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Due to numerous requests, the deadline for TridentCom paper
submission has been extended to September 15, 2006.


                  CALL FOR PAPERS


************ T R I D E N T C O M  2 0 0 7 ************

 Third International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on
  Test beds and Research Infrastructures for the 
      Development of Networks and Communities 

    February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida USA

             http://www.tridentcom.org

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************ IMPORTANT DEADLINES ********************
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Paper Submission Due:           September 15, 2006
                                (extended deadline)

Demo Proposals Due:             September 30, 2006

Notification:                   October 31, 2006

Final manuscript Due:           November 30, 2006

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SCOPE
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Telecommunication infrastructures play a vital role in modern society.
Advances in the range of network service offerings, performance,
quality of service, security, and ubiquity continue to flourish,
despite global economy fluctuations. Access to experimental
infrastructures for real-life applications by specific user
communities benefits all of the stakeholders involved: the end users,
because of the first-hand evaluation of the provided services, the
researchers and infrastructure experimenters, because of the knowledge
gained from hands-on study and analysis, and the service providers,
because of the business exploitation of the network. The goal of
TridentCom is to create a forum where telecommunication networks
researchers, vendors, providers and users can exchange ideas on
past experience, requirements, needs, and visions for future 
establishment of such infrastructures. 
It showcases experimental activities, such as testing, verification,
integration, measurement, and deployment, which are pivotal to
achieving next generation communications. 


PAPER SUBMISSION
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Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality papers as well
as demonstration proposals reporting on all aspects of test bed and
research infrastructure operation and management, including, but not
limited to:

* Next Generation Internet Test beds
* Next Generation Wireless Network Test beds
* Next Generation Optical Network Test beds
* Ubiquitous Network Test beds
* Wireless Sensor Test beds
* Test bed Operation & Management for User Communities
* Test bed Operation & Management for Research Communities
* Test bed Cooperation & Integration
* Innovative Measurements Methodologies & Tools
* Traffic Measurements Test beds
* Software Tools to Support Distributed Test beds/Virtual Laboratories
* Management of Massive Databases of Experimental Data
* Knowledge & Technology Transfer Procedures
* Security (AAA) Testing on Open Test beds
* Social Impacts of Infrastructures
* Infrastructures for Real-Life Applications
* Business Models for Infrastructure Budgeting & Planning
* Infrastructure Renting & Pricing Policies
* Vendors & Providers Partnerships 

Submit full papers of up to 10 pages, including references, figures
and tables, and formatted according to the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
proceedings format. 

Detailed submission instructions are available at www.tridentcom.org.


DEMONSTRATIONS
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Demo proposals should consist of the following:
   - title and description of the demo,
   - picture of demo setup and/or screenshots of demo GUIs
   - infrastructure requirements, and
   - biographical sketch of the presenter(s).


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chair
Janise McNair,
     University of Florida

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Thomas Woo, 
     Bell-Labs
Tereza Carvalho, 
     Universidade de Sao Paulo, BR
Miguel Lagunas,
     Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Panel Co-Chairs
Diego Bartolome, 
     Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya
Wenye Wang,
     North Carolina State University

Demo Co-Chairs
Miguel Ponce de Leon, 
     TSSG, Waterford Inst. Technology, Ireland
Raheem Beyah, 
     Georgia State University

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Frank Steuer,
     Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Nirmala Shenoy,
     Rochester Institute of Technology

Web Chair:
Sungrae Cho,
     Georgia Southern University

Local Arrangements Chair
Damla Turgut,
     University of Central Florida


STEERING COMMITTEE
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Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), 
     Create-Net, University of Trento, Italy
Csaba Szabo (Co-chair), 
     Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

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