Call for Paper Conference

The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia

Networking and comPuting

http://research.cs.queensu.ca/wmunep/

held in conjunction with

The 12th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis, and

Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM'09)

26-30 October, 2009, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

|| Scope ||

The Fifth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia Networking and comPuting (WMuNeP) will be a one-day workshop, held in conjunction with the 12th Annual ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM´09), in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

The demand for wireless multimedia communications thrives in today's consumer and corporate market. The need to evolve multimedia applications and services, and their associated protocols for emerging networks is at a critical point given the proliferation and integration of wireless systems to intelligent and broadband networks, mobility of people, data/voice convergence and the integration of computing and communication in mobile devices. This workshop is devoted to cover different aspects of wireless multimedia networking and performance modeling for WLANs, WPANs, WMANs, WWANs, MANETs, VANETs and sensor networks such as wireless video and wireless streaming, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, synchronization, analysis and performance modeling. The workshop will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects.

|| Topics ||

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Wireless multimedia network management

* Wireless multimedia traffic modeling

* Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia

* Proxy-based systems for video transcoding and content distribution

* Performance modeling, monitoring and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks and systems

* Multipoint, multicast wireless multimedia services

* Deployment of wireless multimedia applications, services and networks

* Protocols for wireless multimedia networks

* QoS and Resource Allocation in wireless multimedia networks

* Integration of wireless multimedia networks to broadband networks

* End-to-end IP multimedia wireless communications

* Coding and transmission for wireless multimedia networks

* Distributed wireless multimedia services

* Content-based wireless multimedia information retrieval tools

* Video, streaming, real-time wireless multimedia communications and applications

* Security in wireless multimedia networks

* Wireless multimedia right protection and watermarking

* Pricing mechanisms for wireless multimedia networks

* E-Commerce and related applications for wireless multimedia networks

* Multimedia evaluation and processing for wireless networks

* Cross layer design for wireless multimedia networks

* Analytical modeling of wireless multimedia networks

* Software tools for system performance and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks

* Performance comparison of wireless multimedia networks

* Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems

* Wireless multimedia sensor networks

|| Important Dates ||

- Paper Submission June 19 2009 [NEW DEADLINE]

- Author Notification July 15, 2009

- Camera-ready Paper August 1, 2009

|| Submission Guideliness ||

High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference.

Paper length should be no more than 10 pages, double column, ACM style including tables and figures. Note that the regular paper size will be 8 pages, with the possibility to obtain up to 2 additional pages (total 10 pages) by paying a fee.Short papers might be included in the technical program to complete it and foster discussion and idea exchange. For all, at least one author of accepted papers must attend the conference to present its contribution.

Papers must be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system. The complete list of authors' names must be inserted when registering the paper on the EasyChair system. In order to access the EasyChair system you need to register first. Authors should check if they already have an account on the EasyChair system; otherwise, they must create one before submitting the paper.

Detailed submission instructions can be found on the workshop's website, http://research.cs.queensu.ca/wmunep/

The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia

Networking and comPuting

http://research.cs.queensu.ca/wmunep/

held in conjunction with

The 12th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis, and

Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM'09)

26-30 October, 2009, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

|| Scope ||

The Fifth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Multimedia Networking and comPuting (WMuNeP) will be a one-day workshop, held in conjunction with the 12th Annual ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM´09), in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

The demand for wireless multimedia communications thrives in today's consumer and corporate market. The need to evolve multimedia applications and services, and their associated protocols for emerging networks is at a critical point given the proliferation and integration of wireless systems to intelligent and broadband networks, mobility of people, data/voice convergence and the integration of computing and communication in mobile devices. This workshop is devoted to cover different aspects of wireless multimedia networking and performance modeling for WLANs, WPANs, WMANs, WWANs, MANETs, VANETs and sensor networks such as wireless video and wireless streaming, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, synchronization, analysis and performance modeling. The workshop will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their contributions related to the above high-level aspects.

|| Topics ||

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Wireless multimedia network management

* Wireless multimedia traffic modeling

* Middleware and reflective systems support for wireless multimedia

* Proxy-based systems for video transcoding and content distribution

* Performance modeling, monitoring and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks and systems

* Multipoint, multicast wireless multimedia services

* Deployment of wireless multimedia applications, services and networks

* Protocols for wireless multimedia networks

* QoS and Resource Allocation in wireless multimedia networks

* Integration of wireless multimedia networks to broadband networks

* End-to-end IP multimedia wireless communications

* Coding and transmission for wireless multimedia networks

* Distributed wireless multimedia services

* Content-based wireless multimedia information retrieval tools

* Video, streaming, real-time wireless multimedia communications and applications

* Security in wireless multimedia networks

* Wireless multimedia right protection and watermarking

* Pricing mechanisms for wireless multimedia networks

* E-Commerce and related applications for wireless multimedia networks

* Multimedia evaluation and processing for wireless networks

* Cross layer design for wireless multimedia networks

* Analytical modeling of wireless multimedia networks

* Software tools for system performance and evaluation of wireless multimedia networks

* Performance comparison of wireless multimedia networks

* Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems

* Wireless multimedia sensor networks

|| Important Dates ||

- Paper Submission June 15, 2009

- Author Notification July 15, 2009

- Camera-ready Paper August 1, 2009

|| Submission Guideliness ||

High-quality original papers are solicited. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference.

