2007 Sendai International Workshop
on Network Security and Wireless Communications

Jan. 24 (Wednesday) 2007, 13:00 ~18:30

Hotel Sendai Plaza (2F Room Aoi)

http://hotelsendaiplaza.co.jp/e/index.htm

Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, and Sendai Cyber-Forest Project. Organized by Nemoto and Kato Labs., Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University

Based on the great success of last four year’s workshops, the “2007 Sendai International Workshop on Network Security and Wireless Communications” will be held on Jan. 24 (Wed.), 2007 at Hotel Sendai Plaza, Sendai. This workshop is sponsored by Sendai Cyber-Forest Project, which is funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. Distinguished lecturers around the world have been invited to present their excellent research works with future prospects, and exchange information with participants. Topics will focus on recent network security and wireless communication technologies.

Program (Jan. 24th 13:00 ~ 18:30PM)

Opening Address (13:00-13:10)

Prof. Yoshiaki Nemoto, Tohoku University

Invited Talks (13:10-18:30)

(1) WiMAX Security: Privacy Key Management (13:10-13:50)

Prof. Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

(2) Paradigm Shift towards Ubiquitous Mobile Communications: From Carrier to Customer Centric Networks and Services (13:50-14:30)

Shuzo Kato, Program Director, New Generation Wireless Center,

NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Japan

(3) Energy-Efficiency Issues in Cross-Layer Design of Wireless Sensor Networks
(14:30-15:10)

Prof. Sergio Palazzo, University Catania, Italy

COFFEE BREAK (15:10-15:30)

(4) Security and Trust in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (15:30-16:10)
Prof. Mohsen Guizanni, Western Michigan University, USA

(5) Cross-layer Dynamic Multiuser Resource Allocation and Adaptation for Wireless Networks (16:10-16:50)

Prof. Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science of Technology, China

(6) On Cooperative Relay in Wireless Communications (16:50-17:30)

Prof. Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

(7) The Cluster Project and Ongoing Research towards Next Generation Networks
(17:30-18:10)

Prof. Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Japan

Closing Remarks (18:10-18:20)

Prof. Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia

Welcome Party (18:20-20:30)

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