AINA 2004

The International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2004) will be held in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan in March 29 - 31, 2004. It will include sessions on all aspects of theory, design and application of computer networks and distributed computing systems. Aside the regular presentation, the AINA meeting will include keynote addresses with speakers from both industry and academia.

Topics
Prospective authors are invited to propose papers in any of the following areas:


 * Communication Protocols and Architecture
 * Fault-tolerant Distributed Systems
 * Broadband Wireless Communications
 * Groupware
 * Security and Privacy
 * Multi-agent Systems
 * Distributed Database Systems
 * Personal Communication Systems
 * Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
 * Network-based Computing Systems
 * Novel Applications of Internet
 * Quality of Services
 * Internetworking and WWW
 * Communication Software
 * High-speed Communications
 * Distance Learning Systems
 * Multimedia Communications and Systems
 * Grid and Cluster Computing
 * Network-based Computer Graphics System
 * Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
 * Parallel and Distributed Systems Architecture
 * Ad-Hoc Networks
 * Peer-to-peer (P2P) Systems

Organizing Committee

 * Honorary co-chairs:
 * has general chair::Kazuo Aoki, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
 * has general chair::Shoichi Noguchi, SFAIS, Japan


 * International Advisory Committee
 * has OC member::Itsujiro Arita, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
 * has OC member::Wen-Tsuen Chen, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
 * has OC member::Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA
 * has OC member::Haruhisa Ishida, Tama Art University, Japan
 * has OC member::Jiro Iwashige, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
 * has OC member::Gezim Karapici, Tirana Polytechnical University, Albania
 * has OC member::Kane Kim, UC. Irvine, USA
 * has OC member::Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, ITRI, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Ming T. (Mike) Liu, The Ohio State Univ., USA
 * has OC member::Naoyoshi Nameda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
 * 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::A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
 * has OC member::Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University, Japan
 * has OC member::Kazuo Ushijima, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
 * has OC member::Koichi Utsumiya, Oita University, Japan
 * has OC member::Chengke Wu, Xidian University, China
 * has OC member::Jean-Lien C. Wu, National Taiwan Institute of Technology and Science,Taiwan
 * has OC member::Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA
 * has OC member::Laurence Tianruo Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada


 * General Co-chairs
 * has general chair::Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
 * has general chair::Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan


 * Program Chair
 * has program chair::Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan


 * Program Vice Chairs
 * has program chair::Arjan Durresi, The Ohio State University, USA
 * has program chair::Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
 * has program chair::Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
 * has program chair::Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
 * has program chair::Zied Choukair, ENST Bretagne, France


 * Program Area Chairs
 * Ad-hoc Networks
 * has program chair::Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China
 * Object-oriented Systems and Applications
 * has program chair::Takaichi Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
 * Internet and Web Applications
 * has program chair::Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
 * Distributed Database Systems
 * has program chair::Vlad Wietrzyk, University of Western Sydney, Australia
 * Network Protocols and Applications
 * has program chair::Wonjun Lee, Korea University, Korea
 * Multimedia Systems
 * has program chair::Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 * Network Security
 * has program chair::Chuan-Kun Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 * Distributed and Parallel Systems
 * has program chair::Fumiaki Sato, Shizuoka University, Japan
 * Mobile Communication
 * has program chair::Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
 * Multi-agent Systems
 * has program chair::Takuo Suganuma, Tohoku University, Japan


 * International Liaison Co-chairs
 * has OC member::Michael Papazoglou, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
 * has OC member::Kechu Yi, Xidian University, China
 * has OC member::Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan


 * Publicity Co-chairs
 * has OC member::Hiroshi Miyabe, NTT, Japan
 * has OC member::Chu-Sing Yang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Misbah Deen, University of Keele, UK


 * Awards Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Chin-Chen Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Tetsuo Kinoshita, Tohoku University, Japan
 * has OC member::Ten H. (Steve) Lai, The Ohio State University, USA.


 * Publication Co-chairs
 * has OC member::Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
 * has OC member::Zixue Cheng, University of Aizu, Japan


 * Treasure Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Michiaki Katsumoto, CRL, Japan
 * has OC member::Tomoya Enokido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan


 * Registration Co-Chairs
 * has OC member::Hiroshi Maeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
 * has OC member::Koki Watanabe, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan


 * Local Arrangements and Social Events Co-Chairs
 * has local chair::Toshihiko Wakahara, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
 * has local chair::Noriyasu Yamamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan


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


 * Program Committee Members
 * has PC member::Rachid Anane, University of Coventry, UK
 * has PC member::Shinji Araya, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Nikitas Assimakopoulos, University of Piraeu, Grecce
 * has PC member::Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA
 * has PC member::Bhed Bahadur Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
 * has PC member::David Bonyuet, Delta Search Labs, USA
 * has PC member::Goutam Chakraborty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
 * has PC member::Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK
 * has PC member::Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
 * has PC member::Elias Procopio Duarte Jr., Federal University of Parana, Brasil
 * has PC member::Tomoya Enokido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
 * has PC member::Larbi Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada
 * has PC member::Xiaoming Fu, University of Goettingen, Germany
 * has PC member::Shigeru Fujita, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Kentaro Go, Yamanashi University, Japan
 * has PC member::Nathan Griffiths, University of Warwick, UK
 * has PC member::Koji Hashimoto, Iwate Pref. University, Japan
 * has PC member::Aiguo He, University of Aizu, Japan
 * has PC member::Hiroaki Higaki, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
 * has PC member::Peter Douglas Holt, Athabasca University, Canada
 * has PC member::Hui-Huang Hsu, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
 * has PC member::Nen-Fu Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
 * has PC member::Jason C. Hung, Kung Wu Institute of Technology, Taiwan
 * has PC member::Michel Hurfin, IRISA - INRIA Rennes, France
 * has PC member::Ren-Hung Hwang, NCCU, Taiwan
 * has PC member::Pedro Isaias, Portuguese Open University, Portugal
 * has PC member::Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
 * has PC member::Takashi Katoh, Tohoku University, Japan
 * has PC member::Tamio Kihara, NTT, Japan
 * has PC member::Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tokai University, Japan
 * has PC member::Kwang-Hoon Kim, Kyonggi University, Korea
 * has PC member::Shigetomo Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
 * has PC member::Gen Kitagata, Tohoku University, Japan
 * has PC member::Larry Korba, National Research Council, Canada
 * has PC member::Weidong Kou, Xidian University, China
 * has PC member::Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
 * has PC member::Takayuki Kushida, IBM, Japan
 * has PC member::Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
 * has PC member::Jonathan C.L. Liu, University of Florida, USA
 * has PC member::Toshiaki Matsunaga, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Hiroshi Matsuno, Yamaguchi University, Japan
 * has PC member::Hsing Mei, Fu Jen Catholic Universty, Taiwan
 * has PC member::Rozeta Miho, Tirana Polytechnical University, Albania
 * has PC member::Takanori Mori, Communications Research Lab., Japan
 * has PC member::Ralf Muhlberger, The University of Queensland, Australia
 * has PC member::Takuo Nakashima, Tokai University, Japan
 * has PC member::Hiroaki Nishino, Oita University, Japan
 * has PC member::Masato Oguchi, Ochanomizu University, Japan
 * has PC member::Koji Okamura, Kyushu University, Japan
 * has PC member::Jeong-Hyun Park, ETRI, Korea
 * has PC member::Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia
 * has PC member::Takamichi Saito, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::K. Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
 * has PC member::Nicoletta Sala, University of Italian Switzerland, Switzerland
 * has PC member::Elhadi Shakshuki, Jodrey School of Computer Science, Canada
 * has PC member::Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan
 * has PC member::K. M. Sim, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 * has PC member::Takushi Tanaka, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
 * has PC member::Georgios K. Theodoropoulos, The University of Birmingham, UK
 * has PC member::Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
 * has PC member::Kazunori Uchida, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Brijesh Verma, Griffith University, Australia
 * has PC member::Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada
 * has PC member::Toshihiko Wakahara, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China
 * has PC member::Takashi Watanabe, Shizuoka University, Japan
 * has PC member::Haiyan Xu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Yuefei Xu, National Research Council, Canada
 * has PC member::Takako Yamada, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
 * has PC member::David Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
 * has PC member::George Yee, National Research Council, Canada
 * has PC member::Masao Yokota, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Muhammed Younas, Coventry University, UK
 * has PC member::Song Yu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Shuuichi Yukita, Hosei University, Japan
 * has PC member::Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research China, China
 * has PC member::Jianjun Zhao, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
 * has PC member::Xiaofang Zhou, The University of Queensland, Australia
 * has PC member::Shihua Zhu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China