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LCN 2007 The 32nd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) http://www.ieeelcn.org
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (pending) with support from the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG)/ Waterford Institute of Technology
Dublin, Ireland October 15-18, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS
LCN invites you to Europe for the second time in its history! The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of practical computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. During 32 years of this conference, major developments from high-speed local networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions in leading edge topics. Paper topics include, but are not limited to:
Ad hoc and sensor networks Adaptive applications Embedded networks Authentication, authorization, accounting High-speed access networks Congestion and flow control Home and SOHO networks Context-aware network services IPv6 networks IPv6 deployment and migration Local area networks Mobility management Optical networks Multimedia and real-time communication Overlay networks Network management Peer-to-peer networks Network reliability and security Personal and wearable networks Network traffic characterization Storage area networks Performance evaluation/engineering Ubiquitous networking Performance measurement and tuning Wireless networks Quality-of-Service provisioning
Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE transactions format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. Short papers will be presented in a poster format and are published in the proceedings. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page.
PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF. All submission instructions will be posted on the conference website. Please direct your questions to the program co-chairs, Matthias Frank matthew@cs.bonn.edu and Ehab Elmallah ehab@cs.ualberta.ca.
IMPORTANT DATES: Paper registration deadline: April 2, 2007 Paper submission deadline: April 9, 2007 Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2007 Camera-ready paper due: July 23, 2007 Author registration by: July 23, 2007
WORKSHOPS: A number of workshops will be co-located with the conference. Workshop papers will be published in the LCN proceedings. Information on workshops, submission deadlines and all other details will be posted on the conference web site.
General Chair: - Ken Christensen, University of South Florida Program Chair: - Matthias Frank, University of Bonn Program Co-Chair: - Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta Finance Chair: - Frank Hübner, AT&T Labs Local Arrangements Chair: - Tom Pfeifer, TSSG, Waterford IT Workshops Chair: - Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales Publication Chair: - Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland, BC Publicity Chair: - Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa Corporate Relations Chair: - Declan O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin International Advisors: - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich - Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada - Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales Webmaster: -Gary Kessler, Champlain College
Standing Committee: - Joe Bumblis, BAE Systems - Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada - Gary Kessler, Champlain College - Peter Martini, University of Bonn - Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich - Tim Strayer, BBN