1. WELCOME

Welcome to the August 2007 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News.

This issue: Industry events, the CEO Forum from ICC, a new online tutorial and the latest in Standards, Periodicals, and Imminent Events.

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Industry….focus on WiMAX around the World
WiMAX is "#4 Top Trend" for Global Telecom in 2008
India Plans Nationwide WiMAX Deployment
Alcatel-Lucent to Build Russian WiMAX Networks
NextWave Wireless Acquires WiMAX Telecom AG
Brazilian Phone Company Plans $1 Billion for WiMAX, 3G Licenses
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CEO Forum from ICC available online.View the recording of the CEO Forum from the 2007 IEEE ICC conference. Arun Sarin, Chief Executive of the Vodafone Group and conference General Chair, introduced some of the worlds leading industrialists to share their visions of the future. Speakers include Ben Verwaayen: (Chief Executive BT), David Brown (Chairman Motorola Ltd), Pat Russo: (CEO Alcatel Bell Labs), Nikesh Arora (President of EMEA Operations Google ) Steve Ballmer: (CEO Microsoft) via video presentation. See the ICC CEO Forum.

Question Writers Needed. IEEE ComSoc is seeking subject matter experts in: RF Engineering, Propagation, and Antennas; Wireless Access Technologies; Network and Service Architecture; Network Management and Security; Facilities Infrastructure; or Regulatory Issues and Compliance.  Please complete a nomination form for yourself (or nominate others) to be considered as a question writer for the new IEEE ComSoc Wireless Communications Engineering Technology (WCET) Certification Program.  We will provide instructions and software tools this fall.  WCET certification is designed for engineers specializing in wireless communications with at least three years of experience as a practitioner. As a question writer, you will contribute to developing valid, job-related examinations for WCET certification. Complete the form.

New online tutorial posted IEEE 802.11n: Throughput, Robustness, and Reliability Enhancements to WLANs (2 hours and 30 minutes, 107 slides), presented by Eldad Perahia & Robert Stacey, has recently been added to the ComSoc catalog of 50+ online tutorials. A free five minute preview is available. View all online tutorials at the ComSoc Tutorials Now program web page.

2008 OFC and NFOEC... Call for Papers Submission Deadline: Tuesday, October 9, 2007; 12:00 p.m. noon EDT (16.00 GMT). Submit to OFC/NFOEC here. See www.ofcnfoec.org for more information.

Modeling and performance evaluation of communication networks... In the August 2007 ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month, An Introduction to Communication Network Analysis, Kesidis covers classical (e.g., queuing theory) and modern (e.g., pricing) aspects of networking in a clear, accessible manner. Check the ComSoc www site each month for new special offers.

A digital version of the 2007 ComSoc Community Directory: Volunteer Leaders and Staff is now available. Send an e-mail message to society@comsoc.org

The IEEE Mentoring Connection™ Program is seeking members to mentor young professionals.... The Communications Society is among the top IEEE Societies with young professional members.  Many of these members would appreciate an opportunity to have an “online” mentor guide them in their career planning and professional development.  Mentor participation in the IEEE Mentoring Connection Program is open to all IEEE members above the grade of Student Member. 

The program enables the mentee to select their mentoring partner online from a list of individuals who have volunteered to serve as mentors.  After mentors are identified as a potential match, they are contacted and asked to begin establishing a relationship.  Interested members can visit http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/mentoring/index.html for information on the roles and responsibilities of each mentoring partner, including additional program information and an FAQ page. 

Potential mentors are asked to review the time commitment and effort necessary to ensure a successful mentoring partnership.  To access the IEEE Mentoring Connection site, please go to http://www.mentoringconnection.com and use the Group ID “IEEE2006” to enter.  Once you enter the site, you will need to set your own user id and password. If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Downer, Regional Activities, at c.downer@ieee.org.

The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is now accepting proposals for its 2009 programme. BIRS is hosting a 48-week scientific programme in 2009. Each week, the station will be running either a full workshop (42 people for 5 days) or two half-workshops (20 people for 5 days). As usual, BIRS provides full accomodation, board, and research facilities at no cost to the invited participants, in a setting conducive to research and collaboration.

The deadline for 5-day Workshop and Summer School proposals is October 1, 2007. Full information, guidelines, and online forms are available at the website http://www.birs.ca/

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3. RECENT EVENTS

3.1 AWARDSFor 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 to apply for membership visit: http://www.comsoc.org/join/index.html

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

3.4 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWSFor information about ComSoc technical committees, see http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/techcom/committees.html

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

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3.6 PUBLICATIONS NEWS

3.6.1 CURRENT ISSUES MAGAZINES

MAGAZINES
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Network
IEEE Wireless Communications
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials

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

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3.6.2 PERIODICALS Recent special reports in IEEE Spectrum:

• The Future of Music Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise
  
• The Trap Technique Toward a Chip-Based Quantum Computer
  
• NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars Launches Its search for life starts in May
  
  

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

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3.7 SISTER SOCIETIES 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 CONFERENCES

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
3-7 September 2007 / Athens, Greece / http://www.pimrc2007.org/


4th International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems
10-14 September 2007 / Raleigh, NC, US / http://www.broadnets.org/2007/


3rd International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication
17-20 September 2007 / Nice, France / http://www.securecomm.org/2007/

International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing
21-23 September 2007 / Shanghai, P.R. China / http://www.arcst.whu.edu.cn/wicom2007/index.aspx

11th IEEE International EDOC Conference, The Enterprise Computing Conference
15-19 October 2007 / Annapolis, MD, US / http://edoc.mitre.org/

Military Communications Conference
29-31 Oct 2007 / Orlando, FL US / http://www.milcom.org/2007/

IEEE Global Communications Conference
26-30 Nov 2007 / Washington, DC US http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/2007/index.html

IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Networking & Services
29-30 Nov 2007 / Washington, DC US  http://www.ieee-entnet.org/2007/

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

4.2 CONFERENCE CFPS

IEEE COMSWARE 2008
International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware
Bangalore, India
Jan 5-10
CFP deadline Aug 15

FinanceCom 2007
3rd International Workshop on Enterprise, Applications and Services in Finance Industry
Montreal, Canada
8 December
CFP deadline Aug 19

HONET 2007
4th International Symposium on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies
Dubai, UAE
November 10-12
CFP deadline Aug 31

IFIP/IEEE NOMS 2008
IEEE/IFIP Network Operations & Management Symposium
Salvador BR
Apr 7-11
CFP deadline Sep 1

IEEE ICC 2008
IEEE International Conference on Communications
Beijing CN
May 19-23
CFP deadline Sep 15

IEEE WCNC 2008
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
Las Vegas NV US
Mar 30 - Apr 3
CFP deadline Sep 20

Additional upcoming ComSoc conference Calls For Papers are listed at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2007/confscfp.html.

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5. SPECIAL ISSUES OF PUBLICATIONS

5.1 MAGAZINES

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5.2 JOURNALS

5.3 CALLS FOR PAPERS

5.3.1 JOURNAL CFPS

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5.3.2 MAGAZINE CFPS

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