CFP : Conference on the Optical Internet COIN 03, and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology ACOFT 03

CFP : Conference on the Optical Internet COIN 03, and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology ACOFT 03
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PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 7th, 2003. http://www.ee.mu.oz.au/conferences/coin_acoft_03/ ---------------------------------------------------- Conference on the Optical Internet & Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology July 13-16, 2003 Melbourne, Australia Optical Networking: Technologies, Traffic Engineering and Management Despite our inability to predict the characteristics of the internet traffic growth with certainty in a period of global downturn in the telecommunications industry, it is widely acknowledged that internet data traffic will play an important role in shaping the future telecommunications network architectures. As this happens, the conventional datacom and telecom boundaries will disappear and Internet Protocol (IP) will dominate. With maturing wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technologies, optical communications technologies continue to reach new frontiers in the ultra-broadband long-haul optical transport records in terms of multi-tera bit transport over multi thousand kilometres. However, optical networking technologies to provide truly packet oriented data transport of bursty IP packets in the internet of the future still remain at their infancy and the packet switching technologies are yet to fully take advantage of impressive optical transport capability along with optical switching and routing technologies using both optical and electronic techniques. As there are currently no viable optical random access memory technologies to buffer optical packets, new architectures, system technologies and devices needs to be developed to provide hybrid solutions to enable the optical packet transmission in the optical internet through appropriate mix of electronics and photonics. Significant technology breakthroughs are yet to be realized to design and develop network architectures and systems that lead to intelligent and dynamic optical network infrastructure designed for next-generation internet - optical internet. This will be the 28th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT).This long-standing national conference in the field of photonics is well known for its diversified technical scope bringing together scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The scope of ACOFT includes mainstream photonic technologies already in widespread deployment, such as optical fibres, optical waveguides, photonic components and devices. Of great importance too are the enabling research fields that make the current and future technologies possible, including materials science, theory and modelling of optical propagation, non-linear guided wave optics, emerging technologies such as holey fibres, photonic band gap devices and photonics packaging. Applications in optical transmission systems are currently the most important and this research area represents a substantial overlap in the scopes of ACOFT and COIN. ACOFT also encourages papers in other applications areas such as photonic sensor systems, biophotonics, photonic signal processing and fibre and waveguide lasers. The COIN 2003/ACOFT 2003 Conference is uniquely structured to bring together researchers, scientists and engineers working in both networking and teletraffic engineering as well as physical layer photonic hardware technologies to provide a forum for discussion and development of appropriate technologies through synergy and interaction between these areas. Conference General Chairs Professor Rod Tucker - The University of Melbourne, Australia. Professor Tomonori Aoyama - University of Tokyo, Japan. Technical Program and Scope The technical program is divided in to three themes to maximize interaction between attendees. The technical program will cover a diverse range of topics in networking, system technologies and novel device technologies. Original papers describing research and development in the following topics are solicited. I. Architectures, Protocols and Management Aspects of Future Optical Internet Chair: Professor Moshe Zukerman (ARC Special Research Centre CUBIN) - Optical network architectures and their evolution scenarios - Communication protocols in optical networks - Control and management of optical networks - Traffic engineering issues in optical networks - Network Intelligence - Standards for optical internetworking - Next generation networks II. System Technologies for Future Optical Networks Chair: Dr Thas A Nirmalathas (Australian Photonics CRC, The University of Melbourne) - Optical and electronic switching subsystems and systems - Optical transmission system technologies - Re-configurable and scalable optical and electronic system architectures - Monitoring and protection technologies - Impairment mitigation and system performance studies - Novel system architectures and technologies III. Optical Devices and Novel Photonic Technologies Chair: A/Professor Simon Fleming (Australian Photonics CRC, University of Sydney) - Semiconductor optical devices - Optical waveguide design and manufacturing technologies and integration of optical devices - Specialty fibres, optical fibre design and manufacturing technologies - Fibre lasers, photonics signal processors, optical sensors and applications - Nano-structures, holey and bandgap structures - Non-linear guided wave optics and optical switching devices and subsystems - Processing and characterisation of novel materials. - Emerging technologies for photonics manufacturing, device fabrication, device integration and characterization of optical devices Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs Dr Thas A Nirmalathas Australian Photonics CRC, Photonics Research Laboratory, The University of Melbourne Professor Jin Woo Park, Korea University Submission of Papers Original papers are solicited for COIN '03 and ACOFT'03 which describe new technical contributions that are within the topic areas listed under the Scope of the Joint Conference listed on the Technical Program page of this site. All technical papers will be reviewed by the technical program committee and it will schedule both oral and poster presentations. Submitting a Paper: Papers should be submitted before the new EXTENDED DEADLINE: MAY 2nd, 2003. To complete your paper submission you must: 1. Submit your abstract electronically here 2. Submit a full length paper (min 3 pages and maximum 4 pages) with the same title as your submitted abstract. The paper must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). E-mail your PDF file to coinacoft@ausconvservices.com.au. 3. Print out and complete this Copyright Form, and Fax it to the conference secretariat on: +61 2 6257 3256 If you are contributing more than one paper, a separate on-line submission must be completed for each. Post-Deadline Papers A limited number of post-deadline papers will be accepted for presentation at COIN'03/ ACOFT'03 which describe the latest results obtained since the regular submission deadline. The proposed paper prepared in the same format as for regular papers should be submitted at the COIN'03/ACOFT'03 registration desk before 10am Monday, July 14, 2003. Preparation of Papers for COIN/ACOFT 2003 All authors of contributed and invited papers must submit the following using electronic submission interface at the conference website (from mid-January 2003): - a separate 35-word abstract of the paper that is submitted electronically here. - a completed publishers copyright agreement form (this can be downloaded from the website and must be faxed to the conference secretariat at the same time as you submit your abstract. - at the point of submission the "corresponding author" will be required to complete an on-line submission form. This is the author to whom all correspondence will be sent. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to make arrangements for presentations, advance registrations and be present or make a representative available at the conference to present the paper on the day. "presenting author". Paper Formatting Instructions Authors should follow the formatting instructions below for preparation of their papers: * A4 or US letter document size with page margins set to give a printed area of 17 cm by 24.7 cm: for A4, 2.5 cm margins top and bottom and 2 cm margins left and right for US Letter, 1.6 cm margins top and bottom and 2.3 cm margins left and right * The first page should begin with the paper title followed by the authors' names, affiliations, and the corresponding author's complete return address, telephone and fax numbers and email address. * After the manuscript title the paper should be formatted in double columns (column spacing of 1 cm) with the abstract included in the main body of the paper. * A minimum of 12 point font size should be used. * The paper should be atleast 3 pages in length and should not exceed 4 page limit.

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PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 7th, 2003.

http://www.ee.mu.oz.au/conferences/coin_acoft_03/

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Conference on the Optical Internet &
Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
July 13-16, 2003
Melbourne, Australia
	
Optical Networking: Technologies, Traffic Engineering and Management
	
	
Despite our inability to predict the characteristics of the internet
traffic growth with certainty in a period of global downturn in the
telecommunications industry, it is widely acknowledged that internet data
traffic will play an important role in shaping the future telecommunications
network architectures. As this happens, the conventional datacom and telecom
boundaries will disappear and Internet Protocol (IP) will dominate. With
maturing wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technologies, optical
communications technologies continue to reach new frontiers in the
ultra-broadband long-haul optical transport records in terms of multi-tera
bit transport over multi thousand kilometres. However, optical networking
technologies to provide truly packet oriented data transport of bursty IP
packets in the internet of the future still remain at their infancy and the
packet switching technologies are yet to fully take advantage of impressive
optical transport capability along with optical switching and routing
technologies using both optical and electronic techniques. As there are
currently no viable optical random access memory technologies to buffer
optical packets, new architectures, system technologies and devices needs to
be developed to provide hybrid solutions to enable the optical packet
transmission in the optical internet through appropriate mix of electronics
and photonics. Significant technology breakthroughs are yet to be realized
to design and develop network architectures and systems that lead to
intelligent and dynamic optical network infrastructure designed for
next-generation internet - optical internet.

This will be the 28th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
(ACOFT).This long-standing national conference in the field of photonics is
well known for its diversified technical scope bringing together scientists,
mathematicians and engineers. The scope of ACOFT includes mainstream
photonic technologies already in widespread deployment, such as optical
fibres, optical waveguides, photonic components and devices. Of great
importance too are the enabling research fields that make the current and
future technologies possible, including materials science, theory and
modelling of optical propagation, non-linear guided wave optics, emerging
technologies such as holey fibres, photonic band gap devices and photonics
packaging. Applications in optical transmission systems are currently the
most important and this research area represents a substantial overlap in
the scopes of ACOFT and COIN. ACOFT also encourages papers in other
applications areas such as photonic sensor systems, biophotonics, photonic
signal processing and fibre and waveguide lasers.

The COIN 2003/ACOFT 2003 Conference is uniquely structured to bring together
researchers, scientists and engineers working in both networking and
teletraffic engineering as well as physical layer photonic hardware
technologies to provide a forum for discussion and development of
appropriate technologies through synergy and interaction between these
areas.

Conference General Chairs

Professor Rod Tucker - The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Tomonori Aoyama - University of Tokyo, Japan.


Technical Program and Scope

The technical program is divided in to three themes to maximize interaction
between attendees. The technical program will cover a diverse range of
topics in networking, system technologies and novel device technologies.
Original papers describing research and development in the following topics
are solicited.

I. Architectures, Protocols and Management Aspects of Future Optical
Internet
Chair: Professor Moshe Zukerman
(ARC Special Research Centre CUBIN)

- Optical network architectures and their evolution scenarios
- Communication protocols in optical networks
- Control and management of optical networks
- Traffic engineering issues in optical networks
- Network Intelligence
- Standards for optical internetworking
- Next generation networks

II. System Technologies for Future Optical Networks
Chair: Dr Thas A Nirmalathas
(Australian Photonics CRC, The University of Melbourne)

- Optical and electronic switching subsystems and systems
- Optical transmission system technologies
- Re-configurable and scalable optical and electronic system architectures
- Monitoring and protection technologies
- Impairment mitigation and system performance studies
- Novel system architectures and technologies

III. Optical Devices and Novel Photonic Technologies
Chair: A/Professor Simon Fleming
(Australian Photonics CRC, University of Sydney)

- Semiconductor optical devices
- Optical waveguide design and manufacturing technologies and integration of
optical devices
- Specialty fibres, optical fibre design and manufacturing technologies
- Fibre lasers, photonics signal processors, optical sensors and
applications
- Nano-structures, holey and bandgap structures
- Non-linear guided wave optics and optical switching devices and subsystems
- Processing and characterisation of novel materials.
- Emerging technologies for photonics manufacturing, device fabrication,
device integration and characterization of optical devices

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs

Dr Thas A Nirmalathas
Australian Photonics CRC, Photonics Research Laboratory,
The University of Melbourne

Professor Jin Woo Park,
Korea University


Submission of Papers

Original papers are solicited for COIN '03 and ACOFT'03 which describe new
technical contributions that are within the topic areas listed under the
Scope of the Joint Conference listed on the Technical Program page of this
site. All technical papers will be reviewed by the technical program
committee and it will schedule both oral and poster presentations.

Submitting a Paper:
Papers should be submitted before the new EXTENDED DEADLINE: MAY 2nd, 2003.
To complete your paper submission you must:

   1. Submit your abstract electronically here
   2. Submit a full length paper (min 3 pages and maximum 4 pages) with the
same title as your submitted abstract. The paper must be in Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF). E-mail your PDF file to
coinacoft@ausconvservices.com.au.
   3. Print out and complete this Copyright Form, and Fax it to the
conference secretariat on: +61 2 6257 3256


If you are contributing more than one paper, a separate on-line submission
must be completed for each.


Post-Deadline Papers

A limited number of post-deadline papers will be accepted for presentation
at COIN'03/ ACOFT'03 which describe the latest results obtained since the
regular submission deadline. The proposed paper prepared in the same format
as for regular papers should be submitted at the COIN'03/ACOFT'03
registration desk before 10am Monday, July 14, 2003.

Preparation of Papers for COIN/ACOFT 2003

All authors of contributed and invited papers must submit the following
using electronic submission interface at the conference website (from
mid-January 2003):
- a separate 35-word abstract of the paper that is submitted electronically
here.
- a completed publishers copyright agreement form (this can be downloaded
from the website and must be faxed to the conference secretariat at the same
time as you submit your abstract.
- at the point of submission the "corresponding author" will be required to
complete an on-line submission form. This is the author to whom all
correspondence will be sent. It is the responsibility of the corresponding
author to make arrangements for presentations, advance registrations and be
present or make a representative available at the conference to present the
paper on the day. "presenting author".


Paper Formatting Instructions
Authors should follow the formatting instructions below for preparation of
their papers:

* A4 or US letter document size with page margins set to give a printed
area of 17 cm by 24.7 cm:
for A4, 2.5 cm margins top and bottom and 2 cm margins left and right
for US Letter, 1.6 cm margins top and bottom and 2.3 cm margins left
and right
* The first page should begin with the paper title followed by the
authors' names, affiliations, and the corresponding author's complete return
address, telephone and fax numbers and email address.
* After the manuscript title the paper should be formatted in double
columns (column spacing of 1 cm) with the abstract included in the main body
of the paper.
* A minimum of 12 point font size should be used.
* The paper should be atleast 3 pages in length and should not exceed 4
page limit.