[IEICE-CS eNews<2012-09>] Call for Participation to VTC2012-Spring in Yokohama, Japan April 2, 2012. ========== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ========== -------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 IEEE 75th Vehicular Technology Conference 6 - 9 May 2012 at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan -------------------------------------------------------------- The 2012 IEEE 75th Vehicular Technology Conference will be held 6-9 May 2012 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will bring together individuals from academia, government, and industry to discuss and exchange ideas in the fields of wireless, mobile, and vehicular technology. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, tutorials, and technical as well as application sessions. We therefore believe that it is a very good opportunity for you all to participate this conference and exchange technical information with other researchers from all over the world. The official conference hotel is the Intercontinental Yokohama Grand in Yokohama, Japan and is attached to the Pacifico Yokohama. The outline of the VTC2012-Spring is as follows: Tutorials (Sunday 6 May) - Tutorial registrations are required - Advances in Green Communications and Networks - Heterogeneous Networks? Technical Aspects and Standardization in LTE and Beyond - Inter-Vehicular Communication: Standards, Protocol Design, and Integrated Security Metrics - TV White Space Standardization Activities: From the Regulation, Technology & Application Perspective - Towards 4G: Technical Overview of LTE and LTE-Advanced - Turbo Equalization: Fundamentals, Information Theoretic Considerations, and Extensions Keynote Presentations (Monday 7 May) - Mr. Ryuji Yamada, President and CEO, NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan "Mobile Evolution toward Shaping a Smart Life" - Dr. Nobuhiro ENDO, President, NEC Corporation, Japan "Mobile technology's contribution to creating an information society friendly to humans and the earth" Panel Sessions (Tuesday 8 May) - Next Generation Mobile Communication Technologies Panelists: Prof. Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK Dr. Erick Dahlman, Ericsson, Sweden Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi, Tohoku University, Japan Dr. Hiroshi Harada, NICT, Japan - Future Prospect and Potential of Mobile Phone Business Panelists: Mr. Kazuya Hashimoto, NEC Corporation Dr. Shinichi Nomoto, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan Mr. Shingo Mizuno, Fujitsu Limited Dr. Hiroshi Nakamura, NTT DOCOMO, INC. Technical Oral/Poster Presentations (Monday 7 - Wednesday 9 May) - Ad hoc, Mesh and Sensor Networks - Antenna and Propagation - Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Sensing - Cooperative Communications, Distributed MIMOs and Relaying - Green Networks - Multiple Antenna Systems and Space-Time-Frequency Processing - Positioning, Mobile Applications and Services - Transmission Technologies - Transportation - Vehicular Electronics and Telematics - Wireless Access - Wireless Networks Co-located workshops (workshop registrations are required) - First Vehicular Electronics Conference (VE2012) - Third Green Wireless Communications and Networks Workshop (GreeNet) Social Events - Welcome Reception (Sunday 6 May) - Banquet (Tuesday 8 May) For more information, visit http://www.vtc2012spring.org/ For tourist information, visit http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/chapter/VT-06/yokohama.htm ======Notice====================== *@This e-mail address is only for the delivery service. Therefore please notice that we can't reply to you if you send questions to this e-mail address. *@If you want to change your address or quit the delivery of the news, please contact us at . -----------------------END----------------------