CALL FOR PAPERS

The 9th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures
for Networking and Communications Systems

ANCS 2013
http://www.ancsconf.org

October 21-22, 2013
Hyatt Place
San Jose, CA USA

Sponsored by:
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH)
ACM Special Interest Group on Communications (SIGCOMM)
IEEE Computer Society Tech. Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA)

The Ninth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and
Communications Systems (ANCS) will be held October 21-22 at the Hyatt
Place, San Jose, CA, USA.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline: May 19, 2013
Author notification: August 9, 2013

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:

ANCS is a systems-oriented research conference, presenting original
work that explores the relationship between the architecture of modern
computer networks and the architecture of the individual hardware and
software elements from which these networks are built. This year's
conference will particularly emphasize insight into broader systems
issues in its paper selection, to recognize and foster the growth of
research that lies at the intersection of computer and network systems
architecture.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* System design for future network architectures
* Virtualized infrastructure architectures, rationale, and devices
* Converged router, server, and storage platforms
* Content-centric architectures, platforms, and mechanisms
* Scalable programming and application frameworks
* High performance / high function packet processing platforms
* Power- and size-optimized computer and communications platforms
* High-speed networking mechanisms and algorithms
* Network security architectures and security anchor/enhancement devices
* Single-chip platform integration
* Network measurement techniques, architectures, and devices
* Techniques and systems for large-scale data analysis
* Host-network interface issues
* Architectures for data centers
* Router and switch architectures
* Software-defined networking
* Wireless-networking hardware and related software

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:

The deadline for submissions of full papers is May 19, 2013 at 11:59PM
PDT (US). There will be no extensions given.

Please see the conference web site for detailed submission guidelines
(http://www.ancsconf.org/)

Notification of Acceptance: August 9, 2013

The Program Committee may choose to accept certain papers conditionally,
based on a shepherding process.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

ANCS 2013 will use single-blind reviewing, so submitted papers should
include the authors' names.

Submit papers using a 10pt font on 12pt leading formatted for printing on
Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. Paper text blocks must follow ACM
guidelines: double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space
between columns. Each column must contain no more than 55 lines of text.
Latex and Word templates, and additional submission requirements, are
available via (http://www.ancsconf.org). ANCS submissions
must be no longer than 12 pages. The PC may choose to reject any paper
that violates these format requirements, and no deadline extensions will
be allowed for re-formatting.

We encourage submissions containing original ideas that are relevant
to the scope of ANCS. Like other conferences, ANCS requires that papers
not be submitted simultaneously to any other conferences or publications;
that submissions not be previously published in peer-reviewed conferences;
and that accepted papers not be subsequently published elsewhere. Papers
describing work that was previously published in a peer-reviewed workshop
are allowed, if the authors clearly describe what significant new content
has been included.

All submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication
in the proceedings; rejected submissions will be permanently treated as
confidential.

POSTER SESSION:

ANCS 2013 will include a poster session. Submission deadlines and guidelines
will be announced at a later date on the conference web site
(http://www.ancsconf.org/).

GENERAL CHAIR:
Walid Najjar University of California, Riverside

PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Scott Rixner Rice University
Raj Yavatkar Intel

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Bengt Ahlgre Swedish ICT
Michela Becchi University of Missouri, Columbia
John Carter IBM
Danai Chasaki Villanova University
Chita Das Penn State University
Brighten Godfrey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric Keller University of Colorado
Issac Keslassy Technion
Jun Li Tsinghua University
Derek McAuley Nottingham University
Andrew Moore University of Cambridge
Jayaram Mudigonda Hewlett-Packard
Don Newell Qualcomm
Li-Shiuan Peh Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George Porter University of California, San Diego
Dhabaleswar Panda Ohio State University
Dipankar Raychaudhuri Rutgers
Luigi Rizzo Università di Pisa
Vyas Sekar Stony Brook University
Mark Shaw Microsoft
Charlie Tai Intel
Tilman Wolf University of Massachusetts
Yanyong Zhang Rutgers


STEERING COMMITTEE:
Laxmi Bhuyan University of California, Riverside
H. Jonathan Chao Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Patrick Crowley Washington University in St. Louis
Mark Franklin Washington University in St. Louis
Bill Lin University of California, San Diego
Derek McAuley University of Nottingham
Nick McKeown Stanford University
Andrew W. Moore University of Cambridge
Peter Z. Onufryk Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
Viktor Prasanna University of Southern California
K. K. Ramakrishnan AT&T Labs Research
Tilman Wolf University of Massachusetts Amherst
Raj Yavatkar Intel


FINANCE CHAIR:
Michela Becchi University of Missouri, Columbia

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR:
Danny Guo Facebook, USA

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT CHAIR:
Danai Chasaki Villanova University

WEB CHAIR:
Da Li University of Missouri, Columbia

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For updated details, please see (http://www.ancsconf.org)