Preliminary Call for Papers
2nd International Conference on AD-HOC Networks and Wireless
                 ADHOC-NOW'03
          Hotel Holiday Inn Midtown
               Montreal, Canada
            October 08-10, 2003
WEB ADDRESS: http://www.congresbcu.com/adhocnow03/

THEME:
Ad-Hoc networks are wireless, self-organizing systems formed by
co-operating nodes within communication range of each other that
form temporary networks. Their topology is dynamic, decentralized,
ever changing and the nodes may move around arbitrarily. The last
few years have witnessed a wealth of research ideas on ad hoc
networking that are moving rapidly into implemented standards.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
We are interested in work in progress, experimental and theoretical
research in Ad-Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. Of interest are,
but are not limited, to research papers in any of the following areas:
o Access Control
o Ad hoc networks of autonomous intelligent systems
o Analytic methods and modeling for performance evaluation
o Applications for ad hoc networks
o Architectures of ad-hoc networks
o Distributed algorithms for ad hoc networks
o Location discovery and management
o Low power and energy-efficient designs
o Mobile ad hoc computing platforms, systems and testbeds
o Quality-of-Service
o Routing Protocols (unicast, multicast, etc.)
o Secure Services and Protocols
o Sensor Networks
o Self-Configuration
o Service Discovery
o Timing synchronization
o Wireless Internet

PROCEEDINGS:
The proceedings of this conference will be published by Springer-Verlag,
as Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
Paper submissions should not exceed 12 double-spaced pages (including
text, figures and references) and must be sent to:
adhocnow03@congresbcu.com. Authors should submit a postscript or
portable document format (PDF) version of their papers. Your submission
should include the topic three keywords and the name of a contact person
with e-mail, postal address, as well as a fax and phone number. All papers
will be reviewed for technical merit. Accepted papers will be published in
the conference proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper Submissions Due: May 01, 2003
Notification of Acceptance: June 01, 2003
Camera Ready Versions Due: July 01, 2003

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
See http://www.congresbcu.com/adhocnow03
for the latest information about this conference.

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
Michel Barbeau, Carleton University
Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University
Samuel Pierre, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
G. Alonso, ETHZ, Switzerland
M. Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada
R. Beaubrun, Université Laval, Canada
S. Chamberland, Ecole Polytechnique
S. Cherkaoui, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada
R. H. Glitho, Ericsson Research, Canada
J. Janssen, Dalhousie University, Canada
M. Just, Treasury Board, Canada
N. C. Hutchinson, UBC, Canada
E. Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada
D. Krizanc, Weslyan University, USA
T. Kunz, Carleton University, Canada
R. Liscano, Mitel Networks, Canada
P. Maierbach, U. of Toronto, Canada
L. Narayanan, Concordia U., Canada
I. Nikolaidis , U. of Alberta, Canada
H. Mouftha, Ottawa U., Canada
P. Penna, University of Rome, Italy
S. Pierre, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA
D. Rossier, Swisscom, Switzerland
S. Shende, Rutgers University, USA
I. Stojmenovic, U. of Ottawa, Canada
S. Tohme, ENST, France

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR:
Sabine Kebreau

PUBLICITY & FINANCE CHAIR:
Alejandro Quintero, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal