MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS GRANT.
REPORT ON IEEE COMSOC COLOMBIA MDSG EVENT
IEEE COLCOM 2008
Date: September 25 and 26, 2008
Event: IEEE Colombian Communications Conference, COLCOM 2008.
Place: Dann Monasterio Hotel, Popayan, Colombia
No. of attendees: 220, of whom 45% were ComSoc members.
Website: http://comsoc.org/colombia/colcom
Background:
The IEEE Colombian Communications Conference, COLCOM 2008, took place in Popayan,
Colombia, from September 24 to 27. The IEEE COLCOM 2008 had the goal of stimulate, promote
and spread the development of the management, technological, normative and regulatory knowledge
in the areas of communications in Colombia. The technical program allowed the academic and
industrial community to show their research advances; it also opened a space for the discussion
about the impact of the communications in our community.
Proceedings:
The IEEE Colombian Communications Conference took place in Popayan, Colombia. There were,
approximately, 220 attendees, from this number, 45% were members of the IEEE Communications
Society.
The Conference had six lectures, two from international experts, Ph. D. Subra Ganesan, DV from the
IEEE Computer Society and Ph. D. Anna Scaglione, supported by the IEEE Communications Society.
Four of the lectures were given by national lecturers, Ph.D. Ana Maria Cardenas Soto, Ph.D. Marco
Aurelio Alzate, Ph.D. Cesar Collazos, Ph.D. Roberto Bustamante Miller and Eng. Luz Victoria Diaz
Assessor of the Communication Ministers. They share their research experience and their vision
about the telecommunications in the country and in the world. The Conference also had 36 paper
presentations, selected from a call for papers that was attended by research groups, universities and
industry, who presented their last year research results.
In addition to the Conference, three short tutorial courses were given. Short course "CAN, LIN,
FlexRay protocols for Military vehicle inside -communications and Automotive Collision Warning
Systems and Military application", by Ph. D. Subra Ganesan, with 100 attendees; short course
“Human Computer Interfaces”, by Ph.D. Cesar Collazos, with 120 attendees, and the short course
“Cooperative Networks and Growth of Wireless Infrastructures”, by Ph.D. Anna Scaglione, with 80
attendees. All the tutorials are developmented in the “Francisco Lemos Arboleda” auditorium of the
Universidad del Cauca.
According to the evaluation from the attendees, the Conference, had a high technical level and a high
level of satisfaction in the areas of infrastructure, logistics and general organization.
Expenses to be reimbursed from the MDSG:
Air Tickets
• Anna Scaglione
USD $ 1019,7
Total = USD $ 1019,7
Attachments:
1. Program
SEPT 24, 2008
Hour
09:00 a.m. - 12:00 m.
06:00 p.m. - 09:00 p.m.
SEPT 25, 2008
Tour
07:00 a.m. - 08:00 p.m.
08:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m.
09:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
12:30 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.
02:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.
04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.
04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
07:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Activity
Tutorial: "CAN, LIN, FlexRay protocols for Military vehicle inside
-communications and Automotive Collision Warning Systems and
Military application"
Ph. D. Subra Ganesan
Tutorial: “Human – Computer Interfaces”
Ph.D. Cesar Collazos.
Activity
Registration and Delivery Material
Congress Inauguration
Retos para la Academia - La Visión Gubernamental en el
Desarrollo del Sector
Eng. Luz Victoria Diaz
Coffee Break
Hacia una teoría de Internet
Ph. D. Marco Aurelio Alzate
Lunch
Technical Paper Expo
Poster Expo / Coffee Break
Planificación de Redes de Acceso Basada en Demanda: De
Redes Hibridas a Redes PON.
Ph. D. Ana María Cárdenas
SEPT 26, 2008
Tour
08:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m.
09:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
12:30 a.m. – 02:00 p.m.
02:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.
04:00 p.m. – 04:30 p.m.
04:30 p.m. – 06:00 p.m.
Activity
RFID and GPS Technology for Tracking and other Military
Applications
Ph.D. Subra Ganesan
Redes de Acceso de Banda Ancha para Entornos Rurales
Ph. D. Roberto Bustamante
Coffee Break
Las TIC en la Sociedad: Una Oportunidad o una Amenaza?
Ph. D. Cesar Collazos
Lunch
Technical Paper Expo
Poster Expo / Coffee Break
Cooperative Networks and Growth of Wireless Infrastructures
Ph. D. Anna Scaglione
09:00 p.m. – 03:00 a.m.
SEPT 27, 2008
Hour
09:00 a.m. - 12:00 m.
2. Pictures
COLCOM 2008
The Dann Monasterio Hotel
Activity
Cooperative Networks and Growth of Wireless Infrastructures
(Deeper)
Ph. D. Anna Scaglione
The Tutorials
The Conference
Social Events
Whit the Lectures
The COLCOM 2008 Team
The ComSoc Colombian Team
Report Prepared By:
Eng. Carlos Andrés Lozano Garzón
Chair ComSoc Chapter
IEEE - Colombia
email: calozanog@ieee.org
cell phone: +57 3103048950, +57 3002759898