The Networks Lab workshop is an annual workshop organized with the objective of bringing together graduate students, faculty members, and industry guests working in all areas in computer communications and networking. It serves as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research in networking and sharing research experience. Meanwhile, it also provides a great opportunity for graduate students in networking to discuss their research work in a public setting and get feedback from peers, faculty members and working professionals.

This year's workshop will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2006 from 10:00am to 5:00 pm at 1131/1127 Kemper Hall, UC Davis. In addition to student research presentations, Networks Lab Workshop 2006 features a distinguished keynote speech, faculty talks, guest talks, and panel discussions. Meanwhile, the workshop will also hosts student poster exhibitions and research demonstrations.

We aim to bring forward the latest research work including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Access Network
• Ad Hoc Networks
• Internet Routing/Services/Applications
• Multicasting
• Network Architecture
• Network Survivability
• Optical Networking
• Overlay Networks
• Peer-to-Peer Networks
• Protocols
• Satellite Networks
• Sensor Networks
• Traffic Measurement/Engineering
• Wireless Networks

We expect more alumni and friends from both academia and industry participate this year’s workshop. We hope to grow this into a big event at UC Davis in the future.