WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE IN COMMUNICATIONS

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 2005
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2. IEEE MAGAZINE EXAMINES THE FUTURE OF CONVERGENT PORTABLE DEVICES
This month's issue of IEEE Communications Magazine (v. 43, no. 12) presents a special focus on the future of convergent portable devices that integrate not only cameras and cell phones, but also other functions such as wireless LAN (WLAN), personal video recording (PVR), gaming and digital TV. Articles in this issue take a closer look at topics such as mobile imaging, graphics processing capabilities and integration. The guest editorial on the topic is now accessible to all readers at:http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/public/2005/dec/index.htm
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12. CALL FOR PAPERS: ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION
Abstracts for the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) are due by 15 February 2006. Papers can focus on a diversity of Robotics technologies spanning academic, public, and governmental initiatives. For instance, will robots one day be used as assistants to human beings? What future technologies may allow engineers to design such complicated machines? Topics may range from innovative robot
designs to ethical issues in human-robot interaction research. The conference will take place next September in Hertfordshire, U.K. For more information, visit: <http://ro-man2006.feis.herts.ac.uk/>