CALL FOR PAPERS

The 6th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures
for Networking and Communications Systems

ANCS 2010
http://www.ancsconf.org

October 25-26, 2010
Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa
San Diego, California, 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*
(*pending approval)

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper registration and abstract: May 10, 2010
Submission deadline: May 17, 2010
Author notification: July 29, 2010 (tentative)

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
* Network architectures enabled by converged platforms
* 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
* Data center architectures
* Router and switch architectures
* Software radios
* Wireless-networking hardware and related software

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:

Papers must be registered, with a title and abstract, no later than
May 10, 2010 at 11:59PM PDT (US). (You may withdraw an ANCS abstract
prior to the final submission deadline if your similar paper is accepted
by SIGCOMM 2010.)

The deadline for submissions of full papers is May 17, 2010 at 11:59PM
PST (US). There will be no extensions of this deadline.

All paper registrations and submissions must be done via
(https://reviewing.hpl.hp.com/ancs2010/)

Notification of Acceptance: July 29, 2010 (tentative)

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

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

ANCS 2010 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://ancsconf.org/submission.html). 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 on the
ANCS 2010 Web site; rejected submissions will be permanently treated as
confidential.

POSTER SESSION:

ANCS 2010 will also include a poster session. Poster submission details
will be provided later.

ORGANIZERS:

General chair: Bill Lin, UCSD
Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Ravi Iyer, Intel
Jeff Mogul, HP Labs

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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

Please contact the Technical Program Co-Chairs via:
pcchairs_2010@ancsconf.org