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Call for Papers

11th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2005)

August 28 - September 2, 2005

InterContinental Cologne Cologne, Germany http://www.cologne.intercontinental.com/

http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2005/

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ACM MobiCom 2005 is the eleventh in a series of annual conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and networking. This highly selective, single-track conference serves as the premier international forum addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile computers and wireless networks.

Papers

Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research related to the theory or practice of mobile computing and networking with respect to topics above the physical layer. All submissions must describe original results that are not published nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity * Applications and services for mobile users * Distributed systems aspects of mobile computing * Mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks * Performance of mobile and wireless networks and systems * Wireless multimedia systems * Algorithms and protocols for power management and control * Implementations and experimental mobile systems * Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks * Modeling and simulation aspects of mobile networks * Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking * Security, privacy, and fault-tolerance of mobile/wireless systems * Service creation and management environments for mobile/wireless systems * Database and data management issues in mobile computing

The program committee will referee all papers. 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) journal.

Challenges Papers

The conference strongly encourages the submission of short papers that challenge the research community with revolutionary new approaches, technologies, or applications in the field of mobile computing and wireless networking. These "challenge papers" should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues of far-reaching future research. Descriptions of new products or simple evolution of existing work are not appropriate. Challenges Papers will be reviewed and should be submitted using the same submission procedure as full papers. The title of such papers must start with the word "Challenges," i.e., "Challenges: `rest of the title'."

Submission Instructions

Papers must be no longer than 15 pages (5 pages for Challenges Papers), font size not smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on U.S. "letter"-sized paper (8.5x11 inches) with reasonable margins. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF or PostScript version. Detailed instructions for the paper submission procedure and format will be available on the conference web pages. The deadline for registering the title and the abstract of the paper with our electronic submission system is February 22, 2005, and the deadline for submitting the actual paper is March 1, 2005. All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST. All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through a double-blind review process, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors should not be identifiable by any means from the paper or from the PDF or the Postscript file. Guidelines for preparing the paper for blind reviewing, as well as electronic paper submission instructions, will be available on the conference web pages. Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be currently under review for any other publication. Please direct any questions regarding paper submission to the Program Co-Chairs, Elizabeth Belding-Royer and Songwu Lu at mobicom_pcchairs @ acm.org.

Tutorials

Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of tutorial proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors and on the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Chair Luca Salgarelli (luca.salgarelli at ing.unibs.it). The deadline for tutorial proposals is March 8, 2005.

Panels

Panel proposals are solicited 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, Mario Gerla (gerla at cs.ucla.edu) and Jean-Pierre Hubaux (jean- pierre.hubaux at epfl.ch). The deadline for panel proposals is March 25, 2005.

Research Demonstrations and Exhibits

Proposals for research demos are strongly solicited. They should include a 3-page description of the demo and equipment to be used. Send proposals to the Research Demo Chair Dirk Westhoff (dirk.westhoff at netlab.nec.de) by June 13, 2005. We are also planning an Expo featuring exhibits of the latest mobile computing products and services.

Student Poster Session

Student posters are solicited that present recent and on-going research by students on mobile computing and mobile wireless networking. The poster submissions should include a 2-page description of the student's research. See above for paper formatting requirements. Accepted posters will be put on the conference web page; however, they will not be printed in the conference proceedings. Please send submissions to the Student Poster Chair Haiyun Luo (haiyun at cs.uiuc.edu). The deadline is June 20, 2005.

Best Student Paper Award

Papers with a student as a primary author will be considered for the Best Student Paper Award, with a cash award of 1000 US$. Students must indicate with their submission that they would like to be considered for this award. The student author of the awarded paper is expected to present the paper at the conference.

Important Dates

All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST. These are *firm* deadlines.

Paper registration deadline: February 22, 2005 Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2005 Tutorial proposals due: March 8, 2005 Panel proposals due: March 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2005 Camera-ready versions due: June 24, 2005 Demo proposals due: June 13, 2005 Student poster submissions due: June 20, 2005

For More Information

For questions about the paper submission and review process, please contact the Program Co-Chairs at mobicom_pcchairs @ acm.org. For other questions or comments about the conference or for more information, please send email to mobicom_chairs @ acm.org.

Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA Christoph Lindemann, University of Dortmund, Germany

Program Co-Chairs Elizabeth Belding-Royer, UC, Santa Barbara, USA Songwu Lu, UCLA, USA

Industrial Liaison Co-Chairs Volker Gruhn, University of Leipzig, Germany Venkat Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research, USA

Finance Chair Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Registration Chair Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs Christian Bettstetter, NTT DoCoMo, Germany Wendi Heinzelman, University of Rochester, USA

Workshop Co-Chairs Suman Banerjee, University of Wisconsin, USA Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Tutorial Chair Luca Salgarelli, University of Brescia, Italy

Panels Co-Chairs Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL, Switzerland

Research Demos Chair Dirk Westhoff, NEC Research Europe, Germany

Student Poster Session Chair Haiyun Luo, U. of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA

Local Arrangement Chair Oliver Waldhorst, University of Dortmund, Germany

Web Chair Lars Littig, University of Dortmund, Germany

Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium, University of Trento, Italy University of Texas at Dallas, USA

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