INFOCOM 2008 Student Workshop
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                  In conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM’2008
                      Phoenix, Arizona, April 13-18
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The INFOCOM 2008 Student Workshop aims to provide a platform for graduate students 
in the areas of computer networks and data communication to publicize their ongoing 
research work through posters, obtain feedback and learn what problems are being tackled 
by fellow students. More importantly, it also provides a venue for them to "network" with 
their peers and established network researchers, obtain valuable guidance tips in the form 
of informative panels and participate in a forum designed specifically to benefit graduate 
students. We invite submission of 1-2 page abstracts from graduate students worldwide 
describing their ongoing research work for potential presentation at the INFOCOM 2008 
Student Workshop. As always, research work that addresses "non-standard/controversial" 
problems and approaches are particularly encouraged (even if they are only in a nascent stage). 

Topics for submission include but are not limited to :

    *  Ad hoc mobile networks
    * Addressing & location management
    * Broadband access technologies
    * Capacity planning
    * Cellular & broadband wireless nets
    * Congestion control
    * Content distribution
    * Cross layer design and optimization
    * Cyber-physical computing/networking
    * Denial of service
    * Delay/disruption tolerant networks
    * Future Internet design
    * Implementation & experimental testbeds
    * Middleware support for networking
    * Mobility models & systems
    * Multicast & anycast
    * Multimedia protocols and networking
    * Network applications & services
    * Network architectures
    * Network control
    * Network management
    * Network simulation and emulation
    * Novel network architectures
    * Optical networks
    * Peer-to-peer communications
    * Performance evaluation
    * Power control and management
    * Pricing & billing
    * Resource allocation & management
    * Routing protocols
    * Scheduling & buffer management
    * Security, trust, & privacy
    * Self-organizing networks
    * Sensor nets & embedded systems
    * Service overlays
    * Switches & switching
    * Topology characterization & inference
    * Traffic measurement and analysis
    * Traffic engineering, & control
    * Virtual & overlay networks
    * Web services & performance
    * Wireless mesh networks and protocols


General Chairs 

• Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
• Hisham Elrewinin, Southern Methodist University, USA
• Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech, USA
• Deepa Kundur, Texas A&M University, USA


Manuscript Submission

Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other 
publication. All paper submissions will be handled electronically in EDAS. Authors should 
prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. 
Papers must be no longer than 2 pages and in font size no smaller than 11 points. 
Please refer to the INFOCOM manuscript preparation page for details and make sure 
the manuscript conforms to the format/font/page requirements. Manuscripts that are 
not compliant with the requirements may be declined without review. All submitted 
papers will be judged based on their quality through peer reviewing, where TPC members
 are invited to assess the scientific contributions of papers. 
Proceedings will appear in IEEE Xplore and INFOCOM CD.
For more information send email to info@criticalnet.org.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission: February 7, 2008
Paper Submission: February 15, 2008
Acceptance Notification: March 10, 2008
Camera Ready Due: March 18, 2008
Workshop Date: April 13, 2008