August 2001 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

Invitation: TC6 Meeting in Zurich on 6,7 Oct. 2001
by Harry Rudin 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

Dear Colleagues --- I am delighted to invite you to the TC6 meeting in Zurich on Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7, 2001. As you know, our TC6 committee meeting follows the I3e conference (the First IFIP Conference on e-Commerce, e-Business & e-Government) with its tutorials on 3 October and papers on 4 and 5 October. The conference and our committee meeting will be held at the University of Zurich at Irchel, between Zurich's airport, Kloten, and downtown Zurich. The conference URL is http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/I3E-conference/ If you want to attend the conference, you can also register via the URL. Program: Augusto suggests that we start the meeting at 9:00 am on Saturday. Late Saturday afternoon we are invited to a presentation at the IBM Zurich Research Lab (just outside Zurich in Rueschlikon) at which the Laboratory Director, Matthias Kaiserswerth, will present IBM's General Technical Outlook, IBM's view of future trends. Following this there will be an opportunity to visit IBM's Industry Solutions Laboratory which IBM uses to show executives some of the latest technology. Past experience with similar --- if less distinguished! ;-) --- audiences indicates you will enjoy this event. Matthias and IBM also invite TC6 members to a dinner following the lab visit. (Members will have to pick up the dinner tab for their spouse, something in the order of Sfr. 80.) We will walk from the laboratory down to the restaurant on the Lake of Zurich. On Sunday we will resume our TC6 meeting at 9:00 am and continue at least until noon. Augusto (currently traveling) will send the agenda in mid September. Hotels: The I3e conference asks attendees to make their own reservations which you can extend for our TC6 meeting. A pointer to hotels is available on the Web site; again, http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/I3E-conference/ Secretaries at the IBM Research Lab recommend three hotels: - the Seidenhof in downtown Zurich at about 160 Sfr. a night, - the Engematt, also in downtown Zurich at about 165 Sfr. a night, - and the IBIS hotel in Adliswil, just outside of Zurich and for which there is no public transportation, at about 95 Sfr. a night. Your travel agent should ask for the IBM Research Lab rate at all three of these hotels. I am sorry that I do not have someone to help with reservations. It would help us with the planning if you would send me a note saying that you will be coming. I do look forward to welcoming you to Zurich! With best regards, Harry

