Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this cfp
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Due to numerous requests, the deadline for MOBILWARE'09 has been extended to December 7, 2008.
Please consider it as a firm deadline, no further extension will be given.
 
Let us take the opportunity to inform you that:
- Mobilware'09 will be honored to host a keynote speech from Nokia, Embedded Systems Technology research group
- conf proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNICST series and indexed by SCI, EI, DBLP, GoogleScholar, and Prequest
- extended versions of best conference papers will be published in a special issue of Springer MONET (approval pending)
- the special issue of MONET about MobilWare'08 is now in print and will be available very soon

Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin next April for this very promising Mobilware'09 edition.
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*****  MOBILWARE 2009 *****

The Second International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE,Operating Systems, and Applications
http://www.mobilware.org/
Berlin, Germany, April 28-30, 2009

Sponsored by ICST
Technically co-sponsored by Create-Net; Proceedings published by Springer

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IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Due Date:      December 7, 2008 (firm deadline)
Workshop Proposals Due Date:    December 1, 2008
Notification of Acceptance:              February 1, 2009
Camera Ready Versions Due:      February 20, 2009

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SCOPE
The advances in wireless communication technologies and the proliferation of mobile devices have enabled the realization of intelligent environments for people to communicate with each other, interact with information-processing devices, and receive a wide range of mobile wireless services through various types of networks and systems everywhere, anytime. A key enabler of this pervasive and ubiquitous connectivity environments is the advancement of software technology in various communication sectors, ranging from communication middleware and operating systems to networking protocols and applications.
MOBILWARE is dedicated to addressing emerging topics and challenges in various mobile wireless software-related areas. The scope of the conference is the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of middleware, operating systems, and applications for computing and communications in mobile wireless systems. It aims to provide a high profile, leading edge forum for researchers, engineers, and standards developers to present their latest research, techniques, and experiences in the field of software technology for mobile wireless systems.

PAPERS
Original and unpublished research achievements in various aspects of middleware/operating systems/applications are solicited. Topics include, but are not limited to:
* OS/middleware for embedded systems, wearable networks, and personal area networks
* OS/middleware support for the integration of heterogeneous wireless networks
* Middleware for mobile computing
* Middleware for QoS awareness, adaptation, and fault-tolerance of mobile services
* Middleware for opportunistic networking in delay-tolerant mobile services
* Location-aware and context-aware mobile supports and services
* Mobility management and handoff management in heterogeneous integrated networks
* Location and tracking supports and services
* Mobility-aware wireless service discovery, management, and delivery
* Intelligent and mobile agent technologies for mobile systems and services
* Human-computer interface and portable 3D graphics for mobile devices
* Middleware/applications for wireless sensor networks, vehicular networks, home networks, and P2P systems
* Modeling and performance of mobile wireless services (VoIP, gaming, P2P sharing, urban monitoring, …)
* Deployment and management supports for large-scale mobile services
* Policy, trust, security, and privacy issues for mobile wireless networks

WORKSHOPS
Proposals for workshops/tutorials are solicited. Potential workshop/tutorial organizers are requested to submit a proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch of each proponent, to the Workshop/Tutorial Chair by December 1, 2008. Proposal evaluation will be based on proponents' expertise and relevance of the subject matter.

PUBLICATION
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by technical program committee members and invited reviewers. All accepted papers will be published in the novel Springer Lecture Notes of ICST series and then be included in major article indexing services. Extended versions of selected papers from MOBILWARE’09 will be published in a dedicated special issue of the Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All paper, poster, and workshop submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the Submission page at www.mobilware.org for detailed submission requirements and procedures.


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STEERING COMMITTEE
Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University, USA

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Linda Jiang Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Jean-Marie Bonnin, ENST, France
Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

WORKSHOP/TUTORIAL CHAIR
Cristian Hesselman, Telem.I., Netherlands

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Ghadaa Alaa, Information Tech Inst., Egypt
Michael Chen, Inst. Information Ind., Taiwan
Andrej Krenker, Sintesio, Slovenia
Janise McNair, University of Florida, USA
C. Esteve Rothenberg, CpQD, Brazil
Jatinder Pal Singh, Stanford University, USA

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION CHAIR
Kolos Esztergalyos, ICST

LOCAL CHAIR
Julia Ovtchinnikova, Fraun. FOKUS, Germany

PUBLICATION and WEB CHAIR
Carlo Giannelli, University of Bologna, Italy

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
For the full list, please see http://www.mobilware.org

Paolo Bellavista, Ph. D.
Associate Professor in Computer Science Engineering
EB Member of IEEE Communications and IEEE T. Services Computing
DEIS - Universitą degli Studi di Bologna
Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 Bologna (ITALY)
Tel# +39-051-2093866; Fax# +39-051-2093073
Email: paolo.bellavista@unibo.it
Web: http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Staff/PaoloBellavista/