From sbmoon at kaist.edu Sun Mar 21 09:10:46 2010 From: sbmoon at kaist.edu (Sue Moon) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:10:46 +0900 Subject: [sigcomm] Deadline Extended: 1st ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Green Networking Message-ID: <00dd01cac911$157cfc20$4076f460$@edu> Apologies if you've received multiple copies of this email. First ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Green Networking: Submission Deadline extended to March 26, 2010 http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2010/gncfp.php Understanding and reducing the energy consumption of computing and communication infrastructure in home, enterprise and data center environments is an area of increasing importance for both researchers and commercial entities. This is an interdisciplinary field by its very nature: advances in many areas such as computer architecture, operating systems and compilers are all needed to reduce the energy consumption. Many of the proposed ideas have a direct impact on how networks are designed and provisioned. The power consumption of network infrastructure has itself come under scrutiny. At the same time, we have begun to see networking technologies play a significant role in reducing energy consumption in other domains such as utility networks and transportation systems. The First Green Networking workshop at SIGCOMM will focus on networking issues involved in designing green infrastructures in both computing and non-computing domains. We welcome papers that utilize networking technologies and principles to other domains besides traditional networking areas such as transit, energy that influence our daily life. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Power measurements and data from empirical studies of computer and communication infrastructure * Techniques for measuring or estimating power consumption of computer and communication infrastructure * Techniques for reducing power consumption in data center, enterprise and home environments * Power consumption of networking infrastructure * Protocol and middleware considerations for reducing power consumption * Hardware and architectural support for reducing power consumption * Green network design for high density data centers and cloud computing * Methods that focus on computing and communication systems as key components for reducing the power footprint in other environments such as smart grids and smart transportation systems * Application of networking technologies and principles for greening services and utilities affecting our daily life Submissions All submissions must be original work not under review at any other workshop, conference, or journal. The workshop will accept papers describing completed work as well as work-in-progress, so long as the promise of the approach is demonstrated. Radical ideas, potentially of a controversial nature, are strongly encouraged. Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages in length and must be a pdf file. Reviews will be single-blind: authors name and affiliation should be included in the submission. Submissions must follow the other formatting guidelines here . Committee TPC Co-Chairs Paul Barford University of Wisconsin-Madison Jitendra Padhye Microsoft Research Sambit Sahu IBM Research Committee Members John Crowcroft Cambridge University Ben Greenstein Intel Research, Seattle Rajesh Gupta University of California, San Deigo Gianluca Iannaccone Intel Research, Berkeley Jim Kurose University of Massachusetts, Amherst Laurent Massoulie Thomson Labs Parthasarathy Ranganathan HP Labs Ram Ramjee Microsoft Research Suresh Singh Portland State University Joerg Widmer DOCOMO Labs Prabal Dutta U. of Michigan Bruce Maggs Duke University Important dates Submissions due March 19, 2010 => March 26, 2010 Notification May 14, 2010 Camera ready due May 28, 2010 Workshop held on August 30, 2010 From sbmoon at kaist.edu Sun Mar 21 09:17:35 2010 From: sbmoon at kaist.edu (Sue Moon) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:17:35 +0900 Subject: [sigcomm] Deadline Extended: 1st ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks (HomeNet) Message-ID: <00f401cac912$091f4900$1b5ddb00$@edu> Apologies if you've received multiple copies of this email. First ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks (HomeNet) Submission Deadline extended to March 26, 2010 [23:59 PST] http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2010/HomeNets.php The digital home of the future is envisioned as a set of computers, consumer electronics, mobile devices and sensors that seamlessly collaborate through wired or wireless networks to share content and enrich the home user experience through advanced services. Today?s reality, however, is far from that. The home networking environment is a complex mix of heterogeneous technologies, and devices, all operating independently of each other, and certainly not offering the set of services originally imagined. As the number of devices inside the home increases, and their functionality becomes more complex, we foresee complexity imposing a barrier in the adoption of technology inside homes and a lot of frustration on the part of the users that try to deal with the pain of management and debugging of home services. Existing home networks are far from fulfilling the user expectations of high Quality of Experience, advanced home services and ubiquitous access to home network resources while within or away from home. HomeNets aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to share new ideas and experiences and to discuss the challenges and important questions posed by today?s and future home networks. We solicit stimulating, original, previously unpublished ideas on completed work, position papers, and/or work-in-progress papers. We further encourage papers that propose new research directions or could generate lively debate at the workshop. While co-located with ACM Sigcomm, Homenets intends to solicit papers from the computer science, and networking community, as well as the HCI community that has also turned its attention to the technology barriers faced by users in their homes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ? Monitoring, troubleshooting and Management of Home Networks ? Automatic Configuration of Home Networks (DLNA, UPnP, etc) ? Measurement studies of Home Networking usage scenarios ? Home Networking applications (Internet TV, Video Streaming, Video On Demand, Games, etc). ? Home Networking protocols and technologies (xDSL/Cable, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3/4G, femto cells, power lines, satellite, sensor networks) ? Smart technologies for home utilities (e.g., smart grid). ? Green Home Networking ? Content distribution in Home Networks ? Home Network storage architectures ? Incorporation of mobile devices to Home Networks ? Cloud-aware Home Networking ? Extended Home Networks through Remote Access and Control ? Robustness of Home Network Devices including Virtualization ? Home Networks and neighborhood/community networks. ? Home Automation with sensor technologies ? Network-aware visualization tools and interfaces for Home Networks ? Security and privacy in Home Networks ? Human Computer Interfaces for Home Systems ? User studies on main technology problems faced by home users today Important Dates: Paper submission: Friday, March 26, 2010 [23:59 PST] Acceptance notification: Friday, April 23, 2010 Camera-ready: Friday, May 21, 2010 Submission Instructions: Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages in length and must be a pdf file. Reviews will be single-blind: authors name and affiliation should be included in the submission. Submissions must follow the formatting guidelines at http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/. 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. Submission website: http://homenets10.intel-ftr.net/ Workshop Organizers & Co-chairs: Christos Gkantsidis (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) Konstantina Papagiannaki (Intel Labs Pittsburgh) Theodoros Salonidis (Technicolor) Program Committee: Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin Ernst Biersack Institut Eurecom Jon Crowcroft University of Cambridge Saumitra Das Qualcomm Keith Edwards Georgia Tech Frank den Hartog TNO Netherlands Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University Thomas Karagiannis Microsoft Research, Cambridge Henrik Lundgren Technicolor Ratul Mahajan Microsoft Research, Redmond Anmol Sheth Intel Research, Seattle Renata Teixeira Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Alberto Lopez Toledo Telefonica David Wetherall University of Washington -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SIGCOMM_HomeNets_CFP.PDF Type: application/pdf Size: 213531 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.postel.org/pipermail/sigcomm/attachments/20100322/2a0c5d76/SIGCOMM_HomeNets_CFP-0001.pdf From mcvuran at cse.unl.edu Wed Mar 24 15:28:58 2010 From: mcvuran at cse.unl.edu (M. Can Vuran) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:28:58 -0500 Subject: [sigcomm] Special Issue on Wireless Communication in Challenged Environments Message-ID: <4BAA922A.5020706@cse.unl.edu> [Apologies in advance, if you receive multiple copies] ========================================= Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier) Special Issue on WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN CHALLENGED ENVIRONMENTS ========================================= Guest Editors: Mehmet Can VURAN, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Wendi HEINZELMAN, University of Rochester, USA Jun-Hong CUI, University of Connecticut, USA Gilles Y. DELISLE, Technology Integration Center, Canada Martine LIENARD, University of Lille, France Cedric WESTPHAL, DoCoMo Labs, USA ************* Paper submission deadline: July 9, 2010 ************** The recent advances in wireless communications and networking have motivated the use of these technologies in environments where no computer has gone before. More specifically, the ubiquitous data gathering, computation, and communication capabilities of tiny sensors motes, microprocessors, and mobile communication devices have recently been exploited in places such as underground mines, tunnels, and soil; underwater environments such as oceans and rivers; the outer space; and locations affected by natural disasters. Wireless communication in these challenged environments is characterized by the direct impact of the physical world environment on the communication and networking performance. Accordingly, the traditional definitions of communication channel, connectivity, network topology, packet route, or message delivery may no longer hold true. To provide the required guarantees for applications in these environments, a fundamental understanding of the environmental impacts on communication as well as the physical layer affects on higher layer protocols is required. Moreover, cross-layer solutions that address the challenges in these environments by incorporating the interactions between the environment and communication performance are beneficial. Consequently, environment-aware solutions that adapt to the changes in their environment can be realized. This special issue is dedicated to recent advances in communication and networking in challenged environments. Papers describing applications, protocols, analysis models, evaluation methods, and experimental studies are solicited. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Network architectures - Analysis models - Channel models - Resiliency, reliability, and robustness - Communication protocols (transport, routing, MAC, error control, security) - Cross-layer design and optimization - Localization solutions - Deployment scenarios and experiences in Challenged Environments including: - Underground (Mines, tunnels, and soil) - Underwater - Space - Disaster areas - Urban areas About the Ad Hoc Networks ----------------------------------- The Ad Hoc Networks is an international and archival journal providing a publication vehicle for complete coverage of all topics of interest to those involved in ad hoc and sensor networking areas. The Ad Hoc Networks considers original, high quality and unpublished contributions addressing all aspects of ad hoc and sensor networks. Submission format ----------------------------------- The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc For more information, please contact the Editor-in-Chief: Ian F. Akyildiz (adhoc at ece.gatech.edu) Submission Guideline ----------------------------------- All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as ?Special Issue: Challenged Environments? when they reach the ?Article Type? step in the submission process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/ Guide for Authors ----------------------------------- This site will guide you stepwise through the creation and uploading of you article. The guide for Authors can be found on the journal homepage (www.elsevier.com/adhoc). Important Dates: ------------------------ Submission Deadline: July 9, 2010 Notification of Acceptance: October 4, 2010 Camera-Ready Papers Due: December 3, 2010 -- -- M. Can Vuran, Ph. D. Assistant Professor Cyber-Physical Networking Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 Office: 109 Schorr Center Phone: (402) 472-5019 Fax: (402) 472-7767 mcvuran at cse.unl.edu http://www.cse.unl.edu/~mcvuran http://csce.unl.edu/~cpn