WTS 2014 - IEEE Wireless Telecommunications Symposium

13th ANNUAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM (WTS 2014)
April 9-11, 2014, Washington, DC, USA
Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society
We invite the submission of applied research papers to the 13th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2014, which will be held April 9-11, 2014 in Washington, DC, USA. For further information, visit www.csupomona.edu/~wtsi.
The Wireless Telecommunications Symposium brings together industry professionals and academics from companies, governmental agencies, and universities around the world to exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, business, policy, applications and security. Past WTS participants have included Dr. Vinton Cerf, Dr. Robert Kahn, and Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Internet pioneers; Martin Cooper, "Father of the Cell Phone"; Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chairman of QUALCOMM; and Mike Lazaridis, Founder and Vice-Chairman, Blackberry.
The theme for WTS 2014 will be "Wireless Communications in a Connected World". Planned highlights of WTS 2014 include executive presentations and keynote addresses; presentations of accepted academic and practitioner research papers; panel discussions; tutorials and workshops; a poster paper session; and a doctoral students' session. Accepted papers will be published in the main conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore. The proceedings also will be distributed at the Symposium via a CD. Awards will be given for the most outstanding paper presented and best graduate and undergraduate student papers presented. Some selected high quality papers from WTS 2014 will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications & Networking, IGI Global publisher, pending their successful extension and an expedited review process.
Topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Wireless Internet and Multimedia
Satellite Based Systems
Global Wireless Services, Business & Applications
Mobile Operating Systems & Architectures
Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy
Wireless Modeling, Algorithms & Simulation
QoS and Wireless Network Reliability
Mobile & Cloud Computing
Wireless and Healthcare
Mobile Cellular TV
Spread-Spectrum/CDMA/OFDM Technologies
RFID Systems & Applications
Wireless Communications Investments & Ventures
WLANs, WPANs, and Femtocells
4G Wireless Networks & Systems
Wireless and New Generation Media
Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Wireless Network Modeling, Algorithms, & Simulation
Spectrum Management and Policy
Wireless M2M and Home Networks
Wireless Telecommunications Management
GPS and Indoor Geolocation Systems
Mobile Cellular TV
Underwater Acoustic networks
Important Dates
January 19: Initial Full Paper and Tutorial and Workshop Submissions
February 9: Notification of Paper and Proposal Acceptances
March 9: Final Camera-Ready Submission
March 9: Registration Payment Refund Request Deadline
WTS 2014 Program Committee Chairs
Dr. Qing-An Zeng
North Carolina A&T University, USA
qzeng-AT-ncat.edu
Dr. Wei Cheng
Georgia Washington University
wcheng-AT-gwmail.gwu.edu
WTS Committee Chairs
Dr. Steven Powell, General Chair
Cal Poly Pomona
srpowell-AT-csupomona.edu
Dr. JP Shim, Program Chair
Georgia State University
jpshim-AT-gsu.edu