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CFP: WebDB Forum 2012 論文募集
by Hiroaki Ohshima 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

日本データベース学会の皆様京都大学の大島裕明と申します。大変長らくお待たせいたしました。 11月20日、21日に、秋葉原ダイビルにて開催いたします、「WebDB Forum 2012」の論文募集をお送りいたします。魅力ある会議にしたいと思いますので、多くの方に是非ともご投稿いただければと思います。よろしくお願いいたします。 ====================================================================== 　　WebDB Forum 2012 論文募集 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 第5回Webとデータベースに関するフォーラム（WebDB Forum 2012）会場：秋葉原コンベンションホール（秋葉原ダイビル）日程：2012年11月20日（火），21日（水） Web：http://db-event.jpn.org/webdbf2012/ （近日公開）問合せ先：webdbf2012-rec(a)dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 今年もWebDBフォーラム2012（第5回Webとデータベースに関するフォーラム）を開催いたします。本フォーラムは、DB系、Web系における国内唯一の査読付き会議です。昨年の論文採択率は 57% と、質の高い研究発表の場となっております。データベースとWebに関連する基盤・応用技術について幅広いトピックの論文を募集いたします。参加者数も多く、産学官を合わせて400名程度の参加者が集いますので、質が高く活発な議論が行われることが期待されます。多くのご投稿、お待ちしております。 ●スケジュール --------------------------------------------- 概要登録締切　　：2012年 9月 7日論文投稿締切　　：2012年 9月12日採否通知　　　　：2012年10月10日最終論文提出締切：2012年10月24日フォーラム開催日：2012年11月20日，21日 --------------------------------------------- ●発表者の特典 ◎様々な賞を受賞するチャンスがあります　・論文賞（最優秀論文賞、優秀論文賞）　・企業賞（協賛企業から贈呈されます）　・情報処理学会DBS研学生発表奨励賞（学生さんによる発表が対象です） ◎優秀な論文は学術雑誌へ推薦されます　・情報処理学会論文誌：データベース（TOD）　　※推薦は掲載を確約するものではなく、推薦に応じた所定の査読プロセス　　　によって最終的な採否が決定されます。 ●インターネットでの映像のリアルタイム配信本フォーラムでは、原則として、すべての発表を対象として、インターネット上でリアルタイム配信します。発表者には採録決定通知後、映像配信についての許諾書を提出いただきます。（ただし、事情により、発表者等より配信についての許諾が得られない場合や、　機器やネットワークの不調、その他、やむを得ない都合があった場合には、　配信が行われない場合があります。） ●連続開催イベント 11月19日（月）には、同会場にて情報処理学会データベースシステム（DBS）研究会を開催する予定です。そちらも合わせてご参加ください。 WebDBフォーラムへの投稿時に、WebDBフォーラムに採録されなかった場合は、データベースシステム研究会で発表するように申し込みしていただくことができる制度を用意しておりますので、広くご利用ください。 ●主催情報処理学会データベースシステム研究会日本データベース学会電子情報通信学会データ工学研究専門委員会 ●実行委員会実行委員長　　　　　：山名早人（早稲田大学）実行副委員長　　　　：大島裕明（京都大学）　　　　　　　　　　　牛尼剛聡（九州大学）プログラム委員長　　：田島敬史（京都大学）プログラム副委員長　：土方嘉徳（大阪大学）特別セッション担当　：新谷隆彦（電気通信大学）　　　　　　　　　　　山肩洋子（京都大学）ローカルアレンジ担当：伊藤一成（青山学院大学）アルバイト管理担当　：小林亜樹（工学院大学）ポスター担当　　　　：山本光穂（デンソーアイティーラボラトリ）映像配信担当　　　　：上田高徳（早稲田大学）投稿システム担当　　：奥　健太（立命館大学） Webページ作成担当　：高見真也（楽天）出版担当　　　　　　：清水敏之（京都大学）表彰担当　　　　　　：湯本高行（兵庫県立大学） TOD連携担当　　　　：細川宜秀（群馬大学） DBS研連携担当　　　：川島英之（筑波大学）産学連携幹事　　　　：岡本　真（ARG）　　　　　　　　　　　戸田浩之（NTT）　　　　　　　　　　　平手勇宇（楽天） ====================================================================== -- Hiroaki Ohshima, Assistant Professor Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Email: ohshima(a)dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp Tel: +81-75-874-1714

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cfp:International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC)-ERA Indexed
by Steve Price 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) http://airccse.org/journal/ijcnc.html ISSN 0974 - 9322 (Online) ; 0975 - 2293 (Print) ============================================================================ Scope & Topics ============== The International journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) is a bi monthly open access journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of Computer Networks & Communications. The journal focuses on all technical and practical aspects of Computer Networks & data Communications. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on advanced networking concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas. Authors are solicited to contribute to this journal by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the Computer Networks & Communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following . Network Protocols & Wireless Networks . Network Architectures . High speed networks . Routing, switching and addressing techniques . Next Generation Internet . Next Generation Web Architectures . Network Operations & management . Adhoc and sensor networks . Internet and Web applications . Ubiquitous networks . Mobile networks & Wireless LAN . Wireless Multimedia systems . Wireless communications . Heterogeneous wireless networks . Measurement & Performance Analysis . Peer to peer and overlay networks . QoS and Resource Management . Network Based applications . Network Security . Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems . Mobile & Broadband Wireless Internet . Recent trends & Developments in Computer Networks Paper submission ================ Authors are invited to submit papers for this journal through e-mail ijcnc(a)airccse.org Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this Journal. Important Dates ================= Submission deadline : 15 August, 2012 Notification : 10 September, 2012 Final manuscript due : 15 September, 2012 Publication date : determined by the Editor-in-Chief For other details please visit http://airccse.org/journal/ijcnc.html

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iDB Forum 2012 ★明日より★
by Yoshiharu Ishikawa 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

日本データベース学会の皆様 iDB Forum 2012が明日より開催です．詳細につきましては http://db-event.jpn.org/idb2012/ をご覧ください．当日の受付も行います．大まかな構成は以下のとおりです． 7月31日(火) - iDBメンタリング：午前〜午後（豊田講堂会議室） - iDB講演会：午後（豊田講堂シンポジオン） - 懇親会（メンター，メンティーに限る）：夕刻 8月1日(水) - iDBメンタリング：午前（豊田講堂会議室） - iDB講演会：午後（豊田講堂シンポジオン） - DBS/IFAT研，DE研：午前（野依記念学術交流館） - 懇親会：夕刻 8月2日(木) - DBS/IFAT研，DE研：午前・午後（野依記念学術交流館）会場については http://db-event.jpn.org/idb2012/venue_ja.html をご覧ください．豊田講堂は名古屋市営地下鉄「名古屋大学」駅2番出口を出ると正面あります．野依記念学術交流館はやや奥まったところにありますので，直接行かれる方は地図で事前にご確認ください．

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CFP: DASFAA 2013 (the 18th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications)
by Satoshi Oyama 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

日本データベース学会の皆様北海道大学の小山です。来年4月に中国武漢で開催される国際会議 DASFAA 2013の論文募集案内をお送りさせて頂きます。アブストラクトの締切が10月21日、論文投稿締切が10月28日となっております。投稿をご検討頂けましたら幸いです。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DASFAA: the 18th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, April 22-25, 2013, Wuhan, China http://totemdb.whu.edu.cn/dasfaa2013/ DASFAA is a leading international database conference in Asia-Pacific region for researchers, practitioners, developers, and users to share and exchange ideas, results, experience, techniques, and tools in connection with all aspects of database systems and their applications. DASFAA 2013 expects to attract participants from all over the world to Wuhan, China, and continues to establish DASFAA as one of the major conferences on database systems. The DASFAA 2013 organization committee invites submissions of original technical papers for DASFAA-13, to be held in Wuhan, China, Apr. 22-25, 2013. Submissions are invited on all aspects related to database systems and their applications. All submissions should be in English. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one author will attend the conference to present the work. Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: 21th October 2012 Paper submission deadline: 28th October 2012 Author Notification: 30th December 2012 Camera-ready deadline: 30th January 2013 Topics of Interest We welcome papers on topics including, but not limited to, the following: Advanced database and Web applications Data archive and digital library Data management in cloud computing Data management in social network Web data management Data mining and knowledge discovery Data model and query language Data quality and credibility Data semantics and integrity constraints Data streams and time-series data Data warehouse and OLAP Database system applications Databases for emerging hardware Deep Web Embedded and mobile databases Graph data management HCI for modern information systems Index and storage systems Information extraction and summarization Big data management Information integration Large-scale knowledge management Multimedia databases Information recommendation Parallel and distributed databases Probabilistic and uncertain data Query processing and optimization Real-time data management Search and recommendation technology Security, privacy, and trust Semantic web and triple data management Sensor data management Social network and privacy Statistical and scientific databases Temporal and spatial databases Text databases and information retrieval Transaction management XML and semi-structured data All submissions should be in English. The proceedings of DASFAA 2013 will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecturer Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The manuscript should be formatted in Springer LNCS style and submitted as a PDF file. Papers should not exceed 15 pages. Both will be indexed by EI. A selected number of the accepted papers will be expanded and revised for possible publications in major international journals.

