3rd INTERNATIONAL WWW CACHING WORKSHOP Manchester, England, June 15-17 1998 University of Manchester Invitation and Preliminary "Call for Papers" Following on from previous successful workshops held at Warsaw and Colorado, the 3rd International WWW Caching Workshop, organised by the UK National JANET Caching Team in conjunction with TERENA, the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association, will be held at the University of Manchester, England from 15-17 June 1998. This is an invitation to participate and a preliminary call for papers. The workshop is being held during the formal celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the world's first stored program computer, designed and built in Manchester. The workshop is not part of the official programme however further details surrounding the 50th anniversary events are available at: http://www.computer50.org/index.html SUBJECT AREAS FOR THE CONFERENCE Papers are invited on all matters related to caching, but more specifically in the following subject areas: * Experiences in implementing national caches, regional caches and Institution/site caches. * Caching within organisations: departmental and discipline caches. * Co-operative caching, e.g. using multicasting. * Caching infrastructures/meshes. * Caching software. * Caching hardware. * Caching of multimedia objects. * Progress with the TERENA caching projects. * Benefits of caching, user experiences, views, requirements etc. * Cache server performance analysis/metrics Please note: Other related topics will also be considered. INFORMATION FOR PAPER SUBMISSION Full papers (maximum of 4000 words) are to be submitted. All papers must be written in English and must contain the following: - - the topic - - title - - author and institution - - address, email and telephone number of the primary author Electronic submission (via FTP or email) of HTML or ASCII documents is highly recommended. Please use only elementary HTML commands and minimise the number of files (one main HTML file, plus essential figures in a general format such as GIF, referenced by relative URLs). Send by email to: <workshop@wwwcache.ja.net>. Details regarding FTP submission are available at http://wwwcache.ja.net/events/workshop/ Should electronic submission be impossible, please submit 4 copies of double-spaced full paper manuscript (maximum 4000 words) with an abstract to the organising committee at the address given below. * Accepted papers must be re-submitted in the format required for publication in the workshop proceedings. Submission instructions will be supplied to authors of accepted papers. Nearer the date of the workshop we intend to publish a Call for Short Papers and Posters providing an opportunity to present late breaking news in special sessions. Short papers will not be published in the Workshop Proceedings. EXHIBITION & DEMONSTRATION FACILITIES An exhibition area will be available for demonstrations and for companies sponsoring the workshop. Please contact: workshop@wwwcache.ja.net PUBLICATIONS Conference proceedings containing full papers will be published in collaboration with TERENA. The Proceedings will also be published on the UK National JANET Caching Service Web server prior to the workshop at: http://wwwcache.ja.net/ TERENA Task Force (TF-CACHE) Meeting The TERENA Task Force TF-CACHE will convene during the workshop week and will present the latest results of their activities. The meeting is open to all interested parties. For information about the TERENA Task Force TF-Cache, please see the TERENA Web site: http://www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-cache/ WORKSHOP VENUE The workshop will be held in a University of Manchester hall of residence. Accommodation will be in student bedrooms (not ensuite) and will be available on the Saturday and Sunday nights preceeding and on the Wednesday night following the workshop. A limited number of double room facilities will be available. Accommodation in city centre hotels will also be available to workshop participants. The hall of residence has fully equipped lecture theatres and several workrooms for breakout sessions and meetings. Breakfast, lunches and evening meals will be provided during the course of the Workshop. The cost for attending the full three days will be in the range 200 - 400 pounds sterling. ATTENDANCE If you are interested in attending the 3rd International WWW Caching Workshop it would useful for the organising committee if you indicated an interest in doing so as soon as possible. Please send an email to: <workshop@wwwcache.ja.net> IMPORTANT DATES 31st March 1998: Full manuscript due. 15th May 1998: Notification of acceptance to authors. 31st May 1998: Registration cut-off date. 15-17 June 1998: International WWW Caching Workshop 31st August 1998: Camera-ready papers due. RELEVANT CONTACTS Programme Committee: <workshop@wwwcache.ja.net> Local Organisation: George Neisser <George.Neisser@mcc.ac.uk> John Heaton <J.Heaton@mcc.ac.uk> TERENA Conference Officer: Paul Rendek <rendek@terena.nl> GENERAL INFORMATION 3rd International WWW Caching Workshop c/o The JANET Caching Team Manchester Computing University of Manchester Manchester, M13 9PL England Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6008/ Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 6040 Email: <workshop@wwwcache.ja.net> http://wwwcache.ja.net/events/workshop/ * Details regarding submission deadlines, bookings facilities, papers, etc. will be placed on the International WWW Caching Workshop Web site.