CALL FOR PAPERS ICNP 2010 18th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Kyoto, Japan October 5-8, 2010 http://web.njit.edu/~gwang/ICNP10/ ICNP, the IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, is the premier conference covering all aspects of network protocols, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. ICNP 2010, the 18th ICNP, will be held in Kyoto, Japan, on October 5-8, 2010. Papers with significant research contributions to the field of network protocols are solicited for submission. Papers cannot be previously published nor under review by another conference or journal. Papers containing plagiarized material will be subject to the IEEE plagiarism policy and will be rejected without review. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Protocol design, implementation, testing, and analysis 2. Measurement of protocol performance 3. Protocols for specific functions, such as routing, congestion control, security, survivability, and network management 4. Protocols for wireless, mobile, sensor, and mesh networks 5. Protocols for cloud computing, peer-to-peer systems, data centers, and emerging distributed systems Papers must deal specifically with protocols. Papers on general networking where protocols are only a secondary focus will be considered only if they are of exceptional quality. ICNP will select an accepted full paper for the best paper award. ICNP 2010 will use a double-blind review process. The identity of authors and referees will not be revealed to each other. To ensure blind reviewing, author names and affiliations should not appear in the paper; bibliographic references should be made in such a way as to preserve author anonymity. Papers should adhere to the IEEE format and should not exceed 10 pages. The font size should be no smaller than 10 pt. At lease one author of an accepted paper is expected to register for the conference and to present the paper at the conference, in order for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings and the IEEE digital library. IMPORTANT DATES Title/Abstract submission: April 9, 2010 11:59 PM EDT (required) Full paper submission: April 16, 2010 11:59 PM EDT (firm) Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2010 Camera ready version: August 20, 2010 11:59 PM EDT Conference: October 5-8, 2010 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIRS: Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan Kenji Suzuki, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan PROGRAM CHAIRS: Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University, USA Toru Hasegawa, KDDI R&D Labs, Japan POSTERS AND PHD FORUM CHAIRS: Sneha K. Kasera, University of Utah, USA Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR: Teruyuki Hasegawa, KDDI R&D Labs, Japan PUBLICATION CHAIR: Mehmet H. Gunes, University of Nevada, Reno, USA PUBLICITY CHAIRS: Alessandra Sala, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan WEB CHAIR: Guiling Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA ADVISORY BOARD: Simon Lam, University of Texas at Austin, USA Mike T. Liu, Ohio State University, USA Raymond Miller, University of Maryland, USA STEERING COMMITTEE: Ken Calvert, University of Kentucky, USA (Chair) Kevin Almeroth, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University, USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas, USA Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan David Lee, Ohio State University, USA K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research, USA Krishan Sabnani, Bell Labs, USA