From ratul at microsoft.com Thu Mar 8 10:13:16 2012 From: ratul at microsoft.com (Ratul Mahajan) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:13:16 +0000 Subject: [sigcomm] CFP: IMC 2012 Message-ID: <1E62F7447986F548BDC0B986CC69B851575DC9C8@TK5EX14MBXC113.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Internet Measurement Conference 2012 Sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGMETRICS and in cooperation with USENIX November 14-16 2012, Boston Massachusetts USA The Internet Measurement Conference is a highly selective venue for publishing and discussing measurement-based Internet research. IMC 2012 invites submissions that expand our understanding of how the Internet ecosystem behaves. IMC takes a broad view of what constitutes the Internet ecosystem. This view includes (but is not limited to): * the Internet backbone and edge networks (e.g., home networks, cellular networks, WLANs) * data centers and cloud computing infrastructure * peer-to-peer and content distribution networks * infrastructure for online social networks * applications that use these networks (e.g., Web, gaming, multimedia streaming, VoIP, MapReduce) Types of contributions that the program committee would enjoy receiving submissions regarding include (but are not limited to): * collection and analysis of data that yield new insights about network structure and behavior (e.g., traffic, topology, routing, privacy, security, energy use, economics) * methods and tools to monitor and visualize network-based phenomena * systems and algorithmic techniques that leverage measurement-based findings in novel ways * advances in data collection and handling (e.g., anonymization, querying, storage, facilitating sharing) * modeling of network structure and behavior (e.g., workload) * reappraisal of previous empirical findings Papers that do not relate to measuring aspects of the Internet ecosystem are out of scope. Authors should contact the program chairs (imc12 at cs.ucsd.edu) if they are unsure whether their work is in scope. Review process and criteria * IMC 2012 invites two forms of submissions * Full papers (up to 14 pages) that describe original research, with succinctness appropriate to the topics and themes they discuss. * Short papers (up to 6 pages for text and figures + up to 1 page for references) that convey work that is less mature but shows promise, articulate a high-level vision, describe challenging future directions, critique current measurement wisdom, or offer results that do not merit a full submission. All submissions that are longer than what is allowed for a short paper will be evaluated as full papers. Authors should only submit original work that has not been published before and is not under submission to any other venue. We will consider full paper submissions that extend previously published short, preliminary papers (including IMC short papers) following the model of the ACM SIGCOMM policy (http://www.sigcomm.org/about/policies/frequently-asked-questions-faq). * Ethical standards for measurement must be considered by all authors. In particular, authors must conform to acceptable use policies for domains that are probed or monitored, data privacy and anonymity for all personally identifiable information (PII) and etiquette for using shared measurement data. (See Allman and Paxson, IMC '07.) If applicable, authors are also urged to notify parties of security flaws in their products or services in advance of publication. Adherence to ethical standards for measurement will be a criterion for all submissions, and any violations---including ambiguous situations not well described---will be grounds for rejection * IMC 2012 will continue the "review summary" exercise from IMC 2011. Published versions of the papers will be accompanied by 1) almost-verbatim but anonymized reviews written by the reviewers, and 2) a short response by the authors to the reviews. For reference, see the IMC 2011 program, where review summaries appear towards the end of each paper. The main goal of this exercise is to make review process more transparent by making public the PC's rationale for accepting the paper, the main concerns of the reviewers, and the authors' response to those concerns. All accepted papers (both long and short) will be included in this process. This exercise does not have any bearing on the accept/reject decision on the paper, and it does not impact papers that are not accepted for publication. * IMC 2012 will bestow two awards (unlike previous years). One award will recognize the outstanding paper at the conference, and all accepted papers are eligible for it. The other award will recognize a paper that contributes a novel dataset to the community. To be eligible for this award, the authors must make their dataset publicly available (e.g., through CRAWDAD for wireless data) by the time of camera ready submission. A few accepted papers may be forwarded for fast-track submission to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. Submission guidelines All submissions must satisfy the following requirements: * up to 14 pages for full papers, or up to 6 pages (+1 for references) for short papers * 10-point font for main text; font used in other places (e.g., figures) should be no smaller than 9 point * two-column format, with the size of each column being at most 9.25 x 3.33 inches and the space between columns being at least 0.33 inches * letter page size (11 x 8.5 inches) * include names and affiliations of all authors on the title page (no anonymization) Submissions that do not comply with these requirements will be rejected without review. The sig-alternate-10pt.cls style file satisfies the formatting requirements. Compile your source with options that produce letter page size. Submission site: http://imc12.ucsd.edu/ Important dates Paper registration (with abstract): May 4th, 2012 (11:59:59 EDT) Paper submission: May 11th, 2012 (11:59:59 EDT) Notification: July 27th, 2012 Camera-ready due: Sep 17th, 2012 Conference: Nov 14-16, 2012 (in Boston) ------------- General Co-Chairs John Byers, Boston University Jim Kurose, University of Massachusetts Amherst Technicl Program Co-Chairs Ratul Mahajan, Microsoft Research Alex Snoeren, UC San Diego Technical Program Committee: Aditya Akella,UW-Madison Aruna Balasubramanian, University of Washington Meeyoung Cha, KAIST Kameswari Chebrolu, IIT Bombay Kenjiro Cho, IIJ Chen-nee Chuah, UC Davis kc Claffy, CAIDA / UC San Diego Mark Crovella, Boston University Xenofontas Dimitropoulos, ETH Zurich Nandita Dukkipati, Google Nick Feamster, Georgia Tech Sharon Goldberg, Boston University Matthias Grossglauser, EPFL Krishna Gummadi, MPI-SWS Ramana Kompella, Purdue University Christian Kreibich, ICSI Harsha Madhyasta, UC Riverside Ratul Mahajan (Chair), Microsoft Research Alan Mislove, Northeastern University Vivek Pai, Princeton University Dina Papagiannaki, Telefonica Vern Paxson, UC Berkeley Costin Raiciu , University Politehnica of Bucharest Vyas Sekar, Intel Alex Snoeren (Chair), UC San Diego Peter Steenkiste, CMU Nina Taft, Technicolor Xiaowei Yang, Duke University Jennifer Yates, AT&T Research Ming Zhang, Microsoft Research Zhi-Li Zhang, University of Minnesota Ben Zhao, UC Santa Barbara IMC Steering Committee Mark Allman, ICSI Paul Barford , University of Wisconsin Chen-Nee Chuah, UC Davis Renata Teixeira, CNRS and Universit? 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URL: http://mailman.postel.org/pipermail/sigcomm/attachments/20120308/623893eb/attachment-0001.html From tlagkas at ieee.org Thu Mar 15 04:58:54 2012 From: tlagkas at ieee.org (Thomas Lagkas) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:58:54 +0200 Subject: [sigcomm] CFC Proposals - Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems - Deadline: May 1st Message-ID: <010801cd02a2$fface1d0$ff06a570$@ieee.org> Apologies for possible multiple copies ----------------------------------------------- CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: {May 1, 2012} Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems A book edited by Dr. Thomas Lagkas*, Dr. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis*, Dr. Malamati Louta*, and Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios+ *University of Western Macedonia, Greece +Alexander T.E.I. of Thessaloniki, Greece To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/Aidb9Y Introduction Cognitive networking is a term with a broad meaning and refers to ?smart? communicating entities that are capable of identifying current networking conditions and adapting to them. Research was focused until lately mainly on radio and spectrum related aspects. However, these can now be considered as just a part of the subject area. The current trends reveal major activity in other relevant fields towards the integration of different techniques for the realization of completely self-aware and self-adaptive communication systems. It is clear that the implications of cognitive networks can be critical for the evolution of future communication systems. Optimizing the coexistence terms of the wireless devices is expected to lead to significantly improved reliability, robustness, performance, cost management, and resource utilization. Hence, it becomes evident that extensively studying the specific area arises as a necessity. Objective of the Book The book is intended to provide a complete overview of the cutting edge technologies that are combined for the formation of self-aware, self-adaptive, and self-organizing networks. One of the major goals is to attract chapters on both lower layer and higher layer approaches, all targeting at improving network behavior and user experience via enhancing devices? intelligence. In this manner, this publication aims to inform the research community and the related industry of the state of the art solutions for cognitive networks, bring the involved technologies together, and clarify the latest trends towards a unified, cross-layer architecture for the realization of cognitive networking. Target Audience The target audience of this book will be composed of students, instructors, researchers, and professionals. It could be considered as a modern guide for students and instructors to cognitive, wireless, adaptive, and next generation networks. Researches would find it to be a valuable source of information on the related area, on which source they could rely to develop novel methods and techniques. Lastly, the book could assist professionals in acquiring cutting edge knowledge on their field and motivate them towards the implementation of self-managing networking solutions. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Self-adaptive networks Self-organizing networks Self-managing networks Self-aware networks Autonomous networks Cooperative networks Cognitive radio Spectrum management issues Learning automata Nature inspired networks QoS and QoE provision in cognitive networks Energy efficiency in cognitive networks Heterogeneous cognitive networks MAC protocols for cognitive networks Routing schemes for cognitive networks Mobility management in cognitive networks Resource allocation in cognitive networks Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 1, 2012 a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 1, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. http://www.icte.uowm.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemid =27 Publisher This book is scheduled to 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 anticipated to be released in 2013. Important Dates May 1, 2012: Proposal Submission Deadline June 1, 2012: Notification of Acceptance August 1, 2012: Full Chapter Submission September 30, 2012: Review Results Returned November 30, 2012: Final Chapter Submission January 15, 2013: Final Deadline Editorial Advisory Board Members: Mischa Dohler, Centre Tecnol?gic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Canada Ali Imran, QU Wireless Innovations Center (QUWIC), Qatar Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Arturas Medeisis, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Joseph Mitola III, Mitola's STATISfaction, USA Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore R. Venkatesha Prasad, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Fernando Jose Velez, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes/Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Chonggang Wang, InterDigital Communications, USA Honggang Zhang, Zhejiang University, China Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Dr. Thomas Lagkas Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece Tel.: +30 24610 56500 ? Fax: +30 24610 56501 ? GSM: +30 6972 866899 E-mail: tlagkas at uowm.gr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.postel.org/pipermail/sigcomm/attachments/20120315/4126e413/attachment.html From valerio.arnaboldi at iit.cnr.it Tue Mar 20 06:37:01 2012 From: valerio.arnaboldi at iit.cnr.it (Valerio Arnaboldi) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:37:01 +0100 Subject: [sigcomm] Computer Communications journal: Special Issue on Information-Centric Networking Message-ID: <4f6887fd.yTY4JWWe/QPQiO7p%valerio.arnaboldi@iit.cnr.it> ========================== CALL FOR PAPERS =========================== Elsevier - Computer Communications Journal Special Issue on Information-Centric Networking *** Submission deadline: April. 15, 2012 *** ====================================================================== Information-Centric Networking (ICN) is proposed as an architecture for the future Internet. The basic idea is to make units of information accessible to the networking protocols and turn them into the unit of networking. Main advantages are conjectured to come from a much better support for mobility, data security, as well as caching and replication. ICN has by now been investigated in a number of projects. This special issue aims to collect new, innovative material on the theory, the design, and the practical applicability of ICN. In particular, material that advances the level of maturity, scalability and real-life dependability of ICN are welcome. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: - Analytic models for the behavior of information-centric networking, especially for scalability properties - Models for workloads (both amount of traffic as well as kinds and size of objects along with request patterns) - Capacity analysis of ICN - Caching in ICN, in particular, cache placement and cache management (e.g., replacement algorithms) along with resource management for caches, links, and routers - Coexistence of ICN protocol stacks with legacy stacks (e.g., IP) as well as coexistence of multiple ICNs with each other on the same network fabric - Suitability of ICN for all kinds of workloads, in particular, streaming and interactive multimedia workloads - Security in ICN - Mobility support by ICN - Energy efficiency of ICN - Active objects in ICN, adding functionality and execution semantics to information objects - Consistency and coherence models for replicated, static or active information objects, along with revision handling and updating protocols - Structuring applications on top of ICN (both legacy and possible new applications) as well as suitable application programming interfaces (complementing or replacing a "socket"-style interface standard) - Interoperability between different ICN solutions - Practical experience, test-beds, open-source software Tentative Schedule Submission deadline: April. 