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Call for Participation: ACM Sigcomm 2001 Conference
by Dilip D Kandlur 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Please note that the Hotel registration deadline is approaching (July 23rd)!!! Call for Participation ACM SIGCOMM 2001 Conference August 27 - August 31, 2001 University of California, San Diego, CA USA http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2001 Deadlines: Proposals for student travel grant: June 15, 2001 Proposals for student poster session: June 17, 2001 Advance registration ends: August 3, 2001 Hotel registration deadline: July 23, 2001 ACM SIGCOMM 2001 is the annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), a single-track, highly selective conference with a technical program of 23 papers, tutorials by noted instructors on the two days prior, and a panel discussion. Early registration for SIGCOMM 2001 will soon be available. Registration details, as well as information on student travel grants and requests for proposals for the work-in-progress poster session are available at the SIGCOMM website above. Social Events The reception will be at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The Aquarium is situated on a hilltop site that provides a spectacular view on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus, northern La Jolla, and the Pacific Ocean. Conference attendees will have full access to the aquarium exhibits during the reception. The reception is included in registration fee for attendees and their guests. No reservations necessary. The SIGCOMM 2001 Banquet will be held in the Main Ballroom of the Hotel Del Coronado, situated on picturesque Coronado Island. Over 112 years old, it is a National Historic Landmark renowned for its magnificent architecture and legendary guests. The banquet is included in the registration fee for attendees. There will be a $75 charge for each guest. SIGCOMM Award The SIGCOMM Award is given annually to a person whose career and technical achievements demonstrate a long-term commitment to the field of data communications. ACM SIGCOMM is pleased to announce that the 2001 SIGCOMM Award is being given to Van Jacobson of Packet Design, Inc. Van Jacobson will receive the award and give the conference keynote address in the opening session on Wednesday. Tutorials SIGCOMM 2001 begins with two days of full- and half-day tutorials covering single topics in detail at both the introductory and advanced level. Tutorials offered this year are: - Wireless Data Phil Karn, Qualcomm, Inc. - Traffic Measurement for IP Operations Matt Grossglauser and Jennifer Rexford, AT&T - Interdomain Routing and BGP Timothy G. Griffin, AT&T - Equilibrium and Dynamics of TCP Prof. Steven H. Low, California Inst. of Technology - Algorithms for Networks: Some Techniques for Design and Analysis Ashish Goel, University of Southern California Nick McKeown and Balaji Prabhakar, Stanford University Outrageous Opinions Session The Outrageous Opinions Session provides an opportunity for sharing entertaining, provocative, and otherwise enriching ideas and suggestions in their early stages. The session will be held Thursday evening. Poster Session - Work in Progress The Poster Session is aimed at showcasing the "work-in-progress" of students attending the conference. Poster proposals should be sent by email to Hari Balakrishnan (hari(a)lcs.mit.edu) by June 17 (no extensions). Please see the conference website for details regarding the submission format. Student Travel Awards The purpose of the student travel program is to encourage graduate student participation at the conference by partially or fully funding the travel costs of students who would otherwise be unable to attend. SIGCOMM 2001 thanks Cisco and SIGCOMM for funding the program this year. See the website for eligibility criteria and application procedures. General Co-Chairs Rene Cruz, UC San Diego, USA (cruz(a)ece.ucsd.edu) George Varghese, UC San Diego, USA (varghese(a)ece.ucsd.edu) Program Co-Chairs Roch Guerin, U. Pennsylvania, USA (guerin(a)ee.upenn.edu) Derek McAuley, Marconi Research Center, UK (derek.mcauley(a)marconi.com) Publicity Chair Dilip Kandlur, IBM TJ Watson Research Ctr, USA (kandlur(a)us.ibm.com) Tutorials Chair Chuck Kalmanek, AT&T Research, USA (crk(a)research.att.com) Local Arrangements Co-Chairs Geoff Voelker, UC San Diego, USA (voelker(a)cs.ucsd.edu) Finance Chair Joe Touch, UCS/ISI, USA (touch(a)isi.edu) Publication Chair Ramesh Govindan, USC/ISI, USA (govindan(a)isi.edu) Student Travel Award Chair Christos Papadopoulos, U. Southern California (christos(a)usc.edu) Student Poster Chair Hari Balakrishnan, MIT, USA (hari(a)lcs.mit.edu) Support from Cisco, IBM, Deloitte and Touche, PMC-Sierra, Marconi, Procket Networks, Agilent Technologies, Microsoft Research, and USC/ISI is gratefully acknowledged.

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DRCN'2001
by Sarolta Dibuz 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

(We apologize for multiple copies.) ******************************************************** DRCN 2001 Budapest Third International Workshop on DESIGN OF RELIABLE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS "Price and Value of Reliability" 7-10 October 2001, Budapest, Hungary *********************************************************** Please find program more information on: http://www.hit.bme.hu/drcn2001/

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Out of Office
by Augusto Casaca 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Dear TC6 members, I will be out of my office until September 7th. In the meantime I will attend the IFIP General Assembly. Best regards Augusto Casaca

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[Fwd: CFP NETWORKING 2002 -- papers due: October 15,2001]
by Augusto Casaca 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

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[Fwd: Smartnet'2002/CFP]
by Augusto Casaca 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

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[Fwd: NL rep. for TC-6]
by Augusto Casaca 27 Aug '01

27 Aug '01

Dear TC6 members, I forward you the nomination of the TC6 representative from Netherlands. Best regards Augusto Casaca

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Final call for participation: SIGCOMM 2001
by Erich Nahum 16 Aug '01

