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Progress Update

Progress Update. Dates and Location. Austin, Texas USA Hilton Austin (downtown) Conference hotel Technical program June 12-18 (Saturday through Friday) 2010. Executive Team. General co-chairs Behnaam Aazhang, Rice Costas Georghiades, Texas A&M Technical program co-chairs

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Progress Update

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  1. Progress Update

  2. Dates and Location • Austin, Texas USA • Hilton Austin (downtown) • Conference hotel • Technical program • June 12-18 (Saturday through Friday) 2010

  3. Executive Team • General co-chairs • Behnaam Aazhang, Rice • Costas Georghiades, Texas A&M • Technical program co-chairs • Michael Gastpar, UC Berkeley • Robert Heath, University of Texas in Austin • Krishna Narayanan, Texas A&M

  4. Executive Team • Treasurer • Aria Nosratinia, Univ. Texas in Dallas • Publicity • Jean-Francois Chamberland, Texas A&M • Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice Univ. • Local Arrangements • Jeffrey Andrews, Univ. Texas at Austin • Sriram Viswananth, Univ. Texas at Austin

  5. Executive Team • Tutorials • Zixiang Xiong, Texas A&M Univ. • Publications • Dinesh Rajan, SMU • Student travel grants • Joseph Cavallaro, Rice • Recent results • Serap Savari, Texas A&M Univ. • Sanjay Shakkottai, Univ. Texas at Austin

  6. Organizational Cornerstones • Contract with “Conference Management Services” (CMS) is being finalized as we speak and will cover: • Handling of all money streams, from registration payments to IEEE audit. • Handling of all admin matters for papers (including IEEExplore compliance) • Call for papers • Webpage, including updating etc.

  7. Budget Cornerstones • Expected number of participants 820 • Conference hotel room per night $189 (multiple occupancy allowed); and many cheaper hotels nearby. • Registration fee: currently planned at $600, with reduced rate $300. • Welcome reception • One luncheon • One dinner banquet • Coffee breaks • ISIT is guaranteeing 1720 room-nights

  8. Budget Cornerstones • Expected external support $40K • Federal agencies • Local industry • Budgeted surplus $79K

  9. Technical Program Committee • CfP is ready (see paper handout…) • Submission deadline: January 7, 2010 • Reviews in: March 8, 2010 • TPC meeting: with CISS (Princeton), likely Saturday, March 20, 2010 • Notifications: April 1, 2010 • Session arrangements: mid-April 2010 • TPC composition confirmed (65 regular members, 5 appeals members)

  10. About Austin • International airport • Non stop flights from most major US cities • Toronto, Mexico city, Monterrey • Population of over 600,000

  11. Downtown Austin Nightlife Conference Hotel 500ft Hike and bike trail (both sides) View of downtown across river http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/downloads/downtown_hotels.pdf

  12. Nightlife 500ft ~ 160m Conference Hotel http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/downloads/e6th_2page.pdf

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