1. WELCOME

This issue - a new Distinguished Lecture, a special prepublication offer for ComSoc members, the ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month for January and the latest in Standards, Periodicals, and Imminent Events.

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2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Distinguished Lecture Online…View Celia Desmond’s one hour+ distinguished lecture Trends in Communications - An Environment Overview.

Special Prepublication offer for ComSoc members....a 700 page volume with 55 of the most significant journal papers published by the IEEE Communications Society -- The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research edited by Tranter, Taylor, Ziemer, Maxemchuk, and Mark. It’s a compilation of the most outstanding papers published by ComSoc -- Cerf, Kahn, Kleinrock, Lucky, Baran, Viterbi, and many more. Order your copy at the prepublication price of $49. Order here. Type “PrePub” in the special instructions to receive the prepublication offer price. Valid until 31 Mar 2007.

Do you want to know how to design direct current power systems? ...The January 2007 ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month is a must-have resource for anyone responsible for designing, installing, and maintaining telecommunications systems. William D Reeve’s dc Power System Design for Telecommunications covers all the essentials. Check the ComSoc www site each month for new special offers.

Reminder to renew your Communications Society membership for 2007... Don’t miss a single issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. The easiest way to renew is through your IEEE Web Account. Renewing ComSoc members will be eligible for special offers on selected online tutorials. Watch for announcements and other special offers exclusively for renewing members.

New online tutorials posted …. Broadband Wireless Access – The Next Wireless Revolution by Benny Bing (135 minutes; 113 slides) and IPTV Deployment Challenges and Opportunities by Anurag Srivastava & Swarup Acharya (180 minutes; 100 slides) have recently become available. Free five minute previews are available. View all online tutorials at the ComSoc Tutorials Now program web page.

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management… focuses on timely electronic presentation of archival research on the management of networks, systems, services and applications, as well as on issues in communications software, service engineering, policies and business processes for network and service management. Subscribe today to ComSoc’s newest journal. Online only; subscription includes an archive CD. Subscribe today via your IEEE Web account!

The Institute Wants to Know: How Do Techies Work? Do you spend half your day in meetings, use e-mail as your main form of
communication, or turn first to your co-workers to get help with a problem? The Institute's editors want to know if you agree with these
results from an IEEE survey commissioned to find out how today's technology professionals work, for possible use in an upcoming article. E-mail the editors for more information.

The IEEE Communications Society is developing a Wireless Communications Technology Certification. Interested in learning more or volunteering to help in the development process? Please e-mail Jack Howell, ComSoc Executive Director.

Tech Insider Webinar Series: Challenges In Battery Standards & Safety The recent recall of millions of laptop batteries has prompted the IEEE to revise its guidelines for the design, manufacture, and testing of Lithium-Ion batteries and packs. On 18 January 2007, IEEE Spectrum will sponsor a webinar to hear what industry experts have to say about these new developments and how they will impact future product designs. Register to attend at: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/webcast/4740

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INDUSTRY EVENTS

The 3GSM World Congress
Where the Mobile Industry meets the future
Barcelona
12 - 15 February 2007
http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com

3. RECENT EVENTS

3.1 AWARDS

Digital Signal Processing and System Theorist Dr.Thomas Kailath Named 2007 IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient
Dr. Thomas Kailath, a respected leader in digital signal processing and systems theory, has been named the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Medal of Honor for “exceptional development of powerful algorithms in the fields of communications, computing, control and signal processing.” Some of Kailath’s most recent research has influenced modern work in semiconductor manufacturing and wireless communications. Kailath, a professor of engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., will be presented with the award at the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony in June 2007. The award is sponsored by the IEEE Foundation. To view the full press release, visit
http://www.ieee.org.

For a full listing of 2007 IEEE Medal recipients and other honorees, visit:
http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/2007medalrecips.html

Nominations Due Soon for IEEE Tomiyasu Award
The deadline to nominate a colleague for the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award is 31 January 2007. The award is given to individuals or teams of up to three people for outstanding contributions made in early or mid career that laid the groundwork for innovative applications in the IEEE's fields of interests. Read more at http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/4919/08135741

For information about ComSoc awards, visit http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/awards/index.html

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3.2 SOCIETY NEWS

If you are not already a member, you can join ComSoc online. Find out more about the benefits of becoming a ComSoc member and to apply for membership visit: http://www.comsoc.org/join/index.html

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3.3 CHAPTER NEWS

For more information about ComSoc chapters, see http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/chapters/index.html

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3.4 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWS

The latest newsletter of the Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee are now available

Newsletter Vol 16, No. 2:
http://www.comsoc.org/%7Essc/about/newsletter/sscnlv16n2.pdf

The winner of the 2006 Satellite Communications Distinguished Service Award is Prof. Abbas Jamalipour (past chair of the TC) from the University of Sydney. A nice picture of the current SSC TC chair Mario handling the award to Abbas is available on the front page of the SSC TC website.
http://www.comsoc.org/~ssc/

For information about ComSoc technical committees, see http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/techcom/committees.html

3.5 STANDARDS NEWS

WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
WirelessMAN is the resource for understanding and navigating through the IEEE 802.16 standard, which serves as the basis of all WiMAX broadband wireless access systems. The book provides a thorough understanding of the standard from an insider´s perspective not found elsewhere.