Paper length should be no more than 10 pages, double column, ACM style including tables and figures. Note that the regular paper size will be 8 pages, with the possibility to obtain up to 2 additional pages (total 10 pages) by paying a fee.Short papers might be included in the technical program to complete it and foster discussion and idea exchange. For all, at least one author of accepted papers must attend the conference to present its contribution.

Papers must be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system. The complete list of authors' names must be inserted when registering the paper on the EasyChair system. In order to access the EasyChair system you need to register first. Authors should check if they already have an account on the EasyChair system; otherwise, they must create one before submitting the paper.

Detailed submission instructions can be found on the workshop's website, http://research.cs.queensu.ca/wmunep/

|| General Chair ||

Regina B. Araujo, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

|| Workshop Co-Chairs ||

Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Queen's University, Canada

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CALL FOR PAPERS

IFIP Wireless Days 2009
Paris, France
December 14-16, 2009
http://www.wireless-days.org/
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Conference Chairs:

Guy Pujolle, University of Paris 6, France
Nadjib Achir, University of Paris 13, France
Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13, France

Steering committee:

Khaldoun Al-Agha, University Paris 11, France
Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Boutaba Raouf, University of Waterloo
Tijani Chahed, TELECOM & Management SudParis, France
Pedro Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain
Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Mario Gerla, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Ulf Korner, Lund University, Sweden

Scope:

Wireless Days Conference is a major international conference which
aims to bring together researchers, technologists and visionaries
from Academia, research labs and industry, engineers and students
to exchange, discuss and share their experiences, ideas and research
about theoretical and practical aspects of wireless networking. After
the first successful edition of Wireless Days 2008 in Dubai (UAE),
the second edition of the conference will be held in Paris (France)
next December 14-16, 2009. The conference will include presentations
of theoretical and experimental achievements, innovative wireless
systems, prototyping efforts, case studies and advances in technology
related to wireless networking and communications infrastructures.

Wireless Days Conference program will include the following four
conference tracks:

- Track 1: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
- Track 2: Broadband Wireless
- Track 3: Wireless Multimedia
- Track 4: Home Networking

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: July 12, 2009
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2009
Camera-ready version: October 15, 2009

Paper Submission:

Submissions should be original and limited to 5 double-column pages,
and should follow IEEE paper templates. Paper with more pages can be
accepted however they need to be reduced to 5 pages for publication.
Papers are to be submitted electronically on the EDAS web site of
the conference in PDF format.

Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be
available through IEEExplore (pending).

Best papers will be published in a special issue of Journals

Contacts:
Conference Chairs
- Guy Pujolle,
University of Paris 6, France (Guy.Pujolle@lip6.fr)
- Nadjib Achir,
University of Paris 13, France (Nadjib.Achir@univ-paris13.fr)
- Khaled Boussetta,
University of Paris 13, France (Khaled.Boussetta@univ-paris13.fr)

Track 1: "Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks"
- Nadjib Achir,
University of Paris 13, France (Nadjib.Achir@univ-paris13.fr)
- Khaled Boussetta,
University of Paris 13, France (Khaled.Boussetta@univ-paris13.fr)

Track 2: "Broadband Wireless"
- Sami Tabbane,
Sup'Com, Tunisia (sami.tabbane@supcom.rnu.tn)
- Llorenc Cerda-Alabern ,
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain (llorenc@ac.upc.edu)

Track 3: "Wireless Multimedia"
- Madjid Merabti,
Liverpool John Moores University, UK (M.Merabti@ljmu.ac.uk)
- David Llewellyn-Jones,
Liverpool John Moores University, UK (D.Llewellyn-Jones@livjm.ac.uk)

Track 4 : "Third International Home Networking conference"
- Stefano Galli,
Panasonic R&D Company of America, USA (SGalli@research.panasonic.com)

Local organization
- Aziza Lounis,
University of Paris 6, France (Aziza.Lounis@rp.lip6.fr)
- Pellissier Clementine,
University of Paris 6, France (Clementine.Pellissier@lip6.fr)

Sponsors:
IFIP (http://www.ifip.org/)
(pending) IEEE Technical Co-sponsorship