Overview:

MASCOTS will hold its 16th annual international meeting in the Tremont Plaza Hotel in Baltimore, Md. (USA).

We encourage researchers world-wide to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance which have not previously been published elsewhere. The conference proceedings for MASCOTS 2008 will be published by the IEEE Computer Society.
Scope

The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

* Computer Architecture
* Computer Networks
* Distributed/Parallel Systems
* Industrial Practice and Experience
* Internetworking Protocols
* Multimedia Systems
* Performance Evaluation Methodologies
* Pervasive Web and Mobility
* Sensor Networks
* Storage Systems
* Web-based Systems
* Wireless Networks

Invited, Plenary Speakers

Each year, in addition to submitted papers, we invite a number of special speakers who help to highlight some aspect of computing and telecommunications, as well as their numerous application domains.
(This year's plenary speakers have not yet been announced.)
Call for Papers (PDF Format)
Submission Dates & Procedures

Abstracts must be submitted by March 21, 2008. Full paper submissions are due on April 1, 2008; this is a firm deadline. Paper submissions may be up to 10 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size no less than 10 point. Poster submissions should be no more than 2 pages long (single or double column), with font size no smaller than 10 point. Details on the mechanics of submitting a paper or poster will be available at the paper submission site in mid-February.
Important Dates (Summary):

* March 21, 2008 �?? Abstract Submission
* April 1, 2008 �?? Paper Submission (firm, no extensions)
* May 1, 2008 �?? Poster Submission
* May 15, 2008 �?? Acceptance Notification
* June 9, 2008 �?? Camera Ready Submission

For other important dates, please see the paper submission page (under construction).

Conference General Chairs:

Jacqueline M. Akinpelu
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Baltimore MD.

Douglas Schmidt
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Baltimore MD

Program Chairs:

Ethan Miller
University of California at Santa Cruz.

Carey Williamson
University of Calgary

Program Committee:

Ismail Ari (Hewlett Packard Labs)

Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo)

Dror Feitelson (Hebrew University)

Tony Field (Imperial College)

Majid Ghaderi (University of Calgary)

Garth Goodson (Network Appliance)

Kanchi Gopinath (Indian Institute of Science)

Peter Harrison (Imperial College)

Windsor Hsu (Data Domain)

Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh)

Nikolai Joukov (IBM)

Helen Karatza (Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki)

Zongpeng Li (University of Calgary)

Ellen Liu (University of Manitoba)

Darrell Long (University of California at Santa Cruz)

Anirban Mahanti (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

Daniel Menasce (George Mason University)

Yannis Nikolaidis (University of Alberta)

Michael O'Sullivan (University of Auckland)

George Riley (Georgia Tech)

Bianca Schroeder (University of Toronto)

Thomas Schwarz (Santa Clara University)

Kai Shen (University of Rochester)

Robert Simon (George Mason University)

Adam Wierman (Cal Tech)

Rob van der Mei (CWI Amsterdam)