Sixth IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P'09)

6^thIEEE International Workshop on

Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P’09)

Dallas, Texas, USA, March 16 - 20, 2009

In conjunction with the 7th IEEE International Conference on

Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom’09)

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing is a networking and distributed computing paradigm which allows the sharing of computing resources and services by direct, symmetric interaction between computers. With the advance in mobile wireless communication technology and the increasing number of mobile users, P2P computing, in both academic research and industrial development, has recently begun to extend its scope to address problems relevant to mobile devices and wireless networks. The special characteristics of mobile environments, such as highly variable connectivity, disconnection, location-dependency, energy and resource sensitivity, and the diversity in wireless networks as well as carrier-grade performance requirements bring new challenges for research in mobile P2P computing.

MP2P’08 is intended to serve as a continuing forum for scientists and engineers in academia and industry to exchange and discuss their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of mobile P2P computing and communications. It will address the challenges, technologies, and architectures leading to real-world solutions that provide users with direct access and control of their critical peer-based information and services, regardless of location or device.

The principal theme of MP2P’08 is the peer-to-peer paradigm as used in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETS), sensor networks, and large-scale heterogeneous overlays.

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

Peer-to-peer overlays for MANETs and sensor networks
Hybrid P2P architectures for integrated MANETs and wide-area networks
Large-scale heterogeneous P2P systems
Mobility in federated overlay architectures
Impact of network mobility on P2P systems and services (mobile IP / MANET)
P2P-based information sensing and fusion
MP2P performance & measurement studies
Semantic routing & overlay routing in MP2P
Delay tolerant MP2P systems
Resource and service discovery in MP2P
Resource exchange mechanisms in MP2P
Peer access and control in mobile environment
Data exchange and rendering techniques for mobile P2P devices
Secure communication protocols for MP2P
Nature-inspired algorithms for MP2P
Novel MP2P applications & services
Theoretical issues on mobile information diffusion
MP2P SIP
MP2P messaging systems, monitoring systems, searching systems, games, etc.
Location dependent MP2P services
MP2P over different bearer services: 2.5/3G (GPRS/UMTS) / 802.11 (WLAN)
MP2P & operator/provider requirements
Reliability and carrier-grade performance of MP2P services

Organizing Committee, Program Co-chairs:

John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA.
Li Li, Communications Research Center Canada, Canada.
Kurt Tutschku, Department of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Austria

Steering Board

Frank-Uwe Andersen, Nokia Siemens Networks, Berlin, Germany.
Jiannong Cao, Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Y. Charlie Hu, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA
Cecilia Mascolo, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Maria Papadopouli, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Publicity Chair

Li Li, Communications Research Center Canada, Canada.

Program Committee Members:

John Buford, Avaya Labs, USA.
Jiannong Cao, Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hermann de Meer, Department of Computer Networks & Computer Communications, University of Passau, Germany.
Franca Delmastro, CNR-IIT ,Pisa, Italy.
Krishna Kishore Dhara, Avaya Labs Research, Lincroft, NJ, USA.
Babak Esfandiari, Carleton University, Canada.
Stephen Hailes, Department of Computer Science, University College of London, UK
Y. Charlie Hu, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University.
Norihiro Ishikawa, NTT Docomo, Japan.
Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France
Wolfgang Kellerer, DoCoMo DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany.
Mario Kolberg, University of Sterling, UK.
Thomas Kunz, Dept. of Systems and Comp. Engineering, Carleton University, Canada.
Li Li, Communication Research Center Canada, Canada
George Roussos, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
Jochen Schiller, Institute of Computer Science, FU Berlin, Germany.
Hans-Peter Schwefel, Department of Communication Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Shervin Shirmohammadi, School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Canada.
Kurt Tutschku, Department of Distributed Systems, University of Würzburg, Germany.
Danny Tsang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Klaus Wehrle, Distributed Systems Group, RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Chansu Yu, Dept. Of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Further Information:

For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission, please contact Dr. John Buford at buford at samrg dot org

Previous workshops:

5^thInternational Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P08), March 21, 2008, Hong Kong, China. In conjunction with 6th IEEE International Conference in Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom).

4^thInternational Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P07), March 23, 2007, White Plains, NY, USA. In conjunction with 5th IEEE International Conference in Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom).

3^rd International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P06), March 17, 2006, Pisa, Italy. In conjunction with 4th IEEE International Conference in Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom).
(39 contributions with 13 papers selected for presentation; acceptance rate 33%)

2^ndInternational Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P05), March 12, 2005, Kauai Island, Hawaii. In conjunction with 3rd IEEE International Conference in Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom).

1^st International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P04),March 14, 2004, Orlando Florida. In conjunction with 2nd IEEE International Conference in Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom).