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Swizzair
by Otto Spaniol 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

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

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Swizzair
by Radford, Peter 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

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 Peter Radford Telecoms Solutions Logica T: +44(0)20 7446 1281 M: +44(0)7770 305506 F: available on request E: radfordp(a)logica.com <mailto:radfordp@logica.com> www.logica.com <http://www.logica.com/> This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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Swissair grounded, check Your flights !
by Karol Fabian 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

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 ____________ TC - 6 representative for Slovakia 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

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(Fwd) (Fwd) SPREAD SPECTRUM in Prague
by Jan Slavik 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

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

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[Fwd: Networking2002 - deadline is approaching]
by Augusto Casaca 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

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CIC 2001
by Jae Choon Park 02 Oct '01

02 Oct '01

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Domestic Oversea Conference Registration Regular Rate ￦400,000 USD 400 ￦500,000 USD 500 Academic Rate ￦200,000 USD 200 ￦300,000 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) ------------------------------------------------------------ CIC 2001 Secretariat The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences(KICS) Hyndai Kirim Officetel #1054, 1330-18 Seochodong, Seochogu Seoul 137-070, Korea (Tel) +82-2-3453-5555 (Fax) +82-2-539-5588 (E-mail) jcpark(a)kics.or.kr (Homepage) www.cic2001.com -----------------------------------------------------------

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CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE ICME 2002, Int.Conf.MM & Expo
by info＠ltssg3.epfl.ch 01 Oct '01

01 Oct '01

Apologies for any duplication of this announcement _____________________________________________ 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 PS: feel free to distribute! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe the ICME 2002 information mailing list, e-mail icme2002-request(a)ltssg3.epfl.ch with "subscribe" in the body. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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TC6 Meeting agenda (version 2)
by Augusto Casaca 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

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

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TC6 delegate from Oman
by Augusto Casaca 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

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?

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Fw: First Call For Papers - SBRC´2002
by Jose Neuman de Souza 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

----- 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

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