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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS
International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2006)
Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada
July 3-6, 2006

IWCMC 2006 will be held in Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada
(http://www.sheratonwallcentre.com/), on 3-6 July 2006.
The technical program will consist of a general symposium, nine specific symposia,
Tutorials and Workshops. For the technical sessions, the IWCMC 2006 program
committee is soliciting original papers describing state-of-the-art research and
development in all areas of communications and networking. Prospective authors are
invited to submit original technical papers for oral presentations at IWCMC 2006 and
publication in the Conference Proceeding. For more information, please visit the conference
web site at http://www.IWCMC2006.cs.wmich.edu. Proposals for Tutorials and Workshops
are also invited. Scope of IWCMC 2006 includes, but is not limited to, the symposia topics
listed below.

GENERAL SYMPOSIUM
The General Symposium in IWCMC 2006 will include topics that are not covered under
the individual symposia listed below. For further details, please contact the General
Symposium Chair: Sherman Shen (Email: xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca), University of
Waterloo, Canada.

SPECIFIC SYMPOSIA
In addition to the General symposium, IWCMC 2006 will feature other nine (9) separate
symposia as listed below. For further information, please contact the co-chairs of the
specific symposia of interest.

Computer and Network Security
Co-Chairs: Xiaojiang (James) Du, North Dakota State University, USA,
xdu@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Yang Xiao, University of Memphis, USA, yangxiao@ieee.org
Shigang Chen, University of Florida, USA, sgchen@cise.ufl.edu

Communication and Information Theory
Co-Chairs: Hamid Sadjadpour, University of California-Santa Cruz, USA,
hamid@soe.ucsc.edu
Robert Ulman, Army research office, USA, robert.ulman@us.army.mil
Farid Dowla: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., USA, dowla1@llnl.gov
Brian Sadler: Army research Laboratory, USA, bsadler@arl.army.mil

Cross-Layer Designs and Protocols
Chair: Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA, xizhang@ee.tamu.edu
Co-Chair: Weihua Zhuang, University of Waterloo, Canada,
wzhuang@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca

Multimedia over Wireless
Co-Chairs: Haohong Wang, Qualcomm, USA, haohongw@qualcomm.com
Pascal Frossard, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland,
pascal.frossard@epfl.ch
Vice-Chairs: Chingyao Huang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan,
cyhuang@faculty.nctu.edu.tw
Z. Jane Wang, University of British Columbia, Canada, zjanew@ece.ubc.ca

Mobile Computing
Co-Chairs: Jie Li, Tsukuba University, Japan, lijie@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp
Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, jia@cs.cityu.edu.hk
Zhenqiang Sun, China TeleCom, sunzhq@ctbri.com.cn

Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Co-Chairs: Yang Yang, University College London, UK, y.yang@ee.ucl.ac.uk
Mischa Dohler, France Telecom, France, mischa.dohler@francetelecom.com
Jiang-Chuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Canada, jcliu@cs.sfu.ca
Rohit Nabar, Marvell Semiconductor, USA, rnabar@marvell.com
Qian Zhang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China,
qianzh@cs.ust.hk

Next Generation Mobile Networks
Co-Chairs: Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada, vleung@ece.ubc.ca
Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Canada, ekram@ee.umanitoba.ca
Javan Erfanian, Bell Canada, javan.erfanian@bell.ca

Wireless LANs and Wireless PANs (Wireless Networking)
Co-Chairs: Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta, Canada, ehab@cs.ualberta.ca
Yang Xiao, University of Memphis, USA, yangxiao@ieee.org

MIMO Systems
Chair: Li-Chung Wang, National Jiao Tung University, Taiwan, lichun@cc.nctu.edu.tw

TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS
Proposals are invited for half or full-day tutorials and workshops in communication and networking
topics. Proposals must be submitted to the Tutorials Chair: Daniel Wong
(dwong@research.telcordia.com), Telcordia Technologies, USA, and Workshop Co-Chairs: Song Ci
(cisong@umflint.edu), University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, Sghaier Guizani
(Sghaier_Guizani@UQTR.CA), Universite de Quebec a Trois-Rivieres et Universite de Moncton,
Canada.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline: December 15, 2005
Paper Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2006
Camera-ready Paper Submissions: May 30, 2006
Tutorial/Workshop Proposal Due: December 15, 2005

CONTACTS
General Chair:
Mohsen Guizani, Western Michigan University, USA, mguizani@cs.wmich.edu
General Co-Chairs:
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, hshwchen@ieee.org
Mamoru Sawahashi, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan, sawahasi@mlab.yrp.nttdocomo.co.jp
TPC Co-Chairs:
Jie Li, Tsukuba University, Japan, lijie@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp
Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA, xizhang@ee.tamu.edu
Financial Chair:
Eun K. Park, University of Missouri at Kansas City, USA, ekpark@umkc.edu
Local Chair:
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada, vleung@ece.ubc.ca
Industrial Liaison Chair:
Sherman Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada, xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Publicity Chair:
Thomas Hou, Virginia Tech, USA, thou@vt.edu

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