungert and Hallberg,
Emergency Management and Security" in the "Paper Type" menu appeared
in the Paper Submission Form
(http://conf.ksi.edu/dms09/submit/SubmitPaper.php )

SESSION CHAIRS

Niklas Hallberg, (nikha@foi.se), FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency), Sweden
Erland Jungert, (jungert@ida.liu.se), Linkoping University, Sweden

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission due: March 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2009
Camera-ready copy due: June 1, 2009
Early conference registration due: June 1, 2009
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[Mycolleagues] SEKE 2009 - Special Session: System Engineering for Information Technology Enabled Service

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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System Engineering for Information Technology Enabled Service

Special Session in SEKE 2009

The 21st International Conference on Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'09)

Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA

(URL: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/seke09.html)

Using Information Technology to support and to enable innovative
service has been emergent recently in service industry such as
learning, health care, advertising, telecommunication, and
manufacturing. ITES, Information Technology Enabled Service, focuses
on the new technologies and business practices designed specifically
to solve the challenges in service system. The methodology of the
service modeling, implementation, and delivery are important in ITES
system engineering. Furthermore, environment for service development
and trial is also essential for the success of ITES system. In this
special session, we seek business model and technology studies for
innovative ITES system engineering. The scopes of this special

Service Development and Trial Environment session include, but are not
limited to:
Tools and Techniques for IT Enabled Service Management
Service Modeling, Implementation, Delivery and Maintenance
Service lifecycle Management (engagement, delivery and operation)
Service Requirement Collection, Specification, Analysis
Service-Driven Business Process Modeling, Integration and Management
Service-Oriented Business Analysis, Strategy, Design, Development and
Deployment
SOA Tools, Solutions and Services
Service-Based Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Service Quality Management
Human behavior in service systems
Service process Engineering
Services Engineering Practices and Case Studies
Services Business Models study
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

If you submit your paper(s) to the special session on System
Engineering for Information Technology Enabled Service, please select
the "Yang and Tsai, System Engineering for Information Technology
Enabled Service" in the "Paper Type" menu appeared in the Paper
Submission Form(http://conf.ksi.edu/seke09/submit/SubmitPaper.php).
TRACK ORGANIZERS

Dr. Ren-Dar Yang
Vice President and General Director
Innovative DigiTech-Enabled Applications & Service (IDEAS) Institute,
Institute for Information Industry
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C
Tel: +886-2-2713-9000 #289
E-mail: rdyang@iii.org.tw

Tse-Ming Tsai
Innovative DigiTech-Enabled Applications & Service (IDEAS) Institute,
Institute for Information Industry
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-2713-9000 #289
Fax: +886-2-2717-6513
E-mail: eric@iii.org.tw

If you have any questions regarding the special track or whether your
research fits into the focus of the special track, don't hesitate to
contact one of the organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission due: March 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Camera-ready copy: May 1,
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[K-IDI 2009] [K-IDI 2009] Call for Papers - Innovations for Digital Inclusions - 2nd ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference - IEEEComSoc technical co-sponsor

- This event will focus on how ICT standardization can promote digital inclusion, exploring how technology can turn "digital divide" into a "digital opportunity".

- This conference will focus on analyzing technologies, services and applications five years and beyond that will capitalize on NGN infrastructure and promote digital inclusion.

- ACCEPTED PAPERS will be published in the proceedings, presented during the conference and made available in the IEEE Xplore online catalogue.

- The DEADLINE for paper proposal submission is 1 February 2009. NOTIFICATION OF PAPER ACCEPTANCE will be made by 1 May 2009.

Complete information on the event (including paper proposal submission and the PDF version of the CfP) can be found in the Conference website:

http://itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009.

Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscope@itu.int.