-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tcgn] IEEE PERCOM 2003, Call for Part. Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:12:42 -0500 (EST) From: Stefano Basagni basagni@ECE.NEU.EDU Reply-To: tcgn@majordomo.ieee.org To: tcgn@ieee.org

---------------------------------------------------- PerCom 2003 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications ---------------------------------------------------- Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas, March 23-26, 2003 Visit the web site for advance program and registration details. http://www.PerCom.org ----------------------------------------------------

Co-sponsors: IEEE Computer Society and The University of Texas at Arlington ***************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***************************************************** Conference Scope:

Pervasive computing and communications is emerging as an exciting new paradigm with a goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere. This emergence is a natural outcome of research and technological advances in wireless networks, mobile computing, distributed computing and agent technologies. PerCom is the annual IEEE conference on pervasive computing and communications and as such it will provide a high profile, leading edge forum for researchers and engineers alike to present their latest advances in the field of pervasive computing and communications. PerCom2003 will also feature special tracks on intelligent environments and mobile agents, as well as 2 keynote addresses and 2 panels on exciting topics.

Program Highlights

? 53 Full Papers ? 11 Short Papers ? 2 Keynote Addresses ? 2 Panels ? 4 Tutorials ? Demonstrations

Important Dates ? Advance Registration February 28, 2003 ? Demonstration Proposals January 31, 2003 ? Conference Dates March 23-26, 2003

General Chair: Behrooz A. Shirazi (UTA)

General Vice Chair: Sajal K. Das (UTA)

Technical Program Committee Chair and Contact Person:

Mohan Kumar University of Texas at Arlington Box 19015, Arlington TX 76019-0015 Phone: 817 272 3610, Fax: 817 272 3784 Email: kumar@cse.uta.edu

Special Track Chairs:

Diane Cook (UTA) for Intelligent Environments Anand Tripathi (Uni. Minnesota) for Mobile Agents

Local Organization and Registrations Chair: Gergely Zaruba (UTA)

-- Stefano Basagni, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 Dana Research Center Northeastern University 360 Huntigton Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Tel. 617 373 3061, Fax 617 373 8970 E-mail: basagni@ece.neu.edu