CFP : IFIP and IEEE Conference on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security, and Mobility Net Con 2003
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                     2^nd CALL FOR PAPERS AND TUTORIALS

                                Net-Con'2003
                      Network Control and Engineering
                       for QoS, Security and Mobility

                           IFIP and IEEE Conference

                                 Muscat, OMAN

                                Conference:
                              13-15 Oct 2003 

                                 Tutorials:
                               11-12 Oct 2003


   Conference Theme 

   The intention of the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange
   of  ideas  and  findings  in  a wide range of areas related to network
   control  and  network  engineering  with  a focus on QoS, security and
   mobility control.

   Suggested   topics   for  papers  include,  but  not  limited  to  the
   following:

Quality of Service

     * Programmable network and Active networks
     * Intelligent agent
     * QoS Control and QoS Engineering
     * Traffic measurements and monitoring,
     * Traffic engineering in converging networks
     * Traffic modeling and simulation
     * Quality of Service provisioning, Network planning and optimization
     * Process, methodologies, and tools for network control
     * Policy models for system management, Provisioning of policies
     * Policy frameworks for active networks, mobile systems,
     * e-commerce
     * Integrating policies into existing systems and environments
     * Business rules and organizational control
     * Extensions and refinements to policy standards
     * Distributed game control
     * Case studies of applying policy-based technologies

Mobility

     * Mobility control and mobility engineering
     * Policy models for mobility
     * Virtual Home Environment (VHE)
     * Pervasive/ubiquitous/wearable mobile systems
     * Security and privacy issues for mobile and wireless systems
     * Mobility and QoS management
     * Control schemes in ad-hoc networks
     * Personal area networks QoS and security
     * IEEE 802.11 engineering
     * Smart devices
     * Smart cards, security and mobility

 Security

     * Security control and Security engineering
     * AAA
     * Configurable security policies
     * Cryptography protocols
     * Policy models for security
     * Distributed trusted infrastructure
     * Water marking for flow control


   IMPORTANT DEADLINES

      May 14, 2003  Papers due
      May 14, 2003  Tutorials, panel proposals due
      June 14, 2003 Authors notified of acceptance
      July 21, 2003 Final papers due


   Submission: 

   Information: 

   Authors are requested to submit their paper up to 15 pages, written in
   English and formatted as indicated in the Net-Con'2003 website
   (http://www.squ.edu.om/eng/ece/Net-Con'2003/index.html). Submission of
   papers must be electronically as a Microsoft Word document, a PDF
   document, or in Postscript format (e-mail) to Dr. Lazhar Khriji
   (lazhar@squ.edu.om).

           Kluwer will publish the proceedings of the conference

   If you have any comments or requests, please feel free to submit them
   to: naamany@squ.edu.om or lazhar@squ.edu.om


   GENERAL CHAIR

   H.E. Dr. Saud Al-Riyami (President SQU - Oman)
   INTERNATIONAL CHAIRS 
     * G. Pujolle (LIP 6 - France)
     * I. Zaabalawi (University of Sharjah - UAE)
     * Olli Martikainen  (Necsom - Finland)
     * Nauro Oliviera, (CEEFET - Brazil)
     * A. Casaca, (INESC - Portugal)
     * O. Spaniol, (Aachen University - Germany)
     * D. Gaiti, (UTT - France)

   PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
     * Hadj Bourdoucen IE  (SQU - Oman)
     * Ahmed Al-Naamany (SQU - Oman)

   STEERING COMMITTEE
     * Eng.  Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Wahaibi (Executive President Omantel - Oman)
     * Sayyid Dr. Fahad Bin Julanda (SQU - Oman)
     * Mr. Said Ismailly (Ministry of National Economy - Oman)
     * Mr. Mattar Al-Maamary  (Diwan of Royal Court)
     * Dr. Taher BaOmar (SQU - Oman)
     * Dr. Amer A. Al Rawas (SQU - Oman)
     * Dr. Ali S. Al-Bemani (SQU - Oman)
     * Mr. Michael Parfitt, (PDO)
     * Dr. Adel Gastli, (SQU - Oman)
     * Dr. Ali Al-lawatti (SQU - Oman)

   TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRs
     * Afaq Ahmad  (SQU - Oman)
     * Ali  AL-Lawatti (SQU - Oman)

   OPERATION CO-CHAIRS
     * Joseph Jervase (SQU - Oman)
     * Ayman El-Naggar (SQU - Oman)

   PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
     * Tariq Jamil (SQU - Oman)
     * Abdulnasir Hossen (SQU - Oman)

   SPONSORSHIP CHAIR
     * Mohammad Habli (SQU - Oman) 
     * Farid Touati, (SQU-Oman)

   INFORMATION SYSTEM CHAIR
     * Lazhar Khriji, (SQU-Oman)
     * Mahmoud Meribout, (SQU - Oman) 


   Useful Contacts:

   Ph:      +968-515330; Fax:    +968-513454


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

     * Mohammed A. Al Saleh (Umm Al-Qura Uni.KSA)
     * Sameer A. Al Bayyat (KFUPM - KSA)
     * Issa S. Qambar (Uni. of Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain)
     * Saoud A. Al Samary (KF UPM- KSA)
     * Fares A. Al Faraedhi (King Faisal University - KSA)
     * F. Arve Aagesen (Norwegian Univ - Norway)
     * G. Bianchi (Palermo University - Italy)
     * C. Blondia (UIA - Belgium)
     * R. Boutaba (Waterloo University - Canada)
     * O. Casal (UPC - Spain)
     * O. Cherkaoui (UQAM - Canada)
     * W. Dabbous (INRIA - France)
     * O. Duarte (UFRJ - Brazil)
     * L. Fratta (Politecnico di Milano - Italy)
     * M. Gerla (UCLA - USA)
     * N. Boukhatem (ENST - France)
     * S. Tohme (ENST - France)
     * F. Tobagi (Stanford - USA)
     * A. Lazhar (Columbia - USA)
     * J.F. Huard (USA)
     * V.B. Iversen (TUD - Denmark)
     * F. Kamoun (ENSI - Tunisia)
     * A. Karmouch (Ottawa University - Canada)
     * U. Korner (Lund University - Sweden)
     * J. Kurose (UMASS - USA)
     * A. Marshall (Queen's University - UK)
     * M. Bettaz (Philadelphia University - Jordan)
     * H. Perros (NCSU - USA)
     * El Sayed (Egypt)
     * R. Puigjaner (University of Baleares - Spain)
     * Y. Stavrakakis (UOA - Greece)
     * Y. Takahashi (Kyoto University - Japan)
     * J. Walrand (Berkeley University - USA)
     * Ehab Al-Shaher (De-Paul University - USA)
     * D-Y. Hu (Inst. of Network Technology - China)
     * G. Leduc (Liege University - Belgium)
     * Mohamed Al-Kindy (Omantel - Oman)
     * Hilal Al-Habsy (Oman Refinery Co.)
     * Muhsin Al-Hafidh (Royal Oman Police)
     * Hemen Goswami (SQU - Oman)
     * Lazhar Khriji (SQU - Oman)
     * Mahmoud Meribout (SQU - Oman)
     * Zia Nadir (SQU - Oman)