Call for Papers

                Eleventh IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on
           Distributed Systems: Operations & Management     DSOM 2000
  Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX  USA
                         December 4-6, 2000
                     http://dpnm.postech.ac.kr/conf/dsom2000

  Note: Paper submission deadline extended to June 2, 2000 from May 20, 2000

The Eleventh Annual IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on "Distributed 
Systems: Operations and Management" (DSOM 2000) will be hosted by the 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University ofTexas 
at Austin. DSOM 2000 is sponsored by IFIP Working Group 6.6 with technical 
co-sponsorship by the IEEE Communications Society. DSOM 2000 follows a 
series of highly successful meetings, the latest of which took place in 
Zurich, Switzerland (DSOM'99), Delaware, USA (DSOM'98), and Sydney, 
Australia (DSOM'97).

The DSOM workshops focus on the latest advancements in operations and 
management in networked environments and discuss the impact of emerging 
computing and networking technologies on management. Of specific interest 
to DSOM 2000 will be the current developments in the field of services 
management in intelligent networks.

The workshop will be limited to approximately 100 participants and will 
follow a single track program in order to allow for in-depth discussions 
and interaction among workshop participants. The workshop proceedings will 
be published by the IEEE.

TOPICS
Authors are invited to submit research and experience papers.
Topics of interest include:
        - Telecommunication Services Management
        - Management of the Internet and Internet Services
        - Inter-Domain Management
        - Management of Mobile Systems and Networks
        - Mobile and Intelligent Agent Technology in Management
        - Enabling Management Platforms: CORBA, Java, Web, etc.
        - Integration of Network Control and Management
        - Monitoring, Event Handling, and Fault Management of
          Networks and Services
        - Policy-Based Management
        - Security Management
        - QOS Management
        - Management of Active and Programmable Networks
        - Management Aspects of Electronic Commerce

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

The workshop will include paper sessions, 'work in progress' sessions and 
Panel discussions. A limited number of presentations of recent research 
results will be selected for the 'work in progress' sessions.  To be 
considered for these, an extended abstract of no more than three pages 
should be submitted describing the research area and its significance.

Suggestions for Panel discussion topics and potential panelists should be 
sent to the conference chair.

Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or 
experiences. They should be full papers and be no longer than 5000 words 
(no more than 12 single-spaced pages). Submissions must include a cover 
page, containing the title, author name(s) and affiliation(s), the complete 
address (telephone, fax, email) of the corresponding author, and an 
abstract (max 150 words) followed by up to 5 keywords.

Papers under review elsewhere must not be submitted to DSOM 2000.

Authors are requested to submit papers in electronic PDF or Postscript 
format. Instructions for electronic submissions are available at the 
conference Web site (http://dpnm.postech.ac.kr/conf/dsom2000).

IMPORTANT DATES
       June 2, 2000:                   Submission of Full Papers
       August 12, 2000:          Notifications of Acceptance
       September 20, 2000:      Camera-ready Papers Due Date

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference Chair:
        Seraphin B. Calo, IBM Research, USA (scalo AT us.ibm DOT com)

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
        Anthony Ambler, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA (ambler AT mail.utexas 
DOT edu)
        Gautam Kar, IBM Research, USA (gkar AT us.ibm DOT com)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
        Sebastian Abeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
        Nikos Anerousis, Voicemate, USA
        Enrico Bagnasco, CSELT, Italy
        Suzanne Barber, University of Texas, USA
        Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
        Marcus Brunner, NEC Europe, Germany
        Rob Davison, BT, UK
        Metin Feridun, IBM Research, Switzerland
        Kurt Geihs, University of Frankfurt, Germany
        German Goldszmidt, IBM Research, USA
        Sigmund Handelman, IBM Research, USA
        Heinz-Gerd Hegering, University of Munich, Germany
        Joseph Hellerstein, IBM Research, USA
        James Hong, POSTECH, Korea
        Gabriel Jakobson, GTE Laboratories, USA
        Irene Katzela, Lucent Netcare, Canada
        Ryutaro Kawamura, NTT, Japan
        Alexander Keller, IBM Research, USA
        Yoshiaki Kiriha, NEC, Japan
        Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK
        Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada
        Kenneth Lutz, Telcordia Technologies, USA
        Thomas Magedanz, IKV++ GmbH, Germany
        Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, EPFL, Switzerland
        Subrata Mazumdar, Lucent Bell Labs, USA
        Branislav Meandzija, General Instrument Corporation, USA
        George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK
        Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands
        Pradeep Ray, University of New South Wales, Australia
        Juergen Schoenwaelder, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
        Adarshpal Sethi, University of Delaware, USA
        Morris Sloman, Imperial College, UK
        Rolf Stadler, Columbia University, USA
        Burkhard Stiller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
        Carlos B. Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
        Wolfgang Zimmer, GMD FIRST, Germany
        Simon Znaty, EFORT, France
        Douglas Zuckerman, Telcordia Technologies, USA