Dallas IEEE CS Meeting -- 20 MAR 2008

IEEE Computer Society

Dallas Chapter

20 MAR 2008 Meeting

*When:*	Thursday 20 MAR 2008 Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Talk: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
*Where:*	Texas Instruments ("South Campus") 12500 TI Boulevard (SAME location as 8505 Forest Ln; just redefined main gate) Dallas, TX (Conference Rooms S1 & S2)
*Topic:*	Cross-Layer Wireless Networking
*Speaker:*	Dr. Andrea Fumagalli, Professor Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Dallas
*Abstract:*	Data link control protocols can be designed to facilitate some of the functionalities provided by the higher layers, while still preserving the modularity of the OSI layering architecture. This presentation will illustrate some performance gains at both the network and transport layers, which may originate from this cross-layer protocol design practice.
*Bio:*	Dr. Andrea Fumagalli is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also Head of the Telecommunications Program (http://www.te.utdallas.edu/) and Head of the Open Networking Advanced Research (OpNeAR) Lab at UTD (http://opnear.utdallas.edu).
*Directions:*	Even though TI's Forest Lane site has been given a new official entrance address at 12500 TI Boulevard and been renamed as TI's "South Campus," find our Dallas IEEE CS meetings just as you've always done. Head to the site's SouthEast (SE) entrance off Forest Lane JUST west of Greenville Avenue. Preferred parking is at extreme SE corner of the building. Enter the public lobby at building's SE corner and ask guard to direct you to conference rooms S-1/S-2 (very near this entrance). (See map.)
*Cost:*	Technical Presentation: FREE to both IEEE CS Members and the general public. Lunch: $10 to both Members and Non-Members. Please reserve lunch by 17 MAR with our online form or by contacting Lucrecia at 214-480-4194 (Lucrecia) .
*Access:*	Since the meeting rooms are inside TI, some attendees may need to pre-register for access. If you are neither a U.S. citizen nor permanent U.S. resident (with "green card") and are from a "restricted country", please contact Jim at 214-480-4691 (Jim) by 17 MAR to arrange for convenient pre-registration .

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