IEEE Communications Magazine: CFP

Call for Papers

IEEE Communications Magazine

Internet Technology Series

Series Editors

Khaled Elsayed (Cairo University) and Michah Lerner (AT&T)

Various Topics

The Internet Technology series of the IEEE Communications Magazine is calling for original tutorial papers that discuss the following topics:

BGP Scalability Issues and Route Optimization Methods in a Multihoming Environment
Performance Enhancement Services and Proxies: Scalable and Practical Methods for Data and Media Services
Verifiable and Affordable Security: Specification and Assurance of Security (in particular, papers on Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems and Mitigation of DOS Attacks are sought)

The IEEE Communications Magazine is read by tens of thousands of Communications Society members. The magazine has also been ranked as the number 1 telecommunications journal according to the ISI citation database for year 2000. The papers will be available on the Internet through Communications Magazine Interactive, the WWW edition of the magazine. Details about IEEE Communications Magazine can be found at http://www.comsoc.org/ci/.

Sample publications published within the Internet Technology Series can be found in the January 2001, July 2001, and May 2002 issues of the IEEE Communications Magazine.

Tentative Schedule


Manuscripts due:	Sep. 1, 2002
Notification of acceptance:	Nov. 1, 2002
Final copy due:	One month before final publication date
Prospective Magazine issues:	Jan. 2003

How to Submit Manuscripts

Article Style Information
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Articles should be tutorial in nature and should be written in a style
comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article.

Articles may be edited for content, and will be copyedited for
compliance with the magazine's style guidelines. Page proofs will be
sent to the contact author for final review prior to publication.

Mathematical equations should not be used unless they are vital to the
presentation. Even then, they should be kept to a minimum. If the
article has numerous equations, please contact the editor handling the
manuscript.

References should be included only to guide readers to more information
on the topic; the reference list should not include every available
source (a limit of ten references is recommended). Use footnotes only
where necessary.

Articles should not exceed 4500 words.

Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. If the
article exceeds these recommended limits, please contact the editor
handling the manuscript.

Submission
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Electronic submission of manuscripts as either PDF (preferred) or Postscript is required.
Please send your submission to both of the series editors:
Khaled Elsayed: khaled@ieee.org
Michah Lerner: michah@ieee.org

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