Volume 11 Number 04
April 2008

Related Industry Groups
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) - bridges work across SDOs with current focus on optical control plane network interoperability.

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This month's message is on how ComSoc's conferences are crucial to career growth through "people to people" networking  in nice venues. From the President - Doug Zuckerman ...More

Reminder Register NOW for a Free Webinar....Ethernet for the Carrier, a 90 minute IEEE Communications Society Webinar, sponsored by Lightstorm Networks.  The webinar will be held Thursday, 24 Apr at 11AM EDT and will be moderated by Joseph Berthold, Ciena. No cost to audience. Check your schedule. Register Now. Register Today. 

Certification press release available… ComSoc announces the first IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technology (WCET) Certification Program examination window for September 2008. See the press release. Or request a copy of the IEEE WCET Candidate’s Handbook.

Complimentary Online Tutorial available…IEEE Communications Society is pleased to offer a free two-hour and ten minute online tutorial presentation on “Advances in Wireless Local Area Networks” from IEEE Communications Society's popular Tutorials Now! program. The tutorial presents a concise discussion on several key topics related to current and emerging 802.11 technologies.   Free access for a limited time only. Compliments of Analog Devices.

New online tutorial posted… Next Generation Cellular Networks: Novel Features and Algorithms (93 slides; 2 hours, 43 minutes) presented by Harish Viswanathan 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.

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IEEE ICC 2008, Beijing, China - 19-23 May 2008, features keynote addresses by the CEOs of China Mobile and China Telecom, as well as Professor H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University) and Dr. Bob Iannucci (Sr. VP & CTO, Nokia); plus 1132 technical presentations, 26 tutorials, 8 workshops, 10 panels, and a mini-conference entitled "Management of Technology Innovation in the Information Era." Hotel deadline: 30 April. Advance registration deadline: 30 April.

IEEE ICCSC 2008, Shanghai, China - 26-28 May 2008, the week following ICC in Beijing!   Experience the atmosphere of China's leading commercial city. Keynotes by Dr. Botaro Hirosaki (EVP of NEC Corp.); Prof. Lang Tong (Cornell University).  Special Reduced Registration Rates offered to ICC 2008 Attendees. Advance registration deadline: 30 April 2008.

IEEE SECON 2008…Registration is now for the 5th Annual Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, which features keynote speaker Dave Culler (UC Berkeley), 60+ technical presentations, 20 posters and demonstrations sessions, the SDR Workshop, the WiNC Workshop, and the WiMesh with keynote speakers Eric Brewer (Intel Research) and Cyrus Behroozi (Tropos Networks). For more information: visit www.ieee-secon.org/2008

IEEE DySPAN 2008…Intent to Submit Deadline Approaching. Submissions are due 15 April for papers in areas of Dynamic Spectrum Technology and Policy/Law/Economics.For more information: visit www.ieee-dyspan.org/2008

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Edited by K.-C. Chen and Roberto de Marca …. The April 2008 ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month is Mobile WiMAX. Based on selected papers and plenary speeches from the 2007 IEEE Mobile WiMAX Symposium, the book provides a comprehensive summary of state-of-the-art mobile WiMAX technology. Check the ComSoc www site each month for new special offers.

New .. ComSoc/Elsevier April Book of the Month… IEEE Communications Society members receive a 15% discount on the current 2008 edition of the classic volumes of Optical Fiber Telecommunications V A, 5th Edition Components and Subsystems and Optical Fiber Telecommunications V B, 5th Edition Systems and Networks. Here’s where you will find the latest technologies and techniques for developing future components and systems. Click on the titles to order. 

February 2008 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

IEEE Communications Magazine's Communications and the Law Columnist, Steve Moore, answers your questions at www.comsoc.org/law

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Renew your ComSoc membership for 2008!!!!! Use your IEEE web account..

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