Subject: Mobicom 2002 - CFP

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 18:02:54 -0700 (MST)

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                      Call for Papers 

                   *** ACM MobiCom 2002 *** 
The Eighth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking 
        
                    September 23-26, 2002
                    Westin Peachtree Plaza
                    Atlanta, Georgia, USA
                        
            http://www.acm.org/sigmobile/mobicom/2002/ 

                 Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE 

            Submission Deadline: March 1, 2002 

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MobiCom 2002 is the eighth annual conference dedicated to 
addressing new challenges in mobile computing and networking. MobiCom 2002 solicits papers 
describing significant research contributions to the field of mobile computing and networking. 

PAPERS: 
Authors are invited to submit full papers related to the theory and practice of mobile
computing and networking. Original research papers (that are not currently under review
by another conference or journal) are solicited. Areas of interest
include, but not limited to: 
 
* Applications and computing services supporting mobile users 
* Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity 
* Database and data management issues in mobile computing 
* Performance of mobile/wireless networks and systems 
* Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems 
* Interaction between different layers of mobile/wireless systems 
* Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks 
* Adaptive applications and systems for mobile environments 
* Distributed-system aspects of mobile systems 
* Operating system support for mobility 
* Location-dependent applications 
* Wireless multimedia systems 
* Power management 
* Mobile agents 
* Pervasive computing 
* Wireless sensor networks 
* Wireless/mobile service management and delivery 

All papers will be refereed by the program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. 
Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks (WINET) and 
Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journals.  

CHALLENGES SESSION: 
Short papers (maximum of 8 pages) that challenge the mobile computing community with new 
technologies or visionary applications are solicited. Such papers should provide stimulating 
ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues of mobile computing research. Papers will
be reviewed and should be submitted using the normal submission procedure. Submitted papers
should be clearly identified as intended for the Challenges Session.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PostScript or Portable Document Format 
(PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must meet the following restrictions:
-  No longer than 12 pages (double column); in font no smaller than 10 points
-  Fit properly on US Letter-sized paper (8.5 ' 11 inches) with reasonable margins
-  PostScript version 2 or later, or Portable Document Format (PDF)
-  Use only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts (i.e., Courier,Times, Roman, or Helvetica)
-  Other fonts may be used, but must be included in the PostScript/PDF file

Instructions for submission are available at:
http://www.acm.org/sigmobile/mobicom/2002/submissions/

All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors 
are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must not appear in the paper or in the PostScript or PDF
file. Submitted papers must not be currently under review for any other publication.
Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs.

TUTORIALS: 
Proposals for tutorials are solicited, and will be evaluated based on 
the expertise of the instructors and the relevance of the subject matter. Potential
instructors should submit a tutorial proposal of at most five pages, including a 
biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Co-chairs ([email-masked] or
[email-masked]).

PANELS: 
Proposals are solicited for panels that examine innovative, controversial, or 
otherwise provocative issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 3 pages,
including biographical sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should
contact the Panel Co-chairs ([email-masked] or [email-masked]).

RESEARCH DEMOS:
Proposals for research demos are solicited. Proposals should not exceed 3 pages and
should include a description of the demo and equipment that will be used. Proposals
for demos should be sent to the Research Demo Chair ([email-masked]).

BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD: 
Papers with a student as the primary author will be considered 
for the Best Student Paper Award with a cash award of $1,000 USD. Students must indicate
with their submissions that they would like to be considered for this award.

IMPORTANT DATES: 
*  Paper submissions due: March 1, 2002 
*  Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2002 
*  Camera-ready version due: July 31, 2002 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Check the conference website or send 
email to [email-masked]

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: 
* General Chair: Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology

* General Vice-Chairs:
   - Jason Y. B. Lin, National Chiao Tung University
   - Ravi Jain, Telcordia

* Program Co-Chairs:
   - Vaduvur Bharghavan, Bytemobile 
   - Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University

* Panels Co-Chairs:
   - Ness Shroff, Purdue University
   - Marie-Jose Montpetit, Nokia

* Tutorials Co-Chairs:
   - Catherine Rosenberg, Purdue University 
   - Nitin Vaidya, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

* Publicity Co-Chairs:
   - Chuanyi Ji, Georgia Institute of Technology
   - Marwan M. Krunz, University of Arizona

* Workshop Co-Chairs:
   - Taieb Znati, NSF and University of Pittsburgh
   - Mehmet Ulema, Monmouth Internet Corporation
 
* Research Demos Chair: Ron Hutchins, Georgia Institute of Technology

* Finance Chair: Edward Knightly, Rice University

* Registration Chair: Suresh Singh, Portland State University

* Sponsorship/Exhibit Chair: Ramesh Govindan, Univ. of Southern California

* Local Arrangements Chair: Raghupathy Sivakumar: Georgia Institute of Technology

* Steering Committee Chair: Imrich Chlamtac, University of Texas at Dallas