mobicom-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a project belongs at MobiCom or a sibling venue — testing whether the core contribution is a mobile/wireless-networking mechanism the SIGMOBILE flagship rewards, and routing platform, sensing, broad-networking, security, or ubicomp misfits to MobiSys, SenSys, SIGCOMM/NSDI, WiSec, or IMWUT before a cycle is committed.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill mobicom-topic-selection --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# MobiCom Topic Selection MobiCom is the ACM SIGMOBILE flagship for **mobile computing and wireless networking** — the radio, protocol, and mobility side of mobile. The fastest way to waste a rolling deadline is to submit a paper whose real contribution belongs one venue over. This skill is a **fit and routing** tool, not a substitute for the current CFP scope list. ## The fit test A MobiCom-shaped paper answers all four: 1. **Is the contribution a wireless or mobile-networking mechanism?** A protocol, a link/PHY-MAC technique, a routing or scheduling method, an RF-sensing capability, a measurement finding about mobile networks — something in the networking stack, not an application that merely runs on a phone. 2. **Does the wireless/mobility condition matter to the result?** If the channel, spectrum, interference, or mobility could be abstracted away with no loss, the contribution is probably not MobiCom's. 3. **Is there over-the-air evidence, or a credible plan for it?** MobiCom expects real radios and testbeds; a simulation-only story is a fit risk (`mobicom-experiments`). 4. **Would MobiCom's reviewers be the right audience?** Say why in one sentence using the venue's own vocab
- The fit test
- Routing map
- Contribution-type honesty
- Common misfit patterns
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the mobicom-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a project belongs at MobiCom or a sibling venue — testing whether the core contribution is a mobile/wireless-networking mechanism the SIGMOBILE flagship rewards, and routing platform, sensing, broad-networking, security, or ubicomp misfits to MobiSys, SenSys, SIGCOMM/NSDI, WiSec, or IMWUT before a cycle is committed.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill mobicom-topic-selection --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.