Passive and Active Measurement(PAM)Program Notes

Mark Claypool (Program Chair)Michael Rabinovich (General Chair)

PAM Around the World2000200820072006200520042003200220012007: Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium 2006: Adelaide, Australia 2005: Boston, MA, USA 2004: Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France 2003: San Diego, CA, USA 2002: Fort Collins, CO, USA 2001: Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000: Hamilton, New Zealand

Thanks to SponsorsTravel scholarships for studentsOver 10Interest in network measurementSeniority, with institutional balance

Cast of CharactersORGANIZATION COMMITTEEMichael RabinovichGeneral ChairMark Claypool Program ChairSteve UhligPublication Chair

STEERING COMMITTEECurrent and previous two chairsPlus the conference founders Ian Graham and Nevil Brownlee

Mark AllmanICSINevil BrownleeU of AucklandMark ClaypoolWPIIan GrahamEndaceDina PapagiannakiIntelMichael RabinovichCASEMatthew RoughanU of AdelaideSteve UhligDelft U of Tech

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEEGeneral guidelines (not institutionalized)No PC member serve 3+ consecutive years (turnover)A few from SC (institutional memory)Balance on axes: industry-academia, geography,

Mark Allman ICSIGrenville Armitage Swinburne U of TechnologySurendar ChandraNotre DameJae ChungAirvanaWu-Chang FengPortland State UniversityWu-Chi FengPortland State UniversityPl HalvorsenUniversity of OsloManish JainTelchemySimon LeinenSwitchKang LiUniversity of GeorgiaIbrahim MattaBoston UniversityKetan Mayer-PatelUniversity of North CarolinaAnees ShaikhIBM ResearchColleen ShannonCAIDAAugustin SouleThomson ResearchPeter SteenkisteCarnegie Mellon UniversityOoi Wei TsangNational University of SingaporeSteve UhligDelft U of TechnologyCarey WilliamsonUniversity of CalgaryCraig WillsWorcester Polytechnic InstituteHuahui WuGoogleMichael ZinkUniversity of Massachusetts

Call for Papers TopicsActive Network Measurements Passive Network Measurements Performance Metrics Traffic Statistics Measurement Visualization New Measurement Approaches & Techniques Deployment of Measurement Infrastructure New Measurement Initiatives Applications of Network Measurements Network Measurements and Security Network Troubleshooting using Measurements Reproduce (or Refute) Previous Measurement Results

Paper Review ProcessEach paper had at least 3 reviews by TPC membersCareful about conflicts of interestDiscouraged delegationAdded additional reviews if neededNon-experts, recommended reviewers, conflicting ratingsOverall, 912 reviews by each TPC memberNot too much load (could do quality review)Could get sense of quality from local pile to help calibratePapers triaged (obvious rejects, discuss)Few obvious rejects (about 15%)Even those shown to entire TPC for commentsRemaining papers discussedBuild consensus from 3 reviewersExpand discussion to larger groups, as needed

Paper AcceptanceAll papers fullNo submissions for short or poster79 registered72 submitted (1 withdrawn)23 accepted 23/71, a 32% acceptance rateNote, similar statistics as for the past two years

Program at a GlanceTuesday

8:00 Reg. and Breakfast8:45 Opening remarks9:00 Addressing and Topology10:30Break11:00Applications12:30Lunch2:00 Classification & Sampling3:30 Break4:00 Meas. Sys. & Frmwrks6:00 DinnerWednesday

8:30 Breakfast9:00 Wireless 802.1110:30Break11:00Tools12:30Lunch2:00 Charac. and Trends3:30 Break4:00 Malware and Anomalies5:00 Closing remarks3 Papers per session 22-25 minute talk, 5 minutes for questions

AwardBest Paper Based on New Dataset Research builds on work of othersFaster, better with available dataAvailable data enablesNew analyzing and comparingSimulating via tracesBuilding modelsReproducing experiments (CFP)About 1/3 indicated data set contributionsNeeded good data and good paper

Best Paper Based on New Dataset!The Flattening Internet Topology: Natural Evolution, Unsightly Barnacles or Contrived Collapse?

Phillipa Gill (University of Calgary)Martin Arlitt (HP Labs/U of Calgary)Zongpeng Li (University of Calgary)Anirban Mahanti (Indian Inst of Tech.)

Passive and Active Measurement(PAM)Program Notes

Mark Claypool (Program Chair)Michael Rabinovich (General Chair)