2005 IEEE Workshop on
High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR'05)

May 12-14, 2005
Hong Kong, P. R. China

Technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society

Call For Papers

Phenomenal growth in Internet traffic has moved the Internet from a convenience to a mission-critical platform. In addition, the advent of broadband access for end-users has raised expectations for IP performance and reliability. As a result, there is a great demand for high-performance electronic/optical routers and switches. The scope of the High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR) Workshop is focused on the technology of high-speed switches and routers, including the architectural and algorithmic aspects of high-speed IP networks, possibly adopting optical technologies and wireless user accesses. HPSR 2005 will include technical sessions for the presentation of novel research results, panel sessions for the discussion of hot topics, and tutorials presented by leading international experts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- High performance switch and router architectures
    - Analysis and simulation
    - Electronic and optical switching fabrics
    - Field trials
    - Impact of higher layer protocols and services
    - Implementations
    - Measurements
    - Prototypes
    - System development
- Routing Protocols
- IP over Optical Networks
- Performance Evaluation and Measurement
- Metering and Monitoring
- Sensor Networks
- High Speed Packet Processors
- Quality of Service
- Traffic Measurement
- Mobile and Ad-hoc Networking
- Wireless Networks
- Network Management and Operations
- WDM Switching and Routing
- Traffic, accounting, and charging
- P2P Networks
- Protection and Recovery
- MPLS and GMPLS
- Traffic Engineering and Control


Important Deadlines

December 20th, 2004: Full Paper (or extended abstract) due
March 1st, 2005: Notification of acceptance
March 20th, 2005: Final camera-ready manuscripts due

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts and original papers (3-5 pages, IEEE transactions two-column style, 10pt). Papers to be submitted must be unpublished, and should not be currently under review by another journal or conference. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, correctness, originality and relevance. Papers must be submitted electronically through the EDAS system (http://edas.info/).

For any question or enquiry related to HPSR2005, please contact hpsr2005@cs.ust.hk.

In addition, proposals are solicited for half-day tutorials. Please contact the Program Chair for more information on this.

Workshop Committee

General Chair: Victor O.K. Li, Hong Kong  (vli@eee.hku.hk)

Technical Program Chair: Mounir Hamdi, Hong Kong  (hamdi@cs.ust.hk )

Technical Program Vice-Chair (North America): Nirwan Ansari, USA

Technical Program Vice-Chair (Europe): Wojciech Kabacinski, Poland

Technical Program Vice-Chair (Australia/Asia): Abbas Jamalipour, Australia

Local Arrangements Chair:  Paul Kwok, Open U. of HK