The 1st Russian Conference on Smart Spaces ruSMART 2008 September 05, 2008 St.Petersburg, Russia http://www.new2an.org/rusmart

co-located with

The 8th International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking NEW2AN 2008 September 01 - 05, 2008 St.Petersburg, Russia http://www.new2an.org/

CALL FOR PAPERS

About the Conference

Recent advances in the field of wireless networks have moved them beyond their traditional areas of application to a much broader scope. They form a space where users can access a number of wireless technologies to interact with various services. Similarly, existent and future services form a space providing an unlimited set of possibilities ranging from browsing to interactive video conversations. All these layers form a smart environment that can harmonize a number of technologies at each architectural layer to provide the best user experience.

This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of smart spaces. In this regard, the conference aims to bring together research professionals from diverse fields including but not limited to wireless communication, ubiquitous networks, software development, multimedia, services, and business in both academia and industry.

The 1st Russian Conference on Smart Spaces ruSMART 2008 will take place on September 5th, 2008. It will be co-located with the 8th International Conference Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking NEW2AN 2008.

The ruSMART 2008 will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia - the meeting point of East and West. Through its stunning architecture and wonderful art galleries and museums, among a number of other attractions, the wealth of history of East and West can be seen and felt in this beautiful city. Topics of interest

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- Wireless technologies for smart spaces - Personal and body networks, wearable computing - Distributed and pervasive services - Service discovery in smart environments - Convergence of technologies for smart space - Smart environments for home, city, office, shop, persons, etc - Business models for smart spaces - Social, and economic aspects and problems of smart space - Architecture and platforms for smart space - Tools for modeling smart spaces

Paper submission

Authors are invited to submit full papers in English of not more than 20 double-spaced pages, single column, 12pt font size (reviewer-friendly format). All papers must include a title, complete contact information for all authors, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author should be identified clearly. Papers must be submitted electronically (in PDF format) via on-line submission procedure. Proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer combined with NEW2AN 2008 proceedings. Accepted papers would not be more than 12 pages in LNCS format. Selected best papers will appear in a journal special issue.

Important dates

Paper submission April 21, 2008 Notification of acceptance May 26, 2008 Camera ready version June 09, 2008 Conference dates September 5 , 2008

The Conference is organized by

Nokia Research Center (Finland), Tampere University of Technology (Finland) and BalticIT (Russia) in cooperation with ITC (International Teletraffic Congress), IEEE Russia Northwest BT/CE/COM Chapter, Popov Society, and support of NOKIA.

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