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[Fwd: [Tccc] Submit a paper to DRCN 2003]
by Lars Wolf 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Submit a paper to DRCN 2003 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:18:58 -0700 From: DRCN 2003 on behalf of Wayne D. Grover <drcn2003(a)trlabs.ca> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> Fourth International Workshop on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2003) 19-22 October 2003 - Banff, Alberta, Canada 25 February 2003 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS To: Potential DRCN 2003 Participants Dear colleague, We are happy to inform you that the *online paper submission system* for DRCN 2003 has now been activated. This is our second and perhaps final CALL FOR PAPERS for DRCN 2003, so we urge you to submit your research or other form of proposed publication for DRCN before the *15 April 2003 deadline*. Full guidelines on topics, and the preparation and submissions of papers can be found at: Submit a paper to DRCN 2003 <http://www.drcn.org/drcn2003-submissions.html> Full papers or paper summaries can be submitted starting now up until the deadline of 15 April 2003. Other information about the DRCN 2003 Conference can be found at www.drcn.org <http://www.drcn.org>. We are sure you will find great value and benefit in the combination of venue (Banff National Park), free tutorials, exhibits, Panel Discussion and distinguished Invited Speakers that DRCN will offer this year, in addition to a strong regular program of Technical Papers. Please do join us for another successful workshop and enjoy your time in Banff, Alberta, Canada this coming October. Wayne D. Grover, TRLabs and University of Alberta General Chair DRCN 2003 The Fourth International Workshop on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2003) is organized by TRLabs in technical co-sponsorship with the IEEE and VDE, with major sponsorship from TRLabs, iCore and TELUS. Our apologies if you receive this more than once. If you do not wish to receive further e-mail announcements from DRCN 2003, please e-mail: unsubscribe.drcn2003(a)trlabs.ca <mailto:unsubscribe.drcn2003@trlabs.ca>

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[Fwd: [Tccc] "Last" reminder: IEEE J-SAC CFP: issue on "QUALITY OF SERVICE IN VARIABLE TOPOLOGY NETWORKS"]
by Lars Wolf 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] "Last" reminder: IEEE J-SAC CFP: issue on "QUALITY OF SERVICE IN VARIABLE TOPOLOGY NETWORKS" Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:45:10 +0100 From: Nicola Blefari Melazzi <blefari(a)uniroma2.it> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CC: Jean-Yves Le Boudec <jean-yves.leboudec(a)epfl.ch>, Bo Li <bli(a)cs.ust.hk>, John Daigle <wcdaigle(a)cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu>, Kenneth Brayer <kb(a)mitre.org> Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. _http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/variable_topology_qos.html _*CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications QUALITY OF SERVICE IN VARIABLE TOPOLOGY NETWORKS * About 25 years ago the first routing protocols that have become known as Variable Topology Routing Protocols that were not simply random routing or flooding appeared. Their objective is to maintain and continue the delivery of message traffic in a network where the topology of the network (the router connections) is variable. In recent years this has become an area of great interest with sessions at ICC, Infocom, Globecom, and Milcom, as well as papers in both IEEE and ACM Journals. There is also an Internet Engineering Task Force group studying a subset called Ad Hoc routing, which is based upon a common broadcast channel, an outgrowth of packet radio, and an active worldwide researcher mail-list. There are literally tens of new protocols proposed every quarter. There are, however, limited numbers of papers describing performance of such protocols and fewer still describing comparative performance with meaningful statistical analysis of operation (steady-state and learning modes). As such a reader/user/organization wishing to employ such a protocol has little to go on in making a selection choice. Furthermore, many methods seek only to deliver traffic but do not consider timeliness, priorities, and other features that users might desire. Likewise quality of service is also a subject of great interest in conferences and journals as users want predictable performance. Here again there are many ideas and little to go on in terms of performance, methods of evaluation, or standards, which would allow a user to select an approach that maximizes his capacity or performance or gives guarantees of delivery performance. It is the objective of this issue to publish papers presenting methodology, performance, comparative performance, and methods for providing/increasing user capacity and performance in variable topology networks, and quality of service alternatives, which will allow potential users to gain the necessary information to make real world implementation comparisons and choices. This performance can be shown by analysis, simulation or implementation with preference being given to papers providing comparisons of alternatives. Our goal is that there be one source for current information to aid users in the decision making process. New methodologies will be considered if they are in papers that also compare their performance to other well-known approaches and demonstrate improved value. Papers that show other methods including architectural, reconfigurable, and topological approaches and MAC features to increase user capacity and performance are also desired. But again, these papers must show comparative advances in performance. Call for Papers Topics of keen interest today in networking technology include methods of delivering services over variable topology networks, such as variable point-to-point and Ad Hoc networks, in which the user is mobile and inter-router connections are time varying. We seek here to gather a body of work that reports the state of the art and practice in assessment of the quality of service (QoS) that can be delivered over such networks. We specifically seek contributions that will be of value to system architects in selecting collections of technologies and methodologies that meet their needs and establish standards for user responsive system performance. We are especially seeking contributions that report QoS delivery in clearly defined network settings under clearly defined metrics for a specific service or collection of services. Such contributions might focus specifically on comparing alternative technological or methodological approaches to delivering services with quality guarantee, such as bi-directional versus unidirectional connectivity, source-based versus dynamic routing, proactive versus reactive organization, transmission control at the transport layer versus the MAC layer, retransmission versus forward error correction and the relation of these to timeliness and priority. Variable topology peer-to-peer and Ad Hoc constructions in both flat and hierarchical environments are of interest. Alternatively, a contribution might focus on the performance that can be achieved using a single technological and methodological approach, but varying key factors of interest, such as the number of end systems, end-system density, or the delivery physical environment. Throughout, the