IFIP TC6 (Communication Systems)

Meeting 2005/1

Minutes (prepard by Jan Slavik, CZ)

Meeting Location: Toronto, Canada.

Meeting Date: May 7 + 8, 2005.

1. 	Approval of final agenda
	The proposed agenda was approved. 

2. 	Attendance and membership
TC6 Attendants: Ahmed Al Naamany, Raouf Boutaba, Augusto Casaca, Lyman Chapin, Dominique Gaiti, Arun Iyengar, Guy Leduc, Lorne Mason, Elie Najm, Guy Omidyar, Ana Pont Sanjuan, Jose Piquer, Giancarlo Prati, Ramon Puigjaner, Guy Pujolle, Harry Rudin, Tadao Saito, Jan Slavik, Otto Spaniol, Ioannis Stavrakakis, Samir Tohmé.

Apologies: Kiril Boyanov, André Danthine, John Derrick, Sarolta Dibuz, Karol Fabian, Adam Grzech, Gunter Haring, Villy Baek Iversen, Koos Koen, Dipak Khakhar, Chuang Lin, Olli Martikainen, José Neuman de Sousa, Ignas Niemegeers, Miquel Nicolau i Vila, Peter Radford, S V Raghavan, Boon Sain Yeo, Tibor Szentivanyi, Volker Tschammer, Jean Whiley, Vilas Wuwongse, Harry Perros.

No response received: Theorode Apostolopoulos, Janez Bester, Javier Diaz, Hong Doan, Imad Sabooni.

Comments: Ana Pont Sanjuan was introduced as the new chair of WG 6.9; Elie Najm was introduced as new chair of WG 6.1. The new delegate from Belgium (Guy Leduc; ex-chairman of 6.1) has not yet been formally approved (only email confirmation to TC6 chair, not to IFIP secretariat). 

3. 	TC6 officers:
-	a new chair for WG 6.11 (the second term of Volker Tschammer comes to the end) is seeked,
-	H. Perros sent resignation to the position of WG 6.10 chair.
The resignation of H. Perros and email of A. Pattavina included to the “Report on the activities of Working Group 6.10 – 2005(1)” motivated O. Spaniol to start discussion about H. Perros chairmanship. G. Pujolle asked to stop criticising H Perros in his absence. O. Spaniol asked all participants to read the email of A. Pattavina on page 10.10.2 and 10.10.3 in Meeting documents. Discussion held by nearly all participants was summarised as follows:
	Situation in WG 6.10 is closely connected with publication policy,
	IFIP position is weaker and weaker, IEEE position is stronger and stronger,
	Printed proceedings has less value, digital publication is more effective,
	Co-sponsorship of IFIP + IEEE could be organised in two modes – technically and financially.
O. Spaniol asked L. Chapin to prepare the position of TC6 to publication policy for final discussion and approval.

4. 	Approval of last meeting minutes
The majority of important items that were discussed in Bangkok (publications, copyright problems) are not at all sufficiently addressed in the meeting minutes. Many delegates who were present in Bangkok declared their dissatisfaction with the document – and thus no formal approval of the minutes was made.
A specific detail mentioned by Augusto Casaca on the page 4 (last sentence under point V.) “It was decided that Augusto will work with Peter on finding a solution”. This statement is incorrect and must be deleted.

5. 	Report from IFIP Council in Pohang (Korea), March 2005
Omitted.

6.	Participation of TC6 at IFIP WCC 2006 in Santiago de Chile (Ramon Puigjaner, Jose Piquer)
R. Puigjaner reported on the most important points of preparation process. PowerPoint presentation is available on the IFIP TC6 web page. The event is held August 20-25, 2006.
Three TC6 events + a TC6 meeting will be held in conjunction with WCC 2006.

7.	Report from Networking 2005 (Waterloo, Canada)
R. Boutaba presented Networking 2005 conference report, see on the IFIP TC6 web page. More important data in submission and reviewing process follows:
•	430 submissions (417 after screening)
•	TPC: 3 chairs, 40 + 34 + 43 = 113 members
•	Reviewers: 605, Reviews: 1863
•	Accepted: 103 papers + 36 posters, Acceptance ratio: 24 %
•	Tutorials: 22
•	Main Conference: 199
•	Workshop: 49
•	Total. 270
Following discussion: -	If 3 TPC (separated) exists is paper selection fair enough?
	- 	Autonomic and sensor networks becoming most popular themes.

E. Monteiro reported on following Networking 2006 conference. Conference will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, May 15 – 19, 2006. CfP and other information will be available on the web page of the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Sciences and Technology -  https://www.dei.uc.pt/. Short discussion on the time schedule was held. O. Spaniol recommended to prolong interval between ”Notification” and ”Final version”. 
IFIP TC6 meeting 2006/1 will be held in Coimbra after Networking 2006: May 19 – 20, 2006.
Proposals for future Networking 20xx have already been obtained:
	Networking 2007: Atlanta, US (Ian Akyildiz)
	Networking 2008: London, UK (Erol Gelenbe).
Both proposals are welcome. Date for the events should be around May (as has become already a tradition). 
	
8.	IT and TC6 in North America
L. Mason: ”Status of ICT in Canada” – the presentation was divided to the following blocks:
•	ICT in Canadian Economy
•	Broadband in Canada
•	Highlights of Canadian Telecom Development
•	Poles of Relevant Canadian Research Excellence
Detailed information about these items is comprised in presentation published on the IFIP TC6 web page.

A. Iyengar: ”Computer Science and IT in the US” – the presentation will be published on the IFIP TC6 web page.

L. Chapin: ”Computer Science Research in the US” – the presentation will be published on the IFIP TC6 web page. 

9.	Publication, Copyrights, Digital Library
L. Chapin presented document ”TC6 Publication Policy”. Last bullet of the part ”Principles” was proposed in two versions: 
•	If an alternative publisher is recognized then copyright and royalties should be addressed (version 1)
•	TC6 recognizes that adopting such a publication policy changes the revenue model, and is committed to working with IFIP to develop an alternative model that does not rely on publication royalties (version 2)
Voting: 	version 1	7  for	12 against	2 abstention	
	version 2	15  for	0 against	3 abstention
The TC6 Publication Policy was approved, see annex of this minutes.

