-----Original Message----- From: Raffaele Bruno [mailto:raffaele.bruno@iit.cnr.it] Sent: sexta-feira, 22 de Novembro de 2002 15:04 To: Raffaele Bruno Subject: CFP:IFIP WG 6.8 8th Conference on Personal Wireless Communications

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Conference Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers

PWC 2003

The Eigth International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications Sponsored by the IFIP WG 6.8 - Mobile and Wireless Communications http://www.iit.cnr.it/pwc2003

September 23-25, 2002 Telecom Italia Future Centre - Venice, Italy

http://www.futurecentre.telecomitalia.it/eng/

PWC is the premier international forum for discussions between researchers, practitioners and students interested in the symbiosis of mobile computing and wireless networks. PWC 2003 is the eight conference of this series and is sposored by IFIP WG 6.8

The PWC 2002 technical program committee is soliciting papers describing original, previously unpublished, completed or on-going research, on topics. including, but not limited to, the following:

- Mobile Web Access - Mobile and Wireless Applications - Pervasive computing - Mobile and Wireless Networking - IP-based Mobile Networks - Mobility Management - QoS in the Mobile and Wireless Networks - Real-time voice/video over mobile and wireless networks - Multicasting in Wireless Services - Analysis, Simulation and Measurement of wireless and mobile systems - Mobile ad hoc networks - Wireless BAN, PAN and LAN - Wi-Fi - Third and Fourth Generation Systems - 3G/WLAN internetworking - Energy-efficient Protocols and Power Management

This year conference includes two special tracks to address hot topic issues: sensor networks and wireless security.

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION =================================

Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. For paper submission, please follow the submission instructions at: http://www.iit.cnr.it/pwc2003 All papers will be reviewed by the program committee members. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES ===============

Full papers due: February 10, 2003 Notification: May 10, 2003 Camera Ready due: June 10, 2003

GENERAL Chair: Enrico Gregori, IIT - CNR, Italy

GENERAL Vice-Chair: Fabrizio Davide, Telecom Italia, Italy

TECHNICAL PROGRAM Chair: Marco Conti, IIT - CNR, Italy

SPECIAL TRACKs PROGRAM Chair: Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland

PUBLICITY chair: Raffaele Bruno, IIT CNR, Italy

STEERING COMMITTEE Members:

Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland, USA Guy Omydiar, National University of Singapore, Singapore Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Members: TBD

-- Raffaele Bruno ======================================= Publicity chair PWC 2003

Ph.D. Student Italian National Reseacrh Council - IIT Institute Via G. Moruzzi,1 - 56100 Pisa, ITLAY ======================================= phone: +39 050 3153078 fax: +39 050 3152593 email: raffaele.bruno@iit.cnr.it =======================================