ICST - CHINACOM 2009 Call For Papers

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* PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS *
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* CHINACOM 2009 *
* Int'l Conference on Communications and Networking in China *
* August 26-28, 2009, Xi'an, China *
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* http://www.chinacom.org *
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Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

OVERVIEW:
The aim of CHINACOM is to bring together Chinese and International players in networking and communications under one roof, building a showcase in communications and networking research in China. Following the big successes of CHINACOM'06~'08, CHINACOM'09 will be held in Xi'an, China, one of the most ancient cities in China, on Aug. 26-28 2009. CHINACOM is being positioned as the premier international annual conference for the presentation of original and fundamental research advances in the field of communications, networks, and Internet applications. The conference will consist of technical symposia, panels, and workshops. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the panels and workshops will focus on development, application, and related business issues.

TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA:
Perspective authors are invited to submit original technical papers for the following symposia:

1. Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium
2. Optical Communications and Networking Symposium
3. Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium
4. Advances in Internet Symposium
5. Signal Processing for Communications Symposium
6. Information and Coding Theory Symposium
7. Network and Information Security Symposium
8. Multimedia Communications Symposium

PANELS/WORKSHOPS:
Proposals for panels/workshops are solicited. Potential organizers are welcome to submit a proposal to one of the panel/workshop Chairs. Please visit the conference website for details on submissions (http://www.chinacom.org).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper submission deadline: January 20, 2009
Acceptance notification date: April 30, 2009
Camera-ready due: May 30, 2009

Workshop proposal due: December 31, 2008
Notification date: January 15, 2009

Panel proposal due: March 31, 2009
Notification date: April 15, 2009

Conference dates: August 26-28, 2009

PUBLICATION:
All accepted and presented papers will be included in the CHINACOM 2009 Conference Proceedings, made available in IEEExplore Digital Library, and then indexed by Engineering Information (EI). Selected best and outstanding papers will be considered for international journal special issues.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Baoyan Duan, Xi'dian Univ.
Shihua Zhu, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.

GENERAL VICE CO-CHAIRS
Jianguo Deng, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.
Jiandong Li, Xi'dian Univ.

TPC CO-CHAIRS
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, NCKU
Chonggang Wang, NEC Labs

WORKSHOP CHAIR
Ying Wang, BUPT

PANEL CHAIR
Stanley Liu, National Cheng Kung Univ

TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
Zhifeng Tao, MERL
Peter Stavroulakis, Tech Univ. of Crete

INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP CHAIR
Qian Wang, China Telecom

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Qing Huang, China Mobile
Wei Wei, NEC Labs

PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS
Zhongshan Zhang, Univ. of Alberta
Hailong Sun, Beihang Univ

INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR
Dorothy Bany, ICST

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CO-CHAIRS
Kechu Yi, Xi'dian University
Weiyi Yin, Xi'dian University

WEB CHAIR
Xiangqian Cheng, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS
1. Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium
Wei Kuang Lai, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Rittwik Jana, AT&T Labs Research
Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University

2. Optical Communications and Networking Symposium
Hamid Sharif, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kun Yang, University of Essex
Xiaowen Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University

3. Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium
Anwar Walid, Bell Labs Research
Zhifeng Zhao, Zhejiang University
Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory
Yinyi Ren, Xi'dian University

4. Advances in Internet Symposium
Alex Galis, University of College London
Nei KATO, Tohoku University
Guanhua Yan, Los Alamos National Laboratory

5. Information and Coding Theory Symposium
Mao Chao Lin, National Taiwan University
Ning Cai, Xi'dian University
Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland

6. Network and Information Security Symposium
Mooi-Choo Chuah, Lehigh University
Minho Jo, Korea University
Xiaodong Lin, Univ. Ontario Institute of Technology

7. Signal Processing for Communications Symposium
Chong-Yung Chi, National Tsinghua University
Chenyang Yang, Beihang University
Kehu Yang, Xi'dian University
Meixia Tao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

8. Multimedia Communications Symposium
Ray Y.M. Huang, National Cheng Kung University
Markos Anastasopoulos, National Technical Univ. of Athens
Bin Wei, AT&T Labs Research

STEERING COMMITTEE
Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net
Yabin Ye, Huawei Europe
Zheng Zhou, BUPT
Bo Li, HKUST
Andreas F. Molisch, MERL /Lund Univ

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