INT Heavy Traffic Workshop

Network Modeling for the Internet
Workshop on Congestion Control
and Heavy Traffic Modeling

October 31 & November 1, 2003

General Information

The Congestion Control and Heavy Traffic Modeling Workshop for the SAMSI program on Network Modeling will be held on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1, 2003, at the Radisson Governors Inn in Research Triangle Park, NC.

The workshop format is designed to meet the goals of SAMSI, in particular to foster involvement in on-going "Network Modeling for the Internet" Program activities. One mechanism for this is the notion of "theme problems", intended to engage a large number of researchers, and also to feed into subsequent activities. This subsequent research will be carried out by SAMSI Graduate students, postdoctorals, Triangle University faculty participants, long-term visitors, and by returning workshop visitors who choose to engage in the ongoing research.

The activities of this workshop will be centered around the theme question of "Queueing Delays". Do queueing delays help stabilize TCP or not, and how do they influence burstiness? Can we understand better the inter-relationship of congestion control and queueing delays? Lab experiments will be used to understand relationships and to test the models. The workshop is intended to focus on a particular set of questions and on the experimental designs needed to answer them.

Tentative Program

Friday - October 31

9:00-10:30 AM	TUTORIAL 1: "Congestion Control & Heavy Traffic Modeling" Ruth Williams, University of California-San Diego
10:45-12:00 PM	TUTORIAL 2: "Overview of SAMSI Measurement & Modeling Activities" J.S. Marron, SAMSI
1:00-3:00 PM	5 Minute Madness Presentations (a series of 5-minute presentations by many participants on current research) Chair: Jim Berger, SAMSI
3:30-5:00 PM	Theme Problem Presentation and Discussion I Chair: J.S. Marron, SAMSI 3:30-4:00 Francois Baccelli 4:10-4:40 Vishal Misra 4:40-4:50 Discussion: Armand Makowski
7:00-9:00 PM	Reception and Poster Session at SAMSI

Saturday - November 1

9:00-9:40 AM	"What could we hope to learn from a lab that we couldn't otherwise?" Kevin Jeffay, University of North Carolina
9:40-10:00 AM	Discussion and Overview Don Smith, University of North Carolina
10:30-11:30 AM	Break Out Group Session I: Formulation of Questions
11:30-12:00 PM	Report of Breakout Groups Chair: Alan Karr, NISS & SAMSI
1:00-2:00 PM	"Pie in the Sky" Session (very short presentations--ideally discussion of problems perceived, but no ideas for solution appear to be available.) Chair: Jim Berger, SAMSI
2:30-3:30 PM	Break Out Group Session II: Experimental Design
3:30-4:30 PM	Report of Breakout Groups & Adjournment Chair: Alan Karr, NISS & SAMSI

Registration

The workshop is open to participation from anyone interested and involved in research in Internet Modeling. We particularly encourage participation of new researchers and members of underrepresented groups.

If you registered for the postponed dates (Sept 19-20), please email int-ccht@samsi.info by OCTOBER 19 to let SAMSI know whether or not you will be attending the workshop and/or tutorials.

If you paid for the September workshop and will be attending in October, SAMSI will transfer the fee.

To submit payment for registration fees, please print out the payment form. Then, fax the complete form to (919) 685-9360 or mail it with a check (payable to SAMSI) to

SAMSI

ATTN: Int-CCHT Registration

PO Box 14006

RTP, NC 27709-4006

In order to receive proper credit to your registration, SAMSI must receive your payment by October 24.

Local Arrangements

The Workshop is held in the Radisson Governors Inn in Research Triangle Park near SAMSI. Go to the SAMSI Web page for housing and transportation information, where you can find links to the local hotels. Transportation to SAMSI related events will also be provided.

Scientific Committee

Kevin Jeffay (UNC), Jim Landwehr (Avaya), John P. Lehoczky (Carnegie Mellon), J. S. Marron (Co-Chair, SAMSI and UNC), Ruth Williams (Co-Chair, UC San Diego), Walter Willinger (AT&T), Don Towsley (U Mass)

Local Information (Housing, ...)

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