Updated Speaker List for the 9th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks VHSN 1998

[Account of Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research <mctr () cs umbc edu>]

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                                List of Speakers
                9th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks (VHSN'98)
                                December 14 - 15, 1998
                        Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research
                            University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Supported By Cisco Systems,CESDIS/NASA, Fore Systems, Nortel Networks, Corvis, MCI Worldcom
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David Tannenhouse, DARPA
        (title to be conformed)

Henry Dardy, NRL
        ATDnet: Moving from ATM to Transparency

D. Raychaudhuri, NEC
        Broadband Wireless Networks: Technology Status and Future Prospects

Pat Dowd, NSA
        Security in Broadband Networks

Pat Gary, NASA
        High End Computer Networking at Goddard Space Flight Center

Doug Montgomery, NIST
        NIST Efforts in Next Generation Internet Technology     

Scott Ferguson, Nortel Networks
        Secure Virtual Private Networks: Technology and Applications

Yuet Lee, Nortel Networks
        Gigabit Ethernet: Current Developments and Future Directions/Trends

Allwyn Sequeria, Nortel Networks
        Multimedia over ATM

Tim Thomas, CISCO
        Tag Switching & MPLS    

Randy Wood, CISCO
        Multimedia over IP

(....), CISCO
        Gigabit Ethernet

Pete Chadwick, Avici Systems
        Building the 21st Century Network

Daniel O. Awduche, UUNet Technologies
        MPLS and Traffic Engineering in IP Networks

Michael O'Dell, UUNet Technologies
        Pretty good challenges in building large networks

Helen Chen, Sandia National Labs
        Jumbo Frame for Gigabit Ethernet and Protocol for a "Wire in Space"

Brad Mackrucki, Rendall and Associates
        Broadband wireless access and capacity analysis

Anthony Rutkowski, NGI Associates
        Framework and Overview for Next Generation Internet Developments

(...) and Allison Mankin, ISI
        (title to be confirmed)

Roch Guerin, UPen
        QoS Routing in IP Networks: Experiments and Initial Findings

Pravin Bhagwat, IBM Watson Research Center
        TCP Splicing for Application Layer Proxy Performance

(....), IBM Watson Research Center
        *** Electronic Commerce Technologies ***

(....), Fore Systems
        (title to be confirmed)

Alden Jackson, BBN Technologies
        Smart Spaces    

Hemant Kanakia, Torrent Networking Technologies
        High Performance Routing

S. Finkler, C. Sweet and D. Sidhu, MCTR/UMBC
        Gigabit Ethernet and Wireless LAN Standards: Detailed Performance Analysis


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        9th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks
                  December 14-15, 1998
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       Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research
          University  of Maryland Baltimore County
            Supported by CISCO, Nortel Networks, Corvis
               Fore Systems, CESDIS/NASA and MCI Worldcom

The Maryland Center for Telecommunications  Research  (MCTR)   at
the  University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) will hold the
9th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks (VHSN  '98)  on
December 14-15, 1998. The Workshop will be held in the Ballroom of
the University Center on the UMBC campus.

The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum where  researchers
and  developers can meet to exchange ideas and report on leading-
edge developments in the area of high speed  networks.   Each  of
the  previous  workshops  attracted approximately 150 researchers
representing academia, industry  and  government.   The  two  day
meeting   will   include   invited   speakers   and   contributed
presentations.  Papers on selected presentations will appear in a
special issue of the Journal of High Speed Networks.

The agenda, driving directions, and other information regarding
the conference can be found at the URL http://www.mctr.umbc.edu.

A  registration  fee  of  $350  will  include  two  lunches   and
conference  proceeding.   For  questions  regarding the technical
content of the workshop or giving a presentation, please  contact
the workshop organizer: Dr. Deepinder Sidhu,  Tel: (410) 455-3028
or 3063, Fax: (410) 455-3969, Email: mctr () cs umbc edu.

Mail checks (payable to University of  Maryland  Foundation)  and
registration   form   to   Dr.  D.  Sidhu,  Maryland  Center  for
Telecommunications Research,  University  of  Maryland  Baltimore
County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250.  All funds for
this event will be managed by the UM foundation.

Please DO  NOT  include  hotel  accommodation  expenses  in  your
payment  for  the  Workshop Registration.  Room payment should be
made directly to the hotel you selected for stay.  The  following
hotels are closest to UMBC campus.  Some hotels may offer reduced
rate.  To obtain the reduced rate, you must identify yourself  as
an  attendee of this workshop.  BWI Airport is approximately five
miles from UMBC Campus.

  * Sheraton International Hotel - BWI Airport.  Closest to airport
         and UMBC campus.  Tel: (410) 859-3300 or (800) 638-5858
  * Holiday Inn - BWI Airport.  Close to airport and  UMBC  campus.
        Tel: (410) 859-8400 or (800) HOLIDAY
  * Omni Inner Harbor Hotel.   Close  to  Downtown  Baltimore/Inner
        Harbor. About 20 minutes drive to UMBC campus.
        Tel: (410) 752-1100  or  (800) 843-6664

For more information on the  workshop  and  directions  to  UMBC,
check our home page on WWW (http://www.mctr.umbc.edu)

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