----------------------------------<>----------------------------------- The 20th Annual Conference of IEEE Communications and Computer Societies C A L L F O R P A P E R S I E E E I N F O C O M 2 0 0 1 The Conference on Computer Communications "20 Years into the Communications Odyssey" http://www.ieee-infocom.org/2001 April 22-26, 2001 - Anchorage, Alaska Sponsored by the IEEE Communications and Computer Societies CALL FOR PAPERS ================ The major conference on computer communications and networking is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the splendid setting of Anchorage, Alaska, during the week of April 22-26. The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners of every aspect of digital communications and networks, presenting the most up-to-date results and achievements in these fields. The IEEE INFOCOM 2001 program committee is soliciting original papers describing state-of-the-art research and development in all areas of computer networking and data communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: BISDN and ATM Network management and control Billing and pricing Network measurements and testbeds Communication protocols Protocol design and analysis Congestion and admission control Quality of service Flow control Queueing theory Cryptography, information hiding Scheduling Internet and web applications Security and privacy Optical networks Storage area networks Mobile networks Switching and switch architectures Multicast Traffic management and control Multimedia Routing Multiple access Web performance and caching Network architectures Wireless networks PAPER SUBMISSION ================ Papers must be submitted electronically according to the instructions described in and summarized below. Proposals for panels, half- or full-day tutorials should be submitted to the respective chairs. Please refer to the conference web site for further details. Papers must be formatted according to the IEEE standard format except for the font size, which MUST be 11pt. To make it easy to adhere to the formatting standard, we offer templates and samples for LaTex, MSWord, and FrameMaker (please refer to the pertinent web pages at ). ------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPERS THAT DO NOT COMPLY TO THE ABOVE FORMAT CANNOT BE REVIEWED ------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions must be in PDF or Postscript. Postscript papers must use only standard PostScript fonts: Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica. (Please note that Postscript output from MSWord typically does not work on non-Microsoft platforms. The use of the Apple LaserWriter II printer driver is strongly recommended). The above formatted papers can be submitted in a compressed form (gzip, zip, WinZip, compress). Because of the size limitation on the final manuscript, and to ensure that the reviewed paper and the final version have a similar size, ----------------------------------------------------- PAPERS WITH MORE THAN 11 PAGES CANNOT BE REVIEWED ----------------------------------------------------- (this is roughly equivalent to 20 double-spaced pages). Papers must be submitted electronically using the Web site at . This web page contains exact and detailed instructions about the submission process. Author's contact information must be provided during submission. To save space, authors may omit this information from the paper itself. Authors will receive an immediate notification of the successful receipt of the file containing their paper. Subsequently, a formal notification will be sent after verifying that the paper can be printed successfully. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SUBMISSIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN MAY 1ST AND JULY 5TH, 2000. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE STRICT! PAPERS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY SUBMITTED OR IMPROPERLY FORMATTED BY THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. TO AVOID LAST MINUTE PROBLEMS, AUTHORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE DEADLINE. THE REVIEW PROCESS ================== Each paper will typically be reviewed by three independent reviewers, whose reviews will be relayed to the corresponding author. Following last year successful experiment, authors will have a chance to provide a limited rebuttal on the reviews before the program committee makes its final decision. TRAVEL GRANTS ============= Limited travel assistance to students, post-docs and junior faculty presenting a paper in the conference will be available. Please refer to the conference web site for further details. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Complete paper due July 5, 2000 Notification of acceptance October 31, 2000 Final version due December 31, 2000 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS [infocom@watson.ibm.com] =========================== Rene L. Cruz, UCSD Giovanni Pacifici, IBM Research