*************************************************** ******** CALL FOR PAPERS ******** *************************************************** * * * WiOpt '04 * * * * 2nd Workshop on Modeling and Optimization * * in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks * * * * March 24 - 26, 2004, Cambridge, UK * * * * * ***************************************************

Workshop Website: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/wiopt04/

This workshop is intended to bring together leading researchers from both academia and industry to present both foundations and practical methods and tools for modeling and optimisation of mobile and ad hoc networks. The workshop will bring together researchers studying optimisation issues of mobile networks from both the network performance and the mobile networking perspectives:

* Mobile Network Optimisation: Applications and Algorithms * Performance characterisation and optimisation of mobile/wireless networks and systems * Protocol design (MAC, Routing) for optimal mobile network utilisation * Tools for network optimisation * Energy efficiency in mobile networks * Security and co-operation models for mobile networks * Pricing and incentives in mobile and ad hoc networks.

Papers to be presented at WiOpt'04 will be selected based on extended abstracts of up to 8 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font size. The submission should not exceed 3000 words including tables and figures, each of which count as 250 words. Authors of accepted presentations will have the opportunity to publish either the extended abstract or the full paper in a proceedings volume. Full papers will further be considered for publication in a special issue of the MONET journal.

Plenary Speakers:

Bruce Hajek (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Ian Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of extended abstract: Nov. 5, 2003. Notification of acceptance: Jan. 15, 2003. Camera ready copy: Feb. 15, 2003.

(Further details on the workshop website, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/wiopt04/)

General chairman: Imrich Chlamtac

Vice General Chair: Roger Whitaker

Program Co-Chairs: Marco Conti and Tamer Basar

Program committee of the conference:

Eitan Altman, Venkat Anantharam, Konstantin Avrachenkov, Andrew Campbell, A. Chockalingam, Jon Crowcroft, Silvia Giordano, Stephen V. Hanly, Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Holger Karl, Peter Key, P. R. Kumar, Peter Marbach, Philippe Nain, Sven Oestring, Yoshikuni Onozato, Ramesh Rao, Ness Shroff, Violet Syrotiuk, Thierry Turletti, Adam Wolisz, Jeff Wieselthier

Local Arrangements Co-Chair: Sven Oestring and Julian Chesterfield

Publicity Chair: Holger Karl

Sponsors: The workshop is co-sponsored by * Univ. of Cambridge * IIT (Istituto di Informatica e Telematica) * Intel * Microsoft * IEEE IT Society (technical co-sponsorship) (ACM sponsorship is pending.)