The USC Viterbi School of Engineering is covering the local expenses of all participants (hotel stay at the Midtown Radisson for May 19th and 20th, and all associated meals).

For this year, we have chosen the theme "Trouble in the Air – Dealing with Interference". The complex nature of interference in wireless networks gives rise to a number of open questions. For example:

• What are the appropriate interference models for higher layer protocol design?
• Can perfect scheduling be made practical, or is random access with rate control the answer?
• Are multiple wireless interfaces a necessity?
• How will new physical layer-driven approaches change interference management?

The workshop will include a mix of technical talks as well as discussion panels.

In the technical talks, we are looking for well-thought, insightful presentations that will spur novel developments in the field, rather than a dry reporting of latest research results. There will be no paper proceedings associated with this workshop.

We plan to structure the discussion panels in such a way as to challenge researchers from both camps to close the gap between theory and practice. Along these lines, we would like to discuss what constitutes a useful theoretical result for system builders – e.g., can asymptotic capacity results be useful to them? On the other side, what constitutes a useful experimental finding or implementation for theoreticians – e.g., to what extent should today's hardware limitations and market realities drive research?

Beyond the sessions, we believe this venue will also provide great opportunities for informal interactions amongst attendees.

Organizers: Ramesh Govindan, Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Konstantinos Psounis