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The 15th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications

Description: The 15th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2009) August 24 to 26, 2009 Beijing, China Embedded software has become a necessity in almost every aspect of the daily lives of individuals and organizations, from self-contained applications to those embedded in various devices and services (mobile phones, vital sign sensors, medication dispensers, home appliances, engine ignition systems, etc). A large proportion of these systems are mission/life critical and performance sensitive. The 15th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2009) will bring together researchers and developers from academia and ...

Keywords: embedded systems, ubiquitous computing, real-time

Workshop on Advances in Ubiquitous Computing Systems

Description: ====================================================================== Workshop on Advances in Ubiquitous Computing Systems (AUCS 2009) http://arg.vsb.cz/ndt2009/Workshops/AUCS2009.aspx ====================================================================== In conjuction with The 1st International Conference on Networked Digital Technologies (NDT 2009) VSB Technical University of Czech http://arg.vsb.cz/ndt2009/InstructionForAuthor.aspx ===================================================================== Paper submission deadline: February 23, 2009 ===================================================================== This workshop will bring together researchers and industry participants who are involved with the design, development, and implementation of novel applications and frameworks in the domain of Ubiquitous Computing. Ubiquitous Computing is an exciting and booming research field which encompasses a wide range of research topics from Distributed Computing to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ubiquitous computing is a result of tremendous advances ...

Keywords: ubiquitous computing

The 2009 International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing Security

Description: The 2009 International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing Security (UC-Sec 09) http://www.sersc.org/UCSEC2009 July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA In Conjunction with SAM'09 / WORLDCOMP'09 The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing =========================================================== Overview ------------ Ubiquitous Computing (UC) paradigm foresees seamless integration of communicating and computational devices and applications embedded in all parts of life - homes, offices, school, hospital, an so on. However, there are many problems and major challenges awaiting for us to solve such as the security risks in ubiquitous resource sharing, which could be occurred when data resources are connected and accessed by ...

Keywords: security, ubiquitous computing

The 4th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing: information retrieval, decision making processes, and user needs in the context of ubiquitous computing

Description: At this year’s workshop, we aim to balance discussion of technological factors with human aspects in order to explore implications for better design. Thus, the theme is ‘information retrieval, decision making processes, and user needs in the context of ubiquitous computing’. A particular focus will be how user needs could be incorporated into the enhanced design of ubiquitous computing systems such as smart homes, assistive technologies, and collaborative systems. Such systems capture information of various types in order to make decisions which meet human needs, depending on the context. In order to design and develop systems which can be successfully ...

Keywords: information retrieval, ubiquitous computing, user-centred design approaches, collaborative and mobile compu

2009 Workshop on Middleware for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Systems

Description: 2009 Workshop on Middleware for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Systems Co-located with: The Fourth International Conference on COMmunication System softWAre and middlewaRE - COMSWARE 2009 19th June 2009, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Overview The research interest in the area of pervasive and ubiquitous computing has recently experienced a significant grown. Such computing scenarios include applications endowed with context awareness and adaptive capacities and sensor instrumented environments where devices communicate through a Wireless Network. The building of software solutions for such scenarios involves a wide range of challenges due to the myriad of different applications to be considered, the specific requirements of ...

Keywords: software engineering, pervasive systems, ubiquitous computing, middleware

The 3rd International Symposium on Service, Security and its Data management technologies in Ubi-comp

Description: SSDU-09 Call for Papers =============================================================================== The 3rd International Symposium on Service, Security and its Data management technologies in Ubi-comp (SSDU-09) http://www.sersc.org/SSDU2009 Geneva, Switzerland, 4-8 May 2009 In Conjunction with GPC-09 =============================================================================== SSDU-09 Overview ================= Ubiquitous Computing (Ubi-comp) is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm with user-centric environment to provide computing and communication services at any time and anywhere. In order to realize their advantages, it requires integrating security, services and data management to be suitable for Ubi-com. However, there are still many problems and major challenges awaiting for us to solve such as the security risks in ubiquitous resource ...

Keywords: security, data management, ubiquitous computing

International Workshop on Ambient Computing and Intelligence

Description: International Workshop on Ambient Computing and Intelligence (ACI 2008) Summary Pervasive computing envisions a networked world of miniature devices, sensors and actuators to provide ambient and personalized services to users in a seamless and transparent manner. Building on existing and emerging technologies, this vision is gradually becoming a reality, which is impacting our everyday life. The goal of ACI 2008 is to provide a leading edge forum for researchers and engineers alike to further explore both theoretical and practical issues, and present state-of-the-art research in the field of pervasive computing. It also aims to foster the exchange of ideas and ...

Keywords: pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing, ambient computing

Ubiquitous Web Applications

Description: UWA|2008 - International Workshop on Ubiquitous Web Applications in conjunction with: 10th @WAS International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2008) 6th @WAS International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2008) 24-26 November, 2008, Linz, Austria IMPORTANT DATES * September 8, 2008: Full paper submission * October 6, 2008: Acceptance Notification * October 15, 2008: Camera-Ready Papers and Early-Bird Registration * November 24-26, 2008: Workshop at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria SCOPE OF WORKSHOP E-commerce and m-commerce have dramatically boosted the demand for web applications and web services which enable ubiquitous access. Ubiquity offers ...

Keywords: web, pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing

Ubiquitous Computing Security Systems

Description: ---------------------------------------------------- Ubiquitous Computing Security Systems (UCSS 2008) http://www.comp.dit.ie/ubisec2008 ---------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers Theme This workshop will bring together researchers and industry participants who are involved with the design, development, and implementation of novel secure ubiquitous applications which can be used in heterogeneous computer systems and mobile devices. In the last few years we have witnessed a significant increase in the use of the computers and mobile devices in Ubiquitous Computing Systems. While this is a welcome trend, security concerns are becoming one of the major problems. It is affecting the adoption rate and usage of these systems. Unless deliberate efforts ...

Keywords: pervasive computing, security, ubiquitous computing, ubicomp

CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Computer Science Issues - IJCSI - July 2009 - Pervasive Computing Systems and Technologies (Volume 1)

Description: CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Computer Science Issues - IJCSI - July 2009 - Pervasive Computing Systems and Technologies (Volume 1) Deadline: 03 July 2009 Notification: 19 July 2009 Online Publication: 31 July 2009 The topics suggested by this issue can be discussed in term of concepts, surveys, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. Semantics of pervasiveness; Pervasive knowledge; Pervasive technologies for education ...

Keywords: pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing

Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering (indexed by EI ) Special Issue on Ubiquitous Computing, Technology, and Applications

Description: Call for Papers Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering (TKJSE, indexed by EI ) Special Issue on "Ubiquitous Computing, Technology, and Applications" Important Dates =========== Full Papers Due: Oct. 10, 2010 (extended) Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: November 20, 2010 Final Manuscript Due: December 20, 2010 Tentative Publication Date: Depend on the publisher’s schedule Theme and Scope ============ With the rapid developments of technology, small, inexpensive, and robust networked processing devices have become part of everyday life. Ubiquitous computing has become an area of intense research in the last couple of years particularly with the need to access information anytime, anywhere, on ...

Keywords: technology, ubiquitous computing, applications, computater science

Special Issue on and Open Source Software and Ubiquitous Systems

Description: We would like to encourage you (and your co-workers) to send the paper for the following Special Issue on JCIT: Journal of Convergence Information Technology. The aim of the Open Source Software and Ubiquitous Systems special issue is to invite high-quality original research articles on the large field of open source software and ubiquitous systems. In this field, many researchers have contributed and disseminated many innovative and important new works of all aspects of open source software and ubiquitous systems with emphasis on human-computer interfaces, computing systems, software architectures, design tools and methodologies, educations, services, and applications. The special issue ...

Keywords: distributed computing, ubiquitous computing

IEEE Communications Magazine - Special Issue on Communications in Ubiquitous Healthcare: Wireless Sensors, Networked Devices, Protocols and Solutions

Description: Call for Papers IEEE Communications Magazine Special Issue on "Communications in Ubiquitous Healthcare: Wireless Sensors, Networked Devices, Protocols and Solutions" Many countries continue to face the major challenge of economically supporting their welfare systems, particularly medical/health benefits. Without the introduction of alternative solutions to reduce the cost of conventional systems such as hospitalization and specialized institutions, the system will most likely collapse. For a long time, information and communications technologies (ICT) have been recognized as part of the solution to create new cost-effective solutions to reduce the cost of healthcare. For example, the Ubiquitous (U) Health Smart Home, a home ...

Keywords: ubiquitous computing, ehealth

International Journal of Medical Informatics - Special Issue on Designing for Healthy Living

Description: ===================== CALL FOR PAPERS ==================================== Special Issue on Designing for Healthy Living International Journal of Medical Informatics (Elsevier) Submission deadline: January 29, 2011 ========================================================================== SYNOPSIS Chronic conditions (such as heart disease, stroke) have become the chief causes of death globally. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, three-quarters of all deaths in the world will be due to such chronic non-communicable diseases. Over 70 per cent of cardiovascular disease deaths and around 50 per cent of all chronic disease deaths are attributable to a small number of risk factors, which include: unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and high ...

Keywords: ubiquitous computing, computer-human interaction, healthy living, ambient assisted living

Special Issue User-Driven RFID Applications and Challenges, Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Springer)

Description: Call for Papers Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Springer) Special Theme on "User-Driven RFID Applications and Challenges" -------------------------------------------------------------------- *****Overview***** Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems are emerging as one of the most pervasive computing technologies due to their low cost and their broad applicability. RFID communication is fast, convenient and its application can substantially save time, improve services, reduce labor cost, thwart product counterfeiting and theft and maintain quality standards. Common applications range from highway toll collection, supply chain management, public transportation, controlling building access, animal tracking to developing smart home appliances and remote keyless entry for automobiles. While RFID ...

Keywords: ubiquitous computing, rfid technology, rfid applications, rfid security & privacy

Sensors Special Issue on Ubiquitous Sensing (SCI indexed)

Description: CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: "Ubiquitous Sensing" - Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) Impact Factor: 1.771 (2010); 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.917 (2010) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/ubiquitous_sensing Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2012 [Special Issue Information] The era of ubiquitous sensing has begun recently thanks to the proliferation of wireless sensors. For instance, modern smartphones are equipped with a variety of sensors that can be used to continuously monitor activities and locations of the users, and a rapidly growing number of sensors are embedded into the physical world for monitoring of our living environments. Ubiquitous sensing promises to enhance awareness of the cyber, physical, and ...

Keywords: networking, ubiquitous computing, communications, sensor networks

ACM/Springer Personal and Ubiquitous Computing SI on Cross-Community Mining

Description: *Special Issue of* *ACM/Springer Journal of "Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (PUC)"* *on Cross-Community Mining* *Introduction People now live in heterogeneous social communities within cyber-physical spaces - both online communities and social networks where digital content is exchanged, and ad hoc physical communities that exploit opportunistic relationships between pairs of networked devices to exchange content. These communities have distinct technical features which lead to distinct kinds of interaction - such as patterns of comments and likes in online communities and co-location in ad hoc communities, or issues of friendship, trust and influence in online communities and social popularity and movement patterns ...

Keywords: pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing, Social networks, mobile phone sensing