[sigcomm] ACM SIGCOMM 2008 -- Final Call for Posters and Demos

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                ACM SIGCOMM 2008 -- Call for Posters and Demos
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1. Call For Posters
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This year we will be repeating the very popular poster session aimed
at showcasing work in progress. This is an opportunity to present and
discuss current work in an informal setting during the SIGCOMM 2008
conference. Topics of interest are the same as research topics in the
SIGCOMM conference CFP.

Although anyone can submit a poster, preference will be given to
posters where the primary contribution is from one or more
students. Posters will be reviewed by members of the SIGCOMM Poster
Session Committee. At the conference, student posters must be
presented by a student. Authors of accepted papers in SIGCOMM 2008 may
not submit a poster on the same work in those papers.

Why Should You Submit a Poster?
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This is a great chance especially for students to obtain interesting
and valuable feedback on ongoing research from a knowledgeable crowd
at the conference. In addition a small number of submissions will be
forwarded for publication to ACM SIGCOMM's newletter, the ACM Computer
Communication Review (CCR).

Travel Grants for Student Posters
---------------------------------
Students who are submitting posters are highly encouraged to examine
if they are eligible for student travel grants.

What is a Poster?
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We define a poster to be A0 paper size to which you can affix visually
appealing material that describes your research. Alternatively you can
use the space as a continuum. You can arrange the space and orient the
poster either horizontally or vertically. You should prepare the best
material (visually appealing and succinct) that effectively
communicates your research problem, techniques, results, and what is
novel and important about your work.

What and Where to Submit
------------------------
You need to submit a two-page abstract (font at least 11pt) describing
the work to "sigcomm08-posters at maillists.intel-research.net". The
decision will be taken primarily by reading the abstract. Optional: if
available, the poster itself can be included in the email if it is
small (<1.5M) else it can be made available at a URL in pdf
format. The poster may be consulted at the discretion of the
reviewers.

The abstract should identify the key contribution of the work being
presented in the poster. In addition, it should describe the
particular problem being addressed, what makes this problem
interesting or important, and what your approach is to the problem. We
recommend that you use the ACM conference style for preparing your
abstract. Include the title, authors, institutional affiliations,
status (student, faculty, and so on) of each author and an email
address of the contact author. In the final version of the abstract,
you should also include a URL that will provide additional information
about your work to the attendees.

Your abstract should not exceed the page limit; longer submissions
will not be considered for review. Your submission will be
acknowledged by email within four days after you submit.

Please remember that the abstract should be within the page limit and
in PDF format. Word documents will not be accepted. At the conference,
we will distribute the abstracts to all conference attendees in
addition to the conference proceedings. Accepted poster authors will
have about a month to revise their abstract prior to printing. For the
posters, we will provide poster board and glue for mounting the
posters.

The SIGCOMM 2008 Poster and Demo Committee will select between 15 and
30 of the most interesting and thought-provoking posters.

Posters Important Dates (Tentative)
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* Submission Deadline             May 2, 2008
* Acceptance Notification         May 30, 2008


2. Call for Demos
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Proposals for research demonstrations and exhibits are strongly
solicited. Research demonstrations should be innovative research
prototypes that show new research related to the topics included in
the SIGCOMM conference CFP.


Demos Submission Instructions
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Submit a summary of the proposed demo (maximum of 3 pages, including
figures if needed) to sigcomm08-demos at maillists.intel-research.net.
Your submission will be acknowledged by the SIGCOMM 2008 Poster and
Demo chair, Dina Papagiannaki.

The summary should include:

   * Goals of the demo and the basic idea that it supports.
   * Any related publications or technical reports.
   * Equipment to be used for the demo.
   * Space needed.
   * Setup time required.
   * Additional facilities needed including power and Internet/wireless
     access.
   * Indicate a URL with any extra information, if needed.
   * Indicate whether the demo is eligible for the student travel grant
     by identifying the lead student(s) and their affiliations.

In addition to student submissions, we also solicit non-student demos
and exhibits that will be of interest to the community.

All demo proposals will be reviewed by the SIGCOMM 2008 Poster and
Demo committee. A number of demos may be invited for publication as
extended abstracts at ACM SIGCOMM's newsletter, the ACM SIGCOMM
Computer Communication Review (CCR).

Demos Important Dates (Tentative)
---------------------------------

* Submission Deadline             May 2, 2008
* Acceptance Notification         May 30, 2008

3. Poster and Demo Committee
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* Poster/Demo Chair

   Konstantina Papagiannaki  Intel Research

* Committee Members

   Kevin Almeroth            UC Santa Barbara
   Suman Banerjee            University of Wisconsin at Madison
   Jon Crowcroft             University of Cambridge
   Michaelis Faloutsos       UC Riverside
   Christos Gkantsidis       Microsoft Research, Cambridge
   Ben Greenstein            Intel Research
   Tristan Henderson         University of St Andrews
   David Malone              Hamilton Institute
   Pablo Rodriguez           Telefonica
   Stefan Saroiu             University of Toronto
   Ivan Seskar               WINLAB, Rutgers University
   Peter Steenkiste          Carnegie Mellon University

4. Related Links
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* This Call for Poster is also available at
    http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/cfposter.php

* This Call for Demos is also available at
    http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/cfdemo.php

* The SIGCOMM 2008 Call for Papers is available at
    http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/cfp.php

* More information about ACM SIGCOMM 2008 is available at
    http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2008/