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IEEE IWQoS 2009
17th IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service

July 13-15, 2009
Charleston, South Carolina
http://iwqos09.cse.sc.edu

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Sixteen years since the inauguration of IWQoS, the workshop has
become the premier forum to present original, novel ideas on all
research subjects related to quality of service provisioning at
end systems or in a networked environment. Recent technological
advances in broadband networks, peer-to-peer networks, wireless
networks, grid computing, and Internet-based social networks have
led to new research challenges, such as providing QoS support for
multimedia applications on the future Internet that seamlessly
integrates wired, wireless, and overlay networks. Building on the
previous success, the objective of this workshop is to bring
together researchers, developers, and practitioners working in
this area to discuss recent and innovative results, and to identify
future directions. The scope of the workshop covers all aspects of
QoS research, including related issues such as availability,
reliability, security, pricing, resource management, and
performance guarantees.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* QoS on the Internet
* QoS in distributed systems, including grid computing systems
* QoS in wireless ad hoc, mesh, and sensor networks
* QoS in operating system design
* QoS support in middleware
* QoS for web services and storage systems
* QoS for overlay networks
* System dependability, availability, resilience, and robustness
* Security and privacy as QoS parameters
* Adaptive QoS in a dynamic environment
* QoS evaluation metrics and methodologies
* QoS analysis and modeling
* QoS pricing and billing
* QoS architectures and protocols
* QoS routing algorithms
* Programmability and language features supporting QoS
* Rationality, incentive, microeconomics, and self-interest in
decentralized networks
* QoS in business processes, workflows
* Policy-based QoS management
* Last-mile QoS at wireless edge
* QoS assurance under DoS or DoQ (denial of quality) attacks
* QoS design for the future Internet.

IWQoS invites submission of manuscripts with original research
results that have not been previously published or currently
under review by another conference or journal. Submissions will
be judged based on originality, significance, interest, clarity,
relevance, and correctness. Paper submissions should be no longer
than 9 single-spaced, double-column pages with reasonable margins
and font sizes of 10 or larger. All accepted papers, will be
included in the conference proceedings. At least one of the authors
of each accepted paper must present the paper at IWQoS 2009.

IWQoS aims at rapid dissemination of research results. For fast
turnaround, a short review and publication cycle is designed, with
the submission deadline as close to the workshop as the publisher
allows. The workshop is a single-track forum spanning two and a
half days. Award will be given at the workshop to the best paper.


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Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline: February 25, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 6, 2009
Camera-ready papers due: May 4, 2009
Workshop dates: July 13-15, 2009

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Organizing Committees
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* Steering Committee:
Yan Chen, Northwestern University, USA
Chen-Nee Chuah, University of California-Davis, USA
Georgios Karagiannis, University of Twente, Netherlands
Gunnar Karlsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Yang Richard Yang, Yale University, USA
David Yau, Purdue University, USA

* Program Co-Chairs
Shigang Chen, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Srihari Nelakuditi, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

* Finance Chair
Weiyi Zhang, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

* Publicity Chair
Jian Tang, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA

* Local Chair
Kuang-Ching Wang, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA

* Webmaster
Maliek Mcknight, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA