San Francisco
Jun 26-Jun 29

The 12th IEEE International Workshop on    
Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications    
Social Events
 
 
 

Welcome

The 2011 IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communications will be held in San Francisco, California USA. As in previous years, this workshop will feature poster presentations and invited plenaries on recent advances in signal processing for wireless communications, as well as for communications and networking in general. Two Best Student Paper Awards will be granted.

San Francisco is built on many hills and a major contribution to the city's development occurred in 1873 with the invention of the cable car. Since 1964 these tram-like vehicles have had the unique distinction of being the only public transport system to be declared a historic monument. Andrew S. Hallidie was an Englishman who came to California at the time of the Gold Rush. He made steel cables for mining. In those days all transport was horse drawn and when in 1869 Hallidie witnessed a serious accident caused by a horse losing its footing on a slippery road, he conceived the idea of replacing the horse-drawn trams with a more modern system. On August 2nd 1873, after three years experimentation, he successfully demonstrated the first cable car in Clay Street.



Fisherman's Wharf,where the conference will be held, used to be not only a flourishing fishing harbor but also a real "Little Italy", the Genoese who made their homes here towards the end of the 19th century having been joined in due course by Neapolitans, Calabrians and Sicilians. Even now this Italian influence is still in evidence. Though the harbor itself has become somewhat run down, few of the 12 million tourists who come to San Francisco each year depart without visiting Fisherman's Wharf with its many shops, restaurants, waxworks and other such attractions. And there are still some fishermen, many of whom welcome paying tourists on their fishing trips (from the quay north of Jefferson Street between Jones Street and Leavenworth Street). Catches include crayfish and crabs, soles, salmon, etc. Most of the fish are destined for local restaurants.
 

We hope you will be able to attend SPAWC 2011 and look forward to seeing you in San Francisco.

 

Best wishes

Hamid R. Sadjadpour
  		 

 source: http://www.planetware.com/san-francisco/fishermans-wharf-us-ca-fw.htm