UIC 2009

The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-09) - Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces - http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/

Technically Sponsored by IEEE TF on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing Brisbane, Australia, 7 – 10 July, 2009 Co-located with ATC'09 (http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~atc09/)

Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many "smart things/u-things" to create smart environments.

A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive, adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or thinking. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong and Oslo. UIC-09 will include a highly selective program of technical papers, accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches. Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and computing, UIC-09 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and systems.

The UIC-09 topics include but are not limited to the following: 1. Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Systems
 * Sensor, Ad Hoc & Mesh Networks
 * Peer-to-peer Networks
 * Mobile Social Networking
 * Knowledge Representation and Ontology
 * Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems
 * Middleware and Intelligent Platforms
 * Intelligent Services and Architectures
 * Agents, Swarm/Amorphous Systems
 * Context-aware Systems

2.Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Environments 3.Personal/Social/Physical Aspects
 * Smart Room, Home, Office, Laboratory
 * Smart Building, Library, School, Campus
 * Smart Shop, Hospital and City, etc.
 * Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation
 * Healthcare and Elder Care Services
 * Pervasive Learning, Games, Entertainment
 * Other Intelligent/Smart Applications
 * Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics
 * User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition
 * Adaptive User Interfaces
 * Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal Issues
 * Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors
 * Implication and Impact of Ubiquitous Intelligence
 * Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds

4. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects
 * Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID
 * Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators
 * MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices
 * Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices
 * Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc.
 * Embedded Software and Agents

Important Dates Submission Deadline:   January  19,  2009 Authors Notification: March  16,  2009 Final Manuscript Due: April    13,  2009

WORKSHOPS

The UIC'09 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE. Submit workshop proposals to workshops chairs via email (denko@cis.uoguelph.ca and chh@chu.edu.tw) by 15 October 2008. PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers need to be prepared according to the LNCS format, and submitted in PDF format via the UIC-09 submission site: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/sub/

PAPER PUBLICATION

Accepted conference papers are planned to be published by Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special issues of prestigious journals on Pervasive Computing.

General Chairs

Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Chris Scott, NICTA, Australia Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA

Program Chairs

Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France Marius Portmann, University of Queensland, Australia Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Advisory Committee Chairs

Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan

Steering Committee

Jianhua Ma (chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (chair), St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Workshops Chairs

Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Robert C. Hsu, Chun Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C

Program Vice Chairs

Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and technology, Hong Kong Daniela Nicklas, Oldenburg University, Germany Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada

Publicity Chairs

Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom, France Linda Jiang Xie, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Evi Syukur, The University of New South Wales, Australia Sung-Bae Zho, Yonsei University, Korea Wenbin Jiang, HUST, China

Panel Chairs

Neil Bergmann, The University of Queensland, Australia Max Muehlhaeuser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

International Liaison Chairs

Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Yo-Ping Huang, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea

Industrial Liaison Chairs

Hakan Duman, British Telecom, UK Nagula Sangary, RIM, Canada

Web Administration Chairs

Peizhao Hu, National ICT, Australia

Advisory Committee and Program Committee See UIC-09 website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/ This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP