CALL FOR PAPERS

The 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
- Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces -

UIC 2010 (http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/uic2010/)

Xi'an, China, October 26-29, 2010
Technically Sponsored by IEEE CS TCSC

Co-located with ATC 2010 (http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/atc2010/)

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Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many ¡°smart things or u-things¡± to create smart environments, services and applications.

A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive, adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or thinking. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong, Oslo and Brisbane. UIC 2010 will include a highly selective program of technical papers, accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches. Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and computing, UIC 2010 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and systems.


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TOPICS:
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1. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Systems
* Sensor, Ad Hoc, Mesh & P2P Networks
* Social Networking and Computing
* Knowledge Representation and Ontology
* Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems
* Middleware and Intelligent Platforms
* Intelligent Services and Architectures
* Agents, Swarm and Context-aware Systems
* Nature-inspired Intelligent Systems

2. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Environments
* Smart Room, Home, Office, Laboratory
* Smart Shop, Hospital, Campus, City, etc.
* Smart Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation
* Healthcare and Elder/Child Care Services
* Pervasive/Ubiquitous Media and Services
* Pervasive Learning, Games, Entertainment
* Other Intelligent/Smart Applications

3. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects
* Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID
* Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators
* MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices
* Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices
* Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc.
* Embedded Software and Agents
* Interaction to Smart Objects/Devices
* Smart Object OS and Programming

4. Personal/Social/Physical Aspects
* Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics
* User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition
* Adaptive User Interfaces and Tools
* Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal Issues
* Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors
* Implication & Impact of Ubiquitous Intelligence
* Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds


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WORKSHOPS AND AFFILIATED EVENTS:
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The UIC 2010 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Submit workshop proposals to workshops chairs via email (robertchh@... and mieso08@...) by 31 January 2010. Besides workshops, UIC 2010 will also include a special track, demo/exhibitions and a panel. Please visit the conference website for details.


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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
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Papers need to be prepared according to the LNCS format, and submitted in PDF format via the UIC 2010 submission site: http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/uic2010/Submission/


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IMPORTANT DATES:
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Paper submission: Apr. 30, 2010
Author notification: Jun. 30, 2010
Camera-ready due: Jul. 30, 2010


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PAPER PUBLICATION:
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Accepted conference papers are planned to be published by Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special issues of prestigious journals on pervasive computing.


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AWARDS:
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As in the past, UIC 2010 will present a Best Paper Award. A best demo or exhibition will also be selected.


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COMMITTEE:
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Honorary Chairs
Yaoxue Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA
Lionel M. Ni, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., HK

General Chairs
Daqing Zhang, Institute TELECOM SudParis, France
Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China
Sajal Das, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA

Program Chairs
Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China
Ramiro Liscano, Univ. of Ontario Inst. of Tech., Canada
Guanling Chen, University of Massachusetts, USA

Program Vice Chairs
Waltenegus Dargie, Tech. Univ. of Dresden, Germany
Tatsuya Yamazaki, NICT, Japan
Yu Chen, Tsinghua University, China

Advisory Committee Chairs
Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan
Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Max Muehlhaeuser, Darmstadt Univ. of Tech., Germany

Workshop Chairs
Robert C. Hsu, Chung Hua Univ., Taiwan
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada

Publicity Chairs
Bessam Abdulrazak, Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China
Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland
Hongbo Ni, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China
Evi Syukur, University of New South Wales, Australia

Panel Chairs
Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany
Ren-Hung Huang, National Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan

Demo/Exhibition Chairs
Gang Pan, Zhejiang University, China
Xing Xie, Microsoft Research Asia, China

Award Chairs
Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

Special Track Chairs
Zheng Yan, Nokia Research Center, Finland
Yan Wang, Macquarie University, Australia

International Liaison Chairs
Marius Portmann, University of Queensland, Australia
Yo-Ping Huang, National Taipei Univ. of Tech., Taiwan
Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea
Judith Symonds, Auckland Univ. of Tech., New Zealand

Industrial Liaison Chairs
Nagula Sangary, RIM, Canada
Yan Zhang, Simula Lab, Norway

Local Arrangement Chair
Yuying Wang, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China

Web Administration Chair
Haipeng Wang, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China

Steering Committee
Jianhua Ma (chair), Hosei University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang (chair), St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China
Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany
Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA