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Welcome to GC-MCWC 2006 |
Welcome to the
2006 Global Congress on Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications (GC-MCWC 2006). This event is intended to represent a major forum for researchers, professionals and students from all over the world to meet in the beautiful and culturally rich city of Amman in Jordan to present their latest research results and to exchange new ideas and practical experiences.
ScopeGC-MCWC 2006 main scope includes, but is not limited to the following areas: Wireless Communication Systems; Wireless Communication Networks; Mobile Computing and Applications; GC-MCWC 2006 is planned to feature special sessions, keynote talks and tutorial sessions by leading experts, paper presentations, poster shows, demo shows, discussion panels, as well as other interesting technical activities.
JordanComing to Jordan represents a unique opportunity to witness the embrace of history and future. As small in area as it is, Jordan has a rich history spanning thousands of years, a history that a tourist can only admire. Places like Petra and the Dead Sea are only examples of the many one-of-a-kind places to visit in Jordan. On top of all that, Jordan, as a peaceful country in a turbulent area, enjoys extreme levels of safety and security. Jordanian people are internationally known for generosity, hospitality and cultural awareness and tolerance.AmmanAmman, the beautiful capital of Jordan, is a living model of a large and modern city that has all kinds of tourist attractions. |
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Why Take Part in GC-MCWC 2006? |
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GC-MCWC 2006 is Technically Co-Sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Papers will appear in IEEE Xplore. |
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Enjoy attending GC-MCWC 2006 at Jerusalem International Hotel, in Amman, Jordan. |
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Enjoy moderate registration fees, and register up to two papers for the same registration fee. Students receive substantial registration discounts. |
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Have the possiblity to extend and publish your conference papers with some of the top journal publishers. |
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Only full paper submissions are allowed at all our conferences. No summary or abstract submissions are allowed. Conference topic coverage includes the most current and exciting fields of knowledge and research. |
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Papers can be accepted to our conferences only after rigorous peer reviewing. |
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Our outstanding reviewing process is facilitated by careful selection of technical program committee members from among the best international experts. Each submitted paper is subject to no less than two peer reviews before it can be considered for acceptance. |
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Published papers of GC-MCWC 2006 are indexed by Google Scholar. More indexing is on the way. |
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At each conference, and based on paper review scores, the paper with the highest scores receives the Best Paper Award. This is an award to which only presented papers are eligible. The best paper award is usually delivered to the presenter of the winning paper at the main conference dinner. |
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GC-MCWC 2006 Dates |
| GC-MCWC 2006 Days |
Sunday - Wednesday: 17-20 September 2006 |
| Full Paper Submission Deadline |
Thursday, 17 August 2006 |
| Author Notifications |
Thursday, 31 August 2006 |
| Final Paper Submissions Deadline |
Sunday, 10 September 2006 |
| Registration Deadline |
Sunday, 10 September 2006 |
| Registration Cancellation Deadline |
Saturday, 16 September 2006 |
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GC-MCWC 2006 Submissions |
MIC-MCWC 2006
Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications
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GC-MCWC 2006
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Are you preparing a paper to submit to GC-MCWC 2006?
If so, please help the organizing committee make good predictions about the potential size of GC-MCWC 2006 participation. To do so, please indicate your plan to submit a contribution by clicking here. This does not imply any commitment on your side. Kindly note that clicking the above link does not involve submission of any contribution. |
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- Keynote Talks
- Tutorial Sessions
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GC-MCWC 2006 Keynote Talks |
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GC-MCWC 2006 Tutorial Sessions |
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Milestones in Communications |
Summary | | The keynote speech will trace the history of communications, development of technology from early days to the present. This includes development of communication technology and various breakthrough inventions that changed the society. The impact of these inventions on society will be presented. The inventions that I consider important are telegraphy (Baudot and Morse codes), telephone (Bell), radio (Maxwell and Marconi), computers and communications (switching and Signal processing), Optical fiber (stages of improvements in loss and data rates), wireless communications, and the current developments towards unified communications paradigm. |
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Prof. Asrar Sheikh, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | Asrar U.H. Sheikh graduated from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan with first class honors degree in 1964 and received his M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Birmingham, England, in 1966 and 1969 respectively. Professor Sheikh has vast experience in education and research in several developing and developed countries. He held positions in Pakistan, Iran, UK, and Libya before joining Carleton University, Ottawa in 1981, first as an Associate Professor and later as a Professor and Associate Chairman for Graduate Studies. He was a Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he established the Wireless Information Systems Research (WISR) Centre. In March 2000, he joined KFUPM as Bugshan/Bell Lab Chair in Telecommunications, the first chair professorship in Saudi Arabia. At KFUPM, he established Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL). He also established teaching laboratories in Iran and Libya. He held the position of the Rector, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan during his leave of absence from KFUPM last year.
Professor Sheikh is the author of a recently published book, Wireless Communications – Theory & Techniques published by Springer, USA in 2004. Earlier he contributed a chapter on wireless communications in a book on Telecommunications in Canada in 1986. He has published over 270 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He also authored or co-authored 32 technical reports. Dr. Sheikh has delivered several keynote speeches at international conferences. Dr. Sheikh also received several honours and awards - 1984 Paul Adorian Premium from IERE (London), Teaching Achievement Awards in 1984 and 1986, and Research Achievement Award in 1994 (Carleton University), and Research Excellence Awards (College of Engineering Sciences, KFUPM) in 2005 and 2006.
He Chaired the Technical Program of IEEE-VTC’98, ISWSN’03 and IEEE-ISWSN’05. He was the Vice-chair TPC of IEEE-GCC 2006 held in Bahrain. He has been member of Technical Program Committees of many international conferences and organized and chaired many technical sessions. Professor Sheikh has delivered many invited keynote lectures in international conferences. He was an editor of IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications (2003-05), and was a Technical Associate Editor of IEEE Communication Magazine (2000-2001). He is on the Editorial Board of Wireless Personal Communications, and Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, the two highly rated international journals.
Dr. Sheikh has been consultant to many private companies and government agencies. His current interests are in signal processing in communications, mitigation of interference in radio communications, radio propagation modeling, spread spectrum and 3G and beyond wireless communication systems. His other interests include helping developing countries in education and research. He held assignments under UNDP's sustained Development Program. Dr. Sheikh is listed in Marquis’s Who’s Who in the world and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. He is a member of Institution of Engineers Pakistan. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the IET (London).
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Schedule | GC-MCWC 2006 Day2 | |
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