10.	Working Group activities (WG 6.1 – 6.11)
WG 6.1
The WG 6.1 report was presented by E. Najm.
WG membership is stable but some members are ”sleeping”. New blood is necessary but smoothly (not to destabilize the group).  WG manages 6 conferences:
–	TESTCOM 2005 (Springer LNCS) 
–	FMOODS 2005 (Springer LNCS)
–	DAIS 2005 (Springer LNCS)
–	IWQoS 2005 (Springer LNCS)
–	FORTE 2005 (Springer LNCS)
–	Middleware 2005 (Springer LNCS     )
O. Spaniol asked WG members and steering committees for fixing the dates of conferences in 2006 as soon as possible. 
G. Leduc pointed out that price of publications is a key point for budget calculation in conferences preparation process. Direct agreement with Springer LNCS is 30 % cheaper than with Springer LNCS through IFIP.  This is “explained” by Springer as a consequence of the fact that the publisher has to pay royalties to IFIP. However, these royalties are far below 30% and increased book prices are not at all in the interest of the conference organiser – who takes also significant financial risks if the bulk size he orders is too high. For those reasons more and more conference organisors want to publish with Springer LNCS without an official association to IFIP. An example for that is IWQoS 2005.
A.	Casaca proposed to clarify the situation, whether it is legal to offer two prices to IFIP organisers as mentioned before. Klaus Brunnstein has to be informed.
E. Najm was mandated by TC6 to clarify the position of Springer regarding the situation of pricing of IFIP TC6 conferences.
O. Spaniol – inform Hermann De Meer (IWQoS 2005) that he can do as he wants and we have to clarify the problem with IFIP president. 
WG 6.2
The WG 6.2 report was presented by G. Pujolle. 
The following conferences were held:
–	NGN-APP 2005, Belize, Mexico, March 11-12, 2005
–	NMAN 2005, Saigon, Vietnam, April 11-13, 2005. Main problem was visa to enter Vietnam and a lots of others. The program of the conference was quite good.
–	Networking 2005, Waterloo, Canada, May 2-6, 2005. 
–	Traffic Engineering in Next Generation Networks, Rome, Italy, April 18-20, 2005.
All others are in preparation process. The agreement with WG 6.8 is necessary in the case of MedHocNet workshop and MWCN. No other significant problems were identified.
WG 6.3
The WG 6.3 report was presented by I. Stavrakakis. 
The following conferences were held:
–	WONS´05, Saint Moritz, Switzerland, January 19-21, 2005
–	NGN-APP 2005, Belize, Mexico, March 11-12, 2005 (reported by G. Pujolle)
–	Tridentcom´05, Trento, Italy, April 4-6, 2005 
–	WiOpt´05, Trento, Italy, April 4-6, 2005
–	Networking 2005, Waterloo, Canada, May 2-6, 2005
Plans for future conferences:
–	EUNICE 2005 (Workshop), Colmenarejo, Spain, July 6-8, 2005
–	WAC 2005 (Workshop on autonomic communication), Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, October 3-5, 2005
–	WONS´06, in some ski resort in the French Alps, January 2006 
–	WiOpt´06, Boston or Greece, April 2006
–	Tridentcom´06, not fixed yet
–	CONEXT´05, Toulouse, France, October 24-27, 2005 under preparation, ERF is necessary to be sent to O. Spaniol.
WG 6.4
The WG 6.4 report was presented by A. Iyengar. 
The following conferences were held:
–	INTELLCOMM 2004, Bangkok, Thailand, November 23-26, 2004
Plans for future conferences:
–	WWW2005, Chiba, Japan, May 10-14, 2005 
–	EUNICE 2005 (Workshop), Colmenarejo, Spain, July 6-8, 2005
–	The First IEEE and IFIP International Conference In Central Asia on Internet, The Next Generation of Mobile, Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bishkek, Kyrgystan, September 26-28, 2005
–	INTELLCOMM 2005, Montreal, Canada, October 17-19, 2005
–	I3E 2005, Poznan, Poland, October 26-28, 2005
–	INTELLCOMM 2006 probably in UK
WG 6.6
The WG 6.6 report was presented by R. Boutaba. 
The following conferences were held:
–	DSOM 2004, Davis, California, USA, November 15-17, 2004
Plans for future conferences:
–	IM 2005, Nice, France, May 15-19,2005
–	MANWEEK 2005, Barcelona, Spain, October 24-28,2005, co-location of DSOM, IPOM, MMNS, SSS and AGNM, 5 separate proceedings with Springer LNCS
–	WAC 2005 (Workshop on autonomic communicaton), Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, October 3-5, 2005
–	EUNICE 2005 (Workshop), Colmenarejo, Spain, July 6-8, 2005
–	MATA 2005 (will be reported by D. Gaiti, WG 6.7) 
–	NOMS 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 3-7, 2006
–	NOMS 2008, Brazil, April 2008
WG 6.7
The WG 6.7 report was presented by D. Gaiti. 
The following conferences were held:
–	INTELLCOMM 2004, Bangkok, Thailand, November 23-26, 2004. Published in LNCS series.
–	IWAN 2004, Kansas, USA, October 27-29, 2004
Plans for future conferences:
–	INTELLCOMM 2005, Montreal, Canada, October 17-19, 2005. Will be published in Springer LNCS.
–	MATA 2005, Montreal, Canada, October 17-19, 2005. Organized together with INTELLCOMM 2005, co-sponsorship IFIP.
–	NETCON 2005, Lannion, France, November 14-18, 2005, proceedings probably in the LNCS series.
–	NETCON 2006, Santiagi,o de Chile, August 2006, with WCC 2006.
–	SMARTNET together with INTELLCOMM 2005, Montreal, Canada, October 17-19, 2005
–	SMARTNET + INTELLCOMM + WAC in Paris, France, 2006. (D. Gaiti  is responsible.)
WG 6.8
The WG 6.8 report was presented by G. Omidyar. 
The following conferences will be held in 2005:
–	PWC 2005, Colmar, France, August 25-27, 2005
–	4th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop, Ile de Porquerolles, France, June 21-24, 2005
–	MWCN 2005, Marrakesh, Marocco, September 19-21, 2005
Plans for future conferences:
–	PWC 2006, Albacate, Spain, September 20-22, 2006
–	MWCN 2006, it is a possibility to be held in Irland
–	The First IEEE and IFIP International Conference In Central Asia on Internet, The Next Generation of Mobile, Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bishkek, Kyrgystan, September 26-28, 2005. Prepared in co-operation with WG 6.9.
WG 6.9
The WG 6.9 report was presented by Ana Pont-Sanjuán. 
The following conferences will be held in 2005:
–	Latin America Networking Conference 2005, Cali, Colombia, October 10-14, 2005
–	The First IEEE and IFIP International Conference In Central Asia on Internet, The Next Generation of Mobile, Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bishkek, Kyrgystan, September 26-28, 2005. Prepared in co-operation with Guy Omidyar - WG 6.8.
Plans for future conferences:
–	Ana Pont has asked delegates from several countries about possible contributions. Expressions of interest have been received from the delegates of Bulgaria, China and Brazil. However, no concrete initiatives thus far.
Ramon Puigjaner asks all WG’s for cooperation with WG 6.9 whenever an event is held in a developing country.
WG 6.10
Resignation of the WG 6.10 chair Harry Perros was broadly discussed. Summary of the discussion is as follows: 
–	it is necessary talk to H. Perros by means of mediator (G. Pujolle, H. Rudin, …)
–	H. Perros has a feeling to receive insufficient support from TC6.
–	Giancarlo Prati was asked to moderate the situation in WG 6.10, because he has a good relation on both sides of the conflict. G. Prati has a feeling that is necessary to act now.
–	R. Puigjaner as the vice chair of TC6 will write letter to H. Perros and try to clarify the situation in WG.
WG 6.11
The WG 6.11 report was presented by O. Spaniol (WG chair V. Tschammer was absent). 
The following conferences were held:
–	4th I3E 2004, Toulouse, France, August 24-26, 2004, co-located with WCC2004
Plans for future conferences:
–	5th I3E 2005, Poznan, Poland, October 26-28, 2005 (followed by a TC6 meeting in Wroclaw).

