[NTMS 2012] Call for Papers, Istanbul- Turkey, 7 - 10 May 2012

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              Fifth IFIP International Conference on 
              New Technologies, Mobility and Security
                 May 7 - 10, 2012, Istanbul- Turkey
                     http://www.ntms-conf.org/
                 Technically Sponsored by IFIP TC6

Overview
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NTMS'2012 is the Fifth International Conference on New Technologies, 
Mobility and Security that will be held from 7 to 10 May 2012 in 
Istanbul, Turkey.

NTMS'2012 aims at fostering advances in the areas of New Technologies, 
Wireless Networks, Mobile Computing, Ad hoc and Ambient Networks, QoS,
Network Security and E-commerce, to mention a few, and provides a 
dynamic forum for researchers, students and professionals to present 
their state-of-the-art research and development in these interesting 
areas. 

The event will be combined with tutorial sessions and workshops. 
Tutorials will precede the main program, aiming at the dissemination of 
mature knowledge and technology advances in the field. Two or more 
Workshops will immediately follow the main conference, offering the 
opportunity for a more focused exchange of ideas and presentation of on-
going research relevant to following tracks (More information and the 
full call-for-papers can be found on the conference web):

Track 1 : Mobility & Wireless networks
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- Beyond 3G, 4G, LTE, and WiMAX Networks 
- Wireless Local Area Networks
- Wireless Personal Area Networks
- Wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks 
- Wireless Vehicular Networks 
- Cognitive Radio Networks
- Satellite Networks
- Self-organizing and Re-configurable Wireless Networks
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Network Solutions
- Wireless MAC Protocols
- Scheduling Techniques for Wireless Networks
- Wireless QoS Routing Algorithms 
- Radio Resource Allocation and Management
- Cross-layer Design and Optimization in Wireless Networks
- Clustering, Topology Control, Coverage and Connectivity 
- Cooperation and Relaying in Wireless Networks
- Analysis, Simulation and Performance Evaluation
- Integration of Heterogeneous Mobile, Wireless and Wire-line Radio 
Access Networks
- Mobility, Location Management and Handover Techniques for Wireless 
Mobile Networks
- Multimedia over Wireless and Mobile Systems
- Power-aware Architectures, Algorithms and Protocols for 
Wireless/Mobile Networks
- Wireless Services and Middleware Platforms
- Green Radio Communications
- Measurements, Testbeds and Deployment of Wireless Systems

Track 2: Security
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Thematic areas:
- Security engineering. Methodologies, formalisms, modeling, tools, 
code instrumentation
- Cryptography. Algorithms, protocols, attacks
- Security in distributed systems.
- Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems.
- Light-weight cryptography.
- Information Hiding. Steganography
- Privacy and Anonymity. 
- Security assurance. Evaluation, testing, formal proofs, certification.
- Quantum Cryptography and QKD.
- Trusted computing. Analyses and attacks, practical applications...
- Surveillance and monitoring. Intrusion detection, monitoring 
techniques, architectures,...
- Infrastructure. Middleware, proxies, PKIs, AAAs, SSO, credentials...
- Social and psychological aspects of security. User-centered security 
evaluation, perception of security and threats...
- Security and usability.

Application areas:
- Service Oriented Computing. Platform security, access control, 
Security of the SOC processes (Negotiation, Orchestration), 
Identification of services...
- Cloud computing. Platform security, data protection, software 
protection, surveillance and dynamic reaction.
- Ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing and ambient intelligence. 
Secure system models, development support, dynamic reaction, self-* 
systems
- Embedded systems. Dynamic replaceability, system security assessment, 
secure system composition, tampering-resistance...
- Security in system evolution. Design for secure evolution, evolution-
oriented surveillance, security patches...
- Critical infrastructures. Protection architectures, redundancy and 
replication, scalability issues...

Track 3: New Technologies & services
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- New generation Internet, Post IP and IPv6 
- NGN architectures, protocols and services management and delivery 
- Web 2.0 applications and IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems) 
- Next generation systems & Service-oriented techniques 
- IPTV and content distribution networks 
- User-centric networking and services 
- multimedia indexing and retrieval 
- Personalized access to media systems 
- Context/content-aware services 
- Smart Homes and E-Health 
- Web Commerce & Services, Data models, Web searching & querying 
- Web Mining & Web Semantics 
- Web service based Grid computing and P2P computing 
- Advanced identification techniques (Biometrics, RFID, etc.) 
- Virtualization technologies for grid and parallel computing. 
- Interactive media, voice and video, games, immersive applications 
- Network virtualization, virtual private networks (VPN), and services 
- VoIP protocols and services 
- Content-based networking: caching, distribution, load balancing, 
resiliency 
- Mobile/wireless content distribution
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Submission Instructions
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Papers should be in English, strictly not exceeding 5 double-column 
pages (3,000 words), in Adobe PDF format (which is the only accepted 
format for NTMS 2012).

To access the full list of topics, submission guidelines, as well as 
venue and travel information please visit: www.ntms-conf.org

CALL FOR TUTORIALS
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Proposals for half/full day tutorials are also solicited based on the 
NTMS topics. 

Tutorial proposals should identify the intended audience and outline 
the scope and the depth of material to be covered. 

Past experience and successes of the presenter should be given 
explicitly and will be considered positively. 

We are particularly interested in tutorials that foster knowledge 
exchange among the researchers present at NTMS 2012. 

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
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Workshop proposals should provide sufficient information to evaluate 
the quality and importance of the topic, the goals of the workshop, and 
the size of the interested community. 

Proposals should identify one or more chairs and several other 
individuals willing to serve on an organizing committee and assist with 
publicity and reviewing. 

Proposals should be 2-4 pages and contain at least the workshop 
description, goals, potentieal participants and list of organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Main conference
---Paper Submission Due: December 19, 2011
---Paper Notification: February 22, 2012 
---Camera Ready Due: March 07, 2012 

Tutorials
---Tutorial Proposal Submission: October 28, 2011
---Tutorial Proposal Notification: November 10, 2011 

Workshops
---Workshop Proposal Submission: October 28, 2011
---Workshop Proposal Notification: November 10, 2011 

Demos & NTMS Innovative Projects
---Demo & Innovative Projects Proposal Submission: March 29, 2012
---Demo & Innovative Projects Proposal Notification: April 13, 2012 

General Chair
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Albert Levi, Sabanci University, Turkey

TPC co-Chairs (Security Track)
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Antonio Mana, University of Malaga, Spain
Marek Klonowski, TU Wroclaw, Poland

TPC co-Chairs (Mobility/Wireless Track)
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Ozgur Gurbuz, Sabanci University, Turkey
Mona Ghassemian, University of Greenwich, UK

TPC co-Chairs (New Technologies Track)
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Matteo Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Susana Sargento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Tutorial Chair
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Wassim Haddad, Ericsson, Sweden

Workshop Co-chairs
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Fatma A. Omara, Cairo University, Egypt
Thomas Watteyne, Dust Networks, USA

Publicity Chair
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Mohamad Badra, Dhofar University, Oman
Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Greece

Finance Chair
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Ibrahim Hajjeh, Ineovation, France

Local Organization Committee Chair
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Erkay Savas, Sabanci University, Turkey