From invitation at iaria.org Thu Feb 1 02:45:47 2007 From: invitation at iaria.org (Call for Papers) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:45:47 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ecoop-info] ICAS 2007, ICNS 2007, Deadline extended February 10 || Seven Events, One Sinlge Place || Athens, June 19-25, 2007 Message-ID: <1660570.1170294347765.JavaMail.Onitza@Oana2> Invitation Please consider to contribute to ICAS 2007, ICNS 2007 and the associated workshops listed below. Please forward the Call for Submissions to the appropriate groups. ======================================= Important deadline for full paper submission: February 10, 2007 Conference: June 19-25, 2007, Athens, Greece ======================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ICAS 2007: The Third International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/ICAS07.html ICNS 2007: The Third International Conference on Networking and Services Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/ICNS07.html ======================================== Featuring also the workshops: - SELF 2007: The Second International Workshop on Self-adaptability and Self-management of Context-aware Systems http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/SELF.html - KUI 2007: The First International Workshop on Knowledge-based User Interface http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/KUI.html - IPv6DFI 2007: The Second International Workshop on Deploying the Future Infrastructure http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/IPV6DFI.html - IPDy 2007: The Second International Workshop on Internet Packet Dynamics http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/IPDY.html - GOBS 2007: The First International Workshop on GRID over Optical Burst Switching Networks http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/GOBS.html =============================== Published by IEEE Computer Society Press Published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library Indexing: http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_indexing.html =============================== ICAS 2007 Main Tracks: SYSAT: Advances in system automation AUTSY: Theory and practice of autonomous systems AWARE: Design and deployment of context-awareness networks, services and applications AUTONOMIC: Autonomic computing: design and management of self-behavioural networks and services MCMAC: Monitoring, control, and management of autonomous self-aware and context-aware systems CASES: Automation in specialized mobile environments ALCOC: Algorithms and theory for control and computation MODEL: Modeling, virtualization, any-on-demand, MDA, SOA ============================================= ICNS 2007 Main Tracks: ENCOT: Emerging Network Communications and Technologies COMAN: Network Control and Management SERVI: Multi-technology service deployment and assurance NGNUS: Next Generation Networks and Ubiquitous Services MPQSI: Multi Provider QoS/SLA Internetworking GRIDNS: Grid Networks and Services EDNA: Emergency Services and Disaster Recovery of Networks and Applications ========================================================================= To be removed from this announcement list, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field. From george at cs.ucy.ac.cy Thu Feb 1 09:33:31 2007 From: george at cs.ucy.ac.cy (George A. Papadopoulos) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:33:31 +0200 Subject: [ecoop-info] Visiting Professorships -- CS Dept -- Univ of Cyprus Message-ID: UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS The Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus has a number of vacancies for Visiting Professors at the ranks of Lecturer, Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. ALL areas of Computer Science will be considered. A visiting appointment is usually for one semester (Spring semester: Jan-June; Winter semester: Sept-Dec), but it can be renewed for up to four semesters. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a relevant subject, have post Ph.D. experience, and BE FLUENT IN GREEK (both these requirements are mandatory). The annual salaries for these positions (including the 13th salary) are: Professor (Scale A15) CYP 34.754 Associate Professor (Scale A14) CYP 30.654 Assistant Professor (Scale A13) CYP 28.599 Lecturer (Scale A12) CYP 24.152 (At present CYP 1 = 1.7 Euro, CYP 1 = 1.2 sterling and CYP 1 = 2.2 U.S. dollars). Presently, the Department is seeking applications for the winter and spring semesters of the academic year 2007-2008. The processing of applications has started and will continue until all the available positions have been filled. Anyone wishing to apply should send a full CV to the following address (the deadline for receiving applications is the 31st March 2007): The Chairperson Department of Computer Science University of Cyprus 75 Kallipoleos Street P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, CYPRUS For more details and other information, interested individuals may contact the Chairperson of the Department of Computer Science: Professor George A. Papadopoulos Tel: +357-22-892700 Fax: +357-22-892701 E-mail: george at cs.ucy.ac.cy -- From laurie at tratt.net Thu Feb 1 16:16:54 2007 From: laurie at tratt.net (Laurence Tratt) Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:16:54 +0000 Subject: [ecoop-info] TOOLS Europe 2007: Paper deadline extension Message-ID: <20070201151720.A3E8550@echo.tratt.net> After several requests, the paper submission deadline for TOOLS Europe has been extended to Feb 15 (abstracts) and Feb 22 (full papers). These deadlines are firm, i.e. no additional extensions can be given. ============================================================================ TOOLS EUROPE 2007 Objects, Models, Components, Patterns ETH Zurich, Switzerland 24-28 June 2007 http://tools.ethz.ch/ ============================================================================ Call for Papers TOOLS EUROPE 2007 will be devoted to the combination of technologies that have emerged as a result of object technology becoming "mainstream". Like its predecessors, TOOLS EUROPE 2007 combines an emphasis on quality with a strong practical focus. This is the 45th TOOLS conference. Started in 1989, TOOLS conferences, held in Europe, the USA, Australia, China and Eastern Europe, have played a major role in the development of object technology field; many of the seminal concepts were first presented at TOOLS. After an interruption of four years, the conference is now revived to reflect the maturing of the field and the new challenges ahead. Contributions are solicited on all aspects of object technology and neighbouring fields, in particular model-based development, component-based development, and patterns (design, analysis and other applications); more generally, any contribution addressing topics in advanced software technology fall within the scope of TOOLS. Reflecting the practical emphasis of TOOLS, contributions showcasing applications along with a sound conceptual contribution are particularly welcome. For a non-exclusive list of potential topic areas see the conference Web page. Submission Guidelines All contributions will be subject to a rigorous selection process by the international Program Committee, with a stress on originality, practicality and overall quality. Every paper will be reviewed by at least 4 committee members. The acceptance rate will be published in the conference proceedings; TOOLS is committed to a fair and extensive peer-review process establishing a high standard in the area of modern practices in software engineering. By submitting a paper to TOOLS, authors warrant that the work is original and that the paper or a similar contribution is neither published nor considered for publication elsewhere. Submissions should follow the publication format of the Journal of Object Technology (JOT). Papers should be limited in size to 20 single-spaced pages. Further details are available from the website. Important Dates Deadline for technical paper abstracts: Feb 15, 2007 midnight Zurich time technical papers: Feb 22, 2007 midnight Zurich time Author notification: Apr 15, 2007 Camera-ready copy due: May 15, 2007 The proceedings will be published as a special issue of the Journal of Object Technology. TOOLS EUROPE will also include workshops and tutorials (June 24), a poster session, and a venture forum (June 28). See the corresponding calls for contributions. Chairpersons Conference chair: Bertrand Meyer Program chair: Jean Bezivin Publicity chairs: Philippe Lahire, Laurence Tratt Program committee Patrick Albert, Gustavo Alonso, Uwe Assman, Don Batory, Claude Baudoin, Bernhard Beckert, Jean-Pierre Briot, Stefano Ceri, Siobh?n Clarke, Pierre Cointe, Charles Consel, Bernard Coulette, Patrick Cousot, Krystof Czarnecki, Tharam Dillon, Klaus Dittrich, Gregor Engels, Jacky Estublier, Jose Fiadeiro, Judit Nyekyne Gaizler, Viktor Gergel, Carlo Ghezzi, Yossi Gil, Martin Gogolla, Jeff Gray, Rachid Guerraoui, Pedro Guerreiro, Alan Hartmann, Reiko Heckel, Connie Heitmeyer, Valerie Issarny, Gerti Kappel, Joseph Kiniry, Ivan Kurtev, Philippe Lahire, Ralf L?mmel, Gary Leavens, Rustan Leino, Mingshu Li, Tiziana Margaria, Erik Meijer, Silvio Meira, Christine Mingins, Peter M?ller, Elie Najm, Oscar Nierstrasz, Jonathan Ostroff, Richard Paige, Alfonso Pierantonio, Jaroslav Pokorny, Ralf Reussner, Richard Riehle, Nicolas Rouquette, Anthony Savidis, Doug Schmidt, Bran Selic, Richard Mark Soley, Clemens Szyperski, Dave Thomas, T.H. Tse, Antonio Vallecillo, Alan Cameron Wills, Amiram Yehudai From horim at res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp Thu Feb 1 17:03:38 2007 From: horim at res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?TWFzYWhpcm8gSG9yaQ==?=) Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:03:38 +0900 Subject: [ecoop-info] =?iso-2022-jp?b?U2VtYW50aWMgV2ViIEluIFVzZSBUcmFjayBD?= =?iso-2022-jp?b?RlAgKElTV0MgMjAwNyArIEFTV0MgMjAwNyk=?= Message-ID: <200702011604.l11G3943021951@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp> Apologies for multiple postings. =============================================================== ##### Semantic Web In Use Track: Call for Papers ##### The 6th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2007) combined with the 2nd Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2007) November 11-15, 2007 BEXCO (Busan Exhibition and Convention Center), Busan, KOREA http://iswc2007.semanticweb.org =============================================================== Semantic Web In Use Track: Call for Papers ------------------------------------------ The Semantic Web is beginning to come down from its ivory tower and see uptake in business, small and large, where aspects such as search, data integration and Web service communication enabled by the application of semantic technologies lead to improved business processes, savings in cost and time and heightened efficiency and competitiveness. The Semantic Web In-Use Track (called Industrial Track in previous ISWC conferences) is a showcase for these potential benefits of applying semantic technology in industry and seeks to show, to an interested industrial audience: 1. the best applications of semantic technology to solve business problems and benefit business processes 2. the best tools to ease the deployment of such applications within company IT systems. Hence the Semantic Web In Use track of ISWC2007 solicits the submission of original, principled papers which should include some or all of: 1. A good clear description of an implemented application of semantic technology. Applications are welcome in any area - industry, government, science or society. 2. An assessment of the pros and cons of using semantic technology to solve a particular business problem. Are extensions beyond the existing standards necessary? What advantages does a semantic approach have over traditional approaches to the application? 3. An assessment of the costs - e.g. time and cost of implementation, ease of deployment, integration with legacy IT systems - and benefits of this application - e.g. a user study, a return-on-investment analysis, demonstration of new results, demonstration of user acceptance. 4. Evidence and assessment of deployment and use of the application. A tools paper will include some or all of: 1. A good clear description of an implemented toolset to support the deployment of semantic technology in business. 2. A demonstration that the toolset offers functionality beyond what is currently available commercially. 3. An assessment of the benefits of the toolset to the user community -e.g. a usability study. 4. Evidence and assessment of the toolset being used in the industrial deployment of semantic technologies. An additional objective of the track is to attract papers that describe concrete problems in industry, government, science and society for which semantic technology would provide a solution. Such papers should analyze the problem and argue for the appropriateness of semantic technology, and provide an outline of possible solutions. A comparison to competing approaches using conventional technology is strongly encouraged. Paper submissions must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For complete details, see Springer's Author Instructions. Submit papers at the Conference Submission Page. Papers must be submitted in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format. Papers will not be accepted in any other format. Formatted papers must be no longer than 14 pages. Papers that exceed this limit will be rejected without review. ISWC2007 will not accept papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors of accepted papers will be required to provide semantic annotations for the abstract of their submission for the Semantic Web (help will be provided for this task). Details will be provided on the conference Web page at the time of acceptance. Important Dates * May 18, 2007 (11:59pm Hawaii time): paper submissions * July 18, 2007: paper acceptance notification * August 24, 2007: camera-ready papers due * November 11-15, 2007: ISWC 2007 Technical Program ===================================================================== From knoop at complang.tuwien.ac.at Thu Feb 1 23:19:45 2007 From: knoop at complang.tuwien.ac.at (Jens Knoop) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 23:19:45 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] Call for Participation: CGO-5, 11-14 March 2007 - San Jose, California / Online Registration is Open! Message-ID: <200702012319.45620.knoop@complang.tuwien.ac.at> ****************************************************************** *** *** *** CGO-5 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** *** Preliminary Program *** *** *** *** Online Registration is open: http://www.cgo.org *** *** *** *** Fifth Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on *** *** CODE GENERATION and OPTIMIZATION (CGO-5) *** *** *** *** 11-14 March 2007 - San Jose, California *** *** http://www.cgo.org *** *** *** ****************************************************************** Important Dates: ================ * Advance registration deadline: 26 February 2007, 5:00 pm EST. After this date, onsite registration only -- Late fees apply. * Conference cancellation deadline: 26 February 2007. * Hotel reservation deadline: 19 February 2007. * Visa information: Please note the information for foreign registrants of CGO-5 at the end of this Call for Participation. CGO-5 Preliminary Program ========================= (Please note that this preliminary schedule is subject to change. Please stay tuned to http://www.cgo.org and make sure that you come back to this page for the final program and the exact starting time of sessions). CGO-5 Invited Keynote Talks --------------------------- - Ian Buck, NVIDIA, GPU-Compute Software Manager, on "GPU Computing: Programming a Massively Parallel Processor" Time: Tuesday morning. - Jesse Fang, Intel, Director of Programming Systems Lab, on "Parallel Programming Environment: A Key to Translating Tera-Scale Platforms into a Big Success" Time: Wednesday after joint CGO/PPoPP lunch. Sunday, 11 March 2007 ===================== Workshops --------- * ODES: 5th Workshop on Optimizations for DSP and Embedded Systems * STMCS: Second Workshop on Software Tools for Multi-Core Systems * EPIC-6: Workshop on EPIC Architectures and Compiler Technology * Workshop on Data-Parallel Programming Models for Many-Core Architectures Tutorials --------- * Practical Phoenix: A Hands-On Tutorial * GCC Internals * Open64: the Open-Source High-Performance Compiler for Servers, Embedded Systems and Compiler/Architecture Research Monday, 12 March 2007 ===================== Session 1: Transactions (Chair: Christos Kozyrakis, Stanford University) ----------------------- Understanding Tradeoffs in Software Transactional Memory. Dave Dice (Sun Microsystems) and Nir Shavit (Sun Microsystems and Tel-Aviv University) Code Generation and Optimization for Transactional Memory Constructs in an Unmanaged Language. Cheng Wang (Intel Corporation), Wei-Yu Chen (University of California, Berkeley), Youfeng Wu, Bratin Saha, and Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai (Intel Corporation) Session 2: Run-Time Optimization and JIT (Chair: Cliff Click, Azul Systems) ---------------------------------------- Run-Time Support for Optimizations Based on Escape Analysis. Thomas Kotzmann and Hanspeter M?ssenb?ck (Johannes Kepler University Linz) Evaluating Indirect Branch Handling Mechanisms in Software Dynamic Translation Systems. Jason D. Hiser, Daniel Williams, Wei Hu, Jack W. Davidson (University of Virginia), Jason Mars, and Bruce R. Childers (University of Pittsburgh) Persistent Code Caching: Exploiting Code Reuse across Executions and Applications. Vijay Janapa Redd (Harvard University), Dan Connors (University of Colorado at Boulder), Robert Cohn (Intel), and Michael D. Smith (Harvard University) Session 3: Optimization I (Chair: Teresa Johnson, Hewlett Packard) ------------------------- Virtual Cluster Scheduling through the Scheduling Graph. Josep M. Codina (UPC and Intel Barcelona Research Center), Jes?s S?nchez (Intel Barcelona Research Center, UPC), and Antonio Gonz?lez (UPC and Intel Barcelona Research Center) On the Complexity of Register Coalescing. Florent Bouchez, Alain Darte, and Fabrice Rastello (LIP UMR CNRS-ENS Lyon-UCB Lyon-Inria) A Dimension Abstraction Approach to Vectorization in Matlab. Neil Birkbeck, Jonathan L?vesque, and Jos? Nelson Amaral (University of Alberta) Session 4: Guiding Optimizations (Chair: Andy Ayers, Microsoft) -------------------------------- Microarchitecture Sensitive Empirical Models for Compiler Optimizations. Kapil Vaswani, Matthew J. Thazhuthaveetil, Y. N. Srikant (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), and P. J. Joseph (Freescale, India) Iterative Optimization in the Polyhedral Model: Part I, One-Dimensional Time. Louis-No?l Pouchet, C?dric Bastoul, Albert Cohen, and Nicolas Vasilach (INRIA FUTURS and Paris-Sud University) Evaluating Heuristic Optimization Phase Order Search Algorithms. Prasad A. Kulkarni, David B. Whalley, Gary S. Tyson (Florida State University), and Jack W. Davidson (University of Virginia) Loop Optimization Using Hierarchical Compilation and Kernel Decomposition. Barthou Denis (Universit? de Versailles Saint-Quentin), Sebastien Donadio (Universit? de Versailles Saint-Quentin and BULL SA), Patrick Carribault (BULL SA, LRC ITACA, CEA/DAM, Universit? de Versailles Saint-Quentin), Alexandre Duchateau (LRC ITACA, CEA/DAM, Universit? de Versailles Saint-Quentin), and William Jalby (Universit? de Versailles and LRC ITACA, CEA/DAM) Reception Panel Discussion: (Chairs: Michael Paleczny, Sun and Carol Eidt, Microsoft) Business Meeting Tuesday, 13 March 2007 ====================== Keynote (Chair: Christos Kozyrakis, Stanford University) ------- Ian Buck, NVIDIA, GPU-Compute Software Manager GPU Computing: Programming a Massively Parallel Processor Session 5: Profiling and Instrumentation (Chair: Michael Paleczny, Sun) ---------------------------------------- Rapidly Selecting Good Compiler Optimizations Using Performance Counters. John Cavazos (University of Edinburgh), Grigori Fursin (INRIA Futurs and Paris-Sud University), Felix Agakov, Edwin Bonilla, Michael F. P. O'Boyle (University of Edinburgh), and Olivier Temam (INRIA Futurs and Paris-Sud University) Shadow Profiling: Hiding Instrumentation Costs with Parallelism. Tipp Moseley, Alex Shye, Vijay Janapa Reddi, Dirk Grunwald (University of Colorado at Boulder), and Ramesh Peri (Intel Corporation) SuperPin: Parallelizing Dynamic Instrumentation for Real-Time Performance. Steven Wallace (Intel Corporation) and Kim Hazelwood (University of Virginia) Session 6: Special Issues (Chair: Jens Knoop, TU Vienna, Austria) ------------------------- Compilation Techniques for Real-Time Java Programs. Mike Fulton and Mark Stoodley (IBM Canada) Compiler-Directed Variable Latency Aware SPM Management to Cope with Timing Problems. O. Ozturk, G. Chen, M. Kandemir (Pennsylvania State University), and M. Karakoy (Imperial College) Compiler-Managed Software-Based Redundant Multi-threading for Transient Fault Detection. Cheng Wang, Ho-seop Kim, Youfeng Wu, and Victor Ying (Intel Corporation) Session 7: Optimization II (Chair: Nacho Navarro, UPC, Spain) -------------------------- Graph-Based Procedural Abstraction. A. Dreweke, M. W?rlein (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), I. Fischer (University of Konstanz), D. Schell (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), T. Meinl (University of Konstanz), and M. Philippsen (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Structure Layout Optimization for Multithreaded Programs. Easwaran Raman (Princeton University), Robert Hundt, and Sandya S. Mannarswamy (Hewlett-Packard) Code Compaction of an Operating System Kernel. Haifeng He, John Trimble, Somu Perianayagam, Saumya Debray, and Gregory Andrews (University of Arizona) Wednesday, 14 March 2007 ======================== Session 8: Memory Optimizations (Chair: Olof Lindholm, BEA) ------------------------------- Ubiquitous Memory Introspection. Qin Zhao (Singapore-MIT Alliance and National University of Singapore), Rodric Rabbah (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), Saman Amarasinghe, Larry Rudolph (Singapore-MIT Alliance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Weng-Fai Wong (Singapore-MIT Alliance and National University of Singapore) Pipelined Execution of Critical Sections Using Software-Controlled Caching in Network Processors. Jinquan Dai, Long Li, and Bo Huang (Intel China Software Center) Isla Vista Heap Sizing: Using Feedback to Avoid Paging. Chris Grzegorczyk, Sunil Soman, Chandra Krintz, and Rich Wolski (University of California at Santa Barbara) Session 9: Novel Architectures (Chair: Carol Eidt, Microsoft) ------------------------------ Exploiting Narrow Accelerators with Data-Centric Subgraph Mapping. Amir Hormati, Nathan Clark, and Scott Mahlke (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) Heterogeneous Clustered VLIW Microarchitectures. ?lex Alet? (UPC), Josep M. Codina, Antonio Gonz?lez (UPC and Intel Barcelona Research Center), and David Kaeli (Northeastern University) Profile-Assisted Compiler Support for Dynamic Predication in Diverge-Merge Processors. Hyesoon Kim, Jos? A. Joao (University of Texas at Austin), Onur Mutlu (Microsoft Research), and Yale N. Patt (University of Texas at Austin) CGO/PPoPP Joint Lunch Keynote (Chair: Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, Intel) ------- Jesse Fang, Intel, Director of Programming Systems Lab Parallel Programming Environment: A Key to Translating Tera-Scale Platforms into a Big Success. +++ Afterwards: Start of PPoPP 2007: http://www.ppopp.org/ +++ VISA INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS OF CGO-5 ============================================================= International registrants should be particularly aware and careful about visa requirements, and should plan travel well in advance. Please note that visa letters will only be issued to confirm participation for: * Speakers/Presenters * Committee Members * Attendees who have paid their registration fee in full who are not from one of the countries embargoed by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. All visa inquiries will be handled by the CGO Registration Chair, Nancy Warter-Perez. For further details, please check out the homepage of CGO-5 http://www.cgo.org. Thank you. ============================================================= From hameur at irit.fr Fri Feb 2 10:53:15 2007 From: hameur at irit.fr (Abdelkader HAMEURLAIN) Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:53:15 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] CFP: Globe 2007- 4 th Int. Workshop: Grid/P2P ComputingImpacts on HDDB Systems In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45C30A0B.6000203@irit.fr> ************************************************************* Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS: GLOBE 2007 4th International Workshop: Grid and Peer-to-Peer Computing Impacts on Large Scale Heterogeneous Distributed Database Systems (GLOBE 2007) Co-located with the 18th Intl. Conf. on Database and Expert Systems Applications - DEXA 2007 Regensburg, Germany September 3 - 7, 2007 http://www.irit.fr/globe2007 or http://www.dexa.org Paper submission deadline : March 12th 2007 Notification of acceptance : April 30th 2007 Camera-ready copies : May 22th 2007 Proceedings published by IEEE Computer Science Press. ************************************************************** From zimmerth at cs.uni-sb.de Fri Feb 2 11:26:17 2007 From: zimmerth at cs.uni-sb.de (Tom Zimmermann) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:26:17 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] Mining Challenge 2007: Get feedback by open source stars! Message-ID: The submission deadline for the Mining Challenge has been extended to February 7th, 2007. Use this unique opportunity to get feedback by open source stars such as Erich Gamma, Darin Swanson, and Andre Weinand (for Eclipse) and Mike Shaver (for Firefox). ********************************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION MSR MINING CHALLENGE 2007 http://msr.uwaterloo.ca/msr2007/challenge/ Special track within MSR 2007, International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories http://msr.uwaterloo.ca/msr2007/ May 19-20, 2007 Minneapolis, USA ********************************************************************** This year's International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2007) will host a mining challenge. The MSR Mining Challenge brings together researchers and practitioners who are interested in applying, comparing, and challenging their mining tools and approaches on software repositories for two common open source projects: Eclipse and Firefox. The challenge wil be an excellent opportunity to get feedback on your research by open source stars such as Erich Gamma, Darin Swanson, and Andre Weinand (for Eclipse) and Mike Shaver (for Firefox). The input data sources for the challenge include but are not limited to the following: source code releases, source control data, bug data, mailing lists, execution traces, design and project documentation. The basic data sources of both open source projects are available online and can be downloaded from the projects' web sites: for Eclipse go to www.eclipse.org; for Firefox go to www.mozilla.org. There will be two challenges: #1: Scale and #2: Predict. http://msr.uwaterloo.ca/msr2007/challenge/ CHALLENGE #1: SCALE In this category you can demonstrate the usefulness of your mining tools. The main task will be to find interesting insights by analyzing the software repositories of Eclipse and Firefox. Both systems are large in size, several years mature, and provide lots of input for mining tools. Since the submissions will be evaluated together with experts and developers of Eclipse and Firefox, this will be a unique opportunity to get candid feedback on your tools. Participation is straightforward: 1. Select your mining area (one of bug analysis, change analysis, architecture and design, process analysis, team structure) 2. Get project data of Eclipse and/or Firefox 3. Formulate your mining questions 4. Use your mining tool(s) to answer them 5. Write up and submit your challenge report The challenge report should describe the results of your work and cover the following aspects: questions addressed, input data, approach and tools used, derived results and interpretation of them, and conclusions. Reports must be at most 4 pages long and in ICSE format. Submit your challenge reports via the EasyChair submission site: http://www.easychair.org/MSRChallenge2007/ Each report will undergo a thorough review and accepted challenge reports will be published as part of the MSR 2007 proceedings. Authors of selected papers will be invited to give a presentation at the MSR workshop in the MSR Challenge track. CHALLENGE #2: PREDICT This year, the MSR Mining Challenge will have a special task: Predict for Eclipse the number of bug/changes that will happen between February 1 and April 30, 2007 (both days included). Participation is as follows: 1. Pick a team name 2. Come up with predictions for changes and/or bugs 3. Write a paragraph (max 200 words) that describes how you computed your predictions 4. Submit everything before February 7 by email to msrchallenge2007 at gmail.com The level of predictions is for changes the plug-in level (plugins.txt) and for bugs the component level (components.txt). Obviously, the team with the best predictions will win. However, to increase the competition, we will organize a set of "benchmark" predictions. For more details visit the Mining Challenge website: http://msr.uwaterloo.ca/msr2007/challenge/#predict DISCUSSION LIST Since many mining approaches require advanced extraction techniques to process the basic data sources, participants are encouraged to collaborate by sharing extracted data and co-authoring their reports. To facilitate and encourage the sharing of extracted repository data and early results, a dedicated discussion list (http://groups.google.com/group/mining-challenge-2007) has been established. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of reports and predictions: 7th February 2007 (extended) Acceptance notification: 24th February 2007 (extended) Camera-ready: 2nd March 2007 Workshop date: 19th-20th May 2007 -- Thomas Zimmermann, zimmerth at cs.uni-sb.de http://www.st.cs.uni-sb.de/~zimmerth/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.aito.org/pipermail/ecoop-info/attachments/20070202/8e7e0b74/attachment-0001.htm From yozturk at mail.sdsu.edu Fri Feb 2 18:34:56 2007 From: yozturk at mail.sdsu.edu (Yusuf Ozturk) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 09:34:56 -0800 Subject: [ecoop-info] ICPS'07 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services Message-ID: <200702021738.ARA15713@mail.sdsu.edu> Esteemed colleagues, Please accept our sincere apology if you receive multiple copies of this mail. Due to numerous requests the deadline for paper submission is extended until February 18, 2007. Please note the new deadlines in the CFP. CALL for PAPERS ICPS?07: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services July 15-20 2007, Istanbul, Turkey (www.icpsconference.org) SCOPE Pervasive services are emerging as the next paradigm for distributed and mobile computing, in which services built out of pervasive infrastructure and information, and are seamlessly available anywhere, anytime, and in any format. This exciting new paradigm is the result of recent research and technological advances in wireless & sensor networks, distributed systems, Grid computing, mobile & agent computing and autonomic computing & services. The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS'2007), to be held in The Marmara Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey, provides a forum for researchers, engineers, application & service developers and users to present their latest advances in the field of pervasive services. Use cases and usage models for these pervasive services are of particular interest to the conference. TOPICS Original contributions are solicited in all pervasive computing & services research and applications. Contributions for industry and application sessions are also solicited. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Pervasive and autonomous computing and architectures * Mobile Computing * Wearable Computing * Smart Devices and Networks * Wireless & Sensor Networks * Middleware support for pervasive and mobile computing * Pervasive computing and Management * Speech processing / advanced computer vision * User interfaces and interaction model * Positioning and Tracking Technologies * Programmable and active networks * Service dissemination and discovery protocols * Environments & algorithms for pervasive application development * Runtime support for intelligent, adaptive agents * Security services for applications in pervasive environments * Programming paradigms for pervasive computing applications * Pervasive computing applications requirements * Performance measurement and Benchmarking PAPER SUBMISSION ICPS?2007 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Please follow the guidelines on conference web site to submit extended abstracts (10 pages maximum in IEEE double-column and PS or PDF format). Questions concerning hardcopy submissions or any other issues may be directed to the Program Co-Chairs. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. TUTORIALS and WORKSHOPS Tutorial and workshop proposals are solicited. Further information can be obtained by contacting the Tutorials Chair or the Workshop Chair. PROCEEDINGS The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and distributed at the conference. Selected papers of best quality will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC) in 2007. IMPORTANT DATES * Submission deadline: February 18, 2007 * Notification of acceptance: March 26, 2007 * Final Manuscript due: April 30, 2007 * Workshop proposals due: January 14, 2007 * Tutorial proposals due: January 14, 2007 COMMITTEES ----------- General Co-Chairs Fusun Ozguner, Ohio State University, USA Buyurman Baykal, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Program Co-Chairs Ali Akoglu, University of Arizona, USA Ozgur Ercetin, Sabanci University, Turkey Steering Committee Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Mazin Yousif, Intel Corporation, USA Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France Jean-Marc Pierson, INSA Lyon, France Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Program Committee Alex Delis, Univ. of Athens, Greece Antonio Liotta, University of Essex, UK Arkady Zaslavsky, Monash University, Australia Augusto Celentano, University Ca'Foscari, Italy Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Claudia Roncancio, IMAG, France Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, England Gianluca Moro, Universiy of Bologna, Italy Gunter Haring, University of Vienna, Austria Hakan Erdogan, Sabanci University, Turkey Hasan Cam , Arizona State University Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Hongbing Wang, Southeast University, China Ibrahim Korpeoglu, Bilkent University, Turkey Iqbal Ahamed, Marquette University, USA Jaafar Gaber, UTBM, France Jalal Almhana, University Moncton, Canada Julie Mc Cann, Imperial College, UK Karin Hummel, University of Vienna, Austria Karl Aberer, Ecoles Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, SWI Larry Kerschberg,George Mason University, USA Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Marian Scuturici, INSA Lyon, France Martin S. Olivier, University of Pretoria, South Africa Mine Kalkan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Nazife Baykal, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Omer Rana, University of Cardiff, UK Osman Balci, Virginia Tech, U.S.A Paul Roe, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Pinar Yolum Birbil Bogazi?i University, Turkey Sandeep Gupta, Arizona State University Sara Tucci Piergiovanni, Universit? di Roma "La Sapienza", IT Selim Balcisoy Sabanci University, Turkey Simon Dobson, UCD, Dublin Sonia Bergamaschi, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, IT Sylvain Lecomte, University of Valenciennes, France Torsten Eymann ,Universit?t Bayreuth, Bayreuth Ufuk Caglayan, Bogazici University, Turkey Xiaohui Gu, IBM, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, France Haluk Topcuoglu, Marmara University, Turkey Yusuf Ozturk, San Diego State University, USA Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C Co., Ltd., Korea Publications Chair Kelly Sutton, University of Arizona Tutorials Chair Kun Yang, University of Essex, UK Workshop Chair Christos Douligeris, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Local Arrangements Chair Alptekin Temizel, Middle East Technical University, Turkey ----------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.aito.org/pipermail/ecoop-info/attachments/20070202/b9f071eb/attachment-0001.htm From rbodkin at newaspects.com Fri Feb 2 19:55:59 2007 From: rbodkin at newaspects.com (Ron Bodkin) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:55:59 -0800 Subject: [ecoop-info] AOSD 2007 Early Registration Closes Feb 9 Message-ID: <001101c746fb$c82f09d0$b801a8c0@Aqua> AOSD 2007 International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development Registration for the AOSD.07 conference is open at http://aosd.net/conference. Early registration closes in one week - next Friday, February 9, 2007 so don't forget to register soon. The full program for the AOSD conference has been posted at http://aosd.net/2007/program/overview.php. This year we have a strong program featuring nineteen research papers, seven industry papers, and twelve demonstrations, and three student events in addition to great keynotes, workshops, and tutorials. In addition, AOSD 2007 will be co-located with the Aspect Leadership Program, which is a new offering for those interested in adopting aspects in industry. If you have colleagues or industry contacts interested in applying AOSD, please encourage them to learn more about this program. Details are at http://aspectleadershipprogram.net Early registration for this program also ends next Friday, February 9. Finally, the student events for AOSD.07 build on last year's highly successful ones. First of all, the Spring School allows students to mingle and voice their concerns to international experts. Secondly, they are given the opportunity to present their work to the international research community by means of a very visible poster event. Submissions to both events are open until February 8. All Masters and PhD students are welcome! Thanks, Ron Bodkin Publicity Chair, AOSD 2007 (with apologies for multiple receipt of this message.) From pasalic at cs.rice.edu Fri Feb 2 22:51:11 2007 From: pasalic at cs.rice.edu (Emir Pasalic) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:51:11 -0600 Subject: [ecoop-info] GPCE'07 Call for Papers Message-ID: - Apologies for multiple posts - Call for Papers Sixth International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE'07) October 1-3, 2007 Salzburg, Austria (co-located with ESWEEK'07) http://www.gpce.org/07 Important Dates: * Submission of abstracts: April 17, 2007 * Submission: April 20, 2007 * Notification: June 10, 2007 * Tutorial and workshop proposals: March 16, 2007 * Tutorial and workshop notification: April 9, 2007 Scope Generative and component approaches are revolutionizing software development similar to how automation and components revolutionized manufacturing. Generative Programming (developing programs that synthesize other programs), Component Engineering (raising the level of modularization and analysis in application design), and Domain-Specific Languages (elevating program specifications to compact domain-specific notations that are easier to write, maintain, and analyze) are key technologies for automating program development. GPCE provides a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in foundational techniques for enhancing the productivity, quality, and time-to-market in software development that stems from deploying standard componentry and automating program generation. In addition to exploring cutting-edge techniques for developing generative and component-based software, our goal is to foster further cross-fertilization between the software engineering research community and the programming languages community. As GPCE is co-located with ESWEEK this year, we also especially encourage papers from the embedded systems community. Submissions 10 pages in SIGPLAN proceedings style (sigplanconf.cls) reporting research results and/or experience related to the topics above (PC chair can advise on appropriateness). We particularly encourage original high-quality reports on applying GPCE technologies to real-world problems, relating ideas and concepts from several topics, or bridging the gap between theory and practice. Please note that in contrast to last year, GPCE 2007 is not using a double-blind reviewing process. Topics GPCE seeks contributions in software engineering and in programming languages related (but not limited) to: * Generative programming o Reuse, meta-programming, partial evaluation, multi-stage and multi-level languages, and step-wise refinement o Semantics, type systems, symbolic computation, linking and explicit substitution, in-lining and macros, templates, and program transformation o Runtime code generation, compilation, active libraries, synthesis from specifications, development methods, generation of non-code artifacts, formal methods, and reflection * Generative techniques for o Product-line architectures o Distributed, real-time and embedded systems o Model-driven development and architecture o Resource bounded/safety critical systems. * Component-based software engineering o Reuse, distributed platforms and middleware, distributed systems, evolution, patterns, development methods, deployment and configuration techniques, and formal methods * Integration of generative and component-based approaches * Domain engineering and domain analysis o Domain-specific languages (DSLs) including visual and UML-based DSLs * Separation of concerns o Aspect-oriented and feature-oriented programming, o Intentional programming and multi-dimensional separation of concerns * Industrial applications * Applications in embedded systems Reports on applications of these techniques to real-world problems are especially encouraged, as are submissions that relate ideas and concepts from several of these topics, or bridge the gap between theory and practice. The program chair is happy to advise on the appropriateness of a particular subject. Submissions must adhere to SIGPLAN's republication policy. Please contact the program chair if you have any questions about how this policy applies to your paper (gpce07 at diku.dk). General Chair * Charles Consel (LABRI/INRIA, Bordeaux) Program Committee Program Chair: * Julia Lawall (DIKU, University of Copenhagen) Program Committee Members: * Edwin Brady (University of St Andrews, UK) * Johan Brichau (Universit? Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) * Rastislav Bodik (UC Berkeley, USA) * Jacques Carette (McMaster University, Canada) * Albert Cheng (University of Houston, USA) * Remi Douence (Ecole des Mines de Nantes-Inria, Lina, France) * Lidia Fuentes (University of M?laga, Spain) * Ian Gorton (Pacific Northwest National Lab) * Jean-Marc Jezequel (IRISA (INRIA & Univ. Rennes 1), France) * Kyo Kang (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea) * Siau Cheng Khoo (National University of Singapore, Singapore) * Paul Kelly (Imperial College London, UK) * Anne-Francoise Le Meur (University of Lille 1, France) * Christian Lengauer (University of Passau, Germany) * Sandeep Neema (Vanderbilt University, USA) * Scott Owens (University of Cambridge, UK) * Jens Palsberg (UCLA, USA) * Renaud Pawlak (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) * Zoltan Porkolab (Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary) * Robby (Kansas State University, USA) * Peter Sestoft (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) * Jeremy Siek (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA) * Tony Sloane (Macquarie University, Australia) * Kevin J. Sullivan (University of Virginia, USA) * Peri Tarr (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA) From Christine.Golbreich at uvsq.fr Sun Feb 4 00:19:38 2007 From: Christine.Golbreich at uvsq.fr (Christine Golbreich) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 00:19:38 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] Call For Papers OWLED 2007 Message-ID: <002501c747e9$caf51580$8101a8c0@LUZ> [Apologies for possible cross-posting. Please forward this mail to anyone interested] ================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS OWLED 2007 OWL: Experiences and Directions http://owled2007.iut-velizy.uvsq.fr/ Third International Workshop Innsbruck, Austria 6-7 June 2007 Submissions due *4 March, 2007* On line submission at http://www.easychair.org/OWLED2007/ ================================================== The W3C OWL Web Ontology Language has been a W3C recommendation since 2004. The OWL: Experiences and Direction (OWLED) workshop series is a forum for practitioners in industry and academia, tool developers, and others interested in OWL to describe real and potential applications, to share experience, and to discuss requirements for language extensions/modifications. At OWLED 2006 it was agreed to move forward with a member submission of the OWL 1.1 proposal which extends OWL DL in ways that have been requested by users, that have effective reasoning algorithms, and that developers of OWL reasoning systems are willing to support. The 3rd OWL: Experiences and Directions workshop (OWLED 2007) will again bring users, implementors and researchers together in order to measure the current state of need against the state of the art and to set an agenda for language evolutions that satisfy users. OWLED 2007 shall in particular present industrial efforts and experiences with OWL. It shall further the interaction between industry, theoreticians and tool builders, help consolidate OWL 1.1, clarify the relationships between OWL and rules and initiate the