AINA 2008

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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-08) will be held in Ginowan City, Okinawa, Japan. March 25-28, 2008. 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:


 * Communication Protocol and Architecture
 * High-speed Communication and Network
 * Wireless Communication and Network
 * Multimedia Communication and System
 * Personal Communication System
 * Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network
 * Low-power Network and System Network
 * Wearable Network and System
 * Embedded System and Networking
 * Quality of Services (QoS)
 * Network Control and Management
 * Network Performance Analysis and Evaluation
 * Internet Technology and IP-based Applications
 * Multicast Routing and Technology
 * Security, Privacy and Trust
 * Fault-tolerant and Dependable System
 * Multi-agent System and Applications
 * Parallel/Distributed Algorithm and Architecture
 * Distributed Database and Data Mining
 * Distributed Graphics and VR/AR/MR System
 * Distributed AI and Soft/Natural Computing
 * Biological Informatics and Computing
 * E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Society, etc.
 * Grid, Cluster and Internet Computing
 * Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System
 * Service-oriented Framework and Middleware
 * Autonomic Computing and Communication
 * WWW, Semantic Web and Cyber World
 * Mobile and Context-aware Computing
 * Ubiquitous/Pervasive Networks and Computing
 * Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart World
 * Smart Object, Space/Environment and System
 * Innovative Networking and Applications
 * Social, Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World

AINA 2008 organizing committee

 * Honorary Chair
 * has general chair::Shoichi Noguchi, AFAIS, Japan


 * General Co-Chairs
 * has general chair::Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has general chair::Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan


 * Program Co-Chairs
 * has program chair::Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
 * has program chair::Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, England


 * Workshops Co-Chairs
 * has workshop chair::Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
 * has workshop chair::Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada
 * has workshop chair::David Taniar, Monash University, Australia


 * International Advisory Committee
 * has OC member::Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Wen-Tsuen Chen, Tsinghua University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan
 * has OC member::Zhong Chen, Peking University, China
 * has OC member::Sunyoung Han, Konkuk University, Korea
 * has OC member::Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA
 * has OC member::Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Shou-Hsuan Stephen Huang, University of Houston, USA
 * has OC member::Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University, USA
 * has OC member::Raj Jain, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
 * has OC member::Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
 * has OC member::Takuya Katayama, JAIST, Japan
 * has OC member::Tohru Kikuno, Osaka University, Japan
 * has OC member::Cheeha Kim, Postech, Korea
 * has OC member::Kane H. Kim, University of California, Irvine, USA
 * has OC member::Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
 * has OC member::Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, ITRI, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Mike Liu, Ohio State University, USA
 * has OC member::Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
 * has OC member::Michel Raynal, IRISA, France
 * has OC member::Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan
 * has OC member::Zhili Sun, University of Surrey, UK
 * has OC member::A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
 * has OC member::Jeffrey Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
 * has OC member::Roland Wagner, Linz University, Austria
 * has OC member::Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China
 * has OC member::Chengke Wu, Xidian University, China
 * has OC member::Kechu Yi, Xidian University, China
 * has OC member::Susumu Horiguchi, Tohoku University, Japan


 * Program Vice Chairs:
 * Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
 * has program chair::Chih-Yung Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
 * Agent and Intelligent Computing
 * has program chair::Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK
 * Communication Technology and Protocols
 * has program chair::Winston Seah, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
 * Dependable and Autonomic Systems
 * has program chair::Naohiro Hayashibara, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
 * Distributed and Parallel Algorithms
 * has program chair::Ali Shahrabi, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
 * Distributed Database and Data Mining
 * has program chair::Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan
 * Grid, P2P and Scalable Computing
 * has program chair::Fatos Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
 * Internet Computing, Web and Multimedia Applications
 * has program chair::Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
 * Mobile Networks and Applications
 * has program chair::Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan
 * Network Control and Performance Evaluation
 * has program chair::Geyong Min, Bradford University, UK
 * Pervasive/Ubiquitous Networks and Computing
 * has program chair::Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada
 * Security, Privacy and Trust
 * has program chair::Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tokai University, Japan
 * Semantic Services and Computing
 * has program chair::Markus Aleksy, ABB AG Corporate Research Center, Germany
 * Innovative Networking and Applications
 * has program chair::Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan


 * Award Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
 * has OC member::S. Misbah Deen, University of Keele, UK
 * has OC member::Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China


 * International Liaison Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
 * [[has OC member::Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
 * has OC member::Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan


 * Industrial Liaison Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Hisao Koizumi, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
 * has OC member::Jian Ma, Nokia, China


 * Publicity Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Muhammed Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK
 * has OC member::Katherine Guo, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA


 * Publication Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Arjan Durresi, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
 * has OC member::Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia


 * International Journals Coordinators
 * has OC member::Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
 * has OC member::Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK


 * Treasure and Local Arrangement Chairs
 * has local chair::Takuo Nakashima, Kyushu Tokai University, Japan
 * has local chair::Valbona Barolli, Tokyo Denki University, Japan


 * Web Administration Chairs
 * has OC member::Yoshio Nakajima, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
 * has OC member::Ailixier Aikebaier, Tokyo Denki University, Japan


 * Steering Committee Chair
 * has OC member::Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan


 * Conference Secretary
 * has OC member::Yuka Onaga, Okinawa Convention Beaureu, Japan
 * has OC member::Yoshie Johnson, Okinawa Congress, Japan