[agents] JAISE 2011 - Thematic Issue: A Software Engineering Perspective on Smart Applications for AmI

[Paulo Novais]

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JOURNAL OF AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE AND SMART ENVIRONMENTS

ISSN: 1876-1364 
Published by IOS Press
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Thematic Issue: A Software Engineering Perspective on Smart Applications for
AmI

Deadline for manuscript submission: June 15th, 2011
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Background
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This thematic issue addresses software engineering perspectives on the
design, use and  evaluation of Smart Applications for Ambient Intelligence
and solicits contributions
on recent developments and experiments with such applications in simulated
smart environments as well as successful deployments in the real world.
Currently, we witness various futuristic application domains that promise
smart interaction between humans and computers, with smart objects enabling
the internet of things, intelligent transportation systems, and smart grids
being some of the more notorious examples receiving a lot of attention
nowadays. However, do the advanced computing capabilities of a mobile phone
justify calling it a smart-phone? How can software engineering complement
artificial intelligence to create smart applications for Ambient
Intelligence? What kind of intelligent behavior do users expect from smart
software architectures? What are good programming paradigms to implement
such systems? The particular focus of this thematic issue is on software
engineering best practices and methodologies to develop intelligent
applications, case studies on software requirements and testing of smart
behavior, and success stories from various application domains.

As this topic covers many different software engineering disciplines we
encourage submissions that cover the broad range of research topics that
include practical applications and case studies, user studies, middleware,
programming languages, application design methodologies, empirical
evaluation of systems and metrics, underpinning theories and formal methods,
and more technical/scientific research topics. Some specific relevant
application areas to be considered, but not exclusively are: 

• Smart home automation
• Intelligent web applications
• Mobile applications for smartphones
• Intelligent interfaces
• Smart mobs
• Intelligent machines and systems
• Smart grid
• Intelligent personalization and recommender systems
• Ambient assisted living
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Smart healthcare
• Intelligent multi-agent systems
• Smart surveillance and tracking
• Intelligent sensor networks
• Swarm intelligence
• Intelligent behavior and context-aware applications
• Smart energy systems
• Mobile and wearable intelligence

Submissions that use experimental data derived from real or simulated
test-beds of smart applications and intelligent environments are especially
encouraged.


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We are pleased to inform you that JAISE is indexed by Scopus, ACM Digital
Library and DBLP. 
>From January 2012, all JAISE issues will be indexed in JCR.
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Submission and Proceedings
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Papers should be of 12 pages or longer and adhere to the guidelines given on
the webpage:
http://www.mstracker.com/submit1.php?jc=jaise. 

When submitting, authors should highlight in the cover letter that the
submission is for this particular Thematic Issue. Prospective authors are
encouraged to contact the special issue editors in advance, indicating their
interest and a tentative title of the paper.

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Important Dates and Dissemination Plan
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Deadline for manuscript submission: June 15th, 2011
Notification to authors: October 31th, 2011
Submission of revised versions: January 15th, 2012
Targeted publication date: March 2012 


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Guest Editors
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Davy Preuveneers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium,
davy.preuveneers at cs.kuleuven.be
Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Portugal, pjon at di.uminho.pt
Juan M. Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain, corchado at usal.es


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