specification of OWL 2.0. Building on the success of the 2005 OWLED and the 2006 OWLED workshops, the 2007 OWLED workshop will again be immediately after one of the main Semantic Web conferences, namely the ESWC conference, and is colocated with the First International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems, RR2007. Topics ------------- OWLED 2007 welcomes the submission of papers about all aspects of OWL and extensions, application, theory, method, tool, including but not limited to the following topics: - All applications of OWL - Application-driven requirements for OWL - Implementation techniques for OWL and related languages - Performance and scalability issues - Bridges between knowledge engineering and OWL - Non-standard inference services, including explanations, static verification, modularity - Enriching ontologies with rules - Query answering and data integration - Tools for OWL including: editors, visualisation tools, parsers and syntax checkers, versioning frameworks - Extensions to OWL including: extended datatype constructors, property constructors, class constructors keys, constraints, rules probabilistic and fuzzy extensions, non-monotonic extensions, temporal and spatial extensions *********************************************************** Submissions of papers on industrial efforts, experiences reports, system descriptions, position papers (especially about new features or issues with OWL), and survey papers about theory or tools (for example comparing different ways of combining rules with OWL) are strongly encouraged. We particularly welcome: - Descriptions of industry system or industrial applications - Experience reports with OWL or OWL 1.1 (or any fragment or extension) Domain or application ontologies (e-Science, e-Health, e-Culture, e-Learning etc.) - Industry requirements - Life Sciences or other community requirements - Implementation issues with OWL or OWL 1.1 - Demos with OWL or OWL 1.1 - Reasoning with OWL and rules in practical applications - Requirements for a potential OWL 2.0 revision *********************************************************** Workshop Format ------------------------------ The goal of the workshop will be to maximise discussion. The technical sessions will therefore consist of short presentations of selected papers (grouped by topic area) followed by directed discussion. As in prior years, there will be session(s) devoted to standardization efforts, to some issues deferred from 2006 (alternative syntaxes, constraints, SPARQL and OWL, rules and OWL), and a report, with discussion, on the progress of the OWL 1.1 W3C submission and working group. Submissions ---------------- Submissions can be either long or short papers. Papers must be no longer than 10 pages. Short submissions no longer than 4 pages are welcome. Interested parties may send the organizers a one page description of their demo. All submissions must be received before 4 March 2007. All papers must be submitted online using the submission website http://www.easychair.org/OWLED2007/ Submissions must be in PDF, and will not be accepted in any other format. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that their submission displays and prints correctly on common PDF viewers. Submissions must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For details see http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.h tml. Proceedings ------------- All accepted submissions and demo descriptions will be made available from the workshop web site; these may be updated with final versions after the reviewing process. Final versions of accepted papers will be published on CEUR-WS. Presentation materials from the workshop will also be placed on the web site. All submissions will be reviewed by the workshop committee. Decisions on the acceptance of papers will be communicated to authors no later than 14 April, 2007. Organization ------------------- General Chair: Bijan Parsia, University of Manchester (UK) Programme Chairs ---------------------------- Christine Golbreich, University of Versailles (France) Aditya Kalyanpur, IBM TJ Watson (USA) Steering Committee ----------------------------- Bernardo Cuenca Grau, University of Manchester (UK) Pascal Hitzler, AIFB Karlsruhe (Germany) Ian Horrocks, University of Manchester (UK) Bijan Parsia, University of Manchester (UK) Peter Patel-Schneider, Bell Labs (USA) Program Committee -------------------------------------------------------- Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant (USA) Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) Kendall Clark, ClarkParsia LLC (USA) Catherine Dolbear, Ordinance Survey of Great Britain (UK) Peter Fox, High Altitude Observatory (USA) Volker Haarslev, Concordia University (Canada) Peter Haase, AIFB (Germany) Rinke Hoekstra, Leibniz Center for Law (NL) Vipul Kashyap, Partners HealthCare System (USA) Alain L?ger, France Telecom (France) Fran?ois-Marie Lesaffre, Arcelor (France) Thorsten Liebig, Ulm University, (Germany) Yann Loyer, University of Versailles (France) Carsten Lutz, TU Dresden (Germany) Pierre Mariot, Ardans (France) Maryann Martone, BIRN (USA) Deborah McGuinness, Stanford University (USA) Anne Monceaux, EADS CCR (France) Boris Motik, University of Manchester (UK) Chris Mungall, Gene Ontology and Lawrence Berkeley Labs (USA) Gary Ng, WebMethods (USA) Daniel Oberle, SAP AG (Germany) Massimo Paolucci, NTT DoCoMo (Germany) Riccardo Rosati, Universita di Roma La Sapienza (Italy) Daniel Rubin, CBIO (USA) Alan Ruttenberg, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, (USA) Ulrike Sattler, University of Manchester (UK) Guus Schreiber, Vrije Universitat Amsterdam (NL) Fran?ois-Paul Servant, Renault (France) Margherita Sini, FAO (Italy) Kent Spackman, SNOMED (USA) Robert Stevens, BioHealth Informatics Group University of Manchester (UK) Susie Stephens, Oracle (USA) Umberto Straccia, ISTI-CNR Pisa (Italy) Hans Teijgeler, ISO Standards (NL) From invitation at iaria.org Sun Feb 4 02:32:58 2007 From: invitation at iaria.org (Call for Papers) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:32:58 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ecoop-info] ICGD&BC 2007 || International Conference on Global Defense and Business Continuity || Silicon Valley, July 1-6, 2007 Message-ID: <31905718.1170552778453.JavaMail.Onitza@Oana2> Invitation, Please consider to contribute and distribute to the appropriate groups the following CALL FOR PAPERS The First International Conference on Global Defense and Business Continuity ICGD&BC 2007 Site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/ICGDBC07.html Submission: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/SubmitICGDBC07.html Date: July 1-6, 2007 Place: Silicon Valley, CA, USA Important deadlines: Submission deadline February 20, 2007 Notification of acceptance March 10, 2007 Registration/camera ready March 31, 2007 also featuring the workshop: - TRACK 2007: The First International Workshop on Tracking Computing Technologies http://www.iaria.org/conferences2007/TRACK.html ICGD&BC Tracks (details in the Call for Papers on site) BUSINESS: Business continuity RISK: Risk assessment DISASTER: Emergency services and disaster recovery TRUST: Privacy and trust in pervasive communications RIGHT: Digital rights management BIOTEC: Biometric techniques ================================ ICGD&BC Chair Reda Reda, Siemens, Germany/Austria ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To be removed from this announcement list, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field. From k.g.langendoen at tudelft.nl Sun Feb 4 12:59:07 2007 From: k.g.langendoen at tudelft.nl (k.g.langendoen at tudelft.nl) Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:59:07 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] INSS2007 Call For DEMO/POSTERS (Mar 10) Message-ID: [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this e-mail] ***************************************************** * CALL FOR DEMO/POSTERS * * * * INSS 2007 * * * * June 6 - 8, 2007 * * Braunschweig, Germany * * http://www.inss-conf.org/ * * * ***************************************************** [CALL FOR DEMOS/POSTERS] Demonstrations and posters showing innovative ideas and applications are solicited. INSS2007 is interested in a wide range of sensor network related research. Topics include but are not limited to: sensor technology, hardware platforms, networking, security, middeware, applications, programming, and architecture. Abstracts of accepted demos and posters will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions from both industries and universities are encouraged. [DEMO AND POSTER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS] - Please send a one-page description of your demo as a PDF file to jin at ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp with the subject line reading "INSS Demo Submission". - Please send a one-page description of your poster as a PDF file to krohn at teco.edu with the subject line reading "INSS Poster Submission". Please be as specific as possible in describing what you will show. As for the demo submission, please provide separated text description on the space, equipment, power supply requirements. Once accepted, at least one author of posters and demos are expected to be available during the session. [IMPORTANT DATES] One-page descriptions: March 10, 2007 Notification of acceptance: March 24, 2007 Camera-ready abstract: April 3, 2007 Conference dates: June 6 - 8, 2007 INSS 2007 Poster/Demo Co-Chairs Albert Krohn, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, Japan From nathalie.mitton at inria.fr Mon Feb 5 09:30:00 2007 From: nathalie.mitton at inria.fr (Nathalie Mitton) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:30:00 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] CFP (dead line march 31) and Call for workshop (dead line February 9th) - MASS 2007 - Pisa, Italy - October 2007 Message-ID: <00b201c748ff$e743a960$d80bce86@ROMY> This message is cross-posted to several lists. Apologies for any duplicate postings. IEEE MASS 2007 ( http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/mass2007/) The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems ---------------- IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------- MASS Conference: Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2007 Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2007 Workshop proposals: Proposals submission deadline: February 9, 2007 Acceptance/Reject notification: February 21, 2007 Papers due by: April 30, 2005 Paper selections due by: July 15, 2007 Final papers due to IEEE: August 10, 2007 ---- Call For Papers and call for workshop Wireless multi-hop communication is envisioned in multiple scenarios where network nodes communicate via other network nodes: conferences, hospitals, battlefields, rescue operations, environment control, cars-to-cars, and monitoring scenarios. Wireless mesh networks have been applied as alternatives for providing Internet access in remote business and residential areas. Wireless sensor networks are being deployed for several industrial control processes and for monitoring environment. This conference aims to address multi-hop ad-hoc and sensor networks systems, covering topics ranging from technology issues up to the applications aspects. Original manuscripts that focus on the analytical modeling, protocol/algorithm design, and/or experimental studies of the following topics of interest are sought: * physical layer impact on higher level protocols * MAC protocols for ad-hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) Provisioning of wireless QoS in terms of bandwidth and delay assurance * Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) and routing metrics * Data transport in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks * Power-aware and energy-efficient design * Topology construction and coverage maintenance * Cross layer design and optimization * Incentives and game theoretic approaches in wireless ad-hoc networks * Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks * Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor * Reliability, security, and trustworthiness issues in ad hoc and sensor networks * Operating system and middleware support * Measurements and practical experience from experimental systems and test-beds * Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation * Mesh networking * Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking * Handoff and mobility management and seamless internetworking * Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution wireless ad hoc networks * Reliability, security, and trustworthiness issues in ad hoc and sensor networks Paper submission All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2007, and must not exceed 10 single-spaced, two-column pages using at least 11 point size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. Detailed submission instructions will be published in due time on the conference website http://www.ieee-mass.org together with format files. Workshops Proposals for full day workshops are solicited. Selections will be made considering the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers and the relevance of the topic to the central theme of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including a 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Workshops Chair by March 31, 2007 Demos Technical demonstration of experimental ad hoc networking and computing systems are solicited. To Instructions for submitting a demo proposal will be published in due time on the conference website. Important dates Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2007 Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2007 CALL FOR WORKSHOPS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- IEEE MASS 2007 will be the fourth annual conference on the rapidly expanding area of multi-hop wireless computing and sensor networking, and will provide an exciting platform for discussing research vision of a digitally networked wireless environment. The MASS Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops affiliated with the conference. The workshops will be held prior to, or after, the main conference. The purpose of these workshops is to provide a platform for presenting novel ideas and more specific research areas in a less formal and possibly more focused way than at the conference itself. Please visit http://www.cse.fau.edu/mass2006/workshops.html to view information on workshops held last year at MASS 2006. Workshops Proposals are solicited in all areas and topics pertaining to ad-hoc wireless and sensor networking research and applications, including, but not limited to, theoretical performance bounds for ad-hoc networks, sensor and wireless network and application security/privacy, mesh networks, middleware platforms and applications of specific techniques (e.g., control theory or biological networks) to wireless networks. We expect all selected workshops to adhere to a common paper submission and reviewing schedule outlined below. All papers included in the MASS 2007 workshops will appear in the MASS 2007 Proceedings published by IEEE. ------------------------------- Proposal Submission Guidelines: ------------------------------- Each workshop proposal must include: 1. The name of the workshop. 2. The names, addresses, and a short bio (up to 200 words) of the organizers (maximum up to three). 3. A brief description (up to 1 page) of the technical issues that the workshop will address, and the reasons why the workshop is of interest this time. 4. The names of potential participants, such as program committee members, 5. Planned format of the workshop, such as number of refereed papers, keynotes, panels etc. 6. If appropriate, a description of past versions of the workshop, including: number of submitted and accepted papers, number of attendees. 7. A description of the publicity plan. 8. A call for papers 9. The workshop website address Workshop proposals should be submitted, no later than February 9, 2007, by e-mail (in PDF format) with "MASS 2007 Workshop Proposal" in the subject, to BOTH MASS 2007 Workshop Co-chairs: Luciano Bononi Department of Computer Science, University of Bologna, Italy Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127, Bologna, Italy E-mail: bononi at cs.unibo.it and Archan Misra IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre 19 Skyline Drive, Room 2N-B18 Hawthorne, NY 10532 Email: archan at us.ibm.com ---------------- IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------- Proposals submission deadline: February 9, 2007 Acceptance/Reject notification: February 21, 2007 Papers due by: April 30, 2005 Paper selections due by: July 15, 2007 Final papers due to IEEE: August 10, 2007 -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.aito.org/pipermail/ecoop-info/attachments/20070205/1c0acfa8/attachment-0001.htm From bardram at itu.dk Mon Feb 5 11:52:09 2007 From: bardram at itu.dk (Jakob E. Bardram) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:52:09 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] PhD positions within Pervasive and Grid Computing Message-ID: <45C70C59.50105@itu.dk> The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applicants for 4 PhD scholarships starting spring 2007 within the research areas of desktop Grid Computing and Pervasive Computing. http://www1.itu.dk/sw56464.asp COLLABORATIVE MINI-GRID COMPUTING ================================= Two scholarships within the Mini-Grid project ref. no. 225-0024: The scholarships are within the area of software architectures, ubiquitous computing systems, interaction design and collaborative computing. The goal of this project is to design a collaborative, peer-to-peer software architecture for distributed bioinformatics algorithms, which can be used to support biologists working with laboratory-based and theoretical molecular biological research into RNA-based diseases like HIV, SARS and bird flu. The PhD project ?Peer-to-Peer Architectures for distributed bioinformatics algorithms? specifically aim to create a software architecture which enables a P2P distribution of computational tasks on unstable, end-user computers while exploiting more robust servers, if available. Specifically, research will be done within adaptable software architecture and contingency management. The PhD project ?Collaborative user-interface technologies for biology work? will focus on the design and implementation of user interface technologies for ad hoc, peer-to-peer collaboration which enables users to engage in loosely coupled groups of collaborators who can share (biological) data and distribute computation amongst them. This technology will address the design of user interface technology for peer discovery, data sharing, computational sharing, activity awareness, workflow management, and physical-digital linkage between biological material and digital representations and computation. ACTIVITY-BASED COMPUTING ======================== Two Scholarships within the Activity-based computing (ABC) project ref. no. 225-0021: The scholarships are within the area of software architectures, ubiquitous computing systems, interaction design and collaborative computing. The PhD project ?Activity-based computing for the World-Wide Web? will research on how the current activity-based computing service architecture can be integrated and enhance the World Wide Web (WWW) architecture and how activity-based computing user-interfaces can be created using new web technologies. Special focus is on the integration and interoperability on the desktop using WWW standards like ATOM and Ajax. The PhD project ?Collaborative user-interface technologies for activity-based computing? will research the design, implementation, and evaluation of collaborative activity-based computing user-interfaces for e.g. medical conferences and co-located collaboration in operating rooms. Focus is especially on the design of user-interface technologies for new types of hardware technologies like embedded, interactive displays, sensor systems, fine-grained location tracking, RFID tagging, image recognition, and large wall-based and table-based interactive surfaces. -o- The successful applicant will be an excellent student capable of conducting research under supervision at the highest international level. Applicants are expected to have a solid background in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, or within Information and Media Sciences. In the evaluation of the applications emphasis will especially be put on grade average and demonstrated skills in the design, implementation, and evaluation of non-trivial software systems within the two areas above. Some knowledge within bioinformatics is useful for the Collaborative Mini-Grid project, but not a requirement. For more information on the positions, please contact Jakob E. Bardram, bardram at itu.dk -- --------------------------------------------------------- Jakob E. Bardram, Professor, PhD IT University of Copenhagen - http://www.itu.dk address: Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 K?benhavn S, Denmark office : 4D.24 phone : +45 7218 5311 fax : + 45 7218 5001 mobile : +45 2555 0446 e-mail: bardram at itu.dk www : http://www.itu.dk/~bardram --------------------------------------------------------- From akan at eee.metu.edu.tr Mon Feb 5 15:28:00 2007 From: akan at eee.metu.edu.tr (Ozgur B. Akan) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:28:00 +0200 Subject: [ecoop-info] CFP: Special Issue on "Bio-Inspired Computing and Communication in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks " Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal Message-ID: <45C73EF0.2060502@eee.metu.edu.tr> [We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers AD HOC NETWORKS JOURNAL (ELSEVIER) Special Issue on BIO-INSPIRED COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS Submission deadline: February 28, 2007 _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ A wide spectrum of applications and services is currently being developed and designed to be built on top of various heterogeneous and significantly challenging network architectures such as wireless mesh, mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor/actor networks. These heterogeneous wireless communication architectures are mainly characterized by heterogeneous and resource-constrained nodes, restricted communication channels,highly dynamic environments,lack of any fixed infrastructure, and large scale network deployments that strongly vary in their density.These features and challenges,in turn, mandate intelligent, adaptive, autonomic,coordinated,self-organizing, and efficient processing and communication approaches to handle the complexity of these ambitious wireless systems. The turn to nature has brought us many unforeseen great concepts. Natural biological systems intrinsically possess and exploit similar features by providing elegant and extremely efficient solutions for the challenges and tasks faced in their natural operation. It is of extreme importance to bridge the communication technologies with biological sciences and capture the analogy between these two distinct disciplines. To this end, solution strategies inspired by the biological systems have been recently proposed to address the challenges of many computing and communication systems. This special issue is dedicated to capture the state-of-the-art and the recent advances in the area of biologically-inspired computing and communication in heterogeneous wireless architectures such as wireless mesh networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and wireless sensor and actor networks. Papers describing mathematical models,algorithms, protocols, tools, evaluation methods, and experimental studies of computing and communication architectures that are inspired by and derived from biological systems are solicited for this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Bio-inspired mathematical models, methods and tools * Biological and bio-inspired computing, data processing algorithms * Joint bio-inspired data processing and communication * Embryonics-based fault-tolerant computing and communication * Bio-inspired network and communication algorithms and protocols * Novel applications and services inspired by biological systems * Experimental studies of bio-inspired computing and communications * Bio-inspired topology control and network reconfiguration methods * Bio-inspired localization, synchronization, mobility approaches * Evolution and self-healing of network architectures and protocols * Immune and self-healing network defense and information security * Bio-inspired nano-scale and molecular computing and communication * Bio-inspired distributed control and sensing of networked wearable and implantable medical devices Submission Instructions and Important Dates: ____________________________________________ Prospective authors:Please submit the PDF of your paper, biographies and photos of the co-authors to http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc and choose Special Issue: Bio-Inspired Computing as the Article Type. Papers must be formatted in single-column format, double-spaced, and use at least 11pt fonts. Papers must not exceed 25 pages including references.For details on the journal and special issue,please refer to http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc . Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: August 30, 2007 Camera-Ready Papers Due: November 30, 2007 Online Publication Date: April 2008 Journal Publication Date: August 2008 Guest Editors: ____________________________________________ Ozgur B. Akan (akan at eee.metu.edu.tr) Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Falko Dressler (dressler at informatik.uni-erlangen.de) University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Kenji Leibnitz (leibnitz at ist.osaka-u.ac.jp) Osaka University, Japan Taieb Znati (znati at cs.pitt.edu) University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA -- Dr. Ozgur B. Akan Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey 06531 Tel: +90-312-210 2353 Fax: +90-312-210 1261 E-mail: akan at eee.metu.edu.tr http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~akan From krinke at acm.org Mon Feb 5 19:32:16 2007 From: krinke at acm.org (Jens Krinke) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:16 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] CFP: 23rd IEEE ICSM - International Conference on Software Maintenance Message-ID: <45C77830.5040406@acm.org> Call for Papers International Conference on Software Maintenance - ICSM October 2-5, 2007 Paris, France The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2007), with associated SCAM and WSE will be held October 2-5, 2007 in Paris, France. We invite Research Papers, Industrial Applications, Tool Demonstrations, Dissertation Synopses, and Working Sessions. There will be a special section of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering featuring selected papers of the conference. The submission deadline for Research Papers is April 6, 2007 and for all other presentations May 4, 2007. ICSM is the major international conference in the field of software and systems maintenance, evolution, and management. The main goal of ICSM is to promote interaction between researchers and practitioners. The theme of this year is Moving to Service Oriented Architectures. ICSM 2007 in Paris will address these new scenarios and their major challenges of maintenance and evolution. Please forward this Call to anybody who you think may be interested. Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this. The conference URL is: http://icsm07.ai.univ-paris8.fr/ The Call for Papers URL is: http://icsm07.ai.univ-paris8.fr/cfp.htm The submission URL is: http://icsm07.ai.univ-paris8.fr/submission-instr.htm RESEARCH PAPERS Research papers should describe original and significant work in the research and practice of software maintenance and evolution. Case studies, empirical research, and experiments are particularly welcome. We also welcome papers that present leading edge and novel ideas in maintenance. Papers must not exceed 5000 words (10 pages IEEE style) in length, in English. Submit by April 6, 2007. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Proposals for presentations of industrial applications are welcome. These can be state-of-the-art descriptions, experience reports and survey reports from real projects, industrial practices and models. Submissions should not exceed four pages in proceedings format. Submit by May 4, 2007. TOOL DEMONSTRATIONS We invite proposals for tool demonstrations on any topics related to software maintenance. Demonstrations will be in an open session to allow individual interaction with the participants. Submissions should not exceed two pages in proceedings format. Submit by May 4, 2007. DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM The Doctoral Symposium track is for those who are currently working on or who have recently completed (i.e., since 1st August 2006) their PhD thesis. The track offers an opportunity to present research problems, solution directions, results obtained thus far, and research plans towards the completion of the PhD studies. The papers should be a 2page summary of your PhD project. Accepted papers will appear in the ICSM proceedings. Submit by May 4, 2007. WORKING SESSIONS We invite proposals for half-day or full-day working sessions on any topics related to software maintenance. Working sessions are to be designed around a specific theme and be interactive and discussion oriented. Submit by May 28, 2007. MEDIA AND STYLE Submissions will be accepted only as Adobe Acrobat PDF or PostScript electronic submission. All submissions must be in English. SUBMISSION METHOD The general submission URL is: http://icsm07.ai.univ-paris8.fr/submission-instr.htm IMPORTANT DATES Research Papers due: April 6, 2007 All other proposals due: May 4, 2007 Notification of authors: June 1, 2007 Camera-ready copy: July 6, 2007 MORE INFORMATION For further information see http://icsm07.ai.univ-paris8.fr/ or http://icsm07.ai.univ-paris8.fr/cfp.htm General Chair: Francoise Balmas, Universite Paris 8, France Program Co-Chairs: Gerardo Canfora, University of Sannio, Italy Ladan Tahvildari, University of Waterloo, Canada From info at icstconferences.org Mon Feb 5 23:02:05 2007 From: info at icstconferences.org (info at icstconferences.org) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:02:05 -0500 Subject: [ecoop-info] ICST - Call for papers - QSHINE 2007 Message-ID: Call for Papers for QShine 2007 ------------ *********************************************************************************************************************** Q S H I N E 2 0 0 7 The Fourth International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness http://www.qshine.org/ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 14-17, 2007 Technically Co-Sponsored by ACM SIGMM, SIGMOBILE and SIGSIM Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST Papers of particular merit will be selected for consideration of fast track publication in ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications *********************************************************************************************************************** Overview The Fourth International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QShine 2007) will focus on the research challenges associated the design and implementation of large-scale wired and wireless networks and distributed systems. Following the tradition of the previous QShine meetings, QShine 2007 will feature prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. ******* Scope The QShine program committee solicits original papers describing both experimental and theoretical results that address a wide spectrum of fundamental issues associated with the design and implementation of large scale heterogeneous networks and distributed systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Quality of Service provisioning Design, implementation or architectures related to QoS-enabled networks and distributed systems Scheduling, resource management, queue management, and admission control Game-theoretic aspects in wired/peer-to-peer/overlay/wireless networks and distributed systems Incentive engineering in wired/peer-to-peer/overlay/wireless networks and distributed systems QoS routing in wired/peer-to-peer/overlay/wireless networks and distributed systems Traffic analysis, traffic engineering, and traffic shaping in heterogeneous environments Middleware for wired, peer-to-peer, overlay, and wireless networks and distributed systems QoS-aware service composition in distributed systems Security protocols and algorithms in wired, overlay and wireless networks Pricing, billing, and resource allocation in wired, overlay and wireless networks QoS adaptation, modeling and measurements Performance optimization in peer-to-peer and overlay networks Scalability of large-scale overlay and wireless networks Resilience of overlay and wireless protocols Cross-layer protocol design in wireless networks Energy-aware protocols and algorithms in wireless networks Cross-layer performance optimization for energy, network lifetime, and capacity Topology control for QoS support in wireless networks QoS in WLAN, WPAN, WMAN and WiMAX (IEEE 802.11/15/16/20) QoS support across heterogeneous wired and wireless subnetworks MAC protocols with QoS support QoS and survivability in mobile environments Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be selected for consideration of fast track publication in ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (approved) or Elsevier Computer Networks (pending approval). ******* Keynote Speaker Dr. Victor Bahl, Microsoft (http://research.microsoft.com/~bahl) ******* Paper Submission QShine 2007 invites manuscripts that present original materials not previously published in, or currently under review by, another conference or journal. Submissions should be either full-length papers of up to 7 pages or short papers of up to 4 pages (including all figures and references) formatted according to http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html with font sizes of 10 or larger. Full-length papers should report on completed work and will be considered for oral presentations. Short papers should report on work in progress or discuss open problems, and will be considered for poster presentations. A separate abstract of no longer than 200 words should be submitted as well. Submissions will be judged by their originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. All papers should be electronically submitted in Adobe PDF format. Please follow the submission instructions at http://www.qshine.org/submission.html to submit your paper. ******* Important Dates Paper submission deadline: March 16, 2007, 11:59pm PST Notification of acceptance: May 11, 2007 Camera-ready papers due: May 31, 2007 Conference: August 14-17, 2007 ******* Organizing Committee General Chair Victor C. M. Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada General Vice-Chair Sastri Kota, Harris Corporation, USA Steering Committee Imrich Chlamtac, (Co-Chair) CreateNet, Italy Michael Fang, (Co-Chair) University of Florida, USA Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, (Co-Chair) University of Waterloo, Canada, Hisashi Kobayashi, Princeton University, USA Ariel Orda, Technion, Israel TPC Co-Chairs Guoliang Xue Arizona State University, USA Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Poster Chair Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Canada Publicity Chair Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA Local Arrangement Chair Lin Cai, University of Victoria, Canada Workshop Chair Giovanni Giambene, Universita' degli Studi di Siena, Italy Sponsorship Chair Panos Nasiopoulos, University of British Columbia, Canada Publications Chair Qian Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST, USA Conference Coordination and Registration Kitti H. Kovacs, ICST, USA -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=htzqgjovll and enter your email address. From franconi at inf.unibz.it Tue Feb 6 00:59:24 2007 From: franconi at inf.unibz.it (Enrico Franconi) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:59:24 +1300 Subject: [ecoop-info] 20th Workshop on Description Logics: call for papers Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20th International Workshop on Description Logics (DL'07) CALL FOR PAPERS Brixen-Bressanone (near Bozen-Bolzano), Italy 8-10 June 2007 http://dl.kr.org/dl2007/ The 2007 edition of the DL workshop will take place from the 8th to the 10th of June 2007 in Brixen-Bressanone (near Bozen-Bolzano), Italy. This is 80 Km south of Innsbruck (where the ESWC-07 conference will take place immediately before); direct train connections run every hour between Innsbruck and Brixen-Bressanone. Arrived this year to its 20th edition, DL is the major annual event of the description logics research community. The workshop is thought as a gathering forum to meet, discuss and exchange experiences among all those, both in the academy and industry, who are interested in description logics and in all their broad range of applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: 23 March 2007 Notification of acceptance: 27 April 2007 Camera ready papers due: 18 May 2007 DL'07 Workshop: 8-10 June 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE We invite contributions on all aspects of description logics. Possible subjects include: -- Foundations of description logics, including distinguishing features of description logics with respect to other formalisms, expressive power of description logics, decidability and complexity of reasoning, and novel inference problems and reasoning techniques for solving these problems. -- Extensions of description logics, including, but not limited to, closed world reasoning, defaults, epistemic reasoning, temporal and spatial reasoning, procedural knowledge, and query languages. -- Integration of description logics with other formalisms, such as object-oriented representation languages, database query languages, constraint-based programming, logic programming, and rule-based systems. -- Use of description logics in applications or areas such as natural language, planning, learning, databases, document management, semistructured data, ontology design, ontology languages, ontology engineering, semantic web, and grid computing. -- Building systems based on description logics, with special emphasis on optimization and implementation techniques. -- Tools that exploit description Logic reasoning, such as ontology editors, database schema design, query optimization, and data integration tools. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION DETAILS We invite submissions of technical papers as extended abstracts of 8 pages, and submissions of statements of interest of 2 pages. The technical papers will be judged according to their scientific quality, while the statements of interest will be judged according to their scientific relevance. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings as extended abstract (8 pages), regular papers (12 pages), or as statements of interest (2 pages). The workshop proceedings will be distributed in paper form at the workshop, and will be made available electronically in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings series. Papers should follow the formatting and submission guidelines to be found at the workshop submissions web page, and should arrive by the paper submission deadline stated above. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE Area chairs: Volker Haarslev (chair of the Systems and Tools area) Domenico Lembo (chair of the Database and Information Systems area) Boris Motik (chair of the Ontologies and Semantic Web area) Anni-Yasmin Turhan (chair of the Foundations and Theory area) The PC has still to be finalised. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DL-07 COMMITTEE Alessandro Artale Raffella Bernardi Andrea Cal? Diego Calvanese , co-chair Jos de Bruijn Enrico Franconi , co-chair Rosella Gennari Davide Martinenghi Werner Nutt Sergio Tessaris , co-chair David Toman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VENUE The workshop will take place in the charming town of Brixen- Bressanone, near Bozen-Bolzano in South Tyrol at the heart of the Dolomites - the pink mountains of the Alps. Like Bozen-Bolzano, Brixen-Bressanone has always been a crossroads of various cultures and it is distinguished by its mediaeval Gothic architecture. The mediaeval alleys and the wealth of historical references are an ideal starting point for excursions into the countryside and for practising a whole variety of sports and leisure activities. Leaving directly from the town centre delegates can set off on their bikes or on foot for excursions into the surrounding hills and mountains. Brixen-Bressanone is on the main arterial road between Austria/Germany and Italy and it is easily accessible from everywhere by train, car, bus or plane. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From Jane.Chandler at port.ac.uk Tue Feb 6 10:52:46 2007 From: Jane.Chandler at port.ac.uk (Jane Chandler) Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:52:46 +0000 Subject: [ecoop-info] Software Practice Advancement: SPA2007 Message-ID: <45C84FEE.F307.008E.0@port.ac.uk> SPA2007 brings together experts and practitioners to exchange the latest ideas and skills in software architecture, design and development. Our program provides a breadth that you won't find at any other conferences. SPA 2007, the annual conference of the Software Practice Advancement Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, will explore a broad range of subjects from leading-edge technology, through pioneering software development and deployment practices, to innovative techniques for managing projects and the people that make up the project team. It brings together reflective practitioners for a lively exchange of the latest ideas and practical techniques in software architecture, design and development. We're delighted to have Tony Hoare, Brian Marick and Dave Thomas as our Keynote speakers, along with a fantastic programme of over 4 days. Full programme details are available at www.spaconference.org. A residential conference provides an excellent environment for developing ideas through conversation with fellow practitioners after sessions so your registration fee includes meals, accommodation and evening diversions. This year we return to Cambridge! Our venue will be Homerton College which provides an excellent mix of modern and traditional architecture set in beautiful grounds. SPA is the only conference of its kind, with its unique combination of interactive learning, leading-edge topics and open and frank discussions with leading software practitioners. We hope you will join us for SPA 2007! To secure your place and for more information visit www.spaconference.org or call 0870 760 6863. Best regards Rachel Davies Conference Chair -- Jane Chandler Director of Students School of Computing Buckingham 1:23 Tel: 023 9284 2265 From riis at imm.dtu.dk Tue Feb 6 15:31:07 2007 From: riis at imm.dtu.dk (Hanne Riis Nielson) Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:31:07 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] SAS call for papers Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20070206153027.027e6090@csimap.imm.dtu.dk> PLEASE POST --> SAS 2007 at the Technical University of Denmark We are happy to announce that SAS 2007, the Static Analysis Symposium, will take place at the Technical University of Denmark: Submission of abstract: 26. March, 2007. Submission of full paper: 30. March, 2007. Notification: 7. May, 2007. Camera-ready version: 4. June, 2007. Conference: 22.-24. August 2007. Please see: http://www.imm.dtu.dk/sas2007 Hanne Riis Nielson Hanne Riis Nielson direct phone: (+45) 4525 3736 Informatics & Mathematical Modelling mailto:riis at imm.dtu.dk Technical University of Denmark http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~riis From publicity at samt2006.org Tue Feb 6 17:41:21 2007 From: publicity at samt2006.org (publicity at samt2006.org) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:41:21 +0200 Subject: [ecoop-info] MTAP - JAWS Special Issue on Semantic Multimedia Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-postings. Please forward this mail to anyone interested.] ------------------------------------------------------------ Multimedia Tools and Applications - Journal of Web Semantics Joint Special Issue on "Semantic Multimedia" CALL FOR PAPERS http://samt2006.org/mtap.html http://samt2006.org/jows.html ------------------------------------------------------------ The objective of this special issue is to collect and report on recent high quality research that narrows the large disparity between the low-level descriptors typically computed automatically from multimedia content and the richness and subjectivity of semantics in user queries and human interpretations of audiovisual media i.e. the so called Semantic Gap. Research in this area is important because of the overwhelming amount of information available as multimedia for the purpose of entertainment, security, education, cultural or technical documentation and the very limited understanding of the semantics of such data sources and, hence, the limited ways in which they can be accessed by users. In spite of the multitude of such activities, there is a lack of appropriate outlets for presenting high-quality research in the area of "Semantic Multimedia". This joint special issue is addressed to two research communities and two journals, Multimedia Tools and Applications (http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-0-70-35538244-0,00.html) and Journal of Web Semantics (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/671322/description). The former is addressed to those members of the multimedia community interested in extending their multimedia analysis, indexing, retrieval etc. methods by leveraging Semantic Web technologies, i.e. core multimedia research employing semantics. The latter will cater towards those members of the Semantic Web community interested in applying their semantic technologies to the field of multimedia. This means that it targets core semantic web research with multimedia as its field of application. High quality contributio! ns addressing related theoretical and practical aspects are expected in both. Topics of interest ------------------ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Integration of multimedia processing and Semantic Web technologies * Multimedia ontologies and infrastructures * Knowledge assisted multimedia data mining * Knowledge based inference for semi-automatic semantic media annotation * Integration of content-based image/video analysis with natural language and speech processing * Revelance feedback for finding semantics * Semantic-driven multimedia indexing and retrieval * Metadata management for multimedia * Semantic Browsing of large multimedia archives * Scalable, semantic-driven multimedia content adaptation and summarization * Semantic interfaces and semantic personalisation for interaction with large multimedia repositories * Semantics-driven multimedia presentation generation * Semantics-aware media engineering involving content, users, and networks * Standards bridging the multimedia and knowledge domains Submission Procedure -------------------- Authors have the possibility to submit specifically to either the Journal of Web Semantics or to Multimedia Tools and Applications. However it is also possible to submit to this joint double special issue and leave it to the editors to decide about acceptance for one of the two journals. Prospective contributors are invited to submit papers in A4/US letter, single column, double space format, up to 30 pages long including figures, tables and references. Authors should submit their manuscripts in pdf format online at http://samt2006.org/submission_mtap_jows.html indicating their submission target as "MTAP", "JoWS" or "BOTH". Camera-ready papers will have to conform to the style of the target journal. Important Dates --------------- Deadline for manuscript submission: 31 March 2007 Notification to authors: 15 July 2007 Final accepted manuscript due: 15 September 2007 Publication date: 2008 Guest Editors ------------- Yannis Avrithis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece iavr at image.ntua.gr Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany staab at uni-koblenz.de Noel O'Connor, Dublin City University, Ireland oconnorn at eeng.dcu.ie Raphael Troncy, CWI, The Netherlands Raphael.Troncy at cwi.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS LIST If you would like to be removed from the SAMT publicity email list, please reply to this message with the word "REMOVE" in the SUBJECT LINE. This email should be addressed to publicity at samt2006.org. You will be removed from this list when we receive your reply. From rbodkin at newaspects.com Tue Feb 6 19:20:59 2007 From: rbodkin at newaspects.com (Ron Bodkin) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:20:59 -0800 Subject: [ecoop-info] Deadline Extension: Student Volunteer Call AOSD 2007 Message-ID: <00aa01c74a1b$8e265e00$b801a8c0@Aqua> ******** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED ******** ******** New Deadline: February 13th ******* Hi all, AOSD 2007, the international conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, would not be possible without the enthusiastic contribution of student volunteers. If you are looking for - free student registration, - a good chance to be assigned to the tutorials, workshops, demonstrations or other events of interest to you, and - free admission to any events of interest to you, if space is available, you should apply as a student volunteer. Submission for applications are due on February 13, 2007, so don't forget to apply soon. Approximately twelve volunteer positions are available for students who are interested in Aspect-Oriented Software Development and have a good knowledge of English. More information on student volunteering is available at http://www.aosd.net/2007/students/volunteers.php. All applications are welcome to apply! We are looking forward to receive your application, Thomas Fritz Student Volunteer Chair, AOSD 2007 volunteers at aosd.net (with apologies for multiple receipt of this message) From Wolfgang.Schroeder-Preikschat at informatik.uni-erlangen.de Wed Feb 7 13:14:07 2007 From: Wolfgang.Schroeder-Preikschat at informatik.uni-erlangen.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Schr=F6der-Preikschat?=) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:14:07 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] EuroSys 2007, Call for Posters Message-ID: <6A315118-4DD1-450D-ACC1-DF56636899D3@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Call for Posters ACM SIGOPS EUROSYS 2007 Conference Tuesday - Friday, March 20 - 23 2007 Lisbon, Portugal http://www.eurosys.org/2007 EuroSys 2007 will host an interactive poster session. Poster submissions will be peer-reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract describing the poster and, if available, a PDF file of the poster itself. Accepted abstracts and the associated posters will be available from the EuroSys web site. To submit a poster, please: * Write a 1-page extended abstract of the research to be described by the poster. All submissions should begin with the following information: Title: (title of proposed presentation) Name: (your name) E-mail: (your e-mail address) Student: (are you a student? yes/no) SUBMISSIONS LONGER THAN ONE PAGE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. * Place the abstract on the web as an ASCII, HTML, postscript or PDF format document * Mail the URL for the document's location to the Poster Session Chair, Rodrigo Rodrigues ( rodrigo.rodrigues at inesc-id.pt ). Please mention "EuroSys POSTER" in the subject. Expect a confirmation of the reception of your submission. If you have already completed the poster at the time of submission, please include a second URL to the actual poster in PDF format for use by the committee. If you do not have access to a web server on which to host your abstract, you may email your abstract and poster as attachments directly to the Poster Session Chair. Important Dates Deadline for poster extended abstract submission: February 23, 2007. Notification of poster acceptance: March 9, 2007. Poster session: March 22, 2007. From bardram at itu.dk Wed Feb 7 14:51:23 2007 From: bardram at itu.dk (Jakob E. Bardram) Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:51:23 +0100 Subject: [ecoop-info] CfP - Doctoral Colloquium at UbiComp 2007 Message-ID: <45C9D95B.4040502@itu.dk> *** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. *** Call for Papers: Doctoral Colloquium at the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing September 16, 2007, Innsbruck, Austria, Europe http://www.ubicomp2007.org/calls/dc/ Important dates: - February 28, 2007 -- Submission of thesis position paper - May 15, 2007 -- Accept/reject notifications - June 29, 2007 -- Camera ready papers PhD students and candidates are invited to present, discuss and defend their work-in-progress or preliminary results in an international and renowned audience of researchers and developers in the ubiquitous computing field at UbiComp 2007. PhD students and candidates at all stages in the process are invited to submit a thesis position paper. Participants will be expected to give short, informal presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a discussion. The submission (max. 8 pages) should clearly state: * the contribution made in the field of ubiquitous computing (for early work, state the expected contribution) * the original key idea of the thesis * the problem domain and the specific problem addressed * an overview of related work in the area of the PhD work * methodological approach * research carried out The submissions will be reviewed and based on these reviews approximately 8 participants for the doctoral colloquium will be selected. The accepted thesis position papers will be published in the adjunct proceedings of UbiComp 2007. Website: http://www.ubicomp2007.org/calls/dc/ UbiComp 2007 Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: Claudia Linnhoff-Popien (University of Munich, Germany) Jakob E. Bardram (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) UbiComp 2007 Doctoral Colloquium Advisory Committee: Christian Becker (University of Mannheim, Germany) Anind Dey (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Hans Gellersen (Lancaster University, United Kingdom) Lars Erik Holmquist (Viktoria Institute, Sweden) Albrecht Schmidt (Fraunhofer IAIS and b-it University of Bonn, Germany) From pasalic at cs.rice.edu Wed Feb 7 22:23:03 2007 From: pasalic at cs.rice.edu (Emir Pasalic) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:23:03 -0600 Subject: [ecoop-info] GPCE'07: Calls for Tutorials/Workshops Message-ID: <0B985EDE-DDB3-49EA-9055-8E0120A8BCB0@cs.rice.edu> CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Sixth International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE'07) October 1-3, 2007 in Salzburg, Austria (co-located with ESWEEK'07). http://www.gpce.org/07 Important Dates * Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: Friday March 16th * Date for notification of acceptance: Monday April 9th Note that this call is for tutorial organizers; tutorial registration is with the conference registration. Overview Proposals for high-quality tutorials in all areas of generative programming and component-based development, from academic research to industrial applications, are solicited. Tutorial levels may be introductory, intermediate, or advanced. A tutorial's purpose is to give a deeper insight into an area than a conventional lecture. Tutorials extend over a half or a full day. This gives the speaker the possibility to select a proper length for their tutorial. The topic of a tutorial can come from a truly broad spectrum. Any interesting theme included but not restricted to the following topic list is welcome: * Generative programming * Reuse, meta-programming, partial evaluation, multi-stage and multi-level languages, step-wise refinement * Semantics, type systems, symbolic computation, linking and explicit substitution, in-lining and macros, templates, program transformation * Runtime code generation, compilation, active libraries, synthesis from specifications, development methods, generation of non-code artifacts, formal methods, reflection * Generative techniques for * Product lines and architectures * Embedded systems * Model-driven architecture * Component-based software engineering * Reuse, distributed platforms, distributed systems, evolution, analysis and design patterns, development methods, formal methods * Integration of generative and component-based approaches * Domain engineering and domain analysis * Domain-specific languages (DSLs) including visual and UML-based DSLs * Separation of concerns * Aspect-oriented programming and feature-oriented programming, * Intentional programming and multi-dimensional separation of concerns * Industrial applications However, you should keep in mind that a tutorial must be expected to attract a reasonable number of participants. This is most likely the case if the topic is new or relevant to a broad community. If you have deep experience in a GPCE topic area, from which others could benefit, please consider submitting a proposal. Submission Format, Recommendations, and Process For details on the submission format, recommendations for submissions, and an overview of the submission process, please see the complete GPCE'07 call for tutorial proposals at: http://www.gpce.org/07 Follow the "Tutorials" link in the left sidebar. Tutorial Chair Ulrik P. Schultz (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) For additional information, clarification, or questions please feel free to contact the Tutorial Chair at tutorials07 at gpce.org CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Sixth International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE'07) October 1-3, 2007 in Salzburg, Austria (co-located with ESWEEK'07). http://www.gpce.org/07 Important Dates * Submission deadline for workshop proposals: Friday March 16th * Date for notification of acceptance: Monday April 9th Note that this call is for workshop organizers; a later call will occur for workshop contributions. Overview GPCE workshops provide intensive collaborative environments where generative and component technology researchers and practitioners meet to discuss and solve challenging problems facing the field. We encourage proposals for innovative, well-focused workshops on a broad spectrum of component engineering and generative programming topics. All topics related to the theme of the conference are potential candidates for workshops. Workshops typically fall into the following categories: * A workshop may address a specific sub-area of generative and component technology in depth. * A workshop may cover areas that cross the borders of several sub areas. Workshops that cross the borders of the formal and the applied areas is one example. * A workshop may also cross the border to other technologies or software engineering fields, e.g. development processes. * A workshop may focus on the application and deployment of generative and/or component technology in areas such as telecommunications, mobile computing or real-time systems. Workshops reporting on industrial experiences are particularly welcome. Workshop topics are by no means limited to the categories mentioned above. However, in each case, the proposed area is supposed to have enough impetus to yield new results that can be considered important and worth more detailed investigation. Submission Format, Recommendations, and Process For details on the submission format, recommendations for submissions, and an overview of the submission process, please see the complete GPCE'07 call for workshop proposals at: http://www.gpce.org/07 Follow the "Workshops" link in the left sidebar. Workshop Chair Ulrik P. Schultz (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) For additional information, clarification, or questions please feel free to contact the Workshop Chair at workshops07 at gpce.org. From Michael.Shin at ttu.edu Thu Feb 8 00:46:47 2007 From: Michael.Shin at ttu.edu (Michael (Eonsuk) Shin) Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:46:47 -0600 Subject: [ecoop-info] SEKE2007 - Deadline extended to March 1, 2007 Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20070207172901.05b133d0@smtp.ttu.edu> --------------------------------------------------- Deadline extended to March 1, 2007 --------------------------------------------------- The Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering SEKE'2007 Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA July 9 - July 11, 2007 www.ksi.edu/seke/seke07.html Organized by Knowledge Systems Institute CALL FOR PAPERS The Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'07) will be held in Hyatt Harborside at Boston's Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA, July 9-11, 2007. The hotel's website is at: http://harborside.