[ecoop-info] Broadnets 2007 Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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                        BROADNETS 2007
      International Conference on Broadband Communications,
	                Networks and Systems
Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and CreateNet

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        September 10-13, 2007 (tentative), Raleigh, NC, USA
                    http://www.broadnets.org/2007

BROADNETS 2007 is an international conference focusing on broadband
communications, networks, and systems and covers the entire gamut of
next generation networks, communications systems, applications and
services. The conference will consist of three symposia: 

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Wireless Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium 
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Covers Mobility, Routing for multihop, Architecture and topology design,
Hybrid networks, Multimedia QoS and traffic management, Cross-layer
optimization, MAC and emerging physical layer technologies (UWB, MIMO)
for high-speed wireless networking

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Optical Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium
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Covers WDM technologies, Ethernet and MPLS integration into the optical
layer, Next-Generation SONET/SDH, Optical and WDM communications
systems, Cross-layer design, SAN extensions, Optical grids,
Techno-economic aspects of optical networks

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Internet Technologies Symposium
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Theory and practice of Internet technologies covering a broad range of
topics including, but not limited to: Routing, Scheduling, Congestion
control, Traffic engineering, Network modeling, Network measurement,
Network management, Network QoS, Network security, Overlay networks,
Peer-to-peer networks, Content distribution networks, Web technologies,
Media technologies (VoIP, IPTV, video streaming), Location-based
services; "Clean-slate" Internet architectures, algorithms, protocols,
and services.

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Important Dates  
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- COCUS Online Paper Registration:      January 22, 2007
- Final Paper Upload:                   January 31, 2007
- Acceptance Notification:              April 15, 2007
- Final Manuscript Due:                 May 15, 2007

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Submission Instructions
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Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 10 pages in
two-column, no less than 10pt font, IEEE conference proceedings format.
Papers should be submitted in PDF format to the respective symposium
through the COCUS system at

    http://cocus.create-net.org/cocus/welcome.do

Authors of accepted papers are required to register at regular
registration rates in order for the paper to appear in the conference
proceedings and on IEEE Xplore digital library. 

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Conference Executive Committee
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General Chairs

   George Rouskas, North Carolina State University
   rouskas at ncsu.edu

   Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Institute of Technology,
   itom at ait.edu.gr

Technical Program Chairs

Wireless Communications, Networks and Systems Symposium

  Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University
  wwang at eos.ncsu.edu

Optical Communications, Networks and Systemps Symposium

  Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York
  habib at ccny.cuny.edu

  Mario Pickavet, Ghent University - IBBT
  mario.pickavet at intec.ugent.be

Internet Technologies Symposium

  Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University
  fahmy at cs.purdue.edu
  G. Manimaran, Iowa State University
  gmani at iastate.edu

Workshops Chair

  Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, U. Arizona
  srini at ece.arizona.edu

Panels Chair

  Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC
  gigi at mcnc.org

Finance Chair

  Karen Decker, ICST
  karen at icst.org 

Publications Chair

  Shiwen Mao, Auburn University
  smao at ieee.org

Publicity Chair

  Arunita Jaekel, University of Windsor
  arunita at uwindsor.ca

Corporate Sponsorships Chair

  Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University
  dutta at csc.ncsu.edu

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Steering Committee
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  Imrich Chlamtac, Chair, CreateNet, Italy
  chlamtac at create-net.it

  Krishna Sivalingam, Co-Chair, U. of Maryland, Baltimore County
  krishna at umbc.edu

  Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech
  thou at vt.edu

  Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology 
  itom at ait.edu.gr

  Brain J. Bigalke (Staff Liaison), IEEE Communications Society 



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