Call for Papers www.IFIP-Networking.org

Extended deadline: November 27, 2005

Executive Committee Conference Objectives Program Committee

General Chair Networking 2006 will be organized by the of Coimbra, Portugal. It is the fifth event in a series Ronald Addie, University of Southern Queensland, AU Edmundo Monteiro Rui Aguiar, University of Aveiro, PT of International Conferences on Networking, sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee on Kevin Almeroth, University of California at Santa Barbara, US , Portugal Communication Systems (TC 6). Previous events were held in Paris (France) in 2000, Pisa (Italy) in Eitan Altman, INRIA, FR 2002, Athens (Greece) in 2004, and Waterloo (Canada) in 2005. Paul Amer, University of Delaware, US Technical Program Chair Fan Bai, General Motors, US Fernando Boavida Luis Orozco Barbosa, University of Castilla La Mancha, ES The main objectives of Networking 2006 are to bring together active and proficient members of the Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, US University of Coimbra, Portugal networking community, from both academia and industry, to discuss recent advances in this broad and Andrea Bianco, Polytechnic of Torino, IT Chris Blondia, University of , BE Chair, Special Track for Networking fast-evolving field of telecommunications, and to highlight key-issues, identify trends and refresh vision Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, PT Technologies, Services and Protocols in the field of telecommunications. Olivier Bonaventure, Catholic University of Louvain, BE Thomas Plagemann Luciano Bononi, , IT Structure and Topics Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, CA University of Oslo, Norway Torsten Braun, University of Berne, CH Milind Buddhikot, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, US Chair, Special Track for Performance The conference objectives will be pursued through highly technical sessions organized thematically, Wojciech Burakowski, Warsaw University of Technology, PL of Computer and Communication keynote talks, tutorials offered by experts, as well as through workshops and panel discussions on hot Paulo Carvalho, University of Minho, PT Claudio Casetti, Polytechnic of Torino, IT Networks topics. Plenary sessions with keynote talks or panels will open or close the daily sessions. The technical Prosper Chemouil, France Télécom R&D, FR Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and sessions will be structured into three tracks: Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, IT ETH Zurich, Switzerland • Networking Technologies, Services and Protocols Costas Courcoubetis, Athens University of Econ. and Business, GR Jun-Hong Cui, University of Connecticut, US

• Performance of Computer and Communication Networks Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, PT Chair, Special Track for Mobile and • Mobile and Wireless Communications Systems Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, FR Wireless Communications Jordi Domingo-Pascual, Technical University of Catalunya, ES Cedric Westphal, Nokia, USA Topics of interest to Networking 2006 include (but are not limited to) the following: Yingfei Dong, University of Hawaii at Manoa, US Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, US Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SE Keynote & Panel Chairs Active & programmable networks Multicasting Real-time voice/video over IP Wu-chi Feng, Portland State University, US Guy Leduc, University of Liege, Joe Finney, Lancaster University, UK Addressing and location Multimedia protocols networks Nelson Fonseca, University of Campinas, BR Mário Freire management Multiple access protocols Resource allocation Matthias Frank, University of Bonn, DE University of Beira Interior, Portugal Ambient Intelligence Network design & capacity Routing and switching Mário Freire, University of Beira Interior, PT Autonomic Networks planning Mobile ad hoc networks Maurice Gagnaire, ENST, FR Tutorial Chairs Laura Galluccio, University of Catania, IT Broadband wireless access Network management systems Satellite networks Sebastià Galmés, University of Balearic Islands, ES Nelson Fonseca Capacity planning Network measurements & Scheduling & queue managemen Jerome Galtier, France Telecom R&D and INRIA, FR Univ. Campinas, Brazil Vera Goebel, University of Oslo, NO Cellular networks (2G, 2.5G, 3G testbeds Self-organizing network Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University, US Paulo Simões & beyond) Network modeling & simulation Sensor Networks Guenter Haring, University of Wien, AT University of Coimbra, Portugal Congestion control Network tomography Traffic engineering Frank Huebner, AT&T, US David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK Content distribution Optical networks Traffic management & control Gianluca Iannaccone, Intel Research Cambridge, UK Workshop Chairs Cryptography, security & privacy Hybrid Networks Traffic modeling & characterizatio Youssef Iraqi, Doha University, Oman, OM Charalabos Skianis, NCSR 'D', Greece Grid networking Overlay networks Ubiquitous Networks Martin Karsten, University of Waterloo, CA Eckhart Koerner, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, DE Jorge Sá Silva Home networking Peer-to-peer networks Web architectures & protocols Kimon Kontovasilis, NCSR Demokritos, GR University of Coimbra, Portugal Intelligence in networks Pervasive computing Web caching, pre-fetching & George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean Karlovassi, GR Internet & web applications Power management replication Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Tampere University of Technology, FI Publicity Chairs Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC, US Internet protocols for high-speed Pricing, billing & economic Web performance Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, CA Bu-Sung Lee, NTU, Singapore networks models Wireless local & personal area Guy Leduc, University of Liege, BE Mobile networks architectures & Quality of Service networks Sung Ju Lee, HP Labs, US João Orvalho Mike Myung-Ok Lee, Dongshin University, KR Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal protocols Quantitative methods & tools Wireless multimedia systems Bu-Sung Lee, NTU, SG Mobility models Queuing theory Wireless protocols Baochun Li, University of Toronto, CA Industry Relations Chairs MPLS, GMPLS Jorg Liebeherr, University of Toronto, CA Biswajit Nandy Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute-Alsace, FR Gerald Maguire, KTH, SE Solana Networks, Canada Paper submission Athina Markopoulou, University California Irvine, US Xavier Masip-Bruin, Technical University of Catalunya, ES Graça Carvalho, Cisco, Europe The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, complete Lorne Mason, McGill University, CA Laurent Mathy, Lancaster University, UK Publication Chairs research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art Martin Mauve, University of Düsseldorf, DE Xavier Masip-Bruin research and development in all areas of computer networking and data communications. Ketan Mayer-Patel, University of North Carolina, US Technical University of Catalunya, Spain Paulo Mendes, NTT DoCoMo Euro-Labs, DE All papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published Michael Menth, University of Wuerzburg, DE Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, PT Marilia Curado by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Papers must be submitted electronically. The maximum size of Biswajit Nandy, Solana Networks, CA University of Coimbra, Portugal papers should be 5000 words including tables and figures. Please adhere to the formatting standard for Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, CA a 12-page manuscript of Springer-Verlag LNCS. The cover page must contain an abstract of about 150 Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, US Last Edition Chairs Ilkka Norros, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI words, 3-5 keywords, name and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's e-mail and Jay Black Katia Obraczka, University of California, Santa Cruz, US postal address. Jaudelice de Oliveira, Drexel University, US University of Waterloo, Canada Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS, FR Jianping Pan, Victoria University, CA Raouf Boutaba There will be a Best Paper Award for the best submitted paper as well as a number of Student Travel Christos Papadopoulos, University of Southern California, US University of Waterloo, Canada Grants. Harry Perros, North Carolina State University, US Paulo Pinto, New University of Lisbon, PT Tutorial proposal submission Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, NO Local Organizing Committee Ana Pont, Polytechnic , ES Jorge Sá Silva Konstantinos Psounis, University of Southern California, USA Networking 2006 will also include a small number of one-day or half-day tutorials on Monday, May 15, Ramon Puigjaner, University of Balearic Islands, ES University of Coimbra, Portugal 2006. Proposals for tutorials that present recent advances in the field of computer communications and Guy Pujolle, University of Paris 6, FR Erwin Rathgeb, University of Essen, DE Paulo Simões telecommunications are solicited. Evaluation of proposals will be based on the expertise of the Kimmo Raatikainen, , FI University of Coimbra, Portugal instructors, the relevance of the subject matter, the objectives outlined above and the general Peter Reichl, FTW, AT conference objectives. Potential instructors are invited to submit, to the Tutorial Chairs Reza Rejaie, University of Oregon, US Marília Curado ([email protected] and [email protected]) a tutorial proposal of at most 3 pages, including a Manuel Ricardo, INESC, PT University of Coimbra, Portugal Rui Rocha, Technical University of Lisbon, PT biographical sketch, by December 1, 2005. George Rouskas, North Carolina State University, US João Orvalho José Ruela, INESC, PT Workshops proposal submission Sergi Sanchez López, Technical University of Catalunya, ES Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal Alexandre Santos, University of Minho, PT

Susana Sargento, University of Aveiro, PT Networking 2006 will also include a small number of one-day, peer-reviewed, technical workshops on Steering Committee Jorge Sá Silva, University of Coimbra, PT Friday, May 19, 2006. Potential workshop organizers are urged to contact the Workshop Chairs Mário Serafim Nunes, Technical University of Lisbon, PT Harry Perros (Chair) Paulo Simões, University of Coimbra, PT ([email protected] and [email protected]) by December 1, 2005. NCSU, USA Charalabos Skianis, NCSR 'D', GR Josep Sole Pareta, Technical University of Catalunya, ES Otto Spaniol Important dates Otto Spaniol, Aachen University of Technology, DE RWTH-Aachen University, Germany Ashwin Sridharan, Sprint ATL, US • Full Paper Due (extended deadline): November 27, 2005 Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, CH Augusto Casaca, IST/INESC, Portugal Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, CA • Notification of Acceptance: February 1, 2006 Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, US Guy Omidyar, TC6 WG6.8 Chair, USA • Final Version Due: February 21, 2006 Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, US Piet Van Mieghem, Technical University of Delft, NL Guy Pujolle Teresa Vazão, Technical University of Lisbon, PT University of Paris 6, France For more information please see the conference site www.IFIP-Networking.org or contact the Yannis Viniotis, North Carolina State University, US Conference Secretariat at [email protected] Cedric Westphal, Nokia, US Lars Wolf, Technical University of Braunschweig, DE Ioannis Stavrakakis Guoliang Xue, Arizona State University, US University of Athens, Greece Boon Sain Yeo, Institute for Infocomm Research, SG Daniel Zappala, Brigham Young University, US Yongbing Zhang, University of Tsukuba, JP Yongguang Zhang, HRL Labs, US Rong Zheng, University of Houston, US

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