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About ICFI
The International Conference on Feature
Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems (ICFI) has
evolved out of the Feature Interaction Workshop, which has been
the primary
international forum for discussion and reporting on research in the
feature interaction problem in telecommunications and software systems
since 1992.
The forum includes:
- Invited speakers
- Presentation of research papers
- Short presentations
- Posters
- Tool demonstrations
- Excellent networking opportunities
ICFI'05 is the eighth in a series of international events addressing
the
issue of feature interactions. The seven previous ones were called
workshops, but ICFI has renamed itself a conference reflecting the fact
that it is the primary event in the field of feature interactions. The
conference aims to bring together
representatives of the telecommunications industry, the software
industry, and the research community working on various aspects of
feature interactions in order to discuss possible solutions and their
practical applications, as well as setting directions for further
research. Active debates will be encouraged; participants are invited
to contribute topics for discussion. Poster presentations and tool
demonstrations are also warmly welcomed. Original research papers are
solicited, as well as brief reports on ongoing research and research
already published elsewhere. 'Best paper' prizes will be awarded. As
in the case of previous workshops in the series, the proceedings will
be published
in a book by a major international publisher.
The Feature Interaction problem
Feature interaction occurs when one feature
modifies or subverts the operation of another one. This phenomenon is
not unique to the domain of telecommunications systems: it can occur in
any software system that is subject to changes (not to mention areas of
medicine, engineering, and law that are not directly covered in this
conference, but which may be taken into consideration in order to
exploit
useful analogies).
Although interactions among classical telephony features are now fairly
well understood, the feature interaction problem presents new
challenges in emerging types of systems based on policies, dynamic
(Web) services, mobility, or new architectures such as Parlay, 3G,
.NET, or GRID and active networks. The proliferation of players and
software/service engineering techniques coupled with the constant
pressure for the rapid introduction of new services and applications
lead to undesirable interactions that jeopardize the quality of the
products delivered as well as the satisfaction of the users. Detecting,
solving, preventing, and managing such interactions at different stages
of the development process are more than ever important problems that
need to be addressed with cost-effective techniques and tools.
Techniques successfully applied to conventional telecommunications
systems are still useful in many cases, yet they may no longer be able
to cope with the complexity of emerging systems.
Previous occurrences of ICFI were called the Feature
Interaction Workshop (FIW).
Year
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Location
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Chairs
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FIW'92
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St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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N. Griffeth, Y.-J. Lin
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FIW'94
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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L.G. Bouma, H. Velthuijsen
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FIW'95
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Kyoto, Japan
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K.E. Cheng, T. Ohta
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FIW'97
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Montreal, Canada
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P. Dini, R. Boutaba, L. Logrippo
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FIW'98
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Lund, Sweden
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K. Kimbler, L.G. Bouma
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FIW'00
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Glasgow, Scotland
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M. Calder, E. Magill
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FIW'03
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Ottawa, Canada
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D. Amyot, L. Logrippo
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ICFI'05
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Leicester, UK
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S.
Reiff-Marganiec, M. D. Ryan
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We propose to focus the
conference on the topics listed below. Contributions extending beyond
this list and addressing other issues related to the interaction
problem (e.g. classification, taxonomy or benchmarking) will also be
welcome.
- New application areas
- Feature interactions in emerging
telecom architectures
- Internet, Internet telephony
(e.g. SIP, H.323, Megaco), agent architectures, policy-based services
and architectures, Web services, 3G, Parlay, .NET, GRID networks,
active networks.
- Current industrial practice and
experience
- Enterprise-level aspects of the
interaction problem.
- Mechanisms for interaction
detection and resolution
- Feature interactions in mobile
and broadband services
- User-centric view on the
interaction problem
- Software-engineering view on the
interaction problem
Technical papers will be
published as the 8th book in the series on Feature Interactions in
Telecommunication and Software Systems. Accepted papers must be
presented at the conference by one of the authors. Technical papers
submitted may be full papers
or short papers.
Full
papers. These must be unpublished and must not be submitted for
publication elsewhere. Submissions of full papers should not exceed 16
pages.
Short papers. In
order to make the conference as complete as possible from the point of
view of coverage of current research in the area, we also solicit short
papers. These can be industrial reports (I), position papers (P), or
summaries of research already published elsewhere (S). Such papers
should not exceed 5 pages but should be sufficiently self-contained to
be appreciated on their own. Each paper should be clearly labelled as
I, P, or S. Industrial reports should describe industrial case
studies or industrial research directions. Position papers should
propose novel research directions. Summaries should contain appropriate
citations.
All submissions must be in
English.
Two prizes will be awarded at
the conference:
This prize will be awarded to a
high-quality paper that investigates feature interaction in the most
novel
domain of application. This mostly excludes areas emphasized in the
past, such as (POTS) telephone systems. Examples of new areas are
enumerated in the first item of the suggested topics list, but others are warmly welcomed.
Best Paper Award
This award will be selected by the programme
committee based on the excellence of the paper.
January 4, 2005 |
Deadline for abstract submissions
Please note: For reasons outwith our control, the submission server is not available on January 2 and 3 2005. Please submit before that date or on the 4th of January.
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January 10, 2005 |
Deadline for full paper submissions
Full paper submission will only be possible, if you have submitted an abstract beforehand by the above deadline!
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February 14, 2005 |
Notification of acceptance |
February 27, 2005 |
Submission of Camera-Ready Paper |
The Conference is organised by the University of Leicester and the University of Birmingham, and will
be located at the University of Leicester.
The University of Leicester (founded 1957)
delivers high
quality undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education and
creates research that is of international significance. 70,000 people
in 160 countries hold degrees and
diplomas from the University of Leicester.
The Department of Computer Science has an
international reputation for the excellence of its research in
Algorithms & Complexity, Semantics, and Software Specification
& Design.
Leicester lies at the heart of England close to
major motorways, and a short distance from Nottingham East Midlands
Airport. Leicester railway station is a ten minute walk to the
University. The campus is compact - set within attractive green spaces.
ICFI'05 will take place on campus.
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Daniel Amyot
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University of Ottawa, Canada
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Lynne Blair
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University of Lancaster, England
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Muffy Calder
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University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Jose Fiadeiro
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University of Leicester, England
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Michael Fisher
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University of Liverpool, England
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Kathi Fisler
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
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Tom Gray
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PineTel, Canada
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Jean-Charles
Grègoire
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INRS-Telecommunications, Canada
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Dimitar
Guelev
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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Robert J. Hall
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AT&T Labs Research, USA
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Mario Kolberg
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University of Stirling, Scotland
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Luigi Logrippo
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Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada
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Evan Magill
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University of Stirling, Scotland
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Dave Marples
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Global Inventures, USA
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Alice Miller
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University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Masahide Nakamura
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Nara Institute of Science and
Technology, Japan
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Tadashi
Ohta
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Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
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Farid
Ouabdesselam
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LSR-IMAG, Grenoble, France
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Pierre-Yves Schobbens
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University of Namur, Belgium
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Henning Schulzrinne
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Columbia University, USA
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Ken Turner
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University of Stirling, Scotland
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Pamela Zave
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AT&T, USA |
Queries to the
Organising Committee may be sent to: fiw05@mcs.le.ac.uk
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