Call for Papers: Workshop On Ubiquitous Computing And Networks (Ubiconet)

Call for Papers: Workshop On Ubiquitous Computing And Networks (Ubiconet)

The second Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing and Networks (UbiCoNet 2011) will be held in conjunction with IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2011) in December 9th, 2011 at Houston, TX, USA.

Generally known as Ubiquitous Computing (UbiCo), the vision of UbiCo is to push computing out of conventional desktop computers into environments characterized by embedded computers and transparent forms of interactivity.

Considerable reductions in prices of devices and network usage are finally making ubiquitous computing a reality.

Ubiquitous computing and networks have received a significant and sustained research interest in terms of designing and deploying novel services and applications. The UbiCoNet workshop aims to provide researchers who share similar research interests to meet and address new research challenges and initiatives related to Ubiquitous Computing (UbiCo) and Networks (Net).

The workshop program will focus on new research challenges and initiatives, and will allow authors to present new and emerging trends in ubiquitous computing and networks to dedicated audiences.

Topics of interest

The workshop focuses on presenting state of the art and emerging research, as well as experience reports, in the following topics, but are not limited to:

1. Ubiquitous applications and services
2. Ubiquitous Communications
3. Multimedia networks and services
4. Peer-to-Peer Computing
5. Human-Computer Interaction in Ubiquitous Computing
6. Wireless Communication & Networks
7. Mobile Ad-Hoc networks (MANETs)
8. Wireless Sensor Networks
9. Mobile Computing
10. Agents and Distributed Computing
11. User Centered Design in Ubiquitous computing
12. Location-dependent and Context-aware Computing
13. Mobile Augmented Reality
14. Mobile Social Communications

Organizing Committee

General Chair

Pablo Cesar, CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), The Netherlands

Program Co-Chairs

Xabiel Garcia, University of Oviedo, Spain
Alexander Garcia Davalos, Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, Colombia

Program Committee

- Roch Glitho, Concordia University, Canada
- Michiharu Takemoto, NTT Labs, Japan
- Yuusuke Nakano, NTT Labs, Japan
- Andres Navarro C., Universidad ICESI, Colombia
- Fang Zhu, Verizon, USA
- Fabio Verdi, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brasil
- José Luis Arciniegas, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
- Giuseppe Rafa, Intel Corporation, USA
- Diego Martinez, Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, Colombia
- Vassilis Kostakos, University of Madeira, Portugal
- Fabio Guerrero, Universidad del Valle, Colombia
- Apolinar Gonzalez, Universidad de Colima, Mexico
- Yuuichi Teranishi, Osaka University, Japan
- Mathieu Boussard, Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, France
- Cristian Hesselman, Telematica Instituut, Netherlands
- Andres Millan, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia
- Eduard Babulak, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Juan Carlos Corrales, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
- Enrique Stevens-Navarro, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Konstantinos P. Ferentinos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
- Andres Kwasinski, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
- Ralf Kernchen, University of Surrey, UK
- Karim Seada, Nokia Research Center, USA

Paper submission guidelines

Only original, previously unpublished papers will be accepted. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit an IEEE conference style paper up to 5 pages long (including all text, figures, and references), but one additional page will be allowed with additional publication fee (USD100 if paper is accepted). Papers will be submitted through EDAS submission system (http://www.edas.info).

Publication

An accepted paper must be registered before the registration deadline and must be presented at the UbiCoNet 2011 workshop. Failure to register before the deadline will result in automatic withdrawal of the paper from the workshop proceedings and the program. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 proceedings and IEEE Digital Library. GLOBECOM has the right to remove an accepted and registered but not presented paper from the IEEE Digital Library.

Important dates

Submission due: July 7, 2011
Accept notification: August 15, 2011
Camera Ready: August 31, 2011
Workshop: December 9, 2011

Web page: http://turing.uao.edu.co/UbiCoNet2011/