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        --                I W A N    2 0 0 5                  --
        -- Seventh Annual International Working Conference on --
        --         Active and Programmable Networks           --
        --               November 21-23 2005                  --
        --  Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera, La Cote d'Azur  --
	--                       FRANCE                       --
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        --                  Co-organized by :                 --
        --         INRIA (RESO Team) and HITACHI Europe       --
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        --              http://www.iwan2005.net               --
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                           Call For Papers

Active and programmable networking has, over the past several years,
laid the foundations of providing easy, but robust, introduction of
new network services to devices such as routers and switches by adding
dynamic programmability to network equipment. Network programmability
and service deployment architectures can bring the right services to the
customer at the right time and location. The methods and technologies
explored in active and programmable networking research have helped
to realise the trend towards ad-hoc networks, autonomic computing and
communications, sensor networks and content-aware distribution. Also,
active and programmable networks will continue to play an important role
in future network architectures where the Quality of Service aspects
of performance, security and resilience are crucial. IWAN 2005 brings
together members of various communities using active and programmable
network techniques to address the above challenges, and it provides a
forum for discussion and collaboration involving researchers, developers,
service providers and potential users. We encourage the submission of
papers that cover all aspects of active network based communication,
including foundations of robust languages and security mechanisms, active
transport, active services and service deployment, active terminals,
and active management. In addition, the meeting will focus on relating
active techniques to customer needs and services. It is expected that most
submissions will include proofs of concept and/or quantitative results.
However, we welcome high quality descriptive contributions where the
ideas are particularly novel or where the concepts introduced are likely
to influence the work of others. Authors are invited to submit papers
addressing, but not limited to, the following active and programmable
networking topics:

   * Architectures and new concepts for programmability and
     flexibility in networks
   * Standardization of frameworks
   * Secure and robust network operation
   * Formal descriptions, analysis, and methodologies
   * Self-organizing and self-managing networks
   * Cognitive networks
   * Design and development methodologies and tools
   * Overlay networks
   * Storage in networking
   * Active and programmable technologies for Grids
   * Security within programmable and active frameworks
   * Applications and experiments
   * Service creation, deployment, and management
   * Programmable network elements and devices
   * Network processor platforms
   * Hardware and software platforms for autonomous infrastructures
   * Mobile and ad-hoc networking; mobile platforms
   * Programmability and software radios
   * Content- and context-aware distribution
   * Autonomic programmable networking
   * Building complex systems

Information for Authors:

Submissions should describe original work (not submitted or published
elsewhere) and be 10 single-spaced pages (5,000 words) or less in length.
Submissions should include: title, authors, affiliations, 150 word
abstract, and list of keywords. Identify the author responsible for
correspondence, including the author's name, position, mailing address,
telephone and fax numbers, and email address. The proceedings of the
conference will be published by Springer-Verlag Heidelberg in the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series.
See IWAN2005 web site (http://www.iwan2005.net) for paper uploading
instructions.

Important Dates:

  * July 25, 2005: (deadline extended) Submission of full papers
  * August 22, 2005: Tutorial proposals
  * September 15, 2005: Authors notified of acceptance
  * September 20, 2005: Poster and demonstration submissions
  * October 1, 2005: Revised papers due for inclusion in proceedings
  * November 21 : IWAN05 Tutorial day
  * November 22-23 : IWAN05 Conference days

Organizing Committee:

  * General Chair: David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK 
  * General Co-chair : Akira Maeda, Hitachi, Japan
  * Program Comittee Chairs: Spyros Denazis, Hitachi Europe, France /
    Univ. Patras, Greece - 
    Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France - 
    Gary J. Minden, The University of Kansas, USA
  * Publication Chair: Alessandro Bassi, Hitachi, France
  * Publicity Chair: Jean-Patrick Gelas, INRIA, France -
    Robin Braun, University of Technology of Sydney, Australia
  * Tutorial Chair : Mikhail Smirnov, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
  * Local Arrangements committee : Beatrice Dessus, Hitachi Europe,
    France -  Daniele Herzog, INRIA, France
  * Local Technical Support : Jean-Christophe Mignot, LIP,
    Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France

IWAN 2005 is co-organized by : INRIA (RESO Team) and HITACHI Europe