The 2nd Workshop on Advances In RFID (AIR'09)
(October 21-23, 2009, Macau, China, in conjunction with ICEBE 2009)

Air 2009, its 2nd workshop, collocated with ICEBE 2009, would be held in Macao in October 21-23, 2009. Air 2009 will continue the success of Air 2008 in Xi’An, China to offer a prestigious forum of innovative findings for applied research and technology development in logistics and supply chain management, and their adoption in various economic sectors. The workshop solicits paper submissions in a wide range of related topics, including, but not limited to, the following,

* RFID and automation
* Agile and lean supply chains
* Business process automation and re-engineering
* Computational logistics
* Data engineering and decision support systems
* ERP, CRM, SRM, and WFM
* Facility Logistics (warehouse, transportation, and distribution)
* GPS, GIS, and location based systems
* Green logistics and supply chains
* Internet and Web technologies
* Knowledge discovery and data mining
* Mobile and ubiquitous computing
* Organizational and economical issues
* Security, vulnerability, and risk management
* Sensors and measurement technologies
* Service science and service oriented computing
* Technology adoption and risk management

Papers must be submitted electronically. Please submit papers through the following URL:

Paper Submission Link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=air2009

The format of submitted papers should follow the guidelines for the IEEE conference proceedings, limited to 6 pages.

Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of the ICEBE 2009 by the IEEE CS Press, and will be further invited for extension for publication in top international journals, including the International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL).

Important Dates
Deadline for submission of full papers May 15, 2009
Acceptance/Rejection notification June 25, 2009
Final manuscripts due July 25, 2009
Author registration July 25, 2009
Early bird registration September 20, 2009
Workshop starts October 21, 2009


Workshop Organizer (inquiry via email: air.workshop@gmail.com)

* Dr. Zongwei Luo, The Univeristy of Hong Kong, China
* Dr. Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA


Workshop Program Committee

* Meng-Yen Hsieh, Providence University, Taiwan
* Song Bin, National RFID Center, Singapore
* Paul Chou, IBM, USA
* Charalampos Patrikakis, NTUA, Greece
* Pedro Peris-Lopez, Carlos III Madrid University, Spain
* Michael Sheng, The University of Adelaide, Australia
* Nicolas Sklavos, University of Patras, Greece
* Huiping Sun, Peking University, China
* Lu Yan, University of Hertfordshire, UK
* Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
* Benjamin Yen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
* Patrick Peng, Shenzhen University, China
* Hongbing Wang, Southeast University, China
* PuaySiew Tan, National RFID Center, Singapore
* Junfang Zeng, CAS, China
* Shijie Zhou, UESTC, China
* Zeadally Sherali, University of DC, USA
* Tianle Zhang, BUPT, China
* Franz Amtmann, NXP, Netherlands