[ns] Call for Participation for PerCom'13 - Early Registration Deadline: March 1
** Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call for participation** = CALL FOR PARTICIPATION = Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications PerCom 2013 http://www.percom.org San Diego, USA March 18 - 22, 2012 Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society, University of Texas at Arlington Technically co-sponsored by: IEEE TCCC, IEEE TCPP Industry Sponsors: Qualcomm, NICTA, IBM Research Other Sponsors: National Science Foundation, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (ELSEVIER) *** Early Registration Deadline: March 1, 2013 *** http://percom.org/?q=registration Main Features: *** Two keynote speeches - see http://www.percom.org/?q=keynote *** 19 Full Papers and 8 Concise Contributions - see below *** Panel on Intelligent Devices and Smart Spaces *** Best Papers Session *** Work-in-Progress Session - see http://www.percom.org/?q=wip *** Demonstration Session - see http://www.percom.org/?q=demos *** PhD Forum - see http://www.percom.org/?q=phdforum *** 12 Workshops - see http://www.percom.org/?q=listofworkshops = Preliminary Program Outline = March 18: Pre-conference Workshops March 19-21: Main Conference March 19-20: Keynotes March 19: Demo and WiP sessions March 19: Welcome Reception March 20: Best Papers Session, PhD Forum March 20: Conference Banquet March 21: Panel March 22: Post Conference Workshops = Keynote Speakers = Dr Roy Want, Research Scientist, Google Inc., USA The Golden Age of Pervasive Computing Prof. David Culler, Howard Friesen Chair and Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA Pervasive Communication and Interaction to make the Built Environment Better and more Sustainable = Panel = Panel topic: Intelligent Devices and Smart Spaces Panel Chair: Peter Marx, Qualcomm, USA = Program = FULL PAPERS * Supero: A Sensor System for Unsupervised Residential Power Usage Monitoring, Dennis Phillips (Michigan State University, USA); Rui Tan (Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore); Mohammad Mahdi Moazzami (Michigan State University, Iran); Guoliang Xing (Michigan State University, USA); Jinzhu Chen (Michigan State University, USA); David Yau (Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore) * Scheduling Sensors for Monitoring Sentient Spaces using an Approximate POMDP Policy, Ronen Vaisenberg (University of California - Irvine, USA); Alessio Della Motta (University of California, Irvine, USA); Sharad Mehrotra (University of California, Irvine, USA); Deva Ramanan (University of California - Irvine, USA) * Providing Privacy-Aware Incentives for Mobile Sensing, Qinghua Li (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Guohong Cao (Pennsylvania State University, USA) * Where Has My Battery Gone? Finding Sensor Related Energy Black Holes in Smartphone Applications, Yepang Liu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Chang Xu (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Shing-Chi Cheung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) * PIKE: Enabling Secure Interaction with PIggybacked Key-Exchange, Wolfgang Apolinarski (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Marcus Handte (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Umer Iqbal (Universität Duisburg-Essen Germany, Germany); Pedro Jose Marrón (University of Duisburg-Essen and Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany) * Effective Routine Behavior Pattern Discovery from Sparse Mobile Phone Data via Collaborative Filtering, Jiangchuan Zheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Siyuan Liu (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Lionel Ni (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) * METIS: Exploring
[ns] PerCom 2013: NSF Sponsored Student Travel Grant: *Application Deadline Approaching: Feb. 8*
Call for Applications NSF Sponsored Student Travel Grant for IEEE PerCom 2013 Application Deadline: Feb. 8, 2013 The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2012 - www.percom.org) is pleased to announce travel grants for students to attend the conference and co-located events (Workshops, Ph.D. Forum, WiP, Poster, Demo sessions, etc.) to be held in San Diego, California on March 18-22, 2013. Funds for this travel support have been provided by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) - www.nsf.gov. This funding is available only for full time students attending US colleges and universities (not necessarily US citizens or permanent residents). Minority and women students from diverse institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. Although student authors will be given priority for travel awards, however, this is not a requirement. Post-doctoral students may also be considered for support on a case-by-case basis. To be el! igible, US based students (henceforth referred to as you) must apply via EDAS no later than February 8, 2013. To apply for this travel support, please do the following: 1. Obtain a letter from your advisor/professor confirming that: a. You are currently a graduate (research) student in good standing, working in areas related to pervasive computing. b. You will be attending the entire PerCom conference (workshops, if appropriate). c. The remainder of your travel support will be covered (indicate how). 2. Write a personal statement describing your research interests and how you wish to benefit from attending PerCom 2013, student status, and location you will be traveling from. 3. Upload the above documents, along with your two-page CV, on EDAS (http://edas.info). After logging into EDAS, click the Travel Grant tab at your EDAS home page, and then select PerCom 2013 NSF Student Travel Grant. Please note that the PerCom conference may not be able to reimburse you for all ! of your travel expenses due to limited budget. Eligible expenses for r eimbursement include advance student registration, hotel, and travel (air, car, or train). Expenses that are not eligible for reimbursement include regular and/or on-site registration, meals, and local transportation (taxis, shuttles, parking, etc.). Student travel grants are available in the form of reimbursements that are sent only after the completion of the conference and receipt of all required documentation and receipts. The reimbursement amount will be based on the number of awards and distance traveled, and will be capped at $1,000 per student. For any questions, please contact the IEEE PerCom 2013 Travel Award Chair, Sajal K. Das, at sajaldas...@gmail.edu. Important Dates: * February 8, 2013: Complete Application deadline (via EDAS) * February 15, 2013: Award Decisions extended * March 18-22, 2013: PerCom Events Received at ns-users@isi.edu
[ns] PerCom 2013: NSF Sponsored Student Travel Grant: *Application Deadline Approaching: Feb. 8*
Call for Applications NSF Sponsored Student Travel Grant for IEEE PerCom 2013 Application Deadline: Feb. 8, 2013 The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom 2012 www.percom.orghttp://www.percom.org) is pleased to announce travel grants for students to attend the conference and co-located events (Workshops, Ph.D. Forum, WiP, Poster, Demo sessions, etc.) to be held in San Diego, California on March 18-22, 2013. Funds for this travel support have been provided by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) www.nsf.govhttp://www.nsf.gov. This funding is available only for full time students attending US colleges and universities (not necessarily US citizens or permanent residents). Minority and women students from diverse institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. Although student authors will be given priority for travel awards, however, this is not a requirement. Post-doctoral students may also be considered for support on a case-by-case basis. To be eligible, US based students (henceforth referred to as ³you²) must apply via EDAS no later than February 8, 2013. To apply for this travel support, please do the following: 1. Obtain a letter from your advisor/professor confirming that: a. You are currently a graduate (research) student in good standing, working in areas related to pervasive computing. b. You will be attending the entire PerCom conference (workshops, if appropriate). c. The remainder of your travel support will be covered (indicate how). 2. Write a personal statement describing your research interests and how you wish to benefit from attending PerCom 2013, student status, and location you will be traveling from. 3. Upload the above documents, along with your two-page CV, on EDAS (http://edas.info). After logging into EDAS, click the Travel Grant tab at your EDAS home page, and then select PerCom 2013 NSF Student Travel Grant. Please note that the PerCom conference may not be able to reimburse you for all of your travel expenses due to limited budget. Eligible expenses for reimbursement include advance student registration, hotel, and travel (air, car, or train). Expenses that are not eligible for reimbursement include regular and/or on-site registration, meals, and local transportation (taxis, shuttles, parking, etc.). Student travel grants are available in the form of reimbursements that are sent only after the completion of the conference and receipt of all required documentation and receipts. The reimbursement amount will be based on the number of awards and distance traveled, and will be capped at $1,000 per student. For any questions, please contact the IEEE PerCom 2013 Travel Award Chair, Sajal K. Das, at sajaldas...@gmail.edu. Important Dates: * February 8, 2013: Complete Application deadline (via EDAS) * February 15, 2013: Award Decisions extended * March 18-22, 2013: PerCom Events Received at ns-users@isi.edu
[ns] Preliminary Call for Participation - PerCom'13, San Diego, March 18-22, 2013
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PARTICIPATION = Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications PerCom 2013 http://www.percom.org San Diego, USA March 18 - 22, 2012 Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society, University of Texas at Arlington Technically co-sponsored by: IEEE TCCC, IEEE TCPP Industry Sponsors: Qualcomm, NICTA, IBM Research Other Sponsors: National Science Foundation, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (ELSEVIER) *** Early Registration Deadline: February 26, 2013 *** http://percom.org/?q=registration Main Features: *** Two keynote speeches - see http://www.percom.org/?q=keynote *** 19 Full Papers and 8 Concise Contributions - see below *** Panel on Intelligent Devices and Smart Spaces² *** Best Papers Session *** Work-in-Progress Session - see http://www.percom.org/?q=wip *** Demonstration Session - see http://www.percom.org/?q=demos *** PhD Forum - see http://www.percom.org/?q=phdforum *** 12 Workshops - see http://www.percom.org/?q=listofworkshops = Preliminary Program Outline = March 18: Pre-conference Workshops March 19-21: Main Conference March 19-20: Keynotes March 19: Demo and WiP sessions March 19: Welcome Reception March 20: Best Papers Session, PhD Forum March 20: Conference Banquet March 21: Panel March 22: Post Conference Workshops = Keynote Speakers = Dr Roy Want, Research Scientist, Google Inc., USA The Golden Age of Pervasive Computing Prof. David Culler, Howard Friesen Chair and Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA Pervasive Communication and Interaction to make the Built Environment Better and more Sustainable = Panel = Panel topic: Intelligent Devices and Smart Spaces² Panel Chair: Peter Marx, Qualcomm, USA = Program = FULL PAPERS * Supero: A Sensor System for Unsupervised Residential Power Usage Monitoring, Dennis Phillips (Michigan State University, USA); Rui Tan (Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore); Mohammad Mahdi Moazzami (Michigan State University, Iran); Guoliang Xing (Michigan State University, USA); Jinzhu Chen (Michigan State University, USA); David Yau (Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore) * Scheduling Sensors for Monitoring Sentient Spaces using an Approximate POMDP Policy, Ronen Vaisenberg (University of California - Irvine, USA); Alessio Della Motta (University of California, Irvine, USA); Sharad Mehrotra (University of California, Irvine, USA); Deva Ramanan (University of California - Irvine, USA) * Providing Privacy-Aware Incentives for Mobile Sensing, Qinghua Li (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Guohong Cao (Pennsylvania State University, USA) * Where Has My Battery Gone? Finding Sensor Related Energy Black Holes in Smartphone Applications, Yepang Liu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Chang Xu (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Shing-Chi Cheung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) * PIKE: Enabling Secure Interaction with PIggybacked Key-Exchange, Wolfgang Apolinarski (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Marcus Handte (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Umer Iqbal (Universität Duisburg-Essen Germany, Germany); Pedro Jose Marrón (University of Duisburg-Essen and Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany) * Effective Routine Behavior Pattern Discovery from Sparse Mobile Phone Data via Collaborative Filtering, Jiangchuan Zheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Siyuan Liu (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Lionel Ni (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) * METIS: Exploring mobile phone sensing offloading for efficiently supporting social sensing applications, Kiran K. Rachuri (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom); Christos Efstratiou (University of Cambridge, United
[ns] PerCom 2013: Call for Demos
PerCom Demo 2013 at PerCom'13 http://www.percom.org 18-22 March 2013, San Diego, USA The IEEE Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom) conference, entering its 11th year, is a premier scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. The PerCom Demo Session offers high-quality demonstrations of all things pervasive from academia and industry. Demos demonstrating working systems, innovative applications, groundbreaking ideas, and novel concepts related to PerCom are welcome. Demos from industrial researchers as well as demos from academia with a significant relevance to industry are particularly encouraged. A Best Demo Award will be presented based on research value, originality, and presentation. Submission Guidelines: * The demo proposals will be peer-reviewed. The evaluation criteria include: (1) extent and significance of the research contribution; (2) relevance to PerCom; (3) potential impact on the audience; (4) quality of the proposed implementation; (5) presentation quality. * Prospective contributors are expected to turn in a demo proposal in the form of a short technical paper (no more than 3 pages) using the PerCom templates. The short paper must illustrate the research contribution of the demo, the practical setup, and the technical requirements. Short demo papers will be included in the PerCom proceedings. * Demo proposals must be submitted through EDAS (https://edas.info/N13027?c=13027). The correct reception of each individual submission will be explicitly acknowledged by the demo co-chairs. * At least one author of each accepted demo proposal is required to register and present their demo at the conference. Topics include (but are not limited to): * Innovative pervasive computing applications * Adaptive and autonomic computing * Mobile/Wireless computing systems and services * Energy-efficient and green pervasive computing * Ad hoc networks for pervasive communications * Pervasive opportunistic applications * Enabling technologies for pervasive systems * Positioning and tracking technologies * Sensors and RFIDs in pervasive systems * Multimodal sensing and context applications * Smart devices and intelligent environments * Trust, security and privacy issues * User interface, interaction in pervasive systems * Pervasive computing aspects of social networking * Virtual immersive communications * Wearable computers * Standards and interfaces for pervasive computing * Context-aware computing Important Dates: Submission Deadline: November 15, 2012 Acceptance notification: January 7, 2013 Camera-ready deadline: January 25, 2013 Conference dates: March 18-22, 2013 (PerCom 2013) PerCom 2013 Demo Co-Chairs: Dipanjan Chakraborty, Ph.D (cdipan...@in.ibm.commailto:cdipan...@in.ibm.com) Telecom Research Innovation Center IBM Research - India Lab Xun Luo, Ph.D (x...@qti.qualcomm.commailto:x...@qti.qualcomm.com) Office of the Chief Scientist Research and Development Qualcomm Research San Diego, California, USA Eli Bozorgzadeh (e...@ics.uci.edumailto:e...@ics.uci.edu) University of California, Irvine, California, USA Questions, comments, or concerns? Please drop an e-mail to the Demo Co-Chairs.
[ns] IEEE PerCom 2013 - Call For Papers
-- CALL FOR PAPERS PerCom 2013 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications 18-22 March 2013, San Diego, USA --- IEEE PerCom, now in its eleventh edition, is established as the premier annual scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Pervasive computing and communications has evolved into an active area of research and development, due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. PerCom 2013 will be held in San Diego, America's finest city, famous for its climate, its beaches, and numerous tourist attractions. PerCom 2013 will provide a leading edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and communications. The conference will feature a diverse mixture of interactive forums: core technical sessions of high quality cutting-edge research articles; targeted workshops on exciting topics; live demonstrations of pervasive computing in action; insightful keynote speeches; panel discussions from domain experts; and posters of budding ideas. Research contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to pervasive computing and communications, including: - Innovative pervasive computing applications - Context modeling and reasoning - Data management for pervasive computing - Programming paradigms for pervasive systems - Software evolution and maintenance in pervasive systems - Middleware for pervasive services and applications - Adaptive, autonomic and context-aware computing - Mobile/wearable computing systems and services in pervasive computing - Energy-efficient and green pervasive computing - Communication architectures for pervasive computing - Ad hoc networks for pervasive communications - Pervasive opportunistic communications and applications - Enabling technologies for pervasive systems (e.g., wireless BAN, PAN) - Positioning and tracking technologies - Sensors and RFIDs in pervasive systems - Multimodal sensing and context for pervasive applications - Participatory, opportunistic and social sensing - Smart devices and intelligent environments - Trust, security and privacy issues in pervasive systems - User interface, interaction, and persuasion - Virtual immersive communications - Pervasive computing aspects of social networks - Social and economic models for pervasive systems Workshops and Affiliated Events Many workshops will be held in conjunction with the main conference. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE PerCom. As in the past, PerCom 2013 will also feature a PhD Forum, Demonstrations and a Work-in-Progress Session. Please visit the conference website for details. Important Dates Paper Registration: Sep. 21st, 2012 Paper submission: Sep. 28th, 2012 Notification: Dec. 22nd, 2012 Camera Ready: Jan. 25th, 2013 Best paper award The best paper will receive the prestigious Mark Weiser best paper award. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC). Submission Guidelines Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. Also, they must show a significant relevance to pervasive computing and networking. Guidelines for preparing and submitting the manuscript will be made available on the conference website. All papers will be managed electronically through EDAS. Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous review process handled by the Technical Program Committee. For additional information, see www.percom.org for details on current and past PerCom conferences, or contact the PerCom 2013 organizing committee at percom2...@dico.unimi.it Organizing Committee General Chair: Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia Vice General Chair: Chatschik Bisdikian, IBM T. J. Watson Research, USA Program Chair: Claudio Bettini, University of Milan, Italy Vice Program Co-Chairs: Marco Gruteser, Rutgers University, USA Christine Julien, University of Texas at Austin, USA Marius Portmann, The University of Queensland, Australia Workshops Co-Chairs: Urs Hengartner, University of Waterloo, Canada Gregor Schiele, University of Mannheim, Germany Steering Committee Chair: Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, IT
[ns] CFP: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2013)
-- CALL FOR PAPERS PerCom 2013 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications 18-22 March 2013, San Diego, USA --- IEEE PerCom, now in its eleventh edition, is established as the premier annual scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Pervasive computing and communications has evolved into an active area of research and development, due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. PerCom 2013 will be held in San Diego, America's finest city, famous for its climate, its beaches, and numerous tourist attractions. PerCom 2013 will provide a leading edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and communications. The conference will feature a diverse mixture of interactive forums: core technical sessions of high quality cutting-edge research articles; targeted workshops on exciting topics; live demonstrations of pervasive computing in action; insightful keynote speeches; panel discussions from domain experts; and posters of budding ideas. Research contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to pervasive computing and communications, including: - Innovative pervasive computing applications - Context modeling and reasoning - Data management for pervasive computing - Programming paradigms for pervasive systems - Software evolution and maintenance in pervasive systems - Middleware for pervasive services and applications - Adaptive, autonomic and context-aware computing - Mobile/wearable computing systems and services in pervasive computing - Energy-efficient and green pervasive computing - Communication architectures for pervasive computing - Ad hoc networks for pervasive communications - Pervasive opportunistic communications and applications - Enabling technologies for pervasive systems (e.g., wireless BAN, PAN) - Positioning and tracking technologies - Sensors and RFIDs in pervasive systems - Multimodal sensing and context for pervasive applications - Participatory, opportunistic and social sensing - Smart devices and intelligent environments - Trust, security and privacy issues in pervasive systems - User interface, interaction, and persuasion - Virtual immersive communications - Pervasive computing aspects of social networks - Social and economic models for pervasive systems Workshops and Affiliated Events Many workshops will be held in conjunction with the main conference. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE PerCom. As in the past, PerCom 2013 will also feature a PhD Forum, Demonstrations and a Work-in-Progress Session. Please visit the conference website for details. Important Dates Paper Registration:September 21, 2012 23:59:00 EDT Paper submission: September 28, 2012 23:59:00 EDT Notification: December 22, 2012 Camera Ready: January 25, 2013 Best paper award The best paper will receive the prestigious Mark Weiser best paper award. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC). Submission Guidelines Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. They must show significant relevance to pervasive computing and networking. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered. Papers must be 9 pages or less, including references, figures and tables (at least 10pt font, 2-column format). The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as formatting instructions, can be found at http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting. All manuscripts must be registered and submitted electronically through EDAS (https://www.edas.info). Submissions will undergo a rigorous review process handled by the Technical Program Committee. The best paper will receive the prestigious Mark Weiser Best Paper Award. Top selected papers will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) Organizing Committee General Chair: Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland,
[ns] IEEE PerCom 2013 Workshops -- Combined Call For Papers
*** Our Sincere Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message *** COMBINED CALL FOR PAPERS for Workshops at PerCom 2013 - http://www.percom.org/ IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications 18-22 March 2013, San Diego, USA The IEEE Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom) conference, entering its 11th year, is the worldwide premier scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Since 2003, the conference has grown significantly in terms of quality and variety of the technical programs - it is recognized as a top tier conference by most universities and organizations across the world. The 2013 conference will be held in San Diego, California, USA at the Kona Kai Resort. This call is a general call for ALL WORKSHOPS. We are happy to announce the following 13 workshops that complement the main PerCom conference as well as provide a forum for researchers to discuss special interest areas within pervasive computing and communications. Detailed information about the individual workshop's scope, paper submission process, etc. can be obtained at the given URLs below. C3: Workshop on Cognitive Computing and Communications This international workshop aims to bring researchers together to exchange ideas on the applications of cognitive computing and communications (C3) for designing smart pervasive systems. URL: http://feihu.eng.ua.edu/PerCom_C3.html Paper Submission Deadline: October 30, 2012 CoMoRea: Workshop on Context Modeling and Reasoning This workshop's aim is to advance the state of the art in context modeling and reasoning and also discuss fundamental issues in context processing and management. URL: http://nexus.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/COMOREA/2013/index.html Paper Submission Deadline: November 13, 2012 IQ2S: Workshop on Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum to exchange ideas, present results, share experience, and enhance collaborations among researchers, professionals, and application developers in various aspects of Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Information (QoI) in wireless sensor networks for pervasive computing. URL: http://www.iq2s.org/ Paper Submission Deadline: October 30, 2012 MP2P: Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing The main goal of the workshop is to gather scientists from areas such as networking, information dissemination, databases, and security to foster collaboration and sparkle discussion on various aspects of mobile P2P. URL: http://mpclab.ce.ncu.edu.tw/mp2p2013/ Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2012 MUCS: Workshop on Managing Ubiquitous Communications and Services The MUCS workshop provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to explore the theoretic, technological and organizational challenges of managing ubiquitous communications and services, and to present advances in management techniques and technologies, for pervasive computing and smart space applications. URL: http://ubiquitous-management.org/mucs/2013/index.php Paper Submission Deadline: October 30, 2012 PerCol: Workshop on Pervasive Collaboration and Social Networking PerCol addresses the research field at the intersection of pervasive computing and social computing. We are interested in various types of human-to-human interaction with pervasive devices like mobile social networking, crowdsourcing, collaborative apps, location-based games or interaction with public displays. URL: http://percol.inf.tu-dresden.de/percol2013/ Paper Submission Deadline: October 30, 2012 PerHot: Workshop on Hot Topics in Pervasive Computing The goal of PerHot is to discuss new and controversial ideas in the whole of Pervasive Computing and Communication. We specifically call for early ideas, demo systems, and well-reasoned attacks on the status quo of Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. No idea or model is sacred. URL: http://projects.csail.mit.edu/perhot/2013/ Paper Submission Deadline: October 29, 2012
[ns] IEEE PerCom 2013: Call for Papers
-- CALL FOR PAPERS PerCom 2013 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications 18-22 March 2013, San Diego, USA --- IEEE PerCom, now in its eleventh edition, is established as the premier annual scholarly venue in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Pervasive computing and communications has evolved into an active area of research and development, due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. PerCom 2013 will be held in San Diego, America's finest city, famous for its climate, its beaches, and numerous tourist attractions. PerCom 2013 will provide a leading edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and communications. The conference will feature a diverse mixture of interactive forums: core technical sessions of high quality cutting-edge research articles; targeted workshops on exciting topics; live demonstrations of pervasive computing in action; insightful keynote speeches; panel discussions from domain experts; and posters of budding ideas. Research contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to pervasive computing and communications, including: - Innovative pervasive computing applications - Context modeling and reasoning - Data management for pervasive computing - Programming paradigms for pervasive systems - Software evolution and maintenance in pervasive systems - Middleware for pervasive services and applications - Adaptive, autonomic and context-aware computing - Mobile/wearable computing systems and services in pervasive computing - Energy-efficient and green pervasive computing - Communication architectures for pervasive computing - Ad hoc networks for pervasive communications - Pervasive opportunistic communications and applications - Enabling technologies for pervasive systems (e.g., wireless BAN, PAN) - Positioning and tracking technologies - Sensors and RFIDs in pervasive systems - Multimodal sensing and context for pervasive applications - Participatory, opportunistic and social sensing - Smart devices and intelligent environments - Trust, security and privacy issues in pervasive systems - User interface, interaction, and persuasion - Virtual immersive communications - Pervasive computing aspects of social networks - Social and economic models for pervasive systems Workshops and Affiliated Events Many workshops will be held in conjunction with the main conference. Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE PerCom. As in the past, PerCom 2013 will also feature a PhD Forum, Demonstrations and a Work-in-Progress Session. Please visit the conference website for details. Important Dates Paper Registration:Sep. 21st, 2012 Paper submission: Sep. 28th, 2012 Notification: Dec. 22nd, 2012 Camera Ready: Jan. 25th, 2013 Best paper award The best paper will receive the prestigious Mark Weiser best paper award. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC). Submission Guidelines Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. Also, they must show a significant relevance to pervasive computing and networking. Guidelines for preparing and submitting the manuscript will be made available on the conference website. All papers will be managed electronically through EDAS. Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous review process handled by the Technical Program Committee. For additional information, see www.percom.org for details on current and past PerCom conferences, or contact the PerCom 2013 organizing committee at percom2...@dico.unimi.it Organizing Committee General Chair: Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia Vice General Chair: Chatschik Bisdikian, IBM T. J. Watson Research, USA Program Chair: Claudio Bettini, University of Milan, Italy Vice Program Co-Chairs: Marco Gruteser, Rutgers University, USA Christine Julien, University of Texas at Austin, USA Marius Portmann, The
