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LCN 2002 The 27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) http://www.ieeelcn.org

Tampa, Florida November 6-8, 2002

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society with support from the University of South Florida College of Engineering.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on leading edge and practical computer networking. We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results or practical solutions. Paper topics include, but are not limited to:

Personal Area Networks High Speed Networks Wearable Networks Network Management Wireless Networks Network Security Always On / Always Connected Network Reliability Mobility Management Network to the Home Location-dependant services QOS/Congestion Control Local Area Networks Adaptive Applications Home Networks Anything-over-IP Small Office Networks IP-over-Anything Storage Area Networks Performance Eval./Measurements Optical Networks Protocol Design and Validation

Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full papers (no more than 10 camera-ready pages) 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. A best paper will be selected based on the quality of research and results, as well as on the quality of presentation by the primary author. Several student travel scholarships may be available courtesy of the LCN corporate supporters. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. The correspondence author must be clearly identified.

PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically. Manuscript submission instructions can be found at http://lcn2002.cs.bonn.edu/. Authors for whom electronic submission presents a severe problem should contact the program chair or co-chair:

Bikram Bakshi Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller BioNetrix Systems Inc. ETH Zurich, TIK 1953 Gallows Road Gloriastrasse 35 Vienna, VA 22182 CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland E-mail: bbakshi@bionetrix.com E-mail: stiller@tik.ee.ethz.ch

IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: May 17, 2002 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2002 Camera-ready paper due: August 16, 2002 Author registration deadline: August 16, 2002

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please visit the conference website http://www.ieeelcn.org