11.	New Task Group (Sensor networks)
G. Pujolle proposed Mr. Duarte as the potential chair of a new task group on sensor networks. The topic is generally believed as being of very big importance for TC6. Discussion on this item was postponed to the next TC6 meeting due to lack of time. 

12.	TC6 Calendar
The calendar of TC6 events was updated.

13.	Future TC6 meetings
The place and date of second meeting in 2005 was fixed to Wroclaw, Poland, October 29 and 30, 2005. (Please note the modification of the date with respect to earlier versions of the TC6 calendar).
The first TC6 meeting in 2006 will be in Coimbra on May 19 – 20, 2006, at the kind invitation of Edmundo Monteiro.
The second meeting in TC6 will be held in conjunction with the IFIP world congress in Santiago de Chile (20-25 August 2006). Exact date of the meeting has not yet been fixed. A. Iyengar expressed a concern that the meeting will be held just 3 month after the Coimbra meeting – and this short time includes even some holiday weeks. Thus probably not many new issues will have to be discussed which makes the participation of a reasonably large number of delegates more problematic. However, TC6 has decided to support WCC2006 – also by the organisation of a TC6 meeting.
O. Spaniol mentioned that at meeting 2005/2 (and also at meeting 2006/2) TC6 could finally discuss strategic issues in much more detail – since this aspect is regularly neglected in normal meetings due to lack of time. 
14.	TC6 Finance
Item of TC6 finance was postponed to the next meeting. 

15.	Any other business
Development of the Conference Web tool and manual was finished and is available for users now. TC6 ask A. Danthine to open the source code since otherwise the usage by conference organisers will be limited.

O. Spaniol closed the meeting and thanked L. Mason (who had to leave some minutes earlier) for the great organisation.