Goa, March 1999
Author: Augusto Casaca (TC6 chairman)
Date: 17th February, 1999
Part I
1. Meetings held
Meeting 98/2 – Tozeur, Tunisia – October 23 and 24, 1998
2. Meetings scheduled
Meeting 99/1 – Copenhagen, Denmark – April 23 and 24, 1999
Meeting 99/2 – Szentendre, Hungary – August 29 and 30, 1999.
3. Membership and Officers
Dr. Lyman Chapin, from BBN Corporation, has been appointed as the ACM delegate to TC6.
No other changes to report since last report to IFIP GA.
4. Working Groups
The following Working Groups continue active and organise the indicated regular events:
WG 6.1 – Architecture and Protocols for Computer Networks
Flaghip Events: PSTV/FORTE (OC), Middleware (OC).
Other events: Testing of Communication Systems (WC), FMOODS (WC), IWQOS (WC), pfHSN (WC),
DAIS (WC).
WG 6.2 – Broadband Communications
Flaghip event: Broadband Communications (OC)
Other events: ATM Traffic Management (WS), Broadband Mobile Networks (WS with WG 6.8)
WG 6.3 – Performance of Communication Systems
Flagship event: Performance of Information and Communication Systems (OC).
Other events: Performance Modelling of ATM Networks (WC), Specialized Workshop (WS)
WG 6.4 – High performance Networking
Flaghip event: High Performance Networking (OC)
Other events: Specialized Workshop (WS), Management of MM networks (OC with WG 6.6).
WG 6.6 – Network Management
Flagship event: Integrated Network Management (OC)
Other events: DSOM (WS), NOMS (OC).
WG 6.7 – Smart Networks
Flagship event: Smartnet (OC)
WG 6.8 – Wireless Communications
Flagship event: Personal Wireless Communications (OC)
Other event: Broadband Mobile Networks (WS with WG6.2)
WG 6.10 – Photonic Networking
Flagship event: Optical Network Modelling and Design (OC).
In addition to the Working Groups, TC6 has two active Task Groups: TG 6.9 (Communication
Systems for Developing Countries) and TG 6.11 (Electronic Commerce).
There are also regular events that, at the moment, are organised under the direct responsibility of TC6. They are: Mobile Agents (WC), Seacomm (OC), Networks (OC), Electronic Publishing (OC), Communication and Multimedia Security (WC with TC11), Africom (OC) and Active Networks (WC).
5. Events held
The following events were held since the last report:
Open Conference; SEACOMM '98;
MNCC in cooperation with TC6;
Aug. 12-14, 1998;
Penang, Malaysia;
Email contact: nsh@pop.jaring.my
(Nah Soo Hoe) (1336)
Working Conference; 11th Intern. Working Conference on Testing of Communication
Systems;
WG 6.1;
31 August–2 Sept. 1998;
Tomsk, Russia;
Email contact: petrenko@crim.ca
(1295)
Working Conference; Mobile Agents;
In cooperation with TC6;
9-11 September 1998;
Stuttgart, Germany;
Email contact: Rothermel@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
(Kurt Rothermel)
(1338)
Open Conference; 10th International Conference on Modelling Tools and Tools for
Computer Performance Evaluation;
ACM in cooperation with WG 6.3;
14-18 September 1998;
Palma, Spain.
Email contact: putxi@ps.uib.es (Ramon
Puigjaner)
(1339)
Open Conference: Middleware'98;
WG 6.1;15 - 18 Sept 98;
Lake District, UK.;
Email contact: gordon@comp.lancs.ac.uk
(Gordon Blair)
(1304)
Conference; High Performance Networking VIII;
WG 6.4;
21-25 September 98;
Vienna, Austria;
Email contact: Harmen.R.van-As@tuwien.ac.at
(Harmen van As)
(1346)
Open Conference; CCDC / AFRICOM 98;
ICCC + TC6;
20 - 22 Oct. 1998;
Tunis, Tunisia;
Email contact: kamoun@ensi.rnrt.tn (Farouk
Kamoun)
(1319)
Working Conference; DSOM 98, Distr. Syst. Operation and Management 98;
WG 6.6 + IEEE (technical co-sponsor);
26-28 October,1998;
Newark, Delaware, USA;
Email contact:sethi@cis.udel.edu
(Adarshi Sehti)
(1326)
Open Conference; FORTE/PSTV '98;
WG 6.1;
3-6 November, 1998;
Paris, France
Email contact: Elie.Najm@Email.enst.fr
(1347)
Working Conference; Working Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and
Services
WG 6.4 + WG 6.6;
16-18 November,1998;
Versailles, France;
Email contact: jean-pierre.claude@prism.uvsq.fr
(1342)
Working Conference; Optical Network Modelling and Design;
WG 6.10;
8-9 February,1999;
Paris, France;
Email contact: Gagnaire@infres.enst.fr
http://www.infres.enst.fr/~ONDM’99
Open Conference; FMOODS
WG 6.1;
15-18 February,1999;
Firenze; Italy;
E-mail contact: gorrieri@cs.unibo.it
http://www.dsi.unifi.it/fmoods/
(1328)
6. Events scheduled
The following events are scheduled until the end of 1999.
Working Conference; Personal Wireless Communications;
WG 6.8;
21-23 April 1999;
Copenhagen, Denmark;
Email contact: vbi@tele.dtu.dk (Villy Iversen)
Workshop; 3rd ATM Traffic Management Workshop;
WG 6.2;
April 26-28 1999;
London,U.K.;
Email contact: j.m.griffiths@qmw.ac.uk
(1372)
Open Conference; Electronic Publishing 99;
ICCC + TC6;
10-12 May, 1999;
Ronneby, Sweden;
Email contact: elpub99@hk-r.se
http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf
(1360)
Workshop;Broadband Mobile Networks;
WG 6.8 + WG 6.2;
20-21 May 1999;
Paris, France; (to be confirmed)
Email contact: tohme@res.enst.fr
Open Conference; 6th Intern. Symposium on Integrated Network Management;
WG 6.6 + IEEE;
24-28 May 1999;
Boston, US;
Email contact:scalo@us.ibm.com
(Serafin Calo)
Working Conference; IWQOS'99
WG6.1 + IEEE;
30 May – 4 June, 1999;
London, U.K.;
Email contact: J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/research/iwqos99
(1357)
Working Conference: First International Working Conference on Active Networks
TC6;
30 June-2 July, 1999;
Berlin, Germany;
Email contact: iwan99@fokus.gmd.de
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/cc/ima/iwan99
(1359)
Working Conference; DAIS (Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems);
WG 6.1;28-30 June 1999;
Helsinki, Finland;
E-mail contact: martti.tienari@cs.helsinki.fi
http://www.cs.Helsinki.FI/events/DAIS99/
(1327)
Working Conference; Sixth IFIP Workshop on Performance Modelling and Evaluation of ATM
Networks
WG 6.3;
June/July 1999;
Antwerp, Belgium;
E-mail contact: guido.gp1.petit@alcatel.be
Working Conference; Protocols for High Speed Networks;
WG 6.1;
25-27 August 1999;
Salem, MA, USA;
Email contact: jpgs@acm.org or touch@isi.edu
http://www.isi.edu/pfhsn99/
(1379)
Open Conference; Performance’99
WG 7.3 + WG 6.3;
22-25 August 1999;
Istanbul, Turkey;
E-mail contact: Erol Gelembe, Raif Onvural
Workshop; WG 6.3 Workshop;
WG 6.3 + IEEE ComSoc;
29 August- 1 September, 1999;
Crete, Greece;
Email contact: ioannis@cdsp.neu.edu (Yannis
Stavrakakis)
Working Conference; 12th Intern. Working Conference on Testing of Communication
Systems;
WG 6.1;
1-3 September, 1999;
Budapest, Hungary;
Email contact: sarolta.dibuz@lt.eth.ericsson.se
(1362)
Working Conference; Communication and Multimedia Security;
TC6 + TC11;
20-21 September, 1999;
Louvain, Belgium;
Email contact: cms99@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/cosic/cms99/
Workshop; Mobile Agents
IEEE in cooperation with TC6;
3-6 October 1999;
Palm Springs, USA;
Email contact: danny@acm.org
http://www.generalmagic.com/asa
(1367)
Workshop; DSOM 99, Distr. Syst. Operation and Management 99;
WG 6.6 + IEEE (technical co-sponsor);
4-6 October 1999;
Columbia Univ., USA;
Email contact: stadler@ctr.columbia.edu
(Rolf Stadler)
Open Conference; PSTV/FORTE
WG6.1;
5-8 October 1999;
Beijing, P.R.China;
E-mail contact: chanson@cs.ust.hk
http://www.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/forte-pstv99
(1333)
Open Conference: Management of Multimedia Networks and Services
WG6.4 + WG6.6
Autumn, 1999;
Fortaleza, Brazil;
Workshop: Video Networking
WG6.4;
Autumn; Cambridge, U.K.
Open Conference: Broadband Communications'99;
WG 6.2 + ITC (co-sponsor);
10-12 November,1999;
Hong Kong, China;
Email contact: eetsang@ee.ust.hk
Kuehn@ind.uni-stuttgart.de
http://www.ee.ust.hk/~bc99
Working Conference; Smartnet’99;
WG 6.7;22-26 November 1999;
Bangkok, Thailand;
Email Contact: aagesen@item.ntnu.no (Finn
Arve Argesen)
http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/smartnet99/
Publication of TC6 event proceedings with Kluwer has experienced difficulties that have been reported to the IFIP President, Executive Board and IFIP Secretariat, together with the results of internal discussions in TC6 about this issue.
In particular, in Middleware’98 and HPN’98 there were problems with Kluwer publication that required last minute alternative solutions from the Conference Organisers. The Organisers indicated to TC6 that they were deeply concerned with the IFIP solution for publication.
As reported directly to IFIP, there are aspects in the IFIP-Kluwer contract that are of concern to book editors and that, in some cases, have already led the Conference organisers to look for alternative solutions.
8. TC6 meeting attendance
Since the last report there was only one TC6 meeting (Tozeur, Tunisia). It was attended by 16 delegates plus two guests.
TC6 had requested in the last IFIP GA for the nomination of TC6 delegates from the following countries: Brazil, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, Argentina, Ireland, Korea, Singapore, Russia and Egypt.
Unfortunately, no nomination was done until this moment. TC6 would like to request to the IFIP GA delegates a more active help in looking for national delegates for the Technical Committees.
TC6 also requests to the Australia Computer Society to nominate a new delegate to TC6, because its representative has not attended TC6 meetings in the last four years.
Part II
Working Group 6.10 (Photonic Networking Communications) proposes to update its name into "Photonic Networking".
The aims and scope of TC6 (Communication Systems) were updated as follows:
AIMS
The Aims of the Committee are:
1. to promote the international exchange of information related to communication systems;
2. to bridge gaps existing between users, telecommunication operators, service providers, and computer and equipment manufacturers;
3. to establish working contracts with international bodies concerned with data communication, such as ITU, ETSI, ISO, IEEE, IETF, ITC and ATM Forum.
SCOPE
The Scope of its work includes all aspects of communication systems, such as research on
and design, manufacture and operation of products, systems, concepts and architectures
related to information exchange.
Some examples of areas of special interest are: