The Fifth IFIP Conference on Intelligence in Networks

22-26 November 1999, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

• Call for Papers
• Conference Proceedings
• Important Dates
• Program Committee
• Organizing Committee
• Organizers
• Sponsors
• Bangkok
• Asian Institute of Technology
• Tutorial Time Table
• Conference Time Table
• Daily Tour in Bangkok and City nearby

SmartNet'99, the 5th IFIP Conference on Intelligence in Networks, aims at providing an international forum for academics, researchers, practitioners and service providers. The discussion areas will include the research and development in the area of telecommunication service architectures, service creation, distribution and intelligence in networks, applications to multimedia and mobility, market issues of new services, and performance and QoS issues.

Nowadays a simultaneous and mutual profound development takes place regarding:

• the dependency of society and business on telecommunication services
• the telecommunication marketplace
• considerations of quality and price of telecommunication services
• telecommunications and Internet service architectures
• network complexity and competence related to the operation of teleservices and telecommunication equipment

To cope with this increasing complexity and diversity, intelligence in the networks can create simpler solutions for users and telecommunication service providers and managers. Smart networks are the next generation in telecommunication service architecture and encompass advances in Intelligent Networks, TINA and WEB/Internet.

The conference will cover a broad set of research topics in Smart Networks such as:

• Value added services market development in telecom areas
• Telecommunication service creation, distribution and management
• Quality of Service and performance issues
• Service creation architecture applied to voice, data, mobile and multimedia services
• IN architecture, IN and B-ISDN, IN and mobile networks
• Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture (TINA)
• WEB and Internet development
• ATM networks and intelligence in ATM networks
• Network management and intelligence in network management
• Active Networks, Plug-and-Play issues and intelligent agents
• Object-orientation and JAVA technology
• Application of CORBA platforms and component-based software development

In addition, the conference will include tutorials on selected topics and also several sessions highlighting the state of the art, and plans for Asian countries for telecommunication networks and telecommunication services.

Papers are invited on the topics outlined above, and on other topics within major fields of interest at SmartNet’99. If possible, please submit papers by e-mail to smartnet@cs.ait.ac.th. Alternatively, hard copies could be sent to

The Kluwer Academic Publishers form for IFIP conferences is the standard for preparing papers. Preliminary papers should be no longer than 15 pages (MS Word, Times 10), including tables and figures.

• Thongchai Yongchareon, Thailand (Chairman)
• Finn Arve Aagesen, Norway (Vice-chairman)
• Vilas Wuwongse, Thailand (Vice-chairman)
• Pakpong Akaniwan, Thailand
• Piergiorgio Bosco, Italy
• Augusto Casaca, Portugal
• A. Lyman Chapin, USA
• Andre Danthine, Belgium
• Trevor Housley, Australia
• Terje Jensen, Norway
• Somnuk Keretho, Thailand
• Dipak Khakhar, Sweden
• Thaweesak Koanantakool, Thailand
• Olli Martikainen, Finland
• Chutichai Napasab, Thailand
• Reinhard Posch, Austria
• Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn, Thailand
• Guy Pujolle, France
• Harry Rudin, Switzerland
• Sutus Rukspollmuang, Thailand
• Tadao Saito, Japan
• A.B. Sharma, Thailand
• Booncharoen Sirinaovakul, Thailand
• Otto Spaniol, Germany
• Anand Sudarshan, India
• Booskorn Tanasomboonkit, Thailand
• Prakit Tangtisanon, Thailand
• Samir Tohme, France
• Kitin Udomkiat, Thailand

• Kosol Petchsuwan, Telecommunications Association of Thailand (Chairman)
• Kristian Bo, TelecomAsia (Vice-Chairman)
• Tapio Erke, Asian Institute of Technology
• K.K. Gunawardena, Asia-Pacific Telecommunications
• Thammanoon Julmanichoti, Communications Authority of Thailand
• Pleumjai Sinarkorn, Thai Telephone & Telecommunication
• Sitthichai Songpiriyakit, Telephone Organization of Thailand
• Sukit Tirawatanawit, Shinnawatra Group

• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
• International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
• Telecommunications Association of Thailand (TCT)

• Alcatel (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Ericsson Communications (Thailand) Ltd.
• Lucent Technologies (Thailand) Inc.
• Nokia Telecommunications (Thailand) Ltd.
• Siemens Systems Ltd.
• ECI Telecom Ltd.
• Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
• NEC Corporation

Located just 42 km. north of Bangkok (16 km. north of the Bangkok International Airport) on Phaholyothin Road, AIT is situated within the beautiful ground and gardens. AIT features extensive sports facilities that include a superb 9-hole golf course with a fully equipped golf shop and club hire service, swimming pool, tennis courts, jogging track and basketball court.