IEEE NCAS2011 Call for Papers - Text versoion (Working Draft) We apologize for multiples copies. Please circulate this CFP among your colleagues and students. ******************************************************************************************************** The first International Workshop on Networking and Communications for Advanced Society (NCAS2011) July 5-8, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~minchen/ncas2011 ******************************************************************************************************** NCAS 2010 is co-located with the 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2011) -------- http://www.iwcmc.org/ -------- =============================================================== Paper submission deadline has been extended to Jan. 17th, 2011 =============================================================== ==================================== Journal Special Issues for NCAS2011 ==================================== Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), Inderscience Publishers International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), Inderscience Publishers ==================== Scopes ==================== Recent advances in the fields of wireless technology, multimedia communications and intelligent systems have exhibited a strong potential and tendency on improving human life in every facet, including entertainment, socialization, business, healthcare and education. The technology advances should make the city, the planet and the society a healthy, happy place for people to live to learn and to grow. They will not only enhance the quality of life, but will influence the way we live, work and socialize. To approach the ultimate goal of building an advanced society, various networking and communications technologies need to be combined to offer different services anytime and anywhere while satisfying the quality requirements of end-users in an elegant, energy-efficient and intelligent fashion. Submitted papers should be original and previously unpublished. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: ==================== Topics ==================== The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to: Track1: Networking for Advanced Society: --- Wireless sensor networks and ubiquitous networking --- Body area networks and RFID networking --- DTNs, epidemic and social networking --- Networking and security issues for advanced society Track2: Communications for Advanced Society: --- Machine to machine communications --- P2P and opportunistic communications --- Semantic oriented communications --- Novel wireless communication technologies Track3: Systems and Technology: --- System design issues, and performance modeling --- Architecture and infrastructure --- Emerging technologies for advanced society --- The Internet of Things --- Technologies to guarantee high quality of life Track4: Smart Services for Advanced Society: --- Entertainment and lifestyle applications --- Assistive technologies and healthcare services --- Intelligent services based on Agent technology --- Context-aware services --- Interactive multimedia services ====================== Submission Guidelines ====================== Authors are invited to submit original papers of up to 6 pages including figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Submission implies that at least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the conference. Electronic submission is accepted through the EDAS web site at http://edas.info/N9425. ====================== Publications ====================== Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE. Authors should submit a paper at most 8 pages in length with IEEE CS format by using online systems for review. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference. ====================== Important Dates ====================== Full Paper Deadline: Dec. 15, 2010 by 11:59PM PDT, extended to Jan. 17, 2011 Author Notification: Mar. 15, 2011 Registration & Camera Ready: April 1, 2011 ====================== Workshop Organizer ====================== --- Workshop Chairs --- Son T. Vuong, UBC, Canada --- Workshop Co-Chairs --- Min Chen, Seoul National University, South Korea Xingang Liu, Yonsei University, South Korea --- Publicity Chairs --- Cuixiao Sun, Hongkong Polytechnic University, China Xiaodong Yu, Hilandwe Comm. Tech. Ltd., China Yan Zheng, Yonsei University, Korea Limei Peng, KASIT, Korea --- Technical Program Committee (More to be confirmed) --- Hassan Ghasemzadeh, University of Texas at Dallas, USA J. Daniel Garcaia, Universidad Carlos III de Madird, Spain Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Ilangko Balasingham, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway Geyong Min, University of Bradford, UK Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira interior, Portugal Sangheon Pack, Korea University, South Korea Dakai Zhu, University of Texas at San Antonio Hong Chen, Southwest Jiaotong University, China Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua Univerisity, Taiwan Liang Zhou, ENSTA, ParisTech, France Foad Dabiri, University of California Los Angeles, USA Xiaoguang Liu, Nankai University, China Chin-Feng Lai, National Ilan University, Taiwan Seong-Jun Hahm, Tohoku University, Japan Xiaodong Lin, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA Nenggan Zheng, Zhejiang University, China Xuedong Liang, University of Oslo, Norway Sergio Gonzalez, University of British Columbia Wei Zhu, Samsung Electronics, South Korea Fiona Wang, VIA Technologies (China) Co., Ltd. Lijun Liu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Huiyong Li, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan Tao Hong, Beihang University, China Youxiang Wang, Yeungnam University, South Korea Trung Q. Duong, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Xike Xie, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong --- Web Chair --- Xingang Liu, Yonsei University, South Korea -----------------The End ------------------------------------------