FutureTech 2013 CFPs (Springer LNEE: SCOPUS and EI Index)
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The 8th FTRA International Conference on
Future Information Technology (FutureTech 2013)


http://www.ftrai.org/futuretech2013


September 4-6, 2013, Gwangju, Korea

Published by Springer-LNEE (EI and SCOPUS Index)

Hosted by KITCS, http://www.kitcs.or.kr
Sponsored by FTRA, http://www.ftrai.org
Technically Sponsored by KIPS, http://www.kips.or.kr
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Introduction
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Future technology information technology would stand for all of
continuously evolving and converging information technologies, including
digital convergence, multimedia convergence, intelligent applications,
embedded systems, mobile and wireless communications, bio-inspired
computing, grid and cloud computing, semantic web, user experience and
HCI, security and trust computing and so on, for satisfying our
ever-changing needs.
In past twenty five years or so, Information Technology (IT) influenced
and changed every aspect of our lives and our cultures. Without various
IT-based applications, we would find it difficult to keep information
stored securely, to process information efficiently, and to communicate
information conveniently. In the future world, IT will play a very
important role in convergence of computing, communication, and all other
computational sciences and application and IT also will influence the
future world's various areas, including science, engineering, industry,
business, law, politics, culture, medicine, and so on.
Our conference is intended to foster the dissemination of
state-of-the-art research in all future IT areas, including their
models, services, and novel applications associated with their utilization.


FutureTech 2013 is the next edition of FutureTech 2012(Vancouver, Canada), FutureTech 2011(Loutraki, Greece), FutureTech 2010 (Busan, Korea,
May 2010) which was the next event in a series of highly successful the International Symposium on Ubiquitous Applications & Security Services
(UASS-09, USA, Jan. 2009), previously held as UASS-08 (Okinawa, Japan,Mar. 2008), UASS-07 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 2007), and UASS-06
(Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May, 2006).


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TOPICS (included, but are not limited to)
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* Track 1. Hybrid Information Technology
* Track 2. High Performance Computing
* Track 3. Cloud and Cluster Computing
* Track 4. Ubiquitous Networks and Wireless Communications
* Track 5. Digital Convergence
* Track 6. Multimedia Convergence
* Track 7. Intelligent and Pervasive Applications
* Track 8. Security and Trust Computing
* Track 9. IT Management and Service
* Track 10. Bioinformatics and Bio-Inspired Computing
* Track 11. Database and Data Mining
* Track 12. Knowledge System and Intelligent Agent
* Track 13. Game and Graphics
* Track 14. Human-centric Computing and Social Networks


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SUBMISSION and Publications
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There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. Authors should submit a paper with 6-8 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment.


All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).


Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows.
- Regular Paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost : by 8 pages)

Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review.

Please use the Springer Proceedings format for submission. Template is available on:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0


Submission system: http://www.editorialsystem.net/futuretech2013


Distinguished accepted and presented papers in FutureTech 2013, after further revisions,
will be published in the special issues of the following international journals (Pending):
- The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
- Wireless Personal Communications - Springer (SCIE)
- Cluster Computing - Springer (SCIE)
- Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks - Old City Publishing (SCIE)
- Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
- Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA



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Important Dates
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Submission Deadline: April 25, 2013 (FINAL EXTENSION)
Authors Notification: May 1, 2013
Author Registration: May 15, 2013
Final Manuscript: May 15, 2013
Conference Dates: September 4-6, 2013



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ORGANIZATION
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==Steering Chairs==
James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea
Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA


==General Chairs==
Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea (Leading Chair)
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain


==Program Chairs ==
Min Choi, Chungbuk National University, Korea (Leading Chair)
Uyen Trang Nguyen, York University, Canada
Robert C. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Horacio Gonzalez-Velez, National College of Ireland, Ireland
Yejun He, Shenzhen University, China


==Workshop Chairs ==
Seung-Ho Lim , Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea (Leading Chair)
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Yu Chen, State University of New York - Binghamton, USA


==Advisory Committee==
Seok Cheon Park, Gachon University, Korea
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA
Han-Chieh,Chao National Ilan University, Taiwan
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia
Ruppa K. Thulasiram, University of Manitoba, Canada
Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China



==Publicity Chairs==
Cain Evans, Birmingham City University, UK
Lee Chulung, Korea University, Korea
Antonio Coronato, ICAR, Italy
Rung-Shiang Cheng, Kunshan University, Taiwan
Haixia Zhang, Shandong University, China
Rafael Falcon, Larus Technologies, Canada
Xu Shao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore



==Local Arrangement Chairs==
Cheonshik Kim, Sejong University, Korea
Namje Park, Jeju National University, Korea
Deok-Gyu Lee, ETRI, Korea



==Program Committee==
TBA




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Call for Workshop Proposals
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Several workshops will be held in conjunction with FutureTech 2013 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists,
engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on Future Information Technology.
Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome.
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).
In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome. Please send a workshop proposal by Jan. 30, 2013 to Leading Workshop Chair: Prof. Seung-Ho Lim (slim@husfs.ac.kr).


Financial Support for Workshop Organizer:
If a workshop were organized successfully, the organizer (1 organizer per 1 workshop) will get:
* At least 10 papers registration: Free 1 registration
* At least 20 papers registration: Free 2 registration


==Important Dates==
Jan 15, 2013 Workshop Proposal Submission Due
Jan 30, 2013 Workshop Acceptance Notification
May 15, 2013 Camera-ready paper due
September 4-6, 2013 Workshop/Conference events
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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For further information regarding the conference paper submission / program and workshop organization,
please contact to: Profs. James Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com), Min Choi (miin.chae@gmail.com), or Seung-Ho Lim (slim@husfs.ac.kr).


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