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**************************************************************** * PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * CHINACOM 2008 * * Int'l Conference on Communications and Networking in China * * August 25-27, 2008, Hangzhou, China * * http://www.chinacom.org * * * ****************************************************************

Co-Sponsored by Create-Net and ICST

Technically Sponsored by

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS)

IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)

IEEE China Vehicular Technology Chapter (IEEE CVTC)

***News: The ChinaCom2006 proceedings have been indexed by EI Compendex now.

OVERVIEW: The aim of CHINACOM is to bring together Chinese and International researchers and practitioners in networking and communications under one roof to build a showcase in communications and networking research in China. Following the great success of CHINACOM06 and CHINACOM07, CHINACOM08 will be held in Hangzhou, China, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, on Aug. 25-27 2008, right after the Beijing Olympic Games. The conference will be technically sponsored by Zhejiang University.

TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA: Prospective authors are welcome to submit original technical papers for publication in the conference proceedings and for presentation at the following symposia:

1. Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium

2. Optical Communications and Networking Symposium

3. Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium

4. Multimedia Communications Symposium

5. Advances in Internet Symposium

6. Signal Processing for Communications Symposium

7. Information and Coding Theory Symposium

8. Network and Information Security Symposium

PANELS/WORKSHOPS: Proposals for panels/workshops are solicited. Potential organizers are welcome to submit a proposal to one of the panel/workshop chairs.

IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline January 20, 2008 Notification date April 30, 2008 Camera-ready due May 31, 2008 Conference dates August 25-27, 2008

PUBLICATION: All accepted and presented papers will be included in the CHINACOM 2008 Conference Proceedings, made available in IEEExplore Digital Library, and then indexed by Engineering Information (EI). Selected outstanding papers will be considered for international journal special issues.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Jian Chu, Zhejiang University, China Andreas F. Molisch, MERL, USA and Lund University, Sweden

GENERAL VICE CO-CHAIRS Jun Zheng, University of Ottawa, Canada Xianmin Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

TPC CO-CHAIRS Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Maurice Gagnaire, ENST, France Zhaoyang Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Chi Zhou, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Subir Biswas, Michigan State University, USA

PANEL CO-CHAIRS Jian Ma, Nokia Research Center, Beijing, China

PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS Peng He, University of Ottawa, Canada

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Yuanzhu Peter Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Marek Hajduczenia, Nokia Siemens Networks, S. A., Portugal

INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Zsuzsi Kaszab, ICST, Europe

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CO-CHAIRS Zhifeng Zhao, Zhejiang University, China Shengtian Yang, Zhejiang University, China Jing Li, Zhejiang University, China

WEB CHAIR Guanding Yu, Zhejiang University, China

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS 1. Frontiers on Communications and Networking Symposium Hongya Ge, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Neelesh B. Mehta, India Institute of Science, India Zhifeng Tao, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), USA

2. Optical Communications and Networking Symposium Luying Zhou, Institute of Infocomm Research, Singapore Jianjun He, Zhejiang University, China Abdallah Shami, University of Western Ontario, Canada

3. Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium Hsiao-Hwa Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, China Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Japan Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA Claude Oestges, Universit catholique de Louvain, Belgium

4. Multimedia Communications Symposium Rajarathnam Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Linda Jiang Xie, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Lu Yu, Zhejiang University, China

5. Advances in Internet Symposium Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA Chonggang Wang, University of Arkansas, USA Baoxian Zhang, China Science Academy, China

6. Signal Processing for Communications Symposium Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Chong-Yung Chi, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China Aiping Huang, Zhejiang University, China Sarah Kate Wilson, Santa Clara University, USA

7. Information and Coding Theory Symposium Yongyi Mao, University of Ottawa, Canada Jun Chen, McMaster University, Canada Peiliang Qiu, Zhejiang University, China

8. Network and Information Security Symposium Fei Hu, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Wade Trappe, Rutgers University, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy Yabin Ye, Create-Net, Italy Bo Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Andreas F. Molisch, MERL, USA, and Lund University, Sweden Zheng Zhou, Beijing U. of Posts and Telecommunications, China

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