April 1997 € Volume 24 € Number 2

Call for Papers

The Fourth INFORMS Telecommunications Conference will be held in Boca Raton, Fla., March 8-11, 1998. The conference will focus on the theory and application of operations research to problems in telecommunications, with particular emphasis on new and emerging networks.

Topics for the conference include, but are not limited to: IP Networks & Performance; World Wide Web Applications; ATM Networks; Pricing and QoS; Congestion Control; Wireless Networks (Architecture, Design, Protocols, Network Interconnection); Routing and Scheduling; Measurements and Traffic Characterization; Teletraffic Theory; Polling Models; Simulation; Reliability; and Optimization.

Three kinds of submissions are invited: proposals for (1) an organized session with multiple presentations, (2) a single presentation and (3) a tutorial presentation. A submission for an organized session should include a one-page abstract for each presentation proposed and a cover letter from the session organizer that outlines the theme of the session.

A submission for a single presentation should include a one-page abstract of the presentation. A submission for a tutorial presentation should include a one-page abstract that indicates that it is a tutorial, plus a cover letter.

All proposals and abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee. PostScript, LaTex or ASCII format sent via e-mail will be accepted (and preferred); or mail three hard-copies of the submission. Send all submissions, electronic or hard-copy, to Suvrajeet Sen, Program Chair; Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering; University of Arizona; Tucson, AZ 85721; Phone: (520) 621-6551; ; E-mail: [email protected]