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1. WELCOME

Welcome to the May 2005 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News.

This issue contains recent additions to Tutorials Now, the Communications Engineering Technology DVD set, Distinguished Lectures Online, Stevens Institute of Technology Summer Course Schedule, MyIEEE, IEEE Xplore 2.0 and the ComSoc Top Articles for March 2005.

Also included is the latest information in Standards, Periodicals, and Imminent Events.

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2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Communications Engineering Technology: A Comprehensive Collection of Papers 1953-2004 (3 DVD set) is available for shipping. This new edition includes more than 20% more content than the 2002 edition, provides convenient hands-on access to a complete set of ComSoc's technical foundations, and is enhanced with added research functionality, like author profiles and linked references and citations, including US patent citations. The price is $179 for members and $1,399 for nonmember, plus shipping and handling.

For more details, see ComSoc DVD set www page.
To review the demo page of the 2002 edition, see Demo.
For a printable order form, see DVD set pdf order form.
To order online, see ShopIEEE.

Top Articles…Check out the ComSoc www site headlines for March 2005 top articles. See the monthly ComSoc Top Ten list of those papers receiving the most requests for PDF views through IEEE Xplore, posted at the ComSoc web site -- www.comsoc.org

New Tutorials Now….This April five new outstanding tutorials were added to the ComSoc Tutorials Now program. Thirty-two high-level communications technology tutorials are now available with more coming soon. Each tutorial originated from half-day or full-day tutorials given at recent IEEE Communications Society conferences. These tutorials are so good it is like being at the conference. View a free five-minute preview of each recently released tutorial.

Here are April’s new additions:

Engineering Value Added Services In Next Generation Networks
Roch H. Glitho, Ericsson Canada / Concordia University, Canada (261 slides; 4 hrs. 17 min.)

UWB Signals and Systems in Communication Engineering
Mohammad Ghavami, University of London (140 slides; 4 hrs. 41 min.)

3G Wireless System
Erik Dahlman, Ericsson (105 slides, 2 hrs. 3 min.)

Heterogeneous Wireless IP Networks – Architectures and Requirements
Jamalipour, Abbas, University of Sydney, Australia (143 slides, 2 hrs. 13 min)

Mobility Management in Next Generation Networks
K. Daniel Wong, MUST and Telcordia Technologies Applied Research & Ashutosh Dutta, Telcordia Technologies Applied Research (174 slides, 6 hrs. 28 min)


Reminder….The first free distinguished lecture Looking Ahead: Technology Evolution and the Biz of Telecommunications by Roberto Saracco is now online. Over 6 hours. See it now.

MILCOM 2005 to be held in Atlantic City, NJ USA October 17-20, 2005
features a new range of topics including Homeland Security Information Management & Dissemination

For conference information and Call For Papers, please click MILCOM 2005.

Stevens Institute of Technology, in cooperation with IEEE ComSoc, announces the continuation of the 10% discount programs for any IEEE member who signs up for any Stevens online course for a special Summer 2005 semester, starting May 31, 2005. Registration is now open. The Online Orientation begins on May 23. The deadline for late registration is June 3. Detailed course and program descriptions as well as admissions information can be viewed at: http://webcampus.stevens-tech.edu/courses/index.html.

A complete schedule of SUMMER courses can be viewed at: http://webcampus.stevens.edu/schedules/summer_05.html
Contact WebCampus at Stevens to find out how you can get started. By Phone:1-800-496-4935; By email: webcampus@stevens.edu; By Internet: www.webcampus.stevens.edu

Free on line access to IEEE Communications magazine, journal and conference papers on CDMA and Spread Spectrum. Visit IEEE Communications new "Tech Focus" site at: http://www.comsoc.org/tech_focus/index.html

IEEE Personalizes Membership Web Site
Finding out what the IEEE offers members just got easier. A new Web site, called the member portal, brings the benefits of membership together into one place for all to see. The portal also includes a new area called myIEEE, where members can find everything they want to know about
their membership data and affiliations. MyIEEE will display personal information such as membership grade, subscriptions, and section and society.

IEEE Now Offers Full-text Search of All Online Content for Members and Subscribers
All 1.1 million IEEE online technology documents are now full-text searchable, a move enabled by last month's launch of IEEE Xplore 2.0. IEEE
Xplore is the online delivery system which powers IEEE online subscriptions for organizations and individuals, including collections like the IEEE/IEE
Electronic Library. It contains documents from IEEE journals, magazines, transactions, and conferences, all active IEEE standards, and journals and
conference proceedings from Europe's Institution for Electrical Engineers (IEE). Also with the launch of IEEE Xplore 2.0, all non-subscribing guest
researchers may now, for the first time, conduct free keyword searches of IEEE abstracts directly from the IEEE Xplore home page.

Grant Applications Go Online
Applying for grants from the IEEE Foundation is simplified now that applications can be filled out and submitted online. Grants can range into
the tens of thousands of dollars for projects that meet the foundation's goals of developing educational and public information programs that
support historical research services and subsidizing workshops that facilitate electronic information exchange. Find out more at
http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/grant8_/08135741

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3. RECENT EVENTS

3.1 AWARDS

Nominations Sought for Standards Association Awards
The IEEE Standards Association Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2005 IEEE Standards Association International Award
and 2005 IEEE Standards Association Corporate Award. The international award is presented to an individual member who has made
extraordinary contributions to the advancement of the international goals of the IEEE Standards Association. The corporate award goes to a
member organization for providing outstanding leadership and contributions to industry. The deadline for nominations is 31 May 2005.
For more information, visit http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/stdscw/08135741

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

3.2 SOCIETY NEWS

If you are not already a member, you can join ComSoc online. Find out more about the benefits of becoming a ComSoc member and
apply for membership at: http://www.comsoc.org/join/index.html

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3.3 CHAPTER NEWS

Local Kids Benefit From IEEE Group
With the help of the IEEE Northern Virginia Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) group, youngsters from the Parkview Community Center in
Washington, D.C., built a small oscillator composed of transistors, flashing light-emitting diodes, and a speaker that clicked or beeped
to the time constant of the circuit. This is just one of several community outreach activities this GOLD group has been involved with.
Read more at http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/kids8w/08135741

Web Sites Need Not Be Lost in Translation
An estimated 30 percent of IEEE members do not speak English as a first language, leaving a large population who may be facing difficulties, as the
majority of IEEE publications and Web sites are in English. But some IEEE regions and societies are not content to assume members are fluent
in English and, therefore, are translating Web sites and publications into other languages. Find out more at
http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/english8y/08135741

Sections Congress Makes Good Leaders Better
Section leaders usually have a good sense of what individuals want from their IEEE membership, but a little extra guidance never hurts. That's
where the triennial Sections Congress comes in, providing these volunteer leaders the training and guidance they need to give the
members of their sections more information about what the IEEE has to offer. Read more about this year's congress, to be held 14-17 Oct. in
Tampa, Fla. at http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/sections8z/08135741

For more information about ComSoc chapters, see http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/chapters/index.html

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3.4 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWS

For more information about ComSoc technical committees, see
http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/techcom/committees.html

3.5 STANDARDS NEWS

24 April Standard Begun for Connecting Secondary Network Power Systems to Local Systems Having Distributed Resources

12 April IEEE Starts Standard for Surge Protection in AC Rotating Machinery

5 April IEEE Publishes Second Edition to "IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion

For more news regarding IEEE Standards development work go to http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/index.html.

3.6 PUBLICATIONS NEWS

3.6.1 Current Issues

MAGAZINES
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Network
IEEE Wireless Communications

JOURNALS
IEEE Transaction on Communications
IEEE Communications Letters
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications

3.6.2 PERIODICALS

Recent special reports in IEEE Spectrum:

• Medical Device Zaps Away The Blues
  (A pacemakerlike device to treat depression takes a giant step forward.) 29 April 2005
  

• Power to the Molecules
  (A "crossbar latch" supplies the missing piece for a nanosize alternative to the transistor.) 21 April 2005
  

Anger Management
(The next time you raise your voice to a phone-in service, you may well be heard—by a computer.) 14 April 2005

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3.6.3 NEW BOOKS

Hot off the Wiley-IEEE Pess: Ad-hoc Networks Guide
From algorithms to 4G wireless, a new title from Wiley-IEEE Press assesses the challenges and imperatives of ad-hoc networks. "Mobile Ad-Hoc
Networking" is a collaborative guide co-authored by experts in the field and features key insights into IEEE 802.11 protocols, performance and openissues; antenna beamforming; scatternet formation, and more. For additional detail, or to purchase the title, visit:http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471373133,miniSiteCd-IEEE.html

New Book Provides Insight into Information Transmission
Information transmission has emerged as one of the hottest topics in arenas ranging from mass media to research and development. "Understanding Information Transmission," a new book from IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, offers an introduction to the field of information engineering.
Targeted at Information Technology students, the book spans the nature, storage, transmission, networking, and protection of information. To purchase this book or find more information, visit:http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471679100,miniSiteCd-IEEE.html

***IEEE members: Receive a 15% discount on any Wiley-IEEE Press titles. Use code 18493 at checkout***

For information about books published by the Wiley-IEEE Press, see http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/press/

3.7 SISTER SOCIETIES

Sister Society Summit to be held on May 16th, 2005, during ICC 2005, Seoul, Korea

For information about ComSoc Sister Societies, see http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/socrel/societies.html.

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4. IMMINENT EVENTS

4.1 IMMINENT CONFERENCES

IM 2005
IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
Nice FR May 16-19

ICC 2005
IEEE International Conference on Communications
Seoul UT KR May 16-20

EntNet @ SUPERCOMM 2005
The 5th International Enterprise Networking & Services Conference
Chicago IL USA June 6-8

ConTEL 2005
8th International Conference on Telecommunications
Zagreb HR June 15-17

IST Summit 2005
14th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit
Dresden DE June 19-23

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

4.2 IMMINENT SPECIAL ISSUES

4.3 IMMINENT CALLS FOR PAPERS

4.3.1 CONFERENCE CFPS

Conference	Full name	Year	Location	Date of conference	CFP deadline
LANMAN 2005	14th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks	2005	Chania GR	Sep. 18-21	May 6
ANCS 2005	Symposium on Architecture for Networking and Communications Systems	2005	Princeton NJ USA	Oct. 26-28	May 9
WCNM 2005	International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing	2005	Wuhan CN	Sep. 23-25	May 30
SOFTCOM 2005	International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks	2005	Split HR	Sep. 15-17	Jun. 11
ISWPC 2006	International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing	2006	Phuket TH	Jan. 16-18	Aug. 1

Additional forthcoming ComSoc conference Calls For Papers are listed at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2005/confscfp.html.

4.3.2 JOURNAL CFPS

Deadline	Topic
Sep. 1, 2005	Nonlinear Optimization of Communication Systems
Oct. 1, 2005	Sampling the Internet: Techniques and Applications
Dec. 15, 2005	Peer-to-Peer Communications and Applications

4.3.3 MAGAZINE CFPS

Magazine	Deadline	Topic
IEEE Communications Magazine
	Recurring	IEEE Optical Communications Supplement
	Recurring	IEEE Radio Communications Supplement
	Jun. 1, 2005	Cross-Layer Protocol Engineering For Wireless Mobile Networks
IEEE Network Magazine	Jun. 10, 2005	Special Issue on: Multimedia over Broadband Wireless Networks
IEEE Wireless Communications
	Aug. 1, 2005	Special Issue Announcement - Voice over Wireless Local Area Network

4.4 INDUSTRY EVENTS

SUPERCOMM 2005
June 5-9, Chicago
http://www.supercomm2005.com/

International Microwave Symposium
June 12-17, 2005
http://www.ims2005.org/

Design Automation Conference (DAC)
June 13-17, Long Beach, CA
http://www.dac.com/42nd/index.html

Embedded Systems Conference
March 6-10, San Francisco
http://www.esconline.com/sf/

Networld + Interop
May 1-6, Las Vegas
http://www.interop.com/

ECOC-European Conference on Optical Communications
September 25-29, Glasgow, Scotland
http://www.ecocexhibition.com/modules/serve.cgi

European Microwave Week 2005
October 3-7 Paris, France
http://www.iee.org/objectInvoke.cfm?Objectid=8F991903-902A-B526-F5F440899E550DA1&CFID=3756184&CFTOKEN=81554720

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5. ANNIVERSARIES

Birthdays:

14 May 1874
Frank Conrad was born on this day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a pioneer of radio broadcasting 
and a radio engineer for Westinghouse. He received over 200 patents for mechanical and electrical devices. He was the winner of the 1930 Edison 
Medal and the 1936 AIEE Lamme Medal.

10 May 1958
Ellen Ochoa was born on this day in Los Angeles, California. She is an electrical engineer who co-patented 
three inventions for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method, and a method for noise removal in 
images. In 1990, she was selected by NASA and a year later she became the first Hispanic female astronaut.

11 May 1924
Antony Hewish was born on this day in Fowey, Cornwall, Great Britain. He was co-recipient of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics
for his contribution in the discovery of pulsars (cosmic objects that emit extremely regular pulses of radio waves).

20 May 1851
Emile Berliner (né Emil) was born in Hanover, Germany on this day. He made important contributions to telephone technology
and developed a phonograph record disk.

25 May 1865
Pieter Zeeman was born at Zonnemaire, The Netherlands. He studied the influence of magnetism on the nature of light radiation, the 
so-called Zeeman effect. For this work he was awarded, with Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics. 

26 May 1848
Alexander Muirhead was born on this day in Barley Mill, Scotland. He was a pioneer in wireless telegraphy 
and founded the company, Muirhead Limited. 

Events: 

6 May 1916
The first radio telephone ship-to-shore conversation was made between the Navy Department and the battleship New Hampshire via wireless telephone.           

16 May 1960
Theodore H. Maiman demonstrated the first functioning laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Culver City, California. 

18 May 1845 
On this day, the first electromagnetic telegraph line in France (between Paris and Rouen) went into service.

22 May 1973 
Robert Metcalfe, research engineer at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, came up with the idea of a local-area network that became Ethernet.

30 May 1987
North American Philips Company introduced the compact disc video (CD-V), designed to store full motion video and CD-Audio tracks.

More historical information is available at http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/history/index.html.

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