[e2e] HotNets-II CFP

[Hari Balakrishnan]

Second Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-II)
November 20-21, 2003
Cambridge, MA USA
http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/HotNets-II

The Second Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-II) will bring
together researchers in the networking and distributed systems
community to debate emerging research directions.  The goal of the
workshop is to promote community-wide discussion of ideas that will
influence and foster continued research in the field.  The workshop
will provide a venue for researchers to present new ideas that have
the potential to significantly impact the community in the long term,
especially those that are architectural or design-oriented in nature.
Each potential participant should submit a short paper describing such
an idea; the paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate
a new solution, or debunk existing work.  Attendance is limited to
around 60 participants, by invitation based primarily on paper
submissions. HotNets is sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM.

HotNets is intended to cover a broad range of technical issues in the
area of networking and distributed systems.  The topics of interest
include, but are by no means limited to:

*Internet architecture, past, present, and future

*Overlay, peer-to-peer, and programmable network infrastructures

*Sensor networks, storage area networks, and other examples of "extreme"
 networking

*Wireless networks, mobility, and pervasive computing

*Network fault-tolerance, reliability, and security

*Network configuration, diagnosis, and resource management

*Novel distributed applications and services, including systems for
 content distribution and real-time media.

*Lessons drawn from failed research, and controversial or disruptive
 topics

*Architectural insights or understanding of network behavior


The selection of HotNets papers will be based primarily on their
potential to influence future research.  This influence can be
exercised in many ways, exemplified by but not limited to the following:

*Describing a novel approach to an old problem that promises to
 influence future research

*Describing a new problem that requires our attention

*Articulating a new perspective about networking and distributed
 systems

*Debunking an old perspective about networking and distributed systems


HotNets papers are often the nascent forms of papers that will
eventually be published, in full-length form, at conferences like ACM
SIGCOMM, SenSys, MobiCom, SOSP and others.  Online copies of the
position papers will be made publicly available via the Web prior to
the workshop.  Proceedings will be distributed at the workshop and
will be made available through ACM's digital library.

Submission Instructions: Position papers must be no longer than 6
pages (10 pt font, 1 inch margins). Only electronic submissions in
PostScript or PDF will be accepted. Submissions must be written in
English, render without error using standard tools (Ghostview or
Acrobat Reader) and print on US-Letter sized paper. All submissions
will be acknowledged within 24 hours of receipt.

Submission information will be posted at:
http://nms.lcs.mit.edu/HotNets-II/



      IMPORTANT DATES:

Submissions due:                              18 July     2003 *(HARD)*
Notification of Acceptance:                    1 October  2003
Camera-ready copy due:                         1 November 2002
Workshop:                                     20 November 2003


 
Program Committee:

        Hari Balakrishnan (MIT) (Co-chair)
        Steve Gribble (U. Washington)
        Mark Handley (UCL)
        Jim Kurose (UMass)
        Nick McKeown (Stanford)
        Scott Shenker (ICSI and UCB) (Co-chair)
        David Tennenhouse (Intel)
        Ellen Zegura (Georgia Tech)
        Hui Zhang (Turin Networks and CMU)