What's New @ IEEE in Communications

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 6 JUNE 2005

CONTENTS:
1. Stanford Heats Up for Interconnects Conference
2. IEEE Magazine Continues Examination of Entertainment System Networking
3. Previews Available for 27 New Communications Tutorials
4. IEEE Tech Focus Presents Papers on VoIP Technology
5. Engineer Drastically Shrinks Antenna, Maintains Sensitivity and Bandwidth
6. View the Latest IEEE Xplore Communications Content Updates
7. Ultrasound Diagnosis Feasible Over Phone Lines
8. Proceedings from Power-Line Communications Conference Now Available
9. Social Networks May Hold Key to Stopping Spammers
10. Journal Calls for Papers on Nonlinear Optimization & P2P Communications
11. Invention Takes First Step Towards Physical Human Contact via Internet

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1. STANFORD HEATS UP FOR INTERCONNECTS CONFERENCE
The 2005 IEEE Hot Interconnects Symposium (HOTI) comes to StanfordUniversityfrom 17 to 19 August. HOTI is an international forum where the high-performance computing and high-speed networking communities meet to discuss the latest advances in the field. This conference brings together designers and architects of high-performance chips, software, and systems at the university and global business levels. Themes include cross-cutting issues spanning computer systems, networking technologies, and communication protocols with special focus on real experimental systems, prototypes, or leading-edge products and their performance evaluation. For more information, or to register, visit: www.hoti.org/

More essential IEEE conferences in telecommunications:

Tenth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, 27 to 30 June, Cartagena, Spain: www.comsoc.org/iscc/2005

2005 IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, 8 to 12 August, Beijing, China: www.cie-china.org/MAPE2005/

Don't miss the next conference you need for your career. IEEE sponsors more than 300 technical conferences and workshops each year, highlighting the latest technological advances. Find events through the IEEE ConferenceSearch Web site at: www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/

2. IEEE MAGAZINE CONTINUES EXAMINATION OF ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM NETWORKING
The June issue of IEEE Communications Magazine presents the second part of its special feature devoted to system and networking issues in emerging network-centric entertainment systems. Papers in this issue focus on digital rights management, content management, and intelligent-agent-based portal solution technologies. The guest editorial on the topic is now accessible to all readers at: www.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/public/2005/jun/index.html

3. PREVIEWS AVAILABLE FOR 27 NEW COMMUNICATIONS TUTORIALS
The IEEE Communications Society is offering free, five-minute previews of 27 new online conference tutorials online. Topics available include ultra wideband in distributed wireless networks, traffic measurement in IP networks, wireless communication systems, mobility management in next generation networks, and more. Originally presented at recent IEEE Communications Society-sponsored conferences, the full tutorials run 2.5 to 5 hours and contain the original visuals and audio by the presenter. They are available for purchase for US$200 for society members and US$250 for non-members. For more information, visit: www.comsoc.org/livepubs/tutorials/index.htm

4. IEEE TECH FOCUS PRESENTS PAPERS ON VoIP TECHNOLOGY
More than 20 papers on Voice Over IP (VoIP) are available for free this month through the IEEE Communications Society's Tech Focus web site. Tech Focus provides sponsored access to papers from IEEE Communications Society magazines, journals and conferences on rotating monthly topics. Papers in this month's feature offer a broad view of VoIP, spanning work done in laboratories, carried out in support of actual field implementations of VoIP, and captured in industry standards. Visit: www.comsoc.org/tech_focus/

5. ENGINEER DRASTICALLY SHRINKS ANTENNA, MAINTAINS SENSITIVITY AND BANDWIDTH
A research engineer at the University of Rhode Island has invented an antenna 70 percent smaller than conventional designs, but which has comparable sensitivity and increased bandwidth. The antenna, called a distributed-load monopole (DLM), uses a helix and a load coil to shrink the size of a normal quarter-wave monopole. In testing research engineer Rob Vincent's antenna design, which cancels out the normal inductive loading, the U.S. Navy found that the antenna achieved equivalent performance with antennas 30 to 70 percent shorter than an ideal quarter-wave design. Read more: www.wirelessnetdesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163103803

