UBICOMM 2008 Call for Papers, September 29 - October 4, Valencia, Spain

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CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

UBICOMM 2008, The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous
Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies
September 29 - October 4, Valencia, Spain

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/UBICOMM08.html
Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/CfPUBICOMM08.html

Important deadlines:

Submission deadline May 5, 2008
Notification June 15, 2008
Registration and camera ready July 20, 2008

Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CS Press, posted in
IEEE
Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized
journals.

UBICOMM 2008 Special Area Tracks (details in the CfP on site):

Fundamentals

Semantics of ubiquity; Ubiquitous knowledge; Knowledge discovery mechanisms;
Profiling ubiquitous environments; Ubiquitous technologies for education,
learning, and training

Mobility

Ubiquitous computing; Wearable computing; Mobile computing; Nomadic
computing;
Mobile commerce; Mobile learning

Information Ubiquity

Ubiquitous information appliances; Information retrieval and filtering;
Context
awareness; Control of ubiquitous data; Data management and processing; Data
replication, migration and dissemination

Ubiquitous Multimedia Systems and Processing

Multimedia content recognition, indexing and search; Mobile graphics,
games and
entertainment; Ubiquitous multimedia applications and systems; Streaming
mobile
multimedia; Mobile media management; Multimedia ubiquitous platforms;
Multimedia
Indexing and Compression; Image and Signal Processing; Virtual reality in
ubiquitous systems

Wireless Technologies

Bluetooth; 802.11.x; 802.15.x; ZigBee; WiMax

Web Services

Web 2.0; Semantic web; Web services; Ontology; Web Services evolution; Web
Services applications

Ubiquitous networks

Ubiquitous networks; Network management; Network performance evaluation;
Networks and technology convergence; Internet access in ubiquitous systems;
Ubiquitous mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks; RFID; Reconfigurability and
personalization of ubiquitous networks

Ubiquitous devices and operative systems

Design of devices for ubiquitous systems; Mobile devices; Wearable devices;
Embedded systems; Operative systems for ubiquitous devices; Real-time
operating
systems and scheduling

Ubiquitous mobile services and protocols

Frameworks, architectures, and languages for ubiquitous services; Queries,
transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous Networks; Algorithms for
ubiquitous systems; SLA/QoS in ubiquitous services; Ontology based services;
Location-based services; Protocols and interaction mechanisms for ubiquitous
services; Mobile services and service convergence; Service discovery
mechanisms; Tracking in ubiquitous environments; Measurement, control, and
management of ubiquitous services; Design and development of ubiquitous
services; Wireless/mobile service delivery

Ubiquitous software and security

Ambient components; Agent technologies; Software for spontaneous
interoperation;
Dependability guarantees; Security; Key Management and Authentication;
Trust;
Privacy; Fault-tolerance; Multimedia Information Security

Collaborative ubiquitous systems

Cooperative networks for ubiquitous systems; Cooperative applications for
ubiquitous networks; Handheld and wearable systems for interaction in
collaborative groups and communities; Ad hoc collaboration in ubiquitous
computing environments; Awareness of collaboration and of work environment;
Inherently mobile collaborative work

User and applications

Mobile user interfaces; Ubiquitous user-generated content (weblogs, wikis,
etc.); Mobile and ubiquitous computing support for collaborative
learning; User
modeling and personalization; Context- and location-aware applications;
Toolkits, testbeds, development environments; Tools and techniques for
designing, implementing, & evaluating ubiquitous systems; Constructing,
deploying and prototyping of ubiquitous applications; Evaluation of user
models
for ubiquitous environments; On-line analytical techniques; Human-computer
interaction in ubiquitous computing environments; Ubiquitous e-Development
(business, science, health, etc.); Case Studies; Emerging
industrial/business/scientific ubiquitous scenarios; Ambient intelligence;
Social issues and implications of ubiquitous system

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UBICOMM 2008 Chairs

General Chair
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Program Committee Chairs
Narcís Cardona, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Kwang-Cheng Chen, Taiwan National University, Taiwan

Steering Committee Chair
Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc. / Concordia University, Canada

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[Mycolleagues] Call for papers: 2nd International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA 2008), Oct. 12, 2008, Avignon, France

BWIA 2008

2nd International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Internet Access, to be
held in conjunction with the 4th IEEE International Conference on
Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications(WiMob 2008)

Technically sponsored by
Université d'Avignon, IEEE France Section, and IEEE Computer Society

*October 12, 2008*
*Avignon, France*

/Web site: http://www.scs.ryerson.ca/iwoungan/BWIA2008//

*CALL FOR PAPERS:*
Nowadays, there is a clear steep growth in research interests in
wireless and mobile communication systems as an inexpensive and
promising means for ubiquitous communications. Mobile broadband wireless
is an important sub-area of this research, which focuses on enabling
physical layer technologies to support third generation as well as
future broadband mobile systems. Even though this sub-area holds
great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to
be addressed.

This workshop focuses on all topics related to Broadband Wireless
Internet Access (BWIA), including Mobile BWIA, with emphasis on
protocols, architectures, algorithms, resource management, technologies,
applications, practical experiences, simulation results and analysis,
theory and validation. Expected topics include, but are
not limited to:

• New architectures, technologies, protocols for broadband wireless access
• Medium access control and QoS
• Security and privacy issues
• Service level agreements
• Radio extension such as 802.xx (WiFi, WiMax, etc)
• Modulation, coding and antennas (MIMO)
• UMTS and extensions
• Scalability and reliability issues
• Wireless mesh networks
• Optical wireless access networks
• QoS in mobile and broadband wireless access networks
• Radio Resource Management and call admission control
• Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering
• Physical and Data link layer Issues
• Space-time coding for broadband wireless Internet
• Spectrum management
• Interoperability aspects (fixed/mobile LANs/MANs, WANs)
• Micro and macro mobility Management
• 3G/4G Wireless Technologies
• Cross-layer interactions and optimization
• Network and resource management
• Experiences/lessons from recent deployments

PAPER SUBMISSION:
For instructions on how to submit a paper to BWIA 2008, please visit:
_/http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/index.php?id=458/_
Please also email the electronic papers to the Workshop Organizing Chair
at/ /_/iwoungan@scs.ryerson.ca/_ <mailto:iwoungan@scs.ryerson.ca>, using
the subject title: /"BWIA'2008 Paper Submission". /

All accepted papers will be included in the WiMob 2008 main conference
proceedings and published by IEEE. Authors of selected outstanding
papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for
consideration of publication in the /International Journal of
Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS)/.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission: May 19, 2008
Acceptance notification: June 30, 2008
Camera-ready submission: July 28, 2008
Workshop date: October 12, 2008

*KEYNOTE SPEAKER: *
Professor Bharat K. Bhargava, Purdue University, USA
Topic: "/Collaborative Attacks in Networks/"

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Worshop Co-chairs:
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Sudip Misra, Yale University, USA
Bharat K. Bhargava, Purdue University, USA
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA

Publicity Chair:
Issa Traore, University of Victoria, Canada

TPC Members:
Alagan Anpalagan, Ryerson University, Canada
Abdelhamid Mellouk, University of Paris XII, France
Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Bhabani P. Sinha, Indian Statistical Institute, India
Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
Geyong Min, University of Bradford, UK
Hai Liu, University of Ottawa, Canada
Han-Chieh Chao, Institute of Computer Science, Taiwan
Hamid Mcheick, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Leszek Lilien, Western Michigan University, USA
Michaël Hauspie, University of Lille 1, France
Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada
Paul J. Kühn, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Raj Jain, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Rami Langar, University of Waterloo, Canada
Sudip Misra, Yale University, USA
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada
Xavier Fernando, Ryerson University, Canada

[Tccc] IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS 2008 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 to 24 July 2008 - Deadline extended: 5 May 2008

