CHANTS 2010 - Fifth Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2010)

Fifth Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS 2010)

September 2010, Chicago, USA

Challenged networks comprise those situations where communication is
desired, but traditional internet protocol architectures fail to provide
it effectively. Such networks may be characterized by a heterogeneous
mix of nodes, nodal churn, and widely varying network conditions.
Common examples of challenged networks include high delay environments
such as inter-planetary networks, limited power environments such as
sensor and wildlife monitoring networks, and communication in settings
that lack infrastructure such as rural and remote areas, and military
battlefields. Challenged networks may also be found in everyday
settings, when access to traditional infrastructure is restricted,
expensive, overly complex, or rapidly changing. The goal of the
challenged network engineer is to design and implement systems for
effective and efficient communication in this diverse range of conditions.

This workshop builds on the success of the four previous CHANTS
workshops, and WDTN 2005. CHANTS provides an ideal venue for
researchers and engineers to present cutting-edge work and results in
the field of challenged networks. The workshop solicits papers and
demos addressing the following topics:

* Delay/disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs)

* Architecture, design, implementation, and evaluation of

communication systems for challenged networks

* Case studies involving real challenged network solutions in

various stages of development or use

* Analysis and characterization of challenged networks and protocols

* Applications in challenged networks

* Configuration, management, and monitoring of challenged networks

* Security concerns and solutions in challenged networks

* Test and simulation tools for evaluating challenged network systems

* Applications challenged networking techniques to communication in

daily life

Selected papers will be forward-looking, will describe their
relationship to existing work, and will have impact and implications for
ongoing or future research. In addition, demos have been an integral
part of CHANTS. Paper authors who can also run a demo of their work are
encouraged to do so. In exceptional cases, where live demos are simply
not practical to present, poster or video presentations of practical
results are acceptable.

Tentative Dates:

Submission Deadline May 2010
Acceptance Notification June 2010
Workshop September 2010

Co-chairs:

Pan Hui, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
Brenton Walker, US Dept of Defense

TPC Members:
(tbd)

Steering Committee:

Kevin Fall, Intel Research Berkeley (chair)
Kevin Almeroth, UC-Santa Barbara
Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech
Christophe Diot, Thomson Research
Deborah Estrin, UC-Los Angeles
Jörg Ott, Helsinki University of Technology
James Scott, Microsoft Research Cambridge

Best Regards,

Brenton Walker and Pan Hui