Axcess International Inc., a leading provider of wireless business-activity monitoring solutions, announced the “industry’s first Smart Wireless Sticker.” It provides automatic item identification, locating, tracking, protecting, data logging, and condition sensing for items up to 1000 ft. away, at a cost of less than $10 per sticker. The “wireless computer on a sticker” combines traditional bar codes, Electronic Product Code (EPC) RFID, long-range RFID tracking, and wireless sensing in a small electronic label easily adhered to most any object. It is designed to enhance data management in product manufacturing, product automatic identification in shipping, automatic inventory and protection of enterprise assets, and visibility into the condition of perishables and pharmaceuticals throughout the shipping process.

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The PhD-NOW seminar aims to provide a friendly and supportive atmosphere where PhD students can present their ongoing research, get constructive feedback and learn what problems are being tackled by the fellow students. More importantly, it also provides a venue for all students to “network” with each other, as well as with the established researchers, obtain valuable guidance and tips, and participate in a forum designed specifically to benefit graduate students. We particularly encourage PhD students from the EU convergence regions and Western Balkan countries to take part in the workshop. The seminar is supported by the PROSENSE, FP7 Support Action project .

Applicants should be far enough into their PhD to have a concrete proposal, and have initially outlined the most important issues and proposed research methodology. Selected abstracts will appear in the AdHOC-NOW proceedings. Comprehensive surveys of the state-of-the-art in relevant technologies are also encouraged.

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MobiSys 2008 announces “A PhD Forum on Mobile Systems Applications and Services” (see Call for Contributions).  The PhD Forum will be organized as a poster session, which will be viewed by all the attendees, for PhD students to present and discuss their dissertation research with people in the field of mobile systems applications and services. This forum will allow PhD students to get feedback on their research in a friendly and supporting environment from their PhD peers, faculty, and industry representatives.  Students planning to graduate within 1-2 years or who will have completed their dissertation during the 2007-2008 academic year are eligible to join.

This is the first PhD forum led by PhD students for PhD students.
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