Subject: [Mip4] CFP NetCri-07

From: James Joshi <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:43:13 -0500 (EST)

[Apologies for multiple postings]

The First International Workshop on Research Challenges in Next Generation Networks for First Responders and Critical Infrastructures
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sharno/NetCri07/

In conjunction with
The IEEE IPCCC 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 11-13
http://www.ipccc.org/

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Program Description
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As advances in pervasive computing, wireless communication and sensor networks continue, more opportunities are open to first responders and critical infrastructures to benefit from these technologies. Providing first responders with the best possible technology, infrastructure and services help save the lives of the general public and the first responders as well. One of the main challenges to the operations of first responders and critical infrastructures is to deploy a communication network that is dependable, secure, and rapidly deployable. In order to operate effectively, the deployed network supports services such as location determination, audio and video communication, and in site and remote sensing. Another key feature for first responders and critical infrastructures networks is to support interactions among multiple heterogeneous networks.

This workshop provides a forum for researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss the challenges facing the design, deployment and operational issues for next generation network support for first responders and critical infrastructure. The workshop will identify and define fundamental concepts and techniques, resolve conflicts between different approaches in the area, and provide a common ground for an advanced research and development agenda. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Smart environments (buildings, roads, vehicles, etc.)
- Fast roaming in heterogonous network environment
- Localization and time synchronization 
- Rapidly deployable and self configuring services and networks
- Security, dependability, privacy, and performance trade-offs
- QoS in heterogeneous wireless networks
- Sensor and actuator networks for information gathering and real-time control
- Network and system support for augmented reality and visual analytics
- Test beds
- Simulation studies of first responders and critical infrastructures? networks
- Novel and adaptive communication protocols to support first responders and critical infrastructure? operation
- Resource management and allocation
- Power control management
- Admission, load and flow control
- Performance analysis and experimentation of heterogeneous wireless networks
- Security techniques and methods for heterogeneous wireless networks
- Interoperability among WLANs, Cellular, WSN and wired networks
- Measurements on heterogeneous networks
- Mobility models and traffic patterns in disaster areas
- Cross-layer design

Workshop Co-chairs
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Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, USA
Moustafa Youssef, University of Maryland, USA

Publicity Chair
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Tamer Elsharnouby, Microsoft Corporation, USA
James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Technical Program Committee
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Arup Acharya, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA
Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland, USA
Mustaque Ahamad, Georgia Tech, USA
Jonathan Agre, Fujitsu Lab, USA
Nils Aschenbruck, University of Bonn, Germany
Farag Azzedine, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Doreen Cheng, Samsung Research, USA
Nagwa Elmakky, Alexandria University, Egypt
Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, USA
Elena Guara, Coventry University, UK
Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA
James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA
P. Krishnan, Avaya Labs, USA
Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech, USA
Tamer Nadeem,  Siemens Research, USA
Dragos Niculescu, NEC Labs, USA
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
Stephen D. Wolthusen,  University of London, USA
Mohamed Younis,  University of Maryland at Baltimore County, USA
Adel Youssef, Google, USA

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