The CNDS'98 Website

ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS

The 1998 Conference on Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation

January 11-14, 1998

part of the

1998 Western MultiConference

Catamaran Resort Hotel - San Diego, California

WMC

Sponsored by
The Society for Computer Simulation International
Phone: (619) 277-3888; Fax: (619) 277-3930
e-mail: wmc98@scs.org; http://www.scs.org

Call for Papers

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 also provides for a 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:

Networks Architectures
High Speed Networks, ATM
Interconnection Networks
Wireless Networks
Distributed Systems
Mobile Computing
Multimedia Systems
Real-time Systems
Database Systems
Fault-tolerant Systems
Computer Architecture
Memory Systems
Operating Systems
File and I/O Systems

The other conferences within WMC'98 shall cover the following topics:

IMPORTANT DATES:

August 30, 1997 Paper Submission Deadline.
September 20, 1997 Acceptance Notification.
October 31, 1997 Camera Ready Copies Due Date.

Authors are requested to submit five copies (in English) of their manuscripts to: Taieb Znati. Papers can also be submitted electronically to znati@cs.pitt.edu or directly deposited by anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.pitt.edu:/pub/WMC_Conf/Paper-Deposit. Submitted files must be in PostScript format with all figures and tables included, as created on Unix systems by:


          cat paper.ps | compress | uuencode paper.ps.Z > paper.uue

or in most other environments by the 'print to file' command with the PostScript output format option. 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'98. 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: Lionel M. Ni
Program Chair: Taieb Znati

Further Information:

For additional information, please send mail to Znati@cs.pitt.edu or contact Taieb Znati by phone: +1(412)624-8417, or fax: +1(412)624-8854. Updated conference announcement and information are accessible by anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.pitt.edu:/pub/WMC_Conf or by directly accessing the conference home page at http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~cellier/cnds_98.html.

SCS links: