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Welcome to the February 2004 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News. Our thanks for a job well done to Tim Moors for his time and talents over the last two years. Tim's legacy includes extensive source urls and much appreciated format templates. David Alvarez, Manager, IEEE ComSoc IT.

In this issue we are please to announce a new IEEE ComSoc home page feature: Links to the 10 most popular ComSoc papers
viewed online in December 2003. Also a link to the forthcoming NOMS 2004.

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2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Advance Program and Early Registration are now available for NOMS 2004, with the theme
"Managing Next Generation Convergence Networks and Services", to be held 19-23 April 2004
in Seoul, Korea. For more information, see http://www.noms2004.org/.

The 10 most popular articles published in ComSoc periodicals viewed online for December 2003,
based on PDF views, can be seen at http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/topten/index.html

For the latest information on the IEEE compliance with the regulations of the ITAR and OFAC, go to
http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=about&file=ofac.xml&xsl=generic.xsl.

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3. RECENT EVENTS

3.1 AWARDS

For information about ComSoc awards, visit
http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/awards/index.html

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20 Jan.: IEEE 1222, IEEE 1590, IEEE 383, IEEE 635
The IEEE has approved several new and revised standards for all-dielectric self-supporting fiber optic cable and for the electrical protection of optical fiber communication facilities.New approved standards include IEEE 1222, "Standard for All-Dielectric Self-Supporting Fiber Optic Cable" and IEEE 1590 - "Recommended Practice for the Electrical Protection of Optical Fiber Communication Facilities Serving, or Connected to, Electrical Supply Locations". Approved, revised standards are IEEE 383, "Standard for Qualifying Class 1E Electric Cables and Field Splices for Nuclear Power Generating Stations" and IEEE 635, "Guide for Selection and Design of Aluminum Sheaths for Power Cable". For details, see http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_12221590app.html

26 Jan.: IEEE 187
The IEEE has okayed a revision of IEEE 187 used to evaluate emissions from FM and TV receivers, the first update since 1990. The IEEE 187 dates back to 1951and the current revision comprises both radiated and conductive emission testing to assure receivers do not interfere with devices such as computers, cell phones, and other digital equipment. For more information, see http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_187rev.html

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• Winner: Across The Great Divide (Alberta SuperNet a model for the broadband future), Jan. 2004
  
• Loser: Flying Away (Global Environmental MEMS Sensors), Jan. 2004
  
• Holy Grail - Fiber to the Home, Jan. 2004
  

Magazine	Issue	Themes/Notes
IEEE Communications Magazine	Jan. 2004	Management of Optical Networks and Services
IEEE Network	Jan. 2004	Middleware Technologies for Future Communication Networks
IEEE Wireless Communications	Dec. 2003	The Evolution of Wireless LANs and PANs
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials	4th Quarter 2003

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4. IMMINENT EVENTS

Additional forthcoming conferences are listed at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/index.html.

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4.2 IMMINENT SPECIAL ISSUES

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4.3 IMMINENT CALLS FOR PAPERS

4.3.1 CONFERENCE CFPS

Conference	Full name	Year	Location	Date of conference	CFP deadline
IWQoS	International Workshop on Quality of Service	2004	Montreal, Canada	Jun. 7-9	Feb. 10
ICETE	International Conference on E-Business and TElecommunication Networks	2004	Setubal, Portugal	Aug. 25-28	Feb. 15
PIMRC	Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communication	2004	Barcelona, Spain	Sep. 5-8	Feb. 20
Milcom	IEEE/AFCEA Military Communications Conference	2004	Monterey, CA, USA	Oct. 31 - Nov. 3	Feb. 27
WTC	World Telecommunications Congress	2004	Seoul, Korea	Sep. 12-15	Feb. 29
Globecom	IEEE Global Communications Conference	2004	Dallas, TX, USA	Nov. 29 - Dec. 3	Mar. 1
ISWCS	International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems	2004	Mauritius	Sep. 20-22	Mar. 15
ISITA	Int'l Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications	2004	Parma, Italy	Oct. 10-13	Mar. 26
QoFIS	Quality of Future Internet Services	2004	Barcelona, Spain	Sep. 29 - Oct. 1	May 2

Additional forthcoming ComSoc conference Calls For Papers are listed at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2004/confscfp.html.

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4.3.2 JOURNAL CFPS

Deadline	Topic
Feb. 1	Mobile Computing and Networking
Apr. 1	Nanotechnologies for Communications
Apr. 1	Differential and Noncoherent Wireless Communications
Sep. 1	Wireless Overlay Networks Based on Mobile IPv6
Oct. 1	Security in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
Oct. 1	The Next Generation CDMA Technologies

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4.3.3 MAGAZINE CFPS

Magazine	Deadline	Topic
IEEE Communications Magazine	Recurring	IEEE Optical Communications Supplement
	Recurring	IEEE Radio Communications Supplement
	Mar. 1	Network Centric Military Communications
IEEE Wireless Communications
	Feb. 2	Applications and Services for the B3G/4G era
	Jun. 15	Toward Seamless Internetworking of Wireless LAN and Cellular Networks

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5. ANNIVERSARIES

Birthdays:

28 January, 1886
Hidetsugu Yagi who, together with Shintaro Uda, developed a (directional
short wave antenna) (http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/milestones_list.html#Directive).

3 March, 1847
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

21 March, 1768
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier was born in Auxerre, France. The mathematical operation
invented by Fourier, and known today as the Fourier transform, became vital in many areas of science and
engineering, including communication theory.

16 March, 1859
Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov was born on 16 March (4 March o.s.) 1859 in Turinskje Rudniki, Russia.
A pioneer of wireless telegraphy, he is credited in Russia as the inventor of radio, although in most places Marconi is given priority.
In the Soviet Union, 7 May was celebrated as Popov Day, commemorating the date of his first transmission in 1896.

1 February, 1893
Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world’s first motion-picture studio,in West Orange, N.J.

2 March, 1897
Marconi filed complete specification of a patent on wireless telegraphy; the patent issued on 7 July 1897.

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