CFP : Seventh International Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems FIW 03

CFP : Seventh International Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems FIW 03
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CALL FOR PAPERS Seventh International Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems (FIW '03) 11th June to 13th June, 2003, Ottawa, Canada. http://www.site.uottawa.ca/fiw03/ The Feature Interaction Workshop is the primary international forum for discussion and reporting on research in the feature interaction problem in telecommunications and software systems. The forum includes · invited speakers · presentation of research papers · short presentations · posters · tool demonstrations · excellent networking opportunities FIW'03 is the seventh in a series of international events addressing the issue of feature interactions. The workshop aims to bring together representatives of the telecommunications industry, the software industry, and the research community working on various aspects of feature interactions in order to discuss possible solutions and their practical applications, as well as setting directions for further research. Active debates will be encouraged; participants are invited to contribute topics for discussion. Poster presentations and tool demonstrations are also warmly welcomed. Original research papers are solicited, as well as reports on ongoing research. Technical papers will be published by IOS Press in a hard-cover book as the 7th book in the series on Feature Interactions in Telecommunication and Software Systems. Prizes Prizes will be awarded to the best paper and to the paper introducing the most novel domain. Topics We propose to focus the workshop on the topics listed below. Contributions extending beyond this list and addressing other issues related to the interaction problem (e.g. classification, taxonomy or benchmarking) will be welcomed also. Full and short papers should not exceed 16 pages and 5 pages (A4, 12 points) respectively. · New application areas o feature interactions in software systems outside the telecommunication domain, including but not limited to home networks, appliances, components, medical, transport, presence/location/contextual services, instant messaging, security, and mobile code. · Feature interactions in emerging architectures o Internet, Internet telephony (e.g. SIP, H.323, Megaco), agent architectures, policy-based services and architectures, Web services, 3G, Parlay, .NET, GRID networks, active networks. · Current industrial practice and experience o interaction management, organisational solutions, software frameworks, inter-working. · Enterprise-level aspects of the interaction problem. o multi-provider environment, business models and processes, responsibility for interaction handling, legal and regulatory aspects. · Mechanisms for off-line interaction detection and resolution o service modelling, formal validation, testing techniques, software tool support, scalability and efficiency, filtering methods. · Mechanisms for on-line interaction detection and resolution o management solutions, runtime mechanisms, signalling capabilities, inter-working of domains and platforms. · Feature interactions in mobile and broadband services o proliferation of the problem, inter-working with existing networks, new manifestations and problem areas. · User-centric view on the interaction problem o service personalization, usage scenarios, behaviour modelling, user-specified features, statistical usage profiles, service reliability aspects. · Software-engineering view on the interaction problem o notations, languages, requirements engineering, service software design, quality aspects, privacy and security concerns. Submissions All submissions must be in English. Electronic submission to FIW03@site.uottawa.ca is mandatory. Acceptable file formats for electronic submission are PostScript (compressed) and PDF. Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. Important dates: December 9, 2002 Deadline for paper submissions February 3, 2003 Notification of acceptance February 24, 2003 Submission of Camera-Ready Paper To be announced Deadline for poster/demo submissions Co-Chairs Daniel Amyot University of Ottawa damyot@site.uottawa.ca Luigi Logrippo Université du Québec en Outaouais luigi@uqo.ca Programme Committee Joanne Atlee University of Waterloo, Canada Lynne Blair University of Lancaster, England Muffy Calder University of Glasgow, Scotland Pierre Combes France Télécom R&D, France Bernard Cohen City University, England Petre Dini Cisco Systems / Concordia University, USA J. Paul Gibson NUI Maynooth, Ireland Tom Gray GRconsultants, Canada Jean-Charles Grégoire INRS-Télécommunications, Canada Robert J. Hall AT&T Labs Research, USA Bengt Jonsson Uppsala University, Sweden Ferhat Khendek Concordia University, Canada Ahmed Khoumsi Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Kris Kimbler Appium Technologies, Sweden David Lee Bell Labs Research, China Yow-Jian Lin SUNY Stony Brook, USA Evan Magill University of Stirling, Scotland Dave Marples Global Inventures, USA Masahide Nakamura Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Tadashi Ohta Soka University, Tokyo, Japan Farid Ouabdesselam LSR-IMAG, Grenoble, France Mark Ryan University of Birmingham, England Henning Schulzrinne Columbia University, USA Simon Tsang Telcordia Technologies, USA Ken Turner University of Stirling, Scotland Greg Utas Sonim Technologies, USA Pamela Zave AT&T, USA Contacts All queries to the Organizing Committee should be sent to: FIW03@site.uottawa.ca Detailed Call For Papers http://www.site.uottawa.ca/fiw03/ Seventh International Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Seventh International Workshop on Feature Interactions
in Telecommunications and Software Systems (FIW '03)
11th June to 13th June, 2003, Ottawa, Canada.
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/fiw03/

The Feature Interaction Workshop is the primary international forum for discussion and reporting on research
in the feature interaction problem in telecommunications and software systems. The forum includes
· invited speakers
· presentation of research papers
· short presentations
· posters
· tool demonstrations
· excellent networking opportunities

FIW'03 is the seventh in a series of international events addressing the issue of feature interactions. The
workshop aims to bring together representatives of the telecommunications industry, the software industry,
and the research community working on various aspects of feature interactions in order to discuss possible
solutions and their practical applications, as well as setting directions for further research. Active debates will
be encouraged; participants are invited to contribute topics for discussion. Poster presentations and tool
demonstrations are also warmly welcomed. Original research papers are solicited, as well as reports on
ongoing research. Technical papers will be published by IOS Press in a hard-cover book as the 7th book in the
series on Feature Interactions in Telecommunication and Software Systems.

Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the best paper and to the paper introducing the most novel domain.

Topics
We propose to focus the workshop on the topics listed below. Contributions extending beyond this list and
addressing other issues related to the interaction problem (e.g. classification, taxonomy or benchmarking) will
be welcomed also. Full and short papers should not exceed 16 pages and 5 pages (A4, 12 points) respectively.

· New application areas
o feature interactions in software systems outside the telecommunication domain, including but not
limited to home networks, appliances, components, medical, transport, presence/location/contextual
services, instant messaging, security, and mobile code.
· Feature interactions in emerging architectures
o Internet, Internet telephony (e.g. SIP, H.323, Megaco), agent architectures, policy-based services and
architectures, Web services, 3G, Parlay, .NET, GRID networks, active networks.
· Current industrial practice and experience
o interaction management, organisational solutions, software frameworks, inter-working.
· Enterprise-level aspects of the interaction problem.
o multi-provider environment, business models and processes, responsibility for interaction handling,
legal and regulatory aspects.
· Mechanisms for off-line interaction detection and resolution
o service modelling, formal validation, testing techniques, software tool support, scalability and
efficiency, filtering methods.
· Mechanisms for on-line interaction detection and resolution
o management solutions, runtime mechanisms, signalling capabilities, inter-working of domains and
platforms.
· Feature interactions in mobile and broadband services
o proliferation of the problem, inter-working with existing networks, new manifestations and problem
areas.
· User-centric view on the interaction problem
o service personalization, usage scenarios, behaviour modelling, user-specified features, statistical
usage profiles, service reliability aspects.
· Software-engineering view on the interaction problem
o notations, languages, requirements engineering, service software design, quality aspects, privacy and
security concerns.

Submissions
All submissions must be in English. Electronic submission to FIW03@site.uottawa.ca is mandatory.
Acceptable file formats for electronic submission are PostScript (compressed) and PDF. Accepted papers
must be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. Important dates:

December 9, 2002 Deadline for paper submissions
February 3, 2003 Notification of acceptance
February 24, 2003 Submission of Camera-Ready Paper
To be announced Deadline for poster/demo submissions

Co-Chairs
Daniel Amyot
University of Ottawa
damyot@site.uottawa.ca
Luigi Logrippo
Université du Québec en
Outaouais
luigi@uqo.ca

Programme Committee
Joanne Atlee
University of Waterloo, Canada
Lynne Blair
University of Lancaster, England
Muffy Calder
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Pierre Combes
France Télécom R&D, France
Bernard Cohen
City University, England
Petre Dini
Cisco Systems / Concordia
University, USA
J. Paul Gibson
NUI Maynooth, Ireland
Tom Gray
GRconsultants, Canada
Jean-Charles Grégoire
INRS-Télécommunications,
Canada
Robert J. Hall
AT&T Labs Research, USA
Bengt Jonsson
Uppsala University, Sweden
Ferhat Khendek
Concordia University, Canada
Ahmed Khoumsi
Université de Sherbrooke,
Canada
Kris Kimbler
Appium Technologies, Sweden
David Lee
Bell Labs Research, China
Yow-Jian Lin
SUNY Stony Brook, USA
Evan Magill
University of Stirling, Scotland
Dave Marples
Global Inventures, USA
Masahide Nakamura
Nara Institute of Science and
Technology, Japan
Tadashi Ohta
Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
Farid Ouabdesselam
LSR-IMAG, Grenoble, France
Mark Ryan
University of Birmingham,
England
Henning Schulzrinne
Columbia University, USA
Simon Tsang
Telcordia Technologies, USA
Ken Turner
University of Stirling, Scotland
Greg Utas
Sonim Technologies, USA
Pamela Zave
AT&T, USA

Contacts
All queries to the Organizing
Committee should be sent to:
FIW03@site.uottawa.ca
Detailed Call For Papers
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/fiw03/
Seventh International Workshop on Feature Interactions
in Telecommunications and Software Systems