SIGMOBILE is the

Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional member ...

's Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing, which specializes in the field of

mobile computing Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage, which allows for the transmission of data, voice, and video. Mobile computing involves mobile communication, mobile hardware ...

and

wireless network A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and business installations avoid the costly process of introducing c ...

s and

wearable computing A wearable computer, also known as a body-borne computer, is a computing device worn on the body. The definition of 'wearable computer' may be narrow or broad, extending to smartphones or even ordinary wristwatches. Wearables may be for general ...

. Conceived in early 1995, ACM SIGMOBILE started out as an organization that fostered research in the "field of mobility and tetherless ubiquitous connectivity". It was founded as a provisional SIG on June 13, 1996, gaining permanent status on October 12, 2000. On February 8, 2005, the SIGMOBILE Chapter Program was launched. The NTU

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chapter became the first Student Chapter, and the

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Chapter became the first Professional Chapter. SIGMOBILE sponsors four annual international conferences: MobiCom, the

International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking MobiCom, the International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, is a series of annual conferences sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery, ACM SIGMOBILE dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and w ...

; MobiHoc, the

International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a nonprofit organization, non-pr ...

; MobiSys, the International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services; and SenSys, the ACM

Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems SenSys, the ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, is an annual academic conference in the area of embedded networked sensors. About SenSys ACM SenSys is a selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on ...

. SIGMOBILE publishes a quarterly journal, Mobile Computing and Communications Review (

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), as well as the annual Proceedings of the conferences and many workshops sponsored by SIGMOBILE such as HotMobile, the International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications.

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