Communication Theory Technical
Committee (CTTC)
ICC 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
DETAILED MINUTES
Meeting called to order at 6:00 PM
Michael Rice, Vice-Chair, conducting
Introductions were skipped in the interest of time.
1) Conference Symposia Reports
1-a) ICC 2007 (M. Uysal), 79 out of 191 papers were accepted (41.4%),
the cutoff threshold was 3.4/5.0. There were 10 oral sessions and
one poster session. There was a best paper award for the first time;
it was a unanimous choice: M. Yuksel and E. Erkip, "Diversity-
Multiplexing Tradeoff in Half-Duplex Relay Systems."
1-b) Globecom 2007 (prepared by S. Ulukus, given by M. Rice), 61
members of the TPC. Will accept 80 out of 208 papers. The review
process was different this time. Each paper was assigned to multiple
TPC members, each TPC member was responsible for getting one review
for the paper.
1-c) ICC 2008 (N. Beaulieu), papers and tutorials are due Sept 15,
notification of acceptance will be Jan 10, final papers due Feb 28.
Entire conference is expecting 3000 submissions, will accept 1100.
Registration will be $800 (full), $600 (limited), and $290 (student),
all in USD (this prompted a brief discussion on the high registration
costs here at ICC'07). There are 83 TPC members due to an early and
proactive recruiting process, a good mix of senior and junior
persons. It was pointed out that there were no speakers breakfast
here at ICC'07, and no shuttle to/from the outlying hotels. The
breakfast will be discussed for ICC'08, and shuttle is non-issue
since all hotels are co-located. M. Rice asked how new TPC review
process was working, N. Beaulieu said it seemed to be working fine.
1-d) Globecom 2008, no report given.
2) CTW Reports
2-a) CTW 2007 (M. Rice), it was a good program and all speakers
showed, the venue was nice also.
2-b) CTW 2008 (prepared by R. Heath, given by M. Rice) the venue will
be St. Croix US Virgin Islands, 4 - 7 May 2008.
- No Visa is
required for travel to/from USVI for US citizens.
- the workshop dates are at the end of the high-priced peak
tourist season and just before hurricane season.
- Venue is The Diva Carina Bay which is reasonably priced with
beach, pools, tennis courts, shops, etc. Wireless internet is
available in the lobby.
- Room prices will be $140.00 US (subject to IEEE negotiation).
- The technical program will feature 5 half-day sessions with
35 invited speakers. There will be a "hot topics" poster
session featuring papers received from an open call.
- The committee:
General Chair: Robert Heath (Univ. Texas)
Technical Program Co-Chairs: Randy Berry (Northwestern)
Akbar Sayeed (Univ. Wisconsin)
Finance Chair: Dongning Guo (Northwestern)
Fundraising Chair: Jeff Andrews (Univ. Texas)
Poster Co-Chairs: Nihar Jindal (Univ. Minnesota)
Martin Haenggi (Notre Dame)
3) Other Business
3-a) There were no nominations for the CT Service Award, so no award
was given this time. Members were encouraged to visit the CTTC web
page for instructions on the nomination procedure. It is up to this
committee to make nominations, a simple e-mail to the current
officers will suffice as a start to the process.
3-b) CTW 2009 is about 20-23 months away. Volunteers are needed for
General Chair, Tech. Chair, and for local arrangements. E-mail a
short proposal for venue and key chair positions. According to the
pattern, the venue would be in the Western US, but other proposals
will be considered.
3-c) Discussion topic: What can we do to address the issue of 80%
overlap between Comm. Theory (CTS), Wireless Communication (WCS), and
Signal Processing (SPS) Symposia?
- Idea: make the Call for Papers more specific, so that authors
better understand the differences between the three symposia.
To that end, the committee were asked to review descriptive paragraphs
for the three.