[e2e] SIGCOMM ATM Retrospective Workshop CfP

[Jon Crowcroft]

Derek McAuley and I apologiez for duplicate copies you receive of
this CfP - however, we would like to bring yr. attention to this
CfP: 
(deadline is end of june; workshop coloc with sigcomm pittsburg late august)
<URL:http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2002/adprog.html>
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                          Retrospective Workshop on
                      Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

          In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Asynchronous Transfer
          Mode(ATM) was the new, exciting protocol. Based on work
          by some of the leading researchers in data
          communications, it progressed from an idea to a standard
          in a very short time, and because of its wide
          applicability, ATM products were built for a wide
          variety of markets.

          Now, a little over a decade later, ATM has settled into
          middle age. It is playing an important role in some
          markets networks, and a niche role in some others.

          This workshop seeks to capture as best we can, some of
          the important lessons or experiences from ATM's history
          to date. The goal of the workshop is to give its
          participants, and the SIGCOMM community (through a
          published workshop report) a greater perspective on how
          promising technologies evolve both in the research
          laboratory and the marketplace.

          Parties interested in participating are asked to submit
          a 3 page position paper on some aspect of ATM's history.
          Potential topics include:

        * The ATM Standards process and how it worked. ATM had an
          interesting standards experience, that was driven partly by
          ITU standards committees and partly through the ATM Forum, a
          vendor-user organization. What were the strengths of these
          standards processes? When did they work well? When did they
          have problems? How would one avoid these problems in the
          future?
        * ATM's experience in different markets. ATM products were sold
          into a wide range of markets from long haul voice carrier
          equipment, to DSLAMs, to local area networks. Why did ATM do
          very well in some markets and poorly in others? How did
          competing technologies respond to ATM's arrival?
        * Technology perpectives on ATM. What were and are ATM's
          strengths? Weaknesses? What technical issues cropped up in
          ATM's development? What lessons does ATM offer for the
          protocol designer of the future?
        * Comparisons of ATM's experience with that of other protocols,
          such as SONET, ISDN or TCP/IP.
        * Submissions from fields such as standards policy, economics,
          and history of science are warmly encouraged.

          Based on the position papers, approximately twenty
          people will be invited to participate in the workshop,
          along with a few invited participants. Note that, due to
          time limits, not all participants will be able to
          present their work, however all position papers will be
          distributed to attendees and there will be ample
          discussion time during the day's sessions. Also, a few
          participants will be invited to expand their position
          papers into full papers to accompany the published
          workshop report.

          White papers (in Postscript or PDF) should be submitted
          via email to sigcomm-atm at acm.org. White papers should
          include a cover page with the name, email and phone
          number of the submitter. The submission deadline is June
          30th.