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SIGCOMM'98 seeks papers about significant contributions to the broad field of computer and data communication networks. Authors are invited to submit full papers concerned with both theory and practice. Papers specifically focusing on network infrastructure, management, and distributed application services are particularly encouraged. The areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Distributed application infrastructure paradigms;
• Distributed common application services, middleware protocols, open signaling;
• High-speed networks, routing and addressing;
• IP switching and layer-3 bypass mechanisms;
• Resource sharing, quality of service, multi-media networks, O.S. Support; Heterogeneous interworking, large scale networks;
• Network management; Active network architectures and protocols;
• Experimental results from operational networks, lessons learned from prototype implementations;
• Wireless networking, support for mobile hosts;
• Analysis and design of computer network architectures and algorithms, and Protocol specification, verification, and analysis.

SIGCOMM'98 is a single-track, highly selective conference where successful submissions typically report results firmly substantiated by experiment, implementation, simulation, or mathematical analysis.

The SIGCOMM'98 committee is planning both an excellent technical program and related activities. In addition to the presentation of papers and results, SIGCOMM'98 will offer tutorials by noted instructors on the two days preceding the actual conference. We also plan an evening session where speculative results and outrageous opinions can be presented and discussed.

Papers must be less than 20 double-spaced pages long (formatted for printing in the Proceedings, papers may not be longer than 12 pages), have an abstract of 100-150 words, and be original material that has not been previously published nor is currently under review by another conference or journal.

UPDATED: Important Dates

Abstract submission: 30 January 1998
Full Paper due: 7 Feburary 1998
Tutorial proposals: 27 Feburary 1998
Notification of paper accept: 17 April 1998
Camera ready papers due: 22 May 1998

Authors are encouraged to submit as soon as possible but no later
than Feburary 7th.

All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality and relevance through double-blind reviewing where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors names should not appear in the title page or implicitly in the text or bibliography of the paper. A cover letter is required that identifies the paper title and lists the name, affiliation, telephone/fax numbers, and e-mail address of all authors. Authors of accepted papers will need to sign an ACM copyright release form. The Proceedings of the conference will be published as a special issue of ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. The program committee may also select a few papers for possible publication in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.

Paper submissions should be sent to:
electronic submissions to: SIGCOMM98@dsl.cis.upenn.edu
or to the Program CO-Chair Jonathan Smith at the address listed below.

Five copies are required for printed submissions. Electronic submissions (strongly preferred) should be uuencoded, compressed postscript. Authors should separately e-mail the title, author names and abstract of their paper to the program chairs and identify any special equipment that will be required during its presentation. Due to the high number of anticipated submissions, authors are encouraged to strictly adhere to the submission date.

SIGCOMM'98 will begin with two days of tutorials, each of which is intended to cover a single topic in detail. Proposals are solicited from individuals interested in presenting a tutorial, which may be either a half day (4 hours) or a full day in length and cover topics at an introductory or advanced level. Tutorial submissions should be made to the Tutorial Chair and include an extended abstract and outline (2-4 pages), and an indication of length, objectives, and intended audience.

Student Paper Award:
Papers submitted by students will enter a student-paper award contest. Among the accepted papers, a maximum of four outstanding papers will be awarded full conference registration and a travel grant of $500 US dollars. To be eligible the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. A cover letter must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition.

SIGCOMM AWARD:
The keynote speaker at SIGCOMM '98 will be the 1998 winner of the ACM SIGCOMM Award for lifetime contributions to the field of computer communication. Procedures for nominating candidates for the SIGCOMM Award can be obtained from David C. Wood (wood@NC3a.nato.int)