Subject: Call for chapters -- Handbook of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems

From: Sudip Misra <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:14:37 -0700 (PDT)

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Call for Chapters

HANDBOOK OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED
SYSTEMS

To be published by: World Scientific (Singapore)
http://www.worldscientific.com/

Website:http://www.scs.ryerson.ca/~iwoungan/Call%20for%20Chapters_Communication%20Networks.pdf

Communication networks and distributed system
technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The
last few years have experienced a steep growth in
research on different aspects in these areas. Even
though these areas hold great promises for our future,
there are several challenges that need to be
addressed. This handbook aims to provide a
comprehensive guide on emerging and matured ideas and
results on different topics in communication networks
and distributed systems. It will be a valuable
reference for students, instructors, researchers,
engineers and strategists in this field. Areas of
interest include, but are not limited to:
•	Network and Information Security
•	Network Architecture
•	Mobile Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks
•	Mobile Computing
•	Network Protocol Design and Analysis
•	Protocol Verification and Validation
•	Network Testing
•	Network Management
•	Reliability and Fault Tolerance 
•	Multimedia Networking
•	Quality of Service
•	Routing and Traffic Engineering
•	Web Services
•	Network Programming
•	Grid Computing
•	Cluster Computing
•	Real-Time and Embedded Systems
•	Internet Computing

Editors:

Sudip Misra (Corresponding Editor)
Department of Computer Science
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
E-mail: [email-masked]

Subhas C. Misra
Department of Management Science & Systems
State University of New York – Buffalo 
Buffalo, NY, USA
E-mail: [email-masked]

Isaac Woungang
Department of Computer Science
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON, Canada
E-mail: [email-masked]

Submission Details: 

High quality contributions ideally between 7,500 to
12,500 words that are not yet published or that are
not currently under review are sought. Chapters on
both emerging and matured topics are acceptable. The
editors intend to integrate all the chapters in the
book in a manner which can render it as a
supplementary reference book or a textbook for use in
courses on networks and distributed systems.
Therefore, while all types of contributions will be
considered for review, good survey and tutorial style
manuscripts on a particular topic within the scope of
communication networks and distributed systems will be
of particular interest. The chapters submitted should
be written in a manner that will help it for use for
classroom instructional purposes, in addition to their
use by researchers and industry professionals.
Prospective authors are requested to initially submit
as soon as possible (and latest by September 30,
2007), the title and a short abstract of 100-150 words
describing the chapter they intend to submit for
review. Full manuscripts are due by November 30, 2007.
Only MS Word format submissions will be considered.
Each manuscript should compulsorily contain the
following sections (with exact headings) among others
of choice of the authors: introduction, background,
thoughts for practitioners, directions for future
research, conclusions and references. Also, at the end
of the chapter, a list of 10 terminologies/keywords
and their definitions, and a set of 10 questions and
their sample answers/solutions that would help the
potential readers of the chapter to test their
understanding of the concepts should also be provided.
Later on authors of selected chapters might also be
requested to provide 25-30 PowerPoint slides on their
chapter that can be used for teaching in the
classrooms. Submission of an interest for contribution
of a chapter would imply the readiness of the
author(s) to submit the full manuscript by the due
date and to publish the chapter in the book, if
selected. Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the
corresponding author will be sent guidelines for
preparing the camera-ready copy of the chapter.
Authors of accepted chapters would also be required to
sign an agreement of copyright transfer and an
originality statement for the publisher. Note: Authors
of submitted papers might be contacted to personally
review or get reviewed at least two chapters submitted
for consideration in this book. The authors would be
expected to help in reviewing.

Important Dates:

Preliminary Abstract Due: As soon as possible and
latest by September 30, 2007. (Please submit the
preliminary abstract only if you are completely sure
that you would be submitting the full manuscript !!!)
Full Manuscript Due:  November 30, 2007
First Acceptance Notification:  February 29, 2008
Revised Manuscripts Due: March 31, 2008	
Final Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2008
Final Manuscript Due:  May 31, 2008
Publication Date: End of 2008 (tentative)

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