Below is a year-by-year summary of each WTS conference that has been held. Following the conference summaries are a list of selected WTS invited speakers; a list of WTS Welcoming Speakers; a list of WTS Distinguished Service Fellow Award Honorees; a list of WTS Distinguished Fellows; a list of WTS Tutorials & Workshops; and a list of WTS Panel Discussions.
Date: May 17, 2002
Location: Pomona, CA, USA (Cal Poly Pomona Lecture Hall)
Innovations: Half-Day Event With Invited Presentations; Student Organizers & Hosts; Promotion Within Cal Poly Pomona
Key Speakers: “Space Communications at JPL”; James Lesh, Chief Technologist in the Interplanetary Network Directorate at JPL
Highlights: Lunch at Kellogg West for Organizers & Speakers
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS Dept.; CPP ET Dept.
Financial: IEEE Foothill Section
Student: SWIFT (Students With An Interest In Telecommunications); CPP IEEE Student Branch
Key Organizers: S. Powell (CIS) & L. McCurdy (ET)
No. of Papers Presented: 0 (Xplore: 0; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 0 ; Panel Discussions: 0; Invited Presentations: 5
Date: May 2, 2003
Location: Pomona, CA; USA (Kellogg West Conference Center)
Innovations: One-Day Event; Lunch for All Participants; Interdisciplinary Program (Business, Technology, Policy, Applications & Security); Participants from Industry, Government, & Academia; Executive Presentations; Distribution of a Folder Containing a Printed Program: Distribution of a Proceedings CD; WTS Website; Use of the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway; Use of the GoEMerchant Quick Commerce System; Promotion Within the IEEE
Key Speakers: Irwin Jacobs (Qualcomm); Gee Rittenhouse (Bell Laboratories); Neil Cox (SAIC); Kenneth Dulaney (Gartner); Minoru Etoh (NTT).
Highlights: Patio Reception
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS, ET Departments; IEEE Foothill Section
Student: SWIFT; IEEE Student Branch
Key Organizers: S. Powell (CIS) & L. McCurdy (ET), Co-Chairs
Admin. & Ops.: B. Khoo, Chair; D. Hwang, Web; K. Byrum, Admin Coordinator; V. Lucas, IT
No. of Papers Presented: 0 (Xplore: 0 ; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 0; Panel Discussions: 0; Invited Presentations: 8
Date: May 14-15, 2004
Location: Pomona, CA, USA (Kellogg West Conference Center)
Innovations: Two-Day Event; Applied Research Paper Submissions & Presentations; Paper Reviews (by CPP Faculty); Papers Published in IEEE Xplore; Panel Discussion; Tutorial; Off-Site Visit; Co-Sponsorship Relationship with the IEEE Communications Society (TCPC/WTC Support)
Key Speakers: Michael Gallagher (NTIA); John Muleta (FCC); Richard Lynch (Verizon Wireless); Chris Rice (AT&T)
Highlights: Welcoming Dinner Presentation & Tour of Nixon Library
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); COE
Technical: IEEE Communications Society (TCPC); ACM SIGMOBILE; INFORMS
Financial: Qualcomm; IEEE Foothill Section; SBC; Lockheed-Martin; Microsoft
Student: SWIFT (IEEE ComSoc Chapter)
Key Organizers: S. Powell & L. McCurdy, Co-Chairs
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Byrum, Admin Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 21 (Xplore: 21; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1; Panel Discussions: 1 ; Invited Presentations: 6
Date: April 28-30, 2005
Location: Pomona, CA, USA (Kellogg West Conference Center)
Innovations: Three-Day Event; Doctoral Student Session; Poster Paper Session; Presentation of Certificates; Best Paper Awards; Submission of Tutorial & Workshop Proposals
Key Speakers: Stephen Weinstein (IEEE Communications Society); Andrew Seybold; Gee Rittenhouse (Bell Labs); Steven Huffman (MITRE); Preston Marshall (DARPA); Masaaki Maeda (NTT DoCoMo)
Highlights: Dinner at Disney Grand California Hotel & Visit to Disneyland
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); COE
Technical: IEEE Communications Society (TCPC); ACM SIGMOBILE; INFORMS
Financial: Qualcomm; IEEE Foothill Section; Microsoft; MESAQIN
Key Organizers: S. Powell & M. Moussavi, Co-Chairs
TPC: I. Progri & J.P. Shim, Co-Chairs
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl, Admin Chair; B. Khoo, Ops. Chair; D. Hwang, Web; K. Byrum, Admin. Coordinator
Student: SWIFT (IEEE ComSoc Chapter)
No. of Papers Presented: 44 (Xplore: 42 ; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 2)
Tutorials & Workshops: 3 ; Panel Discussions: 3; Invited Presentations: 8
Date: April 27-29, 2006
Location: Pomona, CA USA (Kellogg West Conference Center)
Innovations: Organizer’s Reception & Meeting on Day Prior to WTS; Organizers Dinner on Final Day
Key Speakers: Mike Lazaridis (Research In Motion); Charles Elachi (JPL); Donald Schilling (NYU)
Highlights: Dinner & Tour of JPL; Wireless Communications Investments & New Ventures Panel Discussions
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support: CPP COE
Technical: IEEE Communications Society (TCPC); ACM SIGMOBILE; INFORMS
Financial: IEEE Communications Society; IEEE Foothill Section; Google; MESAQIN
Student: SWIFT (IEEE ComSoc Chapter)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair
TPC: I. Progri & J.P. Shim, Co-Chairs
Admin. & Ops: S. Curl & B. Khoo, Co-Chairs; D. Hwang, Web; K. Byrum, Admin Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 35 (Xplore: 35; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 6; Invited Presentations: 10
Date: April 26-28, 2007
Location: Pomona, CA, USA (Kellogg West Conference Center)
Innovation: Using EDAS for Paper Submission & Review Process; Presentation of WTS Fellow Awards
Key Speakers: Vinton Cerf (Google); Gee Rittenhouse (Bell Labs); John Muleta (M2Z); Michael Gallagher (Perkins Coie); Richard Lynch (Verizon Wireless); Kristin Rinne (AT&T); Ali Tabassi (Sprint)
Highlights: Dinner & Visit to Universal Studios; Expanded Papers Published by Springer
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE Communications Society (WTC); ACM SIGMOBILE; INFORMS
Financial Co-Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society; Google; Microsoft; Verizon; MESAQIN
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: M. Bartolacci & K. Passerini, Co-Chairs; K. Patten, Publications
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl, Chair; D. Hwang, Web; K. Butikofer, Admin Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 51 (Xplore: 51; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2 ; Panel Discussions: 7 ; Invited Presentations: 6
Date: April 24-26, 2008
Location: Pomona, CA, USA (Kellogg West Conference Center)
Innovation: Regonline Replaces GoEMerchant; IJITN Publishes an Expanded WTS Paper
Key Speakers: Leonard Kleinrock (UCLA); William Webb (OFCOM); John Kneuer (Rivada Networks); Michael Walker (Vodafone); Kevin Kahn (Intel); Jonathan Atkin (RBC Capital Markets)
Highlights: Dinner & Tour of the Queen Mary
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE Communications Society (WTC)
Financial: IEEE Communications Society; Qualcomm; IEEE Foothill Section; MESAQIN; Microsoft
Student: SWIFT (IEEE ComSoc Chapter)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: Q. Zeng & T. Watanabe, Co-Chairs
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl & H. Wu, Co-Chairs; T. Alexander & D. Hwang, Web; K. Butikofer, Admin. Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 60 (Xplore: 60 ; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1; Panel Discussions: 4; Invited Presentations: 6
Date: April 22-24, 2009
Location: Prague, Czech Republic (Crowne Plaza Prague)
Innovation: WTS Not Held at CPP; WTS Held in Europe
Key Speakers: Gee Rittenhouse (Bell Labs); Michael Walker (Vodafone); William Webb (OFCOM); Paul Kuhn (University of Stuttgart); Jeanette Wing (NSF); Francois Cosquer (Alcatel-Lucent)
Highlights: Dinner Cruise on the Vltava River; Dinner with Czech Folklore Entertainment
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE Communications Society (WTC)
Financial & Other Support: IEEE Communications Society; T-Mobile; Czech Technical University
Student: SWIFT (IEEE ComSoc Chapter); Czech Technical University
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: J. Holub & I. Lokshina, Co-Chairs
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl & H. Wu, Co-Chairs, W. Jao & D. Hwang, Web; K. Butikofer, Admin, Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 76 (Xplore: 76 ; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 1 ; Invited Presentations: 9
Date: April 21-23, 2010
Location: Tampa, FL, USA (Embassy Suites/USF)
Innovation: WTS Held in the Southeast U.S.; WTS Held With Substantial Support From Another University
Key Speakers: Richard Gitlin (USF); Richard Lynch (Verizon); Young-Kil Suh (SK Telecom); Zygmunt Haas (Cornell University)
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (WTC)
Financial & Other: University of South Florida EE Department; IEEE Foothill Section & ComSoc Chapter; IEEE West Coast Section; Verizon Wireless; CTC
Student: USF EE
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; R. Sankar, Executive Program Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: M. Agrawal & B. Khoo, Co-Chairs; E. Sheybani, Tutorials
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl, Chair; K. Ushijima & D. Hwang, Web; K. Butikofer, Admin. Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 54 (Xplore: 53 ; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 1)
Tutorials & Workshops: 4; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 5
Date: April 13-15, 2011
Location: New York City, NY, USA (Holiday Inn Midtown 57th St.)
Innovation: WTS Held in New York City; WTS Held in Northeast U.S.
Key Speakers: Robert Kahn (CNRI); William Baker (Fordham); Hakan Ericsson (Ericsson); Stuart Elby (Verizon); Brian Whitton (Verizon); Francois Cosquer (Alcatel-Lucent)
Highlights: CBS Television Studios Tour
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (WTC)
Financial: Verizon Wireless; MESAQIN; The Wagner Foundation
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair; V. Cossiavelou, VBTS Chair
TPC: Q. Zeng & E. A. Gomez, Co-Chairs; E. Sheybani, Tutorials
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl, Chair; K. Ushijima & D. Hwang, Web; K. Butikofer, Admin. Coordinator; B. Khoo, IT
No. of Papers Presented: 72 (Xplore: 72; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 1 ; Invited Presentations: 7
Date: April 18-20, 2012
Location: London, UK (Holiday Inn Kensington Forum)
Innovation: WTS Held in London
Key Speakers: William Baker (Fordham); Anthony Constantinedes (Imperial College); Markus Hofmann (Bell Labs); William Webb (Neul); Rob van den Dam (IBM); Francois Cosquer (Alcatel-Lucent)
Highlights: Caribbean Dinner; Coach Tour of London at Night
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Financial & Operational: Athlone Institute of Technology; Imperial College; City Univ. of London; Tektronix
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: M. Bartolacci & R. Stewart, Co-Chairs; E. Sheybani, Tutorials
Admin. & Ops.: S. Curl, Chair; A. Monroe & D. Hwang, Web; K. Butikofer, Admin. Coordinator; J. Stewart; Moderator; R. Heenan, IT
No. of Papers Presented: 76 (Xplore: 72 ; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 4)
Tutorials & Workshops: 5 ; Panel Discussions: 1 ; Invited Presentations: 8
Date: April 17-19, 2013
Location: Phoenix/Chandler, AZ, USA (Ocotillo Golf Resort)
Innovation: Pre-Recorded Video Presentations; WTS in Phoenix
Key Speakers: Martin Cooper (Dyna LLC); William Baker (Fordham); Matt Grob (Qualcomm); Gee Rittenhouse (Bell Labs); Michael Gallagher (ESA); Aicha Evans (Intel); George Poste (ASU)
Highlights: Intel Fabricating Facility Tour; Dinner and Entertainment at Rockin’ R Ranch; Outdoor Dining
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Financial: Intel; Nokia; MESAQIN; The Wagner Foundation
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC Co-Chairs: E. Sheybani & W. Ofosu
Admin. & Ops.: C. Navarrete, Chair; K. Nguyen & D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coordinator; CPP Student Moderators & Hosts
No. of Papers Presented: 33 (Xplore: 32 ; IJITN & Invited: 0; Poster: 1)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1 ; Panel Discussions: 2; Invited Presentations: 10
Date: April 9-11, 2014
Location: Washington, DC, USA (Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge)
Innovation: WTS Held in Washington, DC
Key Speakers: Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia); Julius Knapp (FCC); Michael Gallagher (ESA); William Baker (Fordham); Peter Hadinger (Inmarsat); Martin Kohn (Jointly Health); Andrew Lipman (Bingham McCutcheon)
Highlights: Tour of US Government Buildings (Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress); Coach Tour of Washington, DC at Night
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Financial: MESAQIN
Student Support: VCU
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair; U. Varshney, Mobile Health Chair
TPC: Q. Zeng & W. Cheng, Co-Chairs; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: C. Navarrete, Chair; D. Hwang & L. Grubbe, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 53 (Xplore: 48; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 5)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 12
Date: April 15-17, 2015
Location: New York City, NY, USA (Holiday Inn Midtown 57th St.)
Innovation: Presentation of WTS Distinguished Service Fellow Awards
Key Speakers: Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia); William Baker (Fordham); Richard Gitlin (USF); Markus Hofmann (Bell Labs); Harry Newton; David Belanger (Stevens); Andrew Lipman (Morgan Lewis)
Highlights: UN Tour; Bus and Boat Tour of New York City at Night
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: I. Lokshina & A. Mihovska, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops; V. Cossiavelou, EM Chair; U. Varshney, Mobile Health, Chair
Admin & Ops: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill; Admin. Coordinator; Z. Marantz, Local Arrangements
No. of Papers Presented: 59 (Xplore: 55; IJITN & Invited: 0 ; Poster: 4)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 1 ; Invited Presentations: 8
Date: April 18-20, 2016
Location: London, UK (Holiday Inn Kensington Forum)
Innovation: WTS Conference Papers Published in IJITN
Key Speakers: William Webb (Weightless SIG); Michael Walker (Vodafone); Werner Mohr (Nokia-Siemens), Peter Hadinger (Inmarsat); Lajos Hanzo (Southampton); Bo Oloffson (Bell Labs); Rob van den Dam (IBM)
Highlights: Tour of Inmarsat’s NOC; Coach Tour of London at Night
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC); Athlone Institute of Technology
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: M. Bartolacci, R. Stewart & D. Simunic, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coordinator; J. Stewart, Moderator; S. Kennedy, IT
No. of Papers Presented: 69 (Xplore: 33; IJITN & Invited: 36; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 7
Date: April 26-28, 2017
Location: Chicago, IL, USA (Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza)
Innovation: WTS Held in the Midwest US
Key Speakers: Gee Rittenhouse (Cisco); Michael Irizarry (US Cellular); Andrew Lipman (Morgan Lewis); Cameron Coursey (AT&T)
Highlights: Tour of Argonne National Laboratory; Coach Tour of Chicago at Night
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC); Illinois Institute of Technology
Student: UIC IEEE Student Chapter
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair; V. Cossiavelou, EM Chair
TPC: S. Dmitrov, Q. Zeng & E. Sheybani, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coordinator, J. Stewart, Moderator; E. Chlebus, IT
No. of Papers Presented: 69 (Xplore: 34; IJITN & Invited: 31; Poster: 4)
Tutorials & Workshops: 3; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 7
Date: April 18-20, 2018
Location: Phoenix/Chandler, AZ, USA (Ocotillo Golf Club)
Innovation: Trial of a Tutorial/Workshop on Day Preceding WTS
Key Speakers: Markus Hofmann (Bell Labs); Dan Gillmor (ASU); John Smee (Qualcomm); Paul Schaaf (FBI); Francois Cosquer (Nokia)
Highlights: Coach Tour of Phoenix at Night; Outdoor Dining
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair
TPC: Z. Marantz & G. Javidi, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: E. Zepeda & D. Hwang, Web; K. Byrum, Admin. Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 56 (Xplore: 28; IJITN & Invited: 26; Poster: 2
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 10
Date: April 9-12, 2019
Location: New York City, NY, USA (Watson Hotel)
Innovation: Four-Day Event
Key Speakers: Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia); William Baker (Fordham); Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic (United Nations); Jon Peha (Carnegie-Mellon); Joe Weinman; Martin Kohn
Highlights: Double-Decker Coach Tour of NYC at Night
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair; V. Cossiavelou, EM Chair
TPC: Z. Marantz, A. Mihovska, & H. Zhou, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Files, Admin. Coordinator
No. of Papers Presented: 59 (Xplore: 24 ; IJITN & Invited: 33 ; Poster: 2)
Tutorials & Workshops: 2; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 12
Date: April 22-24, 2020
Location: Live Virtual Conference Using Zoom (Conference Originally Planned for Washington, DC)
