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  • From: Walid BEN-AMEUR <walid.benameur@int-evry.fr>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 23:11:32 +0100
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Call for Papers:

INOC2003 - International Network Optimization Conference
October 27-29, 2003  Evry/Paris, France 

http://www.int-evry.fr/INOC2003

Organized by INT (Institut National des Télécommunications, France)
and CNRS/SAMOVAR (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Sponsored by :
 INFORMS (Section on Telecommunications), 
GET (Groupe des Ecoles des Télécommunications) 
France Telecom R&D 
ITC (international Teletraffic congress)
ROADEF (the french operation research society)

+++Scope+++

Information sciences and communication technologies are increasingly
both a main focus and a major application of well-established 
as well as emerging theories and techniques. 
Examples are Operations Research, Graph Theory and Queueing Theory, in
addition to Stochastic Search, to state just a few.
The aim of this conference is to bring together people from those
disciplines with a main focus on network optimization. 
Special attention will be given to the latest technologies and to the
challenges encountered therein.

+++Topics+++

Topics include, but are not limited to :

-Issues : Clustering, Routing, Scheduling, Nomadicity/Mobility,
Network Models, Network Performance, Network loading, Location,
Traffic Engineering, Frequency Assignment, Information Retrieval,
Network Planning, Pricing, Survivability, Reliability,
Uncertainty, Resources Allocation, Topological Design, Multi-layer
Networks, Cryptography, Quality of service, online problems
-Tools : Distributed Algorithms, Graph Theory, Queueing Theory,
Operations Research, Soft Computing, Integer Programming, Non-linear
Programming, Measurement Techniques, Metaheuristics, Stochastic
Models, Evolutionary Computation, Simulated
Annealing, Taboo Search, Simulation, Approximation algorithms
-Technologies : IP Networks, MPLS, TCP, Mobiles(3G,4G), ATM, Adhoc
Networks, Wireless, Lower Layers, SONET/SDH, Optical Networks,
Multimedia, World Wide Web

+++Important dates+++

Short Paper submission deadline:                 April 25, 2003
Notification of acceptance:                      July 14, 2003
Long Paper submission (optional):                August 16, 2003 
Submission of camera-ready short papers:         August 16, 2003 
Deadline for early conference registration:      September 19, 2003
Conference:                                      October 27-29, 2003

+++Program Committee+++

Ravindra Ahuja (University of Florida, USA), Kemal Altinkemer (Purdue
University, USA), Monique Becker (INT-CNRS/SAMOVAR, France), 
Walid Ben-Ameur (INT, France), Daniel Bienstock (Columbia University,
USA), 
Jacques Carlier (Université Technologie de Compiegne, France), 
Proper Chemouil (France Telecom R&D, France)
Robert
Cooper (Florida Atlantic University, USA),
Geir Dahl (University of Oslo, Norway), Piet Demeester (Ghent
University, Belgium), 
Erol Gelenbe (University of Central Florida, USA), Eric Gourdin
(France Telecom R&D, France), 
Luis Gouveia (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Richard Harris (Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia), 
Gérard Hébuterne (INT-CNRS/SAMOVAR, France), Kaj Holmberg (Linkoping
University, Sweden),
Olivier Hudry (Telecom Paris, France), Brigitte Jaumard (Université
de Montreal, Canada), 
Hervé Kerivin (University of Minnesota, USA), 
Paul Kuhn (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Ali Ridha Mahjoub
(Universite de Clermont II, France), 
Debasis Mitra (Lucent Bell-labs, USA), Andrew M. Odlyzko (University
of Minnesota, USA), 
Adam Ouorou (France Telecom R&D, France), Alain Petrowski
(INT-CNRS/SAMOVAR, France), 
Mario Pickavet (Ghent University, Belgium), Michal Pioro (Warsaw
University of Technology, Poland), 
Guy Pujolle (Université Paris VI, France), Maurice Queyranne
(University of British Columbia, Canada),
Pierre Rolin (France Telecom R&D, France), Iraj Saniee (Lucent
Bell-Labs, USA), 
Marc Schoenauer (Ecole Polytechnique, France), Patrick Siarry
(Université Paris XII, France), 
Don Towsley (University of Massachusetts, USA)

+++Proceedings+++

Authors should submit a short paper (4 to 6 pages) to be publisehd in
the conference proceedings (book format).
Authors of accepted short papers are invited to submit a longer
version of their work to be published in a journal. More details will
be given later.
+++Evaluation process+++

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and
soundness.
Each paper will be refereed by at least two researchers in the topic
area.

+++Location+++

The conference will be held in Evry (30Km south of Paris).
Participants can stay either in Evry or in Paris. 
More details on the conference web site
http://www.int-evry.fr/INOC2003

+++Organization+++

Walid Ben-Ameur (INT, France, Conference Chair), Alain Petrowski (INT,
France, co-chair) 
Mériéma Belaidouni (INT, France), Sandrine Bourguer (INT, France,
Communication Assistant), 
Hind Castel (INT, France), Tijani Chahed (INT, France), Caroline Fayet
(INT, France), 
Eric Gourdin (France Telecom R&D, France), Gérard Hébuterne (INT,
France), 
Hervé Kerivin (University of Minnesota, USA, co-chair), Chantal
Lemaire (INT, France, Administration Assistant) 
Abdallah M’HAMED (INT, France), Adam Ouorou (France Telecom R&D,
France) 

+++Registration and Fees+++

(see the conference web site)

+++Social Events+++

Two dinners will be organized (one in Evry and one in Paris). Included
in the conference fees.

+++Information+++
Look at http://www.int-evry.fr/INOC2003 or send a message to
inoc2003-oc@int-evry.fr

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