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The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA2009) http://www.aina-conference.org/2009/ Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) University of Bradford, Bradford, UK, May 26-29, 2009 ============================================================================

IMPORTANT DATES ======================== Workshop Proposal Due: June 30, 2008 Submission Deadline: September 15, 2008 Author Notification: November 15, 2008 Author Registration: December 8, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: December 22, 2008

As one of the most important international conferences sponsored by the TCDP of the IEEE Computer Society, the International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA2009) will be held in Bradford, May 26-29, 2009. The conference covers theory, design and application of computer networks and distributed computing and information systems. Aside from the regular presentations, the conference will include keynote addresses with speakers from both industry and academia. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the following areas (not limited to):

Communication Protocol and Architecture High-speed Communication and Network Wireless Communication and Network Multimedia Communication and System Personal Communication System Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network Low-power Network and System Wearable Network and System Embedded System and Networking Internet Technology and IP-based Applications Network Control and Management Network Performance, Analysis and Evaluation Quality of Services (QoS) Multicast Routing and Technology Security, Privacy and Trust Fault-tolerant and Dependable System Multi-agent System and Applications Parallel/Distributed Algorithm and Architecture Distributed Database and Data Mining Distributed Graphics and VR/AR/MR System Distributed AI and Soft/Natural Computing Biological Informatics and Computing E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Society, etc. Grid, Cluster and Internet Computing Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System Service-oriented Framework and Middleware Autonomic Computing and Communication WWW, Semantic Web and Cyber World Mobile and Context-aware Computing Ubiquitous/Pervasive Networks and Computing Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart World Smart Object, Space/Environment and System Innovative Networking and Applications Social, Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World Network and Application Hardware Cognitive Network Access

General Chairs Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, England Arjan Durresi, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA

Program Chairs Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan

Workshop Chairs Stephen Jarvis, University of Warwick, UK Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan

Program Vice Chairs and Research Tracks 1. Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Antonio Pescape, Univ. of Napoli, Italy 2. Agent and Intelligent Computing Arantza Aldea, Oxford Brookes University, UK 3. Cognitive Radio Vojislav Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada 4. Communication Technology and Protocols Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan 5. Dependable and Autonomic Systems Yinsheng Li, Fudan University, China 6. Distributed and Parallel Systems Vipin Chaudhary, The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA 7. Distributed Database and Data Mining David Taniar, Monash University, Australia 8. Grid, P2P and Scalable Computing Rubem Pereira, Liverpool John Moores University, UK 9. Internet Computing and Applications Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada 10. Mobile Networks and Applications Winston Seah, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore 11. Multimedia and Social Networking Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan 12. Network Control and Performance Evaluation William Knottenbelt, Imperial College London, UK 13. Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing and Services Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE 14. Security, Privacy and Trust Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA 15. Service Oriented Architecture and Applications Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria 16. Web Technologies and Applications Salima Benbernou, Universite' EClaude Bernard Lyon 1, France

International Liaison Chair David Duce, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Industrial Liaison Chair Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA

Award Co-Chairs Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan

Publicity Co-Chairs Paola Turci, University of Parma, Italy Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK Rachid Anane, Coventry University, UK

Publication Co-Chairs Ali Shahrabi, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan

International Journals Coordinators Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs Rob Holton, University of Bradford, UK John Mellor, University of Bradford, UK

Steering Committee Chair Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan

Conference Secretary Rona Wilson, University of Bradford, UK

================================ = PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE = ================================ Submit a full paper with 8 pages (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: URL: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm

AINA2009's submission web site is at: http://www.aina-conference.org/2009/

Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. At least one of the authors of accepted papers is required o register and present the work at the conference; otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference.

========================= = WORKSHOP PROPOSAL = ========================= If you would like to organize a workshop, please submit a workshop proposal including call for papers, number of papers to be accepted, contact person, to the AINA2009 workshop Co-Chairs by JUNE 30, 2008. Proceedings of the AINA2009 workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. The schedule of each workshop should follow the conference schedule.

Stephen Jarvis, University of Warwick, UK <saj at dcs.warwick.ac.uk> Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan <eno at ris.ac.jp> _______________________________________________

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