2010

MeMeA 2010
May 1, 2010 | Ottawa, Canada

MeMeA 2009
May 29-30, 2009 | Cetraro, Italy

MeMeA 2008
May 9-10, 2008 | Ottawa, Canada

MeMeA 2007
May 4-5, 2007 | Warsaw, Poland

MeMeA 2006
April 20-21, 2006 | Benevento, Italy

The MeMeA 2010 Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, intended to promote best results presented at MeMeA 2010, will be published in July 2011.

The MeMeA 2010 Special Issue will contain the papers selected on the basis of the results of regular peer review of the manuscripts submitted for consideration by the participants of MeMeA 2010. Each manuscript should be based on a paper published in the MeMeA 2010 Proceedings and presented at MeMeA 2010. However, the manuscript MUST be significantly extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper (in terms of the overall TECHNICAL content and research results).

Guest Editors

The MeMeA 2010 Publication Editors will be the guest editors of the TIM Special Issue, as well:
*Domenico Grimaldi, University of Calabria (Guest Editor of the last year TIM MeMeA Special Issue)
*Miodrag Bolic, University of Ottawa (Associate editor of Telecommunication Systems, Springer, 2008)
 

Deciding Committee

*Marco Parvis, Politecnico di Torino
*Alessandro Ferrero, Politecnico di Milano
*Branislav Djokic, National Research Council of Canada, Institute for National Measurement Standards (also, IMS Distinguished Lecturer and vice-chair of the IEEE Ottawa Chapter of IMS)
 
Special issue manuscript may ONLY be uploaded in the period of July 6-20, 2010. Please DO NOT try to submit your papers earlier, since the MeMeA 2010 Special Issue folder in Allentrack will not be available.

Important Dates

* 7/6/2010 - 7/20/2010 : Manuscript Submission Period
* 9/15/2010 : Review Completion   
* 10/15/2010 : Revised Manuscripts   

Manuscript Submission:

The manuscript, together with the accompanying documents “viz. the manuscript submission cover letter, the IEEE copyright transfer form, and the overlength page charge form” must be submitted electronically using the web-based submission system. Prior to submission of the manuscript, its author, especially if he/she has not yet used that system, should register and obtain a password that will enable him/her to enter the system and read Authors Instructions and Manuscript Upload Instructions. Both instructions contain information of vital importance for the problem-free submission. In particular, Authors Instructions provide the guidelines for the preparation of the manuscript. The following additional requirements must also be satisfied when submitting the manuscript:

1. The manuscript must be TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper, as mentioned above.
2. At the time of submission, the authors must provide detailed information regarding how the manuscript is a technically-extended version of the proceedings paper, as per the instructions below.
3. The proceedings paper MUST be clearly referred to in the text and listed as one of the references in the special-issue manuscript.
4. A PDF copy of the proceedings paper must also be submitted, as per the instructions below.

When uploading your manuscript click on “Special Issue Manuscript” in the “Manuscript Upload Instructions” page of the Allentrack System. Then, in page #1 of “Submit Manuscript” you must choose the proper Special Issue (i.e., MeMeA 2010 Special Issue). Subsequently, in the same page and in the “Files to Upload” section you MUST upload two files; one with containing a detailed explanation of how the paper is TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper and another which is a PDF copy of the MeMeA 2010 Proceedings paper. To this end, you must put the number “2” in the small box in front of “Extension Beyond Proceedings & Copy of Proceedings (if any was published)” so that the system allows you to upload these two files. Consequently, these two files will be available to the reviewers.

Failure to submit a detailed explanation of the TECHNICAL extension and a PDF copy of the MeMeA Proceedings paper will result in the immediate return of the manuscript to the author(s) as an unacceptable submission.

Notice: The MeMeA 2010 paper identifier should be put in the upper right-hand corner of every document to be submitted.

Further information and help

Mrs. Cam Ingelin
Editorial Assistant
E-mail: c.ingelin@ieee.org

Program is now availiable!

MEMEA 2010 will take place at the University of Ottawa which is located in the heart of Canada's capital city, just along the famous Rideau Canal, and within walking distance of several sites of interest including the Parliament Hill, the National Art Gallery and the Byward market.

Ottawa is the National Capital of Canada. It is in the central part of Canada at the junction of the Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau Rivers. The Ottawa Region, covering an area 4,662 square km (1,800 square miles) in size, is unique in its history, geography and lifestyle. It offers a wide variety of urban attractions: many of Canada's best museums and cultural facilities, as well as the Parliament Buildings and other historical structures and major institutions, are located in the Capital area. Ottawa is a bilingual (English and French) and multi-cultural city and has a population of about 1 million people.

