[e2e] Report on the first COST(EU)-NSF(USA) NeXtworking

[Ibrahim Matta]

Dear Colleagues:

We would like to bring to your attention the report on the

First COST-IST (EU) / NSF-ANI (USA) Workshop on Exchanges and Trends in
Networking 
(NeXtworking)

A preliminary version is available at:
http://www.cs.bu.edu/faculty/matta/public/NeXtworking03-v0.pdf

Additional information on the workshop is available from the workshop
website at:
http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~istavrak/costnsf/

Sincerely,

Ioannis Stavrakakis (istavrak at di.uoa.gr) 
Ibrahim Matta (matta at cs.bu.edu) 
Michael Smirnov (smirnow at fokus.fraunhofer.de) 


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First COST-IST (EU) / NSF-ANI (USA) Workshop on Exchanges and Trends in
Networking 
(NeXtworking)

Abstract:

This workshop was the first attempt to bring together the Networking
research communities from the USA and Europe in a common forum, to
exchange research ideas and trends in Networking. Unique features of
this meeting were the joint and balanced participation of researchers
from the European and USA research communities and the high
concentration of top, mature and highly respected researchers from both
communities.

Specific workshop objectives were to:

* Discuss key, new and upcoming networking technologies and open issues
by focusing on the driving fundamental aspects and principles. 
* Provide the opportunity to the networking communities in Europe and
USA to get together and have a first-hand exposure to the advancements
and strengths in the other side of the Atlantic. 
* Provide a forum that could help the workshop-sponsoring funding
agencies in Europe and USA identify the key and necessary future
networking technologies and direct research funding accordingly. 

Any  opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in
this report are those of the authors and  do  not  necessarily reflect
the  views  of the authors' institutions or the European Cooperation in
the field of Scientific and Technical research (COST) or the National
Science Foundation (NSF). 

Ioannis Stavrakakis, General Workshop Chair and TPC co-Chair 
Ibrahim Matta, TPC co-Chair 
Michael Smirnov, TPC co-chair