Progress Update

Dates and Location

• Austin, Texas USA• Hilton Austin (downtown)

– Conference hotel– Technical program

• June 12-18 (Saturday through Friday) 2010

Executive Team

• General co-chairs– Behnaam Aazhang, Rice– Costas Georghiades, Texas A&M

• Technical program co-chairs – Michael Gastpar, UC Berkeley – Robert Heath, University of Texas in Austin– Krishna Narayanan, Texas A&M

Executive Team

• Treasurer– Aria Nosratinia, Univ. Texas in Dallas

• Publicity – Jean-Francois Chamberland, Texas A&M– Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice Univ.

• Local Arrangements– Jeffrey Andrews, Univ. Texas at Austin – Sriram Viswananth, Univ. Texas at Austin

Executive Team

• Tutorials– Zixiang Xiong, Texas A&M Univ.

• Publications– Dinesh Rajan, SMU

• Student travel grants– Joseph Cavallaro, Rice

• Recent results– Serap Savari, Texas A&M Univ.– Sanjay Shakkottai, Univ. Texas at Austin

Organizational Cornerstones

• Contract with “Conference Management Services” (CMS) is being finalized as we speak and will cover:– Handling of all money streams, from registration

payments to IEEE audit.– Handling of all admin matters for papers (including

IEEExplore compliance)– Call for papers– Webpage, including updating etc.

Budget Cornerstones

• Expected number of participants 820• Conference hotel room per night $189 (multiple occupancy

allowed); and many cheaper hotels nearby.• Registration fee: currently planned at $600, with reduced rate

$300.– Welcome reception– One luncheon– One dinner banquet– Coffee breaks

• ISIT is guaranteeing 1720 room-nights

Budget Cornerstones

• Expected external support $40K– Federal agencies– Local industry

• Budgeted surplus $79K

Technical Program Committee

• CfP is ready (see paper handout…)– Submission deadline: January 7, 2010– Reviews in: March 8, 2010– TPC meeting: with CISS (Princeton), likely

Saturday, March 20, 2010– Notifications: April 1, 2010– Session arrangements: mid-April 2010

• TPC composition confirmed (65 regular members, 5 appeals members)

About Austin

• International airport– Non stop flights from most major US cities– Toronto, Mexico city, Monterrey

• Population of over 600,000

Downtown Austin

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/downloads/downtown_hotels.pdf

500ft

Conference Hotel

Nightlife

Hike and bike trail (both sides)View of downtown across river

Nightlife

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/downloads/e6th_2page.pdfConference Hotel

500ft ~ 160m