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Call for Papers for MobiCom 2012
The Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile
Computing and Networking
Late August/Early September 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2012/
Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE
ACM MobiCom 2012, the Annual International Conference on Mobile
Computing and Networking, is the eighteenth in a series of
annual conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to
addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and
wireless and mobile networking. The conference will be held in
Istanbul, Turkey, in late August 2012.
The MobiCom conference series serves as a highly selective,
premier international forum addressing networks, systems,
algorithms, and applications that support mobile computers
and wireless networks. Besides the regular conference
program, MobiCom 2012 will also include a set of workshops,
panels, research demonstrations, and a poster session that
includes the ACM Student Research Competition. More information
on these activities, including submission deadlines, can be
found at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2012 (available soon).
PAPERS:
Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting
new research related to the theory and practice of mobile
computing and wireless networking that pertain to the layer
two or above of the OSI protocol stack. Areas of interest
include, but are not limited to the following.
* Architectures, protocols, and algorithms for various wireless
and mobile networks, such as wireless LANs, wireless mesh
networks, cellular data networks, delay-tolerant networks,
mobile ad hoc networks, sensor networks, personal area
networks, and vehicular networks
* System design, implementation, and evaluation of wireless
systems and mobile applications
* Real-world measurements and characterization
* Performance-oriented design and evaluation focused on
networks and mobile applications
* Foundational underpinnings of wireless networks
* Testbed design and implementation
* Cross-layer design for mobile and wireless networks ranging
from the PHY layer to applications
* Modeling, simulation, emulation and measurement of mobile systems
* Networks involving novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO,
directional antennas, software radios, visible light
communications and underwater networking
* Architectures, algorithms and protocols for dynamic spectrum
usage, white spaces, and cognitive networks
* Techniques that deal with low power and energy limitations
* Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing
and networking
* Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless
systems
* Emerging topics, e.g., robotic swarms, 60 GHz networking,
social networking and novel applications enabled by mobile
and wireless networking systems
* Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks
* Foundational underpinnings of wireless networks
MobiCom’12 will be a diverse conference and we strongly encourage the
submission of mobile systems, experimental and theoretical papers. The
program committee will evaluate each paper using metrics that are
appropriate for the topic area. For example, a systems or
experimental paper in the protocol area will be evaluated based on the
innovations in the protocol design, practical implementation, and
realistic evaluation, whereas a more theoretical paper may be
evaluated mostly based on innovation within the design of the
algorithm and its provable properties. At the same time, the
evaluation of wireless and mobile networking technologies is
challenging because of the significant impact that the physical
environment has on performance. For this reason, all papers must
carefully describe and justify the evaluation methodology that is used
and identify its strengths and weaknesses.
The program committee will referee all papers, and accepted
papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Selected outstanding papers will be fast-tracked for publication
in a special section of the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
CHALLENGES PAPERS:
The conference strongly encourages the submission of short papers in
the field of mobile computing and wireless networking that present
revolutionary new ideas or that challenge existing assumptions
prevalent among the research community. These challenges papers should
provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues
and influence the direction of future research. Descriptions of new
products or evolution of existing work are not appropriate topics for
papers in this category. While an exhaustive evaluation of the
proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth understanding of
the issues is expected. Challenges papers will be reviewed by
the MobiCom program committee and will be part of the technical
program and published in ACM MobiCom proceedings. They should be
submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the full
papers. The title of these papers must start with the word
"Challenge:" i.e., "Challenge: Rest of the Title."
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should
prepare a PDF version of their full paper. Papers must (i) be no
longer than 12 pages (8 pages for "Challenges" papers), (ii) be in
font size no smaller than 10 points, (iii) have pages in double column
format with each column having dimensions 9.25” X 3.33”, a space of
0.33” between the two columns, and with no more than 55 lines of text
per column, and (iv) fit properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5” X
11”). More detailed instructions will be available in the conference
web pages.
All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality
through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the
authors are withheld from the reviewers. See the MobiCom 2012
website for detailed instructions to authors on preparing a
double-blind manuscript. Authors' names must not appear
anywhere in the paper or in the PDF file. Submitted papers
must be original work, and a paper with substantial similarity
must neither be already published, nor be currently under
review for publication in any other venue. Please direct any
questions about the paper submission process to the Program
Co-Chairs at [email protected].
BEST PAPER AWARD:
All papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The program
committee will select a number of candidates for the award among
accepted papers. The winner will be selected at the conference,
considering both the paper and the presentation. The winner will
receive a plaque and a cash award.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission due: March 2, 2012 (8:00PM EST)
Paper submission due: March 9, 2012 (8:00PM EST)
Notification of acceptance: June 6, 2012
Camera-ready version due: July 2, 2012
General Chair
Ozgur B. Akan, Koc University, Turkey
Eylem Ekici, The Ohio State University
Program Co-Chairs
Lili Qiu, Univ. of Texas at Austin
Alex C. Snoeren, UC San Diego
ACM Program Coordinator
Fran Spinola
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please contact the General Chair or Program Co-Chairs for more
information. For information on ACM SIGMOBILE and the
MobiCom series of conferences, see http://www.sigmobile.org or
contact [email protected]
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