[comp.dcom.lans] IFIP TC6 WG6.4A Workshop on LAN Management - Call for Papers

ind@ukc.UUCP (03/06/87)

                            IFIP TC6 WG6.4A
                INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LAN MANAGEMENT

                            HMI, West Berlin
                          July 2nd - 3rd, 1987

                            Call for Papers



     The organising committee  of  the  IFIP  TC6  WG6.4A  International
Workshop  on  LAN  Management,  which  will  be held at the Hahn-Meitner
Institute in West Berlin on July 2nd and 3rd, 1987, invites you to  take
part in the workshop.

TOPICS

     The workshop will cover the wider aspects  of  network  management,
concentrating  on  LANs,  but also including WANs. Specific topics to be
covered will include:

     *    Interconnection issues, LAN-LAN, LAN-WAN and WAN-WAN.

     *    Security (including encryption).

     *    Naming.

     *    Access controls.

     *    Network evolution and growth.

     *    Pragmatic issues.

     *    Implementation and experience.

     *    PABX issues.

     *    Standards, including gaps in standards activities.

     *    Distributed systems.

The list is not exhaustive, and papers in other relevant areas  will  be
welcomed.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

     The official language will be English.

GUIDELINES TO AUTHORS

     Authors are invited to submit unpublished original papers  covering
any of the above topics.

     There will be no restriction on the length of the submitted papers.
In  the first instance however, authors should submit an abstract of not
more than 2 A4 format pages. In addition, there should be a single  page
giving  the title of the paper, the full name of the author(s), affilia-
tion, address, telephone, telex, and where appropriate, electronic  mail
address.

     4 copies of the abstract, written in English should be sent to:

               Mr Ian Dallas,
               Secretary, Organising Committee,
               Computing Laboratory,
               University of Kent,
               Canterbury,
               Kent,
               UK,
               CT2 7NF.

               Telephone:       +44 227 66822, extension 3633.

               Telex:           965449 UKCLIB G

               Electronic Mail: ..... !mcvax!ukc!ind   (USENET)
                                ind@UK.AC.UKC   (JANET)
                                74:SKK008 (Telecom Gold/Dialcom)


     All papers will be reviewed by international experts in  the  field
of LAN Management.

     The Workshop proceedings will be published  by  the  North  Holland
Publishing Company in English.

DEADLINES

     The deadline for submitting abstracts is April 30th, 1987. Success-
ful  authors  will be notified by mid May. They will then receive typing
kits from North Holland on which to submit the camera-ready versions  of
their  paper.  Details of where to send the camera-ready version will be
received with the kit, the deadline  for  submission  being  June  26th,
1987.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Brian Spratt              University  of  Kent,  UK.   (Chairman,   IFIP
                          WG6.4A).

Berthold Butscher         Hahn-Meitner Institute, West Berlin, West Ger-
                          many.

Jean-Pierre Cabanel       Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

Andre Danthine            Universite de Liege, Liege, Belgium.

Kim Kappel                DCA Inc, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA.  (Chairper-
                          son, IFIP WG6.6).

Brigitta Karlson *        Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

Piercalo Ravasio          Italtelematica, Milan, Italy.

Otto Spaniol              Technical University, Aachen, West Germany.

Liba Svobodova            IBM Zurich  Research  Laboratory,  Ruschlikon,
                          Switzerland.

Reigo Yatsuboshi          Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, Kawasaki, Japan.

This list is not yet complete, and further names may be added.

(* = To be confirmed.)