MobiCom 2011 - The 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking MobiCom 2011

MobiCom 2011
The 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

Planned for September 2011, Las Vegas, NV, USA

http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011/

Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE

ACM MobiCom 2011, the Annual International Conference on Mobile
Computing and Networking, is the seventeenth in a series of annual
conferences sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the
challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile
networking. The conference will be held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in late
September, 2011.

The MobiCom conference series serves as a highly selective, premier
international forum addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and
applications that support mobile computers and wireless networks.
Besides the regular conference program, MobiCom 2011 will also include
a set of workshops, panels, research demonstrations, and a poster
session that includes the ACM Student Research Competition. More
information on these activities, including submission deadlines, can
be found at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2011.

PAPERS: Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new
research related to the theory and practice of mobile computing and
wireless networking that pertain to the layer two or above of the OSI
protocol stack. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the
following.
*Architectures, protocols, and algorithms for various wireless and
mobile networks, such as wireless LANs, wireless mesh networks,
cellular data networks, delay-tolerant networks, mobile ad hoc
networks, sensor networks, personal area networks, and vehicular
networks
* System design, implementation, and evaluation of wireless systems
and mobile applications
* Real-world measurements and characterization
* Performance-oriented design and evaluation focused on networks and
mobile applications
* Foundational underpinnings of wireless networks
* Testbed design and implementation
* Cross-layer design for mobile and wireless networks ranging from the
PHY layer to applications
* Networks involving novel technologies such as UWB, MIMO, directional
antennas, software radios, visible light communications and underwater
networking
* Architectures, algorithms and protocols for dynamic spectrum usage,
white spaces, and cognitive networks
* Techniques that deal with low power and energy limitations
* Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing and networking
* Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile and wireless systems
* Emerging topics, e.g., robotic swarms, 60 GHz networking, social
networking and novel applications enabled by mobile and wireless
networking systems

MobiCom’11 will be a diverse conference and we strongly encourage the
submission of mobile systems, experimental and theoretical papers. The
program committee will evaluate each paper using metrics that are
appropriate for the topic area. For example, a systems or
experimental paper in the protocol area will be evaluated based on the
innovations in the protocol design, practical implementation, and
realistic evaluation, whereas a more theoretical paper may be
evaluated mostly based on innovation within the design of the
algorithm and its provable properties. At the same time, the
evaluation of wireless and mobile networking technologies is
challenging because of the significant impact that the physical
environment has on performance. For this reason, all papers must
carefully describe and justify the evaluation methodology that is used
and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

The program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceedings.

CHALLENGES PAPERS: The conference strongly encourages the submission
of short papers in the field of mobile computing and wireless
networking that present revolutionary new ideas or that challenge
existing assumptions prevalent among the research community. These
challenges papers should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may
open up exciting avenues and influence the direction of future
research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work
are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an
exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight
and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenges
papers will be reviewed by the MobiCom program committee and will be
part of the technical program and published in ACM MobiCom
proceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission
procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must
start with the word "Challenge:" i.e., "Challenge: Rest of the Title."

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled
electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their full
paper. Papers must (i) be no longer than 12 pages (8 pages for
"Challenges" papers), (ii) be in font size no smaller than 10 points,
(iii) have pages in double column format with each column having
dimensions 9.25” X 3.33”, a space of 0.33” between the two columns,
and with no more than 55 lines of text per column, and (iv) fit
properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5” X 11”). More detailed
instructions will be available in the conference web pages.

All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through
double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are
withheld from the reviewers. See the Mobicom 2011 website for
detailed instructions to authors on preparing a double-blind
manuscript. Authors' names must not appear anywhere in the paper or in
the PDF file. Submitted papers must be original work, and a paper
with substantial similarity must neither be already published, nor be
currently under review for publication in any other venue. Please
direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program
Co-Chairs at mobicom_pcchairs-AT-acm.org.

BEST PAPER AWARD: All papers will be considered for the Best Paper
Award. The program committee will select a number of candidates for
the award among accepted papers. The winner will be selected at the
conference, considering both the paper and the presentation. The
winner will receive a plaque and a cash award.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission due: March 2, 2011 (11:59PM EST)
Paper submission due: March 9, 2011 (11:59PM EST)
Notification of acceptance: June 9, 2011
Camera-ready version due: June 30, 2011

General Chair
Parmesh Ramanathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Program Co-Chairs
Brian Neil Levine, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
Thyaga Nandagopal, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Steering Committee
Victor Bahl
Imrich Chlamtac
David B. Johnson

ACM Program Coordinator
Fran Spinola