PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
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   IPCCC 2003
   The 22nd International Performance, Computing, and Communications
   Conference
   Co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on the
   Internet and the IEEE Communications Society 
   April 9-11, 2003    Phoenix, Arizona
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   The   International   Performance,   Computing,   and   Communications
   Conference  is the premiere 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:

     Network Security
     Power-aware Design
     Grid Computing
     Survivable Networks
     Performance Evaluation
     Embedded System
     Storage Systems
     Information Assurance
     Mobile and Ad-hoc Networking
     Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems
     Network Protocols and Performance
     High-Performance Computing
     Mobile and Networked Applications
     Internet Computing
     Web Server Performance
     Wireless Networks

   Submitted  manuscripts  must  not  exceed  20 pages with 11-point font
   size. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format.

   In addition, proposals are solicited for the following:
   (Contact the program co-chairs for details)

    . Half or full-day workshops on relevant topics.
    . Panel sessions on topics of timely importance.
    . Half  or  full-day  tutorials  on  innovative  topics related to the
      conference.

   Full  papers  are  due extended to October 4^th!
   Tutorial, workshop, and panel proposals are due October 4, 2002.
   Notifications of acceptance will be made by December 1, 2002.
   Camera-ready manuscripts and registrations are due December 21, 2002.