(VTC itself is 4-9 October 2003)


                2003 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference:  

    Symposium on Data Base Management in Wireless Network Environments  

              Websites:                                       
     * Symposium Home Page at http://www.cs.gsu.edu/pan/VTC_FALL2003.html
     * IEEE VTC 2003 Home Page at http://www.vtc2003.org/    

   Recently,   the   demand   for   wireless   communications  has  grown
   tremendously.  The need for ``information anywhere anytime" has been a
   driving   force   for  the  increasing  growth  in  Web  and  Internet
   technology,  wireless  communication,  and portable computing devices.
   The  field of mobile computing and wireless computing is the merger of
   these  advances  in  information processing and communication with the
   aim  of  providing  seamless  and ubiquitous computing environment for
   mobile users. In such wireless environments, database applications are
   enhanced  with  useful features of wireless technology and mobility of
   the clients/nodes provides an interesting new dimension to traditional
   to  distributed  computing. On the other hand, wireless communications
   also  put  certain  limits  on  database  applications  due to limited
   bandwidth  and  communication disruptions. Hence, introducing wireless
   communications  in  database systems also means that specific problems
   have  yet  to  be  solved while some unique features of the technology
   must be taken into account in order to design optimal systems.
   The purpose of the proposed symposium is to focus on the novel ways in
   which  DBMS  architecture  and  mechanisms  can  be  adapted to such a
   wireless  environment. Specific areas of interest include (but are not
   limited to):
     * Location Management and Mobility Management for Wireless Networks
     * Mobile Database Transaction Models
     * Data   distribution,   Replication,   Dissemination,  caching  and
       Synchronization
     * Recovery and Fault Tolerance
     * Mobility Awareness and Adaptability
     * Wireless Software, Service, and Application Infrastructures
     * Mobile Query Languages and Query Processing
     * Mobile E-Commerce
     * Mobile Objects and Agents: Models and Languages

  PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

   Authors  MUST  submit a short abstract (approximately 150 words in the
   EDAS  web  site  form  ) AND an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) also
   submitted  through  the EDAS web site. The extended abstracts are soft
   copy  in  MS Word or PDF file formats. The submission must include the
   name,  complete  mailing  address,  telephone and fax numbers, and the
   email address of the author(s). Extended abstracts should be submitted
   electronically (MS Word or PDF) by February 15, 2003.

  Symposium chairs:

   Prof. Yang Xiao
   Computer Science Division
   The University of Memphis
   373 Dunn Hall,
   Memphis, TN 38152 USA
   Email: yangxiao@memphis.edu

   Prof. Jie Li
   Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics
   University of Tsukuba,
   Tsukuba Science City,
   Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan.
   Email: lijie@is.tsukuba.ac.jp

   Prof. Jiannong Cao,
   Department of Computing ,
   The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
   Hung Hom, Kowloon ,
   Hong Kong.
   Email: csjcao@comp.polyu.edu.hk

   Prof. Yi Pan
   Department of Computer Science
   Georgia State University,
   University Plaza, Atlanta,
   GA 30303 USA
   Email: pan@cs.gsu.edu