[e2e] Bandwidth Estimation workshop

[Constantine Dovrolis]

	 		       BEst 2003
		  First Bandwidth Estimation Workshop

		          December 9-10, 2003
		             San Diego CA

  	Supported by CAIDA, IMRG, and the DOE Office of Science


There has been a significant interest recently in active and passive
measurement techniques for the "bandwidth" characteristics of network
paths and links. A number of measurement tools and estimation methodologies
have become available, and several research papers have been published
on this topic. Additionally, it is expected that such bandwidth estimation
techniques can be useful in diverse applications, such as congestion
control, streaming applications, overlay network routing, and others.

The Bandwidth Estimation (BEst) workshop aims to bring together the most active
researchers in this research area. The main objectives of the workshop
will be to discuss recent advancements in this field, resolve arguments
(e.g., regarding the terminology and definition of bandwidth metrics,
acceptable degree of intrusiveness in active measurements, evaluation
of existing measurement tools), and to identify open problems that require
further research.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  - New estimation techniques for capacity, available bandwidth, BTC
  - Evaluation and comparison of bandwidth estimation tools
  - Intrusiveness vs accuracy trade-off
  - Bandwidth estimation in TCP and congestion control
  - Applications of bandwidth estimation
  - Measurement challenges in high-speed paths
  - Fallacies and pitfalls in bandwidth estimation

We invite interested researchers to submit a 1-2 page abstract or position
statement. Abstracts  will be chosen based on their relevance to the area of
bandwidth estimation, and on the diversity of the covered topics. There will
be no full-paper submissions or proceedings. Authors of accepted abstracts
however should plan to give a 25-minute presentation that will be posted at
the workshop's web page (TBA). A significant part of the workshop will be
given to round-table discussions and interaction among participants.


Submission instructions
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Submissions must be in electronic form, as plain-text or PDF (if graphs are
included) documents, and they should be submitted by e-mail to:
dovrolis at cc.gatech.edu. Authors of submitted abstracts should commit
that they will attend the workshop if their abstract is accepted.


Dates
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  - October 15, 2003: Submission of 1-2 pages abstract
  - October 30, 2003: Notification
  - December 9-10, 2003: Workshop held at CAIDA in San Diego, CA


Organizing and program committee
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  - Mark Allman (ICIR-ICSI, mallman at acm.org)
  - K Claffy (CAIDA, kc at caida.org)
  - Constantinos Dovrolis (Georgia Tech, dovrolis at cc.gatech.edu)
  - Matt Mathis (PSC, mathis at psc.edu)
  - Brian Tierney (LBNL, bltierney at lbl.gov)
  - Darryl Veitch (Univ-Melbourne & SprintLabs ATL, dveitch at sprintlabs.com)