SIG, Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing

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SIGMOBILE

SIG, Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing

Mission

The purpose of ACM SIGMOBILE is to promote research and development by bringing together researchers and practitioners and fostering interestin the mobility of systems, users, data, and computing. SIGMOBILE will address the above spectrum of topics, which share one common theme -- mobility. The group’s technical scope reflects the emerging symbiosis of portable computers and wireless networks, addressing the convergence of mobility, computing and information organization, including access, services, management, and applications.

Newsletter

Mobile Computing and Communication Review (MC2R) Record is issued quarterly, in print.

VolumeIssueDate # of PagesArrived at ACM HQ

091January 2005882/9/05

092April 200556 6/9/05

093July 2005888/16/05

094October 2005889/29/05

101January 2006641/31/06

102April 200656N/A

103July 2006846/29/06

104October 20064812/22/06

111January 2007723/2/07

112………………...April 2007806/28/07

Membership1st yr2 + yearsTotal

ProfessionalAffiliateStudentInstitutionalTotalSubscribersRetentionRetentionRetention

June’0465456136284817 57.8% 82.6% 71.4%

June ’05 67985106287215 41.7% 81.0% 68.1%

June ’06 646 83 72 1 802 26 40.3% 78.4% 65.4%

June ’07 641 75 68 0 784 26 44.2% 80.3% 68.7%

Fund Balance

DateAmountDeltaRequiredDiscretionaryDiscretionary/Member

June ’04 $103,299 $49,419 $125,467 ($22,168) ($26.14)

June ’05 $125,690 $22,391 $171,892 ($46,202) ($52.98)

June ’06 $199,247 $73,567 $175,712 $23,535 $29.35

June ‘07 $308,200 $108,953 $235,616 $72,584 $92.58

***June ’07 projected/unconfirmed

Conference Activity

FY 06

MobiHoc '05: The Sixth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing 2005
Chicago , IL / 05/25/05 - / 05/28/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 160 / Surplus/(loss): $24,731.25 / Papers: 281/40 / Closed
MobiCom '05: 11th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Cologne , Germany / 08/28/05 - / 09/02/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 223 / Surplus/(loss): $39,265.03 / Papers: 224/23 / Closed
WiSE '05: 2005 ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (co-located with Mobicom 2005)
Cologne , Germany / 08/28/05 - / 08/28/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 34 / Surplus/(loss): ($3,780.64) / Papers: 66/10 / Closed
DIN '05 : Dynamic InterConnection of Networks Workshop (co-located with Mobicom 2005)
Cologne , Germany / 09/02/05 - / 09/02/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 21 / Surplus/(loss): $49.21 / Papers: 0/0 / Closed
Dial M - POMC 2005: Joint Workshop on Foundations of Mobile Computing 2005 (co-located with Mobicom 2005)
Cologne , Germany / 09/02/05 - / 09/02/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 25 / Surplus/(loss): ($166.88) / Papers: 34/13 / Closed
Vanet '05: Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks Workshop 2005 (co-located with Mobicom 2005)
Cologne , Germany / 09/02/05 - / 09/02/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 64 / Surplus/(loss): $5,163.46 / Papers: 30/8 / Closed
WMASH '05: The Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots ( co-located with Mobicom 2005)
Cologne , Germany / 09/02/05 - / 09/02/05 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 33 / Surplus/(loss): $706.60 / Papers: 55/9 / Closed
SenSys'05: ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems
San Diego , CA / 11/02/05 - / 11/04/05 / Sponsor: 30% / Attendance: 240 / Surplus/(loss): $48,581.69 / Papers: 118/21 / Closed
SIGMOBILE was in cooperation with 18 events in FY 06
FY 07
MobiHoc '06: The Seventh ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing 2006
Florence , Italy / 05/22/06 - / 05/25/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 137 / Surplus/(loss): $17,697.76 / Papers: 321/31 / Closed
REALMAN '06: Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks: From Theory to Reality Workshop 2006
Florence , Italy / 05/26/06 - / 05/26/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 33 / Surplus/(loss): $1,834.85 / Papers: 68/12 / Closed
MobiSys '06: The 4th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services 2006
Uppsala , Sweden / 06/19/06 - / 06/22/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 116 / Surplus/(loss): $15,635.07 / Papers: 123/19 / Closed
MobiShare '06: International Workshop on Decentralized Resource Sharing in Mobile Computing and Networking 2006 (co-located with Mobicom 2006)
Los Angeles , CA / 09/23/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 22 / Surplus/(loss): ($901.84) / Papers: / / Closed
MobiCom '06: 12th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Los Angeles , CA / 09/24/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 330 / Surplus/(loss): $29,737.99 / Papers: 298/35 / Closed
DIWANS'06: Workshop on Dependability Issues in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Sensor Networks 2006 (co-located with Mobicom 2006)
Los Angeles , CA / 09/29/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 18 / Surplus/(loss): (366.00) / Papers: / / Closed
WMASH '06: The 3rd ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots ( co-located with Mobicom 2006)
Los Angeles , CA / 09/29/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 24 / Surplus/(loss): ($2,346.79) / Papers: 28/12 / Closed
WUWNET '06: The First ACM International Workshop on Underwater Networks 2006 (co-located with Mobicom 2006)
Los Angeles , CA / 09/29/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 65 / Surplus/(loss): ($956.38) / Papers: 30/10 / Closed
WiNTECH '06: The First International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization 2006 (co-located with Mobicom 2006)
Los Angeles , CA / 09/29/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 46 / Surplus/(loss): ($1,080.87) / Papers: 31/11 / Closed
WiSE '06: 2006 ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (co-located with Mobicom 2006)
Los Angeles , CA / 09/29/06 - / 09/29/06 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 27 / Surplus/(loss): ($567.87) / Papers: 45/11 / Closed
SenSys'06: ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems
Boulder , CO / 11/01/06 - / 11/03/06 / Sponsor: 30% / Attendance: 254 / Surplus/(loss): $25,234.37 / Papers: 122/24 / Closed
SIGMOBILE was in cooperation with 23 events in FY 07
FY 08
HealthNet '07: The First International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Health Care and Assisted Living Environments (co-located with Mobisys 2007)
San Juan, PR / 06/11/07 - / 06/11/07 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 0 / Surplus/(loss): $0.00 / Papers: 45/13 / Open
MobiEval '07: Mobisys 2007 Workshop on System Evaluation for Mobile Platforms: Metrics, Methods, and Tools (co-located with MobiSys 2007)
San Juan , PR / 06/11/07 - / 06/11/07 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 0 / Surplus/(loss): $0.00 / Papers: 11/8 / Open
MobiOpp '07: Mobile Opportunistic Networking
San Juan , PR / 06/11/07 - / 06/11/07 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 0 / Surplus/(loss): $0.00 / Papers: 35/10 / Open
Mobisys '07: The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services
San Juan, PR / 06/11/07 - / 06/14/07 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 0 / Surplus/(loss): $0.00 / Papers: 45/13 / Open
Mobicom/Mobihoc07: The Thirteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking and The 8th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
Montreal , Canada / 09/09/07 - / 09/14/07 / Sponsor: 100% / Attendance: 0 / Surplus/(loss): $0.00 / Papers: / / Open
SenSys'07: The 5th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems
Sydney , Australia / 11/04/07 - / 11/09/07 / Sponsor: 30% / Attendance: 0 / Surplus/(loss): $0.00 / Papers: / / Open

SIGMOBILE will be in cooperation with 13 events in FY 08

SIG Officers2001-032003-05 2005-072007-09

ChairVictor BahlVictor BahlDavid B. JohnsonDavid B. Johnson

Vice-ChairMary BakerMary BakerJason RediJason Redi

SecretaryAndrew T. CampbellAndrew T. CampbellChiara PetrioliChiara Petrioli

TreasurerDavid B. JohnsonDavid B. JohnsonTracy CampTracy Camp

Past ChairImrich ChlamtacImrich ChlamtacVictor BahlVictor Bahl

N/L EditorJason RediJason Redi (to 10/03)Mani SrivastavaMani Srivastava

Nitin Vaidya (10/03 to 1/05)

Mani Srivastava (1/05)

Awards

SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contributions to Research in Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing

2004Andy Hopper

2006Daniel P. Siewiorek

SIGMOBILE Distinguished Service Award

2003Jason Redi

(none given since 2003)

SIGMOBILEBest Student Paper (MobiCom)

2004 “MobiDesk: Mobile Virtual Desktop Computing,” Ricardo A. Baratto, Shava Potter, Gong Su, Jason Nieh (ColumbiaUniversity)

2005“Architecture and Evaluation of an Unplanned 802.11b Mesh Network,” John Bicket, Daniel Aguayo, Sanjit Biswas, and Robert Morris (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

2006“A Measurement Study of Vehicular Internet Access Using In Situ Wi-Fi Networks,” Vladimir Bychkovsky, Bret Hull, Allen K. Miu, Hari Balakrishnan, Samuel Madden (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

MobiSys Best Paper Award

2004“Ghosts in the Machine: Interfaces for Better Power Management,” Manish Anand, Edmund B. Nightingale, Jason Flinn

2005“Reincarnating PCs with Portable SoulPads,” Ramon Caceres, Casey Carter, Chandra Narayanaswami, and Mandayam Raghunath

2006“FireWxNet: A Multi-Tiered Portable Wireless System for Monitoring Weather Conditions in Wildland Fire Environments” C. Hartung, S. Holbrook, R. Han, C. Seielstad (Universites of Colorado and Montana, USA

Viability History

10/1/00Found viable and moved out of original transitional status

10/3/04 Continue its permanent status for the next year. Required to have a viability review in September'05 in light of concerns expressed for financial situation, absence from SGB meetings, and lack of annual report submissions.

8/13/05 Found viable and will continue its permanent status for the next two years.

SGB Attendance

March 2004no

October 2004yes

March 2005yes

August 2005yes

February 2006yes

October 2006yes

February 2007yes

Annual Report Submitted

June 2004no

June 2005yes

June 2006yes