Innovation: First Live Virtual Conference; Use of Zoom as a Platform; Paper Presentations Scheduled Geographically; CVENT Replaces RegOnline as Registration System; Online Proceedings and Participant Folders
Key Speakers: Robert Kahn (CNRI); Vincent Poor (Princeton); Andrew Lipman (Morgan Lewis); Jon Peha (Carnegie-Mellon); Rob van den Dam (IBM); Francois Cosquer (Nokia)
Highlights: Conference Planned for Washington, DC Conducted Virtually Via Zoom
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: E. Sheybani & P. Lazaridis, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coordinator; G. Carlton & B. Khoo, Zoom Chairs; Z. Marantz & J. Stewart, Moderators
No. of Papers Presented: 35 ( Xplore: 20; IJITN & Invited: 14; Poster: 1)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 8
Date: April 21-23, 2021
Location: Live Virtual Conference Using Zoom (Conference Originally Planned for San Francisco, CA)
Innovation: Live cybersecurity platform demo
Key Speakers: Gee Rittenhouse (Cisco); William Webb (Webb Search); Markus Hofmann (Bell Labs); Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic (UN); Andrew Lipman (Morgan Lewis); Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia Univ.); Jon Atkin (RBC Capital Markets); Rob van den Dam (Consultant); Chris Pearson (5G Americas); Habib Riazi (Consultant).
Highlights: Entire Conference Planned for San Francisco, CA Conducted Virtually Via Zoom
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair; J.P. Shim, Program Chair
TPC: M. Bartolacci & M. Sarkar, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coor.; Z. Marantz, J. Stewart
No. of Papers: 36 ( Xplore: 19; IJITN & Invited: 16; Poster: 0)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1; Panel Discussions: 2; Invited Presentations: 11
Date: April 6-8, 2022
Location: Live Virtual Conference Using Zoom (Conference Originally Planned for Pomona, CA)
Innovation: NA
Key Speakers: William Webb (Webb Search); Anne Lee (Bell Labs); Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic (University of Montenegro); Andrew Lipman (Morgan Lewis);; Terry Kramer (UCLA); Chris Pearson (5G Americas); Habib Riazi (Consultant).
Highlights: Entire Conference Planned for Pomona Conducted Virtually Via Zoom
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE); IEEE Foothill Section
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair
TPC: J. Stewart & E. Sheybani, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coor.; Z. Marantz, J. Stewart
No. of Papers: 31 ( Xplore: 14; IJITN & Invited: 15; Poster: 2)
Tutorials & Workshops: 1; Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 7
Date: April 19-21, 2023
Location: Boston, MA
Key Speakers: Vincent W. S. Chan (MIT); Jeffrey Shapiro (MIT); William Webb (Access Partnership); Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia University); Manzoor Khan (Bell Labs); Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic (University of Montenegro)
Highlights: Tour of MIT and the MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Lab and MIT.nano
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair
TPC: Z. Marantz & T. Omar, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Web; K. Pettengill, Admin. Coor.
No. of Papers: 28 (Xplore: 13; IJMNDI & Invited: 12; Poster: 3)
Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 6
Date: April 9-12, 2024
Location: Oakland/San Francisco, CA
Key Speakers: William Webb (Access Partnership); Trerry Kramer (UCLA); Andrew Lipman (Morgan Lewis); Francois Cosquer (Nokia); Venkatesh Ramaswamy (MITRE)
Highlights: San Francisco tour and dinners at Ghirardelli Square and Fisherman’s Wharf
Principal Co-Sponsors: CPP CIS (CBA); Support ECE (COE), CS (COS)
Technical: IEEE ComSoc (CISTC)
Key Organizers: S. Powell, General Chair; T. Ketseoglou, Assistant Chair
TPC: T. Omar and q. Zeng, Co-Chairs; Q. Zeng, Publications; E. Sheybani, Tutorials & Workshops
Admin. & Ops.: D. Hwang, Operations & Web; K. Byrum, Admin. Coor.
