Call for Papers

ARACNE 2000

International Workshop on

Approximation and Randomized Algorithms in Communication Networks

15 July 2000

Geneva, Switzerland


The Approximation and Randomized Algorithms in Communication Networks - ARACNE 2000 - will collocate with ICALP 2000 at the Computer Science Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland on July 15, 2000.

SCOPE

The dramatic growth in number of powerful, easy-to-use, portable, and affordable computers, combined with globally accessible communication networks, has resulted in a large and growing user community which demands for sophisticated communication services. The realization of high-speed, high-performance, cost-effective, reliable and transparent networking requires new approaches, based on sophisticated algorithmic techniques. The workshop on Approximation and Randomized Algorithms in Communication Networks focusses on the exploitation of randomized and approximation techniques to obtain efficient solutions to these new issues arising in the area of communication networks.

TOPICS

Papers are solicited in all research areas related to approximation and randomized algorithms in communication networks, including, but not limited to:

* Efficient access to optical bandwidth
* Efficient collective information in optical trunk networks
* Bandwidth routing on demand
* Routing and collective communication in networks
* Location management of mobile users
* Frequency assignment in radio networks
* Dynamic channel assignment
* ATM network layout
* Routing in satellite constellations
* Scheduling with communication delays
* Wavelength routing and allocation in optical networks
* Time and resource constrained scheduling of call requests
* Edge disjoint paths in communication networks
* Scheduling in computer systems

PUBLICATION

Proceedings will be published by Carleton University Press in a single volume including all papers presented to satellite workshops of ICALP 2000.

A special issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics will be devoted to selected papers presented to the Workshop.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Electronic submissions are solicited. Authors are invited to submit their papers by sending an email containing a standard PostScript file to:

aracne2000@dia.unisa.it
Subject: SUBMISSION

by April 2nd, 2000. Please provide the following data in the body of the mail:

TITLE:
AUTHOR(s):
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR (email):

Submissions should consists of an extended abstract describing original research in no more than 10 pages plus an optional appendix, with more details to be read/consulted at the discretion of the program committee. The submission should give the author's email address and fax number if available.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed except to ICALP2000 with the understanding that if the paper is accepted to ICALP2000 then the paper will have to be withdrawn from ARACNE 2000 immediately by sending an email message to uv@dia.unisa.it.
It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the workshop.


IMPORTANT DATES

* Submissions: April 2nd, 2000 (Deadline extended)
* Notification: 24 April, 2000
* Camera ready: 4 May, 2000
* Workshop: July 15, 2000

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS OF ACCEPTED PAPERS

Please see the Carleton Scientific website for details on preparation of files for submission to the proceedings publication. We require a LaTeX source file from each author, which will be used to re-typeset the entire book in a consistent style and the ps file. The files can be submitted to us, in separate emails, at the address aracne2000@dia.unisa.it. Please make sure that the paper respects the 10 page limit.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

K. Jansen (Kiel)
U. Vaccaro (Salerno)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

A. Bar-Noy (AT&T and Tel Aviv)
J.-C. Bermond (Sophia Antipolis)
A. Clementi (Rome)
A. Ferreira (Sophia Antipolis)
L. Gargano (Salerno)
C. Kaklamanis (Patras)
A. Pelc (Hull)
J. Rolim (Geneva)
P. Spirakis (Patras)
E. Tardos (Cornell)
P. Widmayer (Zurich)


INVITED SPEAKERS

Anthony Ephremides, (University of Maryland)