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First International Symposium on Frontiers in Ubiquitous Computing, Networking and Applications (NeoFUSION 2010)
September 14- 16, 2010, Takayama, Gifu, Japan
http://sites.google.com/site/neofusion10/

To be held in conjunction with:
The 13-th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS 2010)
http://www.takilab.org/conf/nbis/2010/
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** Overview

Ubiquitous computing is an emerging field of research for computing paradigms in the 21st century.
This emergence is the natural result of research and technological advances mainly in wireless
communications, mobile computing, embedded computing, autonomic computing and agent technologies.
The goal of ubiquitous computing is to enable the fabrics of everyday life with
seamless and intelligent computers, devices, technologies and services.

Ubiquitous computing is a post-desktop model of human-computer interaction
in which information processing has been thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities.
In the course of ordinary activities, we use many computational devices and systems simultaneously.
This paradigm is also described as pervasive computing or ambient intelligence.
When primarily concerning the objects involved, it is also physical computing, the Internet of Things,
haptic computing, and things that think.

Ubiquitous computing is the third wave in computing, starting with mainframes and personal computing.
In general, people live through their practices and tacit knowledge so that
the most powerful things are those that are effectively invisible in use.
It is invisible, everywhere computing that does not
live on a personal device of any sort, but is everywhere.

Ubicomp is an interdisciplinary field that includes technologies that bridge the digital
and physical worlds, systems and applications that incorporate such technologies,
infrastructures that support them, human activities and experiences these technologies facilitate.


The aim of this symposium is to present the innovative researches, methods and models
for ubiquitous comuting and networking and their applications.

The symposium seeks original contributions in all relevant areas,
including but not limited to the following topics.

Topics of interest:

1. Ubiquitous Computing

- Ubiquitous Computing and Technology
- Ambient and Artificial Intelligence
- Context-Aware Ubiquitous Computing
- Parallel/Distributed/Grid Computing
- Novel Machine Architectures
- Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
- Smart Home

2. Wireless and Multimedia Networking

- Sensor Networks
- Ad-Hoc Networks
- Sensor Actor Networks
- P2P Networks
- Computer Graphics and Simulation
- Virtual Reality and Game Technology
- Multimedia Networking
- RFID
- Network Middleware

3. Ubiquitous Services and Applications

- Protocols for Ubiquitous Services
- Ubiquitous Database Methodologies
- Ubiquitous Application Interfaces
- U-Commerce and Other Applications

4. Ubiquitous Services and Applications

- Ubiquitous Platforms
- Multimedia in Telemedicine
- Embedded Systems
- Entertainment Industry
- E-Commerce and E-Learning
- Novel Multimedia Applications


5. Ubiquitous Security

- Security Issues and Protocols in Ubiquitous Computing
- Security Threats and Model in Ubiquitous Computing
- Key Management, Authentication and Authorization
- Privacy and Trust in Ubiquitous Environment
- Wireless Sensor Networks, MANET and RFID Security
- Multimedia Information Security
- Forensics and Image Watermarking
- Security in Commerce and Industry

** Important Dates

Submission Deadline: April 20, 2010
Author Notification: May 15, 2010
Author Registration: May 20, 2010 (see also http://www.takilab.org/conf/nbis/2010/)
Final Manuscript: June 4, 2010
Conference Dates: September 14-16, 2010


** Submission Guidelines

Submit a full paper not more than six pages (IEEE Conference proceedings manuscripts:
two column, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 font size,
and number each page. You can find instructions for authors, at the following web page:
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/

Prepare your paper in PDF file and submit it by e-mail to the symposium organizers
Prof. Ilsun You (ilsunu@gmail.com) and Prof. Leonard Barolli (barolli@fit.ac.jp).
Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting
the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance.

Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and
archived in the Digital Library.


** Organization

- Symposium Chairs

Ilsun You, Korea Bible University, Korea
Email: ilsunu@gmail.com

Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Email: barolli@fit.ac.jp

- Symposium Vice Chairs:
Jian Yuan, Tsinghua University, China
Pan Koo Kim, Chosun University, Korea

- Program Chairs:
Feilong Tang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Zhou Su, Waseda University, Japan

- Publicity Chairs:
Xinli Huang, East China Normal University, China

- Program Committee Members:
Irfan Awan, Bradford University, UK
Ray-Guang Cheng, National Taipei University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada
Min Ding, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA
Arjan Durresi, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan,
Antonio Gentile, University of Palermo, Italy
Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan
Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Farookh Hussain, Curtin University, Australia
Makoto Ikeda, Seikei University, Japan
Masugi Inoue, NICT, Japan
Jiro Iwashige, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Ved Kafle, NICT, Japan
Matsuo Keita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Hyung Chan Kim, NICT, Japan
Hoon Ko, Institute Polytechnic of Port, Portgal
Howard C.-M. Liu, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Hongbin Luo, Beijing Jiaotong University , China
Zhuzhong Qian, Nanjing University, China
Wook Shin, KDDI, Japan
Salavatore Vitabile, University of Palermo, Italy
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Tao Yang, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan