[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] -------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IFIP Wireless Days 2009 Paris, France December 15-17, 2009 http://www.wireless-days.org/ Extended Submission deadline: August 16, 2009 IFIP, IEEE Technical Co-sponsorship -------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Chairs: Guy Pujolle, University of Paris 6, France Nadjib Achir, University of Paris 13, France Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13, France Steering committee: Khaldoun Al-Agha, University Paris 11, France Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Boutaba Raouf, University of Waterloo Tijani Chahed, TELECOM & Management SudParis, France Pedro Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Mario Gerla, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Ulf Korner, Lund University, Sweden Scope: Wireless Days Conference is a major international conference which aims to bring together researchers, technologists and visionaries from Academia, research labs and industry, engineers and students to exchange, discuss and share their experiences, ideas and research about theoretical and practical aspects of wireless networking. After the first successful edition of Wireless Days 2008 in Dubai (UAE), the second edition of the conference will be held in Paris (France) next December 14-16, 2009. The conference will include presentations of theoretical and experimental achievements, innovative wireless systems, prototyping efforts, case studies and advances in technology related to wireless networking and communications infrastructures. Wireless Days Conference program will include the following four conference tracks: - Track 1: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Track 2: Broadband Wireless - Track 3: Wireless Multimedia - Track 4: Home Networking Important Dates: Extended Submission deadline: August 16, 2009 Notification of acceptance: October 4, 2009 Camera-ready version: October 15, 2009 Paper Submission: Submissions should be original and limited to 5 double-column pages, and should follow IEEE paper templates. Paper with more pages can be accepted however they need to be reduced to 5 pages for publication. Papers are to be submitted electronically on the EDAS web site of the conference in PDF format. http://www.edas.info/N7823 Publication: Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be available through IEEExplore. Special Issues of Journals: Selected papers will be invited for publication in the special issues of international journals, like Annals of Telecommunications and International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (Inderscience Publishers). Travel Grants and Best paper Award: The IFIP Wireless Days 2009 Steering Committee will select the best paper from all submissions for this prestigious award with 1000Û. Several student travel grants are anticipated in the amount of 1000Û each, sponsored in part by International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and by industrial sponsors for attending the IFIP Wireless Days 2009. Contacts: Conference Chairs - Guy Pujolle, University of Paris 6, France (Guy.Pujolle@lip6.fr) - Nadjib Achir, University of Paris 13, France (Nadjib.Achir@univ-paris13.fr) - Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13, France (Khaled.Boussetta@univ-paris13.fr) Track 1: "Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks" - Nadjib Achir, University of Paris 13, France (Nadjib.Achir@univ-paris13.fr) - Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13, France (Khaled.Boussetta@univ-paris13.fr) Track 2: "Broadband Wireless" - Sami Tabbane, Sup'Com, Tunisia (sami.tabbane@supcom.rnu.tn) - Llorenc Cerda-Alabern, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain (llorenc@ac.upc.edu) Track 3: "Wireless Multimedia" - Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (M.Merabti@ljmu.ac.uk) - David Llewellyn-Jones, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (D.Llewellyn-Jones@livjm.ac.uk) Track 4 : "Third International Home Networking conference" - Stefano Galli, Panasonic R&D Company of America, USA (SGalli@research.panasonic.com) Local organization - Aziza Lounis, University of Paris 6, France (Aziza.Lounis@rp.lip6.fr) - Pellissier Clementine, University of Paris 6, France (Clementine.Pellissier@lip6) Technical Program Committee: Abdennour El Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Abderrahmane Lakas, UAEU, UAE Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, CA Ali Begen, Cisco Systems Alireza Shahrabi, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK AndrŽ-Luc Beylot, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, FR Andrea Tonello, University of Udine, IT Anelise Munaretto, UTFPR, BR Artur Ziviani, LNCC, BR Asma Benletaifa, Sup'Com, TN Athanassios Manikas, Imperial College London, UK Benjelloun Touimi Abdellatif, France Telecom R&D, FR Boris Bellalta, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES Bulent Tavli, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, TR Chris Blondia, University of Antwerp, BE Christian Prehofer, Nokia Research Claudio Casetti, Politecnico di Torino, iT Claudio Palazzi, University of Padova, IT Dario Maggiorini, University of Milano, IT Dominique Gaiti, University of Troyes, FR Dorsaf Azzabi, Gunma University, JP Eduardo Nakamura, FUCAPI - Research and Technological Innovation Center, BR Ellen Liu, Univeristy of Manitoba, CA Eren Gurses, University of Waterloo, CA Fabio Martignon, University of Bergamo, IT Fahed Awad, Jordan University of Science and Technology, JO Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, FR Faycal Bouhafs, University of Edinburgh, UK Federico Pedersini, Universitˆ degli Studi di Milano, IT Francisco Garcia, Agilent Gentian Jakllari, BBN Technologies Haris Gacanin, Tohoku University, JP Helmut Hlavacs, University of Vienna, AT Hossam Afifi, Institut Telecom, FR Hui-Tang Lin, National Cheng Kung University, TW Hwee Pink Tan, Institute for Infocomm Research, SG Jean Philippe Javaudin, Orange Labs, FR JosŽ Antonio CortŽs Arrabal, Universidad de M‡laga, ES Jose M. Barcelo-Ordinas, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya (UPC), ES Jose Neuman, UFC, BR JosŽ-Marcos Nogueira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, BR Jun-Hong Cui, University of Connecticut , USA Khaldoun Al Agha, University of Paris XI Laurent Reynaud, Orange Labs, FR Le Phu Do, Dresden University of Technology, DE Lila Boukhatem, Paris-Sud&LRI/CNRS, FR Luciano Lenzini, University of Pisa, IT Luigi Iannone, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, TU Berlin, DE Luis Henrique Maciel Kosmalski Costa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR Lutz Lampe, University of British Columbia, CA Marcelo Dias de Amorim, UPMC Paris Universitas, FR Marco Furini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT Marie-Jose Montpetit, MIT RLE, USA Mario Freire, University of Beira Interior, PT Mario Gerla, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Martin Krebs, RWTH Aachen University, DE Matteo Cesana, Politecnico di Milano, IT Mauro Biagi, Sapienza University of Rome, IT Mauro Fonseca, PUC-PR, BR Mehmet Vuran, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Mischa Dohler, CTTC, ES Mohamad Assaad, Supelec, FR Mohammed Boulmalf, AlAkhawayn University in Ifrane, MA Mounir Achir, Canon Research Centre France SAS, FR Mounir Frikha, High School of Communication in Tunis, TN Nelson Antunes, University of Algarve, PT Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, CA Nizar Bouabdallah, INRIA, FR Otto Carlos Duarte, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR Ozgur Akan, Middle East Technical University, TR Pascale Minet, INRIA, FR Philippe Boucachard, Canon Research Center France SAS, FR Qin Xin, Simula Research Laboratory, NO Rami Langar, UPMC - Paris Universitas, FR Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, CA Raouf Hamzaoui, De Montfort University, UK Rastin Pries, University of Wuerzburg, DE Rolland Vida, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU Saadi Boudjit, University of Paris 13, FR Salah Eddine Elayoubi, France Telecom R&D, FR Salvador Iranzo, DS2, ES Seema Verma, University Banasthali Vidyapith, IN Shengming Jiang, South China University of Technology, CN Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, France Telecom R&D, FR Stefan Weber, Trinity College Dublin, IE Stefano Bregni, Politecnico di Milano, IT Stefano Ferretti, University of Bologna, IT Sylvain Meyer, France Telecom, FR Thomas Luckenbach, Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, DE Tijani Chahed, TELECOM & Management SudParis, FR Tobias Ritzau, Sony Ericsson Tzung-Shi Chen, National University of Taiwnan, TW Vehbi Cagri Gungor, Eaton Corporation, USA Vicent Pla, Universitad Politecnica de Valencia, ES Vincent Gauthier, Telecom SudParis, FR Vincent Guillet, University of OrlŽans, FR Visvasuresh Victor Govindaswamy, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, USA Walter Grote, UTFSM, CL Wessam Ajib, UQAM, CA Xiaoyan Hong, University of Alabama, USA Yacine Ghamri Doudane, LRSM, Ensiie, FR Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, JP Zonghua Zhang, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, JP