ACM MSWiM 2000

                   The Third ACM International Workshop on
  Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
                      URL: www.tlc.polito.it/mswim
                      URL: www.cs.unt.edu/~boukerch

                        Boston, Massachusetts, USA


           In conjunction with MobiCom 2000 International Conference on,
                      Mobile Computing and Networking
                       Boston, Massachusetts, USA
                          August 6-11, 2000


                           SCOPE

In its third year, the 2000 International ACM Workshop on Modeling and
Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, will take place in Boston,
MA, just after the International Conference on Mobile Computing and
Networking (MobiCom 2000) to be held in Boston, August 6-11,
2000. This is an excellent opportunity to partake in two events
covering a wide range of research in wireless and mobile systems. 

                        WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

This workshop is being held at an ideal time. Wireless communication
systems grow very fast these years. Pushed by the increase of the
number of users and by the introduction of new services, the growth of
the complexity of these systems makes the performance evaluation and
design of wireless systems more and more difficult. Modeling and
Simulation are frequently used as an approach to cope with the variety
of details typical of complex wireless and mobile systems. Analytical
approaches are necessary to provide a deep comprehension of the system
dynamics which have a major impact on the performance.  >

This workshop will focus on all aspects of wireless systems,
particularly modeling analysis and simulation in wireless
communication.

ACM MSWiM 2000 serves as a forum for simulationists from academia,
industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results in
Modeling and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. This workshop
targets the growing overlap between large simulations and wireless
systems. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as
papers by top researchers in the field.

The workshop will include contributed technical papers, invited papers,
and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by ACM CS-press.

Note:  We are planning to have a special Issue with ACM/Baltzer
MONET/WINET which will contain selected papers from MSWiM.


                   CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical
results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/simulation
languages are very welcome.

The scope of the workshop includes, but is not limited to:

o  FDMA, TDMA, CDMA system RF capacity simulation
o  Simulation Methodology for large scale wireless systems
   (e.g., PCS, Ad-Hoc Networks, etc..)
o  Performance evaluation of handoff, power control, registration and
o  Paging processes (e.g.,benchmark, theoretical studies,
    and empirical studies)
o  Performance modeling of mobile and wireless communication networks
o  Network support for wireless and mobile systems
   (e.g, QoS requirements and their realization)
o  Simulation application of wireless protocols and standards
o  Modeling&Simulation of Mobile Computing Systems
   (e.g., Communication,Management, Routing
o  Protocols, Channel Assignments, Security)
o  Mobile agents technology Applied to wireless systems
o  Wireless networks and switches
o  Wireless multimedia
o  Wireless data and multimedia services
o  New simulation languages, tools for wireless systems
o  Animating Language Tools, Visualization Tools for ComputationalProcess
   under Simulation
o  Influence of Network-Centric Systems (such as Java, and DCOM) on
wireless
   systems
o  Parallel and distributed simulation
o  Modeling and Analysis of Speech, audio and video wireless transmission


               SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers written in English should not exceed 5000 words (approximately
15-20 pages). Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for
publication elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in
electronic form to mswim2000@polito.it postscript
or Microsoft Word 6.0 (or higher) only.  Hardcopy papers can also be
submitted, in which case four copies are required.  Each submission,
electronic or paper, must be accompanied by the following information:
a short abstract, a complete list of authors and their affiliations, a
contact person for correspondence, postal and e-mail addresses.  >

               IMPORTANT DATES

      30 April 2000   Electronic Paper Submission
      30 April 2000   Hard Copy Paper Submission (received!)
      30 May 2000     Acceptance/Rejection Notification

   IMPORTANT: Attendance by at least one author is mandatory


                ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair

       Azzedine Boukerche
       Dept. of Computer Sciences
       Univ. of North Texas
       Denton, TX 76203
       Phone: 940-565-4869
       Fax : 940-565-2767
       boukerch@cs.unt.edu

Program Chairs

       Michela Meo                        Carl Tropper
       Dipartimento di Elettronica        School of Computer Science
       Politecnico di Torino              McGill University
       C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24         Montreal, Canada, H3A-2A7
       10129 Torino - Italy
       Phone: + 39 011 564 4167           Phone: +1 514 398 3743
       Fax: + 39 011 564 4099             Fax:  +1 514 398 3883
       michela@polito.it                  carl@cs.mcgill.ca

Publicity Co-Chairs

       Mirela Sechi M. Notare
       Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina, BRASIL

       Albert Y. Zomaya
       The University of Western Australia
       Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
       Nedlands, Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
       zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au


Program Commitee

       Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
       Rajive Bagrodia, UCLA, USA
       Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA
       Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
       Franco Davoli, Universita' di Genova, Italy
       Juan Carlos De Martin, CNR, Italy
       Lorenzo Donatiello, Universita' di Bologna, Italy
       Faruk Hadziomerovic, Systems Engineering, NORTEL, USA
       Mohan Kumar, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
       Jason Lin Yi-Bing National Chiao-Tung Univ. Taiwan
       Boris Lubachevsky, ATT labs, NJ, USA
       Raffaele Menolascino, CSELT, Italy
       Falguni Sarkar, Wireless Systems Division, NORTEL, USA
       Krishna Sivalingam, Washington State University, USA
       Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wurzburg, Germany
       Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia

Advisory Board Commitee

       Azzedine Boukerche, Univ.of North Texas
       William C. Y. Lee, AirTouch Inc.
       Jason Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
       Sajal K. Das , Univ. of Texas at Arlington
       Lorenzo Donatiello, Univ. of Bologna, Italy