CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems ANCS 2011 http://www.ancsconf.org October 3-4, 2011 Polytechnic Institute of NYU Brooklyn, New York, USA Sponsored by (pending): ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) ACM Special Interest Group on Communications (SIGCOMM) IEEE Computer Society Tech. Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA) IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration and abstract: May 9, 2011 Submission deadline: May 16, 2011 Author notification: July 29, 2011 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: ANCS is a systems-oriented research conference, presenting original work that explores the relationship between the architecture of modern computer networks and the architecture of the individual hardware and software elements from which these networks are built. This year's conference will emphasize in its paper selection research on computer and network systems that provide the foundations of emerging network technologies and the future Internet. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * System design for future network architectures * Network architectures enabled by converged platforms * Virtualized infrastructure architectures, rationale, and devices * Converged router, server, and storage platforms * Content-centric architectures, platforms, and mechanisms * Scalable programming and application frameworks * High-performance / high-function packet processing platforms * Power- and size-optimized computer and communications platforms * High-speed networking mechanisms and algorithms * Network security architectures and security anchor/enhancement devices * Single-chip platform integration * Network measurement techniques, architectures, and devices * Techniques and systems for large-scale data analysis * Host-network interface issues * Architectures for data centers and cloud computing * Router and switch architectures * Network on chip * Software radios * Wireless-networking hardware and related software SUBMISSION PROCEDURES: Papers must be registered, with a title and abstract, no later than May 9, 2011 at 11:59PM EST (US). The deadline for submissions of full papers is May 16, 2011 at 11:59PM EST (US). There will be no extensions of this deadline. Please see the conference web site for detailed submission guidelines Notification of Acceptance: July 29, 2011 The Program Committee may choose to accept certain papers conditionally, based on a shepherding process. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: ANCS 2011 will use single-blind reviewing, so submitted papers should include the authors' names. Submit papers using a 10pt font on 12pt leading formatted for printing on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. Paper text blocks must follow ACM guidelines: double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns. Each column must contain no more than 55 lines of text. Latex and Word templates, and additional submission requirements, are available via . ANCS submissions must be no longer than 12 pages. The PC may choose to reject any paper that violates these format requirements, and no deadline extensions will be allowed for re-formatting. We encourage submissions containing original ideas that are relevant to the scope of ANCS. Like other conferences, ANCS requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to any other conferences or publications; that submissions not be previously published in peer-reviewed conferences or journals; Papers describing work that was previously published in a peer- reviewed workshop are allowed, if the authors clearly describe what significant new content has been included. All submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication on the ANCS 2011 Web site; rejected submissions will be permanently treated as confidential. BEST PAPER AWARD AND FAST-TRACK TO TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING ANCS 2011 will feature a best paper award, which will be announced at the conference. Some of the accepted papers will be fast-tracked as submissions to the ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking. POSTER SESSION: ANCS 2011 will include a poster session. Submission deadlines and guidelines will be announced at a later date on the conference web site . GENERAL CHAIR: H. Jonathan Chao, Polytechnic Institute of NYU PROGRAM CHAIRS: Jose Duato, Polytechnic University of Valencia Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts, Amherst TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Michela Becchi, University of Missouri Raheem Beyah, Georgia State University Greg Byrd, North Carolina State University Bruce Davie, Cisco Hans Eberle, Oracle Holger Froning, Universitat Heidelberg Mitch Gusat, IBM Research Zurich Andreas Herkersdorf, Technische Universitat Munchen Ravi Iyer, Intel Isaac Keslassy, Technion Bill Lin, University of California San Diego Yan Luo, UMass Lowell Mario Nemirovsky, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Frederico Silla, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Ola Torudbakken, Oracle Jon Turner, Washington University in St. Louis Fang Yu, Microsoft Research Eitan Zahavi, Mellanox STEERING COMMITTEE: Laxmi Bhuyan, University of California, Riverside Patrick Crowley, Washington University Mark Franklin, Washington University Derek McAuley, University of Nottingham Nick McKeown, Stanford University Bill Lin, University of California San Diego Peter Z. Onufryk, IDT K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research Raj Yavatkar, Intel FINANCE CHAIR: N. Sertac Artan, Polytechnic Institute of NYU PUBLICITY CHAIR: Maria Engracia Gomez, Polytechnic University of Valencia Bin Liu, Tsinghua University Ning Weng, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale TRAVEL GRANT CHAIR Michela Becchi, University of Missouri CONTACT INFORMATION: For questions, please contact the ANCS 2011 program chairs.