Technical Report on SoftCOM 2004 Conference on Software, Telecommunications, and Computer Networks.

The article presents a technical report on the 12th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications, and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2004), which was held during October 10-13, 2004 on the cruise ship Marko Polo on the attractive route Split-Dubrovnik-Split-Venice-Split. The conference program featured a symposium dedicated to the most timely topics in the area of mobile and wireless communications. Two special sessions and 17 general conference sessions, a poster session, and two professional workshops were held too. Researchers and experts from industry, research institutes, and universities from more than 40 countries all around the world submitted in total 203 papers for presentation at Soft- COM 2004. Submitted papers were reviewed by more than 100 scientists from universities, institutes, and companies all over the world. All accepted papers were carefully selected based on their contribution, relevance, conceptual clarity, and overall quality. Nearly 69 percent of submitted papers were recommended for presentation within the technical program.