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------------------------------- MSN'06 - Deadline extended to June 23, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------

2nd International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN'06) 13-15 Dec 2006, Hong Kong, China http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/msn06

Organized and supported by Hong Kong Polytechnic University ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -

Following the success of the first conference MSN¡¯05, held in Wuhan, China, MSN¡¯06 provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange research results and share development experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks:

- Network architecture and protocols - Software platforms and development tools - Self-organization and synchronization - Routing and data dissemination - Failure resilience and fault isolation - Energy management - Data, information, and signal processing - Security and privacy - Network planning, provisioning, and deployment - Network modeling and performance evaluation - Developments and applications - Integration with other systems

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- MSN invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Submissions should include an abstract, key words, the e-mail address of the correspondingauthor, and must not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures, with PDF, PostScript, or MSWord format. Electronic submission through the submission website is strongly encouraged. Hard copies will be accepted only if electronic submission is not possible. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted,at least one ofthe authors will register and attend the conference to present the work.

Questions concerning hardcopy submissions or any other issues may be directed to the Program Chair at msn06@comp.polyu.edu.hk.

IMPORTANT DATES --------------------- Important Dates: Submission deadline: Extended to 23 June, 2006 Notification of acceptance: 20 Aug, 2006 Final Manuscript due: 5 Sept, 2006 Conference: 13 - 15 Dec. 2006

PUBLICATION --------------------- The conference proceedings will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pending) and distributed at the conference. Selected papers of best quality will be published in a special issue at journal special issues.

BEST PAPER AWARDS --------------------- The program committee will select one winner for the Best Paper Award (all regular papers are eligible) and one winner for the Best Student Paper Award (only the regular papers whose firstauthor is a full-time student are eligible). Each winner will be presented at the conferencewith a certificate and US$100.

KEYNOTE SPEECHES: --------------------- MSN'06 will feature three keynote speeches. Speakers and topics will soon be announced.

ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES -------------------------------- Advisory Committees Keith K.C. Chan, H.K. Polytechnic Univ., H.K. Marco Conti, IIT, CNR, Italy Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Lionel Ni, H.K. Univ. of Sci. & Tech., H.K. Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic Univ., USA

General Co-Chairs Sajal K. Das, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA Xiaohua Jia, HK CityU

Program Co-Chairs Jiannong Cao, HK PolyU Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada

Program Vice Co-Chairs - Physical layer, power, and other architecture issues Amiya Nayak, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada

- Data link layer and MAC protocols Vojislav B. Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada

- Routing and broadcasting Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain

- Deployment, topology control, clustering, Paolo Santi, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica del CNR, Italy

- Transport layer, session layer protocols Soung-Chang Liew, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

- Data centric, tracking, and positioning protocols in sensor networks Eric Fleury, INRIA, France

- Query processing, Middleware Jingyuan(Alex) Zhang, University of Alabama, USA

- Security, privacy, and reliability Zhen Jiang, West Chester University, USA

- Systems and applications Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, H.K.

Progrma Committee Please see MSN¡¯06 Website for the list of program committee members

Publicity Co-Chairs Wei Lou, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. H.K. Isabelle Simplot-Ryl, Univ. Lille 1, France Yu Wang, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Local Organization Chair Allan Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. H.K.

Publication Chair Jianliang Xu, Hong Kong Baptist Univ., H.K.

Awards Co-Chairs Stephen Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA Symeon Papavasileiou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan

Webmaster Hui Cheng (cshcheng@comp.polyu.edu.hk)

---------------------------------------- For more information, please contact:

Prof. Jiannong Cao Deartment of Computing Hong Kong Polytechnic University Email: csjcao@comp.polyu.edu.hk

Prof. Ivan Stojmenovic School of Information Technology and Engineering Univ. of Ottawa, Canada Email: ivan@site.uottawa.ca