The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
(UIC-09)
- Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces -
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/

Technically Sponsored by IEEE TF on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
Brisbane, Australia, 7 – 10 July, 2009
Co-located with ATC'09 (http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~atc09/)


Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way
towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed
throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant
services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing
landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to
be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly
extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and
processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact
like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more
enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many
"smart things/u-things" to create smart environments.

A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may
be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive,
adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or
thinking. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field
covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from
the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and
intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has
been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong and Oslo.
UIC-09 will include a highly selective program of technical papers,
accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches.
Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and
computing, UIC-09 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and
experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and
systems.

The UIC-09 topics include but are not limited to the following:
1. Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Systems
* Sensor, Ad Hoc & Mesh Networks
* Peer-to-peer Networks
* Mobile Social Networking
* Knowledge Representation and Ontology
* Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems
* Middleware and Intelligent Platforms
* Intelligent Services and Architectures
* Agents, Swarm/Amorphous Systems
* Context-aware Systems

2.Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Environments
* Smart Room, Home, Office, Laboratory
* Smart Building, Library, School, Campus
* Smart Shop, Hospital and City, etc.
* Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation
* Healthcare and Elder Care Services
* Pervasive Learning, Games, Entertainment
* Other Intelligent/Smart Applications
3.Personal/Social/Physical Aspects
* Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics
* User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition
* Adaptive User Interfaces
* Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal Issues
* Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors
* Implication and Impact of Ubiquitous Intelligence
* Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds

4. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects
* Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID
* Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators
* MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices
* Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices
* Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc.
* Embedded Software and Agents

Important Dates
Submission Deadline: January 19, 2009
Authors Notification: March 16, 2009
Final Manuscript Due: April 13, 2009


WORKSHOPS

The UIC'09 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops
affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the
conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE. Submit
workshop proposals to workshops chairs via email (denko@cis.uoguelph.ca and
chh@chu.edu.tw) by 15 October 2008.
PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers need to be prepared according to the LNCS format, and submitted in
PDF format via the UIC-09 submission site:
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/sub/

PAPER PUBLICATION

Accepted conference papers are planned to be published by Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted
paper is required to register and present their work at the conference,
otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Selected
papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special
issues of prestigious journals on Pervasive Computing.


General Chairs

Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia
Chris Scott, NICTA, Australia
Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA


Program Chairs

Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France
Marius Portmann, University of Queensland, Australia
Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan


Advisory Committee Chairs

Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA
Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan


Steering Committee

Jianhua Ma (chair), Hosei University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang (chair), St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China
Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA


Workshops Chairs

Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada
Robert C. Hsu, Chun Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C


Program Vice Chairs

Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and technology, Hong Kong
Daniela Nicklas, Oldenburg University, Germany
Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan
Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada


Publicity Chairs

Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom, France
Linda Jiang Xie, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Evi Syukur, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Sung-Bae Zho, Yonsei University, Korea
Wenbin Jiang, HUST, China


Panel Chairs

Neil Bergmann, The University of Queensland, Australia
Max Muehlhaeuser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany


International Liaison Chairs

Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
Yo-Ping Huang, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea


Industrial Liaison Chairs

Hakan Duman, British Telecom, UK
Nagula Sangary, RIM, Canada


Web Administration Chairs

Peizhao Hu, National ICT, Australia


Advisory Committee and Program Committee
See UIC-09 website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/