Subject: Invitation in Dracula' s Country at the International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2001, June 4-7 2001, Bucharest, Romania

From: Petre Dini <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 23:30:02 -0800

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider the following Call for Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Special 
Sessions, and Exhibition, as a unique scientific and industrial opportunity to
promote your results&solutions, or extend your market presence in 
telecommunication areas ( http://ict2001.ici.ro ).

Any contribution at the conference and distribution of the CfP will be gratefully 
appreciated.

Sorry for multiple receptions, if any.

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Petre Dini
ICT 2001 General Chair
& Technical Program Committee Chair
Cisco Systems Inc.

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
(New deadlines)

ICT 2001
International Conference on Telecommunications
June 4-7 2001, Bucharest, Romania
http://ict2001.ici.ro

Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, 	
Calea 13 Septembrie, 90
Bucharest 76122
Romania
Phone: 40-1-403-0000
Fax: 40-1-411-2972

Technical co-sponsors: IEEE, ComSoc
Current Committed Sponsors: RomTelecom, Cisco, Ericsson, Canad, Topex, Global One Communications

The organizing committee of ICT 2001 invites you to contribute with   scientific papers, poster papers, panels, tutorial, and exhibition proposals,   considering the new deadlines, as shown below and at http://ict2001.ici.ro.

CONFERENCE TOPICS 

The topics include, but are not limited to (see the detailed topic list on ICT 2001 web site): 
Communication Theory
Signal Processing
Antennas and Propagation
Microwave Circuits and Systems
Optical Communication / Photonics Technologies
Satellite and Space Communications
Broadband 3G Wireless Communications
Communications Networks, Switching and Services
Network Operations & Management
Mobile Computing and Networking
Multimedia Communications
Internet
Programmable and Active Networks
Software Technologies in Communication Systems and Networks

Important deadlines:
  
  Regular Papers:
  January 15th, 2001 - paper submission
  February 15th, 2001- notification of paper acceptance 
  March 15th, 2001 - camera-ready version and early registration

  Tutorial and short courses:
  January 15th, 2001 - tutorial and short course proposals       
  February 15th, 2001 - notification for tutorials and course proposals
  March 15th, 2001 - delivery commitment and early registration
  April 15th, 2001 - tutorial&courses handovers 

  Poster&In-progress papers:
  January 15th, 2001  - poster and in-progress proposals
  February 15th, 2001 - notification for poster and in-progress proposals
  March 15th, 2001 - camera-ready version of presentations and early registration

  Panel&Special sessions Proposal:
  January 15th, 2001 - panel and special session proposals
  January 30th, 2001 - paper submission for special sessions 
  February 28th, 2001 - notification for special sessions and panels
  March 15th, 2001 - camera-ready version of submissions and early registration

  Exhibition:
  February 15th, 2001- notification acknowledgement for exhibitions
  February 28th, 2001- early registration for exhibitions

  Grant application&registration:
  February 28th, 2001 - potentail attendees' application
  March 10th, 2001 - acknowledgement to applicants
  March 15th, 2001 - early registration

ICT Grant Notice:
ICT 2001  realizes that economic circumstances may impact   some people ability to pay the full registration fee, the   travel and  accommodation expenses.   For this reason some special circumstance categories have   been established for certain geographic areas, countries,   and attendees categories.
  
ICT 2001 will  support within the limit of its special  budget,   the participation to the Conference of several students,   young researchers, academic people, eligible under ICT 2001   grant circumstances. Priority will be given to co-authors   of the accepted papers, when one of the authors is also   fully registered. For grant application, see   "Grant application&registration" in the deadlines above.

Contact Addresses

Mail address:
           
University "Politehnica" of Bucharest
ICT 2001
P.O. Box 15-79
Bucharest, 76250
ROMANIA

General information:

1. Teodor Petrescu (UPB), mailto: [email-masked]
2. Dumitru Stanomir (UPB), mailto: [email-masked] 
3. Grazziela Niculescu (UPB), mailto: [email-masked]
4. Sorin Zoican (UPB), mailto: [email-masked], [email-masked]

Full, posters, in-progress papers:

Cristian Negrescu (UPB), mailto: [email-masked] 

Tutorials:

1. Alexandru Serbanescu (MA), mailto: [email-masked] or [email-masked]
2. Andrei Negulescu (AT&T), mailto: [email-masked] 

Exhibition:

1.Gheorghe Minea (Canad), mailto: [email-masked]
2.Calin Popescu (TOPEX), mailto: [email-masked]

Special Sessions: 	
mailto: [email-masked] 
mailto: [email-masked]

Panels: 
mailto: [email-masked]
mailto: [email-masked]

Sponsorship: 
1. Petre Dini (Cisco Systems), mailto [email-masked]
2. Florin Filip (RA), mailto: [email-masked]
3. Victor Croitoru (UPB), mailto: [email-masked]
4. Eugen Borcoci (UPB), mailto: [email-masked]

You can find details about the conference either visiting our conference site at http://ict2001.ici.ro or sending e-mail to [email-masked] 

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, SUA

STEERING COMMITTEE
Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, UK
Alessandro Barbagli, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Ioan Constantin, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Mihai Draganescu, Romanian Academy, Romania
Ion Dumitrache, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Florin Gheorghe Filip, Romanian Academy, Romania
Sergiu Iliescu, National Agency for Communications and Informatics, Romania
Kenneth Laker, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Farokh Marvasti, King's College London, UK
Adelaida Mateescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Nelu Mihai, CPlane, USA
Radu Popescu-Zeletin, GMD-Fokus Berlin, Germany

CONFERENCE VICE-CHAIRS
Eugen Borcoci, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Victor Croitoru, IEEE Romanian Communication Chapter, Romania
Florin Gheorghe Filip, Romanian Academy, Romania
Dumitru Stanomir, Technical Science Academy, Romania

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, SUA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Ion Banica, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Eugen Borcoci, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Florin Gheorghe Filip, Romanian Academy, Romania
Stefan Iancu, Romanian Academy, Romania
Eugen Staicut, ICI, Romania
Dumitru Stanomir, Technical Science Academy, Romania

TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
Andrei Negulescu, AT&T, San Jose, USA
Alexandru Serbanescu, Military Technical Academy Bucharest, Romania

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION CHAIR
Ken Roberts, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, USA 

SILICON VALLEY PROMOTION CHAIR
Bjorn Frogner, NetPredict, Menlo Park, CA, USA

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY CONNECTION CO-CHAIRS
Cosmin Dini, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, SUA
Manuela Popescu, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, SUA

ROMANIAN INSTITUTION CONNECTION CO-CHAIRS
Ioan Constantin, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Ion Marghescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Wildebald Szabo, University "Transilvania" of Brasov, Romania 

ROMANIAN INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION CO-CHAIRS
Vasile Baltac, ATIC, Romania
Alexandru Borcea ARIES, Romania 
Gheorghe Minea, Canad Systems Impex s.r.l., Romania
Ion Stanciulescu, CNSCC, Romania
Vlad Tepelea, ANIS, Romania

ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Teodor Petrescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

GENERAL SECRETARY CO-CHAIRS
Stefan Iancu, Romanian Academy, Romania
Grazziela Niculescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

LOGISTIC SECRETARIAT
Grazziela Niculescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Cristian Negrescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Sorin Zoican, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 

FINANCIAL CO-CHAIRS
Vica Dini, Kappa-Form, Inc., Montreal, Canada
Elsa Sztojanov, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

EXHIBITION CO-CHAIRS
Gheorghe Minea, Canad Systems, Romania 
Calin Popescu, Topex, Romania 

PUBLICITY AND PUBLICATION
Octavian Fratu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Simona Halunga, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 

ORGANIZING COMMITEE
Romeo Ilie, ICI, Romania 
Gheorghe Minea, Canad Systems, Romania 
Grazziela Niculescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Florin Mitrea, Canad Systems, Romania 
Adrian Paun, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Eugen Preotu, ATIC, Romania 
Iuliu Szekely, University "Transilvania" of Brasov, Romania 

WEBSITE SITE CO-CHAIRS
Iulia Mirescu, ICI, Romania
Ciprian Niculescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Cristian Toader, Canad Systems, Romania

Technical Program Committee(*)

