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Position vacant at the Institute for Telecommunications Research, Adelaide, Australia

“There is plenty of room at the bottom” as Feynman presciently stated about the atomic scale, and communication is needed down there. There is a growing trend of results from diverse approaches that both leverages and overcomes the environment at the nanoscale. These include molecular motors, random carbon nanotube networks, calcium signaling, and quantum networking to name a few. The goal of this issue is to focus upon ad hoc networking at the nanoscale and thus is not seeking static system-on-chip results unless they are in support of ad hoc nanoscale network approaches.

ICCES09 is the main conference in Computes and Systems Engineering in Egypt. It is organized by Ain Shams University, Copmuters and Systems Eng. Dept. and cosponsored by the ��������.

At the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway, there is a vacant position as postdoctoral fellow in coding theory for 3 years. Announcement, see: https://secure.jobbnorge.no/Job.aspx?jobid=59725 Application deadline: August 20, 2009

The IPSN 2010 Conference, which will be held April 16-19, 2010, in conjunction with CPS WEEK 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, has posted a call for papers. The abstract registration deadline is October 23, 2009.

ITW 2009 Taormina, early registration deadline July 19th

2009 �������� Awards and Medals, presented at ISIT 2009, Seoul, Korea, June 30, 2009

Marie Curie Fellowships open call (EU postdoctoral fellowships)

A RESEARCH FELLOW POSITION in coding is now open at the University of Melbourne, Australia, Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Nominations for the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technology are due June 30.

Individual IT Society members can nominate candidates for election to the Board of Governors.

This winter, the information theory community lost one of its giants: Ralf Kötter passed away in Munich, Germany, in the early morning hours of February 2, 2009. During the past 15 years, his seminal contributions have transformed our field, and his work will surely remain a source of inspiration for years to come. Those of us who have had the privilege to know Ralf personally will cherish the memory of a towering intellect, with a big heart and a gentle soul.