First Announcement Institute for Information Transmission Problems (IPPI) of the Russisan Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), Tel-Aviv University (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Technion (Haifa, Israel), with the cooperation of the Moscow Chapter Information Theory Society of IEEE will hold an International Conference DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (DCCN'96) (Theory and Applications) October 28 - November 1, 1996 Main Topics for the Conference include, but are not limited to: Performance Evaluation Models of the Computer Networks Computer Networks Architecture Computer Communication Networks Planning Protocol Theory, ISDN and Intellegent Networks Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications Management and Control of the Information Networks Co-chairmen of the Conference are: Academician Nikolaj Kuznetsov (IPPI) and Professor Robert Liptser (Tel-Aviv University) The extended Abstracts up to 3 pages and Proposals for Conference Sessions (preferable together with electronic copy in ASCII codes or TEX-files) should be send to: DCCN'96-Conference. Prof. Vladimir Vishnevsky, Institute for Information Transmission Problems Bolshoy Karetny, 19. Moscow 101447, Russia. E-mail: vishn@nov.ippi.ras.ru Fax: (7 095) 299 5655 More detailed information You can receive from Meetings Manager Dr. Nina Bakanova, E-mail: nina@nov.ippi.ras.ru Fax: (7 095) 209 0579 !