Date: Sunday, December 9, 2018
Time: 17:30 – 18:30
Place: Capital Suit 7, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, UAE
Agenda
- Introductory remarks
- Summary of ETI activities since the last meeting
- Conference updates
- T-MBMC updates
- Open discussion
- Adjournment
Minutes
Attendees: 20
Call to order: 17:40
- Introductions (Tadashi Nakano, Osaka University, Japan)
- Introduction to MBMC committee
- What is ETI and ComSoc organization
- History of MBMC
- Membership
- Activities:
- SAC at ICC and Globecom
- T-MBMC
- NANOCOM
- Biannual review results (Tadashi Nakano, Osaka University, Japan)
- Recommendation for TC
- Subject to BoG approval
- Conference updates
- ICC 2019: 30 submissions (Chair: Yifan Chen, Waikato University, NZ)
- GC 2019 (Chair: Adam Noel, University of Warwick, UK)
- T-MBMC updates (Chan-Byoung Chae, Yonsei University, Korea)
- Prof. Chae to be appointed as the new editor-in-chief, Jan. 1
- Latest issue is Sept 17
- 2016 – 2017, only two issues
- Publication rate declining
- Review process is slow, 6 months from submission to publication
- Planning special issues based on ICC/GC papers
- Need to be SCI-indexed
- Call for ideas to increase the submission rate
- Adjournment at 18:10