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Call for Chapters: Mobile Computing over Cloud: Technologies, Services, and Applications
by Jaime Lloret Mauri 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Call for Chapters Mobile Computing over Cloud: Technologies, Services, and Applications Editors: Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Kai Lin, and Jaime Lloret INTRODUCTION Mobile computing over cloud is a potential technology that uses mobile devices in combination with cloud computing. This book wants to take account of developments and trends that are taking place in the area of mobile computing over cloud. Providing optimal services for mobile users over cloud do not need a powerful configuration since all the data and complicated computing modules can be processed in the clouds. Nowadays, many research of this area are likely to enter the domain with carrier-cloud services and give new chances for mobile network providers. It will also help to advance the mobile cloud in industry and corporate settings. OBJECTIVES AND MISSION The mission of the book is to be a fundamental source for the advancement of knowledge, application, and practice in the interdisciplinary areas of mobile network and cloud computing. The book will address innovative concepts and critical issues in the emerging field of vehicular wireless network. The book seeks to show interesting research experiences and applications of mobile computing over cloud around the world. It can help to disseminate them. The book will be an important way to communicate important concepts of mobile computing over cloud. TOPICS We invite authors to submit original technical chapters offering novel research contributions in any aspect of mobile computing over cloud, covering but not limited to the topics of interest listed below: - Applications of mobile computing over cloud - Networks and systems design - Mobility measurement, modeling, and simulation - Energy management - Physical layer and antenna technologies - Protocols for mobile computing over cloud - Security and privacy - Simulation and experimentation of mobile computing over cloud - Mobile learning over cloud - Mobile healthcare over cloud - Mobile commerce over cloud - In-network processing and aggregation SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit 2-3 page proposals describing the objectives and approach of each proposed chapter. The final deadline for proposals is July 31, 2012, but the editors will begin reviewing proposals and providing feedback immediately. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 30, 2012 and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters will be due on October 1, 2012. All submitted chapters will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Contributors may also be invited to serve as reviewers for the project. Important dates: Proposal submission deadline: July 31, 2012 Proposal notification: August 15, 2012 Full chapter submission deadline: October 1, 2012 Review Results to Authors: December 15, 2012 Revised Chapter Submission: January 15, 2013 Final Acceptance Notifications: January 30, 2013 Submission of Final Chapters: February 15, 2013 This book will be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the �Information Science Reference� (formerly Idea Group Reference), �Medical Information Science Reference,� �Business Science Reference,� and �Engineering Science Reference� imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is scheduled for release in 2013. Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to the Editors: Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues (Instituto de Telecomunica��es, University of Beira Interior, Portugal) joeljr(a)ieee.org Kai Lin (Dalian Universiy of Technology, China) link(a)dlut.edu.cn Jaime Lloret (Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain) jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es

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Last days!, July 25: ICSEA 2012 || November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal
by Cristina Pascual 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

INVITATION: ================= The submission deadline has been extended to July 25, 2012. Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICSEA 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 ================= ============== ICSEA 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS ICSEA 2012, The Seventh International Conference on Software Engineering Advances November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICSEA12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICSEA12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICSEA12.html Submission deadline: July 25, 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 ICSEA 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Advances in fundamentals for software development Fundamentals in software development; Software architecture, patterns, frameworks; Software analysis and model checking; Software architectural scalability; Requirements engineering and design; Software design (methodologies, patterns, experiences, views, design by contract, design by responsibilities, etc.); Software modeling (OO, non-OO, MDA, SOA, patterns, UML, etc.); Software process and workflow; Software validation and verification; Software testing and testing tools; Software implementation; Software project management (risk analysis, dependencies, etc.) Advanced mechanisms for software development Software composition; Process composition and refactoring; Co-design and codeplay; Software dependencies; Plug&play software; Adaptive software; Context-sensitive software; Policy-driven software design; Software rejuvenation; Feature interaction detection and resolution; Embedded software; Parallel and distributed software Advanced design tools for developing software Formal specifications in software; Programming mechanisms (real-time, multi-threads, etc.); Programming techniques (feature-oriented, aspects-oriented, generative programming, agents-oriented, contextual-oriented, incremental, stratified, etc.); Requirement specification languages; Programming languages; Automation of software design and implementation; Software design with highly distributed resources (GRID); Web service based software; Scenario-based model synthesis; Merging partial behavioral models; Partial goal/requirement satisfaction Advanced facilities for accessing software Information modeling; GUI related software; Computer-aided software design; Hierarchical APIs; APIs roles in software development; Ontology support for Web Services; Rapid prototyping tools; Embedded software quality; Thread modeling; Flexible Objects; Use cases; Visual Modeling Software performance Software performance modeling; Software performance engineering (UML diagrams, Process algebra, Petri nets, etc.); Software performance requirements; Performance forecast for specific applications; Performance testing; Web-service based software performance; Performance of rule-based software; Methods for performance improvements; Software performance experience reports; Program failures experiences; Error ranking via correlation; Empirical evaluation of defects Software security, privacy, safeness Security requirements, design, and engineering; Software safety and security; Security, privacy and safeness in software; Software vulnerabilities; Assessing risks in software; Software for online banking and transactions; Software trace analysis; Software uncertainties; Dynamic detection of likely invariants; Human trust in interactive software; Memory safety; Safety software reuse; High confidence software; Trusted computing; Next generation secure computing Advances in software testing Formal approaches for test specifications; Advanced testing methodologies; Static and dynamic analysis; Strategies for testing nondeterministic systems; Testing software releases; Generating tests suites; Evolutionary testing of embedded systems; Algorithmic testing; Exhaustive testing; Black-box testing; Testing at the design level; Testing reactive software; Empirical evaluation Specialized software advanced applications Database related software; Software for disaster recovery applications; Software for mobile vehicles; Biomedical-related software; Biometrics related software; Mission critical software; Real-time software; E-health related software; Military software; Crisis-situation software; Software for Bluetooth and mobile phones; Multimedia software applications Open source software Open source software (OSS) methodologies; OSS development and debugging; Security in OSS; Performance of OSS; OSS roles and responsibilities; OSS incremental development; Division of labor and coordination mechanisms; Distribution of decision-making; Operational boundaries; Experience reports and lessons learned; Versioning management; Towards generalizing the OSS methodologies and practices; Open source licensing; Industrial movement towards open source Agile software techniques Agile software methodologies and practices (extreme programming, scrum, feature-driven, etc.); Agile modeling (serial in the large, iterative in the small); Agile model driven design; Agile methodologies for embedded software; Software metrics for agile projects; Lifecycle for agile software development; Agile user experience design; Agility via program automation; Testing into an agile environment; Agile project planning; Agile unified process Software deployment and maintenance Software in small and large organizations; Deploying and maintaining open source software; Software maintenance; Software assurance; Patching; Run-time vulnerability checking; Software rejuvenation; Software updates; Partial or temporary feature deprecation; Multi-point software deployment and configuration; On-line software updates Software engineering techniques, metrics, and formalisms Software reuse; Software quality metrics (complexity, empiric metrics, etc.); Software re-engineering (reverse engineering); Software composition; Software integration; Consistency checking; Real-time software development; Temporal specification; Model checking; Theorem provers; Modular reasoning; Petri Nets; Formalisms for behavior specification; Advanced techniques for autonomic components and systems Business technology Enterprise Content Managements (ECMs); Business Intelligence (BI); Enterprise Portals; Business Process Management (BPM); Corporate Performance Management (CPM); Enterprise Data Warehouse; Web Publishing; Cloud Computing; Virtualisation; Data Mining; Workflows; Business Rules Management (BRM); Data Capturing Software economics, adoption, and education Patenting software; Software licensing; Software economics; Software engineering education; Academic and industrial views on software adoption and education; Good-to-great in software adoption and improvement; Software knowledge management Improving productivity in research on software engineering Developing frameworks to support research; Methods and tools to improving the research environment; Supporting domain specific research needs; Teaching research skills in Computer Science; Experience reports on well developed research processes; Experience reports on empirical approaches to software engineering research; Approaches to supporting higher degree students in their research; Approaches to enlarge the research / teaching nexus to improve academics productivity; Approaches to integration between university research and industry research; Tools to support the research process ================================================ IARIA Publicity Board -----------------------------

