Welcome to WUWNet’07 The Second ACM International Workshop on Underwater Networks Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBIE Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE OES Student Travel Grant from NSF

About WUWNet Launched in 2006 –WUWNet’06 in Los Angeles –General Co-Chairs: Jun-Hong Cui and Urbashi Mitra TPC Co-Chairs: Kevin Fall and Milica StojanovicJun-Hong Cui Urbashi MitraKevin Fall Milica Stojanovic –A big success: 65 formal attendees … Fast growing interests in underwater communication and networks –Foster the second WUWNet –WUWNet’07 in Montreal

Organizing Committees General Co-Chairs –Ian F. Akyildiz and David Hung-Chang DuIan F. AkyildizDavid Hung-Chang Du TPC Co-Chairs –Robert H. Headrick and Michele ZorziRobert H. HeadrickMichele Zorzi Steering Committee –Ian F. Akyildiz, Jun-Hong Cui (Chair), David Hung-Chang Du, Kevin Fall, John Heidemann, Urbashi Mitra, Milica StojanovicIan F. AkyildizJun-Hong CuiDavid Hung-Chang DuKevin FallJohn HeidemannUrbashi MitraMilica Stojanovic

Organizing Committees (cont.) Publicity Co-Chairs –Qilian Liang and Dario PompiliQilian LiangDario Pompili WIP Poster Co-Chairs –Volkan Rodoplu and Wei YeVolkan RodopluWei Ye Demo Co-Chairs –Payman Arabshahi and Geoffrey XiePayman ArabshahiGeoffrey Xie Financial Chair –Shengli ZhouShengli Zhou

Technical Committee Jun-Hong Cui ( University of Connecticut)Jun-Hong Cui Kevin Fall ( Intel Research, Berkeley)Kevin Fall Joao Pedro Gomes ( Instituto Superior Tcnico, Portugal)Joao Pedro Gomes Al Harris ( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)Al Harris Ronald A. Iltis ( University of California, Santa Barbara )Ronald A. Iltis Brian Levine ( University of Massachusetts)Brian Levine Urbashi Mitra ( University of Southern California)Urbashi Mitra Mehul Motani ( National University of Singapore, Singapore)Mehul Motani James Preisig ( Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI))James Preisig Robert Qiu ( Tennessee Technological University)Robert Qiu Volkan Rodoplu ( University of California, Santa Barbara)Volkan Rodoplu Dan Rouseff ( Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington)Dan Rouseff Sumit Roy ( University of Washington)Sumit Roy Daniela Rus ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Daniela Rus Winston Seah ( Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)Winston Seah Milica Stojanovic ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Milica Stojanovic Yang Xiao ( University of Alabama)Yang Xiao Wei Ye ( University of Southern California/ISI)Wei Ye

Program Summary CFP attracted 25 submissions from the United States, Norway, Ireland, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Turkey, France, and Italy TPC accepted 10 full length papers and 5 short papers (to be presented as posters). Invited two keynote speakers: –Mike Porter and Joe Rice Program covers a variety of topics in underwater communications, networking, and applications –3 technical paper presentation sessions WIP poster and demo session – 10 WIP posters and 5 demos

Program Agenda Welcome/Announcements Session 1: Invited Talks Coffee Break Session 2: PHY and Theory Lunch Poster/Demo Session (including short papers, work-in-progress posters, and demos) Session 3: Protocols, Systems and Applications I Coffee Break Session 4: Protocols, Systems and Applications II Closing Remarks See handouts for details!