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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: USENIX/ACM NSDR '12 Call For Papers Now Available Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:33:24 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones lgj@usenix.org

On behalf of the 6th USENIX/ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR '12) program committee, we invite you to submit papers that propose and discuss ideas concerning the design, implementation, and evaluation of new computing and communications technologies to support the sustainable development of developing regions. Please submit all paper titles and abstracts by March 27, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PDT.

NSDR focuses on the technical networking and systems research challenges that arise in the design, implementation, and deployment of new computing solutions appropriate for developing regions. We encourage the submission of position papers or the results of preliminary work describing interesting, original, previously unpublished ideas or results pertaining to the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of networks and systems for developing regions.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Low-cost wireless connectivity * Intermittent and delay-tolerant systems * Rural network planning * Spectrum management protocols and techniques * Mechanisms for emergency and urgent communications * Location-aware systems * Power-efficient systems * Low-cost computing devices * Mobile systems and applications * Middleware and mechanisms for minimizing energy, latency, and storage (caching, etc.) * Adapting content and applications for local languages * User interfaces for low-literacy populations * Shared access devices and infrastructure, including personalization and privacy concerns * Design and evaluation of applications and in-depth case studies in the areas of public health, microfinance, agriculture, e-governance, education, monitoring, disaster management, etc.

Paper submissions are due Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PDT.

For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at: http://usenix.org/conference/nsdr12/

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Kameswari Chebrolu, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Brian Noble, University of Michigan USENIX NSDR '12 Program Co-Chairs nsdr12chairs@usenix.org

--------------------------------- Call for Papers 6th USENIX/ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions June 15, 2012 Boston, MA http://usenix.org/conference/nsdr12 Submissions due: March 27, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PDT. Notification to authors: April 26, 2012 Electronic files of final papers due: May 14, 2012 ---------------------------------