------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers The Third IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'98) Athens, Greece June 30--July 2, 1998 Sponsored by IEEE Communic. Society and IEEE Computer Society(*) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cs.bu.edu/ftp/amass/ISCC/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The fast growing convergence between communications and computer technologies is having an increasingly profound impact on information and networking systems. This third annual event will provide a technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the areas listed below. You are invited to submit a full paper, or a proposal for a panel, invited session, or tutorial, related to the following topics: - High Speed Networks, ATM/SONET/SDH - Multimedia Networking, Services and Applications - Intelligent Networks and Network Planning - Optical Systems and Networks - Network Interoperability and Internetworking - Internet Services - Electronic Commerce - Mobile Communications and Nomadic Computing - Wireless Networks - Access Networks - Satellite Communications - Simulation, Modeling, and Performance Evaluation - Network Management and Operations - Control and Optimization Methods for Communication Systems and Networks - Network Reliability and Quality of Service - Signal Processing in Communications and Networking - Distributed Systems - Software Engineering - Fault Tolerant Systems - Security, Privacy and Information Access - Computer Systems and Applications - Intelligent Highway Please send four copies of your original paper (not to exceed 20 double-spaced pages) to reach either Technical Program Co-Chair at the addresses below by November 1, 1997. Keywords should be included. The paper should clearly indicate the complete postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as the phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. Prof. Hussein Mouftah Tech Program Co-Chair, ISCC'98 Department of Electrical Engineering Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 3N6 Tel: +1 (613) 545-2934 Fax: +1 (613) 545-6615 mouftah@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca Dr. Jeffrey E. Wieselthier Tech Program Co-Chair, ISCC'98 Code 5521 Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Ave. SW Washington, DC 20375 USA Tel: +1 (202) 767-3043 Fax: +1 (202) 767-1191 wieselthier@itd.nrl.navy.mil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Important Dates: - November 1, 1997: Paper submission deadline - February 15, 1998: Notifications of acceptance mailed to authors - March 15, 1998: Final camera-ready manuscripts due. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Chair: - P. A. Probst, Swiss Telecom, Switzerland Vice-chair: - H. Mouftah, Queens Univ, Canada. Steering Committee: - H. Abdel-Wahab, Old Dominion Univ, USA - T. N. Saadawi, City Univ of N.Y., USA - M. H. Sherif, AT&T Labs, France - G. Stassinopoulos, Nat Tech Univ of Athens, Greece - A. Tantawy, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., USA Technical Program Commitee: - H. Mouftah, Queens Univ, Canada, (Co-Chair) - J. E. Wieselthier, Naval Res Lab, USA, (Co-Chair) - H. Afifi, ENST-Bertagne, France - J. Ash, AT&T Labs, USA - D. Baker, Naval Research Lab, USA - J. Baras, Univ of Maryland, USA - E. Chong, Purdue University, USA - I. Cidon, Technion, Israel - P. Constantinou, Nat Tech Univ of Athens, Greece - M. Daneshmand, AT&T Labs, USA - M. Elhadidi, Cairo Univ, Egypt - S. Elkhamy, Alexandria Univ, Egypt - A. Elrefaie, HP Labs, USA - M. Elsayed, AT&T Labs, USA - A. Ephremides, Univ of Maryland, USA - J. Garcia-Luna, Univ of CA, Santa Cruz, USA - E. Geraniotis, University of Maryland, USA - J. Gluck, US Patent & Trademark Office, USA - B. Hajek, University of Illinois, USA - J. Hayes, Concordia University, Canada - C. Kroell, European Space Agency, Germany - M. Malek, Lucent Technologies, USA - K. Maly, Old Dominion Univ, USA - I. Moskowitz, Naval Research Lab, USA - M. Nassar, AT&T Labs, USA - C. Perkins, Sun Microsystems, USA - A. Pitsillides, Univ of Cyprus, Cyprus - M. Pursley, Clemson University, USA - A. Saleh, AT&T Research, USA - C. Savolaine, AT&T Labs, USA - M. Sidi, Technion, Israel - E. Sykas, Nat Tech Univ of Athens, Greece - A. Tantawi, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., USA - L. Tassiulas, University of Maryland, USA - M. Theologou, Nat Tech Univ of Athens, Greece - S. Thome, ENST-Paris, France - N. Zervos, Lucent Technologies, USA Registration & Finance Co-Chairs: - A. Elmaghraby, Univ of Louisville, USA - R. Ammar, Univ of Connecticut, USA - M. H. Fallah, Lucent Technologies, USA Local Committee - G. Stassinopoulos, NTU of Athens, Greece (Chair) - P. Constantinou, NTU of Athens, Greece - V. Daskalou, AUEB, Greece Tutorials Committee - H. Akhtar, AT&T Labs, USA (Chair) - W. Makky, FAA, USA - E. Sykas, Nat Tech Univ of Athens, Greece Publicity Committee - A. Heddaya, Boston University, USA (Chair) - S. El Hennaoui, ENST, France - N. Pavlidou, AUTH, Greece - K. Shenawy, AAST, Egypt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Technical Committee on Simulation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference history - First ISCC, June 27-29 1995, Alexandria, Egypt - Second ISCC, July 1-3 1997, Alexandria, Egypt - Third ISCC, June 30-July 2 1998, Athens, Greece ------------------------------------------------------------------------