Call For Papers

1999 Third Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS'99)

"Meeting the Challenge in End-to-End Service Management"

September 1-3, 1999
Kyongju, Korea

Sponsored by KICS KNOM and IEICE TM
Supported by IEEE CNOM, TMF & IEEE APB


Emergence of new information and networking technologies and sophisticated customer requirements are changing the way network operators and service providers do their businesses. Network operations and management has become one of the most important issues in realizing successful businesses and providing customer satisfactions. 1999 Third Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS'99) follows the successful APNOMS'97 held in Seoul, Korea and APNOMS'98 held in Sendai, Japan. APNOMS'99 will be an excellent opportunity for researchers, developers and practitioners to learn and share ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network operations and management.

You are cordially invited to submit original papers for consideration to be presented at APNOMS'99. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • CORBA-based Management
  • Experiences with TMN
  • Intelligent Network Management
  • Management Platforms
  • Management of Broadband Networks
  • Models and Architectures
  • PCS/Mobility Management
  • Performance Management
  • Service Management
  • Security Management
  • Web-based Management
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  • Customer Care and Billing
  • Distributed Systems Management
  • Event Management & Correlation
  • Human Factors and User Interfaces
  • Hot New Technologies & Trends
  • Inter-working with Legacy Environments
  • Intelligent Agent Technology
  • Internet/Intranet/Extranet Management
  • Management of Access Networks
  • Operations Experiences & Case Studies
  • Quality-of-Service Management

    • Instructions:
    Papers are to be submitted in English. The cover page should include paper title, brief abstract, list of key-words, author(s) full name(s), affiliation(s) and complete address(es), telephone number(s) and electronic mail address(es). Please state the name of the contact person. Paper submissions should consist of no more than 12 visuals with explanatory text accompanying each one. The format should have a visual in the upper half of a page and the explantory text in the lower half. Please download a sample Powerpoint file and use it as a reference.

    APNOMS'99 paper submissions will be done electronically only. Authors are requested to submit an electronic version (Powerpoint 97) of the paper to: http://dpnm.postech.ac.kr/knom/apnoms99/submit/. Please send any enquires on APNOMS'99 to TPC Co-Chairs:

    James Won-Ki Hong
    Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
    POSTECH
    Hyoja San 31, Pohang Korea 790-784
    Tel: +82-562-279-2244
    Fax: +82-562-279-5663
    Email: jwkhong@postech.ac.kr
    		 Takafumi Chujo
    Network Systems Laboratories
    Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
    4-1-1 Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku
    Kawasaki, 211-8588 Japan
    Tel: +81-44-754-2635
    Fax: +81-44-754-2741
    Email: chujo@flab.fujitsu.co.jp

    Important Dates:

  • Deadline for Receipt of Papers:....................... May 1, 1999
  • Notification of Acceptance Mailed:................... July 1, 1999
  • Final Camera-Ready Papers Due:..................... August 1, 1999

    For more information on APNOMS'99, please visit its Web page:

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