LCN 2008
The 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on
Local Computer Networks (LCN)
General Chair:
Matthias Frank,
University of Bonn
Program Chair:
Ehab Elmallah,
University of Alberta
Program Co-Chair:
Mohamed Younis,
University
of Maryland, Baltimore County
Finance Chair:
Frank Hübner,
AT&T Labs
Local Arrangements Chair:
Azzedine Boukerche,
University of Ottawa
Workshops Chair:
Tom Pfeifer, TSSG, Waterford IT
Publication Chair:
Chun Tung Chou,
University of New South Wales
Publicity Chair:
Damla Turgut,
University of Central Florida
Corporate Relations Chair:
Hossam Hassanein,
Queen’s University, Canada
International Advisors:
Burkhard Stiller,
University
of Zürich and ETH Zürich
Ken Christensen,
University of South Florida
Sanjay Jha,
University of New South Wales
Webmaster:
Gary Kessler,
Champlain College
Standing Committee:
Joe Bumblis,
BAE Systems
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 Zürich and ETH Zürich
Tim Strayer,
BBN
Montreal, Canada
October 20-23, 2008
Conference web site:
http://www.ieeelcn.org
Prelimi
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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LCN invites you to Canada for the first time in its history! The IEEE LCN conference is the
premier conference on the leading edge of practical computer networking. LCN is a highly
interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among
researchers, users, and product developers. During 33 years of this conference, major
developments from high-speed local networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor
networks have been reported at this conference. We encourage you to submit original
papers describing research results or practical solutions in leading edge topics. Paper topics
include, but are not limited to:
• Ad hoc & sensor networks
• Adaptive applications
• Embedded networks
• Authentication, authorization, accounting
• High-speed access networks
• Congestion & flow control
• Home and SOHO networks
• Cross-layer optimization
• IPv6 deployment & migration
• Location-dependent services
• Local area networks
• Mobility management
• Optical networks
• Multimedia & real-time communication
• Overlay networks
• Network management
• Network reliability and security
• Peer-to-peer networks
• Network traffic characterization
• Personal and wearable networks
• Performance evaluation/engineering
• Storage area networks
• Performance measurement and tuning
• Ubiquitous networking
• Quality-of-Service provisioning
• Wireless networks
Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the conference. Full
papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE Computer Society 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 2 camera-ready
pages in length. Short papers will be presented in a poster format and are published in the
proceedings. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors,
abstract, and keywords on the cover page.
Paper submission:
Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF. All submission instructions will be posted on
the conference website. Please direct your questions to the program co-chairs, Ehab Elmallah
<ehab@cs.ualberta.ca> and Mohamed Younis <younis@cs.umbc.edu>.
Important dates:
Paper registration deadline: April 7, 2008
Paper submission deadline: April 14, 2008
Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2008
Camera-ready paper due: July 28, 2008
Author registration by: July 28, 2008
Workshops:
A number of workshops will be co-located with the conference. Workshop papers
will be published in the LCN proceedings. Information on workshops, submission
deadlines and all other details will be posted on the conference web site.