central theme should be service delivery, and the metrics used should enable potential users to clearly see patterns of performance in one or more of the following dimensions: cost, complexity, timely delivery, traffic handling capacity, or the number of end systems the system can handle. Methods for achieving quality of service under conditions of varying topology, and new concepts for providing quality of service are likewise of interest. In this context, the topics for this issue include: Subjects of Interest · *Variable Point-to-Point and Ad Hoc Routing *· o New methodologies · o Bi-directional vs. unidirectional connectivity · o Source based vs. dynamic routing · o Unicast vs. multicast, content-based routing · *Variable Topology Network Architectures and Reconfiguration Techniques *· o Flat vs. hierarchical organizations · o Proactive vs. reactive reconfiguration · o MAC vs. upper layer implementations · o Self-configurations · o Distributed algorithms (group and resource management) · *Quality of Service (QoS) Delivery *· o Methodologies for timely message delivery · o Providing predictable performance · o Error coding for achieving Quality of Service · o Methods of measuring QoS in operational networks · *Performance Analysis *· o Comparative study (analysis, simulation, emulation and/or implementation) · o New analytical approaches · o Definition of performance metrics · o Optimizing the system performance (capacity, response time, throughput, etc.) · *Testbed and Applications *· o Testbed descriptions and objectives · o Experimental results based on testbeds · o Unique applications of testbeds · *Standards *· o Definition of common and desirable features of standards · o Matching current and emerging standards to applications · o Applications requirements versus features provided by standards Original, unpublished contributions and invited articles will be considered for the issue. The call for papers is for extended abstracts that propose development of papers to meet the goals of the issue. The proposal shall comprehensively describe the area of the paper relative to the areas of interest of the call. These extended abstracts will be reviewed and the editors will invite final papers, which will be refereed. Extended abstracts not to exceed 5 pages in .pdf format should be submitted by April 1, 2003. To submit your extended abstract 1) go to _http://edas.cs.columbia.edu_ <http://edas.cs.columbia.edu/>, 2) establish an account, 3) receive an e-mail from edas with your password, 4) login to the edas system, 5) select the J-SAC issue, 6) click on view, 7) click on submit paper and follow the instructions. Upon invitation papers should be submitted in .pdf format. Papers should follow the IEEE J-SAC manuscript format described in the _Information for Authors_, and be no longer than 25 double-spaced pages, excluding illustrations and graphs. The name of the submitted file should be aaaaJsacVtn.pdf, where aaaa is the first four letters of the author's surname. If an author submits more than one paper then aaaa shall be replaced by aaaan where n is a sequential paper number (e.g. 1, 2, ...). All submissions must be electronically generated. Scanned documents are not acceptable. All papers will be peer reviewed and revisions of acceptable papers may be required prior to publication. The following timetable will apply: *Extended Abstract Submission Deadline:* *April 1, 2003 *Acceptance Notification of Proposed Paper: June 1, 2003 Submission of Invited Papers: October 1, 2003 Acceptance Notification: February 1, 2004 Final Revised Manuscript Due: March 1, 2004 Publication of Issue: 3rd-4th Quarter 2004 Guest Editors: Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, University of Perugia, Italy, blefari(a)diei.unipg.it Kenneth Brayer, The MITRE Corporation, USA, k.brayer(a)ieee.org John N. Daigle, The University of Mississippi, USA, wcdaigle(a)cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, jean-yves.leboudec(a)epfl.ch Bo Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, BLI(a)cs.ust.hk _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [Tccc] Hot Interconnects - 2003 Call for Papers]
by Lars Wolf 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] Hot Interconnects - 2003 Call for Papers Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:44:55 -0600 From: John Lockwood <lockwood(a)arl.wustl.edu> To: tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu CC: John Lockwood <lockwood(a)chewbacca.arl.wustl.edu> HOT INTERCONNECTS The Symposium on High Performance Interconnects will be held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA on August 20-22, 2003. We solicit your contribution. CALL FOR PAPERS Hot Interconnects is an international symposium focusing on the hardware and software architecture and implementation of high-performance interconnects of all scales. Its themes include cross-cutting issues spanning computer systems and networking technologies for providing universal services over packet networks. Examples of relevant topics include network-attached storage, transport of voice and video over packet networks, high-performance network interfaces, novel switching and routing technologies capable of providing differentiated services, plug-and-play network interfaces, and active network architectures. The conference is directed particularly at new and exciting product and technology innovations in these areas. Contributions should focus on real products, prototypes, or experimental systems and their performance evaluation. In addition to those subscribing to the main theme of the conference, contributions are also solicited on the following topics: * Gb/sec and Tb/sec switching and routing technologies * High-speed packet processing engines * Network security technologies * Protocol processing hardware * Network appliance technologies * Cluster computing * Technologies for video and voice over packets * xDSL, HFC, and wireless access technologies * Wireless and mobile devices * Software Interconnects * Low-power networking * Optical Interconnects SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Submissions consists of a title, paper (five pages, double-column format), and contact information. The paper should have sufficient technical detail to judge its quality and suitability for presentation at the conference. Papers should be electronically submitted via the link found on the on-line Call For Papers page: http://www.gradebot.com/hoti/HotI-CFP.html Papers selected for the conference will be published as proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Further, a select subset of the papers will be published in a special issue of the IEEE Micro Magazine. Presentations at Hot Interconnects are in the form of 30-minute talks. The conference is single-track with an attendance of several hundred. The program from last year is available on-line at * http://www.hoti.org/index_10.html * http://www.hoti.org/archive/hoti10/program/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: April 2, 2003 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * General Chair - John Lockwood * Program Chair - Bryan Lyles * Tutorial Chair - James Sterbenz * Steering Committee: - Daniel Pitt - Mark Laubach - Allen J. Baum, - Hasan Alkhatib - Paul Borrill - Glenn Langdon * Program Committee - Francois Abel, IBM Zurich Research Lab - Adnan Aziz, University of Texas - Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University - Hans Eberle, Sun Microsystems - Dr. Mounir Hamdi, Hong Kong University - Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky - John Lockwood, Washington University - Shubu Mukherjee, Intel Corporation - Rong Pan, Stanford University - Li-Shiuan Peh, Princeton University - Fabrizio Petrini, Los Alamos National Laboratories - James P.G. Sterbenz, BBN - Dimitrios Stiliadis, Bell Labs Research - Ion Stoica, University of California, Berkeley - Anujan Varma, University of California, Santa Cruz - Marcel Waldvogel , IBM Zurich Research Laboratory - Ben Yoo, University of California, Davis - Zhi-Li Zhang, University of Minnesota * Local & Web Chair - Liz Rogers IMPORTANT LINKS * The conference homepage: http://www.hoti.org/ * Call for Papers http://www.gradebot.com/hoti/HotI-CFP.html -- John Lockwood | Department of Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Professor | Washington University lockwood(a)arl.wustl.edu | 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1045 (314) 935-4460 | St. Louis, MO 63130 http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~lockwood _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [tcgn] CFP: IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2004)]
by Lars Wolf 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] CFP: IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2004) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:04:18 -0500 From: Hui Lei <hlei(a)us.ibm.com> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: tccc(a)computer.org, tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org Call for Papers MDM 2004 2004 IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management January 19-22, 2004 Berkeley, CA, USA http://www.cs.duke.edu/mdm2004/ Submission deadline June 10, 2003 Notification of acceptance September 10, 2003 Camera ready due October 24, 2003 We are rapidly heading towards a world in which the computing infrastructure will contain billions of devices, which will interact with other computing/communications devices that are carried or worn by users as they go through their daily routines. Such devices provide data access to mobile users as they move within buildings, cities, or across the globe. This new infrastructure presents tremendous challenges for data management technology including: huge scale; variable and intermittent connectivity; location-centric and location-dependent applications; bandwidth, power, and device size limitations; and multimedia data delivery across hybrid networks and systems. Traditional data management technologies such as query processing, transaction management, workflow, business process management and metadata management must all be re-evaluated in this emerging environment. Furthermore, non-traditional issues such as semantics of mobile data, location-dependent querying, broadcast and multicast delivery and caching/pre-fetching techniques must all be addressed. The ability to track/monitor people raises serious issue of security and privacy. This conference aims to investigate these and other issues, focusing on the challenges and opportunities for data management and data access technology in the rapidly evolving world of mobile, pervasive, ubiquitous, invisible and wearable computing. Conference Topics * Theoretical foundations of mobility * Modeling location and mobility semantics * Data management for ubiquitous computing * Metadata management and exchanges * Query processing and optimization for mobile users * Data placement, caching, replication and relocation to support mobility * Resource advertising and discovery techniques to support mobility * Mobile transaction management * Multimedia in a mobile environment * Mobile web access and internet applications * Context aware adaptation of user interface and content * Data mining for mobile application * Mobile aware/adaptive/agent applications * Mobile agent platforms * Middleware support for mobility * Data presentation, scripting and exchange languages * Mobile and ubiquitous computing applications and systems * Workflow management for mobile environments * Operating system and network support for ubiquitous mobile computing * Security and privacy issues for ubiquitous systems * Location dependent user and vehicle tracking * Quality of service management for mobile systems * Adaptability and stability of pervasive computing systems * Data broadcasting in mobile environments Submission Information Both research and industrial papers are solicited. Research papers must be unpublished and not exceed 12 single-spaced pages. Industrial papers must not exceed 6 single-spaced pages and should describe interesting technical aspects of industrial applications, prototypes, experiences, and standards; performance and design details are encouraged and papers only describing high-level system designs are discouraged. Authors are invited to submit their papers electronically through the conference Web site at http://www.cs.duke.edu/mdm2004/ on or before June 10, 2003. PDF format is preferred but postscript format is acceptable. Conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. We also solicit proposals for panels and tutorials. Proposals must be emailed to the respective chairs by June 10, 2003. Organizing Committee * Conference Co-Chairs Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Hui Lei, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA * Program Committee Co-Chairs Masaru Kitsuregawa, University of Tokyo, Japan Richard Muntz, UCLA, USA * Industry Track Chair Ravi Jain, DoCoMo USA Labs, USA * Panels Chair George Samaras, University of Cyprus, Cyprus * Tutorials Chair Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA * Local Arrangements Chair Jussi Myllymaki, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA * Publicity Chair Jun Yang, Duke University, USA * Finance Chair Helen Wang, Microsoft Research, USA * Registration Chair Surendar Chandra, University of Notre Dame, USA Program Committee Karl Aberer, EPFL, Switzerland Michael Beigl, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Elisa Bertino, University of Milano, Italy Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University, USA Dan Chalmers, Imperial College London, UK Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Ying Chen, IBM China Research Laboratory, China Panos K. Chrysanthis, University of Pittsburgh, USA Norman Cohen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK Alex Delis, Polytechnic University, USA Maggie Dunham, Southern Methodist University, USA Adrian Friday, Lancaster University, UK Akira Fukuda, Kyushu University, Japan Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, USA Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France Ravi Jain, DoCoMo USA Labs, USA Christian S. Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark Hyunchul Kang, Chung-Ang University, Korea Roger Kermode, Motorola Research, Australia Myoung Ho Kim, KAIST, Korea Hiroyuki Kitagawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan George Kollios, Boston University, USA Vijay Kumar, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Chiang Lee, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan Dik L. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Guanling Lee, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Victor Lee, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong-Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Vincenzo Liberatore, Case Western Reserve University, USA Seng Wai Loke, Monash University, Australia Sanjay Madria, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA Mihhail Matskin, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Sharad Mehrotra, UC Irvine, USA Eduardo Mena, University of Zaragoza, Spain Xiaofeng Meng, Renmin University of China, China Rebecca Montanari, University of Bologna, Italy Badri Nath, Rutgers University, USA Jignesh M. Patel, University of Michigan, USA Evaggelia Pitoura, University of Ioannina, Greece Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Apratim Purakayastha, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center, USA George Samaras, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Prashant Shenoy, University of Massachusetts, USA Morris Sloman, Imperial College London, UK S. Sloman, I.I.T. Bombay, India Kian Lee Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Doug Terry, Microsoft Research, USA Helen Thomas, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Jari Veijalainen, University of Jyvaskyla / Waseda University, Finland/Japan Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA Jianliang Xu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Vladimir Zadorozhny, University of Pittsburgh, USA Arkady Zaslavsky, Monash University, Australia Industry Track Committee (preliminary) Sujata Banerjee, HP Labs, USA Jussi Myllamaki, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA Yannis Labrou, Fujistsu Labs of America, USA

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[Fwd: [Tccc] SenSys2003-CFP]
by Lars Wolf 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] SenSys2003-CFP Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:33:06 -0800 From: erdal@itu <cayirci(a)cs.itu.edu.tr> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS The First ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems SenSys 2003 http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/ November 5-7, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA Sponsored by: ACM (Sigcomm, Sigmobile, Sigarch, Sigmetrics, Sigops), and NSF SenSys 2003 introduces a high caliber forum for research on systems issues in the emerging area of embedded, networked sensors. These distributed systems of numerous smart sensors and actuators connecting computational capabilities to the physical world have the potential to revolutionize a wide array of application areas by providing an unprecedented density and fidelity of instrumentation. They also present a host of novel systems challenges because of resource constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, and scale. SenSys design issues cut across multiple fields, including wireless communication, networking, operating systems, architecture, low-power circuits, distributed algorithms, data processing, scheduling, sensors, energy harvesting, and signal processing, so a holistic approach is required. SenSys seeks to provide a cross-disciplinary venue for researchers addressing the rich space of networked sensor system design issues to interact and exchange recent results. It is the first of a planned series of annual meetings with a single-track technical program and a hands-on research exhibition. This inaugural 2003 conference shall take place in Los Angeles, CA. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research are solicited. In general this conference is interested in papers that address system issues in embedded networked systems. Specific topics of interest include the following: * Network protocols for sensor networks * Operating system and middleware for sensor networks * Distributed database processing in sensor networks * Distributed algorithms for sensor networks * Novel sensor node hardware and software platforms * Sensor network planning and deployment * Energy management in sensor networks * Adaptive topology management * In-network processing and aggregation * Data storage in sensor networks * Distributed and collaborative signal processing * Distributed Actuation, Control, and Coordination * Localization in time and space * Distributed calibration in sensor networks * Simulation and optimization tools * Applications of distributed sensor networks * Security and Robustness in sensor networks * Sensor network testbed measurements and benchmarks Please consult the program chairs at sensys03-pcchairs(a)cens.ucla.edu <mailto:sensys03-pcchairs@cens.ucla.edu> if you are uncertain whether your paper is in the scope of the conference. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF or PostScript file format. Papers must not exceed 15 pages (US "Letter" size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references in single-column, single-space format. The font size must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. We will adopt a double-blind process for paper review, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names and their affiliations must not be revealed or mentioned anywhere in the paper or in the postscript or PDF file. Submitted papers should be original, unpublished work and not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. To submit a paper, please refer to the paper submission link at the conference website, http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the Program Co-Chairs at <sensys03-pcchairs(a)cens.ucla.edu <mailto:sensys03-pcchairs@cens.ucla.edu>>. Selected papers from the conference will be forwarded for fast-track publication as journal papers in ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking and ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET). RESEARCH EXHIBITS and POSTERS There will be a research exhibition and poster session. Details will be provided in the final Call for Papers. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Registration & Abstract: April 1, 2003 Paper Submission Deadline: April 8, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: June 27, 2003 Camera Ready Copy: August 1, 2003 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs: Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech.) Deborah Estrin (UCLA) Program Co-Chairs: David Culler (UC Berkeley) Mani Srivastava (UCLA) Demos & Exhibits Co-chairs: John Heidemann (USC/ISI) Fabio Silva (USC/ISI) Publicity Co-chairs: Erdal Cayirci (ITU) Lynette Millett (NRC) Student Posters Co-chairs: Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC) Sylvia Ratnasamy (Intel) Finance Chair: David Jaquez (UCLA) Local Arrangements Chair: Bernie Dempsey (UCLA) Registration Chair: Suresh Singh (Portland State) Sponsorship Chair: Rajesh Gupta (UCSD) Student Travel Awards: R. Sivakumar (Georgia Tech.) Submission Process Chair: Dirk Grunwald (U. Colorado) PROGRAM COMMITTEE A. Arora (Ohio State U.) H. Bakakrishnan (MIT) P. Bonnet (U. Copenhagen) L. Clare (JPL) C. Enz (EPFL) R. Govindan (USC) J. Hellerstein (UC Berkeley) L. Krishnamurthy (Intel) R. Martin (Rutgers) M. Martonosi (Princeton) A. Perrig (CMU) S. Servetto (Conell) M. Smith (HP) J. Stankovic (U. Virginia) G. Sukhatme (USC) M. Vetterli (EPFL) F. Zhao (PARC) STEERING COMMITTEE Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Tech., Co-chair), Victor Bahl (Microsoft, Sigmobile Representative), Deborah Estrin (UCLA, Co-chair), Craig Partridge (BBN, Sigcomm Representative), and Taieb Znati (NSF) Please visit the SenSys 2003 Home Page at http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/, or send email to sensys03(a)cens.ucla.edu <mailto:sensys03@cens.ucla.edu> for more information about the conference.

