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【発表募集】電子情報通信学会DE研6月研究会
by Akiyo Nadamoto 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

日本データベース学会の皆様 (重複して受け取られた場合はご容赦ください) 甲南大学の灘本です． 6月5日（月）,6日（火）に国立情報学研究所（NII）で開催する，電子情報通信学会データ工学研究会の論文募集です．今回は，食メディア研究会の協賛で「データ工学と食メディア」と題して行われます．発表申し込みは4月13日(金)までです．あと1ヶ月あります．是非ともご発表をお願いいたします．また，適宜ご転送をよろしくお願いいたします． =================================================================================== 電子情報通信学会　データ工学研究専門委員会　第一種研究会食メディア研究会協賛　　　　　　　　2012年6月5日（火）,6日（水）　　　　　　　　国立情報学研究所（NII）　　　　　　　　　　　　　論文募集　　　　　「データ工学と食メディア」今日，Web上の膨大なレシピや，日々の食の画像記録等，食に関わる様々なデータが存在しており，これらのデータから必要な情報を的確に取得するのは困難です．そこで，食に関わるデータに対する検索技術，新たな価値を見出すマイニング技術，さらにはこれらデータを利用した新しいアプリケーションなど，食に関するデータを有効に活用するための研究の重要性が増大しています．こうした状況を踏まえ，データ工学研究会と食メディア研究会は合同で，「データ工学と食メディア」をテーマに第一種研究会を開催いたしますので，積極的な発表をお待ちしております．また，データ工学に関する発表を広く募集いたしますので，お気軽のご投稿ください．なお，申し込み・投稿はWebからオンラインで受け付け中です．奮ってご投稿ください．データ工学研究会ＨＰ http://www.ieice.org/iss/de/jpn/ データ工学研究会　研究会開催スケジュール（申込はこちらから） http://www.ieice.org/ken/program/index.php?tgid=IEICE-DE ■日時：発表募集締切　2012年4月13日(金) 原稿締切り　　2012年5月14日(月) 開催日　　　　2012年6月5,6日(火，水) ■場所：国立情報学研究所 ■発表申込先 http://www.ieice.org/ken/program/index.php?tgid=IEICE-DE ■データ工学研究会（DE）: データ工学研究専門委員会委員長　　中野美由紀　（東大）副委員長　是津耕司 (NICT)，森嶋厚行 (筑波大) 幹事　　　横山昌平 (静岡大)，義久智樹 (阪大) 幹事補佐　吉田尚史 (駒澤大)，灘本明代 (甲南大) ■本件の問い合わせ先灘本明代(甲南大学) E-mail: ieice-de(a)tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp 各研究会担当ＤＥ研　　　　　　　　　　　　　食メディア研　　中野　美由紀　（東大）　　　　　中島　伸介　（京産大）　　灘本　明代　　（甲南大）　　　　井手　一郎　（名古屋大）　　

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「日本データベース学会論文誌Vol.11, No,1」　自由投稿論文募集のお知らせ
by dbsj-office 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

日本データベース学会　会員の皆さま平素よりお世話になっております。日本データベース学会論文誌編集委員会でございます。さて、「日本データベース学会論文誌Vol.11,No.1」を2012年6月末に発行する予定です。現在、下記の日程で自由投稿論文を募集中です。皆様からの論文投稿をお待ちしております。〜「日本データベース学会論文誌Vol.11,No.1」編集スケジュール〜自由投稿論文締切：2012年3月23日（金）午後5時送付先：dbsj-office＠dbsj.org 著者への採否通知日：2012年4月20日（金）（予定）最終稿提出期限：2012年5月25日（金）午後5時刊行予定日：2012年6月22日（金）(予定) ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊日本データベース学会論文誌　編集委員会事務担当　後藤〒252-5258 神奈川県相模原市中央区淵野辺5-10-1 青山学院大学相模原キャンパス　N213a 社会情報学研究所内電話：042-759-6575 FAX：042-759-6182 mail to：dbsj-office(a)dbsj.org

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Last mile ComputationWorld 2012: July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France
by Cristina Pascual 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

