VITAE'09 2009 - First International Conference on Wireless Communication Society, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE2009)

First International Conference on Wireless Communication Society, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE2009)



17-20 May, 2009, Aalborg Congress and Culture Center, Denmark

Deadlines:
Proposals for workshop and panels: January 2, 2009
Submission of full papers: January 2, 2009
Paper acceptance notification: February 20, 2009
Camera ready paper submission: March 9, 2009

Wireless VITAE is the first international conference broadly addressing
the wireless developments in the world by fusing the communities from four
different IEEE societies (Wireless Communication Society, Vehicular
Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems
Technology). The theme of the first international Wireless VITAE
conference is TERRA, which symbolises the trends and developments on
seamless, secure, innovative, personalized technologies supporting all
areas of a wireless human life towards Tbits/s in wireless communications.

The papers will be in IEEE Xplore.

The organizing committee for Wireless VITAE ?09 invites you to submit full
papers on the following topics (but not limited to) by electronic
submission. For instructions for authors, please visit
www.wirelessvitae2009.org or e-mail to organizers-AT-wirelessvitae2009.org

Wireless Communications and Networking
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Broadband wireless access
Next generation wireless networks
Cognitive Radio and Software Defined Radio
Wireless Cooperative Communications
Diversity techniques
Cross-layer protocol design
Resource Allocation, scheduling and interference management
Wireless sensor networks
Integration of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wireline Networks
Emerging wireless standards

Vehicular Technology
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Mobility and Localization Techniques
Intelligent transportation systems
Inter-vehicular communication
Positioning and localisation
Rail communication
Accident prevention

Information Theory
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Source coding and error-control coding
Joint Source-channel Coding for Wireless Communications
Wireless network information theory
Multi-terminal information theory
Signal processing, detection and
estimation
Cryptography and security

Aerospace and Electronic Systems
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Navigation
High altitude platforms
Satellite communication
Aviation
NAV-COM

Business models and regulation
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(which extends across all above-mentioned areas)
Applications and services
Usability and user requirements
Socio-economic impact
Techno-economics
Entertainment and gaming

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General Chair Wireless VITAE ?09:
Ramjee Prasad, CTIF, Aalborg University, Denmark

General Co-Chair Wireless VITAE ?09:
Knud Erik Skouby, CTIF-Copenhagen, Aalborg University, Denmark

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Marina Ruggieri, CTIF-Italy, University of Roma, 'Tor Vergata'
Sudhir Dixit, Research in Motion, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs, America:
fred harris, San Diego State University, USA
Mary Ann Ingram, Georgia Tech, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs, Europe:
Neeli Rashmi Prasad, CTIF, Aalborg University
Ernestina Cianca, CTIF-Italy, University of Roma 'Tor Vergata'

Technical Program Co-Chairs, Asia:
KC Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Shinsuke Hara, Osaka City University, Japan

Workshops Co-Chairs:
Neeli Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark
Charalabos Skianis, University of the Aegean, Greece

Special Sessions Co-Chairs:
Fernando V?lez, Portugal
Ernestina Cianca, University of Roma 'Tor Vegata,' Italy

Tutorial Chair:
Prof. Seung-Woo Seo, Seoul National University, Korea

Panel Chair:
Luis Mu?oz, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

Financial Chair:
Hanne Skovby, CTIF, Aalborg University, Denmark


TPC members
Byrav Ramamurthy, USA
C.K. Toh, Hong Kong
Cedric Westphal, USA
Charlie Kaufman, USA
Chih-Cheng Tseng,Taiwan
Chih-Peng Li, Taiwan
Christoph Mecklenbr?uker, Austria
Chunsheng Xin, USA
Chun-Ting Chou, Taiwan
CP Li, Taiwan
David Soldani, Germay
Djamal Zeghlache, France
Dominique Noguet, France
Dong In Kim, Korea
Doru Calin, USA
Elvino Sousa, Canada
Enrico Del Re, University of Florence, Italy
Evsen Yanmaz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Ezio Biglieri, Politecnico de Torino, Italy
Fumiyuki Adachi, Tohoku University, Japan
G.S. Kuo, China
George I. Strassinopoulos, NTUA, Greece
Gerhard P. Fettweis, TU Dresden, Germany
Gert Brussaard, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Giovanni Saggio, University of Rome 'Tor Vegata,' Italy
Gordon L. Stuber, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Gregory Yovanof, AIT Greece, Greece
Hai Jiang, Canada
Hamed Al-Raweshidy, Brunel University,
Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, U.K
Hannu Flinck, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland
Hans Peter Schwefel, CTIF, Aalborg University
Haohong Wang, Marvell Technology Group
Hari Bali, Kingston University, U.K
Harri Saarnisaari, CWC, University of Oulu, Finland
Helmut B?lcskei, Switzerland
Hermann Rohling, Technische Universit?t Hamburg-Harburg
Hideki Imai, University of Tokyo, Japan
Hong-Hsu Yen, Shih Hsin University