MOBICOM 2011 - The 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking MobiCom 2011

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Category MOBICOM 2011

Deadline: March 09, 2011 | Date: September 15, 2011-September 18, 2011

Venue/Country: Nevada, U.S.A

Updated: 2011-01-27 12:52:21 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

Planned for September 2011, Las Vegas, NV, USA

http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/

Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE

ACM MobiCom 2011, the Annual International Conference on Mobile

Computing and Networking, is the seventeenth in a series of annual

conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the

challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile

networking. The conference will be held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in late

September, 2011.

The MobiCom conference series serves as a highly selective, premier

international forum addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and

applications that support mobile computers and wireless networks.

Besides the regular conference program, MobiCom 2011 will also include

a set of workshops, panels, research demonstrations, and a poster

session that includes the ACM Student Research Competition. More

information on these activities, including submission deadlines, can

be found at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011.

PAPERS: Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new

research related to the theory and practice of mobile computing and

wireless networking that pertain to the layer two or above of the OSI

protocol stack. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the

following.

*Architectures, protocols, and algorithms for various wireless and

mobile networks, such as wireless LANs, wireless mesh networks,

cellular data networks, delay-tolerant networks, mobile ad hoc

networks, sensor networks, personal area networks, and vehicular

networks

* System design, implementation, and evaluation of wireless systems

and mobile applications

* Real-world measurements and characterization

* Performance-oriented design and evaluation focused on networks and

mobile applications

* Foundational underpinnings of wireless networks

* Testbed design and implementation

* Cross-layer design for mobile and wireless networks ranging from the

PHY layer to applications

* Networks involving novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO, directional

antennas, software radios, visible light communications and underwater

networking

* Architectures, algorithms and protocols for dynamic spectrum usage,

white spaces, and cognitive networks

* Techniques that deal with low power and energy limitations

* Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking

* Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless systems

* Emerging topics, e.g., robotic swarms, 60 GHz networking, social

networking and novel applications enabled by mobile and wireless

networking systems

MobiCom’11 will be a diverse conference and we strongly encourage the

submission of mobile systems, experimental and theoretical papers. The

program committee will evaluate each paper using metrics that are

appropriate for the topic area. For example, a systems or

experimental paper in the protocol area will be evaluated based on the

innovations in the protocol design, practical implementation, and

realistic evaluation, whereas a more theoretical paper may be

evaluated mostly based on innovation within the design of the

algorithm and its provable properties. At the same time, the

evaluation of wireless and mobile networking technologies is

challenging because of the significant impact that the physical

environment has on performance. For this reason, all papers must

carefully describe and justify the evaluation methodology that is used

and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

The program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers

will be published in the conference proceedings.

CHALLENGES PAPERS: The conference strongly encourages the submission

of short papers in the field of mobile computing and wireless

networking that present revolutionary new ideas or that challenge

existing assumptions prevalent among the research community. These

challenges papers should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may

open up exciting avenues and influence the direction of future

research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work

are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an

exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight

and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenges

papers will be reviewed by the MobiCom program committee and will be

part of the technical program and published in ACM MobiCom

proceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission

procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must

start with the word "Challenge:" i.e., "Challenge: Rest of the Title."

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled

electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their full

paper. Papers must (i) be no longer than 12 pages (8 pages for

"Challenges" papers), (ii) be in font size no smaller than 10 points,

(iii) have pages in double column format with each column having

dimensions 9.25” X 3.33”, a space of 0.33” between the two columns,

and with no more than 55 lines of text per column, and (iv) fit

properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5” X 11”). More detailed

instructions will be available in the conference web pages.

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. See the Mobicom 2011 website for

detailed instructions to authors on preparing a double-blind

manuscript. Authors' names must not appear anywhere in the paper or in

the PDF file. Submitted papers must be original work, and a paper

with substantial similarity must neither be already published, nor be

currently under review for publication in any other venue. Please

direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program

Co-Chairs at mobicom_pcchairsacm.org.

BEST PAPER AWARD: All papers will be considered for the Best Paper

Award. The program committee will select a number of candidates for

the award among accepted papers. The winner will be selected at the

conference, considering both the paper and the presentation. The

winner will receive a plaque and a cash award.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Abstract submission due: March 2, 2011 (11:59PM EST)

Paper submission due: March 9, 2011 (11:59PM EST)

Notification of acceptance: June 9, 2011

Camera-ready version due: June 30, 2011

General Chair

Parmesh Ramanathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Program Co-Chairs

Brian Neil Levine, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst

Thyaga Nandagopal, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Steering Committee

Victor Bahl

Imrich Chlamtac

David B. Johnson

ACM Program Coordinator

Fran Spinola