See: http://www.research.ibm.com/mobicom2001/

Call For Papers  

The Seventh Annual International Conference
on Mobile Computing and Networking
July 16-21, 2001, Rome, Italy
Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE
http://www.acm.org/sigmobile/


Paper submission deadline has been extended until
January 22, 2001 (11:59 PM US Eastern Standard
Time) 

TECHNICAL PAPERS: 

Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished, completed research, not
currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited on the following
topics:

      Applications and computing services supporting mobile users 
      Architectures, protocols, and algorithms to cope with mobility, limited
      bandwidth, or intermittent connectivity 
      Database and data management issues in mobile computing 
      Operating system support for mobile computing and networking 
      Interaction between different layers of mobile/wireless systems 
      Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks 
      Adaptive applications and systems for mobile environments 
      Performance of mobile/wireless networks and systems 
      Distributed-system aspects of mobile systems 
      Security and privacy of mobile/wireless systems 
      Location-dependent applications 
      Wireless multimedia systems 
      Power management 
      Mobile agents 
      Wireless sensor networks 
      Wireless/mobile service management and delivery

All papers will be refereed by the program committee. Accepted papers will be published in
the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in
the ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks (WINET) and Mobile Networks and Applications
(MONET) journals. 

SPECIAL PAPERS FOR THE CHALLENGES SESSION: 

MobiCom solicits short papers (maximum of 8 pages) that challenge the mobile
computing community with new technologies or visionary applications. Such papers
should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues of mobile
computing research. Papers will be reviewed and should be submitted using the normal
procedure. However, the papers should be clearly identified as intended for the
Challenges session. 

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: 

All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PostScript
or Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must meet the
following restrictions: 

      No longer than 15 pages (8 pages for the Challenges papers) in font no smaller
      than 10 points. 
      Fit properly on US Letter-sized paper (8.5 ´ 11 inches) with reasonable margins.
      PostScript version 2 or later, or Portable Document Format (PDF). 
      Use only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts (i.e., Courier,
      Times, Roman, or Helvetica). 
      Other fonts may be used, but must be included in the PostScript/PDF file.

All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing,
where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must
not appear in the paper or in the PostScript or PDF file. Submitted papers must not be
currently under review for any other publication. Complete paper submission procedures
will be available on http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/edas/authors.cgi/mobicom2001.
Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program
Co-Chairs, Mahmoud Naghshineh (mahmoud@us.ibm.com) and Michele Zorzi
(zorzi@ing.unife.it). Paper submission deadline is January 12, 2001. 


TUTORIALS: 

Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of proposals will be based on the
expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter.
Tutorial topics that encompass the systems aspects of mobile computing and/or practical
experiences in building/deploying such systems are of particular interest. Potential
instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a
biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Co-Chairs, Ravi Jain (rjain@telcordia.com) and
Chiara Petrioli (petrioli@elet.polimi.it), by January 12, 2001. 


PANELS: 

Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative
issues of interest. Panel proposals should not exceed 3 pages, including biographical
sketches of the panelists. Potential panel organizers should send the proposal to the
Panels Chair, Ramesh Rao (rao@ece.ucsd.edu), by January 12, 2001. 


RESEARCH DEMOS: 

Informal proposals for research demos are solicited. Proposals will be reviewed and
selection made based on value to the community and interest level for the conference.
Proposals should not exceed 3 pages and should include: the focus area in mobility, such
as mobile networks, applications, interfaces etc., the technologies involved in the
research, specific equipments to be used for the demo, demo layout, space required to set
up the demo and possible interactions (interoperability) with other proposed
demonstrations (e.g., Mobile IP implementations). Send proposals to Nigel Davies
(nigel@comp.lancs.ac.uk). 


BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD: 

Papers with a student as a primary author will be considered for an award of US$500 for
the best student paper competition. Student authors must clearly indicate with their
submission that they would like to be considered for this award. 
  
  
IMPORTANT DATES: 
  
 Paper Submissions Due		January 22, 2001 
 Notification of Acceptance	May 1, 2001
 Camera-Ready Versions Due	May 15, 2001
 Discounted Hotel Reservation
 Deadline			TBD
 Discounted Conference
 Registration Deadline		TBD
 Conference Dates		July 16-21, 2001