General Information

GLOBECOM 2004 will feature seven major Symposia, including the traditional GLOBECOM General Conference addressing a set of current communication topics, and Tutorials and Workshops. You are invited to submit original technical papers for presentation at GLOBECOM 2004 and publication in the Conference Record. Proposals for tutorials and workshops in important or emerging communications topics are also invited. Visit the website for further details.

IEEE GLOBECOM 2004 SYMPOSIA TITLES

	GENERAL CONFERENCE
	Co-Chair: Nelson Fonseca (Univ. of Campinas, Brazil) E-mail: nfonseca@ic.unicamp.br Co-Chair: Xiaodong Wang (Columbia Univ., USA) E-mail: wangx@ee.columbia.edu
	OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
	Co-Chair: Andrea Fumagalli (Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA) E-mail: andreaf@utdallas.edu Co-Chair: Naoaki Yamanaka (NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan) E-mail: yamanaka.naoaki@ieee.org
	SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR COMMUNICATIONS
	Co-Chair: Joseph Cavallaro (Rice Univ., USA) E-mail: cavallar@rice.edu Co-Chair: Jaafar Elmirghani (University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom) E-mail: J.M.H.Elmirghani@swansea.ac.uk Co-Chair: Michael Zoltowski (Purdue Univ., USA) E-mail: mikedz@ecn.purdue.edu
	COMMUNICATION THEORY
	Co-Chair: Naofal Al-Dhahir (Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA) E-mail: aldhahir@utdallas.edu Co-Chair: Len Cimini (Univ. of Delaware, USA) E-mail: cimini@ece.udel.edu Co-Chair: Dennis L. Goeckel (Univ. of Mass., USA) E-mail: goeckel@chloe.ecs.umass.edu Co-Chair: Brian Hughes (North Carolina State University, USA) E-mail: blhughes@eos.ncsu.edu
	GLOBAL INTERNET & NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS
	Co-Chair: Arup Acharya (IBM Research, USA) E-mail: arup@us.ibm.com Co-Chair: Yuguang Michael Fang (Univ. of Florida, USA) E-mail: fang@ece.ufl.edu Co-Chair: G.S. Kuo (National Chengchi University, Taiwan) E-mail: gskuo@ieee.org
	SECURITY AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT
	Co-Chair: Madjid Merabti (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom) E-mail: M.Merabti@livjm.ac.uk Co-Chair: Pradeep Ray (Univ of New South Wales, Australia) E-mail: p.ray@unsw.edu.au Co-Chair: Gang Wu (DoCoMo USA Labs, USA) E-mail: wu@docomolabs-usa.com
	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, NETWORKS, & SYSTEMS
	Co-Chair: K. B. Letaief (HKUST, Hong Kong) E-mail: eekhaled@ee.ust.hk Co-Chair: Witold Krzymien (University of Alberta, Canada) E-mail: wak@ee.ualberta.ca Co-Chair: C.K. Toh (Northrop Grumman, USA) E-mail: ck.ieee@doctor.com Co-Chair: Boon Sain Yeo (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) E-mail: boonyeo@ieee.org

GLOBECOM 2004 CONFERENCE TOPICS

ï 3G, 4G Mobile Systems ï Access Techniques ï Adaptive & Nonlinear Signal Processing ï Adaptive Modulation ï Audio/Image/Video Signal Processing ï Authentication and Access Control ï Coding and Processing for Data Storage ï Communications Software ï Computing Security ï Congestion Control ï Cross Layer Network Design ï Detection and Estimation ï Diversity Techniques and Equalization ï DSP Applications to Wireless Systems ï DVB and DAB Techniques ï End-to-End QoS ï Fading Countermeasures ï Firewall Management ï Information Theory ï Internet Architecture and Protocols ï Intrusion and Denial of Service ï IP Services and Support Technologies ï Low Power Algorithms ï MIMO Systems ï Mobile / Wireless Ad-Hoc Networking ï Mobility Management

ï Modulation and Coding ï Multicarrier Transmission ï Multiple Access ï Network Security Protocols ï Network Support for Applications ï Networking Aspects of Grid Computing ï Optical Communication Systems ï Optical Components and Devices ï Optical Network Survivability & Fault Management ï Propagation / Channel Characterization ï Quality of Service and Scheduling ï Radio Resource Management ï Resource Allocation and Interference Management ï Security ï Sensor Networks ï Signal Separation and Interference Rejection ï Source Coding ï Space-Time Coding and Processing ï Synchronization ï Tactical Communications ï Topics in Communication Theory ï Turbo Codes and Iterative Decoding ï Ultra-Wideband Communications ï Wireless Services and Applications ï Wireless Switching and Routing Techniques ï Wireless System Optimization Techniques

TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS

Proposals are invited for half- or full-day tutorials and workshops in important or emerging communication topics relevant to GLOBECOM 2004.

Tutorial Proposal Guidelines

Workshop Proposal Guidelines

TUTORIAL CHAIR
Andrea Goldsmith
(Stanford University)
Email: andrea@ee.stanford.edu

IMPORTANT DATES

Complete Paper Manuscripts Due:
Due to technical difficulties the paper deadline has been extended to 5 March 2004, 11:59 pm EST.
Do not wait until the last minute to upload your paper.  The extremely high volume of activity right at the deadline is what cause the server to go down.  NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED BEYOND THIS DATE.


Proposals for Full- or Half- Day Tutorials Due: 1 March 2004, 3 am EST
Tutorial proposals should be sent to the Tutorial Chair, Andrea Goldsmith (andrea@ee.stanford.edu)
­Tutorial Proposal Guidelines

Proposals for Full- or Half- Day Workshops Due: 1 March 2004, 3 am EST
Workshop proposals should be sent to the Tutorial Chair, Andrea Goldsmith (andrea@ee.stanford.edu)
­Workshop Proposal Guidelines

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR
Ted S. Rappaport
(University of Texas at Austin)
E-mail: wireless@mail.utexas.edu

TECHNICAL PROGRAM VICE-CHAIR
Tom Chen
(Southern Methodist University)
E-mail: tchen@engr.smu.edu