IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2009
March 30, 31, & April 1, 2009
Princeton, NJ, USA
www.sarnoffsymposium.org


Since 1978 the IEEE Sarnoff Symposium has been bringing together a
tremendous and rich diversity of telecom experts from industry,
universities, and government. The popularity of the Sarnoff Symposium,
again being held in the historic Nassau Inn located in the heart of
downtown Princeton, continues to grow as the premier forum for
researchers, engineers, and business executives in the North East drawing
an attendance from all over the world. Besides the technical paper
presentations, the Symposium will include tutorials, student paper poster
presentations, executive panels, and exhibitions.

The Symposium is soliciting state-of-the-art RESEARCH PAPERS and TUTORIAL
PROPOSALS in the following areas of interest:

Communication Systems
* Broadband Networks (LAN/WAN)
* Network Security
* VoIP & QoS (IPv6/Telephony)

Communications Theory
* Network Information Theory
* Signal Processing for Communications
* Modulations and Coding Techniques

Military Communications
* Disruption Tolerant Networks
* Trust, Security, and Privacy
* Power Management Issues

Multimedia Applications & Networking
* Multimedia Communications

Optical Communications & Networking
* WDM Systems
* Broadband Access Communication Technologies
* Fiber-Wireless (FiWi)
* Radio over Fiber (RoF)

RF and Microwave Techniques
* Power Amplifiers
* Microwave Devices
* Antenna Systems
* Transceiver Design
* Satellite Communication Systems

Wireless Communications
* WLAN, WiMAX, 3G and 4G Systems
* Multiple Antenna Systems (Uplink and Downlink MIMO/Beamforming)
* Radio Resource Management and
* Interference Management
* Femto Network Deployment
* Self Configuring Networks
* Self Optimizing Networks
* Sensor, Mesh & Ad Hoc Networks
* Performance Analysis of Wireless Systems
* Ultra Wideband (UWB) Communications
* User and Network Security in Next Generation Networks

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a full paper for review. Only
original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication
elsewhere will be considered. The submission process is carried through
EDAS conference management system (http://edas.info/) by December 9, 2008,
in pdf format. The manuscripts must follow the IEEE two-column format with
single-spaced, 10-point font in the text. The maximum paper length is of
five (5) pages. A sixth page may be accepted after an additional fee.
Submission of a regular paper implies that at least one of the authors
will have a full registration to the Conference and present the paper upon
the acceptance of the submission.

All accepted papers (after review by experts in the field) will be
presented in oral sessions, will be included in the 2009 IEEE Sarnoff
Symposium proceedings and will be published through IEEEXplore. Student
papers should be submitted to the Student Papers Chair, Wieslaw Marszalek
(wmarszalek@devry.edu). Prospective tutorial presenters should contact the
Tutorials Chair, Edwin Hou (hou@njit.edu). Detailed procedure is available
at: www.sarnoffsymposium.org

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IMPORTANT DATES:
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Papers Due: December 9, 2008
Tutorial Proposals Due: December 9, 2008
Notification of Tutorials Acceptance: January 7, 2009
Student Papers Due: January 19, 2009
Notification of Papers Acceptance: February 6, 2009
Final Version Due: March 2, 2009

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
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Tutorials: March 30, 2009
Paper Sessions: March 31 and April 1, 2009
Exhibits: March 31, 2009
Poster Presentations: April 1, 2009

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
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Conference Co-chair: Kyriakos Manousakis (Telcordia Applied
Research)
Conference Co-Chair: David Daut (Rutgers University)
Technical Program Co-chair: Nicholas Madamopoulos (City University of
New York)
Technical Program Co-chair: Ajay Rajkumar (Alcatel-Lucent)
Tutorial Chair: Edwin Hou (hou@njit.edu)
Military Panel Chair: Matthew Zieniewicz (CERDEC)
Commercial Panel Chair: Elias Kpodzo (BAE Systems)
Student Poster Chair: Wieslaw Marszalek (wmarszalek@devry.edu)
Registration Chair: Vishal Singh (NEC-Labs)
Finance Chair: Deniel Deng (NanoNuvo Corporation)
Local Arrangement Chair: Kale Franz (Princeton University)
Exhibits Chair: Wei Wei (NEC-Labs)
Publication Chair: Aileen Cheng (Telcordia Applied Research)
Publicity Chair: Wei Jiang (Rutgers University)
Webmaster: Komlan Egoh (NJIT)

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CO-SPONSORS
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IEEE Communications Society
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
IEEE Electron Devices Society
Princeton University
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
IEEE Region 1

For more information please visit the conference web page:
www.sarnoffsymposium.org
or email the conference committee: mailto:sarnoff.symposium@ieee.org