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ACM HotNets-VIII October 22-23, 2009 New York City, NY http://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2009/

Call for Papers

The Eighth ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-VIII) will bring together people with interest in computer networks to engage in a lively debate on theory and practice of networking. Continuing the HotNets tradition, the workshop will provide a venue for presenting and discussing innovative ideas that have the potential to significantly influence the community. The goal is to promote community-wide discussions of those ideas.

We invite researchers as well as practitioners to submit a short position paper describing such an idea. The paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate a new approach, re-frame or debunk existing work, report unexpected results from a deployment, or propose new evaluation methodologies. We especially encourage submissions of early-stage work and enticing but unproven ideas. Once fully developed and evaluated, the work may be relevant to conferences such as SIGCOMM, SOSP, SenSys, MobiCom, PODC, or Infocom.

HotNets takes a broad view of networking research. This view encompasses all kinds of modern day computer networks, including (but not limited to) home and enterprise networks, ISP networks, sensor and personal area networks, wireless and acoustic networks, data center networks, peer-to-peer networks, and disruption-tolerant networks. It also encompasses all aspects of such networks, including (but not limited to) resource management, economics and evolution, robustness and security, mobility, interactions with applications, energy, measurement and diagnosis, and hardware.

Position papers will be selected based on originality, likelihood of spawning insightful discussion at the workshop, and technical merit. Accepted papers will be posted online prior to the workshop and a workshop summary will be published in ACM SIGCOMM's Computer Communication Review (CCR), widely disseminating the ideas discussed at the workshop.

Workshop Participation

HotNets is an invitation-only workshop. To ensure an interactive atmosphere, attendance will be limited to around 60 people. Invitations will be extended per the following priorities: * the Program and Steering Committees, one author per paper, and any speakers invited by the Program Committee * co-authors of accepted and submitted papers, preferring students as available travel support allows * event-sponsor representatives and additional authors of submitted papers at the discretion of the Program Committee

Submission Instructions

Submitted papers must be no longer than 6 pages (10 point font, 1 inch margins). All submissions must be blind: submissions must not indicate the names or affiliations of the authors in the paper. Only electronic submissions in PDF will be accepted. Submissions must be written in English, render without error using standard tools (e.g., Acrobat Reader), and print on US-Letter sized paper. HotNets-VIII reviews will follow standard academic practice, although some rejected papers may not receive full-length reviews.

Information on how to submit papers is available at http://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2009/

Important Dates Abstract registration: July 17, 2009 (11:59pm EDT) Paper submission: July 24, 2009 (11:59pm EDT) Notification of decision: September 15, 2009 Camera-ready submission: October 1, 2009 Workshop dates: October 22-23, 2009

Organizing Committee:

General Chair: Lakshmi Subramanian (New York University)

Program Chairs:

Will Leland (BBN Technologies) Ratul Mahajan (Microsoft Research)

Program Committee:

Mark Allman (ICSI) Suman Banerjee (University of Wisconsin) Kevin Fall (Intel Research) Krishna Gummadi (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems) Sachin Katti (University of California, Berkeley) Arvind Krishnamurty (University of Washington) Brian Lyles (Telecordia Technologies) Rick McGeer (HP Labs) Thomas Moscibroda (Microsoft Research) Vern Paxson (University of California, Berkeley) Srini Seshan (Carnegie Mellon University) Renata Teixeira (LIP6) Xiaowei Yang (Duke University) _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc