Subject: Re: MobiCom'98 Advance Program & Call for Participation

From: Toh Chai Keong <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 05:13:43 +0800 (GMT-8)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 ADVANCE PROGRAM AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

         The Fourth Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on 
             Mobile Computing and Networking  (MobiCom'98)

                           Omni Dallas Hotel
                             Dallas, Texas
                          October 25-30, 1998

                      Tutorials: October 25-26,1998
                        Workshops: October 30,1998

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

The  wireless  communication revolution is bringing fundamental changes to 
telecommunication and computing.  This conference, the fourth of an annual 
series, serves  as  the  premier  international  forum addressing networks, 
systems, algorithms, and applications that support the symbiosis of mobile 
computers and wireless networks.

The  MobiCom'98 technical program features the presentation of 27 excellent 
papers, selected after detailed review from over 130 worldwide submissions. 
In  addition, the  program  includes 2  panel  sessions, 5 tutorials before 
the  conference  and  3 workshops after the conference. Overall, MobiCom'98 
offers an outstanding and exciting conference on the cutting edge of mobile 
computing and networking.

TRAVEL INFORMATION

The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is approximately six miles 
(nine kilometers) from the hotel. There is a shuttle (Airport Bus) available 
for approximately $8-$10 USD. The hotel provides free transportation back to 
the airport. If you are arriving by car from Dallas/Fort Worth International 
Airport, directions are:  DFW  International  North Exit to I-635 East. Exit 
Luna Road (approximately six miles) and turn right.  The hotel is located at 
the corner of I-635 and Luna Road. 

The MobiCom'98 conference, tutorials, and workshops will be conducted at the 
conference hotel: The Omni Dallas Hotel Park West, 1590 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, 
Texas 75234. Tel:  +1 972 869-4300, or  +1 800 THE-OMNI (U.S. and Canada) or
+1 402 334-6664 (other countries).  All scheduled  events will take place in 
the conference facilities of the hotel. Individuals should make reservations
with the hotel directly.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Hotel Reservation Deadline      September 25
Early Registration Deadline     September 25

For all the latest MobiCom'98 information, visit the MobiCom'98 Home page on 
the World Wide Web at:

http://www.mobicom98.utdallas.edu/

                    MobiCom'98 is sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE 
        In co-operation with ACM SIGCOMM and IEEE Communications Society

==========================
MobiCom'98 ADVANCE PROGRAM
==========================
Sunday, October 25
------------------
7:30am                  Registration opens
8:30am - 5:00pm Tutorial 1
                * Mobile IP: Adding Mobility to the Internet, C. E. Perkins 
8:30am - 5:00pm Tutorial 2
                * Overview of 3rd Generation of Wireless Networks, 
                  R. Rajagopalan 

Monday, October 26
------------------
7:30am                  Registration opens
8:30am - 5:00pm Tutorial 3
                * Client/Server Computing in Wireless and Mobile Environments,
                  S. Helal 
8:30am - 12:00pm        Tutorial 4
                * TCP for Wireless and Mobile Hosts, N. Vaidya 
1:30am - 5:00pm Tutorial 5
                * Wireless Ad Hoc Networking, D. A. Maltz and J.  Broch 
7:00pm - 9:00pm Welcome Reception

Tuesday, October 27
-------------------
7:30am                  Registration opens
8:30am - 10:00pm        Opening Session
        * Keynote address
        * Awards presentation
10:00am - 10:30am       Break
10:30am - 12:00pm       Paper Presentations
        Session 1: Scheduling for Wireless Networks
        * Adapting Packet Fair Queueing Algorithms to Wireless Networks, 
          P. Ramanathan and P. Agrawal 
        * A Wireless Fair Service Algorithm for Packet Cellular Networks, 
          S. Lu, T. Nandagopal and V. Bharghavan 
        * Balanced Media Access Methods for Wireless Networks, 
          T. Ozugur, M. Naghshineh, P. Kermani, C. M. Olsen, B. Rezvani and 
          J. A. Copeland 
12:00pm - 1:30pm        Conference Luncheon
1:30pm - 3:00pm         Paper Presentations
                Session 2: Information Delivery
        * Joint Broadcast Scheduling and User's Cache Management for Efficient
          Information Delivery, C.-J. Su and L. Tassiulas 
        * Scheduling On-Demand Broadcasts for Heterogeneous Workloads: New 
          Metrics and Algorithms, S. Acharya and S. Muthukrishnan 
        * Modeling and Evaluation of Prefetching Policies for Context-Aware
          Information Services, V. de Nitto Persone', V. Grassi and A. Morlupi 
3:00pm - 3:30pm Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm Panel 1 
        * Security in Mobile Systems
        Panel Organizer: A.  Joshi 
6:00pm - 12:00am        Conference Social Event: A Night on the Town

