IEEE LCN 2009 - IEEE LCN 2009 The 34th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)

IEEE LCN 2009
The 34th Annual IEEE Conference on
Local Computer Networks (LCN)
http://www.ieeelcn.org

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society

Zurich, Switzerland
October 20-23, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

LCN invites you to Europe for the third time in its history. The IEEE
LCN conference is
the premier conference on the leading edge of practical computer
networking. During the
last 34 years, it has been the venue of choice for presenting many state
of the art
developments ranging from high-speed local networks to the global
Internet to specialized
sensor networks. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables
effective
interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product
developers.
We encourage you to submit original papers describing research results
or practical
solutions in leading edge topics including, but not limited to:

Ad hoc and sensor networks Adaptive applications
Embedded networks Authentication, authorization,
accounting
High-speed access networks Congestion and flow control
Home and SOHO networks Cross-layer optimization
IPv6 deployment and migration Location-dependent services
Local area networks Mobility management
Optical networks Multimedia and real-time
communication
Overlay networks Network management
Peer-to-peer networks Network reliability and security
Personal and wearable networks Network traffic characterization
Storage area networks Performance
evaluation/engineering
Ubiquitous networking Performance measurement and tuning
Wireless networks Quality-of-Service provisioning

Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation.
Full papers (up to 8 pages, 10 pt font in IEEE 2-column format) should
present
novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers
are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited
to 4 pages in length. Short papers will be presented in a poster format and
published in the proceedings. All papers must include title, complete
contact
information for all authors, abstract, and keywords.

PAPER SUBMISSION:
Submission instructions using the EDAS system will be available at
http://www.ieeelcn.org.
Please direct your questions to the Program Chairs, Mohamed Younis

and Chun Tung Chou .

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper registration deadline: April 6, 2009
Paper submission deadline: April 13, 2009
Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2009
Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2009

WORKSHOPS:
LCN will continue with its tradition of co-located workshops covering
topics of current
interest. Workshop papers will be published in the LCN proceedings.
Information on
workshops, submission deadlines, and all other details will be available at
http://www.ieeelcn.org.

DEMOS:
Proposals are solicited for research and product demonstrations and
exhibits.
Submission instructions will be available at http://www.ieeelcn.org.
Please direct your questions to the Demo Chair, Nils Aschenbruck
.

General Chair:
- Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta
Program Chair:
- Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program Co-Chair:
- Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales
Finance Chair:
- Frank Hubner, AT&T Labs
Publication Chair:
- Tom Pfeifer, TSSG, Waterford IT
Local Arrangements Chair:
- Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich
Workshops Chair:
- Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida
Demo Chair:
- Nils Aschenbruck, University of Bonn
Publicity Chair:
- Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State University
Editorial Liaison Chair:
- Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Sciences and Technology of Lille
Corporate Relations Chair:
- Matthias Frank, University of Bonn
International Advisors:
- Ken Christensen, University of South Florida
- Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales
- Declan O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin
Webmaster:
- Gary Kessler, Champlain College
Standing Committee:
- Joe Bumblis, University of Wisconsin-Stout
- Ken Christensen, University of South Florida
- Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada
- Gary Kessler, Champlain College
- Peter Martini, University of Bonn
- Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich
- Tim Strayer, BBN