CALL FOR PAPERS
Third International Workshop on Content Caching and Distribution Networks May 19th, 2006
In conjunction with IFIP Networking 2006 Coimbra, Portugal 15-19 May, 2006 Overview -----------
The workshop organizing committee is encouraging the submission of short papers (6 to 8 pages in the general conference format) preferably describing on going thesis or post doctoral research in the areas related to content caching and distribution networks. This Workshop is a forum for all graduate student from Europe and outside working in the field of content distribution networks to have the opportunity to interact with their peers and publicize and get feedback on their work, exchange experiences, make contact, and learn what other students are doing in the same field. Students not only will be able to learn about the work from other students but also interact with well established researchers in the field who will participate to the workshop. The workshop will be a day-long program organized in such a way to promote lively discussions. After two successful workshops organized at Sophia Antipolis by the E-Next Network of Excellence Working group on Content Distribution Networks, this third workshop held in conjunction with Networking 2006 is open to wider participation. A limited number of travel grants will be available.
Areas of interest --------------------
The workshop solicits technical papers related to Internet content caching and replication, content delivery, and content services networking. Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Caching and edge services for the wireless Web Caching and replication for grid computing Overlay networks for content delivery Streaming media caching Content placement and request routing Memory and storage management for content caches In-stream content modification (e.g., transcoding, pluggable services) Experiences with deployed content delivery systems Content gathering Peer-to-peer caching and content delivery Geographical influences on caching and replication Network and infrastructure support for overlays
PC Chairs --------------
Walid Dabbous, INRIA Lambros Lambrinos, University of Cyprus
Program Committee ------------------ Ernst Biersack Eurecom, France Vania Conan Thales, France Walid Dabbous INRIA, France Carlos da Costa ADETTI/ISCTE, Protugal Wolfgang Effelsberg University of Mannheim, Germany Vera Goebel University of Oslo, Norway George Karetsos TEI LAR, Greece Lambros Lambrinos University of Cyprus, Cyprus Rui J. Lopez ADETTI/ISCTE, Portugal Laurent Mathy Lancaster University, UK Theodore Pagtzis Fujitsu Labs, UK Andreas Mauthe Lancaster University, UK Thomas Plagemann University of Oslo, Norway Paul Smith Lancaster University, UK Guillaume Urvoy-Keller Eurecom, France
Guidelines to authors --------------------------
Student authors are asked to submit their papers electronically in PDF format before the deadline below through the submission form on the conference Website. Submissions will be reviewed by the workshop program committee. The workshop proceedings will be published. Authors of accepted papers will present their work in 15-minute talks at the workshop.
Important Dates ----------------------------
March 1, 2006: Papers Submission Deadline March 20, 2006: Acceptance Notification April 5, 2006: Camera ready version May 19, 2006: Workshop Event