---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Johnson To: San Diego Wireless Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MobiCom 2003, the Ninth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, will be held September 14-19, 2003, at the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel in beautiful, sunny San Diego, California. MobiCom is the premier international forum addressing all issues in mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking at the link layer and above. This conference may be of interest to SDWUG members since it is being held in San Diego. The program for MobiCom 2003 includes 27 technical papers describing the best of recent research in mobile computing and networking, plus exciting research demos, a panel discussion on security and privacy in mobile and wireless systems, a student poster session, and a conference dinner banquet cruise. MobiCom 2003 will also feature 2 invited talks: - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul J. Kolodzy, Director of the Wireless Network Security Center (WiNSeC) at Stevens Institute of Technology, and previously Senior Spectrum Policy Advisor and Director of the Spectrum Policy Task Force at the United States FCC, and Program Manager at DARPA. - Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Ian F. Akyildiz, Ken Byers Distinguished Chair Professor in Telecommunications, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Akyildiz will speak on "InterPlaNetary Internet: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges". The conference will also include 5 tutorials on the latest research areas and background topics in mobile computing and networking: - Secure Routing in Ad Hoc Networks - Public-Area Wireless Networks - Mobile Ad Hoc Networking - IP Mobility Support in a Mobile Internet - Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks There will also be 6 full-day workshops on emerging topics related to mobile computing and networking: - DIALM-POMC 2003 Joint Workshop on Foundations of Mobile Computing - MobiDE 2003: The Third ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access - MSWiM 2003: The Sixth ACM International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems - WiSe 2003: The Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Security - WMASH 2003: The First ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots - WSNA 2003: The Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications For complete details about MobiCom 2003, including registration and hotel information, plus all the latest MobiCom 2003 news, please see http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2003/ Note that the deadlines for special discounted early registration fees and for special hotel room rates are both Thursday, August 28, 2003. We look forward to seeing you at MobiCom 2003! -- David B. Johnson General Chair, MobiCom 2003, http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2003/
