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IEEE Globecom
Name	IEEE Globecom
Status	Active
Genre	Academic conference
Frequency	Annual
Country	International
First	1957
Organizer	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Website	IEEE Communications Society

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IEEE Globecom IEEE Globecom is an annual international technical conference focused on telecommunications and information theory topics, organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and principally sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. The event attracts researchers, engineers, policymakers, and industrial practitioners from institutions such as Bell Labs, Qualcomm, Nokia, Huawei, and Ericsson. Over decades Globecom has featured keynote speakers from National Science Foundation, European Research Council, US Department of Defense, and leading universities including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and Tsinghua University.

History

Globecom originated in 1957 amid rapid advances following the Transistor era and the establishment of the Communications Society within IEEE. Early meetings paralleled developments in information theory by figures associated with Bell Labs and institutions like Princeton University and Columbia University. During the 1960s and 1970s Globecom sessions coincided with milestones such as the deployment of Early Satellite Communications experiments and the rise of packet-switching research tied to groups at RAND Corporation and University College London. In the 1980s and 1990s Globecom expanded alongside standards activities at European Telecommunications Standards Institute and 3GPP, reflecting global shifts driven by companies like Motorola and Nokia. The 21st century editions incorporated advances linked to LTE, 5G NR, Wi-Fi Alliance, and cloud initiatives from Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.

Globecom is governed by committees drawn from the IEEE Communications Society board, technical program committees with representatives from universities such as Carnegie Mellon University, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, and industrial advisory panels including delegates from Cisco Systems and Intel Corporation. The steering committee follows policies established by the IEEE Technical Activities Board and coordinates with regional chapters like IEEE Region 1, IEEE Region 8, and IEEE Region 10. Sponsorship and partnerships have involved organizations such as the International Telecommunication Union and national agencies like European Commission research programs and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

The conference structure typically includes plenary keynotes, technical sessions, poster sessions, workshops, and tutorials. Technical tracks span areas linked to signal processing work at California Institute of Technology, machine learning agendas from MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and network architecture contributions influenced by IETF and Open Networking Foundation. Workshops have targeted topics championed by groups like 3GPP SA, IEEE 802, ETSI Industry Specification Groups, and research projects funded through Horizon 2020. Tutorials often feature faculty from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Institute of Technology, and innovators from Facebook Connectivity and Microsoft Research.

Proceedings are published under IEEE Xplore by the IEEE Communications Society and indexed in databases referencing works from ACM Digital Library cross-citations and citations to classic texts by authors affiliated with Princeton University Press and Cambridge University Press. Special issues have been coordinated with journals such as IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Proceedings have included invited papers linked to awardees from IEEE Fellow cohorts and contributors affiliated with research labs like IBM Research and AT&T Labs.

Globecom has been the venue for presentation of recognitions associated with the IEEE Communications Society such as best paper awards, outstanding young researcher awards, and lifetime achievement recognitions connected to leaders from AT&T, Sony Corporation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and academia. Recipients often hold honors from organizations like the National Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society, and fellowships from the Association for Computing Machinery.

Contributions arising from Globecom have influenced standards and deployments involving 4G LTE, 5G NR, Wi-Fi 6, and satellite systems driven by the Intelsat community. Research debuting at Globecom has informed spectrum policy dialogues at International Telecommunication Union meetings and regulatory frameworks influenced by the Federal Communications Commission and European Commission. Cross-disciplinary collaborations originating at Globecom have linked efforts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and commercial initiatives by SpaceX and OneWeb.

Notable editions took place in global hubs: early North American meetings in New York City and Chicago, European venues such as London and Barcelona, and Asia-Pacific editions in Beijing, Seoul, and Singapore. Recent prominent conferences were held in cities including San Diego, Honolulu, Washington, D.C., and Taipei. Special themed Globecom events have co-located with major gatherings like Mobile World Congress and symposia connected to SIGCOMM and ICASSP.

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