Volume 6 Number 1 -- February 2003

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 February 2003 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News.
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of e-News, what content you think e-News should provide, and
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http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#WELCOME

Tim Moors, IEEE ComSoc e-News Editor
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Aus.

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
ComSoc is set to partner with the Stevens
Institute to offer selected tutorials.
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#ANNOUNCEMENTS

3. RECENT EVENTS

At Infocom 2002, there was a roundtable
discussion about "Will Computers Replace Engineers?". 
http://www.discover.com/feb_03/featroundtable.html

3.1 AWARDS

http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/awards/index.html

3.2 SOCIETY NEWS

Please renew your IEEE Communications Society
membership for 2003 as soon as possible.
After 28 February 2003, your membership will expire
  http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#SOCIETY%20NEWS

3.3 CHAPTER NEWS
  http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/chapters/index.html

3.4 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWS
http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/techcom/committees.html

3.5 STANDARDS NEWS

On December 6, the IEEE Standards Board
formally approved the 802.16 WirelessMAN
air interface standard.
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#STANDARDS%20NEWS

3.6 PUBLICATIONS NEWS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#PUBLICATIONS%20NEWS

4. IMMINENT EVENTS
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#IMMINENT%20CONFERENCES
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#IMMINENT%20SPECIAL%20ISSUES
Call for papers
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#CFPS
Additional forthcoming ComSoc conference CFP:
http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2003/confscfp.html.

5. ANNIVERSARIES
http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2003/feb/index.html#ANNIVERSARIES

6. COMMUNICATE WITH E-NEWS

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