IEEE Communications Society E-News
Volume 7 Number 1 -- February 2004

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1. WELCOME <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#WELCOME>˙ 

Welcome to the February 2004 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News. 
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Our thanks for a Job well done to Tim Moors for his time and talents 
over the last two years. Tim's legacy includes extensive source urls 
and much appreciated format templates.˙ 
˙David Alvarez, Manager, IEEE ComSoc IT.

2. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#ANNOUNCEMENTS>Advance Program / Early Registration are now available for 
NOMS 2004, with the theme "Managing Next Generation 
Convergence Networks and Services", 19-23 April 04, in 
Seoul, Korea.˙ <http://www.noms2004.org/>.

Access the 10 most popular articles published in ComSoc 
periodicals viewed on-line for December 2003,
<http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/topten/index.html>

3. 

RECENT EVENTS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#RECENT_EVENTS>3.1 AWARDS
<http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/awards/index.html>

3.2 SOCIETY NEWS
If you are not already a member, you can join ComSoc on-line. 
<http://www.comsoc.org/join/index.html>


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 <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#STANDARDS_NEWS>20 Jan.: IEEE 1222, IEEE 1590, IEEE 383, IEEE 635
˙ <http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_12221590app.html>
26 Jan.: IEEE 187
<http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_187rev.html>


3.6 

PUBLICATIONS NEWS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#PUBLICATIONS_NEWS>3.6.1 NEW BOOKS
For information about books published by the Wiley-IEEE Press, 
<http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/press/>


3.6.2 

PERIODICALS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#NEW_PERIODICALS>Recent special reports in IEEE Spectrum, Plus IEEE 
ComSoc Journals and magazines.

3.6.3 

EDITORIAL NEWS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#EDITORIAL_NEWS>The following new editors start their role as Editor In Chief 
for the respective publications on January 1, 2004:
IEEE Transactions on Communications Ender Ayanoglu
IEEE Network Magazine Chatschik Bisdikian
IEEE Communications Letters Ezio Biglieri
IEEE Communications Society e-News Nelson Fonseca

4. 

IMMINENT EVENTS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#IMMINENT_EVENTS>4.1 
IMMINENT CONFERENCES <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#IMMINENT_CONFERENCES>Additional forthcoming conferences are listed at 
<http://www.comsoc.org/confs/index.html>.

4.2 IMMINENT SPECIAL ISSUES <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#IMMINENT_SPECIAL_ISSUES> 
Feb. IEEE Communications Magazine

4.3 IMMINENT CALLS FOR PAPERS

4.3.1 

CONFERENCE CFPS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#CONFERENCE_CFPS>IWQoS International Workshop on Quality of Service 
< <http://iqua.ece.toronto.edu/iwqos04/>>
2004 Montreal, Canada Jun. 7-9˙ CFP: Feb. 10

ICETE International Conference on E-Business and Telecom 
Networks < <http://www.icete.org/index2.htm>> Setubal, 
Portugal Aug. 25-28˙ CFP: Feb. 15 2004

PIMRC Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio 
Communication < <http://www.pimrc2004.org/>>
Barcelona, Spain Sep. 5-8˙ CFP:Feb. 20

Milcom IEEE/AFCEA Military Communications Conference 
<http://www.milcom.org/2004/ 2004 Monterey, CA, USA 
Oct. 31 - Nov. 3˙ CFP: Feb. 27
WTC World Telecommunications Congress 
<http://www.wtc2004.org/> 2004 Seoul, Korea 
Sep. 12-15˙ CFP:˙ Feb. 29
Globecom IEEE Global Communications Conference 
<http://www.comsoc.org/confs/globecom/index.html>>
Dallas, TX, USA Nov. 29 - Dec. 3˙ CFP: Mar. 1

ISWCS International Symposium on Wireless Comm Systems
<http://www.uom.ac.mu/events/iswcs04.htm> Mauritius 
Sep. 20-22˙ CFP:˙ Mar. 15

ISITA Int'l Symposium on Info. Theory and Its Applications
<http://www.sita.gr.jp/ISITA2004/> Parma, Italy 
Oct. 10-13˙ CFP: Mar. 26

QoFIS˙ Quality of Future Internet Services
<http://www.qofis.org/> Barcelona, Spain˙ 
Sep. 29 - Oct. 1˙ CFP: May 2

<http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2004/confscfp.html>.

4.3.2 

JOURNAL CFPS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#JOURNAL_CFPS>IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications calls 
for papers for forthcoming special issues:

4.3.3 

MAGAZINE CFPS <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#MAGAZINE_CFPS>New: IEEE Radio Communications: Components, Systems, 
and Networks: A quarterly supplement to IEEE Communications 
Magazine. Supplement Editor: Dr. Joseph Mitola III
<http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/commagradiocfp.htm>

5. 

ANNIVERSARIES <http://www.comsoc.org/e-news/2004/feb/index.html#ANNIVERSARIES>More historical information is available at 
<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/history/index.html>.

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