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iThings 2011 The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things Dalian, China, October 19-22, 2011 http://www.ieee-iot.org/

in conjunction with CPSCom 2011: The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical, and Social Computing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Smarter Internet, Better Life

*************** 1.Introduction ***************

The Internet of Things (iThings) is a network of Internet-enabled objects, which aims at increasing the ubiquity of the Internet by integrating every object for interaction via embedded systems and leads to the highly distributed network of devices communicating with human beings as well as other devices.

Combining with the infrastructures of the every heterogeneous networks including Internet and mobile networks, these objects can communicate with humans, and enable peoples to monitor and control them and enjoy their intelligent services in anytime and anywhere.

The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings 2011) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present state-of-art advances and innovations in theoretical foundations, systems, infrastructure, tools, testbeds, and applications for the Internet of Things, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future. iThings 2011 is the next edition of the successful series, previously held as IOTS 2010 (Hangzhou, China, December 2010), EPS 2009 (Vancouver, Canada, August 2009),

MINES 2009 (Hangzhou, China, May 2009), and MINES 2008 (Chengdu, China, July 2008).

********** 2. Topics **********

The focus of iThings 2011 is on bringing together relevant researchers to explore Internet of Things technologies and applications. The scope of the conference includes, but not limited to, the following areas:

Track 1: Architecture and Infrastructure Track 2: System Design, Modeling and Evaluation Track 3: Intelligent Data Processing Track 4: Networks and Communications Track 5: Reliability, Security, Privacy and Trust Track 6: Applications, Business and Social Issues

***************** 3.Important Dates *****************

Workshop Proposals Due: April 20,2011 Paper Submission Due: May 31, 2011 Notification of Acceptance: July 01, 2011 Camera-ready Paper Due: August 01, 2011

************************* 4.Submission Information *************************

AAuthors are invited to submit original papers that MUST NOT have been submitted to or published in any other workshop, conference, or journal. Full Papers (up to 10 pages) and Short Papers (up to 4 pages) are solicited.

Detailed submission instructions could be found on the conference website http://ieee-iot.org. All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee for significance, originality, accuracy, and clarity.

************** 5.Publications **************

Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, if the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the conference to present the work in order for the paper to be included in the IEEE Digital Library. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of iThings 2011 by IEEE Computer Society (EI indexed). Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in several SCI-index international journals (check the website for details)

********************** 7.Organizing Committee **********************

Honorary Chairs Yaoxue Zhang, Tsinghua University, China Junliang Chen, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Jingping Ou, Dalian University of Technology, China

General Chairs Huadong Ma, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA Zhongxuan Luo, Dalian University of Technology, China

General Executive Chair Zhikui Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China

Program Chairs Feng Xia, Dalian University of Technology, China Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada Georgios Papadimitriou, Aristotle University, Greece

Program Vice-Chairs Petros Nicopolitidis, Aristotle University, Greece Wei Wang, State University of New York, USA Helen Karatza, Aristotle University, Greece Sozo Inoue, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshop Chairs Huajun Chen, Zhejiang University, China Huansheng Ning, Beihang University, China Min Chen, Seoul National University, Korea

Demo/Exhibition Chairs Zhiming Ding, Software Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Yu Zhu, China Mobile, China

Summit Chairs Zhong Chen, Peking University, China Benxiong Huang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Zhongfei Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

Steering Chairs Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada

Sponsorship Chair Fengqi Li, Dalian University of Technology, China

Program Committee See the conference website: http://ieee-iot.org/

*********** 8.Contact *********** ithings2011@googlegroups.com