Sixth International Web Caching and Content Delivery Workshop

--- forwarded message ---

This is a re-announcement of the Call for Papers for WCW'2001. After our
initial announcement, we received complaints about moving the submission
deadline substantially earlier than the previous year. The reason for
doing that was to avoid the overlap of the reviewing period with
SIGCOMM, since several of our PC members serve on SIGCOMM's PC also.
However, after revisiting this issue, we were able to move our
reviewing not before but after the SIGCOMM's. Hence, please note new
dates, with the submission deadline of March 9.

Michael Rabinovich

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  Sixth International Web Caching and Content Delivery Workshop

               Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
                           June 20-22, 2001

                    http://www.cs.bu.edu/pub/wcw01

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Overview
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The International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Delivery
(WCW) is a premiere technical meeting for researchers and
practitioners interested in all aspects of content caching,
distribution and delivery on the Internet. This year's meeting will be
held in Boston (tentatively on the Boston University Campus) and will
build on the successes of the five previous WCW meetings. We
anticipate a strong technical program, exhibitions by leading vendors,
and participation from leading researchers and practitioners in the
field. Please refer to the various sections of this web site for more
information.

Important Deadlines and Dates
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    March 9, 2001: Deadline for submission of full technical papers
    March 9, 2001: Deadline for submission of R&D synopses and BOF
proposals
    May 7, 2001: Notification of acceptance of papers, synopses, and
                   BOF proposals
    June 4, 2001: Camera-Ready copy of accepted papers and synopses
    June 20, 2001: Workshop starts!

Call for Papers
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The 6th International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Delivery
solicits technical papers as well as short synopses addressing various
issues on the state-of-the-art in Web Caching and Content Distribution
technologies. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  + Web Caching Architectures
  + Cache Management Algorithms
  + Streaming Media Caching and Distribution
  + Application and Dynamic Content Caching
  + Consistency Management
  + Replication Strategies
  + Content Distribution Networks Architectures and Protocols
  + Workload Analysis and Characterization
  + Benchmarking
  + Content Peering and Alliances
  + Standardization and Interoperability
  + Deployment Experiences

Submission Guidelines
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Technical Papers

  Technical papers describing previously unpublished research results
  are solicited. Although we will give appropriate consideration to all
  submissions, we expect to favor submissions with new, if not entirely

  fleshed out, ideas over meticulous but incremental work. Paper
  manuscripts should not exceed 5,000 words, and should not have been
  previously published (or be under consideration for publication) in
  part or in full. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in
  printable postscript or PDF form. All submissions will be reviewed by
  the Program Committee members for appropriateness to the workshop,
  for originality, and for technical merits. Accepted papers will be
  presented at the workshop and published in the workshop proceedings.
  In the past, selected papers were published in a special issue of a
  leading journal and we anticipate being able to do the same this year
  (details to follow).

  The deadline for technical paper submissions is March 9, 2001.
  Details of the submission procedure will be posted on the workshop's
  web page (http://www.cs.bu.edu/pub/wcw01) in due time.

Research and Development Synopses

  Short abstracts describing experiences with experimental or
  commercial systems or works in progress are solicited. Synopsis
  manuscripts should not exceed 10 double-spaced pages ( including
  figures and tables). Manuscripts must be submitted electronically
  in printable postscript or PDF form. All submissions will be
  reviewed by the Program Committee members for appropriateness to the
  workshop. Accepted synopses will be presented at the workshop and
  will be published in the workshop proceedings.

  The deadline for accepting research and development synopsis
  submissions is March 9, 2001. Details of the submission
  procedure will be posted on this page in due time.

Proposals for Panel and BOF Sessions

  Proposals for Panels and BOF sessions are solicited. Please send
  proposals to the Program Committee co-chairs. The deadline for
  accepting research and development synopsis submissions is March 9,
  2001.

Workshop Organization
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Program Committee Chairs:

  + Azer Bestavros (CS Dept, Boston University)
  + Michael Rabinovich (AT&T Research)

Program Committee Members:

  + Virgilio Almeida (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  + Chet Birger (Adero Inc)
  + John Byers (CS Dept, Boston University)
  + Jeff Chase (CS Dept, Duke University)
  + Mark Crovella (Network Appliance & CS Dept, Boston University)
  + Arun Iyengar (IBM TJ Watson Research Center)
  + Mike Dahlin (University of Texas, Austin)
  + Balachander Krishnamurthy (AT&T Research)
  + Steve McCanne (FastForward Networks)
  + Jeff Mogul (Compaq Western Research Lab)
  + Keith Ross (Eurocomm Institute)
  + Gary Tomlison (Entera Inc.)
  + Craig Wills (CS Dept, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Steering Committee:

  + Pei Cao, Cisco
  + Valentino Cavalli, Terena
  + Peter Danzig, Akamai Technologies
  + John Martin, Network Appliance
  + Wojtek Sylwestrzak, Warsaw University
  + Duane Wessels, NLANR

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    For updated information about the workshop please refer to the
        workshop's web page at http://www.cs.bu.edu/pub/wcw01

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Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 22:06:35 MST