[agents] Final CFP - Special Issue on RFID Technology, Systems, and Applications

[Zakaria Maamar]

Special Issue on RFID Technology, Systems, and Applications

Journal of Network and Computer Applications
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jnca

Guest Editors

Michael Sheng, Sherali Zeadally, Katerina Mitrokotsa, and Zakaria
Maamar


1. Scope
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been around for more than
half a century. It is only in recent years that this technology has
begun to attract a lot of attention, due to the convergence of lower
cost and increased capabilities of RFID tags. Currently, RFID is
emerging as an important technology for
revolutionizing a wide range of applications including supply chain
management, retail, anti-counterfeiting, baggage handling, and
healthcare. Many organizations are planning or have already exploited
RFID in their main operations to take advantage of the potential of more
automation, efficient business processes, and inventory visibility.
While RFID provides promising benefits such as inventory visibility and
business process automation, significant challenges on information
systems and technologies need to be overcome before these benefits can
be realized.

This special issue will present the latest developments, trends,
industrial applications, and research challenges for RFID technology.
This issue will explore how organizations can gain competitive
advantages by applying RFID technology in real-world settings.
Submissions on studies which demonstrate RFID
techniques for specific application problems are encouraged. Survey
articles that emphasize research and application in a particular RFID
domain are welcomed. Research areas of relevance would therefore
include, but not only limited to, the following topics:

* Data management issues in RFID applications
* RFID and physical user interfaces
* Security/privacy and RFID
* RFID and sensor networks
* Web services and RFID
* RFID case studies, field trials, industrial applications
* RFID middleware and Integration of RFID with other applications
* Next generation RFID technologies and RFID standards
* Commercial experience with RFID
* RFID network management
* COTS and Open Source RFID infrastructure
* Performance evaluation of RFID systems and applications


2. Important Dates
Paper submission due:   31 Oct 2009 
1st round review due:   30 Dec 2009
Revision due:   28 Feb 2010
Final decision:   15 Mar 2010
Paper publication:  Third Quarter 2010 


3. Submission
The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original
research which is not published nor currently under review by other
journals or
conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be
found at www.elsevier.com/locate/jnca. All manuscripts and any
supplementary
material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES).
The authors must select "SI: RFID * Zeadally" when they reach the
"Article Type" step in the submission process. The EES website is
located at http://ees.elsevier.com/jnca/.

For more information, please contact the Editorin-Chief, Mohammed
Atiquzzaman (atiq at ou.edu).


4. Guest Editors
Dr. Michael Sheng
School of Computer Science
The University of Adelaide
Adelaide, SA 5005
Australia
Email: qsheng at cs.adelaide.edu.au

Dr. Sherali Zeadally
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC 20008 
USA
E-mail: szeadally at udc.edu

Dr. Katerina Mitrokotsa
Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics and Computer Science,
Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands,
Email: A.Mitrokotsa at TUDeldt.nl 
Dr. Zakaria Maamar
College of Information Technology
Zayed University
P.O. Box 19282, Dubai
U.A.E
Email: zakaria.maamar at zu.ac.ae