Distributed Computing and Networking: 8th International Conference, ICDCN 2006 Guwahati, India, December 27-30, 2006 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4308))

VI realm between distributed computing and networking, namely, Modeling Biological Networks, Network Security, Algorithmic Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks, and Optical Networking. This was made possible by the efforts of the Tutorial Chairs, Sr- har Iyer and Pinaki Mitra. The Organizing Committee worked hard to ensure that the participants enjoyed a comfortable stay and the technical meetings proceeded as smoothly as possible. We are grateful to the General Vice Chair, Sukumar Nandi, for arranging to hold the conference in Guwahati and for all he did to make the conference a success. Thanks are due to the Publicity Chairs, P. K. Das and Sriram V. Pemmaraju, for their great work in publicizing the event both locally and internationally, to the Publication Chairs, H. S. Paul and Srikanta Tirthapura, for their tremendous efforts in compiling the final proceedings, and to the Organizing Chair, D. Goswami, the Finance Chair, J. K. Deka, and the Scholarship Chair, S. V. Rao, for their hard work. We are grateful to the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati for extending the logistic support to the conference. We thank Sukumar Ghosh, the head of the ICDCN Steering Committee, for his guidance, continuous support and advice.