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論文募集：国際ワークショップ DMWPC 2013
by Akimitsu Kanzaki 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

日本データベース学会の皆様大阪大学の神崎です。 MLをお借りして、来年3月にバルセロナで開催される国際ワークショップDMWPC 2013 (International Workshop on Data Management for Wireless and Pervasive Communications) のCFPをお送りいたします。 http://www-nishio.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/conf/dmwpc/2013/ 本ワークショップは、27回目の開催となる国際会議IEEE AINA 2013にて併設開催されます。無線ネットワーク環境におけるデータ管理を中心に、幅広い分野の論文を募集しておりますので、是非ご投稿をご検討ください。 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CALL FOR PAPERS The 6th. International Workshop on Data Management for Wireless and Pervasive Communications (DMWPC 2013) http://www-nishio.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/conf/dmwpc/2013/ Barcelona, Spain, March, 2013 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [AIM and SCOPE] The tremendous advances in wireless communication and mobile computing technologies have created a new computing and communication environment that provides services anytime and anywhere for everyone. Such an environment enables users to access a wide range of services and applications using a large variety of mobile and ubiquitous devices (e.g., cell phones, handheld computers, and so on). In order to accelerate this trend in the future, further progresses of the researches on wireless and pervasive computing, especially on data management, are necessary. Following the success of DMWPCs (2008 in Okinawa, Japan / 2009 in Bradford, UK / 2010 in Perth, Australia / 2011 in Biopolis, Singapore / 2012 in Fukuoka, Japan), DMWPC 2012 aims to bring together practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussion and technical presentations on the current researches and future research directions related to this hot research area. [TOPICS of INTEREST] Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - Data mining for mobile applications - Data management for pervasive computing - Data aggregation in sensor networks - Data placement, caching, replication and relocation to support mobility - Metadata management and exchanges for mobile and ubiquitous applications - Middleware support for mobile and ubiquitous computing - Operating system and network support for mobile devices - Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks - Security issues of data management in wireless networks - QoS issues for data-intensive services in wireless networks - Query processing for mobile users - Query processing for sensor networks - Transactions and workflows in mobile computing - Context aware computing and location-based services - Resource advertising and discovery in mobile and ubiquitous networks - User interfaces and interaction models for mobile applications - Mobile and ubiquitous applications - Sensor network applications [SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION] The manuscript should follow IEEE Computer Society's two-column format. The maximum manuscript length is six (6) pages including tables, figures, and references. For more detailed formatting instruction, please visit the following page: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting [IMPORTANT DATES] - Submission Deadline: September 15, 2012 - Author Notification: November 25, 2012 - Author Registration: January 11, 2013 - Final Manuscript Due: December 28, 2012 [ORGANIZING COMMITTEE] General Co-Chairs - Takahiro Hara: Osaka University, Japan Program Chair - Akimitsu Kanzaki: Osaka University, Japan Program Committee Members - Kentaro Aburada: Oita National Colleage of Technology, Japan - Stuart Cunningham: Glyndwr University, UK - Alfredo Cuzzocrea: ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy - William Guo: Central Queensland University, Australia - Akihito Hiromori: Osaka University, Japan - Katsuyuki Naito: Mie University, Japan - Kriengsak Treeprapin: Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand - Shinya Yamamoto: Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi, Japan - Takuya Yoshihiro: Wakayama University, Japan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Call for Book Chapters - Book Title: Green Networking and Communications
by Jaime Lloret Mauri 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Call for Book Chapters Book Title: Green Networking and Communications To be published by: Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, USA Objective of the Book Global warming is one of the biggest challenges worldwide. Energy consumption is increasing day by day resulting in worst environmental changes. Research community is now focusing on �greening� efforts to reduce energy consumption by introducing enhanced networking technologies. This book will include advance information of green networking, existing mechanisms and developments, future expectations in the relevant areas. The book could be a valuable reference book for researchers, industry professionals, and academics. It could be used as a text book for graduate students as almost all the concerned areas will be covered. Below are some desirable (but not limited to) topics: - Green computer networks - Power delivery techniques for the smart grid - Smart grid network protocols - Distributed networks for renewable sources - Energy efficient smart devices - Energy consumption and power saving techniques for communication systems - Green Wireless Access Networks - New architectures for improving energy efficiency in wireless networks - Cognitive radio network for green networking - Energy-aware routing protocols - Energy management protocols - Energy efficient network technologies - Green cloud computing - Real implementations of green networking systems - Economic issues and benefits of green networking Tentative timeframe Abstract submission: 25 July 2012 Abstract Acceptance Notification: 25 August 2012 Deadline for chapter submission: 25 October 2012 Acceptance Notification: 25 December 2012 Revised chapter submission: 25 Feb, 2013 Publication: 2013 Abstracts/Chapters submission Abstracts/ Chapters can be submitted using email attachments to corresponding editors. Authors should send the chapters in single column format (single spaced, 10 point Times Roman font, 8.5 x 11-inch page size). The maximum number of pages for the abstract is 2. Editors expect camera ready chapters of about 15-20 pages, but more or less are allowed. Authors must include in the subject of their submission "Book chapter for Green Networking and Communications" Editors: Shafiullah Khan Institute of Information Technology Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), Pakistan Email: skkust(a)hotmail.co.uk Jaime Lloret Mauri Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain Email: jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es

