July 2003 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

46 countries so far at WITFOR
by dipak.khakhar 05 Jul '03

05 Jul '03

To IFIP GA, TC-Chairs, WG-chairs, TC-members, WG-members Member Societies. Subject: Complimentary registration at WITFOR 2003, Vilnius, Lithuania, 26-29 August Dear Colleagues, So far there are representatives from 46 countries have registered for WITFOR out of which only 19 are from IFIP member countries. Our aim is to get participants from at least 100 countries. The goal of WITFOR is to prepare and help implement information development strategies and projects in the developing countries. This unique visioning conference will convene leading thinkers from around the world to discuss information and communication technology as a transforming force and to explore the possibilities, promises, and perils of our networked world. It is targeted to politicians and senior officials responsible for information development from both the developing and industrialized nations, representatives of non-governmental organizations, representatives of inter-governmental organizations, and business leaders. Governments of all countries in the world have been invited to send their delegations to WITFOR. As it can be noticed from www.witfor.lt, WITFOR is two and a half day meeting where eight commissions will be preparing proposals in different areas concerning information society. The final document will be the Vilnius Declaration aiming at advising governments on strategies for the use of ICT. WITFOR is an unique initiative by IFIP and we would like to be a part of it. Visit www.witfor.lt and register now. With best regards Peter Bollerslev Chairman, Steering Committee, WITFOR 2003

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New Austrian representative
by Augusto Casaca 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

Dear all, Prof. Guenter Haring (rodo(a)ani.univie.ac.at) has been nominated the new Austrian representative in TC6. At this stage I would like to thank all the collaboration that Reinhard Posch has given to TC6 and I am sure that he will continue collaborating with IFIP. Best regards Augusto Casaca

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FW: DCSC grant for 2004
by Augusto Casaca 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

Dear TC members, I forward you again this mail from Dipak, reminding you that all events that wish to apply for DCSC grants must report to me until August 8th. Best regards Augusto -----Original Message----- From: dipak.khakhar [mailto:dipak.khakhar@ics.lu.se] Sent: terca-feira, 1 de Julho de 2003 18:57 To: ito(a)ito.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp; meersman(a)vub.ac.be; Joseph Urban; Jan Wibe; gjo(a)daimlerchrysler.com; augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt; il2v(a)weyl.math.virginia.edu; jdroode(a)linus.up.ac.za; jberleur(a)info.fundp.ac.be; franz(a)uni-paderborn.de; strous(a)iaehv.nl; neumann(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de; nakatsu(a)atr.co.jp Cc: Klaus Brunnstein Subject: DCSC grant for 2004 Dear TC chairs, The budget work is processing as usual. I have reserved EUR 20,000 for DCSC support for year 2004. In order to have a fair distribution of the grant, I would appreciate very much if you send me a simple application for the grant. The application should mention name of the events, dates and the amount. I would appreciate your application by 15 August in order to make decision at GA in Vilnius. The grant should then be announced in the conference announcement. With best regards Dipak

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WEBMedia 2003 - Call for Papers and Deadline Extension
by Joberto Martins 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

(Please accept our apologies if you receive duplicates of this message) ================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================= WEBMEDIA 2003 IX SYMPOSIUM ON MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND WEB Salvador - Brazil, 03 to 06 november 2003 http://www.unifacs.br/webmidia2003 ==> PROMOTING THE LARGE-SCALE USE OF MULTIMEDIA ON THE WEB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Papers: August 01st, 2003 Notification of acceptance: September 1st, 2003 Camera-ready papers: September 12th, 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Symposium on Multimedia Systems and Web (WEBMEDIA 2003) is an international event supported by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) in the area of multimedia and hypermedia systems with a special emphasis on the Web applications scenario. This ninety edition of the WEBMEDIA (former SBMidia) will be held in Salvador, the capital of Bahia, Brazil, from November 03-06 2003, organized by University Salvador (UNIFACS). WEBMEDIA 2003 also includes the following topic-focused events: - 2nd Brazilian Workshop in Games and Digital Entertainment - WJogos 2003 - III Workshop - Thesis and Dissertation in Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web - II Workshop on Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web Tools & Applications - Special Track 01: CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Special Track 02: Middleware Platforms for Multimedia WEBMEDIA symposium provides a forum for users, web and multimedia developers and researchers in academia, industry and government to present and discuss their latest results in terms of technology, systems and applications. The emphasis proposed is to promote the large-scale use of multimedia on the Web. Authors are cordially invited to participate by submitting their work in areas included but not limited to: - Web-based multimedia and hypermedia - Multimedia and hypermedia intensive Web Applications: healhtcare, education, entertainment, e-commerce and government - Multimedia and hypermedia theory, models, architectures and applications - Web Performance - Web technologies: languages, applications, services, architecture and models - WebGames - CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Digital Libraries - Data mining and knowledge management for multimedia/ hypermedia contents - Languages, metrics and evaluation methods for multimedia and hypermedia - Multimedia and hypermedia tools, environments and infrastructure - Quality of Service in multimedia/ hypermedia context - Visualization, virtual environments and interfaces - Document engineering - Databases, storage and retrieval in multimedia/ hypermedia context - Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia and hypermedia - Interactive and pervasive multimedia: Digital TV, mobile systems, others - Web Semantic - Security in multimedia and hypermedia applications - Distributed multimedia and hypermedia applications - Multimedia and hypermedia contents creation, storage and distribution Full-papers will be carefully evaluated by at least three referees. Evaluation criteria include relevance, originality, validity and importance of the described results. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. When considering traveling and extra-conference activities, Salvador outstands as a secure, beautiful, friendly and touristy city (more than 2 million tourists by year). Among other attractions, there are more than 40 km of all-year sunny beaches, well preserved historical monuments, the best and well-known five-stars hotels of the world and many options for flight connections from Europe, US and other Brazilian cities (Rio, São Paulo, Iguaçu Falls, ...). So, the idea is to associate a mix of very serious and high-level technical work with a very pleasant stay. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSIONS: http://soyuz.metropoa.tche.br ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBMEDIA 2003 ============== General Chair: Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins (UNIFACS) Celso Alberto Saibel Santos (UNIFACS) Program Committee Chair: Guido Lemos de Souza Filho (UFPB) Special Tracks: ============== Special Track 01: CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work Chairs: Renata Mendes de Araújo (UNIRIO) e Flávia Maria Santoro (NCE-UFRJ) Special Track 02: Middleware Platforms for Multimedia Chairs: Fabio Kon (USP) and Renato Cerqueira (PUC-Rio) WORKSHOPS: ========= 2nd Brazilian Workshop in Games and Digital Entertainment - WJogos 2003 Chairs: Marcelo Dreux (PUC-Rio) e Esteban Gonzalez Clua (PUC-Rio) Program Committee Chair: Geber Ramalho (UFPE) III Workshop - Thesis and Dissertation in Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web Chair: Maria da Graça Pimentel (USP - São Carlos) II Workshop on Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web Tools and Applications Chair: Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes (ICMC-USP) Program Committee - WEBMEDIA 2003: ================================================= Berthier Ribeiro-Neto (UFMG) Carlos G. Ferraz (UFPE) César Augusto Camillo Teixeira (COC) Celso Saibel (UNIFACS) Claudio Pinhanez (TJ Watson Research Center IBM, USA) Daniel Schwabe (PUC-RIO) Eduardo S. Albuquerque (UFG) Esteban Gonzalez Clua (PUC-Rio) Ethan Munson (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA) Fábio Kon (IME-USP) Flávia Maria Santoro (NCE-UFRJ) Guido Lemos de Souza Filho (DI-UFPB) Geber Ramalho (UFPE) Gustavo Rossi (UNLP, Argentina) Guido Lemos de Souza Filho (DI-UFPB) Jean-Marie Farines (DAS-UFSC) Jean-Pierre Courtiat (LAAS/CNRS, França) Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins (Unifacs) José Valdeni de Lima (UFRGS) Jauvane Cavalcante de Oliveira (LNCC) Joaquim Jorge (IST/INESC, Portugal) Judith Kelner (UFPE) Juliana Freire (Bell Labs, USA) Luci Pirmez (NEC-UFRJ) Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares (PUC-RIO) Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo (NEC-UFRJ) Marcelo Dreux (PUC-Rio) Maria Cristina Ferreira de Oliveira (ICMC-USP) Maria da Graça Pimentel (ICMC-USP) Marina Teresa Pires Vieira (UFSCar) Marcelo K. Zuffo (USP-SP) Oscar Pastor (Universitat Politècnica de València, Espanha) Raimundo Macedo (UFBA) Renata Mendes de Araújo (UNIRIO) Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes (ICMC-USP) Renato Cerqueira (PUC-Rio) Riverson Rios (UFC) Roberto Willrich (UFSC) Thais Batista (UFRN) Valter Roesler (UNISINOS) Wagner Meira Jr. (UFMG) WJogos 2003 - Organizing Committee: =========================== Tutorials Chair: André Luiz Battaiola (UFPR) Papers Chair: Bruno Feijó (PUC-Rio) Posters Chair: Jefferson Valadares (Jynx/CESAR/UFPE) Industry: Fabio Binder (UNICENP) WJogos 2003 - Program Committee: =========================== Kazushigue Asanome (Gamenet) Cesar Pozzer (PUC-Rio) Fábio Policarpo (Paralelo Computação) Francisco Meireles (Paralelo Computação) Reinaldo Normand (Outerspace)

