Joint special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
and the IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking on
Networking
and Information Theory
A joint issue of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and the
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking will be devoted to the connections
between networking and information theory. Original research
papers that make major contributions to research on information
theoretic aspects of networking, operations of networks and other
related problems with an information theoretic components are sought.
While connections between networking and information theory have always
been promising, recent developments point to especially fruitful common
ground between these two areas. On the networking side, the
complexity of physical layer issues, particularly in wireless networks,
has prompted an inter-layer approach that fits well
in the context of information theory. On the information-theoretic
side, classical approaches to multiuser information theory have been
enhanced by an active interest in casting practical networking problems
in an information-theoretic setting. In particular, theoretical
developments in information theory have drastically changed the angle
of attack on information theoretic problems of networking.
Examples of such intersection areas are scaling laws in networks,
network coding, implementation and theory of multiuser systems,
wireless network design involving multi-input multi-output channels,
and queueing and delay issues in information-theoretic capacity
settings. A special issue that focuses on these activities and
gives an overview of related efforts would serve both the networking
and information theory communities and, we hope, deepen interest in
interdisciplinary work.
Papers for this special issue should relate to the developments
described above. Expository papers, survey papers, research
papers and correspondence items are welcome. Topics include, but are
not limited to, the following:
- Network Coding
- Limit behavior of large networks
- Multi-terminal information theory for networks
- Information theory for queueing and network delay
- Coding for network robustness and reliability
Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines and submission
instructions of the IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory.
Schedule:
Submission deadline:
February
15, 2005 March 14, 2005 (due to technical issues)
Selection of papers: December 15, 2005
Publication: June, 2006
Guest
Editorial Board:
N. Cai, University of Bielefeld
M. Chiang, Princeton University
M. Effros, Caltech
R. Koetter, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M. Medard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B. Prabakhar, Stanford University
R. Srikant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
D. Towsley, University of Massachusetts
R. W. Yeung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Call for Papers