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CFP: 8th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2002) on "Management Solutions for the New Communications World", April 15-19, 2002, in Florence, Italy


                            NOMS 2002
        "Management Solutions for the New Communications World"

                        April 15-19, 2002
                         Florence, Italy

                     http://www.noms.org/2002

                        Call for Papers
                            4-25-01

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The 8th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS
2002)
will be held on April 15-19 2002 in Florence, Italy. The symposium is
sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society's Technical Committee on
Network Operations and Management (CNOM), with technical co-sponsorship
from
the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working
Group
6.6 on Network Management.

NOMS and the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network
Management (IM) are the premier technical conferences in the area of
network
and systems management and operations. Held in the even-numbered years
since
1988, NOMS 2002 will continue the well-established tradition of NOMS and
IM
as the primary forum for technical exchanges for the research,
standards,
development, systems integrator, service providers, and user
communities.

Following this symposium's theme "Management Solutions for the New
Communications World", NOMS 2002 will present the latest approaches and
technical solutions in the area of network operations and management. An
exciting, peer-reviewed program of technical sessions, tutorials, and
vendor
exhibits will address the ever-increasing interest in overall management
solutions for all types of communications and computing networks,
systems,
services and enterprise applications.

Authors are invited to submit technical papers, as well as proposals for
tutorials, panel discussions, poster presentations, and
birds-of-a-feather
sessions (informal discussion groups) in the following suggested topic
areas:

Management Frameworks and Architectures
* Emerging Technologies and Frameworks for Management Systems
(Web, XML, DEN, Agents, etc.)
* "Plug-n-Play" Components-Based Network Management Architectures
* B2B Solutions for SP-to-SP OSS Interconnection
* Distributed Management and Scalability Issues
* Merging of Control and Management Planes
* Frameworks for Scalable, QoS-aware and Configurable Services

Management Paradigms, Models and Solutions
* Quality of Service Management
* Network and Systems Monitoring
* Intelligent Alarm Correlation, Filtering, and Trouble Shooting
* Active and Programmable Networks
* Mobile and Intelligent Agents
* Policy-Driven Management

Topics Related to Operational Challenges:
* Changing Business Requirements on Service and Network Management
* Dynamic Service Requirements and Network Management
* Knowledge-Based Proactive Customer Care and Workforce Management
* Process Engineering for Operators' Service and Network Management
* ASP Approach to Third Party Network Management Solutions
* Integration and Testing of Commercial off-the-Shelf Products

Management of Emerging Networking Technologies
* Optical Networks, Lambda Switching, DWDM
* Video and Broadband Cable Networks
* Wireless Broadband Networks: Fixed Wireless Access, 2.5G, 3G, and
Beyond
* IP Networks and Services, Telephony over Packet, Transition from IPv4
to
IPv6
* Ad-Hoc Networks and Networks Supporting Pervasive Computing
* "Soft" Networks (Soft-Switch, MSF, Parlay, OSA, etc.) and Level 4
Switching
* Content Delivery Networks

Service Management:
* Transaction-Oriented Services
* E-Commerce, M-commerce, Supply Chain Management
* Management Aspects of Service Pricing and Accounting
* Service Level Agreements and Bandwidth Trading
* Customer-Based End-to-End Performance Monitoring
* Content Hosting & Delivery* * * * * *

Other topics relevant to management are also welcome. We particularly
encourage papers from industry on case studies and experiences that
emphasize lessons learned.

