Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results. Apologies for cross-postings. ============== UBICOMM 2008 Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS UBICOMM 2008, The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies September 29 - October 4, Valencia, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/UBICOMM08.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2008/CfPUBICOMM08.html Important deadlines: Submission deadline May 15, 2008 Notification June 15, 2008 Registration and camera ready July 20, 2008 Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CS Press, posted in IEEE Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for specialized journals. UBICOMM 2008 Special Area Tracks (details in the CfP on site): Fundamentals Semantics of ubiquity; Ubiquitous knowledge; Knowledge discovery mechanisms; Profiling ubiquitous environments; Ubiquitous technologies for education, learning, and training Mobility Ubiquitous computing; Wearable computing; Mobile computing; Nomadic computing; Mobile commerce; Mobile learning Information Ubiquity Ubiquitous information appliances; Information retrieval and filtering; Context awareness; Control of ubiquitous data; Data management and processing; Data replication, migration and dissemination Ubiquitous Multimedia Systems and Processing Multimedia content recognition, indexing and search; Mobile graphics, games and entertainment; Ubiquitous multimedia applications and systems; Streaming mobile multimedia; Mobile media management; Multimedia ubiquitous platforms; Multimedia Indexing and Compression; Image and Signal Processing; Virtual reality in ubiquitous systems Wireless Technologies Bluetooth; 802.11.x; 802.15.x; ZigBee; WiMax Web Services Web 2.0; Semantic web; Web services; Ontology; Web Services evolution; Web Services applications Ubiquitous networks Ubiquitous networks; Network management; Network performance evaluation; Networks and technology convergence; Internet access in ubiquitous systems; Ubiquitous mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks; RFID; Reconfigurability and personalization of ubiquitous networks Ubiquitous devices and operative systems Design of devices for ubiquitous systems; Mobile devices; Wearable devices; Embedded systems; Operative systems for ubiquitous devices; Real-time operating systems and scheduling Ubiquitous mobile services and protocols Frameworks, architectures, and languages for ubiquitous services; Queries, transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous Networks; Algorithms for ubiquitous systems; SLA/QoS in ubiquitous services; Ontology based services; Location-based services; Protocols and interaction mechanisms for ubiquitous services; Mobile services and service convergence; Service discovery mechanisms; Tracking in ubiquitous environments; Measurement, control, and management of ubiquitous services; Design and development of ubiquitous services; Wireless/mobile service delivery Ubiquitous software and security Ambient components; Agent technologies; Software for spontaneous interoperation; Dependability guarantees; Security; Key Management and Authentication; Trust; Privacy; Fault-tolerance; Multimedia Information Security Collaborative ubiquitous systems Cooperative networks for ubiquitous systems; Cooperative applications for ubiquitous networks; Handheld and wearable systems for interaction in collaborative groups and communities; Ad hoc collaboration in ubiquitous computing environments; Awareness of collaboration and of work environment; Inherently mobile collaborative work User and applications Mobile user interfaces; Ubiquitous user-generated content (weblogs, wikis, etc.); Mobile and ubiquitous computing support for collaborative learning; User modeling and personalization; Context- and location-aware applications; Toolkits, testbeds, development environments; Tools and techniques for designing, implementing, & evaluating ubiquitous systems; Constructing, deploying and prototyping of ubiquitous applications; Evaluation of user models for ubiquitous environments; On-line analytical techniques; Human-computer interaction in ubiquitous computing environments; Ubiquitous e-Development (business, science, health, etc.); Case Studies; Emerging industrial/business/scientific ubiquitous scenarios; Ambient intelligence; Social issues and implications of ubiquitous system ================================ UBICOMM 2008 Chairs General Chair Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Program Committee Chairs Narcís Cardona, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Kwang-Cheng Chen, Taiwan National University, Taiwan Steering Committee Chair Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc. / Concordia University, Canada =============================================== --