No. of Papers: 19 (Xplore: 14; IJMNDI & Invited: 4; Poster: 1)
Panel Discussions: 1; Invited Presentations: 6
Qualcomm: Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder & CEO (2003); Dr. Avneesh Agrawal, SVP (2007); John Smee, VP Engineering (2008; 2018); Matt Grob, EVP & CTO (2013)
Verizon: Richard Lynch, EVP & CTO (2004; 2007; 2010); Stuart Elby (2011); Brian Whitton (2011)
Bell Laboratories: Gee Rittenhouse, President (2003; 2004; 2005; 2009; 2013); Markus Hofmann, EVP (2012; 2015; 2018; 2021); Bo Olofsson, Program Lead (2016); Anne Lee, Fellow (2017; 2022); Manzoor Khan, Head of Autonomous Systems (2023)
Cisco: Gee Rittenhouse, SVP (2017, 2021)
Seybold Group: Andrew Seybold (2004)
AT&T: Chris Rice, CTO (2004); Kristin Rinne, SVP (2007); Cameron Coursey, VP (2017)
Research In Motion (Blackberry): Mike Lazaridis, Founder & CEO (2006)
RBC Capital: Jonathan Atkin, Managing Director (2006; 2007; 2008; 2021)
Google: Vinton Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist; “a father of the Internet’ (2007)
Sprint: Ali Tabassi, VP (2007)
Inmarsat: Peter Hadinger, CTO (2007; 2014; 2016)
Intel: Kevin Kahn, Senior Fellow (2008); Aicha Evans, VP (2013)
Nokia (Alcatel): Francois Cosquer, CTO Security (2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2011; 2012; 2014; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2024)
Nokia: Hannu Kauppinen, VP (2013)
Nokia/Siemens: Werner Mohr, Head – Research Alliances (2009; 2016)
Vodafone: Michael Walker, Research Director (2008; 2009; 2012; 2016)
Corning Wireless: Habib Riazi, Systems Director (2010; 2014; 2017; 2018; 2020; 2022; 2023; 2024)
U.S. Cellular, Michael Irizarry, EVP & CTO (2017)
Morgan, Lewis: Andrew Lipman, Partner (2014; 2015; 2017; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2024)
Chetan Sharma, Consultant (2013)
SAIC: Neil Cox, EVP (2013)
Gartner: Kenneth Dulaney, VP (2003)
Arthur D. Little: Depanker Neogi, Senior Advisor (2006)
Forrester: Charles Golvin, Principal Analyst (2006)
Martin Kohn, MD (2014; 2019)
MITRE: Steven Huffman, VP (2005); Venkatesh Ramaswamy, Chief Technologist for Next G (2024)
Harry Newton, Writer (2015)
CNRI: Robert Kahn, CEO (2011; 2020)
Dyna LLC: Martin Cooper, “Father of the Cell Phone”, (2013)
IBM: Rob van den Dam, Global Telecom Leader (2011; 2012; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021)
NTT DoCoMo: Minoru Etoh, CEO NTT DoCoMo Labs USA (2003); Maasaki Maeda, CEO NTT DoCoMo USA (2005; 2011)
Ericsson: Egil Gronstad, VP Ericsson Mobile (2005); Hakan Ericsson CTO (2011)
T-Mobile: Paul Farag, Manager (2011)
5G Americas: Chris Pearson, President (2021; 2022)
FCC: John Muleta, WTB Chief (2004; 2007); Julius Knapp, OEM Chief (2014)
NTIA: Michael Gallagher, Administrator (2004; 2007; 2013; 2014); John Kneuer, Administrator (2008); Peter Tenhula, Senior Advisor (2014)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Charles Elachi, Director (2006); James Lesh, Chief Technologist (2002)
Ofcom: William Webb, R&D Head (2008; 2009; 2012; 2016; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024)
United Nations/University of Montenegro: Milica Pejanović-Djurišić (2014; 2019; 2021; 2022;2023)
FBI: Robert Kellison, SSA (2004); Paul Schaaf, SA (2018)
NSF: Jeanette Wing, Assistant Director (2009); Sajal Das, Program Director (2010)
U.S. Congress: Matt Salmon, 5th Arizona District (2014); Andy Biggs, 5th Arizona District (2020)
DARPA (DoD): Preston Marshall, Program Manager (2005)
UCLA: Leonard Kleinrock, Professor, “a father of the Internet” (2008); Terry Kramer (2022)
USF: Richard Gitlin, Professor (2010; 2015)
University of Stuttgart: Paul Kuhn, Chair (2009)
Columbia University: Henning Schulzrinne, Professor (2014; 2015; 2019; 2021, 2023); Stephen Weinstein (2005; 2011)
Princeton: H. Vincent Poor, Professor (2020)
Carnegie-Mellon: John Peha, Professor (2019; 2020)
Arizona State University: George Poste, Chief Scientist (2013); Dan Gillmor, Professor (2018); Raghu Santanam, Professor (2018); Larry Head, Professor (2018); Daniel Bliss, Associate Professor (2018)
Imperial College: Anthony Constantinides, Professor (2012)
Fordham: William Baker, Director, Bernard Schwartz Center (2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2019)
Steven Institute of Technology: David Belanger, Senior Research Fellow (2015)
University of Southampton: Lajos Hanzo, Professor (2016)
NYU: Donald Schilling, Professor (2006)
UCLA: Terry Kramer, Faculty Director of the Anderson Easton Technology Management Center and Adjunct Professor (2022; 2024)
MIT: Vincent W. S. Chan, Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professor of EECS (2023); Jeffrey Shapiro, Julius A. Stratton Professor of EECS (2023)
2002 James Lesh, JPL
2003 Irwin Jacobs, Qualcomm
2004 Michael Gallagher, NTIA
2005 Stephen Weinstein, IEEE Communications Society
2006 Donald Schilling, NYU
2007 Vinton Cerf, Google
2008 Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA
2009 Paul Kuhn, University of Stuttgart
2010 Richard Gitlin, USF
2011 Robert Kahn, CNRI
2012 Anthony Constantinides, Imperial College
2013 Martin Cooper, Dyna LLC
2014 Julius Knapp, FCC
2015 William Baker, Fordham University
2016 William Webb, Ofcom
2017 Gee Rittenhouse, Bell Laboratories
2018 Markus Hofmann, Bell Laboratories
2019 Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
2020 Robert Kahn, CNRI
2023, Vincent W.S. Chan, MIT
To active supporters of the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium for their outstanding and distinguished service to WTS:
Honoree (First Year of WTS Service)
Steven Powell (2002)
Drew Hwang (2003)
Benjamin Khoo (2003)
Carlos Navarrete (2003)
J. P. Shim (2003)
Steven Curl (2003)
Jan Holub (2004)
Qing-An Zeng (2004)
Michael Bartolacci (2005)
Thomas Ketseoglou (2005)
Ehsan Sheybani (2005)
Upkar Varshney (2005)
Vassiliki Cossiavelou (2006)
Izabella Lokshina (2006)
Kathleen Pettengill (2007)
Zory Marantz (2013)
Tamer Omar (2024)
To active supporters of the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium for their outstanding contributions of service to WTS and to the field of wireless communications:
Gee Rittenhouse (2007)
Jonathan Atkin (2008)
William Webb (2009)
Richard Lynch (2010)
Stephen Weinstein (2011)
Francois Cosquer (2011)
William Baker (2012)
Michael Gallagher (2013)
Rob van den Dam (2014)
Richard Gitlin (2015)
Michael Walker (2016)
Andrew Lipman (2017)
Markus Hofmann (2018)
Habib Riazi (2018)
Henning Schulzrinne (2019)
Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic (2019)
Robert Kahn (2020)
“Wireless Network Security” (2004)
“Mobile Commerce” (2005)
“Next Generation Network Design Optimization” (2005)
“UWB and Impulse Radio” (2005)
“MIMO Wireless Systems” (2006)
“Wireless Network Security Workshop” (2006)
“MIMO Wireless Systems” (2007)
“Portable Communications Networks” (2007)
“Wireless Network Security” (2008)
“LTE Technologies: Innovations and Candidate Technologies for LTE Advanced” (2009)
“Cell TV Phone: Current Status, Issues, Misconceptions, and Strategic Implications” (2009)
“Current Usage and Issues in Cellular TV Phone” (2010)
“Network Security Architecture in Practice” (2010)
“Introduction to Information Security in Wireless Networks” (2010)
“IPv6 Transition Strategy in a Mobile Environment” (2011)
”Network Security Architecture in Practice” (2011)
“Wireless Technologies & Healthcare: Applications, Requirements, and Emerging Research?” (2012)
"Emerging Challenges and Opportunities on Smart Home Communications & Networking" (2012)
"Dynamic Spectrum Allocation: Enabling Technologies and the Road Ahead" (2012)
