So ever since I started this blog I have started to look at my email more critically. Don’t get me wrong my spam filter is filled with garbage.
Its the stuff that isn’t garbage but that violates spam rules that bothers me.
I got a call for papers in my email this week. It was long and poorly formatted and after scanning all the links in it – there was not a one that told me how to opt-out! Worse yet it ended with:
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So I know they are using a list management system!
I emailed back asking:
Where is your legally required OPT-OUT link?
I got the following reply:
http://ntms-conf.org/phpemaillist/?p=unsubscribe
Regards
Here is the kicker – not only did I have to ask (ie beg) for an opt-out link but the website is in French! FRENCH!
When I finally did unsubscribe – they redirected me to a page – again in French – and then … sent me another email! And this one had information on how to resubscribe.
So the email I didn’t subscribe didn’t tell me how to unsubscribe and when I did unsubscribe they sent me email, that I didn’t ask for, telling me how to resubscribe!
Assholes!!!
What really bothers me is that the organization is legit being sponsored by IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Not cool guys! You should be ashamed of yourselves!
The original emails are here (and yes the spacing was like this):
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Goodbye from our Newsletter, sorry to see you go.
You have been unsubscribed from our newsletters.
This is the last email you will receive from us. We have added you to our
“blacklist”, which means that our newsletter system will refuse to send
you any other email, without manual intervention by our administrator.
If there is an error in this information, you can re-subscribe:
please go to http://ntms-conf.org/phpemaillist/?p=subscribe and follow
the steps.
Thank you
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(Sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.)
Third International Conference on
New Technologies, Mobility and Security
Technically Sponsored by IEEE COMSOC and IFIP TC6 WG
December 20 – 23, 2009, Cairo – Egypt
http://www.ntms-conf.org
Overview
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NTMS’2009 is the Third International Conference on New Technologies,
Mobility and Security that will be held from 20 to 23 December 2009 in
Cairo, Egypt. NTMS’2009 conference is technically sponsored by IEEE
COMSOC, IFIP TC6 WG and IEEE Egypt.
NTMS’2009 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
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Mobile 3G, 4G, LTE (Long Term Evolution), convergence (IMS, etc.)
WiMAX, WLAN, DVB, WiFi
PAN, BAN, WSN, UWB
Wireless MAC protocols
Media sensor and ad hoc networks
Self-organizing of wireless networks
Mesh networks and autonomic systems
Optical networks and switching (new generation SDH, OTN)
Satellite Systems
Vehicular Communication Technologies and Systems
Mobility management and Handover
Scheduling Techniques for Wireless Systems
Routing, QoS and scheduling
Resource allocation management
Analysis, simulation, measurement and performance evaluation
Cross-layer network design and optimization
Cognitive radio and smart antenna
Testbed experiments, Mobile/Wireless Applications and Services
Wireless and mobile multimedia systems
Integration of heterogeneous mobile, wireless and wireline networks
Mobility, location and handoff management
Wireless services and middleware platforms
Track 2: Security
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Authentication protocols and services authorization
Data and system integrity and confidentiality
Availability of secure services
Key Distribution and management, PKI and security management
Trust models and Trust establishment
Identity management, authentication and access control
Deployment and management of computer/network security policies
Monitoring Design for security, distributed Intrusion Detection
Systems & Countermeasures
Single and multi-source intrusion detection and response
Traffic filtering and Firewalling
IPv6 security, IPSec, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Privacy, contract agreements, and payment systems
Prevention, Detection and Reaction
Design, and Revocation of malicious parties
Light-weight cryptography
Quantum Cryptography and QKD
Applications of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis in communications
security
Mobile code security & Security management
Secure PHY, MAC, Routing and upper layer protocols
Secure Cross layer design
Secure naming and addressing (Privacy and anonymity)
Network security metrics and performance evaluation
Security modelling and protocol design
Smart cards and secure hardware
Biometric security: technologies, risks and vulnerabilities
Information hiding and watermarking
Vulnerability, exploitation tools, and virus/worm analysis
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks and countermeasures
Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
Web, e-mail , m-commerce, e-business and e-commerce security
Testbeds, performance evaluation and formal specification methods
Virtualization for security and reliability
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
* * * * *
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 2009).
To access the full list of topics, submission guidelines, as well as
venue and travel information please visit: www.ntms-conf.org
IMPORTANT DATES
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Draft papers should be submitted by August 23, 2009
Authors will receive the acceptance notification by October 5, 2009
Final papers for presentation should be sent before October 26, 2009
PROCEEDINGS & SPECIAL ISSUES
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All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore.
The best papers of the Moblity Track will be considered for
publication in Journal of Computer Systems, Networks, and
Communications, Special issue on WiMAX, LTE and WiFi Interworking.
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
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Khaldoun Al Agha – University of Paris XI, France
Gregory B. Newby – University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
STEERING COMMITTEE
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Azzedine Boukerche – University of Ottawa, Canada
Mohamad Badra – LIMOS Laboratory, CNRS, France
Pascal Urien – TELECOM ParisTech, France
Stamatios Kartalopoulos – University of Oklahoma, USA
Houda Labiod – Telecom ParisTech, France
TRACKS & TRACK CHAIRS
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1. Mobility:
Pascal Lorenz – University of Haute Alsace, France
Joel Rodrigues – Institute of Telecommunications, Portugal
2. Security:
Albert Levi – Sabanci Univ, Turkey
Roberto Di Pietro – University of Roma Tre, Italy
3. New Technologies:
Hassnaa Moustafa – France Telecom, Orange Labs, France
Amr El-Kadi – AUC, Egypt
KEYNOTE CHAIRS
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James Hughes, Huawei, USA
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
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Nicolas Sklavos – Technological Educational Institute of Patras,
Greece
Ayman Ibrahim – Orange Lab, Egypt
TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
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Bertrand du Castel – Schlumberger, USA
Ayman Hassan – Orange Lab, Egypt
SPONSORSHIP CO-CHAIRS
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Amr Ibrahim – AUC, Cairo
FINANCE CHAIR
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Ibrahim Hajjeh – NEOVATION, France
LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE CHAIR
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Ahmed Sameh – AUC, Egypt
PUBLICITY CHAIR
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Sherif Ali – AUC, Egypt
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