(DBWORLD) CALL FOR PAPERS FOR IC3N'97 Conference

Kia Makki (kia@koko.CS.UNLV.EDU)
Tue, 4 Mar 1997 09:59:40 -0600 (CST)

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This CALL FOR PAPERS also appeared in the IEEE COMPUTER MAGAZINE
(March 1997 issue) and The Communication of the ACM (March 1997 issue)

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IC3N'97 PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS

September 22 - 25, 1997, Monte Carlo Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada, USA
Sponsored* by IEEE Communication Society, DataTech and NASA.
In cooperation* with NSF, NIST, USL, IEEE Computer Society, ACM

The objective of this conference is to provide an effective forum for
original and fundamental advances in Computer Communications and Networks
and to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in
a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving
Computer Communications and Networks.

SCOPE
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The primary focus of the conference is on new and original research results
in the areas of design, implementation and applications of Computer
Communications and Networks. We solicit the submission of papers that
address novel, challenging and innovative results. Therefore the topics
that will be addressed include, but are not limited to:
o ATM Networking
o Internet Services/Applic ations
o Distributed Multimedia Applications
o Real Time Communications
o Quality of Services (QoS) Issues
o LAN/WAN Internet working
o Interoperability
o Personal Communication Services
o Network Management
o Wireless Networks
o Intelligent Networks
o Multicast Protocols
o Network Security
o Optical Networks
o Reliable Networks
o High Speed Network OAM/Protocols
o Video-on-Demand
o Traffic Management
o Multimedia Human-Machine Interface
o Performance Modeling/Analysis
o Communication Software
o Protocol Verification/Validation/Testing

SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit complete and original papers. Papers that
may be submitted for consideration include those that have not previously
been published in another forum, or are not currently being published or
reviewed by another journal or conference. All submitted papers will be
refereed for quality, correctness, originality and relevance. The program
committee reserves the right to accept a submission as long, short or
poster presentation. Of particular in terest are papers which address
experiences with concrete Computer Communications and applications. All
accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Authors
will be interested to know that special issues of journals containing
outstanding papers from the conference are being planned.

Manuscripts should include an abstract and be limited to 5000 words.
Submissions should include the title, author(s), author's affiliation,
e-mail address, fax number and postal address. In case of multiple authors,
an indication of which author is responsible for correspondence and
preparing the camera ready paper for the proceedings should also be
included. Six copies of the manuscript should be submitted by Friday,
April 25,1997 to one of the Program Co-Chairs:

Dr. Lionel M. Ni
Dept. of Computer Science
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027, USA
e-mail: ni@cps.msu.edu
Tel: (517) 353-4386
Fax: (517)432-1061

Dr. Mukesh Singhal
Dept. of Computer and Information Science
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210, USA
e-mail: singhal@cis.ohio-state.edu
Tel: (614)292-5839
Fax: (614) 292-2911

For more information about the conference (as opposed to paper submissions)
please send e-mail to ic3n@cacs.usl.edu.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline: April 25, 1997
Notification of acceptance: June 25, 1997
Camera ready papers due: July 20, 1997

WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
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Proposals are solicited for workshops and tutorials. Please send your
proposal by April 18, 1997 to Professor N. Pissinou, the General Co-Chair,
The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, The University of SW Louisiana,
Lafayette, LA 70504, pissinou@cacs.usl.edu Tel: (318) 482-6604,
Fax: (318) 482-6604.

For all other information please contact Professor K. Makki, General
Co-Chair, Dept. of Computer Science, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4019, USA, kia@unlv.edu Tel: (702) 895-4024,
Fax: (702) 895-4024.

General Co-Chairs:
O. Frieder, Florida Tech
K. Makki, UNLV
N. Pissinou, CACS,USL
Program Co-Chairs:
L.M. Ni, Michigan State University
M. Singhal, Ohio State University
Program Vice-Chairs:
H.R. Arabnia, University of Georgia
B. Cassel, National Science Foundation (NSF)
X. Jia, University of Hong Kong
M.S. Obaidat, Monmouth University
W. Peng, SW Texas State University
D. Su, National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST)
Program Committee:
S. Aggarwal, SUNY, Binghamton
C. Alaettinoglu, USC ISI
M.H. Ammar, Georgia Tech
D. Avresky, Boston University
S. Balikirsky, US Army
K. Bhat, Lucent Technologies
S. Bhattacharya, Arizona State University
K. Calvert, Georgia Tech
H.A. Choi, George Washington University
T.S. Dillon, LaTrobe University
T.Y. Feng, National Science Foundation (NSF)
D. Fisher, National Science Foundation (NSF)
D. Grossman, US Government
M. Halem, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
B. Henry, University of Southwest Louisiana
F. Jia, Optivision, Inc.
D. Kazakos, University of Southwest Louisiana
Y.H. Lee, University of Florida
G. Lee, University of Texas San Antonio
M.T. Liu, Ohio State University
W. Liu, BellSouth
W.M. Moh, San Jose State University
M. Mutka, Michigan State University
L. E. Moser, University of California Santa Barbara
B. Mukherjee, University of California Davis
S. Olariu, Old Dominion University
P. O'Reilly, GTE Laboratory
D.K. Panda, Ohio State University
G.C. Polyzos, University of California San Diego
C. Qiao, University of Buffalo
S. Sahni, University of Florida
H. Shen, GU, Australia
K.A. Sohraby, Bell Labs
K. Sohraby, University of Missouri Kansas City
A.K. Somani, University of Washington
T. Todd, McMaster University
E. Torng, Michigan State University
S. Tridandapani, Iowa State University
S. Tripathi, University of Maryland/UCR
A. Vernon, BellSouth
Conference Coordinators:
B. Cassel, National Science Foundation (NSF)
S. Chanson, Hong Kong University ST
I. Cidon, Technion-IIT, Israel
C. Fayet, INT, France
G. Frieder, George Washington University, USA
A. Gaivoronski, ITALTEL, Italy
C.S. Kang, Hannam University, Korea
J.W. Mark, University of Waterloo, Canada
H. Rudin, IBM, Germany
H. Saito, NTT, Japan
Z.Y. Zomaya, UWA, Australia
Publicity Co-Chairs:
J. Wigglesworth, IBM Canada
S. Busovaca, California State University Sacramento
Panel Chair:
H. Sharif, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs:
B. Nassersharif, NSCEE, Nevada
J. Landwer, UNLV, Nevada
Treasurer:
E.K. Park, UMKC
Registration Chair:
J. Stach, University of Missouri Kansas City

*pending approval

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