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 na CALL FOR PAPERS ry 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.