Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing Workshop (PUC 2009)
(http://www.cis.uoguelph.ca/~denko/IWCmcindex.html)

To be held in conjunction with IWCMC 2009,
June 21-24, 2009, Leipzig, Germany
(http://iwcmc.com/index.htm)

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Aims and scope of the workshop
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At the same time as the number of connections, wired or wireless for
each electronic device is increasing the number of electronic devices
surrounding each individual is also multiplying. This will pave the
way for the realisation of pervasive/ubiquitous computing where the
user is making use of many devices and systems simultaneously, in the
course of daily activities, without having to make effort or even
being aware of them. These devices and systems will then collaborate
and form together an ambient intelligence that offers personalised
services to the user. However, in order to realise this exciting
vision, it is necessary to address and find solutions to many
challenges such as seamless access, device and service discovery,
service continuity, middleware for pervasive computing, identity,
privacy, security, trust, etc.

The IWCMC 2009 Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing Workshop will serve as
an ideal meeting place for developers, researchers, practitioners, and
educators who are interested or working within the field of mobile,
pervasive/ubiquitous computing. It will, hopefully, act as a catalyst
for the realisation of the vision of pervasive computing.



Topics of interest
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Submissions are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Technologies and devices for pervasive computing
Applications and services of pervasive computing technologies
Seamless access and Service continuity in pervasive computing
Customisation and personalisation of services
Context-aware services
Device and service discovery in pervasive computing
Middleware for pervasive computing
Interfaces and modes of interactions between people and pervasive
computing devices, applications or environments
Tools, infrastructures, architectures and techniques for designing,
implementing & deploying pervasive computing applications
Evaluations and evaluation methods, for assessing the impact of
pervasive computing devices, applications or environments
Privacy, security, trust & social issues and implications of
pervasive computing Identity management in pervasive computing
Intelligent and smart environments
Opportunistic pervasive computing
Autonomic management of ubiquitous systems

Submission Guidelines
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The IWCMC 2009 Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing Workshop welcomes novel
and unpublished papers in the field of Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing.
Submissions must include an abstract, five to ten keywords, the e-mail
address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 6 pages,
including tables and figures (up to two extra pages at additional
cost) in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt
font). The proceedings of the workshop will be published as part of
IWCMC2009 main conference, by IEEE Communications Society and IEEE
Digital Library. Selected papers will be further considered for
possible publication in a Special Issue of an International Journal
(pending) after further extension.

Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that,
should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will
register for the conference and present the work. Submissions will be
conducted electronically on the conference website:

http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6827&.

Important Dates
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Paper Submission Deadline: 20 December 2008
Paper Acceptance Notification: 25 March 2009
Camera-ready Paper Submissions: 15 April 2009
Registration Deadline for Authors: 15 April 2009


Workshop Chairs
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Do van Thanh, Telenor R&I, Norway, thanh-van.do[AT]telenor.com
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada, denko[AT]cis.uoguelph.ca


Technical Program Committee (in progress)
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Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan
Jianhua He, Swansea University, UK
Thuan Do, Linus AS, Norway
Paal Engelstad, University of Oslo / Telenor R&I, Norway
Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK
Mario Freire, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Boning Feng, Oslo University College, Norway
Dong Seong Kim, Duke University, USA
Tore Jonvik, Oslo University College, Norway
Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE
Petri Pulli, University of Oulu, Finland
Var Jorstad, Ubisafe AS, Norway
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada
Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Zheng Yan, Nokia, Finland