-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (extension): 5 May 2008 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 to 24 July 2008
(http://www.tns-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (MCCSIS 2008)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 to 27 July 2008
(http://www.mccsis.org)

* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Professor Ananth Srinivasan, Director of the Centre for Digital
Enterprise, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

* Conference background and goals
IADIS Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2008 conference covers
theory, design
and application of computer and telecommunication networks and systems.
During recent
years there has been an impressive increase in the use of networked
applications and
networks are now key resources in any information system configuration.
Wireless and
fixed-line networks complemented by a growing range of mobile devices
are having a
significant impact on the way we run our lives and our businesses.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a
book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS
Digital Library (http://www.iadis.net/dl).
The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of
their papers in a special issue of the IJBDCN - International Journal of
Business Data Communications and Networking (ISSN: 1548-0631).

* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations,
Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium.
All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.

* Topics related to Telecommunications, Networks and Systems are of
interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas:
- Adoption and diffusion of networking technologies
- Business applications of telecommunications
- Cross-border network-based information systems
- Design and performance evaluation of new network application and systems
- Designing, deploying and using networked systems in specialized
sectors (i.e. Health, Education, Manufacturing)
- Effects of legislation and regulation on telecommunications
- Emerging networking trends
- Frameworks for wireless security
- Grid, Cluster and Internet Computing
- Internetworking Protocols
- Location- and context-aware distributed systems
- Management of telecommunications in organizations
- Mobile computing, mobile networks, and mobile agents
- Mobility and m-commerce issues
- Network management contingency issues
- Network Performance Analysis and Evaluation
- Network pricing issues and strategies
- Networking: architectures, services, routing, and applications
- Outsourcing of networking and data communication services
- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Systems
- Policy-based network management systems
- Policy-based security systems
- Quality of Service issues associated with networked systems
- Security of interconnected systems
- Sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks
- Standards and network interoperability issues
- Strategic use of networking technologies
- Success factors of networked systems
- Pervasive Computing Environments
- Telecommuting, remote access and Virtual Private Networks
- Use of distributed services over wireless networks
- Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing

* Important Dates:
- Submission deadline (extension): 5 May 2008
- Notification to Authors: 26 May 2008
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 16 June 2008
- Late Registration: After 16 June 2008
- Conference: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 to 24 July 2008

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS 2008
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@tns-conf.org
Web site: http://www.tns-conf.org/

* Program Committee
Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2008 Conference Program Chair
Jairo Gutiérrez, University of Auckland, New Zealand

General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.tns-conf.org/committees.asp

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CfP for special issue on "Pervasive User-Generated Content" -- IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine

May 1, 2008 is the submission due date for papers on aspects of
"Pervasive User-Generated Content", a special issue of IEEE Pervasive
Computing Magazine. We are looking for papers that discuss the collection,
processing, presentation, and evaluation of data collected by regular
users with pervasive technology. Example topics include:

o Networked data-gathering from large populations
o Data mining and machine learning from distributed sources
o Tracking multitudes of everyday objects
o Mashups and overlays of user data with other artifacts such as maps
o Contributions from mobile users
o Aggregating and filtering pervasive ratings and reviews
o Users as computing platforms and intelligent data sources
o Games and other schemes for gathering data from large populations
o Persuading individuals to contribute
o Usability aspects for efficient data contribution
o Visualizing user contributions
o Applications and displays of pervasively generated content
o Techniques for determining authenticity of contributed data
o Evaluations of pervasively generated content

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed, and the issue's editors
will decide which ones are published.

Detailed call for papers:
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/menuitem.e7bfeea1f36bd84da84840898bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=pervasive_level1&path=pervasive/content&file=cfp4.xml&xsl=article.xsl&

PDF version:
http://research.microsoft.com/users/jckrumm/UserGeneratedCfP.pdf

IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine:
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/

Guest Editors
John Krumm, Microsoft Research
Chandra Narayanaswami, IBM Research
Nigel Davies, Lancaster University