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[Fwd: [Tccc] FINAL extension for VTC 2003: March 24]
by Lars Wolf 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Tccc] FINAL extension for VTC 2003: March 24 Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:15:10 -0500 From: Mohsen Guizani <mguizani(a)cs.wmich.edu> To: <tccc(a)cs.columbia.edu> Due to numerous requests and the fact that many of the authors had some difficulties submitting to the EDAS system that was busy with other conferences, the paper submission deadline for IEEE VTC 2003 has been extended to March 24, 12:00 midnight Eastern US standard time. Please make sure you forward this to your contacts. Please note that March 24 is a FIRM deadline and there will NO FURTHER extensions. Please feel free to contact me or any of the organizing committe members if you have any questions. For more info: www.vtc2003.org Direct submissions: www.edas.info Thanks, --Mohsen Guizani IEEE VTC 2003 General Chair _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/tccc

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[Fwd: [tcgn] Count down to the PIMRC paper submission deadline (March 31, 2003)]
by Lars Wolf 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] Count down to the PIMRC paper submission deadline (March 31, 2003) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:27:08 +0800 From: PIMRC 2003 <niulab(a)mail.tsinghua.edu.cn> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: <tcgn(a)ieee.org> Dear Friends, As you may have known from the homepage or our previous emails, we have changed the *PIMRC2003 *paper submission policy by asking the tentative authors to submit their full papers *directly* by *March 31*, 2003 (The extended abstract submission is no more necessary). Now, it is the time for us to count down to this strict paper submission deadline by expecting more and more paper submissions. Definitely, your contribution is very important for us and the success of PIMRC2003! Tentative authors should submit their full papers electronically using the on-line submission interface available at the conference web page (http://www.pimrc2003.org <http://www.pimrc2003.org/>). These should be in English, with not more than 5 pages, and preferably in Adobe PDF format (but PostScript is also acceptable). Upon acceptance, the full paper should be submitted in standard IEEE Conference Paper format which is available from our homepage too. Thank you very much again for your kind cooperation! Best regards, Zhisheng Niu (Prof., Dr.) IEEE PIMRC2003 TPC Secretariat (http://www.pimrc2003.org) Dept of Electronic Engineering Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Tel: +86-10-62781423; Fax: +86-62770317 Email: niuzhs(a)tsinghua.edu.cn <mailto:niuzhs@tsinghua.edu.cn> http://www.ee.tsinghua.edu.cn/teachers/niuzhisheng/Index.htm

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[Fwd: CFP: IPOM 2003: IEEE Workshop on IP Operations & Management]
by Lars Wolf 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: IPOM 2003: IEEE Workshop on IP Operations & Management Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 09:12:59 -0600 From: Medhi, Deep <dmedhi(a)umkc.edu> To: itc(a)comsoc.org * Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement * IPOM 2003: CALL FOR PAPERS 2003 IEEE Workshop on IP Operations and Management Kansas City, Missouri October 1-3, 2003 Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2003 !! Web-site: http://conrel.sice.umkc.edu/ipom2003/ The 3rd Workshop on IP Operations and Management (IPOM 2003) will be held in Kansas City, Missouri. This workshop will include presentations based on original research in the area of Operations and Management of IP Networks, spanning from current to future infrastructure. Several Tutorials and panels will also be included as part of this workshop. The intent of the workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to address current and future issues that face operations and management of IP-oriented networks. Original papers are invited in the following areas (but not limited to): - Network Monitoring and Measurement of IP networks - Day-to-Day Operations of IP networks - Traffic Modeling, Analysis and Engineering for IP networks - Network Planning and Design - Intra-/Inter-Domain Routing Policy Issues and Management - SNMP - Interworking Operations and Management of IP over SONET/SDH or WDM networks - Security Management in IP Networks - Complexity Issues in Large-Scale IP Network Management - Wireless IP network deployment and Management Issues - Management Complexity of IPv4 and IPv6 interworking - IPv4-to-IPv6 transition/migration process - Managed Services on IP networks (e.g., IP-VPN, QoS, VoIP) - Enterprise IP network Management - Grid Management - Case Studies Paper Submission Deadline: March 31, 2003. Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2003. Final Versions Due: July 15, 2003. Submission Guideline: Full papers should be prepared for submission electronically in PDF format. All paper submission will be handled through the EDAS system (http://edas.info); do NOT submit papers to committee members/chair by email. Submissions should be limited to seve pages (standard singe-space, double-column IEEE conference format). While some length extension is allowed in the initial submission, the final camera-ready submission, if accepted, will be limited to seven pages. Instructions on format can be found from IPOM2003 web-site. All papers will be peer-reviewed. General Chair: G.-S. Kuo, gskuo(a)ieee.org National Chengchi University, Taiwan Technical Program Chair: Deep Medhi, dmedhi(a)umkc.edu, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Publicity Chair: Ananth Nagarajan, ananth.nagarajan(a)mail.sprint.com, Sprint Corporation Treasurer: Cory Beard, beardc(a)umkc.edu, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Local Arrangement: Appie van de Liefvoort, appie(a)umkc.edu, Univeristy of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Technical Program Committee: Nail Akar, Bilkent University, Turkey Mario Baldi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Supratik Bhattacharya, Sprint ATL Labs, USA Marcus Brunner, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany Tom Chen, Southern Methodist University, USA Alex Clemm, Cisco Systems, USA Willie Donnelly, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Bob Doverspike, AT&T Labs-Research, USA Nick Duffield, AT&T Labs-Research, USA Michael Eder, Nokia Research, USA Victor Frost, University of Kansas, USA Cynthia Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Chuanyi Ji, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Manu Malek, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Ken Mitchell, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Sid Nag, Prominence Networks Inc, USA George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK Michal Pioro, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland & Lund University, Sweden Iraj Saniee, Bell Labs -- Lucent Technologies, USA Martin Stiemerling, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Juha Wiljakka, Nokia, Finland =======================

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[Fwd: [tcgn] CfP MASCOTS2003]
by Lars Wolf 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] CfP MASCOTS2003 Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 13:10:52 +0100 From: Hartmut König <koenig(a)Informatik.TU-Cottbus.DE> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: INCP 2002 Distributor <icnp2002(a)Informatik.TU-Cottbus.DE> ******************************************************************************** Our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ******************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS MASCOTS2003 The 11th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems October 2003, Orlando http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/mascots2003 Venue: Orlando Airport Marriott 7499 Augusta National Drive Orlando, FL 32822 * IEEE/ACM- Approval Pending ******************************************************************************** The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: [-] Computer Architecture Modeling and Simulation [-] Parallel and Distributed Systems [-] Real-Time and Multimedia Systems [-] Internetworking Protocol and Performance [-] Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing [-] Broadband and Telecommunication Networks and Software [-] Network Traffic Studies [-] Web-Based Systems [-] Application areas such as databases [-] Analysis Techniques and Formal Methods [-] Benchmarking and Measurement Techniques [-] Capacity Planning [-] Performance Analysis and Validation Techniques [-] Workload Characterization and Generation [-] Discrete Event Simulation methodology and Tools [-] Middleware Performance (Object Oriented, Parallel Simulation etc.) Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance which have not been published elsewhere. The proceedings will be published by IEEE. ******************************************************************************** TOOLS TRACK Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable for on-line demonstration. The tools papers will undergo a regular review process and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tools section. Separate sessions are planned where these tools will be demonstrated on-line. Projection systems capable for projecting from laptop screens and videotapes will be available. The authors are required to bring any additional equipment necessary for demonstration.Questions regarding tools track should be directed to the tools co-chairs. ******************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION Papers must not exceed 20 double-spaced pages with a minimum of 10-point font and must include an abstract, keywords, authors contact information (providing both postal and email addresses). Papers must be unpublished original work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors of both regular and tool papers are strongly encouraged to submit their papers in electronic form (PDF or PostScript). Those unable to use electronic means should mail five (5) complete copies of the paper to either Prof. Gabriele Kotsis by May 9th, 2003. [-] For Web-based paper registration and submission please check: http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/mascots2003 ******************************************************************************** CALL FOR WORKSHOPS Proposals for half-day workshops are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas. The workshop proposal must include a description of topics presented and biographies of potential presenters. Send workshop proposals directly to the workshops chair. ******************************************************************************** CALL FOR TUTORIALS Proposals for tutorials, running for 2 to 3 hours, are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas. The tutorial proposal must include description and length of the tutorial, breakdown of topics, and biographies of the presenters. Send tutorial proposals directly to the tutorials chair. ******************************************************************************** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Erol Gelenbe University of Central Florida erol(a)cs.ucf.edu Program Chair Gabriele Kotsis Telecooperation Department Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Strasse 69 A-4040 Linz, Austria Phone: +43 732 2468 9238 Fax: +43 732 2468 9829 gabriele.kotsis(a)jku.ac.at Workshop Chair Ramon Puigjaner Univerity of the Baleares (Spain) putxi(a)uib.es Tools Chair Jane Hillston University of Edinburgh Scotland, UK jeh(a)inf.ed.ac.uk Tutorials Chair Mariacarla Calzarossa University of Pavia Italy mcc(a)unipv.it Finance Chair David Finkel Computer Science Department Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609, USA Phone: (508) 831-5416 Fax: (508) 831-5776 dfinkel(a)wpi.edu Publicity Co-Chairs Khaled Hussain and Ricardo Lent University of Central Florida {khaled,rlent}(a)cs.ucf.edu Local Arrangements Chair Amy Wedel Division of Continuing Education University of Central Florida 407-882-0241 awedel(a)mail.ucf.edu Program Committee Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnatti, USA Khalid Al-Begain, Bradford University, UK Mostafa Bassiouni, University of Central Florida, USA Monique Becker, INT, France Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Azzeddine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA Gregor Bochman, University of Ottawa, Canada Sajal K. Das, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA Samir Das, University of Cincinnatti, USA Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria David Finkel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Jean Michel Fourneau, University of Versailles, France Ratan Guha, University of Central Florida, USA Guenter Haring, University of Vienna, Austria Peter Harrison, Imperial College, UK Hossam Hossanein, Queens University, Canada Sungbum Hong, University of North Texas, USA Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Darrell Long, UC Santa Cruz, USA Shikharesh Majumdar, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Raymond Marie, IRISA, France Dan Marinescu, University of Central Florida, USA Daniel A. Menasce, George Mason University, USA David Nicol, Dartmouth College, USA Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK Nihal Pekergin, University of Versailles St-Quentin, France Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain William H. Sanders, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA Mirela Sechi M. A. Notare, Barddal University, SC, Brazil S V Raghavan, IIT Madras, India Gerardo Rubino, IRISA, France J. Bosco M. Sobral, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA Carl Tropper, McGill University, Canada Salvatore Tucci, University of Rome II, Italy Carey Williamson, University of Calgary, Canada Murray Woodside, Carleton University, Canada Zhiguang Xu, University of Central Florida, USA Jason Lin Yi-Bing, National Chiao-Tung Univ. Taiwan Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia ********************************************************************************

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[Fwd: [tcgn] Re: CFP for HET-NETs'03]
