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2008 4th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities (TridentCom)

March 18-20, 2008, Hotel Grauer Baer, Innsbruck, Austria

http://www.tridentcom.org

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Full papers due (to be received by): November 05, 2007

Workshop and demo proposals due: November 05, 2007

Notification of acceptance: January 05, 2008

Submission of camera-ready papers: February 15, 2008

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SCOPE ------------------------------------------------------------- Telecommunication infrastructures play a vital role in modern society. Advances in the range of network service offerings, performance, quality of service, security, and ubiquity continue to flourish, despite global economy fluctuations. Access to experimental infrastructures for real-life applications by specific user communities benefits all of the stakeholders involved: the end users, because of the first-hand evaluation of the provided services, the researchers and infrastructure experimenters, because of the knowledge gained from hands-on study and analysis, and the service providers, because of the business exploitation of the network.

The goal of TridentCom is to create a forum where telecommunication networks researchers, vendors, providers and users can exchange ideas on past experience, requirements, needs, and visions for future establishment of such infrastructures. It showcases experimental activities, such as testing, verification, integration, measurement, and deployment, which are pivotal to achieving next generation communications.

PAPER SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality papers in two categories: Full Papers and Testbed Practices Papers as well as demonstration proposals reporting on all aspects of testbed and research infrastructure operation and management, including, but not limited to:

* Next Generation Internet Testbeds * Next Generation Wireless Network Testbeds * Next Generation Optical Network Testbeds * Ubiquitous Network Testbeds * Wireless Sensor Testbeds * Testbed Operation & Management for User Communities * Testbed Operation & Management for Research Communities * Testbed Cooperation & Integration * Innovative Measurements Methodologies & Tools * Traffic Measurements Testbeds * Software Tools to Support Distributed Testbeds * Virtual Laboratories * Management of Massive Databases of Experimental Data * Knowledge & Technology Transfer Procedures * Security (AAA) Testing on Open Testbeds * Co-creative User Centric Laboratories for Real-Life Experiments * Business Models for Infrastructure Budgeting & Planning * Infrastructure Renting & Pricing Policies * Vendors & Providers Partnerships

Authors are invited to submit Full Papers of up to 10 pages, Testbed Practices Papers of up to 6 pages, including references, figures and tables, formatted according to the IEEE 8.5" x 11" proceedings format. Submission instructions are available on the website: www.tridentcom.org.

Extended versions of select papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN).

WORKSHOPS ------------------------------------------------------------- Workshops will be held in conjunction with TridentCom 2008. Those interested in organizing a workshop are requested to send their proposals to the Workshops Chair Pablo Vidales at pablo.vidales@telekom.de by November 5th 2007.

DEMOS ------------------------------------------------------------- Demo proposals should consist of the following:

* title and description of the demo, * picture of demo setup and/or screenshots of demo GUIs * infrastructure requirements, and * biographical sketch of the presenter(s).

Demo proposals should be sent to Sandor Szabo, Demo Chair at szabos@hit.bme.hu by November 5th 2007.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair Miguel Ponce de Leon, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

Technical Program Co-Chairs Frank Steuer, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Laurens Cloete, Meraka Institute, South Africa Raheem Beyah, Georgia State University, USA

Workshop Chair Pablo Vidales, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

Local Arrangements Chair Jens Schumacher, University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Austria

Demo Chair Sandor Szabo, BUTE, Hungary

Publicity Chair Peter Weik, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

Publication Chair Thomas Springer, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Web Chair: James Good, TSSG, Ireland

Conference Coordinator Zita Rózsa, ICST Europe

Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST USA

STEERING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------- Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, University of Trento, Italy, Chair Csaba A. Szabo, BUTE, Hungary, Co-Chair Thomas Magedanz, Technische Universität Berlin, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany, Co-Chair

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------- Bill St. Arnaud, Canarie Inc., Canada Alex Galis, Univ. of Central London, UK Christiane Schweitzer, Federal University of ABC, Brazil Dean Mathoorasing, France Telecom Research, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Franco Davoli, Univ. Genova, Italy Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan Jose Augusto Suruagy, University of Salvador, Brazil Mineo Takai, UCLA, USA Mohamed Moustafa, AIU, Egypt Sastry Kompella. Naval Research Lab, USA Scott Valcourt, University of New Hampshire, USA Sudhir Aggarwal, Florida State University, USA Yow Jian Lin, Telcordia, USA Carmelita Görg, Universität Bremen, Germany Fereydoun Daneshgaran, California State University, USA Petros Th. Zerfos, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany Calicrates Policroniades, Telenor, Norway Carlos Jesús Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain David Cottingham, University of Cambridge, UK Hongbo Jiang, Case Western Reserve University, USA Massimiliano Laddomada, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Nigamanth Sridhar, Cleveland State University, USA Jason Hallstrom, Clemson University, USA Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA Cherita Corbett, Sandia National Labs, USA Weidong Xiang, University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA Alessandro Brawerman, Universitary Center of Positivo - Unicenp, Brazil Raquel Hill, Indiana University, USA Marina Mondin, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Sherry Wang, Johns Hopkins Applie Physics Lab, USA

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