CFP: Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS)

CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 11th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems
(ANCS 2015)
http://www.ancsconf.org
May 7-8, 2015
Oakland, California, USA

Co-located with NSDI 2015
https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi15

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


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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:
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ANCS is a systems-oriented research conference, presenting original work that explores the relationship between the algorithms and architectures of data communication networks and the hardware and software elements from which these networks are built.  This includes both experimental and theoretical analysis.  To recognize and foster the increasing importance of research into the co-design of computer and network systems, the conference also places an emphasis on systems issues arising from the interaction of computer and network architectures.

ANCS 2015 will be co-located with the 12th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '15), which will be held May 4–6.


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IMPORTANT DATES:
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Papers - Abstract submission deadline       January 7, 2015
Papers - Full paper submission deadline     January 14, 2015
Papers - Author notification                March 16, 2015
Conference                                  May 7-8, 2015

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TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
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*  System design for future network architectures
*  Router and switch architectures
*  High-speed networking algorithms and mechanisms
*  Software Defined Networking systems
*  Network Functions Virtualization architectures
*  Virtualized infrastructure architectures and systems
*  Architectures for data centers
*  Converged router, server, and storage platforms
*  Host-network interface issues
*  Techniques and systems for large-scale data analysis
*  Wireless network hardware and related software, including software radios
*  Mesh, ad hoc and sensor network hardware and related software
*  Information-centric network architectures, platforms, and mechanisms
*  Network security architectures and security anchor/enhancement devices
*  Network measurement techniques, architectures, and devices
*  Scalable programming and application frameworks
*  High-performance and high-function network processing platforms
*  Power- and size-optimized computer and communications platforms
*  Hardware accelerators and offload engines
*  Single-chip networking elements, e.g., multicore, NPU, FPGA, TCAM, custom ASIC
*  Network-on-Chip architectures and applications
*  Memory architectures and technologies for packet, state and table storage.


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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
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General Chair   Gordon Brebner  (Xilinx, USA)
Program Chairs  Alex Bachmutsky (Ericsson, USA), Chita Das      (Penn State University, USA)

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FULL CFP WITH SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
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http://www.ancsconf.org/cfp