IP: [SICON'98]: CFP + Advance Program

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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*                  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND ADVANCE PROGRAM               *
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*       6th IEEE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORKS             *
*                       June 30 - July 3, 1998                              *
*          Department of Information Systems & Computer Science             *
*                          National University of Singapore                 *
*                              Kent Ridge Road                              *
*                              Singapore 119260                             *
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*                         http://www.iscs.nus.edu.sg/~sicon                 *
*                          Email: sicon () iscs nus edu sg                     *
*                         Tel: 65-874-2730 Fax: 65-779-4580                 *
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General Information:
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The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Computer Chapter
(IEEE Singapore Section) are pleased to announce the 6th IEEE Singapore
International Conference On Networks (SICON'98) in Singapore.


The conference will start with two days of tutorials, and will continue with 
two days of technical presentations, poster presentations and demonstration
of projects. As with the previous conferences, SICON'98 will provide a forum
to discuss the recent advances in computer networks and communications,
and distributed systems. Dr. Steven Goldstein from National Science
Foundation, USA will deliver the plenary lecture at SICON'98.


More information on SICON'98 (including details of tutorials and technical
program, registration forms, hotel reservation form, tourist information,
and Professional Visit Pass) are available through the World Wide Web at:
                        http://www.iscs.nus.edu.sg/~sicon


Conference Secretariat
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   IEEE SICON'98 SECRETARIAT
   Mr. Leng-Fong, Lau
   Department of Information Systems & Computer Science, 
   National University of Singapore 
   Singapore 119260
   Tel: +65 874 5175; Fax: +65 779 458; 
   E-mail: sicon () iscs nus edu sg


Tutorial Program  (June 30 - July 1, 1998)
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June 30, 1998 (9:00am - 5:00pm)
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T1: Networked Multimedia Systems: Concepts, Architecture, and Design; 
    Prof. S. V. Raghavan, (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
T2: Wireless ATM; 
    Dr. R. Radhakrishna Pillai (Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore)


July 1, 1998  (9:00am - 5:00pm)
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T3: Multimedia Information Systems;   
    Prof. P. Venkat Rangan (University of California at San Diego, USA)
T4: Digital Libraries; 
    Prof. Edward A. Fox, (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
                          USA)
T5: Recent Advances in Computer Networking; 
    Prof. Raj Jain (The Ohio State University, USA)  




Advance Technical Program 
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(This is not the final program and is subjected to changes)


Thursday, July 2, 1998
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8:30am: Registration


9:00am: Opening 
        Welcome Message: Dr. Hung-Keng Pung, Conference Chair (NUS)


9:05am: Address by Guest of Honour
        Mr Leong Keng Thai, Director-General of Telecommunication Authority of
                            Singapore


9:25am: Keynote Speech
        Recent Internet Trends and Development;
        Dr. Steven Goldstein, Program Director, International Networking
                                        (National Science Foundation, USA)


10:10am: Tea break


10:35am - 12:15pm
Session 1: QoS and Resource sharing I


* Dynamic Framework to Support Adaptable Networked Multimedia Applications
  to Achieve User Level Requirements; 
        Preeti Jani and Aruna Seneviratne
                (University of Technology, Australia)
* A Measurement Based QoS Evaluation Through Traffic Sampling; 
        Irene Cozzani and Stefano Giordano
                (University of Pisa, Italy)
* ABR Flow Control of in ATM Networks Using Indirect Control Model; 
        Ng Onn Lum Nelson and Chen Kong Tham
                (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
* A Proposed in-Service Monitoring Scheme for QoS Guarantee and Admission
  Control Based on Self-Similar Traffic; 
        Jung-Shian Li
                (GMD-FOKUS, Germany)


12:15pm:Lunch & Presentation by Main Sponsor 3Com


1:15pm - 2:30pm
Session 2: Wireless and Mobile Networks


* Comparison of Two Hand-off Policies in Cluster-Based Micro/Picocellular
  Wireless Networks; 
        Hwa-Chun Lin and Show-Shiow Tzeng
                (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC)
* Dynamic Channel Assignment for Channelized Wireless Networks
        Tsz-Mei Ko and Chi-Wai Lam
                (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
* Code Assignments in CDMA Networks: Distributed Algorithms and Genetic
  Algorithm Heuristics; 
        Melody Moh, Sarni Khuri and Flora Chung
                (San Jose State University, USA)


2:30pm - 3:20pm
Session 3: Flow and Congestion Control


* An Oscillation Reducing Rate-Based Protocol based on Multiple Time Scale
  for ABR Flow Control; 
        W. K. Tsai, Yuseok Kim and Lee Chuan Hu
                (University of California, USA)
* ASAP: A Non-Per-VC Accounting Max-Min Protocol for ABR Flow Control
  With Optimal Convergence Speed; 
        W.K. Tsai, Yuseok Kim and Lee Hu
                (University of California, USA)


3:20pm: Break


3:35pm: Invited Paper
* Worst Case Buffer Requirements for TCP over ABR
        Bobby Vandalore, Raj Jain, Rohit Goyal and Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
                (The Ohio State University, USA)


4:05pm - 5:20pm
Session 4: Network Traffic and Performance Modelling 


* Efficiency and Fairness of Multiple TCP Connections over UBR in
  Asymmetric Cases;
        Peng Zhang and Jian Ma
                (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, PRC)
* Throughput Performance of Distributed Applications in Switched Networks
  in Presence of End-System Bottlenecks; 
        R. Radhakrishna Pillai and Jit Biswas
                (Kent Ridge Digital Laboratories, Singapore)
* Token Holding Strategy in a Multichannel Token-Passing Network; 
        Wen-Shyang Hwang, Ling-Yang Kung and Jun Yao Wang
                (National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology,Taiwan, ROC)


5.30 P.M : Leaving for conference dinner


Friday, July 3, 1998
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9:00am - Invited Paper


* A Stability and Sensitivity Theory for Rate-Based Max-Min Flow Control
  for ABR Service; 
        W. K. Tsai, Yuseok Kim and C. K. Toh
                (University of California, USA)


9:30am - 10:45am
Session 5: QoS and Resource sharing II


* A Bandwidth Management Scheme for Handling Video/Audio and Asynchronous
  Data Streams in a DVB Network; 
        Rudolf Jaeger
                (BetaResearch, Germany)
* An Application-Oriented System for Quality Of Service (ASQos);
        Vassilios Tsuoussidis, Anuradha Deka, Cristina Comaniciu and
        Casimir Kulikowski
                (The State University of New Jersey, USA)
* New RSVP Extension to Support Computer Mobility in the Internet; 
        Jadwiga Indulska and Steven Cook
                (The University of Queensland, Australia)


10:45am: Break


11:00am - 12:40pm
Session 6:  High Speed Networks 


* Efficient Algorithms for Wavelength Rerouting in WDM Multi-Fiber
  Unidirectional Ring Networks; 
        C. Siva Ram Murthy and G. Mohan
                (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
* Reservation Based Cell Scheduling for ATM Switch; 
        Derek C. W. Pao and S. P. Lam
                (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
* Analysis of ATM Switches with Input and Output Queuing for Self-Similar
  Traffic;
        Oliver Yang, Fei Xue and Lian Fang Zhang
                (University of Ottawa, Canada)
* Efficient Scheduling Algorithms for WDM Networks Using Pipeline Techniques;
        Jieh-Chian Wu
                (Chang Gung University, Taiwan, ROC)


12:40pm :  Lunch & Presentation by Corporate Sponsor ST Mobile Data




1:40pm - 3:20(3:30)pm
Session 7:  Advanced Network Services and Protocols


* Performance Results and Operational Issues of Client-Server IP
  Applications Over HFC Cable Networks;
        Samir Chatterjee
                (Georgia State University, USA)
* The Development of T.120 Based Replicated Shared Object Protocol Entity for
  Synchronous Groupware; 
        Se Hyun Park, Bum Joo Shin, Tonghyun Lee, Bong Joon Choi and
        Hang Joon Kim 
                (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute,
                R. O. Korea)
* NewCash - Anonymous Payments with Receipts; 
        Ljiljana Brankovic, Andreas Furche, Mirka Miller and Graham Wrightson
                (The University of Newcastle, Australia)
* Transaction Models for Mobile Computing; 
        Sanjay Kumar Madria
                (University Sains Malaysia)


3:20pm: Break


3:35pm - 5:15pm
Session 8: Network Management


* Remote Key Update in SNMPv3; 
        Uri Bluementhal, Nguyen C.Hien and Bert Wijnen
                (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA)
* Escalation Strategies for Survivable SDH/ATM Networks; 
        Lijun Chen, Yuehui Jin and Shiduan Cheng
                (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, PRC)
* The Mobile Agent Enhanced Thin Client Approach to Network Management; 
        Akhil Sahai and Christine Morin
                ( NRIA-IRISA, France)
* Using Management by Delegation for Distributed Alarm Management;
        V. Carneiro, J. Coego and C. Guerrero
                (University of Corunna, Spain)


