CFP : Performance, Quality of Service, and Control of Next Generation Communication Networks ITCOM 2004

CFP : Performance, Quality of Service, and Control of Next Generation Communication Networks ITCOM 2004
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Performance, Quality of Service, and Control of Next-Generation Communication Networks Part of SPIE's International Symposium on Optics East 25-28 October 2004 * Pennsylvania Convention Center * Philadelphia, PA, USA Conference Chairs: Frank Huebner, AT&T Labs.; Robert D. van der Mei, TNO Telecom (Netherlands) and Vrije Univ. Amsterdam (Netherlands) The use of communication networks for a variety of applications is constantly changing. Data volumes overtake voice volumes, networks are being consolidated, and new E-services are being introduced. Certain groups of users of these communication networks are demanding more service quality differentiation and are willing to pay for it, while others are happy to pay as little as possible and receive best effort-like service. While 'island' solutions to some of the related performance, control, and QoS issues that had to be solved sufficed in the past, more sophisticated and comprehensive solutions covering multiple, intertwined aspects of the abovementioned current evolution of communications networks are needed now. Following the tradition of successful ITCom conferences, the aim of this conference is to promote discussions on present developments and experiences, and explore future directions in enhancing the solutions to address these challenges. Technology experts and scientific researchers are encouraged to submit papers discussing their research work and experience in the field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * performance and traffic engineering, quality of service, performance modeling * traffic measurements and monitoring * traffic models * end-to-end performance of distributed applications * end-to-end QoS over multi-domain infrastructures * performance models for application servers and software = infrastructures * performance models for wireless and wireline access technologies * Web server performance and Web caching. Proposals for both sessions and panels on specific "hot topics" are welcome. Please submit your proposal to the Conference Chairs by April 12, 2004. Abstract Due Date: 12 April 2004 Manuscript Due Date: 2 August 2004 IMPORTANT! Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to register, attend the symposium, present the paper (either orally or in poster format), and submit a full-length manuscript for publication in the conference Proceedings. All authors (including invited or solicited speakers), program committee members, and session chairs are responsible for registering and paying the reduced author, session chair, program committee registration fee. (Current SPIE Members receive a discount on the registration fee.) Instructions for Submitting Abstracts via Web You are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to submit abstracts using the "submit an abstract" link at: http://spie.org/events/itcom Submitting directly on the Web ensures that your abstract will be immediately accessible by the conference chair for review through MySPIE, SPIE's author/chair web site. Please note! When submitting your abstract you must provide contact information for all authors, summarize your paper, and identify the contact author who will receive correspondence about the submission and who must submit the manuscript and all revisions. Please have this information available before you begin the submission process.> First-time users of MySPIE can create a new account by clicking on the create new account link. You can simplify account creation by using your SPIE ID# which is found on SPIE membership cards or the label of any SPIE mailing. If you do not have web access, you may E-MAIL each abstract separately to: abstracts@spie.org in ASCII text (not encoded) format. There will be a time delay for abstracts submitted via e-mail as they will not be immediately processed for chair review. IMPORTANT! To ensure proper processing of your abstract, the SUBJECT line must include only: SUBJECT: IT204, HUEBNER, VAN DER MEI Your abstract submission must include all of the following: 1. PAPER TITLE 2. AUTHORS (principal author first) For each author: - First (given) Name (initials not acceptable) - Last (family) Name - Affiliation - Mailing Address - Telephone Number - Fax Number - Email Address 3. PRESENTATION PREFERENCE "Oral Presentation" or "Poster Presentation." 4. PRINCIPAL AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY Approximately 50 words. 5. ABSTRACT TEXT Approximately 250 words. 6. KEYWORDS Maximum of five keywords. Conditions of Acceptance * Authors are expected to secure funding for registration fees, travel, and accommodations, independent of SPIE, through their sponsoring organizations before submitting abstracts. * Only original material should be submitted. * Commercial papers, papers with no new research/development content, and papers where supporting data or a technical description cannot be given for proprietary reasons will not be accepted for presentation in this symposium. * Abstracts should contain enough detail to clearly convey the approach and the results of the research. * Government and company clearance to present and publish should be final at the time of submittal. Authors are required to warrant to SPIE in advance of publication of the Proceedings that all necessary permissions and clearances have been obtained, and that submitting authors are authorized to transfer copyright of the paper to SPIE. Review, Notification, Program Placement * To ensure a high-quality conference, all abstracts and Proceedings manuscripts will be reviewed by the Conference Chair/Editor for technical merit and suitability of content. Conference Chair/Editors may require manuscript revision before approving publication, and reserve the right to reject for presentation or publication any paper that does not meet content or presentation expectations. SPIE's decision on whether to accept a presentation or publish a manuscript is final. * Applicants will be notified of abstract acceptance by mail no later than 2 August 2004. Early notification of acceptance will be placed on SPIE Web the week of 5 July 2004 at spie.org/events/itcom * Final placement in an oral or poster session is subject to the Chairs' discretion. Instructions for oral and poster presentations will be included in your author kit. All oral and poster presentations are included in the Proceedings of SPIE, and require presentation at the meeting and submission of a manuscript. Proceedings of SPIE * These conferences will result in full-manuscript Chairs/Editor-reviewed volumes published in the Proceedings of SPIE. * Correctly formatted, ready-to-print manuscripts submitted in English are required for all accepted oral and poster presentations. Electronic submissions are recommended, and result in higher quality reproduction. Submission must be provided in PostScript created with a printer driver compatible with SPIE's online Electronic Manuscript Submission system. Instructions are included in the author kit and from the "Author Info" link at the conference website. * Authors are required to transfer copyright of the manuscript to SPIE or to provide a suitable publication license.> Papers published are indexed in leading scientific databases including INSPEC, Ei Compendex, Chemical Abstracts, International Aerospace Abstracts, Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings and NASA Astrophysical Data System. Late manuscripts may not be published in the conference Proceedings, whether the conference volume will be published before or after the meeting. The objective of this policy is to better serve the conference participants as well as the technical community at large, by enabling timely publication of the Proceedings. * Papers not presented at the meeting will not be published in the conference Proceedings, except in the case of exceptional circumstances at the discretion of SPIE and the Conference Chairs/Editors.

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Performance, Quality of Service, and Control of Next-Generation Communication Networks

Part of SPIE's International Symposium on Optics East
25-28 October 2004 * Pennsylvania Convention Center * Philadelphia,
PA, USA

Conference Chairs: Frank Huebner, AT&T Labs.; Robert D. van der Mei,
TNO Telecom (Netherlands) and Vrije Univ. Amsterdam (Netherlands)

  The use of communication networks for a variety of applications is
constantly changing. Data volumes overtake voice volumes, networks are
being consolidated, and new E-services are being introduced. Certain
groups of users of these communication networks are demanding more
service quality differentiation and are willing to pay for it, while
others are happy to pay as little as possible and receive best
effort-like service.

While 'island' solutions to some of the related performance, control,
and QoS issues that had to be solved sufficed in the past, more
sophisticated and comprehensive solutions covering multiple, intertwined
aspects of the abovementioned current evolution of communications
networks are needed now.

 Following the tradition of successful ITCom conferences, the aim of
this conference is to promote discussions on present developments and
experiences, and explore future directions in enhancing the solutions to
address these challenges. Technology experts and scientific researchers
are encouraged to submit papers discussing their research work and
experience in the field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, the following:

 * performance and traffic engineering, quality of service, performance
   modeling
 * traffic measurements and monitoring
 * traffic models
 * end-to-end performance of distributed applications
 * end-to-end QoS over multi-domain infrastructures
 * performance models for application servers and software =
   infrastructures
 * performance models for wireless and wireline access technologies
 * Web server performance and Web caching.

Proposals for both sessions and panels on specific "hot topics" are
welcome. Please submit your proposal to the Conference Chairs by April
12, 2004.

 Abstract Due Date: 12 April 2004
 Manuscript Due Date: 2 August 2004
 
 IMPORTANT!
 Submissions imply the intent of at least one author to register,
attend the symposium, present the paper (either orally or in poster
format), and submit a full-length manuscript for publication in the
conference Proceedings.
 All authors (including invited or solicited speakers), program
committee members, and session chairs are responsible for registering
and paying the reduced author, session chair, program committee
registration fee. (Current SPIE Members receive a discount on the
registration fee.)

 Instructions for Submitting Abstracts via Web
 You are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to submit abstracts using the "submit an 
abstract" link at:
 http://spie.org/events/itcom

 Submitting directly on the Web ensures that your abstract will be 
immediately accessible by the conference chair for review through 
MySPIE, SPIE's author/chair web site.
 Please note! When submitting your abstract you must provide contact 
information for all authors, summarize your paper, and identify the 
contact author who will receive correspondence about the submission and 
who must submit the manuscript and all revisions. Please have this 
information available before you begin the submission process.>
 First-time users of MySPIE can create a new account by clicking on the 
create new account link. You can simplify account creation by using your 
SPIE ID# which is found on SPIE membership cards or the label of any 
SPIE mailing.
 If you do not have web access, you may E-MAIL each abstract separately 
to: abstracts@spie.org in ASCII text (not encoded) format.  There will 
be a time delay for abstracts submitted via e-mail as they will not be 
immediately processed for chair review.
 IMPORTANT! To ensure proper processing of your abstract, the SUBJECT 
line must include only:
 SUBJECT: IT204,  HUEBNER, VAN DER MEI
 Your abstract submission must include all of the following:
 1. PAPER TITLE
 2. AUTHORS (principal author first) For each author:
  -	First (given) Name (initials not acceptable)
  -	Last (family) Name
  -	Affiliation
  -	Mailing Address
  -	Telephone Number
  -	Fax Number
  -	Email Address
 3. PRESENTATION PREFERENCE "Oral Presentation" or "Poster Presentation."
 4. PRINCIPAL AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY Approximately 50 words.
 5. ABSTRACT TEXT Approximately 250 words.
 6. KEYWORDS Maximum of five keywords.
 
 Conditions of Acceptance
 * Authors are expected to secure funding for registration fees, 
travel, and accommodations, independent of SPIE, through their 
sponsoring organizations before submitting abstracts.
 * Only original material should be submitted.
 * Commercial papers, papers with no new research/development content, 
and papers where supporting data or a technical description cannot be 
given for proprietary reasons will not be accepted for presentation in 
this symposium.
 * Abstracts should contain enough detail to clearly convey the 
approach and the results of the research.
 * Government and company clearance to present and publish should be 
final at the time of submittal. Authors are required to warrant to SPIE 
in advance of publication of the Proceedings that all necessary 
permissions and clearances have been obtained, and that submitting 
authors are authorized to transfer copyright of the paper to SPIE.
 Review, Notification, Program Placement
 * To ensure a high-quality conference, all abstracts and Proceedings 
manuscripts will be reviewed by the Conference Chair/Editor for 
technical merit and suitability of content. Conference Chair/Editors may 
require manuscript revision before approving publication, and reserve 
the right to reject for presentation or publication any paper that does 
not meet content or presentation expectations. SPIE's decision on 
whether to accept a presentation or publish a manuscript is final.
 * Applicants will be notified of abstract acceptance by mail no later 
than 2 August 2004. Early notification of acceptance will be placed on 
SPIE Web the week of 5 July 2004  at spie.org/events/itcom
 * Final placement in an oral or poster session is subject to the 
Chairs' discretion. Instructions for oral and poster presentations will 
be included in your author kit. All oral and poster presentations are 
included in the Proceedings of SPIE, and require presentation at the 
meeting and submission of a manuscript.
 Proceedings of SPIE
 * These conferences will result in full-manuscript 
Chairs/Editor-reviewed volumes published in the Proceedings of SPIE.
 * Correctly formatted, ready-to-print manuscripts submitted in English 
are required for all accepted oral and poster presentations. Electronic 
submissions are recommended, and result in higher quality reproduction. 
Submission must be provided in PostScript created with a printer driver 
compatible with SPIE's online Electronic Manuscript Submission system. 
Instructions are included in the author kit and from the "Author Info" 
link at the conference website.
 * Authors are required to transfer copyright of the manuscript to SPIE 
or to provide a suitable publication license.>
 *Papers published are indexed in leading scientific databases 
including INSPEC, Ei Compendex, Chemical Abstracts, International 
Aerospace Abstracts, Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings and 
NASA Astrophysical Data System.
 * Late manuscripts may not be published in the conference Proceedings, 
whether the conference volume will be published before or after the 
meeting. The objective of this policy is to better serve the conference 
participants as well as the technical community at large, by enabling 
timely publication of the Proceedings.
 * Papers not presented at the meeting will not be published in the 
conference Proceedings, except in the case of exceptional circumstances 
at the discretion of SPIE and the Conference Chairs/Editors.