Conferencia sobre Comunicacion de Datos en Latinoamerica y el Caribe
                                       
[Workshop on Data Communications in Latin America and the Caribbean]

3-5 April 2001 San Jose, Costa Rica

  sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM [INLINE]
  
   [Spanish version of this CFP. Also available in Postscript and PDF]
   
   The first SIGCOMM Latin American Workshop on Data Communications seeks
   to provide a forum for data communications research with an emphasis
   on problems of particular interest in Latin America and the Caribbean.
   SIGCOMM is planning to make this workshop a regular event. Authors are
   encouraged to submit papers on any research topic in data
   communications. Submissions on topics that have relevance the Latin
   American community are particularly valued. Such topics include:
     * Wireless subscriber access to the Internet
     * Cost effective local loop technologies
     * Improving TCP/IP performance over low bandwidth links
     * Satellite communication
     * Electronic Commerce
     * IP Telephony
     * Quality of Service (such as diff serv)
       
   The conference will be bilingual in Spanish and English. Papers may be
   submitted in either language. Accepted papers will be translated so
   that
   the proceedings contains a Spanish and English version of each paper.
   Paper presentations can be made in either Spanish or English.
   Translation will be provided for the question and answer sessions.
   Tutorials will be offered in Spanish.
   
  Instructions for Authors
  
   Papers of up to 20 double-spaced pages are solicited. Each paper
   should
   include a title, brief abstract, list of keywords, authors full name,
   affiliation and complete postal and email addresses. Submissions via
   the Internet are encouraged. Papers should be sent to:
   
   
    Dr. Julio Escobar
    Centauri
    Consultoria Tecnologica
    Apdo 6-3709
    Panama 6
    PANAMA
    
   
    Tel: +507-315-1060
    Fax: +507-232-8209
    [507 codigo de pais]
    jescobar@maga.tzo.org
    
  Important dates:
  
     * Submissions Due: September 25
     * Notification of Acceptance: November 17
     * Final Version of Papers Due: December 15
       
  Student Travel Grants
  
   SIGCOMM will provide funding for up to 20 students to travel to the
   workshop.
   Look for details on how to apply for travel grants on the SIGCOMM web
   page in December.
   
  Organization Committee
  
     * Program Chair: Dr. Julio Escobar, Panama
     * Publicity Chair: Craig Partridge, USA
       
  Program Committee
  
     * Isidro Castineyra, BBN Technologies, USA
     * JJ Garcia-Luna, UCSC, USA
     * Jairo Gutierrez, Univ. Auckland, New Zealand
     * Carlos de Lucena, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de
       Janeiro, Brazil
     * Rafael Emilio Mendia, Francisco Marroquin University, Guatemala
     * David Oran, Cisco Systems, USA
     * Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
     * Rafael Rodriguez, UPR, Puerto Rico
     * Guy de Teramond, Red Nacional de Investigacion, Costa Rica
     * Alfredo Viola, ORT University, Uruguay
     * Ricardo Baeza Yates, University of Chile, Chile