INVITATION Please, consider to contribute and encourage your team members and fellow scientists to contribute to the following federated events under ComputationWorld 2012. The submission deadline is March 16, 2012. Thanks for forwarding the information on this Call for Submissions to those potentially interested to submit. ===== Call for Submissions ======= ComputationWorld 2012: July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France see: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComputationWorld12.html ComputationWorld 2012 is a federated event focusing on computation technologies as they apply to several fields of study: services, clouds cognition, adaptiveness, patterns, tools, and business intelligence. Submission (full paper) deadline: March 16, 2012 Submissions must be electronically done using the 'Submit a Paper' link on the entry page of each conference. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html. For details on the each conference's topics, see the individual Call for Papers for each conference. Unpublished high quality contributions in terms of Regular papers and Posters or Work in Progress are welcome. Workshop proposals and Panel proposals on challenging topics are encouraged. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA on-line Journals (http://www.iariajournals.org) and in Special issues of different journals mentioned on the entry page of each conference. All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions. -- SERVICE COMPUTATION 2012, The Fourth International Conferences on Advanced Service Computing http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SERVICECOMPUTATION12.html -- CLOUD COMPUTING 2012, The Third International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CLOUDCOMPUTING12.html -- FUTURE COMPUTING 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/FUTURECOMPUTING12.html -- COGNITIVE 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/COGNITIVE12.html -- ADAPTIVE 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Adaptive and Self-Adaptive Systems and Applications http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ADAPTIVE12.html -- CONTENT 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Creative Content Technologies http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CONTENT12.html -- PATTERNS 2012, The Fourth International Conferences on Pervasive Patterns and Applications http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/PATTERNS12.html -- COMPUTATION TOOLS 2012, The Third International Conference on Computational Logics, Algebras, Programming, Tools, and Benchmarking http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/COMPUTATIONTOOLS12.html -- BUSTECH 2012, The Second International Conference on Business Intelligence and Technology http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/BUSTECH12.html -------------------------------- IARIA Publicity Board -------------------------------

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訳書「インタラクティブ情報検索システムの評価 -ユーザの視点を取り入れる手法-」（仮称）ご案内
by Hiroaki Ohshima 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

日本データベース学会の皆様（重複して受け取られた場合にはご容赦ください）京都大学の大島裕明でございます。国立情報学研究所の神門典子先生より、訳書「インタラクティブ情報検索システムの評価 -ユーザの視点を取り入れる手法-」（仮称）をご紹介いただきましたので周知させていただきます。もし興味がございましたら、下記の購買層に関する調査にご協力いただけましたら、大変ありがたく存じます。 Kelly著「インタラクティブ情報検索システムの評価」に関する調査 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/kelly-iir どうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。 ################################################### インタラクティブ情報検索システムの評価 - ユーザ参加型の評価手法 - （仮称）のご案内 http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/~hideo/kelly_iir.pdf 翻訳者（五十音順）阿部明典、加藤恒昭、神門典子、清田陽司、上保秀夫、高間康史、西原陽子、森辰則 ################################################### ### 原書情報 ### 書籍名: Methods for Evaluating Interactive Information Retrieval Systems with Users 著者・所属: Diane Kelly School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill シリーズ名: Foundation and Trends in Information Retrieval 出版社: Now Publishers 出版年: 2009 URL: http://www.nowpublishers.com/product.aspx?product=INR&doi=1500000012 ### 本書の特徴 ### 本書はサーチエンジンを含む情報検索システムの評価のうち、特に「ユーザ参加型の評価手法」について詳しく解説した国内外を問わず貴重な内容になっています。被験者実験に関する教育を受けていないものの技術力の高い学生や研究者を対象として書かれています。仮説とは何かという基礎的内容から情報検索分野におけるテストコレクションに関するものまで幅広く解説した本書は、対話型システムのユーザ評価をする際に大変参考になるテキストです。内容の詳細は次ページの目次をご覧下さい。著者のDiane Kelly は対話型情報検索とその評価手法の第１人者であり、SIGIR などのシステム志向の強い国際会議でも常連の発表者です。また教育者としても優秀でノースカロライナ大学から教育に関する賞も受賞しています。また、本書が収録されるFoundations and Trends in Information Retrieval はSIGIR の元会長と現副会長が丁寧に査読と編集をしているシリーズとして近年特に注目を集めています。 ### 本書の対象者 ### - 情報アクセス技術（情報検索、テキスト要約、情報抽出、質問応答など）や情報探索行動分野の研究者や大学生 - 自然言語処理、人工知能、データ工学等の分野のうちユーザ実験に興味のある研究者や大学生 - 司書やデジタル図書館などの開発者や実務者 ### 目次（草稿時のものです） ### 1. 序章目的と領域（範囲）・情報源と推薦する文献・本稿の構成 2. インタラクティブ情報検索（I I R）とは何か？ 3. 予備知識情報検索における認知的視点・TREC 4 .アプローチ探索的、記述的、説明的研究・評価と実験・実験室型と自然型研究・長期的調査・ケーススタディ・Wizard of Oz 研究とシミュレーション 5 . 研究の基礎課題と質問・理論・仮説・変数と測定・測定に関して考慮すべき点・測定のレベル 6 . 実験計画伝統的な計画とIIR 計画・要因計画・被験者間と被験者内計画・ローテーションと学習効果の制御・ランダム化と被験者選択・研究モード・プロトコル・チュートリアル・時間設定と疲労効果・パイロットテスト 7 . サンプリング確率的サンプリング・非確率的サンプリング手法・被験者の雇用・ユーザ、被験者、実験参加者、評価者 8 . コレクション文献、トピック、タスク・情報要求：タスクとトピック 9 . データ収集手法発話思考法・誘導回想・自己報告・観察・ログ・質問票・インタビュー・End Products の評価 1 0 . 指標背景・インタラクション・性能・被験者からの評価的フィードバック 1 1 . データ分析質的データ分析・量的データ分析 1 2 . 妥当性と信頼性 1 3 . 人体研究の倫理被験者とは誰か？・機関における審査委員・倫理コードのガイド・IIR 研究者特有の問題 1 4 . 残された課題と今後の方向その他のシステム・コレクション・指標 1 5 . 終章参考文献 -- Hiroaki Ohshima, Assistant Professor Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Email: ohshima(a)dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp Tel: +81-75-753-5395

