UCES 2013 Call for Papers (SCIE Journal recommendations: 30~40%)
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The FTRA 2013 International Symposium on
Ubiquitous Computing and Embedded Systems (UCES-13)


Danang, Vietnam, December 18 - 21, 2013


http://www.ftrai.org/workshop/uces2013

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Important Notice
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1. Submission due for UCES-13: October 22, 2013 (Extended).


2.After closing UCES-13, the selected extended papers from accepted and presented papers in UCES-13 will be included in a Special Issue of the following international journals indexed by SCIE.
-The Science World Journal- Hindawi (IF: 1.7, Indexed by SCIE )
-Journal of Applied Mathematics- Hindawi (IF: 0.834 , Indexed by SCIE )
//Very fast publication process - open access journal.

*** Expected journal publication rate from UCES-13 published papers : about 30~40 % ***

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Introduction
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The FTRA 2013 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Embedded Systems (UCES-13) will be held inDanang, Vietnam, December 18 - 21, 2013.
The UCES-13 will be the most comprehensive symposium focused on the various aspects of advances in ubiquitous computing and embedded systems (UCES).
The UCES-13 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of UCES.
In addition, the symposium will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories and practical applications in UCES.
Furthermore, we expect that the symposium and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject.



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Topics
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Original contributions, not currently under review to another journal or conference, are solicited in
relevant areas including, but not limited to, the following:
- Advanced model/architecture/framework/platform for Ubiquitous computing
- Real-time systems for Ubiquitous computing
- Internet of things
- Ubiquitous and embedded systems and Network Protocols
- Energy/power saving components/modules for Ubiquitous computing
- Cryptography and security issues for Ubiquitous computing
- Cloud Services and Big data for Ubiquitous computing
- Social networks and media services in Ubiquitous computing
- Green-oriented related techniques, services, and products
- Sustainability, flexibility for Ubiquitous computing
- Privacy challenges in smart environment
- Embedded systems and services for cloud computing
- Energy-efficient and green-oriented data processing
- High performance embedded systems testing and practices
- Multimedia systems and applications



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Organization (TBA)
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==General Chairs==
James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, SeoulTech, Korea
Jason C. Hung, Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan


==Program Chairs==
Michael Hwa Young Jeong, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Neil Y. Yen, The University of Aizu, Japan


==Symposium Secretary==
Gangman Yi, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea


==Program Committee==
Pending


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Important Dates
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Step 1: Symposium Process
Submission Deadline: Oct. 22, 2013 (Final Extension!!)
Authors Notification: Nov. 10, 2013
Author Registration: Nov. 20, 2013
Final Manuscript: Nov. 20, 2013
Symposium Dates: Dec. 18 - 21, 2013


Step 2: Journal Process
Full Paper Submission Due: Dec. 1, 2013
Recommendation Notification for the SI: Dec. 25, 2013
Full paper Submission Due for the SI: Jan. 5, 2014
Journal Paper Publication: 1st Quarter, 2014 (Tentative)




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Submission Guidelines
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All submissions must be written in English. They must contain no information identifying the author(s) or their affiliation(s).
All papers must be submitted in an electronic format which conforms to the symposium proceedings style and submitted as DOC or PDF files.
Papers must strictly adhere to page limits (4~5 pages) for the symposium. Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review.
All authors MUST use the following sample paper format.
The sample format can be download from **here(http://www.ftrai.org/workshop/uces2013/UCES-13_sample.doc)**.


Submission system : http://www.editorialsystem.net/uces2013


Full papers for journal submission must strictly adhere to page limits (6~8 pages).


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Proceedings and Journal Publication
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First, materials (PPT) for presentation of accepted papers will be included in a symposium proceeding.

2.After closing UCES-13, the selected extended papers from accepted and presented papers in UCES-13 will be recommended for a Special Issue of the following international journals indexed by SCIE.
-The Science World Journal- Hindawii (IF: 1.7, Indexed by SCIE)
-Journal of Applied Mathematics- Hindawi (IF: 0.834 , Indexed by SCIE )
//Very fast publication process - open access journal.


*** Expected accept rate for SIs from full paper submissions: about 30~40 % ***



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Contact
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For further information regarding the conference paper submission and program,
please contact to: Profs. James Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) and Michael Jeong (jhymichael@gmail.com).


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