MILCOM Technical Paper Tracks
 

Technical Paper Tracks
Topics may be addressed from both implementation and analytical perspectives. They include but are not limited to those listed below.

Track 1
Waveforms and Signal Processing
Chair: Reza Ghanadan (Boeing)
Co-Chair: Matthew Valenti (West Virginia University)

  • Antenna and RF Technology
  • Anti-jamming Techniques
  • Compressive Sensing
  • Cognitive Radios
  • Cooperative Diversity and Physical Layer Network Coding
  • Dynamic Spectrum Management
  • Modified Commercial Wireless
  • Modulation and Coding
  • Radar System, Detection and Localization
  • Satellite Signals
  • Signal Processing Algorithms
  • Underwater Communications

Track 2
Networking Protocols and Performance
Chair: Harlan Russell (Clemson University)
Co-Chair: Li Li (CRC, Canada)

  • Ad Hoc, Mesh, Sensor Networks
  • Capacity Analysis and Optimization
  • Cross-Layer Design
  • Disruption-Tolerant Networks
  • Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management
  • MAC and Link-Layer Protocols
  • Network and Transport Protocols
  • Network Coding
  • Next-Generation Wireless Networks
  • Optical Networks
  • Topology and Network Control

Track 3
Cyber Security and Trusted Computing
Chair: Sherry Wang (Johns Hopkins APL)
Co-Chair: Harold Zheng (Johns Hopkins APL)

  • Cloud Computing Security
  • Critical Infrastructure Security (e.g., Smart Grid Security)
  • Cyber Operations
  • Distributed Systems Security
  • Information Assurance and Security in Tactical Environment
  • Joint Tactical Network Security
  • Mobile Network Security, Including MANET, 3G/4G, Bluetooth, 802.11
  • Trusted Networking Security and Privacy
  • Vulnerability, Exploitation Tools, and Virus Analysis

Track 4
System Perspectives
Chair: Thomas Royster (MIT Lincoln Lab)
Co-Chair: Frederick Block (MIT Lincoln Lab)

  • Challenged Networks (e.g., vehicular, underground, satellite, and underwater)
  • Communications-on-the-Move
  • Efficient Spectrum Utilization
  • Hybrid Satellite, Terrestrial, and Wireless Networks
  • Interoperability
  • Network-Centric Capabilities
  • Network Management and Policy
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Networks and Protocols
  • System Architecture
  • Test Beds, Experiments, Exercises, and Demonstrations

Track 5
Services and Applications
Chair: Jerry Sonnenberg (Harris)
Co-Chair: Michael Kurdziel (Harris)

  • Communications Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications
  • Content-Based Network Service and Network Applications
  • COTS Technology Transformative Military Applications
  • Proxy and Middleware
  • QoS and Traffic Engineering
  • Service-Oriented Architectures
  • System Modeling and Simulations

Track 6
Selected Topics in Communications
Chair: Ananthram Swami (Army Research Lab)
Co-Chair: Keith Gremban (DARPA)

  • Cognitive Analysis
  • Cognitive and Social Networking
  • Content-Based Networking
  • Cross-Genre Networks
  • Human Behavior in Cyber World
  • Network and Information Sciences
  • Machine-to-Machine Communications

Classified topics of particular interest include:

  • Cyber Security/Warfare
  • Electronic Warfare
  • IED Detection/Geolocation
  • Jamming/RF Denial
  • Low-Power Devices
  • Network Technology
  • Special Operations