Cristian Borcea borcea@njit.edu schrieb:

Special Issue of the Journal of Systems and Software on "Middleware for Mobile Data Management" http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jss/

Guest Editors:

Thierry Delot University of Valenciennes, France Email: tdelot@univ-valenciennes.fr

Sergio Ilarri University of Zaragoza, Spain Email: silarri@unizar.es

Cristian Borcea New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Email: borcea@cs.njit.edu

Scope:

We are witnessing an explosion of technological advances in the field of mobile computing, with an ever-increasing use of mobile devices, wireless communication technology, and intelligent objects that provide continuous access to data and services. Many applications and software systems are being developed in this environment. However, the high heterogeneity of the devices' hardware and software, the wide range of communication options available (3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, WAVE, etc.), the resource limitations (e.g., power), and mobility itself make the development of appropriate software a difficult task. Therefore, the use of some middleware as a supporting platform and abstraction mechanism could be of great help for developers. In this special issue, we plan to collect research related to the design and development of middleware platforms and services that facilitate the development and deployment of systems and software to manage data in mobile computing scenarios.

Research areas of relevance include, but not only limited to, the following topics:

- Middleware for context-aware and location-based services. - Middleware for pervasive computing. - Middleware for mobile peer-to-peer systems. - Middleware for vehicular networks. - Middleware for sensor data management in mobile computing applications. - Middleware for heterogeneous semantic data management in mobile computing. - Middleware and system support to facilitate interoperability. - Middleware for smart environments and ambient intelligence. - Middleware to abstract from existing communication technologies. - Middleware for the Internet of Things (IoT). - Middleware for mobile cloud computing. - Cyber foraging and mobile agent services and technology. - Applications and systems as successful use cases of existing middleware.

In addition to regular research papers, this special issue welcomes survey papers on middleware for mobile data management. Besides, the guest editors will contact well-known experts and invite them to submit vision/thoughtprovoking papers.

Important Dates:

Submission: August 15th, 2012 Expected publication: 2013

Submission Guidelines:

All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select "Middleware Mobile" when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. The EES website is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jss/.

Submission Format:

Submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Manuscripts that extend published conference papers must have significant additional novelty. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscripts can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jss/. For more information, please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Hans van Vliet (hans@cs.vu.nl). _____________________________________________

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