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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS WTS 2014 www.csupomona.edu/wtsi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>13th ANNUAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM (WTS 2014)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>April 9-11, 2014, Washington, DC, USA <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We invite the submission of applied research papers to the 13th Annual Wireless Telecommunications <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Symposium, WTS 2014, which will be held April 9-11, 2014 in Washington, DC, USA. For further <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>information, visit www.csupomona.edu/wtsi.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Wireless Telecommunications Symposium brings together industry professionals and academics <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>from companies, governmental agencies, and universities around the world to exchange information on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, business, policy, applications <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and security. Past WTS participants have included Dr. Vinton Cerf, Dr. Robert Kahn, and Dr. Leonard <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kleinrock, Internet pioneers; Martin Cooper, “Father of the Cell Phone”; Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and Chairman of QUALCOMM; and Mike Lazaridis, Founder and Vice-Chairman, Blackberry. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The theme for WTS 2014 will be "Wireless Communications in a Connected World". Planned highlights <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of WTS 2014 include executive presentations and keynote addresses; presentations of accepted <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>academic and practitioner research papers; panel discussions; tutorials and workshops; a poster paper <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>session; and a doctoral students’ session. Accepted papers will be published in the main conference<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore. The proceedings also will be distributed at the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Symposium via a CD. Awards will be given for the most outstanding paper presented and best graduate <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and undergraduate student papers presented. Some selected high quality papers from WTS 2014 will <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>be considered for publication in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications & <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Networking, IGI Global publisher, pending their successful extension and an expedited review process. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless Internet and Multimedia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless Communications Investments & Ventures<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Satellite Based Systems <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WLANs, WPANs, and Femtocells<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Global Wireless Services, Business & Applications <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4G Wireless Networks & Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile Operating Systems & Architectures <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless and New Media<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless Modeling, Algorithms & Simulation <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spectrum Management and Policy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>QoS and Wireless Network Reliability <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless M2M and Home Networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile & Cloud Computing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless Telecommunications Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wireless and Healthcare <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GPS and Indoor Geolocation Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spread-Spectrum/CDMA/OFDM Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RFID Systems & Applications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile Cellular TV<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Underwater Acoustic networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>January 12, 2014 Paper submission deadline <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>February 9, 2014 Notification of acceptance <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>March 9, 2014 Camera-ready submissions <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WTS 2014 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Qing-An Zeng, North Carolina A&T University, qzeng@ncat.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Wei Cheng, George Washington University, USA, wcheng@gwmail.gwu.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General Chair: Dr. Steven Powell, Cal Poly Pomona Program Chair: Dr. JP Shim, Georgia St. Univ.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>