Call for Submissions on Intelligent Optical Networking in IEEE Communications Magazine

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

This is the Final Call for Papers for a Feature Topic on 
Neywork Intelligence in Optical Networks scheduled to appear 
in IEEE Communications Magazine in September '2001 Issue.

It would provide a collection of papers aiming at different 
aspects of building Intelligence in Optical Networks. Few of 
them identified are:
- Service based Next Generation Networks 
- Optical Services considered for being delivered in these 
  networks
- Optical service creation, delivery using network intelligence
- Network Management and Control in current and next 
  generation networks
- Alternatives to Network Intelligence like IN concepts, 
  SoftSwitch concepts, Active Networks and Programmable Networks
- Intelligent Access Networks (Intelligent Local Loops)

The acceptance of the papers would be subject to reviews by 
editorial board and its members and other experts whom they 
identify. 

Schedule (Planned for Sep. 2001):
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Manuscripts Due: 15th Jan. 2001
Acceptance Notification: 1st April 2001
Final Revised Manuscripts due: !st June 2001
Manuscripts to Publisher: 1st July 2001

Submission Guidelines:
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Please submit your papers to Guest Editor, Anant Kumar Jain 
via email at (akjain@lucent.com).

Please visit the following web page for submission guidelines:
http://www.comsoc.org/~ci/sub_guidelines.html

Best regards,

Anant Kumar Jain
978-960-6064
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This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/EEE/Management research 
group on networks at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 
New zealand, and anybody else interested in research in this area

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		Associate Professor  Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
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