Ottawa has been described as one of the most beautiful capitals in the world. Less than an hour's drive from the American border, Ottawa enjoys the attributes of a major center for the visual and performing arts, as well as other big city attractions.

Ottawa still maintains the accessibility, atmosphere and charm of a smaller city, in addition to access to spectacular park and wilderness areas located within and around the city. A large international airport serves the city with numerous domestic and international flights daily. Overseas access is quite easy, either by direct flight from London, or with connections through Toronto, Montreal, Newark, New York, Chicago, Detroit or Washington.

Transportation:
Ottawa is easily accessible by road, train and flight. University of Ottawa campus is strategically located at exit 118 of highway 417. VIA Rail train station is located just a few kilometers from the main campus, and transit between the train station and downtown Ottawa (including the main campus) is easy with either OC Transpo buses or taxis. Also, Ottawa has a large international airport that provides numerous domestic and international flights daily. Most major international destinations are connected through Toronto Pearson airport or Montreal Trudeau airport.

Location:
MeMeA 2010 will take place in a building of University of Ottawa at 200 Lees Avenue, room B168. This is the most southern building of the Main Campus, and can be seen also on the bottom of the campus map. ( marked with green arrow) Our Main Campus can be accessed as shown at http://www.uottawa.ca/maps/directions/

Hotels:
Being located in downtown Ottawa, the University of Ottawa main campus (marked UO on the following map) is surrounded by hotels of various categories, many of them located within walking distance from the main campus. Even though organizing committee does not recommend any specific hotel, a non-exhaustive list of possible accommodations located in downtown Ottawa is provided here for participants’ convenience. Please inquire directly with the hotels for information and reservation:

• Capital Hill Hotel & Suites (88 Albert St.)
• Cartier Place Suite Hotel (180 Cooper St.)
• Days Inn Ottawa Downtown (319 Rideau St.)
• Embassy Hotel & Suites (25 Cartier St.)
• Fairmont Chateau Laurier (1 Rideau St.)
• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Downtown Ottawa (111 Cooper St.)
• Les Suites Hotel (130 Besserer St.)
• Lord Elgin Hotel (100 Elgin St.)
• Novotel Ottawa (33 Nicholas St.)
• Ottawa Inns List (Bed & Breakfast - various locations)
• Quality Hotel Ottawa Downtown (290 Rideau St.)
• Westin Ottawa (11 Colonel By Drive)

Weather:
Early spring is still quite cool in Ottawa, with daytime temperatures in March and April near or below 10C. May brings a noticeable warm-up, with daytime temperatures averaging near 20C, which sparks an outburst of spring flowers. Visitors should bring long sleeved tops, as well as long pants and a lightweight jacket.

Tourist Information:
Those wishing to plan excursions in Canada before or after the Conference can obtain maps, accommodation lists and descriptions of sites of interest from the tourism services of the province of Ontario at http://www.ontariotravel.net/

Dowload PDF Call for Papers

Online Registration is now open. The registration fees are as follows and must be paid in US dollars.

COVERING THE EXPENSES FOR PAPER PUBLICATION
Do not jeopardize the publication of your work in the proceedings! An accepted paper will be published in the proceedings only if the full-fee registration payment for one of the authors is received and correctly processed by April 8, 2011 - no exceptions. Only member or non-member fees are allowed to cover the publication of an accepted paper. Student registration fees cannot be used to guarantee the publication of an accepted paper. If the author registering to cover the paper publication is a student, he has to pay the appropriate member or non-member fee. Members to whom the society bylaws grant special discounts (e.g., Life members of the IEEE) cannot use the discounted rates to cover the publication of an accepted paper: they have to pay the member fee.

One author registration will cover the publication expenses of only two accepted papers. For each additional accepted paper associated to the same registration, a 50 US$ printing contribution will be charged. In the case no registration has been received and correctly processed to cover the paper publication, the conference organizers will contact the authors before the paper is removed from the proceedings.

To qualify for member rates, the membership number must be provided in the registration form. No exception.

REGISTRATION PROBLEMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information concerning your registration, please, contact only the MeMeA Workshop Administrator:

Rachel Edmunds
email: redmunds@conferencecatalysts.com

Rachel Edmunds
MeMeA 2009 Workshop Administrator
email: redmunds@conferencecatalysts.com

Final Instructions

*The Conference Proceedings will be included in the IEEE Interactive Electronic Library (IEL) as part of IEEE Xplore. All authors who have been accepted must register for the conference and attend the conference to present their paper. Authors who do not attend the conference to present their papers, or arrange for a co-author or knowledgeable colleague to present their paper in the absence of the primary author, will not have their paper published in the IEEE IEL and IEEE Xplore, per latest IEEE policy.

1. Prepare the final version of the manuscript using the paper templates linked below.

Paper Templates

Final Paper Appearance

REMEMBER: the final version of a paper in the format given above CANNOT EXCEED 6 PAGES. NO EXCEPTION IS ALLOWED.

2. Register online.

Online Registration is now open! You MUST register before uploading your final paper. Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the FULL IEEE Member or Non-Member registration fee by April 8, 2010. Student fees do not ensure publication of a paper - no exceptions. One full registration covers only one (1) paper. To guarantee inclusion in the proceedings of more than one (1) paper, the author must pay a USD $50 surcharge for each paper in excess. If you need to register by bank transfer, please contact Rachel Edmunds, MeMeA 2010 Administrator.

NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S COMPLETED REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT.

3. An electronic version of the final manuscript must be generated for the conference proceedings.

From the final manuscript formatted as instructed above, authors must generate the electronic version in PDF format. Regardless of its initial format, the file containing the final version of the paper must be transformed in the PDF format using the IEEE PDF express web tool. PDF files generated by means of other tools are not acceptable.

To generate the IEEE Xplore compatible PDF file of your paper, follow these steps:

Create your IEEE PDF eXpress account by going to: http://www.pdf-express.org and using Conference ID: MeMeA10x

The first time you access the system, please follow the link to New user. Please note that, in order to access the service, you need to allow the use of cookies from the PDF eXpress web site. Once you have registered as a new user:

   1. upload the source file (containing your paper) for conversion
   2. receive by e-mail the IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF of your paper. Once you’ve received your PDF file, upload it to EDAS

4. Send the electronic version of the final manuscript, complete the presenter's biography form, and submit the copyright form through EDAS by April 8, 2010.

   1. Once you receive your Xplore compatible PDF, log in at http://edas.info
   2. Upload you paper.
       Click the My Papers tab. Click the upload icon (third column from the right) and a dialog box will open that will enable you to select and upload your paper via the web or via FTP.
   3. Fill in and sign the IEEE Copyright Transfer form.
      The IEEE is enforcing strict copyright rules. For your convenience, the copyright form is made available electronically through EDAS. To access the copyright form, click on the 'My Papers' tab and then click on the copyright icon under the copyright column (second column from the right). Authors who are not authorized to sign a copyright transfer form, should download the paper version of a copyright transfer form, fill it in, and ask an authorized person to sign it.Then, send the completed form to the MeMeA 2010 Administrator by fax: +1 (785) 537 3437.
NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE SUBMITTED COPYRIGHT FORM.
   4. Prepare the presenter's biography form.
       Please declare who will be presenting the paper at the conference on EDAS. To do this, click the 'My Papers' tab, click on your paper title, and then click the Change/Add icon in the Presenter row. Indicate who will present the paper and click Choose presenter. Presenters must fill out a short bio (50 word max) on EDAS by going to the ‘My Profile’ tab and filling in the information in the ‘Brief bio’ field. Information in this form will be used by the session chairperson to introduce the presenter.

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR WEB AND INTERNET POSTING

If authors like to post their papers electronically on any web site, any ftp site, or any other electronic dissemination technique, they must include the IEEE Copyright notice on the initial screen displaying the IEEE-copyrighted material.

Problems in preparing and submitting your final manuscript? Further Information?

Contact the IEEE MeMeA 2010 Conference Administrator:

Rachel Edmunds
Conference Catalysts, LLC
1-785-783-5520

Honorary Chair
Marco Parvis, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

General Chairs
Voicu Groza, University of Ottawa, Canada
Rafik Goubran, Carleton University, Canada

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Sergio Rapuano, Università del Sannio, Italy
Hilmi Dajani, University of Ottawa, Canada

Publications Chairs
Domenico Grimaldi, University of Calabria, Italy
Miodrag Bolic

Steering Committee
Martin Bouchard
Pasquale Daponte
Alessandro Ferrero
Radu Leca
Emil M. Petriu
Sreeraman Rajan

Local Arrangements Chairs
Raed Abdullah
Wahab Almuhtadi
Branislav Djokic

Technical Program Committee
Rami Abielmona
Mihaela Albu
Cesare Alippi
Miodrag Bolic
Adrian Chan
Ana-Maria Cretu
Vladimir Cretu
Hilmi Dajani
Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
Costel Flueraru
James Green
Domenico Grimaldi
Frans Groen
Voicu Groza
Sergiy Kharkivskiy
Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Pierre Payeur
Octavian Postolache
Sreeraman Rajan
Sergio Rapuano
Shervin Shirmohammadi
Alberto Vallan
Krzysztof Zaremba

Conference Management
Chris Dyer
Conference Catalysts LLC, USA