C A L L for P A P E R S
9th International Conference on Telecommunication Systems,
Modeling and Analysis
March 15-18, 2001
Dallas, Texas USA
Sponsors: American Telecommunication Systems Management Association
British Telecommunications plc
Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
IFIP WG 7.3 "Computer system modeling and performance evaluation"
INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications
INFORMS College of Information Systems
The University of Texas at Dallas
The 9th International Conference on Telecommunication Systems -
Modeling and Analysis will be held in Dallas, Texas, on March 15-18,
2001. The conference will build on the tradition of the earlier
conferences. The general idea is to encourage informal interaction
and exchanges of ideas by limiting the number of participants,
concentrating on a few topics, and by presenting new problems and
problem areas. The objective is to advance the state of the modeling
and analysis in telecommunications by stimulating research activity
on new and important problems.
The conference will be divided into segments with each segment
devoted to a specific topic. This will allow for little conflict
between segments. Papers will be screened by the Program Committee to
ensure the quality of presentations. A decentralized paper handling
process will be used. Abstracts and papers should be submitted
directly to a Program Committee member who will handle its review.
It is expected that this will expedite the paper review process.
Social and cultural activities will be included in the 2001 agenda.
The conference will be held at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business,
at Southern Methodist University, near Downtown Dallas.
Listed below are some of the potential segments:
-- Configuration of ATM Networks
-- DSL and Cable Based Systems
-- Internet and its Impact on Commerce
-- Internet and Intranet
-- Mobility and Nomadicity
-- Multimedia modeling and analysis
-- Pricing and Economic Analysis of Internet and E-commerce
-- Topological Design and Network Configuration Problems
-- Design and Analysis of Local Access Networks and Outside
Plant Problems
-- Low and Medium Earth Orbit Satellite Communication Systems
-- Cellular Systems and PCS Modeling and Configuration
-- Time Dependent Expansion of Telecommunication Systems
-- Network Reliability, Availability and Survivability
-- Network Design Problems in Gigabit and Terabit Networks
-- LAN, WAN Global Network Interconnection
-- Artificial Intelligence/Heuristics in Telecommunication Systems
-- Quantitative Methods in Network Management
-- Pricing and Economic Analysis of Telecommunications
-- Impact of Telecommunications on Industrial Organization
-- Performance Evaluation of Telecommunication Systems
-- Distributed Computing and Distributed Data Bases
-- Security and Privacy Issues in Telecommunications
-- Virtual Reality, Multimedia and their Impact
-- Standards
The Program Committee is open to any ideas you might have regarding
additional topics or format of the conference. The intention is,
whenever possible, to limit the number of parallel sessions to three.
The conference is scheduled over a weekend so as to reduce teaching
conflicts for academic participants, and to enable participants to
take advantage of weekend hotel and airfare rates and of the many
events that take place in the Downtown area.
Members of the Program Committee include:
Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy <ajmone@polito.it>
Kemal Altinkemer, Purdue University, USA <kemal@mgmt.purdue.edu>
Suk-Gwon Chang, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
<changsg@email.hanyang.ac.kr>
Jerome Chifflet, France Telecom, France
<jerome.chifflet@rd.francetelecom.fr>
Imrich Chlamtac, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
<chlamtac@utdallas.edu>
Laurie G. Cuthbert, Queen Mary & Westfield College, UK
<l.g.cuthbert@elec.qmw.ac.uk>
Lou Dellaverson, Motorola, Radio Research Lab, USA
<FLD100@email.mot.com>
Piet Demeester, University of Ghent - IMEC, Belgium
<demeester@intec.rug.ac.be>
Armin Eberlein, University of Calgary, Canada
<eberlein@enel.ucalgary.ca>
Mark Epstein, Qualcomm, Inc., USA <mepstein@qualcomm.com>
Romano Fantacci, Universita di Firenze, Italy
<fantacci@lenst.det.unifi.it>
Bezalel Gavish (Chairman), Southern Methodist University, USA
<gavishb@mail.cox.smu.edu>
Luis Gouveia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal <lgouveia@fc.ul.pt>
Horst W. Hamacher, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
<hamacher@mathematik.uni-kl.de>
Richard J. Harris, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
<richard@catt.rmit.edu.au>
Frank Huebner, Concert Technologies, USA <frank.huebner@concert.com>
Mladen Kos, University of Zagreb, Croatia <kos@tel.fer.hr>
Joakim Kalvenes, Southern Methodist University, USA
<kalvenes@mail.cox.smu.edu>
Konosuke Kawashima, NTT Advanced Technology Corp., JAPAN
<shima@mitaka.ntt-at.co.jp>
Hans Kruse, Ohio University, USA <hkruse1@ohiou.edu>
Lorne G. Mason, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
<ELGMason@ntu.edu.sg>
Nikos E. Mastorakis, Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece
<mastor@softlab.ece.ntua.gr>
Armin R. Mikler, University of North Texas, USA <mikler@cs.unt.edu>
Sverrir Olafsson, BT Laboratories, UK <sverrir.olafsson@bt.com>
June S. Park, The University of Iowa, USA <june-park@uiowa.edu>
Hasan Pirkul, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
<hpirkul@utdallas.edu>
Guy Pujolle, University of Versailles, France
<guy.pujolle@prism.uvsq.fr>
Dimitrios N. Serpanos, University of Patras, Greece
<serpanos@ee.upatras.gr>
Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, Japan <takahashi@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
J. L. van den Berg, KPN Research, The Netherlands
<j.l.vandenberg@research.kpn.com>
Stefan Voss, University of Braunschweig, Germany <stefan.voss@tu-bs.de>
Lipo Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
<elpwang@ntu.edu.sg>
Lars C. Wolf, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
<lars.wolf@kom.tu-darmstadt.de>
Bill Yurcik, Illinois State University, USA <wjyurci@ilstu.edu>
Due to the limit on the number of participants, early conference
registration is
recommended. To ensure your participation, please use the following
steps:
1. Send to a Program Committee member, by October 30, 2000, a paper
(electronic submissions are preferable), or titles and extended
abstracts for potential presentations to be considered for the
conference. Sending more than one contribution is encouraged,
enabling the Program Committee to have a wider choice in terms of
assigning talks to segments. Use E-mail to expedite the submission of
titles and abstracts and papers. If you would like to organize a
panel on a specific subject, please send the proposal to Bezalel
Gavish.
2. Use the form at the end of this message to pre-register for the
conference. Let us also know if you would like to have a formal duty
during the conference such as: Session Chair, or Discussant.
3. You will be notified by December 15, 2000, which
abstract(s)/paper(s) have been selected for the conference. Detailed
instructions on how to prepare camera-ready copies will be sent to
authors of accepted presentations. February 1, 2001, is the deadline
for sending a final version of the paper. Participants will receive
copies of the collection of papers to be presented.
4. All papers submitted to the conference will be considered for
publication in the "Telecommunication Systems" journal. If you do not
wish for your paper to be submitted for publication consideration in
the "Telecommunication Systems" journal, please specify it in the
cover letter of your submission.
The Program Committee looks forward to receiving your feedback/ideas.
Feel free to volunteer any help you can offer. If you have
suggestions for Segment Leaders (i.e., individuals who will have a
longer time to give an overview/state of the art talk on their
segment subject) please E-mail them to Professor Gavish. Also, if
there are individuals whose participation you view as important,
please send their names and E-mail addresses to a Program Committee
Chairman, or forward to them a copy of this message.
I look forward to a very successful conference.
Sincerely yours,
Bezalel Gavish
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Ninth International Conference on Telecommunication Systems
Modeling and Analysis
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