Call for Paper:
First International
Workshop on
Research and
Education Networking for Developing World, 2006
2nd January, 2006 in
conjunction with International Conference on
Next-Generation
Wireless Systems (ICNEWS’06)
Developed world is fast moving towards forming Advanced
Internet to support Research and Education. Internet is increasingly becoming a
vital component for research of higher education institutions worldwide.
Information and communication technology (ICT) used to be an auxiliary service
for universities in the 1990’s. It became an essential limb in the 2000’s, and
in 2005 it is becoming the ‘central artery’ in the running of the universities
and research organizations. ICT competency is a strategic survival issue for
any modern higher education institution and collectively for the higher
education infrastructure of any country. Developing world worldwide is already
forming larger confederated research and education network (REN) alliances. In
the West, GEANT, Internet2, etc. represent the growing federalization of
research and higher education networks. While there are commonalities, however,
the challenges, scales and issues are quite different in the developing world. The
universities in the developing world have played a vital role in supplying the
scientific and engineering workforce for the world. The objective of this
workshop is to identify the issues and provide a leading forum for scientific
and engineering discussion of the issues specific to the developing countries.
The workshop invites research papers, surveys, case studies, proposals and idea
papers for various aspects of educational and research networking for the
developing world. Papers are particularly invited from the practitioners,
pioneers, and researchers from this side of the digital divide. Papers can be position
papers, experience reports, potential solutions, and/or research results. Here
are some sample topics of interest (but not limited to):
Networking:
Higher Education:
Educational Services & Applications:
Grand Challenge Problems:
Please send your paper/extended abstract to coordinator: Prof.
Javed I. Khan javed@kent.edu
by September 30, 2005 (preferably in pdf or Word
format). An International Technical Committee is being formed now. The workshop
is seeking leadership and participation by researchers and practitioners with long
term interest in the area. If you are interested to join the Technical &
Steering Committee please contact coordinator at javed@kent.edu
without hesitation.
IMPORTANT DATES AND INSTRUCTIONS:
September 30, 2005: Deadline for Submission of Full Paper/Extended
Abstracts
October 15, 2005: Deadline for Submission of Camera-Ready
Manuscript
November 30, 2005: Deadline for Registration
Authors are encouraged to submit full papers so that a more
critical evaluation of the work is possible during the review process. However,
if not possible, the authors should submit the extended abstract of the paper. The
final manuscript should be prepared according to the IEEE standard guidelines
for preparing manuscripts for major IEEE Conference Proceedings (e.g., IEEE
ICC, Globecom).