Thursday, June 11, 2009

ANN: UASI Conference: Closing Session Webcast

Thanks to the support of Tandberg and Incident Communications Solutions, we

will be streaming the closing general session of the 2009 National UASI
Conference on Thursday afternoon from 3:30-5pm ET. This session will
include DHS GPD leadership and conference chairs in a discussion of the
future of UASI in general and the National UASI conference in particular.

The link and password below will get you to the feed. If you go to the site
before the event, you will get a blank page. It will go live automatically
when the stream is started.

Viewers go to:
http://natcs.tandberg.com/tcs/?a=7785#page:conferenceList&status:live&pageNu
mber:1

Password = UASI (all caps)

Windows IE - nothing special needed

Windows FireFox - may need Windows Media Plugin for FireFox (
http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download
.aspx )
MAC - Need Silverlight ( http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ )

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Regards,

Steve Davis

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

CFP: FUTURE COMPUTING 2009 || November 15-20, 2009 - Athens, Greece

INVITATION

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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups
the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific
results.

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CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

FUTURE COMPUTING 2009: The First International Conference on Future
Computational Technologies and Applications

November 15-20, 2009 - Athens, Greece


General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/FUTURECOMPUTING09.html

Call for Papers:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPFUTURECOMPUTING09.html


Submission deadline: June 30, 2009

Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals:
http://www.iariajournals.org

It will be held with events under ComputationWorld 2009:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/ComputationWorld09.html

Please note the Poster Forum and Work in Progress tracks.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of
concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running
experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are
invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review
in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to,
topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms
of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business
presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules:
http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

FUTURE COMPUTING 2009 Tracks (tracks' topics and submission details: see
CfP on the site)

Computational intelligence strategies

Cognitive computing; Intelligent computation; Ambient computing;
Unconventional computing; Indeterminist computing; Adaptive computation;
Autonomic computation; Computation under uncertainty; Chaotic computation;
Intentional computing; Anticipative computing; Evolutionary computing

Mechanism-oriented computing

Spatial computation; Elastic computing; Human-centered computing; Embedded
computing; Entertainment computing; Time-sensitive/temporal computing;
Soft computing (fuzzy logic, neural computing, evolutionary computation,
machine learning, and probabilistic reasoning + belief networks, + chaos
theory + learning theory)

Large-scale computing strategies

Distributed computing; Parallel computing; Macro- and micro-computing;
Activity-based computing; Data intensive computing; Resource-constraint
computing; Grid computing; Cloud computing; Cluster computing; On-demand
computing; Ubiquitous/pervasive computing

Computing technologies

Quantum computing; Optical computing; DNA (genetic) computing; Molecular
computing; Reversible computing; Billiard Ball computing; Neuronal
computing; Magnetic computing; Gloopware computing; Moldy computing; Water
wave-based computing; Graphene-based computing

Technology-oriented computing

Peer-to-Peer computing; Mobile computing; Sensor-based computing; Wireless
computing; Trusted computing; Financial computing; Genetic computation


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IARIA Publicity Board

Committee members:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/ComFUTURECOMPUTING09.html

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

CFP: Workshop Touch Affordances (Interact 2009)

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*Call for position papers - Workshop Touch Affordances - Interact 2009 -
August 25 - Uppsala - Sweden*

Website: http://www.touchaffordances.org

Increasingly, interfaces make use of the sense of touch as an input
mechanism (e.g. NFC phones, multi-touch tables, touch screens, tangible
interactions,…). Although in essence touch-based interfaces require very
simple user actions, many users are not familiar with such actions. As a
result, touch-based interfaces often do not trigger correct interactions.
This leads to the question of how to design simple, intuitive touch-based
interfaces. In most cases the interaction is made clear by adding (graphic)
signage. However, in this workshop, the concept of touch affordances will be
approached from a broader, creative perspective.

The goals of this workshop are to:
• start up a community around the topic of touch affordances
• create a common understanding of touch affordances
• generate new research ideas

The creative, generative workshop will have four sessions:
1. Keynote presentation by Timo Arnall and wrap-up of position papers
2. Introduction to creative part of the workshop and a brainstorm
exercise.
3. Group exercise: developing low-fi touch affordance prototypes
4. Prototype testing

Anyone interested in touch-based interfaces and interaction is invited to
participate. Participants are asked to submit a position paper (about 4
pages) about their work or vision related to the field of touch affordances..
Examples of relevant issues are:
• Methods to communicate touch-based interaction in an intuitive,
implicit way
• Success stories of intuitive touch interfaces
• The value of "touch" with regard to user perception
• The impact of a touch-related interface on user experience
For more information about the workshop and for submitting position papers,
please visit our website: http://www.touchaffordances.org.

GRA: National Fire Academy Educational Programs

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47852

Funding Opportunity Number: DHS-09-USFA-019-2082
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 19, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: U.S. Fire Administration-grant program
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $22,400
Award Ceiling: $22,400
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 97.019 -- National Fire Academy Educational Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants

Private institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:


Agency Name

Department of Homeland Security - FEMA

Description

To enable a senior fire executive to attend and participate in the 3-week “Senior Executives in State & Local Government Program” course held twice each year at the Kennedy School of Government-Harvard University.

Link to Full Announcement

www.grants.gov

GRA: 2009 DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority Serving Institutions Granting Graduate Degrees

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47344

Funding Opportunity Number: DHS-09-ST-062-003
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 26, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Expected Number of Awards: 20
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,600,000
Award Ceiling: $400,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 97.062 -- Scholars and Fellows
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:


Agency Name

Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division

Description

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Scientific Leadership Awards (SLA) support the development of a coordinated program of education in Homeland Security-related Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HS-STEM) to prepare students for careers in research and development of the technology needed to secure our nation. Moreover, DHS S&T strongly supports the development of a workforce that reflects the population of the United States of America. The DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, Office of University Programs solicits applications from eligible Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) granting graduate degrees to support early career faculty and to establish homeland security–related scientific leadership programs in areas critical to homeland security.