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Last days!, July 25: VALID 2012 || November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal
by Cristina Pascual 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

INVITATION: ================= The submission deadline has been extended to July 25, 2012. Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to VALID 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 ================= ============== VALID 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS VALID 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/VALID12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPVALID12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitVALID12.html Submission deadline: July 25, 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 VALID 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Robust design methodologies Designing methodologies for robust systems; Secure software techniques; Industrial real-time software; Defect avoidance; Cost models for robust systems; Design for testability; Design for reliability and variability; Design for adaptation and resilience; Design for fault-tolerance and fast recovery; Design for manufacturability, yield and reliability; Design for testability in the context of model-driven engineering Vulnerability discovery and resolution Vulnerability assessment; On-line error detection; Vulnerabilities in hardware security; Self-calibration; Alternative inspections; Non-intrusive vulnerability discovery methods; Embedded malware detection Defects and Debugging Debugging techniques; Component debug; System debug; Software debug; Hardware debug; System debug; Power-ground defects; Full-open defects in interconnecting lines; Physical defects in memories and microprocessors; Zero-defect principles Diagnosis Diagnosis techniques; Advances in silicon debug and diagnosis; Error diagnosis; History-based diagnosis; Multiple-defect diagnosis; Optical diagnostics; Testability and diagnosability; Diagnosis and testing in mo bile environments System and feature testing Test strategy for systems-in-package; Testing embedded systems; Testing high-speed systems; Testing delay and performance; Testing communication traffic and QoS/SLA metrics; Testing robustness; Software testing; Hardware testing; Supply-chain testing; Memory testing; Microprocessor testing; Mixed-signal production test; Testing multi-voltage domains; Interconnection and compatibility testing Testing techniques and mechanisms Fundamentals for digital and analog testing; Emerging testing methodologies; Engineering test coverage; Designing testing suites; Statistical testing; Functional testing; Parametric testing; Defect- and data-driven testing; Automated testing; Embedded testing; Autonomous self-testing; Low cost testing; Optimized testing; Testing systems and devices; Test standards Testing of wireless communications systems Testing of mobile wireless communication systems; Testing of wireless sensor networks; Testing of radio-frequency identification systems; Testing of ad-hoc networks; Testing methods for emerging standards; Hardware-based prototyping of wireless communication systems; Physical layer performance verification; On-chip testing of wireless communication systems; Modeling and simulation of wireless channels; Noise characterization and validation; Case studies and industrial applications of test instruments; Software verification and validation High-speed interface verification and fault-analysis; Software testing theory and practice; Model-based testing; Verification metrics; Service/application specific testing; Model checking; OO software testing; Testing embedded software; Quality assurance; Empirical studies for verification and validation; Software inspection techniques; Software testing tools; New approaches for software reliability verification and validation Testing and validation of run-time evolving systems Automated testing for run-time evolving systems; Testing and validation of evolving systems; Testing and validation of self-controlled systems; Testing compile-time versus run-time dependency for evolving systems; On-line validation and testing of evolving at run-time systems; Modeling for testability of evolving at run-time systems; Near real-time and real-time monitoring of run-time evolving systems; Verification and validation of reflective models for testing; Verification and validation of fault tolerance in run-time evolving systems Feature-oriented testing Testing user interfaces and user-driven features; Privacy testing; Ontology accuracy testing; Testing semantic matching; Testing certification processes; Testing authentication mechanisms; Testing biometrics methodologies and mechanisms; Testing cross-nation systems; Testing system interoperability; Testing system safety; Testing system robustness; Testing temporal constraints; Testing transaction-based properties; Directed energy test capabilities /microwave, laser, etc./; Testing delay and latency metrics Domain-oriented testing Testing autonomic and autonomous systems; Testing intrusion prevention systems; Firewall testing; Information assurance testing; Testing social network systems; Testing recommender systems; Testing biometric systems; Testing diagnostic systems; Testing on-line systems; Testing financial systems; Testing life threatening systems; Testing emergency systems; Testing sensor-based systems; Testing testing systems ================================================ IARIA Publicity Board -----------------------------

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Last days!, July 25: SIMUL 2012 || November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal
by Cristina Pascual 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

INVITATION: ================= The submission deadline has been extended to July 25, 2012. Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to SIMUL 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 ================= ============== SIMUL 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS SIMUL 2012, The Fourth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SIMUL12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPSIMUL12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitSIMUL12.html Submission deadline: July 25, 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 SIMUL 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Simulation models Monte Carlo simulation; Statistical analysis of simulation output; Analytical simulation modeling; Discrete event simulation models; Credible simulation models; Multi-objective simulation models; Multisimulation with multiresolution, multistage multimodels; Verification and validation of simulation models; Simulation metamodels; Executable simulation models; Emulation models; Regression models and experimental designs; Kriging metamodeling; Kriging metamodeling in discrete-event simulation; Kriging modeling for global approximation Simulation methodologies Sensitivity analysis; Rare-event simulation methodology; Agent-based modeling and simulation; Regenerative steady-state simulation; Simulation-based ordinal optimization; Ontology-based simulation methodology; Simulation component reuse methodology; Two-level simulation methodology; Emulation methodologies; System adaptation simulation; Simulation methodologies for autonomic and autonomous systems; Virtual reality simulation methodologies; Virtualization simulation; Construction simulation methodologies Sensitivity analysis Systematic simulation using sensitive analysis; Probabilistic sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity analysis of simulation technologies (Monte Carlo, Streamline, Spatial models, etc.); Domain-oriented sensitivity analysis (optimization, estimation matching, climate); Sensitivity analysis of products features, formalisms, design optimization (systems, code); Assessing the competency of business services (public, health, transportation, etc.); Sensitivity analysis and performance extrapolation; Adjoint transient sensitivity analysis; Causality and sensitivity analysis; Assessing the accuracy of sensitivity analysis Simulation mechanisms Composing simulation models; Reusable simulation model; Uncertainty simulation; Continuous-variable simulation optimization; Approximate zero-variance simulation; Probabilistic processes for simulation; Progressive model fitting; Steady-state simulations with initial transients; Merging simulation and optimization; Simulation optimization, stochastic programming and robust optimization; Overlapping variance estimators; Kriging interpolation in simulation; Kriging versus regression analysis; Interpolation; Random simulation; Prediction and simulation; Interpolation /Kriging, Cokriging, Conditional Simulation, and Inverse Distance Weighting/ Model based system prediction Model based prediction of system quality characteristics and their trade-offs; Prediction models; Methods and tools for system quality prediction; Reliability prediction; Security prediction; Risk prediction; Performance prediction; Uncertainty handling in prediction models; Prediction of change impacts on system quality and risk; Quality and trustworthiness of prediction models; Predictability of system quality characteristics; Predictability of dynamic and adaptive systems; Data acquisition methods in system quality prediction; Traceability and maintainability of prediction models; Inference types in prediction models; Experience reports on and application areas for system quality prediction; Empirical studies on system quality prediction Distributed simulation Large-scale simulation experiments; Industrial scale simulation; Time aspects in distributed simulation; Resource constraints in distributed simulation; Distributed disaster decision simulation; Simulation for rapid assessment of distributed impacts; Parallel and distributed simulation Human-in simulation User-in-the-middle simulations; User-feedback in simulations; User-adaptive simulations; Bioterrorism preparedness simulation; Probabilistic risk assessment; Measurement of situation awareness