[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP, please feel free to distribute -- thanks!] CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================================= BROADNETS 2007 Fourth International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and CreateNet ================================================================= September 10-13, 2007 (tentative), Raleigh, NC, USA http://www.broadnets.org/2007 BROADNETS 2007 is an international conference focusing on broadband communications, networks, and systems and covers the entire gamut of next generation networks, communications systems, applications and services. The conference will consist of three symposia: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Covers Mobility, Routing for multihop, Architecture and topology design, Hybrid networks, Multimedia QoS and traffic management, Cross-layer optimization, MAC and emerging physical layer technologies (UWB, MIMO) for high-speed wireless networking ----------------------------------------------------------------- Optical Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Covers WDM technologies, Ethernet and MPLS integration into the optical layer, Next-Generation SONET/SDH, Optical and WDM communications systems, Cross-layer design, SAN extensions, Optical grids, Techno-economic aspects of optical networks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Technologies Symposium ----------------------------------------------------------------- Theory and practice of Internet technologies covering a broad range of topics including, but not limited to: Routing, Scheduling, Congestion control, Traffic engineering, Network modeling, Network measurement, Network management, Network QoS, Network security, Overlay networks, Peer-to-peer networks, Content distribution networks, Web technologies, Media technologies (VoIP, IPTV, video streaming), Location-based services; "Clean-slate" Internet architectures, algorithms, protocols, and services. =============== Important Dates =============== - COCUS Online Paper Registration: January 28, 2007 - Final Paper Upload: January 31, 2007 - Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2007 - Final Manuscript Due: May 15, 2007 ======================= Submission Instructions ======================= Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in two-column, no less than 10pt font, IEEE conference proceedings format. Papers should be submitted in PDF format to the respective symposium through the COCUS system at http://cocus.create-net.org/cocus/welcome.do Authors of accepted papers are required to register at regular registration rates in order for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings and on IEEE Xplore digital library. ============================== Conference Executive Committee ============================== General Chairs George Rouskas, North Carolina State University rouskas@ncsu.edu Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Institute of Technology, itom@ait.edu.gr Technical Program Chairs Wireless Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University wwang@eos.ncsu.edu Optical Communications, Networks and Systemps Symposium Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York habib@ccny.cuny.edu Mario Pickavet, Ghent University - IBBT mario.pickavet@intec.ugent.be Internet Technologies Symposium Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University fahmy@cs.purdue.edu G. Manimaran, Iowa State University gmani@iastate.edu Workshops Chair Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, U. Arizona srini@ece.arizona.edu Panels Chair Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC gigi@mcnc.org Finance Chair Karen Decker, ICST karen@icst.org Publications Chair Shiwen Mao, Auburn University smao@ieee.org Publicity Chair Arunita Jaekel, University of Windsor arunita@uwindsor.ca Corporate Sponsorships Chair Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University dutta@csc.ncsu.edu ================== Steering Committee ================== Imrich Chlamtac, Chair, CreateNet, Italy chlamtac@create-net.it Krishna Sivalingam, Co-Chair, U. of Maryland, Baltimore County krishna@umbc.edu Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech thou@vt.edu Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology itom@ait.edu.gr Brain J. Bigalke (Staff Liaison), IEEE Communications Society -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://icstconferences.org/unsubscribe.php?p=vgqqzsxdex and enter your email address.