Call for Papers
        Special Issue of Algorithmica on Network Design

                        Editor: Lisa Zhang


Algorithmic issues permeate every aspect of network design.  The rapid
advances in networking technology constantly create brand new design
problems and add new twists to well-studied problems.  In recent years
a prolific body of work has been generated on the broad subject of
network design.  Some work seeks approximation guarantees for NP-hard
problems, some focuses on optimal solutions to interesting special
cases and some searches for heuristics that perform well in
practice. This special issue of Algorithmica invites papers on all
aspects of network design. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to,

* Resource allocation
* Quality of Service (QoS)
* Routing and flow control
* Admission control
* Fault tolerance
* Content distribution
* Optical networking

Manuscripts should be prepared according to the normal submission
requirements of Algorithmica.  For submission, please send an electronic
copy to the guest editor by December 31, 2003.

Lisa Zhang
Bell Labs
600 Mountain Ave, 2C-519
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
ylz@research.bell-labs.com
Tel: 908 582-5281
Fax: 908 582-5857

All submissions will be carefully refereed according to the standards
of Algorithmica.  The special issue aims to have a quick turnaround
time.