The IEEE Wireless Dictionary is now available! This handy pocket guide provides over 250 definitions for the jargon used in today's wireless industry. The dictionary is the perfect companion to the other handbooks in our Standards Wireless Networks Series and to the IEEE 802 wireless standards. Individuals who need to have a broad view of the wireless landscape will find that this book covers the most important topics and terms in today's market.

For news regarding IEEE Standards development work go to http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/index.html.

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3.6 PUBLICATIONS NEWS

3.6.1 CURRENT ISSUES MAGAZINES

MAGAZINES
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Network
IEEE Wireless Communications

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3.6.2 PERIODICALS

Recent special reports in IEEE Spectrum:

• Winner: Nothing but Net Britain switches its entire phone network to the Internet Protocol
• Winner: Radio Revolutionaries A Massachusetts company reinvents the cellular base station

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3.6.3 NEW BOOKS

For information about books published by the Wiley-IEEE Press, see http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/press/

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3.7 SISTER SOCIETIES

For information about ComSoc Sister Societies, see http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/socrel/societies.html.

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4. IMMINENT EVENTS

4.1 CONFERENCES

International Conference on Testbeds & Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities
5-8 Feb 2007 / Orlando, Florida / http://www.tridentcom.org/

Optical Fiber Communication Conf & Exposition & the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
25-30 Mar 2007 / Anaheim CA US / http://www.ofcnfoec.org/

IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conf
11-15 Mar 2007 / Hong Kong / http://www.ieee-wcnc.org/2007/

IEEE @ CTIA WIRELESS 2007
- IEEE Portable & IEEE Mobile WiMAX & IEEE ISBMSB
25-29 Mar 2007 / Orlando, Florida USA / http://www.comsoc.org/confs/ieee/index.html

IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications (ISPLC) & Its Applications
26-28 Mar 2007 / Pisa, Italy / http://www.ieee-isplc.org/2007/

IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
18-20 April 2007 / Dublin, Ireland / http://www.ieee-dyspan.org/2007/

International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
21-25 May 2007 / Munich, Germany / http://www.ieee-im.org/2007

IEEE Conference on Sensor & Ad Hoc Communications & Network
18-21 Jun 2007 / San Diego CA US / http://www.ieee-secon.org/2007/

IEEE International Conference on Communications
24-28 Jun 2007 / Glasgow, Scotland / http://www.ieee-icc.org/2007/

IEEE Int'l Conf on Multimedia & Expo
2-5 Jul 2007 / Beijing CN / http://www.comsoc.org/confs/icme/index.html

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor & Mobile Radio Communications
3-6 September 2007 / Athens, Greece / http://www.pimrc2007.org/

International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing
21-23 September 2007 / Shanghai, P.R. China / http://www.arcst.whu.edu.cn/wicom2007/index.aspx

Military Communications Conference
29-31 Oct 2007 / Orlando FL US /

IEEE Global Communications Conference/ San Fran
26-30 Nov 2007 / Wash, D.C.

Additional forthcoming conferences are listed at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/index.html.

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4.2 CONFERENCE CFPS

Additional forthcoming ComSoc conference Calls For Papers are listed at http://www.comsoc.org/confs/calendar/2007/confscfp.html.

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5. SPECIAL ISSUES OF PUBLICATIONS

5.1 MAGAZINES

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5.1 JOURNALS

5.3 CALLS FOR PAPERS

5.3.1 JOURNAL CFPS

New ComSoc online publication elevated to IEEE Journal status. View the current issue of the Communications Society's newest online publication IEEE e-Transactions on Network and Service Management (eTNMS)

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5.3.2 MAGAZINE CFPS

New: IEEE Radio Communications: Components, Systems, and Networks: A quarterly supplement to IEEE Communications Magazine. upplement Editor: Dr. Joseph Mitola III, The MITRE Corporation. See the Call For Papers at ttp://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/commagradiocfp.htm

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6. ANNIVERSARIES

Birthdays and Anniversaries:

2 January 1926 Harold Wheeler invented diode automatic-volume-control, thereby solving a major problem of early radio—“blasting” when one moved from a weak or distant station to a powerful or nearby station.

3 January 1906 This day marks the 100th anniversary of the first 2-way transatlantic wireless telegraphy between Fessenden's stations at Brant Rock, MA and Machrihanish, Scotland.

4 January 1941 An experimental microwave radar set was tested at the MIT Radiation Laboratory.

6 January 1838 An IEEE milestone! Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail conducted the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph system.

7 January 1927 Regular transatlantic commercial radiotelephone service, offered by AT&T and the British General Post Office, was inaugurated.

12 January 1968 AT&T announced its designation of 911 as a universal emergency number on 12 January 1968; the first 911 call was placed more than a month later on 16 February 1968.

21 January 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration ceremony was videotaped by NBC and broadcast nationally. The videotape recorder, designed by inventor Ray Dolby, had been introduced the previous year, but Eisenhower’s inauguration marked the first nationally televised broadcast from videotape in the U.S.

25 January 1915 The transcontinental telephone line, making using of triodes in seven repeater stations, was formally opened at 4 p.m. Eastern standard time; it connected AT&T's headquarters in Manhattan with the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.

January 2003 At 12:30 a.m. Eastern standard time, the computer worm “Slammer” hit its first victim; fifteen minutes later large parts of the Internet went out of service; the worm ultimately caused damage of about $1 billion U.S. dollars.

28 January 1878 The first telephone exchange (in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.) began service with twenty-one subscribers.

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