Questnet 2001  
   
   



















Cable and Wireless Optus
Royal Pines Resort

 

 

 

 

 


Call for Papers





Call for Papers is now closed


QUESTNET 2001, the National Conference for networking professionals, will take place on the Gold Coast, Queensland from the evening of Monday 2 July until Friday 6 July. Additional details are available here.

eXtreme Networking, Media Networking, Order from chaos and Network Security are the themes for this year's conference. Other papers relevant to networking professionals will also be considered.

The conference is hosted by The University of Queensland, supported by AARNet and CAUDIT, and is an initiative of QUESTnet (Queensland Educational, Science and Technology Network). It is an opportunity for delegates to develop their personal knowledge, to exchange observations and experiences, and to gain an understanding of future network directions and developments.

This is the first call for papers. Speakers are encouraged from University, Research, Defence and Industry sectors. As in past years, several of world class speakers will be participating in the conference.

The theme for this year will embrace: eXtreme Networking, Media Networking, Order from Chaos and Network Security. More details are given below. Any other paper relevant to the networking professionals will also be considered.

As an incentive to new presenters, the Organisation Committee is looking to sponsor up to one paper from each QUESTnet member organisation. To qualify for sponsorship, the presenter will not have delivered a paper at any previous QUESTnet conference. Sponsorship will include travel and registration. Papers which are candidates for sponsorship will be reviewed along side all other papers for suitability. Authors of papers who wish to apply for sponsorship should clearly state this, along with a statement of their eligibility, in a covering note.



Format For Submission:

Authors wishing to submit a paper must provide the following:

  • Name and Affiliation.
  • Contact Email Address.
  • A short Biography of Qualifications and/or Experience (100 Words) .
  • Key terms or topic (taken from the list below).
  • Text Description of presentation (between 500 and 2000 words) .
  • Authors should aim for presentations of 30 minutes duration, including any question time.



Due Date:

The Extended deadline for normal paper submissions is 15 May 2001.



Method of Submission:

If you would like to submit a paper, please visit the website:


Call for Papers : http://www.questnet.net.au/questnet2001/call.html


Submit Paper : http://www.questnet.net.au/questnet2001/subpaper.html



Sponsorship may be available for selected new speakers:

Papers will be judged by the Program Subcommittee for quality and relevance. The conference themes and topics are given below. As an incentive to new presenters, the Organising Committee is looking to sponsor up to one paper from each QUESTnet member organisation. To qualify for sponsorship, the presenter will not have delivered a paper at any previous QUESTnet conference. Sponsorship will include travel and registration.

Papers which are candidates for sponsorship will be reviewed alongside all other papers for suitability. Authors of papers who wish to apply for sponsorship should clearly state this, along with a statement of their eligibility, in a covering note.



PLEASE NOTE: We are also looking for Tutorial Presenters, and Workshop/BoF convenors. Please register your proposals ASAP at: http://www.questnet.net.au/questnet2001/subworkshop.html.



(A) Extreme Networking:

Data networking under extreme conditions - field research, military, police, crisis management, East Timor, battlefield information and control systems, emergency rescue networking, advanced tele-medicine, any demanding and intresting Network Applications could also fit here.



(B) Media Networking:

Digital TV, data-casting, remote access, Austar (tm), networked multimedia and animation, video streaming, or any other intresting data networked in the media sector. Good and bad experiences from Converged Voice/Data/Video. We are seeking papers on Voice over IP Telephony (VoIP) and Video over IP, particularly involving AARNet.



(C) Order from Chaos:

Bringing the networks under control. New ideas, projects, technologies and solutions for management, planning and policy - directory services, cross platform single sign-on, accounting and billing, intelligent network management, implementing SLA's, dynamic DNS, IPv6 progress, bandwidth growth management, ADSL, broadband developments, Internet2, advanced optical networking, last mile technology, wireless LAN and roaming access, AARNet planning, carrier information, legislation.



(D) Network Security:

The latest on network security - wireless network access control, auditing, anti-virus and anti-worm measures, crypto, DOS, and DDOS attacks, log file data mining and monitoring.


Sponsors:

Cable & Wireless Optus is confirmed as a major sponsor of QUESTnet 2001.


Contact Us:

To contact the conference chair, Wilber Williams, email: W.Williams@its.uq.edu.au

To contact the chair of the programme commitee, Dr Andrew Smith, email: andrew.smith@member.sage-au.org.au

If you want to be kept informed directly, email the conference organisers, Martin Lack & Associates: questnet@mlaa.com.au
Phone (07) 3878 9470
Fax (07) 3378 9513

Look foward to seeing you there.
Wilber Williams, Chair,
QUESTnet2001 Organising Committee.