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Wireless Pioneer Viterbi Headlines ACM MobiCom '06; Conference Features Latest Advances in Mobile Computing(Ascribe Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's top researchers, practitioners, students, and executives will gather at MobiCom'06, the Twelfth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. MobiCom'06, at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles Sept. 24 - 29, is the premier forum addressing the future of wireless and mobile networking. The highly selective technical program features keynoter Andrew Viterbi, a pioneer of wireless digital telecommunications technology and Presidential Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE, ACM's Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems Users, Data, and Computing, MobiCom'06 will present a panel on wired vs. wireless access as well as workshops on wireless and sensor network dependability and security, underwater networks, vehicular ad hoc networking, and wireless mobile services on local area network hotspots among other key topics. The MobiCom'06 keynote presentation, on Tuesday, September 26 at 9 a.m., offers a probing look at the future of wireless communications by Dr. Viterbi, president of the Viterbi Group. In the 1960s, he invented a method called the Viterbi algorithm, which is fundamental to all military communications, spacecraft telemetry, and cellular technology. His inventions are also used in the vast majority of digital wireless phones, data terminals and digital satellite broadcast receivers. Viterbi is a co-founder of several companies, including Qualcomm, a leader in cellular communications. Another featured speaker is Deborah Estrin, who will present Wireless Sensing Systems: From Ecosystems to Human Systems, is on September 26 at 12 noon. Estrin, who was named ACM's first Athena Lecturer in June 2006, a recognition which celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science, is a professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is founding director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center for Embedded Networked Sensing. The MobiCom'06 panel on Wired vs. Wireless Access: the Race to Higher Speeds is Thursday, September 28, at 10:30 a.m. It is organized by Mauro Sentinelli, Managing Director of Telecom Italia Mobile International, and Deputy Chairman of the Groupe Speciale Mobile (GSM) Association, a global trade association representing mobile phone operators. It will feature chief technology officers and senior executives of top-tier technology companies, including Verizon Wireless, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Intel, Cisco, T-Mobile, Cingular, AT&T Research, and Sprint. MobiCom'06 also offers a variety of outstanding papers on state-of-the-art research in mobile computing and communications, as well as demonstrations and exhibits on the latest architectures, protocols, applications and services in mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. Also featured is an ACM Student Research Competition for undergraduate and graduate students, where students share research results and compete for prizes, including the opportunity to advance to the final round of competition. For conference registration and program information, go to www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2006. ABOUT ACM SIGMOBILE ACM SIGMOBILE (http://www.sigmobile.org/) promotes research and development by bringing together researchers and practitioners and fostering interest in the mobility of systems, users, data, and computing. Its activities aim to expand the evolution of portable computers and wireless networks; support the convergence of mobility, computing, and information organization; and improve access, services, management, and applications for mobile computing and communications. ABOUT ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery (http://www.acm.org/) is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking. - - - - CONTACT: Virginia Gold, ACM Media Relations, 212-626-0505, [email protected] Copyright 2006 AScribe inc. |