15, 2012 Author notification: June 30, 2012 Revised paper due: July 31, 2012 Final author notification: September 1, 2012 Guest Editors Bengt Ahlgren, Swedish Insitute of Computer Science Holger Karl, Universitat Paderborn Dirk Kutscher, NEC Laboratories, Europe Lixia Zhang, UCLA Instructions for submission: The submission website for this journal is located at http://ees.elsevier.com/comcom. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for consideration by the Special Issue, the authors should select "Special Issue: Information-Centric Networking" when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. From touch at isi.edu Tue Mar 20 10:15:26 2012 From: touch at isi.edu (Joe Touch) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:15:26 -0700 Subject: [sigcomm] note to posters Message-ID: <4F68BB2E.2080307@isi.edu> Hi, all, A few recent posts have leaked through the filters which are not permitted on this list, notably calls for special issues and proposals. This list remains for the exclusive use of ACM SIGCOMM and its members, and such posts are limited to those that are endorsed by SIGCOMM or permitted by explicit exception only. FWIW. Joe (list admin) From touch at isi.edu Tue Mar 20 18:36:51 2012 From: touch at isi.edu (Joe Touch) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:36:51 -0700 Subject: [sigcomm] New Position Paper Track at the Foundations of Mobile Computing Workshop In-Reply-To: <4F692EAF.60905@isi.edu> References: <4F692EAF.60905@isi.edu> Message-ID: <4F6930B3.2010408@isi.edu> An exception has been granted for posting this CFP to this mailing list, and this is posted on behalf of Maxwell. Joe (list admin) **************************************************************** The Eighth ACM SIGACT International Workshop on Foundations of Mobile Computing (FOMC 2012, formerly known as DIALM-POMC) Madeira, Portugal July 19, 2012 [Co-located with PODC 2012] **************************************************************** Have a bold idea for the role of algorithms in mobile computing research? Along with the regular technical paper track, this year's FOMC features a new position paper track that solicits descriptions of creative and compelling new research directions regarding the convergence of discrete/distributed algorithms and mobile computing. If you have a novel concept concerning the future of mobile computing, this track provides an opportunity to circulate your ideas to a broad audience. More details are available at the FOMC website: http://fomc2012.cs.georgetown.edu **************************************************************** Important Dates: Abstract Registration due: April 25, 2012 Paper submission due: April 27, 2012 Notification of acceptance: May 28, 2012 Workshop date: July 19, 2012 **************************************************************** From paalh at ifi.uio.no Mon Mar 26 05:05:54 2012 From: paalh at ifi.uio.no (=?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Halvorsen?=) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:05:54 +0200 Subject: [sigcomm] Available PHD research fellowship in the area of Video/signal/3D Processing Message-ID: There is a position as PhD Research fellow in Video Processing available in the iAD Centre for Research Based Innovation at the Department for Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway The PhD research fellow will work in the area of real-time processing and delivery of (3D) video where the fellow takes part in forming a relatively new activity within our research group. Generally, topics of interest include multiview/freeview coding, 3D object extraction and 3D video analysis, 3D rendering and display, and efficient (real-time) processing and transport of such streams. The position is connected to the iAD Centre for Research Based Innovation with other partners such as Microsoft, Accenture, Funcom, ComoYo, ZXY and the Universities in Troms?, Trondheim, Dublin (Ireland) and Cornell (USA) The fellowship is for a period of 3 years. Starting date as soon as possible, but no later than August 1, 2012. Application deadline: April 10, 2012 For more details about applying for the position: https://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/709951/64290?iso=no For more details about the research plan associated with this position see http://home.ifi.uio.no/paalh/iad-phd2012/ ---- Paal Halvorsen ---- home.ifi.uio.no/paalh ---- From Olivier.Bonaventure at uclouvain.be Wed Mar 28 23:59:47 2012 From: Olivier.Bonaventure at uclouvain.be (Olivier Bonaventure) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:59:47 +0200 Subject: [sigcomm] SIGCOMM community projects Message-ID: <4F740863.9080409@uclouvain.be> Dear SIGCOMM members, The SIGCOMM EC has decided last year to allocate some funding to financially support projects that are of broad interest for the community. A call was published in the January issue of CCR. The deadline for applications is April 20. More details are available at http://www.sigcomm.org/content/acm-sigcomm-community-projects Best regards, Olivier Bonaventure