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News

• May 2023
  Our paper "Network On or Off? Instant Global Binary Decisions over UWB with Flick" received the Best Paper Award at IPSN'23!
• Mar 2023
  I will give a keynote speech at IEEE SECON 2023. Stay tuned!
• Mar 2023
  Our paper "Self-Localization of Ultra-Wideband Anchors: From Theory to Practice" is now published in IEEE Access.
• Feb 2023
  Our IMWUT paper "Janus: Dual-radio Accurate and Energy-Efficient Proximity Detection" has been presented at UbiComp'22.

Editor-in-Chief

• (2017-present) ACM Transactions on Internet of Things (TIOT)
  Founding co-Editor-in-Chief (with Schahram Dudstar)

Editorial Boards

• (2010-present) ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN)
• (2013-2017) IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)
• (2007-2010) Elsevier Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Steering Committees

• (2016-present) ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Conference on Middleware (Middleware)
• (2005-2008) International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages (COORDINATION)
• (2000-2003) International Conference on Mobile Agents (MA)

Conference General Chair

• 17th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Conference on Middleware (Middleware 2016), Trento (Italy), December 12-16, 2016. General Chair.
• 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2012), Trento (Italy) February 15-17, 2012. Program co-chair (with W. Heinzelman) and General Chair.

Conference and Track Program Chair

• Program co-chair (with X. Zhou) of the 17th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), New York (USA), November 10-13, 2019.
• Program co-chair (with N. Trigoni and T. Abdelzaher) of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Santorini (Greece), May 29-31, 2019.
• Program co-chair (with P. Shenoy) of the 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), Montreal (Canada), April 15-18, 2019.
• Program co-chair (with Y. He) of the 16th International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), Bejing (China) February 25-27, 2019 (with Yuan He).
• Chair of the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems at the 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing (ICDCS), Vienna (Austria), July 2-6, 2018.
• Co-chair (with X. Wang) of the Internet of Things track at the 26th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Vancouver (Canada), July 31-August 1, 2017.
• Program co-chair (with W. Heinzelman) of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2012), Trento (Italy) February 15-17, 2012.
• Co-chair (J.C. Knight) of the New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track at the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2011), Waikiki (Hawaii, USA), May 21-28, 2011.
• Program co-chair (with J.-M. Jacquet) 7th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages (COORDINATION 2005), Namur (Belgium), April 20-23, 2005.
• Program chair of the 5th International Conference on Mobile Agents (MA2001), Atlanta (GA, USA) December 2-4, 2001.

Workshop Chair

• 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications (co-chair with L. Mottola) in conjunction with the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2011), Waikiki (Hawaii, USA), May 21-28, 2011.
• International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects, co-located with the CPSWEEK 2010, Stockholm (Sweden), April 12, 2010 (with A. Bemporad)
• International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Computing, co-located with Networking 2002, Pisa (Italy), May 2002 (with G. Cugola)
• International Workshop on Mobile Teamwork, co-located with the International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2002), Vienna (Austria), July 2002 (with H. Gall)
• Worskhop on Software Engineering and Mobility, Toronto (Canada), May 13-14, 2001. Co-located with the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2001) (with G.-C. Roman)

Organization Committees

• Publicity Co-chair (with B. Fleisch) for the 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'07), Toronto (Canada), June 25-29, 2007.
• Workshop Co-Chair (with A. van der Hoek) for the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2005), St. Louis (MO, USA), May 15-21, 2005.
  

Program Committees

1. 12th International Conference on Mobile Data Management, Lulea (Sweden), June 6-9, 2011 (TPC member)
2. 8th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), Bonn (Germany), February 23-25, 2011 (TPC member)
3. 9th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), Seattle, USA March 21 - 25, 2011 (TPC member)
4. 4th International Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks, Colombo (Sri Lanka), December 16-17, 2010 (TPC member)
5. Doctoral Colloquium - 8th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), Zurich (Switzerland), November 2, 2010 (TPC member)

... some are missing here, needs update :-)


6. 10th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware), Urbana Champaign (IL, USA), November 30-December 4, 2009.
7. 7th IEEE Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Systems (PerCom), Dallas (TX,USA), March 16-20, 2009.
8. 31th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2009), Vancouver (Canada), May 20-26, 2007.
9. 9th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware), Leuven (Belgium), December 1-5, 2008.
10. 23rd ACM Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN), Glasgow (Scotland, UK), April 1, 2008.
11. 68th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC): Ad-hoc and sensor networks Track, Calgary (Alberta), September 21–24, 2008.
12. 10th International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA), Monterrey (Mexico), November 9-14, 2008
13. 23rd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications, Fortaleza (Brazil), March 16-20, 2008.
14. International Workshop on Software Architectures and Mobility (SAM), co-located with the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Leipzig (Germany), May 10-18, 2008.
15. 34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Parma (Italy), September 3-5, 2008.
16. 9th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks 2008 (WoWMoM 08), Newport Beach (CA, USA), June 23-26, 2008.
17. 8th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2007), Newport Beach (CA, USA), November 26-30, 2007.
18. First International Workshop on Protocols and Algorithms for Reliable and Data Intensive Sensor Networks (PARIS 07), Pisa (Italy), October 8, 2007, co-located with MASS 2007.
19. First ACM Workshop on Sensor Actor Networks (SANET 2007), Montreal (Canada), September 10, 2007, co-located with ACM MobiCom 2007.
20. 9th International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA), Vilamoura (Portugal), November 25-30, 2007
21. 4th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) , Pisa (Italy), October 8-11, 2007.
22. 5thInternational Workshop on Mobile Distributed Computing (MDC'07), co-located with the 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'07), Toronto (Canada), June 25-29, 2007.
23. 16th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE): Workshop on Interdisciplinary Aspects of Coordination Applied to Pervasive Environments: Models and Applications (CoMA), Paris (France), June 18-20, 2007.
24. 29thInternational Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2007), Minneapolis, (MI, USA), May 20-26, 2007.
25. 7thACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2006), Melbourne (Australia), November 27-December 1, 2006.
26. 8th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages (COORDINATION 2006), Bologna (Italy), June 15-17, 2006.
27. 4th IEEE Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Systems (PerCom), Pisa (Italy), March 13-17, 2006.
28. 14th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-14), November 5-11, 2006.
29. 1st International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (INTERSENSE 2006), Nice (France), May 29-31, 2006.
30. 20th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2006), Special Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems, April 23-27, 2006, Dijon (France).
31. Software Engineering and Middleware Workshop (SEM 2004), co-located with the Automated Software Engineering Conference, Linz (Austria), September 21-22, 2004.
32. 3rdInternational Workshop on Mobile Distributed Computing (MDC'05), co-located with the 25th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'05), Columbus (Ohio), USA, June 5-10, 2005.
33. 1st International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing (MP2P'04), co-located with the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom’04), Orlando, FL, USA, March 14–17, 2004.
34. 19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005), Special Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems, March 13-17, 2005, Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.
35. 12th International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-12), Newport Beach (CA, USA), October 31-November 6, 2004.
36. 6th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages (COORD04), Pisa, Italy, February 24-27, 2004.
37. 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Distributed Computing (MDC2004), co-located with the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2004), Tokyo, Japan, March 2004.
    
38. 18th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2004), Special Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems, March 14-17, 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus.
39. 7th International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering (FASE04), part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS), Barcelona (Spain), March 2004.
40. 5th International Working Conference on Active Networks (IWAN2004), Kyoto (Japan), December10-12, 2003.
    
41. 1st International Workshop on Mobile Computing Middleware (MCM2003), co-located with the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2003), Providence (RH, USA), May 19-22, 2003.
42. 1st International Workshop on Mobile Distributed Computing (MDC2003), co-located with the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2003), Providence (RH, USA), May 19-22, 2003.
43. 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2003), Providence (RH, USA), May 19-22, 2003. 
44. (Senior Program Committee Member) 2nd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2003), July 14-18, 2003, Melbourne (Australia).
45. IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom2003), Dallas (TX, USA), March 23-26, 2003. 
46. 4th International Working Conference on Active Networks (IWAN2002), Zurich (Switzerland), December 4-6, 2002.
47. 8th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2003), Special Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems, March 9-12, 2003, Melbourne (Florida), USA.
48. 8th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2003), Special Track on E-Commerce Technologies, March 9-12, 2003, Melbourne (Florida), USA.
49. 6th International Conference on Mobile Agents (MA 2002), Barcelona (Spain), October 23-24, 2002.
50. 3rd International Symposium "From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation" (AT2AI-3), co-located with the 16th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (EMCSR'2002), Vienna (Austria), April 2-5, 2002.
51. (Senior Program Committee Member) 1st International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2002), July 15-19, 2002, Bologna.
52. 17th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2002), Special Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems (AIMS), Madrid (Spain), March 10-14, 2002. 
53. 24th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2002), Buenos Aires (Argentina), May 19-25, 2002. 
54. 10th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW10), Hong-Kong, May 2001.
55. 5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents 2001), Montreal (Canada), May 28-June 1, 2001.
56. ACM SIGSOFT 2000 and 8th International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-8), San Diego (CA, USA), November 6-10, 2000.
57. 2nd International Symposium on Agent Systems and Applications and 4th International Symposium on Mobile Agents (ASA/MA 2000), Zurich (Switzerland), September 13-15, 2000.

Peer Reviewing

I have been a reviewer for the following scientific journals:

• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
• IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS)
• IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)
• IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)
• ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
• ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN)
• ACM/Baltzer Journal on Special Topics in Mobile Networking and Applications (MONET)
• ACM Transactions on Internet Technology
• ACM Computer Communication Reviews 
• Computer Networks
• Science of Computer Programming
• Journal of Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
• Annals of Software Engineering
• Journal of System and Software
• Elsevier Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking
• Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
• EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
• Informatik Forum Journal
  

and a book reviewer for John Wiley. 

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