Dear all,
many thanks for the new interpretation by Peter Radford, i.e. Swizz(!)air.
As a real addict of Swissair I'm particularly disappointed about the development.
In fact I have identified Swissair with Switzerland and with absolute reliability.
It turned out that "desire of getting much money" seems to be even more typical than
reliability for some Swiss bankers, politicians etc.
They just don't know how much of the Swiss reputation will be lost
(and has already been lost).
I still hope to get a connection to Zuerich for tomorrow but who knows?
Just a nice detail:
If you call the Qualiflyer travelclub hotline (Qualiflyer was one of the points
which made Swissair so attractive for me) then you will probably have to wait in a queue since
a lot of people try to contact that line.
And during that queueing procedure you hear a voice singing:
"I believe I can fly" (endlessly repeated).
Apparently somebody has had already a feeling about the problems which
we face since a few days!
Best regards
Otto
Further to Karol Fabian's e-mail: there was a report this morning that
Sabena had gone bankrupt too (a result of the Swizzair* problems). I haven't
seen any comments as to whether they are still flying.
Regarding my attendance at the TC6 meeting, I am still hoping to be there;
my travel agents claim to have managed to re-book me on British Airways
flights (I was going to travel on Swizzair).
I'll confirm things when I have the tickets in my hand!
Peter
* Swizz - swindle, disappointment (from the Concise Oxford Dictionary)
UK Representative to TC6
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Dear TC6 colleagues,
my Swissair flights to and from Zurich were cancelled without
substitution and I was not able to find another reasonable connection,
because all nonSwissair flights to/from Zurich are booked already because
of Swissair grounding.
Please check Your flights in order not to be suprised on the airport. So I
have to appologize from the meeting, which I was so near to attend.
Best regards/S pozdravom Karol Fabian
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Banska Bystrica, Partizanska 3
tel. : 421-48-4144901, 421-48-4141705, 421-48-4143173, 421-48-4115207,
fax: 421-48-4141200, mob.: 421- 903 710181
e-mail : karol.fabian(a)sk.ibm.com
The local organizing committee invites you to participate in
IEEE ISSSTA 2002
International Symposium on Spread Spectrum
Techniques and Applications
which will be held in butiful Prague, Czech Republic
on September 2 - 5, 2002
For more info see http://www.ure.cas.cz/isssta2002
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
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CIC 2001
The 6th CDMA International Conference
“CDMA and Its Challenges for the New Horizon”
Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2001, Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel & Towers, Seoul, Korea http://www.cic2001.com
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In the spirit of the commemoration of the successful CDMA cellular and PCS system deployment in 1996, CIC (CDMA International Conference) has been organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of mobile communications. CIC serves as a forum for the dissemination of the state-of-the-art research, development, and implementations of broadband multimedia mobile communication systems, technologies, and applications. This conference will also present the latest development in the 4th generation broadband communication systems. Seamless services and applications via different access systems will be the driving forces for the future development. The 6th CIC will provide three-day presentations of invited and regular papers from manufacturers, academia, and service providers, and one-day tutorials by distinguished lecturers.
Conference Program
Tutorials
Oct. 30(Tuesday), 2001
T1: MIMO Space-Time Coding / Processing and OFDM (08:30 ~ 18:00)
T2: Short-range radio communications with Bluetooth (08:30 ~ 12:30)
T3: T3: Transmission Power Control, Rate Control & Packet Scheduling in Cellular CDMA Systems (14:00 ~ 18:00)
T4: Multiuser detection: algorithms and their implementation (14:00 ~ 18:00)
Technical Session
Oct. 31 (Wednesday) ~
Nov. 1 (Thursday), 2001
S1: Opening Session
S2: Plenary Session
S3: Wireless High-Speed Data
S4: Wireless Internet Platform
S5: Access Network Technology
S6: IMT-2000 Deployment & Services
S7: 4G Technologies
S8: Panel Discussion - CDMA Belt
Paper Session
Nov. 2 (Friday), 2001
Oral Presentation
A1 ~ A4 / B1 ~ B4 / C1 ~ C4 / D1 ~ D4
Poster Presentation
E1 ~ E2
* Further information about CIC program is available on the CIC website (www.cic2001.com).
Registration
Category
EARLY: By Oct. 15
LATE: After Oct. 15
Domestic
Oversea
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Oversea
Conference Registration
Regular Rate
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USD 400
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USD 500
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￦200,000
USD 200
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USD 300
Student Rate
￦100,000
USD 100
￦200,000
USD 200
Tutorial
T ? 1
￦200,000
USD 200
￦220,000
USD 220
T ? 2
￦100,000
USD 100
￦120,000
USD 120
T ? 3
￦100,000
USD 100
￦120,000
USD 120
T ? 4
￦100,000
USD 100
￦120,000
USD 120
T?5(T-2 & T-3)
￦200,000
USD 200
￦220,000
USD 220
T-6(T-2 & T-4)
￦200,000
USD 200
￦220,000
USD 220
** Conference registration includes CD of Proceeding, Abstract (Hard Copy), Lunch, Reception and Banquet.
** Academic rate is provided for faculty member.
** Tutorial registration includes tutorial materials (Hard Copy) only.
Contact Us: CIC 2001 Secretariat
The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS)
Hyundai Kirim Officetel #1504, 1330-18 Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-858, Korea
E-mail : jcpark(a)kics.or.kr
Tel : + 82 2 3453 5555 Fax : + 82 2 539 5588
Committees: General Chair: International Advisory Committee Chair:
Ui-Seok Hong Gil Rok Oh
President, KICS / Professor, Kwangwoon University President, ETRI
ushong(a)daisy.kwangwoon.ac.kr groh(a)etri.re.kr
Organizing Committee Chair: Technical Program Committee Chair:
Chu-Hwan Yim Daehyoung Hong
Vice President, KICS / Secretary General, TTA Professor, Sogang University
chyim(a)tta.or.kr dhong(a)sogang.ac.kr
Hosted by MIC (Ministry of Information & Communication)
Organized by KICS (The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences)
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CIC 2001 Secretariat
The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences(KICS)
Hyndai Kirim Officetel #1054, 1330-18 Seochodong, Seochogu
Seoul 137-070, Korea
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Apologies for any duplication of this announcement
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CALL FOR PAPERS: ICME 2002
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
August 26-29 2002
GOALS OF THE CONFERENCE
International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) is a major annual
international conference organized with the objective of bringing together
researchers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry
working in all areas of multimedia. ICME serves as a forum for the
dissemination of state-of-the-art research, development, and implementations
of multimedia systems, technologies and applications.
Co-sponsored by four IEEE societies (the Circuits and Systems Society,
the Communications Society, the Computer Society and the Signal Processing
Society) the third edition of ICME will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
INSTRUCTIONS AND TOPICS
Authors should submit a four-page manuscript in double-column format
including authors' names, affiliations and a short abstract. Only electronic
submission will be accepted. A sample of the papers presented at the
conference will be selected for a possible publication in an upcoming
special issue of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. Topics covered include
but are not limited to the following:
* Audio, image and/or video processing
* Components and technologies for multimedia systems
* Human-machine interface and interaction
* Multimedia applications
* Multimedia hardware architectures
* Multimedia communication and networking
* Multimedia computing systems
* Multimedia content access and distribution
* Multimedia databases
* Signal processing for media integration
* Standards (e.g., MPEG) and related issues
* System integration, integration of art and technologies
* Virtual reality and computer graphics
* Watermarking and security
CONFERENCE WEB SITE AND CONTACT
Web: http://www.icme2002.org
Contact: info(a)icme02.epfl.ch
SPECIAL SESSIONS, TUTORIALS, DEMO/EXHIBITS
Proposals for Special Sessions, Tutorials and Demo/Exhibits are also
strongly encouraged. Authors are referred to the ICME website to additional
information regarding submissions.
IMPORTANT DATES
Special Session Proposal Due December 1, 2001
Regular Papers Submission Due February 15, 2002
Tutorial Proposal Due March 1, 2002
Demo/Exhibit Proposal Due May 1, 2002
Thierry Pun, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
Jean-Luc Dugelay, Eurecom, France
ICME Publicity co-Chairs
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There were small updates in the proposed TC6 meeting agenda. I forward
the new version.
The meeting will start on Saturday at 9.00 am and it will go on until we
leave to the visit to the IBM labs at 3.30 pm. On Saturday evening we
will have the TC6 dinner.
We reconvene on Sunday at 9.00 am and we will end the meeting in the
middle of the afternoon.
Let me thank Harry Rudin for the organization of the meeting and the
visit to IBM.
See you in Zurich
Augusto
Dear TC6 members,
Sultan Qaboos University nominated Dr. Ahmed Al-Naamany as the Oman
representative in TC6.
His coordinates are:
Al-Naamany, Ahmed Dr. Tel: +968.515363
Dept. of Information Engineering Fax: +968.513454
College of Engineering Mobile: +968.9347250
Sultan Qaboos University Email: naamany(a)squ.edu.om
P.O. Box 33, Al-Khod-123
Sultanate of OMAN
I hope that Dr. Naamany attends our Zurich meeting.
Best regards
Augusto Casaca
PS - Otto and Herbert, could you please update our lists?
----- Original Message -----
From: Raimundo José de Araújo Macêdo
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:16 PM
Subject: First Call For Papers - SBRC´2002
**** Sorry for the duplicates ****
Please, distribute amongst the ones who might be interested. Thank you.
20th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks - SBRC'2002
Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 20-24, 2002
The Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks (SBRC) is promoted annually by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) and by the National Computer Network Laboratory (LARC). Over the years, SBRC has become the most important Brazilian discussion forum for researchers and professionals within the fields of Computer Networks and Distributed Computing, and one of the major events on informatics in Brazil. The large number of annually submitted papers (over 150) and participants (over 700) of the last years is an indication of the importance devoted by our community to SBRC.
Besides the presentation of selected papers, SBRC'2002 will provide invited talks and tutorials given by distinguished scientists, as well as short courses, panels, and other activities.
Paper Submission:
Authors are invited to submit papers reporting research, experiments, design and development results. The major topics of interest include (but are not limited to): specification, verification, implementation, modelling and testing of distributed systems and protocols; high speed networks; internet (protocols, services, and applications); quality of service (QoS); computer and telecommunication networks management; security; mobile computing; mobile agents; wireless communication; middleware; multimedia distributed systems; real time distributed systems; fault tolerance; performance evaluation; distributed algorithms; and interoperable systems.
The papers should be either written in English or Portuguese and the text should not exceed 16 pages, including abstract, figures, diagrams, bibliography, etc (figures in bitmap format should be avoided). The page format should be A4 (29.7 x 21.0 cm), font size 12 pts, Times, lateral margins 2.5 cm, upper margin 3.0 cm, lower margin 2.5 cm, single column page with no more than 45 lines. Submissions should be in Postscript (generic postscript) or PDF (a format created by Acrobat) and directed to the Symposium Web's Page http://www.nce.ufrj.br/sbrc/ or, alternatively, to http://www.lasid.ufba.br/eventos/sbrc2002/.
For any further details concerning submission please contact the programme committee chair (macedo(a)ufba.br).
Important Deadlines:
Papers submission: 28/01/02
Acceptance notification: 28/03/02
Camera-ready Copy: 08/04/02
General Co-Chairs:
Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo, UFRJ
Luci Pirmez, UFRJ
Programme Committee Chair:
Raimundo José de Araújo Macêdo, UFBA
Programme Committee:
Aloysio de Castro Pinto Pedroza - UFRJ
Antônio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro - UFMG
Antônio Mauro Oliveira - CEFET/CE
Carlos Becker Westphall - UFSC
Carlos de Castro Goulart - UFV
Djamel H. Sadok - UFPE
Edmundo Roberto Mauro Madeira -UNICAMP
Eduardo Whitaker Bergamini - INPE
Eleri Cardozo - UNICAMP
Elias Procopio Duarte Jr - UFPR
Flávio Morais de Assis Silva - UFBA
Francisco Vilar Brasileiro - UFPB
Guido Lemos de Sousa Filho - UFRN
Jean-Marie Farines - UFSC
Joberto Sergio Barbosa Martins - UNIFACS
Joni da Silva Fraga - UFSC
José Augusto Suruagy Monteiro - UNIFACS
José Ferreira de Rezende - UFRJ
José Gonçalves Pereira Filho - UFES
José Marcos Silva Nogueira - UFMG
José Neuman de Souza - UFC
Julius Leite - UFF
Luci Pirmez - UFRJ
Luís Felipe Magalhães de Moraes - UFRJ
Luiz Eduardo Buzato - UNICAMP
Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares - PUC/Rio
Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo - UFRJ
Markus Endler - PUC/Rio
Maria Izabel Cavalcante Cabral - UFPB
Maria Janilce Almeida - UFRGS
Marinho Barcellos - UNISINOS
Mauricio Magalhães - UNICAMP
Michael Stanton - UFF
Nelson Fonseca - UNICAMP
Noemi Rodriguez - PUC/Rio
Orlando Loques - UFF
Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte - UFRJ
Paulo Roberto Freire Cunha - UFPE
Paulo Jorge Esteves Veríssimo - Univ. de Lisboa
Raimundo José de Araújo Macêdo - UFBA
Ricardo de Oliveira Anido - UNICAMP
Roberto Willrich - UFSC
Rogério Drummond - UNICAMP
Rosa Maria M. Leão - UFRJ
Wanderley Lopes de Souza - UFSCar
Wilson Vicente Ruggiero - USP
The Location:
Just 105 miles from Rio de Janeiro, a pleasant 2-hour trip takes you to the peninsula of Búzios, whose more than 20 magnificent beaches and crystal-clear water contrast with the exuberantly sculptured landscape and exotic vegetation, which a prodigal "Mother Nature" has privileged with a wonderful year-round summer.
Originally settled by European pirates and slave traders, this happy mixture of many bloods prospered and became a picturesque fishing village, elected one of the 10 most beautiful areas in the world, famous for its unique combination of rustic charm, architectural harmony, incredible beauty and sophisticated boutiques and restaurants frequented by discerning visitors who come from all over the world to savour its magic.
Organisation:
UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Promotion:
SBC - Brazilian Computing Society
LARC - National Computer Networks Laboratory