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Last mile FUTURE COMPUTING 2012 July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France
by Cristina Pascual 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to FUTURE COMPUTING 2012. The submission deadline is set to March 16, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== FUTURE COMPUTING 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS FUTURE COMPUTING 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/FUTURECOMPUTING12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPFUTURECOMPUTING12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitFUTURECOMPUTING12.html Submission deadline: March 16, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html FUTURE COMPUTING 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Computational intelligence strategies Cognitive computing; Intelligent computation; Ambient computing; Unconventional computing; Indeterminist computing; Adaptive computation; Autonomic computation; Computation under uncertainty; Chaotic computation; Intentional computing; Anticipative computing; Evolutionary computing Mechanism-oriented computing Spatial computation; Elastic computing; Human-centered computing; Embedded computing; Entertainment computing; Time-sensitive/temporal computing; Soft computing (fuzzy logic, neural computing, evolutionary computation, machine learning, and probabilistic reasoning + belief networks, + chaos theory + learning theory) Large-scale computing strategies Distributed computing; Parallel computing; Macro- and micro-computing; Activity-based computing; Data intensive computing; Resource-constraint computing; Grid computing; Cloud computing; Cluster computing; On-demand computing; Ubiquitous/pervasive computing Computing technologies Quantum computing; Optical computing; DNA (genetic) computing; Molecular computing; Reversible computing; Billiard Ball computing; Neuronal computing; Magnetic computing; Gloopware computing; Moldy computing; Water wave-based computing; Graphene-based computing Technology-oriented computing Peer-to-Peer computing; Mobile computing; Sensor-based computing; Wireless computing; Trusted computing; Financial computing; Genetic computation ------------------------------- Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComFUTURECOMPUTING12.html ====================

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【参加募集】IFAT-DD合同研究会(3/26-27 白百合女子大学)
by Hiroyuki Toda 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

日本データベース学会の皆様 (重複して受け取られた場合はご容赦ください) NTTコミュニケーションズの戸田です．先日論文募集の案内をさせて頂きましたIFAT研とDD研の合同研究発表会 (テーマ:絆を強める情報アクセス技術、共有できるドキュメントおよび一般) の開催が *3/26,27* と迫っておりますので，案内をさせて頂きます． NTCIRに関する特別セッションも予定されております．みなさま是非ともご参加よろしくお願いします．詳細は以下をご参照ください． --------------------------------------------------------------- [参加募集] 第85回デジタルドキュメント研究会・第106回情報基礎とアクセス技術合同研究会合同研究発表会日　程： 2012年 3月26日(月)，27日(火) 会　場：白百合女子大学　2号館2階大会議室 (http://www.shirayuri.ac.jp/guide/access/) テーマ「絆を強める情報アクセス技術、共有できるドキュメントおよび一般」プログラム ■3月26日(月) 午前 10:00-11:30 セッション1：デジタルコンテンツの処理・管理技術 (1) 10:00-10:30 テキストに現れる感情やコミュニケーションタイプの推定に基づく顔文字の推薦江村優花，○関洋平（筑波大） (2) 10:30-11:00 RDF を利用した和歌データの管理に関する提案 ○白井涼子，波多野賢治（同志社大) (3) 11:00-11:30 専門家の人物像を通じた技能伝承を支援する文書共有ならびに活用の研究 ○大野邦夫（職業大） −−−　昼休み（ 1時間30分）　−−− 午後 13:00-16:30 特別セッション：NTCIR (4) 13:00-13:30 曖昧なクエリと(不) 明快なクエリ: NTCIR-10 INTENT-2と1CLICK-2タスクへの誘い ○酒井哲也（MSRA) (5) 13:30-16:30 NTCIR-9 総括と今後の展望 ○酒井哲也（MSRA)，上保秀夫（筑波大），○神門典子（NII），○加藤恒昭（東大），相澤彰子（NII），○秋葉友良（豊橋技科大），後藤功雄（NICT），○木村文則（立命館大），三田村照子（CMU），西崎博光（山梨大），嶋秀樹（CMU），○吉岡真治（北大），Shlomo Geva（QUT），Ling-Xiang Tang（QUT），Andrew Trotman（UO），Yue Xu（QUT） ■3月27日(火) 午後 (1) 13:30-14:30 セッション2: ニュース (6) 13:30-14:00 視覚的情報の役割に着目したニュースショット分類による震災テレビ報道の分析 ○片山紀生，孟洋，佐藤真一（NII） (7) 14:00-14:30 適合的ビットデータ化によるニュースストリームデータの圧縮方法の提案 ○松本みなみ，三浦孝夫（法大） −−−　休憩　（ 20分）　−−− 午後 (2) 14:50-15:50 セッション3: 検索・エージェント (8) 14:50-15:20 提示型ユーザーインターフェースにおける視線計測器を用いた適合フィードバック ○Viktors Garkavijs（総研大）， Mayumi Toshima（総研大），Noriko Kando(NII) (9) 15:20-15:50 Wikiなどからの組織プロファイルとクローラを利用した情報収集 ○徳永秀和，片岡啓介（香川高専）

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平成23年度データ解析コンペティション成果報告会のお知らせ
by Takashi Namatame 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

