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The IEEE PerCom International Workshop on the Impact of Human Mobility
on Pervasive Systems and Applications (PerMoby 2012)

http://vecchio.iet.unipi.it/permoby

in conjunction with PerCom 2012 (http://www.percom.org)
March 19-23, Lugano, Switzerland

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The key components of many pervasive systems and applications are already
deployed in the form of ubiquitous commercial products carried by humans.
Human mobility makes it possible for such key components to interact,
promoting cooperation and sharing of content, services and resources.
Smartphones, tablet PCs, and other personal devices act as mobile computing
elements able to gather information about the surrounding environment
according to the mobility of users. In other situations these devices
operate as mobile nodes of the computing and/or networking infrastructure,
where interaction and communication occur opportunistically.

The goal of PerMoby is to explore the impact of human mobility on the
achievement of the pervasive computing vision. The focus is on pervasive
applications, systems, and protocols where mobility plays an active role
in achieving the end goals.

Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of
human-centric applications and systems are solicited. Papers describing
prototype implementations and deployment of such applications and systems
are particularly welcome. The submission of papers on controversial issues
is also encouraged. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- pervasive systems and applications based on (or influenced by) human mobility
- mobile phone sensing applications and systems
- opportunistic and participatory sensing, and anything in between
- opportunistic computing
- pervasive systems with humans in the loop
- wearable sensing systems
- mobility models
- distributed computing approaches that rely on human mobility
- impact of human mobility on wireless communication
- green pervasive applications that leverage human mobility
- mobility aware protocols
- opportunistic networking


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers should contain original material and should not be previously
published or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts
are limited to a maximum of 6 pages in IEEE conference format. Accepted
papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press in the combined
PerCom 2012 Workshops Proceedings and will appear on IEEE Xplore. At least
one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the workshop
to present the paper. There is no workshop-only registration. An oral
presentation at the workshop is strictly required. Failure to present the
paper at the workshop will result in the withdrawal of the paper from
the proceedings as well as from IEEE Xplore. Paper submission will be
via EDAS (further details will be available on the workshop website).


IMPORTANT DATES

- Submission deadline: October 30, 2011
- Notification of acceptance: December 21, 2011
- Camera ready: Late January, 2012


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Daniele Puccinelli, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
(SUPSI), Switzerland
Alessio Vecchio, University of Pisa, Italy


PUBLICITY CHAIR

Stefano Abbate, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy


TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (incomplete list)

Mikael Asplund, Linköping University, Sweden
Eleonora Borgia, IIT-CNR, Italy
Aaron Crandall, Washington State University, USA
Jordi Cucurull Juan, Linköping University, Sweden
Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy
Mario Di Francesco, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Frack Legendre, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Flavio Fabbri, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Anna Förster, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland
William Gauvin, Symantec and University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA
Nidhi Hegde, Technicolor, France
Kevin Kwiat, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Alan Marchiori, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Mirco Musolesi, University of Birmingham, UK
Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy
Mikko Pitkänen, AALTO, Finland
Silvia Santini, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Salvatore Vanini, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland
Marco Zuniga, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany