CallforTutorials

Call for Tutorials

The 6th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2002)
“Integrated Management for Telecommunications Solutions - Process, OSS and Technology”

September 25 - 27, 2002
Seogwipo KAL Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea

Sponsored by KICS KNOM, IEICE TM
Supported by IEEE CNOM, TMF and IEEE APB
http://www.apnoms.org/2002/

The 6th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2002) will be held in the attractive island, Jeju, Korea on September 25-27, 2002. The theme of APNOMS 2002 is “Integrated Management for Telecommunications Solutions - Process, OSS and Technology ”. The APNOMS 2002 solicits proposals for tutorials in technology areas related to those highlighted in the Call for Papers. The tutorials for APNOMS 2002 will be held on September 25. Each tutorial should be well-focused so that its core content can be covered in a two-hour tutorial slot. There will be space and time for six two-hour tutorials.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

       e-Business Management
        IP Network/Service Management
        Access Network Management
        ISP/ASP/CSP Management
        Mobile/Wireless Network Management
        Optical Network Management
        Active Network Management
        SLA/QoS Management
        Web/Java Based Management
        Mobile Agent-based Management
        Distributed Systems Management
        Security Management
        Business Process Engineering
        Architecture and Modeling

       Human Factors and User Interfaces
        Policy-driven Management
        Service Creation and Delivery
        Customer Care and Self Operations
        Interoperability Issues
        Next Generation OSS Platforms
        CORBA, SOAP, SNMP, CMIP
        XML-based Management
        TMN Implementation
        Experiences, Migration and Case Studies
        Broadband Access Network Management
        High-speed LAN Management
        Wireless Broadband Network Management
        Billing Management

Instructions for Authors:
Interested individuals must submit a 500-word abstract on tutorial utility, focus and intended audience. Also include a 200-word biography of the tutorial speakers with one-paragraph statement of the speaker's research interests and areas of expertise, an outline of the material to be presented, and any supporting material useful for evaluation of tutorial merit and content. The proposals should contain the names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the tutorial speaker and any special requirements for technical needs (computer infrastructure, etc). Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail as soon as possible, but no later than May 24, 2002.

Submission of tutorial proposals and requests for further information on related issues can be e-mailed to Tutorial Co-Chairs:

Yoonhee Kim
Dept. of Computer Science
Sookmyung Women’s University
Seoul 140-732, Korea
Tel: +82 2 710 9664, Fax: +82 2 710 9296
Email: yulan@sookmyung.ac.kr

Mitsuhiro Azuma
Fujitsu
2-12-5, Shimokodanaka, Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, 211-0041, Japan
Tel: +81-44-754-4031, Fax: +81 44 754 4212
Email: azuma.mitsuhiro@jp.fujitsu.com

Important Dates:
Deadline of Receipt of Tutorials : ………… May 24, 2002
Notification of Acceptance Mail : ………… July 19, 2002

Symposium Web Site : http://www.apnoms.org/2002/