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Call for Papers
NetCri 07
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
IEEE IPCCC 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, April
11-13
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As advances in pervasive computing, wireless communication
and sensor networks
continue, more opportunities are open to first responders
and critical infra-
structures 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 heterogen-
eous networks.
This workshop provides a forum for researchers, industry,
and government
agencies to discuss the challenges facing the design,
deployment and operation-
al 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
- 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
- Metrics and measurements on heterogeneous networks
- Mobility models and traffic patterns in disaster areas
- Cross-layer design
- Testbeds
Paper Submission
Papers should describe original, previously unpublished
work, not currently
under review by another conference, workshop, or journal.
Authors are invited
to submit a maximum of 6 pages papers including the
abstract, figures and
references. Papers should include the title, author(s),
authors' affiliation
and an abstract. The formatting should be according to IEEE
rules. Papers
should be submitted in a PDF format using the EDAS
submission system.
Accepted papers will be accessible through the IEEE digital
library and are
included in the conference proceedings.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: November 30, 2006
Notification of acceptance: January 5, 2007
Camera ready version: January 26, 2007
Workshop Organizing Committee
Program Co-Chairs
Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, USA
Moustafa Youssef, University of Maryland, USA
Publicity Co-Chairs
Tamer Elsharnouby, Microsoft Corporation, USA
James Joshi, University of Pittsburg, USA
Technical Program Committee
Arup Acharya, IBM, USA
Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland, USA
Jonathan Agre, Fujitsu Lab, USA
Mustaque Ahamad, Georgia Tech, 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
Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland at BC,
USA
Stephen D. Wolthusen, University of bond, USA
Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland at BC,
USA
Adel Youssef, Google, USA
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