CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

                                 IPCCC 2002
                    21st IEEE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE,
                  COMPUTING,AND COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE

                              April 3-5, 2002
               Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, Arizona
                       http://www.ipccc.org/ipccc2002

   Co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on the
   Internet and the IEEE Communications Society.

   International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference
   (IPCCC) is the premier IEEE conference presenting research in the
   performance of computer and communication systems. For the last two
   decades, IPCCC has been a research forum for academic, industrial, and
   government researchers.

    We encourage submission of high quality papers reporting original
   work in both theoretical and experimental research areas. 

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: 

     * Mobile and Networked Applications
     * Network Protocols and Performance
     * High Performance Computing
     * Distributed Computing
     * Performance Evaluation
     * Embedded System Design/Integration
     * Storage Systems

     * Mobile and Ad-hoc Networking
     * Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems
     * Power-aware Design
     * Network Security
     * Internet Computing
     * Web Server Performance
     * Wireless Networks

                        Paper Submission Procedures

   We request that you submit an abstract for your paper by the deadline
   shown in the table below. Abstracts will be used for planning purposes
   and are not required.
   The paper submission should be no more than 10 single-spaced pages (or
   20 double-spaced pages) in 11-point font. Final submissions will be
   limited to 8 pages in IEEE standard conference format, so we recommend
   that your submission fit in that format now. All papers must be
   submitted electronically in PDF format (preferred) or Postscript
   format. Further information on the electronic submission procedure can
   be obtained from the conference web site. Direct questions regarding
   your submission to either of the Program Co-Chairs:
   Darrell D.E. Long
   Univ. of California Santa Cruz
   darrell@cse.ucsc.edu Linda F. Wilson
   Dartmouth College
   Linda.F.Wilson@Dartmouth.edu

                        Workshop Proposal Procedures

   Proposals are solicited for half or full day workshops on special
   topics  related to IPCCC.  Proposals must not exeed three pages, and
   should be submitted by email to the Workshops Chair:

   Jehan-Francois Paris
   University of Houston
   paris@cs.uh.edu

                         Panel Proposal Procedures

   Proposals are solicited for panel sessions on special topics of timely
   importance.  Please send your proposal to the Panel Program Chair.
   Proposals should be no longer than three pages in length and should be
   sent by electronic mail to:

   Stephanie Grinage
   Arizona State University
   sgrinage@asu.edu

                        Tutorial Proposal Procedures

   Proposals are solicited for half-day or full-day tutorials on cutting
   edge and emerging areas related to the conference topics. We invite
   experts to submit tutorial proposals to the tutorial chair. Proposals
   should not exceed three pages and should be emailed to:

   Golden Richard, III
   University of New Orleans
   golden@cs.uno.edu

                              Important Dates

   Optional paper abstracts due August 15, 2001
   Full Papers due September 30, 2001 (Deadline extended from Sep 20th)
   Tutorial, workshop, and panel proposals September 20, 2001
   Notification of acceptance December 1, 2001
   Camera-ready manuscripts and registration January 28, 2002


   Co-General Chairs
   Matt Diethelm
   Independent Consultant

   Sumi Helal
   Univ. of Florida

   Program Committee
   List of Program Committee Members

   General Vice Chair 
   Eric Johnson
   New Mexico State Univ.

   Program Co-Chairs
   Darrell D.E. Long
   Univ. of Calif. Santa Cruz

   Linda F. Wilson
   Dartmouth College

   Workshop Program Chair
   Jehan-Francois Paris
   University of Houston
   paris@cs.uh.edu

   Panel Program Chair
   Stephanie Grinage
   Arizona State University
   sgrinage@cs.asu.edu

   Tutorial Program Chair
   Golden G. Richard III
   Univ. of New Orleans

   Publications Chair
   Guoliang Xue
   Arizona State University

   Registration Chair
   Brian Grayson
   Motorola Inc.

   Local Arrangement Chair
   Sandeep Gupta
   Arizona State University

   Publicity Chairs
   Golden G. Richard III
   Univ. of New Orleans

   Rick Harrigan
   Arizona State Univ.

   Finance Chair
   Nasr Ullah
   Motorola Inc.

   IEEE Liaison
   Patricia Teller
   Univ. of Texas at El Paso

   Far-East Liaisons
   Jogeph Muppala
   Univ. of Hong Kong

   Hee Yong Youn
   Sungkyunkwan Univ.

   European Liaisons
   Horst Clausen
   Univ. of Salzburg, Austria

   Otto Koudelka
   Technical U. of Graz, Austria

   Web Master
   Ken Logan
   Motorola Inc.