Subject: CNDS 2000 CfP

From: "Robert P. Simon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:36:35 -0400 (EDT)

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                             CALL FOR PAPERS

    The Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS) presents:

             COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
                   MODELING AND SIMULATION CONFERENCE

                          January 23-27, 2000

                          Catamaran Resort Hotel 
                          San Diego, California

    Part of the 2000 SCS Western Multiconference on Computer Simulation

        The purpose of this conference is to serve as a forum for the exchange
of ideas, among researchers from around the world, about the design and  
performance of computer systems, network architectures, and communications 
protocols in parallel and distributed environments.  This conference grew out
of the urgent need to understand these systems as they became more complex.

        The paper sessions are designed to promote discussion of
concepts, methodology, and results between authors and the
audience. The structure of the conference is designed to provide for a
high degree of collegiality and continuity in the discussions of the
various topics presented during the week.  In addition to technical
sessions of contributed paper presentations, the conference, in
conjunction with the Western Simulation Multiconference (WMC), will
offer invited presentations, vendor presentations, and exhibits.

        Original technical papers, addressing all aspects of analysis, design,
modeling, and performance evaluation of communication networks and distributed
systems, are solicited for presentation at the conference and publication in
the conference proceedings. Topics of interest include: 

 * Network Architectures
 * High Speed Networks, ATM
 * Interconnection Networks
 * Wireless Networks
 * Distributed Systems
 * Mobile Computing
 * Multimedia Systems
 * Real-time Systems
 * Video-on-Demand Systems
 * Distributed Database Systems
 * Fault-tolerant Systems
 * Memory Systems
 * Operating Systems
 * File and I/O Systems
 * Web-based Computing

IMPORTANT DATES:

September 10th, 1999           Paper Submission Deadline.
October 11th, 1999             Acceptance Notification.
November 5th, 1999             Camera Ready Copies Due Date.

       Authors are requested to submit five copies (in English) of
their manuscripts to the Program Chair.  Papers can also be submitted
electronically to [email-masked] or directly deposited by anonymous
ftp at ftp.cs.gmu.edu:/pub/WMC_Conf/Paper-Deposit.  Submitted files
must be in PostScript format with all figures and tables included.
Only papers which have not been previously published or presented
should be submitted.

       All submissions will be fully refereed for accuracy, technical content,
and relevance.  Papers should be limited to 20 double-spaced pages (at most
6 single-spaced pages for the camera-ready version).  The authors should
prepare a single page which includes authors names, title, affiliation,
abstract, and a contact person information (complete address, email, phone,
and fax). Accepted papers will appear in the Conference's Proceedings to be
published by the Society for Computer Simulation.  An award will be presented
to the best paper presented at WMC'00.  Authors of top papers will also
be encouraged to submit a follow-on paper to the International Journal in
Computer Simulation.  Authors must obtain employer, client, or government
releases prior to submittal of the final manuscript.

      General Chair                               Program Chair 

Prof. Taieb Znati                            Prof. Robert Simon
Computer Science Department                  Computer Science Department 
University of Pittsburgh                     George Mason University
Pittsburgh, PA 15260                         Fairfax, VA  22030
U.S.A.                                       U.S.A.

Phone:  +1(412)624-8417                      Phone:  +1(703)993-1556
FAX:    +1(412)624-8854                      FAX:    +1(703)993-1710
E_Mail: [email-masked]                    E_Mail: [email-masked]

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Osman Balci, Virginia Tech
Simonetta Balsamo, University of Udine
Sujata Banerjee  University of Pittsburgh 
Sourav Bhattacharya, Arizona State
Tien-Fu Chen, National Chung Cheng University
Samir R. Das, UT San Antonio
Patrick W. Dowd, UMCP, [email-masked]
Jason Yi-Bing Lin, NCTU
Karen Lentz, Tufts
Gabor Lencse, Technical University of Budapest
Robert Macredie, Brunel University
Danny Mennasce, George Mason University
Rami Melhem, University of Pittsburgh
Stephen Pink, University of Arizona 
Mark Pullen, George Mason University
Vernon Rego, Purdue University
Livio Ricciulli, SRI
Hamid Sharif, University of Nebraska
Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota
Gary S. H. Tan, National University of Singapore
Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska
George Zobrist, Univ. of Misouri-Rolla

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Prof. Robert Simon
Computer Science Department
George Mason University 
Fairfax, VA  22030
U.S.A.
Phone:  +1(703)993-1556
FAX:    +1(703)993-1710
E_Mail: [email-masked]