[AISWorld] 16th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2017) - April 26-28, 2017

[J.P. Shim]

16th ANNUAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM (WTS 2017) April 26-28, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, US


Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society


We invite the submission of applied research papers to the 16th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2017, which will be held April 26-28, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, US. For further information, visit www.cpp.edu/wtsi<http://www.cpp.edu/wtsi>.<http://www.cpp.edu/wtsi>



The Wireless Telecommunications Symposium brings together industry professionals and academics from companies, governmental agencies, and universities around the world to exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, business, policy, applications and security. Past WTS participants have included Dr. Vinton Cerf, Dr. Robert Kahn, and Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Internet pioneers; Martin Cooper, "Father of the Cell Phone"; Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder and Former CEO of QUALCOMM; and Mike Lazaridis, Founder and former Vice-Chairman, Blackberry.


The theme for WTS 2017 will be "Global Wireless Communications: Present and Future". Planned highlights of WTS 2017 include executive presentations and keynote addresses; presentations of accepted academic and practitioner research papers; panel discussions; tutorials and workshops; a poster paper session; and a doctoral students' session. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. The proceedings also will be distributed at the Symposium via a CD. Awards will be given for the most outstanding paper presented and best graduate and undergraduate student papers presented. Some selected high quality papers from WTS 2017 will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications & Networking, IGI Global publisher, pending their successful extension and an expedited review process. Topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:


Wireless Internet and Multimedia


Wireless Communications Investments & Ventures


Satellite Based Systems


WLANs, WPANs, and Femtocells


Global Wireless Services, Business & Applications


4G, 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks & Systems


Mobile Operating Systems & Architectures


Wireless and New Media


Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy


Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks


Wireless Modeling, Algorithms & Simulation


Spectrum Management and Policy


QoS, QoE, and Wireless Network Reliability


Wireless M2M and Home Networks


Mobile & Cloud Computing


Wireless Telecommunications Management


Wireless and Healthcare


GPS and Indoor Geolocation Systems


Spread-Spectrum/CDMA/OFDM Technologies


Mobile Cellular TV


RFID Systems & Applications


Big Data Analytics in Telecommunications


IoT Device Connection Efficiency


Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) Network


IoT Security


Mobile and Cloud Digital Forensics


Mobile IP and Cloud Security


Mobile Cybersecurity and Phishing



IMPORTANT DATES:





January 15, 2017 Paper submission deadline





February 5, 2017 Notification of acceptance





March 5, 2017 Camera-ready submissions






WTS 2017 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Dr. Stan Dimitrov, University of Waterloo, Canada sdimitro at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sdimitro at uwaterloo.ca>

Dr. Qing-An Zeng, North Carolina State A&T University, USA qzeng at ncat.edu<mailto:qzeng at ncat.edu>


WTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

General Chair: Dr. Steven Powell, Cal Poly Pomona

Program Chair: Dr. J.P. Shim, Georgia St. Univ.