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SIGMOBILE 1997-98 Annual Report
Executive Committee Changes
Citing personal reasons and a need to spend more time
with their families, the following members of the Executive
Committee stepped down in October of 1997:
- Dr. Kazem Sohraby of Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
- Dr. Anton T. Dahbura of Digital Equipment
Corporation
- Dr. Krishan Sabnani of Bell Labs, Lucent
Technologies
Understanding that there are certain things in life that
take higher priority, we thanked these fine individuals
for the time and energy they spent in getting SIGMOBILE
on its feet and wished them well. We expect them to continue
participating and contributing to SIGMOBILE as members.
While we are sad to lose them, we are delighted to
announce that the following well-known researchers and
leaders in our field have joined the Executive Committee:
- Prof. Dave Johnson of Carnegie Mellon University
as Treasurer
- Prof. Chris Rose of Rutgers University as
Secretary and
- Dr. Ramón Cáceres of AT&T
Labs as Director of Information Services
All three individuals are passionate about mobile communications
and have devoted their careers to this field. Most SIGMOBILE
members are already familiar with Dave and Chris, noting
the excellent job they did as Program Committee Chairs
for MobiCom'97,
and Ramón is a well-known researcher who has published
papers that are often cited by other researchers. Each
of these individuals has clearly demonstrated leadership
and drive, and we eagerly look forward to working with
them in the coming years. Interestingly, with the inclusion
of these three gentlemen, the Executive Committee now
has a healthy balance between industry (Victor, On-Ching,
and Ramón) and university (Imrich, Dave, and Chris)
representation.
In addition, we are also very happy to welcome Dr.
Ravi Jain of Bellcore, who has accepted the position
of Workshop and Conference Coordinator, a position
left vacant by Prof. Chris Rose.
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