----- Original Message ----- From: Raimundo José de Araújo Macêdo To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:16 PM Subject: First Call For Papers - SBRC´2002

**** Sorry for the duplicates **** Please, distribute amongst the ones who might be interested. Thank you. 20th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks - SBRC'2002

Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 20-24, 2002

The Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks (SBRC) is promoted annually by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) and by the National Computer Network Laboratory (LARC). Over the years, SBRC has become the most important Brazilian discussion forum for researchers and professionals within the fields of Computer Networks and Distributed Computing, and one of the major events on informatics in Brazil. The large number of annually submitted papers (over 150) and participants (over 700) of the last years is an indication of the importance devoted by our community to SBRC.

Besides the presentation of selected papers, SBRC'2002 will provide invited talks and tutorials given by distinguished scientists, as well as short courses, panels, and other activities.

Paper Submission:

Authors are invited to submit papers reporting research, experiments, design and development results. The major topics of interest include (but are not limited to): specification, verification, implementation, modelling and testing of distributed systems and protocols; high speed networks; internet (protocols, services, and applications); quality of service (QoS); computer and telecommunication networks management; security; mobile computing; mobile agents; wireless communication; middleware; multimedia distributed systems; real time distributed systems; fault tolerance; performance evaluation; distributed algorithms; and interoperable systems.

The papers should be either written in English or Portuguese and the text should not exceed 16 pages, including abstract, figures, diagrams, bibliography, etc (figures in bitmap format should be avoided). The page format should be A4 (29.7 x 21.0 cm), font size 12 pts, Times, lateral margins 2.5 cm, upper margin 3.0 cm, lower margin 2.5 cm, single column page with no more than 45 lines. Submissions should be in Postscript (generic postscript) or PDF (a format created by Acrobat) and directed to the Symposium Web's Page http://www.nce.ufrj.br/sbrc/ or, alternatively, to http://www.lasid.ufba.br/eventos/sbrc2002/.

For any further details concerning submission please contact the programme committee chair (macedo@ufba.br).

Important Deadlines: Papers submission: 28/01/02 Acceptance notification: 28/03/02 Camera-ready Copy: 08/04/02

General Co-Chairs: Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo, UFRJ Luci Pirmez, UFRJ

Programme Committee Chair: Raimundo José de Araújo Macêdo, UFBA

Programme Committee: Aloysio de Castro Pinto Pedroza - UFRJ Antônio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro - UFMG Antônio Mauro Oliveira - CEFET/CE Carlos Becker Westphall - UFSC Carlos de Castro Goulart - UFV Djamel H. Sadok - UFPE Edmundo Roberto Mauro Madeira -UNICAMP Eduardo Whitaker Bergamini - INPE Eleri Cardozo - UNICAMP Elias Procopio Duarte Jr - UFPR Flávio Morais de Assis Silva - UFBA Francisco Vilar Brasileiro - UFPB Guido Lemos de Sousa Filho - UFRN Jean-Marie Farines - UFSC Joberto Sergio Barbosa Martins - UNIFACS Joni da Silva Fraga - UFSC José Augusto Suruagy Monteiro - UNIFACS José Ferreira de Rezende - UFRJ José Gonçalves Pereira Filho - UFES José Marcos Silva Nogueira - UFMG José Neuman de Souza - UFC Julius Leite - UFF Luci Pirmez - UFRJ Luís Felipe Magalhães de Moraes - UFRJ Luiz Eduardo Buzato - UNICAMP Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares - PUC/Rio Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo - UFRJ Markus Endler - PUC/Rio Maria Izabel Cavalcante Cabral - UFPB Maria Janilce Almeida - UFRGS Marinho Barcellos - UNISINOS Mauricio Magalhães - UNICAMP Michael Stanton - UFF Nelson Fonseca - UNICAMP Noemi Rodriguez - PUC/Rio Orlando Loques - UFF Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte - UFRJ Paulo Roberto Freire Cunha - UFPE Paulo Jorge Esteves Veríssimo - Univ. de Lisboa Raimundo José de Araújo Macêdo - UFBA Ricardo de Oliveira Anido - UNICAMP Roberto Willrich - UFSC Rogério Drummond - UNICAMP Rosa Maria M. Leão - UFRJ Wanderley Lopes de Souza - UFSCar Wilson Vicente Ruggiero - USP

The Location: Just 105 miles from Rio de Janeiro, a pleasant 2-hour trip takes you to the peninsula of Búzios, whose more than 20 magnificent beaches and crystal-clear water contrast with the exuberantly sculptured landscape and exotic vegetation, which a prodigal "Mother Nature" has privileged with a wonderful year-round summer.

Originally settled by European pirates and slave traders, this happy mixture of many bloods prospered and became a picturesque fishing village, elected one of the 10 most beautiful areas in the world, famous for its unique combination of rustic charm, architectural harmony, incredible beauty and sophisticated boutiques and restaurants frequented by discerning visitors who come from all over the world to savour its magic.

Organisation: UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Promotion: SBC - Brazilian Computing Society LARC - National Computer Networks Laboratory