CALL FOR PAPERS 
 
                                IWAN 2001 
      The third International Working Conference on Active Networks 
 
                     September 30, October 1-2, 2001 
 
                              To be held at 
                      Sheraton University City Hotel 
                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
                                   USA 
 
                            Sponsored by TBA 
 
SCOPE: 
 
Active networks aims to ease the introduction of network services by adding 
dynamic programmability to network devices such as routers, and making 
aspects of the programmability accessible to users. Active networks 
research has focused on the development and testing of active techniques, 
that enable dynamic programmability in a networked environment. These 
techniques have a wide variety of applications. At IWAN 2001 we aim to 
bring together members of the various communities using active and related 
techniques, and provide a forum for discussion and collaboration, involving 
researchers, developers, and potential users. At IWAN2001 we encourage the 
submission of papers that cover the application of active techniques to all 
aspects of network based communication, including active transport, active 
services, active terminals and active management. In addition the meeting 
will have a focus on relating customer needs and customer oriented services 
to active techniques. It is expected that most submissions will include 
quantitative results, however, we will welcome high quality descriptive 
contributions, where the ideas are particularly novel, or where the concepts 
introduced are likely to influence the work of other groups. Authors are 
invited to submit papers addressing but not limited to the following topics: 
 
 * Architectures and New Concepts for Active Networks , Systems and 
   Environments 
 * Applications for Active Networks, Systems and Environments 
 * Active Services 
 * New network applications (that might need active properties, but are not 
   necessarily designed for an active environment) 
 * Platforms for the implementation of active systems 
 * Programmable network elements 
 * Networked computing infrastructures 
 * Programmable devices (inc. PDAs, soft radio, etc) 
 * Management of Active Networks and systems 
 * Security in Active Networks and systems 
 * Mobility in active networks and systems 
 * Service creation, deployment, and management in Active systems 
 * Implementation of Active Network Infrastructures 
 * Experiences and evaluation of the concepts and implementation 
 * Standardization of Active Networks 
 
 
 
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS: 
 
Submissions should describe original work (not submitted or 
published elsewhere) and be 20 double-spaced pages (5,000 words) 
or less in length. Submissions should include: title, authors, 
affiliations, 150 word abstract, and list of keywords. Identify 
the author responsible for correspondence, including the author's 
name, position, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and 
e-mail address. One of the authors of each accepted paper must 
present the paper at IWAN2001. The proceedings of the conference 
will be published by Springer-Verlag Heidelberg in the Lecture 
Notes in Computer Science Series. 
 
 
ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION: 
 
Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically 
as a Microsoft Word document, PDF, or in Postscript format to the 
following address: iwan2001@dsl.cis.upenn.edu 
 
 
GENERAL INFORMATION: 
 
For more information please visit the web site at 
    http://www.cis.upenn.edu/iwan01/ 
 
 
IMPORTANT DEADLINES: 
 
May 1, 2001 Papers, tutorials, panel proposals due 
June 30, 2001 Authors notified of acceptance 
July 31, 2001 Final papers and panelists' position papers due