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Deadline extension, December 16: PESARO 2012 || April 29 - May 4, 2012 - Chamonix / Mont Blanc, France
by Cristina Pascual 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to PESARO 2012. The submission deadline is extended to December 16, 2011. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== PESARO 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS PESARO 2012: The Second International Conference on Performance, Safety and Robustness in Complex Systems and Applications April 29 - May 4, 2012 - Chamonix / Mont Blanc, France General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/PESARO12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPPESARO12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters - ideas Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitPESARO12.html Submission deadline: December 16, 2011 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html PESARO 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Fundamentals Fundamentals on system safety; Robustness technology and evaluation; Metrics for risk assessment; Performance-oriented design; Safety-oriented system design; Performance metrics and dependable metrics ; Active and passive safety; Performance warning delay Methodologies, techniques and algorithms Systems modeling; Hazard analysis; System measurement and monitoring; Evaluation of safety data, and mitigation and prevention strategies; Model verification and validation; Fault-tolerant systems; Simulation, statistical analysis, and experimental design analysis; Language and runtime systems Performance Performance basics; Performance-oriented design; Performance methodology techniques and algorithms for analytic modeling; System measurement and monitoring; Model verification and validation, simulation, statistical analysis; Experimental design, and reliability analysis; Performance evaluation of various technologies and systems (mobile devices and wireless networks, distributed and parallel systems, file and storage systems, power management, database systems, computer networks and architectures, operating systems, fault-tolerant systems, and language and runtime systems). Performance in dedicated service systems (Web services, Financial services, Healthcare and pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications services, Industrial Manufacturing, Education services, Transportation services, Energy and utilities) Safety in industrial systems Fundamentals on system safety; Safety of software systems and software engineering; Safety requirements; Safety for critical systems; Engineering for system robustness and reliability; Control of mission critical systems; Safety-oriented system design; Human tasks and error models; Hazard analysis; Cost and effectiveness of system safety; Verification and validation of safety; Safety tools; Evaluation of safety data, and mitigation and prevention strategies; Safety control and management; System Safety Implementation Guidelines and Standards; Transferring safety knowledge; Metrics for Risk Assessment; Contingency Planning and Occurrence Reporting; Preparedness Activities; Industry specific safety systems (Medical devices, Aerospace, Chemical industry, Nuclear power plants, Public health, Biological Safety) Robustness Basic concepts and applications; Theory and mechanisms for robustness; Uncertainty and robustness; Statistic robustness; Computation and optimization of robustness; Robustness estimation and approximation; Robustness correction; Robust systems; Robustness tests and benchmarking Applications and services Mobile Web performance; Multiple data center management; Network latency and impact on performance/robustness; Performance and robustness of cloud-based solutions; Scalable safe and robust solutions; Mobile devices and wireless networks; Mission critical systems and applications; Industry specific safety systems (medical devices, aerospace, chemical industry, nuclear power plants, public health, biological systems) Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComPESARO12.html ====================

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APRICOT-2012: Call for Papers
by Mark Tinka 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) 21 February - 2 March 2012, New Delhi, India http://www.apricot2012.net CALL FOR PAPERS =============== The APRICOT 2012 Programme Committee is now seeking contributions for Presentations and Tutorials for APRICOT 2012. We are looking for people and proposals that would: - Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic; and/or - Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker; and/or - Convene and chair a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session. Please submit proposals on-line at: http://submission.apnic.net/ CONFERENCE MILESTONES --------------------- Call for Papers Opens: 22 November 2011 First Draft Program Published: 19 December 2011 Final Deadline for Submissions: 10 February 2012 Final Program Published: 17 February 2012 Final Slides Received: 25 February 2012 PROGRAM MATERIAL ---------------- The APRICOT Programme is organised in three parts, including workshops, tutorials and the conference. The APNIC Policy SIG and Annual Members Meeting will be held during the APRICOT conference. Topics for tutorials and conference would include amongst others relevant to Internet Operations and Technologies: - IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and operations - IPv4 address runout / IPv6 deployment and transition technologies - Backbone operations - ISP and Carrier services - Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware) - Peering / IXPs - DNS / DNSSEC - Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing, etc) - Access and Transport Technologies, including broadband deployment, Cable/DSL, wireless, WiMax, metro ethernet, fiber network, MPLS - Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence", Gaming) CfP SUBMISSION -------------- All draft and complete slides must be submitted in PDF format only. Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be provided with CfP submissions otherwise the Programme Committee will be unable to review the submission. For work in progress, the most current information available at time of submission is acceptable. Final slides are to be provided by the specified deadline for publication on the APRICOT website. While the majority of speaking slots will be filled by the first submission deadline, a limited number of slots may be available up to the final submission deadline for presentations that are exceptionally timely, important, or of critical operational importance. Please submit on-line at: http://submission.apnic.net/ Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee by e-mail at: pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Mark Tinka & Jonny Martin Co-Chairs, APRICOT Programme Committee program(a)apricot.net

