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WG meeting dates
by Augusto Casaca 15 Jan '01

15 Jan '01

Dear WG chairs, Please tell me what are the next dates planned for your WG meetings in order to publish them in the IFIP bulletin. I need this information asap. Thank you and best regards Augusto Casaca

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DAIS 2001, Krakow (Poland)
by Otto Spaniol 15 Jan '01

15 Jan '01

Call for Papers: DAIS'2001 Third IFIP WG 6.1 International Working Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems Krakow, Poland September 17 - 19, 2001 http://www.cs.agh.edu.pl/dais2001/ Proceedings to be published by Kluwer AP Organised by Department of Computer Science and Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet at the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, supported by Polish State Committee for Scientific Research and Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Computer Science DAIS'2001 DAIS'2001 denotes the third international IFIP working conference on distributed applications and interoperability. DAIS'2001 will provide a forum for researchers, application and platform service vendors and users to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. DAIS'2001 will focus on integration and interoperability of different platforms, services and applications, as well as on scalability and management issues and the growing importance of mobile and wireless protocols and applications. DAIS'2001 includes invited speakers, full technical paper sessions, and work-in-progress presentations. Also tutorials are encouraged. Themes The working conference seeks original, unpublished papers on various aspects of distributed computing. Areas of special interest include (but are not restricted to): * Experiences from development of distributed applications, * Enterprise application/platform integration and interoperability, * Scalability issues in distributed applications, * Extensions and refinements to open architectures (e.g. RM-ODP, OMA, COM+, TINA), * Experiences with distributed platforms and their scalability (e.g. CORBA, COM+, JINI), * Modelling and analysis of distributed architectures, * Components and frameworks for distributed applications (e.g. EJB, CORBA Component Model, application servers), * Managing and monitoring distributed applications, including QoS control, * Event-driven distributed information dissemination, * Services for distributed systems (e.g. location, transaction, security, persistence), * Mobile and wireless protocols and applications. * Context-aware and adaptive applications Submissions DAIS'2001 seeks submissions for * full technical papers, describing original, unpublished research, in no more than 12 pages (approximately 6000 words); * work-in-progress papers, describing on-going work and interim results, in no more than 5 pages; and * tutorial proposals describing the contents and targets of the tutorial. All papers will be reviewed, and accepted full papers will be published by Kluwer. We strongly encourage submissions of papers in Postscript format according to Kluwer style instructions available at http://www.wkap.com/ifip/styles/ Submission dates * Deadline for full paper submissions: 10 February 2001 * Deadline for work-in-progress papers: 17 March 2001 * Deadline for tutorial proposals: 10 February 2001 * Notification of acceptance: 5 May 2001 * Final versions: 25 May 2001 Submission method We strongly encourage a Web-based submission via: * URL: http://www.cs.agh.edu.pl/dais2001/submission but e-mail submission is also possible: * email: dais2001-papers(a)cs.agh.edu.pl Further information * email: dais2001-info(a)cs.agh.edu.pl * phone: +48 12 617 39 82, ext. 22 * fax: +48 12 617 39 66 * URL: http://www.cs.agh.edu.pl/dais2001/ * postal address: DAIS'2001 Department of Computer Science University of Mining and Metallurgy Al. Mickiewicza 30 PL 30-059 Krakow Poland Conference Chairmen Krzysztof Zielinski (chair), UMM Krakow, Poland Kurt Geihs (co-chair), University of Frankfurt, Germany Organisation Committee Aleksander Laurentowski (chair), Jacek Kosinski, Zofia Mossurska, Radoslaw Ruchala, UMM Krakow, Poland Program Committee Y. Berbers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium J. Brzezinski, Technical University of Poznan, Poland W. Cellary, Poznan University of Economics, Poland S. Chanson, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK P. Dembinski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland N. Dulay, Imperial College, UK J. Filipiak, ComArch SA, Poland K. Geihs, University of Frankfurt, Germany A. Hopper, AT&T Research Cambridge, UK J. Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia H. Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany H. Krumm, University of Dortmund, Germany L. Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland W. Lamersdorf, University of Hamburg, Germany P. Linington, University of Kent, UK C. Linnhoff-Popien, RWTH Aachen, Germany L. Logrippo, University of Ottawa, Canada E. Najm, ENST Paris, France M. Noga, ACC Cyfronet UMM, Krakow, Poland K. Raymond, DSTC, Australia P. Robinson, University of Cambridge, UK J. Rolia, Carleton University, Canada A. Ruiz, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain A. Schill, TU Dresden, Germany A. Schiper, EPFL, Switzerland M. Tienari, University of Helsinki, Finland A. Wolisz, TU Berlin, Germany A. Wolski, VTT, Finland Steering Committee Kurt Geihs, University of Frankfurt, Germany Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany Kerry Raymond, Distributed Systems Technology Centre, Australia Guy Leduc, Universite de Liege, Belgium About Krakow Krakow (Cracow) proves to be Poland's prime cultural and tourist attraction with hardly any equals in the entire Central Europe. The Old Town district is actually a medieval city with a well preserved original grid of streets. The huge central square, Europe's largest, seems the last stage in the perfection of the art of city planning in the Middle Ages. Wawel Hill in Krakow, a must to visit for foreign tourists is a micro-cosmos of Polish history and culture. From the 11th century on Poland's monarchs took up their residence here, in the Royal Castle, and they were both crowned and buried in the Wawel Cathedral. Krakow, the proud capital of a mighty kingdom for centuries, is now a city of a truly European status. A genuine pearl in the vicinity of Krakow is the 700-years old Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites: http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/wieliczka/ http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/32.htm In 1995, the Cultural Council of Ministers of the European Union passed a decision granting the title of the Capital of European Culture for the year 2000 to nine cities. Krakow was nominated as one of the first laureates, in Central Europe along with Prague. For further information, see http://www.krakow.top.pl/english/ http://www.krakow2000.pl/ and http://www.inyourpocket.com/Poland/Krakow_home.shtml

