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)