[GHPN-WG] Call for Abstracts: INFOCOM 2007 HSN Workshop

[Byrav Ramamurthy]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the Call for Abstracts for the INFOCOM 2007 High-Speed
Networks Workshop to be held on May 11, 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska. 

The abstracts are due on March 5th, 2007. 

Thanks
Nasir Ghani
Byrav Ramamurthy
TPC Co-chairs, High-Speed Networks Workshop

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

IEEE INFOCOM 2007 HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS WORKSHOP
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Anchorage, Alaska, May 11th, 2007

http://iweb.tntech.edu/nghani/infocom/index.htm

Sponsored by
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United States Department of Energy, Office of Science

Technical Co-Sponsorship by
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IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on High-Speed Networking (TCHSN) 
IEEE ComSoc Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC)

Several e-Science applications have already demonstrated the need for
agile networks operating well beyond 100 Gbps. Moreover, current
trends point towards the need for a sustained terabits/sec end-to-end
throughput and unprecedented levels of scalability to accommodate the
requirements of emerging applications in a broad range of domains,
including entertainment, computational monitoring and steering,
multi-scale simulation and combustion modeling, remote
instrumentation, and network-based visualization. Several attempts
have been made to address emergent bandwidth needs by deploying larger
capacities in the network core. Increasing physical-layer transmission
speeds, however, has not yielded dramatic increases in end-to-end
user-level throughputs.  Moreover, the limitations of current network
protocols and traffic engineering frameworks have proven to be a
serious impediment to large-scale deployment of distributed
bandwidth-intensive applications. To overcome these limitations, there
is a critical need for novel "clean-state" approaches which transcend
the traditional methodologies, network architectures and protocols
used today .

This workshop is designed to provide a unique forum to explore new
frontiers in the area of ultra high-speed and high-performance
networks, not constrained by the features and limitations of current
networks, with a particular focus on enabling large-scale distributed
e-Science applications.  The objective is to facilitate discussion and
exchange of ideas among members research community centered on the
design, validation and deployment of ultra-high speed network
architectures and protocols to support the end-to-end requirements of
bandwidth-intensive applications in a transparent and optimal manner.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Innovative "clean-slate" network architectures for next generation
  ultra-high speed networks
* Switching technologies including packet, burst and circuit switching
* Ultra high-speed transport protocols
* Novel approaches and strategies for highly secure ultra-high speed
  networks, protocols and systems
* Dynamic provisioning in ultra high-speed optical networks
* Control and signaling plane technologies (GMPLS, UNI, NNI, etc.)
* Application optimized network middleware
* Novel protocols and mechanisms for large-volume data transfers over
  long distances
* High-speed I/O and storage systems
* Remote visualizations and instrumentation design and tools
* Remote computational monitoring and steering tools and mechanisms
 
Submission Guidelines

Authors are encouraged to submit a two-page abstract in PDF format.
All abstract submissions should be emailed to the TPC co-chairs at
nghani at tntech.edu and byrav at cse.unl.edu and will be acknowledged.
Authors will be notified about the selected abstracts and requested to
provide final presentation slides and extended paper versions (up to 5
pages in length).  These materials will be compiled on to CD format in
advance of the event and distributed to the registered attendees.
Additionally, the extended papers will also be published in the IEEE
Xplore listings.
 
Important Dates

Two-page abstract due:		March 5th, 2007
Notification of acceptance:	March 19th, 2007
Slides and full papers due:	March 30th, 2007
Workshop date:			May 11th, 2007


Workshop General Chair
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Thomas Ndousse, Department of Energy

Organizing Committee
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Thomas Ndousse, Department of Energy
Nagi Rao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Georg Carle, University of Tuebingen
Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh
Andrea Fumagalli, University of Texas Dallas
Malathi Veeraraghavan, University of Virginia
Olufemi Komolafe, University of Glasgow

Workshop Panel Chair
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Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh

Local Co-Chairs
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Robert Baldwin, Alaska Science and Technology
Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo

Technical Program Co-Chairs
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Nasir Ghani, Tennessee Tech University
Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Technical Program Committee
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Georg Carle, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Joe Evans, University of Kansas at Lawrence, USA
Andrea Fumagalli, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Erin Fulp, Wakeforest University, USA
Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California Davis, USA
Chunming Qiao, State University of New York Buffalo, USA
Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA
Joe Touch, University of Southern California / ISI, USA
Jonathan Turner, Washington University St. Louis, USA
Don Petravick, Fermi National Lab, USA
Admela Jukan, EMT-INRS, University of Quebec, Canada
Lina Battestilli, MCNC, USA
Heinrich Stuettgen, NEC Europe Ltd, Germany
Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Taieb Znati, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Takashi Shimizu, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan
Maurice Gagnaire, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, France

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