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Gateway to the 21st Century
29 March - 2 April 1998 Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, USA

Call For Papers

Suggested Topics Schedule and Important Dates
Submission Instructions Electronic Submissions Details
Technical Program Chair Student Grants

Authors are invited to submit full papers reporting results, strongly substantiated by mathematical analysis, experiment, implementation, or simulation, in all areas of computer communications and networks; however, more qualitative exploration of important architectural issues is also encouraged. Some specific areas of interest are:

SUGGESTED TOPICS

BISDN and ATM Multimedia Protocols Photonic Switching
Congestion and Admission Control Multimedia Terminals and Systems Protocol Design and Analysis
Distributed Network Algorithms Network Design and Planning Security and Privacy
High-Speed Network Protocols Network Management Switch Architectures
Integrated Control of Networks Network Reliability Testbeds and Measurements
Intelligent Networks Network Signaling and Control Traffic Management
Internetworking Network Standards Video Networking
Lightwave Networks Network Restoration Wireless Networks and Protocols
Multicast/Broadcast Algorithms Personal Communications Systems

SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT DATES

Full Paper Due15 July 1997
Notification of Acceptance31 October 1997
Camera Ready Version of Accepted Paper Due5 January 1998
Conference31 March - 2 April 1998
Tutorials29 - 30 March 1998

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The first page of your paper should contain paper title, author name(s), complete address (telephone, fax, email) for all authors, indication of who is the corresponding author, abstract, followed by key words and optionally one or more areas of interest from the list above. The paper must:
  • be submitted in Postscript Version 2 or later
  • be limited to 20 pages excluding illustrations and no longer than 25 pages (including Figures, Tables and References)
  • be in Single column
  • be in Single or double space (up to the authors)
  • Fit properly on "US Letter" size paper (8.5x11 inches)
  • Reference only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts (i.e., Courier, Times Roman, or Helvetica); other fonts may be used but must be included in the PostScript file.
We strongly encourage electronic submission of manuscripts in Postscript format; detailed instructions are posted at http://www-test1.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/infocom/1998. Hard copy submissions will still be handled on an exception basis, but require explicit permission from the Infocom'98 Technical Program Chair who can be reached at:

STUDENT GRANTS

You may qualify for a Student Travel Grant to defray some of your costs for presenting a paper at this conference. IEEE Communications Society will award a limited number of Student Travel Grants to full-time students who represent their accepted papers at INFOCOM '98. Detailed instructions for a student grant application will be posted on this site at a later date.

14 July; © 1997 IEEE; Prepared by Ramesh Nagarajan