See: http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/HotNets-IV/
     
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                             Fourth Workshop on
                           Hot Topics in Networks
                                 HotNets-IV

                            November 14-15, 2005
                            College Park, MD USA


   The  Fourth Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks, HotNets-IV, will bring
   together researchers in the networking and distributed systems community to
   debate emerging research directions. The goal of the workshop is to promote
   community-wide discussion of ideas that will influence and foster continued
   research in the field. The workshop 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.

   Each potential participant should submit a short paper describing such an
   idea; the paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate a new
   solution,  or debunk existing work. Attendance is limited to around 60
   participants, by invitation based primarily on paper submissions. HotNets-IV
   is sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM.

   We  encourage  submissions  across  the  broad range of networking and
   distributed systems research, not limited to those topics covered by the
   SIGCOMM conference. Submissions may be on topics traditionally published at
   SIGCOMM, NSDI, SOSP/OSDI, SenSys, or MobiCom, or they may be on topics that
   have yet to find a home in an established conference. Topics of interest
   include, but are by no means limited to:
     * Internet and non-Internet architectures, past, present, and future
     * Overlay, peer-to-peer, and programmable network infrastructures
     * Sensor networks, storage area networks, and other examples of "extreme"
       networking
     * Wireless networks, mobility, and pervasive computing
     * Network failures, vulnerabilities, and exploits: detection, analysis and
       defenses
     * Network management and control
     * Novel distributed applications and services, including systems for
       content distribution and real-time media
     * Lessons drawn from failed research, and controversial or disruptive
       topics
     * Architectural insights or understanding of network behaviors

   The selection of HotNets papers will be based primarily on their potential
   to influence future research. This influence can be exercised in many ways,
   exemplified by but not limited to the following:
     * Describing a novel approach to an old problem that promises to influence
       future research
     * Describing a new problem that requires our attention
     * Articulating a new perspective about networking and distributed systems
     * Debunking an old perspective about networking and distributed systems

   Copies of the accepted papers will be made publicly available via the Web
   prior to the workshop. Proceedings will be distributed at the workshop and
   will be made available through ACM's digital library. Examples of papers
   from past HotNets workshops can be found at:
   http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/hotnets. The Program Committee will write
   short New York Times Book Review-style reviews of accepted papers, for
   inclusion in the proceedings, to provide the broader community with an
   additional perspective on future directions in the field.  Unlike other
   workshops and conferences, rejected papers will only receive a very short
   review.

   The acceptance of a paper to the HotNets workshop does not preclude the
   later acceptance of a related paper to the ACM Sigcomm 2006 conference.
   However, any derived Sigcomm submission must provide a significantly more
   in-depth treatment of the idea, for example, by providing a more complete
   evaluation. Assuming that there is sufficient new material in a Sigcomm
   submission, the existence of a prior publication at HotNets will be ignored
   during the evaluation for acceptance to Sigcomm. Further details about this
   policy  and its application to other conferences will be posted on the
   HotNets IV Web page (http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/HotNets-IV).

  Submission Instructions

   Submitted  papers  must  be no longer than 6 pages (10 pt font, 1 inch
   margins). The review process is not blind, each contributing author should
   be included on the first page. Only electronic submissions in PostScript or
   PDF will be accepted. Submissions must be written in English, render without
   error  using standard tools (Ghostview or Acrobat Reader) and print on
   US-Letter  sized  paper. Following standard academic practice, HotNets
   requests  that its reviewers hold submitted papers in confidence. Only
   accepted papers will be published in conference proceedings. Submission
   information will be posted at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigcomm/HotNets-IV

  Important Dates

        Submissions due:    1 August 2005 (11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time)

        Notification of Acceptance:    10 October 2005

        Camera-ready copy due:    31 October 2005

        Workshop:    14-15 November 2005

  Organizers

   General Chair:
     * Neil Spring (UMD)

   Program Committee:
     * Jon Crowcroft (Cambridge) (Co-chair)
     * Srinivasan Seshan (CMU) (Co-chair)
     * Bengt Ahlgren (SICS)
     * Paul Barford (UWisc)
     * John Byers (BU)
     * Deborah Estrin (UCLA)
     * Tim Griffin (Cambridge)
     * Venkata Padmanabhan (Microsoft Research)
     * Jen Rexford (Princeton)
     * Ion Stoica (UCB)