MedHocNet'04

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                        Med-Hoc-Net 2004
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   The Third Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop

                June 27-30, 2004, Bodrum, Turkey

               http://www.medhoc04.diit.unict.it/

                        Call for Papers
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Ad hoc network applications are emerging continuously imposing their own
stringent constraints which cannot be fulfilled by generic approaches and
thus spur new research efforts. The aim of Med-Hoc-Net 2004 is to serve as
a platform for researchers and visionaries from academia, research labs,
and industry from all over the globe to share their ideas, views, results,
and experiences in the field of ad-hoc networking and communications.
Med-Hoc-Net 2004 will include presentations of theoretical and
experimental achievements, innovative ad-hoc systems, prototyping efforts,
case studies, and advancements in technology directly affecting ad-hoc
networking and communications infrastructures.

After Sardinia (Italy) and Mahdia (Tunisia), this year the workshop will
take place in another beautiful spot on the Mediterranean Sea: Bodrum
(Turkey) where you will find wonderful nature and amazing historical sites
close to hand. Bodrum is easy to reach via frequent flight connections
from Istanbul.

Topics of Interest:
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The papers solicited in Med-Hoc-Net 2004 cover a variety of topics
including but not limited to:

- Novel ad-hoc network architectures and applications,
- Sensor network applications and protocols,
- Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes,
- Interfacing ad-hoc systems with different networks,
- Resource discovery and management,
- Power management and control,
- Call admission and traffic shaping policies for ad-hoc networks,
- Multimedia location services,
- Self organization and network reconfiguration,
- Protocols for QoS support in ad-hoc networks,
- QoS support in Bluetooth, HomeRF, HIPERLAN, IEEE 802.11 etc.,
- MAC protocols, scheduling, and radio resource sharing in ad hoc
  networks,
- Unicast and multicast routing algorithms and protocols,
- Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks,
- Congestion control,
- Performance evaluation of ad-hoc network protocols through
  simulations,
  analysis, and measurements,
- Security in ad-hoc networks,
- Fault tolerance and error recovery
- Signal processing algorithms (coding, compression) for ad-hoc networks

The program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers will be
published in the conference proceedings. PAPERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT WILL
BE PUBLISHED IN AD HOC NETWORKS (ELSEVIER) JOURNAL.

Submission and Important Dates:
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Manuscripts must be formatted according to the IEEE double-column standard
format, except the font size, which must be 11pt. Authors should use only
standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or their
equivalent. The maximum length of the manuscript is 12 pages.

Papers should be submitted in pdf or ps format via email to
medhoc04 at diit.unict.it according to the following timetable:

Full Paper Electronic Submission:                   March 2, 2004
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection:            May 3, 2004
Camera ready submission of full papers:        May 17, 2004
Tutorial date:                                                June 27, 2004
Conference dates:                                        June 28-30, 2004

Keynote Speakers:
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Leonard Kleinrock (UCLA, USA), and Imrich Chlamtac (UTDallas, USA).

Steering Committee:
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Khaldoun Al Agha (LRI, France), Mario Gerla (UCLA, USA), Farouk Kamoun
(ENSI, Tunisia), Giovanni Pau (UCLA, USA), and Guy Pujolle (LIP6, France).


Organization Committee:
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General Chair:
   Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

General Vice Chair:
  Erdal Cayirci, Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY

Technical Program Chairs:
   Giacomo Morabito, University of Catania, ITALY
   Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA

Tutorial Chairs:
   Francesca Cuomo, University of Rome - La Sapienza, ITALY
   Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, GREECE

Publicity  Chairs:
   Buyurman Baykal, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY
   Jaudelice Cavalcante de Oliveira, Drexel University, USA

Registration Chair:
   Sebnem Baydere, Yeditepe University, TURKEY

Technical Program Committee:
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Khaldoun Al Agha, Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, FRANCE
Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, UK
Eitan Altman, INRIA, FRANCE
Roberto Battiti, University of Trento, ITALY
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, CANADA
Walid Dabbous, INRIA, FRANCE
Magda El Zarki, University of California at Irvine, USA
Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, ITALY
Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
Paul J. M. Havinga, University of Twente, NETHERLANDS
Farouk Kamoun, ENSI, TUNISIA
Holger Karl, Technical University of Berlin, GERMANY
Ulf  Korner, Lund Institute of Technology, SWEDEN
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA
Marwan Krunz, University of Arizona, USA
Albert Levi, Sabanci University, TURKEY
Janise McNair, University of Florida, USA
Lazaros Merakos, University of Athens, GREECE
Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, CANADA
Ariel Orda, Technion, ISRAEL
Sergio Palazzo, University of Catania, ITALY
Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA
Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome "La Sapienza", ITALY
Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, CYPRUS
Guy Pujolle, LIP6, FRANCE
Paolo Santi, CNR, ITALY
Adrian Segall, Technion, ISRAEL
Ness Shroff, Purdue University, USA
Moshe Sidi, Technion, ISRAEL
Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, GREECE
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, CANADA
Violet R. Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA
Leandros Tassiulas, University of Thessaly, GREECE
Bernhard H. Walke, Aachen University of Technology, GERMANY
Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA
Michele Zorzi, University of Ferrara, ITALY

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For more information on the workshop, please check
http://www.medhoc04.diit.unict.it/