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New E-Learning Tutorial: RIPE PDP Explained
by Sandra Bras 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, You can now get a concise overview of the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) by watching the latest video tutorial online at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/e-learning/policy-development-pro… In the coming months, we will release new E-Learning solutions and tutorials on: - The RIPE Database - RIPE Atlas - DNSSEC (Module 3) RIPE NCC E-Learning tutorials are provided as a free service available to everyone. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at: <e-learning(a)ripe.net>. Happy learning, Sandra Brás Trainer/E-Learning Coordinator RIPE NCC

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Last call for participation in the Arbor 2011 WISR opsec survey.
by Dobbins, Roland 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

[Apologies if you've already seen this message in other forums.] We'd be grateful if folks who've yet to do so would take a few minutes to participate in the 2011 WISR opsec survey - responses will be tabulated on Sunday, 20Nov11, and input from the operational community is greatly appreciated! This link redirects to the http/s-enabled survey tool: <http://www.arbornetworks.com/survey/ISR2011> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins(a)arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> The basis of optimism is sheer terror. -- Oscar Wilde

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New RIPE Document "RIPE Routing Working Group Recommendations,on IPv6 Route Aggregation"
by Alix Guillard 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE Document, ripe-532, "RIPE Routing Working Group Recommendations on IPv6 Route Aggregation", has been published. You can find the new document at: http://ripe.net/ripe/docs/routing-recommendations-ipv6 During RIPE 63, the Routing Working Group decided to add specific IPv6 recommendations to its existing document about route aggregation, ripe-399 "RIPE Routing Working Group Recommendations on Route Aggregation". This new guideline document is intended to supplement ripe-399. Best regards, -- Alix Guillard RIPE NCC Webmaster - http://ripe.net/

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RIPE NCC Membership and Stakeholder Survey 2011 - Results
by Axel Pawlik 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, The results of the Membership and Stakeholder Survey 2011 were presented at the RIPE 63 Meeting, which took place in Vienna, Austria from 31 October-4 November 2011. The full report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2011 These large-scale surveys are used by the RIPE NCC to assess its current service offering and to shape its strategy for the years ahead. The RIPE NCC carries out these every three years. They are extremely important in finding out the views of RIPE NCC members and other stakeholders on the direction the RIPE NCC should be taking as an organisation. An independent third party, the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), conducted the analysis of the survey data. Any information that might identify the respondent was removed by the OII and was not made available to the RIPE NCC or published in the report. If you have any questions or comments relating to the survey, please email <surveys(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE 63: Report and Thanks
by RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear Colleagues, RIPE 63 took place last week from 31 October - 4 November 2011 in Vienna, Austria. 465 people attended, making it the the most well-attended RIPE Meeting to date. RIPE 63 Meeting Report ---------------------- The full RIPE 63 Meeting Report is now available at: http://ripe63.ripe.net/programme/report/ Sessions Archive ----------------- Presentations from the week can be found at: http://ripe63.ripe.net/presentations/ Webcasts and stenography transcripts can be found at: http://ripe63.ripe.net/archives/ Thanks ------ We would like to thank everyone who participated at RIPE 63 - onsite and remotely - who helped to make this such a successful meeting. We would also like to thank the RIPE 63 sponsors: A1, Arbor Networks, Google, Netnod, next layer, Nokia Siemens Networks and 6connect. And special thanks goes to the local hosts of this meeting: ACOnet, nic.at, University of Vienna and the Vienna Internet Exchange. Next Meeting ------------ RIPE 64 will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 16 – 20 April 2012. We hope to see you there! Your Opinion ------------ As always we appreciate your feedback. You can either send an email to <meeting(a)ripe.net> or fill in the anonymous feedback form at: http://ripe63.ripe.net/feedback/ Best regards, The RIPE Meeting Team

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Wilfried Woeber Appointed to NRO NC for Three-Year Term
by Axel Pawlik 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Wilfried Woeber was appointed by the RIPE NCC Executive Board to take the vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC). He will serve a three-year term that runs from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014. The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Nigel Titley, made the announcement during the Closing Plenary on Friday, 4 November 2011, at the RIPE 63 Meeting in Vienna. More information about the NRO NC and the selection process can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/nronc2011 Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE 63: Daily Meeting Report - Friday
by RIPE Meeting 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, A short summary of Friday's events at RIPE 63 can be found below. The full Daily Meeting Report, including photos, links to presentations, webcasts and further information, can be found at: http://ripe63.ripe.net/programme/report/thursday/ Friday Plenary Friday morning's Plenary began with updates from the other four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Axel Pawlik, Managing Director, RIPE NCC, also gave an update on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Executive Council (EC) activities and Andrea Cima, Registration Services Manager, RIPE NCC, presented a global overview of allocation and assignment statistics. Filiz Yilmaz, Senior Director of Participation and Engagement, gave the IANA Update. Closing Plenary The Closing Plenary began with Geoff Huston, Chief Scientist, APNIC, giving an entertaining and informative presentation on IPv4 exhaustion. Next on the agenda were three IPv6-related lightning talks and one on "RPKI Validation Performance". The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) held elections for the revolving vacant seat. The audience thanked Rob Evans, who is standing down from the PC. Filiz Yilmaz was elected by the attendees in the room by show of hands. It was also announced that Joao Damas, IRC, was standing down from the PC. He received a standing ovation for his efforts in coordinating the RIPE Meeting plenary content over the last several years. Brian Nisbet was welcomed as his replacement. Rob Blokzijl, RIPE Chair, asked the Plenary if it agreed that the RIPE NCC could continue to use an address block for RIS activities. The attendees present agreed by show of hands. Marco Hogewoning, RIPE NCC, announced that the resource request for business operations he had presented on earlier in the week has been revoked. Nigel Titley, Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board, announced that Wilfried Woeber had been selected as the RIPE NCC Executive Board appointee to the NRO Number Council (NC). Erik Romijn, RIPE NCC, gave the RIPE 63 Technical Report. A report from the Secret Working Group followed and Rob Blokzijl closed the RIPE 63 Meeting with a short overview of meeting statistics, thanked the meeting hosts, the organisation team and the attendees and encouraged everyone to take part in the RIPE 64 Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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IJAHUC Special Issue on "Localization, Positioning and Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks"
by Jaime Lloret Mauri 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Call for Papers Special Issue on "Localization, Positioning and Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks" International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC) Journal Impact Factor: 0.435 (2010) http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1741 In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) deployments, wireless sensor nodes should be strategically placed in order to maximize the sensed area while minimizing the number of nodes to be placed in the field. Moreover, wireless radio coverage distances should be taken into account in order to cover large areas. Wireless sensors may be located quite far from each other, allowing lower deployment costs, but it may increase the wireless sensor node power consumption due to the energy needed to reach large distances. Although many factors may affect the position of each wireless sensor node inside the WSN, there are two main ones: the radio coverage area, which allows the sensors to communicate, and, the sensing coverage area, which gives the sensing region. Both types of coverage areas could be affected by the field where the WSN is deployed, but different factors affect each type of coverage. The goal is to maximize the coverage percentage, while coverage holes should be minimized. This special issue is focused on sensor node location and positioning techniques taking into account the aforementioned constraints. Suitable topics include but are not limited to: - WSN radio coverage. - WSN sensing field. - WSN deployment zones. - Isotropic and sectorial sensing nodes. - Positioning systems. - Node location techniques. - Analytical node placement systems. - 2D and 3D Regions of Interest in WSNs. - Theoretical systems and analytical methods to maximize the radio and sensing coverage. - Sensing gain and power gain systems. - Sleep scheduling techniques for enhancing WSN coverage. - Self-organization Strategies. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written). All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page (http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31). Important Dates Submission deadline: 30 November, 2012 Notification of acceptance: 29 February, 2013 Camera Ready Papers: 30 April, 2013 Guest Editors: Prof. Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Dr. Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan Prof. Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala State, India Dr. Javier M. Aguiar, University of Valladolid, Spain Editors and Notes All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers (http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=35&jid=145). If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions(a)inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editors. Please contact Assoc. Prof. Jaime Lloret Mauri (jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es) with any queries concerning this special issue.

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