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp The conference aims at bringing together experts in software engineering and knowledge engineering to discuss on relevant results in either software engineering or knowledge engineering or both. Special emphasis will be put on the transference of methods between both domains. TOPICS Solicited topics include, but are not limited to: Active rules in database systems Agent architectures, ontologies, languages and protocols Agent-based distributed data mining Agent-based grid computing Agent-based learning and knowledge discovery Agent-based software engineering Autonomic computing Agent-based auctions and marketplaces Agents in games and Virtual environments Adaptive Systems Ambient intelligence Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Software Engineering Artificial life and societies Automated Reasoning Automated Software Design and Synthesis Automated Software Specification Autonomic systems Believable, embodied, and physical agents Component-Based Software Engineering Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Data cleansing and noise reduction Data streams and incremental mining Data visualization E-Commerce Solutions and Applications Embedded and Ubiquitous Software Engineering Electronic Commerce Enterprise Software, Middleware, and Tools Formal Methods Human-Computer Interaction Industry System Experience and Report Integrity, Security, and Fault Tolerance Interface agents Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems Knowledge Representation and Retrieval Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques Knowledge Visualization Learning Software Organization Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering Middleware for service based systems Mining graphs Mobile agents Mobile Commerce Technology and Application Systems Mobile Systems Multi-agent systems Multimedia Applications, Frameworks, and Systems Multimedia and Hypermedia Software Engineering Ontologies and Methodologies Patterns and Frameworks Pervasive Computing Process and Workflow Management Programming Languages and Software Engineering Program Understanding Quality of services Reflection and Metadata Approaches Reliability Requirements Engineering Reverse Engineering Runtime service management Secure mobile and multi-agent systems Semantic web Service-centric software engineering Service oriented requirements engineering Service oriented architectures Service discovery and composition Service level agreements (drafting, negotiation, monitoring and management) Smart Spaces Soft Computing Soft Media/Digital Media Software Architecture Software Assurance Software Domain Modeling and Meta-Modeling Software dependability Software economics Software Engineering Case Study and Experience Reports Software Engineering Decision Support Software Engineering Tools and Environments Software Maintenance and Evolution Software Process Modeling Software product lines Software Quality Software Reuse Software Safety Software Security Swarm intelligence System Applications and Experience Time and Knowledge Management Tools Tutoring, Documentation Systems Uncertainty Knowledge Management Validation and Verification Web and text mining Web-Based Tools, Applications and Environment Web-Based Knowledge Management Web-Based Tools, Systems, and Environments Web and Data Mining Wireless-Based Applications and Systems INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/seke07/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references). Workshop papers should be submitted to the workshops directly. INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS Papers submitted to SEKE'07 will be reviewed electronically. The users (webmaster, program chair, reviewers...) can login using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/seke07/review/pass.php. If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: seke at ksi.edu. SEKE'2007 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: seke at ksi.edu IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: March 1, 2007 (extended deadline) Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2007 Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2007 -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------- Deadline extended to March 1, 2007 --------------------------------------------------- The Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering SEKE'2007 Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA July 9 - July 11, 2007 www.ksi.edu/seke/seke07.html Organized by Knowledge Systems Institute CALL FOR PAPERS The Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'07) will be held in Hyatt Harborside at Boston's Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA, July 9-11, 2007. The hotel's website is at: http://harborside.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp The conference aims at bringing together experts in software engineering and knowledge engineering to discuss on relevant results in either software engineering or knowledge engineering or both. Special emphasis will be put on the transference of methods between both domains. TOPICS Solicited topics include, but are not limited to: Active rules in database systems Agent architectures, ontologies, languages and protocols Agent-based distributed data mining Agent-based grid computing Agent-based learning and knowledge discovery Agent-based software engineering Autonomic computing Agent-based auctions and marketplaces Agents in games and Virtual environments Adaptive Systems Ambient intelligence Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Software Engineering Artificial life and societies Automated Reasoning Automated Software Design and Synthesis Automated Software Specification Autonomic systems Believable, embodied, and physical agents Component-Based Software Engineering Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Data cleansing and noise reduction Data streams and incremental mining Data visualization E-Commerce Solutions and Applications Embedded and Ubiquitous Software Engineering Electronic Commerce Enterprise Software, Middleware, and Tools Formal Methods Human-Computer Interaction Industry System Experience and Report Integrity, Security, and Fault Tolerance Interface agents Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems Knowledge Representation and Retrieval Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques Knowledge Visualization Learning Software Organization Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering Middleware for service based systems Mining graphs Mobile agents Mobile Commerce Technology and Application Systems Mobile Systems Multi-agent systems Multimedia Applications, Frameworks, and Systems Multimedia and Hypermedia Software Engineering Ontologies and Methodologies Patterns and Frameworks Pervasive Computing Process and Workflow Management Programming Languages and Software Engineering Program Understanding Quality of services Reflection and Metadata Approaches Reliability Requirements Engineering Reverse Engineering Runtime service management Secure mobile and multi-agent systems Semantic web Service-centric software engineering Service oriented requirements engineering Service oriented architectures Service discovery and composition Service level agreements (drafting, negotiation, monitoring and management) Smart Spaces Soft Computing Soft Media/Digital Media Software Architecture Software Assurance Software Domain Modeling and Meta-Modeling Software dependability Software economics Software Engineering Case Study and Experience Reports Software Engineering Decision Support Software Engineering Tools and Environments Software Maintenance and Evolution Software Process Modeling Software product lines Software Quality Software Reuse Software Safety Software Security Swarm intelligence System Applications and Experience Time and Knowledge Management Tools Tutoring, Documentation Systems Uncertainty Knowledge Management Validation and Verification Web and text mining Web-Based Tools, Applications and Environment Web-Based Knowledge Management Web-Based Tools, Systems, and Environments Web and Data Mining Wireless-Based Applications and Systems INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/seke07/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references). Workshop papers should be submitted to the workshops directly. INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS Papers submitted to SEKE'07 will be reviewed electronically. The users (webmaster, program chair, reviewers...) can login using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/seke07/review/pass.php. If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: seke at ksi.edu. SEKE'2007 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: seke at ksi.edu IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: March 1, 2007 (extended deadline) Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2007 Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2007 From dapost at unipi.gr Thu Feb 8 09:34:12 2007 From: dapost at unipi.gr (Dimitris Apostolou) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:34:12 +0200 Subject: [ecoop-info] 2nd CfP: Knowledge Management stream in EURO XXII Message-ID: <200702080834.l188Ydjv024182@ermis.unipi.gr> (apologies for cross-postings) 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- "Knowledge Management" Stream in EURO XXII - 2007 European Conference on Operational Research Prague, Czech Republic, July 8-11, 2007 Selected papers of the Stream will be published in a Special Issue entitled "Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Management: Synergies and Opportunities" in International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) Guest Editors: Dimitris Apostolou, Gregoris Mentzas URLs: http://euro2007.vse.cz/ http://dsslab.cs.unipi.gr/cfp/kmineuro2007.htm http://www.imu.iccs.gr/events/kmineuro2007/ IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Deadline for abstract submission: February 28, 2007 Notification of acceptance (EURO abstracts): March 28, 2007 Deadline for early registration: April 15, 2007 Deadline for article submission: June 13, 2007 EURO Conference: July 8-11, 2007 Notification of acceptance (IJKL articles): December 17, 2007 IJKL special issue: scheduled for Q3 2008 AIM AND SCOPE ------------- Given the significance of knowledge in the society and economy of our era, four significant challenges formulate the justification of the conference stream and special issue: 1. Knowledge management has been accepted as a critical enabler aiming to increase organizational performance by better use of intellectual assets. Emerging technologies such as semantic technologies, web 2.0 and social computing, personal information management systems, advanced information classification, clustering and retrieval algorithms open-up new pathways for knowledge management research and applications. In parallel, typical management-driven knowledge management approaches give way to informal employee networks and other workplace practices supported by flexible collaboration tools such as wikis that increasingly prove more successful at turning knowledge into action. 2. E-learning has rapidly emerged as a major area for discussion and activity within the human resource departments of organizations, public and private. ICT technologies are used to provide access to and manage the processes of learning. Up to this point, most elearning has been consumed by learners in the form of full, off-the-shelf, or slightly customized courses. However, users need new ways to efficiently turn their proprietary knowledge into effective elearning content. Furthermore, organizations need mechanisms for managing and delivering elearning content in a digestible form to the end user who can immediately apply it to perform better, to help speed individuals' time to performance and perpetuate organizational success. 3. Facilitating innovation is increasingly acknowledged as a key factor for competitive advantage. Existing working environments mainly focus on supporting traditional working paradigms of linear workflows by providing Information Systems for planning, scheduling and executing tasks. However, in order to achieve continuous innovation and thus create persistent competitive advantage, organizations need to increase their capacity for carrying out open-ended and nonlinear problem solving, involving a wide participation of people in knowledge-rich environments. This must be supported by new paradigms of Information Systems for managing the knowledge transfer, the social dynamics, and the decision processes involved in the front-end of innovation. 4. In parallel, the Semantic Web vision has spawn critical research in knowledge engineering and representation methodologies, languages and tools. Semantic Web technologies provide mechanisms for structuring Web information resources with the use of metadata and support the delegation of tasks to software agents. Ontologies constitute a critical item in this research area since they provide shared semantics, thus enabling a higher degree of semantic interoperability. The 'expression of meaning' and the 'representation of context' relate directly to numerous open issues within knowledge management, e-learning and innovation management systems. The scope of the call includes knowledge management for personal, social, organizational and inter-organizational applications, knowledge engineering and Semantic Web technologies to information systems, as well as group support systems and social software and the diverse underlying data storage and knowledge representation aspects. Papers dealing with issues that touch more than one of the above mentioned aspects are especially sought. This is intended to initiate a dialog between the knowledge, learning and innovation management communities. The EURO XXII conference is the leading European event of researchers and professionals in Operational Research. The "Knowledge Management" Stream intends to provides a venue for researchers who are addressing the above problems to present their work in a high quality environment. TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ Research, position and experience papers are welcomed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Knowledge-based tools and techniques for knowledge, learning and innovation management - Applications and engineering of ontologies for knowledge, learning and innovation management information systems - Knowledge, learning and innovation management information systems integration through ontologies and semantic metadata - Design and modeling of knowledge, learning object and innovation-related repositories - Management of semantic metadata related to knowledge, learning objects and innovation-related information objects - Knowledge, learning and innovation as service approaches - Business modeling and enterprise processes in support of knowledge, leaning and innovation management - Innovative approaches to learning and innovation such as gaming approaches, and game-like Human Computer Interaction - Use of social computing and Web 2.0 technologies to enhance knowledge access, sharing and re-use as well as collaboration - Approaches for raising the level of security and trust in information systems and repositories for knowledge, learning and innovation management SUBMISSION OF PAPERS -------------------- Paper abstracts should be submitted electronically to the EURO XXII management system (http://euro2007.vse.cz) according to the guidelines posted there. At least one author of each accepted abstract is expected to participate in the conference and present his/her work. Informal proceedings including accepted abstracts will be distributed on site. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL), scheduled for the third quarter of 2008. Authors of accepted EURO abstracts will be invited to submit full articles (a typical size is between 7000 and 9000 words) and a number of 6-8 papers will be s