Second International Workshop on
Networked Group Communication
(NGC 2000)

Organized by Sprint and COST 264 in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM

The NGC Conference is Being Transmitted in Real-Time via Source Specific Multicast
For information on joining, see: The University of Oregon Videolab Session Page

(Thanks to Cisco, Sprint, Univ of Oregon, UC-Santa Barbara, and Stanford)

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Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
8-10 November 2000
SPONSORS
Sprint
Cisco Systems
COST 264
ACM Sigcomm



NGC 1999
NGC 2000
NGC 2001

NEWS

FINAL PROGRAM: All poster abstracts, papers, and slides for tutorials, keynotes and invited talks are now available.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The aim of the Workshop is to allow researchers and practioners to present the design and implementation techniques for networked group communication. The focus of the Workshop is strictly on multicast and networked group communication. This Workshop is the second and only international event in this area (first workshop was in Pisa, Italy, in November 1999).

The workshop will start with two half day tutorials on the 8th. The technical program will include two keynotes and invited talks on the 9th and the 10th of November 2000.

Authors are invited to submit papers on any issue related to networked group communication, including but not limited to:

The Workshop Proceedings will be published by ACM and papers will be available on-line prior to the workshop.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS (FOR PAPERS)

Papers must be less than 20 double-spaced pages long, have an abstract of 100-150 words, and be original material that has not been previously published nor is currently under review by another conference or journal. Authors must submit papers electronically at:

http://www.sprintlabs.com/ngc2000/
(NOTE: Expect this link to be inactive after the submission date closes.)

Authors not able to comply with these instructions should contact the Workshop Co-Chairs. Papers submitted after the deadline will not be considered without an ahead-of-time extension from the Program Co-Chairs.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS (FOR POSTERS)

In addition to the regular paper submission process we will also be soliciting poster submissions. Posters should be authored and presented by a student. Authors of accepted papers cannot submit a poster for the work included in their paper. Details on the poster submission include: A subset of the PC will select the best and most interesting posters by October 13th and the authors will be informed.

Posters will be displayed in a room during the two extended afternoon breaks. A prize will be given by Cisco Systems, Inc. to the best poster. Additional details on the size of the poster and will be made available at a later date.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS (FOR CAMERA READY COPIES OF PAPERS)

Submissions will be done via email using the instructions at:

http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html




IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: June 5, 2000
Notification: August 28, 2000
Camera Ready: September 8, 2000
Poster Proposals: September 23, 2000


PROGRAM CHAIRS

Christophe Diot, Sprint ATL (cdiot@sprintlabs.com)
Kevin C. Almeroth, UC-Santa Barbara (almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR

Hugh Holbrook, Cisco Systems (holbrook@cisco.com)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

  • Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech
  • Ernst Biersack, EURECOM
  • Kenneth Birman, Cornell
  • Bob Briscoe, British Telecom
  • Jon Crowcroft, UCL
  • Walid Dabbous, INRIA
  • Jordi Domingo-Pascual, UPC
  • Wolfgang Effelsberg, U. of Mannheim
  • Serge Fdida, LIP6
  • JJ Garcia-Luna, UC Santa Cruz
  • Per Gunningberg, U. of Uppsala
  • Mark Handley, ACIRI
  • Markus Hofmann, Bell Labs
  • Hugh Holbrook, Stanford/Cisco
  • David Hutchison, Lancaster U.
  • Roger Kermode, Motorola
  • Peter Key, Microsoft Research
  • Jim Kurose, UMass
  • Guy Leduc, U. de Liege
  • Helmut Leopold, Telekom Austria AT
  • Brian Levine, UMass
  • Jorg Liebeherr, U. of Virginia
  • Huw Oliver, Hewlett Packard
  • Sanjoy Paul, Bell Labs
  • Colin Perkins, UCL
  • Radia Perlman, SUN
  • Luigi Rizzo, U. di Pisa
  • Tony Speakman, Cisco
  • Ralf Steinmetz, U. of Darmstad
  • Burkhard Stiller, ETH Zurich
  • Don Towsley, UMass
  • Lorenzo Vicisano, Cisco
  • Brian Whetten, Talarian Corp
  • Hui Zhang, CMU
  • ORGANIZING ASSISTANCE

    Supratik Battacharyya, Sprint ATL