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Subject: [CfP] [DL 15.12.] Fwd: CFP: ICEIS'2004: Workshop on Ubiquitous
Computing IWUC'2004
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:36:34 +0200
From: Frank Pählke paehlke@tm.uka.de
Organization: Institut für Telematik, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
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Subject: CFP: ICEIS'2004: Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing IWUC'2004
Date: Freitag, 4. Juli 2003 12:39
From: KOUADRI MOSTEFAOUI Soraya soraya.kouadrimostefaoui@UNIFR.CH
To: CABERNET-EVENTS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing (IWUC 2004)
April 13-14, 2004 - Porto, Portugal
http://ltodi.est.ips.pt/iceis/workshops/iwuc/iwuc2004-cfp.html
In conjunction with the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise
Information Systems - ICEIS 2004 (http://www.iceis.org/)
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Workshop Background and Goals
The development and availability of new computing and communication
devices, and the increased connectivity between these devices, thanks to
wired and wireless networks, are enabling new opportunities for people to
perform their operations anywhere and anytime. Furthermore, due to the
high acceptance rate of such devices by the user community, it is expected
that these devices will become so pervasive that most users will take them
for granted. Generally known as Ubiquitous Computing (UC), the vision of
UC is to push computational services out of conventional desktop
interfaces into environments characterized by transparent forms of
interactivity.
Despite the growing interest in UC, there is still some progress to be
made before UC shifts from the research mode to the commercial and
intensive use modes. The support technologies, however, are improving at
an impressive pace. Most of the research and development activities are
currently aimed at improving the devices themselves and the technologies
these devices will use to communicate. At present, the main use of mobile
devices is still voice-oriented, but several indicators show that this is
changing. 3G networks (e.g., GPRS, UMTS) and recent development of
communication and presentation protocols (e.g., XML, WAP) are being
combined to give users a high-quality experience of data-centric services.
Besides the central role that hardware infrastructure plays in the
expansion and penetration of UC, other issues still need to be tackled to
better assist developers of UC applications. Developers are put on the
front line of satisfying the promise of businesses and service providers
for delivering Internet content to mobile devices. Indeed, the fact that
an application for mobile users has different requirements, calls for new
techniques to identify and specify these requirements. With regard to
users, it is expected that they will be frequently engaged in complex
operations such as searching the net for better business opportunities.
Therefore, their association with intelligent components, to act as
proxies, is deemed appropriate. UC environments of the near future will be
populated by a large number of computing devices, spread across the
network, and often invisible. These devices need to be coordinated for
better interactions. Devices, whether carried on by people or embedded
into other systems (within the home or at other sites), will constitute a
global networking infrastructure -- and likely to provide a new level of
openness and dynamics. These interactions raise many new issues that draw
upon existing research areas, as well as introduce new research and
development challenges, in technical areas (such as device design,
wireless communication, location sensing, etc), psychology (privacy
concerns, attention focus, multi-person interaction, etc), and design
(direct interaction, work patterns, etc).
Existing global efforts in Grid Computing also shares some similarities
with the aims of this workshop, although Grid computing at present is
restricted to high-end computational resources. Making the Grid more open,
and accessible to a wider range of users will also require the need to
address similar challenges.
Topics of interest
In this workshop, we aim to identify ecent and significant developments in
the general area of ubiquitous computing. Topics of interests include, but
are not limited to:
- Mobile computing vs. Pervasive computing vs. Ubiquitous computing.
- Design methodologies and evaluation techniques.
- New interfaces and modes of interactions between people and ubiquitous
computing devices, applications or environments.
- Grid Computing technologies for Wireless networks
- Context awareness.
- Agent-based ubiquitous applications.
- Services for ubiquitous applications.
- Middleware for service discovery.
- Integration of wired and wireless networks.
- Enabling technologies such as Bluetooth, 802.11, etc.
- Security and privacy issues.
- Visionary future scenarios.
- Mobile services
- Performance tuning of mobile applications
Submission of Papers
There will be two types of papers: long (approx. 4000 words) and short
(approx. 2000 words). Furthermore, a keynote speaker and a discussion
panel are planned.
Important Dates
Full paper submission: December 15, 2003
Author notification: January 30, 2004
Camera-ready: February 15, 2004
Co-Chairs:
Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui (primary contact)
Dep. of Computer Science
University of Fribourg Switzerland
Zakaria Maamar
College of Iss Zayed University
Dubai U.A.E
Omer Rana
School of Computer Science and Welsh E-Science Center,
Cardiff University, UK
Workshop Program Committee:
P. Bellavista (Bologna University, Italy)
W. Binder (EPFL, Switzerland)
B. Benatallah (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
M. Dumas (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
G. Dimarzo Serugendo (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
T. Finin (UMBC, USA)
S. Helal (University of Florida, USA)
A. Karageorgos (UMIST, United Kingdom)
G. Kouadri Mostéfaoui (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
D. McMullen (Pervasive Technologies Lab, Indiana University, USA)
B. Michael (Siemens, Germany)
B. Medjahed (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)
A. Messer (Samsung, USA)
A. Popovici (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
A. Skarmeta (University of Murcia, Spain)
S. Tatesh (Lucent Technologies, UK)
M. Ulieru (University of Calgary, Canada)
C. Van Aart (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Q. Z. Sheng (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
Conference Location
The workshop will be held at the Universidade Portucalense, Porto,
Portugal
Registration Information
To attend the workshop you need to register at http://www.iceis.org
Secretariat
ICEIS-2004 Secretariat - International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing
IWUC'2004
Universidade Portucalense
Departamento de Informática
Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 541-619
4200 - 072 Porto - Portugal
Fax: +351 22 557 2015
Tel: +351 22 557 2512
E-mail: secretariat@iceis.org
Web site: http://www.iceis.org
Soraya.Kouadri.M
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