Simulations in advanced environments Simulation in Virtualized systems; Simulation in Cloud environments; Simulations in GRID environments; Simulation in Cognitive systems; Simulation in P2P systems; Simulation in Data Centers; Simulation in Power Distribution Centers; Simulation in micro- and nano-systems; Simulation in Geospatial systems; Geostatistics simulation; Spatial simulation; Simulation in Self-Adaptable systems; Simulation in Ubiquitous systems; Simulation in Underwater Vehicular and Communications systems; Simulations in Mobile and Vehicular systems; Simulation in eHealth systems;Computational fluid dynamics simulations for urban and environmental applications Practical applications on process simulations Uncertainty in industrial practice; Simulation for business planning; Application to finance; Logistics simulation; Supply chain simulation; Software reliability simulation; Simulation in vehicular systems /avionics, satellites, terrestrial/; Simulation models for manufacturing; Climate and weather-related simulations; Biological system simulation; Chemical system simulation; Commercial simulation environments; Healthcare simulation; Hospital planning; Simulation-based scheduling; Simulation in warehouse operations; Manufacturing simulation interoperability; Telecommunications simulations /reliability, queuing, fault spreading, virus contamination/; Cyber-attack modeling and simulation; Sensor fusion simulation Case studies on social simulation Group-work interaction simulation; Behavior analysis in simulations; Social need simulations; Simulating urban open spaces; Social decision simulation; Real-time decision making simulation; e-Polling simulation; Validation of simulated real-world; Simulation to predict market behavior; Predictions via similarity-based data-mining; Simulation of groups in e-Government systems; Simulation of urban mobility Online social simulation Online social models, social networking; Simulation of conflicts, cooperation, persuasions; Simulation of dynamics, group decisions, emerging behavior and situations; Simulation of interactive games, predictions and distributed tasks; Simulation of 3D online communities, massive online multiplayers, virtual social communities; Life problems simulation (sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, archeology and linguistics); Group innovation and consumption simulation; Applications, techniques, tools, computational frameworks, experiments and lessons Building simulation Simulation of building physics; Human simulation of the indoor environment; Civil-oriented and enterprise-oriented simulations; Simulation of building services (lightning, heating, cooling, ventilation, insulation, etc.); Simulation of energy capture and conversion; Simulation of solar buildings, geothermal energy buildings; Simulation for earthquakes, flooding, fire propagation, etc.; Simulation of design practice; Tools and applications to simulate building-related properties and situations Transport simulation Transport system models; Airport simulation; Public transport simulation; Merchandise port simulation; Rural transport simulation during harvest time; Shipping transport simulation; Content and volume-based transport simulation; Simulation of traffic control and synchronization; Prediction accuracy of transport simulations; Simulation of transport projects Warfare simulation Warfare simulation environments and models; Tactical and strategic warfare simulation; Attack warfare simulation; Urban warfare simulation; Warfare simulation in unknown environment; Underwater, terrestrial, and spatial simulations; Hierarchical control simulation; Warfare gaming Simulation tools and platforms Discrete-event simulation software; Commercial off-the-shelf simulation package interoperability; Ontology-based tools for simulation integration; Simulation frameworks for energy-efficient systems; Public system applications; Simulators for business planning; Simulation tools for systems biology; Simulation tools for constructions /bridges, railways, industrial buildings, subways/ Experience report on ready-to-use tools ShowFlow and XJ technologies; Rockwell Automation and Frontline Systems; SIMULE-Planner, AutoMOD; PMC-Kanban Simulator, Program Portfolio Simulator and Asprova Scheduler; 3D simulator tool-kits; Wolverine Software-SLX; OPNET; OMNET++; NIIST; NS-2; NS-3; ATDI ICS; Qualnet; Dymola; Matlab/Simulink; Open source tools ================================================ IARIA Publicity Board -----------------------------

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