Wednesday, October 28
---------------------
8:30am  - 4:00pm        Exhibits Open
8:30am - 10:00am        Paper Presentations
        Session 3: Ad Hoc Network Routing
        * Location-Aided Routing (LAR) in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, 
          Y.-B. Ko and N. H. Vaidya 
        * A Distance Routing Effect Algorithm for Mobility (DREAM), 
          S. Basagni, I. Chlamtac, V. R. Syrotiuk and B. A. Woodward 
        * A Performance Comparison of Multi-Hop Wireless Ad Hoc Network Routing
          Protocols, J. Broch, D. A. Maltz, D. B. Johnson, Y.-C. Hu and 
          J. Jetcheva 
10:00am - 10:30am       Break
10:30am - 12:00pm       Paper Presentations
        Session 4: Mobile Application Middleware
        * What is a File Synchronizer?, S. Balasubramaniam and B. C. Pierce 
        * Mobile Awareness in a Wide Area Wireless Network of Info-Stations, 
          T. Ye, H.-A. Jacobsen and R. Katz 
        * StratOSphere: Mobile Processing of Distributed Objects in JAVA, 
          D. Wu, D. Agrawal and A. El Abbadi 
12:00pm - 1:30pm
1:30pm - 3:00pm         Paper Presentations
        Session 5: System Design for Mobile Applications and Networks
        * Towards a Design Methodology for Adaptive Applications, 
          M. McIlhagga, A. Light and I. Wakeman
        * Flexible Network Support for Mobility, 
          X. Zhao, C. Castelluccia and M. Baker 
        * Power Management Techniques for Mobile Communications, 
          R. Kravets and P. Krishnan
3:00pm - 3:30pm         Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm         Paper Presentations
        Session 6: Adaptive Networking for Mobility
        * Rate Adaptation Schemes in Networks with Mobile Hosts, 
          A. K. Talukdar, B. R. Badrinath and A. Acharya
        * Power-Aware Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, 
          S. Singh, M. Woo and C.S. Raghavendra
        * Programming Adaptive Quality of Services and Adaptation Policies in
          Mobile Networks, R. R.-F. Liao and A. T. Campbell
6:00pm - 9:00pm Conference Banquet 

Thursday, October 29
--------------------
8:30am - 10:00am        Paper Presentations
        Session 7: Location Management
        * Multi-Sensor Location Tracking, U. Leonhardt and J. Magee  
        * An Efficient Mobility Management Strategy for Personal Communication
          Systems, Y. Bejerano and I. Cidon 
        * Optimal Location Management Algorithms for Mobile Networks, 
          G. Krishnamurthi, A. Somani and M. Azizoglu 
10:00am - 10:30am       Break
10:30am - 12:00pm       Paper Presentations
        Session 8: Wireless ATM
        * Effective Bandwidth in Wireless ATM Networks, J. G. Kim and M. Krunz 
        * Performance Evaluation of Path Optimization Schemes for Inter-Switch
          Handoffs in Wireless ATM Networks, V. Wong, H. Chan and V. Leung 
        * Integration of Circuit and Packet Switched Transport in a Third
          Generation Mobile Network, A. Calvi and F. J. C. Hila
12:00pm - 1:30pm        Luncheon with Speaker
1:30pm - 3:00pm         Panel 2
        * Proxy Based Networking vs. End-to-End Networking 
          Panel Organizers: P. Bhagwat and R. LaMaire 
3:00pm - 3:30pm         Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm         Paper Presentations
        Session 9: Connection Admission-Control
        * Comparison of Connection Admission-Control Schemes in the Presence of
          Hand-Offs in Cellular Networks, S. Choi and K. G. Shin 
        * A Call Admission Control Scheme for TCP/IP based CDMA Voice/Data
          Network, S. Sen, J. Jawanda, K. Basu, N. Kakani, and S. Das
        * Undeniable Billing in Mobile Communications, J. Zhou and K.-Y. Lam 
5:00pm                  Conference Adjourns

Friday, October 30
------------------
7:30am                  Registration opens
8:30am - 5:00am         Workshop 1
        * Second International Workshop on Discrete Algorithms and Methods for
          Mobile Computing and Communications
8:30am - 5:00am Workshop 2
        * First International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Multimedia
8:30am - 5:00am Workshop 3
        * Third ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Satellite-Based Information 
          Services

For more information, please contact either of the Program Co-Chairs: Arvind 
Krishna, IBM Research, e-mail: [email-masked], phone: +1 914 784-7965, 
fax: +1 914 784-6264;  Magda El Zarki, University  of  Pennsylvania, e-mail:
[email-masked], phone: +1 215 898-9782, fax: +1 215 573-2068. To obtain
the  latest  MobiCom'98  information, visit the MobiCom'98 home page on the 
World Wide Web at:

http://www.mobicom98.utdallas.edu/

------------------------------------------------------------------------------