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FW: DCSC grant for 2004
by Augusto Casaca 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

-----Original Message----- From: dipak.khakhar [mailto:dipak.khakhar@ics.lu.se] Sent: terca-feira, 1 de Julho de 2003 18:57 To: ito(a)ito.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp; meersman(a)vub.ac.be; Joseph Urban; Jan Wibe; gjo(a)daimlerchrysler.com; augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt; il2v(a)weyl.math.virginia.edu; jdroode(a)linus.up.ac.za; jberleur(a)info.fundp.ac.be; franz(a)uni-paderborn.de; strous(a)iaehv.nl; neumann(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de; nakatsu(a)atr.co.jp Cc: Klaus Brunnstein Subject: DCSC grant for 2004 Dear TC chairs, The budget work is processing as usual. I have reserved EUR 20,000 for DCSC support for year 2004. In order to have a fair distribution of the grant, I would appreciate very much if you send me a simple application for the grant. The application should mention name of the events, dates and the amount. I would appreciate your application by 15 August in order to make decision at GA in Vilnius. The grant should then be announced in the conference announcement. With best regards Dipak

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11th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Telecommunications - ICT2004 - CFP
by José Neuman de Souza 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Becker Westphall" <westphal(a)orion.lrg.ufsc.br> To: <cnom(a)lrg.ufsc.br>; <lacomsoc(a)lrg.ufsc.br> Cc: "José Neuman de Souza" <neuman(a)lia.ufc.br> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:12 PM Subject: 11th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Telecommunications - ICT2004 - CFP > General Information. ICT was firstly initiated by King's College, London > (UK) and is receiving the support of Institute of Electrical and > Electronic Engineering (IEEE) and Institute of Electrical Engineering > (IEE). Based on the initial success of Dubai in 1994, ICT has been held > yearly in Bali (1995), Istanbul (1996), Melbourne (1997), Chalkidiki > (1998), Taejon (1999), Acapulco (2000), Bucharest (2001) Beijing (2002), > and Papeete (2003). Many scientists, students, professionals and technical > staffs, representing a large variety of organizations such as > universities, research institutes, telecommunication operators and > industry have attained each previous ICT events. The 11th edition of ICT > will be held in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. ICT 2004 will offer tutorials, > plenary sessions, poster sessions, panels and exhibition opportunities. > ICT 2004 will cover a variety of challenging telecommunication topics > ranging from background fields like signals, traffic, coding, > communication basics up to large communication systems and networks, > fixed, mobile and integrated, etc. Applications, services, system and > network management issues will also receive significant attention. > > Topics of Special Interest. The topics include, but are not limited to: > > A Information Theory and Coding Theory > A.1 Communication Theory > A.2 Information Security > A.3 Multimedia Information > A.4 Network Reliability > A.5 Signal Processing > A.6 Modulation > > B Optical Communications > B.1 Designing and Management of Optical Networks > B.2 Optical Fiber Technology > B.3 Optical Switching and Optical Interconnection > B.4 Optical Photonic Technologies > B.5 Optoelectronic Components > B.6 Transmission System and Optical Networking > > C Networking Theory and Technologies > C.1 Broadband Communications and Networks > C.2 Computer Communications and Networks > C.3 Internet and Intranet > C.4 Mobile IP, VoIP > C.5 Network Security > C.6 Next Generation Network Architectures > C.7 Programmable, Active Networks and Mobile Agents > C.8 Protocol, Standards and Communication Architectures > C.9 Switching and Routing > C.10 System and Network Performance and QoS > C.11 Traffic Engineering (MPLS, DiffServ, IntServ, .) > > D Telecommunication/Network Management and Services > D.1 Broadband Access Network and Service > D.2 IP Service and Multimedia Service > D.3 Mobile Data Service > D.4 Network Planning and Optimization > D.5 Telecommunication Network Interconnection Issues > D.6 Telecommunication Pricing and Billing > D.7 Telecommunication Regulation and Deregulation > D.8 Traffic Management, Traffic Control, Real-Time Traffic and Quality of > Service > D.9 3G and 4G Mobile Communication Service. > > E Wireless Communications G Metro/Access Networks > E.1 Antennas, Propagation and Transmission Technologies > E.2 Broadband Wireless > E.3 Evolution from 2G to 2.5G, 3G and Beyond > E.4 Microwave Devices, Circuits and Systems > E.5 Personal Communications > E.6 Satellite and Space Communications > E.7 Terrestrial Radio Systems > E.8 Mobility (IEEE 802.11 engineering, smarts devices) > E.9 Wireless Multimedia, Networks and Systems > E.10 Wireless IP and Wireless ATM > E.11 Cellular and Ad-Hoc Networks > > F Communication Software > F.1 Intelligent Network Theory, Technologies and System > F.2 Object and Component Technologies in Telecommunication Software > F.3 Network Management Theory > F.4 Network Operations and Management > F.5 Telecommunication Protocol Engineering > F.6 Telecommunication Software Tools > > G Metro/Access Networks > G.1 Future Proofing Access Topologies and Architectures > G.2 xDSL, HFC, Gbit/s Ethernet, FTT > G.3 DWDM in Metro. Access > G.4 New Broadband Access Technologies > G.5 Interface and its Development > G.6 Residential Zone and its Future > G.7 Co-operation between Metro Transport and Access > G.8 Wireless Access (WPAN, WLAN, WLL) > G.9 Standardization (IEEE 802.15, IEEE 802.16) > > H Others > H.1 EMC in Communications > H.2 Standardization (IEEE 802.17, Policies models,..) > H.3 Wireless over Optical > H.4 