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Message from MMTC Chair

Dear MMTC fellow members, Thank you very much for your trust in selecting me in this Chair role to serve for this TC. As all of you may have observed, MMTC has made significant progress in the past 2 years under Qian's great leadership. I just list 2 examples below for your reference: • The influence of this TC has been significantly promoted to a larger community with 1000+ researchers; • The ...

Message from MMTC Chair

Video transmission combines large quantities of data with real-time requirements, two constraints which are hard to meet in low-power wireless multi-hop networks. This position paper presents experimental results of multi-hop video transmission in an IEEE802.15.4-based wireless network, using a protocol stack based solely on standards which are being finalized. This practical look allows us to ...

Message from general chair

Welcome to Atlanta, Georgia and to the 24th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium. It has been my honor to spend several years of planning for Georgia Institute of Technology to host this event and to work with the Computer Society and our veteran volunteer team to make this week a reality. The success of this symposium is a direct result of the hard work and contributions...

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From the BCVS Chair.

A Proud History In July 2019, the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science (BCVS) will celebrate its 20th anniversary. For this first News and Views: From the BCVS Chair for Circulation Research, I thought it would be most appropriate to provide a brief history and mission statement of the AHA BCVS Council. In 1924, 6 leading cardiologists across the nation—Drs L...