5:15pm: Closing Remark and announcement of SICON'99


Poster Sessions: 15 papers
1.00pm - 4.00pm, July 2 - 3, 1998




SICON'98 Organizing Committee
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Conference Chair
Hung-Keng Pung (NUS)


Technical Program Chairs
A. L. Ananda (NUS) 
Wei-Guo Wang (KRDL)


Tutorial Chair 
Balakrishnan Prabhakaran (NUS)


Finance Chair 
Chen-Khong Tham (NUS)


Local Arrangements
Wynne Hsu (NUS)
G. Sen Gupta (Singapore Polytechnic)


Project Demonstration
Lek-Heng Ngoh (KRDL)


Publicity
Sun-Teck Tan (Chair, NUS, Singapore)
Boon-Peng Lee (NUS, Singapore)
Leng-Fong Lau (NUS, Singapore)
Regina Chin (CIR, NUS)


Audio/Visual
Wai-Kin Leong (NUS)              


Conference Secretary 
Leng-Fong Lau (NUS)




SICON'98 International Program Committee
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Gordon Blair (Lancaster Univ, UK)
John F. Bufford (Univ of Massachusetts, USA)
Kwang-Cheng Chen (NTHU, Taiwan)
K. C. Chua (NUS, Singapore)
M. Diaz (LAAS, France)
David Farber (Univ of Pennsylvania, USA)
Edward A. Fox (Virginia Tech, USA)
Borko Furht (Florida Atlantic Univ, USA)
Andrzej M. Goscinski (Deakin Univ, Australia) 
Hisashi Kobayashi (Princeton Univ, USA)
Thomas F. La Porta (Bell Labs, USA)
Aurel Lazar (Columbia Univ, USA)
Whay C. Lee (Motorola, USA)
Victor Li (Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Bao-Shuh Paul Lin (PICT, Taiwan)
Jon W. Mark (Univ of Waterloo, Canada) 
Biswanath Mukherjee (Univ of California, Davis, USA)
Yoichi Muraoka (Waseda Univ, Japan)
Gee Swee Poo (NUS, Singapore)
T. Radhakrishnan (Univ of Concordia, Canada)
S. V. Raghavan (IIT, Madras, India)
Binxin Shi (Huazhong Univ of Science and Technology, PRC)
K. R. Subramaniam (NTU, Singapore)
C. K. Toh (Hughes Research Lab, USA)
Bharghavan Vaduvur (Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,USA)
Peter Wang (3Com, USA)
Lawrence Wong (NUS, Singapore)
Tak Shin Yum (Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Liren Zhang (NTU, Singapore)


Local Information: 
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Visit our website: http://www.iscs.nus.edu.sg/~sicon


Hotel Reservation:
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Visit our website: http://www.iscs.nus.edu.sg/~sicon


SICON'98 Registration
=====================


1. All participants are required to make registration. Please make payments
   payable to "IEEE SINGAPORE SICON'98", cheque or bank draft, and send it
   along with the registration form to:


   IEEE SICON'98 SECRETARIAT
   Mr. Leng-Fong Lau
   Department of Information Systems & Computer Science,
   National University of Singapore 
   Singapore 119260
   Tel: +65 874 5175; Fax: +65 779 458; 
   E-mail: sicon () iscs nus edu sg


2. The closing date for Early Registration for non-speaker participants is
   June 1, 1998. Thereafter, all registrations received will be considered
   as On-Site Registrations and no acknowledgment will be issued.
3. Registrants are only confirmed as participants of the Conference or
   Tutorials when registration is received with the registration fee.
4. Payment may be made by cheque, bank draft. Cheques and bank drafts must
   be in Singapore Dollars and drawn on a Singapore bank.
5. The registration fee includes luncheons and coffee breaks for the
   applicable days of the Conference/ Tutorial sessions.
6. Fifty percent of the registration fee will be refunded if a written
   notice of cancellation is received by 1st May 1998.


SICON'98 Registration Fee, registration form and hotel reservation form are
available at our web site (or email to sicon () iscs nus edu sg if you have
difficulty in accessing the web).