Welcome to IM'97 We hope you had the opportunity to attend the Conference in beautiful San Diego. If that was the case, you will want to get back to these proceedings for further read- ings and reflections. You'll find e-mail addresses of the main author of each paper, and you are surely encouraged to get in touch for further discussions. You can also take advantage of the CNOM (Committee on Network Operation and Management) web site where a virtual discus- sion agora has been set up for IM'97 (URL: http: //www.cselt.stet.it/CNOMWWWIIM97.html). At this site you will find a brief summary of...

Welcome to IM'97 We hope you had the opportunity to attend the Conference in beautiful San Diego. If that was the case, you will want to get back to these proceedings for further read- ings and reflections. You'll find e-mail addresses of the main author of each paper, and you are surely encouraged to get in touch for further discussions. You can also take advantage of the CNOM (Committee on Network Operation and Management) web site where a virtual discus- sion agora has been set up for IM'97 (URL: http: //www.cselt.stet.it/CNOMWWWIIM97.html). At this site you will find a brief summary of...