In addition to the technical
papers, MSWiM 2006 program includes two distinguished Keynote Speakers
Tuesday,
October 3rd 2006, 8.30 - 9.30 am:
Keynote
title: to be announced
Prof. Dr. Alois Ferscha,
Institut für Pervasive Computing, Johannes Kepler Universität
Linz, Austria
(Keynote Information, Bio Information)
Wednesday,
October 4th, 2006, 8.20 - 9.20 am:
"A
Peer-to-Peer Approach to Cellular Communications"
Prof. Dr. George C. Polyzos,
Mobile Multimedia Lab, Dept. of CS, Athens Univ. of Economics and Business,
Greece (Keynote information, Bio
Information)
Keynote
Information
Keynote
talk title: to be announced
Prof. Dr. Alois Ferscha,
Institut für Pervasive Computing, Johannes Kepler Universität
Linz, Austria
Abstract: TBA
Bio: Prof. Alois Ferscha
received the Mag. degree in 1984, and a PhD in business informatics
in 1990, both from the University of Vienna, Austria. From 1986 through
2000 he was with the Department of Applied Computer Science at the University
of Vienna at the levels of assistant and associate professor. In 2000
he joined the University of Linz as full professor. Prof. Ferscha has
published more than 60 technical papers on topics related to parallel
and distributed computing, like e.g. Computer Aided Parallel Software
Engineering, Performance Oriented Distributed/Parallel Program Development,
Parallel and Distributed Discrete Event Simulation, Performance Modeling/Analysis
of Parallel Systems and Parallel Visual Programming. Currently he is
focussed on Pervasive Computing, Embedded Software Systems, Wireless
Communication, Multiuser Cooperation, Distributed Interaction and Distributed
Interactive Simulation.
He has served on the committees of several conferences like WWW, PADS,
DS-RT, SIGMETRICS, MASCOTS, TOOLS, PNPM, ICS, and was programe committee
chair of PADS'98, MASCOTS'99, co-chair of the Pervasive Computing Workshop
at Informatik 2001 and vice-chair of WWW2002. Prof. Ferscha is member
of the GI, ACM and IEEE and holds the Heinz-Zemanek Award for distinguished
contributions in computer science.
Keynote
talk title: "A Peer-to-Peer Approach to Cellular Communications"
Prof. Dr. George C. Polyzos,
Mobile Multimedia Lab, Dept. of CS, Athens Univ. of Economics and Business,
Greece
This is joint work with (my
now graduated Ph.D. student) Elias Efstathiou, (my current
Ph.D. student) Pantelis Frangoudis, and the whole P2PWNC
team.
Abstract: only recently,
for the first time, private individuals are in a position to provide
telecommunication services. This was brought on by the emergence of
low-cost Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies. The density
of WLANs in many urban areas is high and increasing. The access bandwidth
that WLANs can offer to individual users is greater than what cellular
offers—even if the backhaul is a simple DSL connection. In addition,
certain new mobile phones support WLAN technology and protocols. Thus,
the stage is set for an alternative public cellular network, one that
relies on numerous WLAN access points owned and managed by private individuals.
We view home WLANs as an underexploited resource. We believe that a
controlled WLAN sharing scheme is interesting, viable, and urgently
needed. Such a scheme would allow outsiders who are passing by home
WLANs to access services on the network in a systematic way. Why would
individuals share their WLANs when potential direct and indirect costs
are involved? The basic idea is that they would do it in exchange of
expected similar services in the future on other WLANs.
We have defined, designed, and evaluated a system for sharing WLANs
with others, called Peer-to-Peer Wireless Network Confederation (P2PWNC).
The system is relying on the principle of indirect reciprocity. We show
through simulations that our reciprocity algorithms encourage cooperation
in a P2PWNC system (where we assume that all peers are independent and
selfish and that software and hardware modules can be tampered with).
In addition, a P2PWNC system: (1) is open to all and allows participants
to use Uncertified Public Keys as their identities, (2) is fully distributed,
relying on a decentralized subsystem for storing transaction history,
(3) uses standard hardware and software we developed for some of the
main relevant platforms (Linux-based WLAN access points and Windows
Mobile-based cell phones).
More information can be found at http://mm.aueb.gr/research/P2PWNC/
Bio: Prof. Dr. George
C. Polyzos is leading the Mobile Multimedia Laboratory at the Athens
University of Economics and Business, where he is a Professor of Computer
Science. Previously, he was Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
at the University of California, San Diego, where he was co-director
of the Computer Systems Laboratory, member of the Steering Committee
of the UCSD Center for Wireless Communications and Senior Fellow of
the San Diego Supercomputer Center. He received his Dipl. in EE from
the National Technical University in Athens, Greece and his M.A.Sc.
in EE and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
His current research interests include mobile multimedia communications,
ubiquitous computing, wireless networks, Internet protocols, distributed
multimedia, and performance evaluation of computer and communications
systems.
Prof. Polyzos is on the editorial board of Wireless Communications and
Mobile Computing and has been a guest editor for: IEEE Personal Communications,
ACM/Springer Mobile Networking, IEEE JSAC, and Computer Networks. He
has been on the Program Committees of many conferences and workshops,
as well as reviewer for NSF, the California MICRO program, the European
Commission, and the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology
and many scientific journals. He is a member of the ACM and the IEEE.