16 Aug '01

Note electronic registration closes August 17th (this Friday)! After this date only on-site registration will be available. Call for Participation ACM SIGCOMM 2001 Conference August 27 - August 31, 2001 University of California, San Diego, CA USA http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2001 ACM SIGCOMM 2001 is the annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), a single-track, highly selective conference with a technical program of 23 papers, tutorials by noted instructors on the two days prior, and a panel discussion. Registration details are available at the SIGCOMM website above. Tutorials SIGCOMM 2001 begins with two days of full- and half-day tutorials covering single topics in detail at both the introductory and advanced level. Space is still available. Tutorials offered this year are: - Wireless Data Phil Karn, Qualcomm, Inc. - Traffic Measurement for IP Operations Matt Grossglauser and Jennifer Rexford, AT&T - Interdomain Routing and BGP Timothy G. Griffin, AT&T - Equilibrium and Dynamics of TCP Prof. Steven H. Low, California Inst. of Technology - Algorithms for Networks: Some Techniques for Design and Analysis Ashish Goel, University of Southern California Nick McKeown and Balaji Prabhakar, Stanford University SIGCOMM Award The SIGCOMM Award is given annually to a person whose career and technical achievements demonstrate a long-term commitment to the field of data communications. ACM SIGCOMM is pleased to announce that the 2001 SIGCOMM Award is being given to Van Jacobson of Packet Design, Inc. Van Jacobson will receive the award and give the conference keynote address in the opening session on Wednesday. Support from Cisco, IBM, Deloitte and Touche, PMC-Sierra, Marconi, Procket Networks, Agilent Technologies, Microsoft Research, and USC/ISI is gratefully acknowledged.

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TC6 events statistics
by Augusto Casaca 10 Aug '01

10 Aug '01

Dear TC6 members, I am attaching a table, which indicates all the registered TC6 events since 1998. It would be useful to complete it as much as possible in the blank fields that relate to the event statistics concerning the papers and attendees. I am aware that most of this past information might be difficult to get, but many WG chairmen probably have it available in their archives. Therefore I would mainly request the WG chairmen to provide the respective information. It is my proposal that for future WG reports, this information is provided for every event that is sponsored by the WG. This will help us to have a more precise view of what is happening with our sponsored events. I would thank if the WG chairmen could send me the information until September 10th. Best regards Augusto Casaca

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Confman software for IFIP TC6 events
by Guy Leduc 10 Aug '01

10 Aug '01

Dear Herbert, Following the discussion at the last TC6 meeting in Cape Town, it would be nice to recommend a second software (besides the Confman freeware) to handle paper reviewing, and add a link to it on the TC6 web page. The system is Cyberchair and the URL is: http://www.cyberchair.org/ CyberChair is used for the online submission and review process. CyberChair is -more or less- based on a paper by Oscar Nierstrasz, called 'Identify the Champion'. There is also support for the preparation of the proceedings (using the format required for Springer Verlag). CyberChair is continuously being updated to include new ideas, and suggestions by its users. The version that is currently available for download was introduced for ECOOP 2000. CyberChair is free software (GNU General Public License). Best regards, Guy >Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:53:40 +0200 >To:Herbert Leitold <herbert.leitold(a)iaik.at> >From:leduc@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (Guy Leduc) >Subject:Confman software for IFIP TC6 events >Cc:Augusto Casaca <augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt> > >Dear Herbert, > >After a short debate in our WG6.1, we would recommend the use of the >Confman software to handle paper reviewing and selection for all TC6 >conferences. >[I mean recommend, not impose of course]. > >It may be a good idea to add a reference to the Confman web page >http://confman.unik.no/~confman/whats_new.html >somewhere on the TC6 web page. For example with the organizers guidelines, >or so. > >Best regards, >Guy > >>Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:37:23 +0100 >>From: Augusto Casaca <augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt> >>To: Guy Leduc <leduc(a)montefiore.ulg.ac.be> >>Subject: Confman software >> >>Dear Guy, >> >>I noticed that AP55/38 indicated that you would send the Confman >>software to H.Leitold so that it can be available to conference >>organisers. Is it already done? >> >>Thank you and best regards >> >>Augusto > ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Tel : +32 4 366 26 98 Universite de Liege Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Reseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) leduc(a)montefiore.ulg.ac.be Institut d'Electricite Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www-run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/users/leduc.html

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