Welcome to IWQoS 2006 June , 2006 New Haven, CT 06511

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Welcome to IWQoS 2006 The 14 th International Workshop on Quality of Service Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and Yale University

Paper Submissions More than 150 submissions from authors worldwide  Paper registration made optional, but submission deadline strictly enforced  Record number of total submissions (157)  Primary authors from 22 countries and regions; all continents except Antarctic Europe: 22%; Asia: 33%; NA: 44%  Most submissions from academia; smaller percentage from industry  Representation of diverse sub-areas in QoS need submission

Technical Program Committee 40 recognized experts in major areas of QoS  9 Europe, 28 N. America, 3 Asia  35 academia, 5 industry  Traditional QoS areas, as well as new focus areas, including security, privacy, incentive, and wireless

The Selection Process Paper preferences by TPC Three / four reviews for almost all papers  About 500 reviews produced over one month Online discussions for papers with high variance in scores Additional reviews sought for borderline papers Reviews for TPC chair paper handled by other TPC chair as proxy

The Technical Program Eight sessions of 27 full papers  8 Europe, 14 N. America, 5 Asia  23 universities, 4 research labs Poster session of 11 short papers Two keynote addresses  Dr. Krishan Sabnani, Senior Vice President, Bell Labs  Dr. Dinesh Verma, Senior Manager, IBM Research

Summary of Statistics EuropeAsiaN. America TPC22.5%7.5%70% Submission22%33%44% Accept (full) 30%19%51%

Best Student Paper Award Accepted full paper; first author must be full time student working towards degree The process  Authors were asked to enter their papers  Three member award committee (Karagiannis, Yang, Yau) recommended 3 top candidates to TPC  A Locating-First Approach for Scalable Overlay Multicast, by Mohammed Ali Kaafar (INRIA Sophia Antipolis) et al.  Improving Performance of Internet Services Through Reward-Driven Request Prioritization, by Alexander Totok (New York University), et al.  Optimal Sleep/Wake Scheduling for Time-Synchronized Sensor Networks with QoS Guarantees, by Yan Wu (Purdue University), et. al.  TPC voted on the 3 papers and decided the winner And the winner is …

Before that, thanks to … Authors who submitted papers IWQoS Steering Committee TPC members and external reviewers  special thanks for last minute additional reviews! Yale conference services (Susan, Chao, Roberta) Yale ITS (Paul, Mark) IEEE (Phyllis, Andrea, Ann, Lynn, Peter, …) Student volunteers Our keynote speakers You, the participants!

And the best student paper is … by Yan Wu, Sonia Fahmy, Ness Shroff Optimal Sleep/Wake Scheduling for Time Synchronized Sensor Networks with QoS Guarantees