CFP : The Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service IWQoS 2004

CFP : The Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service IWQoS 2004
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Call for Papers The Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2004) June 7-9, 2004, Montreal, Canada Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGMOBILE Since 1994, IWQoS has been a very successful series of workshops providing an international forum for the presentation and discussion of new research and ideas on Quality of Service (QoS). Building on the successes of previous workshops, the objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in this area to discuss recent and innovative results, and identify future directions and challenges in developing practical systems where predictable and controlled performance is a central requirement. In particular, we look to reconsider and expand the scope of the workshop to include all work related to QoS --- in networking (wired, wireless and sensor networks), operating systems, servers, advanced middleware services (such as grid computing and peer-to-peer systems), and to address relevant technical issues such as availibity, reliability, security, pricing, incentives as well as performance. Therefore, in addition to traditional IWQoS topics such as service guarantees and resource management, papers offering research contributions related to robustness, resilience, dependability, predictability, security, and incentive engineering in both networking and distributed environments are particularly solicited. Topics of interest include (but not limited to): We particularly solicit papers in these aspects: QoS in peer-to-peer, grid and application-layer overlay networks QoS and security in distributed computing environments Dependability, availability, resilience and robustness Rationality, incentives, microeconomics and self-interests QoS in infrastructure-based and ad hoc wireless networks QoS in mobile environments QoS in wireless sensor networks Adaptations and evolutions of QoS Measurement-based QoS estimation and verification QoS in Intranets and VoIP systems Service Level Agreements and QoS Server-side QoS and its roles in end-to-end QoS provisioning We also solicit papers in the following aspects: QoS architectures and protocols QoS analysis and modeling Resource management and admission control QoS routing QoS pricing and billing Measurements, evaluation and experiences with QoS metrics Content delivery networks with performance and service guarantees QoS in web systems and storage systems Programmability and language aspects supporting QoS QoS in multimedia systems QoS-aware middleware frameworks and services Integrated and differentiated services in wide-area networks IWQoS aims to allow rapid dissemination of research results and to provide fast turnaround. The deadline for papers is therefore as close to the conference as the publishers allow. In the past the workshop has been cross-disciplinary, well focused, with the emphasis on innovation. As a result, a considerable amount of time is devoted to informal discussions. The workshop is a single-track forum spanning two and a half days. It values both theoretical contributions and practical experiences. Web: http://iqua.ece.toronto.edu/iwqos04/ Important Dates: Paper abstract deadline: February 17, 2004, 11:59pm PST Paper submission deadline: February 20, 2004, 11:59pm PST (hard deadline, no extensions) Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2004 Camera-ready papers due: April 13, 2004 Workshop dates: June 7-9, 2004 Best Student Paper Award Award will be given at the conference to the best student paper, whose first author is a current student. Paper Submission IWQoS invites submission of manuscripts that present original research results, and that have not been previously published or currently under review by another conference or journal. Any previous or simultaneous publication of related material should be explicitly noted in the submission. Submissions should be full-length papers that are no longer than 20 double-spaced single-column pages with font sizes of 11 or larger, including all figures and references, and must include an abstract of 100 -- 150 words. All papers must be submitted in either Postscript or the Adobe PDF format, and no other formats are accepted by the paper submission web site. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must present the paper at IWQoS 2004. Hot Topics Session IWQoS 2004 introduces a new Hot Topics Session that serves as a forum to present opinions, views and ongoing work that reflect emerging research directions within the scope of the workshop. The objective of the session is to promote community-wide discussions of ideas that will influence and foster continued research in the field. The session will provide a venue for researchers to present new ideas that have the potential to significantly impact the community in the long term, especially those that are architectural or design-oriented in nature. To organize this session, we solicit short papers describing such an idea; the paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate a new solution (that may be work-in-progress in nature), or discuss existing work with an original viewpoint. The short papers are limited to five double-column, single-spaced pages. Accepted papers will be presented in a 15-minute time period, and will be included in the conference proceedings.

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                             Call for Papers

The Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2004)

June 7-9, 2004, Montreal, Canada
Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM
and ACM SIGMOBILE


Since 1994, IWQoS has been a very successful series of workshops providing
an international forum for the presentation and discussion of new research
and ideas on Quality of Service (QoS). Building on the successes of
previous workshops, the objective of the workshop is to bring together
researchers, developers, and practitioners working in this area to discuss
recent and innovative results, and identify future directions and
challenges in developing practical systems where predictable and controlled
performance is a central requirement.  In particular, we look to reconsider
and expand the scope of the workshop to include all work related to QoS ---
in networking (wired, wireless and sensor networks), operating systems,
servers, advanced middleware services (such as grid computing and
peer-to-peer systems), and to address relevant technical issues such as
availibity, reliability, security, pricing, incentives as well as
performance.

Therefore, in addition to traditional IWQoS topics such as service
guarantees and resource management, papers offering research contributions
related to robustness, resilience, dependability, predictability, security,
and incentive engineering in both networking and distributed environments
are particularly solicited.  Topics of interest include (but not limited
to):

We particularly solicit papers in these aspects:

QoS in peer-to-peer, grid and application-layer overlay networks
QoS and security in distributed computing environments
Dependability, availability, resilience and robustness
Rationality, incentives, microeconomics and self-interests
QoS in infrastructure-based and ad hoc wireless networks
QoS in mobile environments
QoS in wireless sensor networks
Adaptations and evolutions of QoS
Measurement-based QoS estimation and verification
QoS in Intranets and VoIP systems
Service Level Agreements and QoS
Server-side QoS and its roles in end-to-end QoS provisioning

We also solicit papers in the following aspects:

QoS architectures and protocols
QoS analysis and modeling
Resource management and admission control
QoS routing
QoS pricing and billing
Measurements, evaluation and experiences with QoS metrics
Content delivery networks with performance and service guarantees
QoS in web systems and storage systems
Programmability and language aspects supporting QoS
QoS in multimedia systems
QoS-aware middleware frameworks and services
Integrated and differentiated services in wide-area networks

IWQoS aims to allow rapid dissemination of research results and to provide
fast turnaround. The deadline for papers is therefore as close to the
conference as the publishers allow. In the past the workshop has been
cross-disciplinary, well focused, with the emphasis on innovation.  As a
result, a considerable amount of time is devoted to informal discussions.
The workshop is a single-track forum spanning two and a half days.  It
values  both theoretical contributions and practical experiences.

Web: http://iqua.ece.toronto.edu/iwqos04/

Important Dates:

Paper abstract deadline: February 17, 2004, 11:59pm PST
Paper submission deadline: February 20, 2004, 11:59pm PST (hard deadline,
                                                           no extensions)
Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2004
Camera-ready papers due: April 13, 2004
Workshop dates: June 7-9, 2004

Best Student Paper Award

Award will be given at the conference to the best student paper, whose
first author is a current student.

Paper Submission

IWQoS invites submission of manuscripts that present original research
results, and that have not been previously published or currently under
review by another conference or journal.  Any previous or simultaneous
publication of related material should be explicitly noted in the
submission.  Submissions should be full-length papers that are no longer
than 20 double-spaced single-column pages with font sizes of 11 or larger,
including all figures and references, and must include an abstract of 100
-- 150 words.  All papers must be submitted in either Postscript or the
Adobe PDF format, and no other formats are accepted by the paper submission
web site.  Submissions will be judged on originality, significance,
interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness.  At least one of the authors
of each accepted paper must present the paper at IWQoS 2004.

Hot Topics Session

IWQoS 2004 introduces a new Hot Topics Session that serves as a
forum to present opinions, views and ongoing work that reflect emerging
research directions within the scope of the workshop.  The objective of the
session is to promote community-wide discussions of ideas that will
influence and foster continued research in the field.  The session will
provide a venue for researchers to present new ideas that have the
potential to significantly impact the community in the long term,
especially those that are architectural or design-oriented in nature.  To
organize this session, we solicit short papers describing such an idea; the
paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate a new solution
(that may be work-in-progress in nature), or discuss existing work with an
original viewpoint.  The short papers are limited to five double-column,
single-spaced pages.  Accepted papers will be presented in a 15-minute
time period, and will be included in the conference proceedings.