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ACM SIGMOBILE E-Mail Newsletter
for Apr/2007
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SIG Announcements:
- Registration is now open for MobiSys 2007 to be held in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, June 11-14, 2007. http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2007/
There is an outstanding technical program of 22 papers selected by a TPC
chaired by Gaetano Borriello and Ramon Caceres.
- While no SIGMOBILE member became an ACM Fellow in 2006, we would like to
take this opportunity to (once again) celebrate the achievements of and
congratulate all our current SIGMOBILE members who are ACM Fellows:
(in order of the year became a Fellow)
Daniel Siewiorek 1994
For seminal contributions to object-oriented programming languages and
related programming techniques.
Raj Jain 1996
Proposed a new control-theoretic approach to computer systems modeling in
the Doctoral Thesis, which was published in 'Outstanding Dissertations in
Computer Sciences' series by Garland Publishing Co. of New York.
John A Stankovic 1996
For research, leadership and service in real-time computing.
Imrich Chlamtac 1997
For fundamental contributions to the development of algorithms and
communication protocols, and technical leadership in mobile networking.
Dharma P Agrawal 1998
For contributions to Parallel Processing Architecture, Interconnection
Networks, Parallelism Detection & Scheduling.
James C Browne 1998
For leadership in research and graduate education in computer science across
a spectrum of subdisciplines and for innovation in technology transfer both
to industry and to other disciplines of science and engineering.
Simon S Lam 1998
Fundamental research contributions to the design, analysis, and understanding
of computer network architectures and protocols.
Leonidas J Guibas 1999
For his work on geometric data structures, arrangements of surfaces and their
applications, geometric algorithms in computer graphics, and algorithmic
issues in computer vision.
Alan J Smith 2001
For his highly cited paper on cache memories, for his contributions to
performance measurement, and for his leadership in professional society
activities.
Mahadev Satyanarayanan 2002
For contributions to computer systems research in distributed and mobile
information access.
Victor Bahl 2003
For contributions to wireless communication systems, and for leadership in
the mobile computing and communications community.
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Latest News and Articles:
Meet the Metaverse, Your New Digital Home (CNet)
http://news.com.com/Meet+the+metaverse%2C+your+new+digital+home/
Shape-shifting 'Smart Dust' May Explore Alien Worlds (New Scientist)
http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/
Cambridge to Host Wireless Sensor Network (InfoWorld)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/06/HNcambridgewirelessnetwork_1.html
Flexible Electronics Could Find Applications as Sensors, Artificial Muscles
(Argonne National Laboratories)
http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2007/news070402.html
Technology Turns Camera Phones into Motion Sensors (CNet)
http://news.com.com/Technology+turns+camera+phones+into+motion+sensors/
River Thames Becomes a Wi-Fi Hotspot (ComputerWorld UK)
http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/access/news/
In Lompoc, The Network Works But Users Are Scarce (InformationWeek)
http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201590
Wired Broadband Adoption To Slow, But Wireless Shows Potential
(InformationWeek)
http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199101231
FON strikes deal with Time Warner Cable (CNet)
http://news.com.com/FON+strikes+deal+with+Time+Warner+Cable/
Space Storm Disrupted GPS (InformationWeek)
http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198800439
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Upcoming Conferences and Events Sponsored By or In-Cooperation With SIGMOBILE:
** SIGMOBILE members get the same low registration fee as
** members of the organization which is sponsoring the event.
EmNets 2007
Fourth Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors
25-26 June, 2007
Cork, Ireland
http://www.cs.ucc.ie/~tod6/emnets2007/
MobiSys 2007
The 5th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services
11-14 June, 2007
Puerto Rico
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2007/
Mobiquitous 2007
The 4th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems:
Computing, Networking and Services
6-10 August, 2007
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.mobiquitous.org/
QShine 2007
The Fourth International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for
Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness
14-17 August, 2007
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.qshine.org/
MobiArch 2007
The 2nd ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet
Architecture
27 August, 2007
Kyoto, Japan
http://user.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/~mobiarch/2007/
MobiCom 2007
The Thirteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and
Networking
9-14 September, 2007
Montreal, Canada
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2007/
Co-located with
MobiHoc 2007
The Eighth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking
and Computing
9-14 September, 2007
Montreal, Canada
http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2007/
RoboComm 2007
The First International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination
10-12 September, 2007
Athens, Greece
http://www.robocomm.org/
MobileHCI 2007
The 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with
Mobile Devices and Services
11-14 September, 2007
Singapore
http://www.mobilehci2007.org/
Co-located with
Mobility 2007
The International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems
12-14 September, 2007
Singapore
http://www.mobilityconference.org/
MASS 2007
The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems
8-11 October, 2007
Pisa, Italy
http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/mass2007/
WICON 2007
The Third Annual International Wireless Internet Conference
22-24 October, 2007
Austin, Texas, USA
http://www.wicon.org/index.shtml
Autonomics 07
First International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems
28-30 October, 2007
Rome, Italy
http://www.autonomics-conference.eu/index.shtml
MobileHCI 2008
The 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with
Mobile Devices and Services
11-14 September, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://www.mobilehci2008.org/
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Latest Developer Headlines:
Challenging Windows Mobile 6.0 (Developer.com)
http://www.developer.com/ws/pc/article.php/3674291
Linux Poised To Make Inroads In Mobile Phone Market (InformationWeek)
http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198800705
Windows Mobile Development Made Easier with WTL (Developer.com)
http://www.developer.com/ws/pc/article.php/3669201
Sun Updates Mobile Java Platform (InternetNews)
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3663081
Rendering HTML Using the Brew uiOne Toolkit (DevX)
http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/34432
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