Volume 10 Number 5
May 2007

CONTENTS
1. Welcome
2. Announcements
3. Recent events
3.1 Awards
3.2 Society News
3.3 Chapter News
3.4 Technical Committee News
3.5 Standards News
3.6 Publications News
3.6.1 Current Issues
3.6.2 Periodicals
3.6.3 New Books
3.7 Sister Societies
4. Imminent Events
4.1 Conferences
4.2 Conferences CFPS
5. Special Issues of Publications
5.1 Magazines
5.2 Journals
5.3 Calls For Papers
5.3.1 Journals
5.3.2 Magazines
6. Communicate with e-News

1. WELCOME

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

This issue: a special offer for online tutorials, free Webinar, Industry events and the latest in Standards, Periodicals, and Imminent Events.

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

News from the Communications Industry….focus on RFID

New RFID Data-sharing Standard Approved

TYCO Compliance Kits Support Department of Defense RFID Mandate

Pharmaceutical Industry's Top Barriers to RFID Adoption

New Device Combines RFID, GPS, Sensors, & More

Skyetek Reader Module Wins Innovation Award

More…

 

Enjoy a free two-hour online tutorial… Benny Bing's two hour presentation "Broadband Wireless Access: The Next Wireless Revolution"  from IEEE Communications Society's popular Tutorials Now! Free for a limited time only. Thanks go to Anritsu for sponsoring the free viewing.

Register for the second live session….Free Webinar....Metropolitan Optical Networking and Wireless/Optical Integration, an IEEE Communications Society Webinar. This 90 minute session, sponsored by NEC Labs America, will be held Friday, 18 May at 10AM EDT. Implementing Optical/Wireless Integration will be moderated by Kazem Sohraby, Comsoc's Director of Online Content. No cost to audience. Check your schedule. Register Now. Register Today. Note: Session one Next Generation Access: Optical + Mobility, recorded on 13 April is available for viewing. Access through the registration site, Library of Past Programs.

March 2007 list of Top Ten articles available now…The monthly ComSoc Top Ten list of those papers receiving the most requests for PDF views through IEEE Xplore is now posted on the ComSoc www site. See the ComSoc www site headlines at www.comsoc.org

The May 2007 ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month is Optical Switching … The three authors, Papadimitriou, Papazoglou, and Pomportsis,  examine and discuss all the challenges involved in the commercialization of optical switching. Check the ComSoc www site each month for new special offers.  

Reminder -- Special Offer for online tutorials for renewing ComSoc members...2007 ComSoc members who were members in 2006 (renewing members) check you e-mail messages for the "IEEE ComSoc Thank You" special offer on 35 selected Tutorials Now titles. Each $250 online tutorial is offered for $25!!! This is an e-mail only offer for renewing members. Offer expires 16 May 2007.

Patrons invited for the 50th Anniversary of IEEE GLOBECOM….Plan to be in Washington, DC, 26-30 November 2007 for IEEE GLOBECOM. Corporate promotional opportunities are available for companies looking for outstanding brand and product exposure at IEEE Communications Society’s flagship conference. More information.

 
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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 NEWSFor 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

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:

  • Climate Control We will be able to engineer the Earth to our liking—but we'd better start now
  • Thirst For Power Can thousands of small dams solve Africa's power crunch?

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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

International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
21-25 May 2007 / Munich, Germany / http://www.ieee-im.org/2007

International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities
21-23 May 2007 / Orlando, Florida US / http://www.tridentcom.org/

IEEE Conference on Sensor & Ad Hoc Communications & Network
18-21 Jun 2007 / San Diego CA US / http://www.ieee-secon.org/2007/

IEEE International Conferen ce on Communications
24-28 Jun 2007 / Glasgow, Scotland / http://www.ieee-icc.org/2007/

IEEE Int'l Conf on Multimedia & Expo
2-5 Jul 2007 / Beijing CN / http://www.comsoc.org/confs/icme/index.html

 

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

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4.2 CONFERENCE CFPS

 

Conference Full name Year Location Date of conference CFP deadline
SoftCOM 2007

International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks 2007

2007 Split, Dubrovnik HR
Sep 27-29 Jun 1
ICI 2007 Third International Conference In Central Asia on Internet- The Next Generation of Mobile, Wireless and Optical Communications Networks 2007 Tashkent UZ Sep 26-28
Jun 15
HONET 2007 High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies 2007 Dubai UAE Nov 3-5
Jun 15
EntNet @ IEEE GLOBECOM 2007
7th International Conference on Enterprise Networking & Services 2007 Washington DC US
Nov 29-30 Jun 24
EuroSSC 2007 The Second European IEEE Conference on Smart Sensing and Context 2007 Windermere UK Oct 23-25 Jun 25

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

 

Publication Issue Topic
IEEE Communications Magazine
June 2007
Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming
May 2007
Web Services In Telecommunications
   

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5.2 JOURNALS

5.3 CALLS FOR PAPERS

5.3.1 JOURNAL CFPS

New ComSoc online publication elevated to IEEE Journal status. View the current issue of the Communications Society's newest online publication IEEE e-Transactions on Network and Service Management (eTNMS)

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5.3.2 MAGAZINE CFPS

Magazine Deadline Topic
IEEE Communications Magazine Recurring IEEE Optical Communications Supplement
Recurring IEEE Radio Communications Supplement
June 1, 2007 New Trends in Mobile Internet Technologies and Applications
June 15, 2007 Call admission control and QoS support for VoIP over wireless networks

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