July 1997 - June 1998
Submitted by: Victor Bahl, SIGMOBILE Vice Chair
 
SIGMOBILE experienced a period of impressive growth and acceptance among both the academic and industrial communities. It easily succeeded in its primary goals of fostering research and inventions and of encouraging intellectual discussions among researchers and practitioners from different areas in the field of mobile and wireless systems and communications.
 
SIGMOBILE's MobiCom conference also consolidated its position as a premiere international computer science conference in this field. Even though this was the first time the conference was held outside the United States, a record number of high-quality papers were submitted, and many world-renowned researchers attended the 5-day event. SIGMOBILE's on-going initiatives for further growing the field were successful, as it cooperated with and promoted several international workshops and meetings related to the mobility of systems, users, and networks.
 
SIGMOBILE's official publication, MC²R, also continued to gain popularity, as demonstrated by the increased number of subscriptions and an increased number of article, paper, and report submissions from well-regarded researchers in the field. To meet the demand, MC²R's page budget was increased 50% by the SIG Board. In addition, SIGMOBILE took concrete steps to improve its internet presence, providing members with up-to-date information on relevant key activities and events and a compilation of the first-ever list of Ph.D's granted in this field.