Please note that the IWAN 2006 CfP has been extended to May 21st.
Call for Papers: IWAN 2006
Eighth Annual IFIP TC6 Working Conference on Active and Programmable Networks September 25-29, 2006 Paris, France http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/Iwan.htm
Co-located with SMARTNET'06 - INTELLCOMM'06 - WAC'06 as part of Autonomic Networking 2006
IWAN06 will be part of the "Autonomic Networking" conference, which is the first international conference on all aspects of autonomic networking (architecture, services, tools, security, communications, ...). This conference groups four past events: SMARTNET on tools for autonomic networking (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/SMARTNET.htm); INTELLCOMM on autonomic management and services (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/Intellcomm.htm); WAC on autonomic communications (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/WAC.htm ) and IWAN on active networks (http://dnac.org/autonomic-networking/temp/IWAN.htm)
Active and programmable networking has, over the past several years, laid the foundations of providing easy, but robust, introduction of new network services to devices such as routers and switches by adding dynamic programmability to network equipment. Network programmability and service deployment architectures can bring the right services to the customer at the right time and location. The methods and technologies explored in active and programmable networking research have helped realise the trend towards ad-hoc networks, autonomic computing and communications, sensor networks and content-aware distribution. Also, active and programmable networks will continue to play an important role in future network architectures where the Quality of Service aspects of performance, security and resilience are crucial.
IWAN06 brings together members of various communities using active and programmable network techniques to address the above challenges, and it provides a forum for discussion and collaboration involving researchers, developers, service providers and potential users. We encourage the submission of papers that cover all aspects of active network based communication, including foundations of robust languages and security mechanisms, active transport, active services and service deployment, active terminals, and active management. In addition, the meeting will focus on relating active techniques to customer needs and services. It is expected that most submissions will include proofs of concept and/or quantitative results. However, we welcome high quality descriptive contributions where the ideas are particularly novel or where the concepts introduced are likely to influence the work of others. Authors are invited to submit papers addressing, but not limited to, the following active and programmable networking topics:
* Architectures and new concepts for programmability and flexibility in networks * Standardization of frameworks * Secure and robust network operation * Formal descriptions, analysis, and methodologies * Self-organizing and self-managing networks * Cognitive networks * Design and development methodologies and tools * Overlay networks * Storage in networking * Active and programmable technologies for Grids * Security within programmable and active frameworks * Applications and experiments * Service creation, deployment, and management * Programmable network elements and devices * Network processor platforms * Hardware and software platforms for autonomous infrastructures * Mobile and ad-hoc networking; mobile platforms * Programmability and software radios * Content- and context-aware distribution * Autonomic programmable networking * Building complex systems
Information for Authors:
Submissions should describe original work (not submitted or published elsewhere) and be 10 single-spaced pages (5,000 words) or less in length. Submissions should include: title, authors, affiliations, 150 word abstract, and list of keywords. Identify the author responsible for correspondence, including the author's name, position, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically through the EDAS web site (http://edas.info/). The post-conference proceedings are expected to be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series. The best papers are expected to be published in the open access IFIP TC6 Journal on Networking available free of charge in the IFIP Digital Library.
Important Dates: Submission deadline for papers: May 21, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2006 Final Manuscript due: June 30, 2006 IWAN06 Meeting date: during the week of September 25-29, 2006
IWAN is sponsored by IFIP TC6/WG6.2 (Network and Internetwork Architectures), WG6.6 (Management of Networks and Distributed Systems) and WG6.7 (Smart Networks)
General Chairs: R. Kung (France Telecom, FR) and H. Zimmermann (Ginkgo-Networks, FR)
Steering Committee: David Hutchison (Lancaster University, GB) Laurent Lefevre (INRIA, FR) Bernhard Plattner (ETH Zuerich, CH) James P.G. Sterbenz (University of Kansas, US, and Lancaster University, GB)
Technical Programme Committee:
Co-Chairs: G. Leduc (University of Liege, BE) K. Calvert (University of Kentucky, US)
Members: Alessandro Bassi (Hitachi Europe, FR) Bobby Bhattacharjee (University of Maryland, US) Matthias Bossardt (KPMG, Zuerich, CH) Robin Braun (University of Technology of Sydney, AU) Marcus Brunner (NEC, DE) Hermann DeMeer (University of Passau, DE) Spyros Denazis (Hitachi Europe, FR, and University of Patras, GR) Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London, GB) Jim Griffioen (University of Kentucky, US) Robert Haas (IBM Zuerich, CH) Gisli Hjalmtysson (Reykjavik University, IS) David Hutchison (Lancaster University, GB) Laurent Lefevre (INRIA, FR) Dave Lewis (Trinity College of Dublin, IE) John Lockwood (Washington University, US) Eckhard Moeller (Fraunhofer Fokus, DE) Scott Nettles (University of Texas, Austin, US) Danny Raz (Technion, IL) Joan Serrat (UPC, Barcelona, ES) James Sterbenz (University of Kansas, USA, and Lancaster University, GB) Toshiaki Suzuki (Hitachi Ltd, JP) Christian Tschudin (University of Basel, CH) Tilman Wolf (University of Massachusetts, US) Martina Zitterbart (University of Karlsruhe, DE)