Multicast > H.5 Mobility Management > H.6 Security > H.7 Others > > These topics can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, > standards, implementations, running experiments and applications. > > Instructions for Authors. Participants are kindly invited to submit > original papers addressing the topics in the area of telecommunications > and networking for presentation and publication in the conference > proceedings. While the submission version may vary in length, the final > version must be of maximum six pages long, should be printed on ISO A4 > white papers, written in English in two-column format in times or a > similar font, 10 points with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. Subject of > reasonable additional printing fees per page, longer papers will be > accepted for publication. Reception of the papers will be acknowledged by > web site www.ict2004.com.br. ICT 2004 Program Committee members and their > teams will carefully review each paper. The deadline for submission is > January 25, 2004. > > A selection of outstanding papers is considered for a special issue of an > International Journal. > > Check our Web page at www.ict2004.com.br for the latest information > concerning the conference. > > Tutorials and Workshops. Provide overviews of current high interest > topics. Proposals for half of full day tutorials are due by January 25, > 2004. > > Exhibition Proposal. Companies are invited to exhibit their software and > hardware products. We provide a large promotion opportunity and a variety > of ways for achieving it. > > Panels Proposal. ICT 2004 organizers encourage scientists and industry > leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and > challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify > their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach > our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, > indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic > of the panel, as well as short biographies. > > Important Dates > Submission due: January 25, 2004 > Notification of acceptance: February 25, 2004 > Deadline for full-length camera-ready manuscript: March 25, 2004 > > > ICT 2004 GENERAL CHAIR > José Neuman de Souza, UFC, Brazil > > ICT 2004 STEERING COMMITTEE > Hamid Agvami, King's College, London, UK > Tulin Atmaca, Institut National des Télécommunications, France > Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc. USA > Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France > Farokh Marvasti, King's College, London, UK > > ICT 2004 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS > Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc. USA > José Neuman de Souza, UFC, Brazil > > PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE > Hamid Aghvami, King's College, London, UK > Rui Luios A Aguiar, Professor, Instituto de Telecommunicacoes, Aveiro, > Portugal > Marcelo Sampaio Alencar, UFCG, Brazil > Sonia Aissa, INRS-Telecommunications, Canada > Attahiru Sule Alfa, University of Manitoba, Canada > Tulin Atmaca, Institut National des Télécommunications, France > Bill Atwood, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada > Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada > Pierre Blanchard, OPT, French Polynesia > Jose Marcos Câmara Brito, National Institute of Telecommunications, Brazil > Augusto Casaca, INESC, Portugal > Joaquim Celestino Júnior, UECE, Brazil > Soumaya Charkaoui, University of Sherbrooke, Canada > Prosper Chemouil, France Telecom R&D, France > Xiaodong Chen, University of London, UK > Todor Cooklev, San Francisco State University, USA > Luis M Correia, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal > Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA / Concordia University > Alfonso Ferreira, CNRS, France > Nélson Fonseca, UNICAMP, Brazil > Linda F. Garbanati, SBC Inc., USA > Martin Haardt, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany > Toshio Ihara, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan > Mohammad Ilyas, Florida Atlantic University, USA > Wojciech Kabacinski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland > Hyun-Kook Kahng, Korea University, Korea > Dae Young Kim, Chungnam National University, Korea > Hak-Yong Kim, R&D Center, Corecess Inc., Korea > Bill Lavery, James Cook University, Australia > Mike Myung-Ok Lee, Dongshin University, Republic of Korea > Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France > Leen Mak, Lucent Technologies, USA > Alan Marshall, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK > Farokh Marvasti, King's College London, UK > Antonella Molinaro, University of Messina, Italy > João César Moura Mota, UFC, Brazil > Djafar Mynbaev, New York City Technical College, USA > Nikolai Nefedov, Nokia Research Center, Finland > Mauro Oliveira, CEFET-CE, Brazil > Guy Omidyar, Institute for Communications Research, Singapore > Guy Pujolle, LIP6, France > Fabrizio Sestini, European Commission DG Information Society, Belgium > Said Soulhi, Ericsson Research, Canada > José Neuman de Souza, UFC, Brazil > Maciej Stasiak, Poznan University of Technology, Poland > Rahim Tafazolli, Surrey University, UK > Yoshitaka Takasaki, Tokyo University, Japan > George S. Tombras, University of Athens, Greece > Ioannius Tomkos, Athens Information Technology, Greece > Wang Wenbo, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China > Carlos Becker Westphall, UFSC, Brazil > > ICT 2004 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE > Rossana Andrade, UFC, Brazil > Paulo Cézar Barbosa, UNIFOR, Brazil > Joaquim Celestino Júnior, UECE, Brazil > Ricardo Fialho Colares, UNIFOR, Brazil > Javam de Castro Machado, UFC, Brazil > João César Moura Mota, UFC, Brazil > Mauro Oliveira, CEFET-CE, Brazil > José Riverson Araújo Cysne Rios, UFC, Brazil > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/6/2003

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*****SPAM***** DeadlineExtension-SENSYS-CallForDemos
by erdal＠itu 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

The submission deadline for one page demo description is now July 6, 2003. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR DEMOS The First ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems: SenSys 2003 http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/ November 5-7, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA Technical demonstrations showing original research are solicited. In general this conference is interested in demonstrations of technology that address issues in embedded, networked systems. Specific topics of interest include the following: * Network protocols for sensor networks * Operating system and middleware for sensor networks * Distributed database processing in sensor networks * Distributed algorithms for sensor networks * Novel sensor node hardware and software platforms * Sensor network planning and deployment * Energy management in sensor networks * Adaptive topology management * In-network processing and aggregation * Data storage in sensor networks * Distributed and collaborative signal processing * Distributed Actuation, Control, and Coordination * Localization in time and space * Distributed calibration in sensor networks * Simulation and optimization tools * Applications of distributed sensor networks * Security and Robustness in sensor networks * Sensor network testbed measurements and benchmarks Please consult the demo co-chairs at <sensys03-demo-chairs(a)isi.edu> if you are uncertain whether your demo falls within the scope of the conference. DEMO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Please send a one-page description of your demo to <sensys03-demo-chairs(a)isi.edu> in plain text or PDF format by the dates listed below. (Plain text is preferred unless there are graphics.) Demos are independent of the technical paper review and acceptance process. IMPORTANT DATES One-page demo descriptions: July 6, 2003 Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2003 Conference dates: November 5-7, 2003 SenSys 2003 DEMO CHAIRS: John Heidemann, Fabio Silva (USC/ISI)

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*** INFOCOM 2004 Deadline Extension ***
by Thomas Hou 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

>Dear Colleague(s): > >Due to technical problems with the EDAS system in the last few hours before >the submission deadline, we will be extending the >Infocom submission deadline by one day. > >The new deadline is 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) of July 2. > >Thank you > >Marwan Krunz, Bo Li, and Prasant Mohapatra >Infocom 2004 Program Chairs

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JSAC Issue on Metro Networks - cfp
by Andrea Fumagalli 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Please, accept our apologies if multiple copies are received. *********************************************************************** new deadline for paper submissions is August 15, 2003 *********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications ADVANCES IN METROPOLITAN OPTICAL NETWORKS (ARCHITECTURES AND CONTROL) Metro optical networking (MON) is a topic of intense research, development, and economic activity. Metro networks include access networks, collector networks, and metro core networks. In practice, there is a large gap between the vision of agile, high capacity, and low cost metro optical networks and the practical operational reality in terms of existing infrastructures deployed by Carriers. There is a strong imperative for modernization and expansion of metro optical networks driven by the need to extend broadband connectivity to end-users irrespective of the present adverse economic situation afflicting the telecommunications sector. This can be accomplished by augmenting capacity, but more importantly by introducing new technologies with strong performance/price benefits that can support emerging broadband data services in a scalable and cost effective manner, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Voice over IP (VoIP), and Virtual Leased Lines (VLLs) among others. A number of new solutions have been proposed to enable the deployment of simple, cost-effective, and bandwidth efficient metro optical networks. Some of these solutions are geared towards enhancing and adapting existing SONET/SDH ring technologies, while others are designed specifically to compete against SONET/SDH. This issue of JSAC aims to explore and map out recent advances in metro optical networks. Authors are invited to submit original papers relating to any aspect of metro optical networking. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to, the following: -Metro optical network architectures -Enabling technologies for metro optical networks -Operations, administration, and management -Resource management in metro optical networks -Protection, restoration, and general survivability issues -Control plane technologies for metro optical networks (including routing, signaling, link management, UNI, NNI, ASON, GMPLS, and software architectures) -Metro optical access networks -Metro optical collector networks -Metro optical core networks -Services and business drivers for metro optical networks -Economics of metro optical networks -IP over optical (IPO) issues in MONs (including IP/optical integration and control coordination issues) -Traffic engineering and performance optimization of metro optical networks -Impairment aware routing in metro optical networks All submissions should be in electronic format using either PDF or PS files. Authors may submit their papers to any of the Guest Editors listed below. The following timetable shall apply: Manuscript Submissions: August 15, 2003 (strictly enforced) Notification of Acceptance: January 1, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: April 1, 2004 Tentative Publication: 3rd Quarter 2004 Ibrahim Habib E.E. Dept City University of New York N.Y., N.Y. 10031 habib(a)ccny.cuny.edu Daniel O. Awduche Jazuc Group 2901 Telestar Court Falls Church, VA 22042 awduche(a)awduche.com Andrea Fumagalli Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75083-0688 andreaf(a)utdallas.edu

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