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LCN 2008 The 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) http://www.ieeelcn.org/

Sponsorship by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC)

Montreal, Canada October 14-17, 2008

Please note that the originally announced conference dates (October 20-23, 2008) have been changed to October *14-17*, 2008. We apologize for any inconvenience this change may have caused.

CALL FOR PAPERS

LCN invites you to Canada for the first time in its history! The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of practical computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. During 33 years of this conference, major developments from high-speed local networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions in leading edge topics. Paper topics include, but are not limited to:

Ad hoc and sensor networks Adaptive applications Embedded networks Authentication, authorization, accounting High-speed access networks Congestion and flow control Home and SOHO networks Cross-layer optimization IPv6 networks Location-dependent services Local area networks Mobility management Optical networks Multimedia and real-time communication Overlay networks Network management Peer-to-peer networks Network reliability and security Personal and wearable networks Network traffic characterization Storage area networks Performance evaluation/engineering Ubiquitous networking Performance measurement and tuning Wireless networks Quality-of-Service provisioning

Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE Computer Society format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. Short papers will be presented in a poster format and are published in the proceedings. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page.

High quality paper submissions will be nominated for a special issue publication of a journal/magazine.

PAPER SUBMISSION:

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF. All submission instructions will be posted on the conference website. Please direct your questions to the program co-chairs, Ehab Elmallah <ehab at cs.ualberta.ca> and Mohamed Younis <younis at cs.umbc.edu>.

IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: April 7, 2008 Paper submission deadline: April 14, 2008 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2008 Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2008 Author registration by: July 28, 2008

WORKSHOPS:

A number of workshops will be co-located with the conference. Workshop papers will be published in the LCN proceedings. Information on workshops, submission deadlines and all other details will be posted on the conference web site.

General Chair: - Matthias Frank, University of Bonn

Program Chair: - Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta

Program Co-Chair: - Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Finance Chair: - Frank Hübner, AT&T Labs

Local Arrangements Chair: - Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa

Workshops Chair: - Tom Pfeifer, TSSG, Waterford IT

Publication Chair: - Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales

Editorial Liason Chair: - Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Science and Technologies of Lille

Publicity Chair: - Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida

Corporate Relations Chair: - Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada

International Advisors: - Ken Christensen, University of South Florida - Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales - Declan O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin

Webmaster: - Gary Kessler, Champlain College

Standing Committee: - Joe Bumblis, BAE Systems - Ken Christensen, University of South Florida - Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada - Gary Kessler, Champlain College - Peter Martini, University of Bonn - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich - Tim Strayer, BBN