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Welcome to IWQoS 2006. June 19--21, 2006 New Haven, CT 06511. Welcome to New Haven, the Elm City. http://www.artidea.org/. Welcome to Yale University. Front cover of Skull and Bones program for Wednesday Evening, June 20th, 1917. Beinecke Rare Books Library. Harkness Tower.
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Welcome to IWQoS 2006 June 19--21, 2006 New Haven, CT 06511
Welcome to New Haven, the Elm City http://www.artidea.org/
Welcome to Yale University Front cover of Skull and Bones program for Wednesday Evening, June 20th, 1917. Beinecke Rare Books Library Harkness Tower
Welcome to IWQoS 2006 • The 14th International Workshop on Quality of Service • Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and Yale University
Paper Submissions • More than 150 submissions from authors worldwide • Paper registration made optional, but submission deadline strictly enforced • Record number of total submissions (157) • Primary authors from 22 countries and regions; all continents exceptAntarctic • Europe: 22%; Asia: 33%; NA: 44% • Most submissions from academia; smaller percentage from industry • Representation of diverse sub-areas in QoS need submission
Technical Program Committee • 40 recognized experts in major areas of QoS • 9 Europe, 28 N. America, 3 Asia • 35 academia, 5 industry • Traditional QoS areas, as well as new focus areas, including security, privacy, incentive, and wireless
The Selection Process • Paper preferences by TPC • Three / four reviews for almost all papers • About 500 reviews produced over one month • Online discussions for papers with high variance in scores • Additional reviews sought for borderline papers • Reviews for TPC chair paper handled by other TPC chair as proxy
The Technical Program • Eight sessions of 27 full papers • 8 Europe, 14 N. America, 5 Asia • 23 universities, 4 research labs • Poster session of 11 short papers • Two keynote addresses • Dr. Krishan Sabnani, Senior Vice President, Bell Labs • Dr. Dinesh Verma, Senior Manager, IBM Research
Best Student Paper Award • Accepted full paper; first author must be full time student working towards degree • The process • Authors were asked to enter their papers • Three member award committee (Karagiannis, Yang, Yau) recommended 3 top candidates to TPC • A Locating-First Approach for Scalable Overlay Multicast, by Mohammed Ali Kaafar (INRIA Sophia Antipolis) et al. • Improving Performance of Internet Services Through Reward-Driven Request Prioritization, by Alexander Totok (New York University), et al. • Optimal Sleep/Wake Scheduling for Time-Synchronized Sensor Networks with QoS Guarantees, by Yan Wu (Purdue University), et. al. • TPC voted on the 3 papers and decided the winner • And the winner is …
Before that, thanks to … • Authors who submitted papers • IWQoS Steering Committee • TPC members and external reviewers • special thanks for last minute additional reviews! • Yale conference services (Susan, Chao, Roberta) • Yale ITS (Paul, Mark) • IEEE (Phyllis, Andrea, Ann, Lynn, Peter, …) • Student volunteers • Our keynote speakers • You, the participants!
And the best student paper is … Optimal Sleep/Wake Scheduling for Time Synchronized Sensor Networks with QoS Guarantees by Yan Wu, Sonia Fahmy, Ness Shroff