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MESSAGE FROM THE
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS |
On behalf of the Technical Program Committee
of the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC 2006), it is our
pleasure to invite you to this exciting
event to be held in an exciting city,
Istanbul. In addition to its long history
and its unmatched natural beauty, Istanbul
is also known as the point where two
continents - Europe and Asia - meet. While
Istanbul bridging only two continents, ICC
2006 will bridge even more continents
through communications. This is already
demonstrated in making the conference a
reality by involving more than 3000 people
from more than 50 countries in 5 continents.
We are proud to tell you that ICC 2006’s
program committee put together an
outstanding program including 12 Executive
Panels, 9 technical symposia, 5 Workshops
and 21 tutorials. The program will start on
the morning of Sunday, 11 June 2006, with
tutorials and workshops. On Monday, 12 June
2006, after the opening plenary, the
technical sessions over 15 parallel tracks
and the executive panels will begin and will
continue on the following two days. The
program will end on Thursday 15 June 2006
with more tutorials and workshops.
ICC 2006 will feature 5 workshops that will
address a number of areas and community of
interest that are not covered within the
technical symposia. Furthermore, out of very
high number of proposals, we have selected
21 tutorials addressing both fundamental and
emerging technologies in the communications
and networking areas. In addition, the
program includes 12 executive panels
organized by leading industry executives and
addressing the hottest technical and
business issues in the field of
communications and networking. These panels
and tutorials bring top experts from both
the industry and academia to provide a wide
set of perspectives, practices, and
technical expertise.
We received more than 2600 submissions to
the conference. This is the second highest
submission number in the ICC and Globecom
history. Over 1000 technical experts from
all over the world participated in the peer
review process. Based on the results of a
rigorous peer review process, 983 best
papers were selected for presentation and
publication in ICC 2006 Proceedings
resulting in about 39% acceptance ratio. To
encourage more interactions and fruitful
discussions, this year, first time in ICC
history, we arranged the presentation of
some technical papers in the poster format.
From the technical quality standpoint and
the publication in the proceedings, ICC 2006
does not distinguish among papers regardless
their presentation format during the
conference. With 165 sessions featuring
lecture style presentations and 18 sessions
featuring poster style presentations, ICC
2006’s 9 technical symposia will cover a
variety of areas ranging from wireless
communications to optical networks.
The technical program of ICC 2006 would not
have been possible without the tremendous
volunteer efforts of the entire ICC 2006
technical program committee and organization
committee. We are most grateful to the
authors who submitted their work to ICC
2006, the symposia chairs and vice chairs,
technical program committee members, the
reviewers who have so diligently supported
the peer review process, the workshop chairs
who have worked so hard to organize the
workshops, the technical program vice
chairs, and everyone else who helped to put
together this remarkable program for their
time, dedication, and hard work.
We would like to use this opportunity to
encourage and welcome everyone to attend ICC
2006 to take advantage of all these
wonderful work, to learn about the latest
research results, key findings, and the
state-of-the-art communications and
networking technologies, to see old friends
and meet new ones, and to discuss the most
exciting ideas.
We look forward to seeing you in Istanbul.
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