CALL FOR PAPERS

SMARTNET'2002
8-10.4.2002
Saariselkä 
Lappland, Finland

IFIP TC6 Working Group WG6.7 Smart Networks concentrates on the research of telecommunication and Internet services programmed on top of network functionalities such as switching, routing, locality and mobility. Internet communications has created a major breakthrough in new telecom services worldwide during the last decade.  New emerging research includes intelligent agents, active networks, programmable networks, hybrid networks,  configurable architectures for software and hardware, dependable reconfigurable networks, mobility management, QoS management and network integration. The creation, distribution and management of intelligent services on top of the Internet infrastructure will demand standardized solutions for authentication, billing, security and service platforms.

The SMARTNET'2002 conference will be a forum for tutorials, discussions and presentations of the new developments in network intelligence.  The conference is planned with one day for tutorials and two days for presentations.  The following areas are included in the scope of the conference:

- Platforms and architectures 
- Networking and operation support 
- Service creation, deployment and management 
- Software methods, tools and architectures for services
- Convergence of voice, data, mobile and multimedia
- Real time databases and caches for services
- Hybrid networks
- Plug-and-Play services
- Performance 
- Quality of service 
- Standardization aspects
- Economic aspects in services
- Heterogenious networks and interworking
- Service and application security

The Smartnet'2002 Working Conference belongs to an IFIP workshop and conference series arranged by IFIP TC6 Working Group 6.7.  The previous events were held in preceding years at Lappeenranta, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Paris, Moscow, Bankok and Vienna.   The Smartnet'2002 event will be held at Tunturi Hotel in Saariselkä, Lappland, the northernmost conference resort in Europe.

Organizing Committee:

Kimmo Raatikainen (chair), Kirsimarja Blomqvist, Jarmo Harju, Jorma Jormakka, Olli Martikainen, Olli Mertanen, Martin Mäklin, Valeri Naoumov, Jari Porras, Petri Pulli

Program Committee (IFIP WG 6.7):

Olli Martikainen (chair), Finn Arve Aagesen, Harmen van As, Nadia Boukhatem, Dominique Gaiti, Villy Baek Iversen, Terje Jensen,  Jorma Jormakka,  Masanori Kataoka,  Hartmut König, Koos Koen,  Elie Najm, Valeri A. Naoumov,  Scott Nettles, Karl W. Neunast, Guy Pujolle, Kimmo Raatikainen, Reda Reda, Konstantin E. Samouylov, Manfred Schneps-Schneppe, Jonathan Smith, Otto Spaniol, Asser N. Tantawi, Osamu Takada, Vilas Wuwongse, Radu Popescu Zeletin, Yechiam Yemini, Kenichi Yoshida

Conference Secretary:

Ms. Jenni Hyvärinen
LUT/TITE                   
PL 20                     
FIN-53851 Lappeenranta     
FINLAND
Tel: +358-5-621 2870
Mobile:  +358-41-456 8618
E-mail: jenni.hyvarinen@lut.fi

Saariselkä Information:

http://www.saariselantunturihotelli.fi/
http://www.saariselka.fi/english/index.html

Important Dates:

Paper submissions deadline	1.10.2001
Notification of acceptance	1.11.2001
Camera Ready versions due	17.11.2001