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Globecom 1998 minutes of meeting IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY Meeting at Globecom’98, Sydney The meeting began at 18:12 and 9 members were present. 1. Introductions and welcome to new members The new officers are Naohisa thanked outgoing chair Trevor Clarkson and previous secretary Jaafar Elmirghani. New member: Bin Qiu, Monash University. 2. The minutes of ICC98 were approved. 3. TPR reports A. Globecom98, J. Elmirghani: some confusion due to papers being sent to SP for Storage TC, SPCE organized 5 session and 2 tutorials. There was confusion and mistakes in the Advance and Final Programs. The Globecom98 committee acted without consulting SPCE, adding four papers to one session and a mixture of topics. B. ISPACS98 Melbourne, N. Ohta: 180 attendance, successful. [For C thru G: will attach reports to these minutes if received soon from Trevor Clarkson] C. ISCSDSP98, T. Clarkson: nothing further to report. D. MELECON98, T. Clarkson: nothing further to report. E. ICIN98, T. Clarkson: nothing further to report. F. ICDSPA98 Moscow, T. Clarkson: nothing further to report. G. ATM98, T. Clarkson: nothing further to report. H. Milcom98, S. Farquhar: nothing reported. I. ICC99 Vancouver, T. Taniguchi: (see write up) J. Globecom99 Brazil, R. Smith (TPC), J. Elmirghani (Symposium Chair): K. ISPACS99 Thailand: nothing reported. L. ICC00: nothing reported. M. Globecom00: nothing reported. N. Other TPRs 4. Tutorial Proposals for future conferences 5. Workshop reports: nothing reported 6. Communication Magazine, J. Elmirghani: 7. Distinguished Lecturers 8. Chair's actions: Confirmed SPCE is sponsoring Globecom99 Symposium. 9. Any Other Business A. S. Kartalopoulos - Committee on Emergent Technology B. Photo of N. Ohta for web page will be sent to T. Clarkson. C. R. Smith to get e-mail list from J. Elmirghani. D. TAC meeting today E. New transactions on multimedia needs associate editors. 10. Meeting adjourned at 19:04.
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APPENDIX Supplemental TPR Reports (received after Globecom98 meeting) A. For item 3.K., ISPACS99, N. Ohta (received 8 January 1999): B. For Items 3.C through 3.G., T. Clarkson (received 8-15 January 1999):
3.C. ISCSDSP98, Report submitted by: Z Ghassemlooy The First International Symposium on Communication Systems and DSP was held here in Sheffield 6-8 April 1998. The event attracted large number of papers (more than 200) from 35 different countries covering a wide range of topics. Included in the programme was four (national and international) guest speakers. The prize for the best papers (oral and posters) were sponsored by: The Northern Telecom A symposium proceedings was published in two volumes. The event was well received by the delegates and the feedback received were positive. The local organising committee, with consultation with delegates, decided that this event should be held every two years, with the next one scheduled for the year 2000, Bournemouth University, UK. For the next event we are seeking IEE sponsorship together with IEEE.
3.D. MELECON98, Report submitted by: "Anthony J. Weiss" IEEE Melecon 1998, Tel-Aviv, 18-20 May 1998 Registered: 435 (paying attendees:339)
3.E. ICIN98
3.F. ICDSPA98 Moscow, Report submitted by: Dr. Juri Gornostaev We are very grateful for your IEEE ComSoc SPCE Tech Committee sponsorsÕs supporting of the 1st DSPAÕ98 International Conference has been held in Moscow from June 30 Ð July 3, 1998. The DSPAÕ98 was a highly successful event taking into account that the conference on DSP was the first one in Russia after the Soviet Union collapse in 1991. The conference has gathered 85 papers presented at one full-day plenarysession and seven problem-oriented sessions: The attendees came from 12 countries. There were 276 registered participants. The DSPAÕ98 proceedings were published in 7 volumes edition (total 1634 pages) in English and Russian languages. All Russian papers are published in both languages. The limited number copies of the DSPAÕ98 proceedings are available from ICSTI (Moscow 121252 Russia, Kuusinen Str. 21-B, fax: +7-095-943-0089. Concurrently with the conference the small DSPAÕ98 Exhibition has been held. At the Exhibition ten Russian companies demonstrated DSP hardware and software products produced by some foreign firms (Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard) and Russian labs. The Exhibition has been visited by 950 people. The next DSPAÕ99 conference will be held in Moscow, 21-24 September 1999. The Call for Papers is enclosed (posted on SPCE Web Site). We would be very thankful for your help in advertising and promotion of the DSPAÕ99 conference. We invite you Prof. Clarkson to participate in the Technical Program Committee of the DSPAÕ99 conference. Could you recommend us some other people to join the Committee or to give a speech as an invited speaker at the DSPAÕ99? All your advices and any ideas will be highly appreciated. We would be glad to send to you the complimentary copy of the DSPAÕ98 Proceedings if you give us your post address. Yours Sincerely,
3.G. ATM98, Report submitted by: Professor Lorne G. Mason The IEEE ATM'98 Workshop was held at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA on May 26-29, 1998. Conference sponsors were the IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, George Mason University, and INRS-Telecommunications. The conference co-chairs were Bur Goode of IBM and Mario Gerla from UCLA. The technical co-chairs were Lorne Mason, of INRS-Telecommunications and David McDysan from MCI. The theme of the conference was "Meeting the challenges of deploying the global broadband network infrastructure". Of the 144 extended abstract submissions, 54 papers were accepted for presentation following international peer review by the technical committee. Contributed papers were presented in two parallel tracks entitled, "ATM Switching and Service Integration" (Track A) and "ATM Network Design (Track B). The proceedings made available to attendees were published by the IEEE Press. The contributed sessions were complimented by a lively keynote address from Vinton Cerf, who discussed current trends in the Internet, and invited speakers David McDysan of MCI and Rick Boivie of IBM, who discussed IP/ATM integration and MPLS respectively. Finally, invited speaker Jakka Sairamesh of IBM spoke on pricing and quality of service issues. As noted by Lorne Mason in the closing statement the growing importance of the Internet and IP/ATM integration were a recurring theme in both invited and contributed presentations of the workshop. There were 110 participants registered coming from leading industrial and government research laboratories and universities. The meeting was truly international in character with a significant number of participants and speakers from Europe and Asia and Australia along with a strong contingent from Canada and the United States. Based on comments of participants, the meeting was viewed as a success. The meeting was also a modest financial success. Total revenue was $41,518.08 and total expenses were $36,386.77, leaving a profit of $5,131.31. Professor Lorne G. Mason
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