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Last mile COGNITIVE 2012 July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France
by Cristina Pascual 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to COGNITIVE 2012. The submission deadline is set to March 16, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== COGNITIVE 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS COGNITIVE 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/COGNITIVE12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPCOGNITIVE12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitCOGNITIVE12.html Submission deadline: March 16, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html COGNITIVE 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) BRAIN: Brain information processing and informatics Cognitive and computation models; Human reasoning mechanisms; Modeling brain information processing mechanisms; Brain learning mechanisms; Human cognitive functions and their relationships; Modeling human multi-perception mechanisms and visual, auditory, and tactile information processing; Neural structures and neurobiological process; Cognitive architectures; Brain information storage, collection, and processing; Formal conceptual models of human brain data; Knowledge representation and discovery in neuroimaging; Brain-computer interface; Cognition-inspired complex systems COGNITION: Artificial intelligence and cognition Expert systems, knowledge representation and reasoning; Reasoning techniques, constraint satisfaction and machine learning; Logic programming, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and uncertainty; State space search, ontologies and data mining; Games, planning and scheduling; Natural languages processing and advanced user interfaces; Cognitive, reactive and proactive systems; Ambient intelligence, perception and vision AGENTS: Agent-based adaptive systems Agent frameworks and development platforms; Agent models and architectures; Agent communication languages and protocols; Cooperation, coordination, and conversational agents; Group decision making and distributed problem solving; Mobile, cognitive and autonomous agents; Task planning and execution in multi-agent systems; Security, trust, reputation, privacy and safety in agent-based systems; Negotiation brokering and matchmaking in agent-oriented protocols; Web-oriented agents (mining, semantic discovery, navigation, etc.; SOA and software agents; Economic agent models and social adoption AUTONOMY: Autonomous systems and autonomy-oriented computing Self-organized intelligence nature-inspired thinking paradigms; Swarm intelligence and emergent behavior; Autonomy-oriented modeling and computation; Coordination, cooperation and collective group behavior; Agent-based complex systems modeling and development; Complex behavior aggregation and self-organization; Agent-based knowledge discovery and sharing; Autonomous and distributed knowledge systems; Autonomous knowledge via information agents; Ontology-based agent services; Knowledge evolution control and information filtering agents; Natural and social law discovery in multi-agent systems; Distributed problem solving in complex and dynamic environments; Auction, mediation, pricing, and agent-based market-places; Autonomous auctions and negotiations APPLICATIONS Agent-oriented modeling and methodologies; Agent-based interaction protocols and cognitive architectures; Emotional modeling and quality of experience techniques; Agent-based assistants and e-health; Agent-based interfaces; Knowledge and data intensive classification systems; Agent-based fault-tolerance systems; Learning and self-adaptation via multi-agent systems; Task-based and task-oriented agent-based systems; Agent-based virtual enterprise; Embodied agents and agent-based systems applications; Agent-based perceptive animated interfaces; Agent-based social simulation; Socially planning; E-Technology agent-based ubiquitous services and systems -------------------------------- Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComCOGNITIVE12.html ====================

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Last mile CLOUD COMPUTING 2012 July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France
by Cristina Pascual 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to CLOUD COMPUTING 2012. The submission deadline is set to March 16, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== CLOUD COMPUTING 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS CLOUD COMPUTING 2012, The Third International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization July 22-27, 2012 - Nice, France General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CLOUDCOMPUTING12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPCLOUDCOMPUTING12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitCLOUDCOMPUTING12.html Submission deadline: March 16, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html CLOUD COMPUTING 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) CLOUD: Cloud computing Cloud economics; Core cloud services; Cloud technologies; Cloud computing; On-demand computing models; Hardware-as-a-service; Software-as-a-service [SaaS applications]; Platform-as-service; Storage as a service in cloud; Data-as-a-Service; Service-oriented architecture (SOA); Cloud computing programming and application development; Scalability, discovery of services and data in Cloud computing infrastructures; Trust and clouds; Client-cloud computing challenges; Geographical constraints for deploying clouds CLOUD: Challenging features Privacy, security, ownership and reliability issues; Performance and QoS; Dynamic resource provisioning; Power-efficiency and Cloud computing; Load balancing; Application streaming; Cloud SLAs, business models and pricing policies; Cloud service subscription model; Cloud standardized SLA; Cloud-related privacy; Cloud-related control; Managing applications in the clouds; Mobile clouds; Roaming services in Clouds; Agent-based Cloud Computing CLOUD: Platforms, Infrastructures and Applications Custom platforms; Large-scale compute infrastructures; Data centers; Processes intra- and inter-clouds; Content and service distribution in Cloud computing infrastructures; Multiple applications can run on one computer (virtualization a la VMWare); Grid computing (multiple computers can be used to run one application); Cloud-computing vendor governance and regulatory compliance; Enterprise clouds; Enterprise-centric cloud computing; Interaction between vertical clouds; Public, Private, and Hybrid clouds; Cloud computing testbeds GRID: Grid networks, services and applications GRID theory, frameworks, methodologies, architecture, ontology; GRID infrastructure and technologies; GRID middleware; GRID protocols and networking; GRID computing, utility computing, autonomic computing, metacomputing; Programmable GRID; Data GRID; Context ontology and management in GRIDs; Distributed decisions in GRID networks; GRID services and applications; Virtualization, modeling, and metadata in GRID; Resource management, scheduling, and scalability in GRID; GRID monitoring, control, and management; Traffic and load balancing in GRID; User profiles and priorities in GRID; Performance and security in GRID systems; Fault tolerance, resilience, survivability, robustness in GRID; QoS/SLA in GRID networks; GRID fora, standards, development, evolution; GRID case studies, validation testbeds, prototypes, and lessons learned VIRTUALIZATION: Computing in virtualization-based environments Principles of virtualization; Virtualization platforms; Thick and thin clients; Data centers and nano-centers; Open virtualization format; Orchestration of virtualization across data centers; Dynamic federation of compute capacity; Dynamic geo-balancing; Instant workload migration; Virtualization-aware storage; Virtualization-aware networking; Virtualization embedded-software-based smart mobile phones; Trusted platforms and embedded supervisors for security; Virtualization management operations /discovery, configuration, provisioning, performance, etc.; Energy optimization and saving for green datacenters; Virtualization supporting cloud computing; Applications as pre-packaged virtual machines; Licensing and support policies -------------------------------- Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComCLOUDCOMPUTING12.html ====================

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Med-Hoc-Net 2012 - Extended Submission Deadline: March 12, 2012
by Jaime Lloret Mauri 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

================================================================== *CALL FOR PAPERS* *MED-HOC-NET 2012* 11th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 19 - 22 June 2012 http://medhocnet2012.cs.ucy.ac.cy =================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES: ================ *Paper submission deadline *** EXTENDED: MARCH 12, 2012 *** *Notification of acceptance: April 16, 2012 *Camera ready version*: May 1, 2012 *Conference date and place: Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 19-22 June 2012 Workshop Topics ================= The papers solicited cover a variety of topics related to ad hoc, wireless, sensor, mesh, delay tolerant, and opportunistic networks, including but not limited to: �Routing algorithms and protocols �MAC protocols, scheduling, power control, and resource allocation �Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks �Middleware for ad hoc networks �Application driven architectures and protocols �Sensor network applications and protocols �Vehicular networks �Cognitive radio networks �Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks .Internet access systems to Ad Hoc Networks .Internet services over Ad Hoc Networks .Ad Hoc Network deployments using Internet protocol �Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes �Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, etc.) �Self-organization and network (re)configuration �Optimization models and algorithms �Resource and service discovery �Energy-efficient networking �Exploitation of social and mobility patterns for opportunistic networking �Mobile social networks �Security and privacy �Positioning and localization �Participatory and urban sensing �Underwater wireless networks �Green networking Authors are invited to submit full papers written in English, with a maximum of eight (8) printed pages, including figures, tables& references in IEEE double-column format. Submissions must present original work that has not been previously published, and is not under review elsewhere. All articles will be reviewed for scientific quality by the Technical Program Committee and external reviewers. Accepted Papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will appear in IEEExplore. Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, on-line via the EDAS system (http://edas.info/N11539) General Chairs: =============== Prof. Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Prof. Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Technical Program Chairs: ========================= Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, Netherlands Jaudelice Cavalcante de Oliveira, Drexel University, USA Technical Program Committee Members: ===================================== Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Ozgur B. Akan, Koc University, Turkey Chris Blondia, University of Antwerp - IBBT, Belgium Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13, France Periklis Chadjimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Claude Chaudet, Telecom ParisTech, France Reuven Cohen, Technion, Israel Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Francesca Cuomo, La Sapienza, Universit� di Roma, Italy Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen, Germany Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Thierry Ernst, INRIA, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, UK Isabelle Guerin-Lassous, Universit� de Lyon � LIP, France Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, NY, USA Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University, USA Andreas Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden Houda Labiod, Telecom ParisTech, France Jaime Lloret Mauri, UP Valencia, Spain Pietro Manzoni, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Saverio Mascolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Constantinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Janice McNair, University of Florida, USA Tommaso Melodia, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA Jalel Ben-Othman, University of Paris 13, France George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Niovi-Fotini Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Catherine Rosenberg, University of Waterloo, Canada Susana Sargento, University of Aveiro, Portugal David Simplot-Ryl, Univ. of Lille, Centre de recherch� INRIA Lille-Nord Europe, France Vasilios Siris. Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Otto Spaniol, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, Japan Dimitrios D. Vergados, University of Piraeus, Greece Mehmet Vuran, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Lars Wolf, TU Braunschweig, Germany Adam Wolisz, Technische Universit�t Berlin, Germany Michele Zorzi, Universit� degli Studi di Padova, Italy Moshe Zukerman, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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