Akbar Adibi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 
Nicolae Alexandru, Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi, Romania 
Tulin Atmaca, Institut National des Télécommunications, Evry, France
John William Atwood, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 
Paul Walter Baier, Kaiserslautern University, Germany 
Michel Barbeau, Carlton University, Canada 
Stella N. Batalama, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
Leo Van Biesen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Nils Bjorkman, Telia Research AB, Farsta, Sweden 
Vasile Bota, Technical Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Romania 
Stanislaw Budkowski, Institut National del Télécommunications, Evry, France 
Vasile Buzuloiu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Iancu Ceapa, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Dalton Cheng, Alcatel, Richardson, USA 
Jun Kyun Choi, ETRI, Korea 
Silviu Ciochina, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Sorin Cismas, IC Designer, USA 
Luis Correia, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Stefan Covaci, GMD-Fokus, Germany 
Vladimir Cretu, Technical University of Timisoara, Romania 
Victor Croitoru, University "Politehnica" Bucharest, Romania
Valentin Cristea, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Nicolae Cupcea, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Jaime Delgado, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 
Hans-Peter Dommel, Santa Clara University, CA, USA 
Rachida Dssouli, Université of Montréal, Canada 
Neculai Dumitriu, University "Politehnica" Bucharest, Romania 
Fareed Sepehry-Fard, Solectron Corporation, CA, USA 
Alex Galis, University College London, UK 
Roch Glitho, Ericsson Research Inc., Montreal, Canada 
Claude Gimenes, Institut National des Télécomunications, Evry, France 
Liviu Goras, Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi, Romania 
Voicu Groza, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 
Martin Haardt, Siemens, Munich, Germany 
Kadri Hacioglu, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA 
Abdel Hakim Hafid, Telcordia, USA 
Mahbub Hassan, Monash University, Australia 
Anders Hedin, Nutek, Stockolm, Sweden 
Alexander Latour-Henner, MTI, Ireland 
Eric Horlait, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France 
Antonio Iera, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy 
Sergiu Iliescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Dan Ionescu, University of Ottawa, Canada 
Alexandru Isar, Technical University of Timisoara, Romania 
Wojciech Kabaciñski, University of Technology, Poland 
Masanori Kataoka, Hitachi Ltd., Japan 
Hyun-Kook Kahng, Korea University, Chungnam, Korea 
Dae Young Kim, Chungnam University, Korea 
Venkatesh Krishnaswamy, Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, Holmdel, USA 
Paul Labbe, Defence Research Establishment, Canada 
Tal Lavian, Nortel Networks. Inc., CA, USA 
Ileana Leuca, AT&T Wireless, Seattle, USA 
Xavier Logean, Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Swiss
George Lojewski, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Kambiz Madani, Electronic Systems, University of Westminster, UK
Ion Marghescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Alan Marshal, Queen's University at Belfast, Ireland
Takis Mathiopoulos, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pericles Mitkas, Colorado State University/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, USA/Greece
Antonella Molinaro, University of Messina, Italy
Eckhard Moeller, GMD-FOKUS, Berlin, Germany 
Ioan Nafornita, Technical University of Timisoara, Romania 
Keiichi Nakane, Hitachi Ltd., Santa Clara, USA
Victor Neagoe, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Nikolai Nefedov, Nokia, Finland 
Cristian Negrescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Grazziela Niculescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Lars Olsson, Lund University, Sweden
Guy Omidyar, Computer Sciences Corporation, USA
Arogyaswami Paulraj, Stanford University, Menlo Park, USA 
Niovi Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dorina Petriu, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada
Emil Petriu, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 
Reinhard Posch, IAIK TU-Graz, Austria 
Didoe Prevedourou, Intracom S.A., Greece 
Kimmo Raatikainen, Nokia Research Center & University of Helsinki, Finland 
Pertti Raatikainen, VTT Information Technology, Finland 
Tatiana Radulescu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Omar Rafiq, Université de Pau, France
Mika Rinne, Nokia, Finland 
Byeong-hee Roh, Ajou University, Seoul, Korea 
Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire, USA 
Alexandru Serbanescu, Military Technical Academy Bucharest, Romania 
Nirmala Shenoy, RMIT University, Australia
Zoran Skocir, University of Zagreb, Croatia 
Said Soulhi, Ericsson Research, Montreal, Canada
Pradip Srimani, Colorado State University, USA 
Eugen Staicut, ICI, Romania 
Maciej Stasiak University of Technology, Poznan, Poland 
George Stamoulis, University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Greece 
Ray Sundararaman, Lucent, USA 
Ioan Tabus, Tampere University of Technology, Finland 
Nicolae Tapus, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania 
Yoshitaka Takasaki, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Japan 
Gheorge Toacse, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania 
Sebastiano Trigila, FUB, Rome, Italy 
Fred Truchetet, IUT, Le Creusot, France
Hiroshi Yasuda, University of Tokyo, Japan 
Oh Ser Wah, ST Microelectronics Asia Pacific, Singapore 
Bengt Zdebel, Telia Research AB, Farsta, Sweden 
Sorin Zoican, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Wilmut Zschunke, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Hans-Juergen Zepernick, ATCRC, Australia 

(*) Note: members of Steering Committee and Technical Program Co-Chairs are implicitly considered as TCP members