The complete U.S. Navy report may be downloaded here: www.uri.edu/news/vincent/report05/testreport.pdf

6. VIEW THE LATEST IEEE XPLORE COMMUNICATIONS CONTENT UPDATES
More than 100 IEEE publications posted new online content in May. Through IEEE Xplore, the online delivery system for IEEE content, researchers may find a weekly list of recently added content from IEEE journals and magazines, conference proceedings, or standards. Recent additions include: Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications; Proceedings of the 2005 Communication Networks and Services Research Conference; IEEE Communications Letters, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2005; and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Volume 23, Issue 6, June 2005. For additional listings, visit: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/newinfo.jsp

7. ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS FEASIBLE OVER PHONE LINES
A new study prompted by medical student Veljko Popov of Dartmouth-HitchcockMedicalCenter in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, proves that it is possible to send and receive adequate ultrasound images in real time over phone lines. Popov transmitted 50 images, each compressed and noncompressed, from a Yugoslavian hospital to the United States. Radiologists on the receiving end then compared the two versions of each photo. In 67% of the cases, they could not tell the difference. Popov spearheaded the study, along with associate professor of radiology Robert Harris, in an attempt to provide better care to poorer countries such as his homeland of Yugoslavia. They are working on a way to send the images via satellite to allow for better resolution and higher speed transfers. Popov presented his findings last month to the American Roentgen Ray Society, which represents radiologists all over the world. Read more: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-05/arrs-uit051005.php

8. PROCEEDINGS FROM POWER-LINE COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE NOW AVAILABLE
The proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium of Power-Line Communications and Its Applications are now available. Centered on the general problem of communication over power lines, the conference focused on the latest and future technological advances in power-line communication systems. Topics covered include broadband Internet access, indoor home networking, power-line based communications in vehicles, power-line control networks, automatic meter reading systems and more. To purchase the proceedings, visitShopIEEE: shop.ieee.org/ieeestore/Product.aspx?product_no=EX981
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Individual papers from the conference are also accessible online via IEEE Xplore for IEEE Member Digital Library subscribers. Institutions with subscriptions to IEEE online collections may also have access to these proceedings, depending on their access rights: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=30849&isYear=2005

9. SOCIAL NETWORKS MAY HOLD KEY TO STOPPING SPAMMERS
Email software networks which query friends' address books may serve as extended spam filters, producing increasingly reliable results as network size is increased. Computer scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Florida propose adding software to standard email programs to check incoming messages against an individual's database of known spam, then query randomly-selected e-mail addresses in the user's address book. Software on each computer that receives the query would check messages against their own spam databases until a match is found, or the message is deemed legitimate. In simulations, the researchers found that if the social network (a user's e-mail contacts, and their contacts) contained many users it could detect almost all spam emails, with rare false positives. Read More: www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624996.700

10. JOURNAL CALLS FOR PAPERS ON NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION & P2P COMMUNICATIONS
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications has issued a call for papers for upcoming special issues on the themes of "Nonlinear Optimization of Communication Systems," "Sampling the Internet: Techniques and Applications" and "Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Communications and Applications." The journal spans the field of communications and networking and devotes each issue to a specific technical topic. For submission deadlines and information on this and other IEEE Communications Society journals calls for papers, visit: www.comsoc.org/e-news/2005/may/index.html#JOURNAL_CFPS

11. INVENTION TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD PHYSICAL HUMAN CONTACT VIA INTERNET
A new cybernetic system developed by a group of researchers at the Mixed Reality Lab allows users to physically touch and "feel" through cyberspace. In their experiment, researchers used a webcam to capture the movements of a live chicken, which were then replicated by a chicken-shaped doll. Touching the doll activated sensors, which transmitted tangible data to a nearby computer. This information was then sent over the Internet to a remote computer near the chicken, triggering small vibration devices in a lightweight haptic jacket worn by the chicken. Once the user touched the chicken doll in a particular place, the live chicken detected the touch in the exact same place. Read more: wired-vig.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67513,00.html

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