Technical Papers and Posters
Papers are to be written in English. Submissions for the paper sessions
must
include full, unpublished papers, which are not under review in any
other
conference or journal. They should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages.
Submissions for the poster program should contain an extended abstract
of
3-5 pages. All submissions will be carefully reviewed by at least three
experts and returned to the author(s) with comments to ensure high
quality.
The final papers and poster descriptions will be included in the widely
distributed, hardbound Symposium Proceedings published by IEEE.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION IS REQUIRED. Authors are requested to submit
papers
and poster contributions in PDF or Postscript format via the Web.
Submission
instructions, which can be found at www.noms.org/2002/submission.html.
Specific questions regarding the technical program should be directed to
one
of the Technical Program Co-Chairs:

Rolf Stadler
Columbia University
500 W 120th Street
1312 Seeley W. Mudd Bldg.
New York, NY 10027-6699
stadler@ctr.columbia.edu

Mehmet Ulema
Mercury Corporation
New Jersey R&D Center
1715 Highway 35 North, Suite 302
Middletown, NJ 07748, USA
m.ulema@ieee.org

Student Grants
A limited number of stipends will be available to students who are
unable to
obtain funding to attend the symposium. Students whose papers are
accepted
and who will present the paper themselves are encouraged to apply if
such
assistance is needed. Please also note that, in addition, a limited
number
of IEEE Student Travel Grants may be available for student authors from
outside Europe who will be presenting papers.

Tutorials
Information on suggested topics and guidelines for proposals can be
found
at: www.noms.org/2002/tutorials.html.
Proposals for tutorials should be submitted to the Tutorial Chair:
Christian Rad, AT&T, crad@att.com
Deadline for Receipt of Proposals: August 15, 2001

Panels
Guidelines for proposals can be found at:
www.noms.org/2002/panels.html.
Proposals for Panel Sessions should be submitted to the Panels Chair:
David Milham, BT, dave.milham@bt.com
Deadline for Receipt of Proposals: August 15, 2001

Birds of a Feather (BOF) Sessions
Proposals for BOF Sessions should be submitted to the BOF Chair:
Gabriel Jakobson, Verizon, gabe.jakobson@verizon.com.
Deadline for Receipt of Proposals: August 15, 2001

Vendor Program
The Symposium offers vendors the opportunity to demonstrate their
network
and systems management products to leaders and innovators from around
the
world. Various levels of participation are available. Vendors interested
in
becoming Symposium Sponsors or participating in the showcase should
contact
the Patrons Chair:
Clotilde Canepa Fertini - IIC, iic.istcomge@interbusiness.it

Important Dates
August 1, 2001		Deadline for receipt of paper and poster submissions
August 15, 2001		Deadline for receipt of proposals for tutorials,
panels,
and BOFs
November 1, 2001	Notification of acceptance mailed
January 15, 2002 		Final camera-ready manuscripts due

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General co-Chairs
Enrico Bagnasco - Telecom Italia Lab, enrico.bagnasco@tilab.com
Veli Sahin - Marconi Communications, veli.sahin@marconi.com

Technical Program co-Chairs
Rolf Stadler - Columbia University, stadler@ctr.columbia.edu
Mehmet Ulema - Mercury Corporation, ulema@mercurynj.com

Panels Chair
David Milham - BT, dave.milham@bt.com

Posters&BoF Chair
Gabriel Jakobson - Verizon, gabe.jakobson@verizon.com

Tutorials Chair
Christian Rad - AT&T, crad@att.com

Special Events Chair
Maurizio Decina - Milano Politechnic University, decina@cefriel.it

Finance Chair
Salah Aidarous - NEC America, SAidarous@necam.com
Finance vice-Chair
Gianpaolo Balboni - Telecom Italia Lab, gianpaolo.balboni@tilab.com

Publicity Chair
Guido Bruno-Telecom Italia Lab, guido.bruno@tilab.com

Local Arrangement Chair
Clotilde Canepa Fertini - IIC, iic.istcomge@interbusiness.it

International Liaisons
North America: Cengiz Akgun - Telcordia Technologies,
cakgun@telcordia.com
Latin America: Carlos B. Westphall - USFC, westphal@lrg.ufsc.br
Europe, Middle East & Africa: Thomas Magedanz - IKV++, magedanz@ikv.de
Asia & Pacific: Masayoshi Ejiri - FUJITSU, ejiri@jp.fujitsu.com

