ACM S³ 2024 Workshop

The Wireless of the Students, by the Students, and for the Students Workshop provides a unique venue for graduate students around the world to present, discuss, and exchange ideas on cross-cutting research on mobile wireless networks. As its name suggests, the workshop is organized by students, and the technical sessions are given by student presenters. The workshop aims at fostering early--career development among students and exposing them to the workings of an academic life. It provides a venue for students to learn about each other's work and discover opportunities for collaboration.

Important Dates

• Paper Submission: July 19^th, 2024 (23:59:59 AoE)
• Paper Acceptance Notification: August 20^th, 2024
• Paper Camera Ready: September 13^th, 2024
Poster/Demo/3MT Submission: same as paper submission deadlines

Topics

The workshop invites students to submit papers, posters, demos and participate in elevator pitch sessions. Students are also welcome to submit their ongoing work directly to the TPC committee. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the student TPC. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Backscatter communication and wireless power
• Satellites Communication and networks
• Large language models (LLMs) and generative AI for mobile and wireless systems
• Next generation of mobile networks (5G, 6G and beyond)
• Architectures, protocols, and algorithms in wireless networks
• Pricing of mobile and wireless networks and services
• Ad-hoc, vehicular, and wireless sensor networks
• Security and privacy of mobile and wireless systems
• Measurements of mobile and network ecosystems
• Mobile data science & analysis
• Sensing using mobile phones, wearables, robots, quad-copters, crowd-sourcing etc.
• Operating system and middle-ware support for mobile computing and networking
• Modeling, measurement and simulation of mobile networks
• Applications of machine learning to mobile/wireless research
• Millimeter wave and terahertz communications
• Mobile web, video, AR/VR/Immersive reality, and other applications
• Experimental test-beds for mobile/wireless networks
• Systems for location and context sensing and awareness
• User interfaces, experience, and usability for mobile applications and systems
• Data management for mobile and wireless systems
• Sustainable agricultural practices through precision farming
• Reducing carbon footprint of wireless networks and mobile devices

Poster/Demo

You can also present a poster or demo of your work. Demos and poster submissions should consist of a one-page abstract in the same format describing the demonstration plan or the outline of the poster content. We encourage students with a paper, poster, or demo at ACM MobiCom to present their work at S³ as well. We will be awarding prizes for the best poster/demo.

• The title of these papers must bear a "Poster:"/"Demo:" prefix.
• Page limit: 1 page including references, with 10 points font

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

3MT is developed by The University of Queensland for showcasing research done by PhD researchers. 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Participating in 3MT develops academic, presentation and research communication skills, while developing research candidates’ ability to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Plus, it comes with the opportunity to win prizes!.

The title of these papers must bear a "3MT:" prefix and should be a one-page abstract with the same format for paper submission. Contestants should prepare a one-slide presentation of the topic they plan to present for maximum of 3 minutes during the ACM S3 3MT competition. You should adhere to the standard 3MT competition rules listed here. We will be using the standard judging criteria for 3MT competition at ACM S3 which can be accessed here. Awards will be announced at the end of the event.

• The title of these papers must bear a "3MT:" prefix.
• Page limit: 1 page with roughly 350-400 words (that can be spoken in 3 minutes)

Submission Instructions

All paper/poster/3MT submissions will be handled electronically at the S³ 2024 submission website. All submitted papers will be evaluated through a double-blind reviewing process, with the identities of the authors withheld from the reviewers.

Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers. Paper submissions should be no longer than 3 pages in font size no smaller than 10 points, including figures and references, in standard ACM conference format. Demos and poster submissions should consist of a one-page abstract in the same format describing the demonstration plan or the outline of the poster content. We encourage students with a paper, poster, or demo at ACM MobiCom main conference to present their work at this workshop as well.

Before final submission, you are expected to make sure that your paper complies with the following requirements. Please do not violate these requirements with the aim of including additional material: submissions that violate the formatting requirements may not be reviewed. Any papers that do not adhere to the following guidelines may be immediately rejected:

• Page limit: 3 pages, including all references.
• Font size no smaller than 10 points. The camera-ready papers can have font size of 9 points
• Double column format with each column having dimensions 9.25 inches x 3.33 inches, a space of 0.33 inches between the two columns, and with no more than 55 lines of text per column.
• Fit properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5 inches by 11 inches).
• Submissions must be in PDF (Portable Document Format) authors should ensure that they are compatible with Adobe Acrobat (English version). Any other formats, including Postscript and MS-Word, will not be accepted.
• Authors' names must not appear anywhere in the paper or in the PDF file. The PDF file must also not contain any embedded hyperlinks, as these may compromise reviewer anonymity.
• Limit the file size to less than 15 MB: contact the PC chairs if you have a file larger than this limit.
• You may find these templates useful in complying with the above requirements. For Latex users, please use \documentclass[sigconf,10pt]{acmart}. As an author, you bear the final responsibility to verify that your submission is format-compliant.

Panel Discussions

Our panel discussions' format focuses on the Q&A style that we encourage more questions asked from the student audience. There will be a shortlist of curated questions from the moderator, and most importantly, we aim to allocate most of the time to the student audiences' questions. Please email chairs if you are interested to join as a panelist.

Academia or industry: what to consider while making the decision

Importance of Artifacts and re-producibility of research

How to use AI-chat tools in research and teaching

TPC members are also invited to propose potential talks. While the program committee and presenters will be restricted to current graduate students, we encourage all members of the wireless/mobile computing community to attend and participate.

Contact Us

Please email TPC co-chairs Nakul Garg, Prerna Khanna, or Jian Ding (nakul22@umd.edu, pkhanna@cs.stonybrook.edu, jian.ding@yale.edu) if you have any questions.