IWWCUCA 2005
   First International Workshop on Wireless Communications in Underground and
                                 Confined Areas
  Location        Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada                                     
  Event Starts On June 6, 2005                                                 
  Event Ends On   June 7, 2005                                                 
  Language        English                                                      
  Organizer       Laboratoire Telebec mobilite de recherche en communications  
                  souterraines, Canada                                         

                                        

  Important Dates                                      
  Last Day of Submission of Abstract                   January 14, 2005        
  Notification of Acceptance of Abstract               February 25, 2005       
  Last Date for Submission of Final/Camera ready paper April 8, 2005           

                                        

  Call for Paper Details                    

  Scope                                     
  This conference is to be an annual forum for academic researchers,
  professionals and industrial specialists that are interested in or have
  realized original research, innovative applications, or field trials related
  to telecommunications in a confined area (basement, vehicle) or an
  underground environment (e.g. underground city, tunnels, subway, mine,
  shelter).                                 

  Topics                                    
  Papers are invited on...                  
  .  Antennas and propagation : channel modeling, prediction tools,
                                            
  .  Access & transmission: channel allocation, medium access control, coding,
  MIMO systems                              
                                            
  .  Networks : QoS, ad-hoc networks, wireless local area networks
                                            
  .  Wireless location : algorithms, simulation, implementations
                                            
  .  Automation : autonomous vehicles, telemetry

  Specifications                            
  A short (150 words) and long abstract (up to two pages) are to be written in
  English, and submitted simultaneously as PDF documents only. Each page must
  be formatted using single-column, single spacing, standard 10-point fonts
  (Times, Times New Roman, Courier and Symbol), one inch margins (2.5 cm) on
  each side of the page, using US Letter format. Submissions must be sent as
  an e-mail, with size limited to 4 MB.     
                                            
  Please include the name, complete mailing address, telephone number, fax
  number and the email of the author who is in charge of the submission. The
  email has to be sent directly to the program chair with IWWCUCA 2005 as
  subject line. Upon acceptance, a five pages full-paper will be required.
  Author instructions for full-paper submission will be sent with notification
  of acceptance.                            

  Submission/Contact Address                Submission/Contact Address         
  Pierre-Martin Tardif (Program Chair)      Aniss Hasnaa                       
  Applied Science Department                Laboratoire Telebec mobilite de    
  Universite de Quebec en                   recherche en communications        
  Abitibi-Temiscamingue                     souterraines                       
  445, boul. de l'Universite                450, 3me avenue local 103          
  Rouyn-Noranda, QC                         Val D'Or J9P 1S2                   
  Canada, J9X5E4                            Quebec Canada                      
  Tel: +1 514.792.2071                      Tel: 1 819 874 7400 #222           
  Email: TardifPM@uqat.ca                   Fax: 1 (819) 874-7166              
                                            Email: Hasnaa.Aniss@uqat.ca        

  Website              http://web2.uqat.ca/lrcs/english/index.htm