Volume 5 Number 6 -- December 2002

IEEE Communications Society News, The Electronic
Newsletter of the IEEE Communications Society

This is the abbreviated version - for faster download
and more rapid scanning. The full text can be viewed
at www.comsoc.org/e-news/

CONTENTS
1. Welcome
2. Announcements
3. Recent events
  3.1 Awards
  3.2 Society News
  3.3 Chapter News
  3.4 Technical Committee News
  3.5 Standards News
  3.6 Publications News
   3.6.1 Books
   3.6.2 Periodicals
   3.6.3 Editorial
4. Imminent Events
  4.1 Conferences
  4.2 Special Issues of Publications
  4.3 Calls For Papers
   4.3.1 Conferences
   4.3.2 Journals
   4.3.3 Magazines
5. Anniversaries
6. Communicate with e-News

1. WELCOME

Welcome to the December 2002 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News.
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2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW IEEE Optical Communications quarterly
http://www.comsoc.org/optical/

ComSoc publications dominate ISI Ratings!:
http://www.ieee.org/products/citations.html

3. RECENT EVENTS
First Annual USC Andrew J. Viterbi Distinguished
Lecture Series in Communication, 14 Nov 02:
  http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#RECENT%20EVENTS

For a summary and press release about
"Four radically different, potential future market
environments for the mobile Internet in Europe.
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#RECENT%20EVENTS

3.1 AWARDS
Thanks for responding to dl-feedback@comsoc.org.
The 5 winners of EPP subscriptions have been notified.
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#RECENT%20AWARDS

3.2 SOCIETY NEWS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#SOCIETY%20NEWS

3.3 CHAPTER NEWS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#CHAPTER%20NEWS

3.4 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWS
New collaborative relationship with IFIP WG6.6
planning for NOMS in Korea in 2004
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#TECHNICAL%20COMMITTEE%20NEWS

3.5 STANDARDS NEWS
New on-line guide for IEEE Standards development:
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#STANDARDS%20NEWS

3.6 PUBLICATIONS NEWS

The ComSoc Digital Library now features additional
content..  http://dl.comsoc.org/DL/

3.6.1 NEW BOOKS
Three New titles:
DWDM: Networks, Devices, and Technology.
Third-Generation Systems and Intelligent
       Wireless Networking: Smart Antennas.
Review of Radio Science: 1999-2002 URSI.
For these and others by ComSoc authors:
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#NEW%20BOOKS

3.6.2 PERIODICALS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#NEW%20PERIODICALS
This section of e-News provides links to the contents
of current issues of ComSoc journals and magazines.
Journal Issue Themes/Notes

3.6.3 EDITORIAL NEWS

No news is good news.

4. IMMINENT EVENTS

On December 4, 2002 Raj Jain will be presenting a
lecture on Optical Networking: "Recent Developments,
Issues, and Trends" in Middletown, NJ, USA.
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/jain_lecture.pdf

4.1 IMMINENT CONFERENCES
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#IMMINENT%20CONFERENCES
Additional: http://www.comsoc.org/confs/index.html.


4.2 IMMINENT SPECIAL ISSUES
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/DEC/index.html#IMMINENT%20SPECIAL%20ISSUES

4.3 IMMINENT CALLS FOR PAPERS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/DEC/index.html#IMMINENT%20SPECIAL%20ISSUES

4.3.1 CONFERENCE CFPS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#CONFERENCE%20CFPS

4.3.2 JOURNAL CFPS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#JOURNAL%20CFPS

4.3.3 MAGAZINE CFPS
Magazine Deadline Topic
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#MAGAZINE%20CFPS

5. ANNIVERSARIES
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2002/dec/index.html#MAGAZINE%20CFPS


This section of e-News summarizes anniversaries
of significant events in communications.  For access
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/history/index.html.

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