by Lars Wolf 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] Re: CFP for HET-NETs'03 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:58:49 GMT From: hetnets <hetnets(a)comp.brad.ac.uk> Reply-To: tcgn(a)majordomo.ieee.org To: tcgn(a)ieee.org **************************************************************** Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies **************************************************************** First Announcement and Call for Papers -------------------------------------- FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKING CONFERENCE ON PERFORMANCE MODELLING AND EVALUATION OF HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS (HET-NETs '03) Supported by . British Computer Society (BCS) Performance Engineering Specialist Group . Institute of Electrical and Electronic (IEE) Engineers (U.K.) . EUROPEAN COMMISSION - IST and NoE Programmes . MOTOROLA (U.K.), ERICSSON (Hungary), . ALCATEL SEL AG - SIEMENS AG - VODAFONE - SOLINET TELECOMS GmbH (Germany) . 4PLUS Technologies SA - TELETEL TELECOMS & IT (Greece) . ORSA/TIMS Applied Probability Group (U.S.A) . Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, U.K.) . Dept. of Informatics & Telecoms, University of Athens (Greece) . Telecoms Dept., National Technical University of Athens (Greece) . Wire Communications Laboratory, University of Patras (Greece) . Telecoms Division, Nuclear Research Centre 'Demokritos' (Greece) . School of Informatics, University of Bradford (U.K.) Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd July, 2003 Craiglands Hotel*, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, U.K. (* The Craiglands is a delightful Victorian country hotel on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and near the famed Ilkley Moor.) Over recent years a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the performance modelling, evaluation and convergence of multi-service networks of diverse technology, such as IP, ATM, MPLS, D-WDM, IPO, WLL, xDSL, Metro-WDM, Gigabit Ethernet, WLAN, Ad-hoc as well as GSM, GPRS, 3G UMTS mobile systems and all-optical networks. However, many interesting and important traffic engineering, technological and performance issues need to be addressed and resolved before a global and wide-scale integrated broadband network infrastructure can be established for the efficient support of multimedia applications. These include the design and dimensioning of 3G and 4G networks with quality of service (QoS) quarantees and also the design and development of generic evaluation platforms capable of measuring the performance of heterogeneous networks, services inter-operability and applications. Moreover, robust quantitative methodologies are needed, such as those based on novel queueing network models, neural networks and stochastic Petri nets, leading to both credible and cost-effective approximations and algorithms for the performance prediction of heterogeneous networks. These powerful and realistic tools applied to the analysis of other types of discrete flow systems, such as computer systems, transportation networks and flexible manufacturing systems, may also be, by analogy, of relevance. The aim of the First International Working Conference on Heterogeneous Networks (HET-NET '03) is to contribute to fundamental research in networks of diverse technology and internetworking issues and focus on their performance/reliability modelling and analysis. As in earlier performance modelling and evaluation ATM & IP events in Bradford and Ilkley, U.K., the Working Conference provides the friendly and informal atmosphere in which participants from all over the world exchange new concepts and ideas and discuss new operational solutions and research initiatives. In particular, delegates are encouraged to address . Traffic engineering and performance modelling aspects of existing and emerging 3G & 4G Internet technologies towards the convergence of telecommunications, networking and broadcasting. . Design and development of performance evaluation platforms for multi-services inter-operability and heterogeneous networks . Analytic and simulation methodologies for QNMs and SPNs with self similar and multi-fractal traffic models of long-range (LRD) versus short-range (SRD) dependence and their approximation, with tolerable accuracy, by simpler traffic processes. It is envisaged that HET-NETs '03 will make an effective contribution to both structuring research in the performance modelling field and spreading the excellence worldwide. General Chair ------------- Demetres Kouvatsos, Bradford, U.K. Co-Chairs --------- Special Track for Performance Modelling Studies Daniel Kofman, Paris, France Special Track for Performance Measurement Platforms Michael Dopfer, Siemens AG, Germany Special Track for Methodologies and Analytic Tools Ioannis Stavrakakis, Athens, Greece Provisional Scientific Committees --------------------------------- Special Track for Performance Modelling Studies ---------------------------------------------- Ake Arvidsson, Ericsson, Sweden Tulin Atmaca, Paris, France Monique Becker, Evry, France Andre-Luc Beylot, Toulouse, France Mark Bromirski, Zegrze, Poland Herwig Bruneel, Ghent, Belgium Olga Casals, Catalunya, Spain Marco Conti, CNUCE, Italy Costas Courcoubetis, Heraklion, Greece Laurie Cuthbert, London, U.K. Tamas Henk, Budapest, Hungary Helmut Hlavacs, Vienna, Austria Frank Huebner-Szabo de Bucs, AT&T Labs, U.S.A. Ilias Iliadis, IBM Zurich, Switzerland Villy Baek Iversen, Lyngby, Denmark Andrzej Jajszczyk, Cracow, Poland Laszlo Jereb, Budapest, Hungary Johan Karlsson, Lund, Sweden Peter Key, Microsoft Research, UK Stefan Köhler, Wuerzburg, Germany Kimon Kontovassilis, Athens, Greece Ulf Korner, Lund, Sweden Paul Kuehn, Stuttgart, Germany Yoni Levy, AT&T Labs, U.S.A. Renato Lo Cigno, Trento, Italy Michael Logothetis, Patras, Greece Michela Meo, Torino, Italy Nicholas Mitrou, Athens, Greece Cantor Molnar, Budapest, Hungary Victor Netes, Komset, Moscow, Russia Michal Pioro, Warsaw, Poland Jonathan Pitts, London, U.K. Guy Pujolle, Paris, France Roberto Sabella, Ericson, Sweden Phuoc Tran-Gia, Wuerzburg, Germany Kurt Tutschku, Wuerzburg, Germany Michel Riguidel, Paris, France Maria Simon, Montevideo, Uruguay Geoff Smith, Strathclyde, U.K. Rob van der Mei, Telecom, Netherlands Jorma Virtamo, Helsinki, Finland Hideaki Yamashita, Tokyo, Japan Special Track for Performance Measurement Platforms --------------------------------------------------- Frank Ball, Oxford, UK Miklos Boda, Ericsson, Hungary Arnold Eppler, Alcatel SEL AG, Germany Franz Erhart, Siemens AG, Germany Michael Esser, Vodafone, Germany Boris Grabner, Telekom, Austria John Griffiths, London, U.K. Gerard Hebuterne, Evry, France David Hutchison, Lancaster, U.K Vangelis Kollias, Teletel SA, Greece Madjid Merabti, Liverpool, U.K. Lewis McKenzie, Glasgow, U.K. Raif Onvural, Allied Telelesyn Int., U.S.A. Roger Peplow, Natal, South Africa Guido Petit, Alcatel SEL AG, Belgium Andreas Pollok, Siemens AG, Germany Lisa Ritchie, Solinet GmbH, Germany Christian Schmitt, Solinet GmbH, Germany William Skelton, Solinet GmbH, Germany Spyros Tombros, 4Plus SA, Greece Spyros Velentzas, Motorola, U.K. Anthony Wiles, PTCC, ETSI, U.K. Colin Willcock, Nokia Research Centre, U.K. Special Track for Methodologies and Analytic Tools -------------------------------------------------- Tayfur Altiok, Rutgers, U.S.A. Eitan Altman, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France Vladimir Anisimov, Kiev, Ukraine Simonetta Balsamo, Venice, Italy Chris Blondia, Antwerp, Belgium Sem Borst, Amsterdam, Netherlands Pavel Botsarov, Moscow, Russia Richard Boucherie, Amsterdam, Netherlands Onno Boxma, Eindhoven, Netherlands Alexandre Brandwajn, Santa Cruz, U.S.A. Vicente Casares-Giner, Valencia, Spain Ram Chakka, Norfolk, U.S.A. Tadeusz Czachorski, Gliwice, Poland Yves Dallery, Paris, France Lorenzo Donatiello, Bologna, Italy Error Gelenbe, Duke, U.S.A. Nicolas Georganas, Ottawa, Canada Klaus Hackbarth, Santander, Spain Guenter Haring, Vienna, Austria Peter Harrison, London, U.K. Boudewijn Haverkort, Aachen, Germany Frank Kelly, Cambridge, U.K. Peter King, Edinburgh, U.K. Ernest Koenigsberg, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Udo Krieger, T-Systems Nova GmbH, Germany Isi Mitrani, Newcastle, U.K. Jogesh Muppala, Kowloon, Hong Kong Mohamed Oul-Khaoua, Glasgow, U.K. John Schormans, London, U.K. Harris Skianis, Athens, Greece Maciej Stasiak, Poznan, Poland Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto, Japan Nigel Thomas, Durham University, U.K. Tulio Tolio, Milano, Italy Manolo Villen-Altamirano, Telefonica I+D, Spain Sabine Wittevrongel, Ghent, Belgium Michael Woodward, Bradford, U.K. David Yao, Columbia, U.S.A. Local Organising Committee -------------------------- Salam Assi, Bradford, U.K. Irfan Awan, Bradford, U.K Rod Fretwell, Bradford, U.K. Wie Li, Bradford, U.K. Geyong Min, Bradford, U.K. Is-Haka Mkwawa, Bradford, U.K. Kevin Smith, Bradford, U.K. Sotiris Tantos, Bradford, U.K. Athanasios Tsokanos, Bradford, U.K. Contributions are encouraged on, but are not limited to, the performance modelling and evaluation, including reliability and pricing, of . QoS Provisioning in Heterogeneous Systems . QoS based Protocols for Heterogeneous Networks . Modeling and Analysis of Heterogeneous Internet Access . 3G and 4G Internet Protocols over Heterogeneous Networks . Switch Architectures for Heterogeneous Networks . Inter-operability of Wireless, Terrestrial and Satellite Networks . Multiservice Mobile and Optical Networks . Multimedia Traffic Measurement, Management, Modelling and Characterisation . Congestion, Flow and Call Admission Control Schemes . Cell/Packet Level Scheduling and Resource Allocation Strategies . Flow and Congestion Control Functions and Procedures . QoS Routing, Load Balancing Techniques and Network Resilience . Multimedia over Packet-based Networks . Analysis of Queueing Network Models with Blocking, Neural Networks and Stochastic Petri Nets . Parallel and Distributed Simulation . Real-time Voice/Video Transport over Heterogeneous Networks . Efficiency of Adaptation Layer and Transport Protocols . QoS Performance Testing and Measurements . Security Mechanisms vs Performance in Heterogeneous Networks . Internetworking Issues and Experiments . Other Performance Modelling Applications to Computer and Parallel Systems, Distributed Systems, Transportation Networks and Production Systems Based on the pattern established at the IFIP ATM & IP Working Conferences in Bradford (1994), Ilkley (1995-1998, 2000), Antwerp (1999) and Budapest (2001), the Technical Programme of the International Working Conference HET-NETs '03 will combine research and tutorial papers from industry and academia on current developments in the theory and practice of performance modelling and evaluation issues of heterogeneous networks worldwide. In addition, poster research papers will be solicited, industrial demonstrations will be organised and special sessions of practical industrial papers and research works in progress will also be included, as appropriate. Prospective authors of HET-NEts '03 are invited to submit to Mr Kevin Smith, Performance Modelling and Engineering Research Group, Department of Computing, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, West Yorkshire (Tel: +44-1274-233952, Fax no.: +44-1274-233920) via E-mail address <hetnets(a)scm.brad.ac.uk> . Research papers (for peer review) up to a maximum of 10 A4 size pages (single spaced text, . Technical abstracts of approximately 300 words for poster contributions, industrial papers of a practical nature or academic research works in progress, . Proposals for tutorial papers on 1-2 A4 size pages (single spaced text), for Programme Committee and peer selection review by Friday the 9th of May 2003. Please note all proposed submissions should be in English and be sent as E-mail attachments using postscript, msword or pdf file format and include, as key words, a list of topics under which the authors prefer their work to be classified and presented in a related session. Following acceptance, authors will be notified via E-mail by Friday the 30st of May 2003 to prepare in camera ready form (single spaced text) the final versions of their papers for the . HET-NETs '03 Technical Proceedings (ISBN to be announced) of full revised research papers up to a maximum of 10 A4 size pages which should be finalised according to the referees' remarks. . Participants Volume of industrial papers and research works in progress of not more than 6 A4 size pages or shorter poster papers of about 3 A4 size pages. . Participants Volume of tutorial papers of not more than 35 A4 size pages and send electronic copies to Mr Kevin Smith <hetnets(a)scm.brad.ac.uk> by Wednesday the 11th of June 2003. After the event, authors of mature work will also be invited to submit extended versions of their papers up to a maximum of 25 A4 pages (single spaced text) by Friday the 1st September 2003, for consideration, subject to a subsequent peer review, for publication in a special journal issue on the performance modelling and evaluation of heterogeneous networks. For further information prospective participants are welcome to contact Professor Demetres Kouvatsos, General Chair (e-mail: D.D.Kouvatsos(a)scm.brad.ac.uk, Tel.: +44-1274-233941, Fax: +44-1274-233920) or, any of the co-chairs, namely Daniel Kofman (e-mail: Daniel.Kofman(a)enst.fr), Michael Dopfer (Michael. Dopfer(a)siemens.com) and Ioannis Stavrakakis (istavrak(a)di.uoa.gr). ============================================================================ NOTE ==== There are two new special editions of the Journal of Performance Evaluation related to the theme of the IFIP HET-NETs '02 Working Conference, namely . ATM & IP Networks: Performance Modelling and Analysis, Special Issue of the Journal of Performance Evaluation, Demetres Kouvatsos (Guest Ed.), North-Holland, Elsevier, 2002. . Queueing Networks with Blocking, Special Issue of the Journal of Performance Evaluation, Demetres Kouvatsos and Simonetta Balsamo (Guest Eds.), North-Holland, Elsevier 2003. The table of contents, abstracts and full-text PDF files of these special issues are available from the Journal's listing on ScienceDirect, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01665316. ============================================================================

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