The Division of Electrical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

May 27th, 2008 is the first day of the centenary year of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), which was established in 1909 through the pioneering vision of Jamshedji N. Tata. To celebrate this important milestone in the Institute's history, the Division of Electrical Sciences of the Institute is organizing a centenary conference with the theme "Managing Complexity in a Distributed World."

This forward looking theme envisions the growing importance of the design, optimisation, control, implementation and management of complex distributed systems such as ubiquitous and pervasive computing systems, distributed security and surveillance systems, content distribution networks, intelligent transportation systems, integrated hybrid power systems, ad hoc and cooperative multihop wireless networks, etc. We expect this conference to serve as a forum for presenting current work in these and related areas from the points of view of electrical & electronics engineering, communication, and computing. The conference will be unique in that its sessions and tracks will be planned to promote inter-disciplinary interaction. In addition to technical sessions consisting of contributed papers, the conference will include invited and plenary talks, special sessions on inter-disciplinary areas, tutorials, and panel discussions.