[Tccc] Call for Participation: ACM MobiCom 2011
Habib M. Ammari
ammari.habib
Sat Sep 17 01:50:28 EDT 2011
* ACM MobiCom 2011
September 19 - 23, 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Call for Participation
*
*ACM MobiCom 2011 Website*
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/about.html
* Advance Program*
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/advance.html
* Demos and Exhibits*
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/demos.html
* Posters and SRC*
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/posters.html
Also, this MobiCom 2011 edition includes a great Panel.
Detailed information on this panel is given below.
* ACM MobiCom 2011 Panel*
* Future Trends in Mobile Computing: Challenges and Opportunities*
* Moderator and Panel Chair:*
* Dr. Xi Zhang*
Texas A&M University, USA
* Bio:*
Dr. Xi Zhang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and
computer science (Electrical Engineering-Systems) from The University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently an Associate Professor and the Founding
Director of the Networking and Information Systems Laboratory, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station.
He was with the Networks and Distributed Systems Research Department, AT&T
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hills, NJ, and with AT&T Laboratories Research,
Florham Park, NJ. He has published more than 200 research papers. He
received the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2004. He is an
IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer. He received the Best
Paper Awards in IEEE GLOBECOM 2007, IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, and IEEE WCNC 2010,
respectively.
Prof. Zhang is currently serving as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on
Communications, an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology, a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications (J-SAC) for the special issue on ?Broadband Wireless
Communications for High Speed Vehicles?, a Guest Editor for IEEE
Communications Magazine for the special issue on ?Advances in Cooperative
Wireless Networking?. He has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on
Wireless Communications, a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications (J-SAC) for the special issue on ?Wireless Video
Transmissions?, an Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Letters, a Guest
Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine for the special issue on
?next generation of CDMA versus OFDMA for 4G wireless applications?. Prof.
Zhang is serving or has served as TPC Co-Chair for IEEE INFOCOM 2013, TPC
Chair for IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, and chairing many other ACM/IEEE premier
conferences/symposia.
*Panelist:*
* Dr. Santanu Das*
Office of Naval Research, USA
* Bio:*
Dr. Santanu Das is the Program Manager of Communications and Networking
program within the C4ISR Dept. of Office of Naval Research, where he has
broad responsibility for planning, executing and providing leadership for
integrated Science & technology projects to develop new capabilities for
Naval communication networks. In this role he also participates and serves
as the Navy lead and subject matter expert with other DoD, national and
international groups to coordinate and optimize S&T investments and
technology transfer and transition to the fleet. Prior to joining ONR, Dr
Das held various positions as a researcher, systems engineer, technical
manager and department Director in areas of wireless and optical
communications at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany, NJ. He received a Ph.D.
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
and is a Fellow of IET (previously the IEE) and a senior member of the IEEE.
* Panelist:*
* Dr. Mario Gerla*
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
* Bio:*
Dr. Mario Gerla is a Professor in the Computer Science Dept at UCLA. He
holds an Engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano, Italy and the Ph.D.
degree from UCLA. He became IEEE Fellow in 2002. At UCLA, he was part of the
team that developed the early ARPANET protocols under the guidance of Prof.
Leonard Kleinrock. He joined the UCLA Faculty in 1976. At UCLA he has
designed network protocols including ad hoc wireless clustering, multicast
(ODMRP and CODECast) and Internet transport (TCP Westwood). He has lead the
ONR MINUTEMAN project, designing the next generation scalable airborne
Internet for tactical and homeland defense scenarios. He is now leading
several advanced wireless network projects under Industry and Government
funding. His team is developing a Vehicular Testbed for safe navigation,
content distribution, urban sensing and intelligent transport. Parallel
research activities are wireless medical monitoring using smart phones and
cognitive radios in urban environments.
He has served as a Technical Program Committee member of many international
conferences, and is active in the organization of conferences and workshops,
including MedHocNet and WONS. He is on the Steering Committee of MobiHoc.
He has chaired and cochaired several conferences including Mobicom in 2006
and most recently WoWMoM and IWCMC in 2011. He is on the IEEE TON Scientific
Advisory Board.
* Panelist: *
* Dr. Kang G. Shin*
The University of Michigan, USA
* Bio:*
Dr. Kang G. Shin is the Kevin & Nancy O'Connor Professor of Computer
Science in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His current research focuses on
computing systems and networks as well as on embedded real-time and
cyber-physical systems, all with emphasis on timeliness, security, and
dependability.
He has supervised the completion of 69 PhDs, and authored/coauthored more
than 770 technical articles (more than 270 of these are in archival
journals), one a textbook and more than 20 patents or invention disclosures,
and received numerous best paper awards, including the Best Paper Awards
from the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, the 2010
and 2000 USENIX Annual Technical Conferences, as well as the 2003 IEEE
Communications Society William R. Bennett Prize Paper Award and the 1987
Outstanding IEEE Transactions of Automatic Control Paper Award. He has also
received several institutional awards, including the Research Excellence
Award in 1989, Outstanding Achievement Award in 1999, Distinguished Faculty
Achievement Award in 2001, and Stephen Attwood Award in 2004 from The
University of Michigan (the highest honor bestowed to Michigan Engineering
faculty); a Distinguished Alumni Award of the College of Engineering, Seoul
National University in 2002; 2003 IEEE RTC Technical Achievement Award; and
2006 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering (the highest honor bestowed to Korean-origin
engineers).
He has chaired several major conferences, including 2009 ACM MobiCom, 2008
IEEE SECON, 2005 ACM/USENIX MobiSys, 2000 IEEE RTAS, and 1987 IEEE RTSS. He
is the fellow of both IEEE and ACM, and served on editorial boards,
including IEEE TPDS and ACM Transactions on Embedded Systems. He has also
served or is serving on numerous government committees, such as the US NSF
Cyber-Physical Systems Executive Committee and the Korean Government R&D
Strategy Advisory Committee. He has also co-founded a couple of startups.
*Panelist:*
* Dr. Ming Son*
National Science Foundation, USA
* Bio:*
Dr. Min Song is currently a Program Director in the Division of Computer and
Network Systems, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and
Engineering, National Science Foundation. He is also an Associate Professor
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion
University. Min received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of
Toledo in 2001. His research interests include design, analysis, and
evaluation of cognitive radio networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless
mesh networks, wireless local area networks, and mobile ad-hoc networks.
Min?s professional career is comprised of a total 21 years of work
experience in academia, government, and industry. Min joined Old Dominion
University in June 2002. At ODU, he is the recipient of Excellence Research
Award and has been awarded early tenure and promotion. He is the Founding
Director of the Wireless Networking @ ODU Laboratory. In addition to his
academic work, Min was also the Founding Director of a Networking System
Division in an IT company, and launched an international journal and served
as the Editor-in-Chief. Min has acted as an Editor or Guest Editor of 13
international journals, and served as a General chair, TPC chair, and TPC
member for numerous international conferences. He is the recipient of NSF
CAREER Award and the recipient of DOE GAANN Award. Min is an IEEE Senior
member.
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