LAST MODIFIED: 11/21/2004, 6/17/2005 Formatting Emails for the Call for Papers, Advance Program, etc 1) a) It is very important to put certain things at the beginning of every email such as Conference Name, URL, Dates, Location, and possibly the next deadline. See the example from 2004 below for the CFP. b) NEW: Allyn used the following email sender: SIGCOMM 2004 which definitely highlights the conference name! c) There is also an art to writing the subject of the email (for those who have mail readers with short subjects) d) And be sure to mention towards the beginning of the email: anything that is NEW to the structure of SIGCOMM or anything that you want to highlight! (you can provide more detail later in the body ....) --------------------- 2) Given that we are only sending ASCII text announcements, there are a few guidelines: * avoid tabs, indent when necessary with spaces * don't try to center too much. * Use various ASCII list and bullet techniques... * don't use any automatic wraparound, add cr to the end of each line * Use 72 character lines 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 (so even if a mail reader isn't displaying using fixed size fonts, it's still pretty easy to read) Decide whether you want to use * or numbers, here's 2004's tutorials with numbers: The 3 tutorials are: 1) Traffic Modeling 101: Methods and Results for Single Links and Whole Networks, presented by Mark Crovella, Boston University 2) Unwanted Traffic: Attacks, Detection and Potential Solutions, by Dina Katabi, MIT; Balachander Krishnamurthy, AT&T Labs--Research 3) Architectural Considerations for Unusual and Challenged Networks, by Kevin Fall, Intel Research Berkeley and Robert Durst, The MITRE Corporation --------------------- what follows is the 2004 CFP sent Nov. 2nd 2004 --------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ACM SIGCOMM 2004 August 30 - September 3 Portland, Oregon USA http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2004 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 DEADLINES Registration/abstract of paper: 30 January 2004 (required and firm) Submission of full paper: 6 February 2004 (firm) Paper notification 30 April 2004 Camera ready papers 21 June 2004 Workshop proposals 1 December 2003 Tutorial proposals 1 February 2004 The SIGCOMM 2004 conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. We invite submissions on network architecture, design, implementation, operations, analysis, measurement, and simulation. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: -Network, transport, and application-layer protocols -Networking issues for Web, multimedia, and gaming applications -Routing, switching, and addressing -Resource management, quality of service, and signaling -Operating system support for networking -Wireless, mobile, ad hoc, and sensor networks -Network management and traffic engineering -Experimental and measurement results from operational networks -Network fault-tolerance and reliability, debugging, troubleshooting -Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution networks -Analysis and design of network architectures and algorithms -Tools and techniques for network measurement and simulation -Network security, vulnerability, and defenses -Fundamental insights into network and traffic characteristics We welcome two categories of paper submissions -- full papers and position papers. As in previous years, SIGCOMM 2004 will have a poster session and student travel grant program. Details will be posted on the conference web site as they become available, http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2004 TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS The Data Communications Festival will continue in 2004 with a distinct set of tutorials and workshops to be held Monday August 30th and Friday September 3rd. For more information on the workshop proposals, please see the conference web page. FULL PAPERS Full Papers are no more than 14 pages long and typically report novel results firmly substantiated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. Guidelines on paper submission and formatting will be provided on the website. POSITION PAPERS Position papers are no more than 8 pages long and attempt to shape research directions by offering new perspectives, wisdom, and guidance, rather than by presenting mature work with quantitative results. More detailed information for authors of position papers will be available on the web site as the submission deadline draws closer. POSTERS Posters are one 30" x 40" (75cm x 100cm) page long, and present ongoing work. Student submissions will be favored. MISCELLANEOUS There will also be a Student Paper Award, Student Travel Grants, and a SIGCOMM Award recognizing lifetime contributions. Contact Mark Crovella to nominate a candidate for the SIGCOMM Award. FOR MORE INFORMATION General Chair: Raj Yavatkar, Intel Corp Program Chairs: Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech Jennifer Rexford, AT&T Labs Conference Coordinator: Joe Touch, USC/ISI Workshop Chair: Harrick Vin, U of Texas, Austin Tutorial Chair: Christophe Diot, Intel Corp Local Arrangements: Wu-chang Feng. OGI@OHSU Poster Chair: Prashant Shenoy, U of Mass, Amherst Student Grants: Tilman Wolf, U of Mass, Amherst Publicity Chair: Allyn Romanow, Cisco Systems Webmaster: Prashant Chandra, Intel Corp Registration Chair: Marcel Waldvogel, IBM, Zurich Treasurer: Chris Edmondson, Univ of Texas, Austin 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012