Second Announcement and Call for Papers

SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKING CONFERENCE

  HET-NETs '04  

PERFORMANCE MODELLING AND EVALUATION OF HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS

Monday 26th - Wednesday 28th July, 2004

Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, U.K.

http://www.comp.brad.ac.uk/het-net

Supported by 
EU Network of Excellence 'Euro-NGI', British Computer Society (BCS) Perf.
Eng. Specialist Group; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IEE, U.K.); European Commission - IST and NoE Programmes; ACATS Forum -
ATS Network Consortium Proprietary, EU; Siemens AG (Germany); Motorola
(U.K.); Solinet GmbH (Germany); Ericsson (Italy); Alcatel SEL AG
(Germany); Vodafone (Germany); 4Plus Technologies SA (Greece); Teletel
Telecoms & IT (Greece); INFORMS Applied Probability Society (U.S.A); Eng.
and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, U.K.);  Schools of
Informatics & Engineering, University of Bradford.

General Chair
Prof. Demetres Kouvatsos, University of Bradford, U.K.

Program Co-Chairs 
Dr. Zhili Sun, Surrey University, U.K.: 'Evolving Network
Architectures of Diverse Technology' 

Dr. Roberto Sabella, Ericsson, Italy: 'Traffic Engineering,
Congestion Control and End-to-End QoS' 

Prof. Michal Pioro, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland:
'Design and Optimisation of Multi-Layer Next Generation Networks'

Prof. Klaus Hackbarth, University of Cantabria, Spain:
'Experimental Validation and Measurement Platforms'

Dr. Tim Charity, Motorola, U.K.:  'Applied Innovation in
Heterogeneous Networks' 

Prof. Chris Blondia, University of Antwerp, Belgium: 'Quantitative
Methodologies and Tools'

The Second International Working Conference on the Performance Modelling
and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Networks (HET-NETs '04) aims to contribute
to fundamental theoretical and applied research into the performance
modelling, analysis and dimensioning of evolving networks of diverse
technology. It is the second event organised under the auspices of the EU
Network of Excellence (NoE) Euro-NGi, a part of EU Commission's 'Broadband
for All' NoE Research Programme, focusing on the 'Design and Engineering
of the Next Generation Internet - towards the Convergence of Multi-Service
Networks'.

The HET-NETs '04 Working Conference is soliciting original research
papers, tutorials, poster papers and research works-in-progress addressing
state-of-the-art research and technological development in the field of
performance modelling and evaluation of convergent multi-service
heterogeneous networks and the Internet. In particular, delegates are
encouraged to present recent advances in 

Traffic characterisation, engineering and performance modelling
aspects towards the management, integration, congestion control, bandwidth
sharing and end-to-end QoS of evolving heterogeneous network architectures
and emerging cost-effective Internet technologies;

Performance optimisation of the topology, layout, flow and
capacity design of protected multi-layer core and robust access
multi-service networks of diverse technology. Network reliability and
performance related security & pricing schemes.

Design and development of experimental performance validation &
measurement platforms and traffic engineering test-beds for multi-services
inter-operability, protocols and convergent heterogeneous networks;

Applied methods and solutions for seamless mobility and mobile
network QoS optimization, capacity utilization and resource management,
based on enhanced performance against traditional and current state of the
art mechanisms;

Analytic, numerical and simulation methodologies for the
quantitative analysis and optimisation of finite capacity queueing network
models (QNMs),  spatial modelling (SM) and stochastic Petri nets (SPNs)
for the performance evaluation and control of heterogeneous networks with
bursty, self-similar and multi-fractal long-range dependence (LRD) &
short-range (SRD) dependence traffic flows. 

The conference provides the opportunity for the joint submission of
research papers, tutorials and research 'works-in-progress' in the spirit
of research integration and collaboration within EU and worldwide. 

Schedule & Publications

Prospective authors of HET-NETs '04 are invited to submit - for Program
Committees (PCs) and peer selection review - by

Monday the 7th of June 2004

Full research papers up to a maximum of 10 A4 size pages (single spaced
text); 
Technical abstracts of approximately 300 words for academic
research 'works-in-progress' and poster contributions; 
Proposals for tutorial papers of up to 2 A4 size pages (single
spaced text);

to Mr. Is-Haka Mkwawa (Performance Modelling and Engineering Research
Group, Tel: +44-1274-233934, Fax: +44-1274-233920) by using the E-mail
address of HET-NETs '04 Conference:

<hetnets@scm.brad.ac.uk>.

All proposed submissions should be in English and be sent electronically
as E-mail attachments (using postscript, msword or pdf file format). All
research contributions should include an abstract of up to 300 words and a
relevant list of up to 5 key words, names of authors and their
affiliation. 

Following acceptance, authors will be notified via email by

   Monday the 21st of June 2004

to prepare in camera ready form, subject to instructions of the designated
website, the final versions of their papers for the                                                  

HET-NETs '04 Technical Proceedings of full research papers up to a
maximum of 10 A4 size pages (single spaced text);
HET-NETs '04 Participants Volume of research 'works-in-progress'
of not more than 6 A4 size pages or shorter poster papers of not more than
3 A4 size pages (single spaced text);
HET-NETs '04 Tutorials Volume of not more than 35 A4 size pages
(single spaced text).

These papers should be revised, subject to the referees' remarks, as
appropriate and reach HET-NETs '04 electronically via email by

Wednesday the 30th of June 2004.

Following the conference, authors of mature work are welcome to submit
extended versions of their research and tutorial papers by

Friday the 10th of September 2004

for consideration for publication, subject to a subsequent PC & peer
review, in one of the planned special HET-NETs '04 journal issues. One of
these editions will be with the journal of 'Wireless Personal
Communications' (WIRE - Kluwer Academic Publishers) whilst selected
HET-NETs '04 papers will be recommended for consideration to the 'The
Journal of Optical Networking' (JON - OSA Publishers). Moreover,
negotiations are in progress for securing the publication of the first
research book worldwide on "Heterogeneous Networks: Performance Analysis
and Applications" which will be broadly based on the tutorial papers of
HET-NETs '03 & '04 Conferences.

More information can be found at the HET-NETs '04 website address
http://www.comp.brad.ac.uk/het-net


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