As one of the most important international conferences sponsored by the TCDP of the IEEE Computer Society, the International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-09) will be held in Bradford, May 26-29, 2009. The conference covers theory, design and application of computer networks and distributed computing systems. Aside from the regular presentations, the conference will include keynote addresses with speakers from both industry and academia. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the following areas (not limited to):

o Communication Protocol and Architecture
o High-speed Communication and Network
o Wireless Communication and Network
o Multimedia Communication and System
o Personal Communication System
o Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network
o Wearable Network and System
o Embedded System and Networking
o Quality of Services (QoS)
o Network Control and Management
o Network Performance Analysis and Evaluation
o Internet Technology and IP-based Applications
o Multicast Routing and Technology
o Security, Privacy and Trust
o Fault-tolerant and Dependable System
o Multi-agent System and Applications
o Parallel/Distributed Algorithm and Architecture
o Distributed Database and Data Mining
o Distributed Graphics and VR/AR/MR System
o Distributed AI and Soft/Natural Computing
o Biological Informatics and Computing
o E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Society, etc.
o Grid, Cluster and Internet Computing
o Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System
o Service-oriented Framework and Middleware
o Autonomic Computing and Communication
o WWW, Semantic Web and Cyber World
o Mobile and Context-aware Computing
o Ubiquitous/Pervasive Networks and Computing
o Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart World
o Smart Object, Space/Environment and System
o Innovative Networking and Applications
o Social, Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World
The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference.

Distinguished papers accepted and presented in AINA-2009, after further revisions, will be published in special issues on prestigious international journals.