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PrefaceAd Hoc Networks are wireless, self-organiz<strong>in</strong>g systems formed <strong>by</strong> co-operat<strong>in</strong>gnodes, with<strong>in</strong> communication range of each other which form temporary networks.Their topology is dynamic, decentralized, and ever-chang<strong>in</strong>g, and thenodes may move around arbitrarily. The last few years have witnessed a wealthof research ideas on Ad Hoc networks which are mov<strong>in</strong>g rapidly <strong>in</strong>to implementedstandards.Mobile comput<strong>in</strong>g, particularly wireless-enabled mobile comput<strong>in</strong>g, covers alarge area of applications <strong>in</strong> mobile comput<strong>in</strong>g environments, network<strong>in</strong>g, communicationdevices and systems. This conference exposes experimental as well astheoretical research <strong>in</strong> ad hoc, mobile and wireless networks. The range of topicscovered <strong>in</strong>cludes management of power consumption, architectures and protocols,quality of service, and security. The aim of the conference was to providea unique opportunity for researchers and students <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry and academia toparticipate at an annual forum and share their research results and experiences.This conference followed the first successful conference (held at the Fields Institute<strong>in</strong> Toronto dur<strong>in</strong>g September 20–21 of last year), and was held at the HolidayInn, Midtown <strong>in</strong> Montreal dur<strong>in</strong>g October 8–10, 2003. It was co-sponsored<strong>by</strong> the Mobile Comput<strong>in</strong>g and Network<strong>in</strong>g Research Laboratory (LARIM) of theÉcole Polytechnique de Montréal, the School of <strong>Computer</strong> <strong>Science</strong> (SCS) of CarletonUniversity, MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and ComplexSystems), and the Association for Comput<strong>in</strong>g Mach<strong>in</strong>ery (ACM).Forty-two papers were submitted, of which 23 regular and 4 short papers wereselected for presentation. All papers were reviewed for technical merit <strong>by</strong> theprogram committee. We would like to thank the <strong>in</strong>vited speakers Adrian Perrig(Carnegie Mellon University, USA) and Violet R. Syrotiuk (Arizona State University,USA) for their presentations. Many thanks also go to Khaled Laouamrifor help<strong>in</strong>g with the conference logistics, as well as all the follow<strong>in</strong>g people fortheir helpful contribution as paper reviewers: Gustavo Alonso, Ronald Beaubrun,Paul Boone, Steven Chamberland, Ali Chamam, Soumaya Cherkaoui, RochGlitho, Norm Hutch<strong>in</strong>son, Jeannette Janssen, Mike Just, Danny Krizanc, ThomaKunz, Peter Marbach, Fabien Nimbona, Paolo Penna, Alejandro Qu<strong>in</strong>tero, S.S.Ravi, Daniel Rossier, Sunil Shende, Ivan Stojmenovic, Tao Wan, and Yufei Wu.Special thanks to Amir Ghavam, Jeyanthi Hall and Zhey<strong>in</strong> Li for publicity, andMark Vigder for Web site contributions. F<strong>in</strong>ally, we would like to thank allthe members of the organiz<strong>in</strong>g committee, as well as Raymond Lévesque andSébastien Lévesque from BCU.Michel BarbeauEvangelos KranakisSamuel Pierre

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