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Mobile and Wireless Internet: Special Issue of IEEE Personal
by Adam Wolisz 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Dear Colleague, please have a look at the call for papers for a the Special Issue of the IEEE Personal Communication Magazine on "Mobile and Wireless Internet: Architectures and Protocols" http://www-tkn.ee.tu-berlin.de/special_issues.html to be published in the IVth Quarter of 2001, Submission deadline June 1st, 2001. We are seriously concerned to limit the number of copies of this call you might obtain, but please excuse possible duplications! Best regards Adam Wolisz

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Africom'2001: Cape Town, 28-30 May 2001
by Koos Koen 07 Jan '01

07 Jan '01

This is to remind all of you of the deadline for the Call for Papers - 15 January 2001. Anyone that are willing to give a tutorial on the 28 May 2001 are also welcome to submit a proposal. For details see: http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/Research/DNA/Africom2001.htm Regards Koos Koen Knowhow International PO Box 87694 Houghton 2041 South Africa ------------------------------------- Tel: +27(0)824436430 Fax: +27(0)821314436430 koos(a)knowinter.com -------------------------------------

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IFIP TC6 student grants - Proposal
by Guy Leduc 03 Jan '01

03 Jan '01

Dear TC6 members, Here is the revised version of the proposal for TC6 student grants. I've tried to take account of all received comments and discussions. Any further comments? Best regards, Guy IFIP TC6 Student Travel Grant Programme Under the programme, students or young researchers from an IFIP member country apply for travel and accomodation funding to make it possible for them to attend a conference or workshop sponsored, in whole or in part, by IFIP TC6 or its WGs. Young researchers are researchers at pre-doctoral level and up to an age limit of 35 years old at the time of the conference. A committee reviews their applications and awards grants to the students who would not otherwise have the resources to attend a conference or workshop, with benefits to both the student and the conference/workshop. The number of grants and the per-grant maximum amount are established on a case by case basis by the event organizer, depending on the total amount allowed for all grants by IFIP TC6. Grants cover travel and lodging expenses up to the per-grant maximum. Students should note that the grant sizes are fixed, so that any costs in excess of the grant will not be reimbursed. Furthermore, it is recommended that the conference organizer should waive the conference registration fee. Applications for grants will be evaluated by a committee consisting of the responsible IFIP WG chair (or TC6 chair for events not sponsored by WGs) and two others selected by the conference chair(s). Grants will be awarded based on the evaluating committee's assessment of the student's genuine financial need, the potential benefit to the student's education, research, and career, and the potential benefit to the conference. Among those students who genuinely could not attend the conference without a grant, the evaluating committee should give priority to (co-)authors of accepted papers to avoid "no shows". Students who present posters may also be favoured. The committee may also decide to make only one award per university. The number of awards to be made is proposed by the conference chair(s) and approved by the responsible IFIP WG chair. There is no requirement that a conference or workshop make any awards under this programme, and the evaluating committee may make awards for less than the maximum established by the conference organizer. To apply for a grant, students should send a letter to the Conference chairperson explaining how they believe attending the conference will benefit them. The letter should quote the lowest available airfare from the student's location to the conference site, and the bank account details of the student's institution for reimbursement. The student should also indicate whether (s)he already benefited from an IFIP student travel grant in the past. The application should include a letter from the student's graduate advisor describing the student's work, the benefit to that work of attending the conference, and a statement of financial need. E-mail applications are encouraged. Applications are due 8 weeks before the conference date. The committee decisions will be made 6 weeks before the conference date. If the student does in fact attend the conference, the conference organizer will either pay for or reimburse the student's institution for lodging expenses for the duration of the conference, and will reimburse the travel cost to the student's institution, without exceeding the total amount of the grant for all expenses. The conference organizer will claim the total grant amount to IFIP using the appropriate form. The total amount allowed for all grants of an event will be decided on a case by case basis by IFIP TC6 and will depend on the type of event (flagship/working conference or workshop), the importance of IFIP sponsorship (full/main/co sponsorship), and the size of the event. ________________________________________________________________________ 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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Latin America Networking
by Ramon Puigjaner 02 Jan '01

02 Jan '01

Dear friends, As you know, I have been working to set up a series of conferences on networking in Latin America. Finally I have succeeded and we have the agreement of SADIO, the Argentinian society member of IFIP, for celebrating the conference in Santa Fe (Argentina) in September 3-7, 2002. Augusto has appointed me as Program Committee Chairman. In consequence I have the obligation of building this committee and the first group to which I ask for help is the TC6. So, formally, who is interested in participating in this Program Committee? What is asked to the member of the PC is, in addition to reviewing papers, to promoting the paper submissions. I am looking forward to know your answers. Best regards in the beginning of the new millenium Ramon ========================================================================== Ramon Puigjaner Universitat de les Illes Balears Phone: +34-971173288 Departament de Ciencies Matematiques i Informatica +34-971173401 Carretera de Valldemossa km 7.5 Fax: +34-971173003 07071 PALMA e-mail: putxi(a)uib.es Spain ==========================================================================

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Happy New Year **** Muy Feliz Ano**** Bonne Année ***
by Guy Pujolle 01 Jan '01

01 Jan '01

Happy New Year **** Muy Feliz Ano**** Bonne Année *** I wish you a Wonderful new Year 2001. Guy

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IFIP TC6 student grants - Proposal
by Guy Leduc 22 Dec '00

22 Dec '00

Dear TC6 members, Lyman Chapin and myself have prepared the following proposal for TC6 student grants. Please read it carefully and let us know your comments, so that we can prepare a final version within a reasonable delay. Best regards, Guy IFIP TC6 Student Travel Grant Programme Under the programme, students or young researchers from an IFIP member country apply for travel and accomodation funding to make it possible for them to attend a conference or workshop sponsored, in whole or in part, by IFIP TC6 or its WGs. Young researchers are researchers at pre-doctoral level and up to an age limit of 35 years old at the time of the conference. A committee reviews their applications and awards grants to the students who would not otherwise have the resources to attend a conference or workshop, with benefits to both the student and the conference/workshop. The number of grants and the per-grant maximum amount are established on a case by case basis by the event organizer, depending on the total amount allowed for all grants by IFIP TC6. Grants cover travel and lodging expenses up to the per-grant maximum. Students should note that the grant sizes are fixed, so that any costs in excess of the grant will not be reimbursed. The conference organizer may, but is not required to, waive the conference registration fee and/or tutorial fees. Applications for grants will be evaluated by a committee consisting of the responsible IFIP WG chair (or TC6 chair for events not sponsored by WGs) and two others selected by the conference chair(s). Grants will be awarded based on the evaluating committee's assessment of the student's genuine financial need, the potential benefit to the student's education, research, and career, and the potential benefit to the conference. The committee may favour students who are (co-)authors of accepted papers (or possibly posters) to avoid "no shows," and may decide to make only one award per university. The number of awards to be made is proposed by the conference chair(s) and approved by the responsible IFIP WG chair. There is no requirement that a conference or workshop make any awards under this programme, and the evaluating committee may make awards for less than the maximum established by the conference organizer. To apply for a grant, students should send a letter to the Conference chairperson explaining how they believe attending the conference will benefit them. The letter should quote the lowest available airfare from the student's location to the conference site, and the bank account details of the student's institution for reimbursement. The application should include a letter from the student's graduate advisor describing the student's work and the benefit to that work of attending the conference. E-mail applications are encouraged. Applications are due 8 weeks before the conference date. The committee decisions will be made 6 weeks before the conference date. If the student does in fact attend the conference, the conference organizer will either pay for or reimburse the student's lodging expenses for the duration of the conference, and will reimburse the travel cost to the student's institution, without exceeding the total amount of the grant for all expenses. The conference organizer will claim the total grant amount to IFIP using the appropriate form. Typically, the total amount allowed for all grants of an event can be expected to be around 1500 Euros (resp. 500 Euros) for a flagship (resp. working) conference fully or mainly sponsored by IFIP, depending on the size of the event. ________________________________________________________________________ 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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Call for Papers: ACM SIGCOMM 2001
by Dilip D Kandlur 22 Dec '00

22 Dec '00

CALL FOR PAPERS ACM SIGCOMM 2001 CONFERENCE August 27 - August 31, 2001 Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego, CA, USA. http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2001 Important Dates: Paper submission: January 26, 2001 Tutorial proposals: February 12, 2001 Notification of acceptance: April 23, 2001 Camera ready papers: May 21, 2001 The SIGCOMM 2001 conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. Authors are invited to submit full papers concerned with both theory and practice. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Distributed application networking infrastructure. - Distributed common application services, middleware protocols, and signaling. - Routing, switching, and addressing. - Resource sharing, quality of service, multimedia networks, and OS support. - Multimedia networking. - Networking aspects of the WWW. - Heterogeneous internetworking, large-scale networks. - Network management. - Active network architectures and protocols. - Important experimental results from operational networks and lessons learned from prototype implementations. - Wireless networking and support for nomadic computing. - Analysis and design of computer network architectures and algorithms. SIGCOMM 2001 is a single-track, highly selective conference at which successful submissions typically report results firmly substantiated by experiment, implementation, simulation, or mathematical analysis. In addition to the technical program (paper presentations), SIGCOMM 2001 will offer tutorials by noted instructors on the two days preceding the actual conference, and feature an outrageous opinion session where fresh and unconventional perspectives will be offered. Submission Instructions: ------------------------ Papers must be less than 20 double-spaced pages long (formatted for printing in the Proceedings, papers may not be longer than 12 pages), have an abstract of 100-150 words, and be original material that has not been previously published nor is currently under review by another conference or journal. Authors must submit papers electronically, using the instructions at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/sigcomm2001/submission/index.htm. Authors not able to comply with these instructions should contact the Program Co-Chairs at sigcomm2001(a)seas.upenn.edu . Papers submitted after the deadline will not be considered without an ahead-of-time extension from the Program Co-Chairs. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality and relevance through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Consult the on-line submission instructions for information on preparing a manuscript for double-blind review. Authors of accepted papers will need to sign an ACM copyright release form and present their paper at the conference. The Proceedings of the conference will be published as a special issue of ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. The Program Committee may also select a few papers for possible publication in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. Electronic copies of the accepted papers will be published on the SIGCOMM 2001 web site prior to the conference unless authors specifically request that this not be done. Tutorials: ---------- SIGCOMM 2001 will begin with two days of full-day and half-day tutorials covering single topics in detail, at both the introductory or advanced level. Individuals interested in submitting tutorial proposals are encouraged to contact the Tutorial Chair before the deadline to discuss the proposed content. Student Paper Award ------------------- Papers submitted by students may be considered for a student-paper award, which includes full conference registration and a travel grant of approximately $500. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. A cover letter or email to the Program Chairs must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition. SIGCOMM Award: -------------- The keynote speaker at SIGCOMM 2001 will be the 2001 winner of the ACM SIGCOMM Award for lifetime contributions to the field of computer communication. Procedures for nominating candidates for the SIGCOMM Award can be obtained from Scott Shenker (shenker(a)aciri.org).

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Seasons greetings
by Sarolta Dibuz 22 Dec '00

22 Dec '00

Dear all, I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and a nice rest for the holidays! Sarolta Dibuz -- Sarolta Dibuz Ph.D. Sarolta.Dibuz(a)eth.ericsson.se Conformance Center (ETH/RLSC) Mobile: +36-30-202-6180 Ericsson Hungary Ltd. Tel: +36-1-437 7784 P.O.B. 107, 1300 Budapest, Hungary Fax: +36-1-437 7219

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