Call for Papers

Compared with other scientific areas such as experimental physics, network research appears significantly less mature concerning methodology. Internet research is affected by models that sometimes are poorly suited to the problem under investigation, by lack of understanding of properties and limitations of the models used, and by tools that have various limitations and that are poorly integrated. While each of the methods analysis, simulation, emulation, testbed experiments and Internet-wide experiments have their own particular strengths and shortcomings, typically only one of these methods is used to investigate a particular problem. Certain weaknesses of the chosen methods can have unwanted implications on the results and deductions made from them. There appears to be insufficient comparison or adjustment between results obtained by different methods. The goal of this workshop is to critically assess the current models, methods and tools for identifying shortcomings of the state-of-the-art, and to discuss approaches for improvements and innovation. The workshop aims for sharing knowledge about how to apply today's tools most successfully, and for generating a common understanding about what is needed for network research to progress more rapidly and to ensure widely reproducible results.

The workshop solicits submissions that improve our understanding of the current state-of-the art, and that help to identify improved models, methods and tools.

Topics of interest could include, but are not limited to:

• Reproducibility of experimental network research
• Investigation of scaling effects
• Common code basis for simulation and implementation
• Mathematical methods for error assessment
• Examples and review of commonly observable mistakes
• Simulation vs. emulation vs. testbed experiments
• Comparison of practical, analytical and theoretical evaluations
• Benchmarking and measurement techniques
• Tools for visualization of network behaviour; usage and assessment of tools
• Generation of realistic network topologies and traffic patterns

Accepted papers will appear in workshop proceedings published by ACM SIGCOMM and will be placed in the ACM Digital Library. Following the workshop, a report on the discussions and conclusions of the workshop will be published.

What and how to submit

The workshop solicits the following types of submissions:

1. Full papers.
2. Position papers on potentially controversial or provocative topics.
3. Tool demonstration papers. These will be presented in a practical session consisting of short presentations combined with live demonstrations of tools. The corresponding papers undergo a review process. For illustration purposes of a tool, it is also possible to submit an online video clip in addition to a papers.

Papers should be no longer than 14 pages; shorter and concise papers are also highly welcome. Papers should not be anonymized. See the submission webpage for full submission requirements. For any questions please contact MoMeTools@tm.uka.de.

Important Dates

Organizers

Program Co-Chairs:

• Georg Carle, University of Tuebingen
• Hartmut Ritter, Freie Universität Berlin
• Klaus Wehrle, ICSI / University of Karlsruhe

Program Committee:

• Joachim Charzinski, Siemens, Germany
• Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, U.K.
• Christophe Diot, Sprint ATL, USA
• Anja Feldmann, University of Munich, Germany
• Sally Floyd, ICSI/ICIR, Berkeley, USA
• Eddie Kohler, ICSI/ICIR, Berkeley, USA
• Jay Lepreau, University of Utah, USA
• Kathleen Nichols, PaketDesign, USA
• Vern Paxson, ICSI/ICIR, Berkeley, USA
• Jennifer Rexford, AT&T Research, USA
• Luigi Rizzo, University of Pisa, Italy
• Jim Roberts, CNET, France Telecom R&D, France
• Ralf Steinmetz, University of Darmstadt, Germany
• Don Towsley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
• Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany