Awards

Cognitive Networks Technical Committee (TCCN)
www.comsoc.org/~tccn
Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Chandramouli
Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Honggang Zhang
Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Evans
Industry Liaisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sai Shankar, Carlos Cordeiro, Patricia Martigne
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mainak Chatterjee
Web Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wenjing Wang
The goal of TCCN is to provide a platform for its members in particular, and the
cognitive networking research, development, policy making and standardization
community in general, to interact and exchange technical ideas to identify major
challenges and also derive solutions in the development of cognitive networking
technologies.
Communications & Information Security (CIS)
www.comsoc.org/~cis
Chair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stam Kartalopoulos
Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Mueller
This committee promotes security of all types of communication networks and
forms of information transported therein, end to end. Security interests start
from the network physical layer, ending at the user application layer. It focuses
on secure methods and techniques that guard the privacy and information of
the user as transported by the network.
Communications Quality & Reliability (CQR)
www.comsoc.org/~cqr
Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chi-Ming Chen
Chair-Elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hiromi Ueda
Vice Chair - Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hideaki Yoshino
Vice Chair – Programs Dev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Hoath
Vice Chair - Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anil Macwan
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Krantz
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Go Hasegawa
This committee focuses on and advocates worldwide communications quality and
reliability on behalf of and within the Communications Society. CQR serves as the
catalyst for global awareness and the exchange of information relative to
technical and management-related aspects of communications quality and
reliability.
Communications Software (CommSoft)
www.comsoc.org/~commsoft
Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Algirdas Pakstas
Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pascal Lorenz
Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikola Rozic
The mission of this committee is to advance the state of the art in
communications software and its various aspects and applications. It serves as
the major forum for discussion among communications software professionals in
both the communications and computer industries.
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