Local Computer Networks Conference

The Local Computer Networks Conference (LCN) is an annual international academic conference organised by the IEEE Computer Society. The first LCN was held in 1976, with the full name of "Conference on Experiments in New Approaches to Local Computer Networking".^[1] The second meeting in 1977 was called the "Conference on 'A Second Look at Local Computer Networking'" before it changed its name to "Third Conference on Local Computer Networks" in 1978. After that the conference was simply called LCN. The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee sponsored the LCN since 1979.^[2]

LCN has grown to be a premier conferences on theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking and is ranked as an A conference according to the CORE Rankings Portal in 2017.^[3]

History of the Conference

History of the LCN conference
Year	City	Country (Region)	Date
2017	Singapore	Singapore	9 October - 12 October
2016	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	7 November - 10 November^[4]
2015	Clearwater Beach	Florida, United States of America	26 October - 29 October^[5]
2014	Edmonton	Canada	8 September - 11 September^[6]
2013	Sydney	Australia	21 October - 24 October^[7]
2012	Clearwater Beach	Florida, United States of America	22 October - 25 October^[8]
2011	Bonn	Germany	4 October - 7 October^[9]
2010	Denver	Colorado, United States of America	11 October - 14 October^[10]
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003	Königswinter	Germany
2002	Tampa	Florida, United States of America
2001	Tampa	Florida, United States of America
2000	Tampa	Florida, United States of America
1999	Lowell	Massachusetts, United States of America
1998	Lowell	Massachusetts, United States of America
1997	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1996	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1995	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1994	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1993	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1992	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1991	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1990	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1989	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1988	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1987	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1986	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1985	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1984	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1983	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1982	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1981	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1980	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1979	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America
1978	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America	23 October - 24 October
1977	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America	13 October - 14 October
1976	Minneapolis	Minnesota, United States of America	16 September - 17 September

Historical Events

The conference celebrated its 40th anniversary 2015 in Clearwater Beach, Florida where Robert Metcalfe (founder of 3com and co-inventor of the Ethernet network technology), Harvey Freeman (President ComSoc Board of Governors 2017, ^[11]), Howard Salmen, and Peter Martini (Director of Institute Fraunhofer FKIE^[12]) held a keynote^[13]^[14]

References

[1] "IEEE Local Computer Networks (LCN) Conference Celebrates 40th Anniversary".

[2] "LCN History".

[3] "LCN CORE Ranking".

[4] "LCN41 Home Page".

[5] "LCN40 Home Page".

[6] "LCN39 Home Page".

[7] "LCN38 Home Page".

[8] "LCN37 Home Page".

[9] "LCN36 Home Page".

[10] "LCN35 Home Page".

[11] "ComSoc Board of Governors 2017".

[12] "Fraunhofer FKIE Institut".

[13] "LCN 2015 keynote by Bob Metcalfe".

[14] "Keynote on Youtube".

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