Return-Path: Veronique.Benzaken@lri.fr Received: from lri.lri.fr (benzaken@lri.lri.fr [129.175.15.1]) by lirmm.lirmm.fr (8.7.1/8.6.4) with ESMTP id KAA28613; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 10:41:29 +0100 (MET) Received: (benzaken@localhost) by lri.lri.fr (8.6.12/general) id KAA24159 ; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 10:03:20 +0100 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 10:03:20 +0100 From: Veronique.Benzaken@lri.fr (Veronique Benzaken) Message-Id: <199511270903.KAA24159@lri.lri.fr> To: bd3@lri.lri.fr Subject: Re: Australie Bonjour, R. Laurini communique: _______________________________________________________________________ MCDA'96 Australian Workshop on Mobile Computing & Databases & Applications Department of Computer Technology, Monash University Melbourne, 1 February 1996 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPATION _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Important dates: ---------------- 15 December, 1995 Submission of position papers and abstracts 22 December, 1995 Notification of acceptance 1 February, 1996 Workshop 2. Aims and scope: --------------- Advances in database technology, wireless communications and distributed computing systems will enable mobile users to access information everywhere and at any time. As the technology matures, millions of people will become mobile users communicating with one another and accessing various information resources using portable computers, personal digital assistants (PDA), wireless radio and cellular equipment. Given the large distances and relative scarceness of inhabited areas in Australia, the demand for ubiquitous computing can be met by developments in mobile computing. Examples of applications which are in need of mobile access to computing resources include agriculture, road safety control, bushfire control, mass disasters, wildlife monitoring, advanced communications systems, non-stop business activity and many others. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners with mobile communications background, database research interests, advanced applications and distributed computing systems research & development skills to discuss all aspects of emerging mobile computing paradigm. The topics of interest related to mobile computing & databases & applications include, but are not limited to: * Data models for mobile information systems * Architectures for mobile distributed computing systems * Wireless communications * Mobile database management * Operating system support for mobile computing * Mobile workstation power management & optimisation * Transaction management models and algorithms * Management of network & mobile computers heterogeneity * Data & process migration, replication and recovery * Mobile access to Internet services * Security in mobile computing systems * User interface management for mobile information systems * Protocols for mobile computing systems and networks * Resource allocation and management in mobile computing environment * Legal/Social/Economic/Health issues of mobile computing Technical and position papers on completed or in-progress research, advanced applications or experiences with mobile computing are solicited. 3. Workshop format: ---------------- The workshop will be limited to 20-40 participants. It is intended to organise 4 sessions (2 morning and 2 afternoon sessions): o Mobile databases o Wireless communications support for mobile computing o Advanced applications on mobile computing platforms o Operating systems support for mobile computing. We intend to organise a panel discussion after the last session where we can discuss research issues, organisational and technical problems including an establishment of a mobile computing infrastructure to be used by researchers and developers. Each accepted paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. If necessary, the workshop will include poster sessions. Selection of papers will take place on the basis of position papers and extended abstracts clearly stating the problem, related work of others, proposed solution and attempts, and/or discussion. The papers will be reviewed by the program committee. Papers and conclusions will appear in the participants edition of the workshop post-proceedings. All accepted papers will be made available through FTP/WWW. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to bring full papers at the workshop. 4. Location and organisation: -------------------------- The workshop will be held at Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne. Transport facilities are reasonably good: train, bus, and tram links from the City to the campus. The week between 29 January and 2 February will be a busy week with Australasian Database Conference(ADC'96, 29-30 January), Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC'96, 31 January - 2 February) and Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium (CATS'96, 29-30 January) all running concurrently. If there is a demand for centralised accommodation booking, the request can be considered. 5. Expression of interest: ----------------------- People planning to submit a paper or/and attend the workshop are asked to complete and return the following form ASAP (by email) to the main contact person address (A.Zaslavsky@monash.edu.au) stating their intention. It will help the workshop organisers to estimate the facilities needed and will enable all interested people to receive updated information through the mailing list. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | REGISTRATION OF INTEREST | | (Australian Workshop on Mobile | | Computing & Databases & Applications) | | | | Title . . . . . Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Address1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Address2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax . . . . . . . . | | Email address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | I intend to submit a paper (yes/no). . . . . . . . . . . . | | I intend to provide a demonstration (yes/no). . . . .. . . | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ 6. Organising and Program Committee: --------------------------------- Arkady Zaslavsky (Monash University, Melbourne) - main contact person Bala Srinivasan (Monash University, Melbourne) Chris Avram (Monash University, Melbourne) Abdulkadir Sajeev (Monash University, Melbourne) Heinz Schmidt (Monash University, Melbourne) Len Whitehouse (Monash University, Melbourne) Peter Granville (Monash University, Melbourne) Jim Lambert (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne) Bill Lavery (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne) Richard Harris (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne) Mike Rumsewicz (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne) Fergus O'Brien (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne) Alex Delis (QUT, Brisbane and New York Polytechnic University, New York) Athman Bouguettaya (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane) John Zeleznikow (La Trobe University, Melbourne) Leszek Maciaszek (Macquarie University, Sydney) Thomas Hardjono (University of Western Sydney, Sydney) Jeffrey Yu (Australian National University, Canberra) Weigang Zhao (Curtin University of Technology, Perth) 7. Information for authors: ------------------------ Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts or position papers (at most 4 pages or up to 1500 words). Submissions should be in the form of a single uuencoded compressed PostScript file sent by email to the main contact person (A.Zaslavsky@monash.edu.au), accompanied by a separate email message with the following information on the paper: title, kind of submission (poster, abstract, position paper), author(s), affiliation(s), and address of the contact author. Please make sure that your PostScript file can be previewed with Ghostview and is printable on a standard PostScript printer. If electronic submission is not possible (highly undesirable !), please contact the A.Zaslavsky make special arrangements, at least one week before the deadline. The layout specifications for the final paper will be sent to the authors together with the notification of acceptance. It is anticipated that the registration fee will be $40. This includes Workshop Proceedings, morning & afternoon tea and a light lunch. 8. Addresses: ---------- Enquiries and submissions to: Arkady Zaslavsky Department of Computer Technology, Monash University 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, Vic 3145, Australia Email: A.Zaslavsky@monash.edu.au Phone: +61 3 9903 2479 Fax: +61 3 9903 1071 WWW: http://www.ct.monash.edu.au/~azaslavs/ SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. 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