NBiS 2008

Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution. Different kinds of systems with different characteristics are emerging and they are integrating in heterogeneous networks. For these reasons, there are many interconnection problems which may occur at different levels in the hardware and software design of communicating entities and communication networks. These kinds of networks need to manage an increasing usage demand, provide support for a significant number of services, guarantee their QoS, and optimize the utilization of network resources. Also, the information systems are composed of various kinds of objects which are interconnected by communication networks. The standard object-based framework of the distributed applications is developed in order to realize the interoperability of the applications by taking the advantages of the communication and platform infrastructure. It is now critical and significant to discuss how the network systems can realize interoperable, cooperative, and flexible information systems. The communication networks of today can support high-speed data transmission and advanced multimedia applications like e-Commerce, Web applications and Distance Learning. Presently, there are new trends in ubiquitous computation systems, Peer-to-Peer (P2P), and Grid computing systems, which can be widely used in various applications.

NBiS started as a workshop and was held for 9 years together with DEXA International Conference. The workshop has been very successful in quantity and quality. We

received every year a lot of paper submissions, but as workshop we could accept only a limited number of papers. Last year, NBiS ran as an International Conference together with DEXA. NBiS2008 is the second NBiS. We encourage researchers working in networks and distributed systems fields to submit their papers.

The main objective of NBiS is to bring together researchers from both network

systems and information systems with the aim of encouraging the exchange of ideas and experience between these two communities. It will represent an international forum to give an overview of the most recent trends. The NBiS seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics.

Topics of interest -Parallel and Distributed Algorithms -Communication Networks and Protocols -Databases and Data Mining -Grid Infrastructures -P2P Overlay Networks and Applications -Scheduling, Resource Discovery and Allocation -JXTA-based Applications -Web and Internet Applications -Ubiquitous Computing Applications -Pervasive Computing and Applications -Multimedia Systems and Applications -Autonomic Computing -Distributed Object-Oriented Systems -Heterogeneous Wireless Networks -Sensor Networks -Ad Hoc Networks -Sensor and Actor Networks -High-Speed Networks -Routing Algorithms -Interoperable Systems -Electronic Commerce -Network Security and Privacy -Intelligent Information Systems -Distance Learning Systems -eBusiness

Important Dates -Submission Deadline: February 29, 2008 -Author Notification: May 10, 2008 -Camera Ready Papers: June 10, 2008 -Conference Dates: September 1 to September 5, 2008

Submission Guidelines Authors are invited to submit original research contributions in English.

1. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. 2. Papers should not exceed 10 pages in LNCS format (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) 3. Any submission that exceeds length limits or deviates from formatting requirements may be rejected without review.

Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors are requested to submit their paper electronically to the NBiS web (http://www.takilab.org/conf/nbis/2008) before February 29, 2008. Duplicate submissions are not allowed. A submission is considered to be a duplicate submission if, at any time during the time when the submission is under consideration, there is another paper with the following properties:

1. the main technical content of the paper substantially overlaps that of the

DEXA, DaWaK, EC-Web, TrustBus submission; and 2. the paper is published or under consideration for publication in a refereed journal or proceedings (electronic or printed) that is generally available (e.g., not limited to conference attendees).

Authors are expected to agree to the following terms: "I understand that the paper being submitted must not overlap substantially with any other paper that I am a co-author of and that is currently submitted elsewhere. Furthermore, previously published papers with any overlap are covered prominently in this submission."

Duplicate submissions will be rejected. Questions about this policy or how it

applies to your work should be directed to the PC-chairs.

For further inquiries, please contact the Conference Chairpersons Prof. Makoto Takizawa (makoto.takizawa@computer.org) or Prof. Leonard Barolli (barolli@fit.ac.jp).

All accepted conference papers will be published in "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS) by Springer Verlag.

Conference Chairpersons Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Program Committee Chair Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan

PC Members Markus Aleksy, ABB AG Corporate Research Center, Germany Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK  Bhed Bahadur Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Goutam Chakraborty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK  Misbah Deen, Keele Univ., England, UK   Alex Delis, Polytechnic Univ., USA Andrei Doncesku, University Paul Sabatier, France Arjan Durresi, Louisiana State University, USA Thomas Grill, University of Linz, Austria Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK  Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan Yoshiaki Hori, Kyushu University, Japan Hui-huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Jinn-Ke Jan, National Chung Hsing Univesity, Taiwan Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tokai University, Japan Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan Vincent Lee, Monash University, Australia Yinsheng Li, Fudan University, China Wen-Yang Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Giuseppe De Marco, Toyota Institute of Technology, Japan Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia Michel Raynal, IRISA-INRIA, France Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan Nobuyoshi Sato, Toyo University, Japan Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia Univiversity, Canada Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Nguyen Manh Tho, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan Fatos Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain Chu-Sing Yang, National Su Yut-Sen Univ., Taiwan Muhammed Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Web Management Chair Alixier Aikebaier, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

For any further questions or inquiries please contact Conference Organizers:

Conference Organizers: Prof. Makoto Takizawa Dept. of Computers and Systems Engineering Tokyo Denki University Ishizaka, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-0394 Japan Tel.: +81-492-96-2911 ext.5001  Fax.: +81-492-96- 6185 E-mail: makoto.takizawa@computer.org URL: http://www.takilab.org/

Prof. Leonard Barolli Department of Information and Communication Engineering Faculty of Information Engineering Fukuoka Institute of technology (FIT) 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295 Japan This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP