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Special Interest Groups (SiGs)

Special Groups of interest can be created by the chair for the development of activities in specific areas of the committee charter.
Groups of interest are leaded by a leader appointed by the chair.

At the moment, the following are the active CSIM SiGs:

Special Interest Group on "Cross-layering"
Leader: Fabrizio Granelli
The CSIM SiG on cross-layering will specifically address the issues related to cross-layering technology as a mean both to provide tight integration among the protocol layers of communication devices and to model the resulting communication architectures. In this context, the topics addressed by the SiG are included within the goals of CSIM, in terms of integration and modeling of a specific technology.
Topics addressed by the SiG on cross-layering include:
- modeling of cross-layering interactions
- modeling of cross-layering processes
- architectures for cross-layering signalling
- performance of cross-layering schemes
Expected activities of the SiG are mainly to facilitate interactions among experts operating in the field and provide a forum for analysis and exchange of information about potential costs and benefits of the cross-layering paradigm, especially in comparison to standard layering design of communication networks.
Group Webpage | Contact F.Granelli

Special Interest Group on "Services Modeling and Simulation"
Leader: Mike Devetsikiotis
The CSIM SiG on services modeling will specifically address the issues related to the emerging area of network and information technology services as a mean to model the architectures and methods used for service implementation, delivery and capacity planning.
Topics addressed by the proposed SiG include:
- modeling of network service performance
- modeling of service delivery and intermediary architectures
- modelling of service workload and traffic
- efficient simulation of service frameworks
- scalable simulation of very large service systems
Expected activities of the SiG are mainly to facilitate interactions among experts operating in the field and provide a forum for analysis and exchange of information about service modelling and simulation.

Special Interest Group on "Measurements"
Leader: Antonio Pescape'

The CSIM SiG on "Internet Measurements" will specifically address issues related to the emerging topics in the field of network and traffic measurements, especially when their purpose is to improve and secure the current Internet. In this context, the topics addressed by the SiG include:

  • techniques, tools, and environments looking at reproducibility in network and traffic measurements (topology discovery, capacity and bandwidth estimation, and QoS parameter measurement)
  • capture, analysis, characterization, and modeling of network traffic
  • techniques, tools, and platforms for traffic identification and classification
  • measurement and characterization of malware and unwanted traffic, network anomaly detection, and security threats
  • measurement-inspired modeling, control, and management
The expected main activities of the SiG will be devoted to both foster interaction among experts researching and operating in the field of "Internet Measurements" and provide an open forum to exchange information and to facilitate new and even more stimulating collaboration activities.
Group Webpage | Contact A. Pescape'

Special Interest Group on "Future Internet Testbeds"
Leader: Harry Skianis

Lately, there is much interest on the definition of the Future Internet with international research efforts and programs, such as GENI and FIND in USA, FIRE in Europe, u-Japan in Japan, that work towards the challenges behind the current Internet as well as the Future Internet Design (FIND).
This effort needs large scale experimental facilities to exhaustively test evolutionary and revolutionary approaches towards Future Internet and all aspects of it such as networks and services.
The new SIG - FIT will span its activities on several aspects of mainly large scale experimental platforms on the Future Internet and its interconnection aspects (federation aspects of heterogeneous platforms, security, authentication, privacy, routing, ect).
Contact H. Skianis

Special Interest Group on "Modeling and Simulation Tools"
Leader: Joel Rodrigues

Nowadays, simulation is one of the most used technique for performance evaluation of communication and multimedia technologies, in comparison with in situ measurements and analytical tools.
The scope of this SIG is the diffusion and promotion of Modeling and Simulation Tools. It also includes the creation of new Modules and Graphic User Interfaces (GUI) for existing simulation tools.
This SIG is a forum to share and disseminate information related with construction and utilization of modeling and simulation tools on communications and multimedia.
Group webpage | Contact J. Rodrigues

More information about the development of the SiGs activities will be posted soon, but in case you are interested, please refer directly to the SiGs leaders indicated above.