“Wireless Technologies & Healthcare: Applications, Requirements, and Emerging Research?” (2012)
"User-Centric Service Model in Wireless Networks: The Transition from Technical Excellence to Customer Experience Excellence in Wireless Networks" (2012)
“Introduction to Mobile Cloud Computing” (2013)
“Mobile Computing Workshop” (2014)
“Wireless Technologies & Healthcare: Applications, Requirements, and Emerging Research” (2014)
“Big Data Analytics for Telecommunications Workshop” (2015)
“Cloud Computing and Wireless Networks Workshop” (2015)
“Wireless Applications for Disaster and Emergency Management Workshop” (2016)
“Big Data Analytics for Telecommunications Workshop” (2016)
“Millimeter Wavelength Communication and Massive MIMO” (2017)
“Trends in Evolution of Mobile Wireless Infrastructure, An Industry Perspective” (2017)
"Curation Strategies for Social Media: Global Trends for CX Optimization" (2017)
“Trends in Evolution of Mobile Wireless Infrastructure, An Industry Perspective” (2018)
“Flexible Radio Access Beyond 5G: A Future Projection” (2018)
“Interdisciplinary Telecommunications & Networking Session” (2019)
“Interdisciplinary Topics in Wireless Communications Workshop” (2019)
“From 5G to 6G” (2020)
“Edging Towards an AI-based 5G Future” (2021)
“Cybersecurity and Governance” (2022)
“Advances in Network Resilience & Security” (2022)
“Future Directions in Wireless Telecommunications Research” (2004)
“Future Directions in Wireless Telecommunications Research” (2005)
"Wireless Security: Best Practices and Lessons Learned" (2005)
“Mobile Wireless Services and Business: Current Issues” (2005)
“Wireless Network Security” (2006)
“GPS and Wireless Communications” (2006)
“Mobile Wireless Communications Services and Business” (2006)
“Future Directions In Wireless Communications Research” (2006)
“Wireless Communications Investments” (2006)
“New Wireless Communications Ventures” (2006)
“Wireless Network Security” (2007)
“Wireless Communications Business Strategy” (2007)
“Future Directions In Wireless Communications Research” (2007)
“Mobile Wireless Communications Services and Business” (2007)
“The Future of Deep Space Communications Panel Discussion” (2007)
”Wireless Communications New Ventures and Investments” (2007)
“Advances in Satellite Communications Panel Discussion” (2007)
“Mobile Wireless Services and Applications” (2008)
“Wireless Communications Investments and New Ventures” (2008)
“Future Directions in Wireless Communications” (2008)
“Career Opportunities in Wireless Communications” (2008)
“Wireless Communications Regulation and Policy” (2009)
"Next Generation Wireless Networks: Visions and Challenges" (2010)
"Wireless Multimedia: Technologies, Applications, and Business Opportunities" (2011)
"Enabling wireless data growth with small cells: Will femtocells or Wi-Fi win out? What are the implications for operators and the value chain?" (2012)
“Connected Consumer Electronics (CE) and the Digital Home” (2013)
“E-health and Telecommunications” (2013)
“Toward Gigabit Wireless Networks: Technology, Regulatory, and Business Opportunities” (2014)
“Leverage Big Data for Telecom” (2015)
"Mining over the Air: Motive Big Data Analytics for Telecommunications" (2016)
“IoT and the Opportunities for Mobile Operators” (2017)
“Interdisciplinary Topics in Wireless Communications” (2018)
“5G Security: New Architecture, New Services, New Challenges” (2019)
“Intelligent Connectivity, Convergence, and Cybersecurity of 5G NR, AI, IoT, and XR” (2020)
“New Technologies for 6G: A New Wireless Revolution?’’ (2021)
“Transformative Effect of Streaming Technology and Analytics” (2021)
“Self-Organized Networks in 5G” (2022)
“Current Issues in Wireless Communications & Security” (2023)
"Selected Topics in Wireless Communications & Security" (2024)