ACM SenSys 2008 - Call for Papers

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Call for Participation. Stanford Workshop on 'The Future of TCP: Train-Wreck or Evolution?'

THE FUTURE OF TCP: TRAIN-WRECK OR EVOLUTION?
http://yuba.stanford.edu/trainwreck/

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Stanford University, CA,  USA
1 April, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES
REGISTRATION DEADLINE 17 MARCH, 2008

Spurred on by a widespread belief that TCP is showing its age and
needs replacing - and a deeper understanding of the dynamics of
congestion control - the research community has brought forward many
new congestion control algorithms. There has been lots of debate about
the relative merits and demerits of the new schemes; and a
standardization effort is under way in the IETF.

But before the next congestion control mechanism is deployed, it will
need to be deployed widely in operating systems and - in some cases -
in switches and routers too. This will be a long road, requiring the
buy-in of many people: Researchers, product developers and business
leaders too. Our own experience of proposing new congestion control
algorithms has been met with the challenge: "Show me the compelling
need for a new congestion control mechanisms?", and "What will really
happen to the Internet (and my business) if we keep TCP just the way
it is?"

As a community, we need examples that are simple to understand, and
demonstrate a compelling need for change. We call them the "Train
wreck scenarios". Examples might show that distribution of video over
wireless in the home will come to a halt without new algorithms. Or
that P2P traffic will bring the whole network crashing down. Or that
huge, high-performance data-centers need new algorithms. Whatever your
favorite example, we believe that if we are collectively armed with a
handful of mutually agreed examples, it will be much easier to make a
business case for change. Or put another way, if we can't articulate
compelling examples to industry leaders, then is the cost and risk of
change worth it?

The goal of the workshop is to identify a handful of really compelling
demonstrations of the impending train-wreck. The outcome will be a set
of canonical examples that we will use to persuade industry of the
need for change.

The whole purpose of the workshop it to focus on the problem, not the
solutions. We are most definitely not interested in your favorite
scheme, or ours. We will video the entire workshop and all the
demonstrations, and make it publicly available on the Internet. We
will make any proceedings and talks available too. The goal is to open
up the demonstrations for public scrutiny and feedback after the
event.

The event is hosted by the Stanford Clean Slate Program and local
arrangements will be made by the Stanford Computer Forum. The workshop
has received offers of support and funding from Cisco Systems and
Microsoft.

The workshop will feature 8 demos, and 3 invited talks. You can find
the agenda and the registration information at -
http://yuba.stanford.edu/trainwreck/

*Please distribute to your research or product groups and others who
would be interested in attending*

NetGames 2008 CFP

++++++++++++++++++++ NetGames 2008 Call for Papers ++++++++++++++++++++

     Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games: NetGames 2008
         October 21st and 22nd, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
                  http://netgames2008.cs.wpi.edu/

OVERVIEW
========

The 7th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games
(NetGames 2008) will be held in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA on
October 21-22, 2008.  The sponsor is Worcester Polytechnic Institute
with cooperation from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM
SIGMM and ACM SIGCOMM).  The NetGames workshop brings together
researchers and developers from academia and industry to present new
research in understanding networked games of today and in enabling the
next generation of networked games of tomorrow.  Submissions are
sought in any area related to networked games.  In particular, topics
of interest include (but are not limited to) game-related work in:

  * Network measurement, usage studies and traffic modeling
  * System benchmarking, performance evaluation, and provisioning
  * Latency issues and lag compensation techniques
  * Cheat detection and prevention
  * Operating system enhancements, service platforms, and middleware
  * Peer-to-peer and scalable system architectures
  * Network protocol design
  * Mobile and resource-constrained systems
  * Augmented physical systems
  * User and usability studies, Group dynamics
  * Quality of service and content adaptation
  * Artificial intelligence
  * Security, authentication, accounting and digital rights management
  * Networks of sensors and actuators
  * Impact of online game growth on network infrastructure
  * Messaging and conferencing in games
  * Input devices, haptics and accessibility
  * Results that reproduce (or refute) previous published results

Please feel free to contact the conference chair, Mark Claypool
(claypool <at> cs.wpi.edu), with questions as to whether the scope of a
particular paper is suitable for NetGames.

SUBMISSIONS
===========

Submissions should be full papers with a limit of 6 pages (inclusive
of all figures, references and appendices).  Authors must submit their
papers in PDF and use single-spaced, double column ACM conference
format.

Reviews will be single-blind, so authors must include their names and
affiliations on the first page.  Papers will be judged on their
relevance, technical content and correctness, and the clarity of
presentation of the research.  Papers should not be under review at
another venue nor previously published elsewhere.  Submission of a
paper for review will be considered an agreement that at least one
author will register and attend if the paper is accepted.

ORGANIZATION
============

WORKSHOP CHAIR:

  Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

  Grenville Armitage (Swinburne University of Technology)
  Surendar Chandra (Notre Dame)
  Kajal Claypool (MIT Lincoln Labs)
  Wu-chang Feng (Portland State University)
  Wu-chi Feng (Portland State University)
  David Finkel (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
  Carsten Griwodz (University of Oslo)
  Paal Halvorsen (University of Oslo)
  Brian Levine (University of Massachusetts)
  John Miller (Microsoft Research)
  Travis Schluessler (Intel Corporation)
  Anees Shaikh  (IBM Research)
  Ooi Wei Tsang (National University of Singapore)
  Lars Wolf (Technical University Braunschweig)

KEY DATES
=========

  Paper registration:         May 4, 2008 (23:59 GMT)
  Paper submission:           May 11, 2008 (23:59 GMT)
  Author notification:        July 6, 2008
  Camera ready:               August 17, 2008
  Workshop:                   October 21-22, 2008

++++++++++++++++++++ NetGames 2008 Call for Papers ++++++++++++++++++++

CFP: Internet Network Management Workshop (INM) 2008

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Internet Network Management Workshop (INM) 2008
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Communications Society
Orlando, Florida
October 19, 2008
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~eugeneng/inm08
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In many ways, computer network management remains the least understood
aspect of computer networking. There is a lack of well-established
principles for guiding the design of networks for manageability. There is
also a lack of scientific theories for analyzing the state of a network
and for the evolution of network state.

The Internet Network Management (INM) workshop provides an opportunity to
elevate participants' collective experience with IP networks into ideas,
principles, and theories that can be leveraged in today's networks, or can
be carried forward into the clean-slate design of future networks that
intrinsically support management, rather than treating management as a
bolted-on afterthought.

The INM workshop seeks original and thought provoking ideas, case studies,
experimental results, position papers, and clean-slate designs.
Submissions concerning special-purpose networks, such as VoIP, content
distribution, or mobile wireless networks are welcome. The workshop will
provide a forum for the exchange of experience and work-in-progress
discussions.

Topics of Interest:
      * new abstractions for network configuration management
      * new control plane architectures
      * data plane mechanisms to support management
      * autonomous network management systems with predictive/proactive
        behaviors
      * ensuring stability and coherent behavior in distributed and/or
        autonomous systems
      * management of backbone, access, enterprise and home networks and
        network-based applications
      * techniques and experiments for evaluating network management
        architectures
      * experimental platforms that support network management research
      * comparisons between IP network management and ATM, SONET, or
        telephony management
      * defining and enforcing network borders
      * automatic and adaptive control of networks
      * cross-layer interactions, including IP/optical or applications/IP
      * hitless planned maintenance
      * fault and performance management

Important Dates:
      Abstract Registration Deadline: 5:00pm EDT, June 6, 2008
      Paper Submission Deadline: 5:00pm EDT, June 13, 2008
      Notification of Acceptance: August 6, 2008
      Camera Ready Deadline: September 5, 2008
      Workshop Date: October 19, 2008

Program Chairs:
      Timothy G. Griffin (University of Cambridge)
      T. S. Eugene Ng (Rice University)

Steering Committee:
      Albert Greenberg (Microsoft Research)
      Chuck Kalmanek (AT&T Labs)
      David Maltz (Microsoft Research)
      Richard Mortier (Vipadia)
      Geoffrey Xie (Naval Postgraduate School)
      Hui Zhang (Carnegie Mellon University)