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IP TELECOM SERVICES WORKSHOP 2000 (IPTS 2000)

co-located with Fall 2000 Voice on the Net (VON)

organized by AT&T Labs Research pulver.com

Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A September 11, 2000

submission deadline: June 16, 2000 http://www.research.att.com/conf/ipts2000/

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IPTS 2000 is a new workshop dedicated to the important, emerging field of IP Telecom Services research.

In contrast to the services available on the PSTN, a new world of telecom services is possible on an IP-based infrastructure. This world presents new challenges for service development, deployment and management. This one-day workshop will serve as a forum for the dissemination of research relating to these challenges.

The IPTS 2000 Program Committee invites submission of papers on substantial, original and previously unpublished research in IP telecom services, including, but not limited to:

- service architectures (e.g. AIN, SoftSwitch, JAIN, Parlay, DFC) - service creation environments - protocols, standards and interoperability (e.g. H.323, SIP, MGCP, Megaco/H.248, etc.) - service programming languages - service management - billing, fault tolerance, monitoring - novel services

We welcome papers describing original research; position papers describing research interests in the field, work in progress, or future directions of research; project or system descriptions.

IMPORTANT DATES

June 16, 2000 Submission deadline July 21, 2000 Notification of acceptance August 25, 2000 Final version of papers September 11, 2000 IPTS 2000

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Papers must describe original, previously unpublished work that has not been simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. They must be written in English, not exceeding 6 pages including figures, tables and references in 10-12 point font on 8.5x11-inch (US letter) paper. The first page must include an abstract of up to 200 words, keywords, and email address of the corresponding author.

All papers must be submitted electronically unless specifically approved by the Workshop Co-Chairs. Submissions in PostScript or PDF format should be sent to mailto:ipts2000@research.att.com.

Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their contribution at the workshop. The proceedings will be published in hardcopy and on the web.

REVIEW PROCEDURE

All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by the IPTS 2000 Program Committee under the chairmanship of the Workshop Co-Chairs. Each paper will receive three written reviews, and reviews will be returned to the authors. The Workshop Co-Chairs have final authority over the review process and all decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Review criteria include originality of ideas, technical soundness, significance of results, and quality of presentation.

CONFERENCE VENUE AND RELATED EVENTS

IPTS 2000 will be held on September 11, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia. The workshop will be co-located with Fall 2000 Voice on the Net (VON). Details about Fall 2000 VON can be found at http://pulver.com.

IPTS 2000 is organized by AT&T Labs Research (http://www.research.att.com) and pulver.com (http://pulver.com).

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Greg Bond, AT&T Labs Research Eric Cheung, AT&T Labs Research

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mauricio Arango, Sun Microsystems Labs Joanne Atlee, University of Waterloo Ralph Blumenthal, Daewoo Telecom Scott Hoffpauir, BroadSoft Evan Magill, University of Strathclyde Peter Mataga, dynamicsoft Bernie Pagurek, Carleton University Jonathan Rosenberg, dynamicsoft Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University Greg Utas, Nortel Networks Pamela Zave, AT&T Labs Research

FURTHER GENERAL INFORMATION

http://www.research.att.com/conf/ipts2000