ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on
     Networking Education: How to Educate the Educators? (NetEd)
               (in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2003)
                           August 25, 2003
                          Karlsruhe, Germany
                                   

ACM SIGCOMM is sponsoring a one-day workshop on "Networking Education:
How to Educate the Educators? (NetEd)" on August 25, 2003, the first
day of ACM SIGCOMM 2003. The goal of the workshop is to bring together
faculty from a broad spectrum of four-year colleges and universities,
industry engineers and scientists, and others with an interest in
education to discuss curriculum design and teaching practices in the
field of computer networks.

Through a series of highly-interactive panel discussions and breakout
sessions, the workshop will address the following topics:

* "Our Agreement on Undergraduate Curriculum"
   To set the stage for the day's discussions, our first session will
   begin with a summary of the important conclusions from last year's
   education workshop regarding a recommended undergraduate networking
   curriculum. We were very successful last year in reaching consensus
   on the main topics that should be covered in an undergraduate
   networking course. We'll discuss the status of that recommendation
   and invite further comments and suggestions.

* "What Works and What Doesn't Work": Tips for New Networking Educators.
   This panel session is geared toward new networking
   educators. Experienced instructors will present their views and
   experiences regarding networking education and both new and
   experienced instructors from the audience will be encouraged to
   share their thoughts. Topics relevant for both undergraduate and
   graduate courses will be addressed.

* "Is There a Consensus?" Recommendations for an Introductory Graduate Course.
   "We did not agree on anything". This was the summary of a breakout
   session at the 2002 workshop for defining recommendations for an
   introductory graduate networking course. This panel will continue
   the discussions, and probe if (or if not) it is feasible (or
   desirable) to agree on recommendations for such a course.

* Hands-on Experiments and Projects (Poster session)
   Hands-on experimentation and programming projects reinforce
   networking concepts and help students to understand important
   material. This poster session is an opportunity to exchange ideas
   on type, content, and scope of hands-on projects in networking
   courses. It will provide invaluable project ideas for new
   instructors and help experienced instructors add to their
   sometimes-dusty project repertoire.

* "Networking Education Around the Globe"
   The goal of this panel session is to discuss common aspects and
   differences of networking education in different countries. We will
   invite panelists with different viewpoints and teaching
   methodologies to describe the various techniques that they
   employ. Attendees will have an opportunity to discuss and explore
   the advantages and disadvantages of various techniques that they
   might not have considered for their own use.

The workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss these and related 
issues; to share viewpoints, experiences, and materials; and to learn 
what others are doing, or considering doing in the area. We invite 
participation in this workshop from all individuals interested in these 
issues, although workshop participation may be limited due to space.


IMPORTANT DATES:

July 18th:  Travel Grant Submission.  We hope to be able to provide 
            limited travel support  to faculty members (particularly those 
            from smaller institutions and those whose research grant travel 
            funds would not allow them to attend ACM SIGCOMM) to participate 
            in this workshop. See the workshop WWW site for additional
            information and application process.
July 18th:  Deadline for one to two-page white paper describing your
	    experiences, insights, and opinions on one or more of the
	    topics of the workshop.  These are informal
            papers that will be distributed to the workshop attendees,
            and are meant to stimulate thought and discussion.
August 1:   Deadline to propose a poster for the poster session on
            "Hands-on Experiments and Projects". See the workshop WWW
            site for additional information and proposal process.
August 25:  Workshop.


REGISTRATION:
       There will be a nominal fee to register for the workshop, Workshop 
       registration will be handled via the standard conference registration 
       form (which will be available shortly).


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
       Workshop WWW site: 
           http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/workshop/neted/

       To join a mailing list to receive future information about the 
       workshop, send a short email note to: ostermann@eecs.ohiou.edu.


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS:
       S. Ostermann (Ohio U.)
       J. Kurose (U. Massachusetts)
       J. Liebeherr (U. Virginia)
       M. Marsan (Politecnico di Torino)
       J. Griffioen (U. Kentucky)
       S. Kalyanaraman (RPI)
       A. Feldmann (U. Saarbruecken)