SCOPE

Pervasive and embedded computing and communication is a paradigm that aims at providing trustworthy computing solutions and communication services all the time and everywhere. This entails the need for an interdisciplinary field of R&D that combines signal processing with computer hardware and software technologies, and utilizes and integrates pervasive, wireless, embedded, wearable and/or mobile systems. Applications range from ambient intelligence to ubiquitous multimedia, multidimensional signal processing, sensors, robotics, integrated communication systems and nanotechnologies. PECCS will bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the theory and applications in these areas.

Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the proceedings of PECCS. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.
CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
1. MOBILE AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING
2. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
3. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN


AREA 1: MOBILE AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING

Security and Privacy
Ambient Intelligence
Ubiquitous Computing Systems and Services
Human-Computer Interaction
Context-Aware Applications
Pervasive Health
Distributed Intelligent Agents
Mobile Computing
Ubiquitous Multimedia
Location Systems and Technology
Pervasive Embedded Networks

AREA 2: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

Time-frequency Analysis
Signal Processing in Communications
Detection and Estimation
Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing
Multimedia Communication Systems
Remote Sensing and Signal Processing
Adaptive Systems
Wavelet Signal Processing
Digital Filter Design and Implementation
Software Simulation
Microcontroller Applications

AREA 3: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN

Software Architectures
Pervasive Embedded Devices
Networking and Connectivity
Micro and Nanotechnology
Real Time Systems
VLSI Design and Implementation
Low-Power Electronics
Embedded Robotics
Instrumentation and Measurement
Sensors and Sensor Networks
RFID Applications

KEYNOTE LECTURE
Muriel Medard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus.