[agents] CFP - ICEIS'2008 Workshop - New Submission Deadline March 14

[Zakaria Maamar]

---- New Submission Deadline March 14 ----

The 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing (IWUC 2008)
with Focus on Adaptivness
12-13 June, 2008 - Barcelona - Spain
http://iceis.org/workshops/iwuc/iwuc2008-cfp.html

In conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Enterprise
Information Systems (ICEIS 2008)

 
Background and Goals
The development and availability of new computing and communication
devices, and the increased connectivity between these devices, thanks to
wired and wireless networks, are enabling new opportunities for people
to perform their operations anywhere and anytime. Furthermore, due to
the high acceptance rate of such devices by the user community, it is
expected that these devices will become so pervasive that most users
will take them for granted. Generally known as Ubiquitous Computing
(UC), the vision of UC is to push computational services out of
conventional desktop interfaces into environments characterized by
transparent forms of interactivity. 

Ubiquitous computing environments therefore must respond dynamically to
a combination of user needs, the policies of resource owners and service
providers, the current usage context and the capabilities of available
services and resources. This will require a high level of adaptivity in
the collective behaviour exhibited by ubiquitous computing systems and
the networks that connect them. 

Adaptive computing focuses on the methodology and implementation of
systems that adjust to different situations. An adaptive system may
change its own behaviour to the goals, tasks, interests, and other
features of individual users and the environment. Adaptivity is
important for ubiquitous and pervasive computing. In this workshop we
aim to bring together researchers into a range of issues related to
providing such adaptivity for ubiquitous computing environments.

Topics of interest
In this workshop, we aim to identify recent and significant developments
in the general area of ubiquitous computing with a particular focus on
adaptivity.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Mobile computing vs. Pervasive computing vs. Ubiquitous computing.
• Design methodologies and evaluation techniques
• New interfaces and modes of interactions between people and ubiquitous
computing devices, applications or environments. 
• Grid Computing technologies for Wireless networks
• Agent-based ubiquitous applications
• Services for ubiquitous applications
• Middleware for service discovery
• Integration of wired and wireless networks
• Context-aware systems
• Context models for ubiquitous environments
• Context management techniques
• Context reasoning
• Application of Artificial intelligence techniques to provide
adaptivity
• Adaptive architectures 
• Personalization 
• Self configuration environments
• Agent-based systems for ubiquitous environments 
• Autonomic systems 
• Adaptive service provisioning
• Knowledge management 
• Security in ubiquitous environments 
• Adaptive security
• Case studies and experiences on adaptive ubiquitous systems 

Format of the Workshop
The workshop will comprise of oral presentations. The proceedings of the
workshop will be published in the form of a book by INSTICC.

Submission of Papers
There will be two types of papers: long (approx. 5000 words) and short
(approx. 2000 words). Furthermore, a keynote speaker and a discussion
panel are planned. Postscript/RTF versions of the manuscript should be
submitted thru ICEIS web-based paper submission procedure.

Workshop Proceedings
All accepted papers will be published in a workshop proceedings book
with an ISBN#, which will be issued by INSTICC Press. The proceedings
will be available at the time of the workshop.

Important Dates
Paper Submission: March 3, 2008
Author Notification: April 4, 2008
Final Camera-Ready and Registration: April 14, 2008

Workshop Program Committee
Rachid Benlamri, Lakehead University, Canada
Jamal BentahSaid Elnaffar, United Arab Emirates University , UAE
Salim Ferraz, Alcatel, France
Ashraf Khalil, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Birgitta König-Ries, University of Jena, Germany
Ghita Kouadri Mosetafoui, University of Oxford
Michael Mrissa, University of Namur, Belgium
Nanjangud C Narendra, IBM, India
Vincenzo Pallotta, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai, l'Ecole des Mines de Douai, France
Philippe Thiran, University of Namur, Belgium
Alessio Vecchio, University of Pisa, Italy 
Hamdi Yahyaoui, University of Sharjah, UAE

Workshop Location
The workshop will take place in conjunction with the 10th International
Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2008) in Barcelona -
Spain. 

 

Co-Chairs
Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui (primary contact)
ICT Department
The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Walton Hall. MK6 7AA
Phone: (44) 19086 59337 
Fax: (44) 19086 53658 

Zakaria Maamar
College of ISs
Zayed University
P.O. Box 19282, Dubai U.A.E
Phone: (971) 4 2082 461
Fax: (971) 4 2640 854