MobMid 2008


 * December 2, 2008
 * Leuven, Belgium

=Mobile Middleware: Embracing the Personal Communication Device (MobMid'08)= http://kyle.gsd.inesc-id.pt/minema

WORKSHOP SCOPE
The rise of relatively powerful communication devices and in particular mobile phones has enabled the deployment of a large spectrum of novel applications, such as context-aware applications, health-care monitoring, sport tracking, collaborative computing, etc. Extending middleware approaches designed for mobile computing environments to personal communication devices calls for an effective system design that can cope with the resource-constrained nature of such devices and provide adequate services when operating in highly heterogeneous environments.

It is still unclear and to many respects an unexplored research area how and to what extent traditional middleware services for mobile computing can be provided on personal communication devices. Porting existing middleware architectures to new computing platforms such as mobile phones turns out to be, in many cases, an unfeasible approach. Instead, mobile phones require a thorough rethinking of middleware architectures and their supporting software modules to allow applications to make effective use of the available computational power, memory, and communication technologies. Additionally, programming novel computing devices such as mobile phones is still a complex and time consuming development process.

Following the success of previously organized MiNEMA events, the objective of this workshop is to foster exchange of ideas and lively discussions in order to identify problems and solutions on building mobile middleware on personal communication devices. Research will be presented by both young and senior researchers in the field. The presentation of completed research as well as work in progress is expected to create a dynamic programme which should encourage fruitful discussions and new collaborations. We welcome papers focused on identifying open issues in the field, describing limits and advantages of existing solutions, or introducing novel techniques.

WORKSHOP TOPICS
The main topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:

devices electronic devices personal devices Android, etc. debugging on personal mobile devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, etc.
 * Architectures and protocols to support widespread development of mobile applications
 * Software management techniques for personal communication devices
 * Power and memory management for resource-constrained personal communication
 * Dynamic resource discovery in mobile and heterogeneous computing environments
 * Multi-device heterogeneous interactions
 * Mobile data synchronization in networks of mobile phones and other consumer
 * Mobile communication and data encoding
 * Location monitoring and tracking for personal communication devices
 * Application personalization and user-centric models
 * Mobile information access on personal communication devices
 * Failure analysis and reliability techniques for mobile phones and other
 * Experiences in programming mobile applications using JavaME, Windows Mobile,
 * Tools and programming support for middleware development, deployment and
 * Performance evaluation and experimentation with mobile devices

IMPORTANT DATES

 * Abstract submission deadline: July 25, 2008
 * Paper submission deadline: August 1, 2008
 * Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2008
 * Final camera ready papers due: October 8, 2008
 * Workshop date: December 2, 2008

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
MobMid 2008 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Contributions will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee. Potential participants may submit three types of contributions:

middleware for personal communication devices (4-6 pages).
 * Research paper: presents ongoing research and preliminary insights on mobile

out a plan for how to answer those questions during the workshop - based on a presentation (3-4 pages).
 * Research topic: identifies potentially open questions in the domain and sets

work can be submitted by sending a position paper (4-6 pages), optionally complemented with references to existing publications describing the work.
 * Experience paper: a summary of complete research tracks and/or projects. This

Please submit your paper in PDF, using the ACM proceeding format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Submission implies that at least one of the authors will register and present the paper. Accepted papers will be selected based upon their originality, technical soundness, and relevance to the call for papers. Submissions must not exceed 6 pages. The proceedings will be uploaded to the ACM Digital Library.

More information about submitting a paper to the MobMid'08 workshop can be found on the submission web page.

Workshop Co-Chairs:

 * has workshop chair::Oriana Riva, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, oriva@inf.ethz.ch
 * has workshop chair::Luis Veiga, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, luis.veiga@inesc-id.pt

Technical Program Committee:

 * has PC member::Agathe Battestini, Nokia Research Center, USA
 * has PC member::Paolo Bellavista, University di Bologna, Italy
 * has PC member::Sonia Ben Mokhtar, University College London, UK
 * has PC member::Renato Cerqueira, PUC-Rio, Brazil
 * [[has PC member::Carlos Flores Cortes, Lancaster University, UK
 * has PC member::Paolo Costa, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
 * has PC member::Domenico Cotroneo, University di Napoli Federico II, Italy
 * has PC member::Cristiano di Flora, Nokia Corporation, Finland
 * has PC member::Roy Friedman, Technion, Israel
 * has PC member::Jaakko Kangasharju, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
 * has PC member::Boris Koldehofe, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
 * has PC member::Fabio Kon, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
 * has PC member::Sam Michiels, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
 * has PC member::Jose Mocito, INESC-ID/University of Lisbon, Portugal
 * has PC member::Mirco Musolesi, Dartmouth College, USA
 * has PC member::Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan
 * has PC member::Charles Perkins, Nokia Siemens Networks, USA
 * has PC member::Luis Rodrigues, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP