PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THIS CFP +---------------------------------------------------------+ | | | WiMob'2008 | | | | 4th IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on | | Wireless & Mobile Computing, Networking & communication | | | +---------------------------------------------------------+ Avignon, FRANCE October 12-14, 2008 http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/wimob2008 SCOPE: ------ The research area of mobile computing has become more important following the recent widespread dr ive towards mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks and vehicular ad hoc networks tracking technologies and their applications. The availability of the high bandwidth 3G infrastructures, and the pervasive deployment of low cost WiFi infrastructure and WiMAX to create hotspots around the world serve to accelerate the development of mobile computing towards ubiquitous computing. WiMob'08 addresses three main areas: Wireless Communications Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications This conference aims to stimulate interactions among participants and enable them to exchange new ideas and practical experience. WiMob'08 is the fourth in a series of annual conferences: two times in Montréal (QC), Canada in 2005 and 2006 and the last one in New York, USA in 2007. IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------- Abstract submission due: May 6, 2008 Paper submission due: May 16, 2008 Notification of accept ance: August 1, 2008 Final manuscripts due: August 20, 2008 This conference will be comprised of the following three symposia: Wireless Communications ----------------------- Broadband Wireless Communication Systems Wireless Personal Communications Advances in Satellite Communication Broadband Wireless Communications Modulation and Coding Channel Measurement and Characterization OFDM and CDMA Technologies and Systems MIMO Channels Multiuser Detection Signal Separation and Interference Rejection Multimedia Communications over Wireless DSP Applications to Wireless Systems Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Systems Multiple Access Techniques Location Estimation and Tracking Resource Allocation and Interference Management Multirate and Multicarrier Communications Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity ------------------------------------------ Mobile IP Networks Cellular Systems, PCS Modeling and Configuration Multimedi a over Wireless Mobility and Location Management Wireless Networks Standards and Protocols Design and Analysis of Wireless LAN/WAN Designing and Modeling High Availability Mobile Networks Mobile Network Modeling and Simulation Architectures and Protocols for Mobile Networks Security, Privacy and Authentication in Mobile Environments Wireless Sensor Networks Cross-layer Design and Optimization Ad-hoc Wireless Networks Mobile Internet Home and Ubiquitous Networks Smart Sensors and Sensor Networks Inter-working of 2G, 3G and 4G Wireless Networks Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications ----------------------------------------------- Distributed Computing and Distributed Databases Location-based Services Virtual Home Environments (VHE) M-Commerce M-Learning Streaming Applications Portable Devices and Wearable Computers Web Services Home and Office Appliances Enabling Technologies for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Security, Privacy and Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing Systems and Services (e.g. Mobile satellites, WLANs) Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing Home and Ubiquitous Networks Mobile Ad-Hoc Computing Gaming Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments Passive, Active and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing Location-dependent and Context-aware Computing Software Architecture for Home/Smart Appliances Human Computer Interaction in Ubiquitous Computing Full papers must be submitted for review. Only original papers, unpublished nor submitted for publication elsewhere, can be submitted. Please visit http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/wimob2008 for details and submission information. Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://edas.info will be accepted. WiMob'08 solicits workshops in all areas and t opics related to wireless networking, mobile computing, mobile and wireless communications, pervasive computing and networking, and its services and applications. Please see the CALL FOR WIMOB 2008 WORKSHOP PROPOSALS below. -------------------------------------- CALL FOR WIMOB 2008 WORKSHOP PROPOSALS -------------------------------------- The 4th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2008) will be held in Avignon, France, 12-14 October 2008. As an important part of the program at WiMob 2008, a limited number of workshops will be held in conjunction with the main conference. The workshops aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for researchers to present their early research results and share experiences with focus on more specific research areas than the main conference. We solicit workshops in all areas and topics related to wireless networking, mobile computing, mobile and wireless co mmunications, pervasive computing and networking, and its services and applications. All papers accepted in WiMob 2008 workshops will be published in the WiMob 2008 Proceedings published by IEEE. The workshops will be held on 12 October 2008. The workshop proposal should contain the following information: 1. The title of the workshop. 2. The names, addresses, and affiliation of Workshop organizers. 3. A brief description of the workshop (eg. the goals and its relevance, etc.). 4. The names of potential program committee members, 5. Expected number of submissions. 6. A description of the publicity plan. 7. A draft call for papers Workshop organizers should send their workshop proposals to the workshop co-chairs at the email addresses given below by 4 February 2008. The proposals can be submitted in PDF or plain text. Acceptance/rejection notification will be sent to workshop organizers by 4 March 2008. Workshop Co-Chairs ------------------ Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland pmu@zurich.ibm.com Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada denko@cis.uoguelph.ca ----------------------------- WiMoB'08 CONFERENCE COMMITEES ----------------------------- GENERAL CHAIR Abderrahim BENSLIMANE University of Avignon, France STEERING COMMITTEE Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France Pierre Boucher, Ericsson Research Canada Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, USA Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Samuel Pierre, A(?cole Polytechnique de MontrA(S(al, Canada Do Van Thanh, Telenor & Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Guy Pujolle, university of Paris 6, France FINANCE CO-CHAIRS Christine Nora, IEEE France Section, Christophe Pruvost, University of Avignon TPC CO-CHAIRS Chadi Assi, CIISE, University of Concordia, MontrA(S(al, Canada Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa Mischa Dohler, France Telecom R&D WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Ronald Beaubrun, UniversitA(S( Laval, Canada Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia Congduc Pham, University of Pau, France EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP CO-CHAIRS Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada CONTACT INFORMATION Abderrezak Rachedi, University of Avignon abderrezak.rachedi(at)univ-avignon.fr