IEEE Communications Society Coordinator
Gayle Weisman, IEEE ComSoc-g.weisman@comsoc.org


ADVISORY BOARD
Branislav Meandzija, Motorola, USA (Chair)
Beth Adams, RMG Inc, USA
Seraphin Calo, IBM, USA
Masayoshi Ejiri, Fujitsu, Japan
Shri Goyal, GTE, USA
Heinz-Gerd Hegering, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany
Ken Lutz, Telcordia Technologies, USA
J. Scott Marcus, Genuity, USA
Jong-Tae Park, Kyungpook National University, Korea
George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK
Roberto Saracco, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy
Morris Sloman, Imperial College, UK
Bert Wijnen, Lucent, USA
Makoto Yoshida, NTT-AT, Japan
Wolfgang Zimmer, GMD-FIRST, Germany
Doug Zuckerman, Telcordia Technologies, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE
Doug Zuckerman, Telcordia Technologies, USA (Chair for NOMS events)
Wolfgang Zimmer, GMD-FIRST, Germany (Chair for IM events)
Branislav Meandzija, Motorola, USA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to include)
Nikos Anerousis, VoiceMate, USA
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
Marcus Brunner, NEC, Germany
Alexander Clemm, Cisco Systems, USA
Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany
Metin Feridun, IBM Research, Switzerland
Olivier Festor, LORIA-INRIA Lorraine, France
German Goldszmidt, IBM Research USA
Jane Hall, GMD Focus, Germany
Jim Hardwicke, BTexaCT, UK
Joseph Hellerstein, IBM Research, USA
James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea
Cynthia S. Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Gautam Kar, IBM Research, USA
Ryutaro Kawamura, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan
Alexander Keller, IBM Research, USA
Barcin Kozbe, Ericsson, USA
Lundy Lewis, Aprisma Management Technologies, USA
Antonio Liotta, University of Surrey, UK
Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK
Manu Malek, Lucent Bell Labs, USA
Ian W. Marshall, BTexaCT, UK
Subrata Mazumdar,  Avaya Labs Research, USA
Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Dan Raz, Technion, Israel
Juergen Schoenwaelder, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
Adarshpal Sethi, University of Delaware, USA
Joan Serrat, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Burkhard Stiller, ETH, Switzerland
John Strassner, Cisco Systems, USA
Christian Tschudin, Uppsala University, Sweden
Robert Weihmayer, Verizon, USA
Nikos Anerousis, VoiceMate, USA
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
Marcus Brunner, NEC, Germany
Graham Chen, CiTR, Australia
Alexander Clemm, Cisco Systems, USA
Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany
Metin Feridun, IBM Research, Switzerland
Olivier Festor, LORIA-INRIA Lorraine, France
German Goldszmidt, IBM Research USA
Jane Hall, GMD Focus, Germany
Jim Hardwicke, BT, UK
Heinz-Gerd Hegering, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany
Joseph Hellerstein, IBM Research, USA
James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea
Cynthia S. Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Gautam Kar, IBM Research, USA
Ryutaro Kawamura, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan
Alexander Keller, IBM Research, USA
Barcin Kozbe, Ericsson, USA
Lundy Lewis, Aprisma Management Technologies, USA
Antonio Liotta, University of Surrey, UK
Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK
Manu Malek, Lucent Bell Labs, USA
Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, ATT Research, USA
Ian W. Marshall, BTexaCT, UK
Subrata Mazumdar,  Avaya Labs Research, USA
Ed Pinnes,Telcordia Technologies,USA
Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Dan Raz, Technion, Israel
Juergen Schoenwaelder, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
Adarshpal Sethi, University of Delaware, USA
Joan Serrat, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Burkhard Stiller, ETH, Switzerland
John Strassner, Cisco Systems, USA
Christian Tschudin, Uppsala University, Sweden
Robert Weihmayer, Verizon, USA

Members of the Organizing Committee, the Advisory Board and the Steering
Committee are also part of the Technical Program Committee.
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